Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1959)

^sday, May 13, 1959 Motion Picture Daily « J EDPLE ;ice Livingston has been ento handle special publicity and .iion on the new French film, Mirror Has Two Faces" jntinental Distributing, Inc., States distributors of the picvhich stars Michele Morgan •urvil. □ ard Ray Downes has been chief story editor of United Television, Inc. Downes will over-all supervision of the , ^reparation for the five televi•iries U.A. Television now has duction. He also will make nary evaluation of the numeriperties submitted to the telezompany. to Stage Continued from page 1) ind 1962, and commitments lor 1963 and 1964. Locations latter two years will be subto TOA's board of directors ecutive committee for appro will stage its trade show in tion with the National Assoof Concessionaires at the Horman in Chicago on Nov. 8 12, this Fall, Kerasotes said, fter, he declared, TOA will alone, moving its annual ; and trade show to a different the country each year, in 0 make it available to the number of theatre owners ile show exhibitors. 1960 convention and trade ill be at the Ambassador Hotel Angeles, Sept. 11 to 17 inclu1961, in the week starting TOA will be at the Roosevelt 1 New Orleans. In the Fall of 'OA will go to Miami, gements for 1963 and 1964 ;en completed, he said, but submitted to the directors and 're committeemen before annent of location is made. rtesy' Short in and, Says Mack Special to THE DAILY ■AGO, May 12.-Leaders in bition industry are becoming igly aware of the need for Tiployee training, according to Trailer Company head, Irv cites the fact that the recently live-action training film, ;y Is Contagious," is even demand now than when it was duced. obvious," said Mack, "that "s are looking for tools like v Is Contagious' with which nstrate correct on-the-job pro, for their theatre personnel. re more conscious than ever rtesy and service are the qualt make patrons want to reir theatres." 'Young' Stars' Troupe In Springfield Today Special to THE DAILY SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 12. The members of the coast-to-coast Hollywood goodwill mission enroute to the world premiere of "The Young Philadelphians" will lay a wreath at the base of the Abraham Lincoln statue here tomorrow after being welcomed to the state capital by Governor William G. Stratton and Mayor Lester E. Collins. The Hollywood troupe also will visit Bloomington and Joliet, 111., tomorrow arriving at evening in Chicago, where the group will remain all day Thursday. The young Hollvwoodians have created much excitement in every city in which they have stopped since leaving the film capital by Greyhound Scenicruiser last Wednesday. They are collecting many gifts for Mayor Richardson Dilworth of Philadelphia, honorary chairman of the world premiere committee for "The Young Philadelphians," which will open May 19 at Stanley Theatre, Philadelphia. A. O. Gibson, Dipson Executive, Dies at 54 Special to THE DAILY BUFFALO, N. Y., May 12. Funeral services were held here today for Andrew A. Gibson, 54, secretary-treasurer of Dipson Theatres, Inc., who was found dead in his auto in Eggertsville, Saturday, as he was on his way to a meeting in his office in Batavia, headquarters of the Dipson circuit. Gibson was in charge of booking for the circuit. Medical Examiner James F. Benedict issued a certificate of death due to natural causes. Gibson joined the Dipson circuit in 1926 and worked in Pennsylvania and West Virginia before coming to Buffalo in 1940. Cancer Film Is Shown In Over 500 Theatres "Time and Two Women," an American Cancer Society film introducing a unique health program for women, has been shown in more than 500 motion picture theatres over the country reaching an audience of more than 1,000,000 women during the first year of its use in cancer education, according to the American Cancer Society. The large number of "open showings" for a health film was accomplished through the cooperation of the theatres, operators' unions and newspapers in each area where the film was shown. William Wright CLEVELAND, O., May 12.-William Wright, who at one time was vice-president and general manager of the Kalem Co. and who produced pictures for the old Vitagraph Co., died in Lakeside Hospital. His most recent producing venture was a series of documentaries distributed by the Yale University Press. Surviving is his wife, Louise. Program for Alabama, Georgia Groups Meeting Special to THE DAILY ATLANTA, May 12. Complete program for the one-day meeting of the Alabama and Georgia Theatre Owners to take place here May 20 is as follows: 12:30 P.M.— luncheon with Susan Hayward as guest, J. H. Thompson, president of Georgia Theatre Owners, master of ceremonies. Speakers will include Ernest Vandiver, governor of the State of Georgia and William B. Hartsfield, mayor of Atlanta. 2:00 P.M.— business session with R. M. Kennedy, president, Alabama Theatre Owners, and C. L. Patrick, Martin Theatres. Main speaker will be George Kerasotes, national president of Theatre Owners of America. 2:30 P.M.— talks by Dave Garvin, Wilby-Kincey Theatres; Jimmy Gaylord, Alabama drive-in owner; Ronnie Otwell, publicity director, Martin Theatres. 6:15 P.M.— cocktail party given by Motion Picture Advertising Service, New Orleans. 7:00 P.M.-buffet dinner with the Coca-Cola Company as host. Paramount 'Festival' Has Opening at Dallas Special to THE DAILY DALLAS, May 12.— Paramount's three-day "Summer Boxoffice Festival" for exhibitors, film buyers and bookers opened tonight at the Palace Theatre here with "The Five Pennies." Danny Kaye joined "Festival" host George Weltner, Paramount Pictures vice-president in charge of world sales, and other executives of the company in greeting the theatremen guests in the Palace lobby. Kaye stars in the picture. The Palace tomorrow will have a "Festival" showing of Hal Wallis' "Last Train from Gun Hill," and the Majestic Theatre Thursday will be the exhibitors' gathering place for viewing Wallis' Jerry Lewis comedy, "Don't Give Up the Ship." 'C«j0OMe' Grosses Grow Allied Artists' "Al Capone" continues to rack up smash grosses in its key city dates, the company said yesterday. Latest figures from Chicago show that the Cinestage Theatre has taken in $26,788 in the first four days; the Fox in St. Louis, $9,775 in the first three days; the Warner in Milwaukee, $10,476 in the first three days; the Stanton in Philadelphia, $19,404 for the first five days; the Orpheum in Omaha, $6,700 in three days; State in Minneapolis, $3,740 on opening day. Form Oklahoma Firm OKLAHOMA CITY, May 12.-Delman Theatre Corp. of this city has been granted a charter by the Secretary of State. Incorporators are Thelma Wardlow, Robert Strauss and Irving L. Goldberg, all of Dallas. Authorized capital stock is $10,000. All MMPTA Members Pay Dues to C0MP0 Payment of COMPO dues by all members of the Metropolitan Motion Picture Theatres Association was announced yesterday by Charles E. McCarthy, COMPO information director. The action represents dues payments by more than 200 theatre members of the Association in the Metropolitan New York area. Compo Meet {Continued from page 1) pesed new consultant contract with Robert W. Coyne, former Compo special counsel, who resigne t Jate last year to become president of the Distilled Spirits Institute in Washington. The governing committee also will report on the execution to date of projects assigned to Compo's handling by representatives of the American Congress of Exhibitors' executive committee last January. There will also be a report on the censorship situation, and Ben Marcus, representative of national Allied on the governing committee, is expected to offer a plan for regional or local use of material prepared for the industry's abandoned business building campaign. In addition, there is scheduled a discussion of a proposal made by exhibitors that Compo support a bill now before Congress making mandatory a nation-wide use of standard time throughout the year. Herman Robbins, Compo treasurer, will report and Compo's annual budget will be up for approval. Off-Amusement-Page Ads for Col. 'Night' Off-the-amusement page ads announcing that Columbia's "Middle of the Night" is being shown tonight at the Cannes Film Festival as the official U.S. entry are appearing today in all the major newspapers in New York and Los Angeles. The ads call attention to the forthcoming premiere engagements of the picture in the two cities. Ads are appearing in the "Dailv News," the "Herald Tribune," the "Mirror," the "Times," the "JournalAmerican," the "Post" and the "WorldTelegram and Sun" in New York and the "Examiner," "Herald-Express," "Mirror-News" and "Times" in Los Angeles. Six More Join TOA Six theatres, five in California, and one in Florida have been enrolled in Theatre Owners of America, TOA's New York headquarters announced. Evert R. Cummings of Downev, Cal., brought his Meralta and Avenue Theatres in Downey, Norwalk in Norwalk, and Ridge and Crest Drive-ins in Ridecrest, into TOA. In Florida, the Clervue Drive-In Theatre of Clermont has been enrolled in TOA bv the Lake-Clervue Theatres Co.