Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1959)

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Motion Picture Daily Monday, September 28, 19Ej PERSDML MENTIDIV A SCHNEIDER, president of Co• lumbia Pictures, has returned to New York following two weeks in Hollywood. • Edward L. Hyman, vice president of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, and Bernard Levy, his assistant, are in Des Moines from New York. • Janet Helene Kalmine, daughter of Harry M. Kalmine, vice-president and general manager of Stanley Warner Corp., was married in Rye, N. Y'., on Friday to Paul Lazare, of New York and New City, N. Y. • Arthur Florman, president of Florman & Babb, equipment dealers, will return to New York today from Hollywood. • Ethel Edel is in Cincinnati from New York today to promote "Pillow Talk" for Universal. • Jack Diamond, Universal's studio publicity director, returned to Holly\\ood over the weekend from New York. • Emanuel Frisch, treasurer of Randforce Amusement Corp., and Mrs. Frisch have announced the engagement of their daughter, Susan Judith, to Roger Fredric Bloom. Wedding will take place in the late spring. • Mort Nathanson, United Artists director of international advertisingpublicity, will leave Paris today for Switzerland. • Robert Wise, producer-director, arrived in New York over the weekend from Hollywood. • James Newcom, who edited "Scent of Mystery" for Michael Todd, Jr., returned to New York at the weekend from Spain. Att: ALL THEATRES Q it s S[REEI1 g TimE! NATIONAL SCREEN'S BIG NEW PROMOTIONAL g BUSINESS BUILDER f| ^OWt copy available at your Q NATIONAL SCREEN EXCHANGE Q Q ACE Draws More Allied Support Special to THE DAILY DETROIT, Sept. 27. The increasing divergence of opinion within high Allied States ranks over the American Congress of Exhibitors was emphasized again at the Allied T.O. of Michigan 40th annual convention here late last week. Milton H. London, president of Michigan Allied, took occasion to tell the convention that he and the other three area representatives of ACE here harbor no doubts about the good intentions of the distributors in helping to revive industry conciliation and in their further negotiations to aid exhibitors through ACE. A similar view was expressed a short while earlier by Edward W. Lider, president of Independent Exhibitors of New England, an Allied affiliate, and by Irving Dollinger of New Jersey Allied in addressing the I.E.N.E. convention at Plymouth, Mass., on Sept. 17. Follow Myers' Criticism All of the expressions were made after Allied chairman and general counsel Abram Myers had addressed the combined convention of the Alhed units of West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana at Cincinnati, questioning the effectiveness of ACE, suggesting that those behind it, with the distributors, were using merely to sidetrack Allied's "white paper" campaign, and advocating only a three months trial of the conciliation system. Similar disillusionment with ACE was expressed at the same convention by such Alhed stalwarts as Rube Shor, Bennie Berger and others. The convention did finally resolve to give conciliation a three months trial and if found wanting to instruct representatives of the three units to ask Allied to withdraw from ACE. Added significance is seen in the Allied views in support of ACE in that diey come from the new generation that is even now inheriting Allied leadership and direction, whereas the critical element to date consists of the organization's "old timers." Called Presidential Material It is interesting to note that both Lider and London have been named among likely prospects for AUied presidential material in the near future. Lider is national AUied's treasurer. Michigan Allied's convention also voted to buy 100 shares in Motion Picture Investors after hearing J. Robert Hoff explain its aim. HofE said tliat the response from other exhibitors in this area indicates a substantial Detroit investment in M.P.I. Convention speakers included Ross Hunter, producer of "Pillow Talk" for Universal; Michigan senators Pat Griffing Denies Plan to Sell Liquor at Theatres Special to THE DAILY OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 27.Henry S. Griffing, president of Video Independent Theatres, which conducted the pay TV experiment in Bartlesville two years ago, was revealed to be a general partner in Wines & Spirits of Oklahoma, a wholesale liquor firm formed recently after the state voted to permit the sale of liquor. The disclosure was made in a brief filed with the state supreme court in connection with an action brought by a group of wholesalers against the alcoholic beverage control board. The brief took occasion to deny a rumor that Video Theatres planned to open liquor stores in conjunction with its theatres. 'Oscar' Shov Cincinnati Exhibitors Hear 20th-Fox Plans Special to THE DAILY CINCINNATI, Sept. 27.-Weldon Waters, branch manager, and J. E. Watson, local advertising manager for 20th Century-Fox, attended the regular weekly meeting of the greater Cincinnati exhibitors at the Cincinnati Club here. Waters described the Spyros P. Skouras seminar recently held in New York and the new product to be offered exhibitors from now to Dec. 26. He also discussed plans for early 1960. Watson described the plans for promotion, advertising and exploitation that have been prepared for the new product. In Deal for ^David' TORONTO, Sept. 27.-David Griesdorf, executive vice-president of Beaver Film Productions Limited here, has announced that a pre-production deal has been concluded with Ansa Produzione of Rome for "David and Goliath," currently being filmed in Italy, and produced by Domenic Salvi. Territory includes the Western Hemisphere, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Japan. McNamara and Phil K. Hart, and Don R. Pears, speaker of the Michigan House and himself an exhibitor, and Detroit Corporation Counsel Nat H. Goldstick, who brought the greetings of Mayor Louis C. Miriam. The equipment seminar at the convention heard Arthur Hitch, president of Strong Electric; Robert Sisson of Michigan Bell Telephone; Richard F. Kneisly of Kneisly Electric; Orville Wells of Theatre Equipment Co.; Lee Artoe of Electro Carbons, and Wilham Crosby of National Carbon. Artoe presented a trophy he had donated for the best business-building idea submitted to Jack Locks, Grand Rapids exhibitor. ( Continued from page 1 ) per year, and the companies contrili ute an additional $150,000 annually ti the Academy's maintenance. Thus, fd the two years the industry has spor' sored the "Oscar" telecast, the cost hi been $1,200,000, exclusive of the arl nual contribution to the Academy. The feeling seems to be that neithe the industry collectively nor the coni panies individually are getting any thing like value received in publil relations or other benefits from th: outlay. Under prevailing economii conditions in the industry, that rep resents too much of a luxury, man! believe. Pact Expires Next Year The Academy's three-year contrac' with NBC-TV for the Awards telecat expires next year. The Academy ha' been talking with all three network! about arrangements for carrying thi ceremony after that. It is possible thai it might be offered to all three as public service or sustainer withou cost to the industry and without comi mercial sponsorship in 1961. Some have pointed out that organ ized baseball realizes considerabl revenue on the telecasts and broad casts of World Series games, but Hoi lywood puts out hundreds of thousand, of dollars to put its "world series" oi the air. Such as these are convincec that the industry could make a mucl better deal if it shopped around. Thi program last spring drew the highes Trendex rating ever. Likely to Be offered Elsewhere The MPAA companies hold an opi tion on next year's TV and radit rights. Presumably, when it lapses, a now appears likely, it will be permit ted to do, NBC will offer next year': awards ceremony to a commercia' sponsor. Oldsmobile had sponsored i several years before the industry tool over in 1957. New NSS Publication Has Holiday Ideas The second issue of "Screen Tirne,'| new publication of National Screeij Service, has just been released. Dated November-December, it contains pro motional ideas for holidays, includini Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanks giving, Christmas, and New Year's The new issue is 16 pages and colo is used throughout. Cot. Dividend $1.06 The board of directors of Columbit Pictures has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1,061/4 on the $4.25 cumulative preferred stock of the company payable Nov. 16, to stockholder^ of record Nov. 2. MOTION PICTUKi; DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; She v''"rwi'«' ^'^■'"''J^J^'^es Ivers, Managing Editor; Richard Gertner, News Editor; Herbert V. 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