Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1957)

Motion Picture Daily Friday, June 21, 195' Allied 's EDC (Continued from page 1) plot out a course for reactivization and an establishment of further EDC units and work. The last meeting of Allied's Emergency Defense Committee was held in early May, prior to the national Allied board of directors meeting in Detroit. At that time, the EDC and national Allied directors took up the matter of print shortages and availabilities and the way films have actually been distributed in 57 cities. Charts were prepared by Robert A. Wile, executive secretary of Independent Theatre Owners of Ohio. The objective in preparing these charts was said to be to find out why there are so much print shortages, national Allied president Julius M. Gordon said then. Columbia Sets Denver Press Junket for '3:10' A press junket for the world premiere of Columbia's "3:10 to Yuma" in Denver, Aug. 7, has been planned by Paul N. Lazarus, jr., Columbia vice-president in charge of advertising-publicity. The premiere will be held in the Old Opera House. Joining the critics in Denver will be the picture's stars, Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr and Leora Dana, and as additional guests Frankie Laine, Eleanor Powell and others. REVIEW: The Monte Carlo Story Titanus — UA Filmed entirely at fabulous Monte Carlo, in Technicolor and Technirama, the new process which shows here to its greatest advantage, this frothv summer bit is as gav as champagne. The lightness of its story is more than compensated for by the ease and elan with which Vittorio de Sica and Marlene Dietrich dress it up. It is blessed also with convincing and deliciouslv satiric performances bv Arthur O'Connell as a newlv rich Indiana millionaire and Natalie Trundy as his daughter. De Sica is a charming but totally impoverished Italian count who has lost his familv fortune at the gaming tables. He lives on his yacht, now without a motor, and is supported by his former servants, now emplovees at the Hotel Splendide, who hope he will recoup his fortune with the monev thev advance him. The advance has reached serious proportions and his backers persuade him that the only way out is to capitalize on his charm by marrying a foreign heiress. Candidates are scarce, or repulsive to the Count, until la Dietrich arrives in a swirl of glamor, as a widowed French Marquise. The Count begins the courtship and concludes it successfully only to discover she is as poor as he— and for the same reason. Their dilemma is solved bv the arrival of widower O'Connell complete with daughter and magnificent schooner yacht. The plot resolution is standard for the situation but is so well played that it still comes as a surprise. Dietrich proves she can still exude glamor, just bv her presence and de Sica is at his relaxed best as the affable Count. A pleasant surprise is Mischa Auer in a reminiscent comedv bit as one of the backers. The Technirama process gives the wide screen image (1.85 to 1) sharpness and claritv enhancing the dimensional effect of color. The picture was produced for Titanus by Marcello Girosi and directed bv Samuel A. Tavlor. Running time, 99 minutes. General classification. Release, in August. James D. Iveps Make plans for LOVE IN THE AFTERNOO Starring GARY COOPER AUDREY HEPBURN MAURICE CHEVALIER A hilarious romantic comedy produced and directed by Billy Wilder for Allied Artists, and advertised in the June 22 issue of the Saturday Evening" Post for greater audiences and greater audience acceptance. Harry Lamont ( Continued from page 1 ) Tuesday with Mrs. Lamont for a brief rest and fishing trip. He had been suffering from high blood pressure, but the condition was not considered serious. A native of Niverville, N. Y., Lamont had operated small town houses for some 35 years, and had conducted drive-ins since 1945. He served as chairman of the Albany area TOA while it functioned, and had been active in other industry causes for years. Services will be held Saturday at Tebbutts Funeral Home. 'Island' Doing Well ( Continued from page 1 ) it did an "impressive" $11,607; at the Century, Baltimore, $15,898; and at three theatres in Kansas City, Mo., the Uptown, Esquire, Fairway and Granada, it made $20,234. Also at Loew's Capitol in Washington, D. C, it had a six-day gross of $31,544. POST A CURTIS MAGAZINE sells the POST |f INFLUENTIAL -the mass market of active influence Push iRairv' Promotion To mobilize national support behind "A Hatful of Rain" 20th Century-Fox is shipping prints more than eight weeks in advance of release to every U.S. and Canadian exchange city for special showings to exhibitors, press, radio and TV representatives, and civic, social and religious leaders in each community. National Pre -Selling (< A MERICA'S first Negro matiner idol Harry Belafonte crosses barriers in a controversial movie Ts{ land in the Sun' " reports "Look" ill the June 25 issue. "Singer-Actot Belafonte is one of the most acclaimed entertainers in America today," according to Jack Hamilton, en tertainment editor for "Look." "Bela fonte insists that all he wants to bt is a musical artist and a responsible citizen." And he has an extreme!) wary attitude toward the hypnotic hold he has over his public. A frientj of his says "Harry is the only milJ lionaire in America who goes dowr. to the cellar to empty his garbage.'!1 • "Something of Value," and "Thi( Could be the Night," have beer' selected as the pictures of the month? for June by "Redbook." "I did not want to see Ed Wynr die ignominiously." That is Ed Wynr' speaking in the first paragraph oi the article on the careers of Ed and Keenan Wynn which appeared in the* June 17 issue of "Life." At the age* of 70 Ed Wynn after 50 years as i comedian, made the difficult thea'1 trical transformation to a charactei' part in "The Great Man." "Movie audiences watching 'The Great Man! break regularly into applause at th«' conclusion of a movie scene in whicU" Wynn delivers what is essentially six-and-a-half minute monologue" rej[ ports "Life." • "Joe Butterfly" says Edwin Millei in the June issue of "Seventeen" "\i an amusing comedy about a team oil soldiers trying to put out the first edi-i tion of Yank, the Army weekly, ir Tokyo after the Japanese surrender in World War 11." Liza Wilson, Hollywood editor oi "American Weekly" in an article ori, Sophia Loren which appeared in the^ June 16 issue says "she is definitely^ not the girl next door but the girl a man would like to have next door.'5,) Stanley Kramer, who directed her in; "The Pride and The Passion," said "I think she could easily be one, of the most important actresses of oui time." And in the same article Ingrid, Bergman says "she is the only young; actress I take seriously." A front cover by Kapralik, featur^ ing Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn and Maurice Chevalier in "Love irj( the Afternoon," will appear in the July 9 issue of "Pictorial Review.'' "Saint Joan" and "Desk Set" have been selected by Janet Graves of, "Photoplay" as the top pictures for, July. ij WALTER HAAS