Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1956)

Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, November 20. PERSONAL MENTION \ TTILLIAM B. ZOELLNER, head » » of M-G-M short subject sales, will leave Buffalo tomorrow for Boston, alter which lie will return to New York. Charles (Bud) Barry, vice-president of Loew's, Inc., in charge of television operations, is recuperating at home here following surgery. Morris Helprin, president of London Film Productions (America), will return to New York tomorrow from London via B.O.A.C. Winston Miller, writer, will return to Hollywood this week from Tokyo. Peter Perakos, Jr., and Mrs. Pe rakos are the parents of their first child, a boy, born at New Britain ( Conn. ) General Hospital. The father is office manager of Perakos Theatres Associates. • Rex Hopkins, manager of the Evergreen circuit's Hollywood Theatre, Portland, Ore., has been married there to Ruth Johnson McBride. • Jerry Colonna will return to New York from London today via B.O.A.C. Import Restrictions on MPEA Agenda Today Restrictions on import licenses in a number of foreign markets will highlight the agenda of today's meeting of the board of directors of the Motion Picture Export Association, it was reported. The MPEA directors will discuss the Malaya market and the import duties levied on American product there, the Burmese restrictions on imports and the possibilities of arranging for local distribution there, and the import license situation in Formosa. Also, talks will center on a Canadian Pacific Steamship Line request for films and the Polish Children's Film Festival, in which there is a possibility that some American films may be entered. 'War' in London LONDON, Nov. 19 (By Cable )Paramount's "War and Peace" had a brilliant premiere at London's Plaza Theatre at the weekend, and the picture and star Audrey Hepburn's performance was strong praise from the critics. VendingWage (Continued from page 1) Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester. A minimum of 90 cents hourly would be in zone 2— the remainder of the state. The present minimum rate is 70 cents in upstate cities like Albany; 75 cents in New York. No representatives of concession companies appeared at hearings in four upstate cities. The final session, at the bar association building in New York, will be held Wednesday. The recommendations for changes in minimum wage standards and certain other working conditions were drafted by the Retail Industry Minimum Wage Board. A board will be appointed later to prepare a revised minimum wage code affecting specified types of employees in the theatre and recreation field. High Court Rejects (Continued from page 1) Ninth Circuit Court to the Supreme Court, had urged review on the grounds that this was a significant test case, since similar suits against the Government involving five other studios are now pending in the lower courts. The original Fox action was to retrieve the tax paid on sums paid from 1946 through 1949 to the Paul Mantz Air Service to fly photographers for surveys of proposed locations and studio executives on locationhunting trips. Fox argued that these flights were not transportation and therefore taxexempt; the Government mainatined that since Mantz was hired for the clear purpose of moving employees by air, this was transportation, regardless of whether the work was done en route. The district court upheld Fox, but the circuit court reversed this ruling. Refusal of the Supreme Court to take the case leaves the circuit court decision in favor of the Government in effect. Editors Nominate 10 For Critics Awards HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 19-American Cinema Editors today announced the nominations for the third annual Ace Critics Awards to be voted by the press. Nominated theatrical films are 'Oklahoma,' 'Picnic,' 'Bad Seed,' 'The Eddy Duchin Story,' and 'War and Peace.' Nominated television films are 'Father Knows Best,' 'Four Star Playhouse,' 'Jane Wyman Theatre,' 'Schlitz Playhouse of Stars' and 'The Loretta Young Show.' Ballots were mailed press representatives today, returnable Nov. 30th, for announcement of winners on Dec. 8, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel here. Senary Here For Meets On Future Production Conferences on future production and studio activities will be held here during the next two weeks between Dore Schary, vice-president in charge of production, and Loew's, Inc., home office officials. Schary, who arrived in New York from Hollywood, said here yesterday he will "see a number of the top Broadway shows" and confer with company executives. He will also attend the meeting of the board of directors of Loew's, Inc., which is scheduled for tomorrow. Pacific Unopposed by FWC in Beacon Action LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19.-The petition by Pacific Drive-In Theatres Corp. to intervene in the Fox West Coast Theatres declaratory relief action filed Oct. 31 against Beacon Theatres, Inc., operating the Bel-Air Drive-in near San Bernardino, was not opposed by FWC when the petition came up for a hearing which opened today in Federal Judge Harry C. Westover's court. The FWC action against Beacon is based on the claim that FWC's conventional California Theatre in San Bernardino is competitive with the Bel-Air Drive-in and is entitled to negotiate for a prior run. PacificDrive-in's petition sets forth the view that drive-ins are more competitive with each other than conventional theatres. CFR Hears Johnston Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Export Association of America, was a principal speaker at last night's meeting here of the Council of Foreign Relations. Johnston, who recently returned to this country from a trip behind the Iron Curtain, spoke on the MPEA's member companies plans to sell feature films to Czechoslavakia, Hungary and Poland. He also reported on economic conditions in the Iron Curtain countries he visited during his trip. 'Brave' Holds Pace LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 The King Brothers' "The Brave One," currently in its fourth week at the Four Star Theatre here is maintaining its brisk pace at the boxoffice with business for its fourth weekend topping the third by a considerable margin— a "fine" $7,626. Francis L. Sullivan, 53 Francis L. Sullivan, 53, British stage and screen actor, died yesterday at Mt. Sinai Hospital here of a lung ailment. San Francis (Continued from page 1 they "didn't get very good pic Manager Earl Long of the mount, where "Giant" is doing business on the heels of the e? run of "War and Peace," is cor good films, either of extended ventional length, are appreciate an opinion shared by all local tors. Unique among SF's tourist tions are two theatres— the Oi with Cinerama and the Coron "Oklahoma!" Tourist & 1 Bureau statistics prove many to Northern California mac Francisco a "must" on their itii because they wanted to see both of the long run films wh exclusively licensed here in t per half of the Golden State. The art houses, including thf town Stage Door, which just c ed a four-month run with "L Life," continue to enjoy a tren< 1955. The 15 downtown seco seldom have had it better ar: only isolated examples, the ne hoods roll merrily along in tl black. Across the Bay the neighb have not fared so well in spots, with the blame being on tv and, especially in Alame Contra Costa counties, the of juvenile hoodlumism which ing one exhibitor to think < of closing down after i brawls in his lobby. Television's impact on the flee generally is depreciated a year's almost universal wail hi tv would ruin the industry wit| years. 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