Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1959)

I April 27, 1959 Motion Picture Daily 3 a in Audience As fi.s on Screen Special to THE DAILY iVILI.K. Term., April 26. e vou were quietly notified by ihat an escaped convict, a life and rated very dangerous, was 'it or in your theatre? That hapuere this week to Ben Garrett, r of Crescent Circuit's ParaTheatre. A newspaper photogt saw and recognized Jack H. as he entered the Paramount, t turning on the house lights j escaped convict be tipped off, pvere able to take Turner withstruggle, seated 20 rows forThe picture showing: "Good r a Hanging." Turner is back prison. Garrett is still on the TOA Asks Better Projection ( Continued to council members for their review and suggestions. The questionnaire is designed to enable theatre men to check off the type of technical service they would like so that TOA, with the cooperation of equipment and service dealers throughout the country, can arrange to have technicians visit the theatres. Pledge from Kerasotes George G. Kerasotes, president of TOA, said that as soon as the questionnaire is approved, and as soon as the Theatre Equipment Dealers Association provides TOA with a list of dealers in the field who will cooperate in the program, the questionnaire will be mailed out to theatre men and the program officially launched. Kerasotes said he hoped from page 1 ) that this could be accomplished within 30 days. The Council was organized on April 16 at a meeting called by TOA in New York and attended by representatives of TOA, TESMA, TEDA, SMPTE, the IATSE, National Carbon Company, Lorraine Carbon Company, Altec Service Company and R. C. A. Service Company. All agreed at that time to constitute themselves as the Council and to conduct the educational and training program as the Council's first objective. Need for the educational work was motivated by a repdrt of the Motion Picture Research Council, which in a two-year study, found sub-par projection in 70 per cent of some 700 theatres inspected. IlSOrship U.A. Records Release in | Continued from page 1 ) ■■'A the citizen protagonists of cjhip are sincere," Mrs. Twyl,Jkid, "so the worst we might Tboui the majority would be tPifey are misled and unable to ith the deeper implications of hole problem." Mrs. Tvvyman ; ! out that she was appalled -' this, and that she was "awakRd my own need to be more and active when such shal nking is expressed even in my world of personal friends." jjf it shocking that so many of >ple fail to see the hidden danx each enacted censorship law," .vyman added. "The very founl" of our freedom for which ncestors fought and died are :: by this reluctance to defend ;ht to a free and responsible "M all forms," she pointed out. a; has a dictatorship existed ' did not first, in its rise to powIJpose censorship laws on the Closes Two Deals New England Area ' ' ard Ruff, of Edward Ruff Film tes, late last week closed with : -lorner, of Union Films, a deal tribution in the New England y of "Love Is My Profession," ■igitte Bardot feature. ^he same time, Ruff completed |$ibution deal with Janus Films. , .'the New England territory, of s and Sinners," starring Curt Jik which will open shortly in ork and Boston. 'Shake Hands' Campaign As part of United Artists' national promotion campaign for "Shake Hands With The Devil," United Artists Records will release an LP album from the sound track of the Pennebaker production in May backed by an intensive grass-roots promotion campaign. The promotion includes dealer displays, window and counter posters and heavy disk jockey plays on local and network radio stations. UA fieldmen will coordinate with music and record outlets to spark campaigns in advance of key regional openings scheduled for June. Greenberger, Cleveland Theatre Man, Is Dead Special to THE DAILY CLEVELAND, April 26.-Leonard Greenberger, manager of the suburban Fairmount Theatre and son of Community Circuit executive Henry Greenberger, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Mt. Sinai Hospital here. Greenberger was a member of the board of directors of the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Association, and also belonged to the local Variety Club. Beside his parents, he is survived by his wife, Frances, and two children. U.A. Records Signs Ives Burl Ives, who just won an Academy Award as best supporting actor of the year, has been signed to an exclusive recording contract by United Artists Records, it was announced at the weekend by Max Youngstein, president. The folk singer will cut his first UA album next month. KB ^ ; sfn final title of "Magoo's Arabian vill be "Thousand and One i Nights," it has been and by UPA Pictures, which is ing the full-length Technicolor feature for distribution i Columbia Pictures. roo' Title Changed Alexander Duguid, 45 TORONTO, April 26. Alexander William Duguid, 45, died in Toronto Western Hospital following a heart attack. He had been manager of several houses for Twentieth Century Theatres before leaving the company three months ago because of illness. Film Study on Increase In Catholic Schools From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, April 26. Making Hollywood motion pictures a part of Catholic education is catching on in a number of schools from Rome to Chicago, the National Catholic Welfare Conference reported here. In Chicago last week, more than 100 Catholic educators from seven states met to discuss ways of establishing film education programs, while in Rome, American seminarians are participating in their fourth annual film forum. The future priests view films critically and learn problems of production. Cincinnati Active In Cincinnati, Msgr. Carl J. Ryan, superintendent of archdiocesan schools, has pioneered a film evaluation project for the last 12 years. Four movies a year are shown in area high schools, followed by critical group discussions. Msgr. Ryan recently voiced the basic concern that "too often, Hollywood movies are at least partially in conflict with the Christian way of life. The more subtle process of undermining moral standards is apt to be undetected and hence gradually accepted," he explained. Oklahoma Theatre Remodels for 'Jammer' Special to THE DAILY OKLAHOMA CITY, April 26.-The first-run Harber Theatre here has been closed for remodeling, and will re-open completely equipped for Cinemiracle and Todd-AO on May 29. Upon re-opening, the house will be known as the Cooper Theatre, in honor of the Cooper Foundation which operates it, and will contain 583 instead of 1,203 seats. Operating on a reserved-seat policy, the new theatre will open with "Windjammer," according to an announcement by Kenneth E. Anderson, general manager of the Cooper Foundation. PEOPLE George Duning, composer, has been signed by Columbia Pictures in Hollywood to a new exclusive twoyear contract. The deal calls for the scoring of pictures as well as for work with Colpix Records, Columbia subsidiary, and Columbia-owned musicpublishing firms. □ George Murphy, vice-president of Desilu Productions in charge of public affairs, has been appointed by President Eisenhower to serve on the advisory committee of the National Cultural Center, which will be erected in Washington, D. C. □ Lillian C. Claughton, Florida circuit owner, was termed "A Charming Lady of Finance" and "Miami's Number One Career Girl" in a special feature article in a recent Sunday edition of the "Miami Daily News," which related her many accomplishments in the civic, business and social worlds. □ Prichard Hopkins, of the Warner Brothers office in Atlanta, has been named president of Local F-49, office workers union in that area. Pete Howell, of Allied Artists, has been elected vice-president. William Guss, MGM branch manager in Montreal, was elected president of the Montreal Film Board at its recent annual meeting, which also saw the complete slate of 1958 officers reelected by acclamation. Vicepresident is Romeo Goudreau; J. Robert Johnson is honorary secretary, with Moira Casey as recording secretary. Myron C. McLeod, of Powell River, president of the British Columbia Exhibitors Association, has also been elected president of the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Picture Pioneers, succeeding Ivan Ackery, manager of the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver. Davis to Para. Studio; Weltner, Pickman Here Martin S. Davis, Paramount's assistant director of advertising-publicity, will arrive in Hollywood today from New York, via San Francisco, for several days of advertising-publicity meetings at the studio. He will be accompanied by George Richardson, Lennen & Newell Agency advertising account executive, and Roy Winkler, agency art director. Davis and the agency executives spent the weekend in San Francisco where they attended a special preview of "But Not for Me." Also at the screening were George Weltner, Paramount vice-president in charge of world sales, and Jerry Pickman, vicepresident and director of advertisingpublicity. Weltner and Pickman are due to return to New York todav.