Variety (November 1961)

“ Published Weekly ait 154 Weat"asth Strevt, New York 36, N. Yu by Variety, Ine. Annual subscription, $15. Single copies, 85 cents, Second, Ciass Postage at New York, N. ¥. _© COPYRIGHT 1961 ‘BY VARIETY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED NEW W YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1961 8) PAGES “Bon Arrivee” -by the voyager on arrival. ..Yope-or. any other area ‘covered by j. the new service called “Be My. The Union Status Of oo “But “Daddy,” ‘who, “you-don’t belong to Equity.” The next day Truman was called. “on at.the National Press -Club. to. Guest By ROBERT F.. HAWEINS +~ Rome, Nov.-7.. The 1962 travelers' to Europe | wilt have: an added fillip to. look. ‘would -replace. ‘bucdeiisome: and stereotyped bon voyage. gifts, such | ~ ‘as flowers, fruit, and the rest. with | presents, ‘enjoyed in: Ett : Guest.” ” Beginning. early next year, friends at home can. shower the " American vacationer with anything. from a $5 perfume in Paris to a complete boar hunt ‘in’. Morocco;. from. a dinner. in a famed Rome. restaurant to a-personally conducted tour of voodoo haunts in Haiti;. not. forgetting such .gag offerings as an‘elaborately: wrapped -“reviv-: romo tablets and. dark glasses, for the morn al kit,”” complete with: ing-after.a night.before in Paris. Idea came to the’ well-travelled. Joseloff. during a previous visit to. Rome when.a friend.at home, af-. ter considerable. correspondence: and difficulty, managed to..arrange. . for him. a swank. dinner (at the: Eternal City’s, plush Hostaria dell': (Continued on page 18) The Performing Trumans; Harry Heckled by Maggie ‘ ‘Washington, Nov... 7. Former President Harry S: ‘Tru-: man returned to his.old plano at. the White’ House last .week and was instantly met with a -rebuke. ‘from’ another — musician ©. in | the. audience. said you-know clarify ‘the cryptic remark. “As a lifetime member of ‘the “musicians’ union, why didn’t you explain. to.. your legit “perfornier|. daughter that you don’t have to be a member.of Actors’ Equity to play the piano?” Truman replied something tol the effect that there was little’ he. could explain to Margaret. 7 Truman and a group of: Fair. Déal friends were hosted by. Pres-(|Kennedy at. a’. special ‘White House banquet..‘The: ident and -Mrs.. ex-President played Paderewski’s “Minuet: in G"” ‘after the razzing from. his daughter. A. preceding -musical -program featured: pianist Eugene List who played Truman’s ” favorite Chopin numbers. List: has played for’ Truman through’ the years, beginning at the 1945 Pots{ dam conference when‘: he’. _per-" forfed for Stalin; Churchill and Truman as an Army’ enlisted man. -of the filrh, Fallout Shelter Fun _ Dept. of the Bitter End: Vet ter “Glaustrophobia being th @ . _principal consideration, the pictures will be ‘comprised. ‘of ‘outdoor subjects’ and travelogs, in additfon. to. inspirational Like: Khrushchev? A Mother’s Grief Called ‘Obscene’ ‘| Rutherford, who have charge. of all ,| visiting dignitaries, are. impressed Kansas City, Nov. 7. Kansas’ State Board: of Review ts being challenged in its censorship tor. Board on Aug..29 refused: to ‘grant a. certificate of approval for the film, citing. an episode in the’ film as. “obscene.”. Scene in questiori is one. ‘showing: the ‘mental. arid physical reactions ofa mother who has just minutes | ‘| before witnessed the killing of her baby: by a soldier, according to the. ‘petition filed inWyandotte. County j District Court, Kansas. City, Kans. | The. . petition. claims’ the: scene is -|not obscene or immoral in :context. As an alternate to the: granting. of a certificate-of approval, the dis| tributer asks the court to. declare |. ‘unconstitutional the. law under | | which the board censors motior -pictures. The petition declares that.|° the law requiring the .plaintiff to ‘obtain ‘approval before-showing the'| ‘film denies the distributor the right and ‘privilege to speak. freely and-| ‘to, publish. its sentiments..and be liefs. The censorship law imposes. an’ invalid prior. restraint upon freedom. of: expression. ‘Attorneys. for Embassy: are. Harold H. Hard ‘ing and Charles -W.. Lowder: Kan sas Ct City, Kans., ‘who. filed the suit}. ct. 26.. Suit is one more in. a long Series. ‘by distributors which: have ‘locked. (Continued: on ‘page 79) Champ Joe Louis’ Tour — Of 1-Niters, Then 0’Seas ' Former. heavyweight champ. Joe Louis | ‘ts teaming with comedian 3} Leonard. Reed on a tour of onenighters. Reed’ worked. with Louis. some. years. ‘ago, and later did -a ‘stint. ag": manager of the Apollo ‘Theatre, N.Y. They debut Nov: 15: sand ‘will follow with a tour. of ‘European Army posts starting Dec. 12: Supporting. cast will include The Falcons, . Johnnie Mae Matthews, Alberta Adams and ‘Todd Rhodes | ‘Orch. HOHE | KEEN FOR SEEING messages . by world leaders.” By ABEL GREEN India's. Prime Minister Jawa-| wants to make the widest study. of U.S. communications and entertain-|. ment. He has so expressed himself to the: State Dept. The result is that Nehru, unlike Khrushchev, ‘will see. Disneyland. ‘Ladies Will Please’ In the yesteryear flickers it -They're the new legit men ace. because that’s where the high-styled ‘theatregoers congregate, especially at the openings, and-even Gargantua can't see over some of those statuesque coifs. It’s as bad as sit * | In fact he'll s¢e Disneyland, at his {go directly from the airport. to “Two Women,” by Em| bassy. Pictures, New York, distribu| J ston. at the BevHilton Hotel.. the may cut. into their take and that ting behind a pole. World Rebuke To Soviet ‘Testing’? Mexico City, Nov. 7. -A minute of coordinated silence on the entire “civilized world’s” radia and tv facilities is proposed by Rodolfo Landa, head of the National Assn. of Actors, as a re buke to the Russians’ “irresponsible atomic bomb biasts.” Landa will sound out all the international federations of actors and allied talent fields, particularly attuned to propaganda purposes, to project’ this vivid albeit “passive resistance measure.” He claims ‘that untold millions are loyal to their local and global talent favorites and such personalities can do | more to drive home to the Russians that the world’s millions upon millions of human beings “may now ‘Moral’ Control Fry e vee W Over Filmings |ozensshcsaey carers «J | actions “even while the wounds of Paris, Nov. 7. j the last war are still latent.” The law giving authors. moral. tights 8 nd say in Woes into. captae US, Western Film Underway in Spain’ imminently. It was first passed in 57. A recent trial pinpointed the Workings: and possible effects of Madrid, Nov. 7. The first full-length western to be. filmed in Spain, “Brutal Land,” the law. is in production in the southeast Law gives writers a sayso on the film ‘adaptation and finished ern province of Almeria; Project is a three-way coproduction involv-. product ‘with. a right to damages ing Hammer Films of London, ‘OWN: request, before he sees his Beverly Hilton Hotel. suite. next .{ Sunday. (12), when he and his party the Anaheim, Cal., ground. Chief. of Protocol. Angier: Biddle ‘Duke. and his chief aide, Jay} outdoor . piay ‘with Nehru's pitch for the. greatest press .and.. communications coverage. Also the Indian leader's .interest in communications which will include an official’ motion picture dinner: hosted. by Eric John ‘same Sunday. (12) night. Next day (Monday) the Nehru party ‘will be + feted on the Paramount lot; the (Continued on ontinued on page 7 78) French. Authors’ if ‘they. feel their work has :been ‘betrayed. It also gives authors 2° of the gross as well as a big down payment against the ‘_percentage. .. Producers feel that percentage dicate recently forméd in New York. Executive producer Michael Carreras is also director. James Sangster shares working producer credit with Jose Maeso. authors.‘may cause troubles. Recent triat’ had the’ Society of Men of Letters backing the prestige and Package involves a sizeable ad‘rights.of a long dead’18th century | yance from Metro which will dis| author, Chaderlos De Laclos. whose | tribute throughout the world, exclassic, “Les Liaisons Danger: cept for Spain and Portugal (Mer ‘euses,” they. feel, was debas ¥{curio distributes in these territoi ‘the’ updated..’59 pic version of dil rector Roger Vadim and writer‘adaptor Roger Yailland. If: dead authors’ works are also’ to be contested,. producers feel this | could get out of hand. No verdict (Continued on page 78). oot ries), Based on an original screen: play by Edmund Morris, “Brutal ! ‘| Land” includes Richard Basehart, ‘ Alex Nichol, Paqaita Rico and Dor i Rey and Manolita Barroso costarTing. {| Germany, Taylor, with Jose Nieto, Fernando | ‘Funhouse Mirrors’ as Seen 0'Seas Word from Hollywood at VARIETY: presstime Tuesday was that film folk wished to cooperate but did not wholly t of th eran — publicist-distrib Noel |harlal Nehru, now in the U.S. on aj used to be “ladies will please accept the validity of Murforward to for enjoyment o 4. he " Meadow ..has. formed’ Survival. "| state. visit, Is pointedly interested} remove their hats’ but what tow’s data. Eric Johnston's Continent, if a ‘scheme. doviee 1 ¥| Sims. to distribute 16m and [in the widest exposure to press,| to do with those new Eiffel own survey established differ-broadcasting _ executive nuntek 8m pix for use in fallout shel| radio, tv, motion pictures for him-| Tower, Brigitte Bardot-style ent impressions; that 85% of Joseloff takes. hold: ~ Gimmick’) self and, more than coincfdentally,|: coiffeurs.. U.S. films were liked around globe. Producer George Sid " ney said Murrow was speaking to the “wrong people”; he ought to address the film presdents and bankers. Hollywood, Nov. 7. Recently Newton Minow, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, lambasted broadcasters for perpetrating a “wasteland,” culturally, in the domestic market. Now the director of the U. 8. Information Agency, Edward R. Murrow, charges that Hollywood film studios are spreading a bleak, exaggerated and undesirable image of American culture to the world at large. Talking turkey, Murrow told the top tier of Hollywood filmdom assembled that foreigners see America through “funhouse mirrors” ag result of the filma they ship overseas. Sald Murrow: “Let me be blunt (Continued on page 78) Russia and Satellites Outshone Free World At Frankfurt’s Book Fair Frankfurt, Nov. 7. This year’s International Book Fair in Frankfurt ranked as the biggest in the world, with an overpowering -80,000 books from 1,832 publishers, and reps of every major American and British publishery on hand. Book fair catalog alone weighs a hefty six pounds. Best-organized and most imposing stalls came from the Redlands, particularly Russia, and also East Hungary and Czechvslovakia. So well-coordinated were the Reds in their massive efforts to sell their books across the Iron Curtain -that they delivered personal letters to the hotels of | Tecisa of Madrid and a Yank syn-{S0me of the top U.S. publishers at hand. urging sales of particular ly “outstanding” books by up-andcoming-young party writers. According to Ken Giniger, chief (Continued on page 78) Dear Jack: WITH ZOOMAR I can get closer to our stars— than Gagarin did with hls» ‘rocket —and its safer! (Costs less, too!) Vanda: J. WALTER THOMPSON COMPANY SAPAN . .