Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1959)

Mav 12, 1959 Motion Picture Daily 15 e soldiers' Bow 'U' Foreign Sales High NBC and U. A. ir Shreveport B pedal to THE DAILY .! ORLEANS, May 11. -The |emiere of the John-Lee Main Rackin production, "The ildiers," will be held June 17 liount Gulf's Strand Theatre ;port, La., United Artists disof the film announced here. , lensed on location in seviions of Louisiana and Miswill open at the Saenger here and other major thea;y Southern cities on June 18. ian Heads Music p Oth-Fox TV I bpecia; to THE DAILY 9 .YWOOD, May 11. Lionel ■ has been named general 1 rector for 20th Century-Fox 1 an, member of 20th-Fox muI -tment for the past 19 years, p p from his post of assistant l||r and supervisor, to take E all music for the company's lization. g at 'Jane' Bow ON, May 11.— Jean Seberg lace the ailing Doris Day at night's world premiere of )ened to Jane" at the Astor aere. Miss Day took ill on her Be from Cincinnati and was lb return to Hollywood. -'; the notables expected to atpremiere, which will benerancis de Sales Church, are Foster Furcolo, Mayor John ind Richard Cardinal Cushert S. Ferguson, national diadvertising, publicity and on, will represent Columbia of 'orgy' for Detroit 1 Goldwyn's production md Bess" has been booked Mercury Theatre in Detroit arly fall premiere. The film rled to open between Sept. )ctober 10. ctwn r the Stanley Warner Palace n Philadelphia nor their New heatre is involved in any way |Trio Amusement Company's takeover of a Philadelphia that name, Everett C. CalJ-W said yesterday. The relich does not identify the a S-W theatre, was publ Motion Picture Daily on ( Continued visited all the major Universal markets around the world. The most amazing fact about the success of the overseas sales drive, he said, was that it was achieved without the aid of Universale most recent and current "blockbusters," namely, "The Perfect Furlough" and "Imitation of Life." The drive included such films as "Raw Wind in Eden," "A Time to Love and A Time to Die" and "Horror of Dracula." For the first time, said Aboaf, Universal's foreign market is contributing a slightly larger percentage of the company's total business than the domestic market. "Of course," he said, "we would prefer that our domestic market contributed the larger percentage. However, most of the revenues earned overseas how are from page 1 ) convertible into dollars which was not the case several years back." In the course of the 18-week sales diive, he continued, all-time sales records were set in eight territories: Belgium, Burma, Brazil, France, Germany, Holland, Indonesia and Japan. There do remain some soft spots in the world market though. As described by Aboaf these include England and Australia, because of the competition from television; Germany, where there is stiff competition from local product; and Mexico, because of the "ridiculously low" admission prices fixed by government decree. Apropos of the Mexican situation he interjected: "They'll never see 'Spartacus' at a 35-cent admission price. Right now we're debating whether or not we'll release 'Imitation of Life' there." Rackmil, Vivian Blaine Are Married Here Milton R. Rackmil, president of Decca Records and Universal Pictures and actress Vivian Blaine were married here Saturday in a ceremony performed by Supreme Court Justice Henry Clay Greenberg. The ceremony took place at the apartment of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Cohn, of Sutton Place. Tennessee Tax ( Continued from page 1 ) gross receipts privilege tax in like amount has been repealed by this chapter ( Chapter 128, Public Acts of 1959)," Gilbreath said. The statute also states: "There shall be credited against the tax hereby imposed any taxes paid by theatres, motion picture shows or vaudeville shows under the Franchise Tax Law and under the Excise Tax Law. Such credit shall be taken by the taxpayer in the succeeding monthly reports following the payment of the Franchise and excise tax until such credit is exhausted." Rumley Dares ( Continued from page 1 ) but was closed by county police after about twenty minutes. The Fox was the only theatre in the Spartanburg area to continue its open defiance of the blue law, and Rumley was again taken to county jail and booked, then released on bond. The police crackdown on blue law violators also resulted in the arrest of operators of a riding academy. Cartoons Scarce ( Continued from page 1 ) leasing of as many prints as an account can use for a year, to be played as many times in as many theatres as it wishes. One subject will be sold at a flat price each month on this basis. Some officials of other short subjects distributing companies recently expressed concern that with extended time being given to most programs by circuits, some theatres could have the bulk of their yearly supporting film requirements supplied through the UPA plan, removing them from the market as customers for other shorts. "There is plenty of room for everyone who has cartoons," Haines said yesterday. "They're getting very scarce." Haines, in New York in the course of a cross-country tour to discuss the new plan with exhibitors, leaves for Dallas today. Elect Landau (Continued from page 1) National Telefilm Associates, Inc., a recently acquired subsidiary of National Theatres, Inc. Leve will continue as vice-president of theatre operations for National Theatres Amusement Corporation, also a subsidiary of National Theatres, Inc. Walter Vincent Dies ( Continued from page 1 ) the Vincent Wilmer circuit, which extended as far south as Virginia. Vincent was chairman of the board of the theatre company, and later served in the same capacity with Republic Pictures. (Continued from page 1) terday at a unique tradepress conference here conducted by UATV president Herb Golden, with executive vice-president Bruce Eells participating by telephone from Hollywood. Eells said that NBC is "enormously impressed" with the idea of "United Artists Playhouse," which calls for participation of a good portion of UA's 60-odd theatrical producers. Both Golden and Eells reported that NBC would like to sign for a minimum of 13 hour-long programs, although UA has almost convinced the TV network that a number like 26 or even 39 programs would be more practical, since it would allow more of UA's producers to participate. Eells said that UATV can have the first programs in the series ready by October once NBC signs. The range of budgets for each program was put at between $100,000 and $150,000. Disney's Net (Continued from page 1) $920,000, Paul L. Pease, treasurer, reported today. The corresponding period ended March 29, 1958, showed net profit of $1,633,250, equal to $1.06 on the 1,537 054 shares then outstanding, after tax provision of $1,442,000. The timing of new feature picture releases accounts for much of the difference in earnings. Revenue from recent releases will be much larger during the last half of the current fiscal year. Total gross income for the six months was $23,430,211, compared with $22,499,750 a year ago. Both periods include the figures of Disneyland Park, which is 65.52 per cent owned. Film rentals income led with $8,493,092, up from $7,707,280 for the corresponding period last year. Television income was $7,626,370, against $7 886,027; amusement park income, $4^378,015, against $3,876,686, and other income $2,932,734, against $3,029,757. MBC Quarter (Continued from page 1) ported to exceed $500,000. Elected yesterday were the following directors: Lloyd M. Bauman, Armand G. Erpf, Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr., Robert C. [ones, John W. Kluge, Warren H. Lasher, J. Lincoln Morris and Percy M. Stewart. Ruth H. Axe was elected to succeed Richard D. Buckley as a director. Buckley has also resigned as a vice-president of the company. Illllllllllll I GEVAERT CO. F MERICA, INC. Sales Offices and Warehouses at Photographic materials of lllllllllllllllll extraordinary quality for over half a century a complete 321 West 54th Street New York 19 New York 6601 N. Lincoln Ave. Lincolnwood, III. (Chicago) 6370 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles 38 California 1355 Conant Street Dallas 7 Texas 1925 Blake St. Denver 2 Colorado Line of Professional ■ Cine Films I I I I I