Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

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Motion Picture Daily Thursday, November 3, 1960 PERSONAL MENTION WALTER WOOD, producer, of Murray-Wood Productions, will leave Hollywood today for New York conferences with officials of M-G-M and United Artists. Ernest Pintoff, president of Pintoff Productions, has returned to New York from Annency, France, where he attended the International Animation Festival. • Morris Lefko, in charge of "BenHur" sales for M-G-M, is in Pittsburgh from New York for conferences with Lou Marx, Central division branch manager. • Ray Stark, producer, returned to New York from London yesterday via B.O.A.C. • Harold "Bud" Rose, exchange manager for Allied Artists in Milwaukee, has returned there with his bride, the former Clair Baum, from a honeymoon in Las Vegas. • Robert Moscow, general manager of the Rialto Theatre, Atlanta, has returned there from New York. Harry Jordan, film auditor for Frank H. Durkee Enterprises, Baltimore, has become a grandfather with the birth of a son, Raymond Michael Jones, to his daughter and sonin-law. • A. M. Schuman, Connecticut industry pioneer formerly of Hartford but more recently retired to Florida, has left there with Mrs. Schuman for a vacation in Japan. J, J. Hahn Services DALLAS, Nov. 2.— Funeral services were held here today for Joseph J. Hahn, 54, former accountant with the old Paramount-Publix Theatres Corp. in New York, who died of a heart attack on Sunday. In recent years a hotel executive and manager of the Press Club here, Hahn was an accountant and public relations man for Phil Isley Theatres here in 1951. Business Aids on Allied Slate FILMACK ( Continued triumvirate, and by Charles E. McCarthy, Compo executive president. The convention will be preceded by meetings of the Allied board of directors over the weekend and running into Monday morning. The first convention business session is scheduled for Monday afternoon. No election of officers is on the agenda of the board. The annual election is held at the midwinter board meeting, ordinarily called for late January or early February. Trade Show Opens Sunday The trade show of the National Association of Concessionaires being held in conjunction with the convention will open Sunday afternoon and continue through Wednesday. Sam C. Meyers, vice-president of Allied Theatres of Illinois, will open the convention officially and welcome the delegates. Mayor Richard Daley if Chicago is scheduled to greet the conventioneers, and Jack Kirsch, president of Illinois Allied and convention chairman, will make the keynote address. Al C. Myrick, president of national Allied, will preside at all convention business sessions. The Compo reports will be made at the opening session and will be followed by the business building forum. Presiding at the latter will be Milton London, president of Allied Theatres of Michigan; Harry Hendel, board chairman of Western Pennsylvania Allied; Otto Settele, Pulaski, Wis., and Keith Milner, Cresco, la. Film Clinics on Tuesday The film clinics for small city and large city drive-ins and conventional theatres will occupy Tuesday morning, while the afternoon will be devoted to a joint NAC-Allied workshop on concessions. Panel members for the latter will include S. J. Papas, NAC president; Edwin Gage, treasurer; Bert Nathan, past president, and A. J. Schmitt, second vice-president. Speakers from distribution are on the morning and afternoon programs for Wednesday, among them being A. W. Schwalberg, president of Citation Films; Burton E. Robbins, president of National Screen Service; C. Glenn Norris, general sales manager of 20th Century-Fox; Budd Rogers, general sales manager of Pathe-Alpha, and Milton R. Rackmil, president of Universal Pictures. Toll-TV Discussion Slated Also on the Wednesday program are Marc Wolf of Allied of Indiana, who will talk on "TollTV"; Fabian, on ACE, and the panel on projection problems. Participating in the latter will be L. W. Davee, president of Century Projector; A. J. Hatch, Jr., Strong Electric; Leonard Satz, Technikote Corp.; J. W. Cosby, National from page 1) Carbon; Hugh McLachlan, Y & W Theatre Circuit; D. H. Peterson, Bausch & Lomb, and H. B. Toilette, Marcus Theatre Management. Convention social activities include breakfasts and luncheons for the delegates; a cocktail party hosted by NAC; a screening of 20th CenturyFox's "North to Alaska"; a luncheon sponsored by American International Pictures at which Milton Moritz, AIP advertising director, and Max Fetty of Baton Rouge, La., will be speakers; an international cocktail party sponsored by Pepsi-Cola; a cocktail reception sponsored by National Carbon, and the annual convention banquet, sponsored by Coca-Cola. Maureen O'Hara, star of PatheAlpha's first production; Ina Ballin and other celebrities will be guests at the banquet. Allied Awards will be made to Rackmil, voted Industry Man of the Year; Ben Marcus, Showman of the Year; Shirley MacLaine, actress of the Year; Tony Curtis, Actor of the Year, and Billy Wilder, Director of the Year. In addition, social events have been arranged especially for wives of the delegates. Boston, Cleve.,N.H. Leaders in UA Drive Boston, Cleveland and New Haven have won first place honors for the first lap of United Artists' Salute to Max E. Youngstein Drive, it was announced by co-captains William J. Heineman, vice president, and David V. Picker, executive assistant to UA President Arthur B. Krim. The co-captains also cited Western Division Manager Al Fitter as leader in divisions and Eastern District Manager Gene Tunick as the leader in districts as the drive continues in its second lap. Managers of the three leading exchanges are: Harry Segal, Boston; Dave Rosenthal, Cleveland, and Irving Mendelson, New Haven. Mild 'Saturation' for 'Ben-Hur' in No. Ohio Special to THE DAILY CLEVELAND, Nov. 2. M-G-M begins a mild saturation of the showing of "Ben-Hur" in Northern Ohio. It is in its 41st week in Loew's Ohio here and may be nearing the end of its run with, according to rumor, "The Alamo" in the offing. "Ben-Hur" opens a run in Warren on Nov. 9. On Nov. 23 it will be in Mansfield, and it goes into East Liverpool on Dec. 23. Should "Ben-Hur" continue in Cleveland, it will have fairly neighborly competition over the Holidays when it begins its run in the State Theatre in nearby Cuyahoga Falls. Italian Gov't. Cites S. F. Festival Head Special to THE DAILY SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2. The! Italian Government today decoratedl Irving M. Levin with that country'si Star of Solidarity as a tribute to Levin's success as a director of the1 San Francisco International Film Festival which he founded four yearsi ago under the auspices of the San Francisco Art Commission. "You have earned this token of my government's appreciation," said Council General Allesandro Savorgnan in making the presentation. Election Help ( Continued from page 1 ) "Congratulations to you on being selected by your party to seek the highest office in the world. An honor bestowed on very few individuals during the history of our nation. "Please let me bring to your attention that Allied States Association who represents thousands of theatres all over the nation, is doing all in its power to get out the vote and secure financial support of both parties, a chore it has always performed locally and nationally. "The success of this campaign within the motion picture industry will be due to the efforts of the exhibitors, as no other segment of our industry reaches so many eligible voters. "No one has the right to speak for the entire motion picture industry, and we do not want to lose our identity, nor let others take credit for our work in the field. However, we do want to assure you the exhibitors are giving this campaign their best effort." TO A Enrolls Another The Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, Mass., operated by Brattle Films, Inc., headed by Cyrus I. Harvey, Jr., has enrolled in Theatre Owners of America. Harvey also is associated with Janus Films, distributors of imported films. New Mark for 'Sunday9 "Never on Sunday" broke its firstweek record gross at the Plaza Theatre here with an even greater second week take of $27,177, it is reported by Lopert Pictures. The picture in its first week racked up $26,883. Bugie Succeeds Lipow CLEVELAND, Nov. 2. 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