Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1951)

FIRST FILM NEW MOTION PICTURE DAILY Accurate Concise and Impartial VOL. 70. NO. 10 NEW YORK, U. S. A., MONDAY, JULY 16, 1951 TEN CENTS Rep. Gets Film Of Robinson Turpin Fight Yates Sets Exclusive Deal for 'Upset' Bout Exclusive film rights to what is termed "the supreme fight sensation of all time," a full-length motion picture of the world's middleweight championship bout between Sugar Ray Robinson and Randolph Turpin, have been acquired by Herbert J. Yates, president of Republic Pictures, for his company, it was announced here at the weekend. Distribution arrangements were made by Yates with promoter Jack Solomons, and prints will be available at all Republic branches immediately. Accessories will be available at all National Screen branches. The film is narrated by the well-known sports announcer, Jimmy Powers, "Powerhouse" columnist sports editor of the (Continued on page 4) Balaban Weighs Pay Bid at Para. Int'l Barney Balaban, Paramount Pictures president, and Arthur Israel, assistant secretary of the company, will confer this week with respect to the pay increase demands of Paramount International's home office "white collar" workers, it was learned at the weekend following a meeting between Israel and Joseph Basson, IATSE international representative. Sitting in on the meeting was Rus (Continued on page 4) Independents Okay Newspaper Clinic Minneapolis, July 15. — Another move by the new Ted Mann administration in North Central Allied, for a newspaper clinic in the fall to promote public relations for the betterment of boxoffices, was unanimously approved and given whole-hearted support by Central Minnesota independent exhibitors at a meeting held at Perham, Minn. NCA counsel Stan Kane explained the plan at the meeting, over which Lowell Smoots, Little Falls exhibitor, presided. NPA Changes Forms for Filing for New Projects U. K. Pact Talks To Start Today London, July 15. — The exploratory meeting of American and British representatives on the new film remittance agreement, which had been scheduled for Friday, was postponed until tomorrow at the request of the American delegation. Members of the American group attended a luncheon here on Friday with resident managers of distribution companies, which developed into an afternoon-long discussion. 20th-Fox Sales Meet Opens Here Today The two-day conference of 20th Century-Fox division managers which opens at the home office today will devote considerable time during discussions to merchandising plans for the company's top pictures. With "Decision Before Dawn," "People Will Talk" and "No Highway in the Sky" on the sales agenda drawn up by Al Lichtman, director of distribution, further talks will center about the company's national cooperative advertising offer to every firstrun theatre in the country as well as those first subsequent runs which join together for cooperative advertising in their territories. Vice-President Charles Einfeld will confer with the division heads on the co-op ad offer as well as the progress (.Continued on page 4) Record Ad Budget for RKO's 'Leathernecks' Biggest budget on paid advertising on any production since Howard Hughes assumed control of RKO Radio has been allotted to Edmund Grainger's "Flying Leathernecks," starring John Wayne and Robert Ryan. Approximately $200,000 will be expended on national magazine advertising alone, according to RKO's adagency, Foote, Cone and Belding. Expenditures will be made for magazines, daily newspapers, trade publications, 24-sheet stands, and radio and video time. "Flying Leathernecks," Grainger's inaugural RKO production, and de (Continued on page 4) Washington, July 15. — Theatre owners and others who plan to submit or have submitted applications for government approval of construction projects must do so on a new form, the National Production Authority reports. Until now, such applications have been made on a form known as NPAF-24. As part of the transition to the new construction order, the applications from now on will be made on a form known as LMP-4C. Tying in to the controlled materials plan, this new application form will serve both as a construction application and also an application for allotment of steel, copper and aluminum to carry out the construction if approved. The NPA made it clear that not only must new applications be filed on this new fo rm but also that applications now pending and not yet acted on must be re-submitted on the new form. Altec to Service National's TV System An agreement has been reached by Altec Service Corp. with National Theatre Supply to supervise and service installations of National's GPL Simplex TV system. Negotiations are in progress with other TV manufacturers. Altec, independent service company operating on a national basis, is streamlining its organization to be ready to meet the need for TV installation supervision this fall. Altec, with its manufacturing, development, laboratory facilities and national service organization, provides manufacturers, dealers and exhibitors with technical know-how. 5 New Channels for Telecasts Proposed Washington, July 15. — The Federal Communications Commission has refused to give five television channels in the ultra-high frequency band to common carriers and instead proposed to give them to television broadcasters. This would make 70 new channels in the UHF band that the Commission is proposing to give to TV broadcasting. Common carriers had asked for five channels in the 470 to 500 MC range, but the Commission found that the entire space from 470 to 890 MC was "urgently needed to obtain full development of television broadcasting and that the loss of any space to other services would severely (Continued on page 4) MPAA Okays ' Jubilee' Participation But Board Makes Support Contingent on Exhibition With budgetary commitments due to be determined at a series of additional conferences here this week, the board of the Motion Picture Association of America on Friday approved in principle and with special qualification the MPAA's participation in the industry-wide boxoffice jubilee drive to be held during October and November under sponsorship of the Council of Motion Picture Organizations. The qualification was this: formal approval of support for the project will hinge on COMPO's success in enlisting the full and wholehearted cooperation of the nation's exhibitors. Arthur L. Mayer, COMPO execu (Continued on page 4) Compo Joins Fight On Tax Exemptions The Council of Motion Picture Organizations has joined the fight against the Federal tax bill provisions exempting a wide variety of non-commercial organizations from charging admission taxes when they sponsor public entertainment. Robert W. Coyne, COMPO special counsel, has scheduled an appearance (Continued on page 4) Loew's Union Tilt Before NLRB Thurs. National Labor Relations Board examiner James Alteri will hold a formal hearing here Thursday on the petition for an election to determine the collective bargaining agency for the Loew's home office "white collar" workers. Rivals for jurisdiction over the 500 former members of the Screen Office and Professional Employes Guild, now dissolved, are IATSE Motion Picture Home Office and Professional Employes Local No. H-63 and District No. 65 of the Distributive, Processing and Office Workers of New York and New Jersey.