The Exhibitor (1957)

The Editor Speaks Paul Manning The Announcement by MGM that pro¬ ducers Pandro Berman and Lawrence Weingarten have formed an independent producing company which will release through MGM is news that promises much good for the future of motion pictures. For consistent quality of product you would have to go far indeed to match the years of top achieve¬ ment racked up by these two gentlemen, and indeed they are fine gentlemen. The singular fact that our own annual LAUREL AWARDS poll has honored both of these men on many occasions puts the stamp of exhibitor approval on their pictures. Avon Productions, Inc., is the name of their new producing company. Mark that name well, because you will be hearing a lot about Avon Productions from now on. Kicking off their schedule will be such high-exploitation features as Elvis Presley in “Jailhouse Rock,” Tennessee Williams’ “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof,” “The Brothers Karamazov,” and William Brink¬ ley’s “Don’t Go Near The Water.” It isn”t very often that I editorialize on newly formed production companies. Here in Hollywood hundreds of indepen¬ dent companies are formed over a cup of coffee during limch and then dissolved that evening when neither partner has the price of a hamburger sandwich! But the linking of proven veterans like Pandro S. Berman and Lawrence Weingarten is something of a milestone in our industry and deserves headline attention. To MY GOOD FRIENDS Pan and Larry, and their Avon Company, every success! STUDIO SURVEY appears every fourth Wednesday oi 3 regular MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR department The section is devoted exclusively to the arts, people :realive ability, and physical properties which make up the production side of the motion picture industry Edited from the west coast, all information relating to editorial contents should be directed to Paul Manning, 8141 Blackburn Ave., Los Angeles 48, California. For other information, address MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR, published weekly by Jay Emanuel Pub¬ lications, Inc. Publishing oftices; 24<6-48 North Clarion Street, Philodelphia 7, Pennsylvania. New York office: 229 West 42nd Street, New York 36 Representatives may be found in every film center Paul Manning, editorial director Vol. 10, No. 3 March 13, 1957 lTf,;i:v V. : ■ ■ 'i Motion Picture Exhibitor Laurei A wards NominaSH^ PARAMOUNT’s FUNNY I AUDREY HE] Fam ASTAIRE Ml Prodi; ROW^^RMIN ens. DirectedTjT^Btnley Dciieii n by Leonard Gershe. craj^lyrics by George and Ira Gq^^win. ^*^^sion Production. Color by Te W MGM’s HOUSAND BE rj-'-r-.-v-r -r r'p r w DEAN MARTIN ANNA M. co-starring ,A|.BERGHETTI, EVA BARTOK, DEWE^ Written by ^ Joe Pasternak. IDirected bVTUfl^ Adnay and Art Cobn, William Ludwii ancVitlS*^^*'! |iritniaScope production. Color by MaroGolqr. MGM’s III I rif RICHARD BOONE with JOAN BLONDELL and HUGO HAAS Produced by Jerry Bresler. Directed by Hugo Haas. Screen play by Mel Dinelli, based on novel, “The Bird’s Nest,” by Shirley Jackson. A Bryna Production.