Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

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Jcl eumon Jo day Motion Picture Daily Monday, July 11, 19 GE to Sponsor Series On American Education A new approach to public service programming will be initiated this fall on the CBS television network when the General Electric Company preempts its own time period and purchases an additional half hour for a special CBS news report on new experiences in American education. The one-hour report, sponsored by GE will be presented Sunday, Nov. 13, from 9-10 P.M. EST. It will be one of a series of 60 and 90-minute news and entertainment specials to be presented by GE during the 1960-61 season. The company said it plans to stress "name" authors in its regular half-hour programming. The education program, produced by Arthur Morse of the "CBS Beports • unit of CBS news, with Fred W. Friendly as executive producer, will be filmed on location in elementary and secondary schools across the country. It will report on some of the experiments being undertaken today to solve problems facing American education. FCC Sniffs Channels To UHf in California From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, July 10. The Federal Communications Commission, by deleting Fresno, California's channel 12, has made that city into an all UHF-TV town. FCC also told KFRE-TV to move from Fresno's channel 10 to channel 30 by April 15, 1961. Channel 30 was switched to Fresno from Madera, which was given channel 59 instead. FCC will give consideration to reassigning channel 12 from Fresno to one of the following California towns: San Luis Obispo, Lompoc-Santa Maria, or Santa Barbara. The channel 10 space now given to Bakersfield may also go to one of these towns if Bakersfield becomes all-UHF. V.C. Meeting Here Tomorrow Tatelman Will Produce 'Garlund' on CBS-TV From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, July 10,-Harry Tatelman will take over the executive producer duties on the new telefilm series, "Mr. Garlund," which was conceived and written by Barney Girard, who will also produce. Tatelman, under contract to CBS, and Girard will begin casting Monday in their new headquarters at the Paramount studios, for the series which will be aired on the CBS-TV network in October, under sponsorship of Plymouth Motors and L & M Cigarettes. POUND RIDGE EXECUTIVE'S SMALL ESTATE Commuter's dream. Country privacy. Gracious mod Colonial Ranch, 7 acres overlking breathless view. Liv rm. fam din rm w/fplce, 3 bedrms, 2 Hollywood bths. electric ktchn. Cut stone front, slate roof, 2-car gar. Private swimming pond. Sacrif at $55,000. Open house Sat & Sun 1-5 PM. Gargagliano, Rte 124 or call for directions. MAE ALTMAN Sole As* MO 4-4044 or MO 8-5537 (Continued expected. Max Kase, sports editor of the New York Journal-American, is chairman of the tent's sports committee. Those writers who had to decline because of other commitments expressed keen interest in the project and declared that they would like to attend subsequent meetings. Acceptances to date have been received from Harold Weissman, N.Y. Mirror; Joe Reichler, Associated Press; Joe Goldstein, Roosevelt Raceway; Ken Smith, N.Y. Mirror; Hugh Bradley, Journal-American; Mike Lee, Long Island Press; Don Smith, New York Football Giants; Mel Allen, Yankee Stadium; Lewis Burton, Yonkers Raceway; Lou Niss, Continental League; Jackie Farrell, New York Yankees; Irvine Rudd, Yonkers Raceway; Wes from page 1) Gaffer, Daily News; Tom Meany, New York Yankees; Murray Janoff, Long Island Press; John Pierrotti, N.Y. Post; Jay Chesler, Elias Baseball; Charles Hoerter, Daily Netos; Norman Miller, U.P.I.; Leonard Cohen, N.Y. Post; Jersey Jones, Madison Square Garden; Gordon White, N.Y. Times; Bob Stewart, World Telegram; Frank M. Blunk, N.Y. Times; Dick Young, Daily News; Lester Scott, Madison Square Garden; Jay Grayson, Daily Forward; Harrv Grayson, Newspaper Ent. Assn; Frank Blauschild, N.Y. Mirror: Orlo Robertson, Associated Press; Whitney Martin, Associated Press; Milton Gross, N.Y. Post; Murray Robinson, JournalAmerican; Erwin Grossman, Herald Tribune; Dan Daniell, Herald Tribune; John Drebinger, N.Y. Times; Ira Seebacher, Morning Telegrah. MP A A Board PCA Certificates ( Continued from page 1 ) by 20th Century-Fox, "The Loves of Salammbo" and "The Story of Salammbo," were not in harmful conflict with the April Co. title. Johnston set up the special board meeting when he arrived here on Friday from Europe where he attended the Berlin Film Festival and also visited Paris. At a meeting here on Friday Johnston briefed the Motion Picture Export Ass'n. board on talks he had in Berlin with Spanish industry officials also attending the festival. Accompanied by 3 Officials With Johnston in Berlin were Griffith Johnson, MPEA vice-president; Frederick S. Gronich, overseas representative in Paris; and Frank Gervasi, Rome representative. Later this month Johnston will attend the Republic Party convention in Chicago as a delegate. At the end of the month he is scheduled to make his African trip. UA Opens Meet ( Continued from page 1 ) Marchese, Eastern and Canadian contract manager, will also attend from the home office. Charles S. Chaplin, Canadian district manager, will attend the two-day conclave, as will all Canadian branch managers. Canadian branch managers participating in the meetings at the Royal York Hotel include Robert Radis, Calgary; Sam Kunitzky, Montreal; Isadore J. Davis, St. John; George Heiber, Toronto; Harry Woolfe, Vancouver, B.C., and Abe Feinstein, Winnipeg. Conclave Is One of a Series The meetings will develop distribution patterns on all current and forthcoming product and will map regional releasing plans for each territory in the Canadian division. The meetings are the latest in a series conducted by Velde and division chiefs in a domestic sales tour. ( Continued from page 1 ) members; four motion pictures were produced and released by non-members and an additional four made by non-members have yet to be released. The Johnston report further indicated that 63 of the features approved were made in this country by American companies; 19 were produced abroad by American companies, and 38 were produced by foreign companies and purchased by American companies for release here. In the matter of scripts submitted for PCA approval, the six-month figure is down to 93 from 145 at same time a year ago. The obvious conclusion to be drawn here, the report noted, is that the five-month writers strike against most of the theatrical film producers was responsible for the lag and it is expected that by the year's end script submissions will be equal to or surpass the 254 scripts approved by PCA during 1959. MGM Slates Six ( Continued from page 1 ) the Labor Day release. The second September release will be "The Subterraneans," the Arthur Freed Production starring Leslie Caron and George Peppard. "Key Witness," starring Jeffrey Hunter and Pat Crowley, will be an early October release, and late in that month the company has set the Joseph E. Levine presentation "Where the Hot Wind Blows." The King Brothers production, "Gorgo," will be a November release, and the Thanksgiving attraction will be "Butterfield 8," starring Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, and Dina Merrill. In addition to these productions, M-G-M will also have in release in the fall "All the Fine Young Cannibals," which is set for August playdates in many key situations. "Ben-Hur" will continue its hard-ticket engagements with additional openingse scheduled throughout the months ahead. 'Bellboy' Buttons Are j Distributed by Loew's j In a campaign to elect Jerry Lev] "Comedian of the Year," Loew's Tllj atres in the greater metropolitan ai< are distributing free to their patrc more than 30,000 jumbo lapel buttc; featuring the star in character as "T! Bellboy." The comedy, written, pii duced, directed by and starring Lew i opens at Loew's and other neighbt hood theatres on Wednesday, July ; with Paramount's "Tarzan the Mi nificent" as associate feature. Falcon to Handle 'Mighty Crusaders' The launching of Falcon Produ tions Inc., a newly formed motion pi ture distribution firm with offices the Paramount Building here, was si; i nounced by Erwin A. Lesser, former sales manager for Lopert Films, at; Herbert R. Gelbspan, veteran indust executive. Falcon Production's initial relea will be "The Mighty Crusaders", spectacle of the Holy Wars, in Cirs: maScope and color. It is expected go into national release late in Augu Early 'Love' Release ( Continued from page 1 ) the U. S. and Canada, Norris declar^ that the company had made a spec: appeal to the studio and Wald for ri around-the-clock production schedu He paid tribute to Wald and Bud* Adler, studio production head, f their efforts toward filling the ne< for a strong late Summer and Lab Day attraction. Rush scoring and ed! ing are now in process at the studi Branches have been instructed advise exhibitors that the Marili MonroeYves Montand starrer is nc available for booking beginning early August. Introductory prom tional materials on national and loc levels are being distributed. The a celerated release of "Let's Make Lov will be backed with extensive rad and music campaigns. Pension Plan ( Continued from page 1 ) plan board chairman, reported on F:i day. Flaherty also said that plan expec to have about 900 industry retirees 1 the end of 1960. Total amount in the plan now e ceeds $19,000,000. 'Orpheus' in 16 Dates "Black Orpheus," Academy Awa, winner as "best foreign film of tl year," will open in 16 theatres in tij N. Y. area on Wednesday. The theatr jj include, in Manhattan, the Trans-Li 85th St., the Gramercy, Greenwic Heights, Midtown, Renaissance; in tl Bronx, the Palace, Valentine; Brooklyn, the Astor, Jewel; in Lor Island, the Austin, Center, Earle, Litt Neck, Mayfair; in Westchester, tl Town, New Rochelle. The film w open at the Embassy 72nd Street ( Wednesday, July 20.