Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1951)

Motion Picture Daily Thursday, July 12, 1951 Ruling on 'Miracle' Delayed by Court Albany, N. Y., July 11.— The Court of Appeals did not announce, as had been scheduled today, its decision on the appeal by Joseph Burstyn, Inc. from the unanimous determination by the Appellate Division last May that the Board of Regents had authority to revoke the license for "The Miracle" on the ground that it is "sacrilegious." No reason was given for its failure to include the film case in those on which decisions were announced late today. The ruling is now expected Oct. 3. 396 -Stations 'Plug' 11 Paramount Films A week-long radio exploitation cam paign for 11 Paramount pictures has been set to begin on Monday over the 396 stations of Liberty Broadcasting. The programs will promote "The Greatest Show on Earth," "A Place in the Sun," "Here Comes the Groom, "Ace in the Hole," "Carrie," "War bonnet," "The Last Outpost," "Passage West," "When Worlds Collide,' "Darling, How Could You" and "Sil ver City." Paramount stars Charlton Heston Peter Hanson, Mary Murphy and Michael Moore, as well as William Demarest and talent scout Milton Lewis, will appear on the programs. De Rochemont Will Resign MOT Post Reports that Richard de Rochemont, production head of March of Time, will bow out of the company this fall were said yesterday to be "virtually true" by an office spokesman. MOT recently announced it would discontinue the series for theatre exhibition late this fall and devote its major efforts to the production .of films for television and to special the atrical films. Personal Mention •PYROS SKOURAS, JR., execuJ tive vice-president of Skouras Theatre Corp., Mrs. Skouras, Jack Frye president of General Aniline and Film Corp., Mrs. Frye, Ezio Pinza and Danny Kaye will arrive here from Europe aboard the S.S. Queen Mary today. • Jim Levitt, Universal-International Toledo salesman, and Mrs. Levitt announce the birth of their third daughter, born at Mount Sinai Hospital there. • J. C. Davenport, owner and manager of the Warner Theatre, Salem, Ky., is back on the job following an appendectomy. • Edward Foster, formerly with Republic Pictures, Atlanta, has returned to the same company as a special field representative. • Bud Chalman, co-owner of the ABC Booking Service, Atlanta, has returned to his office after several weeks of illness. • Earl and Arthur Elkin, Aberdeen, Miss., exhibitors, are in New York atetnding the Shriners convention. • Alva E. Smith, of the Westrex Corp, has left here for Mexico, El Salvador, Columbia, Brazil and Puerto Rico. • George W. Sisson, merchandise manager of the Westrex Corp., is in Chicago from here. • James Hobb, Monogram's Atlanta branch manager, is back there from Charlotte. o Edward G. Wagner, comptroller of the Westrex Corp., is in California from here. JAMES MULVEY, Samuel Goldwyn Productions president, left here yesterday for London where he will participate in behalf of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers in the forthcoming_ preliminary talks looking to renegotiation of the Anglo-American film pact. • Samuel Goldwyn became a grandfather yesterday with the birth of a girl to Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. and Mrs. Goldwyn. The child was born in American Hospital in Paris, where Goldwyn, Jr. is serving as a lieutenant on Gen. Eisenhower's staff. • Elmer F. Lux, general manager of Darnell Theatres, Buffalo, has been nominated as a candidate for the post of Common Council president by the local Democratic executive committee. • Adolph Carson, Hollywood plant manager of Technicolor Motion Pic ture Corp., and Mrs. Carlson will return here from England today aboard the S.S. Queen Mary. • Willard B. Rogers, president of the Will Rogers Drive-in Theatre Corp., Manchester, Conn., has been elected a vice-president of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce. Matthew Kennedy of the Paramount Theatre, New Haven, business agent of Local No. 273, IATSE, of that city, has resigned his union position because of ill health. • Joseph Shulman, Schulman Theatres, Hartford, and Mrs. Shulman are expected back there by midSeptember from Europe. George Perlroth of Loew's Poli College, New Haven, is a patient at the Veterans Administration's Hospital at Newington, Conn. Broad Air Control Given Administration Washington, July 11.— The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee today approved a bill to give the government broad emergency power over radio transmission and other electro-magnetic devices. Committee Chairman Johnson (D., Colo.) said the original administration bill had been revised to meet most industry objections. Ives, Lehman Study ITOA Tax Charges Both U. S. Senators representing New York State have indicated to Harry Brandt, president of the Independent Theatre Owners Association of New York, that they will give attention to Brandt's charges in recent letters that a lifting of the entertainment tax from performances sponsored by non-commercial organizations would create a number of abuses. Reporting this yesterday, an ITOA spokesman said Senator Irving Ives thanked Brandt "for providing information concerning the proposal in question," and indicated he would 'look into the matter." Senator Herbert Lehman, the ITOA spokesman said, wrote : "I would, of course, be greatly disturbed if this tax exemption would be abused in such a way as to encourage illegitimate cooperative theatre enterprises merely to profit from such an exemption." He added he would bring the charges to the attention of the Senate Finance Committee. Virtually every exhibitor organization stands opposed to the entertainment tax exemption provisions included in the tax bill now before Congress. Lippert and Pizor Leave for Europe Robert L. Lippert and William Pizor, respectively president and ex ecutive vice-president of Lippert Pic tures, will leave here for Europe by air today to visit franchise holders on the Continent. They will also survey production in England where the company's "Last Page" is being filmed. Technicolor Dividend Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus, president and general manager of Technicolor, Inc., reports that the board of directors has declared a dividend of 50 cents per share payable July 30 to stockholders of record on July 18. This is the second dividend by Technicolor, in 1951. The first, also for 50 cents, was declared on March 20. Chicago Censors Ban Classics' 'Native Son' Chicago, July 11.— The Police Censor Board here has banned Classics Pictures' imported "Native Son," based on the novel by Richard Wright. Wright himself plays the lead in the film, which was produced in Argentina. The action of the picture takes place in Chicago, where many of the scenes were filmed. The story line involves the murder of a white girl by a Negro. The Censor Board says the ban might be lifted if certain scenes are deleted. The picture is scheduled to be re-screened before any further decisions are made in regard to its final acceptance for exhibition here. $1,228 in A Day for 'Tiki' Boston, July 11. — "Kon-Tiki" broke the mid-week opening record at the Exeter Street Theatre, art house in the center of Back Bay, Viola Berlin, manager, reported today. The first day's "gross is understood to have totaled $1,228. The Sol Lesser-RKO Radio release opened yesterday following a special benefit premiere for the Museum of Science Monday night. Kodak Ready for Color Film Orders Rochester, July 11. — Commenting on the settlement this week of the Keller-Dorian Colorfilm suits against Eastman Kodak and Technicolor in U. S. District Court, New York,_ Edward P. Curtis, Kodak vice-president in charge of motion picture sales, said today: 'We plan to file discontinuances of the litigation this week. Under the new licensing agreement provided by the settlement, Kodak is now prepared to supply embossed film in reasonable quantities to any motion picture customer." Premiere for 'Renegade' World premiere of Universal-Inter national's "Mark of the Renegade," a Technicolor production starring Ricardo Montalban and Cyd Chansse, will be held at the United Artists Theatre in Los Angeles on July 24, under the1 auspices of Salvadore Duhart, Mexican consul-general. The premiere will be a charity affair, with all proceeds going to Los Angeles Mexican charities designated by the Mexican consulate general. Republic Concludes New Orleans Meet New Orleans, July 11. — Republic Pictures has concluded a two-day sales meeting at the Jung Hotel, attended by James R. Grainger, sales vice-president ; W. L. Titus, Jr., district manager, and L. V. Seicshnadyer, New Orleans ; E. H. Brauer, Atlanta; J. H. Dillon, Charlotte; J. J. Houlihan, Dallas; N. Wyse, Memphis ; D. Hunt, Oklahoma City ; H. E. Laird, Tampa, all branch managers. Bateman Will Open Meeting For Republic on the Coast Republic's Pacific Coast manager, Francis A. Bateman, is holding a sales conference today and tomorrow in San Francisco, where he is meeting with six Republic branch managers for a discussion of the company's 1951-52 program, the company reported here yesterday. Those present include Jack Dowd, Los Angeles ; George Mitchell, San Francisco ; Jack C. Partin, Portland ; Paul McElhinney, Seattle ; Thomas McMahan, Salt Lake City; and Gene Gerbase, Denver. „. . . „ , ,. , Z, ■ tt T.rr. Tfamsave Consulting Editor. 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