Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1955)

Motion Picture Daily Monday, November 14, 19: ~ ~™ " Report Japan-U.S. FEHSDML Deal Near Signing MENTION ~~ ALFRED E. DAFF, Universal International executive vice-president, returned to New York from the Coast by plane at the weekend. • Samuel Rosen, executive vicepresident of Stanley Warner, led a _r up of S-W executives to the Hollywood premiere of "Cinerama Holiday." Among those departing from here with Rosen were: Arthur Rosen, Harry Kalmine, Nat Lapkin, Lester B. Isaac, Harry Goldberg, Cliff Giessman and Everett Callow. • Samuel Goldwyn, Howard Dietz, vice-president of Loew s in charge of advertising, publicity and exploitation, David Golding, publicity head for Goldwyn Productions, and Arthur Canton, Eastern press representative for M-G-M, returned here from Chicago at the weekend. • William B. Zoellner, head of M-G-M short subject sales, will leave here today for Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and Cincinnati and will return Nov. 23. • Prof. Henri Chretien, inventor of CinemaScope, will arrive here today from France aboard the S. S. '"Liberte." • Seymour Poe, executive vice-president of IFE Releasing, returned to New York over the weekend from Hollywood. • Ralph Leo, location auditor for Lowell Thomas' next Cinerama film, left here for the Coast at the weekend. • Jerry Juroe, head of Paramount studio's radio-TV publicity department, will arrive back in Hollywood today from New York. • Milton E. Cohen, United Artists Eastern and Southern division manager, left here at the weekend for a tour of Texas UA exchanges. • Benjamin Fincke, Paramount attorney, returned here over the weekend from Europe. • Chari.es Schnee, M-G-M producer, and Robert Wise, director, are due here tomorrow from the Coast. • Dirk Van Spankeren, manager in Indonesia of the Westrex Co., Asia, has returned to Djakarta from here. • Milton Kirschenberc, Paramount International treasurer, returned here over the weekend from Paris. Agreement on the disposal of nearly $11,000,000 worth of blocked Japanese currency earned by American film companies in Japan was said to have been reached in Toyko, according to press dispatches reaching here. Under the plan, film companies would lend about $7,500,000 to the Japanese Electric Power Development Co. for six years, with the loan being repayable in dollars. In return, the Japanese government will permit part of the remaining estimated $3,500,000 to be turned into United States currency and remitted to the U. S. The remainder would be invested in local industries which earn dollars for Japan. The agreement was reported to be ready for signing within the next few days. Honor Neilson at Farewell Luncheon A farewell luncheon for Rutgers Neilson, who resigned as RKO Radio Pictures foreign publicity manager recently after 30 years with the company, was tendered here last week by friends and RKO associates at Headquarters Restaurant. In commemoration of the occasion, Nielson was presented with a traveling kit. Among the estimated 50 guests were representatives from each of RKO's home office departments, among them Perry Lieber, advertising and publicity director, Herbert Greenblatt, domestic sales manager, Robert J. Hawkins, assistant foreign manager; Al Stern, publicity manager, and others. Neilson, whose association with the company terminated officially on Saturday, will take a brief vacation before announcing new activity. Goldenson Re-elected Chairman of U.C.P. BOSTON, Nov. 13. Leonard H. Goldenson, president of American Broadcasting Paramount Theatres, was re-elected chairman of the national board of directors of United Cerebral Palsy at the sixth annual UCP convention here this week-end. Goldenson, one of the founders of UCP, has long been active in the organization's affairs, having served as its president for five consecutive years after its founding in 1949. This will be his second term as board chairman. Louis C. Whiton of Westport, Conn., was elected president. Jack Hausman, textile executive of New York City, was designated vice-chairman of the board, after serving as UCP president last year, and Roger Firestone, president of Firestone Plastics Company, was elected executive vice-president. RKO Radio-G.T. to Merge in Future A merger between RKO Radio Pictures and General Teleradio, the parent company, will definitely take place in the future "on a corporate level," according to a GT representative here. Discussions concerning the merger between both organizations have been taking place, the GT official stated, reporting that nothing definite in that direction has been formulated yet but that it remains as a definite objective for the future. See UM&M Seeking Para. Shorts for TV The UM & M Television Corp., which is composed of United Film Service of Kansas City, Motion Picture Advertising Service, New Orleans, and Minot TV, is seeking to acquire over 2,000 short subjects from Paramount for television exhibition for a reported price of $4,000,000. Charles Amory, president of Minot TV, would neither deny nor confirm that his organization is part of the group. He said "an official announcement will be coming shortly in this matter." The subjects for which UM & M is reported negotiating include films which were produced prior to 1950, among them Grantland Rice sports subjects, Popeye cartoons and Robert Benchley comedies. Paramount officials could not be reached for comment at the weekend. 100 to Attend WB 'Ranger9 Meeting More than 100 officers and executives of affiliated Lone Ranger organizations will attend a meeting at the Roosevelt Hotel here today to set national promotion plans for the Warner Brothers motion picture, "The Lone Ranger," which is scheduled for release in February. Clayton Moore, who portrays the cowboy character, arrived here over the weekend from Hollywood, to address the meeting. Presiding at the conference will be Jack Wrather, president of The Lone Ranger, ,Inc, Ben Kalmenson, vice-president and general sales manager for Warner Brothers, and Mort Blumenstock, vice-president in charge of advertising and publicity for Warner Brothers. Conclude A.A. Meet CHICAGO, Nov. 13.-Concluding sessions of Allied Artists' two-day regional sales meeting will be held tomorrow at the Hotel Blackstone here. Morey R. Goldstein, vice-president and general sales manager, is presiding at the meetings. Loew's Want N.J. Drive-In From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Loew Theatres is asking the New York District Court for permission to build large drive-in theatre near Raritai N. J. A hearing will probably be hel in New York during the week o Nov. 28, Justice Department official said. They declared they would an nounce their position on the acquisi tion at the time of the hearing, bu unless exhibitor opposition is forth coming between now and then, the> will probably not oppose the circuit petition. Capacity Flexible The drive-in would be located on Route 35, about 3/2 miles southeast of Keyport. It will have a capacity initially for between 850 and 900 cars, but could be expanded later to handle a larger number if the business and growth of the area warrants. Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey .expressed concern recently over reports of contemplated circuit expansion in that area. The subject of circuit expansion was a major topic, too, at the Allied States annual convention in Chicago last week, at which Allied instructed its general counsel, Abram F. Myers, to take steps to obtain earlier notification to interested exhibitors by the Justice Department of contemplated circuit expansion moves. V :n.: Set Dual Premieres For Fox's 'Rains' Twentieth Century-Fox's CinemaScope production of "The Rains of Ranchipur" will have its world premiere simultaneously in New York and Karachi, Pakistan, in mid-December, the company announced. The dual introduction of the Frank Ross production, the film company's Christmas holiday attraction, will be attended by high government officials, stars of the entertainment world, prominent business and civic leaders in both cities. The picture will make its debut at the Roxy Theatre here. Disney Membership In AMPP Approved HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 13. The board of directors of the Association of Motion Picture Producers at its regular monthly meeting last week approved Walt Disney Prod, application for membership, with William H. Anderson as the company's representative. The board also seated Charles Glett as the RKO Radio representative, succeeding C. J. Tevlin. MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Ouigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwin Kane, Editor; Raymond Levy, Executive Publisher; Al Steen, News Editor; Herbert V. Fecke. Manager; Gus H. Fausel, Production Manager; Hollywood Bureau, Yucca-Vine Building, Samuel D. Berns, Manager; William R. 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