Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1958)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY 84, NO. 59 NEW YORK, U.S.A., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1958 TEN CENTS U.K. Circuit Plans Its Own Convention Talk National B-B Campaign 3w Southern asiness Drive ^ts Underway fcr Circuits Join in motional Campaign Special to THE DAILY :W ORLEANS, Sept. 22.-Secphase of a special campaign in Southern section of the country icourage theatregoing on a regj "habit" basis is getting underthis week. The program was ,;urated here last spring under ■adership of Henry G. Plitt, presj of Paramount-Gulf Theatres, king part again in the new drive SFlorida State Theatres in the •east, Interstate Theatres of s, and Paramount-Gulf, which |tes in Louisiana, Mississippi, and 5ulf Coast of Florida and Alat ( Continued on page 3 ) he Capacity How ) Million Feet Year b acquisitions by Pathe Labora' of the laboratory and facilities Columbia Pictures' Hollywood » will increase Pathe's volume Its productive capacity to more '750 million feet a year, O. W. ay, Pathe executive vice-presisaid yesterday. He made the (Continued on page 7) foer Delay in AFM 'fection' Trial From THE DAILY Bureau iLLYWOOD, Sept. 22. A reu ig order by Superior Court Bayard Rhone has delayed for I st 10 days AFM's international tive board's committee trial of musicians charged with "dual (Continued on page 8) television odoy pt By PETER BURNUP LONDON, Sept. 22.— Associated British Cinemas is to institute a national advertising campaign here as part of an all-out effort to stimulate business in the theatres. A campaign of this nature had been proposed and championed by the company for a considerable time, ABC executives said, and it had been hoped that other industry bodies would participate. Rather than wait, however, for the completion of nego(Continued on page 3) Haines to Retire As WB Division Manager Roy Haines, western division manager of Warner Bros., will retire this weekend after more than 30 years with the company, it was announced here ye sterday. Haines, who has served Warner Bros, in a variety of capacities, will cont i n u e to be available to the company, however, as an adviser and consultant to the sales department, it was stated. The sales executive entered the motion picture industry as a salesman for First National, predecessor of ( Continued on page 8 ) 'W Sets 8 Minimum for Early 1959; Six Later Universal has set a minimum of eight features for early 1959 release, plus an additional six features scheduled for release later than next April. This information was supplied by ( Continued on page 2 ) Roy Haines Claim S.C. Sunday Film Suit 'Without Merit' Special to THE DAILY COLUMBIA, S.C, Sept 22-A suit filed by Robert B. Talbert, manager of the Carolina Theatre, Spartanburg, challenging the constitutionality of South Carolina's ancient Sunday blue law, is "without merit," Attorney General T. C. Gallison states in an (Continued on page 8) 'H-Mari Producer Sees Science Fiction Key By FLOYD STONE The Japanese industry made a mistake, but Nagamasa Kawakita won't. He's offering the West what it wants. Currently, he said, it's science fiction, and finely made, sophisticated drama. The Japanese industry, he said, was impressed some years ago by its success here with classical costume (Continued on page 8) See France Asking More Control Over Importation of U. S. Films By J. A. OTTEN WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.— U.S. government officials wonder whether France will demand greater control over the importation of U.S. films when the U.S.French film agreement comes up for renewal next spring. This was revealed in a review of the motion picture situation in France, prepared by Earl H. Young of the Commerce Department on the basis of dispatches from Paul F. Duvivier in the U. S. Embassy in Paris. The review notes that for the first time in the history of the agreement, the French government during the current fiscal year has the right to select 40 of the 110 U. S. films that can be imported into France. Previously, the Motion Picture Export Association picked the films for the annual quota. "The new element of increased (Continued on page 6) Si Fabian Fabian Sees Overseating a Major Problem Hits 'Product Shortage' And Allied 'White Paper' Special to THE DAILY CHARLESTON, S. C, Sept. 22.Progressive thinking, designed to keep exhibition abreast of the changing times, tog e t h e r with hard work and a n increased flow of quality product will sustain a healthy theatre industry, but the country still i s seriously overseated and additional theatre closings are inevitable, Si H. Fabian, president of Stanley Warner Corp., told the annual convention of Theatre Owners of North and South Carolina at the Fort Sunter Hotel here today. Fabian, as on a number of previous (Continued on page 6) '58 Good Year for T0A, Stellings Tells Carolinas Special to THE DAILY CHARLESTON, S. C, Sept. 22.Despite a slow start in the early part of this year, "every indication now points to 1958 being considerably better (for exhibition) than 1957," Ernest G. Stellings, president of Theatre Owners of America, told the annual convention of Theatre Owners of (Continued on page 7) Skouras Names Staff For Adler's Duties From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 22. Plans for the conduct of studio operations at the 20th Century-Fox plant were outlined today by Spyros P. Skouras, president of the company, who (Continued on page 8)