The Exhibitor (1962)

‘Oscar” Nominees Vie For Honors “Lawrence ” “Mockingbird,” “Mutiny” Lead in Categories; Santa Monica Next Stop For April 8 Ceremonies HOLLYWOOD— Nominations for the 35th Annual Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were announced here by Wendell Corey, president. Active members of each Academy branch selected the nominations in their respective fields and mailed their secret ballots directly to Price Waterhouse & Co., international auditing firm, for tabulation. All members voted for the “Best Picture” category. Screenings of nominated pictures will be held in the Academy Award Theatre begin¬ ning March 2 to enable Academy members to view the nominated achievements before casting their final ballots. The Academy’s entire voting membership selects the winners in all categories. The “Oscars” will be presented April 8 at 7:00 p.m. (PST) in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium as part of a star-studded show carried over the combined radio and television facilities of the American Broad¬ casting Company and the television facilities of the Canadian Broadcasting Company. Frank Sinatra will be the master of cere¬ monies. The complete list of nominations for the 35th Annual Academy Awards follows: For the best performance by an actor: Burt Lancaster, “Bird Man Of Alcatraz,” A Harold Hecht Production, United Artists; Jack Lemon, “Days Of Wine And Roses,” A Martin Manulis-Jalem Production, Warner Bros.; Marcello Mastroianni, “Divorce — Italian Style,” A Lux-Vides-Galatea Film Production, Embassy Pictures; Peter O’Toole, “Lawrence Of Arabia,” A Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Ltd.-Sam Spiegel-David Lean Pro¬ duction, Columbia; Gregory Peck, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” A Pakula-Mulligan-Brentwood Production, Universal-International. For the best performance by an actor in a supporting role: Ed Begley, “Sweet Bird Of Youth,” A Roxbury Production, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Victor Buono, “What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?,” An Associates & Aldrich Company Production, Warner Bros.; Telly Savalas, “Bird Man Of Alcatraz”; Omar Sharif, “Law¬ rence Of Arabia”; Terence Stamp, “Billy Budd,” Harvest Productions, Allied Artists. For the best performance by an actress: Anne Bancroft, “The Miracle Workers,” A Playfilms Production, United Artists; Bette Davis, “What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?”; Katharine Hepburn, “Long Day’s Journey In¬ to Night,” Ely Landau Productions, Embassy Pictures; Geraldine Page, “Sweet Bird Of Youth”; Lee Remick, “Days Of Wine And Roses.” For the best performance by an actress in a supporting role: Mary Badham, “To Kill A Mockingbird”; Patty Duke, “The Miracle Worker”; Shirley Knight, “Sweet Bird Of Youth”; Angela Lansbury, “The Manchurian Candidate,” An M.C. Production, United Artists; Thelma Ritter, “Bird Man Of Alcatraz.” For the best achievement in art direction of a black-and-white picture: “Days Of Wine And Roses,” Joseph Wright, Stembler Urges Exhibs To Back MGM's "Courtship" NEW YORK — TO A president John H. Stembler urges every exhibitor in the United States to join TO A members in backing “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.” Stembler’s complete statement follows: “Results on ‘Baby Jane’ are in — and they are great! Everyone in TOA and the in¬ dustry has benefited from the great work of Nat Fellman and his Hollywood Pre¬ view Engagement Committee. “We’ve proved once that we can do a great job with a quality picture moved into a period of product scarcity. Now we have an encore to perform on ‘The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.’ “We made a pledge to MGM that special consideration would be given to extended playing time for ‘Courtship.’ We ask every TOA member and every other exhibitor in the United States to carry out this pledge. “Play “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father’ as long as you can. Back it all the way with the excellent promotion campaign created for it. I’m sure that everyone will benefit.” Set Decoration: George James Hopkins; “The Longest Day,” Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century-Fox, Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq, and Vincent Korda, Set Decoration: Gabriel Bechir; “Period Of Adjustment,” A Marten Production, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno, Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle; “The Pigeon That Took Rome,” Llenroc Pro¬ ductions, Paramount, Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson, Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Frank R. McKelvy; “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Alexander Golitzen and Henry Bumstead, Set Decoration: Oliver Emert. For the best achievement in art direction of a color picture: “Lawrence Of Arabia,” John Box and John Stoll, Set Decoration: Dario Simoni; “Mere¬ dith Willson’s THE MUSIC MAN,” Warner Bros., Paul Groesse, Set Decoration: George James Hopkins; “Mutiny On The Bounty,” An Areola Production, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, George W. Davis and J. McMillan Johnson, Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Hugh Hunt; “That Touch Of Mink,” A Universal-International-Granley-Arwin-Nob Hill Production, Alexander Golitzen and Robert Clatworthy, Set Decoration: George Milo; “The Wonder¬ ful World Of The Brothers Grimm,” MetroGoldwyn-Mayer & Cinerama, George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno, Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle. For the best motion picture of the year: “Lawrence Of Arabia,” Sam Spiegel, Pro¬ ducer; “The Longest Day,” Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer; “Meredith Willson’s THE MUSIC MAN,” Morton DaCosta, Producer; “Mutiny On The Bounty,” Aaron Rosenberg, Produc¬ er; “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Alan J. Pakula, Producer. For the best achievement in cinematography of a black-and-white picture: "Bird Man Of Alcatraz,” Photographed by Burnett Guffey; “The Longest Day,” Photo¬ graphed by Jean Bourgoin, Henri Persin, and ( Continued on page 17) Universal At Production Peak With 12 In Action NEW YORK — With three top budget pic¬ tures currently shooting, six others in various stages of post-production, and three being readied for early starts, Universal’s production activity is at an eight-year high for this time of year. The last time the studio was as busy as it is now, according to Edward Muhl, vice-presi¬ dent in charge of production, was in early 1955 when five pictures were before the cameras. At that time the studio was regu¬ larly turning out 32-34 films a year and had not yet gone into its present production policy. Productions now shooting are Howard Hawks’ “Man’s Favorite Sport?,” starring Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, and Maria Perschy; “Captain Newman, M.D.,” starring Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Bobby Darin, and Eddie Albert, which David Miller is directing for producer Robert Ar¬ thur; and “The Brass Bottle,” starring Tony Randall, Burl Ives, and Barbara Eden, which Arthur is producing and Harry Keller direct¬ ing. In various stages of editing, scoring, and dubbing are “The Thrill Of It All,” starring Doris Day, James Garner, and Arlene Fran¬ cis; “A Gathering Of Eagles,” starring Rock Hudson, Rod Taylor, Mary Peach, and Barry Sullivan; “Charade,” starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn; “Tammy and the Doctor,” starring Sandra Dee and Peter Fonda; “For Love Or Money,” starring Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Gig Young, Thelma Ritter, Julie Newmar, William Bendix, and Leslie Parrish; and “The List Of Adrian Messenger,” starring George C. Scott, Dana Wynter, Clive Brook, and Herbert Marshall, with the special participation in unusual character delinea¬ tions of Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Burt Lancaster, and Frank Sinatra. Sets and costumes now are being designed and dogs trained for “Monsiour Cognac,” the Reynard-Hecht production which producer Harold Hecht plans to put before the cameras in late March as soon as Tony Curtis com¬ pletes his current role in “Captain Newman, M.D.” It will be directed by Michael Ander¬ son. Producer-writer Stanley Shapiro, in collab¬ oration with Paul Henning, is now putting the final touches to the script of “King Of The Mountain,” which will star Marlon Brando and David Niven. Director Ralph Levy al¬ ready has started scouting locations for this film on which Robert Arthur will serve as executive producer. Producer Ross Hunter is making arrange¬ ments for the April start of “The Chalk Gard¬ en,” with Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, and John Mills starring, for which director Ronald Neame plans a two-week rehearsal period commencing March 18. Prudential's Higgins Retires NEW YORK — Walter F. J. Higgins, vicepresident of Prudential New York Theatres, Inc., announced his retirement. Higgins started in business in 1921 as office manager and accountant in the Olympian Theatres in Boston. 6 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR March 6, 1963