Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Friday, November 18, If PERSONAL MENTION PAUL LAZARUS, JR., Columbia Pictures vice-president, will return to New York over the weekend from Hollywood. • Philip Gerard, Universal Pictures Eastern advertising-publicity director, will leave New York today for Chicago. • Joseph Wohl, president of International Film Distributors, will leave here Sunday on a business trip to Caracas, Venezuela, and various countries of Central America. • James Frew, Southern district manager for Continental Distributing, Atlanta, has returned there from New Orleans. • Clark Ramsay, studio advertising director for MGM, has left Hollywood for Oklahoma City. • Ernie Kovaks returned to New York from Europe this week aboard the "Leonardo da Vinci." • Charles H. Rosenblatt, vice-president of International Film Distributors, will leave New York by plane tomorrow for Rio de Janeiro and other South American countries. • Rill Powell, head of Interstate Theatres, Thomasville, N. C, has returned there from Miami. • W. O. Williams, Warner Rrothers Southeastern division manager, has returned to Atlanta from New Orleans. Mrs. Lillie Rosen, 86 Mrs. Lillie Rosen, mother of Samuel Rosen, executive vice-president of Stanley Warner Corp., died here at the age of 86 yesterday in her apartment in the Hotel Reacon. Also surviving are two daughters: Mrs. Rose Blankfort and Mrs. Lee Lipkin; seven grandchildren and eight great Grandchildren. NEW YORK THEATRES — RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL — i Rockefeller Center • Ci 6-4600 WILLIAM HOLDEN THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG co-starrin* NANCY KWAN SYLVIA SYMS • MICHAEL WILDING A Paramount Release in TECHNICOLOR® ON THE GREAT STAGE "TOWN AND COUNTRY" Fox Officials Pioneers Will Induct EDI TO_R I A „ (Continued from page 1) Moskowitz, vice-president and eastern studio representative; Charles Einfeld, vice-president; Donald Henderson, treasurer; Glenn Norris, general sales manager, and others. The decisions made this weekend by the executive group will determine not only the future production course to be followed by the company through early 1962, but will outline the distribution and promotional policies to be pursued both domestically and abroad, it was stated. Meanwhile, production activity at the studio is at a new high for the year, with eight major productions now before the cameras. Four pictures are currently being shot in Hollywood and four on location in Europe. Films Listed Now shooting on the west coast are: "All Hands on Deck," starring Pat Roone, Ruddy Hackett, Rarbara Eden, Dennis O'Keefe and Jody McCrea; and "Wild in the Country," starring Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins and John Ireland. Also, "The Right Approach," starring Frankie Vaughn, Juliet Prowse, Martha Hyer, Gary Crosby, David McLean and Jane Withers, and "Madison Avenue," starring Dana Andrews, Eleanor Parker, Jeanne Crain and Eddie Albert. Productions now being filmed in Europe include: "Cleopatra," starring Elizabeth Taylor, Stephen Royd and Peter Finch; "It Happened in Athens," starring Jayne Mansfield; "Francis of Assisi," starring Rradford Dillman as the patron Saint, and "Lion of Sparta," starring Richard Egan, Diane Raker, Julie Newmar and Rarry Coe. NAC Plans Trade Show At TOA Convention Special to THE DAILY CHICAGO, Nov. 17. The 1961 Convention and Trade Show of the National Association of Concessionaires will be held in conjunction with the Theatre Owners of America convention at the Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, October 8-13, it was announced today by Russell Fifer, trade show administrator for the NAC. Set 'Silence' Opening American premiere of "The Angry Silence," starring Richard Attenborough and Pier Angeli, has been set for Dec. 12 at the Sutton Theatre here. Winner of two prizes at the Rerlin Film Festival of 1960, the picture was given the international film critics award for best film and the International Catholic Film Office award. "The Angry Silence" is being presented here by Joseph Harris and Sig Shore and is being released through Valiant Films. 40 Members at Dinner Forty film industry veterans will be inducted into the Motion Picture Pioneers by Judge Ferdinand Pecora Monday night at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel during die 22nd annual Pioneer dinner honoring Joseph E. Levine as Pioneer of 1960, it was announced by Simon H. Fabian, president of the Pioneers. Proceeds from the testimonial salute to Levine will benefit the Foundation of Motion Picture Pioneers, Inc., which provides financial assistance to the needy veterans of the industry. Members to be inducted include Alex M. Arnswalder, Shepard Rloom, Charles Cohen, Wolfe Cohen, Herbert L. Copelan, John A. Downing, James A. Faichney, Seymour Florin, Rernard Goodman, Sal Di Gennaro, William Gold, William R. Gullette, Jack Haber, Herbert F. Higgins, Edward Hinchy, Newton T. Jacobs, Harry M. Kaplowitz, Morton L. Katz, Scott Lett, Eugene H. Levy and Milton A. Lipsner. Also, Angelo Lombardi, Ren D. Marcus, Kern Moyse, William G. Nafash, Judson Parker, Irwin Pizor, Hazard F. Reeves, George Roberts, Harry Royster, Alexander Schimel, Maurice Silverstein, Leonard Satz, Eddie Solomon, Harry Tugander, George J. Waldman, Ernest H. Warren, Herman Wintrich and Joseph Wolf. 7.4/ Plugs 'Spartacus' As Made-at-Home Film The support of members of American and Canadian labor unions and their families for Universal-International's "Spartacus" as the most expensive production made in Hollywood, as part of the current campaign of the Hollywood AFL-CIO Council to fight runaway film production, is being sought by the I.A.T.S.E., Universal disclosed yesterday. Under the direction of Tom Loy, editor of the IATSE Rulletin, and with the support of Richard F. Walsh, IATSE president, an appeal is being made to the members of the labor movement through the labor newspapers in a unique type of publicity campaign. Film Seen in Detroit Loy is a delegate to the current convention of the International Labor Press Association at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Detroit. Appearing before the more than 200 delegates representing some 500 labor union newspapers and magazines yesterday, he asked their support in this campaign by publicizing "Spartacus" in their publications. Many of the delegates saw "Spartacus" at the Madison Theatre in Detroit last night. (Continued from page 1) Manchester Guardian and the E, ning News. Although Paramount will hs only a minority interest in the n; British-controlled company, it ceived a sizeable down payment the Telemeter rights and will receii royalties based on gross revenues jr: of the time the new company's <| erations get under way. The substantial interests whi will surround Telemeter on its Brifci debut should provide it the best p sible economic opportunity. Congratulations are due Louis Novins, International Telemeter pr ident, who conducted the successl negotiations so skillfully over an < tended period of time. Anniversary MGM's "Ben-Hur" opened at I new Loew's State on Bros way one year ago today. The anniversary is significant I cause in that time the motion picti has stamped itself as the great financial success in industry hist* to date. It has grossed in excess $40,000,000 at the box office in oi 270 domestic and 55 overseas e gagements. Robert Mochrie, MC vice-president in charge of distrit tion, speaks of an eventual $100,00i 000 worldwide gross. Be that as it may, "Ben-Huri acknowledged success gave the fii assurance, if one was needed, MGM's fiscal soundness and to im permanence of the company's mjj agement after several bitter years challenge and trial. As perhaps no other single ev« did, "Ben-Hur's" success spelled t end of doubt and worry within tj company and the beginning of co pletely normal, well-grounded c erations. • And to the industry at large "B^ Hur's" success has meaning, also It is unassailable evidence thi given the right ingredients, there r! only is as great public interest motion picture entertainment todj as there ever was, but that it can translated into grosses larger thj any the industry has seen before. We congratulate "Ben-Hur" on anniversary and look forward corj dently to its observance of ma Warner Bros. Dividend The board of directors of Warn] Bros. 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