Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1956)

ilarsdav, December 20, 1956 Motion Picture Daily oew's Board ( Continued from page 1 ) se of his proposals for changes i ch he said might avoid a proxy lit if they are achieved. 3is proposals were contained in a er delivered to Vogel last Monday released to the press yesterday, ey included removal from the Iw's board of directors of five memi aligned with management, other p Vogel and Arthur Loew, chair h. They are: Charles C. Mosko i. Loew's treasurer and vice-presiit; Charles M. Reagan, vice-presit in charge of distribution; How Dietz, vice-president in charge of ,ertising-publicity; Benjamin Mel:?r, Loew's counsel, and George A. wnell of the law firm of Davis, k, Wardwell, Sunderland & ndl, special counsel to the com H " ' "omlinson told the press conference he also wanted Moskowitz and ^tz dissociated from the parent many. Wants Representation on Board h addition, he said he wants all iges of the former Nicholas M. t-nck and Dore Schary regimes and r influences at home office and tio eliminated. Tomlinson also its representation on the board of ctors but declined to say how iv directors he would settle for. A pany statement said Tomlinson been offered a board post on sevoccasions. omlinson refused to comment on >rts that he had at first asked for •n places on the board of 13, and sequently reduced the request to He also declined to confirm a Bit that he was prepared to post 5,000 to finance a proxy fight, omlinson said he conferred with is B. Mayer, former head of D-M production, in Hollywood ■xs\ weeks ago and asserted that /er had offered to return to the ilio if Tomlinson succeeded in his hands for changes "for sufficient § to make the Lion roar again." ilinson added that "under no ciristances would he (Mayer) lend self to the present management." Annual Meeting Feb. 28 oth Tomlinson and Javits insisted they have organized no stocklers' committee nor have they defd to go ahead with a proxy conlJ yet. The Loew's annual meeting Scheduled for Feb. 28. They said •eply to questions that they have i f erred with other large stockhold EASERETTES FAMOUS FOR MANY USES! These 3 frame trailers feature art batk* grounds, photos and compelling off-stage voice) NO CONTRACTS, NO RETURNS! Crooks, Wall Streeter, Resigns from Loew's Richard Crooks, a partner in the brokerage firm of Thomson & McKinnon, who was elected to the Loew's board of directors last month to fill one of two vacancies occasioned by the resignations of representatives of Lehman Bros, and Lazard Freres, has submitted his resignation, it was disclosed yesterday. ers and their representatives but have as yet formed no alliances with others. They apparently have no candidate in mind for president or other offices in the event they pressed a proxy fight. Stanley Meyers of Wometco Theatres, Miami, was an observer at the press conference in Javits' office but disclaimed a part in the Tomlinson program. Both Meyers and Javits said they own Loew's stock. Company Issues Statement Loew's statement issued following the board meeting said that Tomlinson's letter had been "fully explored" at the meeting prior to the directors' expression of confidence in "the new leadership" of Vogel. It reiterated a desire to have the "fullest stockholder expression and representation in the management of Loew's affairs." Vogel said: "It has always been the intention of the company to have a majority representation on the board of non-employes." The last stockholders meeting elected seven non-company members and six management, he pointed out. Vogel added that he would release a detailed program on the future of Loew's at an early date and pointed out that he had already implemented several of the suggestions called for by Tomlinson and his associates. Both Schenck and Schary have been disassociated from active management of the company's affairs. Calls Vogel '¥nhampered' A spokesman for Loew's said: "It must be perfectly clear that Vogel has been in his new post for less than 60 days. He comes to the production and distribution organization with an open mind and is unhampered in his decisions by any previous management or any personal ties. During this short time that he has been in office he has made drastic, even dramatic, changes in leadership in the direction of the corporation's affairs. "Ironically, Tomlinson has, both publicly and privately, voiced his confidence and enthusiasm for Vogel and his new leadership. It seems obvious that Vogel's sincerity and integrity are unquestioned, and therefore he should be given every opportunity to demonstrate his leadership. "Vogel will be available in the future, as he has been in the past, to stockholders, bankers and other interested parties, in helping to establish a program for the future of Loew's that will lead to increased profits and increased dividends." Television Today Writers Guild-NBC Suit Settled Out-of-court The Writers Guild of America, East, Inc., and the National Broadcasting Co. have reached an out-ofcourt settlement on a law suit against NBC in excess of $1,000,000. At the same time, Writers Guild agreed to withdraw a formal unfair labor practice charge against NBC filed with the National Labor Belations Board. Both the suit and the complaints were based on a Guild contention that NBC during the Democratic national convention in Chicago had paid to enroll a number of Guild newswriters without their knowledge or consent in the National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians. In its complaint to the NLRB, the Guild said that NBC "interfered with, restrained and coerced," a number of its employees "by obtaining membership cards for said employees in NABET" and "by paying dues for said employees without their knowledge or approval." Guild Named Bargainer The newswriters involved are among the 70 or more employed on news and special events programs produced in New York by NBC under terms of a contract which names the Guild as their sole and exclusive bargaining agent. Buy Atlanta Station ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 19 Radio station WOAK has been sold to three local people who have been operating the station under a lease for two-anda-half years, it was announced by J. D. Woodruff, Sr., of Columbus, Ga., the former owner. The station was purchased by Stan Raymond, Senas Sears and Dorothy Lester, Woodruff said. The company broadcasts Negro programs and is considered one of the most successful operations of its kind, Woodruff, who is president of the new company, asserted. Book Holy Mght> "Holy Night," a 30-minute TV film dramatizing the birth of Jesus, has been booked by stations in 22 markets for exhibition on Sunday, Dec. 23. Irving M. Lesser, president of Major Television Productions, Inc., distributors of the subject, said that among the markets set for the simultaneous showings are Cleveland, Cincinnati, Louisville, Richmond, Nashville and Youngstown. Langlois Moves Langlois Filmusic, serving numerous producers of programs and commercials in the TV and film fields, has moved its entire operation to 1755 Broadway here, according to Cy Langlois, Jr., president. Who's Where Michael Boland and J. Russell Gavin have been elected assistant treasurers of ABC, it has been announced by Simon B. Siegal, treasurer of the company. Boland has been a member of the ABC cost control unit since Nov. 1955, and Gavin has been chief accountant of the company since Sept. 1954. □ Oliver Treyz, vice-president in charge of television at ABC, has been appointed to the television board of directors of the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters, it has been announced by Harold E. Fellows, president of NARTB. Treyz replaces Ernest L. Jahnke, Jr., who recently resigned his vice-presidency at ABC. □ Dr. Douglas Steel of Prince Edward Island and Kenneth G. Montgomery of Edmonton, Alberta, have been appointed governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Co. for threeyear terms. □ Vinton Freedley, Jr., has been elected a vice-president and member of the board of directors of TV Dept., Inc., it was announced by William R. Deering, president of the company. Freedley was formerly national sales manager for NBC Radio. □ Bruce Bryant, account executive at CBS Television Spot Sales, has been named eastern sales manager of that organization, John Schneider, general manager, has announced. Bryant replaces Tom Judge, who has resigned from the company. Buy Four N.Y. Scripts Television Programs of America has announced the purchase of four scripts from New York writers for the company's new TV series, "New York Confidential." Jerry D. Lewis, Jack Bennett, John Butler and Palu Franklin are the authors of the properties, all to be shot on New York sites. Ga, Institute Slated ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 19-The 12th annual Georgia Radio and TV Institute will be held at the Henry Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia here Jan. 23-25, it was announced by the Georgia Association of Broadcasting and the Grady School, sponsors of the affair. Sapphire in N.Y. Sapphire Films, Ltd., producer of TV adventure series films for Official Films, Inc., has opened a New York office under the management of Peggy Phillips. Miss Phillips will serve as American story editor for Sapphire, a London firm, at the new office at 420 Madison Ave.