Variety (March 1951)

, Marrfc T, 1*51 CRIX ON INDUSTRY RACK AGAIN Goldwyn Attys. Hint 1930 ‘Conspiracy’; Seek to Quiz Zukor, Joe Scbenck to pin III Ml 1| for ftonutl GoM«>n wtll —ok the tnUmwiy of Adolph Zukor ■ PoweU-Pressbarger Die Michael Powell DRIVE H'WODD TO ^ Names Biggest Red Bankroliers, Congressional Probers Ann to Prove Teoplt' Vi. Ik Fh M. March I. to t'a American ActlvNtoC ttee alma to prove Is new Mil of la of the York Squawks com inf with tnrreaslnf j-r-r - ^s'snlwSJsSjSS J^sL“ ss^m £-SH"3a ®* HoOm*»n lor «r Al»i»nd»r Whlk mo* distribution I* T. Map Xr torsi* dlllMM •» I ThT i f tl. r? , r« sr* dus to srrtv. kl New iUdVThlbttloI. uJ-r, srTin nJrJT ! 'P*o»X AplMl OH«r Mb roll ' T1 - **• ** trmm L ead— a board the xhal t(M r t ■■aeiri and bm sr q uen tly dre e lep r d into a minm Mary March U They re carry comoorot^elrUX •Pidemlc William M Wright Fom Wrat Cooat Coming by plane for the la the art lee to dancer Ladmilla Trheriiu directly aa former president of appeara In the pic They'll do United Art»ata Theotrei circuit paper, radio and TV Interview* to which until recently had a pooling plug tho Lopert Ftlma roller* of tho Ct »the U. 8 Committee n pokes men claim ta I . f,,r th# opening of the him gj* weight aa far aa tlcket huylrg P MK,uc er ef the Metro pie; Charles woo^'TM-eoomMintTwo *eoa» try ~t. » UI b. suu«b» wttbt. tbs J* tb. Met., Op*r. How*. h.btU of (ho pubtlr sr. Alrortly **■« b uotoos. rn^mt Urn m- RL. I^l u th. ^5 framework 4f G^dwyn a antitrust H. T„ Ai>r* I. concerned they feel that the critics f direc ted a nd star Pat They declared that If they Jo have a great and anil-ha ■— ^ anen aiaa oecame victim* can peeve the— reports and as* influence — Hollywood • picture- They all recavarad In tl— to ^ the fllmites Involved, they'll makers return to tho Coast last weekend ^ ln d Abram f. Myers, board chairman but the physical set bocks forced a Commies’ financial i of Allied substantial reduction In tho hock- WhJ|# no list of of the with r-wc It** intimated — the aide that Zukor might have edge of the alleged poet which the ma)or* agreed to divide the country f— their expanding theatre empire* — — to avoid flirt ZITort to obtain a from him la expected to bo Alloto k pooling plug the i <»i*ert Films release, and genera — - States Assn Ooidwya ev • rx I hibitod. re* 5*= Direct Payments zrxr, to divldo * bourn. Parai of Motion Picture Ex the critic ks Asked by COMPOS £ * on the bo. boll iT’JrJz Slate Dept Drafts Is* Top Pix Talent commit toes subpoena Hat la avaih able. It'* believed that papers have charged that the re- keeping their eye — at celebs — far and that SO will be Included In the te have — far in* Gale t wife ef Herbert ef the “Unfriendly — released from jail re Diatribe have bowed out ef aerv- hanging lota ef product which the legal rep. returns to N T later this , lug — collection agencies f— rx- public by Its ticket buying hod More than 40 tap Hollywood pro- Bibermsn. from the Cooat to taka tedi* kibitor dues to tho Council of Mo- demonstrated it wanted On tho ducer*. directod and writer* are ig~ from 20th preay Spyros P. tlon Picture Organisation*, other hand, the critics were —id being recruited by the Internet km- rent I y after aerring his sentence ) # COMPO la asking that ex tub checks te be restricting their praise* te al Motion Picture Division of the Howard da Silva. Victor Killian. Plaintiff s lawyers feel they be sent directly to New York head- aesthetic-type foreign pix for which U. 8 State Dept to serve as con- 1 Continued on page It! on page 101 quarter*—which Is believed likely stub-buyers obviously were dem- aultants — 400 features and short I to comm further headaches In gst- onatratmg ns tast e . subjects which the division will . , . . A ling the a 11-industry public re la- Myers beef wak keyed by the produce this year Oper *U I A l/ AI , fully operative, current be. a ucco — of tho Deon structure of the division was re- [ fllF fitJf* her and pro- Govt Gets Tough in Hughes Row Committee of aalesma nafers for Marlin Jerry Lewis 'At sr With N. Y. Rumble of Justice came out •winging yesterday <Tue*.» In Its row with Howard Hughes over hit ernttnuing ownership of stork In both RKO Theatres and RKO Pic- ture*. Government ass e rted In a brief filed with the U. 8 statutory Court In N. Y. that the basic pur- of divorcement could hardly accomplished until Huches th# M>or companies has ruled that War With the Army Film has duct leu Is slated te get parts with his holdings In either th# U sk ef bookkeeping on exhib generally taken a pasting from this spring •f the two RKO firms. nav^—U to COMPO is just toe new ——or and mag • oerx. First hatch af Hellywund aa Although there have acta by my organised body to halt the showing, first out af- New York opening of “Thn Miracle '* slated tor Las Angeles today i Wed l has bees by a heavy rumble af rents. Jo—ph Burstyn. of the pic. which has been labeled 'blasphemous by the Catholic •F Church, charged in L. A. last week that a boycott of art theatre exhlbs w— organised ta prevent shewing IC—tinned — page 111 formidable tor their exchanges In There has been — recent re- currently is being cleared by Fed- of the film In the ant nearly — demanding — Wall undertake With every effort now —arch — the effectiveness ef oral Bureau af Investigation. —- Aa a result. Bursty a and his la- st investors Interested lathe RKO ^ te economise in the critics In infiucnrtng the ka How- cording to Grant Leenhouts. aa- cal distnb. Herb Bregsteia ha\# Mock would have preferred It's branches sales execs —y. there's ever, surveys made four — five siataat chief af the division, with known a financial district syndicate M room DOW foe adding extra years ago by Dr. Georgs Gallup’s headquarters In New York They is interested In acquiring the thee- wor |g Audience Re—arch Institute and are Frank Borxage Walter Wanger Ire stork and has expressed the Nrw o—thod ef collections can— by son— theatre men them—Ives in- Richard Rotten. Harvey Faster and thought the plaintiff h— been too u hgh , wt th the mailing by dtested that only around 12% of Andrew Stone Others tapped by lenient regarding Hughes since the COMPO recently of hatches of the public read reviews—and that the division tor only about •% were influenced by George Archambaud. Ray them Moat people were governed right, Wallace Fox by what they heard" about a pic- I Continued — page IS) lure. ^ Trade opinion Is that that situs* In its brief. | a four-year deadline on the stock tale Under the plan Hughes him—If would be given two yean in which te awing a deal. Tiiereafter. an additional two yean would be given Irving Trust Co, (Cmtinned — page 211 (Conti n u e d — page 15) / AR1ETY Newsreels Streamlined To Ghre ’En Competitive rot/Ni K Swill Ckrck Officials the reviewen’ al* YOUNGER GENERATION GOES FOR TELEVISION Look Favorably Oi French Pic Nixed is U5. Value Vs. Televisioi EES on their corollary rather J^ffC^S^'CT b mt tZ V U* taking place In the oast six months ^ filmgoers pay the pro view • Although the National Left— af to put them on a better competitive m MG* mind, the filmmakers are Decency reportedly balked last footing versus TV, Reels have! (Continued on page IS' month at handing a veal to the cutting down on tune al- French film. God Needs Man. ee- i c i #S 4 Al tt ca i authorities In Zurich yesterday ‘Tees i reportedly re- garded the picture in a more fa- vorable light. Allowing a pre- view In the Swiss city the Inter- ns lias silyuman — vnaoevv. iooc ISS «Ml VtS is h. y 111 Y II SIS Mo MkIu«m At*. ImOm WO •s rt. disney uses sex to SPUR HIS CARTOONS generation in shoeing a narked they get exclusive coverage. prrfe^ for t^ new medium While the change is believed to cartoan w —„-x— - (ohn. son of Col exec-v p. Jack hm br ^ n too frAdua | and too ^ competition from other cartoon ed 20th fox a diploma __ Cohn until last Year had b een an m . . . , shores producers. Walt Disney Is mx * Man** as the film considered r”*"• “ "V." cent te have had any effect as yet. . .. in * “ In * v .i. III. , indie film producer He switched renort the lakul * steps ta held his pre-emi- to contribute most te the spiritual lo s»r*« Gw—. Col ~M«o(T. d.^Mrend on booking tuTlevrlwd U W* MS K*r~*. « -or.I uplift of hum—ity this Under the spur of Increasing national Catholic Film Office Hand- Low point was reached about and is now getting underway with - production of TV programs f— the Arm. This wtll be In addition to commercial TV dipt which he has Mricken. his ^ST •“ EASTMAN REPORTS Other bearers of pi—e e r pic trade names who have succumbed to the lures of video include Bert Ba!abaa. son of Barney Bala ban. Para the (Continued — pag. 201 year, ^ . _ ... | Disney feels he ha—1 been pay- Producer Paul Graeti received (C—tuiuni — page 1 j* inf enough attention to the distaff the award from Father Charles ! | side among his cast of pen-and- brush characters So he to rtvmg ITC rutiTKT VCD STIDES LEAD BOYCOTT ITS GREATEST YEAR ; ,hr v ft * n * numf>,r ni mcdv tty muuc Rochester. N Y . March • Goofy, who’s never had a rw-1 * orexv and U«i< Blum- Eastman Kodak today (Tuet » re- , mantle vis-a-vu. to acquiring a 1 Morgautown. W Va.. March fi. ““ —* * - -* *- —^— 1 Umv. of West Virginia students. I last week via an attempted Theatre" boycott of Universal president P°fted the greatest net profit and nameless hillbilly playmate _ _ Kate j Blumberx volume of sales in the hi\tor\ i*t face to forever hidden beneath a objecting to a fie admission price Obituaries Young Bat a ban is now serving — l^e corporation. Statement issued %unbonnet Chipmunks Chip and rt— by two local film theatres. , p tr iures manager of the film department of ^ chairman Parley S Wilcox and Dale are being given support of a launched m a ss picketing of the two • mount Trlrvition ProducttaM. JL 'l?^'***** Mmed hOU ** b p )r ftubsid So tor he's xivcn all * profit of 561 8%fl 957 tor the year ciance Donald Do hto nmTto TV SLrnJSUl tS rndrli ^ t. normall T Dmt - ( business word a tew years i^o equal to $4 50 per share on the u going ta be allowed to do a little raded before the fi I merles with Bert Blumberx had his flinx at TV UJIUH shares outstanding flirting with a femme bee signs and trucked loudspeakers In an *«Noriation witk United Earnings for 1549 i52 weeks* And Mickey, incidentally. Is get- through the town to tell the local World Productions U suhMd He amounted to 549.770.Wfi. — $2^» ting his tail back It's been on and citl—nry of their actions Boy- droooeri out of this recently how- far eK N of the 12 994 228 common off a t various times during hi* 25- cott to scheduled to wind up to- evert® join former U vice-presi- lham outstanding Fiscal year fM u-reeti career No exolana- morrow tWed ». drnl Mattv Fox as imnort-exoort ^ included 53 weeks br< au— of tlon to forthcoming from Disney Movement to the oulaaowth of a r<p for UMlBdaMtun'covrsnmcnl. I o. p.«. Mr |N Ux » >U Mr 1 ■ PM. iU. *1 Inside Legit 5fi Inside Music 50 J Inside Pictures IS Inside Radio 34 Inside Television 40 International 12 I legitimate 54 Literati 41 Music 43 New Arts 55 Night Club Reviews 52 2 Radio 23 Radio Reviews 34 Record* 45 Frank Scully 41 Trlevisi— 24 Television Reviews 20 Vaudeville 51 daily vaaigTY IB Hally Own? Vmwt. •is • vw was r