Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1951)

2 Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, October 16, 1951 Lasky Hails Texas s Movietime9 Tour As 'Great Stimulant' for State's Theatres Dallas, Oct. 15. — The "Movietime, Texas" Hollywood personality tour was described by Jesse Lasky as a complete success and "a great stimulant for the theatres of Texas" as well as of new interest in the motion picture screen. The Texas tour was made by John Wayne, Keenan Wynn, Jeff Chandler and Mrs. Chandler, Agnes Christine Johnson and six members of Paramount's Golden Circle players, and Lasky. The tour covered 1,600 miles and 27 towns and cities, including four colleges. An estimated 750,000 persons attended the meetings scheduled for the group. Some municipal officials said the Hollywood personalities appeared before the largest crowds ever assembled in their cities. Each member of the group made 27 talks. Lasky said the success of the tour was made possible "by the enthusiastic cooperation and thorough preparation for our appearances by local groups of exhibitors" in the centers visited. Personal Mention HARRY FELLERMAN, sales head of the U-I special films division, will leave here today on a tour of exchanges in the Midwest and South. • George Hurrell, president of Hurrell Productions, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Productions, and Hal Adelouist, Disney studio editor, arrived in New York yesterday from Hollywood. • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., has arrived in New York from Richmond, Ya. where he spoke at the opening of the United Defense Fund Drive, of which he is national chairman. • Lige Briex, United Artists special events director, will leave here tonight for Cincinnati. SMPTE Convention {Continued from page 1) ginning Jan. 1 : Frank E. Cahill, Jr., financial vice-president ; Barton Kreutzer, treasurer ; Fred T. Bowditch, re-elected, engineering vicepresident. New members appointed to the board were Axel G. Jensen, Joseph E. Aiken, George Wm. Coburn, Ellis W. D'Arcy, John K. Hilliard, and Fred G. Albin. Sarnoff Gold Medal to Schade At SMPTE Coast Convention Hollywood, Oct. 15. — Otto H. Schade, nationally known radio and television engineer of the RCA tube department, today was named the first recipient of the David Sarnoff "Gold Medal Award" of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. The award was established earlier this year by RCA and named in honor of the chairman of the RCA board. COMPO Urges Use Of Quigley Address The Council of Motion Picture Organizations is circulating a pamphlet, titled "The Catholic Hour," containing the text of a speech by Martin Quigley on "Christ'anity in Motion Pictures Today," which was given recently over the NBC network on a program produced by the National Council of Catholic Men in cooperation with NBC. Urging field participants in COMPO's "Movietime U. S. A." program to use the text in "any way that good taste and local conditions make possible," COMPO calls the address "one of the most valuable pieces of constructive public relations we have seen in a long time." Cites Tours (Continued from page 1) the public, by their splendid behavior and by their sincere and earnest speeches. It was a stupendous achievement. "True, we did not deliver all of the personalities we had hoped to get for these tours. And it is true also that we were unable to provide personalities for all 48 States, as we had originally planned. But in practically all of the areas that we did cover the area chairmen have expressed unbounded enthusiasm for the results accomplished. "Despite this handicap, however, those in Hollywood and elsewhere who were in charge of recruiting the personalities performed wonders. Sam Briskin, Frank Freeman, Mort Blumenstock, Louis K. Sidney, Duke Wales, Stan Richardson, Adrian McCollum, these and many others performed a task for which the industry should be grateful. RKO Theatres (Continued from page 1) control, said that the two new directors were not nominated by the Greene group. It was not known whether the two new directors would be acceptable to Greene, who controls a large bloc of RKO stock and contends that though Hughes' 24 per cent theatre holdings are trusteed he still exercises control. Greene has made preparations for a proxy contest at the first annual meeting of RKO Theatres' stockholders next December in the event nominees to the board do not meet with the approval of his group. The new director Wardall is also a director of Best Foods, Inc. and McKesson & Robbins, among other companies, while Hayward has been identified with the legitimate theatre as a producer in recent years. Newcomb of RKO (Continued from page 1) and during the greater part of this time he was McMahon's chief assistant in charge of the accounting department. Changes Made in 20th, Para. Decrees Washington, Oct. 15. — The Justice Department has revealed two divorcement developments in connection with the 20th Century-Fox and Paramount consent decrees. The development affecting 20th-Fox deals with a decree provision requiring the company to name three towns where one theatre must be sold and where the purchaser is to have the choice of the theatre. The company has now designated the towns, Montrose and Walsenburg, Colo., and Santa Paula, Cal. Justice has also consented to a change in the Paramount decree involving New Jersey theatres. Under the original judgment, United Paramount Theatres was required to give hip its partnership interest in the U. S. Theatre in Paterson, but was allowed to buy out its partner in either the Adams or Paramount theatres in Newark. Under the new provision, UPT would be allowed to buy out the partner in the Paterson theatre but would have to give up its interest in both the Newark theatres. Universal Says (Continued from page 1) a study made of bookers' analyses of all accounts which Universal serves. Feldman stated that for the. past two years with the ever changing "run" situation throughout the country, bookers were instructed to develop these studies with the idea of assuring that the most efficient service could be rendered to all theatres playing Universal pictures. Johnston Completes European Visit London, Oct. IS. — Eric Johnston, Economic Stabilization Administrator, ended his brief European inspection tour here tonight and left for Washington by plane. Johnston's leave of absence as president of the Motion Picture Association of America expires next week. He indicated while here that he may not return to the post until early next January. Newsreel Parade rHE Yanks winning the World Series and Princess Elisabeth and Prince Philip on a tour of Canada are current newsreel highlights. Other items include fashions, Korean fighting and sports. Complete contents follow : MOVIETONE NEWS, No. 83— Princess Elizabeth hailed on Canadian tour. UN offensive smashes Reds. New crisis arises over Suez Canal. U. S. 43rd Division sails. Italian police parade in Rome. Yanks win. Texaas rodeo. NEWS OF THE DAY, No. 21 J— UN forces push on as battle grows in fury. Army ends segregation. Foreign aid bill signed. The 43rd Division off to Europe. White House preview. Princess Elizabeth on tour. Yankees win. PARAMOUNT NEWS, No. 16-Princess Elizabeth captures Canada. Paris jewelry fashion show. Britain prepares to go to the polls in Parliamentary balloting. Yankees stop Giants for series title. TELENEWS DIGEST, No. «-B— England: Labor's stand. Foreign aid bill signed. Princess Elizabeth in Canada. Philippines President Quirino welcomed by Franco. Roller skates race. Yanks win World Series. UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL, No. 49»-Princess Elizabeth on Canadian tour. Austria train wreck kills 20. Equestrian demonstration. Yankees win World Series. University of Southern California upsets Washington U. WARNER PATHE NEWS, No. IS— Yanks win World Series. Princess Elizabeth and Philip on Royal tour. Fighting goes on at the front in Korea. Fashion parade in Switzerland. Dare-devils show their stuff. Cheyfitz Resigns (Continued from page 1) courses. His present plans are to finish_ this fall, take his bar examination in December and enter private practice immediately, with offices here and in Toledo. Cheyfitz will specialize in labor and industrial relations. MPAA president Eric A. Johnston has retained Cheyfitz as a personal adviser on non-MPAA matters. Meanwhile, Cheyfitz will speak before the California Manufacturers' Association in San Francisco tomorrow. NEW YORK THEATRES RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Rockefeller Center ! 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