Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1954)

2 Motion Picture Daily Thursday, December 9, 1954 Personal Mention SAM NATHANSON, president of Gibraltar Motion Picture Distributors of Hollywood, has arrived in New York from the Coast. • Leonard Hirsch, home office assistant to Rudy Berger, M-G-M Southern sales manager, has left here for Jacksonville and Charlotte. A. J. Bronstein, president of the A'leadow Drive-in Theatre Corp., Hartford, has returned there from Los Angeles. J. CuEVAS, manager of the Westrex Company, Brazil, has returned to Rio de Janeiro from New York. o Kay Harrison of Technicolor, Ltd., is scheduled to arrive here Saturday from London via B.O.A.C. Monarch. Victor Saville, producer-director, has returned to Hollywood from New York. Gary Cooper will leave here today for New Orleans, Houston and Ft. Worth. William K. Hollander, publicity director of Balaban & Katz, has returned to Chicago from Europe. E. Z. Walters, Altec Service Corp. comptroller, is in New York from the Coast. Mass. *Trust' Action Settled by Agreement special to THE DAILY BOSTON, Dec. 8.— In the case of the Victoria Amusement Co. of Lawrence, Mass., which has been on trial for two weeks in Federal Court here, the jury was dismissed this noon and the case was settled for an undisclosed amount. The anti-trust suit was brought by Samuel Richmond, who operated the State Theatre, Lawrence, against the major exchanges and certain adjacent theatres. The complaint alleged that prior to 1947 the defendants conspired to restrain trade, maintained a uniform system of runs, clearances and admission prices and other allegedly objectionable practices. Powell-Pressburger Set 'Fledermaus' LONDON, Dec. 8. — A CinemaScope version by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger of Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus" goes into production at Associated British Elstree Studios here on Jan. 3. Michael Redgrave will have the role of Eisenstein, Ludmilla Tcherina that of Rosalinda and Anton Walbrook the part of "The Bat." Title of the film, which is set in the Vienna of today and will be in color, will be "Oh Rosalinda!!". Carnival at Saranac For ^Chalice' Debut Saranac Lake, the New York community that won the world premiere of Warner Brothers' "The Silver Chalice," announced plans for a gigantic winter carnival to greet the stars at the opening there on Dec. 17. Saranac Lake plans to entertain the fihn celebrities with exhibitions of skiing, skating and toboganning. Saranac Lake's 7,000 residents won the world premiere over more than 400 communities in a Christmas Seals contest sponsored by Radio-TV star Art Linkletter, in association with Warner Brothers and the National Tuberculosis Association. $1M000 Trust Suit Filed in N,Y. An anti-trust suit, asking damages of $1,800,000, was filed in New York Federal Court this week by the Solis Theatre Corp., operating the Vogue Theatre on E. Tremont St. here. Defendants named were eight major companies, Skouras Theatres, Metropolitan Playhouses, National Theatres and American Broadcasting Paramount Theatres. Conspiracy to eliminate competition through alleged illegal clearances and runs were charged. Book 'She Wolf Jules Levey's "The She Wolf," released by Republic, has been booked as the top feature over the RKO circuit here and the Stanley Warner houses in Pennsylvania. Nash Motors to TV ^Show' Premiere What is said to be the first commercially-sponsored telecast of a film premiere will take place on Dec. 16, when video audiences in the greater metropolitan area will view the Roxy opening of Irving Berlin's "There's No Business Like Show Business" over WPIX_ from 8 to 9 p.m., under the auspices of Nash Motors. Negotiations for the telecast were concluded by Fred Thrower, vicepresident and general manager of WPIX, and Charles Einfeld, vicepresident of 20th Century-Fox. Leaders Invited to 'Country GirV Bow New York's civic and religious leaders have been invited to the United States Olympic Fund world premiere of Paramount's "The Country Girl" set for Wednesday evening at the Criterion Theatre. Among those who have received invitations to the gala opening are : Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Governor-elect Averell Harriman, Mayor Robert Wagner, Cardinal Spellman, Rabbi Julius Mark, Bishop Fulton Sheen and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. As previously reported, invitations also have been sent to President Eisenhower, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson in their capacities as honorary president, and vicepresidents, respectively, of the United States Olympic Association. The 9th annual edition of the WORLD MARKET section —the most important since this valuable international feature was originated by the Herald— The enfire indusfry beneHts from Internafional trade expansion! will be published in this week^s issue of MOTION PICTURE HERALD Adolph Schimel Schimel Completes Amusement Industry FJP Affair Plans Adolph Schimel, chairman of the amusement industry division of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, has announced the completion of the division's plans for its annual ' ' Ma r k o f Achievement" award luncheon, scheduled for Jan. 13 at the Hotel Sheraton Astor. The awards, given annually to outstanding figures in the e n t e r t a i nment world, go to those people "whose talent and genius have brought happiness to countless millions." Among those who received the award last year were Edward R. Murrow, Eddie Fisher and Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. Spyros Skouras 'Gifts' Chairman Spyros Skouras is the division's special gifts chairman. The chairman of the exhibitors committee is Harold J. Rinzler. Sam Jeffee is the laboratories _ chairman, while Charles B. A'loss is chairman of the vendors committee. The film exchanges chairman is Abe Dickstein. Walt Framer is chairman of the broadcasting and television group. Irving Caesar, Mitchell Miller and Carl Haverlin are co-chairmen of the recording companies and music publishers committee. The actors and agents group is headed by Nat Lefkowitz. Oscar Hammerstein, II, chairs the legitimate theatre committee. The ticket brokers group is led by Morris Jacobs. Twelve on Executive Committee The division's executive committee is made up of Barney Balaban, Robert S. Benjamin, Charles Boasberg, Harry Brandt, Jack Cohn, George F. Dembow, Simon H. Fabian, Leopold Friedman, Emanuel Frisch, William J. German, Leon Goldberg and Irving Greenfield. Also, Malcolm Kingsberg, Al Lichtman, Arthur M. Loew, Charles C. Moskowitz, Milton R. 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