Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

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mrsday, October 20, 1960 Motion Picture Daily 3 ]ompo Meeting ( Continued from page 1 ) )|uipment and supply manufactures and trade press. Representation om all groups, including regional „ well as national exhibitor organJtions, is assured. , The annual election of officers is on „e agenda, as well as a detailed reirt on the operation of the Marcus |an test in the Pittsburgh exchange ea, which will have completed its ,;cond week by the time of the Com)' meeting. Alec Moss, Compo repsentative for the test, will make the port to the meeting, pointing out .at its early stage last week had to intend with the final World Series imes in Pittsburgh, including the irates' victory celebration in which e entire region participated, virtuly killing theatre business for two rys and two nights, the second night jing the hung-over one. Despite this unusual "opposition," ports on the first week of the Maris Plan test indicated it was success tli. The second week is only now be jnning. ' To Study Winter Program ' A full-scale examination of the legnative program for Compo next win fr will be on the agenda, with par cular attention being given to new federal minimum wage legislation fid prospective state censorship legisjttion, especially newly designed film .j.assification measures which it is exacted will make their appearance in sveral state legislatures. |J The Compo legislative program is Upected to be of special significance Mis year with 48 of the 50 state legis itures scheduled to be in session and dth new members in both the state jigislatures and in Congress following irie elections. J Compo's present officers are headed y the so-called triumvirate, consisting of Sam Pinanski, representing theatre Owners of America; Abe .Montague, Motion Picture Ass'n., and jlen Marcus, Allied States, with McCarthy, executive vice president; ^erman Robbins, treasurer, and Sidtey Schreiber, secretary. RCA Sales Record (Continued from page 1) i John L. Burns, president, announced esterday. j This is the first time in RCA's history that sales have surpassed a billion dollars for the first nine months f a calendar year. :i( Net profit after Federal income -axes amounted to $24,100,000 for [the first nine months, compared with 5 27,300,000 for the 1959 period, a i o ecline of 12 per cent. 10 _ Withdraw Italian Entry ' (Continued from page 1) ..ilm be shown because the English Subtitles were incomplete. 1 Promptly selected as Italy's substitute entry was Roberto Rossellini's H Night Over Rome." Last year Rosilellini won all the major awards here J vith his "II Generale Delia Rovere." SBA Making Loans to Storm Damaged Houses Theatres damaged in the September hurricane Donna, if located in an officially declared disaster zone, qualify for rebuilding or repair loans from the Small Business Administration, the current TOA membership Bulletin asserts. Local SBA offices are granting loans at 3 per cent interest for repairs and rehabilitation, it reports. Loans can be for up to 20 years and can be expedited if applications are accompanied by repair estimates from contractors, or by a balance sheet in the case of incorporated businesses. Police Check with Flick Reveals Nudist Film OK Special to THE DAILY ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 19.-For the second time recently, a law enforcement official checked with the State Education Department here to ascertain whether a nudist film, slated for exhibition at a drive-in, had been licensed by the department's motion picture division. A state police sergeant telephoned Dr. Hugh M. Flick, one-time director of the division and now associate commissioner for cultural education (including supervision of the 'censoring' operation ) at Dr. Flick's home, in the evening. The sergeant doubted that the nudist picture-produced in England— had been issued a seal. Flick informed him the film had been licensed. Tells of Re-Submissions Detailing the story, during an address before the Men's Association of the Delmar Methodist Church, Dr. Flick explained that "all the nudist films refused licenses for the past 30 years have been dug out and re-submitted." The reason: a high court decision overruling the Board of Regents' bam on showing of "Garden of Eden." Flick told the churchmen the drivein involved in the latest case was the V Drive-in at Vestal (near Binghamton). Its operator relayed word that he had played "good pictures before . . this is the first exploitation one." Asked about the disposition of the matter, Dr. Flick said he understood the operator had been arrested for "exhibiting a picture without a license." In some way, the seal had become separated from the picture, when the print was shipped. Queried by District Attorney Earlier in the fall, T. Paul Kane, district attorney of Schoharie County, telephoned Dr. Flick a query about an American-made nudist film advertised for showing at a drive-in. This one, too, held a license from the motion picture division. Kane suggested to the manager that the strongly-advertised film be withdrawn, and another substituted. This advice was followed. Films' Potential tor Good Cited By Flick Special to THE DAILY ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 19.— If motion picture producers five up to their responsibilities they could make the medium a great force for good in the world, Dr. Hugh M. Flick, New York associate commissioner for cultural education, and one-time director of the state education department's motion picture division, said in addressing the Men's Association of the First Methodist Church in suburban Delmar. "Just as excesses in motion pictures had a part in taking us away down, morally and spiritually, so can this unequalled medium for communication aid materially in bringing us back to our high standards," Flick said. Pleads for Curb Comparing the present "excesses" in motion pictures to those existing "in the late 1900's and the early 1920's"— which "led to enactment of the New York State licensing law" —Flick warned that "if not curbed, they may bring more stringent regulation." "I am not anti-industry," continued Dr. Flick. "I am pro-motion-picture industry, but I wish and hope that it will live up to the responsibilities and meet the challenges which are peculiarly its. What an inspiring role this industry can play, if responsible members will listen to the advice of Martin Quigley, Sr., read the words of Martin Quigley, Jr., as well as those of critics like Bosley Crowther and John Crosby, and follow the counsel of other far-seeing leaders." Quotes Quigley Flick cited Martin Quigley, Jr.'s recent editorial in Motion Picture Herald and Motion Picture Daily titled "Sick Pictures = Sick Industry" as one of the proofs that influential industry people are concerned about present trends in production and are troubled over the lessening effectiveness of "its selfregulating machinery." Reading from the "Sick Pictures" editorial, Dr. Flick commented, "the name of Quigley is associated with the inspiration, organization and launching of the Production Code. Unwise will be the film business if it fails to heed the advice given by a great organ of the industry." Answering a question, Flick explained the reason "some of the pictures which are licensed and to which you may take your children— only to find they are unsuitable for youngsters—is that a series of U. S. Supreme Court decisions have virtually limited film censorship to obscenity'." Points to High Court Rulings He indicated there are many films The Motion Picture Division licenses only because of high court rulings. "The moral level of motion pictures could slowly but surely rise if the public demanded it," Flick asserted. He told a questioner that the Legion of Decency is "a great force for good in the motion picture industry." TEST TALK Variety Club News PHILADELPHIA— Tent No. 13 on the evening of Oct. 29 will hold a gala Halloween Masked Dance at the clubrooms in the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. The Mark Davis Orchestra will supply the music and valuable prizes will be awarded in the various categories for fancy and original costumes. A ALBANY, N. Y.-Tent No. 9 is discussing ways and means of raising an additional $1,600 for the Albany Boys Club Camp Thacher, thus bringing Variety Club's total pledge to the camp to $16,500. With returns still incomplete, the sum realized for the camp from the recent golf tournament has reached $1,000, according to chief barker Jack Olshansky. A PITTSBURGH Gov. David L. Lawrence of Pennsylvania has been named honorary chairman of the testimonial dinner honoring Attorney Elmer I. Ecker, former chief barker of Tent Number One, Variety Club, Pittsburgh. Mayor Joseph M. Barr, Al Abrams, sports editor of the Pittsburg Post-Gazette, Harold C. Lund, general manager of KDKA-TV, and district attorney Edward C. Boyle are co-chairmen of the dinner, which will be held on Oct. 27 in the Urban Room of the Penn-Sheraton Hotel. Dean N. R. H. Moor of Trinity Cathedral will be toastmaster. Six Films Nominated For Directorial Awards From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 19 Six motion pictures released during first nine months of 1960 have been selected as nominees for the Directors Guild of America annual awards for "outstanding directorial achievement," it was announced today by DGA President Frank Capra. Four of films were released during third quarter of year, while two were holdovers from first six months nominations. Films, their directors and assistant directors selected for honors by Guild's 2,200 members are: "Psycho Alfred Hitchcock, Hilton Green; "Sunrise at Campobello" — Vincent Donohue, Russell Saunders; "Dark at the Top of the Stairs"— Delbert Mann, Russell Llewellyn; "Sons and Lovers" Jack Cardiff, Peter Yates; "The Apartment" Billy Wilder, Hal Polaire; "Elmer Gantry"— Richard Brooks, Tom Shaw. Additional nominees will be selected during the final quarter of the year and winners will be announced at the Guild's annual awards dinner to be held Feb. 4, 1961, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. All of the nominated films are screened for the membership at the Directors Guild Theatre here and at a selected theatre in New York.