Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

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lesday, October 25, 1960 Motion Picture Daily New York First r3 Nations Represented at World Premiere tars fly in from Hollywood for Moral Re-Armament Film i UNIQUE Broadway World Premiere launched the Moral Re\ Armament film 'The Crowning Experience" at the Warner Theatre, Friday. In the audience were a party of stars including Lloyd olan, Spring Byington, Lauritz Melchior and Beulah Bondi who flew >m Hollywood for the occasion. United Nations delegates from 73 entries, City officials including 12 Commissioners, Abe Stark, 1 esident of the City Council and District Attorney Frank Hogan also tended. Following the picture, which stars Muriel Smith, the origal "Carmen Jones," guests were entertained at a reception backstage, leaking there Nigerian Cabinet Minister, Alhaji Maitma Sule, voiced e convictions of many U.N. delegates: "Let this film go to the world ; an excellent ambassador of America." ! Cables from around the world hailed the Premiere. Former Prime [inister Kishi of Japan and members of the present cabinet wired rhe power displayed in 'The Crowning Experience' is the most gent need of Japan today." Congolese leaders including the owner Congo's biggest theatre chain cabled, " 'The Crowning Experience' 'lould be shown and reshown throughout Africa. Films like this are hat we need from Hollywood." liugene Picker, President of Loew' nraphed talking with a friend. Inc. (right) and Mrs. Picker photo olice Commissioner Stephen Kennedy arrives with John Byrne, Heft) from \e Mayor's office. Guests were greeted in lobby by MRA international chorus. iajmohan Gandhi, grandson of the Mahatma, with Dr. Douglas Cornell, Excutive Officer, National Academy of Sciences, Washington. Crowds jammed the sidewalks to glimpse the most representative audience Broadway has seen at a World Premiere. McCreas and MacRaes: Frances Dee (Mrs. Joel McCrea) , Jody McCrea (behind her), with Sheila and Gordon MacRae. Vincent Price greets Bettina Assale, daughter of the Prime Minister of Cameroun, in the lobby. (Advt.)