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What fhey'fe Mini About
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Thev're talking about the fact that DORE SCHARY's tenure as chief of the M-G-M studio is in a tenuous state — as tenuous, that is. as an employee can be when he holds a hard and fast contract with about five years to run. But there's plenty of talk about efforts by Metro management to pay off the pact ... As a matter of fact. Schary. himself, is understood to have told confidantes within recent weeks that his situation is not a happy one and that he expects the issue to come to a head before long ... In some quarters there is a strong belief that the W all Street group who have been buying heavily into Loew's. Inc. have their guns trained <>n Schary and are telling management they want him to go. This outside attack may be the wedge management will employ to pry off the Schary contract. But they will have t<> pay it off.
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WHAT WILL ALLIED'S "LINE" BE in presenting its case for government regulation of film prices when it goes before the Senate Small Business subcommittee? They have a surprise up their sleeve, it's being said, to convince the legislators of the merits of regulation.
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PRODUCT: "The Trouble with Harry" has been simply no business . . . "Ransom", a good show, but just padded too much. Had it been held to about 85 minutes, grosses would have been about 25 percent higher . . . "Benny Goodman" off to a running start . . . "Man With the Golden Arm" publicity is paying off big at the D.o. . . . There'll be business galore when "Miracle in the Rain" hits town. A real wet tearjerker that the gals will adore . . . Worth a quick repeat anywhere. "The Tender Trap" . . . 20thFox, which has been hurting for some outstanding product, has several big ones on tap. Of course, there are "Carousel" ami "The King and I", first of the C'Scope 55 biggies, and early re
ports on "Man In the Gray Flannel Suit" are real bright. Zanuck asked home office toppers and advertising staff to hurry out for a look. They go this weekend.
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WARNER BROS. REPORTED DEAL to sell its pre-1948 backlog to TV, if and when it does come about, will bring far. far less than the bruited 20 millions.
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MATTY FOX. in the course of announcing his method of distributing his RKO feature library to TV as a package, made one statement that confirmed the thinking of many keen industry observers. Speaking of plans to peddle the films to theatres abroad. Fox said : "As it now stands, I could make more money distributing the RKO films outside the U. S. and Canada than from distributing them to television domestically." That remark, from a man who has his fingers rather deeply in the TV market, set plenty of talk a-going about whether there is as much money for product in the television field as has been made out.
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DARRYL ZAXUCK will make more takehome pay by independently producing one or two biggies per year than he made with all his fat salary as head of 20th's studio, with all its multitudinous duties. Look for some other studio toppers to make a similar move.
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IF THE GOVERNMENT & COURTS eventually approve entrance of the theatre chains into film production, they say two of the important circuits will collaborate to organize an imposing movie-making outfit. The talks have been informal so far. but serious.
Film BULLETIN February 6, 1954 Page 19