Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1951)

4 Motion Picture Daily Monday, March 19, 1951 Bollengier (Continued from page 1) tary-treasurer of Hal Roach Studios in Hollywood to join UA. The new UA treasurer arrived here at the weekend from Hollywood to take over as UA's chief fiscal officer. He will supervise all liaison for UA with banks and producers on financial matters, operate as chief statistical control officer and direct home office and branch operations, procurement and personnel relations. Negotiations with unions will be in his province also. Bollengier Background Bollengier was treasurer of Eagle Lion Films in 1949 when Krim was president of that company. Now 38 years of age, he entered the industry in 1935 with Price, Waterhouse and Co., where he specialized in film accounts. Muller, who joined UA in 192/, will continue to devote full time to the maintenance of the company's books and records, and to the receipt and disbursement of funds, it was reported. ELC Sales Meeting (Continued from page 1) Wednesday and Thursday, the Southern division on hand on Friday and Saturday and the Western division concluding the series next Tudesday and Wednesday. Among those from the field who will, attend the meeting today and tomorrow are : Clayton Eastman? Eastern division manager -, George Waldman,1 New York Metropolitan district manager; John McKenna, New York branch manager; Harry Segal, Boston branch manager ; Robert Richardson, Cleveland manager ; Albert Glaubjnger, Cincinnati manager ; Max Cohen, Washington manager, Sanford Gottlieb, Philadelphia; Arthur Levy, Pittsburgh; M. A. Brown, Buffalo, and Frank Fisher, general manager of Eagle Lion Films of Canada, Ltd. Company executives who will address the meetings include : William C. Millen, Jr., president; B. G. Kranze, vice-president in charge of distributtioii ; Milton E. Cohen, general sales manager ; Howard LeSieur, director of advertising, publicity and exploitation; David Melamed, treasurer; Joseph Sugar, assistant to Kranze, and Charles Amory, head of ELC's special "art" film sales unit. Reviews O'Dwyer Probe Film (Continued from. page 1) show portions of the hearing. Public interest in the hearings, avail able on home television receivers, was high all through last week. Century announced that its telecast will begin at the Marine and Queens at 10:00 A.M. today and run until the conclusion for the day. The regu lar film show will follow. Ampa Trade Press 'Salute' March 28 The Associated Motion Picture Ad vertisers will salute the trade press at a testimonial luncheon on Wednesday March 28, Harry McWillams, AMPA president has announced. The luncheon will be held at the Hotel Piccadilly. The chairman and key speaker will be named shortly. "Follow the Sun" (20th Century-Fox) THE American success story is clothed in the game of golf in "Follow the Sun," a film biography of Ben Hogan, one of the country's sport kings. A warmly human account of a man's tenacious dedication to becoming a champion in the game he loved, this is equally the story of a wife's loyalty and devotion. Ben and Valerie Hogan come to the screen in the persons of Glenn Ford and Anne Baxter as a very likeable American couple whose adventures across the fairways of the land should excite the sympathy and amusement of audiences of all kinds and classifications. From every standpoint— story, acting, direction, pace and production values — "Follow the Sun" is a dandy job and appears to be headed for fine going at the box-office. This is the story of real courage. Hogan would not let even the crippling effects of a horrible automobile accident deprive him of his championship status. The sports pages of the nation told that story not so long ago, and it is told again here in graphic and touching passages under the knowing direction of Sidney Lanfield. The golfer's caddie-to-champion rise is recited by Miss Baxter. They met as youngsters in Fort Worth, married not many years later and took to the highways and "followed the sun" so he could compete in tournament after tournament. He only began to achieve money prizes after their savings were gone. Then his rise to the peak was_ swift. His single-mindedness, however, came at the price of unpopularity with the gallery and the press. But the automobile accident marked a turning point in his life insofar, as getting along with people was concerned. He genuinely appreciated their sympathy and encouragement, and when he is nosed out for the title by Sam Snead, sports reporter Grantland Rice reminds the audience that Hogan's "legs just couldn't carry his heart." His victory lay however in the knowledge that the gallery finally was "with him." Dennis O'Keefe measures up well to the sturdy role of a happy-go-lucky type of champion and Ford's best friend. The sharp contrast in their natures is always evident. Also good is June Havoc as O.'Keefe's spouse and friend of Miss Baxter. Other players include Larry Keating, Roland Winters and Nana Bryant and golfers Snead, James Demaret and Cary Middlecoff. Samuel G. Engel produced. Frederick Hazfitt Brenriah's screenplay was based on his own article in The Reader's Digest. Running time, 93 minutes. General audience classification. For April release. Charles L. Franke Wages The Scarf (Gloria Film — -United Artists) A MYSTERY DRAMA has been coated with psychological touches to make some highly interesting fare in "The Scarf." The story concerns an alleged murderer's escape from an insane asylum and his subsequent efforts to shake off a mental fog that enveloped him in order to determine whether he really committed the murder. There is a quality of tense expectancy to the story and it develops with considerable interest. Within a modest production framework a very capable job of film making has been done. Opening on a brisk note the film depicts John Ireland's wild escape from the asylum. He staggers through the night and finally collapses near the turkey farm of James Barton, a curious, bewhiskered hermit rancher. After some bad starts, the two men take a liking to each other _ and Ireland winds up working on the ranch. Prodding Ireland obsessively is the need to find out if he really is a killer. He had been convicted of the murder of a young woman found strangled near his unconscious body. Driving to town one day, he gives a lift to Mercedes McCambridge, a cynical tough-talking singing waitress of dubious character. He discovers her wearing a scarf which is identical with the one used to strangle the other girl, and slowly portions of memory return. Ireland proceeds to the office of Emlyn Williams, a psychiatrist friend, who was present at the murder scene, but who was strangely alien afterward. Williams convinces Ireland he committed the murder and by adding a touch of treachery has Ireland back in the hands of the law. Meanwhile a prison psychiatrist becomes suspicious of William's behavior. Aided by Barton, Miss McCambridge and the scarf, the institution's psychiatrist sets a ruse which explodes William's composure and proves him the real killer. A good set of performances is turned in by the cast which helps greatly to gloss over some rather facile developments in the screenplay by E. A. Dupont. A Gloria Film Production, presented by Joseph Justman,_ it was produced by I. G. Goldsmith who also did the original story with E. A. Rolfe. Dupont directed and achieved a fine sense of realism, especially in the location shots in Los Angeles and a small town. Anthony Z. Landi was associate producer. Running time, 93 minutes. Adult audience classification. Release date, Aprjl 6_ Mandel Herbstman (Continued from page 1) Lauds U. S. Stars for Conduct in Uruguay American film company participation in the Uruguayan Film Festival and "the exemplary comportment of the Hollywood stars who attended it "were highly commended by • Edward G. Miller, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State, in a letter sent to John G. McCarthy, Motion Picture Association of America vice-president in charge of international affairs. Extra Dividend from Zenith; Sales Rise Chicago, March 18. — Zenith Radio Corp., directors have declared a 50 cent extra dividend on its capital stock in addition to the regular 50 cent quarterly payment. Last October the com"pany also voted a 50 cent extra, the first in many years. E. F. McDonald, Jr., president of Zenith, said shipments for the March quarter are running ahead of 1950. place other than New York City. We are, however, making arrangements to meet with you in New York on March 19 and plan to spend all of our time to negotiate an agreement." Beznor informed the distributor group that if an agreement has not been reached within a week, "we will request that the site for negotiations be removed to some place other than New York City." Basic proposals for increases have been delivered to the distributors. They were made, Beznor stated, "after an analysis of the current condition of the companies involved, the economies of the industry and the minimum needs of your salesmen." It is expected that the companies will offer at the negotiations data concerning the economic problems facing the industry. The Colosseum, according to its general counsel, will provide "cost of living data and expenditures made by the salesmen on behalf of the companies." Pecora Joins (Continued from page 1) in that capacity directed the committee's investigation of banking practices and operations in the early 1930's. He served as a state Supreme Court Justice for 16 years, resigning last fall to become the Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York. In his new position with Schwartz and Frohlich he will be available to other lawyers for appellate and trial work. The Schwartz and Frohlich law firm was founded by the late Nathan Burkan. The senior partners are Charles Schwartz and Louis D. Frohlich. The firm is counsel to Columbia Pictures, ASCAP, Fabian Enterprises and numerous other show business companies and personalities. It was counsel for the late Al Jolson and has represented United Artists, Charles Chaplin, Sir Alexander Korda, Skouras Theatres and others. Admission Tax (Continued from page 1) 1952 budget. But observers pointed out that he can take the line that spending will not be as high as anticipated, that revenue will be a lot higher and that the $10,155,000,000 will be enough for now. Committee Chairman Doughton has scheduled executive sessions to start April 3. Jurisdictional Tilt (Continued from page 1) argued that five of the distributors could not be served in Texas, and Tudge Rodney ruled that he did not have the authority to decide whether the cases should be transferred. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Rodney could consider this question, and Tivoli and Adelman appealed to the Supreme Court. Eldorado Gets 'Treason' Eldorado Distribution Corp., of which Nat Liebeskind is president, has acquired the Cuban rights of "Guilty of Treason." The film will be released there shortly.