Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1960)

2 Motion Picture Daily PERSONAL MENTION DARRYL F. ZANUCK will return to New York on Saturday from Paris. • Morton A. Nathanson, United Artists director of international advertising and publicity, has returned to New York from Mexico. • Edward E. Sullivan, 20th Century-Fox publicity director, will arrive in Dallas today from New York. • Francine Ornstein, daughter of Wellliam Ornstein, industry publicist, was married here Sunday to Sidney Walls • H. Viggo Anderson, film editor of the Hartford Courant, has entered Hartford Hosptial for surgery. • Charles H. Schneer, producer, will return here from London today, enroute to Washington. • Mrs. George Bristol has given birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, at Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital. Father is operations director in the advertisingpromotion department of CBS-TV. • H. P. Vinson, owner of the Sundown Drive-in Theatre, Columbia, Tenn., has returned there from St. Louis. Barnett Rites Thursday HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 15.-Funeral services will be held Thursday at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, for Beverly (Bev) Barnett, 48, independent publicist, who died yesterday of a heart attack. Prior to opening his own agency 25 years ago he was publicity director for Republic Studios. Among his long-time clients were Gene Autry, John Wayne and Dick Powell. FILM SALESMAN WANTED by independent distributor. Must be prepared to travel extensively and have knowledge of national circuits. Salary above average, plus travelling allowance. Box 216, Motion Picture Daily 1270 Sixth Ave., N. Y. 20 Map Brotherhood Drive At Meet Here Friday The New York campaign for the Motion Picture Division's 1960 Brotherhood Week drive will be mapped at a luncheon Friday, at the Hotel Astor, it was announced by Salah M. Hassanein, vice-president of Skouras Theatres and United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc., who is chairman of the Metropolitan New York area campaign. William J. Heineman, United Artists vice-president and national distribution chairman for Brotherhood, will blueprint plans and programs for this year's coordinated Brotherhood campaign. Spyros S. Skouras, president of Skouras Theatres and Brotherhood national exhibitor chairman, will develop the program of activities for exhibitor's participation in the all-out drive. NCCJ President Slated Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, will participate in the luncheon conference to be held in the East Ballroom at 12:30 P.M. Plan N.E. Previews In Brotherhood Drive Special to THE DAILY BOSTON, Feb. 15.-Plans to hold a series of "sneak previews" of new pictures at theatres throughout New England to raise funds for the National Conference of Christians and Jews, were discussed at a meeting of distributors here today. Exhibitors will be asked to cooperate. Harry Segal, of United Artists, cochairman of the New England unit of NCCJ, presided at the meeting. The Brotherhood Week drive begins March 12. E. Myer Feltman of Universal suggested the idea of holding previews at large theatres on the last day of a current engagement. Distributors will supply the new picture gratis and profits will go to NCCJ after the exhibitor deducts a nominal sum. Kits will be furnished by National Screen and sent to each theatre. Siegel to Rome, London To See 3 New Films Sol C. Siegel, MGM studio head, left here by plane over the week-end bound for Rome and London. In the Italian capital, Siegel will look at the recently completed "Temptation." In London, he will see "The Village of the Damned" and "The Day They Robbed the Bank of England," two films recently produced at MGM's British Studios. The studio chief will stop in New York upon his return for conferences with Joseph R. Vogel, president of Loew's Inc. He is expected to return to the studio in about two weeks. 'Bismarck' Reported Big In First Four Dates "Sink the Bismarck!" in its first four days in New York, Washington, D. C, London and Canada is running ahead of 20th Century-Fox's recent hit, "Journey to the Center of the Earth." In New York, "Bismarck" took in a total of $42,000 dollars for the four days in spite of snow and ice storms in the metropolitan area. In Washington, D. C, the same poor weather conditions prevailed, but crowds flocked to the Palace to roll up record ticket sales. The Palace reported $10,000 for the four days. In London, "Bismarck" is surpassing 20th highest grossing production ever to play the Odeon, "Inn of the Sixth Happiness." Prince Philip was the guest of honor at the London premiere of the film. In Canada, "Bismarck" has been playing to standing room only in Victoria, Toronto and Ottawa. Velde, Cohen Hold UA Meet in Detroit Today Special to THE DAILY DETROIT, Feb. 15.-James R. Velde, United Artists vice-president in charge of domestic sales, and Milton E. Cohen, Eastern and Canadian Division manager, will hold a three-day series of sales meetings here starting tomorrow. David V. Picker, executive assistant to Max Youngstein, UA vicepresident, and executive vice-president of UA Records, will also participate in the meetings. The conferences will develop distribution patterns for the company's forthcoming product and map regional plans for the current sales drive honoring board chairman Robert S. Benjamin. Velde and Picker are cocaptains of the 23-week billings, collections and playdate drive. Participating in the sales session will be James Hendel, Central District manager, and Syd J. Bowman, UA branch manager in Detroit. Selig Fishman Is Dead; Conn. Circuit Founder Special to THE DAILY NEW HAVEN, Feb. 15. Selig Fishman, 72, co-founder of Fishman Theatres, Inc., is dead here following a short illness. The circuit operates houses here as well as in West Haven and Fairfield. Matthew Schroeder Dies Funeral services for Matthew Schroeder, special sales assistant to George Weltner, Paramount Pictures' vice-president in charge of world wide sales, will be held this morning at St. Mary's Church in Greenwich, Conn. Long associated with Paramount, Schroeder died Saturday at his home there. His wife survives. Memphis Ba ( Continued from page 1 ) "Hypnotic Eye," which the board 1 ] week had announced were banned. 1 Mrs. McKellar said William Goiil man, attorney for the film companjil had asked that when the censor bo: \ asked for cuts in films that this formation not be given to newspapt I Goodman is in New York and a fi I decision will not be made until I returns, Mrs. McKellar said. She s. J the board might agree to that. Malco Theatres announced toe I that it would classify films in adv 1 tisements in the future with symb I to indicate what type of pictures tfc 1 have. The symbols are used by t 1 Film Estimate Board of National ( I ganizations. For example "A" is adults "MY" for mature young peop "F" for family, etc. Says He Plans Court Test Previously on Saturday, when t board had decided to ban "Jack t Ripper" and "Hypnotic Eye," Goc man told the members he would t any such action in court. He said the city's censorship or nance "wasn't worth anything." C Attorney Frank Gianotti told t board they "didn't have a legal 1) to stand on." Mayor Loeb defended the boa:i and Coodman accused Loeb of harj picking it. Loeb replied he nominat' the members and the city comm sion elected them. The commission! are elected by the people. Goodman said the censor board v, making Memphis "a hick town." J said movie censorship had been giv 1 up all over the country "except cities such as Birmingham and li lanta." Would Abolish Board Goodman recommended the boa I be dissolved and censorship abolishe Fred Morton, union leader a:i member of the board, said: "If \j cannot censor movies we are wasti! a lot of time, we might as well dj band." 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