Business Screen Magazine (1963-1964)

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THE LEADING ANIMATED FILM PRODUCERS IN EUROPE CA.XITOON' FILMS LTD Lysbeth House lOa Soho Square London W.I GERrard 7681.2 Next Issue: Annual Film Services Buyer's Guide Brittle, curled cupped film? We restore to nearly new first run quality with Vite-alize (Gage). Vite-a-lize preshrinks new film uniformly, sealing in proper humidity. A must for new stock with soft emulsion. Guaranteed. Leonard Film Service, 1700A E. Walnut, Pasadena, Calif. fiflUrray 1-9950. □ai^UDg© 238 "Chris" Awards at Columbus Festival Film Council and Chamber of Commerfe Co-Sponsor 11th Annual Award Profjrani UNIQUE AND Dedicated are words thai best describe the annual Columbus. Ohio Film Festival and its devoted adherents in this Athenian city of Midwest America. Countless hours of previewing and final judgment by community leaders, local businessmen, educators and professional men and women preceded the I 1th annual Chris Awards Banquet held on Friday evening. September 27th, at the Christopher Inn. Highest honor of these Columbus awards programs are the "Chris"" statuettes, a reproduction in miniature of the 20-foot bronze statue of Christopher Columbus which graces the entrance to City Hall. A total of 17 "Chris" statuettes were bestowed on 15 business and educational motion pictures and two filmstrips selected by Columbus jurors as the best of several hundred entries. Robert Viing .\ddresses .\wards Banquet Another 221 Chris Certificate Awards, made possible by the Columbus .'\rea Chamber of Commerce, a co-sponsor of the Festival, went to 193 motion pictures and 28 other filmstrips cited for this honor. Principal sponsor of the event is The Film Council of Greater Columbus, headed by president Daniel F. Prugh. Principal speaker at the Awards Banquet was Robert Yung, vice-president of Elektra Studios of New York City. Mr. Yung has recently returned from a location assignment in Japan where he directed and co-produced a NASA film with Astronaut John Glenn. Jr. Winners of the Chris Statuette in the "Business and Industry" film category were: The Cattle Carters, sponsored by British Petroleum (North .'\merica) Limited, and The State of Eiichantineiu. sponsored by the State of North Carolina. "Information and Education" motion picture statuettes were shared by Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a Sterling Educational Films" production and Maltanni, a National Film Board of Canada film. In the category "Travel. U. S. and Foreign" Chris statuettes went to Amazon Family, pro "The Warning Bell" won a Chris statuette for producer Wilding, Inc. and its sponsor, the Nationwide Insurance Company, at the Columbus Festival. duced by Julien Bryan for the International Film Foundation; Frame — With a French Accent, produced by Coleman Productions for the French Government Tourist Office; Mexican Boy, Story of Pablo, produced by William Dencen; and Unique Petite Belgique, produced by Robert Davis Productions. Statuettes to Safety and Health Films Winners of Chris statuettes in the importnat field of "Safety. Health and Mental Health"" films were: Children of the Silent Nii;ht, produced by Campbell Films; Pidse of Life, a Pyramid Film production; Steel Jimgle, produced by WBNS-TV (Columbus) and The minting Bell, produced by Wilding, Inc. for Nationwide Insurance, in cooperation with the National Safety Council. The Warning Bell will also receive the top plaque award of the National Committee on Films for Safety as the best general safety motion picture of the year. This award will be made at the forthcoming National Safety. Congress convening in Chicago in mid-October. "Special Fields"' honors went to a biographical film. George Bernard Shaw, produced by Wolper Productions. Inc. and the other Chris statuette in this category went to The John Glenn Story, produced by Warner Bros, and the Department of the Navy for the National .'\eronautics and Space Administration. Mood>''s "City of the Bees" a Winner The Moody Science Film program was the sole other recipient of a Chris statuette when City of the Bees was selected by Columbus jurors as the best "Religious"" film entered. (CONTINUED ON THE FOLLOWING P.-\GE 66) ,OCERS TELIC. INC. a FILM CENTER • 630 NINTH AVENUE. NEW YORK 36. N.Y. ELWOOO siEGEL. President £ Ejiecutfve Djrector EDWABD F BOUGMTON. Vice Pfcsicfent d Executive Producer 0° -I o o SCENE TAKE SOUND Td^, ''suao^ \ hi K < O o o <Cr JU 2-3480 26 BUSINESS SCREEN MAGAZINE