Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1957)

Motion Picture Daily Friday, February 1, 1 4 See Gordon as Allied Hea<\ NEWS . . Spot . . . fast in MOTION PICTURE DAILY thus providing immediate coverage of the motion picture industry and related fields in reports "concise and to the point"— responsibly edited — written and typographically designed for fast, easy reading . . . with a staff photographer to add points of interest that only the camera can tell. Correspondents throughout the world. Interpretive . . . comprehensive in MOTION PICTURE HERALD presenting the news as current history of the motion picture and its business, using a greater allotment of time to gather together all the facts pertinent to the ultimate meaning of events and opinion, in all of the interests of the American industry, at home and abroad. QUIGLEY PUBLICATIONS In the service of the motion picture industry for more than 41 years ( Continued national Allied for the past several years, reportedly is an unwilling candidate for the presidency because of pressure of his business activities. However, conversation around the national Allied drive-in convention which winds up today is that Gordon was prevailed upon by Allied stalwarts to accept the post after Shor, for reasons of health, had definitely removed himself from consideration for another term, and Irving Dollinger of New Jersey Allied, a logical successor to the presidency as treasurer of national Allied, also eliminated himself for private business reasons. Abe Berenson of Gulf States Allied and Roy Kalver of Indiana Allied, both of whom were considered likely presidential timber earlier when it was doubtful that Gordon could be induced to become a candidate, may from page 1 ) be named to other national offid such as treasurer and secretary, si ' ceeding Dollinger and Gordon, respj. tively. Abram F. Myers of Washingti D. C, is expected to be renanl chairman of the board and genc'l 6 counsel. Indications here also were that I (i Allied board before it adjourns tj : weekend will clear the way for jj organization to rejoin the Council? Motion Picture Organizations md) participate once more in meetings wj representatives of distribution i other exhibitor organizations desigr to formulate machinery for the ai tration of specified trade disputes ] tween exhibitor and distributor. Allied withdrew from participat in both several years ago. REVIEW: Hot Summer Night M&M Hollywood, Jan. 31 The Messrs. Morton Fine and David Friedkin whose co-works in their native Radio and Television have worn such network identifications as "Climax," "Frontier," "Broadway Is My Beat," and so on, present here in their first feature motion picture a melodrama combining the best features of their former media with the freedom from ipterruption that is the motion picture's exclusive virtue. They use this freedom profitably, building within its larger limitations a degree •of suspense not to be achieved between sponsor's commercials. It is a factor of importance to exhibitors playing the picture that the cast contains no box office giants to make ticket-selling easy, but it's a factor of importance to the customers that the picture packs a full complement of the materials (fighting, killing, crime in general and punishment at long last) that have been the fleshand-blood of melodrama since memory runneth not to the contrary. The cast enacting the Fine-Friedkin screenplay is headed up by Leslie Nielsen, as an unemployed reporter who has just acquired a bride ( Colleen Miller) and needs a job badly enough to undertake interviewing a fugitive bank-robber (Robert Wilke), who has holed up in a backwoods town in the Ozarks where his long record of successful criminality has made him a local idol. After he has been conducted into the bandit's hideout and concluded his interview, the bandit is slain by a member of his gang ( Paul Richards), who holds Nielsen prisoner for ransom by his former newspaper, with intent to kill him whether or not. The outcome is to be seen, not written. Collaborator Fine is credited as pro • ducer, and collaborator Friedkin directed. Running time, 86 minutes. General classification. Release date, not set. William R. Weaver si ill Skouras Driv — (Continued from page 1) of leading exhibitors and theatre i * ganizations, in both the Unit States and Canada, as well as by t more than 1,000 employees in t company's 39 exchanges in the ti countries. It is an expression of t esteem held for Skouras for his oi standing record of service in furth ing the best interests of the moti picture industry, Harrison said. At the meeting the general sa manager further announced that di sion managers C. Glenn Norris, M; tin Moskowitz, Herman Wobber a: Harry G. Ballance will supervise t testimonial program. [OVl sin! Cash, Stock Dividends ( Continued from page 1 intention of supplementing dividends with annual stock dends. The amount of that sto dividend will be dependent upi earnings and other relevant facto: In initiating the cash dividend t' directors, of course, hope, witf commitment, that it will be possit to maintain the dividend rate." Disney further stated, "Financii; completed in November of 195 brought working capital to a positici where cash dividends could be i augurated. The current cash divider; rate represents only a small payo;; of earnings due to the company heavy requirements for working cap1 tal to finance its continuing growtj However, supplemental stock div dend payments will provide shar holders with the opportunity for higher return on their investmeij while at same time permitting tl company to conserve cash." Friedman V.P. of Jacob Samuel J. Friedman has bee named a vice-president of The A thur P. Jacobs Co., and will supej vise Eastern publicity for the publ relations firm.