Variety (September 12, 1951)

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Hike to $2.60 Bring* No Squawks As TV Sees Record Ray-Randy B.O. SEE BIG FILMS film Execs Encouraged at Biz Theatre television will reap IU k {gent (PM! to wh *" h, « v r **n houses air the lUy Rob<n» , n-H»*dv Turpin middleweight i *»*nip»ort«htp bout on an esclu- sive tenia tonight iWed > Fight if b* rarried by 14 theatres in 1) -excluding metropolitan Mew York where the bout la being U,crd» and the house* have upped their tie bet tabs for the event to new high*, ranging from |l M to |2 g§ 1 That the theatre* will have no t ,-,;Kie veltlrrw out »«• demmvstrai t v several house* which void mrd seat tickets in advance and posted the SHO sign almost i« ante as thf tiv went on sale IVspite the upped price, exhih* reported not a single squawk from the jkht tans One eshib «nUI tt was nota question of price with patrons hut whether "we ran get in to see the light.- Warner* Stanley Philadelphia for example which i* charging 1210 for its 2 (WMj seats, had a cashier work i r t%‘o four-hour shifts og the reversed aeata before thev were gone, House then sold ■tending twom at |1 M. Ho\*ie Theatre. Phiity uhuh is •in a low-income Negro netthhor- •hood has a law fold nut Its 1 000 seats at li ft Theatre plana in aell standing room starting about half -an-hour before tight time to* night. Morale has received a nuns* her of rail* from Negro Acht fans in Baltimore requesting tickets for the Ih»u( It's to be'carried in (Ultimore only by Loew’s Century, at which Nagroaa are nqt permit - led. C entury, incidentally it one <Continued on page 4> — *■ «■' ■— ■* ■■■■ Disney Eyes Saits Vs. Exbibs ‘Linking' His ‘Alice' With Bate’s Numerous exhiba plavtng the 1 >U Hohin version of ” Ylire in " >fid«Tlar I" are being threatened with legal action hy Wait Disney for advertising that in one way or . an gives the Impression the I > is the also-current Disney ver- sion Souvune Selective Pictures. *».-»«h i* distributing the Bunin ftop is not involved. < ‘trending exhiba. Dtsnev attor- fiew charge, have purchased paper fuan National Screen Service on "the Di-rrey ft I in and then doctored It for Ute with the Bun*n po In *™»M cases this has consisted' in elimination of Dtaaey'r name, but iw of the Disney characters Since tie lattes are.copyrighted, lawyers * »im they have an open-and-shut • i M »* drive-in we nt even further I' t he Disney three-sheet and eliminated the Disney name above However, underneath was P’ p'' <t ’ also Walt Disney short v.hpHls" Catch was that the ' and ‘ short subjects” were I ■ m minuscule type, wiulg J Ws |. Disney** 4 was tremew h'Mi> Overall tmprexaion thus \ n ; n was that Alt* «• was the ’ ’’ Streen v Service.* which 1 iU accessories for the major ‘ ' tetog sells posters to anyone. ■ ‘ f not .they re playihc a I ‘ getting tb< ! > i, paper .Aa 1 ' •*'»U.‘tri to exhih* McCarthy Retumiat From Europe Sept 20 G McCarthy. director of .«oial division of the I '.me Assn, of America, •' i. bacfc at h»S desk ,*■ aie»t|t Sept t ! < tirrent three-month tour of. He uAs atated to arrive in >rday *Tues > from Ven- . *• f e he had been attending T -» icxlival 'thvhas also been in Spain ' « and the Scandinavian f : °n various film negotia- lic * now working on a new : ‘> i S agreement to replace ' ' tit pact. \ « • • /VO it •' • 1 Hollywood* going back to hich- U Hin l0 If if! I frtred: nox c i.« aa seu e ee material . . f»r film* Demonstration at the Joyce O Harr acting pre*y th# few SStfi that MWion «ctur. Aaan. sf [■ ^ ggy are nww the indust ry % ^**jjj* plan# ^ out of N Y pi-j me money makers nas awung the tonight h Wtd tor Ihe^CoaSt tor back to thinking in teraks teteete Studio hea* * Of expenvi x e bestsellers will aiae beep an eye «u the r-- ^ , krM> Skoaras Abroad Next Week Sp\iM« Skouiav t pptef o now expected to plane out of N Y for /uMtit S\*n/crl»nd Sept SO. to witne%s imxl demonstrations ‘Film rim are finding much en- ciMit agciorni m the >rrtHxg bit fa*bed up by pi\ over the weekend despite the return to the *u of a Bock of big TV shows Saturday* Sundav theatre b o * were ea<eh lent throughout most of the. ct»un- eye on the r- p Mr Vhaat of three ftwptetate j vrval of the House Un-American mavel* at upf»f bragtet pfirea in Activities Committee hearings in the thw mrrkM lt lh# to tbe new trend Sttmrf editors ate] He'll he In. Hoiljraood ite aev- | ra< j| n u t,, a ftork of buys during, eral weeta this coming fall and winter at in 1 ' '' '* creasinglv rising prices p II || || • Whether the new demand Ipf SlArLnnlnBr IniT p*« ^»n ■>*• «end ni*uv»nod, krllnJUMW^I Ullll back to Broadway for story mate- j rial remain* to be aete story • rp | n nq editors think it likely IteW hux* I n|/AC KAUJC ft Af by studio* have greatly lagr> d in 1 All 1 Cw UUWtf 1 HI' the past few years because of high prices being sought by playwrights RKftV 1Ar niwv “tzxzru. m r-. I . g(yMv B |qL Ifff V f i rent weeks are The Cauie Mull- ny ” by Herman. Bout, which } Tbf 10c per share d!wy declared k >tr bought for HB.teO lolot TV «t/n A number of > < * M s<*\ * l deimmatratlon* tT> Ful.-ohor thcatWr.krnd xu xi a% crucial E. . ■ _ .In telltaling whether the hefty hypo ■20th- Fox engineers gp n his has enjoyrd (hi* pa%t hr company Ataw- summer had a aemblanre «*f per- llope Is that the vvstem will msnence or whether It w«*old hv HKO Theatres last week was ned hx a atetedteWI tor the dissident stockholder group in the tetepatiy to have resulted from its action He pointed out that he could name at least a duten prosy controversies In the past Couple years where dividends were de dared sir -U p pe d ; ba .order to in ftuence minority stockholders in favor of the management i*ooae confederation of share- holders. led by Wall St broker David J i»reene. is. meantime go- ing ahead with formalisation of it sell Into a minority stdckbolderv committee This is in preparation tor a Unlit .fur control »l plans to wage at the annual meeting In December Jfoward Hughes now owns con- trolling interest in HM1 Theatres but his stock is in the hands of a trustee, in accordance with the antitrust de< ree Greene group, which claims control of at lra«t te many shares as Hughe* ^wants board all tha mcmbeis of slndr were na me d by Hughe*. Compromise is *ti|l posMhlr rep of t*,.- st ft-deration dec lared, #l!hou«h there have been no con ferences or negotiations with RKO fxfcs recently to indicate such likelihood, Greene has met with Sol A Scow art/, prr* of the ui cuit but- nothing came of it Greene group ha* had r« p* out of town meeting with impodtmt stockholder! and lining up their . Continued on page 17 > TOA’s Stem Agaia Blasts ‘Life’ Mag’s Blast Washington. Sept ’ 11 Full-fledged attack on Life n>.«^arfne x*» ,«h /r 4 enfl\ rar: ie<l an article unfavorable to the film industry, was launched hx Gael Sullivan, ,e*ec director q# the Theatre Owners of America, at a luncheon meeting of the Adverti#- rng Club of Washington here yes- terday <Tues L Apparently in reference to hcaw advertising by mator film ,cx*m- panies th Life Sullivan said. * I ani itering hour long we as ah id- ilu.strx tmivi no 4,»n fin.*n< tOtf oftr own bl n kinailcrv Life should Wyp at our table, rather than slitting .. > i! tir<>,i» * Sul ( »•' ■ • t fit* 1 •. do-try provided the armed loftes. x» rn 41 ‘.|> .!*'•. i rif ; D • • r ■ Id Wfr II. and added *‘Chd Die vixe axxa'y any free’vuhv i m v tiv»n ' B<nh Life and. .Time re- jx»rt« rs w«-re vard to be, at .the im-etinxi /• ' ' . . . . ' • ; Coast Film Earnings Up Sacramento. Sept I) Average weekly tfarning-v us the film vtudios' went up lo gld.VBB during JulV, rompare'd W ith SI* a year aro af-rording t<» the C'-»11 forma Labor Statistics Bulletin Hourlx eamm - the month averaged $2 33, agauist $2 47 for July, 1950. k was 'The I’reortrfiii Uiiy by Irving # the Btone. which Iteh-Fox acquired for .n th*?*”®* and "My Cousin Itachel ** }■ from 1*1 Daphne du Maurte.r. whuh 20th )t l h# iContinued on page 17* Pteoy '■■'. j r?/ U.S. Should Combat Pic « Curbs Abroad is Tie-In [ ^; r | With Foreign Aid: Daff ic go-f U.- S Govfj-ninent s divpiay of of it interest in vartp u* foreign eoun• »lder*'; ine*. via finanx ial a'xl'U, should ration hr matched bv an interest in the itu to welfare »f IL*tl> »«h**.I ins abtoaii ng in Alfred. K. Daft l nixcrval s glotel' sale* . l opp e r. declared in N V i on .Montpx 10 foliomng a six-week norldwite tour id* <*f American pic product has a v;»>t h toe foreign aUrlicn* e Dali s».»l« n lie tewfep. l said the will I'ontinte i tlie lea't films are kCKUIfd cut of the \ :».i wants mu* foremen markets t exec ex ** mot presdqd the thought the U.'SL.State whw-n-—typrpartment shmild take in a< live role in combatting any threat* of • ' r P new rektrirttona an (He Hoi h wood hired, oopeput o con- While bit abroad is at a healthy f RKO; level. Daff operates on the thet^rv such *-,i s never te pted it < qt be if ‘out inued on |> ige IT 1 « he available tor de.m.n»tratioq at ^ aftrd #%ka% ^nh the i—rnl the company sturtteider*' meet j cwmK4i h of the big tele %h«>w« tod in W: Y.. CM. 4- . Go od % th« » • -e ;' J .; ; L / viewed with inure than usual en- p HI |« ■ iliuxiaviL They're net' being tak^n Vaa WnlfCAn B% 10,1 * * n ' lh,n * ,n lJUU Yf vUtfUtl 'I* a xu TV. hwwexer pending a • return of other important show* •'""t m # a am . ! during the nest couple weeks and Drafted to Too ‘ ? W ***£ • . Tup trie Heeper grabbers that ■■ « ma went l*ii k on the air la>t Sat irday I I I *\ f Mnnf *•» were NBG i “ AJl-Slar Hex ur '* | \Ji\ tel lvlvvl u ° Frio l*in/a made t>* IV .1 debut and the alternating start at paskaitulitv that MMcbeB WqlfaMi a,tm , r,>t ,hr ijNJB «td Wynn, of All uni will be drafted to head J l " | » f »y Durante, J*ik f *i»n and wafted away with the 'anaonaj j cvimluK k of the big tele vh«»w«. Good giUxses, lhrrCf*«re were viewed with more than uaual en- ] thuyiasm They re nut teing taken jaa indtcaitna anything ftnai in pis [ xuax i* TV. howev er p e n ding a I return of other important shows ; during the ne*.( couple weeks and j furttier testing of tent weekend's } reHmilta. - ■ . Top tela llooper grabheis that went hark on the air last Saturday ‘gi 'were NHt’s .''All-Star Hexue.^ on whuh Fno Ftn/a rude it* IV debut and the alternating starv tvf the show for the «raum <ld W>nn. I hi »l i r <>*nrrx Arp* » u* the annual convention and tratto.t show at lhe H«»lel Ad or N : Se|»i 23 27 is lIketx the T' »\ grapevine report However, Wolf son. co-owner of the VS (.metro Circuit, last ye*r in- dicated that he Wanted to bow (tut | as chairman of the TO.A hnard 'h< r T« ‘ V members will pee-j x .til ujH*n h'of *o accept Hie post Is | a moot quc'-tion *’■ t I *»* > e ni i n d u * t i« »ns a r e that a deAniie'effort will be made to rit.i t a pr* x»denl from a ip.n of the country other than the northeast.' whuh has had a monopoly w<lh Ar *hur tan kwtHMt ind Sam f*tnan*ki h* utinr Il*e IMli rui ( , ,n (lion Pi nan ski h*- *«eivr«L f<o |fir la*t two years Two other press possibilities..) e.«ch f^r from New Fncland and iitdh high in TOA national affa tm. are M> f«»nr Itlxnk of l«»w a and Shir rillM’orwin of S^oithef n C.'atifornia Standing rommittees for the n»n* tetetoB named by gene*ral chair- j. man Si Fahian. afe as fiiliows Theatre tele vision. Mitrhell Wolf* Wwmetro ( in utf Miami. '' ibutor nthihltion^ Walter It* ade Jr . Walter Heade Theatres V Y •< onlinued on page 17» A Johnson* did guest shots, ffonlmued on page IB* 'T'/ Chaplin, Lloyd Still Nix Their Post-1917 Fix For TV. Despile Offers Hollywood. He pi II l**v|,.t, gtebcrxMls oveitures. there i little rhanre that cmne- die* made hs ( hariCt t'haplin and Haloid Lloyd on* •• 1417 will 1 m» available to Video for,''several years Heps of the two come dun* idritil that, nun** * <>,, , t*.,. »• been made during the pa t year for ry neh’ large h*< k fots t»f slhrnt two reelefV and lt**ih • i* *i* .»nd vioind 1 < kliifrs ni.otr hy lite two rotnediaiiv intt all pilches have been «*d postiion **f t'haplin is unique in thai he holds full owner*top l*» ,*tl of in t*, made since INI7. * t ontinued «»n page 1? • National Boxoffice Survey PoatHohday dipt Tr«dc; ‘Dnvid’ Takes Over ltl f ‘Leatherneck’ Second, ‘Groom’ Again Third Although the weather continues fan lx rniwleiare fn nvinv k*-> ciiO". covered h\ Vaairrv this wekk. u-ual imst hnlidax letdown along with a plethora of holdover* will make rut rent week’s overall total substantially lower than a week aco Additional hookings for some ol i<t produrt r**leased last week are *g a b nutfle in t<*p rating prx [>.»% id and Bath^heha” 2fHhi. rated one of outscandihg comers.* t foe atesion is taking N I spurt with houkings ill -OM<e 1 ! ( k* x - ;>tit.- « oil-red h- VAwrrtr by.lipped i • a fifth a w« and po j 1 *. v Im ink sk-oUeh /— I ir-ai hemeck* $ig.O *r r ... ' • * *n mtii atpout. IB • n . W’ ' ft , i - t >i » -• ■I’.ti' 1 «•«!/• I ' ■ •' * a'M ■ j i i , ••« *■ il .’■■ > f !>i- OV»-rs - f Will 1. k • vtt ii > is *1x114 in |j|ec*zti'i7 lo-.fd |» • ‘ling ur-ti ^rtli v fui»- ' It *- K*nd „• V \« r. ' 11>K<» • P»: li Lf'ti t», . .v\| 1 . ' • nl • .f >•' S- '* |00' - ho^d*• ■ i ping to seventh fi: t time in flVg week* it 1 '• ■■♦•en bo champ • \f»M>n' T t K tx 'V M wil'i soi’ e flesh bof-kui > ts taking etehth pnqnex • Meet A her Show’* '20»h* loth a week a*d if fin- ishing rinth Iron Man l' Young Pretty” MG* round out the Golden (>><en in that *e«|fien« • "Klch" was second Iasi week , ^ Mart of Renegade llorn- hlowei WH with only five play- dates-. TNlVf f T«M I A i’attie Drive L did Pit kup • .»re nmnerup films in that order, hut all are closed - hunched Place in Sun Pat >h »w- a* !i*' <*t Vi ' - • • -■ i onmd l>x \ vai».rv ti n« all - . ^ - \n- 411 Oultiehi Y|-G Iced oft in (Feat \haur in Pitt-tiui where Mas ' targetx 11lined ’ T.hr r i • f'. ; i n -jr. s*•,‘i.iU Hi.^5* N \ . I cl ly (>i \ir> x*. 11 ,i ’ 1 -> t* 'ter in - 'i ■ * v•• • , . la .n .’ * • t .lx "I .r e u <!u .md PhiHx ‘ IY*»(^r A air t O JI W(., a -d new • fta qu *jr > ; erj. hut gri4rt( |tt (, ** , land and r .It rr. < Ui . • ^ . anil fn’Tt r! I I ' C - n Tie* l.d.-d. .'<•*, d • t \ \|i nkOfti'xni <r»rliintti* h ’ ift t u tHi e m \ \ f i * M4 l' n«*W lexindlYlg out' -*C^. ' Ilf'on'' *r> u»- • hr-ts in f 1 i ' ‘ . * , l • M • > • * • . lonr mai' in C’jev • l,ar d .•■ A path" •(•jifi is- hi-fi in Ornah.1 ' l .u 1 Y ; T<.»•*** ■ is i * m tieO Mark Ruiefr** roustau mx si UK mi vanuAN E fukou wtuir »v vaanry imc MfiiM KfkHK. rniiao tu Wnl v*th Si Sts Yuk It. S » N«Uf«trt XS Hi i X > a Mrtrt j’ IM Naiiot*»l SuiM rf J! €*•««*• 11 I SIX S<> xi*< K*««n A > a - laaUa WC1 a at Manta a fl. Tr«fa»*.r Vi ; scav Rimos • Anaoaf ■ 111 1 aF*l|* •. §l ' ' Smcia C(*e*t p r »Mi.' a art. c.m.Ks antu - Vol IH4 INDEX *tt i r > rtutii •' Film Hex tlou *r lit Inside Li Inside M lx4d i'Belvede 20thi ted "JUch, » Fape» Iti in l.‘ »i.-xiUe Yto'-k *‘1 Yv- *'" , t ■( >’ is f nr* x* 'in V 1 xi liiM . .. * f * • Bo Jo ft tff K 'urti on 1 »t‘*x i 4 t»n Itcvi* 1 n*t Reviews "-; s s V * ,.i 4 it. vnre oa.Vt vaatkiv 'KwbiisiMs* 4*. liff' * avxafl D*H» X*rt*t» Uf i US a 1»ar IM Inrei