Canadian Moving Picture Digest (Feb 25, 1956)

PAGE FOUR FLD LDB LBB LBL LLL LLL LLL LLP Ou the Seam Terres erre (Continued from Page 1) (W-B); “Picnic” (Col.), and “The Rose Tattoo” (Para.). Nominated for the Best Performance by a Male Star are: Ernest Borgnine for “Marty” (UA); James Dean for “East of Eden” (W-B); James Cagney for “Love Me or Leave Me” (M-G-M); Frank Sinatra for “The Man with the Golden Arm” (U.A.), and Spencer Tracy for “A Bad Day at Black Rock” (M-G-M). This, incidentally, is the first time in Academy history that a posthumous nomination (the late James Dean), has been made. Nominated for the Best Performance by a Feminine Star are: Susan Hayward for “Pll Cry Tomorrow” (M-G-M); Katherine Hepburn for “Summertime” (U.A.); Jennifer Jones for “Love Is A Many Splendored Thing” (20th-Fox); Anna Magnani for “The Rose Tattoo” (Para.), and Eleanor Parker for “Interrupted Melody” (M-G-M). Nominated for the Best Performance by a Supporting Actor are: Jack Lemmon for “Mr. Roberts” (W-B); Arthur Kennedy for “Trial” (M-G-M); Joe Mantell for “Marty” (U.A.); Sal Mineo for “Rebel Without a Cause” (W-B), and Arthur O'Connell for “Picnic” (Col.). Nominated for the Best Performance by a Supporting Actress are: Betsy Blair for “Marty” (U.A.); Peggy Lee for “Pete Kelly’s Blues” (W-B); Marisa Pavan for “The Rose Tattoo” (Para.); Jo Van Fleet for “East of Eden” (W-B), and Natalie Wood for “Rebel Without A Cause” (W-B). Nominated for the Best Director are John Sturgess for “A Bad Day at Black Rock” (M-G-M); Elia Kazan for “East of Eden” (W-B); Delbert Mann for “Marty” (U.A.); Joshua Logan for “Picnic” (Col.) and David Lean for “Summertime” (U.A.). Nominated for Best Story and Screenplay are: “The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell” (W-B — Milton Sperling and Emmet Laver); “Interrupted Melody” (M-G-M—William Ludwig and Sonya Levien); “It’s Always Fair Weather” (M-GM —Betty Comden and Adolph Green); “Mr. Hulot’s Holiday” (JARO — Jacques Toti and Henri Marquet), and “The Seven Little Foys” (Para. — Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose). The final group on which Canadians will vote in the Academy Award Project, is for the Best Recording of a Musical Picture. Nominated in this category are: “Daddy Long Legs” (20th-Fox); “Guys and Dolls” (Goldwyn-M-G M); “Its Always Fair Weather” (M-G-M); “Love Me or Leave Me” (M-G-M), and Oklahoma” (ToddMagna). In the six top categories of the Academy Award Nominations, United Artists and Warner Bros. are tied with eight nominations each; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is second with six; Paramount and Columbia have three each, and 20th Century-Fox has the remaining two. BALABAN (Continued from Page 1) Y. Frank Freeman and Don Hartman, “It is my firm conviction, based upon this realistic appraisal, that the Paramount product available this year and next will gross at the box-office level an amount exceeding the grosses of any previous two years in the history of Paramount Pictures Corporation. “Our two lead pictures, Cecil B. DeMille’s ‘The Ten Commandments,’ and ‘War and Peace,’ both to start their release in 1956, are certain to roll up record grosses. No company in the business has ever provided two such unprecedented attractions in one season. “I saw ‘The Ten Commandments’ in rough complete form and was thrilled to the core. “Paramount executives recently flew to Rome to attend the screening of the complete footage of ‘War and Peace,’ “The enthusiastic report from the screening is that ‘War and Peace’ is certain to take its place with the great all-time pictures and top grossers of our business. “Right now Hal Wallis’ ‘The Rose Tattoo,’ based upon Tennessee Williams’ stage hit and _ starting Burt Lancaster and Anna Magnani, in its first engagements is fast becoming the most-talkedabout picture of 1956. “Danny Kaye’s _ spectacular Super-comedy, “The Court Jester,’ has opened with resounding success in its initial engagement at the New York Paramount Theatre. To follow soon will be our Easter picture, ‘Anything Goes,’ the richest and most sparkling modern of all musicals, starring Bing Crosby, Donald O’Connor, Mitzi Gaynor and the incomparable Jeanmaire. Also a great and history-making contribution to the musical field is ‘The Vagabond King,’ and introducing opposite Kathryn Grayson a brilliant new star, Oreste. “pIeeeT “At the studio I saw in complete form “The Proud and Profane,’ starring William Holden and Deborah Kerr, “The Mountain,’ starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner and Claire Trevor; Bob Hope’s surefire new comedy ‘That Certain Feeling,’ with last year’s Oscar winner, Eva (‘On the Waterfront’) Marie Saint; and Alfred Hitchcock’s suspense masterpiece, ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much,’ co-starring James Stewart and Doris Day. I saw a great TV star become an even greater new film personality when I was superbly entertained by George Gobel in ‘The Birds and the Bees,’ with scintillating Mitzi Gaynor and David Niven. Three more talented newcomers destined to help fill the industry’s need for fresh young stars, namely Carol Ohmart, Jody Lawrence and Tom Tryon, come through strongly under the skilled directorial hand of Michael Curtiz in the dramatic ‘The Scarlet Hour.’ “All of our pictures will of course be in VistaVision and mostly in Technicolor. “Paramount believes devotedly in the brilliant and prosperous future of the motion picture as still the greatest form of mass world entertainment ever conceived. In *« DRIVE-IN THEATRE EQUIPMENT FEBRUARY 25, 1956 that spirit we are investing the largest sum of money in our history and our entire resources of talents and energy and showmanship to the creation of important pictures of the highest artistic and box-office levels, for the continuous profits and prosperity of our customers everywhere. 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