Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1957)

! Wednesday, January 9, 1957 Motion Picture Daily 3 Loew's Board (Continued from page 1) ieing considered as a possible nomiiee for one of the board vacancies, iullman is honorary chairman of the 'ort of New York Authority which ,e served for many years and is veil known in theatrical circles as a lacker of many successful Broadway inductions. In the 1930's he was ppointed by the court as a trustee Hiring the reorganization of the Roxy "heatre here. Four Places to Be Filled Loew's decision would appear to save at least four places to be filled in a slate of new nominees to be preiared for the company's annual meetng on Feb. 28. Previously it had ieen reported that Loew was one of ix nominees acceptable to management, the others being Vogel, George Jirownell, George L. Killion, Frank 'ace, Jr., and William Parker. Joseph Tomlinson, largest indivilual stockholder, had proposed himelf, Stanley Meyer, Ray Lawson and ^red Florence. Ostensibly, the four /ere to replace four "management" lirectors-Howard Dietz, C. C. Mosowitz, Charles M. Reagan and Benamin Melniker. One of the latter Presumably might continue on the lioard in Loew's stead, with three additional nominees to be agreed upon |iy the board and leading stockholder Interests later. Talks to Continue Today j The conferences between Tomlinon and the Loew's management coninued through most of yesterday and vill be continued today. Disneyland' Records Achieve High Grosses Walt Disney's Buena Vista Film Distributors has been so successful vith such song record efforts as "Davy Crockett" and more recently "Wringle Wrangle," from "Westward Ho, the vVagons," that the company, which las been putting out its own "Disneyand" label records since May, prelicted yesterday that within ten years 'Disneyland" would be a major record listributor grossing $20-25,000,000. The prediction was made by Jimmy [ohnson, vice-president of the Walt Disney Music Co., and Al Latauska, lational sales manager for the parent :ompany of "Disneyland" Records. 5ince the first release under their own abel seven months ago, record sales lave grossed "about $500,000," Latmska said. "If everything goes as ixpected, we ought to gross around $5,000,000 by the end of 1957," he said. 12 LP Albums in '56 "Disneyland" Records released 12 long playing albums in 1956 and ten 'single records. For 1957, he said, the record company plans to release "a minimum" of 36 long playing albums and "as many singles as may be required." Artists and music outside the Walt Disney family would also be employed, he said. M. P. DAILY picture DOING A PHINEAS FOGG, and also a little of the porpoise, Mike Todd surprised probably everyone at the Federation luncheon yesterday in the Sheraton Astor, except awards chairman Oscar Hammerstein II. He arrived too late from the airport and Europe for the Mark of Achievement ceremonies but became immediately memorable with tall tales of traveling. With him at the fund raising affair, Mike Todd, Jr.; Ralph Cohn, who accepted a posthumous award for his father, film industry pioneer Jack Cohn; Dolores Wilson, singer; Arthur B. Krim, United Artists president and award winner; Lawrence Marx, Jr., Federation campaign chairman; Hammerstein, whose introductions informed and amused; and winners Julie Andrews, Robert Weede, and Judy Garland. Some statistics: the luncheon brings the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies $186,000 closer to a goal of $250,000. Federation's activities are for all classes as well as creeds and may affect and be needed by anyone in the industry, as Marx explained. Other speakers were Harry Brandt, luncheon chairman; Charles B. Moss, chairman of the industry drive; and Judy Holliday, awards winner. Injunction Denied in Fine Sound Suit Supreme Court Justice McGivem yesterday denied a temporary injunction sought here by Fine Sound, Inc., asking that C. Robert Fine be enjoined from engaging in competition with Fine Sound, Inc., in which he was originally a partner with Loew's, Inc., and from using the name of Fine Recording or any other similar name. The Justice ruled that Robert Fine may continue to use the name Fine Recording but that he should not "affirmatively solicit" any additional accounts belonging to Fine Sound, Inc., for the present. Robert Fine originally filed suit against Loew's and others for $30,000,000 charging "fraud" and asking damages for "depriving (him) of his invention, Perspecta Sound." In its reply, Loew's denied these charges, and Fine Sound, Inc., filed a counter claim against Robert Fine and his company. In the latter suit permanent injunctions were asked for the two restraints ruled on yesterday, and in addition, Fine Sound, Inc., asked that the capital stock of Fine Recording be "impressed with a trust in favor of the plaintiff-by-counterclaim" and that the "defendants-by-counterclaim be required to render an accounting to (Fine Sound, Inc.) of all business conducted by them under the name of Fine Recording as well as to pay all damages sustained (by Fine Sound, Inc.)." Ontario Passes (DolV TORONTO, Jan. 8. "Baby Doll" was passed by the Ontario Board of Censors, it was revealed today by officials of Warner Bros., distributors of the film. The picture, however, was placed in the restricted-to-adults category by the censors. Golden Plans (Continued from page 1) in March, with outstanding players in the title role and other principal parts. Pre-production preparation began last April with the filing of the title and culminated yesterday when final approval was given to the screenplay by U.C.L.A. professor Hugh Gray, whose past works include "Quo Vadis," "Ulysses," and "Helen of Troy." Golden said he has had overtures from several distributing companies for the handling of the picture, but is not ready to announce a firm commitment at this time. His financial partner in the new enterprise, which is in the process of being incorporated, is Charles Green, president of Whelan Drugstores, United Cigar Stores, and other non-film concerns. Golden said, " 'Stalin's Children' is not going to be merely a biographical presentation of incidents in the life of the most sinister dictator in the history of the world, but will go deeply into the entire CommunistParty mechanism, which has placed Stalin's successors in outright control of all persons and nations behind the Iron Curtain." Molotov, Krushchev, Yagoda, Beria and others, in addition to Stalin, will be among the leaders represented in the picture. B&K To Build New PEOPLE Sherrill C. Corwin, president of Metropolitan Theatres Corp., Los Angeles, has been reelected for the third consecutive term as president of Hollywood's Temple Israel. Reelected also as chairman of the board was Steve Broidy, head of Allied Artists. □ R. A. Edmondson, vice-president of Dixie Drive-in Theatres, Atlanta, has been elected to the board of directors of the De Kalb County Federal Savings and Loan Association. □ Ann del Valle, a member of the Cecil B. DeMille publicity staff for the past two years, has been named executive assistant to DeMille in charge of public relations. Miss del Valle succeeds Art Arthur, who notified DeMille last October of his intention to resign in order to return to writing and producing. □ : Leo Wann, former booker for the Sixth Naval District in Charleston, S. C, has succeeded Owen Vaughn as regional booker at the Atlanta, Ga., Buena Vista exchange. Vaughn has joined Paramount as Atlanta territory manager of group ticket sales for "The Ten Commandments." Theatre in Elgin, 111. Irving Shiftman, 62 CHICAGO, Jan. 8.-Plans are underway for the construction of a new motion picture theatre on the site of the 1,000-seat Rialto in Elgin, Illinois, destroyed recently in a $250,000 fire, it is announced by John Balaban, president of the Balaban & Katz Corp., and president of the Publix Great States Theatres circuit, which operates the house. BOSTON, Jan. 8.-Funeral services for Irving Shiftman, 62, booker and office manager for Distributors Corp. of America, will be held Thursday at the O'Connor Funeral Parlor, Roxbury. He died suddenly at Longwood Hospital from pneumonia. He had been a salesman for Eagle Lion, United Artists in New Haven and IFE in Boston before joining DCA this fall.