Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1959)

,esdav. March 11, 1959 Motion Picture Daily %ach Wins {Continued from page 1) ;sion's prosecution of Alexan sterma, former Jacobs Co. head. >ral Judge Sidney Sugarman in District Court here yesterday fed a stipulation under which C. agreed to withdraw its apii for the appointment of a ■r for the Jacobs company and preliminary injunction restrain ,ach from specific administrative Jacobs company, now headed ach, stipulated that it would ■ihree additional directors to its board of six members, and would make no disposition of other than in the ordinary of business without the apof at least six of the nine board grs, and with at least one of the elected directors comprising limum of six. new directors to be added to ird as a result of the agreement Jzarus Joseph, former New York comptroller; Milton Gould, atand William G. Timbers, for ■neral counsel for S.E.C. |e developments were the result Terences held by the principals litigation throughout Monday rt of yesterday with Judge Su wing the court's action Roach si am pleased the court has seen et up a framework for F. L. Co. within which we can con) operate as a progressive growicern. I can now state as chairthe board I have called for nediate meeting of the board nit us to carry out the court's i today. ;lieve the court's decision bears ny points we have continually ned since the proceedings were need." ( agreements reached eliminate ring involving the Jacobs com .hich had been scheduled for 18. 'C Aids Red Cross LYWOOD, March 10. The Picture Permanent Charities e the Los Angeles Red Cross 000 boost in its current camomorrow morning at special lies here. The MPPC contrireflects the estimated amount Q Cross will receive from the ■arity's 1959 campaign which in June 30. OPENING THE motion picture industry's 1959 campaign for the Red Cross yesterday at the Metropolitan Club: Gen. Nathan F. Twining (left), Spyros P. Skouras, and Gen. Alfred Gruenther. Exhibitors Will Aid Red Cross ( Continued of Stanley Warner Corp.; Sol A. Schwartz, president of RKO Theatres; Robert Shapiro, managing director of American BroadcastingParamount Theatres' Broadway Paramount, and Ernest Emerling, vicepresident of Loew's Theatres. Speakers at the luncheon, which was attended by about 100 industry and Red Cross officials, press representatives and film and stage personalities, included Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, American Red Cross president; Gen. Nathan F. Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; E. Roland Harriman, American Red Cross chairman, and Richard H. West, Greater New York Red Cross Fund chairman. Both Praise Skouras Both General Gruenther and Gen. Twining expressed appreciation to Skouras and to the motion picture industry for their cooperation in the annual Red Cross drives. Gen. Gruenther cited the value to the democracies of having the friendship throughout the world of nations and peoples economically less fortunate than ourselves. "We must convince them we need them as much as they need us. To do it we must be able to communicate, to project an image. Your industry is well qualified to do that but it is not a job for your industry alone. It is one for our nation as a whole." Gen. Twining spoke of the "terri rom page 1 ) fic service" to the Armed Forces performed by the Red Cross. The industry's quota is $40,000. That for Greater New York is $6,000,000, and for the entire 1959 campaign, $95 millions. Dais guests included Maureen O'Hara, Joseph Cotten, Lisa Di Julio, Thomas Hayward, Ricardo Montalban, Rita Gam and Anita Colby. SPG May Picket Four Films Opening Here Four independent producers whose new films will be opening in New York within the next month have been advised by the Screen Publicists Guild that "intransigent film company managements may force the Guild to act against local premiere engagements." Notified to date are Howard Hawks, whose "Rio Bravo" opens at the Roxy March 18; George Stevens, whose "The Diary of Anne Frank" opens the same day at the RKO Palace; Jerry Wald, whose "The Sound and the Fury" bows March 27 at the Paramount; and Darrvl F. Zanuck, head of the company that made "Compulsion," opening April 1 at the Rivoli. Warner Bros, is releasing the Hawks film and the other three are 20th Century-Fox releases. Both companies are the only ones involved in negotiations currently with the Guild, which is demanding wage parity for New York senior publicists with their Hollywood counterparts as well as a salary increase for other employees. Similar Fox Planning (Continued from page 1) manager will be equipped to meet conditions which fluctuate from territory to territory. Harrison said. To facilitate this program, district managers will become branch managers, according to Harrison. As for present branch managers who will be affected by this change, Harrison said, some will become assistants, while "some will fall by the wayside." Fox will make announcements of all ti c various changes as they occur, but "we don't have them yet," Harrison added. These changes in distribution, which were termed "somewhat revolutionary," will not affect production, Harrison was careful to point out. These changes will be "a continuing policy throughout the world," he said, "but we're still going to be turning out more pictures every year." Fox has no plans to eliminate any exchanges, Harrison said. "We're continually seeking economies," he pointed out, but "our personnel is now streamlined to the finest point. Furthermore, our distribution costs are about as low as they can go." The main reason for the changes in distribution, Harrison said, is "more for savings in efficiency than in dollars." Consequently, he feels that those people affected by the changes will be re-absorbed into the company for the most part. Police Chief Admits Asking 'King' Removal Special to THE DAILY JACKSON, MISS., March 10. W. D. Rayfield, chief of police, said today it was he who asked a theatre manager not to show the film, "Kings Go Forth," which he regarded as an interracial film. Chief Redfield said there was no threat of censorship involved. Rayfield said the theatre manager co-operated and withdrew the film voluntarily. demands are to be put before Columbia Pictures, Universal-International and M-G-M. Negotiations between the Guild and Fox and Warners are presently in a stalemate. This has resulted in the entrance of Commissioner J. R. Mandelbaum of the U.S. Mediation and Conciliation Service into the talks with Fox. The Guild wants the independent producers to use their influence to bring about a settlement. "TREMENDOUS SPECTACLE, MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHY AND ACTING!11