Motion Picture Daily (Apr-June 1956)

Motion Picture daily Wednesday, April 18, 19! PERSONAL MENTION Thomas O'Neil Honored Rosen Says WILLIAM C. GEHRING, 20th Century-Fox vice-president, is in Washington from New York. • William B. Zoellner, head of M-G-M short subject sales, will arrive in Washington today from Charlotte and will return to New York on Friday. • Milton Cohen, who resigned recently as production manager for ATV Film Prods., has left here for a vacation in the Bahamas. • Jesse Chinich, Western division manager of Buena Vista, has left here for St. Louis, Omaha and Salt Lake City. • Sanford W. Weineb, general sales manager for Continental Distributing, will leave here today for Philadelphia. • Harry H. Goldstein, Allied Artists exploitation manager, is in Detroit today from New York. • Arthur Hornblow, Jr., left New York last night for London via B.O.A.C. • Helen Rose, M-G-M gown designer, has returned to Hollywood from New York. • Richabd Young, 20th Century-Fox booker in Albany, N. Y., is the father of a son born there to Mbs. Young. Milton Dubeau of Masterpiece Pictures wil leave New York today for New Orleans. Elia Kazan has arrived in Hollywood from New York. (Continued from page 1 in the vitality of all these media of entertainment is borne out by our company's continuing interest and investment in them all-in an ambitious future production schedule at RKO Radio Pictures, as well as in radio, television, and most recently, phonograph recording facilities." More Entertainment' His Goal Continuing, O'Neil, who is also president and board chairman of RKO Teleradio, said that "we believe that the integration of these many areas of entertainment means more entertainment for everybody. Partly because the maximum part of the production dollar will go into the product itself. Partly because this healthy cross-fertilization will tend to keep each group alert, flexible and lively." O'Neil cited the progress of the various segments of the entertainment field-radio, television, theatre, opera, concert, records, hi-fi, motion pictures -and the part played in the progress by technological developments. He said that "we see motion pictures rolling up multi-million dollar grosses Johnson Seeks ( Continued from page 1 ) navia, is due in Copenhagen shortly, where he will confer with Danish officials. As a result of the current disagreement, mainly centered around the issue of film rentals for U.S. films, there have been no American films entering the Danish market for nearly a year. Olevsky Named Hall Chief Projectionist Benjamin Olevsky has been named chief projectionist of Radio City Music Hall by Russell V. Downing, president. Olevsky succeeds the late Charles Muller, who held the post from the theatre's opening until his death on April 6 last year's worldwide figure was up $35 million over the total for the year before." O'Neil stated that in motion pictures, technology has provided the greatly improved color, the wide screen and far richer sound. It's even helped solve the baby-sitter problem by providing drive-ins to the whopping extent of 25 per cent of the domestic gross." Cites Two Salient Factors The RKO Radio Pictures executive said that there are two principal reasons for all this. "In the first place, technological discovery made available to millions of people the talents of many who performed for the privileged few. And, thereafter, technology made possible improvements in these media when they were presumably being threatened by each new one that came along. The second reason is that of the increase in leisure time which the public is afforded through technological advances which tend toward increasing production and decreasing the work day." ( Continued from page 1 ) flow of such product. In stressin that problem, he said he was in con plete accord with Leonard Goldensoi president of American Broadcastin; Paramount Theatres. Rosen said th theatre business in the SW Circuit i< the last quarter was up, compared the previous quarter, exclusive SW's Cinerama and International L tex operations. Rosen, now busily engaged launching "The Seven Wonders the World" in various Cinerama the tres in the U. S., called business e cellent at the Warner Theatre hei since the picture opened a week a He will go to Pittsburgh on Thursdi for the opening there of the nc Cinerama picture. Other openin are slated in Philadelphia, Tuesda St. Louis, April 26; Dallas, May and Cincinnati, June 7. Arnswalder Named ( Continued from page 1 ) office in the latest in a number of elevations from within-the-ranks to be announced this week by the general sales manager. As Atlantic district head, Dickstein will supervise the New' York, Philadelphia, Washington and Pittsburgh branches. Arnswalder has held the post of New York assistant manager since 1949. He joined the 20th CenturyFox field organization in 1947 as assistant to the branch manager. The following year he became Greater New York salesman. In April, 1949, he was promoted to booking supervisor, holding that position until his appointment to the assistant branch managership. SSBC Poll Refusal Unfortunate: Brandt The refusal by the Senate Small Business subcommittte to poll the nation's exhibitors on motion picture industry trade practices is "unfortunate," according to Harry Brandt, president of the Independent Theatre Owners Association of New York. Brandt, who was the first exhibition leader to urge committee chairman Sen. Humphrey (D., Minn.) to launch such a survey, yesterday stated that "it is unfortunate that the committee turned down requests to poll U. S. theatremen. The Senate group could secure responses much quicker by its poll than if a national exhibitor organization polled its membership." K.C.'s RKO Missouri May Get Cinerama KANSAS CITY, April 17. In a move regarded in local motion picture circles as a preliminary to the announcement that the RKO Missouri theatre here will become the Kansas City showplace for Cinerama, Russ Stephens today was relieved as manager of the large downtown house. Stephens, who took over as manager of the Missouri the latter part of February, will return to his former job of manager of the RKO Orpheum in St. Paul. Although no definite word has been forthcoming, rumors have been prevalent for sometime in Kansas City that the Missouri has been selected by officials of the Cinerama organization as the theatre in which to show the company's releases here. Ryan Named Casting Head for Whitney HOLLYWOOD, April 17. Appointment of James Ryan, former 20th Century-Fox casting executive, to the post of casting director for C. V. Whitney Pictures, Inc., was announced here today by president Whitney. Wis. Allied Convention MILWAUKEE, April 16. Allied Independent Theatre Owners of Wisconsin has scheduled June 12, 13 and 14 as the dates for its annual convention. Nemec Resigns ( Continued from, page 1 ) studies, and the like, as a service the motion picture and television i dustries. Joining the Society in 1946, aft service in the Signal Corps, Nem; served for one and a half years engineering secretary assigned modernize the Society's standards tion procedures. In 1947 he was e rated to the position of executi secretary. Nemec is international secretary motion pictures of the Internatioi Standardization Organization, which capacity he participated in standardization conference in Stoi holm last June. UK Theatres' Quota (Continued from page 1) circuits, which are not eligible quota relief, exceeded their qu< for both types of films. A total 529 exhibitors failed to achieve quota for first features and 642 fai on supporting programs, he stat Many exhibitors complained, Gok declared, that there weren't enoi1 new British films to enable them' meet their quotas and that cor quently they weren't going to sli old films. *■ Three Channel interlock projection p 16, 17% & 35 mm tape interlock » 16 mm interlock projection CUTTING & STORAGE ROOMS MfYFTON PrrTTJRF DAILY Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwin Kane, Editor; Raymond Levy, Executive P^her; Al Steen News T^^' ^,er^ 7.I WmmmmmmMmsmMmmmsm