Variety (April 1961)

142 SPAIN — _ Wednesday, April 26, 1961 At San Juan Bosco the Prizes [luminate Spain's ‘Official’ Taste Madrid. Tie annual San Juan Bosco film award, in Spain constitute a fairly accurate barometer of official at-' Spon| ° titude toward film-makers. sored by the Sindicato Nacional del Espectaculo. -the cash awards — for the be-t in all branches of the ~ indu~try are decided by a jury: drawn in good part form the Sin: dicato, with some ministerial revre! sentaiives and including a minority : of til professionals. , young, talented. new generation of. i “Paz” Strikingly evident this vear was Boat From Bilbao,” “Green Har | director Rafael Gil was named the best director and.best acting perfformances for last year went to Marujita Diab and Tony Leblanc. the calculated: disregard of the! the best script. But what. about. “El cochecito?” filmmakers appearing on the scene | nirected by youthful Madrid-based Joaded for bear against screen | jtalian director Marco Ferrerj? It}. won the Critics Award at the’ Ven|Among laurels this year, the j ice Film Festival last year and was | ‘conformism.” _ best film award reflecting Spain's | considered eligible for one of the _moral, stitutions went to “La paz empieza‘: been cleared by Spanish authorinunca” (There Is Never Peace),j|ties as an official entry. “Cocheanother standard item on the Civil cito” is the only Spanish film to : Wan. Sharing main honors .with: register box-office success on the: was “El principe ‘encade|. Continent this year. nado” (The Unchained Prince}. = Another film completely lost in ONE MANAGEMENT FROM SOUND STAGE TO FINISHED PRINT ESTUDIOS CINEMATOGRAFICOS. ORPHEA FILM, S.A: Parque Montjvich — Barcelona Tel.: 23.30.35 Two big sound stages Mitchell cameras B.N.C. Arriflex cameras RCA magnetic sound P.M.64.A. Studio Power plant Mole Richardson lighting /Runner-up prizes’ went to ‘“The| ‘Lvest” and “For Men Only.” Veteran | “Police Car .091 Calling” was voted | _ TOTAL political and religious in-| principal festival, awards had. itt Film oes ia | HARDTOPS © pe ereceses 6,534 OUTDOOR cvsceceesee 1,357" TOTAL | 7.891 COMMERCIAL ...,... 6.783-NON-COMMERCIAL *.... 1,108 | 7,891 the San Juan Boseo shuffle Was ! “Los chicos” (The Delinquents), i official Spanish entry at Cannes last year. Carlos Saura made. his} bow as director with.“‘Chicos” and |film observers here felt that: his . debut ‘offering merited some re; cognition from Spanish award jurists since “Chicos” was the film }ihdustry choice to represent Spain /at a major. international film festii] val. Directors like -Ferrerl, Saura::: | Borau, Patino and Sumer, together. ‘with screen writers Azcona. Sueiro; Camus and Leonardo Martin face ‘an unenviable futre in an industry padded with government ‘hurdles and controls and where filmoffi: « | cialdom regards this Spanish new-. wave aS.more. of an embarrassment than an asset. The new comers, however, disregarded: their own backyards, take comfort . in the fact that new .cinematic : blood can make the grade with: recognition from other countries..| This was the case with Juan An-: tonio Bardem and Luis Berlanga some five years ago when they shared the major Venice Film. Festival award for the best films shown that year (Barden for “Calle Mayor” and Berlanga. tor “Calabuch"?}. The new-wavers are not able to. make their way with conformist home product for a home market. Spurred on ‘by -new-wav ers’ in France, Italy and the United States they bithely ignor ed tand were S|-in turn ignored at) the traditional FOTOFILM, s. A.E. 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San Juan Bosca celebration this year and are setting their sights: {on adult filmfare. for foreign con‘sumption, ‘Adult’ Theme Emphasis Costly for Americans’ ° On Spanish Permits’ . Madrid. . Holywood’s sw ing towards “adult” films in recent years has {lengthened the list .of Yank re-|{i leases banned by the censor. from Spanish screens. While some: can be salvaged judicious pruning or story-dialegue changes ‘in dubbed || versions for local exploitation, the | B]| list of :films unable to clear the‘ {censor barrier includes many that j. were spaw ned for grownup movie| -ZOers. American managers release on those titles that are considered safe and their companies sutfer , no casualties. Generally. however. the Yank companies ‘find that their hit entries back home are incom: patible with local esprit but have! such mighty box-office. potential’ that the attempt: to release here ° must be made. United Artists this season Jest “Fugitive Kind.’ “Some Like It | Hot.” Inside The Mafia” and: “Tunes of Glory.” UA never: to submit “Never or “In- Some m . on: herit The Wind.” 20th Fox had io scratch “Rains -. of Ranchipur.” “Farewell to Arms,” / “Compulsion,” “Best of Evervything,” “Intent to Kil” and “Seven Thieves.” Up for censor serie are “Girl in the Red Velvet Swing” and “From 'The Terrace.” ; ‘agr cement ‘Luis Dimildos” Spain, Argentina & Mexico Unite’ By HANK WERBA ‘Madrid... One of the most significant de .| velopmefits in the Spanish film in-. |dustry is taking shape’ around: the ~ | figure .ofDon Quixote, unifying jsymbol of the major Spanish-lan-~ ‘guage -film producing | countries. ‘now drawing together in. intimate: Vand | coordinated collaboration: {within the Union. Cinematografica ‘Hispanoamericana (UCHA: What. was once a dream of. Unie. espana (Spanish Producers Agsn))‘has now -become: a common: pro-: fram shared. with film. producers’. associations in Mexico and Argentina to sélidify policy’ and: efforts... and operate as a single. force ‘in the mighty. geograrhieal chunk | consti itutedby the Spanish-speak ,ing world. In. addition, ‘UCHA will ‘also constitute.a phalanx offensive ‘to: gain a foot-hold: for Spatish-: “habla product.in all of the lucrative — -film markets in the United. States, : Eur ope and the Far. East. ° Joint strategy has ‘only been re“cently put on paper. UCHA. will make its. first coordinated appe ar ance at the’ Cannes Film : Festival with a unified press; publicity and ‘promotion onslaught. ‘The three ‘founding member nations are also gearing to step up Film Weeks throughout’ Latin America behind an ay peal for support ‘of. Spanish language product, However, what UCHA has mind—its far-reaching goal, is to stimulate Spanish-language ‘co-productions. Here. the aim is ta stimulate dual .and tri-nation invesinients for film. fejtures.tat. will enjoy. nationality and consequent state protection’ in each of the ‘respective -countries and.-. make it possible. to up budgets for: in. _ithn-making with an international. flair. The recent ‘co-production between Spain and’ ‘Argentina | ‘and: the --eordial semi official relationship, between Spain , and Mexico ‘still without diplomatie ties is: bringing UCHA closer to the ‘three-cornered-hat hopes to achieve, Temporary President. of UCHA is “Attilo Mentasi, Argentina’s most ‘important producer. Oscar. ; Brooke, recently’ elected meniber ‘of the Mexican Producers Associe , ation, is. Vice-President and Uni-espana’s David Jato is filling In as Secretary-General, ° The Hispano-American Film: Un-": ion is welcoming all branches ‘of. the industry to come into the fold. | Membership. is open only to the jrepresentative. -bodies in each branch and ‘not. to. indiv idual. com, panies. While Uniespana chiefs readily aware. that it-is simpler to join together than. it is to stick. together, the feeling in Spain ‘is ‘that ‘the film’ industry is finally veering toward its natural common market. SPAN COPRODUCER. FOR NEXT LOREN PIC Madrid. ‘Carlo PontiMilenio. Malenotti ‘fitm partnership has: taken on a .Spanish. .coproducer for Sophia ‘Loren’s next starring vehicle, “Mme. Saus Gene.” With the announcement that Jose Agata. Films had setup it -signed with Ponti-Malenotti, came ‘the information that-half the prajected five-month shooting. sched« “ule will befilmed in Spain. ; “Ist Puerto Rico Pic Set Mexico City. Puerto Rico's first film, delayed. for about. a year, is definitely set . Par's “World : of Susie Wong" | to:go before the cameras in April, ‘and ‘Blood and Roses” were also rejected. Metro only lost “‘Butterwhile Columbia. failed to enter its box-office potential, “Suddenly Last Summer." Allied Artists failed with “Saipan” and. “Jicll lo Eternity” but both pix are up| for reconsideration by the’ censor appeal board. Censor rejects aren't Many of the films lost will ‘be | resubmitted one or two seasons | After all, “Love is a Many: Splendored’ Thing’: (as an ex-. ample}, couldn’t ‘clear for five’! eternal. years but was one of the ‘brichter ! marquee billings: during the cur rent season. according to Damian Rosa. head of Puerto Rico Film Productions, in this capital to finalize deals with Mexican director Ramon Pereda who will direct. Leads of ‘film, “Romance in Puerto Rigo.” will be played by ‘Maria’ Antonieta Pons and Dageberta’ Rodriguez, as well jas entertainers known to the island republic. Shooting will be in Puerto Rico, -. ‘Rosa said this. is first picture ‘being made on island ‘with Puerto Rican capital: He hoped that’ success of. the initial venture and. de velopment of Latin: American markels. will interest. foreign ‘capital to invest in future Productions. are. “