Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1951)

2 Motion Picture Daily Thursday, October 11, 1951 Personal Mention RUSSELL DOWNING, managing director of Radio City Music Hall, has left New York for Hollywood where he will preview new product with a view to future Music Hall bookings. • Herman Ripps, assistant to John P. Byrne, M-G-M's Eastern sales manager, is pinch-hitting for the latter while he is recuperating from illness. • Gene Pleshette, manager of the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre, will be a guest lecturer at Long Island University. • Morey Goldstein, sales vice-president of Monogram-Allied Artists, is due to arrive in Hollywood today from New York. • John Stein, former publicist for Irving Ackerman's Theatre in San Francisco, has returned to that city from a trip to Paris. • Charles Meggs, Monogram-Allied Artists advertising art-director, has returned to Hollywood from the East Coast. • Robert Montgomery, producer and film star, will be one of the two guest speakers at the Republican Preparedness Dinner in Boston. • Robert M. Savini, president of Astor Pictures, has left New York to visit his exchanges in the South. • Frances Lane has joined M-G-M's exploitation department here to handle Fashion tieups. • Floyd Hendrickson, M-G-M studio attorney, and Mrs. Hendrickson, are visiting here from the Coast. • Marvin Schenck, Loew's vicepresident, has returned to the Coast after home office conferences. • T. C. Clarke has been named president and director of the Dominion Sound Equipment Ltd. in Montreal. Brandt,RinzlerHead Rogers Drive Locally Harry Brandt, head of Brandt Theatres, has accepted the invitation of the Variety Clubs-Will Rogers Memorial Hospital to serve as 1951 New York regional chairman of the organization's "Christmas Salute" fund-raising drive which will get underway Nov. 1. Harold Rinzler of Randforce Amusement Corp., will serve as co-chairman with Brandt. 'Movietime' Winning U.S. No Paper Tomorrow Motion Picture Daily will not be published tomorrow, Columbus Day, a legal holiday. (Continued from page 1) scale and with sufficient impetus to sustain it far into the future. Regional committeemen, COMPO said yesterday, were unanimous in praising the spirit with which the Hollywood personalities undertook the tours and their willingness to attempt to meet the grueling schedule's which kept most on the move and before the public for 12 to 15 hours daily, and which will continue to do so throughout the remainder of the week. Columbus, O., Sees Lasting Impression Made by Stars Columbus, Oct. 10. — "Hollywood's representatives to Ohio for the 'Movietime, U.S.A.' campaign created a marvelous impression for themselves and the industry as a whole," said Harry Schreiber, co-chairman of the Columbus, O., "Movietime" committee in summing up the results of the campaign there. The group that arrived in Columbus Sunday included Jeanne Crain, Geraldine Brooks, Keefe Brasselle, George MacCready, and Ernest Pascal, writer. Governor Frank Lausche of Ohio and Mayor James Rhodes of Columbus greeted the Hollywood personalities at a luncheon at the Columbus Athletic Club, attended by 125 of the city's most prominent citizens. Chet Long, radio commentator, presided as toastmaster and Jeanne Crain made an address on behalf of the Hollywood group. They made anpearances on two TV stations, WBNS and WLW, and three radio stations, WBNS, WHKC and WCOL, and appeared at a rally attended by more than 8,000 persons. In the evening the Hollywood personalities and Columbus exhibitors were guests at a dinner riven bv Leo Yassonoff, a leading local exhibitor. From Columbus, the grout) went on a tour that included Springfield, Dayton, and Cincinnati, with stop-offs at several towns along the route. Personalities Do Good Job for Iowa Towns Des MO'Ines, Oct. 10. — "The tour of Hollywood personalities as part of the Movietime celebration in Iowa brought out hundreds of thousands of persons who never had seen anyone from Hollywood and the results of the campaign were marvelous," said Dale McFarland of Tri-State Theatre Corp., chairman of the tour for this area. The Hollywood delegation included Macdonald Carey, Benav Venuta, Alex Nicol, Richard Maibaum, producer, and six members of Paramount's Golden Circle — Barbara Rish, Susan Morrow, Nancy Hale, Irene Martin, Judith Ames and Peter Baldwin. They were greeted at a luncheon here bv Governor William S. Beardsley and then divided into three groups for appearances in 85 towns in various parts of the state. Virginia Tours off To Good Start Richmond, Oct. 10. — Paced by a successful luncheon and dinner here the Movietime campaign in Virginia is proceeding according to schedule, with a delegation from Hollywood consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Scott, Karl Tunberg, president of the Screen Writers Guild ; Myrna Dell, Jane Nigh and Edwin Knopf, producer. Governor John Stewart Battle attended the opening dinner here. Under the direction of Carlton Duffus, "Movietime" campaign director for the state, the group of personalities is spending the week on a tour of its principal towns. Charlotte Area Being Thoroughly Covered Charlotte, Oct. 10. — "If results in other parts of the country have been like those in North and South Carolina, the 'Movietime, U.S.A.' campaign has been a 100 per cent success," said Everett Olsen, chairman of the publicity and personality tour committee for the Charlotte exchange area. The Hollywood delegation includes Penny Edwards, Lori Nelson, Craig Hill and Isabel Dawn, writer. After radio and newspaper interviews and public appearances here they began a tour of key towns throughout the area. Pennsylvania Delegation Enthusiastically Hailed Philadelphia Oct. 10. — Typical of reports received from Movietime, U.S.A. chairmen in all parts of the nation is a wire received by Frank L. McNamee, executive Movietime director for the Philadelphia territory from Sam Gilman and Jerry Wollaston. "Movietime" co-chairmen in Harrisburg, Pa. Reporting on the personal appearance in Harrisburg of Broderick Crawford, Vera-Ell,en, Philip Reed, Judith Braun, Roddy McDowall and William Lively, writer, co-chairmen Gilman and Wollaston wired McNamee : "Visit of Hollywood personalities on behalf of "Movietime, U.S.A." most sensational stunt of this kind ever seen in this city. Visit preceded and accompanied bv unprecedented newspaper and radio publicity. All four of radio stations, all newspapers and news services interviewed Hollywood personalities at a special morning function. Luncheon given by Governor Tohn S. Fine of Pennsylvania attended by 200." Del., South Jersey Troupe Keeping on the Move Delaware and South Jersey exhibitors agree that a skillful public relations job was done in their territories by the Movietime troupe sent out of Philadelphia, according to advices received at COMPO headquarters yesterday. The troupe, consisting of Beverly Tyler, Wayne Morris and DeWitt Bodine, a writer, was greeted by thousands of people at stops in a number of Delaware and South Jersey towns, and met Governor Elbert Carvell of Delaware at a luncheon in the state capital, Dover, attended by 50 civic leaders. Thereafter, the troupe visited 12 Delaware towns and went Tax Position of Canada Favorable Ottawa, Oct. 10. — Canada's motion picture theatres are not likely to be affected by any new federal tax changes when the Canadian Parliament meets in its new session this month since no new separate federal budget is expected to be brought down by the Canadian government. It is likely that there will be no federal budget until the spring of 1952. Illinois Allied Bows To 'Movietime, USA' Chicago, Oct. 10. — Allied of Illinois has dropped its radio program, "Movies for Millions," featuring Sam Lesner, Chicago Daily News film critic, and disc jockey Myron Barg. The program, which drew a heavy mail response during its 13 weeks on the air over local station WCFL, was allowed to lapse temporarily because the directors of Allied felt that all promotional efforts should be made through "Movietime U.S.A." at this time. Resumption of the program at the conclusion of the "Movietime" celebration is a definite possibility, it is reported. on to Camden and Trenton. A visit to Governor Driscoll of New Jersey is also on the schedule. The troupe will tour towns in Southern New Jersey through Friday, winding up the tour in Atlantic City Friday night. Northern California Group May Participate in Drive San Francisco, Oct. 10. — L. S. Hamm, president of the California Theatres Association, has called an emergency meeting of the board of directors for tomorrow. It is believed the meeting is for the purpose of setting up a definite program for participation in "Movietime U.S.A." NEW YORK THEATRES RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL _____ Rockefeller Center _____ "AN AMERICAN IN PARIS" To the Music of GEORGE GERSHWIN starring and introducing GENE KELLY • LESLIE CARON Color by TECHNICOLOR An M-G-M Picture plus SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION «0»Uti HUMU „ JOHN mm WAYNE • RYAN ^__5__ MOTION PICTURE DAILY. 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