The Exhibitor (1964)

Film Projectionists Reap Harvest Of $3 Million From World's Fair NEW YORK — Between two and a half and three million dollars will be paid to more than 225 members of Operator’s Local 306, IATSE, employed by exhibitors at the New York World’s Fair. In addition, between $350,000 and $400,000 will be paid into the union’s pension and welfare fund during the run of the Fair through 1965. This was announced by Harry Garfman, Brooklyn and Queens business representative of the union. Contracts call for 84 hours of operation between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily. The pay rate ranges from $6.00 per hour for 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm operation to $7.00 hourly for 70mm operation. Projectionists work five shifts per week, six hours per shift. Overtime is paid for at time and a half, including installation and dismantling work. Payment of 15 percent is given to the organization’s Welfare and Pension Fund, and vacations are set at one week for every six months period of employment. Key men or supervisory pro¬ jectionists are designated from working pro¬ jectionists, they receive $7.50 per hour for 8, 16, and 35mm, and $8.50 hourly for 70mm. Among pavillions employing members of Local 306 are General Motors, Johnson’s Wax, Eastman Kodak, Festival of Gas, Chrysler, The United States Pavillion, The American Journey, A.T.&T., Electric Power and Light, I.B.M., New York State, Port of New York Authority, Transportation and Travel, DuPont, West Berlin, West Virginia, Maryland, Pakistan. Flordia, Hawaii, General Cigar, Traveler’s Insurance, Continental Insurance, Amphi-Theater Water Show, Singer Bowl, Vatican, Mormon Temple, Protestant Pavilion, Thailand, Spain, Billy Graham Pavilion, United Arab Republic, New York City, Africa, Greyhound Bus Lines, New Jersey, Texas Music Hall, United Air Lines, and Better Living Center. Garfman headed the union’s negotiating committee that met with management in determining manpower needs, the types of equipment, and the manner of operation required. The work involved in this under¬ taking began over two years ago. Assisting Garfman were Steve D’lnzillo, N.Y. business representative; Ernest Lang, secretary -treas¬ urer; A1 Ashman, vice-president; and Max Kessler, board member and assistant to Garfman. Cinema Lodge Fund Drive NEW YORK — Norman Robbins, National Screen Service executive; Bernie Myerson, Loew’s Theatres executive; and Jack H. Hoffberg, independent film distributor, have been named co-chairman' of the 1964-1965 fund¬ raising drive of New York’s Cinema Lodge of B’nai B’rith, which seeks the sale of 750 $25 Contribution Share Certificates, with one of the purchasers to receive a 1965 Cadillac Sedan, it was announced by Leonard Rubin, president of the Lodge. "Send No Flowers" To Hall NEW YORK — Universal’s new romantic comedy in Technicolor, “Send Me No Flowers,” starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Tony Randall, will begin its New York premiere engagement in the early fall at Radio City Music Hall. 20 Paramount Features Headed For Calif. Pay-TV LOS ANGELES — Paramount Film Dis¬ tributing Corporation has concluded an agreement that licenses a group of major film productions to Subscription Television, Inc., it was announced by Sylvester L. “Pat” Weaver, Jr., president of STV. STV is now telecasting in Los Angeles and will commence its activities in San Francisco on Aug. 14. Each film will be shown twice in an evening. Films include: “Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” “Hatari!,” “Roman Holiday,” “Girls, Girls, Girls,” “It's Only Money,” “Who’s Got The Action?,” “A Girl Named Tamiko,” “Papa's Delicate Condition,” “My Six Loves,” “Hud,” “Gunfight At The OK Corral,” “The Nutty Professor,” “Donovan’s Reef,” “Come Blow Your Horn,” “Wives And Lovers,” “A New Kind Of Love,” “Who’s Minding The Store?,” “Who's Been Sleep¬ ing In My Bed?,” “All The Way Home,” and “Love With The Proper Stranger.” Wallis Readies Two Pix HOLLYWOOD— Producer Hal Wallis re¬ turned to his office at Paramount Studios, having completed an extended European pro¬ duction and casting survey. Wallis immediately began preparation with director Henry Hathaway for “The Sons of Katie Elder,” the producer’s forthcoming bigbudget all-star western for Paramount Pic¬ tures release. Starring John Wayne and Dean Martin, “The Sons of Katie Elder” will be filmed in Technicolor. The outdoor drama marks the first western to be produced by Wallis since “Gunfight at the OK Corral,” one of the producer’s biggest box-office successes. Pro¬ duction is scheduled to start at Paramount Studios and on location in October. Wallis also announced that he had com¬ pleted preliminary production plans for “Anne of the Thousand Days,” the Maxwell Ander¬ son theatre classic which will be produced by Wallis in England on the same scale as his current “Becket.” Kids Force Policy ChangeThen Picket Mich. House MUSKEGON, MICH.— For 30 years, Oscar Kendall had operated the Our on a happy, regular-run basis. Last summer, there became evident here what is developing everywhere — a revolt and protest of youth. Vandalism, an occasional experience at al¬ most every house, became the order of the afternoon and evening at the Our. Stated Kendall, “The destruction inside was wild. They (children) were slashing seats and running around. Some stayed eight and 10 hours, and when we tried to put them out they said they couldn’t go home because their parents weren’t there . . . There was a time when families used to come to the Our. But, until the time we changed over, parents were driving up and dumping their kids, using us as their baby sitter.” Kendall lost money 11 out of 13 weeks last summer. His reference to “the time we changed over” refers to this spring when Kendall com¬ pletely remodelled the Our and adopted a policy of only weekend engagements, pro¬ grammed “art informed films,” and refused admission to patrons under eighteen. It hasn’t relieved Kendall’s headache. It merely moved the pain out of the house into the open. The Our is constantly picketed by moppets. Here are samples of the signs they carry: “Dump Adult Art Films”; “Bring Back More Tarzan and Monster Pictures”; “We Want Monster Movies”; “We Want Tarzan Instead of Liz!” Finally, the youngsters are getting rid of their energy by circulating petitions. They begin, “We, the former patrons of the Our Theatre make this appeal to Oscar Kendall to bring back decent shows to the public. Exhibitors’ lives are not always happy ones. Woolner Sets Canadian Deal LOS ANGELES — Woolner Brothers Pictures has concluded arrangements with Nat Taylor, International Films of Canada, Ltd., for ex¬ clusive Canadian distribution rights to their product. Multiple runs have been set for September in Montreal, Winnipeg, and Toronto for Woolner’s current combo, Edgar Allan Poe’s “Castle of Blood” and “Hercules in the Haunted World.” At a recent press reception at the Savoy Hotel, London, James H. Nicholson, president, American International Pictures, announced the production by AIP of four more Edgar Allen Poe subjects. Seen, left to right, are David Deutsch, Anglo-Amaigamated Productions; William Altria, editor, Kinematograph Weekly; Elizabeth Shepherd, newcomer who plays opposite Vincent Price in “The Last Tomb Of Ligeia,” now being filmed in London; and Jock MacGregor, MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR London correspondent. 12 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR August 12, 1964