Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1959)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY OL. 86, NO. 8 NEW YORK, U.S.A., MONDAY, JULY 13, 1959 TEN CENTS [genda ISot Set VCE Executive ommitteeWill ^eet Tuesday tatement Says Progress o Date Will Be Discussed iThe executive committee of the merican Congress of Exhibitors will eet in executive session tomorrow orning at the Stanley Warner Corp. )ard room "to discuss progress made date on its program," ACE headlarters announced here on Friday. 0 specific details of the agenda for e special meeting were disclosed. Among the matters pending, how'er, is the possibility of a second acting with ACE's executive comittee with the exhibitor relations mmittee of the Motion Picture Asciation. Two weeks ago, Eric John\bn, MPA president, met with S. H. bian, ACE chairman, and Sol A. hwartz, chairman of ACE's distriblor relations committee on this and a ( Continued on page 4 ) ]ompan!e5 Contract for MPU Exhibit Space The newest developments in [uipment, materials and informa»n contributing to the future of the dustry will be shown at an equipent exhibit during the 86th seminual convention of the Society of {Continued on page 4) N.D. Theatre Reopens As Community Project Special to THE DAILY MOHALL, N. D., July 12-Through the cooperation of the local Community Club and business firms generally, the Grand Theatre here has been reopened. Ernest Nelson, mayor of Mohall, will manage the theatre with the assistance of his son Donald. Nelson intends to book his pictures directly from the distributors, and he has completed painting and general refurbishing to the theatre so that both the films and the house will be the best available, he said. Plans are formed for Mohall merchants to sponsor free theatre days every Wednesday for all of their patrons. Each merchant, through support of the theatre, will be given movie tickets. These he can give to his customers in any way he wishes. Only patrons of cooperating merchants will be able to get these tickets, with no paid admission allowed on those days. Johnston to Report on Europe Trip Tomorrow Eric Johnston will make a report on his European trip at a special meeting of the Motion Picture Export Ass'n. and the company presidents here tomorrow. Johnston is expected to tell the executives about preliminary conferences to be held in Paris on a new French film agree(Continued on page 2) Smaller-House Minimum $1 Per Hour All Theatres Included In Senate's^age Bill Larger Units, Circuits Would Hike Pay By Stages in 3 Years to $1.25 Per Hour By J. A. OTTEN WASHINGTON, July 12-A Senate labor subcommittee has approved an unexpectedly broad bill that would extend federal minimum wage coverage to all theatres. Larger theatres and theatre circuits would be brought grad ually under both the minimum wage MP/ Directors Slate First Board Meeting Special to THE DAILY KANSAS CITY, July I2-With its campaign to sell $2,000,000 worth of its stock to exhibitors well under way, the board of directors of Motion Picture Investors, Inc., will hold its first annual meeting here Tuesday. Howard E. Jameyson is (Continued on page 2) Pa. Censor Amendments To Legislature Today Special to THE DAILY HARRISBURG, Pa., July 12Amendments to the state penal code drafted to meet objections to the state obscenity law ruled unconsti( Continued on page 2) and time-and-a-half-for-overtime provisions. Smaller theatres would be brought under the minimum wage provision only. The subcommittee action was taken Friday. At present, theatres are exempt from the law completely, and exhibitor spokesmen pleaded with the subcommittee to continue the exemption. They particularly urged continuation of the overtime exemption. Business groups, including exhibitors, and the Administration are expected to wage a bitter fight to narrow the scope of the bill in the full committee and on the Senate floor. Subcommittee chairman Kennedy (Continued on page 2) anny Gymnasiums and ruild Films to Merge From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, July 12-Negotians have been completed and final pars are being drawn for the merger j Guild Films, Inc., and Vic Tanny onnasiums, it was announced on ■ iday by Guild's president, John J. jile. Tanny will be largest single \ ( Continued on page 4 ) Film Production Bureau in India Set To Offer Advice on Voluntary Basis By V. DORAISWAMY BOMBAY, July 7 (By Air Mail)-The draft outline of the proposed Film Production Bureau has just been circulated to the various representative bodies of the industry and trade. This means that still one more recommendation of the Film Inquiry Committee has been taken up by the Government of India, to be implemented. The other two, which are now in the preliminary stage of implementation, relate to the Film Finance Corporation and the Film Institute. The Bureau, it is learned, will advise film producers when requested ( Continued on page 2 ) Firms' Diversification Promising: Value Line Steps being taken by leading motion picture companies to diversify into non-related fields are called a "bold and promising step toward greater stability of earning power" in the current issue of Value Line Investment Survey released at the weekend. Diversification moves have been made possible, the Survey states, "by the companies' wise decisions to dispose of unnecessary and unproductive (Continued on page 2) TELEVISION TODAY-page 4 ffeiike color in every scene