Variety (April 1963)

Re, : { Picturemaking joday + ik are [ ble, according fe producer-directjar Sidney Luwiet, but nat everyone ig sharing the risks and thls iimbalance will soon cause 2 change in Holl) wood d stribution petierns. “Creative people are ail EWwilling to gamble but dist ribulors aren't,” he contends, and this sit. Uallon wHl eventually have ts "Distributors lake a 98°° marke up,” he charves, °A pleture must ;aroes over (wire Hs negative cout before it goeg inte the black and iit ts the dietributers whe are {eauaing this weirealietie aituatior, Lael Ne ; They lake a substantial yuaratt " Th : “ “een the areating of Hera Jy centae over it, Un . wine elie che in the Cosdade ores, Motoriela were backed a by a 5 tra ah ted. Sate Kent | Giatrinutore great enaler terme. | mate | theatres just don't come tery. oe eit ete ty | on ot | wit t * gireult, w ari credit time extended ‘e ” days, . weline ' nel reached oe | the file. bitarket can ne loner sland guar. | aniees for the bial rribosal one since Here is no lonwer guaranteed | audience,” TLamet f ecia ees: sudienes has «changed, | Fllnigoers today aré & more se “lective group and there are na louder any guarantees on “who or jhow many will see what. There have been many exanigles af pie tures Ihal were expected ta do hig business but whieh fell on their [laces aad filo that turned out tee hits that weren't onpeens te. There ls a x thang ere it 7” ‘Hollywood and with lt must come : {eh chenging distribution pattern,” ‘the avers. “The first distributor fa seme | along with « 20%, deal iss opposed to the present as} will have ‘em | Hocking heen," ne cn | Seed Le ew they | Having eonciuded x the me he pa ) tien, [tiem deals with Par in the pat | MED" "a te a \« a inte a ’ i x : ‘ . . i ag 8 FERED 3 | bo ~~ ‘ 7 . ~ ; . oe oe ‘ rend 4 a in , . . I nN : = @ . mm gy . : hd oe a 3 : 1 &@ " . q ihe ! a " ae _ QT . > J 4 “J + . . . . . . za ys ‘ee. x y : “ . . ‘= a ’ i : » _—— . . am a Se HS. . ae. 7 . ‘ . 4 Ds : F five monthe, the distrib-preducer | J | ae set P fourth tha. past week oe | Arnold M, Grant . whe hae beer ree: fk Ihember of the "yeth ox, board or} ae well ae chairnian ef ite execu | tive commiitee since te last wi oi | verison one te at & . ures, ns eel » ple | the ome e yesterU, § and. Conada nad Par will han | dy Tues.) Cran oe wee mth | ale | it jn the rest of the world. preny Derry! F. Zanuek's ner we nal | Also participating in the produc: | attorney = atid ped ff hese b Zanuck's takeover ~ the pt } presidency last July, assumed hic bos rd pests at the time Zanuck weeded Spyroe F. Shourss, whe The new chairman, | While na suecessor fo Grant ae tchalrman of the exee committee, | wee named yesterday, ff fa be' | Heved that execulive veep Seymour | Pee will probably assume the job, . J , | “ ‘Poe ie the Kingpin af the new ee management team which Zanue aa up. te Sreet area, in many gases, are as-| Add. tee, of eeuree, the wet: with | York | teunded wiih the mew wrinkle ia [it atiiude displayed by Zanuck line cammpeny cernieher same’ yon johow buciness enterprise | vin | and compen C nec. gt [PMC Wat Upped lo exec vip. she yan #t | weeha nee, | In a formal statement, Crant PRPAL SnNaee commodity ‘inte rash Yalie—that thie ic x Alm enter declined the pened’: ” tg ie ! ie The bank, It hat never been | price with, set, Alm enterprise, mands of his law practige, peri dene before Ja such aw extent, — jand the horrible mistakes of the | sonal Interesia and his assumption d-year |, Sala | alyst: “It's famlestic. | past are going to be rectified, recently of directorships im tne hea Imagine: Having the customers | mat jnast things revolve sroutid | siner companies, Zanuck, im an ee | paying herhead af |‘ sa far pe the wieencres of answering letter, retretted Grant's are concerned, And | decision and praiscd Km fer his they're taki thelr cues from the | sid tn the crucial months just ale ‘Lenmar ‘t yniowners are impressed |irade itself, noting particularly. . ations. alee with Zanuck’s “Longest Day,” | that such as the Coldensons ter zane Beene peexy he | 28d while some of them are not|tLeensrd Goldensen, prez af | ; | eapecially overboard with the As [American Wroadesating: Paramount | i Judith Crist Replaces Cae is, ix, nat Ja, cost versus extraor: | Theatres: aed the Si Pablans are | i A Fi ihe Cc: ith a Peeewe: dinary entertainment values, the | ante ing up such klondike stakes {ol sey As Filme Critic eee feet remaine that the publle con [sustain themselves in exhibition. | Paul Vo Beckley is out a¢ Alm , [tinues te shell sut ihe hardtickel [they're showlag an abundance of frit of the NY Herald Tribune, NOv'¢ i prices. Further, the pra investors -confidance. in “Clea,” No@ explanation bw xiven THis sie Need. with | with kids know. full well that the And se ft fs that the money men | cessor is Judith Crist, Fereotly arte even Selere iiatter are militarily minded, what lare backing 20th, to the extent | editor and mnerstly telent ied with ee ywith thelr latter-day penchant for | that they've sent up the stock al | legit criticism She is rated {restal) | paseokas, ef al, rather than the most 100° In value! Also te he | “bough” buck ‘Rowers. Space apparatus, ana [ilemised is the fact Gat Une §o0Change cane with Arst issue al are besieging Mom & Dad ta buy pd. 000 break-even Agure Geress) resumed publication Herbert Kupthe Hekets An Osrar for “Lougest for “Clea” kad tended te deflate | ferherg sucevede Mrs Crist as arts j Day" ales is conrelvable and this, [the per share price Hut this is no! editer Joseph Carter ke new Sune ie. | week cor | his payable Moy 1S. be. stocks [ne la Diamond elders of record on May 1, { carey eye ca adnanend se pareniced p hoo, it a meaningful. consideration. Sionger so ferotsing, day editor,