Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

MOTION PICTURE TEN CENTS icceeds Fabian mr«n , „. , ol Schwartz Censorship Legislation Outlook Name Fickman MPAA Board Hears Report on 1961 In U.S., Canada s Elected CE Chairman 11 rganization s 2nd Head; ibian on Production J*£3 i ittitSttGXSZ tSS SI Para. Domestic Sol A. Schwartz, president of RKO leatres, yesterday was elected chairnan of the American Congress of Exhibitors at a leering of the ,CE executive ommittee here, i, The election f Schwartz •ill free S. H. abian, whom e succeeds as )£E chairman, i concentrate n final phases ■f the organ jation and fi ancing of the \CE "Produc ,ions Co., which is the exhibitor or(Continued on page 3) Sol Schwartz Republic \2-Mo. Sales $30,000,000: Carter By SAMUEL D. BERNS HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 22.-Sales of Republic Corp. were up to approximately $30,000,000 for the year ended •Oct. 29, I960, from the $28,250,000 'in fiscal 1959, with profits for the ' fiscal year just ended in excess of ' SI 600 000 or approximately 80 cents a 'share on the 2,004,190 common ( Continued on page 6 ) Freed Again to Produce Academy Awards Show From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 22.-Arthur Freed, veteran producer and song writer, has been named producer of 33rd annual Academy Awards presentation, April 17, it was announced : today by Steve Broidy, awards pro( Continued on page 5 ) AB-PT Meet to Plan April-May-June Drive A meeting of affiliates of American Broadcasting Paramount Theatres to plan a special April-May-June drive next year will be held at Kiamesha Lake, N. Y., on Dec. 15 and 16, it was announced yesterday by Edward L. Hyman, vice-president. The sessions will be held at the Concord Hotel. At the meeting Hyman s new release schedule, compiled in the interest of orderly distribution and covering the releases of all distributors for the first six months of 1961 and in (Continued on page 6) SAG, AfTRA/Wehs To Talk Here Saturday From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 22. John Dales, Screen Actors Guild national secretary and chief negotiator; Chester Igden, assistant executive secretary, and William Berger, the guild's legal counsel, will fly to New York on Friday morning for a meeting on Saturday with negotiators for the Ameri(Continued on page 5) legislatures that will be meeting in 1961 and on the prospects that censorship or film classification measures will be introduced in some of them. The problem was described as one of increasing concern for the industry and while there was some discussion of what might be done about the situation, no definite program or other plan of action has been evolved. Clagett's report, it was stated, was designed primarilv to bring MPAA (Continued on page 6) Rackmil Will Conduct Sales Meetings Abroad Milton R. Rackmil, Universal Pictures president, accompanied by Americo Aboaf, vice-president and foreign general manager, will leave here at tire weekend for Europe to conduct a series of sales conferences, during which they will meet with key company executives and leading exhibitors. Included in their itinerary is the London premiere of "Spartacus" on Dec. 7, at the Metropole Theatre. In tireir sales meetings, Rackmil and Aboaf will outline plans for U-I's (Continued on page 6) Sales Manager To Serve Under Weltner; 2-Fold Purpose in Change The appointment of Jerome Pickman as domestic general sales manager for Paramount Pictures was ann o u n c e d ' yesterday by Barney Balaban, president. Pi c k m a n, vice president o f Paramount Film Distributing Corp., has been director of advertising, publicity and exploitation for V a r a in :> u n t Jerome Pickman sjnce 1951. In rotnotions of 63 Sales Employees Set Record What was described as the largest number of promotions from the ranks in the history of the 20th Century-Fox sales department was announced yesterday by Glenn Norris, general sales manager. He said the announcements constitute the second step in the re TELEVISION TODAY— page 5 inforcement of the territorially autonomous structure of the 20th-Fox field offices as well as finalizing the co-ordinational program initiated with the establishment of the sales cabinet. The creation of the sales cabinet, two retirements and the creation of branch sales managerial posts started a chain of promotions involving 63 employees at 11 20th-Fox branches in the United States and Canada. While Norris retains responsibility for over-all results, the autonomous status of the branches attains added impor' tance, for through the sales cabinet's co-ordinators the field now has a decisive voice in determination of sales policies and procedural moves on all 20th-Fox pictures released in the domestic market. Moreover, the promotions, in every instance, have strengthened the functioning capacities of the branches. Communication between the autonomous branches and home office have been substantially strengthened, Norris said. With the elevation of 21 managers, branch sales manager and salesmen to (Continued on page 4) his new post, according to Balaban, Pickman will be in charge of the company's motion ( Continued on page 2 ) Levine Signs Titanus In Co-Production Deal (Picture on page 2) A long range co-production program between Titanus Films of Italy and Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures was announced yesterday at a press luncheon at the Four Seasons. The agreement involves the production of three to four major productions aimed at mass audience exploitation annually. The announcement (Continued on page 2) Not 'Runaway' But 'On-the-Spot' : Marton "Runaway" production is not properly so-called when it is "on the spot" production, according to Andrew Marton, director of 20th Century-Fox's "It Happened in Athens." Marton, just returned from five weeks of shooting the story of the revival in 1896 of the ancient Greek Olympic games, met the trade press at a break(Continued on page 6)