Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1952)

Friday, January 18, 1952 Motion Picture daily 7 Boys' Club Honors George P. Skouras George P. Skouras and J. Willard Hayden, principal benefactors of the Boys' Club of Queens were honored at a testimonial dinner at the Hotel Astor here last night. The dinner was for the benefit of the $200,000 Boys' Club of Queens campaign. Skouras, on behalf of Skouras Theatres Corp., has donated the land for the club, and Hayden, through the Hayden Foundation, has pledged a conditional gift of $500,000 for the erection of the building. In donating the land, Skouras explained : "The Skouras Theatres in purchasing the land as a gift to the Boys' Club of Queens for the erection of this building did so because it feels that the future and destiny of America is in the hands of the coming generation." The dinner last night launched a series of fund-raising events. George P. Skouras New Film to RKO Radio RKO Radio will release "Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard" in the domestic territories, Ned E. Depinet, president, announced. Perkins Wins {Continued from page 1) York, and Jerry Keyser, foreign publicity director for Warner Brothers International Corp. in New York. There were 63 finalists in this quarter, with each of the three judges naming 10 in their order of preference. One of the judges chose Midland, Ont., because it is shozmianship at the point of sale, which makes theatres pay dividends. Baker's contribution is one of several campaigns on "The Day the Earth Stood Still," which figure prominently in this quarter, and will double entries in the 20th Century-Fox $15,000 contest, now under way, with that company's judging due later in the month. 7 Winners "Scroll quarter, There are seven QP Honor" winners in this follows : Bill Elder, Penn Theatre, Pittsburgh ; Al Frank, Retlaw Theatre, Fond du Lac, Wis. ; J. P. Harrison, Campus Theatre, Denton, Tex. ; William P. Lalor, Myers Theatre, Janesville, Wis. ; Dale Lee, Wilma Theatre, Coeur d'Alene, Ida. ; Pearce Parkhurst, Lansing Drive-In Theatre, Lansing, Mich. ; Matt Saunders, Poli Theatre, Bridgeport. Keyser, foreign publicity manager for Warner Brothers International Corp., judged the entries from abroad, because there were so many, while the other two judges concentrated on domestic. He picked a campaign from G. C. Dilley, manager of the Ritz in Edgware, England, as the overseas Towne Defendants Enter New Plea Chicago, Jan. 17. — The defendants in the Towne Theatre case have entered a plea for exemption from payment of $102,000 allegedly due the plaintiffs for the period since April 1950. The defendants also are objecting to payment of legal fees to the plaintiff's attorneys for the same period, contending that these fees are covered by payment of court costs for the period in question. This plea was entered Wednesday morning and the plaintiffs' attorneys were given 24 hours to reply to the surprise move on the part of the defendants. Arguments pro and con were heard today in Federal District Court here by Judge Walter Labuy, and he is expected to render a decision within the next few days. Press 'Junkef to *Bend' Premiere Hollywood, Jan. 17. — More than two score newspaper, magazine and trade paper writers, one of the largest contingents in recent years, will journey to Portland, Ore., to cover the world premiere of Universal-International's color by Technicolor production of "Bend of the River" next Tuesday and Wednesday. The three major wire services and many national magazines will be represented by writers from Los Angeles or New York. Several feature syndicates also will be represented. In addition. West Coast representatives from most major trade papers Republic (Continued from page 1) company's Hollywood studios for product discussions with company president Herbert J. Yates. He brought with him to New York a print of John Ford's "The Quiet Man," which was screened for district and branch managers at yesterday's meeting. The New York sales sessions were attended by Walter L. Titus, Jr., James V. O'Gara, John P. Curtin, Richard G. Yates, and branch managers Jake Flax, I. T. Sweeney, Frank Dervin, Arthur Newman, Norman Silverman, William Murphy, Leon Herman, Jules Livingston, and 1. H. Pollard. The fourth and final session in the current series of sales meetings will be held at the Jung Hotel in New Orleans on Monday and Tuesday. and some 30 newspapers from key cities throughout the nation will converge on Portland. The Don LeeMutual Network will carry a broadcast of the premiere to all affiliated stations in the Northwest with a one minute cut in the middle of the program so that the various stations can tell their listeners where and when the picture will play in their local communities. SMPTE Meet Here Wed. The Atlantic Coast section of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, at a meeting in the Museum of Modern Art here Wednesday, will hear from John G. Stott, vice-president of Tri-Art Color Corp. from The Ho//uwooc/ Reporter: ( THBHB AHe LOADS MOAC/) can count off the kind of blessings that mean plenty of boxoffice profit/^! ,