Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1957)

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Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, February 19, I57 PERSONAL MENTION CAPT. HAROLD AUTEN, American representative for Greater Union Theatres, Australia, arrived in New York from London yesterday via B.O.A.C., completing an around-theworld business trip begun Jan. 4. • Roger H. Lewis, United Artists naational director of advertising-publicity, was in Chicago yesterday from New York. • B. G. Kranze, vice president of Stanley Warner Cinerama Corp., has returned to New York from Havana. • Mrs. Martin Davis, wife of Allied Artists' Eastern advertising-publicity director, became the mother of another son, the couple's second, over the past weekend. • Norton V. Ritchey, president of Allied Artists International, will leave New York today for Nassau, B.W.I., via B.O.A.C. Dan S. Terrell, publicity manager for M-G-M, will return to New York today from the Coast. • W. Stewart McDonald, vicepresident and treasurer of Stanley Warner Corp., became a grandfather when his daughter-in-law, Mrs. James S. McDonald, gave birth to a girl at Ideal Hospital, Endicott, N. Y. • Mrs. Bill Cahn, wife of the United Artists foreign accounting executive, has given birth to a boy at Queens Memorial Hospital, Jamaica, L. I. Academy Nominations Told Foreign 'Oscar' Set-Up Is Scored by Goldwurm The procedure of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in selecting European films for Hollywood "Oscar" nominations was opposed by Jean Goldwurm, president of Times Film Corp., American distributor of foreign films, in a statement issued here yesterday. He also took to task those producer associations which "support a Hollywood practice that is contrary to their own best interests." Goldwurm said the Academy was "unfair" in limiting each foreign country to only two entries for consideration, as well as for accepting entries which had not yet played in the United States. ( Continued interest stimulated by the COMPO Academy Award Sweepstakes campaigns poised to get into motion tomorrow. Nominations announced tonight were voted by cross-Hollywood eligibles, numbering 16,721, who voted by sealed ballots furnished by the Academy but returnable directly by mail to the Price Waterhouse auditing company. On March 6 the Academy will mail to its 1,770 members, the only persons eligible to vote in the finals, ballots bearing the names of the nominated candidates, returnable to Price Waterhouse before March 22. Nominations in the 12 categories chosen by COMPO for its Sweepstakes ballots follow: Best Motion Picture: "Around the World in 80 Days," Michael Todd Co., United Artists, Michael Todd, producer; "Friendly Persuasion/' Allied Artists, William Wyler, producer; "Giant," Giant Productions, Warner Brothers, George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, producers; "The King and I," 20th Century-Fox, Charles Brackett, producer; "The Ten Commandments," Motion Picture Associates, Paramount, Cecil B. DeMille, producer. Best Actress: Carroll Baker, "Baby Doll," Newtown Productions, Warner Brothers; Ingrid Bergman, "Anastasia," 20th Century-Fox; Katharine Hepburn, "The Rainmaker," Hal Wallis Productions, Paramount; Nancy Kelly, "The Bad Seed," Warner Brothers; Deborah Kerr, "The King and I," 20th Century-Fox. Best Actor: Yul Brynner, "The King and I," 20th Century-Fox; James Dean, "Giant," Giant Productions, Warner Brothers; Kirk Douglas, "Lust for Life," M-G-M; Rock Hudson, "Giant," Warner Brothers; Sir Laurence Olivier, "Richard III," Laurence Olivier Productions, Lopert Films Distributing Corp. Best Supporting Actress: Mildred Dunnock, "Ba'by Doll," Newtown Productions, Warner Brothers; Eileen Heckert, "The Bad Seed," Warner Brothers; Mercedes McCambridge, "Giant," Giant Productions, Warner Brothers; Dorothy Malone, "Written on the Wind," Universal-International; Patty McCormack, "The Bad Seed," Warner Brothers. Best Supporting Actor: Jan Murray, "Bus Stop," 20th Century-Fox; Anthony Perkins, "Friendly Persuasion," Allied Artists; Anthony Quinn, "Lust for Life," M-G-M; Mickey Rooney, "The Bold and the Brave," Filmakers Releasing Corp., RKO; Bob Stack, "Written on the Wind," Universal International. Best Director: Michael Anderson, "Around the World in 80 Days," from page 1 ) Michael Todd Co., United Artists; William Wyler, "Friendly Persuasion," Allied Artists; George Stevens, "Giant," Giant Productions, Warner Brothers; Walter Lang, "The King and I," 20th Century-Fox; King Vidor, "War and Peace," Ponti De Laurentiis Productions, Paramount. Best Song: "Julie," from "Julie," Arwin Productions, M-G-M, music by Leith Stevens, lyrics by Tom Adair; "Thee I Love" from "Friendly Persuasion," Allied Artists, music by Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster; "True Love," from "High Society," Sol C. Siegel Productions, M-G-M, words and music by Cole Porter; "Whatever Will Be Will Be," from "The Man Who Knew Too Much," Filwite Productions, words and music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans; "Written on the Wind," from "Written on the Wind," music by Victor Young, lyrics by Sammy Cohn. Best Motion Picture Story: Robert Rich, "The Brave One," King Brothers Productions, RKO; Leo Katcher, "The Eddy Duchin Story," Columbia; Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullmann, "High Society," M-G-M; Jean Paul Sartre, "The Proud and the Beautiful," Kingsley International; Cesare Zavattini, "Umberto D," Rizzoli-De Sica— Amato Productions, Harrison & Davidson. Costume Designing (Color): Miles White, "Around the World in 80 Days"; Moss Mabray and Marjorie Best, "Giant"; Irene Sharaff, "The King and I"; Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jenson, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Freyberg, "The Ten Commandments"; Marie de Matteis, "War and Peace." Best Scoring of a Musical: Lionel Newman, "The Best Things in Life Are Free," 20th Century-Fox; Morris Stoloff and George Dunning, "The Eddy Duchin Story," Columbia; Johnny Green and Saul Kaplan, "High Society," M-G-M; Alfred Newman and Ken Darby, "The King and 1," 20th Century-Fox; George Stoll and Johnny Green, "Meet Me in Las Vegas," M-G-M. Best Musical Score of Comedy or Drama: Alfred Newman, "Anastasia," 20th Century-Fox; Victor Young, "Around the Wprld in 80 Days," United Artists; Hugo Friedhofer, "Between Heaven and Hell," 20th Century-Fox; Dimitri Tiomkin, "Giant," Warner Brothers; Alex North, "The Rainmaker," Hal Wallis, Paramount. Cinematography (Color): Lionel Lindon, "Around the World in 80 Days"; Harry Stradling, "The Eddy Duchin Story"; Leon Shamroy, "The King and I"; Loyal Griggs, "The Ten Commandments"; Jack Cardiff, "War and Peace." 'Giant/ Named 10 Times; Tops 'Oscar' Nominations "Giant" took first place in the number of nominations as annoi by the Academy on the Coast night. The Warner Brothers film named 10 times. Following "Giant," together number of nominations were: King and I" (9), "Around the V in 80 Days" (8), "The Ten Comni ments" (7) and "Friendly Persua (6). Sweepstakes (Continued from page 1) Washington exhibitors is an expense tour for two to Hollyv with tours of the studios and k eons with the stars. Shorter all-exj tours will be awarded to other co winners. Three large Texas circuits, n senting an aggregate of nearly theatres, also will participate in contest, Coyne was informed by Whitcher, branch manager of Co bia Pictures at Dallas, who orgai a meeting of Texas exhibitors in; city. John Rowley of Rowley Ur with nearly 150 theatres scattered the Southwest, stated that his ci would participate in all the large nations. 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