Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1958)

Motion Picture Daily iwicfc '57 Production New High of 140 ■ench film production hit a new in 1957 with 140 films put into luction, the French Film office ,' reported yesterday. In 1956 the was 129. r these, 82 were exclusively -ch,"50 were co-productions with jm firms and the remaining eight ived cooperation with companies •ermany, Yugoslavia, Australia and Fewer Films in Color le total of wide-screen and color was down. Only" 44 productions photographed in color, comd with 57 in 1956, and 36 widei films were made, a drop of six. import revenues from French films up 21 per cent over the previous with die total estimated at )00,000. venty-seven French films were rted into the United States. vvaney Is Promoted IICAGO. Jan. 15-William Dev was promoted from branch i^er to district manager for the |4 midwestern division. He sucs Burtis Bishop, who recently f erred to New York as assistant 'ral sales manager. At the same Clarence Keim was promoted city salesman to branch man Fan Magazines Pledge Support to 'Oscar' Show Motion picture fan magazine editors and publishers were urged to devote editorial space to the forthcoming "Oscar" telecast in their April issues, on the stands in March, at a recent meeting called here by Roger Lewis, co-chairman of the special committee to direct promotion of the industrysponsored event. All present agreed that the program, as an industry public relations gesture, was worth "covering" for their moviegoer readers and promised cooperation. BV Takes Over Billing In D. C, Phila., Pitt. Special to THE DAILY PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15 The branch offices of Buena Vista here, as well as in Washington, D. C, and in Pittsburgh, Pa., are now doing their own billing and collection of film rentals. It was announced here that Clark Film Service is no longer acting as agents in this capacity for Buena Vista here or in Washington, D. C. The same applies" to ' the Pittsburgh Film Service in that area. However, both film sendee companies continue to handle the servicing of Buena Vista prints for the respective exchange areas. Switch Boston Drive-In Meet to Bradford Hotel Special to THE DAILY BOSTON, Jan. 15 Although the National Association of Concessionaires has postponed its joint meeting with Drive-in Theatres of New England which was to be held February 18 at the Hotel Statler, Independent Exhibitors, Inc., of New England, the parent company of. the drive-in group, is going ahead with plans for an allday drive-in owners session on that date. The place, however, has been changed to the Hotel Bradford. Edward W. Lider, president, Norman Glassman, chairman of the board of IENE, and Carl Goldman, coordinator, have set up a full day's schedule of drive-in activities for New England theatre owners. Lunch will be served between morning and afternoon session. The new date of the NAC meeting will be announced at a later time. Set 'AttiW Bookings BOSTON, Jan. 15-"Attila," starring Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren, produced by Ponti-Delaurentiis, will open in 150 houses in the New England territory, including the Paramount and Fenway Theatres in Boston, and 50 houses on the West Coast, day and date. Announcement was made here by Joseph E. Levine, president of Embassy Pictures Corp., which lias the U. S. distributional rights for the film. L H. Goldenson on Western Union Board Leonard H. Goldenson, president of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc., has been elected a member of the board of directors of Western U n i o n Telegraph Co. His election fills a vacancy caused by the retirement of Frederick H. Ecker, honorary chairma n of the board of the Metro politan Life Insurance Co., who has been a Western Union director more than 25 years. Active in Welfare Field Goldenson is a co-founder and chairman of the board of United Cerebral Palsy Associations. Among many other activities, he is a member of the Advertising Council; Bankers Trust Company— Uptown Advisory Committee; the Mayor's Advisory Council of New York— Business and Finance Committee; the President's Citizens Advisory Committee on the Fitness of American Youth and a director of the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital. L. H. Goldenson seventeen magazine joins in paying tribute to "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI" by naming this outstanding motion picture its PICTURE OF THE MONTH for February • A Sam Spiegel Production Presented by Columbia Pictures Starring WILLIAM HOLDEN ALEC GUINNESS JACK HAWKINS with SESSUE HAYAKAWA JAMES DONALD and introducing GEOFFREY HORNE Directed by David Lean TECHNICOLOR? — CINEMASCOPE seventeen most enthusiastically recommends it to its 2y2 million movie-going readers.