Variety (September 26, 1951)

II lowoow oMict **• t End 3-Year Ban Vs. Yanks on Brit Rep l^ondon Sept 25 ♦ The three-year ban on the inclu-! _ _ m . * A : *- - ^ A, ■ 1 The three year nan on tne mnu r ^ t\ n 1 v,on of A merleana In membership tlOOC DlDCerS, Barred the Film* Council baa ended M n M •* ™ Hi* Hi ■ N.i. » 4ft. Jr; local Metro topper He t ' „ . __ j* however, luted aa a repreaenta j V. Mexico C ity. Sept 14 . j .• of dtatHbuton Ol PrltUh Almt Foreign entertainers »hri intend l>t upping d Americana from the to play Mexico must have their Films Council coincided with the immigration pa pen strictly in or- , <i of tho diatributor*' quota, the der. it Wjda itrruni here recently juard of Trad# contending that when three dancers were barred there wan no justification in their Authorities ordered the immediate ng included in the panel That depnrtatlon of throo girl mrinbrr* ruling waa challenged from the of the Italian astral* Super Knur bv tho Klnematograph Rent. 1« that opened strongly last week Society, which now has scored *nh new high of $4 04 at the Thea- it. point j tro Irt* The exotic dancer* refund \part from tho IpRiIntmenl af admitUnco to Mexico are Men l, k man. a number of other changes France Col umbel, from France have been made in the council s Catertna Pietta. of Italy and membership On the labor side the Bertha Emilia, whose original t metrical Trade** Union rep baa home waa in Hungary. l*een dropped being replaced hy Mexican consul at Havana not- - Profitt of S Rank Con. London Sept 25 ■ Results of the individual public companies in the J. Arthur Hank Orgatutatiot* Art proofs Odeon Theatres . $ 779 544 Odeon Properties . 2 144120 Odeon A»MMtated Theatre* 1 41*6 020 Gauniuiit Hr it j»h Pic- ture Corp 5.5B4 000 British | I Kim i nuui Film Carp . 473 514 The group paid 44 747 349 in taxation $8,400,000 Aid For Brit. Prods. J. Arthur Rank Organization Shows $7,755,857 Net; Prod. Pruning He ! ■ — ■»■—' ' ■ ♦ i odon Sept 25 f a n if I m' 1 tie e<'iniriHltH^d tw t»e I act All- VlHfjr J 5rlhui Hank organisation at»«>ut 4 two yegrs I4p, plutf the- w ho legale In rWlhlin Caps I pintpruning of production activities is P * brtnnnmit to thus substantial »e- Dubtin. Sept 25 ' suits ..The report and nnuunti for Olympia Theatre here, last ‘ of the |rsr emied tort June 23 issued the atl-vewde house*, has been sold last Wednesday *1iK showing a not to legit producers Stanley lllsley J group profit of 4? 755 457 ret*«e- and Leo McCabe for about |3«» *w*nt* anmiprovement of 44,2llP ARB 940 Nearly Idf years eld the m the ls»| 12 months Financial ' house seldom broke away from circle* agrra that the Rank Or- vaude tradition except for short gamration appear* to have turned period* for opera about once a year' t{ke corner In all respects rv« *i and infrequent legit season* production their ban be en , a * ll Kiev McCabe Productions an healthy »"*!’• ••yement with result* Outfit Upending fur the last 10 «< the individual com panics In the yeors move*. In nest month out k kr BMtos a t *ap > setup* re Retting the so far refuse to disclose Its polio . .. t nnl M . HBtoartl front trend It is expected however that vnude Some idea of ' ^ _a te. _ -S . tete'teM g lUu .tete. healthier London. Sept 25 There will be I If England’s theatre attendance j legit product urns (will not be completely shut out xtand.ng of the organisation is rr- There will be longer seasons of vealrd by the extent to which bank loans and overdrafts have been re* Rosamund John, a member of the in* irregularities of an unan- 1 1 jTb* ^ ' t * ^_*P **+^ OOtTit. British Actor* Equity council A M nounced nature in the girts’ P***- -fftSSK ** 1 change hands in a month The ^ r|| , t# # ln,| # ^ Mh the National Assn of The- port* refuted visas and notified the *>£!* &*}*!* **?! * J** 425 OOU dun Slightly more than sincal I KM Employees treas immigration service at Vera Cru* fl .. !■ JJ? I f* th J. Irmporsry^hmnr ;^the^Ab Wim m #f |hu , (>u4 represents urer. succeeds Percy Pilgrim the which halted the tno On being , ^mm^alTers 1 b ** y Th . 1 . . ^ kovrt *nd overdrafts for prodrn • uruoo s forwser prexy Tom O’Brien informed. Carlos Lruchurtu. aub- *f®**J y ^*^* . J* ,. m *JJ a J[ rr * '"**| | ft«»n • ompanie* and George Khria feUtn their seats secretary of the interior ordered | ^ both Mwmsfle oml> | «f aroducuon la rinexa m»w title over nore than represents Treasury via upped taxation on vaudfllm skews. w ..SETSSSr °“ h * "* .-SS* UrtesEa *Bllrlp»tr« technlcsl unions «i mut e to Europe eta Nud r Verb f|7 ^ ^ wM ^ %a ^ Ttwury Exhibitor* continue to have Rve ( " * #nd the exhibs’ share will amount member*, the only change being _ . a wwa aw to 19 990 000 tinc w h X'.zh'l Swedish Pix B.O. pl4Ke of C P Metcalfe the Leeds » kik * /,Vl J i;>dependent Sitting with Erkman _ _ _ . 1* to be uiwd ftw \t a* a* a distributor ref will be Sir IW m A atev t ? Unrr .? . mh p . ,<Kl . Ui t o<> > * Arthur Jarratt. who retain* his for- | |CI( 0 U LlD 111 All^ ^ hi . mer seat J Arthur Rank sir Alex 1 * l ^*“* nU 5' , it * tec Korda. Reginald P Baker .. , ^ ‘ h ! K h 'J* and F A Hoar* continue to serve Stockholm »pt 14 - (jggff s* producer member* but the Inde Film business In Sweden picked ■***■ ! ilTlSTsaSJSl Picked Up in Aug. Norway’s Filins s Crowd Yank Pix Washington, Sept 25 Norwegian Aim industrv will turn out about 11 feature* this Stork value of produrtion is rermdrd at around $12 VlMMMli a drop of nearly 44 itOO OtW from the previous year Produodion kmrt, however are quoted at $3 4UO«iiN) for the Ode<»n group and ISOUtiUd for the <«*umnnt BrlLdf and Gant*- borough companies •: Total .fro-' duct ion lo*xe« in the prevlnu* year were near $7 t|utl hOU Rank la con- fident that the downward trend in produrtion lo *es will continue . Rank Cautiously Optimisttr In hi* review and fivreeaxt. Hank display* a cautious optimism He rned fibm Avg to ► seven me^betj ^ u ilm# \ uunch *4 Of the 2§, Z th _ * » diarloaed Imre by the i ^ l 4 r "Vf* , * v ith Lord Drogheda remaining as ■_* •. mmm.. in *u siarup of the world r . . ( f ^ ductmn. but teams that tie rewas- cbolmmn. ^ ^ | n» American m .rhet report* the l S contmue. wi Ala lum .. the end of three year* would production*, while England and ** ‘difrt< ult but the number of " n lA . ^ , lewd to an immediate recurren- e _ . Ih..lr., nl.wnrf k.. n.WjtW nr<wl. *hort% »nd 10 tO 12 <IO« ummlir) -~r Menuhin, First Csacert v ■ Star h Jayu fsr Years, . ; Forced te Expasd Tear productions, while England and ! as 'difArult but the number of t'raor* raotnbutrd two «!■» wk >H«»tr». pUym. ku o tt t«U pred T ; s other three were Swedish pic- ture* uct is steadily increasing He made ^ ^ ‘ *7 it clear he Is expecully satixfted 9f |»m yo9r with Universal, wdiich distribute* Increase in Norma* 1YX he nrcKluc, dorTnx t w '** ^»Mem. which recently he- !7 ,P f ****0 dunn ‘ "* Wt tk. indu*tf> Hllhrrln u, r • «mr >» ywp« | Hunki • opinion »t had been impox - Increase in Sorwegtsn produc *u»| r | 0 make a group of Alms at a lion la due to profHable runs f<*r proAt but a* a result of the in- In contrast, the month of July Rank» output In the U S. and tion 1* due to proAtahte run* l»*f pr„m but as a result of the tn- wss slow, with only six new Alms SoAith America the domevtic produxd in the <oun-- creased help to producers, he ws« opening at Bwedisb fig bouaes. He said “We feel that they are try during the tart two year* higlv ronAdent that the group of uure- four of them being U. S. ftcturaa ! dolag a better job for us under er «ove r mnent subsidies, *nd the |*.^a Alms held by the company rorcei I® LXptM Iwm opening St Swedish pix houses. [ H e said Wr feel that they are ,r ' Tokyo. Sept 14* [WBR «f MMJmgTEJ. R f*ctnraa.]g B mg a better )ob for u* under f r V.,.u„ Unukla. Ar»l In.rrn. TSmJSSkm£ ,h * *“». * U *™ T . * d ‘fT' 0r “* Id MMMl cnert um to dppr.r in i„ j m i, , nd ■* ufld “ l>, . A '**? «•»•««*)' «v« « I.P.O for 14 ,«r, h« wrlvrd „!'f‘ j*™. h..* don* btforr. » V® 1 !? nurd lot month They were "HeL*** ni u ruriTBFf d “ J*PM for 14 yttn. hoi krrtvod "" ~r ,. 4 ;,, ,; „,r. r .nreiir ,h.t will UM him to II ir.»"^UA ^ be.nj 16M FILM THEATRES tiller of J.prn Tr.eeUng with the " “ y , nd OwIKV U 1 f ,Lm ' M 111 ltt f wtijt U Adolf Arller. hi. oceorn bT.uw oi -Utt EXPAND IN FRANCE V*" m ' 1 cal angles One dally insisted that WU m «iwiiev*. Menuhin originally waa sched^ Swedish censors should not ban , Washington Sept 25 uled to give Bve concerts in Tokyo, pi* uke “Treason" since the Aim The 14m Aim theatre is spread- slatting Sept, IB. with IS on the deals *,th documented events con ing out in F^aore, U, S Depsrt- road In precedent ed demand for cerntng everybody. meat of C amm er et reporu There seats, resulting in complete sellout — ■ — are about 1 loo bouaa* and halts vithm four hour* after ducat* went ii m ||C pppr||r|V ||| equipped with 14m proj. an sale, prompted local sponaor* to 44 ilUVlJ IlVIXIrlLD lit which operate either full or part* schedule four additional Tokyo ap nnn IWf v t|l AlirtfCT llInr ,n addition about 4.000 prseances the latter part of October .rlNLAnU In AUljU^I mobile unit* using 14m projector*. Nipponese sponaor Is Asahi new*- y ...... cover approximately 20.000 small paper of Tokyo. Daily^ deal with Mgwnii. **v *. a locations A Strok, the artist’s msnsger. pro J. There were 44 pix launched last Admission price is around 14c ies for straight guarantee plus amoth bet*, and 14 in July. Of the for the mobile unit* and as hich T"** - *- TSSW pceemed I. August. 31 c— “ «».. I nc fh.. 1— IMMI SA To assure proper accompani- .k* it % Five came from l,ur " brT °* 14m projector* kaing r.rnt m ki- Ti a . *ro«h u - •* eive csinc used commercially in France is r fin, Menuhin shipped a new Kll- ,* nd wuh three being Tinnish- * , .. ,^ki« is am the able Tuidsnie of di^ct^ of *n.tu*tr, desire to t.ke advantage W1iuld , ( ^ ^ ^ world sale* A1 DsA than they ever *5* E ro ^ ,n d JJWBJPJJJJ ,Wt r7»2 |, ‘ rnn * * ,,hn ,h ^ mganustion hair done before ’ 1° NorwegiM p*« bUJ* there will be 20 new pix during „ r , - . ..... language 1*4tor Norwegian Alms coming year In conjunction with 1 fig til Ai TUCATDCC do b* f ' un,l * r *F 10 the c *pd* the National Film Finance Corp. 61 wKKJSL. "v“.'r,„.o. ; ,,. r . ssuz.srs.snn EXPAND IN FXANCE 'KSS STSS ,™ EETtiZ; Washington Jlept 25 pictures, will now alternate in peaymed on a 70-30 basis with The 14m Aim theatre ia spread- preemlng a new Norwegian picture gp NFF(\ wtth the bulk comm* ing out in France. U, S Depart- every three weeks Norwegian tfn f ron , lha Kjnh There is no ment of Commerce reporU There trtbutor* of the Hollyw<»od product p roft|ir ct of lieohsm bring re- are about 1.100 houses and halts are worried over the loss of play opened by the oiaamcatinn itself are about 1.100 houses and halts are worried over the lows of play equipped with 14m protectors ling time in the Mg outlets which operate either full or part- I ———— time In addition about 4.000 I ‘RsmLV Fntlc mobile unit* using 14m projectors. ItiWIV • W local ions <irU j To Impress is Lowioa Admission price is around V4c n P. t «■» I *1 although there is still sott»e h*»(ke ^ • 1 , . t j that 2QthrFox ma> return to I 1 avish Kainbow rails dan produrtion and u*« the studii* The dram on the or sanitation* T- ■ * ( J revenue cdiiM-d h> the high tax 19 pprC55 IB LOMU aealc is the *ubjrct »*f a fresh n.. (. |_ q* . I ^ I comment h> the Odeon toppei Bdt Slob Tuts Liked The .»VI theatre* aperalad by (lie ^ .1 a. a v Halnbow Square*" *• h “* ^ «» mualral whlrb Prince l.lttlrr pee-J . "J? ^ * wnled .1 the Sloll Theatre Friday '“'i. '' ZZ • 31.. drew a mi.ed recepTlon from nrxmghleri and an unfavorable h * , . ' ’’ A I,hr.ua/h Uvixhlv wouMi have iH^en 420 000 ncher, sr3rr SS555 r -r • P>ooMng faulted in the 40 "i quota >ear lie Tnd Irth^K inT^H^e^vw ali^uT Mpvcted all theatre* to *ali*f> the and Martha King. Howe vtr, sn in- rurr * nl w - f ft <urr j >u , *,, j,sa tuA adequate plot and watered-down bern ra to do ^ comedy could not be overcome by ; . ■ ■ the lilting tunes of the composer * kipti/ i rrir imiirrc | group had a ope r a t ed by the gru'rs revenue of m, menunin - snipped a new England xhrtt being Finnish- S’e.nway concert grand piano to made q| the 14 in Inly/ 14 were Japan early this month. For aev- . m ,rin^ Blal ».,h U .K C0 ^S'Jl‘- wUl New Auguat produrt inclurW pl *> the NHK Symphony or « Anftle Get Your Gun” <M-G«* « «sir* in Tokyo, a property of the .. S|f|ca You Went A *,y iSRO Bioadcasting Corp of Japan and . Kre nchie iUi. Tripoli tFar. and A cured to be roughly 12.000. wuh th f Kanaai Symphony in the t agrd WB “Ha!( Angel” «2<>th- OTska Kyoto area . v: V w ^ | passed IU fourth week at the \ iolini*t s arrival waa attended *ome last minute scrambling by . ' Asahi execs who discovered after . rnr n v L II Menuhin had departed from the | _57S DfltlSn HOUSES t S and was winging bis way over ^ . n t , th» pactut nut no o« h»d kwh Granted Quota UM ered to obtain a Japanese entry Permit for tbo artist Newspaper London Sept 18 tep called at Occupation hej.iqwar- Quota relief has been granted to a ▲ a. a — — W _ . . a M a > A a ■ te . ^ aA L. M'-a ^ A_ *W Kg tek Csrrest London Shows (Figure* show weeks of runt Ixmdon. Sept 25 **Ardete.“ Vaudeville (4* * Blue for Boy ? Majesty a 43* “Corowset." Drury Lane '44*. “Fancy Free." Fr Wale* <201. “t'olies Berg ere." Hipp. «2B> “Gay’s Use Word." Seville '32'. “Hoiloo. * Fortune MT» V ^ .oa oaa winging ni* way over . ' * . J f ,.C : ~ mIL *.*1 the lilting tunes of the composer IrL/ “° t an * hAd ^ Granted QuOtBl MMl ,-. Hou% * 111 . General ro«*aensus ii that the show en-q ta obtain a Japanese entry L ” . 7 ^ , g iwiimai e Relotlo na. ^jdryd 4 has barely even rhanres of get Permit for the artist Newspaper l' undon bep 18 Kt n« * Bhapoa^, Palai# (IU5 . ^ by r* P called at Occupation headquar Quota relief has been granted to £dl : a." Vic^Prt *S) Written by Guy Bolton and • * and arranged for slashing of u more picture theatre* in thdj Quarter" Casino ‘2®> Harold Purcell, the book concerns red ism «te tin** — Skte I w.i fteiki M«woxugioma I ^,1... . a expet 1 •-*» all theatre* to «ati*f> tlm current 30' ; figure hut * it hs% n*A r*^d tape so tfoat permit would be current year. but total exemptionv ! rA dy the next day when the vio- have been cut down by It. Om- M.H landed. # c ial figures released by the Board — - j of trade show that 12t0 cinema* I Anil Aft RL ILx^m tt<K hlvt F*dF th * ^ , LUIlUOn rum notes BrUiah aims quota this year while w i . London, Sept 14 1M theatre, bto ^yleUty re Marry Fwater, who agented the Ueved of the obUgation v. f-Ule Muter deal for Erie Maseb- Extent of the relief varies from and Peefard’s “Zip Goat a siluatioa to situation, and ia eal- baa bad several offers for c« la ted on the basis of compsUtiss Atm r lgktg of this musical, which The reduced quotas vary from 10*4 ?n/X' d * ^ ** lr F° ttl at Cov * ta 25%. depending on the number • . Rarel Ste p nne k cave ap gg opposition bouses, particularly “Semite 11 * *???• m from^UM circuits in each area Rainbow Square." the Robert wl(h Mt weekly tak *** operetta, at the StoU The- than 42B0 “*1 I* tlM Site • B.b« la Baadad.'iof thwt. 343 »*r» nlecMA “Little Hut." Lyric tSIi. “I msden Meledy." Empress i|7> "Love 4 Colonels." W ndh m (lit "Man A Hwp’rmW Prince * <32* “Penny Plain" St Mart (1|J. “Rainbow Square.** Stoll (U- “Reluctant Here#*." Wt th (Bit. seagulls Sorre n to." Ap*».i«* <47>, "Take It From Us." Adelphi (47). “Ten Men." Aldwych «2). “Te D*r*tby a Sou." Garrick »44». “Waters of Mooo " H ym'kt «43». “Who Goes There?" York *14*. “Wife's Lodger." Comedy UR. “Winter's Tale." Phoenix (13* OPENING THIS WEEK Jean-Louis Barrault. St James’ “Mrs. Dot," Artt. “TamburfaloeOld Vir “This Waa Odd." Criterion. 2 NEW LEGIT HOUSES FOR ZURICH THIS FALL Quarter" Casino <2BL Harold Purcell, the book concerns ;V.. Zurich. Sept 18 Nut," Lyric (4|) the activities of various national)- The 11- 52 Zurtch sea <»n pwm- n Melody." Empress (17). ties in contemporary Vienna Rob- i*es to be one of the n»o*t elaborate I Colonels." W’ndh m fltl. ert Nesbitt produced Other prln* the city has had in many year*. i Kep’nu'n." Prince's (321 cl pa Is include Bruce Trent. Sonme with two new legit bourn* opening Plain." St Mart <I3). Hale Vera Pearce and Alfred this fall in addition to the three »w Square." Stoll1(1). Marks. Last-named Is a local radio present Uieatrc* art Heroes," Wt th *44) comic Cast totals over 100 per- > ■ The two new houve* are Klnnev Carossd ’m BBC Show London. Sept 2k theatre 'little theatre* for arty and experimental plays and Theatre am Central for drawingroom *o- I phiatlrated and mu weal comedies | Theatre am Central, a 370- m te ' ... * te. A week before R ia being with ^.ter wMl '»**[* drawn from the Drury Lane the *\ »* "** Rodgers * Hammerstein musical yi ja dwad Jkldlto -.AH Itoto "Carousel is to be featured in i direc tion is in the band* of v»*t- Bntisb Broadcasting Corp radio eran comedian ^iresHorAlbert Pul program Excerpta from the show mann opening i* uhedulM m a to be broadcast on Oct. 4 include few week* wttk the Swiss p r ^em , CLOSED LAST WEEK “King Bound Moo*. Globe '79*. | You an -Whn U A/Ivta,- CrUcnun 143). AU Ovtr, th* «*« hit numbers. 11 I Lwt; *' ^ltr-d Mwnr^. You" and “Jtioe Is Busting Out j beard * Eighth it »fe directed by AllOnt.’ 1 *•'* K “** rlw( » >V»nn*,.