Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1957)

MOTION PICTURE mm DAI LY M NEW YORK, U.S.A., MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1957 Exhibitors View Telemeter —and see "Uncharted Seas" By NORMAN MORRIS Many of the exhibitors who attended Paramount's Telemeter demonstration last Friday at the Savoy Plaza Hotel came away with the words "extraordinary development" or "revolutionary change," but there were few not disturbed by many unanswered questions. In the opinion of the majority of exhibitors the electronic system was most impressive. But most observers said the practical installation of subscription television would present innumerable problems and would create tremendous changes in the industry's distribution and exhibition booking pattern Some even went so far as to say that exhibitors are being asked to go out of the motion picture ( Continued on page 3 ) Noah Dietrich Was Tomlinson Candidate Noah Dietrich, right hand man to Howard Hughes in several of his enterprises and chairman of the board of RKO during the period when Hughes owned that company, was proposed as a candidate for president of Loew's, Inc., during the early stages of the struggle between Joseph R. Vogel and Tomlinson for control of the company. • The affidavit filed by Vogel in the Chancery Court of Delaware refers to this incident as follows: "At other times, the conspirators proposed that they could be deterred from their obstructive campaign against the company's interests, if we made Louis B. Mayer chairman of (Continued on page 2) 20th-Fox Sets Multiple First Runs in London Boston Paper Strike Hits Theatre Gross Special to THE DAILY BOSTON, Aug. 18.-With the mailers' strike on six Boston newspapers entering its second week on Saturday theatre business has suffered in both the downtown spots and the neighborhoods. Although the first runs have (Continued on page 2) Radio Better Than TV L. 82, NO. 34 "andt Says: ,. More Join thareholders' ogel Group tmmittee Growing Fast; ms for Million Shares Seven more industry executives /e joined the Loew's Stockholder itective Committee organized last ek to enlist support for Joseph R. gel, Loew's president, in his fight control of the company with an urgent minority group, and to icit proxies for Vogel's nominees the Loew's board of directors. The seven are: Charles Schlaifer, /ertising executive; Bernard Kranze, lerama executive; Sol Strausberg Interboro Theatres, president of ■ Metropolitan M. P. Theatres in., Percival Furber of Trans-Lux; (Continued on page 6) wrt Orders Crescent lock to Mrs. Sudekum Special to THE DAILY MASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 18.-In a t filed May 8 by Mrs. Nettie E. Sukum, calling for the return to her of >14 shares of Crescent Amusement i. stock held in trust by American itional Bank, in a decree approved both petitioner and defendant, mncery Court has authorized the nk to relinquish the trusteeship and :urn the stock to Mrs. Sudekum. In J | ( Continued on page 2 ) smlinson Lawyer : Iso Confident id's ; Add incidental intelligence: Milton dlack, 111 Broadway, New York flllity, who has won a measure of fame cently as attorney for Joseph L. 3mlinson in the latter's fight with e management of Loew's, Inc., was ported Friday by the "New York ast" as being one of the attorneys record for Robert Harrison, pubsher of "Confidental" and "Whisper." ollack could not be reached Friday »r comment on the report. From THE DAILY Bureau LONDON, Aug. 18 (By Cable ).Fulfilling Murray Silverstone's threeyear-old promise that 20th-Fox would unsnarl the accustomed pattern of distribution here, 20th-Fox's London managing director, James F. Pattinson, announced a revolutionary pre( Continued on page 2 ) For Film Ads: Lipton Despite the growth of television, radio todav offers a far greater and better outlet for motion picture promotion than it did 10 years ago when TV was in its infancy, it has been pointed out by David A. Lipton, vice(Continued on page 3) TEN CENTS Selling the Public Sales Drive Is Started for Telemo vies Campaign Has Giveaway For Bartlesville Customers Special to THE DAILY BABTLESVILLE, Okla., Aug. 18.Vumore Company, installing the world's first telemovie system here, opened their drive this week for customers. The sales pitch, cast on the "first" theme, moved into high gear with three color billboards, full page ads, direct mail and telephone solicitations. Results of the drive, now in its third day are being kept quiet by local management. It is expected an announcement will be made after the first thou( Continued on page 6) See Further Talks on Allied-Compo Peace Negotiations for the return of Allied States to the Council of Motion Picture Organizations are expected to begin shortly as a result of action at the Allied board meeting in Pittsburgh Wednesday and Thursday. The committee of COMPO members appointed several months ago (Continued on page 2) 'Faces of Eve' Premiere Set for Augusta, Ga. A lavish world premiere for "The Three Faces of Eve" is being planned by 20th Century-Fox for the Miller Theatre, Augusta, Ga., on Sept. 18. The event will honor Dr. Corbett H. Thigpen and Dr. Hervey M. Cleckley, authors of the book on which the picture is based and both associated with the University Hospital in Augusta. Television Today *y» Richard C. Patterson Jr. Honorary Chairman of N. Y. Jubilee Fete Richard C. Patterson, Jr., has agreed mittee for the Golden Jubilee of Motio Johnston, MPAA president disclosed. Patterson, currently commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Public Events; chairman of the United Nations Committee and the Consular Corps for the City of New York, has had a distinguished career in public service. Among his posts were those of commissioner of Correction and commissioner of the Parole Board for New York City; as to be honorary chairman of the Comn Pictures New York celebration, Eric sistant secretary of Commerce of the U. S.; Ambassador to Yugoslavia and later to Guatemala. In 1951 he became Minister to Switzerland. From 1940 to 1944 he was chairman of the board of RKO. The Jubilee celebration is being planned for late October or early November. A full week's activities are (Continued on page 3)