Variety (November 1963)

‘ oo. : ere on a ee rrr ne Mee reg lm eee pe TST ees . tes tone my . “ . vfey . ” nd + a . . fae . . “ . vot . . . Wednesday, 3 Névember_ 13, 1963 _ PICTURES sari rick Production Slate” " ““oew2Poli Majestic was. ‘closed: af er a Ca Garrick Films, indie film-devel-| ‘opment outfit and: prospective film producer, is ‘currently buzzing ‘with: no less than six. projects in vaTious. stages of work.. ‘Company ° was formed alittle over a year ago by" _Roger Lewis, Philip Langner, . Joel Schenker. ‘and -Max: Cohen, . | Lewis. iscurrently. ‘making “The -Pawnbroker” for. ‘the. Landay Co. with..Langner as‘ eoproducer.butthis is quite separate from Garrick. One such. ‘property. ‘is’ “Cast the: First. ‘Stone,’ " based ; on court |: -case histories .of ‘various. ‘prostitution. cases. It was ‘written by Judge ‘John. Murtagh. and . social -worker Sara Harris. 7 Lewis, who. hasbecome: ‘something: ‘of a: prolific. writer : since. leaving. ‘his post as -ad-pub v.p. at. United: ‘Artists two years.ago, with a cou-{ ple of. “Defenders” tv. shows to: his. ~:-eredit. and some other writing ef-'|: , forts, many author the screenplay for “Stone,” but this isn’t decided as: ‘social health: expert Margaret: San‘ger anda screenplay is being ‘de‘veloped. on this subject. The com|. = 1 to -be disposed of and. special gain. oe from. sale of: property,: was: $77,065, -{ equal to 10ec..a share,: earned on ~ Bob O’Brien — Continued from page. 3 aaa — “pre the things that~: ‘make ‘the whole. difference.” .° Addressing the company’ $ inter| ‘national convention at the .Culver.| studio ‘last’ week, .. O’Brien: -said ‘MGM is presently: in the ‘black: _-and “we intend to stay there. This. ~ could be the best year.in the com-" | ' 1 1,: but’ is subject-to majority. ap City <pany’s. history:”’: . He. reported: ‘that. in “the” next year a total of 36 productions will: -he: placed. in release,. and these. include. such. titles as . “Wheeler | Dealers," SThe Prize, ” New York:”.. “Company ‘of Os “Cowards,”: “Global Affair,” “Viva: ‘Las Vegas,” “Unsinkable Molly | ‘Brown,” “Mail Order . Bride,” “Seven Faces of Dr. Lao,” “Night: -Must Fall,” “His and. His” “Any Number Can. Win.” © and and. ready-\for distribution. . Now. |. shooting at .Culver.City are. Six| features and five ‘television: series. States O’Brien:. “Basically. we . are | ‘a “motion. ‘picture company; our “sole reason for existence is to. provide entertainment: and that :we will do, with ‘motion pictures: high | ‘in quality. and artistic appeal, de-| signed to attract all levels of the : motion picture public and provide. ; the maximum. returns for MGM.” Underlined: as being four of: the most. important properties in. the “Dr. ‘Zhivago,”. current. schedule: . “Say ItWith Music,” “Forty Days |: of Musa Dagh” and James .Mich ener’ 's“Caravans.” ‘O’Brien | ‘stresses ‘confidence in the industry and the. future of _ MGM and indicates a new placing “of emphasis in future: filmmaking. ‘He. said: from. now on: the. story -isto’ be looked. to: first, and’ not ‘the ‘star.. As a case in point he :“ mentions the successful. “Flipper,” | dn which the star’ is a porpoise. ‘The president also made it: clear: that he personally is to become in-||: ereasingly : active in the selection. of “MGM. properties. -OPPORT UNITY ant “For ‘Experienced ‘City-Side Syiidicate.. ; Contact Sete Writing experience not ‘required. -Please send. resume and “slaty Te quirement, to 7 “Box V-3536,. VARI ETY: | 154 W. 46th St., New York N. Ys. 10036: ‘which was part of the’ Nobel Prize winning work of. Ivo: Andric. It’s: -ealled “The Bridge ‘on the Drina”: for which,. alongwith other. works, -Andric . ‘got: the . prize. in 1961. A: ‘treatment: is now: ‘being. prepared “slav-. of -Andric’s, arid ‘the project | | is. envisioned. as ‘a° coproduction ‘taade in Yugoslavia. __. in that ‘Lewis-has had, this prop-|-. erty. on his own for’ over two years. “2: The other. six” projects ‘involve “Garrick completely. + unproduced ‘screenplay: written. by’ “Theodore ‘Dreiser -in:.1933.‘There |are now arrangements made where‘a non-fiction book } . financing. a: novelization. : of this’ Script -to--be.. written. .by Borden: | to-the novel: and also has an equity | ‘ment. ‘stage.: Garrick additionally. TelePrompter Nire-Mo.: yet. ‘Gartick has ‘the. film. fights: to” the’ biographical study of:the life ‘of |: | $7,841, equal to .1cper. Share, on “Sunday . {marily in the: community. antenna. ‘MGM. has 17 features completed ‘}tems; had earned. a net. of around | -|| excellent potential. The prez noted|f‘ll that subscribers served by Telepro|[ © within them. \+to.. ‘sell Defiance . Industries Inc., | three: divisions located. at Cherry. FORGOT LUCENSE House Showing ‘Arabia’ “ Bridgeport, Nov. 12. : pany also has the rights to a-book | by-state. police for,-operating with-. | last year ‘and was. reopened ‘for. ‘special. run of -Columbia’s “Law _renewed:: by ‘Joseph Hetrec;:a fellow: Yugo-. * cops: shut down, ° with “Yugoslavian. ‘interests. ‘to. be. _Another project springs. ‘from’ ain: police inspection.’ |Bluenoses 6 xi ther, ‘Deal. Garrick owns.the film’ rights by Bantam Books and .Harcourt, Brace. &.‘World: Publishing . “are in the’. ‘publication . of “the book. |. Boston, Nov. 12. ‘This ‘is eurrently in the. develop has ‘the film rights to another book | on the alert for signs .of film-cen called ‘To ‘Love. and Corrupt.” ” Goldman, executive secretary and. Net Hits $77,065: Set “Sale of Three Subsids | | ‘| movement..." ;... " gelePrompter earnings -for.. the. “mine . basic: nine ‘months ended -Sept. 30, in-.| he. said. cluding: operations of: businesses | Nick’s’ in: Boston. Wednesday: (6).: 1° “The: ‘situation © has been created seeking: to: under Tevenues of $3,919,070. During the |.aninual ‘Sunday ‘license fee from third quarter, the company -earned | Bross. revenues of -$1;204,030. .| for ‘licenses: to: operate’ motor. ve Third’ quarter . results | include operations for J uly and August: of three divisions located ‘at -Cherry Hill, N..J.° Sale: of these. subsids has‘ been negotiated, effective Sept. ‘light. saving time. year: around; proval: ‘of; stockholders. . Properties slated for. disposition haye been ! generally unprofitable, .showing..a. loss'in excess of $230,000 for the [| first eight months: of this. year. . | The. divisions -had. ‘been. under| taken.-as part of an. expatision and}: ‘diversification ‘‘move over. 2 year |’. a0. -Tf their sale is: ‘approved, as. is expected, the company’s. activities will.again be concentrated pri ‘adults only,’ legislation to: impose anexcise. tax on: vending. and -dispensing machines. o Stanley Manpower Shifts Albany, Nov. 12. Signed as manager. of Delaware ty _and .closedcircuit. tv:fields: _ -.] Was promoted to succeed him; Above figures’ do not. reflect: the. restatement -of stockholders’ in-. vestment accounts: -at. Aug. 31, ‘which has been approved . by the | Strand.:: board.’ -of © directors ‘ subject. tO. stockholder . ratification. Effect: of nett made the appointments. the restatement will .be: ‘the. elimi| nation. of the deficit by. a ‘charge jf: ‘against capital . surplus’ of Approxta ‘mately: $755,000. | ‘Comparative | figures ‘for the | _ third: quarter. and first nine months: of 1962" “were. not révealed. WwW ” Stockholders “Approve”. We “AS” expected, . ‘tocknolders Of 1 TelePrompter Corp. » “voted. ap. proval. at ‘the. company’s: annualji* | meeting: last week of the proposed sale of three electronic. manufac-|. turing divisions: that -lost. an ‘esti-|fmated $233,882: in the ‘first -eight|} — months. of 1963.. Irving. B. Kahn, |f TelePrompter. prez, said-.that the move -will.make possible ‘a vastly |# more stable and: more | ‘Profitable | future.” ne He ‘said that the operations. re-|f tained ‘by: the company, principally jf its: 14: community. antenna: tv sys-| $810,947 through. Sept. 30:and have ‘systems have grown from 4,500} _participants in 1959 to 41,635 presently, both through acquisition: of Must have excellent ‘ Gonte cis: | systems and~ ‘through “expansion | fewspapers and: syndicates and have |. “ | ability. fo advance in A-1' company. The: vote ‘approved ; an -agreement|{. Hill, NJ. These are the Weathers Division, maker. of hifi: components; ‘the Conley Cartridge Divi .1 sion, Manufacturer. of. endless loop|} ‘magnetic tapé cartridges and -the| a {I Audio-Visual Division,: which de-if _ . OCD CITY TY MUSIE MLL | LEE REMICK HES CARER ~~}be effective Sept. 1, 1963, the total oan =. | transaction. "| $1,500,000. {signs :‘and installs. specialized. com-|f ‘munications equipment. . Under | -terms of the agreement, sale would involving © “nearly. a . Stockholders . also elected three] . “new directors. atthe meeting: They {/¥ :- | fare: Fred: Barkau, a cofounder and. | | director from. 1951-1982; Charlesiq 2-1 Kieffer, a Washington. attorney. andif. wet | Herbert ‘Krasnow, | ae, ee vattner. . OPA firm | State “Police Close ‘Bridgeport 4 ‘out .a. license.. House ‘went dark’ .rence of Arabia,” but according to'|. police the. license had" not been ao ‘Later Majestic: was ‘permitted to. | reopen. following _ -angther: state : Sounded A warning to tiembers: -of Thea| . tre Owners of New. England’ to be -:| sorship, and to report ‘such omens. _| immediately, was.sounded. by Carl: legislative agent of. the: organiza-. }tion.'at a workshop meet. held at and. fightin’, by: what appears | to be an organized | ton, American. “freedoms,” and: ‘others involved. Goode re $50 to $104; legislation; to increase from 16,to'18, the age requirement, hicles;. Jegislation to extend day-|legislafion for penalizing operators:|. | of theatres for admitting . persons | under 18 when. films ’are exhibit4 ‘ed which have been advertised “for. “Changes. in Albany. Stanley War-. Aer. theatres:’ John Brousseau: re-' District. Manager: Martin. H. Bur ST ORY 0F THE MISFITS’. By: WILLIAM R. WEAVER. About. 30: were i tne audience when : cm glow. ss ‘The Misfits, by : : ' lanning,, producing, publicizing. and. releas-.| jing of “The . Misfits,” the $4,000,-| 000. Clarke Gable-Marilyn ‘Monroe| John. Huston-Arthur Miller west\ern,. | matized. account, ‘set. down: in diary the-scene: report. of. the p It .is.-a_ methodical, ‘undra form. ‘and. : ‘with . tape-recorder de .| tachment,’ of. daily -events in the long, slow; interrupted and. pro-. tracted shooting. of aproduction. that. was panic-driven to saturation _)booking into 1,300 situations with1. | out “benefit of" build-up. ' As’: put’ together,. without” emo‘tion, “prejudice, ‘Slant or. comment, Goode’ s. chronicle’ ‘figures, to dis-: appoint buyers in the fan world: ‘who would expect at: Thinimum a Miller, Montgomery C Bills killed: in. ‘the Massachusetts legislature. that--would have ad-. | versely affected theatres included. defeat of a-bill-to increase the |! Larry Moore’s Ectasy” the ‘payroll, for. example, | should find . interesting. Bobbs-Merrill publishes at. $5... Remake 0’seas Starring ‘Among those from whom Moore reportedly ‘had ‘tosecure releases are Gustav Machaty, director . of |. the original pic; Joseph Auerbach, | owner .of Elektra. Films, producerdistributor of. the ‘original: Sam Cummins, who purchased rights to the. film in 1933, and 2 number of _ dothers. | ‘David Tress as ANTONY in Julius Caesar . FACTUAL BUT STATIC clash or.two of temperament, a ro-.| mantic moment; a touch of feudin’ | to. break up. the. :}monotony ‘of filming’ one scene} ° {after another with personalities as]. definite as’ Gable, Monroe, Hus Japan. “El Cid” His Wife,-Marla Moore .The often-announced plans for. a remake of “Festasy, ”* the Austrian pic which launched the. career: of Hed ly Lamarr, may be. somewhat closer: to fruition ‘with | ‘the announcement ‘last week that. indie. producer Larry Moore, on: | behalf of. 4-M” Artists Associates,’ {has finally succeeded: ‘in acquiring |. .| worldwide . Tights,” ‘including full. ownership .of ‘the: original negative and all. prints, to the original pic. He will.star his wife. (art)...to . take” ‘another. ‘job; Ted |‘: Moisides; home manager at Strand,. Dick ‘Kelly, . former. assistant: at Plaza, Schenectady. {Fabian 2,400 seater is now’ dark), . -Teplaced: Moisides in: 19 | Tings, i in Paradise On ‘Monday (11). .in Hollywood, AA. President, Steve. Broidy closed with Elvis Pres-. | ley to star during 1964 in “Isle of Paradise.” This will take .. inspiration from “Blue Ha . wali,”. one of the best of the; Presleys and will put-. the singer-actor down amid the sheltering palms again, with . the girls, girls, girls. -Not neéeoessarily Hawaii. ‘Predicting an upsurge in business inthe first half of the cur ‘rent ‘fiscal year, Edward Morey, Allied Artists v.p. and chief New York exec, reports: that. several of the tompany’s current pix are displaying strong staying power and ‘are. building around the country. -The exee remarks that ‘several, features currently in the branches _are shaping up nicely for the com“pany. including “Shock Corridor,” “Cry of Battle,” “The Gun Hawk,”. “Horrors of the Black Zoo,” “Gun-. fight at Comanche’ Creek” “War Is Hell.” These, and Morey ‘states, are. developing into solid. ‘b.o.. pix, Also among. -AA's past issues which are still turning’ a solid biz lift, trick is “55 Days at Peking” which. Morey claims is doing brisk busi‘ness in roadshow engagements in: Canada and ovened to record biz ' recently. in. Tokyo and Osaka, also continues to. register ,substantial grosses, says. the veep, breaking the house rec ord durin# its first. week in. Mex ico. City in a roadshow engagement { which started Oct. 25. Morey also feels that the busi | ness prospects, for several upcoming projects look gond. Among. ‘these. is Blake Edward's “Soldier In the Rain” which he figures will ‘be among thecompany’s top -Srossers. It plays. its. prerelease engagement in New York at the RKO Palace and Albee Theatres for “Thanksgiving and will be on. the circuits. during the: Chiistmas holiday. period. The. exec also says that . prez Steve Broidy has a number of im ‘portant projects In | ‘negotiations inow. Definite word, on some of these is expected in the not-toodistant future. Count Basie signed for 10 days’ appearance in Warner Bros.’ “Sex. and the Single Girl,” playing © nitery operator as well as 88ing in a sequence of Tony Curtis-Natalie Wood Henry, Fonda starrer. Great Lakes Saccaspeare Festival 1963 DAVID TRESS "60 East. 90th St., New York Rea. ® _ PL 7-6300°