Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1956)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY L 80, NO. 25 NEW YORK, U. S. A., MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1956 TEN CENTS Campaign 'an Meeting »liortly on y^ards Poll lie Says Dues Drive 1 Already Commenced 1 Council of Motion Picture Orations' Audience Awards ComI will meet "within the next ■ weeks" to formulate plans for iBcond annual campaign, accordI Robert Coyne, special counsel I member of the COMPO trium ■ Coyne also said that the dues ihas already commenced. [lithe COMPO Audience Awards ivhich was inaugurated in 1955, lublic selects the "best picture Ie year," the "best male and performers," and the "most I (Continued on page 2) pstry In 'Comeback' hstment Advisers Say ■ie motion picture companies ■ poised for a comeback," says e Value Line Investment Survey" m, is published by Arnold Bernmk Co., investment advisers here. Hon picture attendance," it says, lli.'j)pointing since mid-1955, has fid up in recent months, stimulated lie absence of tv favorites from ■ irways and the release of some ■uality motion pictures." * lather boon," the Value Line Sur■ioints out, "is on the way: Con ■ 'has voted to rescind the Federft Imission Tax on tickets costing Sfj han 90 cents effective Sept. 1 (Continue! on page 2) L.c Technical Sessions I for SMPTE Meet teen technical sessions are ted for the 80th semi-annual ?ntion of the Society of Motion re and Television Engineers Oct. in Los Angeles, it was disclosed ie quarterly board meeting of MPTE here Friday, i be included on the program he Ambassador Hotel in Los ;les are the election of officers, bution of awards and— possibly— »ition of Loew's 65mm process. Jack Warner Reports: WB Ready for 'New Era ' with Strong Production Line Up BURBANK, CALIF., Aug. 5-The policy of Warner Bros, "is, and will continue to be, keynoted by the two most essential factors for success in this or any other business— strength and courage," Jack Warner, president, declared here today in COMPO to Discuss Bid To Handle TOA's PR Plan The press relations committee of the Council of Motion Picture Organizations will meet here Wednesday night to discuss a request from the Theatre Owners of America that COMPO handle the proposed TOA public relations program which would explore "new ideas for increasing interest in motion pictures," it was reported at the weekend. It is understood that Harry Goldberg, chairman of the TOA public relations program committee, will report to the COMPO press relations group on TOA's Chicago showmanship forum where the program was formulated. Nof Merging Facilities, Say Paramount and (/-/ A categorical denial of an "irresponsible" story published by a Hollywood trade paper alleging a pending combining of the physical production and exchange facilities of Universal(Continued on page 2) Jack Warner announcing a schedule of new p r o d u c t ions which the company has lined up for presentation. "If all the man hours spent in fear and trembling over the fate of the industry by too many motion picture people were devoted to a strong and courageous effort in the cause of good picture-making, this industry (Continued on page 3) 'Oklahoma!' to Bring $3 Million Abroad Magna Theatre Corp. will receive $3,000,000 from distribution of "Oklahoma!" in foreign territories, according to a company report, which pointed out that Magna has already received two-thirds of this figure and the additional $1,000,000 payment is due by June, 1957. Company operations for the quar(Continued on page 2) Television Today IN THIS ISSUE PAGE 5 ► Spotlighting the news in Television Today: the industry prepares for the forthcoming International Amphitheatre and Cow Palace Spectaculars. ► Passing in Review: the week's highlights in shows. ► Who's Where: promotions in the industry. Aug. 14-15 Allied Board Slates Meeting In Louisville SSBC Report on Agenda; EDC Also Will Confer From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Aug. 5-Analysis of the report on motion picture industry trade practices made recently by the Senate Small Business Committee will be the major subject on the agenda of the board of directors of Allied States Association at a meeting at the Kentucky Hotel, Louisville, Aug. 14-15. The Allied board meeting will be preceded by a meeting of the Emer(Continued on page 2) Sunday Showings Win In Jackson, Tenn. Special to THE DAILY MEMPHIS, Aug. 5-The "Sunday Movies" referendum in Jackson, Tenn., carried. The vote was 3,604 for, and 3,333 against, leaving a margin of 271. The proposal carried nine of the 13 voting precincts in Jackson. Under the new law, Jackson's two motion picture theatres can operate during non-church hours on Sunday -from 1 to 6 and after 9 P.M. The theatres did not plan to start Sunday operations today, as the vote will not be certified by the Election Commission until tomorrow. It was the third "Sunday Movies" (Continued on page 2) NBC Plans TV Station For Color in D.C. The nation's first television station designed and constructed from the ground up specifically for local and network color programming will soon be built by the National Broadcasting Company in Washington, D.C, for its owned and operated stations WBC and WRC-TV, it was announced here on Friday by Robert M. Sarnoff, president of NBC. He said constrution will start in two weeks with completion scheduled for the Fall of 1957,