Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1951)

6 Motion Picture Daily Thursday, November 15, 1951 December Deadline For Loew's Filing The deadline for Loew's filing of a divorcement plan with the New York Statutory Court will be postponed from today to "sometime in December," it was reported here yesterday by a Department of Justice spokesman. Loew's and D. of J. representatives have been conferring here on a postponement. The precise deadline in December was expected to be set today. ATOI Meet {Continued from page 1) of directors following this afternoon's business session. Other officers, all reelected, are Sam Neall, vice-president ; Marc J. Wolf, treasurer ; William A. Carroll, executive secretary, and Ann Craft, secretary. John M. Sims, TV research expert for the General Precision Corp., told the convention "the time may come when you'll pay 10 cents a seat for the World Series in your theatre.'' He predicted 500,000 seats for theatre TV by the end of 1953. "Nobody can bid against that kind of buying power," he said. Sims predicted that theatre TV, with this capacity, can afford to -bid $500,000 for a single world series game or $1,000,000 for two nights of a broadway musical hit. Wilbur Snaper, president of New Jersey Allied and coordinator of National AlHed's film committee, reported "general sales manager acceptance" of its arbitration efforts. Film clinics on specialized problems of city, small town and drive-in situations were held at the morning session. Each group will report its recommendations to the convention Thursday afternoon. A banquet tonight closed the day's activities. Speakers were the Rev. William Alexander, Oklahoma City, and Col. William McCrflw, ^Dallas, executive director of--.'Vanety''frtte<gnational. i " An ATOI director's meeting Tuesday night voted to suppof't resolutions on increased admissions, excessive film rentals and arbitration passed gat the national Allied convention. ,?> Rembusch announced the^fqllowihg Review Young Scarf ace' (Boulting-M. K. D. Distributors) GRAHAM GREENE'S novel, "Brighton Rock," has been converted into an exciting and suspenseful, albeit somewhat horrifying, picture entitled quite aptly "Young Scarface." There are scenes of slashings and murder which make this the sort of fare that is best withheld from the very young and the impressionable. Richard Attenborough portrays in this British-made crime film a cruel and vicious gangster, the leader of a clique of "tinhorn" mobsters at a resort site in England. On the whole the picture stands up very well as a crime thriller. The story opens in a rather involved way with a contest being conducted by a newspaper. A murder takes place and the victim, presumably, is an employee of the paper. Attenborough is the killer, but in his attempt to cover up his tracks he goes from one sordid crime to another. He meets an innocent young waitress, excellently played by the good-looking Carol March, and since she could make a key witness against him, he decides to marry her because a wife cannot testify against her husband. Meanwhile, Hermione Baddeley, who does a fine job as a vaudeville performer who is suspicious that the first death was not due to natural causes, slowly tracks down Attenborough. The killer plots to do away with his wife •in a suicide pact in which she will die first and he will flee. But the police arrive just in time to foil the plan and Attenborough eventually goes to his death. The acting is good all around, and the climaxes are built to a terrific pitch with the assistance of obstreperous background music and some rather unorthodox photography. The screenplay is by Greene and Terrence Rattigan. Running time, 80 minutes. Adult audience classification. Release date, Nov. 7. CEA Defers (Continued from page 1) the suggestion of J. Arthur Rank several years ago and it is believed he is likely to make acceptance by CEA' of the proposals for strengthening REP a condition to the return of his theatres to CEA membership. Also, the Rank interests are understood to favor Sir Wilfrid Eady, author of Britain's Eady Plan, as paid secretary of the REP committee, if and when CEA accepts the new setup. Sir Wilfrid is due for retirement from the Civil Service in a few months. Harry Mears, CEA president, left here tonight for Bournemouth to report the general eouncil's' feeHttg-^n the withdrawal of Rank's theatfes from CEA membership; to Rank. The latter is attending a convention of his theatre managers in Bournemouth. merr have -been invited to "serveon the Allied arbitration committee ; Jack Kirsch, Chicago; Nathan Yamins, Boston ; Wilbur Snaper, New York ; Cok. Harry Cole, Dallas; Abram F. Myers, general counsel iof National Allied, _ and Rembusch. 'All but Yamins have already accepted. French Arrives (Continued from page 1) with the primary purpose of his visit, namely, to confer with Motion Picture Association of America officials on the latter's new advisory services for aiding foreign producers in marketing their films in the U. S. Meetings are scheduled to get underway in New York today between Sir Henry and John G. McCarthy, MPAA vice-president. McCarthy said yesterday he planned to arrange for a conference in Washington early next week at which they would be joined in by Eric A. Johnston and Joyce O'Hara. Also sitting in on the W^shingtQsrmeetjng will be Reginald =Bake\, BF-PA, president, who has sailed for'-, the U. S| aboard the S7'~S. Mauretania, ■ wlficir is scheduled to dock inNew York on Monday.' The _ MPAA and BFPA officials .will discuss plans for ^international film festivals as well as the'-capacity of the AfnericajiT market to sustain British product,, according to both Sir Henry and ^McCarthy. X Asked if lie would^propose renegotiation of trie : AngloAmerican film "agreement, §jr 'Henry said he would •not. '\ \ Boxoffice is better when patrons hear Loudspeaker Systems 161 Sixth Avenue New York 13.N.Y. LANS INC CO0PO0ATION 1161 N. Vine Street Hollywood 28, Calif. AVAILABLE FROM THEATRE SUPPLY DEALERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD Banners to Fly on Para. Anniversary Some 200 banners, honoring the "Silver Anniversary" celebration of the New York Paramount Theatre on Nov. 21, will be displayed on Broadway from 57th to 40th Streets, starting next week. The Broadway Association will fly 28-inch banners from sidewalk poles with the Paramount and the anniversary feature musical film, RKO's "Two Tickets to Broadway" sharing credits. TOA Membership (Continued from page 1) functions in the local units and at the national level by calling upon talent that is not now officially a part of the TOA family." S. H. Fabian, executive committee chairman, will preside at today's meeting. Approximately 20 TOA leaders, including Mitchell Wolfson, organization president, are scheduled to attend. Tomorrow some 70 exhibitors from the New England and Middle Atlantic states will gather at the Astor for TOA's first regional convention. Elaborating on the proposal he will submit today, Sullivan said: "TOA, in providing a broader service to our local units, should develop schools for motion picture theatre personnel. The local units, when they have their conventions, could set aside sessions for the interchange of information between veteran showmen and the young managers and their assistants. Speakers and constructive papers could be presented on the manifold operational techniques for the large or small theatre. "These ser^ce schools could stimulate tremendoui, x interest among the younger theatre operators, and many suggestions . and programs could be channeled through our national TOA headquarters and seht to other units where they may prove helpful. "More and more w| need to develop panel discussions on -sound economics that can be effected In theatre operation, and in planning for future conventions.our local leaders should put tfie accent on youth. One of the ideal uses of the regional committees, in addition to ■. creating constructive grievance panels, would be to formulate plans for these service schools for the younger men and women of exhibition. Generating a love of the business can be achieved only by continuing incentives that flow from the interchange of information at these schools. Some rewarding results are certain if the younger people in exhibition feel that they really belong." Six Star Tours (Continued from page 1) are George H. McKenna and William Dipson ; the Albany chairman is Harry Lamont. During the same week nine Hollywood personalities will visit Salt Lake City, and three will tour small towns of Western Pennsylvania. A "jumbo tour" featuring 15 personalities will cover the states of Louisiana and Mississippi during the week of Dec. 2.