Variety (November 1962)

_ MISCELLANY. U $, Producers Run Away’ toll H W , mm German Producers Also ‘Run Away’ To Yugoslavia, Few Left at Home} By HAZEL. GUILD . . ‘Ulanova Rules. “Out Frankfurt, Nov.. 20: : | West German film industryites ; Any’ Bolshoi Encore. ; Galina. Ulanova had ‘second |*: are faced at the moment with a two-sided. problem: First, American “runaway: pro-. thoughts ‘about. dancing again with 7 ducers” are. tending to go back | the Bolshoi: Ballet in the United | States. This had been confirmed. as |. ‘an event for Los ‘Angeles, possibly.| home, and. German studios, Gere h rman bit; man technicians and ‘e it San Franéisco, and probably: Madi| son Square Garden. It’s. now. defi ‘actors feel the let-down as ‘employ‘ment from the Amerieans. drops. ‘nite’ that. she: will ‘not pei rfo publicly at the Garden. . °~ t Second, German ‘producers are Longtime prima ballerina: travels a now tending to become “runaways” se “PAUL ANKA-. themselves, making films on ica: now: with. the Bolshoi. as one of its h uc| tog, , Hien in other Jands the. eeenery ‘directors. Decision..not to--dance | There’ ‘may’ bea crisis . in. ‘the especially appealing, or they make. again was” apparently: made’ priv-| paribbean,, ° but ‘show. .business‘is coproductions in other’ countries | @tely.on “artistic grounds: . Fe ““l -want to thank: all’ of the people: which provide some outside. financ-.| in oe a ‘in. these: countries who made ~my’ + ; . uc= Danser for Geiselgasteig!” Irving Ber lin JUL _[ eeestui bigs Meet es na was the headline in a recent NuernSG Mil est on e Awar d. “For Pic Achievements | | -| Rico, : ‘Trinidad, -Curacao,,. Venezuala;.. berg mass-circulation. ‘newspaper, | a and | Melee It was ‘great noting that for the first. time in|” Un... years, the Hollywood ‘studios. are}. Hollywood, Nov: 20. Irving Berlin has. ‘been namea | | by the executive. board of the| becoming more attractive ~to| (Continued on page 63) A Screen Producers Guild to“receive. ‘tthe 11th annual Milestone Award. LUSTINOY PLAYS BWAY |S" tos Mee acd PREEM FOR DAG FUND | ‘22 ssa'sterse comsibation to |” ‘Peter . ‘Ustinov’ s London stage. fertalament® The award wil the | ‘hit, “Photo. Finish,” id which film. jmGuild. holds“ it WwW. ds: din: _presario. Joseph ‘E.. Levine is: to the Intern tio val Ball ‘Of the present on Broadway early next) po wey room. Or eae Beverly ‘Hilton. Hotel: year: in association with Alfred de ° The Milest “Awards -di | Liagre,-opens in Boston Jan. 21 for’ e Milestone. Awards inner, three weeks before moving to New whieh in addition to honoring Ber-. York's: Brooks Atkinson * Theatre. lin, will be highlighted. by :presen-. benefit the: Dag Hammarskjold theatrical, motion. picture: of the ‘ing: casually’ past.” tables. cand: Foundation. year, the. best produced. filmed | through’ the adjacent bar,:": ‘The American production, which| television series of: the year and| “Stunt has’. alreadyupped ‘the ‘the Jesse L. Lasky Intercollegiate. femme patronage of. the eatery. by, 4s fo star Ustinov,. will. be capitalEa anette ky ized at about $78,000, and will rep-|{ Com on. awar . Past’: recipients ofthe. “Mile(Continued cond page 50) -resent one of the rare instances|. Financed entivels by ite tnecuonee | Adolph Zukor Jack be Watwe le inanced: entirely by its producers. olp ukor, Jac arner, |. ‘The London production, which | Samuel Goldwyn, ‘Spyros P:. SkouBirdie’ “Authors Donate opened last spring, was capitalized | ras, Walt Disney, Cecil B. DeMille, | “Share of. Show Royalty at about $28,000, and reportedly Darryl F.. Zanuck, Louis. B: Mayer. Lee ‘Adams. chas giver.:25% of recouped it in. three weeks Hime, and Jesse L. Lasky... |-hislyricist: royalties fromthe stock: , : {and :amateur. rights: to “Bye. Bye: 14| Birdie”. to. The :-Unitarian’ Church’ of All Souls, New ‘York: The gift, | which. Adams ‘made. in ‘the ‘name. of.--his wife,’ Rita, -.is. valued. at ue “London, Nov.. 20. ‘Models: ‘with. the martinis, lin-. ‘Sery’s new open: air. cafe .on-a.Paris sidewalk: Every, -day' -a:. 90-minute. . fashion ‘show is. put on with models stroll | port. the .church’s program: to .én{I} large ‘its school: “facilities in Wig-| gin House... © ‘art, who wrote. the “book | for 1 “Birdie,” ” assigned. 25% of royalties: | from. the ‘stock, ‘amateur and. for| eign rights. to the musical ta Yale} fil Univ.. for the establishment .of the || Lemist. Esler Fellowship. in. Play-"| 8} writing. Esler,: who died. in 1960, ‘Twas associate: professor ‘of. play. writing ‘at. Yale for many.’ ‘years, | until his: retirement in' 1957. Stew-' au} art..is-.an alumfius: oF ‘the. ‘Yale: oi | ‘Drama School... wl: Knoxville, Nov.. 20. Gift Subscription || Enclosed ‘find check | or. m.o. . for $........Send Variety for ONO YOOr... cs. c eee? Awe years. 6.0.3.6 ..8 three years.......... | | cepted at the University of Tennes-. scholarships: A. scholarship’ can: ‘period. ‘The second.-grant. is: $225.|. I Tenewable:. each . year’. ‘for three | NAME eevee . erescecsesveee . Sececrvecs ee ‘eeee es eee: ADDRESS | : CITY. eaete wes ‘ee ecee ° cocee. Zone.. ee STATE... aos ele e ee oo |arship program was s sponsored after: her. death: a _American-InParis ‘Wolfe Kaufman. hos on aimnineting plece on how : | INDICATE IF GIFT CARD DESIRED [~] ||| = , * Paris | | a ee cn | ‘Lost Generation’ ADDRESS ....... dee Hl . Of the’20s Sure | ie ‘Found’ Themselves’ 9) C Zone... STATE. ase, cece eson . Sot * | “one. ofthe: many. “‘laterestiag One Year — $15.00 Two Years — $28. 00. Three Years — $39.00 | Canada ‘and Foreign: — $1 Additional per Year" VARIETY Ane. [| 154 West 46th Street ; 57th. “Anniversary. ‘Number : of: | New York 36, N. Y. (I : -Mashen: Verlag, = vagents” Wedekind’s: earlier “plays, f|..|-dora’s °.Box”’. . ‘1 Spirit” (1893), Tan. ‘into. censorship | ‘and was given — only} -private performances ~ anal :“Max ~ shortly| after: Wedekind’s | Sleath in. 1920.. Since. then it -has’ been, played | globally. and only: recently has been | -revived.‘by the: Theatre ‘Vivant at ‘the: Theatre Athenee “Lulu”. has.also served ‘as’ libretto. ‘| for .. Alban Berg's opera | of the. =|'same name M _ vel & Martinis ** : : It S: Now Dr. Horablow’ ‘ gerie ‘with. lunch.: That’s: the latest | gimmick= at the. “May: Fair Hotel. |“Idea. is. ‘to™-put ‘over. the: caravan2 Boulevard . Du ° Paris | .Toom,: ‘which is « designed: like an |: 5 ‘mouth College, : ‘Sunday. (18). . “+> Dartmouth; ‘undertaking a 4:stronger role : ‘in ‘the arts,, has es‘tablished. .aTheatre. and “Motion |" ‘Picture Advisory. -Group-‘of: its Hop kins: Center . for. Misual -and : Per-| “Hornblow is ‘chair-. ‘man of this committee :whose: mem| ‘bers: also include Bosley ‘Crowther,: | forming :Arts.’ } around $22,500. It’s, to. ‘help. sup| Th Grace Moore » Scholarships i ‘see for ‘two. Grace”. Moore. voice |]] | amount -to::$3;800: cover’ a. five-year ||} . Auditions will. be conducted’ Dy. | the: university. Deadline for ‘appli-| : cations is Jan. 31. Miss: Moore’-was || | a. native Tennessean, and the schol{|{ le = = ae | L Editoriat Features dn the. ‘apeoming. |} “Plus, cthet statistical and: date-filled |||! ° SWedmesday,; Revember 21, 1963" | 1 [Pi Pioneers’ Tribute | to Rackmil | hh Whammo Touch of Milt’ Seng : ‘Wedekind’ “Tulu’ “Musical | 7 A La Weill’s ‘Three-Penny’. -Munich, Nov. 20. -Hans J. Pavel,. bossman: of Drel Opera.” “YT ulu, 99 “originally * based on (¥892).: and”: problems. ‘Reinhardt ‘produced © ‘Book for operetta. version ‘is bé of. | ing ‘adapted: by. Heinar Kipphardt, :, fon | fay | fair 6 author: of. ‘The: General’s Dog,” |with: composer: not.as yet-set. Pavel. production is ‘scheduled for. spring ; of 1964.: And Dr. ‘Schuman. Via Arthur: ‘Hornblow. hn r., mane | Letters: degrees -by” Dart‘Hanover; . N. H.;: William Inge, ‘Harry S: ‘Ackerman, Hume.: Cronyn, Michael Ellis, Le-|: land’ Hayward, Arthur “Mayer, Jo} Mielziner;: Jerome--Robbins, Robert | Ryan, Louise M.: Sillcox: of the Au-. ‘thors: “League ‘of ‘Amercia,. Jessica ‘Tandy, Sylvester -* (Pat). _ ‘| and: Fred. Zinnemann. . Earlier. this year Michiael Stew-'| > REVTURNED-ACTOR’S. OK BOOK ON WwooD!: Hollywood; Nov. 20.” “The: “Reverend. ‘Goes ‘to Holly: 1. wood" (Crowell-Collier;. $3.95) is .a. Hollywood. ‘story with malice toward none. ‘Under. ‘an: accurate title that figures nevertheless ..to © ‘sell ' the -book -onsight ‘in. all mariner ‘of. -| markets © across ‘country, if. less broadly . _ here, ‘character.’ actor Continued “on page’ 63)" Applications. aré -now being. ‘ace | — German ‘play | and publishers, has: -an-: a. +nounced plans ‘to produce “Lulu,” 1 Frank Wedekind’s hoary and hardy } |perennial meller, as. an operetta ‘|-along the. Hines. ‘of. “Three: Penny, “Pan“parth: in ‘Paris. } ‘Weaver “Trade 2 Mark Registered ‘ By: ABEL GREEN: “The “Motion Picture Pioneers as fete: honoring Milton R. Rackmil, at: the Americana, . N.Y.,; Monday ‘|night (19); -waseasily the ‘best of the 24. ‘annual’ dinners. to’ date.:-If .. the boss of ‘Decéa Records and Universal and: now,. also,: vieechalrs. * man. of MCA, was ‘gonna be -the;: ‘clay’ pigeon: for the pix: biz vets, the’ combined -resources of’ the! : three organizations ‘seemingly the) and.” highly : Tespected : brand: .of show-.: out to. prove ‘what this. w:k. : manship ‘can do to. make this shindig. different: . From the ‘barrier,. with Playboy. ‘Club-type “bunnies”. shilling ‘the. raffle tickets. to the. show itself, it (Was as refreshingly: new and.-different as. the very environs of the. new. -Americana’ s:. Georgian . ‘ball° room,. where. a peak turnout of some538 was’ at‘hand. = ©: In “a: showmanly ~paced cavalcade of ‘the boss’ Horatio .Alger: saga, titled ‘ “That. Touch. of Milt” -. (Mink).:(a: Universal click pic, what: ~ else?) to “Bobby: “Darin’s zingy pace was relaxed, hip and,. above’ all, different . from ‘previous Ploneers’ dinners. ‘Gene = Woods,:. _ radio. scripter, given. credit. for ‘the: an ie ‘authoring, ‘probably rates the top | bow. because. . his “material. .was "| good;:where the. jokes: were ‘spotty, | conferencier:’ Tony. Randall,’ -et: al, chose to’ give .°em the-.. ‘tongue-in | the-cheek, . -but. ‘Inthe main it was: ‘Dartmouth Degrees ; independent ‘film. producer, : -and. William -H.’ Schuman, ‘ composer’.and . ‘presi| dent of. ‘New York’s’ Lincoln: Cen-ter for the ‘Performing Arts, ‘were | awarded honorary Doctor’ Of: Hue above’ par.’ Norman: ‘Gluck; .ofthe U._vidpix ‘echelon,’ produced. -and .. H. H. (Hi) Martin, U's. sales veepee, was dinner chairman. . “Utilizing” a Greek . ‘horus: ‘motif. ‘male. sextet; save’ for one femme). . ‘fin: -campus-style: gowns, the Decea Utalent. Stable was harnessed into apotent sum ‘total ‘as Jackie Wil-.. -| SON, ‘Ross “Hunter; Rock. Hudson, — Johnnie Ray, Toni ‘Arden, Gregory: Peck: and. Darin‘: punctuated . the:. (Continued ‘on page 14). MIRABELLE OF LONDON ‘SOLD FOR $630,000 London, N ov.20. Tie Mirabelle, one of Mayfair's . ‘Titziest ‘Festaurantsarticularly .fa:. vored.: by show biz toppers; has... changed: hands. for: the’ sum. of $630,000, including wine stocks. The: DeVere. Hotel, Kensington, has- |} bought. 100% share capital of New. " _| Mirabe He. ‘The three. directors. ‘of New Mie.. abelle, industrialist’ Denis Brock, ::. | Leonard: Dennis. and::Celia Schley-€n,.widow.of: the Pole -who. built up .the -Mirabélle to ‘its. elegant.: heights, will be joined: by the four ‘directors. of ‘the De Vere. Hotel. “These _ are: Leopold’ ‘Muller,. ‘ate countant . -Leslie™ Jackson, ‘R: :G, Marsh ‘and -R.. C. ‘Constable. ‘The property is ona 45-year -lease and. ‘president. 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