Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1957)

2 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, August 28, 1$ PERSONAL MENTION ARTHUR LOEW, president of Loew's International, will return to New York from London tomorrow via B.O.A.C. • Samuel Rosen, executive vicepresident of Stanley Warner Cinerama; Harry M. Kalmine and Bernard G. Kranze, vice-presidents, and Harry D. Goldberg, advertising-publicity director, are in Baltimore today from New York. • Jerry Pickman, Paramount advertising-publicity vice-president, and Herb Steinberg, national exploitation manager, will return to New York today from Hollywood. • Louis A. Novins, vice-president and managing director of International Telemeter Corp., will leave New York tonight for the Coast. • Sam Galanty, Columbia Pictures mid-East division manager, will leave Washington today for Cleveland. • Kenneth Winckles, joint assistant managing director of the J. Arthur Rank Organization, returned to London from New York yesterday via B.O.A.C. • Howard G. Minsky, Paramount mid-Eastern division manager, was in New York yesterday from Pittsburgh. • Calvin Leeder, supervisor of branch operations for Rank Film Distributors of America, will return to New York tomorrow from Cincinnati. George Schur, Paramount branch operations manager, is in New Haven today from New York. Peck Buys Novel HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 27 Gregory Peck has purchased film rights to Gen. S. L. A. Marshall's novel, "Pork Chop Hill," in which he will star for Melville Productions, his own company. Sy Bartlett will produce. United Artists will distribute. 'Dragon Tree'' Bought HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 27 L. B. Mayer Enterprises, Inc. and Jack Cummings Productions, Inc., jointly purchased "Dragon Tree," new novel by Victor Canning, prior to its American publication. Move on Three Fronts to Insure Continued N. Y. Censorship Special to THE DAILY ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 27.— The State Department of Education is moving on three fronts to insure continuation of motion picture censorship. Its law division has filed papers in a motion for reargument of "Garden of Eden" before the Court of Appeals, at theOctober term. The division hopes to switch one of the judges who voted with the majority of four, against a minority of three, to overrule the Board of Regents on the ban of the Florida nudist colony film. To Appeal 'Chatterly' Edict The law division is also prepared to appeal from the recent unanimous determination by the Appellate Division that the regents lacked the power, under modern judicial decisions (including several by the U.S. Supreme Court) to bar "Lady Chatterly's Lover." Pending final adjudication, licenses for public exhibition of the pictures will be withheld. The Department of Education has also approved a budget of $113,000 for its Motion Picture Division (censoring unit) in the fiscal year 195758, expects to announce, soon, the appointment of three additional reviewers. Northwest T.O. Names Marion as Secretary From THE DAILY Bureau SEATTLE, Aug. 27. Armand Marion, Jr., has been elected permanent secretary of the Theatre Owners of Washington, Northern Idaho and Alaska. A steering committee was elected composed of Joe Rosenfield, Spokane; Dwight Spracher, Seattle; Maurice Saffle, Seattle, Frank Danz of Sterling Theatres, Seattle, and William Connor, of John Hamrick Theatres, Seattle. 54 Are Qualified Being selected from a list of 17 successful candidates— among 54 who qualified to take a civil service examination—, they will fill vacancies caused by retirements and promotions. The present staff consists of two men and a woman. All reviewers must possess a working knowledge of one foreign language— Classical, Teutonic or Oriental. Dallas 'Turtle Derby' Is Y.C. Event of Year Special to THE DAILY DALLAS, Aug. 27.-The lowly turtle will have his day— or days — here Sept. 6 and 7 when Variety Club, Tent No. 17, of Dallas will hold its annual Turtle Derby at the Dallas Memorial Coliseum for the benefit of Boys' Ranch at Bedford, Tex., Tent 17's principal charity. A feature of the two-day event will be the telecast of LawTence Welk's Saturday program from the Coliseum. With more than 1,000 theatres in the state running trailers gratis, with radio and TV stations contributing spots, a capacity crowd is expected to watch the little racers. For the preliminary heats there are cash prizes, for the finals— first, second and third — Dodge automobiles. Charles Weisenburg, of the Weisenburg theatre circuit, heads the Turtle Derby Committee. His co chairmen are George Myer and Harold Brooks. Joe Robins Is Dead; Headed Ohio Circuit Special to THE DAILY YOUNGSTOWN, O., Aug. 27 Funeral services were held here today for Joe Robins, 72, president of Robins Amusement Co., operating theatres in Warren and Niles, who died at Miami Beach following a heart attack on Friday. He had been convalescing in Florida from recent surgery. The deceased is survived by his wife, Dorothy, a son, a daughter and two grandchildren. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, a Shrner and a longtime member of the Cleveland Variety Club. Fox Ad-Publicity Units Moved to Single Floor Twentieth Century-Fox's home office advertising, publicity and exploitation departments have been moved into a single unit setup, with final arrangements completed this week. Previously, the company's art department had been quartered at a building on 54th Street and the publicity and advertising departments were separated from exploitation by two floors. Now, all the departments have been moved to new quarters, all located on the 4th floor of the home office building. Named to Ascap Board Jack Bregman of Bregman, Vocco & Kahn, music publishers, yesterday was unanimously elected to the board of directors of Ascap to fill the unexpired term of Bernard Goodwin, who resigned in June. Labor Day Tie-Ins Urged by Ricketson From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 27-Natic Theatre's vice-president Frank R etson, Jr., touring its circuit's theatres, is coaching managers to the groundwork for fall and win box office increases by taking utmost advantage of exploitation portunities provided by Labor I week. With "don't sell just the ture, sell the magic" as his slog he is urging managers to set up s\ cial "back-to-school" and "salute labor" programs, among especi. timely events designed to re-fa summer vacationers' attention on i tion picture entertainment. Ricketson was in San Franci yesterday, and will be in Kansas C today, Denver, Sept. 4, Salt La Sept. 6, Phoenix, Sept. 10. Atlanta WOMPI Aids Rogers Hospital Drive Special to THE DAILY ATLANTA, Aug. 27 Memh of Women of the Motion Picture dustry (WOMPI) and their friei aided in making the collections the Will Rogers Memorial Fund the Grand and Rialto theatres he At last report, the sum totaled o $700 for the two houses. The members also have sold cases of cocoanut brittle to help fray the expenses of a group to national convention, which will held in Memphis Oct. 11-13. Correction The report of the acquisition National Telefilm Associates, Inc., its first television station, KMGM-1 Minneapolis-St. Paul, in Monda Motion Picture Daily inadverte ly attributed the purchase to 2( Century-Fox, citing it as the part company of NTA. The film compa owns a 50 per cent interest in N'. 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