Paramount World (May 1958 - July 1962)

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Paramount World 3U Comedy, romance, poignancy . . . above all, it Has the overpowering attribute known as Audrey Hepburn who now is displaying a fey, comic talent that should enchant. .. she is a genuinely charming, elfin waif who will be believed ond adored I ” BREAKFAST atTIFFANYS nmHMiiyn Technicolor RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL AND ON THE GREAT STAGE "WINGS OF GLORY~-<Uh «*!», w«cuci* uiviin, w» ORM*" •> IMI N.w Yort N—»l SNRWrt OMr. RRCk.lfM, C<m <!• «»caKy ,c». 0Mlt ,rt»U ."A S ympWiy OrcHMtn. THE NEW TORI: TIMES, MONDAY. OCTOBER *>, MSI. ••Lively enlerloinment . . . containing all there is of sentiment, sex ond affection to keep it perking. Brilliant portrait of a young girl on the town ... a gay romp that makes you feel os if you hove seen that world -without ’Visiblemeansof-support I ” . — A-.* w..-, rv ••A jewel of a treat ... a kook's tour-de-force with Audrey Hepburn as its express train traveler. The honors belong to Miss Hepburn here! Avery funny film!*’ — Juices G-ibsrt. M mV ••Real 'kookie' comedy1 The principal members of the cast are exceptionally adept . . . Audrey Hepburn is delightfully audacious os the New York playgirl!” -r*co««w, n™ ••Gay a"d lively humor thol is o constant delight ... Audrey just great... she keeps you jubilantly alive all the way!” — A>*.eoot.»vvr •vr ••The gayest comedy Hollywood has served up in years!” -l • Slick, lively ond crazily funny. . . a howler!*’ ••As wacky a comedy as has been seen hereabouts for quite some time. Its gay mood is due largely to Miss Hepburn as the amoral young hillbilly who has learned to live on her charm and wits. She is not only lovely to look ot but an expert comedienne as well. Daffy ond funny! PRAISE B£ TO THE CRITICS When the reviews were all in, and the gems of praise had been selected and proudly strung this was the Radio City Music Hall* s advertisement in The New York Times of Monday, October 9th. Supplementing these comments on that particular Monday was the fact that "Breakfast At Tiffany' s" had by then rung of a record for the first four days of its engagement. In Australia, Paramount's 41 at annual celebration of Paramount Week was held September 4 to 9. An example from South Australian manager Dehis Kiley shows that more hard-tops were supplied this year than in I960, besides a record number of drive-ins. * UANNYKAYE. * 0(i THE DOUBLE 5 i\0 KEITH S Thfjtir SYRACUSE, N.Y. Seeing double was really the order of the day in this city as a parade of twins was one of the highlights of the showmanship campaign for "On the Double" engineered by Sol Sorkin. manager of the RKO Keith's theatre. Stunt got plenty of local newspaper space. NEW YORK Attendees at the exhibitor congress on "White Christmas." L to R: John Murphy, Loew's Theatres; Howard Minsky, Assistant General Sales Manager, Paramount Film Dist.; Sam Goodman, Century Theatres; Hugh Owen, Assistant General Sales Manager, Paramount Film Distr.; A1 Siclgnano, American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres; Frank Marshall, Stanley-Wamer Theatres, Records for "Suz i eH . . . . Miss Suzie Wong (headquarters: Nam Kok Hotel, Hongkong), reports as follows retarding her international enterprise: TAIPEI. Taiwan "Ths World of Suzie Wong" completed its 5th week at the end of September, with Manager Andrew Fan estimating that the picture would be the all-time greatest success in the country for any film of any company of any nation. A measure of the success is that in its 4th week it topped "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing "by better than 362 %. MEXICO CITY General Manager A. L. Pratchett reports that in the second week, "Suzie Wong" soared past the previous record-cracker, "Never On Sunday." "Suzie," it seems, is a seven-daysa-week enterprise. WELLINGTON, New Zealand Kerridge-Odeon Theatres head, Robert J. Kerridge reports: "'The World of Suzie Wonf' opened last week in Wellington and Auckland to such outstanding figures that I am confident it will be amongst our very biggest box office performers." The famous Paramount Portal to Positive and Permanent Posterity has acquired a new nan* since it became a 'prop' In the Jerry Lewis comedy. "The Errand Boy." But Just as soon as tne shooting was over, the name reverted to Paramount normalcy.