Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1958)

2 Motion Picture Daily PERSONAL MENTION P\UL N. LAZARUS Jr. vice-president of Columbia Pictures, left New York yesterday for Hollywood. • Geoffrey Marten, director of advertishrg-pub'licity for Rank Film Distributors of America, left here yesterday for San Francisco. • James Hill, of Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, and John Huston, director, arrived in New York yesterday from Hollywood. • Otto Rrauenig, Buena Vista auditor in Cleveland, has returned to his home there following hospitalization. • Robert Wagner has returned to Hollywood from New York. • Rube Jackter, Columbia Pictures general sales manager, became a grandfather for the second time on Saturday with the birth of a daughter at Mt. Sinai Hospital here to his daughter, Mrs. Leonard Kahn. • Martin Davis, assistant director of advertising-publicity for Paramount Pictures, left here for the Coast yesterday for a week of conferences with studio officials on new product and national campaigns. • Arthur Greenblatt, Allied Artists division manager, will leave here tomorrow for Memphis to head a sales meeting of the company's southern division Saturday and Sunday. After that he will make a torn of the branch offices represented at the meeting and return to New York Nov. 21. • William Hester, of Capital Releasing Corp., Atlanta, has resigned his accounting department post there to leave the industry. • Barbara Salzman, of Academy Film Service, Cleveland, will be married on March 22 to Arthur Weitzner, teacher and football coach at Byron Junior High School, Shaker Heights. » Eve Chatterton of the publicity department at Rank Film Distributors of America here was married last Saturday to Gene Michell of New York. TOA Readies Change V.C. Meeting Meeting of New York Variety Tent No. 35, originally scheduled for Nov. 13, has been changed to Nov. 18 to avoid a conflict with another industry event. The local tent will meet at the Hotel Astor. (Continued from page 1) fight against pay-TV. Harling said yesterday that Cohn will attempt to arrange an appearance for him before the Harris Committee when it reconvenes in January to present TOA's position on pay-TV. In the meantime, Harling said, he is contacting the heads of other exhibitor organizations to advise them of the steps TOA is taking and to enlist their support. The groups include Allied States Association, Independent Theatre Owners of America, and the Metropolitan Motion Picture Theatres Association. Of One Mind on 'Threat' At the TOA convention delegates went on record as reaffirming the conviction that pay-TV in any form is a "threat to the public interest." Harling was authorized "to present before all appropriate governmental agencies the infringement to the public interest by any form of pay-TV . . . and undertake all necessary action to outlaw pay-TV." In a speech during the convention Harling pointed out that the Harris Committee earlier this fall persuaded the Federal Communications Commission not to authorize any pay-TV test over the air until Congress could legislate on the matter and that only a month ago Harris indicated his committee would broaden the scope of its pay-TV investigation to include cable-TV as well as over-the-air. If legislation banning all forms is not forthcoming, Harling indicated, the TOA committee is prepared to have it drafted and stage a grass-roots national campaign to seek its acceptance. No Stranger to TV Litigation Cohn, who represented TOA in prior television action and anti-payTV activity, is widely known for specialization in TV legislation and litigation. Contest Will Promote Silent Film Policy Special to THE DAILY DETROIT, Nov. 4. Pierre LaMarre, who recently inaugurated with great success a policy of showing old silent films at the Clawson Playhouse here, is planning a contest for further promotion. He will exhibit stills from the silent films in the theatre's second floor art gallery. Contestants will be asked to identify photos of the oldtime stars and scenes from such classics as "Birth of a Nation." LaMarre's success with the silents has brought him letters from over 30 art theatres throughout the country with exhibitors inquiring how they can get in touch with collectors in order to book the old pictures. ABC Vending Sales, Earnings At New High ABC Vending Corp. set new highs lor sales and earnings in its 11-year history for both the third quarter and the 39 weeks ended Sept. 28, it is reported by Benjamin Sherman, chairman. Net income for the 13 weeks to Sept. 28 of $850,760, represented a 21 per cent increase over the third quarter of 1957. Net Income Up 20% Total operating revenues for tire third quarter were $20,905,805, up 20 per cent over the same period in 1957. For the 39 weeks ended Sept. 28 net income after taxes was $1,480,000, 20 per cent over that for the same period last year. Pre-Release Engagement Of 'Loiielyhearts' Set Dore Schary's "Lonelyhearts," his initial independent ..production for United Artists release, has been set by UA to begin a pre-release engagement at the Warners Beverly Theatre, Los Angeles, on Dec. 17 in order to qualify for Academy Award consideration. The film is slated for national release by UA early next year. Await SEC Approval Application has been made to the Securities and Exchange Commission for registration of the securities of Motion Picture Investors Inc. but the registration statement has not yet become effective, according to Spencer Fane, Britt & Brown, attorney for the company. In a report from the TOA convention Oct. 23 concerning the exhibitors investment company, sponsored by Howard E. Jameyson, Motion Picture Daily inadvertently indicated that SEC approval for the company had been issued. IRB Tax Edicti Hayward, Wanger Tour Susan Hayward, star, and Walter Wanger, producer, of Figaro Inc.'s production, "I Want To Live!" will begin a coast-to-coast personal appearance tour next week on behalf of the United Artists release. Miss Hayward and Wanger arrive in Chicago on Nov. 9 and due in New York on Nov. 11. Boston and Washington also are on the itinerary. Goldsmith, DCA Sign CLEVELAND, Nov. 4. Arthur Goldsmith, who recently organized Seaway Film Distributing Co. as an independent exchange to distribute pictures in northern Ohio, has acquired the area franchise for D.C.A. product. He was local D.C.A. branch manager until the company closed its office last spring. ( Continued from page 1 ) amends section 4231(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, effective Jan 1, 1959, to provide for an exclusion of the first $1.00 paid for admission to any place, so that the tax will apply only to the amount in excess of $1.00i With respect to season tickets, the taxable amount is that portion of the amount paid for a season ticket which is in excess of $1.00 multiplied by the number of admissions covered by the season ticket. Thus amendment is applicable only to amounts paid for admission after Dec. 31, 1958. The tax rate applicable to tickets of admission sold prior to Jan. 1, 1959 for performances on or after that date would be the rate of tax currently in effect The fact that the performance for which the admission price is paid occurs after Dec. 31 1958 is immaterial. Provides for Refunds "Persons having made advance sales of tickets prior to Jan. 1, 1959, for performances on and after that date may refund such admission charges prior to the date of the performance to which the admission relates. Any person making a refund of an admismission charge upon which tax 'has been collected may repay therewith the amount of tax so collected. Tickets issued in place of those referred to above, showing any changes in the established price of admission and the correct tax data under die new law, cannot be sold prior to Jan. 1, 1959." 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