Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1960)

ilay, March 1, 1960 Motion Picture Daily herhood Trailer ie Available by NSS special Brotherhood trailer is bemade available to exhibitors lghout the country by National m Service as part of the motion ire industry's 1960 Brotherhood xiign on behalf of the National erence of Christians and Jews. Dpy of the trailer to be utilized audience and lobby collections 5 as follows: "Now, more than Brotherhood is needed to eradiprejudice and hate and all forms Han's inhumanity to Man. The Nail Conference of Christians and s is the organization that educates inst prejudice and hate. It takes ley to carry on this worthy cause, se contribute what you can to help g about, through Brotherhood, a :>er understanding among all egion Magazine ( Continued from page 1 ) individuals who were known as Viendly witnesses" before the se Un-American Activities ComPii ft earlier. n the Legion Magazine's page lied "Veteran's Newsletter," there straightforward statement concernOtto Preminger's employment of jton Trumbo to write the script of odus," which goes on to identify mbo as one of the Hollywood Ten 1947 and includes data as to his >rd of communist associations. Trumbo has never recanted," the f presentation concludes. "The mastudios have pledged to the public v won't hire his like, but he is such irewd writer that independent projers, who've made no such promi believe they can make a buck with mbo-written scripts. . . . Can s # ?" <To other producers or screen writers referred to. ate ate roldman Resigns ( Continued from page 1 ) :d upon at national Allied's spring rd meeting, March 28-29. loldman's resignation from the naal Allied post is a, consequence Mew England Allied's withdrawal ffn the national organization over f ■ nial differences. REVIEW: When Comedy Was King Youngson — 20th-Fox Robert Youngson, the producer who with great success two years ago gathered together some shorts featuring great comedians of the silent screen in "The Golden Age of Comedy," has provided a similar service for a second feature-length film. The new one he calls "When Comedy Was King," and it consists of some choice samples from the works of Mack Sennett and Hal Roach, in addition to Leo McCarev, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. The cast is a real "who's who" of the top clowns of the silent era "with one unavoidable exception," as the publicity notes. On hand are Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin, Fatty Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, the Keystone Cops, Charlie Chase, to name just a few. The one missing, of course, is Harold Lloyd. Youngson has done a first-rate job in all departments; the selection and arrangement of the material is remarkably skillful, and he has himself written a narration (spoken by Dwight Weist) that is both humorous and sympathetic, avoiding any suggestion of the condescension that often mars present-day commentary in silent film revivals. Sound effects are also clever and appropriate, and a musical score especially written for the picture by Ted Royal, is atmospheric and gay. A word of commendation is also in order for the quality of the old films as shown here. Getting them is such excellent condition can have been no mean feat. The narration singles out Chaplin, Langdon and Keaton as the "three clowns of genius" of the period. The Chaplin excerpts are brief and not vintage Charlie, but the other two are brilliantly represented. Langdon's "Immortal Babv" is hilarious, a perfect example of his personification of innocence at bay in an evil world, and the Keaton episode is built around a chase that eventually involves an entire city police force and builds to a wildly amusing climax. Other highlights include a Laurel and Hardy short in which their personalities and techniques are given typical play and a sketch in which Edgar Kennedy and Stuart Erwin, in the company of two girl friends, turn the simple process of buying four ice cream cones into an hysterically funny nightmare. Audiences of all types everywhere are in for an evening of fun with "When Comedy Was King." Running time, 81 minutes. General classification. Release, in March. Richard Gertner *Lady' Business Big Ansark-George Sidney's "Who Was That Lady?", released by Columbia Pictures, grossed $28,750 in its first week at the Randolph Theatre in Philadelphia, adding to the film's successful openings in Boston, Chicago and Washington, Columbia announced here yesterday. 'Dog' Big in Macon In three days at the Grand Theatre, Macon, Ga., "Dog Of Flanders" rolled up $3,519, outgrossing "Journey To The Center of The Earth" with $2,554, "Inn of The Sixth Happiness" at $2,422, "Farewell To Arms," at $2,889, and many other 20th-Fox films. Argentine Fete (Continued from page 1) Plata March 8 through 17 and is sponsored by the Permanent Commission of the International Film Festival for the Argentine Republic. Hollywood films previously entered are M-G-M's "The Wreck of the Mary Deare" and Columbia's "The Last Angry Man." "Suddenly" is also a Columbia release. It will be shown at the festival out of competition. Eight American Delegates The American delegates will include Paddy Chayefsky, screen play writer; Linda Cristal; Joseph L. Mankiewicz, director of "Suddenly"; Delbert Mann, director of "Angry Man"; Burgess Meredith; Kim Novak; Martin Quigley, Jr., editor of Motion Picture Herald and editorial director of Quigley Publications; and George Vietheer of the Motion Picture Association. Mankiewicz has been selected as the American representative to serve on the festival's jury. Studios Rush ( Continued from page 1 ) Fox will be affected with four productions not yet finished, "Let's Make Love," "The Lost World," "High Time" and "One Foot in Hell," plus two independent productions, "Murder, Inc," and "The Golden Touch." At Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "Butterfield 8" and "Go Naked in the World" will also be affected. Warner Bros, have placed "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" on a seven-day-week schedule to beat the strike deadline; and "Ocean's 11" is racing to the wire. Columbia will be concerned with the schedule on "Pepe," "The Guns of Navarone" and "The Wackiest Ship in the Army." Others affected are Allied Artists "Hell to Eternity," and U-I's "College Confidential" with "Eternity" having SAB approval to complete its location shooting in Okinawa. Two pictures started this week were "The Magnificent Seven" and "Studs Lonigan," both for United Artist release. Completed were "Cimarron," at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "The Bellboy" Jerry Lewis Production for Paramount, and "From the Terrace," a 20th Century-Fox production. seveme PICTURE the MONTH FOR APRIL A Hal Wallis Production "VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET" A Paramount Picture Selected by seventeen . . . entertainment guide for America's top movie goers . . . 4,800,000 young women under 20!