Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1953)

10 Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, January 6, 1953 RKO Case (Continued from page 1) Zanuck Slates 36 ductions and David J. Greene, who claims to own and control more than 78,000 shares, voiced no opposition to the delay. Kipnis, who represents plaintiffs Eli B. Castleman and his wife, Marion V., of Detroit, and Louis Feuerman of this city, told the court that he needed the delay to study new affidavits by RKO Pictures officials, submitted on Friday. Affidavits, it was learned, were submitted by William Zimmerman, RKO Pictures general counsel, on the election of the new RKO Pictures board, and by C. J. Tevlin, studio production head, on production plans for 1953. Tevlin, in his affidavit, stated that the company is now in a position to produce a normal schedule of pictures for 1953. Besides Kipnis and Zimmerman, those present included Albert R. Connelly, of Cravath, Swains and Moore, who represented RKO Pictures ; Isadore J. Kresel, counsel for David J. Greene, and Judge Samuel J. Rosenman, representing Goldwyn Productions. Manos Closes 2 Houses Columbus, O., Jan. 5. — Manos Enterprises has closed the only two film houses in the 7,500-population Jefferson County town of Toronto, O., claiming that the city admission tax has made operation unprofitable. Voters at the November election refused to kill the tax. The levy amounted to two cents per adult ticket and one cent for a children's admission. (Continued from page 1) with Robert L. Jacks producing; "The Story of Demetrius," produced by Ross ; "King of the Khyber Rifles," Frank P. Rosenberg producing ; Irving Berlin's "There's No Business Like Show Business," Walter Lang directing ; "The Egyptian," Zanuck's personal production for the year which will star Marlon Brando, and "Sir Walter Raleigh." Notes Finished Films Zanuck also pointed to the alreadycompleted pictures scheduled for release in coming months. In addition to the current "Stars and Stripes Forever," with Clifton Webb and Debra Paget and "My Cousin Rachel," which stars Olivia de Havilland, the impending releases include: "Niagara," Technicolor, starring Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters, produced by Charles Brackett, directed by Henry Hathaway; "Call Me Madam," Technicolor, produced by Sol C. Siegel, directed by Walter Lang and starring Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor and George Sanders; "Destination Gobi," Technicolor, produced by Stanley Rubin, directed by Robert Wise and starring Richard Widmark. Also, "The President's Lady," produced by Siegel, directed by Henry Levin and starring Susan Hayward and Charlton Heston; "Fight Town," Technicolor, produced by Leonard Goldstein, directed by Harmon Jones and starring Jeanne Crain and Dale Robertson; "Tonight We Sing," Technicolor, produced by George Jessel, directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring David Wayne, Ezio Pinza and Roberta Peters; "Man On A Tightrope," produced by Robert L. Jacks, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Frederic March, Terry Moore, and Gloria Graham; "Taxi," produced by Samuel G. Engel, directed by Gregory Rateff and starring Dan Dailey and Constance Smith; "Baptism of Fire," produced by William Bloom, directed by Robert Webb and starring Victor Mature. "Titanic," Technicolor, produced by Charles Brackett, directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner and Thelma Ritter; "Sailor of the King," produced by Frank McCarthy, directed by Roy Boultmg and starring Jeffrey Hunter and Michael Rennie; "The Desert Rats," produced by Robert L. Jacks, directed by Robert Wise and starring James Mason, Richard Burton and Robert Newton; "Powder River," Technicolor, produced by Andre Hakim, directed by Louis King and starring Rory Calhoun and Corinne Calvet. "The Farmer Takes A Wife," Technicolor, with Frank P. Rosenberg producing, Henry Levin directing and starring Betty Grable and Dale Robertson; "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Technicolor, produced by Siegel, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe; 'White Witch Doctor," produced by Otto Lang, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Susan Hayward and Robert Mitchum. Other 20th Century-Fox pictures scheduled to go before the cameras during 1953 include "A Man Named Peter," which Samuel G. Engel will produce; "How To Marry A Millionaire," with Nunnally Johnson producing; "The Reno Brothers," produced by Robert L. Jacks; "All of Me," starring" Johnnie Ray, to be produced by Leonard Goldstein; "Gatling Gun," with Richard Widmark; "Happy Scoundrel," with Clifton Webb and "The Kid From Left Field," all produced by Goldstein; "TwelveMile Reef," produced by Robert Bassler and directed by Robert Webb, and "The Proud Ones," produced by Frank P. Rosenberg. U.S. Stake (Continued from page 1) Percentage Actions (Continued from page 1) GREAT MOTION PICTURES ARE PROCESSED BY PATHE PAUL, WHITE, President of P SI -TV, Inc., Producers and Distributors of TV-Films, says : takes a highly skilled laboratory to perform our many varied and exacting technical requirements plus a dependable organization to meet daily program deadlines. We use Pathe Labs." 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Another motion of the exhibitor-defendants denied sought various additional details with respect to the complaint of each distributor. David H. Shearer of Shearer, Byard, Trogner & Peters of Minneapolis, represents the distributors with Sargoy & Stein, New York, of counsel. TOA Meeting (Continued from page 1) Both New York and Hollywood Have Complete Pathe Laboratory Facilities: 35MM • l6MM • COLOR • BLACK AND WHITE Pathe Laboratories, Inc. is a subsidiary of Chesapeake Industries, Inc. from his home in Nashville to attend today's meeting of the National Exhibitors Theatre Television Committee, said that the wave of interest in third dimension pictures, as evidenced by the business being done by pictures in "3-D," warrants a thorough study of the new medium. He further predicted that the future of the motion picture theatre could lie in theatre television. The various developments in tri-dimensional pictures, Cinerama and theatre television might well mean the end of one era in the history of the industry and the beginning of a new one, he added. The directors and members of the executive committee will attend a showing of "This Is Cinerama" at the Broadway Theatre on the night of Jan. 26 and may witness a screening of "Bwana Devil," made in Natural Vision, on the afternoon of the same day if a print can be obtained. ment to support reduction or repeal of the admission tax, and that he doubted the matter would be up for consideration by the committee any time very soon. Nonetheless, Kean has always been counted among the Ways and Means committeemen most lukewarm on admission tax relief, and his interest today, demonstrated by a special two-page press release outlining the figures presented him, indicates a marked change in his attitude. Two members of the Ways and Means Committee — Rep. Dingell (D., Mich.) and Rep. Mason (R., 111.)— introduced bills in the opening session of Congress Saturday to eliminate the admission tax. A third lawmaker, Rep. Wickersham (D., Okla.), introduced a bill to reduce the tax to 10 per cent. The figures on the New Jersey situation were presented to Kean by George Gould, chairman of the Federation of New Jersey Theatres, to show the plight of New Jersey exhibitors due to competition from television and other factors. Examples given the Congressman were the Haw'thorne Theatre in Newark, which has suffered an attendance drop of about 80 per cent since 1948, and the Cameo Theatre in South Orange, where business fell about 60 per cent. Kean said Federal admission taxes paid by the Cameo had dropped from about $18,108 in 1948 to about $9,000 in 1952, a substantial loss to the Federal government. The Hawthorne's tax payment, he said, fell from $20,450 in 1948 to about $6,000 last year. Although total national admissions tax receipts have also fallen off since 1948, the drop was not nearly as sharp as for these two theatres, Kean pointed out. "It should be interesting to see how other theatres throughout the nation have fared," he said. "Certain areas do not have television coverage now. But with the unfreezing of new television frequencies, nearly every area with substantial population will be included in television coverage." Polio Drive Results (Continued from page 1) Boasberg of RKO Radio Pictures, Charles Feldman of Universal-International, Robert Benjamin of United Artists, Ben Kalmenson of Warner Brothers, Abe Montague of Columbia Pictures, James Grainger of Republic, a representative of Paramount Pictures, and Chick Lewis representing the trade press. The executives will report on and deliver the drive donations for their companies and company employes. 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