Hollywood Studio Magazine (July 1972)

Circle, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329 USA, (404) 633-4105. Take it; from the top News notes on the Hollywood scene John Ringo Graham pinch-hitting for Zelda Cini who is on vacation in Hawaii. World’s largest film processing plant Technicolor Inc. starts construction soon on the largest and most modern film complex in the world to be built adjoining their present plant in Universal City. Donald C. McFarlane, Technicolor’s president and chief executive officer plans to consolidate all of the company’s motion picture operations into this multi-million dollar motion picture film processing facility to be readied by mid-1974. USC’s new valuable tape collection Further enlarging the already valuable collection of movie memorabilia at the USC Library was the presentation of the American Society of Cinematographer’s generous gift of taped interviews with famous film makers, some of whom are no longer living. The valuable collection of 30 tapes will be housed in the library of the proposed USC School of Performing Arts. They were received on USC’s behalf by Dr. Robert Knutson of Los Angeles (90025), head of the USC Library Special Collections Department, and Sol Lesser, Beverly Hills, distinguished producer, USC cinema professor and chairman of the USC Performing Arts Coordinating Council. The Council is dedicated to acquiring historical artifacts and documents from all the arts for future study in the Performing Arts Library. Representing ASC in the presentation were Hal Mohr, Beverly Hills, past-president, and Charles G. Clarke, Brentwood, treasurer. Persons whose voices are recorded on the ASC tapes include cinematographers: John Arnold, Jacob A. Baderacco, Fred J. Balshofer, Spencer Bennet, Charles Clarke, William Daniels, Arthur Edeson, George Folsey, James Wong Howe, Reggie Lyons, Arthur C. Miller, Virgil Miller, Victor Milner, George Mitchell, Hal Mohr, Roy Overbaugh, Lewis Physioc, Ray Rennahan, Charles Rosher, Harold Rosson, Joseph Ruttenberg, John Seitz, Henry Sharp, Karl Struss, Philip Tannura, James Van Trees, Paul Vogel, Joe Walker, and Gilbert Warrenton. On still another tape actor Gregory Peck, former President of the Academy of Motion Pictures expresses his ideas on con¬ temporary cinema. Fifth annual Atlanta Film Festival Fifth Annual Atlanta International Film Festival will be held August llth-20th, 1972, with an expectation this year of over 25,000. Included in the festival are the competition screenings, seminars, symposiums, and production equipment exhibits. Festival theme, “TEN GREAT DAYS IN AUGUST” kicks off the fifth annual competition, one of the largest film festivals in existence. Major studio participation will continue this year. Last year, and the Dalton Trumbo epic, “JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN” captured top honors. In answer to the great need for serious recognition and competition in the field, a major television category has been created. This Silver Phoenix Award competition has several divisions including: TV specials, features made for TV, network and local news, TV series, public affairs, documentaries, and news film clips. A new “Filmstrip” Gold Medal category has been added. In cooperation with the Ampex Corporation and WFAA-TV, the Festival will present a special three-day seminar on videotape creative and experimental techniques. WFAA Productions is nationally recognized as one of the nation’s most innovative videotape centers. WETV and the ETV network will carry major specials on the Festival, and will broadcast the final awards presentation live and in color from the Sheraton Biltmore Hotel. Festival screenings are being held in the beautiful, 2,000 seat Symphony Hall of the Atlanta Memorial Arts Center For further information, contact: J. Hunter Todd, Director, Atlanta International Film Festival, 1584 Tullie New TV Independent Syndication Co. One of the largest libraries of television programs available from any distributor in the U.S. will now be offered with the consolidation of TV Cinema Sales Corp. and Arthur Pickens & Associates of Chicago. The new combination plans to distribute 41 groups consisting of 3,600 programs and 12 feature film packages containing in excess of 500 movies. A number of other new series will shortly go into production for syndication late ’72 and early 1973. Over 6 million spots later The painting of spots was one of the biggest creative factors facing some 150 artists during three years of working on Walt Disney’s cartoon-feature motion picture, “One Hundred and One Dalmatians.” In all, there are exactly 6,469,952 spots on the back of 101 heartwarming dogs and puppies as they appear in 113,760 frames of brilliant color by Technicolor. Pongo, the cartoon canin lead, wears 72 spots, while his love, Perdita, has 68 on her coat. The spots and all other color effects required 800 gallons of very special paint weighing nearly five tons, enough to dress the exteriors of 135 average homes. Using a secret process, the studio has always mixed its own color in its own laboratories for all Disney cartoons. For “One Hundred and One HUMPERDINCK, caught in the act in Vegas at the Riviera Hotel, in wet leather outfit, with whips! SEE LEE GRAHAM'S MAN ABOUT TOWN 4