Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1959)

2 Motion Picture Daily Thursday, October 15, 195 PERSONAL MENTION OLIVER A. UNGER, of National Telefilm Associates, has left here for London and the Continent. • Herbert L. Golden, United Artists vice-president in charge of operations and president of United Artists Television, has arrived in Hollywood from New York. • Carlo Ponti, producer, has arrived in New York from Rome for conferences with Paramount officials. • Robert Moscow, manager of the Rialto Theatre, Atlanta, has returned there from New York. • Samuel T. Wilson, theatre editor of the Columbus Dispatch, will leave there late this week for New York. • Sam Bischoff and David Diamond, producers of Allied Artists forthcoming "The Big Bankroll," will leave here next week tor Europe. • Mrs. Gene Nash, wife of the booker for Rockwood "Amusement Co., Nashville, has given birth at her home there to a boy. • Alec Guinness will return to New York today from London. • Dave Prince, Lopert Films district manager in Atlanta, has returned there from Charlotte. • Julian.. Blaustein, producer of M-G-M's "The Wreck of the Mary Deare," returned to Hollywood from New York yesterday. • Abe Berenson, president of Allied Theatre Owners of the Gulf States, Three Given Added Responsibilities Pa* Censor La\^ WANTED Motion Picture Theatre Manager with previous road show experience for deluxe operation in New York State. Reply giving complete resume, your salary requirements and references to: Box 1014, MOTION PICTURE DAILY, 1270 6th Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. For over 40 Years Service and . Quality has been Our Tradition. Showmen all over America know they will get the best when they order NEW YORK 630 Ninth FILMACK SPECIAL TRAILERS 1327 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 5, III. Jerome Safron Vincent Borelli Joseph Freiberg Columbia Realigns Sales Staff ( Continued fr top-flight product in the company's history. Jackter said that George Josephs will continue as sales director of the special "Porgy and Bess" roadshow distribution unit, with Daniel Rothenberg remaining as assistant director of the unit. Three major reassignments announced by Jackter included: Jerome Safron as circuit sales executive; Vincent M. Borelli as sales coordinator in addition to circuit sales; and Joseph Freiberg as administrative assistant to the general sales manager. Safron and Borelli formerly served as home office sales executives; Freiberg has been manager of the sales accounting and sales contract departments. In addition, Jackter said that a number of members of the home office staff were being promoted to positions of greater responsibility, includ New Orleans, will leave there within a week for Bethesda, Md., where he will enter the National Institute of Health for treatment of a protracted neuro-muscular ailment. • James V. Frew, Southern district manager for Continental Distributing, Inc., Atlanta, has left there for St. Louis. • William Cline, office manager for Allied Artists in Charlotte, has left there with Mrs. Cline for a vacation in Massachusetts. • Leonard L. Rosenthal, counsel and advisor on film buying for Upstate Theatres, Albany, N. Y., has returned there from Israel, where he visited as a representative of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Nick Jacobellis, managing director of the Heights Art Theatre, Cleveland, has returned there from Europe. • Edward Catlin, city sales manager for Warner Brothers in Cleveland, has left there for Normal, 111., where he will enter Brokaw Hospital for treatment. ■om page 1 ) ing: Nat Goldblatt, to be assistant to Goodman; Daniel Weissman, to be assistant to Safron; and Eli Arenberg, to be bidding supervisor. Jerome Safron has been associated with Columbia since 1932, most of that time in Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Cleveland. After serving as Cleveland branch manager and Western Division sales manager, Safron returned to New York in December, 1957, as home office sales executive. Vincent M. Borelli joined the company in December, 1930 as a traveling auditor. He was named assistant manager of branch operations in the home office in October, 1937. He transferred to the sales department in November, 1943 and was appointed home office sales executive in November, 1954. Joseph Freiberg joined Columbia in 1931, starting in the accounting department and later becoming a traveling auditor. He moved to the sales accounting department in 1937 and was named sales accounting manager in 1946. He was given additional duties as manager of the sales contract department in May, 1958. Joined Company in 1930 Nat Goldblatt has been with Columbia since August, 1930 and has served as assistant manager of the sales accounting department since June, 1955. Daniel Weissman joined the company in November, 1929 and was appointed assistant manager of the sales accounting and sales contract department in March, 1958. Eli Arenberg has been with Columbia since October, 1951. He has served as assistant to Nat Goldblatt since August, 1957. 'Sapphire' to Sutton Universal's "Sapphire" will have its New York premiere at the Sutton Theatre Monday, Nov. 2, the company announced yesterday. The picture follows M-G-M's "Gigi," which at that time will have run for a full year in the theatre. f ( Continued from page 1 ) izes a $75,000 appropriation, it could be made at any time out of existing funds. Until the appropriation is made anc. the board appointed and in readiness to function, the test of the law com templated by distribution company at] torneys could not be initiated, it is ass sumed here. The test would be in the form of a taxpayer's action challenging the constitutionality of the ap propriation, as permitted under sta« law. Should that test fail, Pennsylvania exhibitors and distributors still coulcj bring actions every time the censors banned a film. The law empowers the board to take what action it deerdj fit after a picture has been publicM exhibited thus sidestepping the prioicensorship ban upheld by the SfflM preme Court. This feature of the lavj)! is what has caused the gravest corw cern within the industry, as it could3! be especially costly to theatres if | picture could not readily be obtained! to replace a banned one, and to dis'1 tributors if costly promotion cam£ paigns were wasted by the banning oi a picture immediately following if opening. Free Speech Seen an Issue jj On the other hand, some legai' sources are of the opinion that thqj law's avoidance of the prior censor ship feature does not make it valid be! cause it still must meet the constitu!! tional test of the free speech guaran!, tee of the First Amendment, anc could just as readily be tested on thai basis. Women's Club Group Honors Goldwyn Today The New York City Federation of Women's Clubs will present an Award' of Merit today, its first since 1949? when Samuel Goldwyn will be giver)1 a gold plaque in "recognition for bi^ distinguished contributions to the mo-* tion picture industry, and in apprecH ation of the consistently high standf ards he has maintained in each of hit] personally produced motion pictures. The award will be accepted for thd producer by his wife, Mrs. Samuel Goldwyn, at a special screening of "Porgy and Bess" at the Warner Theatre. Since 1903 when the New York City Federation was founded, onW nine Merit Awards have been be<J stowed, beginning with Lady Ralph Paget for heroism under fire in 1916] and including Carrie Chapman Catt." Mme. Curie, Mme. Chiang-Kai Shek.j and, 10 years ago, to Dr. Lise Meitnei] for "scientific achievement in the de-1 velopment of atomic energy." Gold^l wyn will be the first male to receive the honor. 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