Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

2 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, October 26, I960 PERSONAL MENTION TEFF LIVINGSTON, Universale «-* executive coordinator of sales and advertising, and Howard Newman, national director of field activity for "Spartacus," will be in Boston from New York tomorrow for the premiere of the film. • Toby Solomon, daughter of Robert Solomon, manager of Loew's Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, will be married at die Park Terrace on Nov. 6 to Stan Cohen, advertising executive. Bert Orde, of Redbook Magazine, will leave New York tomorrow for a week in Los Angeles. Paul Kamey, Universal Pictures Eastern publicity manager, returned to New York yesterday from a twoweek business trip to Europe. Tom McCleaster, 20th CenturyFox branch manager in Dallas, has left there for Jacksonville and Atlanta. Doris V. Lavelle, a member of the 20th Century-Fox radio-tv department, will be married around New Year's Day to Jack Lotz, general sales manager of J. H. Cohen Manufacturing Co. SW Dividend 30$ The board of directors of Stanley Warner Corp. has declared a dividend of 30 cents per share on the common stock payable Nov. 25 to stockholders of record Nov. 9. 2160 Hot' Dates Joseph E. Levine's "Where the Hot Wind Blows" has been booked into 2,160 theatres across the United States and Canada during the month of November. More than 600 prints will be working continuously. gems of showmanship!... Perlberg for Hollywood Production, Not Europe By SAMUEL D. BERNS HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 25. "It's a pleasure to make pictures in Hollywood," William Perlberg stated on his return here from a six-month trip to Germany and Scandinavian countries, where he produced "The Counterfeit Traitor," Perlberg-Seaton production for Paramount. "Much progress has been made in development of motion picture industry in diose countries, especially at studios in Hamburg, where two more stages are being added to its seven which are in constant use; but we still have the best equipment and technical help in Hollywood," the producer said. "Casting in Hollywood is much simpler and centralized. We had to gather talent from various countries, give them first-class housing, $15 daily food allowance (which is above average), and our $2,900,000 budget rose to $3,400,000 due to bad weather conditions and added daily costs. Perlberg also remarked that "we are in a global market" and predicted ultimate dangers to our position in obtaining licenses in certain countries if we do not cooperate more in sending our top product to foreign film festivals. by national screen service" See No Policy Change Toward Cuban Market Even though no remittances have been received from Cuba since May or June for the showing of American films there, the Motion Picture Association foresees no immediate change in policy on the part of U. S. distributors. Disclosing that companies here are looking into the matter, an MPA spokesman said yesterday that the Cuban government has yet to ban American pictures. He suggested the U. S. companies would rather keep Cuban screens filled with American product with the hope of regaining funds due them rather than see the market go to other distribution isources. Feature films remain unaffected by the current embargo on supplies shipped to Cuba. Recalling that U. S. distributors have experienced past cases of frozen money abroad, not only with Iron Curtain countries, but also with certain South American nations disturbed by revolutions, the spokesman noted these past cases work out satisfactorily. 'Girl* Here Nov. 11 "Girl of the Night," a Warner Brothers release, will open at the Criterion Theatre here on Friday, Nov. 11. MGM to Celebrate 'Ben-Hur' Anniversary The first anniversary celebration of "Ben-Hur" will take place in November, with promotional activities and appropriate festivities scheduled for the first three key cities where the Academy Award-winner has racked up a year of outstanding grosses. Celebrations will follow in other cities as their anniversary dates are reached. Special advertising has been designed for the event. Cities where this concentration of activity will start include New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. Agle Elected Head Of Carolinas Exhibitors Special to THE DAILY RALEIGH, N. C., Oct. 25.-Robert E. Agle, general manager of the Statesville Theatre Corp., Statesville, N. O, was elected president of Theatre Owners of North and South Carolina at its convention here yesterday. Named as vice-presidents were George Meyer, Charleston, S. C, and W. H. Hendrix, Jr., Reidsville, N. C. Elevated to chairman of the board was Frank H. Beddingfield. New directors are Kenneth Benfield, Colonial Theatres, Valdese; Harry Pickett, Craver Theatre, Charlotte, and Leland Young, Broadway Theatre, Clinton, S. C. The convention passed resolutions urging that the American Congress of Exhibitors production and financing plan be expedited as soon as possible and congratulating Pathe-Alpha for its initiative in alleviating the shortage of product. People Will Pay to See Film They Like: Schine Special to THE DAILY CHICOPEE, Mass., Oct. 25.-"People have the money to buy any picture they wish to see." So commented J. Myer Schine, founder and board chairman of Schine Enterprises, Inc., as he related-at the opening of the Schine Motor Inn here, his observations on the lineup at the New York City Plaza Theatre, Sunday afternoon, for "Never on Sunday." The veteran circuit operator told how he was walking on Madison Avenue, east of 58th Street, when he noted a large number of people waiting to enter the Plaza. Inquiring, he learned it was a foreign film. Asked whether "the location might have played a part in the length of the line, Schine replied, "No. People wanted to see the picture. People have the money to pay for any picture they want to view." Valiant Drops ( Continued from page 1 ) ing company's first national sales meeting. Valiant has established its own branch offices in ten key cities, which wdl be augmented by three more sales offices Oct. 31, replacing state'sright franchises. Disclosure was made in a joint statement by Fred Schwartz, president, and Sig Shore, president of Vitalite Film Corp., owner of the domestic rights to the pictures. Under the arrangement, Shore heads the distributing company's sales and presentation of the product to be backed by heavy advertising schedules and exploitation. Branches already opened by Valiant, are situated in Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D. C. Three additional sales offices starting operations next Monday, will be located in Atlanta, Charlotte and Cleveland. Only two franchise holders remain in die Milwaukee and Buffalo-Albany territories, and these are slated to be replaced in the near future with company branches. Christmas release will be Lion International's "The Angry Silence," British film opening Dec. 12 at the Sutton Theatre here. The picture is being booked for Yuletide showing in Los Angeles to qualify for awards consideration by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Other new releases are "The Young One," "The Challenge," and "Mania." Rounding out the quintet is "The Executioners," factual feature-length film produced from actual footage captured from the Nazis, a prizewinner at the 1959 Berlin Film Festival. More light + slower burn= lower costs ^MJati o nal PROJECTOR CARBONS MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Ch.ef roduction Manager, rM?!!^iJF**%ff?. . HOUywood^ 7-214S Washington, E. H. Kahn, 996 Nat.onal Press 'mg~Wilhinfton,~ 4 ^nU^ge^TELlvElON TODAY, ^Charle^'^/'AAronso?,' "S' -a -ging Edit<?r:. Ricilard Gertner, News_ Editor; ; Herbert V._Fecke, D. C. ; London Bureau, 4, Yucca-Vine Building, Samuel D. Berns, Editorial Director; Pinky Herman, Eastern Editor. Hollywood Bureau, C. ; London Bureau, 4, s of the world. Motion