Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1960)

2 Motion Picture Daily Monday, March 21, nil PERSONAL MENTION FJ. A. MCCARTHY, Universal • Pictures assistant general sale manager, and sales director lor "Spartacus," and Jeff Livingston, executive coordinator of sales and advertising, returned to New York at the weekend from Chicago, Detroit and Boston. • Steve Broidv, president of Allied Artists, left New York at the weekend for London. He was accompanied by Norton V. Ritchey, president of Allied Artists International. Harhy Goldberg, Stanley Warner Corp., director of advertising-publicity, left here on Saturday for a combined business-and-vacation trip to Britain and the Continent. Edward S. Feldman, international publicity coordinator for Paramount's "The World of Suzie Wong," has returned to New York from London. William Wyler, director of "BenHur," has returned to Hollywood from New York. Samuel Goldwyn and Mrs. Goldwyn will arrive in New York today from the Coast. They are enroute to Munich. • Mel Hulling, co-owner of the Allied Artists West Coast franchise, who arrived in New York last week from San Francisco, returned to his headquarters there over the weekend. Correction Sales of the Columbia Broadcasting System for 1959 were $444,311,000, as compared with $411,800,000 in 1958. The first figure was incorrect in a story in Motion Picture Daily last Friday due to a typographical error. check national screen service for the best in SPECIAL TRAILERS SAG Offer ( Continued from page 1 ) talks was, "We are neither encouraged nor discouraged." Many speculated regarding the SAG counter proposal, believing that the prime consideration in the minds of the producers is the dollar-andcents amount demanded for the pension, healdi and welfare fund in lieu of any demand for residuals from the sale of post-1948 films to television. The tight-lipped attitude of the negotiators in withholding concrete information on the discussions or offering some assurance of progress will undoubtedly have a disheartening effect on the thousands who are standing by with the wishful thought that the back-to-work signal flag is about to be raised. A study of today's results would seem to indicate that the AMPP negotiators are limited in authority and must wait for reaction from the company heads before they can proceed. Howard Keel, one of the SAG negotiators, questioned by this reporter following the meeting, said that no discussion was held regarding the resumption of production on the nine films on which shooting has been halted by the strike. Industry UJA Goal ( Continued from page 1 ) for the third straight year. If attained, the increase in contributions would provide another 670 families of homeless immigrants with adequate care and housing in Israel. The highlight of the present campaign will be the division's annual UJA dinner Wednesday, May 25, at the Essex House here. Guest of honor for the affair will be announced at a later date. Principal speaker yesterday was Shulasmith Spector, a former commander of the womens forces of the Israeli Army. Miss Spector, now an industrial engineer, arrived here recently with first-hand knowledge and pictures of the relief and resettlement problem involving more than 60,000 persons rescued from distress by the UJA. Argentine Concessions ( Continued from page 1 ) feet April 1— were conducted by Robert Corkery of MPEA during the International Film Festival in Argentina last week. Vietheer also attended the festival. In addition to granting the U.S. 200 import licenses as in previous years, the new deal provides for the importation of short subjects and 16mm versions of feature films. Eric Johnston, MPEA president, has already signed the agreement and it is expected to be ratified by the Argentine Foreign Office shortly. 4Snow Queen' to Open In 230 Keys at Easter "The Snow Queen," the full-length animated cartoon feature in Eastman Color based on the famous Hans Christian Andersen story which Universal-International is releasing, has been booked into 230 key situations for the Easter holidays, it was announced by Henry H. "Hi" Martin, Universal vice-president and general sales manager. Key openings of "The Snow Queen" for Easter include the Lafayette, Buffalo; the Loop, Chicago; the Hippodrome, Cleveland; the Indiana, Indianapolis; the Broadway Capitol, Detroit; the Fulton, Pittsburgh; the Fox, St. Louis; the Joy, New Orleans, and some 75 theatres in the Greater New York area, including the RKO Theatres circuit. Lipton Heads Drive for Coast Charities Group From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, March 20.-David A. Lipton, Universal Pictures vicepresident, has been named associate campaign chairman for the 1961 Motion Picture Permanent Charities industry-wide drive, it was announced at the weekend by MPPC president Walter Mirisch. Lipton joins with Sidney Solow, recently drafted for a second term as overall MPPC campaign chairman in planning and implementing the film industry's annual appeal in behalf of major Los Angeles charitable groups. Publicist Unit Reports Placing of Members From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, March 20. With a sizeable number of Hollywood publicists out of work due to a production hiatus and strike layoffs on major lots, the Publicists Association, IATSE Local 818, through its employment committee, has canvassed local and out-of-town job possibilities for members and has come up with 54 openings for which publicists are qualified. According to Irwin Franklin, committee chairman, a major portion of employment possibilities are in newspaper field, where offers range from free-lance assignments to bureau managers. No SBA Loans in Feb, WASHINGTON, March 20.-No loans were made to motion picture theatres by the Small Business Administration in February, though the agency approved 308 loans worth $13,867,000. SBA tentatively approved a loan of $21,000 to Bandelier Films, Inc., Albuquerque, N. M., for production of motion pictures for television. A local bank will participate in the financing. Industry Bill ( Continued from page 1 ) 75-cent minimum wage (but wl would have exempted ushers ) fail& be enacted. The Pennsylvania legislature recessed until June. At present, tl are two suits pending that chalk last year's censorship law there, decision in either is expected for al a month. No matter who comes ou top, however, it is a foregone < elusion that the loser will take an peal and the case is certain to v up before the Supreme Court. The Maryland legislature has I quiet, from the industry's viewpi and no censorship measures have \ introduced. Georgia hiked its sales tax, but rentals are exempt. Sellers, Mankowitz ( Continued from page 1 ) capitalize further on the present cesses of the Britons in America. Announcement of the agreei1 between Continental and Sel Mankowitz Productions of Lorj was made here Friday at a t press conference attended by W Reade, Jr., chairman of the boar Continental; Irving Wormser, dent of the company, and Manko' who left for England later in day. "We haven't made just a dull 'djj Mankowitz, author of "Exp: Bongo," said. "This agreement encourage enormously other i pendent British producers who ar > ways hoping for more financial port. Sellers and I will be abl combine our creative talents in own production unit." Reade declined to state how money he has invested in the company, but Wormser said C ; nental presently has $3,000,000 mitted to co-productions here abroad. Location filming will be stresses both pictures. The first, "The MeiJ of a Cock-Eyed Man," will be shj Morocco this September and Oct i "The Man Who Corrupted Ame will be filmed almost in its entire.! New York. Another projected fil the adaptation of Mankiewicz's qj "Old Soldiers Never Die." MGM Field Staif ( Continued from page 1 ) future bookings for the William V, presentation. Robert Mochrie, , manager for "Ben-Hur" will the group. Howard Strickling, vice-pres in charge of advertising and licity, Emery Austin, Morgan gins, Oscar Doob and Bernie S will represent the studio and office publicity and advertising partments. MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief _and J'ubj.isher ; Sherwin Kane, Editor; James D. 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