Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1950)

lay, June 6, 1950 Motion Picture Daily *roposes Permanent better Movies' Drive San Francisco, June 5. — ith the local "Movies Are letter Than Ever" campaign rawing to a close, Jess Levin, eneral Theatrical Company secutive, put the proposilon before the committee »at they meet from time to Ime and make "Movies Are ■etter Than Ever" a permae institution. The suggesc\>"27as accepted with high jproval. sclose Admission tern of Rebates I new system for selling motion >re theatre admissions will be reId to the trade today by Murray Associates at the New York law s of Nemeroff, Jelline, Danzig Paley. -scribed yesterday by Murray Kay "system of time-clocked motion ire theatre tickets whereby a pamay enter a theatre for a given h of time and pay only for what ees," the development is called t-O-Show." ;w York theatres, Kay said, have invited to "test" the system which include clocking machines that patrons receipts for that part of otion picture show which they not remain to see. The receipt may be applied against the price Imission at a later date. ix contends that the system "will nure to a major degree theatres' idling income." aries Garner Retires etroit, June 5. — Charles A. Garroadshowman here for 30 years, -etired from business after a long is. He has sold his Garner Films, to Al Typinski and Frank lg, Jr., who operate a film and rra company. inston at Graduation '■ .ltimore, June 5. — Eric Johnston, (dent of the Motion Picture Asso)n of America, has accepted an ation to address the University laryland's 1950 graduation class ummencement exercises on June t College Park, near here. ion Votes Fund for 3 (ncinnati, June 5. — As a tribute ie memory of its late president, ,,.r F. Hild, the Musicians Union 1 has voted a $14,400 fund to pro| college educations for the three children. ^AT ARE YOU GOING TO DO 4TH THAT 2 WEEK VACATION? di't say we did not tell you that one lj:he greatest spots for a tired film inJitryite is the CAMPUS. A colony of *utifully furnished cabins and deluxe ages situated in a glorious Pocono untain setting. The finest in foods and *>6nal service. Golf, Tennis, Swim9 g, Riding, and Trout fishing in our i stocked streams. Dancing, Games Movies in the new Campus Playhouse. " es — including meals — $9.00 per day or r 50 per week. Special 10% discount Film Industry Members who send in present this ad. tie, phone or wire for reservations. IE CAMPUS, Bushkill, Pa. Phone Bushkill 51 Reviews The Rocking Horse Winner" (Rank — Universal-International) AN odd parable on money is presented in a dramatic mixture of comedy, whimsy and tragedy in "The Rocking Horse Winner." This J. Arthur Rank British importation boasts some fine performances in a story of irony and monotone. Like most British pictures, the pace is quite leisurely compared to ours, and accents are pronounced. The picture very likely will leave its greatest impression on discriminating audiences. John Howard Davies portrays the sensitive youngster who is perplexed and troubled by the perpetual bickering of his parents over money. His mother, Valerie Hobson is luxury-loving and extravagant, while his father, Hugh Sinclair, is usually out of a job and in need of cash. One day Davies is given a rocking horse as a present. Having been taught to love horses by his friend, the household handyman, John Mills, the boy rides the toy with wild relish. In time the boy discovers that he also has the strange gift of being able to predict winners at the nearby race track. He persuades Mills to place a bet, wins, persuades him again and again till a partnership is formed and the winnings roll in. Presently the boy's wealthy uncle, Ronald Squire, joins the partnership. Now with the boy's mother desperately pressed for money, the boy arranges to have her receive his winnings in the guise of a legacy from _ a distant relative. With this money she proceeds to spend lavishly but still finds that happiness is elusive. This has a traumatic effect on the boy. Presently he loses his gift for predicting winners, gets ill and dies. The tragedy brings a complete transformation over Miss Hobson regarding money. Obviously, this John Mills production can be interpreted on many levels of understanding. It was based on a story by D. H. Lawrence and Anthony Pelissier directed. Earl St. John was executive producer of this Two Cities Film. Running time, 91 minutes. General audience classification. June release. Mandel Herbstman 'Colorado Ranger' (Lippert Productions) Hollywood, June 5 THE over-all account rendered in "Colorado Ranger" is fair for a Western of its type, with action aplenty through most of the footage and its riding and fighting, despite a tale that is not too easy to follow. It is the third in the Lippert series built around Jimmy Ellison, Russ Hayden, Raymond Hatton and Fuzzy Knight, but it lets down the pace set by the first two. The issue at stake is unclearly defined, and the several bad men, m common with the right guys, spend a lot of time cooing at a baby found in the ranch house, which is the center of interest, a commendable preoccupation, but decidedly an interruption of tempo ; nice baby, though. The Ron Ormond-Maurice Tombragel script appears to have to do with the efforts of a not very clearly identified rapscallion to run homesteaders off their property. To the area come, separately, Ellison, Hayden and Hatton, who enter the head villain's employ, in order to get the inside of what's going on. They operate in sundry ways, singly and together, to thwart the scheme, as the tale winds its way to the usual satisfactory conclusion. Ormond produced, Murray Lerner was associate executive, and Thomas Carr directed. Others in the cast are Betty Adams, Tom Tyler, George Lewis, John Cason Stanley Price, Stephen Carr and Bud Osborne. Running time, 58 minutes. General audience classification. Release date, not set. Safety Awards for MGM, Smith, O'Brien Washington, June 5. — M-G-M, Pete Smith and David O'Brien will be honored Wednesday by the President's National Conference for Industrial Safety for their parts in the film short, "Wrong Way Butch." Smith produced the short, which deals with ways of preventing industrial accidents and deaths, for M-G-M, and O'Brien starred. Presentation of statuettes will be made by Secretary of Labor Tobin. Max Weinberg, M-G-M Eastern short subject representative, will leave here today to join Pete Smith m Washington. AMPP, Breen Host Patil Hollywood, June 5.— S. K. Patil, Mayor of Bombay, India, and chairman of the Indian Government's Film Inquiry Committee, was luncheon guest of the international committee of the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Joseph I. Breen, Production Code Administrator, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel here today. Legion Reviews 7; All Are Rated 'A' Seven additional pictures have been reviewed by the National Legion of Decency with all receiving "A" ratings. In Class A-I are 20th CenturyFox's "Cariboo Trail," Monogram's "Six Gun Mesa" and "Gunslingers," and Universal-International's "Spy Hunt." In Class A-II are Monogram's "Lucky Losers," Lippert's "Motor Patrol" and Eagle-Lion's "So Long at the Fair." Critics Select 'Annie' Cleveland, June 5. — "Annie Get Your Gun" was selected as the best first-run picture released downtown during April by the Cleveland Film Critics Circle and will receive the trophy awarded monthly by the three local film critics, W. Ward Marsh, Plain Dealer: Omar Ranney, Press, and Arthur Spaeth, Nezvs. "Wagonmaster" and "Ticket to Tomahawk" were second and third choice. The monthly Film Critics Circle Award is part of the Cleveland showmanship campaign. U.S. Circuit Court Reserves Decision in 'Boundaries' Appeal New Orleans, June 5. — The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals here has reserved decision on the appeal by producer Louis deRochemont and Film Classics of the Atlanta District Court's ruling upholding the Atlanta censor in the "Lost Boundaries" action. Ambrose Doskow of the New York law firm of Samuel I. Rosenman argued in behalf of the film company plaintiffs at today's hearing. DeRochemont and Film Classics are challenging the censor's banning of the picture. Should the "Lost Boundaries" case reach the U. S. Supreme Court eventually, the Motion Picture Association of America will lend its support to the plaintiffs as it did in the "Curley" censorship litigation, it was understood in New York yesterday. Fight 'Thief* Ban in Portland Portland, Ore., June 5. — Dwight L. Schwab, attorney for Martin Foster, manager of the Portland Guild Theatre, said he will ask the Circuit Court here to enjoin the Portland City Council and the censor board from banning the showing of "The Bicycle Thief." Censorship of the picture, Schwab said, "is ridiculous." Schulte House Burns, Manager Flees Bldg. Detroit, June 5; — The year-old Hudson Theatre Building in Hudson was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin at a loss estimated at more than $100,000. It was owned by William Schulte, circuit operator of Detroit. Theatre manager Verne Morgan told firemen he awoke early in the morning and smelled smoke in his apartment over the theatre. By the time he could summon aid he and his family were forced to flee. ^n¥A=n¥A=rmt=rwA^^ | TWM offers the 3 III most flights weekly s — : direct to these cities in EUROPE PARIS ROME ATHENS ^ MADRID GENEVA ZURICH For information, see your travel agent or call TWA. I 1