Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1959)

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londay, December 28, 1959 Motion Picture Daily PEOPLE 1 Jack Beresin, head of Berlo Vendig Company, Philadelphia, and formr chief barker of Variety Clubs Inrnational, was appointed chairman f the Theatrical and Amusement )ivision for the 1960 Allied Jewish Lppeal there. Albert Glaubinger, heal branch manager for United J^rtists; and Jay Emanuel, local exhibitor, were named co-chairmen of Jie division's steering committee fhich includes Abe Ellis, head of the L M. Ellis Theatres, David Supowitz, jJieatre architect; and Sylvan Cohen, a (idustry attorney and former chief arker of the Philadelphia Variety lub. □ William Goldman, head of the Willi jbim Goldman Theatres, Philadelphia, injresented the $34,000 housing facilities for laboratory animals dedicated )i lit Hahnemann Medical College in lat city. □ Harry I. Waxmann, veteran theae owner in Atlantic City, N. J., was pstalled as president of the Ye Olde jymes Association there. I fox's 45th Year ( Continued from page 1 ) Werywhere that 20th Century-Fox, " >a expending record-breaking amounts \ film production and merchandising, Lis amply provided to make their iterations enjoy the most fruitful iuear they have ever known." x|)i Harrison, who returned over the eek-end from a week's conferences the studio with the company's roduction chief Buddy Adler and (dependent producers, attended a review of "Can-Can" and viewed jmplete footage and "rushes" of 14 ajor productions which 20th-Fox inudes among its releases for the first k months of this year. Harrison id: "In all the years I have been ith the company I have never been > elated over present and future induct as I am now. This is doubly gnificant because we have finalized nprecedented plans for the merlandising of the product we have :heduled for our 45th anniversary :'ar." Harrison will make a detailed relort of the year's program to the pmpany's U.S. and Canadian branch The Story on Page One CONTINUED FROM PAGE I fense attorney an underdog and the prosecutor a supercilious, unsympathetic type. Set these two at verbal warfare with one another and a stream of witnesses. Finally, if you have made the defendant (s) sufficiently appealing and likeable, be sure to have the jury return a verdict of "not guilty." You can't miss. Odets has followed the pattern to a "T." He introduces Rita Hayworth and Gig Young as a pair of lovers caught together by her husband, Alfred Ryder, and shows the latter being shot to death following a struggle with Young. The defense contends that the shooting was accidental; the prosecution seeks to prove it was a calculated plot to get the husband out of the way. Anthony Franciosa arrives on the scene as the lawyer for Miss Hayworth, and he is definitely an "underdog," very nervous and intense. Representing the prosecution is Sanford Meisner, and he is as supercilious as anyone could possibly ask. The bulk of the drama takes place in the courtroom, following about 45 minutes in which the unhappy home life of Miss Hayworth and Rider is depicted and the pertinent events leading up to the death of the latter described. These early episodes have a "soap opera" quality about them, but once in the court room the drama starts to catch fire. Lawyer clashes with lawyer; witnesses are trapped into admitting lies on the stand; the heroine breaks down under questioning by the prosecution; and the male defendant is assaulted by the brother of the man he is accused of killing just before he takes the stand. These are mostly staple stunts of courtroom melodrama, but Odets has written and directed them in a sharp and vigorous style. Most vehement and sizzling of the courtroom tangles is that between lawyer Franciosa and Mildred Dunnock as the mother of Young, co-defendant with Miss Hayworth. An important issue in the case for the defense revolves around the jury being convinced that Young has been always dominated by and is in deadly fear of his mother. On the outside Miss Dunnock is a sweet and genteel woman, ostensibly greatly concerned about the welfare of her son. But through clever questioning Franciosa strips her mask away and a clear-cut case of "Momism" is exposed. In the end Miss Hayworth and Young are acquitted and leave the court together. The verdict may not come as a surprise, but the audience would not have it any other way. Wald and Odets have done some intriguing casting against "type"; Miss Hayworth, a glamour symbol, plays a drab housewife; Young, known primarily for sophisticated comedy roles, is required to be grim and serious here; and Miss Dunnock, usually all sweetness and light, is evil and corrupt in this performance. Some of the dialogue is in the candid category that is currently fashionable and puts the film in an adult classification. Photography is in black-and-white CinemaScope. Running time, 123 minutes. Adult classification. Release, in December. Richard Gertner ias the boxoffice touch ! managers and their regional advertising and publicity managers. Because of the company's autonomy in branch operation, the exchange heads, will have a hand in determination of sales policy on the feature product. Another feature of the convention will be the report each branch manager will personally make regarding experience on and results accrued on the policy of autonomous territorial operations in the last nine months of 1958. Spyros P. Skouras, president, will address the convention over which Harrison will preside. Others scheduled to address the convention are executive vice-president W. C. Michel, vice-president and eastern studio representative Joseph H. Moskowitz, vice-president Charles Einfeld, secretary-treasurer Donald A. Henderson, assistant general sales managers C. Glenn Norris and Martin Moskowitz, and others. During the convention Harrison will announce the late Buffalo branch manager Charles B. Kosco's successor. Ottens Resign (Continued from page 1) resigned that post and will be succeeded January 1 by Ephraim and Helen Kahn. Alan Otten, a member of the Washington Bureau of the Wall Street Journal this year has been given additional assignments as a White House and political reporter for that paper— most recently he covered the Eisenhower trip to Europe and Asia. The Kahns are veteran Washington newspaper people, having covered Capitol Hill for wire services, newspapers and trade papers for the past 13 years. Phila. VC Fete Set PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.— Philadelphia Variety Club Tent No. 13 will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a dinner on Jan. 11 at the BellevueStratford Hotel. The anniversary dinner will also mark the installation of new officers. has the boxoffice touch ! S. E. C. Slates {Continued from page 1) Television Corp, New York City. In the meantime, it extended until January 6, 1960, its December 18 through 27 ban on all trading in Skiatron stock. SEC said that the hearing will consider charges that challenge the adequacy and accuracy of various items in Skiatron's registration statement. Among the matters to be queried are the company's failure to disclose that some of the 172,242 shares involved "had been held as collateral." Another item concerns failure to say that certain shares, which had been issued to Matthew M. Fox, were held as collateral by Judson Commercial Corporation on defaulted demand notes, which bore interest at the rate of 3 per cent per month, payable monthly. Exploitation Total Undisclosed SEC also charged that Skiatron had not told of the extent of its efforts to begin commercial operations of its SubscriberVision system during the past five years and how much it had spent in trying to exploit and develop its version of pay-as-you-see TV. SEC noted that the company had not stated that it had spent about $1.5 million in interest on borrowed funds, or the source of the funds. The stock market watchdog agency also stated that the Skiatron registration statement had not shown a financial statement for Fox— who has an exclusive license for using SubscriberVision— or of Skiatron of America, Inc., which is controlled by Fox and which has been assigned his Subscriber-Vision license. Apr. 30 Balance Sheet Cited SEC said that the registration statement also did not disclose "the lack of financial resources available to Fox to pursue exploitation and development of the system, particularly in view of the financial position of Skiatron of America. Inc., as shown in balance sheet of April 30, 1959." That sets forth current assets of $16,728 and total assets of $2,427,459, total liabilities of $5,724,418 and a total deficit of $3,297,459. SEC also observed that Skiatron's registration did not show that Fox had pledged his Skiatron license agreement to secure his indebtedness to Skiatron's president, Arthur Levey, and to others, including the facts and circumstances surrounding the transactions in which Levey loaned Fox 206,000 shares of Skiatron stock.