Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1960)

IT MOTION PICTURE DAILY B7, NO. 16 NEW YORK, U.S.A., MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1960 TEN CENTS #man Says: i Product yentory at 25,000,000 Academy Establishes New 'Oscar1 For Excellence in Newsreels ties 24 Blockbusters 60 at Sales Meeting Acceding to requests of the newsree M. P. Arts & Sciences has established documentary newsreels, it is learned, at the weekend, only Hearst Metrotone News of the Day (MGM) has placed entries in the new competition for the consideration of the award judges. News of the Day's "Screen News Digest," an 18-minute subject treating (Continued on page 9) Special to THE DAILY PAGO, Jan. 24. United Artstarting 1960 with a product tent of $125,000,000 in fea.burrently i.se, editprepara'illiam J. lan, UA . 'resident, at the d at the !y s 1960 meeting |He anil that than 36 features ; distriunder npany's new program for the year, including at least 24 Continued on page 11) iers to Distribute te's New 'Hercules' ier Bros, and Joseph E. LeEmbassy Pictures Corp. have :ed an agreement under which s presentation of "Hercules Qed" will be distributed by Bros., which also distributed wman's hit of last year, "Her(Continued on page 9) etson, Gamble Head Production Firm )|g 'From THE DAILY Bureau j.LYWOOD, Jan. 24.-Shergari ition, a new motion picture jtion company, has been orby F. H. Ricketson, Jr., Ted ible and George Sherman to 3 a group of theatrical features ase through 20th Century-Fox. ' Continued on page 2) German Film Impact Growing in U. S. By SAUL OSTROVE German films have not yet achieved equal commercial status with French and Italian films on the American market, but their impact is growing steadily in the United States, according to Munio Podhorzer, president of the Casino Film Exchange, who was interviewed here Friday. Podhorzer, who also is president of ( Continued on page 9 ) William Heineman 4JJ' Coast Sales Meet Opens Today in L. A. From THE DAILY Bureau LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24. Universal-International's distribution and promotion plans for 1960, as formulated at the company's recent sales executives conference in New York, will be outlined to Western branch and sales managers at a three-day re(Continued on page 9) 1 organizations here, the Academy of a special annual awards category for So far as could be established here New Memphis Censors O.K. Film Banned Four Years Special to THE DAILY MEMPHIS, Jan. 24. Memphis' new motion picture censor board, which promised to be more liberal, made good on that promise Friday. The new board saw six films and put an O.K. on all of them. One was a picture, "I am a Camera" which had been banned for four years (since 1955) by the former censor board. This film was recently withdrawn from television after a protest. Other films approved Friday were current ones. 7,000 Film Industry Catholics at Breakfast More than 1,000 Catholics of the motion picture industry in the New York area attended a corporate Mass and Communion breakfast yesterday at St. Patrick's Cathedral and in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria. Speakers at the breakfast were Kingsbury Smith, publisher of the N. Y. Journal American and the Very Rev. Msgr. Timothy J. Flynn, director (Continued on page 11) Announce Winners of N.S.S. 40th Anniversary Trailer Contest (Pictures on page 4) Five theatre managers from widely scattered areas of the country were the major prize winners in the "Once-in-A-Lifetime Tribute to Trailers contest, Herman Robbins, president of National Screen Service, announced at the weekend. The contest was held in conjunc '/3/ON TODAY P. 10 tion with National Screen's 40th Anniversary celebration and drew an unprecedented response for a contest of its kind. More than 1,000 entries were received from all sections of the country. Serving as judges in selecting the winners were Al Pickus, president of Theatre Owners of America; Ben Marcus, national Allied's member of the Council of Motion Picture Organization's triumvirate; and Si Seadler, M-G-M Eastern advertising manager, currently serving as chairman of the Motion Picture Association's advertising and publicity directors committee. First prize winner to receive $1,000 cash is Carl Rogers, manager of Loew's Theatre in Dayton, Ohio. Second prize of $800 was won by Mrs. Ann De Ragon, manager of the Strand Theatre, Plainfield, N.J. George R. Brown, manager of the Norshor The(Continued on page 4) Annual Meet Propose Loew's Change Name To 'M-G-M Jnc: Stockholders Also to Act On Stock Options Feb. 25 A proposal to change the corporate name of Loew's, Inc., to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., will be voted upon by the stockholders of the company at their annual meeting at Loew's State Theatre here Feb. 25. Stockholders also will vote on restricted stock options issued to 12 key executives of the company, and will elect 15 directors to the board. Discussing the proposal to change the company's name, Joseph R. Vogel, president, says in the company's proxy statement that the move has been considered for several years and the name "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" already has been included in names of subsidiaries. Noting that the name and (Continued on page 4) SEC Skiatron Hearing Recessed Until Feb. JO From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Prior to recessing until Feb. 10, the proceedings before Securities and Exchange Commission hearing examiner Robert N. Hislop, heard of additional transactions in which a commercial finance company sold stock in Skiatron Elec(Continued on page 10) 'Fame7 Wins Printing Award for 1959 Here An award of the 18th Exhibition of Printing in New York has been won by "Fame,'' Quigley Publications annual devoted to motion picture and television achievements of the previous year. Submitted by Blanchard Press, printers of "Fame," the 1959 edition was judged "outstanding in its own category" among thousands of enjtries in the 1960 exhibit conducted at the Hotel Commodore January 1821. The 1958 Edition won an award at the 1959 Exhibition.