Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1956)

IS day, October 5, 1956 Motion Picture Daily PEOPLE iV Joseph A. McDonald has been med assistant general attorney of j: National Broadcasting Co. He ined NBC in 1931, serving in varies positions in the legal departnts until 1945. He left NBC at it time to become general counsel ABC and was elected a vice;sident of that company in 1946. 1952 he returned to NBC as treas?r, a post he has held until now. □ Charles Schlaifer, president of the : vertising agency bearing his name, 'Nig been reelected secretary-treasurer The Joint Commission on Mental less and Health. □ Robert E. Galen has been named ector of research and promotion . RKO Television, it has been anunced by William Finkeldey, synate sales manager. Galen will be ponsible for all market research d promotional sales activities for |-jIO Television's main New York ices and its 41 field representatives. comes to RKO Television from nerican Broadcasting Paramount leatres, Inc. where he was director research for the ABC Film Syniate. nE n V i Dane, secretary and assistant to ing Mack, of Filmack Trailer Co., licago, was guest of honor there a testimonial dinner celebrating r 20 years of service with the comny. Held in the company's new e motion picture studios, the party i attended by 85 employes and jiifl □ Phil Smith, of Boston, owner of a cuit of both hard-top and drive-in satres, has purchased the leases on 2,000-seat Palace Theatre, Akron, >m Akron Palace Corp., for a rerted $22,500. \anagement Firm Hired o Do Company Survey The management engineering firm Booz, Allen & Hamilton has been tained by the Motion Picture Assoation of America on a per diem '.sis to make a six months' survey ssj the industry to streamline film j^ltmpany operations. The concern has Jio been retained by Loew's, Inc., HVl conduct a four-week survey of its JDllywood studios to try to achieve ""''blueprint for production economics. Booz, Allen & Hamilton was hired iifllfr the MPAA following a report by e Association's sub-committee, : | lich has been meeting in recent •ks with representatives of manement consultant firms to select analyst. Loew's hired the firm to idy its production operations, the 1 ' rvey of which is slated to com;nce next week. State Aid To Develop Indian Film Industry BOMBAY, Sept. 29. (By Air Mail). —The government of India's decision to constitute a National Film Board and a Film Finance Corporation to help the development of the motion picture industry, was announced by the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Dr. B. V. Keskar, when the State awards were conferred here on the best films produced in 1955. Keskar said that legislation was likely to be introduced in the next ses sion of Parliament to institute the proposed Film Board and the Finance Corporation. Though an earlier proposal for such a corporation was rejected by the government in view of paucity of funds, it was later realised that the film industry, with its tremendous educative and entertainment values, should be given state aid for proper development. The proposed board would have, as its constituent units, the present censorship organisation, a production bureau and a film institute. The institute would provide the industry with facilities for technical training. Bradbard and Gorman In New RKO TV Posts Max Bradbard has been named Eastern sales manager and William Gorman has taken charge of Western sales operations for RKO Television. Bradbard, who will take over the New York headquarters, has been an account executive with the RKO Teleradio Pictures subsidiary since 1951. Gorman, who will establish his office in Hollywood, was an account executive with several tv stations owned by Teleradio. DON'T TALK about "Teenage Rebel IN FRONT OF TEENAGERS! There are some things better left unsaid . . . others that can be spoken of in whispers only! 24 hours after you see it WE CHALLENGE YOU TO STOP TALKING ABOUT IT!