Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

ftj nesday, November 30, 1960 .__ R iert Cohn the Chairman 0 Producers Guild Dinner From THE DAILY Bureau OLLYWOOD, Nov. 29. Robert l,h today was named chairman of til Screen Producers Guild's Milesi e Award Dinner, by President V ter Mirisch. he dinner will be held, March 5, i, ie grand ballroom of the Beverly £ on Hotel, and will honor Adolph 1 or chairman of the board of I imount Pictures. iara. Studio M (Continued from page 1) | -y Lewis' "The Ladies' Man," and I w-Shepherd's "Love in a GoldI' Bowl," Paramount's sound stages I -e jammed with five pictures shootW on the lot and one in Africa. Airrent production will be aug| ited in two weeks by the opening 1,; production on Hal Wallis' "Sumli'r and Smoke," starring Laurence ■rvey and Geraldine Page, with er Glenville directing, ncluded in the heavy shooting edule are Perlberg-Seaton's "The asure of His Company," "On the uble," a Dena and Capri Pro-tion's comedy starring Danny Kaye 1 "Breakfast at Tiffany's," Jurowjjpherd production. Concluding the record production jsh is Howard Hawks' "Hatan, W filming in Tanganyika, Africa, th John Wayne in the starring role. Motion Picture Daily New Cinerama Sound System 'Cimarron' Bow in tillage of Damned' et for Saturation Following its highly sucessful satution in the Ohio-Indiana-Kentuckyest Virginia area last month, Vil.ge of the Damned" has been set for ur area saturations early in Decem!r, it was announced today by )bert Mochrie, Metro Goldwynayer's general sales manager. Sixty Los Angeles area theatres and ) New York theatres will open the msual science-fiction release Dec. 7. That same week, between 175 and 1)0 theatres in the area centered ' ound Charlotte, N. C, will open as ill another 190 in Texas. "wo Reopen in Michigan DETROIT, Nov. 29. The Kent heatre, Cedar Springs, Mich., has sen reopened by its owner, Dale ranks. At the same time, the Kears•y Theatre, Flint, has been taken ver and re-lighted by a new leasing rganization headed by George Daly s president and manager. Both ouses are serviced by Clark Theatre lervice of this city. ?ire in Nebraska House SCOTTSBLUFF Nebr., Nov. 29.'he Biggers Drive-in Theatre, owned iy Floyd Biggers, suffered $4,000 lamage recently when a fire defrayed the concession stand. The adoining plant and projection units vere not affected. (Continued feet of the "new sound" of Cinerama on the motion picture industry to what jet engines did to commercial aviation. He paid special tribute to Dr. D. G. C. Hare, head of the Grass Valley Group of California, for developing "the finest reproduction of sound ever attained" with the new transistor sound system. "I do not talk of things in the promotional stage," said Reisini, "but of something already accomplished." He announced that the new Cinerama sound system will be introduced to the public in Denver this coming January in a theatre now under construction and being built as the first in this country to meet the specific demands of Cinerama. The house is the Cooper Theatre in the Colorado capital. Reisini also announced that Cinerama, Inc., has placed the largest single order ever given for motion picture theatre equipment. Totalling more than $2,250,000, the deal will provide 70 complete Cinerama theatre installations, to be ready in eight months. So sure is he of the results of the new Cinerama sound, said Reisini, that he is investing 25 per cent of his own money in the new structure. The Cinerama executive then introduced Wentworth D. Fling, the company's vice-president in charge of Technical Development and Research, who spoke of the three main objectives accomplished by Cinerama's new sound system. They are: 1. Provides a greater savings in from page 1 ) terms of space and weight over the previous bulkier sound systems, which will mean lower transportation costs to Cinerama installations all over the world. 2. Reduces to a minimum the amount of power loss ordinarily dissipated by the vacuum tubes, and also reduces maintenance and increases reliability. 3. A vastly improved audio system. The equipment uses no transformers and is capable of handling high peak power levels without overloading. The "heart of the system," explained Fling, is the all-transistor power amplifier which will deliver the same total audio power to the theatre speakers (about 450 watts) as was previously realized from the vacuum tube amplifiers. Dr. Hare Introduced Fling introduced Dr. Hare, who claimed that "we have a tremendous satisfaction in what we have done in achieving the original objective of a compact sound system, and at the same time effecting a vastly improved sound." Reisini said that in addition to using the "new sound" with Cinerama's regular pictures, five in all, it will be used in forthcoming Cinerama productions. He said the new sound will be used in the forthcoming Cinerama co-production with Metro-GoldwynMayer, with details to be announced jontly a a later date. Major Prods. Acquires 'Maciste' for '61 Release Samuel Schneider, recently returned to New York from Rome, announced the acquisition by his Major Productions of "Maciste the Giant," in EastmanColor and TotalScope, starring Mark Forest and Chelo Alonso, for distribution in the United States and other Englishspeaking countries. Picture, now being scored, is expected to be ready for release, in the early part of next year. . Arrigo Colombo and George Papi of Jolly Film, who made the deal with Schneider in Rome, are in New York to finalize the details for Major's distribution of "Maciste." Colombo announced that Jolly Film's next production will be "Joseph and His Brethren," a Biblical spectacle which is now shoooting in Italy under the direction of Irving Rapper. It will be followed by "The Great Captain," also a large-scale motion picture. Dixie Unit Reopening JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 29. The local Atlantic Drive-in Theatre, a unit of the Dixie Drive-in circuit, which lost its screen tower the night of Nov. 8 in a spectacular fire, is scheduled to reopen on Dec. 6, exactly 20 years from the day it presented its first program. The new screen is an all-steel, CinemaScope-type unit. 50 Cinerama Theatres to Get New Speaker Systems As part of a national expansion program, Cinerama, Inc., has purchased 650 Altec Lansing speaker systems to be installed in 50 new Cinerama theatres, Altec president Alvis A. Ward reported this week. Each theatre will house a set of 13 speaker systems. Total cost of the equipment is approximately $200,000. Sidney Reams of Atlanta ATLANTA, Nov. 29. Sidney R. Reams, Atlanta businessman and civic leader, died at his home here. Born in Terrell, Tex., Reams came to Atlanta in 1926 and began the Theatrical Printing Co. and the Poster Exchange, which he sold in 1942. He then became associated with Republic Pictures until he retired following a heart attack six years ago. He was a member of the board of directors of the local Variety Club. Surviving are his wife; two daughters; a son; a sister and a brother. Rites for Mrs. Simms ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 29. Services have been held here for Mrs. Al (June) Simms, wife of American International Records' general manager, who died Saturday. Also surviving are daughter, singer Lu Ann Simms, and two sons. Okla. Tomorrow Special to THE DAILY OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 29.Glenn Ford left Paris Monday en route here, where he will top the list of stars at the world premiere of "Cimarron" Thursday night. He has been in Paris filming "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and M-G-M adjusted the shooting schedule so that he could be in Oklahoma for the "Cimarron" premiere. He will join co-stars Maria Schell, Anne Baxter and Mercedes McCambridge. Tomorrow morning planeloads of press and stars will leave from New York and Los Angeles, scheduled to arrive here at noontime. The internation press contingent will be met by city and state dignitaries, Indians in full regalia, and a massive group of colorful high school bands. A procession, consisting of 21 white Cadillac convertibles, will bring the visitors to their hotel where the "Cimarron" premiere schedule will begin. First event will be a cocktail party and buffet, at which the press, radio and tv will get their first opportunity to meet the stars. Next will be a welcome dinner, sponsored by the Senior Chamber of Commerce. Following, will be the "Cimarron Ball," sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Sardou Heads Ad-Pub. For U.A. in Europe Roger V. Sardou has been named United Artists' director of advertising, publicity and exploitation for Continental Europe and the Middle East, Arnold M. Picker, vice-president in charge of foreign distribution, announced yesterday. Sardou, who will make his headquarters at the company's offices in Paris, succeeds Giulio Ascarelli, resigned. He served variously as drama, radio, film editor and editor-in-chief for important French newspapers and magazines. His association with the film industry started in 1945 when he was named assistant publicity manager in France for Metro-GoldwynMayer. Subsequently he held the posts of publicity manager for Selznick Films from 1947-'49 and of advetrising-publicity director for Continental Europe and the Middle East with Columbia Pictures during the years from 1950-'57. Hunter Theatre Opened ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 29.-Morris and Raphael Klein, who conduct four drive-ins and a conventional theatre, have opened the latter— the Hunter in Hunter-for three weekends during the hunting season. The 295-seater, normally a summer situation, was lighted for three days the first weekend; five-Wednesday through Friday, the second (a holiday) week. It will be operated Friday through Sunday this week.