Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1959)

VOL. 86, NO. 65 MOTION PICTURE DAILY NEW YORK, U.S.A., THURSDAY, OCTORER 1, 1959 TEN CENTS Novins Says: Plans for U.S. Telemeter Start Still Unsettled Several Sites Under Study To Follow Toronto Project An activation of Telemeter, whether in the New York metropolitan area or elsewhere in the United States, is not imminent and certainly will not be undertaken simultaneously with the planned launching o f Telemeter i n Etobicoke, Ont., in December, Louis A. Novins, president of Internationa 1 Telemeter Corp., said Louis A Novins yesterday. Commenting on a variety of rumors that are current in the trade con( Continued on page 6 ) Mrs. Wallerstein Heads TOA Ladies Committee Mrs. David B. Wallerstein, wife of the president of B. & K. Theatres of Chicago, will serve as chairman of the ladies committee for the 12th annual convention of Theatre Owners of America, at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago Nov. 8-12, it was announced by George G. Kerasotes, TOA president. Mrs. Wallerstein's committee will (Continued on page 7) Acquire 'Conqueror' for Production in Cinerama Acquisition of screen rights to "The Conqueror," a novel by Georgette Heyer, was announced yesterday by Cinerama, Inc., for production in the wide-screen process. A screen play has ( Continued on page 2 ) TELEVISION TODAY— page 6 Gains in Fight Vs. Penn. Sunday Ban; Exhibitors Told to Intensify Efforts Special to THE DAILY WAYNESBORO, Pa., Sept. 30.— Gains have been made in the campaign of the Pennsylvania Motion Picture Association to revise the state's Sunday Motion Picture Act banning theatre operation on the Sabbath, but the fight must still be pushed, exhibitors are told in a letter sent out by John W. Keller, lawyer for the Association. The 1959 session of the General Assembly is about to adjourn, and it is apparent there will be no action on Senate Bill 921 to revise the Act. With this the case, Keller states, the Association wants to sit down with sympathetic legislators and review the (Continued on page 3) World Bow Oct. 22 for 'Last Angry Man' Here Columbia's Fred Kohlmar production, "The Last Angry Man," starring Paul Muni and David Wayne, will have its world premiere at the TransLux 52nd Street Theatre here on Thursday evening, October 22, with a benefit performance for Brooklyn's Beth-El Hospital. A simultaneous opening will take place at the Forum Theatre, on the same day, after which the New York world-premiere engagement will continue at both theatres on a regular performance basis. The world premiere benefit for (Continued on page 3) Strausberg to Head Joint Defense Drive Solomon M. Strausberg, president of Interboro Circuit, Inc., has been named chairman of the Motion Picture Division of the Joint Defense Appeal, it was announced by Andrew Goodman, campaign chairman. Strausberg and a committee of industry leaders will spearhead a drive that will be highlighted by a testimonial luncheon honoring Max E. Youngstein, vice-president of United Artists. The luncheon will be held on Tues( Continued on page 2) Md. Court Reprimands Two on Censor Fee Special to THE DAILY BALTIMORE, Sept. 30.-A theatre manager and a film distributor were reprimanded in Ferndale Police Court by magistrate Ralph Boyd for splitting a Maryland State Board of Motion Picture Censors strip of film in order to avoid paying censorship fee on a copy of film print previously approved by the board. The men are Fred Steele of K. Gordon Murray Productions, Miami, Fla., and Harry Bondurant, manager of the Governor Ritchie Drive-in Theatre. They were released when the state declined to issue a criminal warrant. Censorship fee for a second film (Continued on page 3) Kliegi, Light Inventor, Dies; Mass Saturday John H. Kliegi, president of Kliegi Brothers Universal Electric Stage and Lighting Co. of this city, died yesterday at Doctors Hospital at the age of 89. He is survived by his wife, Anna, two sons, two daughters and 11 grandchildren. Kliegi, with his brother, Anton, in 1911 developed and perfected the Klieg light as an arc lamp making possible the taking of motion pictures indoors. It was succeeded later by the incandescent light. Requiem mass will be held Saturday, 9 A.M., at St. Malachy's Church here. Plan Set All Exhibitors To Be Queried On Ad Topics ACE-MPA Ad Committee Project, Ready to Start Am-Par Record Acquires Grand Award Firms Am-Par Record Corp., a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, has purchased outright the Grand Award Record Corp. and its affiliates, Waldorf Music Hall, Inc., and Award Publishing Corp., Samuel H. Clark, president of Am-Par, announced yesterday. Clark said that Enoch Light, or(Continued on page 7) Milwaukee Branch Leads In Columbia Sales Drive Columbia Pictures' Milwaukee branch has taken over the number one spot at tho half-way mark in the company's six-month "salute to the president" sales drive honoring A. Schneider. The Milwaukee branch, under the managership of Harry Ol( Continued on page 2) A national study of specific advertising-publicity-promotion values and problems is being undertaken by the advertising-publicity directors committee of the Motion Picture Association in conjunction with the American Congress of Exhibitors. Final plans for the project were approved at the meeting of the MPAA-ACE advertising committee here earlier this week. At present, a questionnaire prepared by the advertising directors committee is being (Continued on page 2) Curtis, EKC Official, To Address SMPTE Edward P. Curtis, a director of Eastman Kodak Co. and vice-president in charge of professional motion picture film sales and foreign sales and advertising, will deliver an address at the opening luncheon of the 86th semi-annual convention of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, to be held here Oct. 5 at the Statler Hilton Hotel. Curtis' subject will be "Engineering in the Space Age." The theme of the convention is "Motion Pictures and Television in the Space Age." Fox Names Awan N. Y. Regional Ad-Pub Head Adrian Awan, 20th Century-Fox exploitation specialist since 1953, has been named regional ad-pub manager for the company in New York. In his new assignment, Awan. who formerly held the post of ad-pub manager for Cleveland-Detroit, will work closely with New York branch manager Abe Dickstein and will aid in formulating advertising and promotional plans for the New YorkNew Jersey area. Awan's first assignment will be the coordination of (Continued on page 3)