Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1957)

iday, December 27, 1957 Motion Picture Daily Todd Suggests 'Do-lt-YourseW Liz and Mike Todd are celebrating 3 first anniversary of "Around the orld in 80 Days" at the Carthay rcle Theatre, Los Angeles, by sendr to a few of their innumerable ends a "Do It Yourself Anniversary rty Kit" with instructions on how stage the party. After "Around the World" had ayed at the Rivoli, New York, for ^/ear Mr. and Mrs. Todd had a party I Madison Square Garden, it will be piled. I "The news of this leaked out someiw and our party list grew to 18,000 (ests— not counting the 30,000 crashand the 50,000,000 participants by >ans of television," Mike writes. "We ive learned from this last celebraInthat these numbers are too great I us to handle comfortably." Likes Sartorial Elegance ( With this communication is a set 1 instructions on how to hold a do1 yourself party. He suggests white s and full decorations. At the last party we found out that ick ties do no keep the riff-raff out a fact, it encourages them," he ote. For women's attire he suggests: iaras, full jewelry and long gowns." ijThe contents of the package— a sizIle creation that would take half a licab seat— came from seven coun|5S. This gives some idea: From I gland— Reform Club Strawberry gjserves, Crisp Biscuits, Roly-Poly Iim Pudding; from France— Chamjgne (six pint bottles), Bar-le-duc, ■ rrons glaces, sardines Henriette. |e list goes on and on. From India lire was chutney passepartout and Ijserved fruit; from China^Fix's farite lichee nuts and Princess Acuda la; from Japan — crabmeat, smoked liters and quail eggs. ' Recalls Those Garden Waiters Rvlike thoughtfully suggests that \| en uncorking the campaign it might I a good idea to slip a $10 bill to liur domestic help which should |p set the mood of the Madison iuare Garden party. If you don't w/e any domestic help, you might lp a passerby in front of your I ISO." j^inal item on the list is a large botof Bromo-Seltzer. (mend Philadelphia Ire Code Ruling Special to THE DAILY Philadelphia, Dec. 26. The lieatre and Amusement Association Is notified by Frank L. McNamee, m fire commissioner, that an amendment to the fire code is being |>mitted to the City Council that |l eliminate the necessity for movie Iises to run a trailer or slide on the leen at each performance showing diagram of exits. Exhibitors had protjted that the rule was discriminatory si unrealistic. The Top Ten Money Makers Gary Cooper Jst. / William Holden James Stewart Jerry Lewis FAME Poll Winners Named ( Continued third; Elvis Presley, fourth; Frank Sinatra, fifth; Gary Cooper, sixth; William Holden, seventh; James Stewart, eighth; Jerry Lewis (without his former partner ) , ninth, and Yul Brynner, tenth. Four of last year's favorites were eliminated from the top ten— Burt Lancaster, Glenn Ford, Marilyn Monroe and Kim Novak. Canadian ratings were almost the same. Hudson was the leader in Canada, too, followed by Sinatra, Cooper, Lewis, Doris Day, Wayne, Holden, Stewart, Brynner and Presley. In Great Britain, there were three lists for voting, one for British stars exclusively, one for international stars and one for western stars. British Victors Listed The British stars in the order of their voting strength were: Dirk Bogarde, Kenneth More, Peter Finch, John Gregson, Norman Wisdom, John Mills, Stanley Baker, Ian Carmichael, Jack Hawkins and Belinda Lee. The international favorites over there were: Bogarde, More, Burt Lancaster, Hudson, Peter Finch, Jeff Chandler, John Gregson, Martin and Lewis, Norman Wisdom and Yul Brynner. Western leaders in the British voting were: Audie Murphy, Lancaster, Randolph Scott, Wayne, Glenn Ford, Allan Ladd, James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Kirk Douglas and Joel McCrea. Hudson's climb to top rating began with his appearance in "Fighter Squadron" in 1943. Universal pushed him forward carefully in action pictures until he appeared in "The Magnificent Obsession." His most recent appearances in "Giant," "Written on the Wind," "Battle Hymn" and "Something of Value" have enhanced his popularity. John Wayne has been a regular from page 1 ) among the top stars for a long time. Some of the new leaders are products of other branches of show business. Boone came out of obscurity from a local radio show at Nashville and then became a national record favorite. Presley was a teenagers' sensation on both records and the air before appearing in his first picture. Jerry Lewis started up the ladder with Dean Martin as partner on the Catskill summer resort circuit, and went on to night clubs and vaudeville. Now as a single he is even more of a favorite. It isn't generally known that James Stewart began his acting career on the stage. G. A. Roberts, Retired Sales Executive, Dies George A. Roberts, 78, a retired 20th Century-Fox sales executive, collapsed and died in the Jamaica Station of the Long Island Rail Road during the trainmen's strike here Christmas Eve. His wife and daughter survive. Roberts had joined Fox in the early 1920's and had served as sales manager for "The March of Time" and the Fox Movietone News. He retired about five years ago. Memphis Bans i Woman* MEMPHIS, Dec. 26.-The Memphis board of censors announced Christmas Day it had banned the film "And God Created Woman" from Memphis screens. Mrs. B. F. Edwards, chairman, said the film was "lewd, lascivious and immoral." It was scheduled to show at Loew's State. The censors then denied an application of Howco Exchange to make deletions and then show the film to adult audiences only. Paul Gulick, former Publicity Head, Dies Paul Gulick, 77, for many years director of publicity for Universal Pictures Co.; former president of AMPA and former secretary of the old Motion Picture Club, died Tuesday at his home, 808 Bronx River Road, Fleetwood, N. Y. Masonic funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon. Burial will take place at Pittsford, Vt, Saturday afternoon. He was born Sept. 25, 1880, the son of Rev. Harvey Gulick, Congregational minister at Shelburne, Vt. After graduating from the University of Vermont at Burlington he became an insurance salesman. Later he was a school teacher at Charlotte, Vt. Had Edited Vanity Fair His first newspaper work was as drygoods editor of the Journal of Commerce. This led to the formation, with Philip Mindil, of a press bureau, which handled legitimate theatres and other enterprises. At one time he was city editor of Vanity Fair, entertainment and sports weekly. His first connection with the film business was in 1911, when George U. Stevenson, then editor of Universal Weekly, hired him to run a convention daily at a convention held in Grand Central Palace. Gulick became director of publicity and editor of Universal Weekly in 1913. In recent years he had lived in retirement. Mrs. Gulick; a brother, Karl, and two sisters, Marie L. Gulick and Mrs. Christine Frost, survive. Craft Reopens Theatre ATLANTA, Dec. 26.-J. E. Craft, owner of the Strand Theatre, Tompkinsville, Ky., has reopened the house, which was formerly owned by the Rockwood Amusement Co., Nashville.