Paramount World (1955)

2 Paramount World PARAMOUNT JOURNEY TO NEW YORK AND HOLLYWOOD FOR TOP CAROL OHMART SHOWMANSHIP CAMPAIGN Michael Curtiz, at right, rehearses Garold Ohmart and Tom Tryon in a scene from THE SCARLET HOUR Carol Ohmart plus the combined eff¬ orts of the cast of THE SCARLET HOUR, and inspired director Michael Curtiz will give some Paramount publicist or exploit eer throug¬ hout the Pararaoxint International world a won¬ derful trip to New York and Hollywood late in 1956. THE SCARLET * HOUR, as will be noted in several places in this issue, is the excit¬ ing new picture being made with great talent, but without any present-day marquee names att¬ ached to the cast. This picture is more than a mere film it is the instrument of a new era, the era in which fresh, eager, valuable talent is to be given the greatest opport’Jinity in film his¬ tory to emerge into stardom. We believe that this fact provides a most exciting basis for the launching of the picture and its new personalities on audiences of the world with an impact unprecedented in film history. So we are announcing a contest (open to the same participants who vied for the trips with the contests on ’’When Worlds Collide” and ’’War of the Worlds”). This contest runs from the present moment through to the latter part of 1956. We will announce the actual details in our next issue. But in the meantime it is not too early to commence your showmanship camp¬ aigns for Carol Ohmart, the remainder of the talented cast, and the production itself THE SCARLET HOUR FRED HUTCHINSON APPOINTED PARAMOUNT HEAD IN BRITAIN Fred Hutchinson, one of the most respect¬ ed film men in the British motion picture in¬ dustry, has been made Managing Director of Paramount Film Service Limited, the Paramount organization of Great Britain and Eire, Fred comes to this post as the climax to a career which began when he ent¬ ered the industry as a youth in 1908, His most recent step was promotion from the post of Managing Director of Sales. This post in turn had marked an advancement from that of Sales Manager, which he had become in 1946, a matter of five years aft¬ er joining the Paramount organization in 1941. A native of Bradford, Yorkshire, Mr. Hut¬ chinson has long displayed almost uncanny skill in sale s-apprai sing box-office film val¬ ues, With what we know to be in the immediate future program of Paramount, he should lead our British organization to even greater heights of accomplishment. Speaking for Paramo\inteers everywhere both in the Unitedv States and Canada, as well as internationally we congratulate Fred on his very much merited promotion, and wish him continuing success, DON HARTMAN PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS FOR ” ANYTH 1NG_G0ES" Paramount *s executive producer views ANY¬ THING GOES and sends a frank, sparkling wire to Russell holman in New York, '•DEAR RUSSELL: LAST NIGHT, ALL BY MYSELF I RAN 'ANYTHING GOES' IN FIRST ROUGH CUT. IN ALL MODESTY AND WITH CAREFUL, CONSERVATIVE CONSIDERATION I AM SURE THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST MUSICAL IN PARAMOUNT'S HISTORY, IN STYLE, IN TASTE EN¬ TERTAINMENT AND SHOWMANSHIP, AND I BELIEVE IT IS ONE OF THE BEST SHCMS OF ALL TIMES AND YOU KNOW YOU DON'T GET MANY OF THESE WIRES. A DREAM CAST BEHAVES THROUGHOUT WITH GAY SPIRITS AND I AM GRATEFUL TO YOU THAT YOU MADE ME GO TO SEE JEANMAIRE WHEN I WAS SO WEARY THAT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHE IS EVERYTHING YOU AND I EVER HOPED FOR, A REAL NEW COMET AS CHEVAUER WAS WHEN HE FIRST BURST ACROSS THE SKY. PLEASE TELL GEORGE WELTNER, JERKY PICKMAN AND ALL THE BOYS THAT THE BLOCK BUSTER OF THEM ALL IS ON ITS WAY * * DON HARTMAN" James E. Perkins, Exec¬ utive Vice President of Paramount International Films .left , congratulates