Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1959)

Motion Picture Daily Monday, October 26, 195! PERSONAL MENTION TTUGH OWEN, vice-president of AT Paramount Film Distributing Corp., and E. C. DeBerry, his executive assistant, returned here at the weekend from Buffalo. • John C. Flinn, Columbia Pictures studio director of advertising-publicity, will arrive in New York today from Hollywood. • Herbert Pickman, Warner Brothers special events manager, has arrived in Chicago from New York. • Joseph Wohl, president of International Film Distributors, Inc., and Charles Rosenblatt, vice-president, will leave here via B.O.A.C. tomorrow for London and the Continent. • Otto Preminger is scheduled to arrive in New York today from the Coast. • Charles Simpson, vice-president of Capital Releasing Corp., Atlanta, has returned there from Knoxville, Tenn. • Samuel Schneider, industry executive, and Mrs. Schneider returned to New York at the weekend from Europe and Israel. • Pandro S. Berman, producer, has arrived in New York from the Coast. • Mrs. Leonard Mishkind, wife of the president of General Theatres, Cleveland, is convalescing there following minor surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital. • Charlton Heston will arrive in New York today from Hollywood. • Rube Lewis, retired stage manager of Loew's Palace Theatre, Hartford, and former official of IATSE in that city, has returned to his Los Angeles dependability NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE eth Anniversary Celebration Once-In-A-Lifetime Tribute to Trailers Flick Backs Classification ( Continued "pressing need" for such a system. And if the major distributors support it, other companies will doubtless fall into line, he said. "The crux of the matter," the state's former chief censor observed, "is how a system of classifications shall be put into effect. There is no point in ignoring the difficulties involved. In foreign countries where motion pictures are classified and some are tabu for youngsters, theatres are licensed. We have no such interplay of law in the United States." Dr. Flick has suggested that numbers rather than letters be used for classification, his theory being that the former would be less subject to exploitation. "The man or woman who can develop a practical, workable plan of classification," he said, "may in some respects be compared with those who have succeeded in sending missiles to outer space." Test Has Been in Progress The Motion Picture Division for more than a year has been running an unofficial test on classifying films submitted to it for licensing. One classification is for adults; the other, for children subject to the compulsory education law. The latter rating was set forth in an amended bill which the Joint home following a four-month visit to Connecticut. • Jeane Dkon, Washington realtor and co-producer with Lou Bunin of the MagiCAT Theatre, cartoon series, has arrived in New York from the Capital. • M. B. Horwitz, of the Washington Circuit, Cleveland, became a grandfather with the birth of a son, Glenn Phillip, to his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lewis Horwitz at Mt. Sinai Hospital there. • Richard Rush, producer-director of the forthcoming "Too Soon to Love," has arrived in New York from Hollywood. • Charles L. Casanave, Jr., president of Fred Astaire Dance Studios, is in Chicago from New York. • Carroll Ogburn, Warner Brothers branch manager in Atlanta; Ike Katz, of Kay Films, and Martha Chandler, of United Artists, all have returned to the Georgia capital from Nashville. • Paul DeTucchio, of Eastern Pictures Corp., Hartford, has returned there from New York. from page 1) Legislative Committee on Offensive and Obscene Material sponsored at the last session of the legislature. The Regents, who have never officially gone on record in favor of classification, were authorized by the measure to circularize lists of pictures suitable for children (subject to the compulsory education law . . . age up to 16) among teachers and others interested. The classifying would have been done by the Motion Picture Division. No Pressure on Legislature The legislation was not pressed for passage. There was reported industry objection to it at that time. Incidentally, Dr. Flick is skeptical of some current "for adults only" film advertising. He called it "phony," believing the goal to be stimulating the interest of teen agers, rather than, -primarily, attracting the patronage of grownups. Clark TV Show Contest To Promote Fabian Film A nationwide television contest on the ABC network "Dick Clark Show," the theme of which is "Why I Would Like To Have Dinner With Fabian" will be held in conjunction with the November opening of Fabian's first 20th Century-Fox picture, "The Hound-Dog Man." Winner of the contest, open to all viewers of the popular show, will be flown to Philadelphia, Nov. 10-11, to have dinner with the teenage singing idol and to be his guest at the premiere of the film. The contest winner will be allowed two guests, and will have won the contest with a letter of 30 words or less. Clark is plugging the extensive country-wide contest, Fabian, and "The Hound Dog Man" five days a week across the full facilities of the ABC network. Col. Albany Branch Sets 'Salute to Exhibitor' Special to THE DAILY ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 25. A "Salute to Mr. Exhibitor" is the unusual promotion scheduled by Herbert Schwartz, Columbia branch manager in Albany, for the period Nov. 26 through Dec. 28. The exhibitor playing largest number of that company's pictures, proportionate to his playing time, will receive a $75 Savings Bond, or the equivalent in merchandise. Schwartz has sent a letter to each account, explaining the plan and stating he will visit the exhibitor, with salesman James Moore, during that month. The exhibitor-award is part of the "Salute to the President" drive. 31 'Porgy' Bookings j Scheduled by Holidays There will be 31 road-show en gagements of "Porgy and Bess" by th|; holiday season, according to Samue. Goldwyn and Columbia Picture^, There are currently ten road-shov cities including the operation at th! Warner Theatre here where "Porgj and Bess" is now in its 18th week It is being shown in Los Angeles, Sai Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Toronto Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Detroit an^ Washington. Forthcoming road-show engage1 ments are scheduled for Baltimore' (Oct. 28), Cleveland (Nov. 4), Buff falo (Nov. 11), Miami Beach (Dec' 18), Syracuse (Dec.' 25), Rocheste' (Dec. 25), Indianapolis (Dec. 25)1 Louisville (Dec. 25), Salt Lake Cm (Dec. 25), San Diego (Dec. 25)' Denver (Dec. 25), and Dallas (Decjj 30). Nine additional cities, undef current negotiation, will be set fo: road-show openings within the sam« period. They are Milwaukee, Pitts' burgh, Minneapolis, Columbus, St); Louis, Omaha, Seattle, Portland, anc;; Kansas City. Elect Briskin, Dozier To Screen Gems Board Irving Briskin and William Dozieit were elected to the board of director^) of Screen Gems, Inc., TV subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, it was an^l nounced by the board after a meet-; ing Friday. Briskin, head of Screen Gems' stu-j dio operations since the company'^ founding ten years ago, was elected1, a vice-president of the parent com-P pany early this summer. Dozier was recently named viceJ^ president in charge of West Coast activities for Screen Gems. He will move into that post on Nov. 1, and1 will work closely with Briskin in supervising all of Screen Gems, production operations. Dozier was for-j merly vice-president in charge of! programs in Hollywood for CBS-TV.| i M-G-M Buys Stage Play HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 25.-"Only in America," scheduled for a Broadway opening Nov. 19, adapted for thej stage from Harry Golden's book, has. been purchased by Metro-Goldwyn-; Mayer, it was announced by Sol C.j Siegel, studio head. 3.. i ARE YOU AN UNPUBLISHED AUTHOR? If you have a book length manuscript you would! like to have published, our editorial staff would be glad to consider it. Our program has launched many' new writers. Submit your work for free evaluation and further information. We consider all types of material: poetry, fiction, juveniles, personal memoirs.! GREENWICH BOOK PUBLISHERS Atten: Mr. Fenner 489 Fifth Ave., N.Y.C. iitor; Herbert V. 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