Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

2 Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, July 5, 1960 PERSONAL MENTION BARNEY BALABAN, president of Paramount Pictures, returned to New York at the weekend from London. • Arnold M. Picker, United Artists vice-president in charge of foreign distribution, will leave New York today for London. • Nathan D. Golden, director of the motion picture division, U.S. Department of Commerce, is in Berlin from Washington. Later he will go to Italy to attend the Venice Film Festival. • Bernard Smith, executive assistant to Sol C. Siegel, M-G-M studio head, has returned to the States from Europe. • Marty Blau, Columbia Pictures assistant publicity manager, is in Chicago today from New York. • Jules Lapidus, Warner Brothers Eastern division manager, was in Gloversville, N. Y., last week from here. • Herbert Schwartz, Columbia Pictures branch manager in Albany, N. Y., has returned there following a visit to the home office. • Bernice F. Livingston, who has been handling publicity and promotion assignments for Continental Distributing, Inc., has left New York for the Coast. • Walter Wood, producer, arrived in New York at the weekend from Hollywood. Sir Carol Reed and Eric Ambler, director and writer, respectively, of "Mutiny on the Bounty" for M-G-M, have returned to the studios from England. • Maxwell Arnow, Columbia Pictures studio executive, left Hollywood at the weekend for Miami Beach. NEW YORK THEATRES , — RADIO CITY MUSIC Hill—, Rockefeller Center • Ci S -4600 "BELLS ARE RINGING" An AKfHi..'! FREED PRODUCTION starring JUDY HOLLIDAY • DEAN MARTIN trom M-G-M in Cinemascope and METR0C0L0R OH THE GREAT STAGE "HAWAII, U.S.A." Gov't Plans Obscenity Study ( Continued cision in Ohio's case against Nico Jacobellis, theatre manager, in the exhibition of "The Lovers." He also asserted (as he had before) that evangelist Billy Graham had told him that U.S. movies and literature sent to Africa "were doing more damage to our esteem" than could be built up by U.S. diplomats. He noted that he had attended a meeting at which "we heard a monsignor from a South American nation state that Hollywood was bringing our nation into disrepute by its moving pictures." He also quoted an assistant secretary of state as having told the foreign relations committee: "All of our ambassadors, all of our foreign service men, cannot build up what Hollywood is doing in the destruction of the esteem that the peoples around the world have for our country." Sen. Allott (R., Colo.) asked how the U.S. can permit "in our moving picture theatres stories and scenes which could only be described ... as salacious and overwhelming to the moral precepts and concepts of our country. Sen. Stennis (D., Miss.) cited an unidentified Russian as giving as a reason for not taking more U.S. pic from page 1 ) tures in the cultural exchange program, that "the sexual morality of the films is too low." He said he thinks "this typifies the impression some of our films leave throughout the world." Sen. Case (R., S.D.) asserted that he had been "staggered" by the attention which "a certain class of film" received in Madrid, Spain. He asserted that "they were obviously Hollywood or American-produced films," but mentioned no names. Literature Also Included Case expressed the hope that the commission would have power to "go into the question of the production and distribution of salacious films as well as salacious literature." Sen. Mundt noted that "pictures have great power and great capacity for good or evil, and said the commission should look into them. Membership in the commission shall include, in addition to government representatives, "a prominent representative of the motion picture industry" and one from the radio-TV industry. House action approving the bill is expected before Congress completes its work and adjourns until January. Newark Catholic Unit Sets Film Meeting Special to THE DAILY JERSEY CITY, N.J., July 4. The young Catholic Leaders Institute of the Newark archdiocese will sponsor a study conference on "standards of motion picture appreciation" here. The conference, to be held Aug. 22-23 at the Academy of St. Aloysius, will be open to high school teachers, and will be the first of such courses for them during the year. The conference will be conducted by Edward Fischer, professor of communication arts at Notre Dame University. Lazarus on Coast Today HOLLYWOOD, July 4. Paul N. Lazarus, Jr., vice-president of Columbia Pictures, arrives here from the New York home office tomorrow for a week of conferences with Samuel J. Briskin, vice-president in charge of West Coast activities, and other Columbia Studio executives. The toplevel meetings will cover Columbia's forthcoming production and release program. 'Entertainer' Here in Fall "The Entertainer," starring Sir Laurence Olivier, will have its American premiere in New York in midSeptember, it was announced by Irving Wormser, president of Continental Distributing, Inc. Joint Radio Campaign Promotes Films Here A joint radio campaign over leading stations in the New York City area was launched over the weekend on behalf of neighborhood theatres. The drive will run for 13 weeks. Members of the Metropolitan Motion Picture Theatres Association, Independent Theatres Owners Association and the Motion Picture Association of America, are participating in the radio campaign and over 400 spot announcements will be used to promote films playing in neighborhood theatres during the campaign. This radio venture marks the third successive joint radio campaign undertaken by the three associations in this area. The first campaign initiated last summer proved successful and an equally successful campaign was launched during the Christmas season of last year, which extended into April of this year. Donahue and Coe, who represented the industry in the previous campaigns is also in charge of the current broadcasts. Skiatron Ban Extended WASHINGTON, July 4.-A11 trading in Skiatron Electronics and Television common stock has been suspended through July 14 by the Securities and Exchange Commission. 'Time' Unveils New Protection Room Coinciding with Paramount distribution of the first in its series of short subjects called "Sports Illustrated," Time, Inc. has officially jj opened to the public its custom-de j signed auditorium in the eighth floor 1 of the new Time & Life Building here. ; The room's unusual decor and fine I. projection facilities are expected to ! attract interest within motion picture] circles. , A projection booth capable ofl| handling all sizes of films will be used in the auditorium proper. This room, also has a large, fully-equipped stage with a wide-screen TV projector that retracts into the ceiling, and coaxial cables for closed-circuit TV. The auditorium seats 245 persons. Films in the series, produced' by. Winik Films for Paramount are one reel, wide-screen, color short subjects. Six are expected to be produced in the current series. Eventually, it is hoped that at least four will be distributed each year, according to Sidney L. James, publisher of SI. "Kings of the Keys," first in the series, runs 10 minutes. It was directed and written by Martin Andrews and narrated: by Chris Schenkel. The Ponti Auditorium is complemented by five other rooms, including a large gallery lounge, a bar, a dining-conference room, a serving kitchen and a small conference room. Estimated capacity for the entire area is 400. The auditorium complex was built as a penthouse on the eighth floor terrace of the north wing of the L-shaped wrap-around which abuts the main 48-story tower of the build ing. -S. O. Lodge Appoints Rubin Leonard Rubin, vice-president and sales manager of Gilliams and Rubin has been appointed co-chairman with 1 Joseph B. Rosen, regional sales manager of Universal Pictures of New York's Cinema Lodge of B'nai B'rith's principal fund-raising project, it was announced by Abe Dickstein, president. 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