Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1956)

NO. 90 NEW YORK, U.S.A., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1958 TEN CENTS leatre Loans 4 to Seek asions in ^ Rulings Like Gov't Help vicing Mortgages i Owners of America now is examining the rules and b of the Small Business Adtn with an eye to seeking changes in them so exhibiapply for "business loans irposes," according to Philip TOA committee representa vesterday said that under present ruling, a theatre iuld apply for a loan for tion and refurbishment if vail theatre contributes to continued on page 7) Named to Mew r Ad-Puh Post M. Hutner, director of adand publicity for Samuel Productions, has been appointed as a special assistant for liaison with i n d e p e n dent producers associated with Warner Bros. Pic tures, it was announced here yesterday r. by Robert S. k Taplinger, War J| ner Bros, vice president i n charge of advertising and lations. . who will assume his new 'ontinued on page 7) m Coast Meeting st-'48 TV Sales .m THE DAILY Bureau fWOOD, Nov. 7.-Commitesenting the Screen Actors -•reen Directors Guild, and Triters Guild are scheduled vith a committee of the Ast'ontinued on page 7) P By LESTER DINOFF Tudor Pictures, Inc., will launch a "small family type production program" to include a minimum of 10 films annually, starting in January, in which e x h i b i tors would s u b scribe on a "play or pay" basis, it was anno unced here yesterday by Moe Kerman, president of Tudor. K e r m a n, speaking at a trade press conference, said that theatremen are (Continued on page 2) Moe Kerman NTA Reports $441,877 Annual Net; Pacts Up National Telefilm Associates' operating results at the end of the fiscal year ended last July 31 showed exhibition contracts written were up 143 per cent with film rental income increasing 169 per cent, it was announced here yesterday bv NTA president Ely A. Landau. He said that the "outlook for the future is very promising." Landau, in a notice to stockholders, (Continued on page 7) L^@kisig Ahead After ESeefio§ Trusts, Labor Docket Signs Point to Increased Chances for Tax Relief to Small Business Firms By J. A. OTTEN WASHINGTON, Nov. 7— Tuesday's national election results mean that industry affairs in the executive and legislative branches of the government will move along pretty much as in the past four years. Developments of interest to the 7i Special to THE DAILY PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7.-The physical handling of the Rank Organization's films to be distributed in the U. S. market by the British producer will be done on a nation-wide basis bv National Film Service, Inc., it was announced here by James P. Clark, NFS president. NFS officials also said that preliminary discussions have been held to pave the way for the film service organization to establish a billing and collection system for Rank similar to the front office agreement NFS has with Buena Vista, the distribution company for Walt Disney. The announcement of Clark (Continued on page 6) Between 1948 end 1954 iges in Distributors Recei Show Wide Geographic Variation Special to THE DAILY WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Changes in distributor receipts between 1948 and 1954 showed wide geographic variation, some recent Census Bureau reports reveal. The reports give the results of the 1954 census of business in several states with exchange centers. Theatre figures were made public in May, but distribution and production figures, where available, are new. A report on Illinois showed that 33 firms distributing films for theatres and other non-television uses had receipts of just under 825,000,000 in 1954. In 1948, 22 Chicago exchanges distributing motion picture films had receipts of $22,530,000. No more exact comparison is available. The report also showed that 27 Illinois firms engaged in producing films for television and theatre uses had receipts in 1954 of $3,575,000, that 25 firms supplying services for produc(Continued on page 6) industry will come in tire field of taxes, anti-trust policy, broadcasting, and labor. President Eisenhower has already promised to ask the new Congress to give tax relief to small business firms —possibly by increasing the exemption from the corporate surtax rate and possibly by granting faster tax amortization on investments of smaller companies. Some Democratic Congressional leaders pressed for these last year, and chances for action in this field next year are now improved. The Democratic capture of the (Continued on page 6) Election Matinee 'Great1 Matinees were "just great" at Broadway theatres on Tuesday, Election Day, but the box office fell off heavily after 7 and 8 o'clock in the evening, the main stem managers report. Many enjoyed an afternoon at(Continued on page 7) Universal News Sh Eisenhower Reel Universal Newsreel's election special reporting the reelection of President Eisenhower was shipped to theatres on Tuesday and was on hand for showings when theatres opened yesterday. The feat, second by the reel, which has been the only one to do it, was made possible by the preparation of Eisenhower election material on Monday under the direction of Tom Mead. Universal Newsreel editor. The reel scored a beat via the same procedure in the 1952 Presidential election.