Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY 88, NO. 84 NEW YORK, U.S.A., MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1960 TEN CENTS FCC Hearings End enith Tells of lay-TV Talks 7ith Majors i ■ formational : Wright; fer to Hayward Outlined i By E. H. KAHN WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-In its t public night session in more than j years, the Federal Communica,iis Commission heard Joseph ight, president of Zenith Radio, the high-level motion picture in;try people with whom he had ■,n in touch concerning pay-tv and vies. iVright— alone or accompanied by cials of RKO General or Teco, :., the Zenith Phonevision licensee ad appointments and discussions ft; Jack Warner and Ben Kalmen u of Wamer Brothers; Robert H. JBrien of M-G-M; Spyros Skouras 20th Century-Fox; Abe Montague J Paul Lazarus of Columbia; RobBenjamin of United Artists, and Irney Balaban of Paramount. .Wright, in answer to questions, ( Continued on page 4 ) i ' ■ .5. Embassy in Rome 0 Honor Geo. Stevens From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 30. "Home to George Stevens," is title given American Embassy in Rome, ily, to the film festival it will hold is December in The Eternal City, Jhn L. Brown, cultural attache of e U.S. Foreign Service, today adsed the producer-director. Spon(Continued on page 4) fA to Have 5 Films n Mexican Festival 1 United Artists will have five eni i«ies at the Third World Review of ' ilms Festivals to be held in Mexico ity and Acapulco, Nov. 18 through ec. 6. This is reported to be the first me any film company has ever been i widely represented at the Mexican o /ent. The UA films are "The Fugitive {Continued on page 4) Say 70% in Production-Distribution Annual Awards Gave to Political Campaign Funds Allied States Contributions to the industry's non-partisan campaign for the 1960 elections were reported' on Friday to be pouring in to Motion Picture Association of America headquarters here, ^^^r^^^^^^^^^^ The campaign officially closed on Oct. 21 but collections are expected to be received up to Election Day. From the thousands of returns thus far, it was indicated that more than 70 per cent of the participating elements of the industry contributed to the campaign. This response to the industry's first call in history to its employees to support their parties with funds is regarded as highly satisfactory. To assure complete security, the envelopes containing contributions were assembled to be opened at the ( Continued on page 2 ) Martin Theatres Gets Five New Outlets Special to THE DAILY ATLANTA, Oct. 30. Martin Theatres, circuit with some 120 theatres in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida with headquarters in Columbia, Ga., has acquired five additional theatres in Alabama from the Muscle Shoals Amusement Co. of Florence, headed by Louis Rosenbaum. The acquisitions include two theatres in Florence; one in Athens; one in Sheffield; and one in Tuscumbia. Rosenbaum has owned the houses for 42 years. Names Rackmil Man of Year Marcus 'Top Showman': Curtis, MacLaine Cited Solomon Is Chairman Of Pioneer Dinner Eddie Solomon, vice-president of Embassy Pictures, has been named chairman of the dinner committee for the 22nd annual Motion Picture Pioneer dinner, Nov. 21, at the WaldorfAstoria's Starlight Roof. The dinner will honor Joseph E. Levine as Pioneer of the Year. The appointment of Solomon was (Continued on page 2) Report Attendance Up 75% for S.F. Festival Special to THE DAILY SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.-Attendance at the fourth San Francisco International Film Festival has been 7.5 per cent better than that for previous years, Irving M. Levin, executive director, reported at the weekend. The festival will come to an end on Tuesdav night with the premiere of the Spanish film, "The Little Guide of Tormes." The Golden Gate award will be announced at champagne sup(Continued on page 2) Milton R. Rackmil, president of Universal Pictures, has been named "Industry Man of the Year" by the Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors "for his outstanding m a n a gement c o n t ributions and excellent product ion a c h ievements i m m ea.su rably increasing ent e r t a i nment values for the screens of American theatres," according to an announcement (Continued on page 2) Milton Rackmil Investment House Predicts Theatre Revenue May Hit $1,500,000,000 for '60-AH Time High Theatre revenues are on the upswing and may gross a new all-time high of U?00 O^ioo for 1960, Francis I. duPont & Co. states in fts 'Tnvestornews Duplication for November in an article appraising the film industry . P Th?p«Eucation says the industry is optimistic about its future in the ^cornmg monthsP"despite the' necessary risk of being forced to evaluate pubhc taste " OnTaTpoint it cuotes Martin Quigley as follows: "Even though there have been serious problems of adjustment due to the arising of various forms of XeSon for public time,' it still remains a fact that the -hon p.ture is the preferred form of theatrical entertainment throughout the «orid because of Se basic appeal of this method of expression. In this sense ft seems to me that there is" reason why with proper management the outlook for film companies should not be good." « Commenting on this the article says, "That a good measure of this proper management' is being exercised may be witnessed by the motion picture industry's vigorous, all-out entry into television and ,ts actmt.es in the record^ field8 Furthermore, its ability to cash in on its important side assets gives evidence of strength that is not based on showmanship alone. Governor Lauds Fabian For 'Faith in Albany' Special to THE DAILY ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 30. Motion picture theatres must be made comfortable, inviting and modern for the public; those which fail to be such, or which fail to be made such will suffer. So declared S. H. Fabian, president of Fabian Theatres, prior to tonight's reopening of the Palace Theatre after completion of a $255.000 refurbishing project. Fabian was congratulated by a spokesman of (Continued on page 4) Goldstein Fox Branch Head in New Haven Bennett Goldstein is the new manager of the 20th Century-Fox New Haven exchange, it was announced at the weekend by C. Glenn Norris, general sales manager. Goldstein's appointment is effective immediately and he transfers from his present post of (Continued on page 4)