Variety (March 1964)

Annual subscription, 815. os "Published Weekly. at 154 ‘West asth Streots ‘New York, N.-¥. 10036, by ‘Variety, Inc. ‘attgte “copies, 35 cents. _ Second -Class.-Postage. Paid at New. York, N.Y... ca es “©. COPYRIGHT, 1964, BY. VARIETY, ING, ALL RIGHTS: RESERVED _ AS. the: Bronston-DuPont opera tion: ‘worked. in’ the ‘past, each pic-' . ‘ture. was ‘set up-as. a: separate part + -<: 4 nership,.-with ‘Bronston: as -general | “/3. partner: and.” DuPont * as ‘limited | 4] partner, and: also: money: man. 3s &, Wit s Commercially -. the guarantor’ of Bronston: comiple= tion bonds, . ~ “Apparently: ‘because of: Bronston |. heavy “and ‘compli|, ‘eated financial. obligations (includ-. . iiig.a-total of ‘$24,000,000 -tied up| “Gn the ‘ completed. ‘but ‘unreleased \. “Fall of. The Roman Empire”. and |. _“Circus.” World,” Wwent..over budget), DuPont ‘asked | ‘Productions’ Bronston: to assign his. rights.-as general ‘partner: ‘to-a trustee, in ef-| “fect giving DuPont. control.’ Bron-'} ston thus as an individual can:.for. .-the present make no. financial com“mitments. ‘or. contracts. involving ‘the films without, the full approval of DuPont. ~. i Bronston ‘ spokesman, (Continued. on page’ 68). who Hot String-Tied ‘Secalar’ : Minister Clicks Ys. ‘Tonite’| ‘Wichita, -March. 3. Newest commercial. ‘tv person| ality. in this market. is: a: Protestant ‘minister, Dr. Ronald Meredith. of: -Wichita’s.. First .Methodist Church, -who: competes: ‘on “Monday: nights with . the late. movies. and NBC's “Tonight” show.: He.:performs not asa religionist, however, but-as a ‘secular: : personality, ‘although.: “his: -eredentials: obviously. . serve ‘to| ‘qualify him for -his. ‘video: role as|— W. German Soviet Culture ~ Exchange Still Up m Air, adviser. on personal -and” family .\problems..: As’ if to ‘prove ‘that: his. * purpose | isn’t to:preach-a‘doctrine; |. he’ wears a .western-type ‘business | © suit with string tie for a tv. costume, : “LDp, Meredith’ Counisels”. was in| stalled on’: KAKE-TV..a.fortnight ago asa regular. Monday . night! 9. “... Offering, following the success of ge ‘special . Seven-hour * stint. ‘the ' minister performed. on. the. station last New: Years Eve, .It.-was . the --Feasoning of -KAKE Veep-general .. Manager Martin Umansky. that. in-.|. -stead: of the usual delirious festivi-| tieson the holiday: qve it.. might be appropriate, gad. original, to offer wisdom,’ comfort and guidance to persons needing. it. So the. clergy Man went on at.‘midnight. taking’ ealls from viewers: and dispensing | © Jadvice. on, all:manner. of human problems. When he. wound up at’ halted,” / Continued ¢ on. page. 68) ~ ‘Badgets Burs sti ng Br ne | Proceeding’ “under * a voluntary +— — -agreement without court order, a :trustéeship ‘involving Samuel Bron-|. gon Productions has:been created. “The: trustee is New-York attorney.| _*Jésse Moss,” who: ‘previously .did |" + Work for. both Bronston and Pierre '| , “S. Dupont 3d: ‘Latter has” been..for the past several years ‘the. chief _. + baeker of the-Bronston production) | > setup operating in’ ‘Madrid. both of which } | the: . | the film, * Ivor Novello ‘Apartusent: “Strand:Theatre, London| ”_ Tn. hundveds’ “of |. “small © towns | The ‘apartment above the Stead | around the United States the voice | Tong. the. home . of. the late’ Ivor: ‘Novello, has.been slightly. reconstructed ‘London, . March. 3. Theatre in. Aldwych, ard: redecorated, living: | Swede F im’ “or Becomes: | lites: _ Stockholm;. ‘March 3... “the: Swedish government at a ‘cabinet. meeting:.on -Feb;:.28 gave ‘the: -psychosexualis. Swedish film: “491” a license. under certain conditions. Cuts -will: be made in four. scenes, andthe sound (the ‘spoken | word) shall be. Tmiade ‘impossible: to| “| hear: dn? one. sequence. The latter “scene is:a monolog “where one _ of. speaks | very. openly. ‘about... ‘how. ‘he’ was -} bred. Being | ‘eut are’ overly: frank ‘| 'Sex.‘scenes.:.: Vilgot.« “Sjoman, : who° “directed. _ LS declares that: “it ig: ale: ‘lunbeltevable. situation ‘when |. neither. the. producers nor .the censors seem to know what. rules _-| govern; Particularly. :-the : ‘Censor-. ‘ship..Board: isworking © after some |! very strange ‘rules; judging’ films|: -by an Ingmar. ‘Bergman’ from oné|. -@ moral : ground, .and films-by other |: °. directors. on. different grounds. |. What: Bergman ‘shows’ in. “his ‘pie|. S| tures is:‘great art’ but if another. director ‘shows’ the.‘same: thing it: seems: ‘to’: be . pornography. ° The . juvenile: criminals © (Continued. on. page. 24): “Frankfurt, March .3.° Even fhough. the German. Cir-. ‘eug! is a. sellout in. Moscow.,. ‘and couple: of Russian" artists: are ‘currently touring” West:. Germany; there is no -word. yet..on: whether the “eurrent™ German-Russian -Culs | tural ‘Exchange: is. due . for:., A Tefe néwal.. Last: official . ‘exchange ig” set for May; when the.’pop orchestra of Kurt Edelthagen: will tour the Soviet‘Union. . And: currently, German. ‘organist’. Guenther Fisch inger’is. swinging through: the ma jor: Russian cities. But-if, there is:no-new exéhiange time’ and: same. Lever’ sporisor, but : forthcoming ‘in, “June, these visits ACIOSs ‘the. Troy, Curtain. wil be. Cats Approved Bing Nixes Geet ‘}-lnoney for. ‘| Lever” Bros.,: ‘lookéd ‘set: for an SRO. ‘until: Cros{ by. chimed in with his nix; ues, WORT ‘Atha Miller “Attends By ‘MORRY. ROTH..“Chicago, * ‘Marelr 36° ‘world: bare skin ‘epics.: He.‘is ‘the ‘final.:.and: highest. authority: | On -whether ‘a. film. can_ be ‘advertised,. which:.is to . Say,’ profitably. ex-' . ‘Mr. Civic Con| sciencé” though | ‘he. seldom, if: ‘ever, |: {sees the. films questioned: and -in-|| variably: bases his judgment onthe || ‘leer’ in the proposed -copy, a: cer-'| hibited: He ‘is. ‘tain: ‘amount. of. hearsay ‘about ‘the [| | film, | and . the’ example : (of: ‘nearby |. | big. city police ‘censors. “Exploiters: employed by distribu|” tors -.of-sexsational. : product all.|” -testify.to the: same. ‘general effect |tas: to “country” ‘playoff. The ‘ad-|._ .| taker ‘is thé arbiter. You go by tim. nore’ s ‘the cold Print-hot | ‘print : switch as--onepossi SO. a W that.in some instances small. ree York film: editor’ ( Fugitive Kind, see more ‘flesh and more grappling | ‘than the. ‘presumably | more sophis-. ticated. big burgs ‘get to -see;. ‘Only four’ states: still have state| -cénsorship laws: (New ‘York, MaryJand, Virginia’ and Kansas). -but. ‘various large cities opérate munici-:| pal censorships, Small ‘towns “will. | usually. (but. not. always) follow along with the nearby: metropolitan: “(Continued on Page 78). turn this week: when ..one of the top .stars “in -television: (and’ for ; ‘that ‘matter-in ‘all of show: biz) re| .| fused-.to accept: cigaret sponsorship : his new. half-hour ty'}|-show. The ‘star. is Bing. Crosby, the | '} spurned: tobacco, company: is--Lig| gett &. Myers and. the disappointed |. network -isABC-TV... minute...situation: ‘comedy’ series next season was. attributed strictly to, moral :: reasons, ‘show’s-for-tv-exposure ° slotting. at o: 30 to’ 10 P. m: Monday’ ‘| nights..: -| US. -redched: five: hours : ‘and: -Six minutes, basing’-the figures: on: AS ‘despite the: Show: islicensed ‘directly: to came up -with L. & M: Everything. Crosby show’ willstill go, same with ABC ‘shopping for: a new ale a ‘I ternate-week. client." get y wo HO The’ ‘pigaret “ eominerelal contro=| ‘versy: took an: unexpected’ dramatic. ‘Crosby’ s refusal to. Z0 along with |. & “Mas a-eo-sponsor. of his 30- ‘scheduled. whieh is: ‘Sponsoring: it :.om <an: "alternate-week : ‘basis.:} Je Waiter. ‘Thompson’ 's Danny. Seymour sought :to:-match another JWT ‘client for the other: half and ” minutes... i A aT THKERS RULE. (Hotel & Nitery Ops Sight Fort Knox INY Fair; 3, aM 602 Advanice Sale —¢. ‘There is a decided about-face | among restaurateurs, bistro operators, . goon-due(April 22) N.Y. World's. Fair. All see-nothing but roseate | Fort: Knox horizons ‘as reservations. from. travel agencies et al. already’ have the hotels wondering how to “Nazi Trial i in Frankfurt ' Frankfurt, March. 3.7 7 “Abthur Miller and his wife: were’ -and muscle -ofunofficial ‘film :cen< ‘sorship is the: local’ newspaper. ad-. -vertising ‘manager. He stands as a barrier. to. the sexy ‘hot. imported.| “ “It has-been named’ for. the actor features. and Hollywood: ‘under-. ‘coiposer. and will. bé availzble -as quarters for foreign: actors ‘appearing in. the’ West. Ea in. the’ West. End. vo among: the ‘spectators last ‘weék: at. “sessions of the’ ‘Auschwitz ; trials. held in-the Frankfurt Courthouse.. The. playwright . ‘denied : fo the. ‘local press::‘that he. ‘is. planning ‘a } play « based. on the notorious . Nazis justice, “but: said: that» he will. re port’ .on his’ ‘observations. for. a New. York. newspaper. Black Like Me? ‘Carl: ‘Lerner, ‘known ‘a8 “, New “All The. Way. Home,”“Requiem ‘for “A. Heavyweight” | ete.) and who: _ | is: making his debut as a -film.diJrector ‘with “Black: Like Me,” re-. ports that he-has “a. handshake deal” ‘with. “Reade-Sterling (who -have ‘distrib rights to “Black”) for two ‘more: pix: Lerner and. his wife |" erda;. who. collaborated ‘onthe ‘script for:. “Black,” ‘are ‘currently } =" working ‘on .anoriginal: screenplay | with. a college locale. : ‘The director. now winding: post | photography: work. on “Black,” . re‘| ports that he encountered no major |. ! problems | during . the ‘shooting. of | {| “Black” on locations in Maryland, | ‘Virginia; Washington, D. C.,-and the|™ Florida west. coast. “However, | to] % |-guard against unpleasant incidents, | . “| picture was known as “No Man. Walks: Alone’’-during the shooting —it.: -being ‘felt: that John ‘Howard ‘Griffin’s": book; “Black .Like’ Me,” Which’ tells" of Griffin’: S experiences “Wednesday (26) night, has since. _-| had. | pickets and, counterpickets. Though Jess grim and. disturbing than }.premiere -night when harrassed (Continued on Page 20). Di Viewing Per. | Home: Sars. 6 Mins, "While: “many. industryites ° Bureau’ _of . Advertising : Teports | | daily -viewing™ per ty home -in the. C...Nielsen’ reports. The. New. average,. says: the Bu-Feau, “marks: the eighth: -consécu-. tive ‘year ‘that. time spent: viewing | -tvhas-‘topped the five-hour-a-day ‘Previous annual: high . was: in’ 1957. with: five hours’ and nine | ‘Tv deleted the. viewing |during . the weekend: of . President ‘Kennedy's death, or the figure for. level... | the . year’ would have :-been -: five ‘hours: and 1 minutes: a Bday, : Fair. execs who have annouriced a are. talking. about tv.’ viewing. being. ‘down; and: ‘while’ motion. pieture. attendance has. Anereased some -over ‘the. last. year, the Television. hoteliers. et gi. anent the juggle matters for thase inevitable .. last-minute, old-client, Vr or. : other. emergencies. Unlike ‘the summer doldrums ‘of who are finally being brought to |1963, this semester and ’65 took like turnaway trade at the: Gotham. ‘inns and the.concomitant parking lots _(rates.. raised), cabbies (they staged a. one-day strike last week 1 to pitch for upped tariffs), Frestau-.. tants, “pubs; clubs and the. like:. -|Even: -hostels -. which ' previously dropped talent budgets are reviving -| them to be ‘ready for the entertain-. Safely Produced ment-seekers after they return ‘footweary, hungry and thirsty: to.. Manhattan environs. ‘Meantime, the. World's Fair will .-be the biggest show business en,| terprise . in history, according to $35,219,602 advance sale involving 28,034,987 tickets. Brisk sale of re duced rate ducats, which ended Saturday. midnight (29), has led to -a revised estimate of. the: 70,000,000 attendance. predicted . earlier. ‘Fair official felt that. a. “90,000,008 ‘to 100,000,000 ‘attendance would’ now be more. Tealistic. The ‘heavy. advance, according to Thomas J. Deegan Jr., . chairman (Continued on Page 78) Noise; Nazis, Nerves As _ Deputy’ Hits Gotham; Pickets Are Picketed The. “field of. pattle” aura of New York’s heart-of Times Square West. 47th St., on which is located ‘the ‘Brooks. "Atkinson Theatre, where “The ..Deputy” premiered ast its nightly hangover ‘with theatre staffers were heard to-bark, “Keep the doors closed, for blank= ety-blankety: sake.” This matched ‘ equally vocal noise from,the American Nazi Party pickets and from counterpickets. whose placard 3° | hailed producer. Herman Shumlin, “free speech” and Rolf Hochhuth. ‘While.‘the 33-year-old German 4 Lutheran dramatist of “Der Stellvertretter” (‘The Vicar” or “The -Deputy,” equally . disturbing. aftermaths. in its” multiple performances in many ‘countries, since its original ‘Berlin | Premiere two. years ago, the sight in. English) has had of. the fanatic American Nazi party stooges in midtown Manhattan. made. for. bizarre contrasts. The cops had. West 47th St. ‘between. Broadway: and sth Ave. “3 ‘Solidly phalanxed .and there were ‘(Continued on page 78)