Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

PERSONAL MENTION Motion Picture Daily ACE Film Plan Capital Cities Gets tkhmann Trial Rights TJARNEY BALABAN, president of Paramount Pictures; George Weltner, vice-president in charge of world sales; Jerome Pickman, vicepresident in charge of advertising, publicity and exploitation, and Russell Holman, Eastern production head, have arrived in Hollywood from New York. • Milton R. Rackmil, president of Universal Pictures, has arrived at the Hollywood studios from New York. • A. Montague, Columbia Pictures executive vice-president, and Leo Jaffe, first vice-president and treasurer, will return to New York today from the Coast. • Max Youngstein, United Artists vice-president, has returned to New York from Europe. • Howard Minsky, assistant to George Weltner, Paramount vicepresident in charge of world sales, left New York yesterday for Toronto. • Joseph M. Sugar, Magna Pictures Corp. vice-president and general sales manager, is in Philadelphia today from New York. Gerard Simon, American International Pictures supervisor for Continental Europe, will leave here today for a three-month tour of company offices. • Joe Solomon, president of Fanfare Films, left New York yesterday for Chicago. • Sheldon Roskin will return here tomorrow from Nevada, where he was unit publicist on United Artists' "The Misfits." • Sid Blumenstock, vice-president of the Charles Schlaifer advertising agency, has arrived in New York from the Coast. (Continued from page 1 ) has said is destined to make a "substantial" contribution to the annual product supply for all exhibitors. Approximately $3,000,000 has been contributed to the ACE Productions treasury by the five national theatre circuits and leading regional circuits. Presumably, ACE is now meeting Securities and Exchange Commission regulations preparatory to a publictype of securities offering to larger numbers of interested investors among the nation's smaller exhibitors and in allied lines. Fabian stated some months ago that ACE has set Jan. 1 as its deadline for completing the financing program for ACE Productions. The deadline now, of course, is only six weeks away. May Select Executive Head Recommendations for the choice of an executive head of ACE Prods, also may be made at next week's meeting, along with other proposals for organization. Many of the ACE executive committee members will be in New York from many parts of the country for the annual dinner and reunion of the Motion Picture Pioneers at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel next Monday night, thus swelling the expected attendance at the meeting next day. Fisher Heads Canadian M.P. Industry Council Special to THE DAILY TORONTO, Nov. 14-Frank H. Fisher, formerly vice-president, was elected president of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry Council. Making up the CMPIC are seven provin Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp. has made an agreement with the Government of Israel giving the company exclusive rights to produce all television and film record of the Eichmann trial, it was announced by Frank N. Smith, president of Capital Cities. It will be performed on a public service, non-profit basis. Milton A. Fruchtman, Capital Cities executive producer, negotiated the exclusive contract in Jerusalem. He will be in charge of the project. The Israeli Government has received numerout requests from television and motion picture organizations from all parts of the world requesting permission to cover the trial by having cameras within the court room. In order to maintain the dignity of the court and avoid interference with established court room procedure the Government decided to entrust the production and documentation on video-type and film to one independent company. According to the agreement Capital Cities is obligated to provide copies of the recording to television and motion picture companies throughout the world. Lowell Thomas, a founder and director of Capital Cities, will narrate a series of half hour documentaries on the Eichmann Trial for stations owned by Capital Cities Broadcasting. This series will be produced by Fruchtman. 'Oscar' Show Shift ( Continued from page 1 ) gram Committee, declared here today at a press conference called by Broidy and Valentine Davies, Acad — & "f "'^ j>j are seven provin J — .u~uuuc levies, /vcaa cial and regional exhibitor associa ?my. President, to clarify the organ tions, the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association, the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada and the Canadian Equipment Dealers Association. Fisher who is vice-president and general manager of The Odeon Theatres (Canada) Ltd., succeeds C. S. Chaplin, general manager of United Artists, who stepped down after two terms. Peter S. Myers, Toronto, is first vice-chairman, Harry Prygrocki, Winnipeg, president of the Manitoba Motion Picture Distributors Association, is second-vice-chairman. NEW YORK THEATRES — RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL — i Rockefeller Center • Ci 6-4600 WILLIAM HOLDEN THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG co-starring NANCY KWAN SYLVIA SYMS • MICHAEL WILDING A Paramount Release in TECHNICOLOR* ON THE GREAT STAGE "TOWN AND COUNTRY" 'Wong' Business Big Paramount's "The World of Suzie Wong" grossed a smash $120,000 in its first four days ending Sunday at Radio City Music Hall, according to Russell V. Downing, president and managing director of the theatre. This figure is the best for a fall opening weekend in the history of the Music Hall and includes a new Veteran's Day mark of $34,450. ization's decision to hold the presentation event at the seashore city. "We made a thorough survey of theatres, legitimate and film," said Broidy, "including the Palladium, the Pan-Pacific Auditorium and Moulin Rouge, and were most fortunate in being able to obtain the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, which offered a wealth of facilities: parking, press rooms and seating capacity comparable to what the Pantages Theatre had last year (before renovation for "Spartacus") and the intimacy needed to present a show of this nature." "Cost was not a factor," Broidy continued, "although the rental price for the auditorium was $3,000 as compared with $8,000 for the Pantages, and we will not have to spend thousands to draw lines for additional power and erect a press room tent as we did last year." "The deal is for one year, and if other facilities open up in Hollywood when we are ready to select the scene for the "Oscarcast" for the following year we will be happy to consider those as well, Broidy concluded. Tuesday, November 15, ] EDIT O RI a[ m ( Continued from page 1 ) I these two loyal Allied leaders C equal to the task, if anyone is. are unhampered by past identifica! [§j with petty, internal intrigues in M lied. Both have the respect and g;fl will of key people in all branches! the industry. And both have had pL vious experience in leading Alliffl successfully. They have the best wishes of cot less industry members as they t: up their new assignment. Seek to Save AX. Theatre from Razing Special to THE DAILY ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov —Expressing "shock" at the announc plans of George A. Hamid, Jr., demolishing the first-run Warren, t Boardwalk Division of the resoj Chamber of Commerce asked the c to help "preserve" the playhou which was used for stage plays di ing the off-season months. Hamid & nounced razing the first-run Boat walk house, one of the five larg' movie houses in the country. He s; demolition work would start Dec. and that no definite decision has be made for the use of the land. Originally called the Warner a? operated by the Warner Bros. int(j, ests until purchased by the Hani interests in 1955, it was first open in 1927 at a cost of over $4.5 m lion. Hamid declared that the anni tax bill of $40,000 was too much carry. The Chamber of Commer group asked that it be taken over a civic theatre for concerts, conve tions and other theatrical projects. 'Alaska' Doing Well "North To Alaska," 20th Centur Fox release is doing well in its initi engagements around the country, it reported. Opening over the weeken at the Alabama Theatre in Birminl ham it outgrossed in three days ail other Fox attraction to play the hou: with the exception of "Peyton Place; doing $7,787. In its first four days the Stanley Theatre in Philadelphi "Alaska" grossed $8,877, making the biggest Fox attraction to play tlj house in two years. At the Fox The; tre in Detroit, the film took in $9,76 for three days. MONET MAKING MERCHANT IMAS SALES MANUAL FREE ON REQUEST Motion f luuuuucu. jw* y£?|&PPP^ W^' T™?Q£°*^ TODAY KChl^sditSr;AJaameS ° ^ M^'nS Edii°f Rich^ Gertner, News Editor; Herbert V Feck, FILMACK 1327 SO. WABASH CHICAGO