Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

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-sday, August 18, 1960 Motion Picture Daily ntinental Distributing S les Meeting Today Special to THE DAILY AKHURST, N. J., Aug. 17.-The Bfcress of Continental Distributing, its branching out into co-producnjjthe acquisition of 14 films which i«fbe released in the next 10 months ml the expansion of its sales policy thl'igh the opening of new offices bnghout the U.S. will be the main :o^ s of discussion at the company's Sri annual sales meeting, starting ne| tomorrow at the Walter Reade, [rif home office. ! alter Reade, Jr., chairman of the jo! ."I of Continental, will make the ntductory address, discussing the >vi|ition of the company in the past •M\ years from distributing two pic;a| a year to the present 14 within i ]j -month period. Ving Wormser, president, will ipijc about the problems inherent in i jit-growing organization which is ict e in not only distributing pictures miaow co-producing some of them s ell. Presentation by Peppercorn t .rl Peppercorn, vice president mi general sales manager, will pre.er the sales program. Sheldon Gunsvice-president in charge of adding and publicity, and William 5'ire, director of the department, vilj outline Continental's activities in lis area. Special guest speakers will Monroe Greenthal and Herbert er of the Monroe Greenthal ading agency, and Warren Cowan Dgers and Cowan's public relafirm. apercorn will also announce imnt fall releases. Three major films have their American premieres 3W York: "The Entertainer," at iutton following the present ennent of "School for Scoundrels"; 3ral della Rovere," winner of the ta Lion Award at the Venice Festival, at the Paris Theatre, rid "Modigliani of Montparnasse," arjiet Theatre. "Angel Baby" will av its world premiere in Florida. I Ad Drives on Agenda Fjected advertising and sales m aigns on forthcoming pictures in ie[960-61 release schedule will be iSH:sed. Citinental's salesmen from AttW Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, San Francisco urn Vashington, D. C, are residing i jlaury Park, which is adjacent to 'wirst, throughout the sales meet %ig" Popularity Grows ■Uses continue to build at the aatf City Music Hall here for Wilw}oetz' "Song Without End," the or of Franz Liszt. The theatre rethat the picture racked up $28,l Tuesday of this week, the sixth f its run. The figure surpassed pening-day gross of $28,547, was the second biggest opening ecorded at the house. The sixital for the film is now given as ort 71 ay lie hi. vei ay 17U63. Strand (Albany) Remodeling Includes Lobby Change, New Marquee, Seats Special to THE DAILY ALBANY, Aug. 17. — A new, re-located lobby, V-shaped marquee (with sides on two streets at a corner) seats, and other refurbishings are planned for the Stanley Warner Strand here, as part of a modernization program costing more than $250,000. The total ex penditure figure could reach nearer to a half million dollars, depending upon developments. As a first step in the scheduled face-lifting, a two-store building adjoining the present lobby-front was recently purchased. It will be dismantled and a stronger foundation, or underpinnings, will be built. The new entrance will be created on the store site. The long-used entrance will be closed up, and rented — probably for store purposes. Part May Be Rented It is possible the present threestory front, containing offices on the second floor (used at one time by the old Warner circuit and by Stanley Warner zone offices) and a no-longer used screening room, on the third floor, will be rented to one store or another type of company. United Artists, until recently, was a secondfloor tenant. If a three-floor rental deal were arranged, an elevator would be installed. Stanley Warner Corporation owns a small store to the south of the present entrance. Now dark, it will be made part of the "closed" lobby. A rectangular marquee, hung about five years ago, will be taken down. The outer lobby was redesigned at that time, as well as the boxoffice. The V-shaped marquee will extend, on North Pearl St., to Monroe St. and will have a shorter length, on the latter. It will be visible from three directions. New cloakrooms and rest areas are also planned. Eberson Associates, of New York, made extensive surveys of the 39year-old Strand Theatre Building, some months ago. Three different . concepts of modernizing were considered. One, which would have stripped the house to the bare walls, carried an estimated cost of $1,000,000. The present plan is the second one, in sequence of scope and expenditure. Stanley Warner Corporation reportedly holds a 99-year lease on the site, from the Kramrath Estate. The Strand's stage was re-equipped, for the presentation of legitimate shows, about 1952. Alfred G. Swett is current manager. The nearby Fabian-owned Palace —built for vaudeville and motion pictures, in 1931, and seating 3,660— is undergoing modernization also at a reported cost of $250,000. New type seats, requiring more space, will reduce the Palace's capacity by 600 to 700. Business as Usual The work is under way while theatre operation continues. It is expected that the Palace will be closed for only a short time to permit completion of the project. Similarly, the Strand will stay open while improvements and modernization is under way. The premiere, in May, by Neil Hellman and his mother, Mrs. Nettie Hellman, of the 1060-seat Hellman, on Upper Washington Ave., near the city line, is believed to have accelerated decisions to revamp the Palace and the Strand. Seek Financing for New International Co. Launching of the projected new International Productions, Inc., with whose Mexican affiliate former New York Mayor William O'Dwyer said he will be associated with largely as a consultant, were reported in the trade yesterday to be dependent on the raising of $2,800,000 in financing for the new company. Nucleus of the new company would be Albert C. Gannaway's production organization. A. W. Schwalberg, president of Citation Films, who was named as one of the officers of the projected new company, has been approached but has made no deal with the principals yet. Kim Novak Re-Signed HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 17.-Kim Novak has signed a new contract with Columbia Pictures which cancels her present pact and substitutes a multiple-picture agreement, calling for one picture a year, a substantial salary increase, and participation in the gross receipts of the films in which she stars. Four Pictures Started On Coast; 33 Shooting From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 17. Four new pictures went into production this week, bringing the total to 33 shooting, while cameras finished turning on five. Started were: "Atlas," Filmgroup Production; "Black Star," Clover Production for 20th Century-Fox; "The 6th Man," Universal International Production; and "This Time Tomorrow" Genie Production. Completed were: "Dondi" Zugsmith Production for Allied Artists; "The Facts of Life," Park-wood Production and "Frontier Scout" Zenith Pictures, the latter two to be released by United Artists; Warner Bros, production of "Gold of the Seven Saints." 'Innocence' to Paris A film from Argentina, "End of Innocence," will have its American premiere at the Paris Theatre here on Monday, Aug. 29, it was announced by the distributor Kingsley International Pictures and the theatre. PEOPLE Mrs. Frederick (Gerri) Teasley ol Montrose, Cal., has been named motion picture chairman on the West Coast for the National Audience Board. Since 1954 she has been television chairman for the board, a nonprofit organization comprised of civic leaders throughout the country. □ Additionally, it has been announced that Molly Mignon, alumna of the University of Washington, is assuming the post of West Coast editor of the NAB Newsletter. She succeeds Vera Servi. □ Dick Weaver, stage and film publicist who joined the staff of producer Kermit Bloomgarden three months ago, has been named general press representative for the producer, effective immediately. Currently, Weaver is handling the New York press campaign on "Spartacus," for Universal Pictures. □ Lawrence C. Burris has been named manager of the Community Theatre, Hershey, Pa., by J. B. Sollenberger, president of the theatre company. He succeeds Harry Chubb, who will continue to work on special assignments. □ Irwin Young has been elected president of Associated Screen Industries, Inc., Montreal, replacing his father, Al Young, deceased. Murray Briskin was elected vice-president and secretary, and Jack Fellers treasurer. □ Clifford "Kip" Smiley, former sales manager for Paramount in Cincinnati and more recently sales head for the company in Pittsburgh, has returned to Cincinnati to resume his former post. □ Carl Handsacker has been named representative for 20th Century-Fox in the Seattle territory. □ Ray Grambacher, 75-year-old industry veteran in the Oregon area, has been appointed assistant to the manager of the St. Johns Theatre, Portland, a unit of the Jesse Jones circuit. Budd Rogers to Coast Budd Rogers, executive vice-president of Embassy Pictures and member of the board of directors of Universal Pictures, will leave here on Saturday for Los Angeles for a week of conferences with M-G-M studio executives on plans for the forthcoming release of Joseph E. Levine's "Where the Hot Wind Blows." While on the Coast, Rogers also will confer with Harry Joe Brown, Randolph Scott and Walter Lantz, whom he serves as producer's representative.