Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1954)

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2 Motion Picture Daily Thursday, July 8, 1954 Personal Mention JOSEPH R. VOGEL, vice-president of Loew's, Inc., will leave New York bv plane today for France, and will join Mks. Vogel in Paris for a European vacation. • Herc McIntyre, South Pacific supervisor for Universal International, and William Hislop, U-I manager for New Zealand, have left New York to return to their respective territories. • Edith Hershkovitz, M-G-M booker in Pittsburgh, who was married there last week to Martin Gerson, is honeymooning in New York. • Frederica "Freddie" Eidelsberg, of the New York COMPO office, has left here for a vacation in Canada. • Eugene Picker, in charge of operations for Loew's Theatres, has returned to New York from California. • William Zimmerman, film attorney, has left here by plane for London and the Continent. • John Ireland sailed from here Tuesday on the "Queen Mary" for London. • JoNiE Taps, Columbia Pictures producer and music executive, is in New York from the Coast. • Joop Geesink, Amsterdam producer, has arrived in New York from Holland. • Ella Raines, president of Cornwall Productions, will leave here today for Baltimore. and Washington. 'Caine/ 'Eternity' Grosses Near-Equal Columbia's "Caine Mutiny" appears to be running neck-and-neck with its "From Here to Eternity" and in some situations, passing it gross-wise, the company has reported. At the State-Lake in Chicago, "Caine" pulled $73,000 in its first five days. "Eternity," in its first seven days at the Oriental, which has 500 more seats, grossed $83,000. In its first six days at the Randolph in Philadelphia, the picture garnered $66,000 against $63,000 for "Eternity" at the Stanley in seven days, the latter having 550 more seats than the Randolph, Columbia reported. New records were reported set at the St. Francis, San Francisco, and the Astor, Boston. The picture drew $93,000 at the Capitol here in the first five days of its second week. "Caine" is said to be outrgrossing "Eternity" in Detroit and Portland, Ore. Mrs. Olshan, 57 MILWAUKEE, July 7.— Mrs. Cele Olshan, 57, wife of Harry Olshan, branch manager here for Columbia Pictures, passed away at Columbia hospital after an illness of several months. Federal Suit Against Cinecolor Dismissed HOLLYWOOD, July 7.— The Federal Court here dismissed by stipulation the treble damage suit by the Government against Cinecolor Corp., filed April 15, 1953, and seeking $39,121 on the ground the company had exceeded the Oftice of Price Stabilization ceiling in charging for certain processing and services. Dismissal followed acceptance of a compromise oflfer by the defendant, who did not admit liability or willful violation. Says SIMPP Aware Of French Pact Talks The U. S. Department of State and the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers were kept fully informed of all negotiations between the Motion Picture Export Association and the French government for the two-year film agreement which was signed recently, Eric Johnston, president, of MPEA, stated yesterday. Preferring not to elaborate on SIMPP president Gov. Ellis Arnall's letter to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Johnston said that "both SIMPP and the State Department were aware of the progress in the French pact agreement. Under the agreement, a special number of permits have been reserved for MPEA non-members." Arnall, in releasing the contents of his letter to Secretary of State Dulles, asked that a complete investigation of the pact be made on the grounds that it is in restraint of fair export trade practices of domestic competitors of the MPEA. WASHINGTON, July 7. — Motion Picture representatives in the State Department here, questioned regarding the letter written by Ellis Arnall to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles regarding the film agreement with France, stated that, to their knowledge, the communication had not yet been received. 'Golden Mistress' Acquired by UA "The Golden Mistress," filmed in color by Technicolor on location in Haiti and elsewhere in. the Caribbean has been acquired for release by United Artists, president Arthur B Krim announced. John Agar stars in "The Golden Mistress," which intro duces Rosemarie Bowe. Richard Kay and Harry Rybnick produced the film with Sam X. Abar banel as executive producer. Joel Judge directed from a screenplay he co-authored with Lew Hewitt based on Hewitt's original story. 'Richard' Opens Tonight HOLLYWOOD, July 7. — "King Richard and the Crusaders," Warner Brothers CinemaScope production with color in WarnerColor, will have an invitational world premiere here tomorrow night at the Egyptian Thea tre. Radio, newsreel and newspaper coverage will be accorded the open ing. Operational Changes In Evergreen Circuit PORTLAND, Ore., July 7.-The recent retirement of Frank Newman, Sr., as head of Evergreen Theatres and the transfer of his 20 per cent stock to National Theatres, has resulted in several changes in the circuit. New general manager William H. Thedford yesterday announced that the Portland booking office will be shifted to the main Evergreen office in Seattle, where Fran X. Christie, head film buyer for the circuit, will handle bookings for all Evergreen houses. The Portland district office under Russell Brown, will be continued, according to Thedford. The new Fox Theatre, slated to open in the near future, will be added to the other Evergreen theatres in Vancouver and two houses in Eugene, Ore., Thedford said. Another change occured when Louis S. Metzelar, Portland booker since 1944, resigned. Thedford has been in charge of Evergreen district offices in both Portland and Seattle since 1947. Prior to his retirement, Newman presented his colleague and wellknown theatre manager, Harold Murphy, manager of the Egyptian in Seattle, with a retirement check as he reached his 65th and retirement year. B & H Extends Pact With Rank Concern LONDON, July 7. — J. Arthur Rank's British Optical & Precision Engineers has announced a further extension of a long-term license agreement under which the Rank Organization will continue to manufacture Bell & Howell Company film equipment in England for sale in sterling area countries. The first agreement between the two companies was signed in 1946. Since then British Acoustic Films have manufactured Bell & Howell 35mm studio equipment and amateur motion picture cameras and projectors under the trade name of "G.B.Bell & Howell." Arrangements have also been completed for a long term extension of an existing agreement for the distribution by Bell & Howell Company of high precision Taylor, Taylor and Hobson lenses in the U. S. A. and other countries. To Bar Press When Walsh, Brewer Meet HOLLYWOOD, July 7.— The dinner meeting of the lATSE delegates tomorrow night at the Hollywood Athletic Club, when incumbent president Richard Walsh and candidate Roy M. Brewer are expected to debate contested issues in the election campaign, will be closed to press, Pat Offer, secretary of the committee for Brewer, today disclosed. Offer said Walsh's communication accepting the invitation to the dinner was conditioned on the meeting being limited exclusively to qualified delegates, and that this assurance was given. Walsh could not be reached today for comment. 'French Line' Still 'Under Ad judication' The matter of RKO Pictures' "French Line" violation of the Production Code and the $25,000 fine levied against the company by the Motion Picture Association of America, is "still under adjudication," Eric Johnston, MPAA president, said here yesterday. Italian Pact {Continued from page 1) to the Italian industry can't be used for promoting Italian releases in the U. S., he said. Questioned on the Italian Film Export certificates which are still outstanding, Johnston said that "IFE has never entered an expenditures accounting of the funds which were given them for the promotion and distribution of Italian films in the U. S. We have asked for an accounting but have never received it. MPEA has only received a $150,000 settlement for the 'B' bonds. The 'A' certificates are still outstanding." Commenting on the two-year AngloFrench pact which allows U. S. distributors 109 permits annually, Johnston said that under the agreement "I do not consider any payments made as a subsidy. We have made a settlement of all outstanding disputes. Of the reserve fund, we have turned over to the French government $320,000. American companies will remit here about $2,400,000 yearly. Dollars will not be used for the distribution of French films in America. Being Sent to Washington The industry and the State Department knew of our negotiations and agreement with the French government, Johnston said. The documents are in the process of being forwarded to Washington now, he said. With the conclusion of agreements with France and Italy, the MPEA still has to negotiate pacts with England and with Germany. Johnston said that the British pact expires Aug. 31 and the German expiration date is Sept. 30. A British delegation is expected to negotiate the new pact on Sept. 22 in Washington. Technicolor Dividends A dividend of 25 cents a share on the new $1 par common stock of Technicolor, Inc., and 50 cents a share on the old no-par common stock not exchanged was declared yesterday by the compan}' board of directors. The dividends are payable Aug. 2 to holders of record at the close of business on July 16. 1327 S. Wakaih ■ Chiuto, III. S30 Ninlh An. ■ Nea York, N. Y. MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Qui?ley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwin Kane, Editor; Terry Ramsaye, Consulting Editor. Published daily, e.Nxept^ Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, by Ouigley Publishing Company, Inc., 1270 Sixth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, New York 20, N. Y. Telephone Circle 7-3100. Cable address: UuiCTUbco, New York." Martin Quigley, President; Martin Quigley, Jr., Vice-President; Theo. J. Sullivan, Vice-President and Treasurer; Raymond Levy, Vice-President; Leo J. Brady, Secretary; Al Steen, News Editor; Herbert V. Fecke, Advertising Manager; Gus H. Fausel, Production Manager; Hollywood Bureau, Yucca-Vine Building, WiUiam K Weaver, Editor, Hollywood 7-2145: Chicago Bureau, 120 South LaSalle Street, Urben Farley, Mvertising Representative, Fl 6-3074; Sam Lesner Editorial Representative, 400 West Madison St., DE 2-1111. Washington, J. A. Otten, National Press Club, Washington, D. C London Bureau, 4 Golden Sq., London W. 1; Hope Burnup, Manager; Peter Uurnup, Editor; cable address, "Quigpubco, London." Other Quigley Publications: Motion Picture Herald; Better Theatres and Theatre Sales, each pubhshed 13 times a year as a section of Motion Picture Herald; Motion Picture and Television Almanac; Fame. Entered as second-class matter, Sept. 21, 1938, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under tne act of March 3, 1879. Subscripfidh rates per year, $6 in the Americas and $12 foreign; single copies, 10c.