Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, November 22, 19( PERSONAL MENTION A| ILTON R. RACKMIL, president of Universal Pictures, has returned to New York from the Coast. • Howard Minsky, assistant to George Weltner, Paramount vicepresident in charge of world sales, will leave New York today for Chicago. • N. A. "Nat" Taylor, vice-president of Beaver-Champion Attractions, Inc., arrived in New York yesterday from Toronto. • Frank Mantzke, president of North Central Allied Theatre Owners, Minneapolis, is in a hospital there for check-ups following a recent illness which prevented his attendance at the Allied convention in Chicago and forced the postponement of North Central's annual conclave. • James F. Gould, vice-president and treasurer of Radio City Music Hall, is back at his desk following a four-week trip to the Coast, during which he looked at forthcoming product at the studios. • Lew Lawrence, Southern division manager for Certified Reports, was in New York from Atlanta for the marriage Saturday of his son, Ralph Ewing Lawrence, to Virginia Carroll Tyson. • Clark Ramsey, studio advertising director for MGM, and Ralph Wheelwright, who is handling the campaign for "King of Kings," have arrived in New York from Hollywood. • Mrs. John DiBenedetto has given birth to a girl in Worcester, Mass. Father is manager of Loew's Poli Theatre there. • Harold "Bud" Rose, branch manager for Allied Artists in Milwaukee, was married there to Mrs. Claire Osterman Baum, with Nat Nathanson, A. A. district manager, as best man. NEW YORK THEATRES i — 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" L. of D. Hits ( Continued from page 1 ) would be released at the end of November. The Legion reviewed 275 films during the year, 222 domestic and 53 foreign. Of domestic films, 66 (29.73%) were A-l (unobjectionable for general patronage); 47 (21.17%) were A-2 (adults and adolescents) 51 (22.97%) were A-3 (adults only) 54 ( 24.33%) were B (objectionable) 3 (1.35%) were condemned; 1 (.45%) was separately classified. Report on Foreign Films Of foreign films, 14 (26.41%) were A-l; 8 (15.09%) were A-2; 16 (30.19%) were A-3; 10 (18.87%) were B; 5 (9.43%) were condemned. The previous year, the Legion reviewed 280 pictures, 233 domestic and 47 foreign. Thirty-four domestic ( 14.59% ) were objectionable. None were condemned. Nine foreign films (19.15%) were objectionable, and seven (14.89%) were condemned. It was announced that Bishop John King Mussio of Steubenville, Ohio, has completed his term as a member of the Episcopal Committee. He was replaced by Bishop John A. Donovan, Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit. Other members of the committee are Bishop Alden J. Bell, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, Calif., Bishop Lawrence J. Shehan, Bridgeport, Conn., and Bishop James V. Casey of Lincoln, Neb. Educators Praised The Legion report commended work by Catholic educators during the year in promoting communications arts courses. It noted that in the Archdiocese of Chicago the Adult Education Centers conducted a two-day conference on Motion Picture Education at Mundelein College, with the College co-sponsoring the program. A similar project was instituted during the summer for high school students in Newark. At both Georgetown University (here) and Notre Dame University (South Bend, Ind.) film institutes were conducted, the report said. Monthly Ticket Plan ( Continued from page 1 ) Capitol's admissions are by membership. He says, however, that sometimes a patron asks for only four admissions at the boxoffice. When told that single tickets are 90c, so that four would be $3.60 and for only $2 he can get 24 admissions, the patron often declines to take the bargain. Members have until the 20th of the following month to buy a second month's tickets. After that time Knight is free to release the reservations to another patron. New policy of the Capital is showing only "A" films six months after release. All are single features. Florida Exchanges Donate Films for Kennedy's Home Special to THE DAILY PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 21, Senator, and President-elect John F. Kennedy, a motion picture enthusiast, has been entertained by films screened in an impromptu screening room set up in the Kennedy family resort home here. The films were contributed by the local exchanges. ABC, Academy ( Continued from page 1 ) president in charge of network programing; and Sandy Currunings, vice-president and director of tv network programs, western division, for ABC-TV and for the Academy by Valentine Davies, president; Margaret Herrick, executive director, Lloyd Wright, Jr., its legal counsel. The 33rd annual presentation of the awards program, to be telecast and broadcast Monday, April 17, from Santa Monica Civic Auditorium will be carried over the full ABC-TV network of more than 240 stations. It is expected to reach approximately 97 per cent of television homes in the United States. Five New Bookings For 'Spartacus' Set Five additional Christmas openings on a roadshow basis have been set for Universal-International's "Spartacus" which is currently playing in six cities and was previously announced to open in seven additional cities making a total of 18 roadshow engagements which will be underway by the Christmas holidays. All Seats Reserved The five additional Christmas dates, all in 70mm and 10 performances weekly with all seats being reserved, will be at Wometco's 163rd Street Theatre in Miami; the Alouette Theatre in Montreal; the Music Box in Seattle; the Center in St. Petersburg and the United Artists in San Francisco. All opening dates are Dec. 22 with the exception of Miami which is Dec. 15. New Zealand Leader ( Continued from page 1 ) will be in New York for the rest of the week, is involved in both distribution and exhibition in New Zealand. He said he and a business partner are planning to build two new suburban theatres there shortly. While in England Usmar wrote several articles on industry conditions there which have been published in New Zealand newspapers. Fox Minimun ( Continued from page 1 ) ' weekend planning session here whij ended Sunday. Spyros Skouras, preii dent, termed the meeting "the mo! successful and optimistic" in the h tory of the company. It was called I make plans for production and h leases through the spring of 1962. Here for the meeting from t West Coast was Robert Goldste who was complimented by Skour for the "tremendous strides and f complishments he has made in fo short months as executive head production at the studio." Top Officials Attend Others present at the meeting wei W. C. Michel, executive vice-pre dent; Murray Silverstone, head 20th-Fox International Corp.; Chad Einfeld, vice-president; Donald He' derson, treasurer; and Glenn Norr general sales manager. Titles of 48 of the pictures to I made by 20th-Fox in the 18 mont) were listed in the statement issut here yesterday concerning the men ing. U.S. and France Ratify Cooperative Agreemen From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. -TI United States and France have e changed instruments of ratificatk for a "convention of establishment It becomes effective on Dec. 21, 196 The convention is similar to tl treaties of friendship, commerce ai navigation that the U.S. has wit many other countries insofar as concerns business activities, inves ments, and personal and propert rights of nationals of one count) within territory of the other. It dcx not contain provisions dealing wit imports or exports. In the convention, each counti undertakes to give citizens and co: porations of the other treatment n less favorable than that given to il own citizens and to further internt tional investment. Funeral Services Held For Jack Harrison, 53 Funeral services for Jack Harrisoi 53, New York editorial representatiy for "The Hollywood Reporter" fc many years, were held yesterday a the Universal Funeral Chapel, 52d an Lexington. 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