Hollywood Studio Magazine (August 1972)

TAKE IT FROM THE TOP FAMOUS MOTHERS ... or Mothers of the Famous .. . The mothers of Lucille Ball and Doris Day were present at the Motion Picture Mothers Club’s 33rd birthday celebration, at the Motion Picture Country House in Woodland Hills and are seen here with the group’s Cookbook of the Stars, a volume compiled to honor their celebrity children. That’s Mrs. Dee Dee Ball at left, and Mrs. L. Day at right. The event raised monies to benefit the Motion Picture Country House in Woodland Hills, the home of ailing performers, supported by the Motion Picture and Television Fund. STILL GOING STRONG! That’s Vivian Duncan (center) pictured here with her brother, songwriter Harold Duncan, and with Dorothy Lamour. They are pictured at the Motion Picture Mothers Club’s 33rd birthday celebration at the Motion Picture Country House in Woodland Hills when all three performed. Miss Lamour showed she can sock over a song-and-dance number with the best of them, meriting terrific applause for her act, and topped only by the singing and dancing of Miss Duncan, who was so great she practically brought the house down. Her brother, who joined her for the final part of her act, got a very warm reception. Motion picture milestone Another milestone in the history of the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - the new multi-story headquarters to be built in Beverly Hills on the northeast corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Almont Dr. at a cost in excess of $2.5 million. Daniel Taradesh, President, said “This is the culmination of efforts dating back more than a decade. “For a long time the Academy has needed a larger and more modern building to cope with their expanding year-around activities.” The new building to be completed in early 1974, will house the Academy staff, the Margaret Herrick Library, and a theatre with seating capacity between 1100 and 1200. The Academy’s building committee is chaired by Walter Mirisch and includes Hall B. Wallis, co-chairman, Harvard, Koch, Eimer Bernstein, Gregory Peck, Gordon E. Sawyer, and Daniel Taradesh. Cooperative film service A cooperative film service, University Film Distributors, has been created by the University Film Association and Foundation of the University of Southern California, to facilitate the original Technicolor Imbibition Printing which is a three-color dye transfer process for achieving exceptional color films. “La Cucaracha” is .considered unique in that its maker attempted to make the füllest use of color in costumes, makeup, scenic design, and lighting to demonstrate the potentialities of color as well as the exceptional quality of the process. To ensure that Student and film scholars can readily have access to this element in film history, prints of this 20-minute film are available in the 16 mm. Technicolor-sound at $110 which is essentially at cost. Orders should be placed with University Film Distributors, USC Division of Cinema, University Park, Los Angeles, Ca. 90007. Films of the following institutions are also among available subjects: Iowa State University, Ohio State University, Edinboro Stat College, Stephenson College, and the Universities of Iowa, Wisconsin and Southern California. Happy viewing! Lucy has a Ball With the sale of the fifth year of “Here’s Lucy” to Australia, international sales of Lucille Ball’s current network series passed the Turn to Page 20 sharing of university-produced films and adquisition of those films useful in education, particularly at the College level. Unique film offered “La Cucaracha,” the first Technicolor three-color film of a dramatic subject, which was first released in 1934 is now available. All prints are made by the VETERAN SHOWMAN, Newton P. “Red” Jacobs, President of Crown International Pictures, Inc., presents a plaque to America’s most beloved comedian, Jack Oakie, commemorating the 45th anniversary of the arrival in Hollywood of a celebrated comic. 4