Variety (October 10, 1951)

I ikelibood Arilstii>' « wind up tM curmt y**r with i prolit. aftbr tuveral yuan w|.j CjONtwyil in N. l. drA«tta ap^arwd thia w#»k with t:i# diarl4M«i)r« that th« dtatrth'f fof- rKh' d4*purtm«iit haa oyarromt For ‘Wint Yon’ Bally Samuai Gotdwjra, wha arrived ia While lha public appeared ia he «v " ' i r»Kiin( fMiHMitxinur io , R«y l>wiH*y to Suney "Movlatima U Jl A.- »tar tnuft week, coiiaidarabte tdfe wa« taken ♦ In adddtcin iti aequtrinf the dork nl Witiuia (iiirir and l^eo SpiU tin t^nivenuit, IVtii a ' Herorda la ala# h« 4 «y ioMaa and la now well In Ihf Naw York from tha Coaat over tha j pr^ottohal dri^ ' * \ ^.iit w. i. v^i. i anread eahlb reaction that “Holly- ki^lt k Hlula I weekend, will, be UA haa mad# ftronf do^ i about two weaka In New York^*l**^*^ Mra. Coldwyn. I •• . Bievtir prodHraa In recant monlha.inow pi franca vUitlng Army LI I Wany ^atar namM that tl^ the fdreign operation had bean ^ Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., it aaparted! ^<**'[***^** J** la the rad for about $350,000 thia i back in tha U, S. In time ta ratum ' thuaiaam fur the •‘.Movletiniie' tour year ioaa how haa b^wh ^ to the Coaat with tha produrar. oiped out and the proapect la that Goldwyn la aaat p^manly for tbr rompany^ foraign«<wiaa. wilt publicity prior to iwlaaaa of hia “I ihfw a proflt of about $100,000 for 1 Want You.*!- New York $r»l-rwn j alao will probably be aat up while In view of thia. and banring un- ^ ha ii In town.- foreseen aathacka.'pravy Arthur |l Knm' and hia parda in UA now ft^ttra' to pocket, nest fabruary. the 50'< of the UA iiock bald m' evcrow, A prodt for the year tidaa failed to inalerUllae <*reat itieana the atock ownarahlp aw Ur has directly to Krim and hia aaaoclalet under terma of thair deal with co* owners Mary JPtekford and Charles Chaplin. ~ While the year la ftgurad on a h eaWndar baaia. it will taka until rahruary, to audit tha company’s binykt Mora time than that would be required under normal Circuni' suncaa. but Pnea. Watarhouat. the aitdUurs. have bean checkinf the I A Anancea on a month<*to-nu»nib Imhiv instead of quarterly, thus de^ terming ion of profit for the. full year will mean only a month's lav after Jan 1. “ C\'t windup of/51 with a profit wuukd be a certainty. It'a said^ if Ihere wrre a payoff in the anli> trust suit brought by the towna tContinuad on page !$> ' 4tli Estate TV Sm Bk^’ A Video State Dept to Anonue Top Kc Aide io Gersnaj ' Witiiiador plelely their paniCipali«»fll in the drive They , were Waal. X'lrglnia. Salt Lake ( fly and New Orleans . Insutficiency oT tap namCa caused a last mi mite and primary change in plana that also hurt the succeas of the drive That was a switch from the original srhenae t*t send ing 4$ touring groups of Hollywood' ttea Id each of tha atate. CanitaU Instead, liecausa of the thin ai*raad. I they ;were riMilrd inla id exchange . cities and finnrd out from there | • . Howevifr. even that wav sotna of ■ lagadly trying to halt their prog- the conilngents were au Itrking in ' rasa, and U't on# thay need—^thc ! real marquee names that side t«Mirs nawspaper,.Exhibs charga that the out ‘of the exchange -crnicrs in . papers which also own televtskm mnie arcs* were csncellcd or rur ^ stations consistently refuse to pub^ tailed ^ licUa any mafor sports avent on! With cshibs for the flrU time in' which the theatres gain asclusive | on pace 13» TV righta. prasumaMy on tha'as-f;' 1 — sumption that, hig-screeh video isr ii r*i II '' competes wUh their statioiis. , WeekW rlHI^OfrS UD ' Exhibs are reluctant to talk Europe , IlVday Ncyp.Vijgk stayf lie'll confer with RKO foreign toppers concern- ving Disney distribution overseas dr.rth of root .Ull« Mm« h«l' . ‘ local commHicca Adgety atMl apolia ' for aia occiu lo loo monlHa. will «»«lc IK ll«M of »«l»n.lw lrml» *"«•» '*«' rial act,vlliaa they Kad planned. . Ind ^lylHan id Three areas «Me so unhappy "«'*'* “ •»" <•» with' the players ssMdned them, f ^***’^**" V*'****“* in aeneral they postpimad or called oft com ; , y'r-- '' ■ Kuropean Market ^ .ncgotiat ing lor . y iriually tha com- n.aS ruoih-* n»w« w*it n 4 .i»ds« holdings of praay Nate J. p,SiJcS.«T us!t«d in to “ '"/is; from the Cnasl yesleniay T-e.. ehrouta to Europe. In. a week or fr.!* ' indisputable ctmtrol of the P«ny.^.;::, ■ Arrangements arc undarstoad virtually ronsummsied for, acouial* .......o.e.. w... record iMimpany of the study-, the company's marrhandi»“ I ****!*-*^ U stock held by loniinental' "'**"***^*^* Mrs. R. $25.01)0 about the situation, for fear of fe-i prisala by< the papers; 0ut they' CHa the case, of an important daily j in one city which carried hot a, Itna of publicity In Its sports pages 3 , 000 , 000 . Raib^iri - Mr'S Eleanor Roosevelt srill ns- ccive an initial payment reported to he kl.A.dnn when contracts are signed with Ntanlay Kramer with- in a few. weeks for rights to a pic *m Kranklin I> Rooarvrlt .She also h.>s an option to take an. addli tonal nitn. under<^lood to hr $50INIO. a* advance ag^iinxt her. par1ic1|»alH*n. Hie day lh.*t pritw ipal photography beein* on I he pic ■ Adide from Ihaf the former Elrst lady will tie a paiim'r In ' the profits id Hie film - No deal haa Price rrpofiedty Is $5 each or a imal of $l5g,5oo. liptiuns pet mil purchase of lb# shares from the U Ireasurv at $1$ each,' so Rlumherg Is getting th# esfuivalent af 11$ That's fh# aam# a* l>crca is pa>ing for the approa- tmialely lUO.tglO «har«s hold by j Apitx and Goefr tiptions ar# good i until April 1. I$5$ Market ptic# of U j^ares yesterday gloscd at $tl rombinatisin' of Spitx-Oootx and' Rlumherg holdings would gfe# Dac- ca hettv than ItMIOOO sliarm In . addition, the company headed by ’ Milton R Rackmil' Km been ,ae> ; quifing . U ilut k m an ' undaten* mined amosint nn Ihe open market* on page tOi The Sosth Aist SiqiD’h ’ 'Dixie' Oxer CootesI Is Barbara Pajrtoo Tieh ' ExpIcHtatisMi Irtp U) actress Rsr* iMfa'Psston iKrtwigh JR southern rifles this week in s tie in with a *'Miss ' Southern ftcKe*' contest promoted by HKO had eahlhs in Ihe towns skillish They svere f#ar<> ftti of possible had public rel'aiions reai'tion as a result of rareni Coast . Washington. Oct, t It .Will probably ba anotbar fosar ta five weeks before the State De- partment announces tlW film In- dustry figure who will be the top motion picture aide to General Johii MeCtoy. the-U. S Cqmmia: aioner in' GsMrmany •ru n* * i ll hern w<»rked out between Kr a- Teib Fiiancial Wea >«« »»<» « <>iutnhi«. «rh(rh > tribute hut ibcre U a pussibUlty Weekly theatre attcndfirtcc is av- ,j,wt ro! win agree fa revise Ihe , .on a recent major fight which the eragmg MtkMiUbd to nf fix Kramer contract< for ! l*^^*^**^ which Miss Payton fig- ^theatres were carrying on TV. Es- rompared with less H»an 55 000<kk) picture so that Mrs R . •'***' Eranchot Tone and Tom hibs xlalm. moreover, that some ^ at the beginning of the current distnb would share! sportscasters on staffs of such . year, acoerding la Paul'MaHwwirn. equally in the net . I Neverthel#ss. there were no un- ^Continued on page 4* . j Paramount v p and prominent in- Under Kramer's Col deal, he and *®'**^. incidents up to yesterday SKOURAS ON SHUTTLE BETWEEN N.Y., ABROAD Spyrot P. Rknuras. who fiew hack to N. Y; from Europe last week to duHry-einnomist. AddresMng the N Y S«Miely of jtccurity -AnalyiiU. Raibiiurii stated the outlook ftir the pic flade. “with or without .television, hat Improved cunsiderabl).'* He.loM the croup of Wall Streeters that factors on the plus side for the future include the studio split Sd-SR on profits after recoupment of production ^ on page Iti iTues 1 and considerable public in- terest and newspaper space . ap- parently was garnered by the tour <CoAtiiiued un page I5» Pgper B«coiiicg Ewlilb Revillo. S D.. CIct. ». The Revillu Weekly Hem. the Among those well In the running o?hrr^*m!r* if ^t | attend 2Rth-Eog*4 specUl stockhold* t |f*.jiter producl’ion. further use of town's onlv newspaper, has taken ‘ f "fleeting, planed out again Mon color, threcdimcnsional thc^ over the local theatre and la oper- i Present junket, which TV and subscription TV using iung It 3 iga under the routine le-iwill take him Into the Near East HoHywood product It's the first Instance hereshouts • rurity checkup, and when that is i completed the choice will probably be- made by McCloy; list from wiMrh to make his selection was submitted by, the State Depart- ment. ' ■ ^ v'„^ ^ A few weeks k^k, Arthur Kim- KiH and Theodore Hayes, of the Department's Division of C.crman Affairs, went to Holly- wood and huddled quietly wim in* du.Mry toppers to ask for candi- dit > wijMnc to take the job. They w mied a man with top Hollywood | theatres fxt>erience and connect iona who Wi^ld be willing to serve under M^'loy as/ a sort of overseer for f e Cfi'rman film Industry. They a'P k k«Ml for a second man who Raibourn gave hii audience , ^Conftnued on-page t3i^. of j that a newspaper has become a film '.'-'''i exhibitor. and South Afriea, ts expected to i keep him abroad until early No-j yember. The 20th prexy arrived in Paris yesterday < Tuet I and will be in Rome later this Week There he^ll pick up Mrs Skouras. who re- mained abroad when ho fiew back Fir$t-Run Trmde Continues Solid; ^Devid* No. 1 to N. Y. last week Fifth Time; -Americen Paris* 2d, ‘Streetcar* 3d !i National Boxoffice Survey • mf .tVsa* Wars gaa t werae rotrqngp at siwa sfLvgnwAb eomiwse wmsw sv yamsTv. iwc MaraM ICHrWa. eta w 4 a m »S4 Wan eua Sl Na« V«rS ta H f 11 Sail Varra -Straat Wi*Siii j »sw 4 MalitMMl Prvaa Si>il<>ae CS**aM II *** TViSm t W Wariui'* rt. Traiaiasf So I t. f ' At the end of the week. 20th topp<*r heads for Athens for a visit, and then to Israel. He'll look over progress of lOth’s ronstnicUon of in Haifa. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Thai's to be followed by a visit in Cairo, where the com- pany it likewise building a new house.' Trip winds up with a bop >o AM«al ai nw'aimoM SIS Varaiffa b >u d he an executiyc-produccr in ' JohanneslMrg for meetings with P i<v.|aing entertainment and at 2iHh’s distribution execs and exht- hh-/ ame time, supply information bition affiliates. , ftrrinans.- ' .. v ■ ■ ' <Ire of. the . — things presently b“ Ung up the derision is whether «'* Pave two separate jobs or to under a'single indi- Gets Hdp Kjvorable fall weather.and some liero" <Col«, "'Painting Cloi^s with strong new product will give the i Kunvhinc" iWRv and “Tales of nat Kin's first-run picture a kiright Hoffmann'* > Indie ' in that run- hue thu round Consistently solid UlnuUy. totaU are being racked up even Besides “Horde.” '^American'' in the lace of ^IP^M radlo-TV “Carnival “ new entries likely , interrM in Ihe R orld 5veries , I to be, heard from additionally in For the fifth week Uljioc^saion, i^e future, a couple of other new “flavid and Hathsheba '-Uth' isj bint promise.. “The Mob" captui mg first plat-e naiUmally.. H ^bu h rbmes into V. Y f»ara- u bemg closely pressed bv Amer- i n^ week raffRe^ from I lean in Paris'* ' VI-G» alth4»u;jh Met- average and good to mJghti 6 key, ro s inuvicat tinier U playing in «uies this frame. The River" a A». I only three key rilief foicred by ^icr in B<iston shapes sock in N. Y; ( rosswinds ’fP.ir v.: hiok* fair in t>maha and okay in San t'ra|M isco. si'waw Cieiis sti ts Ceal* Ann, unxjuH, « 4 a«r " ' . Washington. Oct t. the Islands.*' produced under the , I - S Treasury Is borrowing a banner of Korda. They are cx- "•Artct from the book Hollywood peeled ta New Yoril the week of ^;‘>te. In a unique preem Umachlag *C>ct. 22. • 'jew bond-pluggini documentary. 3 Also coming at that time are -lam Street Defends America;** Sir Arthur Jarratt. topper of BrUi> < I'm t inter Is set for an Oct. 25 un- Isb Lion. Korda’s distributing com- V )ing at f^ Cnlcns. N. M . scene ptny, snd Wilfred Moeller. BL Korda to Accosd Rccd \ IVAiiiriY Jhi» •i-.k "Amcriritii" wJH Ta II N fnr ^flUilpRgf* finijth second* with a great boost ■ W V**'* , ^*'^“** from tlx smash initial round it the ; Sir Alexander Korda will actWm- N. V;. Musk' Hall, pany Carol Reed to the L*. S. when “Streetcar, Named Deyire** itt the director airlves from England will wind up a strong third, repeat- prior to release of bis ,“Outcast cid ing its sma.vh sKowint of lavt week. • • V ■ • « •s a we s' If •• •. * 4. • ^ .4 : s' ^ • 4* «■ i tr-MUry help. «w using an the 'plywood props In etpk^tkin. - was cut and sdtied n the Warner lot as a pwblle ssrv- r r pmdttced by Georfs Jlss- L who doubled as nsrrstor, Arasy nearby Whtte Rsmhi Erov mg Grounds did tbs tboottaf. but dull m Phiily,- “HoicI Sahara^ lU A-, weak in . Erisro. is hefty in Twrofito “Magic Pare** H!ol» looms uneven runrently but i* .ork in Chi. "Behave'Your- self * HKOl is not doing so well Ibis round. —Oliver Twist * ^UAT ♦amy in N,. Y, is rated hot*> m Washmg- lon "Whistle at Eaton Kalis’ *Co|., opening at N. Y/ Vietoria this frame, is i»kay io Pitl. “Warpath** »Par>. ftwMf in Louisville and To- ronto. looks okay In Indianapolis; i distrtbs Korda pix In the U. 8,. Ing ninth while ' Eljdni leather-1 fa sddltioo to plans , for * Is-1 necks'* <RKO» Is getilhg iRih *'' ”* ongm victory u looms lands.** they'll discuss dIsiribsKlon money. “HH Kind . of . Woman of **Cry. the Beloved Country," iRKO* and “Rhubarb" ,< Par rmind “Golden Horde" »L**. first week I out. IS soaring to fourth spot in 13 key cities, “MUlionairr Kor Chris- ly^ <2Rihi Will rapture fifth place while “Day Earth Stood SHH’', • 2Rth/' Will be sixth, “TeX iS I/.r- ntviT* ‘M-iH. just getting «»ut this xtanxa. will be seventh. «.HH '^Isfc *.,♦ >■ f- If * ^i»-loettlan. The townsfolk, with | controller. They’ll huddle with Ilya in Sun" iFar> a big eighth. Lopert, pret of Loperl Fllnu. which "People Will Talk*' i2Rth> Is land- IH which Is also ready for release., i out the Golden Doxen in tiuit ur- Group will bt In tbs U. I two _ ^ Chi “Bright victory" il »I okay in - Cleveland “Happy Go lovely" (RKOi shapes up well In i fj l*rosldencev •'I about [der. tComplete Boro#tce Reports on i Runnerup Alms s«# **batunLii> sj Popes M) INOiX Band HvvieWv Hills" Chatter ^ Klim R** views Kootbaii liouve H«*v.i‘wx fnvldr t,< git , . Inside MUsir Jhside Pii turrs .. In*.ide Kad o ■ ■ InvMie j>ievt->i»in Jn'^id# Vaudt^Viiic Int4 rr|i4tK»nal l^egi innate; Liiersti_ Mus;c ' ' ■ New Arts.'; Night Club Kevii^wv Obituarirs Pictures Rad IO-Tel eV I' ton Radio Reviews ... Records Frank Scully , .,.. *.,. Televisioo Reviews v.. Unit Review Vaudeville y vnsiSTv ■Ii « s s « • • s • 4« 53 «? .V. Ml 4H 1.S ' 3 «/ 'ii- IM "5T" ■t;. X*, .VI l^i 3 21 ZS 43 id 24 sd 49 ■i i. PsPf Vsrfity. Ll 41 •IS a y«m. am