Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1959)

nesday, October 21, 1959 Motion Picture Daily Jeleuision Jo day NEW: S£ -r A,OUN.D ™ TV CIRCUIT — Habib hrough vibrant voice and flashing looks, Shoshana Damari, as a less who entertains Arabs and then ns her people, incarnates the gy and exhiliration of Israel's jeers. Since this is the first fullfth color feature produced in Is, the vehicle should yield strong ,;ural interest. L this picture, the ancient preju|s of the Yemenite Arabs and the ient hopes of the Yemenite Jews ie a band of persecuted Hebrews Jet out for the Promised Land. The |y concerns their flight and deliverj|. A visual image is built up of the ^-honored ways of these Jews, unshed by modern life, which inform fy aspect of their lives. Though j; period is 1927, the synagogue, [jlnbers, and manners look much as (Inedieval times, with men and boys Aring long forelocks and robes. ■ everal scenes depict the Arabs crelg holocaust among the Jews, and one notable sequence, a stoneiging Arab stops an old Jew and if demanding the elder man's mey. When given it, the Arab and lehinen kill him while the son j]iks in terror. The Arab grabs a iden sack from the dead body; it j illed with the earth of Isreal, not \i During the course of the journey, 6j> members of the party turn back, clan effective scene, Shaul the Barest berates Zakharia the Rich for isuading him to return for money. Sihe band, including the orphaned [, befriended by Miss Damari, finalgets to the water, embarking for usalem. Aiss Damari, in two scenes of ibs leisurely smoking and watching | evokes among her audience exly the mood of her song: coquet'mess in one, homeland yearning in ither. The supporting cast includes li K. Ophir as the good-hearted H ready Arab guide, and Sadia Dai ri as a shepherd who tends flock 1 plays a reed-like instrument as I his counterparts 2,000 years ago. The color is spotty, but there is an aginative background music played j the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. >ri Habib directed and wrote the ture for Habib Films, nning time, 90 minutes. General ssification. Release in October. Jerrold A. Weitzman tan9 Opens Nov. 11 llWalt Disney's "Third Man on the puntain" will have its New York put on Nov. 11, at the Normandie leatre. \ HUGO A.CAS0LAR0 MARTIN GOTTLIEB rfilm effects, inc. j 1600 BROADWAY, H.Y. 19 J PLAZA 7-1098 JPTICAL EFFECTS • STAND PHOTOGRAPHY •ANIMATION 'TITLES • ART WORK • B V W and COLOR A Complete Service for Film Producers' with PINKY HERMAN. EASILY one of the ABClassiest hours of TVertissment of the year took place Monday nite at 9:30 when Timex Watches presented a superb song and dance show co-starring Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and featuring Mitzi Gaynor. The timing and patter of the trio, their solo and harmony turns proved a delight and the finale in which Jimmy Durante participated proved the piece de resistance even if it was an out and out plug for a forthcoming flicker based on the Schnozzola's career. When they start tabulating ballots for "best hour program" this one is in the lead for award. . . . Betty Fitzgerald, who was one of the hostesses on "Beat The Clock" when it first went on the air a decade ago, will return to assist emcee Bud Collyer as a two-week replacement for Nancy Kovack, who planes to Hollywood next week for a featured role in Columbia Pix' "Strangers When We Meet." . . . Ray Jacobs, brother of Danny Thomas and assistance director on the "Danny Thomas CBShow" will appear in the November 9 seg which deals with "identity-confusion etc." A real rib-tickler, this one. . . . Glamorous Ethel Thorsen's TV "fashion flowers" up for another semester on WPIX, her eleventh. ft ft ft His dulcet and friendly voice, heard on WRCAll-nite, leads us to believe that there is a Ford (Art) in that station's future. . . . Screen Gems' documentary series "Seven League Boots," produced and narrated by Jack Douglas which includes among others such classics as "Dead Sea Scrolls," the "Training of a Geisha Girl," "Khyber Rifles" and "Cowboys of Fiance," have been sold in eight western markets. . . . "It's an ill wind that blows etc. etc." The dropping by CBS of "Top Dollar" might prove a good break for quizmaster Jack Narz, who may now get a chance to show his comedy flair and singing ability. He displayed such talents when he took over an afternoon variety series succeeding Bob Crosby. ... Ye eds and scribes were advised to tune in to Claudette Colbert and Robert Preston, co-starring next Tuesday nite to CBS-TV by a little card which did not mention the title but printed the musical notes of "The Bells of St. Mary's," co-sponsored by Westclox and General Mills. . . . Former scripter for the "Jackie Gleason Show", Marvin Marx has been signed to CBScript "The Betty Hutton Show". . . . Sunday's telecast of the "ABCollege News Conference," marks the history-enlightenment's seventh anniversary. Ruth Nagy is producer-moderator of the program. . . . Responsible for the beautiful sets and costumes for the Roz Russell's successful TVehicle, "The Wonderful World of Entertainment," Robert Fletcher has been signed to do a similar chore for the "Music From Shubert Alley," NBColorama, Nov. 13. . . . Art Ford Peacock, New Orleans, Reopening as Art House Special to THE DAILY NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20. Nelson McNaughton, managing director of the Guild Theatre, Memphis, has taken over by lease the Peacock Theatre here, a neighborhood house in the Gentilly section of the city. The deal was consummated by and between McNaughton, representing Guild Theatres, Inc., and J. Roger Lamantia, representative for Anthony Demharter, owner of the property. It is expected that the theatre, which has been closed for a year or more, will be reopened early in November. Meanwhile, it is being completely renovated, refurbished and decorated in a manner befitting a de luxe art house. After reopening, the management plans to serve coffee in the lounge from the opening of a performance through closing time. CBS -TV Will End Program 'Deceit' The Columbia Broadcasting System will launch a drive to "weed out" from its television programs canned applause and laughter, "spontaneous" interviews that are actually rehearsed and other "deceits," Frank Stanton, CBS president, said in an interview appearing in the New York Times yesterday. Contacted by telephone in Texas by Jack Gould, TV editor of the Times, Stanton said the "moral problem posed by the quiz scandal was far broader than just quizzes." The time has come, he added, for every individual broadcaster to review his programming schedule to eliminate audio or visual misrepresentation on the air. Decries Dubbed Applause, Laughter Explaining specifically what he meant, Stanton said the practice of dubbing recorded applause or laughter into the sound track of a completed program "simply does not accord with my belief that a show must be what it purports to be." Stanton cited several other examples, one being the "Person to Person" show, which he feels has endeavored to create the illusion it is spontaneous, while actually guests have known in advance the questions that would be asked. He said guests should either be denied advance questions or that the audience should be told the show was rehearsed. The CBS head also touched on television news, saying the program "The U.N. in Action" might have led a viewer to believe it was impromptu and that the CBS interviewer is free to ask any questions. In practice, Stanton said, diplomats at the U.N. insisted on receiving questions in advance; viewers were not told. 5th Theatre Installs 70mm in Philadelphia Special to THE DAILY PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20.-David E. Milgram's Fox Theatre will become the fifth center-city house to be equipped with 70 mm projection. Installation, for the showing of "Solomon and Sheba," will enable the Fox to play Todd-AO or any other large screen attractions. Other first run houses here equipped with 70 mm projection include the Boyd, Fox, Midtown and Stanley. Handling Century 70/35 CLEVELAND, Oct. 20. Arnold Weiss, who recently purchased the Ohio Theatre Supply Co. from Ben L. Ogron, has announced that he has acquired the distribution of Century 70/35 projectors for the Cleveland exchange territory. C. B. Brown Dies; Once Head of TV Academy From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 20.-Charles B. Brown, 62, former president of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences, died Saturday of a heart attack at his home. Brown was the second president of the Academy and served in 1948. He was an advertising director for RCA and NBC in Hollywood, San Francisco, New York and Camden, N. J., and was vice-president of Bing Crosbv Enterprises from 1949 to 1957. Interment will take place at Holy Cross Cemetery tomorrow. musifex co 45 w. 45 st. n.y.c. background music sound effects ci-6-4061-2