Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, November 23, j| TE H TALK Variety Club News Fox Ups 63 FORTHCOMING RELEASES Variety Club of New York will hold its installation luncheon on Dec. 9 at the Hotel Astor, honoring Charles A. Alicoate, incoming chief barker, and Harry Brandt, retiring chief barker. Jack H. Levin will be luncheon chairman, with Herman Schleier in charge of arrangements. Other officers to be installed are: Robert K. Shapiro, first assistant; Irving Dollinger, second assistant; Levin, property master; Jack H. Hoffberg, dough guy, and Bud Edele, Walt Framer, Joseph E. Levine, Morris Sanders, Charles Smakwitz and George Waldman, canvas CHICAGO Variety Club of Illinois has elected as chief barker Nat Nathanson, Midwest division manager of Allied Artists. He succeeds William G. Margolis, of the Harlem Globetrotters, who held that post for three consecutive terms. Other officers elected include: John J. Jones, McVickers Theatre, first assistant chief barker; Jack Kirsch, president, Allied Theatres of Illinois, second assistant chief barker; Harry Balaban, H. & E. Balaban Theatres, dough guy; Jack Rose, secretary, Indiana-Illinois Theatres, property master. Members of the crew also elected are David Wallerstein, president, Balaban & Katz Theatres; Harry Lustgarten, vice-president, Balaban & Katz Theatres; Sam Levinsohn, Chicago Chair Mart; Arthur M. Holland, Malcolm-Howard Advertising Agency; Dan Goldberg, Teitel Film Company, and Lester Grand, Confection Cabinet Corporation. Mr. Margolis, retiring chief barker, automatically becomes a member of the crew. ALBANY, N. Y. There is a possibility that the 1961 campaign to raise funds for Tent No. 9's Camp Thacher will be concentrated on a "Newsboy's Sales Day," first used last summer in a tie-up with the TimesUnion. If this plan is followed, the "Denial Week" promotion would presumably, be abandoned, or substantially curtailed. The Variety Club raised $14,900 this year for Camp Thacher, which the Albany Boys Club conducts for under-privileged youngsters at Thompson's Lake. A MINNEAPOLIS Thomas Burke has been named chief barker for Tent No. 12. Other officers include: Gilbert Nathanson, first assistant chief barker; Edward P. Schwartz, second assistant chief barker; Byron M. Shapiro, property master; and Robert H. Karatz, dough guy. All are continuing in their present capacity. Directors for 1961 are Sheldon M. Grengs, Don O'Brien, Donald S. Palmquist, Donald Schwartz, Jack Greenberg and Ralph Green. The latter two are new to the board this year. ( Continued from page 1 ) more important executive positions and to fill the assistant branch managerial post created at four offices, 42 other exchange employees were moved up. These included bookers who were promoted to film salesmanships, assistant bookers who became head bookers, head shippers who were elevated to assistant bookerships, assistant shippers who were graduated to head shippers and secretarial, stenographic and clerical personnel. This week Norris announced the following promotions: Victor J. Beattie, former Toronto branch manager, is now Canadian sales manager headquartering in that city. Gordon W. Lightstone, Jr., formerly St. John branch manager, has been advanced to managerial charge of the larger Motreal office, succeeding Gerald L. Chernoff, who has retired. Philip Geller, formerly Winnipeg head, has been elevated to branch manager of the larger Toronto territory. Stuart C. McQuay, special sales representative in Vancouver, has succeeded Mr. Geller as Winnipeg manager. Robert S. Pacey, who served as the 20th Century-Fox representative in Newfoundland, succeeds Lightstone as St. John branch manager. Gerald F. Hogan, formerly on the Toronto booking staff, takes over Pacey's supervision of the sub-office at St. John's Newfoundland. Lloyd Edwards, former sales manager at Dallas, has been promoted to assistant branch manager there. Alan Strulson, formerly a salesman at Philadelphia, has been selected to fill the newly created assistant branch manager post in that city. Previously, New Haven branch manager Shep Bloom was advanced to the assistant New York branch managership. The advancements of Canadian managing director Peter Myers, Chicago branch manager Robert L. Conn, New York branch manager Abe Dickstein and Albany branch manager Clayton G. Pantages to membership in the sales cabinet, enabled Norris to promote others to fill the field executive posts the three had held. Alex Arnswalder was promoted to managerial charge of the New York branch. Bennett Goldstein succeeded Shep Bloom as New Haven manager, moving up from the Philadelphia sales managership. William B. Williams in Dallas was elevated to that branch's managerial post, while Chicago sales manager Henry Harrell succeeded to branch manager there. The retirement of Marion W. Osborne as Oklahoma City branch manager enabled Norris to promote Morris Yowell, salesman there, to succeed the former. Within the next week announcement will be made regarding the new assistant branch manager in Chicago. In the meantime, the co-ordinational functioning of the sales cabinet's field co-ordinators were finalized by Norris. Abe Dickstein is co-ordi ABBREVIATIONS: AA, Allied Artists; AIP, American International Pictures; BV, Buena Vista; Col, Columbia; MGM, MetroGoldwyn-Mayer; Par, Paramount; 20-Fox, 20th Century-Fox; UA, United Artists; Uni, Universal; WB, Warner Bros.; c, color'; cs, CinemaScope, te, Techirama; vv, VistaVision; rs, Regalscope. ► NOVEMBER AA— HEROES DIE YOUNG: Erika Peters, Robert Getz AA— THE UNFAITHFULS: Gina Lollobrigida, May Britt AA— THE PLUNDERERS: Jeff Chandler, John Saxon AIP-GOLIATH AND THE DRAGON, c: Mark Forest, Brodrick Crawford BV— TEN WHO DARED, c: John Beal, Brian Keith COL-LET NO MAN WRITE MY EPITAPH: Shelley Winters, James Darren COL— SURPRISE PACKAGE: Yul Brynner, Mitzi Gaynor COL— HELL IS A CITY: Stanley Baker, Maxine Audley MGM— BUTTERFIELD EIGHT, c, cs: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey PAR— G.I. BLUES, c: Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse PAR— A BREATH OF SCANDAL, c: Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier 20-FOX— THE GODDESS OF LOVE, c, cs: Belinda Lee, Jacques Sernas 20-FOX— DESERT ATTACK: John Mills, Sylvia Syms 20-FOX— NORTH TO ALASKA, cs, c: John Wayne, Capucine 20-FOX— TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY, c, cs: Diane Baker, Lee Philips UA— INHERIT THE WIND: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March (special dates) UA— THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, c: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach UNI— MIDNIGHT LACE, c: Doris Day, Rex Harrison WB— SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO, c: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson ► DECEMBER AA— HEROD THE GREAT, c: Edmund Purdom, Sylvia Lopez AA — DONDI: David Janssen, Patti Page AIP— THE IMMORAL MISS HANSEN: Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton BV— SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, c: Dorothy McGuire, John Mills COL— THE THREE WORLDS OF GULLIVER, c: Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow COL— JAZZ BOAT, cs: Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey COL— PLEASE TURN OVER: Ted Ray, Jean Kent MGM— CIMARRON, c, cs: Glenn Ford, Maria Schell PAR— THE WORLD OF SUSIE WONG, c: William Holden, Nancy Kwan PAR— CINDERFELLA, c: Jerry Lewis, Judith Anderson 20-FOX— FLAMING STAR, c, cs: Elvis Presley 20-FOX— ESTHER AND THE KING, c, cs: Joan Collins, Richard Egan 20-FOX— THE WIZARD OF BAGDAD, c, cs: Dick Shawn, Diane Baker 20-FOX— LEGIONS OF THE NILE, c, cs: Linda Cristal, Ettore Marrni U A— EXODUS, c, Panavision 70: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint (special dates) UA— FACTS OF LIFE: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball UNI— THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ADAM AND EVE: Mickey Rooney, Mamie van Doren WB— THE SUNDOWNERS, c: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum ► JANUARY AA— LOOK IN ANY WINDOW: Paul Anka, Ruth Roman AIP— KONGA, c: Michael Gough, Jess Conrad COL— SWORD OF SHERWOOD FOREST, c: Richard Greene, Peter Cushing COL— THE WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMY, c: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson MGM— WHERE THE BOYS ARE, cs, c: George Hamilton, Dolores Hart MGM— THE VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley MGM— GORGO, c: William Travers, William Sylvester PAR— BLUEPRINT FOR ROBBERY: Jay Barney, J. Pat O'Malley 20-FOX— DOUBLE TROUBLE, cs: Tommy Noonan, Peter Marshall 20-FOX— THE MARRIAGE GO ROUND, cs, c: Susan Hayward, James Mason 20-FOX— CIRCLE OF DECEPTION cs: Bradford Dillman, Suzy Parker 20-FOX— THE MILLIONAIRESS, cs, c: Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers 20-FOX— THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME, cs, c: Jimmy Rogers UA— THE SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL: Anne Baxter, Ernest Borgnine UA— FIVE GUNS TO TOMBSTONE: James Brown, John Wilder UNI— THE GRASS IS GREENER, c: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr nator of national circuit sales activities and the' New York branch. His co-ordinational functions will influence the financial status of 21 autonomous branches servicing 25 states and the District of Columbia. Conn is co-ordinator of 17 branches in the eastern, central and mid-western areas of the United States, servicing 26 states. McCleaster is the sales cabinet's co-ordinator for 14 branches servicing 28 states in the south, far west and Pacific Coast. Pantages is die sales cabinet's coordinator of territorial promotions. A. A. Luncheon Friday To Launch David Korj David Kory, the six-year-old si of Allied Artists' "Dondi," will be traduced to the New York trade prl at a luncheon on Friday at the Belad Room in Sardi's Restaurant he| Morey R. Goldstein, vice-presidtl and general sales manager of A.J will host the luncheon and will outlif Allied Artists plans for the film. Also at the luncheon will be Arnc Stang, who is starred in the pictui