Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, August 9, 1{ ! PERSONAL MENTION SPYROS P. SKOURAS, president of 20th Century-Fox, and Abe Goodman, advertising director, returned to New York at the weekend from Europe. • Hugh Owen, Paramount vice-president, left New York last night for Memphis. Woodrow R. Praught, president of United Detroit Theatres, who recently suffered a broken leg while vacationing in Holland, Mich., will return to Detroit in a few days. • Joseph A. Tanney, president of S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., and Oliver E. Cain, special representative, have left New York for Williamsburg, Va., to attend the University Film Producer's Association conference. W. G. Carmichael, branch manager for Allied Artists in Charlotte, N. C, has returned there from Atlanta. Dan Frankel, president of Zenith International Films, and Mrs. Frankel returned to New York yesterday from Biarritz. • K. Gordon Murray, president of K. Gordon Murray Productions, Miami, has returned there from Mexico City. Jack Mosely, of Pal Amusement Co., Vidalia, Ga., has returned there from Atlanta. Movielab Dividend Paid Movielab Film Laboratories has paid its first quarterly dividend of 10c per share to all Class A stockholders, according to Saul Jeffee, president. The board of directors intends to establish a policy of paying quarterly dividends, he added. Some 100,000 Class A shares were recently sold to the public. NEW YORK THEATRES , — RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Rockefeller Center • Ci 6-4600 "BELLS ARE RINGING" An FREED PRODUCTION starring JUDY HOLLIDAY • DEAN MARTIN from Nl-G-M In CinenuScope and METR0C010R ON THE GREAT STAGE "HAWAII. U.S.A." Myers Stays ( Continued from page 1 ) berg, former vice-president and general sales manager of Paramount Pictures, was mentioned by Allied board members among others as "a logical choice for the post." (In New York, Schwalberg said no one from Allied had communicated with him up to yesterday. ) The Allied announcement, made by Al Myrick, president, said that the new executive director "shall be a man of high industry standing and ability but who does not necessarily have to be connected with exhibition." The statement added that the executive director "will be an employee and will not supersede officers in policymaking." Regional V-P's on Elective Basis The board also established the offices of regional vice-presidents of Allied on an elective basis instead of by presidential appointment and stipulated that Allied units shall have the right to recommend their choice for their respective regions. The Allied board "condemned and protested" what it termed the "confiscatory sales policies inaugurated by Benj. Kalmenson and Charles Boasberg of Warner Brothers." These policies, the board said, "impose a severe restraint upon exhibitors in their attempts to negotiate fair and equitable terms on Warner product, which tends to retard the early playing of Warner product, and, further (the board) specifically condemns the current Warner practice of establishing percentage floors on their product, and especially via their 'rubber stamped clauses' or similar methods." It also censured Warners for selling its post-'48 film library to television, and "for bypassing and ignoring the attempts by ACE to negotiate the purchase of post-'48 films for theatrical exhibition." Pleads for Reconsideration The board urged other distributors to reconsider any plans which they may now have to release their post-'48 film libraries to television, "which would drastically affect the welfare of exhibition and distribution alike." The board also adopted the resolutions pertaining to the Academy Awards and on the release of post-'48 product on TV which had been adopted by the recent annual convention of Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey, which were reported in Motion Picture Daily of July 29. A number of other trade practice resolutions adopted by the board also followed closely the lines adopted by the New Jersey Allied convention. Myrick issued a denial of published reports that there had been informal discussions concerning a possible merger of Allied States and Theatre Owners of America, saying "no such Japan Honoring Goldwyn With Rising Sun Medal From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 8. Samuel Goldwyn will receive tomorrow from the Japanese Government, the Third Order of the Rising Sun Medal for his "exceptional contributions toward the cultural exchange between Japan and America." This marks the first time in history such an award has been given to any individual in the entertainment field, the other normally going to people holding ministerial positions in the Japanese government. Presentation of the award will take place at the Goldwyn Studio here. Wage Bill ( Continued from page 1 ) be offered to the bill can be beaten. He said he hopes the Senate will pass a measure expanding the wagehour law's coverage and increasing the pay floor. In a special message to Congress, President Eisenhower repeated his request to Congress for enactment for a number of measures, urging Congress to "attend to them now" since "those that fail of enactment before adjournment will go begging for months to come." Specifically endorsed by the President were "expansion of coverage of the fair labor standards act" and "a moderate upward adjustment of the minimum wage." Schwalber (Continued from page 1) j among others as a logical choice" fill it. Al Myrick, Allied president, said j Chicago that it was the "consen of opinion that Schwalberg, beca of his high industry standing, experience in industry affairs and administrative ability, was idet qualified" for the post. "I don't know what they have; mind," Schwalberg said. 'No one talked to me about it." The Allied board resolution est lishing the new post said "the exei tive director shall be a man of h industry standing and ability v does not necessarily have to be o nected with exhibition. He will an employee and will not supers? officers in policy making." Schwalberg formerly was head domestic distribution for Paramo Pictures. Joan Crawford Set as TOA Meet Moderator Actress Joan Crawford will be the moderator at the luncheon and fashion show which will open the ladies' program at the 13th annual convention of the Theatre Owners of America in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 13, it was announced by Albert M. Pickus, TOA chairman. Miss Crawford, in private life a board member of the Pepsi-Cola Company and widow of Alfred N. Steele, former president of Pepsi-Cola Company, will preside at the ladies show, which will be held in the Crystal Room of Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles at 1 P.M. on Sept. 13. The fashion show has been arranged by Mrs. Ida Schreiber, of the Southern California Theatre Owners Association, and Mrs. Helen Cyr, of Columbia Pictures, both of Los Angeles, who are serving as coordinators. discussions had ever been entered into by any member of the Allied board, nor has any such merger ever been contemplated or proposed by any member" of the Allied board. it ss ■( ! I Allied Board Urges Anti-Toll TV Fight Special to THE DAILY CHICAGO, Aug. 8. A resolufi urging all exhibitors to give whc hearted support to the attempts the American Congress of Exhibit to stop the projected Hartford, Cor toll-TV tests was adopted by Allied States board of directors at weekend meeting here The board also moved to proi what it termed "the dual charges volved in the dual distribution Columbia trailers" and recommenc that National Screen Service and < lumbia get together "to reconi their differences so there will be o one charge to exhibitors." The board "deplored and c< demned" 18 distribution trade pr tices, many of which were similar) those objected to by Allied, Thea Owners of New Jersey at its arm convention last month and wh were reported in Motion Picn Daily on July 29. It was proposed and recommenc that Allied "seek legislative relief many of distribution's policies that plaguing exhibitors. Atlanta Theatre Being Remodeled for lst-Ru Special to THE DAILY ATLANTA, Aug. 8.-A $25,( face-lifting operation is underway the Central Theatre, and from it 500-seat house will emerge as a I run outlet, according to Bob Mosc; general manager of Independent T atres of Georgia, Inc., which owns Central and Rialto. Improvement the theatre will include new seats, largement of the lobby and new c peting. MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwin Kane Editor; James D. Ivfrs Managing Ed,^ Hollywood Bare Advertising Manager; Gus H Fausel, Production Manager, TELEVISION TODAY Charles S. Aaronson Editorial Director, esf BlL W™sh ngton, 4, D. C; London Bureau, Yucca-V ne BuSdfng Samuel D. Berns, Manager; Telephone HOllywood 7-2145 ; Washington, E. H. Kahn 996 ^C^J™^^^ S™pal capitals of the world. Mot Bear St Leicester Square, W. 2. 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