The Exhibitor (1965)

NEWS CAPSULES FILM FAMILY ALBUM Go Id Bands Shirley Lou Brown, daughter of Lou and Helen Brown, has become the bride of James C. Mitchell, of Chicago. Father of the bride is director of advertising media for Loew’s Theatres. The wedding took place at St. Mar¬ garet’s Church, Riverdale, N. Y. Ellen Hope Newman, daughter of Harold H. Newman, in charge of theatre operations for Century Theatres, New York, was married to Ethan Barrett Coopersmith, of Washington, D. C. Obituaries Harry J. Gallup, 74, who had conducted the Adirondack Theatre, a summer situation in Speculator, N. Y., for 34 years, died in Martin County Hospital, Stuart, Fla., of a heart condi¬ tion. His wife, a daughter, and eight grand¬ children are among the survivors. J. Arthur Hirsch, 77, former president of Con¬ solidated Theatres, Ltd., operating theatres in Montreal and the Province of Quebec, and affiliated with Famous Players Canadian Cor¬ poration, Ltd., died in Miami Beach, Fla. His sole survivor is a brother. Robert C. McNabb, 51, former central division manager for 20th Century-Fox, died at Yonk¬ ers Hospital, New York, following a long ill¬ ness. He had been an eastern division man¬ ager, and joined 20th-Fox in 1937 as a clerk in the Cincinnati branch. He is survived by his wife and a son. Charles Moses, 79, pioneer in film theatre op¬ eration in Brooklyn and Staten Island, N. Y., died. He is survived by his wife, two daugh¬ ters, and four grandchildren. William F. Murray, 55, booker for RKO Pic¬ tures and 20th Century-Fox in their former Albany, N. Y., offices, died at St. Mary’s Hospital, Troy, following a lengthy illness. A wife, two daughters, a son, and a brother survive. George N. Powers, 64, for the past 20 years a stagehand in Albany, N. Y., theatres and be¬ fore that an operating engineer in local film houses, died suddenly while serving as an electrician with a mobile news team of CBSTV network. His last stage work assignment was at the SW Ritz. A member of Local 14 IATSE, he is survived by his wife. Mrs. Mary Wilson, 55, a long-time worker in Kallet Theatres’ home office at Oneida, N. Y., died in City Hospital. She is survived by a daughter, her mother, three sisters, a brother, and three grandchildren. Ganis To Seven Arts NEW YORK— Sidney Ganis has been ap¬ pointed eastern publicity manager of Seven Arts Productions, it was announced by Ed¬ ward S. Feldman, Seven Arts’ vice-president in charge of advertising and publicity. Ganis has resigned his position in the national pub¬ licity department at Columbia Pictures. In his new post, Ganis will assist Feldman in the creation and implementation of pub¬ licity campaigns with the various distribu¬ tion companies releasing Seven Arts product, and coordinate publicity for Seven Arts Pic¬ tures, distribution arm. FORMS FOR THIS PAGE CLOSED AT 5 P.M. ON MON., JAN. 25 Zanuck Reports Fox Pact With Saltzman-Broccoli NEW YORK — Darryl F. Zanuck, president of 20th Century-Fox, has announced that his company has signed a long term contract with the highly successful production team of Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, who have been responsible for the James Bond series. Under the new arrangement, 20th Fox will produce pictures in conjunction with Saltzman and Broccoli, and will distribute these films world -wide. Speaking at a press conference in London, Zanuck said the contract covered the pro¬ duction of seven to 11 feature pictures over the next three or four years. Giving a highly optimistic report on the outlook for his company, Zanuck reported that 20th-Fox in 1965 planned to spend $56,500,000 on its overall production program. Of this amount, $20,000,000 is to go toward the company’s London-based production pro¬ gram. Zanuck identified these films as “The Hawk,” to be made in Turkey; “Call Me When the Cross Turns Over,” to be filmed in Australia; “The Blue Max,” to be made in Britain or on the Continent this summer; “The Other Side of the Mountain,” to be shot in Kenya and Britain; “May You Die in Ireland,” a spy thriller to be filmed in Ire¬ land; and “Dateline Paris, August 1944,” which will be made in France. Active preparations are now going on for “Justine,” Zanuck reported. The 20th-Fox president expects to visit Cairo and Alex¬ andria with his art director to investigate the possibility of filming the Lawrence Durell story on its actual location. The first picture to be made by the Saltz¬ man-Broccoli team will be “A New World,” to be directed by Vittoria deSica. The pic¬ ture starts in Paris on Feb. 8. No Bond films are in the Fox deal with Saltzman and Broccoli. Another property that has been acquired jointly by 20th-Fox and the production team is “Funeral in Berlin,” which will be made largely in British studios. Zanuck revealed the films made during the past year under the supervision of the Fox London office included “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines,” “High Wind in Jamaica,” “Up From the Beach,” and “Rap¬ ture,” and said he was highly satisfied with the results. During the conference, Zanuck was flanked by Elmo Williams, 20th-Fox production head for Europe, and Percy Livingstone, managing director for Great Britain. Asked about runaway production charges that might arise on the 20th Century-Fox European program, Zanuck said it was neces¬ sary to make pictures abroad where geography dictated a need. Asked about the sale of films to television and the manufacture of filmed series for television, Zanuck said all companies now calculated potential income from eventual television sales as part of the basic production budget. BROADWAY GROSSES Baby, The Snow Did Fall NEW YORK — Once again, a weekend snow¬ storm cooled off business everywhere but the Criterion, where seats for “My Fair Lady” were still at a premium, and the DeMille, where “Goldfinger” held forth. The radio blared with the advice to “stay home” and the customers obliged. “FATHER GOOSE” (U). Radio City Music Hall, with stage show, took in $70,000 for Thursday to Sunday, with the seventh and last week headed for $100,000. “GOLDFINGER” (UA). DeMille continued to pack them in with $48,000 for the fifth week. “MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY” (Con¬ tinental). Warner reported $9,000 for the sixth week. “BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL” (Colum¬ bia). Loew’s State took in $9,000 for the sec¬ ond and last week. “CHEYENNE AUTUMN” (WB). Loew’s Capitol reported $10,000 for the fifth week. “KISS ME STUPID” (Lopert). Astor took $10,500 for the fifth week. “IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD” (UA). Victoria announced $8,000 for the fifth and last week. “MY FAIR LADY” (WB). Criterion still had the SRO sign out with a heartening $59,000 for the 14th hard ticket week. “SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL” (WB). Rivoli reported $7,000 for the fifth and last week. “THE NIGHT WALKER” and “MAN IN THE DARK” (U). Palace reported $10,000 for a one week engagement. New Plautus Series NEW YORK — Plautus Productions, a sub¬ sidiary of Paramount Pictures Corporation, is moving into a dominant position as a source of television programming with the sale of a fifth series, “Coronet Blue,” to the CBS Tele¬ vision Network. The new hour-long dramatic series, which is being prepared for the 1965-66 season, finds Herbert Brodkin’s Plautus Productions pro¬ viding five hours of prime-time dramatic programming. Brodkin said that an unusual aspect of “Coronet Blue” will be its introduction of a new approach to series television, “the no¬ format format.” A theme of the rootlessness and isolation of the young American genera¬ tion now entering adulthood will free the writers of the series from the restrictions of multiple continuing characters. Sands To Para. From AA NEW YORK — It was reliably reported here at the weekend that Ernest Sands, general sales manager at Allied Artists, has resigned his post with that company to accept the position of assistant general sales manager at Paramount Pictures Corporation. He will report to Charles Boasberg, vice-president and general sales manager of Paramount. Sands’ replacement at Allied Artists is ex¬ pected to be Nat Nathanson, who has been assistant general sales manager. 4 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR January 27, I96S