The Exhibitor (1964)

Distribs To Provide Advance Look At New Films For Allied Delegates DETROIT — Exhibitors attending the Na¬ tional Allied convention in Detroit in October will be feted by all of the major film com¬ panies and will be given an advance peek at the pictures now in production which will be available for their screens in 1965, convention chairman William M. Wetsman has revealed. The film companies will host a gala re¬ ception and dinner party for convention delegates on Tuesday evening, Oct. 20, in the Grand Ballroom of the SheratonCadillac Hotel. Following dinner, major productions not scheduled for general release until 1965 will be screened. The Wednesday morning convention ses¬ sion will be held in the United Artists The¬ atre where each of the film companies will show production reels and rushes of 1965 releases in production. This session is certain to prove not only extremely interesting but also definitely advantageous to the attending exhibitors who will thus be thoroughly briefed on the type, quality, and specific product which will be available during the first half of 1965. The film companies participating in the National Allied convention are Allied Artists, Buena Vista, Columbia, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Paramount, 20th-Fox, United Artists, Universal, and Warner Brothers. They will be represented at the National Allied convention by general sales managers and other top executives. "Promise To The Ladies" Milton H. London, executive director of National Allied, has waxed lyrical and de¬ livered himself of an opus entitled “Promise to the Ladies!” As to the three-page docu¬ ment, which could be set to music, London has a delicately-worded footnote in which he urges Allied members receiving the in¬ formation to be sure it is placed in the hands of “The Lady In Your Life,” concerning the 35th annual convention. The goodies listed for distaff side include a luncheon at the Roostertail. This is a palatial glass-enclosed supper club built on the Detroit River overlooking the water where Gold Cup Races are held. It was built and is Hunt Heads DeLuxe Labs NEW YORK — The appointment of G. Carleton Hunt as president of Deluxe Labora¬ tories, Inc., was announced by Seymour Poe, executive vice-president of 20th CenturyFox Film Corp., the parent organization. Hunt fills the position previously held by Herbert Bragg who, Poe revealed, had requested to be relieved of his duties because of a pro¬ longed illness. During the past two years, Hunt has been president of the Glen Glenn Sound Co., the largest sound studio on the west coast. For the nine years previous, he was president of General Film Laboratories, which he founded in 1953, and chairman of the board of Pacific Industries, the parent company. Fogelson To SW Board NEW YORK — S. H. Fabian, president of Stanley Warner Corporation, announced the election of David Fogelson as a director to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Harry M. Kalmine. September 2, 1964 owned by boating enthusiasts, the Schoenith family, and named after the wake and plume created by racing power boats. There will also be entertainment, prizes, and a fashion show. When this is over, they will be taken on a tour of the Fisher Theatre, deemed' the most beautiful in the world. (Denied to men is its famous powder room, which we are told boasts of crystal chandeliers, marble wash basins, and gold-plated plumbing.) While the house will not be lighted at the time, the conventionettes will have the un¬ usual opportunity to watch a rehearsal of “To Have a Ball,” the new Buddy Hacket musical comedy which opens its pre-Broad¬ way run here after the convention closes. American-International Pictures will mount “a program of fun and entertainment by show world personalities” at a celebrity lunch¬ eon in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Cadillac. After luncheon, Mrs. Mary Davis Gillies, senior editor of McCall’s Magazine and au¬ thor of four books on home decorating, will talk to the ladies. (As an added fillip, those who have questions to ask will have them answered from the podium if they are sub¬ mitted in writing prior to Oct. 1.) A third mid-day event will be a catered luncheon on the estate and wondrous gardens of “Fairlane.” This fabulous site was the home of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford. A fleet of air-conditioned buses will trans¬ port the group to Greenfield Village, a 260acre Ford endowment and one of the top tourist attractions in the land. On it are museums, reproductions of entire villages, and the actual Menlo Park laboratory of Thomas Alva Edison, brought piece by piece to Greenfield and put together again. There are also the original bicycle shop, where the Wright brothers constructed their first air¬ plane, and the original old frontier court¬ house, where Abraham Lincoln practiced law. In addition, of course, the ladies will par¬ ticipate in the fun programs for the men. The Barkerettes of Variety Club of Detroit, Tent 5, assisted by the ladies of the Greater Detroit Motion Picture Council, will act as hostesses. "Hamlet" In Five N. Y. Spots NEW YORK — Five Manhattan theatres — the Rivoli and RKO Palace on Broadway, the RKO 58th Street, the Skouras Academy, and the RKO 23rd Street— will present Rich¬ ard Burton’s “Hamlet” for four performances only on Sept. 23 and 24 in the revolutionary new process of Electronovision Theatrofilm. Tickets for the Warner Bros, presentation are now on sale at the theatres, priced at $1.50 for matinees and $2.50 for evening performances. Seats are not reserved, but the number of tickets sold for each performance will not exceed the capacity of the theatre, thereby guaranteeing a seat to each ticket holder. Embassy Pix To Chi TV NEW YORK — Embassy Pictures Corp. announced the sale of a major group of feature films to WBKB, Chicago, totaling almost $1,000,000. MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR OUTCASTS from all corners of the world. . . MAJOR THE MASTER CRIMINAL THE DEMOLITION DEMON THE FORGER THE ASSASSIN YET ALL BECAME HEROES WHEN THEY LAUNCHED.. e