Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1959)

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Jn'esday, "September 16, 1959 Motion Picture Daily Kurfzman Honored I Ai Boston Dinner i Special to THE DAILY fQSTON, Sept. 15. More than friends of Charles E. Kurtzman, ner northeast division manager of ' w's Theatres, Inc., who is leaving 'ton for a national post in New \, attended a testimonial dinner in honor in the main ballroom of the raton Plaza Hotel. His Eminence dinal Gushing was speaker, laques were presented to Kurtzfrom the Commonwealth, the / of Boston, the American Legion the Variety Club of New Eng'l, all commending him for his ef^s. It was reported by toastmaster man Knight of WNAC that the Deeds from the dinner will be disuted among Kurtzman's favorite "rities. Eugene Picker, president of ^ w's Theatres, announced he will 1 to it that Kurtzman will have a "ck from his company to add to the of charities. Loew's Officers Attend II the officers of Loew's Theatres their wives were present, headed Leopold Friedman, chairman of the "rd, Mr. and Mrs. Picker, John A. rphy, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stillman, I and Mrs. Arthur Tolchin, Ernest ierling, Jim Shanahan and the folI'ing Loew's Theatres managers: Jim betts, Sam Gilman, Lester Pollock, ]k Clark, Bill Tradukis, Eddie ! ade, Harry Greenman. Speakers ire Walter Diehl of lATSE, Judge iix Forte, Eugene Picker and jbrge Swartz, chairman of the eve[g. Head table guests included lirry Kalmine and M. A. Silver of linley Warner Theatres, Maj. Leslie lompson of RKO Theatres, and Wilrn Elder who replaces Kurtzman in Jton. .fables for ten were taken by Sam\ Pinanski of ATC, Martin Mullin of )(W England Theatres, Jay Golden of 0 Theatres, Louis Klebenov of IG Vending, Ben Sack of Sack Theas. Others present were Louis Rich Cnd, Michael Redstone, Ted iicher, Julian Rifkin, George Robs, Edward M. Fay, Albert Clark, jmley Shein, E. Myer Feltman, Abe 3iner, Ben Bebchick, Bill Kumins, 'ill Levi, "Red" King, Sam Seletsky, ^1 C. McKinney, James Connolly, E. Loew, Harry Segal, Chester Gre;r, Helen Deveau Flaherty, Ken jth Mayer and Harry Feinstein. enn. House Approves ( Continued from page 1 ) srage person applying contempoy community standards its domiat theme taken as a whole appeals ' prurient interest." ■It increases the $500 fine in the old fv to $1,500 and allows imposition a prison term up to two years. At the same time, the House rei-sed to concur in Senate amendments J a companion bill banning obscene israture (SB-2237). Already awaiting signature of the 1 vernor is a measure (SB-373) setting ' 1 a Pennsylvania state board of mo1*1 in picture control. Famous Players Report ( Continued from page 1 ) attractions available in the second quarter this year than those available in the corresponding 1958 period. He notes in a message to stockholders, however, that current attractions "are proving exceptionally good" at the box office. More New Equipment Stockholders also are told that in addition to 70mm. equipment already installed in FPC theatres here and in Vancouver, installations are being made at Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg and Ottawa in anticipation of "Ben-Hur" and other long run attractions. Fitzgibbons reports that FPC has joined with E. R. Jarmain, professional engineer of London, to form London TV Cable Service, Ltd., which Kirsch Urges ( Continued from page I ) assistant general sales manager Martin Moskowitz and Chicago branch manager Robert Conn, heard of plans for the Skouras drive, which got under way at the recently concluded national sales meeting. At the opening session, the more than 200 midwestern exhibitors gathered at the Sheraton-Blackstone and heard merchandising and exploitation plans for the company's product between now and the end of the year. Exhibitors Should Cooperate In his speech, Kirsch told the assembled exhibitors: "Spyros P. Skouras is one of the industry's leading presidents in trying to do something for exhibitors. Every exhibitor should cooperate in this drive to make it a tremendous success. As far as AUied is concerned, you can tell Spyros that we will cooperate one hundred per cent in this drive." In outlining plans for the sales drive, Moskowitz told the group of plans for himself, general sales manager Alex Harrison and assistant general sales manager C. Glenn Norris to travel to each of the 38 Fox exchanges and to meet with exhibitors across the United States. Moskowitz pledged 20th's continued support to exhibition and noted Fox's ambitious production schedule for 1960-61, as outlined earlier this month by president Skouras. "will initially service 5,000 homes in North London. To this will be added Jarmain's community antenna system which is presently wired to service approximately 1,000 homes in South London. The community antenna system has been engineered to accommodate Telemeter at a future date, Fitzgibbons informs FPC stockholders. "For the first Telemeter installation," he reports, "we have purchased the Kresge property in Etobicoke, which will be converted into a Telemeter studio designed to service a potential audience of 40,000 subscribers. On Toll Television "A long term arrangement has been signed with the Bell Telephone Co. of Canada to install and maintain cable for the Telemeter system. "Much of our equipment has already been received and we are expecting delivery of the Telemeter boxes in sufficient quantity so that we can start before the end of this year connecting 1,500 sets." Supplementary literature informs stockholders that it will cost about $5 to have a Telemeter attachment made to a home television set and that the subscriber probably will have to purchase a minimum amount of programming monthly at prices varying from five cents to $2. PEOPLE Karl Fasick has joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's publicity and advertising staff to handle special exploitation for the Boston engagement of "Ben-Hur." For the past eight years, Fasick had been advertising and publicity director for Loew's Theatres in Boston. The "Ben-Hur" engagement in that city will be at the Saxon Theatre. □ Harold Brason has returned to Fox Theatre, Philadelphia, as general manager. He had been associated with the theatre as house manager for many years when it was operated by National Theatres, and left when the house was taken over recently by the Milgram Theatres. □ Herman Weiner, Philadelphia attorney who heads the local combine operating the Ambassador art theatre in that city, has organized Annmarc Theatre, Inc. Operation of the Ambassador will be assumed by the new corporation. Roxy Books 'Man' Twentieth Century-Fox's "The Man Who Understood Women," starring Leslie Caron and Henry Fonda, will be the next attraction at the Roxy Theatre here. IS THE BIG TALK OF THE INDUSTRY! Sears to Retire; In Industry for 50 Years Special to THE DAILY MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 16.-William Sears, general manager of the Minnesota Entertainment Enterprises, will end a 50-year career in the theatre business on the first of the year. He has announced his retirement from the drive-in theatre firm and will settle in Florida. Henry Greene, Minneapolis attorney, has been selected to replace Sears. Picture of the month ! . . . brilhant comedy, fast pace and roUicking dialogue! ... no end of hilarious romantic complications! 55 ■RED BOOK