Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1956)

Motion Picture Daily 'Jubilee9 Plan (Continued from page 1) were plans for a visit to Hollywood of a considerable number of the nation's press. Among those present at the meeting were Y. Frank Freeman, Dore Senary, E. J. Mannix, Harry Cohn, B. B.' Kahane, Buddy Adler, Steve Broidy, Howard McDonnell, Bay Khme, Ed Muhl, David Lipton and publicity directors of all the major studios; plus Paul Lazarus, Bonald Reagan and Lou Greenspan of the Motion Picture Industry Council and George Seaton of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The latter three acted as observers. REVIEW: Death of a Scoundrel Charles Martin — RKO Forman Buys Theatre LAKE ORION, Mich., Oct. 30.F. Ray Forman has purchased the State Theatre here from Herman Boose and Walter Dodds. Forman also owns and operates the Oxford Theatre, Oxford, Mich. Booking and buying for the State has been placed in the hands of the Clark Theatre Service of Detroit. Col. Meeting Date The meeting of Columbia Pictures stockholders will be held here on Nov. 26. The date was inadvertently omitted in the report on the meeting in yesterday's issue of Motion Picture Daily. Every viewer will see comedy, farce, tragedv, drama in "Death of a Scoundrel." And he'll like it. If it can't be categorized the end result can: sheer, fascinating entertainment. This film of fine box office promise was achieved by producer-directorwriter Charles Martin, whose many years of tv producing-writing-directing are clearly apparent in the tight, fast-moving activity and dialogue. But Martin's shrewdest accomplishment was his choice of a cast. George Sanders, Yvonne DeCarlo and Zsa Zsa Gabor carry the picture at an enthusiastic clip that allows for no lagging interest. George Sanders needs no introduction as the suave, genteel, most-hatedman-in-the-world, skillfully stabbing friend and foe with pointed repartee or "knife in the back." Miss DeCarlo emerges as a marvelously sophisticated comedienne and a very convincing actress. And Zsa Zsa Gabor is unquestionably Zsa Zsa Gabor. The scoundrel is a financial genius who reaches the heights by means of clever swindles. He uses astute judgment in abandoning women and schemes when they've yielded all they're worth, and his progress is detailed in the maimer of a sophisticated comedy. The lightness with which the scoundrel's career is treated adds much to the realistic qualities of the action, and in the end he and all the other greedy characters around him have attained a convincing reality. His suddenly unfunny panic and desperation when the government seeks to deport him strikes with greater impact because he has been described as a real human being. When he is shot and dies, asking forgiveness from his mother and the girl who loved him, and receiving none, there is reluctant pity for him. Much credit goes to Martin, whose direction maintained this individualistic unity of a generally excellent cast. Running time, 119 minutes. Adult classification. For October release. Gus Dallas WARNER BROS.' TRADE SHOWINGS NOV. 9 MARION HARGROVE'S TAB HUNTER (in 'Battle' dress again!) NATALIE WOOD, (a 'Rebel' with a cause!) «ilh JESSIE BOVCE IAN0IS ■ JIM BACKUS ■ hen»y iones ■ Screen Play by Guy Trc The Girl He Left Behind' •tSg* Produced by Fran: inti P RosenbergOirecled by David Butler ALBANY 20th Century-Fox Screening Room 1052 Bwoy 8:00 P.M. ATLANTA 20lh Century-Fox Screening Room 197 Wolton St. N.W. ■ 2:00 P.M. BOSTON 20th CenturyFoi Screening Room IIS Bwoy 2 15 P.M. BUFFALO Motion Picture Operators Hull 498 Pearl St. ■ 8 00 P.M. CHARLOTTE 20lh Century-Fox Screening Room 308 S. Church St. ■ 2 00 P.M. CHICAGO Warner Screening Room 1307 So. Wabash Ave I 30 P.M. CINCINNATI RKO Police Th. Screening Room 12 E. oth St. ■ 8 00 P.M CLEVELAND 20th Cenlury-Foi Screening Room 2219 Poyne Ave. • 2 00 P.M. DALLAS 20lh Century-Fox Screening Room 1803 Wood St. ■ 10 00 A.M. DENVER Paramount Screening Room 2100 Stout St. ■ 2 00 P.M DES MOINES 20th Century-Fort Screening Room 1300 High St. ■ 12 45 P.M. DETROIT 20th Century-Fox Screening Room 2211 Con Ave. ' 2 00 P.M. INDIANAPOLIS Universal Screening Room 517 No. Illinois St. 100 P.M. JACKSONVILLE Florida Theatre Bide, Sc. «m. 128 E. Forsyth St. ■ 2 00 P.M. KANSAS CITY 20th Century-Fox Screening Room 1720 Wyandotte St. 1:30 P.M. LOS ANGELES Fox Westcooil Sc. Rm. 1837 So. Vetmonl »»e. ■ 2:00 P.M. MEMPHIS 20th CenturyFox Screening Room 151 Vance Ave 3 00 P.M. MILWAUKEE Warner Theatre Screening Room 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. -2 00 P.M. MINNEAPOLIS Warner Screening Room lOOOCurrie Ave. North • 2 00 P.M. NEW HAVEN Warner Theatre Screening Room 70 College St. 1:30 P.M. NEW ORLEANS 20th Century-Fox Screening Room 200 S. liberty St. • 2 00 P.M. NEW YORK Home Office 321 W. 44lh St. • Ml P.M. OKLAHOMA 20th Century-Fox Screening Room 10 North lee St. 10 00 A.M. OMAHA 20lh Century-Fox Screening Room 1502 Davenport St. 130 P.M. PHILADELPHIA Warner Screening Room 230 No. I3lll St. ■ 2:00 P.M. PITTSBURGH 20th Century-Fox Screening Room 1715 Blvd. ol the Allies 1:30 P.M. PORTLAND Star Screening Room 925 N.W. I9lh Ave. • 2:00 P.M. SALT LAKE CITY 20th Century-Fox Screening Room 216 East 1st South 1:00 P.M. SAN FRANCISCO Republic Screening Room 221 Golden Gale Ave. 1:30 P.M. SEATTLE Egyptian Theatre 2:00 P.M. ST. LOUIS S rento Screening Room 3143 Olive SI. ■ 100 P.M. WASHINGTON Warner TheolrelScreening Room 13th t E. Sis. N.W. 10 30 A.M. Writer-Credit Removal Brings Suit Against AA HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 30-Michael Wilson, screen writer who was an uncooperative witness before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1951, today filed a $250,000 Superior Court action against Allied Artists, producer-director William Wyler and others for deleting his name from the writing credits on "Friendly Persuasion." Allied Artists invoked the section of the Writers Guild of America contract which permits the studio to remove from credits persons who failed to cooperate with Congressional committees. Rube Perlman Funeral Funeral services were held Monday, October 29, for Rube Perlman, DCA field representative, held at Riverside Memorial Chapel. Perlman died of a coronary thrombosis in Cleveland on Friday. He is survived by his wife, two children and a grandchild. RKO Signs TV Player HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 30,-Television actress Irene James has been signed to a term contract by RKO Radio and will be tested for a second feminine lead in "Stage Struck," with Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg and Herbert Marshall. National Pre -Selling WALT DISNEY'S "Secrei Life," a True-Life Adve feature, is being advertised in mopolitan," "Time," "American W ly," "Newsweek" and "This W • "Friendly Persuasion" gets co erable assistance in the Oct. 30 of "Look." The "Movie Review" in the is enhanced by photos in beat colors. In summing up, the revi reports, "Jessamyn West's brings back to the screen some long absent— a movie the whole f; will enjoy." The motion picture editor of " quoted both George Bernard and director Otto Preminger in e torial story on Saint Joan appe in the Oct. 29 issue. Director I inger recalled that Shaw once "Joan should be played by an known actress not much older the 17-year-old village maid." cordingly, he held a mammoth test, open to all actresses betwec and 22 who could speak English, tos of the finalists are used and interesting ones of the contest ner, 17-year-old Jean Seberg Marshalltown, Iowa. • "The Teahouse of the A Moon" is advertised on the tab contents page of the Nov. 3 issi, "The Saturday Evening Post.' • "War and Peace" has been sel by "Redbook" as the picture o month for November by Floi • Somers. • "Egyptian ladies used eye sha lip rouge, cheek rouge, nail cosn and perfumed oil," reports Hen Noerdlinger, director of researcl "The Ten Commandments," in a ticle titled "Beauty Secrets B.C.," which appears in the No i ber issue of "Seventeen." Noerdlinger has put his res( into book form. Titled "Moses Egypt," the book has just been lished by the University of Sou California Press. • Marshall Scott of "Cosmopoi has selected "The Ten Comn ments" as the "outstanding pictu i the month for November." • Ruth Harbert, when reportin the November issue of "Good H keeping," on "Around the Wor 80 Days," says "No matter what i) you have loved best before, we this new one may take first plat your affections." • Lloyd Shearer has written ail teresting article about Marilyn | roe, star of "The Sleeping P for the Nov. 4 issue of "Parad Walter