Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1955)

Tuesday, December 6, 1955 Motion Picture daily 13 In the THEATRE EQUIPMENT and Refreshment WORLD . . . . . . with RAY GALLO THE Radiant Manufacturing Corporation, Chicago, has announced a new projection screen called the "Peripheral Vision" Superama. Made especially for wide-screen use, it was thoroughly field-tested in theatres in all parts of the country for three months, according to A. Wertheimer, executive vice-president of Radiant. The new screen was officially placed on the market last month. Self-sticking paper to be used in dressing up the theatre for the Christmas holiday has been announced by Saul Menick-David Sadel, Associates, Inc., Washington, D. C. Tradenamed "Goodstix," the transparent paper features holly design decorations. It is supplied in continuous rolls and may be used in theatre lobbies, display panels, glass doors and the boxoffice, it is pointed out. Six hot drinks— including coffee, tea, hot chocolate, Sanka and soups— may be sold from a new automatic drink dispenser marketed hij Barvend, Inc., San Marcos, Calif. Called the "Barvend 6-D," the unit is operated hy dropping a coin and turning a dial. It is said to require less space than a legal-sized filing cabinet. Literature describing its line of emergency lighting equipment has been issued by the Electric Cord Company, New York. The units are tradenamed "Chargomatic" and contain no manually operated switches or timers, thus insuring fast charging, it is stated. New carpeting installed in the Kimo theatre in Albuquerque, N. M., is a "Thunderbird" design of James Lees and Sons Company, Bridgeport, Pa. The design was inspired by Aztec decorations on an Indian totem pole. The carpet is a "Keystone" all-wool quality. Wagner 'Honorary Manager' of Astor Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New York has accepted the post of "Honorary Manager of the Astor Theatre," a position which he will fill during the world premiere of Hal Wallis' production for Paramount of Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo," to be held at the theatre next Monday evening. Optimism the Theme Of Universal' s Sales Executive Conclave Soft Drink Company In Gt-RKO Deal Alfred E. Daff From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 5. Universal's sales executive conference opened this morning on a strong note of optimism as the sales chiefs were welcomed by Milton R. Rackmil, presid e n t; N. J. B 1 umberg, chairman of the board, and Alfred E. Daff, executive vicepresident. D e c 1 a r ing that "we are still growing up," Daff said that the "record breaking march of ours during these past five years" would never stop as long as the company's thinking and efforts were directed along the line "that we still have a long way to go." Daff pointed out that Universal's production and sales policies were flexible— "flexible enough to seize opportunities as they present themselves and courageous enough to plan into the future with the firm conviction that the driving forces behind all our efforts is progress." Citing future releases such as "The Benny Goodman Story" and "Away All Boats," Daft said he felt confident that 1956 would be Universal's biggest year. He added that the company now was in a position to purchase the best literary properties, cast them with top names and use the best of directors and technicians. Blumberg, in citing the technical advances, said that the real box office potential of a picture lies inherently in its story plus its star and production values. Eady Fund Comment Incorrect: Kastner Comments attributed to Lacy W. Kastner, president of Columbia Pictures International, relative to the Eady Fund utilization by U. S. producers require correction since they are susceptible to serious misunderstanding, according to a statement released yesterday by Kastner. The Columbia executive said that "I did not say, nor could I have said, that the British parliament would 'eventually have to consider' a feeling by British producers that would curtail the release of Eady funds to American producers in England. What the British Parliament discusses is far beyond my power to predict." Kastner also pointed out that the other point which could be misunderstood was to the effect "that I attributed this 'feeling' by British producers to the poor reception which British product is receiving in this country. I did not say this, and I have never been of this opinion." Matthew Fox was reported yesterday to be representing C & C Super Corp., soft drink company, in the negotiations for the acquisition of some 750 RKO Radio pictures for television. Deal is said to involve $12,000,000. General Teleradio, Inc., which controls the pictures through its purchase of RKO Radio, if the deal is consummated, will invest the money in new production, it was reported. Thomas O'Neil, General Teleradio president, has revealed that "within 10 days or two weeks a deal will be completed. We are not in complete agreement yet, although essentially we are. Some things still have to be resolved." C & C Super, of which Fox is a director and stockholder, acquired 600 films when it purchased Western Television Corp. These pictures were then sold to Guild Films. The matter of union and guild clearance on some of the RKO pictures is one of the items yet to be ironed out. Fox could not be reached for comment yesterday. Elect David Schultz Du Mont President David T. Schultz, a pioneer executive in the electronics industry, has been elected president and director of Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc., it was announced by Dr. Allen B. Du Mont, chairman of the board and retiring president. Schultz, who is currently senior vice-president and treasurer of the Raytheon Manufacturing Co., will succeed Dr. Du Mont on Jan. 3 as president of the firm. The new president has been a vicepresident, treasurer and director of Rayth eon for more than 25 years. J as. Englander Dies; With MGM 31 Years James Englander, a member of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's advertising department here for the past 31 years, died early yesterday morning at Lenox Hill Hospital which he entered on Friday. He was 63 years old. Born in New York City, his first newspaper job was with the Newark "News" as a reporter in 1914. He joined M-G-M in 1924 as ah advertising copy writer and remained on the job until his death. Funeral services will be held today at Riverside Memorial Chapel at 2:30 P. M. Set 'Song' Luncheons Over 140 exhibitors in the New England territory will attend luncheon meetings in Boston and New Haven, commencing tomorrow, which will be sponsored by Buena Vista, which is launching the re-release of Walt Disney's "Song of the South." CORNER QHOW CAN YOUR * FLOORS HELP HOLD UP BOX-OFFICE? A. RCA Custom • Loomed Theatre Carpet goes a long way to give your house the handsome appearance that's a steady attraction for more patrons. RCA has patterns and designs ranging all the way from classic simplicity to bold modern. And scores of colors ... all attractive enough to form the basis for your whole decorating scheme. There are solids, too . . . plain and tone-on-tone for varied effects. Or, you can specify your own individual pattern, woven to order. For RCA, Thomas L. Leedom Company looms these carpets to stand up under years of wear, years of cleaning. Highest quality colorfast woolens are backed by longfibre jute and cotton. QWHO has samples * of RCA CustomLoomed Theatre Carpet ? A. Your local independent RCA Theatre Supply Dealer can show you how beautiful these carpets look and how durably they're made. Talk to your dealer now for facts and figures on RCA CustomLoomed Carpet for your house. RADIO CORPORATION of AMERICA THEATRE EQUIPMENT CAMDEN, N. J.