Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1956)

Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, October 9, i ,c WB-Fox Deal (Continued from page 1) same lots, but if they agreed to buy their props from the same company, then there might be an anti-trust problem, he declared. Studio, Distribution Proposals Under Consideration Again Discussions concerning joint use of the Warner Bros, studios by that company and 20th Century-Fox were first discussed about a year ago and conversations were resumed again recently, home office executives of both companies said yesterday. No Opinion at Present Whether or not anything will come of them cannot be forecast at this stage, the officials said. it was pointed out at 20th-Fox that the company's Westwood studio property has so increased in value in recent years that it is only a question of time until it becomes patently uneconomic to employ the property any longer as a studio site. Obvious economies are in prospect for both companies should it be found possible to accommodate 20th-Fox at the Warner lot, regarded as overexpanded for current reduced production volume. Nevertheless, some additional facilities would be required there before such a move was possible. Fox officials said. 'Solely Business Matter' They regard the joint use of studio facilities as "solely a business matter" with no legal problems involved. They admitted, however, that government approval would be needed before joint distribution abroad could be undertaken by the two companies. This proposal, too, was discussed and abandoned last year, it was said, but has since come up for further discussion. High Court Meets (Continued from page 1) business for the 1956-57 term, acted on only one other pending film case today. It refused to review a lower court decision barring a lawyer from representing a plaintiff in a treble damage suit against the majors on the ground that the lawyer had previously been employed by Sargoy and Stein. The lower courts held this gave the lawyer a special knowledge of the operation of the majors, and barred him from being involved in suits against them. The court's June ruling in the copyright case upheld a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case involving the ownership of the song copyrights of the late George C. DeSylva. DO MORE BUSINESS ON « tl WITH A SPECIAL^ TRAILER CHICAGO. ILL U27 S. W««HSH M. P. DAILY picture THE GOAL this year will be $18,100,000 and the appeal will be made to the industry probably in midNovember at a "motion picture party" dinner. At the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies planning session yesterday at the Sheraton-Astor, Adolph Schimel, left, above, passed his general chairmanship to Charles Moss, next to him, and in acknowledging praise for a job exceptionally well done last year, commented he feels such personal satisfaction in this philanthropy he feels he is owed nothing. He stressed helping Federation as a community obligation, and even as "insurance," because so often its multiple activities surprisingly affect one's personal affairs. Moss said he has observed persons whose fortunes have advanced, each year giving the same amount. Foreign distributors this year are a special category, and Herman Becker and Donald Rugoff will handle it. Appointed associate chairmen yesterday were Leo Jaffe, Leon Goldberg, and Harold Rinzler. Motion picture co-chairmen are Samuel Rosen and Barney Balaban. With Schimel and Moss above are Balaban, Irving Greenfield, and William Brenner. Perakos ( Continued from page 1 ) tremendous faith in the exhibition of motion pictures and believe that the coming years will bring the industry's greatest era." He outlined upcoming major releases and noted a need for fresh faces in front of the cameras. "But above all," he continued, "we must ourselves assert confidence in the medium of motion pictures and continually remind the public of the incomparable pleasures afforded only through the motion picture theatre. "Someone once said, 'There are 100,000 reasons for failure but no excuses,' and this commentary could well be applied to the present situation in our industry. If we fail, we have only ourselves to blame!" Sperie Perakos, general manager, presided. He named John D'Amato, Palace, New Britain, Conn., as winner of the circuit's summer promotion competition. U-I Opens New Branch ( Continued from page 1 ) who has been in charge of U-I's Cuban office since 1939, will head its new Colombia operation with headquarters in Bogota. Arnaldo Berenguer has been appointed to take over the U-I managership in Cuba, after extensive experience in Latin America. Berenguer was manager for Republic Pictures in Chile from 1948 to 1955, and manager for that company in Cuba from 1955 until August of this year. The appointment of Alvin Cassel as manager in Singapore and supervisor for Indonesia and Siam, replacing Wally Orr who has resigned was also announced by Aboaf. Cassel joins U-I after previous assignments PEOPLE L';w Arnold, formerly with Du Mont Broadcasting Corp. in New York and who has been acting manager of KTLA, Los Angeles, since the death of Klaus Landsburg last month, has been named general manager of the station. □ Turner B. Shelton, head of the film branch of U. S. Information Agency, was one of a group of U.S. I. A. officials to receive the agency's Distinguished Service Award at ceremonies held in Washington over the weekend. □ Charles McDowell, district manager of the Dallas office of ASCAP since 1943, has been named division manager in charge of the Dallas and New Orleans territories of the society. □ Charles Boasberg, supervisor of Paramount worldwide sales on "War and Peace" and "The Ten Commandments," will return to New York today from Europe following conferences with company division managers on the Continent. SAG to Nam '■! its ' 1 A A Exchange IS ante ATLANTA, Oct. 8-Allied Artists southern exchanges in this city, Charlotte, Memphis and New Orleans are now to be known as Allied Artists Southern Dist. Corp. as manager for M-G-M in Trinidad in 1950 and then manager for that company in the Philippines with supervision of Formosa and Guam from 1951. (Continued from page 1) appoint an executive committee to with Fox. Chandler stated that Fox and C TV have acquired 74 post-1948 tores in the RKO Radio library of! films and that Fox wants to sell rights to these films for immediate telecasting but is holding back p> ing a study of union rights invol United Artists has a package oi features, a majority produced 1948, available to television, Chan said, adding that "the situations tween both Fox and UA are totally ferent." He explained that C & C TV p uct was produced by a company considered a major firm in the indi while the UA product was turned by many independent producers, a jority of whom are no longer activ production. The formula which be worked out between SAG and "will most likely be used as the 1 for other post-1948 film sales to vision for the whole industry," Ch ler said. The SAG officer said that at pre there is only a "Monogram Form which covers post-1948 films. He1 that this plan was worked out a n ber of years ago when Allied Ar sold some low budget films to vision. The AA films had some salaried actors in them and "the t inula can not be applied to the cur crop of product which is being off to television." 'ReheV To Mayfair Twentieth Century-Fox's "Teei Rebel" in CinemaScope will have New York opening Friday, Nov at Brandt's Mayfair Theatre, it announced yesterday.