The Exhibitor (1962)

Mrs. Mullis Elected New WOMPI Prexy KANSAS CITY, MO. — At the ninth an¬ nual convention of the Association of Women of the Motion Picture Industry, Mrs. Jean Mullis, secretary for the Theatre Service Com¬ pany, Atlanta, was named to a one-year term as president, succeding Mrs. Myrtle Parker, Charlotte. Mrs. Mullis was a former record¬ ing secretary of WOMPI. Other officers named at the Hotel Muehlebach sessions were Mary Heneisen, Kansas City, vice-president; Mrs. Nell Middleton, Atlanta, corresponding secretary; Dorothy Reeves, New York, recording secretary; and Leone Matthews, Des Moines, treasurer. The more than 200 delegates voted support of the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, Saranac Lake, N.Y. A check for $2,000 was presented for one year’s sponsorship of a room at the Will Rogers Hospital. Highlights of the banquet were presenta¬ tions of five awards to individual clubs for outstanding performances in humanitarian service and organization work. The winners were Verlin Osborne publicity trophy, Char¬ lotte club; Mable Guinan convention at¬ tendance cup, Jacksonville; Lorraine Cass award for service, Dallas; R. J. O’Donnell award for industry service, Dallas; and the Canada Award, donated by Winston Barron, Affiliated Pictures Corporation, Ltd., Toronto, to the club with the most points for new members, Memphis. Goldstone Joins Zenith NEW YORK — Harry Goldstone has joined Zenith International Film Corporation as general sales manager. Seen at a press preview of Embassy's "Divorce —Italian Style" at New York's Paris were, left to right, Carl Peppercorn, Embassy general sales manager; actress France Nuyen; and Embassy executive vice-president Leonard Lightstone. Hospital Seminars Succeed SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — The final session of the 1962 summer seminars in cardio-pulmonary diseases at Will Rogers Hospital topped a succesful season, and plans are al¬ ready in progress to more than double the participation in the 1963 program. Lazarus To Address TOA NEW YORK — Paul N. Lazarus, Jr., execu¬ tive vice-president of Samuel Bronston Productions, Inc., will return from Spain in November to address the 15th annual con¬ vention of the Theatre Owners of America, Nov. 6-10, at the Americana Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., it was announced by John H. Stembler, president of TOA. Lazarus will speak on the role of the in¬ dependent producer. Students Name Top Films, Movie Stars NEW YORK— “Ben Hur” was voted best picture of 1961 by high school students, a recent survey discloses. “Guns of Navarone,” “Parent Trap,” and “Blue Hawaii” followed, in that order. The survey, conducted by Lloyd H. Hall Co., Inc., for Scholastic Magazines, publishers of classroom periodicals and pa¬ perback books, covered a nation-wide crosssection of junior and senior high school stu¬ dents. John Wayne is the favorite actor of boys; Troy Donahue is choice of the girls. Among actresses, Debbie Reynolds is first with boys; Connie Stevens with girls. Runners-up in both sexes are Doris Day, Elvis Presley, Hayley Mills, and Jerry Lewis. ,/ The survey indicates that 95 per cent of $11 high school students are periodic moviegoers. About 46 per cent go at least once a month; one-third go twice or oftener; 16 per cent say they go once a week or more. The survey also revealed where students get the spending money to patronize the mov¬ ies as often as they do. The average student gets $6.77 weekly from part-time jobs and allowances. With senior high boys the average jumps to $11.67 per week. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, 3.5 million boys and girls reach high school age each year. At present, there are 18,700,000 students enrolled in junior and senior high schools. Sachson Joins Crown NEW YORK — N. P. “Red” Jacobs, president of Crown-International Pictures, has ap¬ pointed Arthur Sachson, veteran film indus¬ try executive, to the post of general sales manager.