Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1952)

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Mr. Maas was formerly vice-president and general manager of the Motion Picture Export Association which completed a major portion of its operations last year. Ray j\IooN, former sales executive with Twentieth Century-Fox, has been appointed assistant domestic sales manager of Universal, it has been announced by Charles J. Feldman, sales manager. Charles Kurtzman, northeastern division manager for Loew’s Theatres, Inc., is again chairman of the Suffolk County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Samuel J. Briskin has been appointed chairman for 1952 of the United Jewish Welfare Fund campaign of the Los Angeles Jewish Community Council. John N. Krier is now buyer and booker for Intermountain Theatres, Inc., having been promoted from purchasing agent, according to Ray M. Hendry, vice-president and general manager. Replacing Film Stars Take Part In Movietime Tours As a Movietime U.S.A. caravan got under way in the Atlanta exchange area, the Council of Motion Picture Organizations this week announced the stars who are scheduled to participate in the tour to be launched in the Albany territory April 20. Those covering the Atlanta tour — which was split into two units — were Broderick Crawford, Lizabeth Scott, William Bendix, Rory Calhoun and Pita Baron. The Atlanta caravan was at a luncheon attended by 800 persons including the governor of Georgia and Mayor of Atlanta, at the Georgia Theatre Owners convention. Com Mr. Krier as purchasing agent is Munson Hinman. W. F. Ruffin, president of the Ruffin Amusement Co., has been named a honorary Kentucky colonel by Governor Lawrence Wetherby of Kentucky, for his contribution to the betterment of Benton, Ky. Ira S. Stevens, formerly with Price Waterhouse & Co., is the new treasurer of Lopert Films Distributing Corp. George P. Myles has been appointed assistant director in charge of public relations for the Film Council of America. M. A. Goldrick, Far Eastern regional manager of the Westrex Corp., has returned to New York after visiting Westrex subsidiary company offices in Australia, Japan, Philippine Islands, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Egypt, France and Britain. George H. MacKenna, general manager of Basil’s Lafayette theatre in Buffalo, has been appointed a member of the new Capital Expenditures Committee in that city by City Council President Elmer F. Lux. Alfred E. Daff, Universal vice-president and director of world sales, Ch.^irles J. Feldman, domestic sales manager, and F. J. A. McCarthy, southern and Canadian sales manager, were to leave New York this week for Montreal and Toronto for a series of conferences with A. W. Perry, president and generalmanager of Empire-Universal, on forthcoming Universal releases. Harry F. Shaw, division manager of Loew’s Poli-New England Theatres, has been appointed to the Mayor’s Conference on Community Understanding in New Haven. ing to Albany are Greer Garson, Audrey Totter, Sterling Hayden, Victor Jory, Archie Mayo, director, and Sam Marx, producer. Chicago Palace Gets Paramount's "Show" Paramount Pictures has awarded the first Chicago showing of C. B. DeMille’s “The Greatest Show on Earth” to Eitel’s Palace theatre. The circus extravaganza will follow MGM’s “Singin’ in the Rain,” the first attraction to be shown at the theatre since the new management took over operation from RKO Theatres. Top Paramount films usually open at B&K houses. United Para. Yearns J\fet mo. 7 90.011 Leonard H. Goldenson, president of United Paramount Theatres, Inc., reported Thursday net earnings for the fiscal year ended December 29, 1951, amounted to $10,790,011. The earnings include net capital gains of $4,002,590. This compares with earnings for the fiscal year 1950 of $12,351,000 including capital gains of $2,144,000. Earnings per share for 1951 were $3.27 on 3,300,859 shares, compared with $3.79 on 3,261,287 outstanding shares in 1950. Mr. Goldenson reported the decrease in net earnings was due to an estimated seven per cent decline in attendance and increased Federal income taxes. Dividends paid on the basis of $2 per share in 1951 totaled $6,537,000. There was a much firmer tone to business in the latter part of 1951, Mr. Goldenson reported. “The decline leveled off in the last two quarters of the year and attendance has continued to be satisfactory so far in 1952.” He noted the effect of television on theatre box office moderates after the novelty and installment payments have passed. “Producers are now placing greater emphasis on major pictures of broad appeal,” Mr. Goldenson continued. “These will be fewer in number, will cost more as individual productions and will enjoy longer runs in better theatres. The harbinger of this is the fact that more feature pictures in 1951 grossed over $4,000,000 than in any one year.” At the year end. United Paramount Theatres, Inc., had 100 per cent interest in 683 theatres and a partial interest in 184. Under the consent judgment the corporation is permitted to retain a maximum of 651 theatres. NPA Moving to Lift Ban on Color TV WASHINGTON : The National Production Authority is now circulating among Government agencies the text of a proposed order to permit color theatre television. NPA officials hope to get final approval by the middle of next week from all interested agencies and to make announcement of the action early the following week. The order, it was understood, would also clear the way for some home color television. The new setup, a substantial relaxation of the present M-90 order which bans all home and theatre color TV, would permit some home set manufacturers to turn out color sets providing they could prove such production would not drain skilled engineers or scarce materials from the defense effort. Gets "High Treason" for U. S. Pacemaker Pictures, Inc., has acquired the United States distribution rights to "High Treason,” new British thriller. 34 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, APRIL 19, 1952