The Exhibitor (1964)

Janet Leigh; John Carreras, first assistant chief barker, Variety Club International; Bette Davis; Jack L. Warner, president, Warner Bros, studios; D. J. Goodlatte, past chief barker of Variety Club of Great Britain; and Fred Stein, chief barker, Variety Club of Southern California, Tent 25, are seen at the awards dinner dance of Tent 25 at Beverly Hilton Hotel, at which Warner received the club’s Heart Award for the gift of a 20-passenger Sunshine Bus. “Love” Represents U. S. In Argentina Festival NEW YORK — The United States has officially accepted the invitation of the Gov¬ ernment of Argentina to participate in the 1964 Buenos Aires Film Festival March 29April 9. This is the sixth year for the Ar¬ gentine Festival, which was previously held in Mar Del Plata and has now moved to the capital city. “Love With The Proper Stranger,” a Pakula-Mulligan Paramount production, will be the official U. S. entry at the Buenos Aires Festival, it was disclosed by George Stevens, Jr., director of the U.S.I.A.’s International Motion Picture Service, and Ralph Hetzel, acting president, Motion Picture Association of America. The Film Festival Selection Committee, chaired by Fred Zinnemann, selected “Love With The Proper Stranger” to represent the United States in competition. The committee is composed of members of the Directors’ Guild of America, Screen Actors’ Guild, Screen Producers’ Guild, Writers’ Guild of America, and the Motion Picture Association. At the same time, it was announced that director David Miller will be the American member of the jury at Buenos Aires. Miller’s two most recent films are “Lonely Are The Brave” and “Captain Newman, M.D.” Drive Chairmen Named LOS ANGELES — Twenty-six studio execu¬ tives and leaders of specialized fields in mo¬ tion picture, radio, and tv production have accepted appointment to head trade divisions of the United Jewish Welfare Fund cam¬ paign, it was announced by Marvin E. Mirisch, chairman of the amusement industry drive for the Welfare Fund. The goal of the campaign, which formally opens April 1, is $10 million to support the 169 Los Angeles, national, and overseas health and welfare agencies and social serv¬ ices which are beneficiaries of the drive. Division chairmen named by Mirisch in¬ clude Eugene Arnstein, Allied Artists; Ber¬ nard Barron, Columbia Studios; Lester Blumberg, theatres and exchanges; Arnold D. Burk, Harris L. Katleman, and Raymond Kurtzman, independent producers; Warren Cowan, publicists; Bernard Donnenfeld, Paramount Studios; A1 Dorskind, UniversalRevue; Arthur Gardner, Four-Star; Irwin Goldring, business managers; John Green, music; Sol Halprin, 20th Century-Fox; Rob¬ ert S. Heifer, musicians; Abe Heller, Warner Bros.; Ben Hirsch, Columbia Pictures-Screen Gems; Raymond A. Kline and Roger L. Mayer, MGM; Jess Oppenheimer, writers; Mark Robson, directors; Henry G. Saperstein, animation; Joseph Schoenfeld, agents; George Slaff, Goldwyn Studios; Sidney P. Solow and Gerald Glickman, allied indus¬ tries; Bernard Weitzman, Desilu; Howard Lipstone, ABC tv-radio; Robert Lewine and Leonard White, CBS tv-radio; Frank Gertz, NBC tv-radio; Ben Hoberman, independent I radiotv; and Phil Singer, recording studios. Fabian, Griffis To Bank Board NEW YORK — Simon H. Fabian and Nixon Griffis have been elected to the West Side Advisory Board of Chemical Bank New York Trust Company, chairman Harold H. Helm announced. Fabian is president of Stanley Warner Corp. and International Latex Corporation. March 25, 1964 Col. Net Earnings Rise NEW YORK — A. Schneider, president of Columbia Pictures Corporation, reports that net earnings for the six months ended Dec. 28, 1963, rose to $1,096,000, or 60 cents per share, from the $817,000 or 43 cents per share earned in the corresponding period of fiscal 1962. The Columbia executive said he was en¬ couraged by the company’s future prospects, based on an outstanding product lineup, to¬ gether with the continued progress of Screen Gems, Inc., its television subsidiary. Alderman Joins PR Firm NEW YORK — Paul Alderman has joined the New York office of Rogers & Cowan as ac¬ count executive for the personality and tele¬ vision departments, it was announced by Paul E. Menneg, vice-president. Alderman was with Paramount Pictures as assistant publicity manager from January 1963. Dobbs To Manage United Calif. SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Dobbs, since February, 1956, assistant to R. A. Naify, pres¬ ident of United California Theatres, has been appointed general manager of the California circuit, Naify announced. United California Theatres operates 83 motion picture houses in both northern and southern California, and Dobbs’ 18 years of experience with the organization encompasses everything from the post of office manager, which he assumed in 1946, through manage¬ ment of theatres, drive-in theatres, and res¬ taurant drive-ins throughout the chain. Bluel Rejoins Warners TV BURBANK, CALIF. — Richard Bluel has re¬ joined Warner Bros. Television Division in an executive capacity to plan and develop new projects, it is announced by William T. Orr. Bluel has been released from his NBC contract at the request of Warners. AFTER 2 BIG WEEKS AT THE FOX DOWNTOWN! DETROIT STILL GOES FOR "MONDO CANE" NOW IN ITS 7th WEEK AT THE STUDIO NORTH...fLOOKS LIKE 12)J CANE STILL i ** . 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