Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1951)

Wednesday, October 10, 1951 Motion Picture Daily 3 Launch N. Y. 'Movietime' Quigley Publications Photo /ANE POWELL opens New York's "Movietime" luncheon singing "The Star Spangled Banner" in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday before a gathering of 1,000 community and industry leaders. Federal Judge Harold R. Medina is at Miss Powell's left. On the right are Fred Schwartz, chairman; Francis Cardinal Spellman and Irene Dunne. In the background may be seen Samuel Goldwyn and Jack Cohn. (Continued from page 1) US Trust Suit (Continued from page 1) boxing, could have a major effect on the development of theatre television. The suit filed today accused the National Football League of violating the anti-trust laws. It charged the league and its 12 member clubs had engaged in an illegal conspiracy to restrict the persons and areas which could get broadcasts and telecasts of league football games. The government sought an injunction against any further agreements of this type. Even more significant than the suit itself, however, were the comments of Anti-Trust Chief H. Graham Morison. He said that the Government "considers all restrictions of this type — wherever imposed — to be in violation of the anti-trust laws." He told a press conference that the Government considered this to be a test case, and that if the Justice Department is successful in this case, action will likely follow against all other similar cases where there is an agreement to restrict broadcasts and telecasts. Obviously affected would be the National Collegiate Athletic Association's program restricting college football telecasts. Denver Series Telecast Attributed to A. F. Myers Denver, Oct. 9. — Recent conversations between Abram F. Myers, general counsel of Allied States Association, and Justice Department officials were said to have been the entering wedge to the Broadway Theatre's getting world series television, according to trade sources here. The Denver house was packed Tuesday. CORRECTION RKO Radio Pictures trade showing of "HOT LEAD" for Cincinnati, at the RKO Screening Room, 12 East 6th St., is scheduled for Wed., Oct. 17, at 8:00 P.M. instead of 8:30 P.M. INDEPENDENT FILM EXCHANGE equipped to distribute new American and foreign films, in New York metropolitan area, as well as on a national basis. Call or write J-ck Bellman. Realart Film Exchange, 630 9th Avenue, New York City. Telephone Circle 6-1717. potent means of passing on to multitudes information of every nature and description." Fred Schwartz, chairman of the Organization of the Motion Picture Industry of the City of New York, presided at the luncheon, which opened with an invocation by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York. Other speakers were : Ned E. Depinet, president of the Council of Motion Picture Organizations ; Allen Rivkin, president of the Motion Picture Industry Council ; Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Frederick de Cordova, Irene Dunne and Leonard Spigelgass. The New York exhibitors' organization will endeavor to constitute the luncheon guests as a "Committee of 1,000" on a continuing basis for cooperative activities on the community level, for advisory services and joint endeavors in the future. American Fundamentals As principal spokesman for the community, U. S. Circuit Court Judge Medina reminded his listeners of the American fundamentals which the motion picture has so often illustrated for the masses. "I wonder," he said, "if we realize how many wonderful movies the industry has produced which serve to show the power of rel:gion, the importance of tolerance and goodwill, the companion subject of discrimination? "What a calamity it would have been," Judge Medina said, "had the industry even in part become a propaganda machine or the tool of party politicians. Instead, it seems to me, it has done the very thing that is just and right that it should do, and that is to serve as the mirror of American life, portraying the epic of America. In doing so, it has helped to make American Democracy retain its strength, its vitality and ideals." Judge Medina was presented with an inscribed wallet stuffed with passes to New York theatres. In the audience were prominent clergymen, educators, publishers, union officials, women's club leaders and heads of numerous other organized groups. Milland cited the influence of motion pictures on many facets of American life and manners and declared that Hollywood is conscious of its responsibility to the nation and the world. He related some of the contributions of films and the industry to the national defense effort and closed with a reading of "I Am Motion Pictures," which was written by Maurice Wolfe of M-G-M's exhibitor and public relations department. Actresses Speak The Misses Wright and Dunne decried some of the more publicized Hollywood phases and spoke of its substantial and spiritual characteristics which are seldom noted. De Cordova explained the major steps in the making of a picture, refuting the charge that Hollywood is extravagant and wasteful. Spigelgass, conceding there had been a Communist attempt to take over Hollywood, pointed out that the House Un-American Activities Committee had uncovered fewer than "200 Commun;sts, actually only 158, among Hollywood's working population of 25,000." The history of Communism in Hollywood, he said, is a history of utter defeat. Ben Grauer, radio and television announcer, introduced the dais guests. They were : H. C. Potter, Phyllis Kirk, Henry Fonda, John Payne, Teresa Wright, Leonard Spigelgass, Harry Brandt, Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Elizabeth Taylor, Judge Harold R. Medina, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Irene Dunne, Acting Mayor Sharkey, Jane Powell, Ned Depinet, Edward Rugoff, Robert O'Donnell, Adolph Zukor, Joseph Cotten, Barney Balaban, Allen Extend 'Plugs' (Continued from page 1) Motion Picture Organizations. The shows, which will carry the "Movietime" message for a period of six weeks beginning the end of this week, will reach an audience estimated at many millions each day. They are: "Okay, Mother," ABCTV, which will carry 15 days of continuous plugs; "Bride and Groom," CBS-TV, set for six consecutive Tuesday "Movietime" promotions; "Take a Number," Mutual radio show which will promote "Movietime" both on its daytime program (for 15 consecutive days ) and four successive Saturday night shows ; "G. I. Chance of a Lifetime," ABC radio feature ; "Give and Take," CBS radio program, heard Saturday noon ; and "Ladies Fair," heard on the Mutual network. Rivkin, Fred de Cordova, Mrs. Wendell Willkie, Phyllis Kirk, Charlton Heston, Henry Koster, Frank Schroth, John O'Connor, Louis Fairchild, Hal Fletcher, Maximilian Moss, William R. 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