Variety (October 31, 1951)

si. mi To Balk UPT-ABC; See Small Indie Hit Ail** State* Kmm tiiH * **• ♦ r , t rors this week nixed 8 propoaa) r.. iftterfwt wdtb the ,,l t mted Paramount , e*/«ftl Am trtgi ft B r iid r aatiitg (V Recommendat lo* that the (ratre chaio-network Ueup should protested had been made by nr \HiedHe* who felt tb#t dwll „ ( di# txbib* might auffer competi- |t % e consequences. However, tt was pointed out that St laxiinsnLo. Appeal tSZ »» Screen VcK intra trad*- differ >«**.'. Hail#, VOriou* fact tuna lit the film industry in recent month* ha%# On 300(> ‘Dunne* Suit «• 88ft#8HiMft..iuiMpg^ d>diK | Film I’mmhhts 'Dinner ma d e diaaf fpogtuM k ou grd uhim • ,0 Lout* Ort SO \9**9 presidents an* the»r top de mo fcM'Mtii for th, inm T*** **;. (T y* *» tlm* »M • roun rrrdUl In * lull I Sjjj* JL U 'L , V,*^* ™i 1" m i.iiirti u »k. —■* #«. MnanM i Ml® m rrisadi piti n vtiu. t> tn which if na8 Mied for 8300 OfiO damage* ba*ed on the fHm. ’ Fight- { ing Father Dunne ” brought by Matthew L Dav»*. a loralitr S -a — *»-—'■ Davis' suit charged that he was de- .^..rr-.ruud m, ir.r >»*«« «• .m, i... n( p ‘ rt :tl ‘SSSTSjf ut. r.«hrr Dunn. .« !H r*n th^Pterger flan ana couso- f Louis The V, S Court of Appeal* af- firmed a tower rouit decision for th# defendant qyeni)V the only a« tio« -left for A tied would bo to hip written objection* with the Commission Inter* enors, tf they were per- i ted could take an act it • role at the FCC hearing Also the majority of Allied tooper* at th# conclave had little •re*t in th# UFT-ABC affilia- tion, a* evidenced by the fart that the subject was given only brief time for discussion hoard members, all of whom nr# hi ad» of local theatr* associations around th# country, wer# particu- lar 1 ) concerned with trod# prac- tire* At th# closed seaaion they chained that various of th# distriba v-rr going far out of b o u nd# with their »ental demand* were still managing to favor “preferred” customer*, and wer# Inconsistent More than KM veteran* «( a qua tier Cent ury or more m the Alai bu*me*» air expected to attend the annual dinorr of the Moti.m Picture Pioneer* to Ire Held Vn IS at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria V V . in honor of Harry. Jock ami Major Albert Warner It ia nb _... «* ••«*£- •*** M( V hMi* IM9W. «M • unnv i. tmporMtoo **»** MiDm n. they vaid if xucCewfut would cure many of the ill* now burdening the industry. } In all rases the hid fur infra- n.ur»l JOW «•« w wiwaiy j» rMk r*Mm I MWM I l ll j l «« na* « w. » U Of! Ut-A: Urt. <..n DKvHl • ■••I tiullui CiM.p. ; If u uimI.i : rV ims di'diiltrly ale in vtr* \Mu-d Mate* hoard i h*n ut.**» \ t>j mi f ■ 1 * »I i n A ■ i ’ i of the entire indu*try will br 7,'''." 7 jupMOwi v Paramount president Itarnev Bal ,Aa%h. of Anient • inumg AiMtearing #a keintde vm .k. r at Vllteda national rt»nn mum. My i < iln lared the trade h#* luted CiUrsi I»*t • tndii alnom and di%*rn-uu» to prt / (*l tbie jletghta of confident e and rn thu«ia*ni S|te>rt tune ago the theatre ot* ; tt ip p et recalled disti iIk hrld the nub* In low pjlppni for their fail ♦lie, tu fransfotm nirrtiw re |»t« into ho hit* On the other hand he y;»id some enhib* wme of 1he i»ptn- other* ■ Trihule to the d .filer frere* 4' aban cautuined the eshibw that tn ' pioneer* of the year m tumor «( lUS.iTrt^ ^'V m ?" fflPsf-esfts.■Q^wSiiSwiiW'aStitu^? mean* damaging the entire atruc* . leadt rship will be gngnal|t<*d by . turo of the trade the pvTsentathm of a spet t^i pta«p»e In obvious recognition of eghibs* from the Pioneers Tn d.»te, s»»n»» attPdi* upon the film companies 7A m w member*-are st hcduUd for for what they feel are unrea**m indu» tmn into lie Pionen - Has- u able selling policies, Kalahari *aid of »>l at the dinner that difference* bei ween bujer and seller in any trade t* to some ex {lent healthy Mui he streward that the c omp onen t s m the film indu* (i , try are mutually inter dependent Salaries #f Columbia Pictures’ •** °** , hbrdly pro*r». 1 top officers for the fiscal year ended «*H# another Is m difficulty 1 June M. ItM. varied little with 1*1 his bid tor industry har mo n y. ' compensation they received in the S a lab a # declared ‘tlmca #f crisis preceding A#r#l 12 months, if was lead u* Ip unity But we far get l# fair weather ft U my Allied. TOA Head For Hot Battle To mi their sales policy-for some pig disposed »» **w York this week this in different territories. Charge was made in one instance that a theatr# operated bv one of the divorced circuits was kept ap- (Continued on page 13» -v Kelly Bares at Snag b TV Deal WA Sual a After Settng Up Csn President Harry Ctdtn drew t201 •! earnest hope that we get together 400 compared with ItlT.MI gar on a continuing, constructive ba»i* ' nered the pnrviooa year | to further the brst interests ol the Jack Cohn, exec veepee, collec t entire industry The security Of ; ed tlAYfOfi. compared to tact year’s our future lie* m our ability to 1148 400 Abe Schneider veepee-; work together/* treasurer, got |12td ntm. a himst Balabas repeated his romments of 83.0#. . Jdal# B. Spingold. ad- on the current upbeat nature of pub veepee. drew ItodOOff as the industry which he made at the Veteran fHm Industry exec Aithur W Kelly, who recently funned his own company to pro- duce amf distribute film* for tele- vmun. is burning over results of bi> recent effort to acqutr# residual f ghls to the numerous indie films wade through the years by Edward to Harry Coho 815 «J0 to Jack SoiaJI. Until recently, Kelly was Cohn and 810400 to Hpmgnld f#m» f eastern sales rep 1 t harles Kchwartx Columbia sec Kelly was all set with the hn*nc* mUsy^ aod Pisvtd r«HS—, OSii^i log bar taking over Small's pi*. against lhe comparable periods 11*8 M. Payoff for Abe Montague veepee in charge of domevtlt sale* amounted I# 8180.006 He received 8152 500 lest year. ; Directors and officers as a lump collected a total of 81,187.253 In the year ended June 30, 1831, Current figures also Include expense allowances which are not required to be accounted for. Disbursement of 813 800 went recent Theatre Owners of America convention ’’There is real cause to believe this is a new and happy (Continued pn page 16* teiwuiedly well over 8l.000.000 wJtirh he and associates were put* ti»’g up. and the deal looked near Outfit was paid fees of f'Mivummatioo At the same time hyalites Paramount was show ing Interest In 883 008 52*2 *55. Sm *'! J‘ mi * n t! n pUf * Both Cohns. U was d.closed, row- 1 «*< this aent George Shupert. tlftue ta & company * biggest company • TV rise, to th# stockholders., At of Sept 30, 1831, last year for additional product in anl secretary, received no remu- color at a mean* of combating TV iteration for service in their re- inroad* Is seen in disclosure by xpeclive capacities They’re port- 2<Hh-F»x this week of Its 1932 nets in Schwarts ft fiohlich firm t plans Half of the studio’s feature fii*« ( last from lie producer Allied Slates tun and Theatre Owner* »t America this week weir headed for a full-scale memhei'-hip tiatfle The two outfits rb arlv arc romaming exhih# fnmi all angle* with the view to swelling then re •pertive rmters Touching off the big bid for rr> emits wa* lhe difficult* wftdHt TOA experiewced with a tew indie , mem hers who rebelled at M»e TOA convention last month b#rau*r i ba*ic tiade practices. particuUiti ’rental pr o ble m *, were being given : the bru*h, ^ • •' ; . • - As a result of this. TOA topper* • n«*w are pr«*mi»ing full ron*id* ra- ■I aa |pa ■■# : him of pvc licensing term* ami *«< A l\ *>7 I mtAPP ,,ni< up * IB 0’#» r »«‘»l Panel* acto-- 10 10 uld ■ PliClS *he country whnh will t«>t j local eahib squawks to the national Demand, «f e.h.h W f* « WylyK «y y ton K.. ..J chaiMilan ( harles P Skoura* and ! prexy M lie hell Wolf^on also have promised fo keep in touch with ti«e field constantly via appearanc* al meeting* of local TO A unit* Frrd regional meet is set f«*r N V on 'Nov, Id TtJVs exec rwmmittee goe* info a hudd! 1 a day earlier Latest TOA gesture seeking to win over new memhrr* wa* the ap^ liMned lot (he Ilia of the im-ioews Hwh • twofold fettled v w hu h was ‘uaianteed to kill the patient, naoH-h studio ecsmomisw « un»*d to a |wdnt where the qualm of the • < ‘ores w#x #dv#rsety affected and demands fur higher rental' ^ (werved that due paid' . 'o«ir earlier expte**ion« ol ton fidenre tn tb# bu ’ - put tlv . »w cau*e of r tt ssfide hc e gamed fiWx evpi rimenU tn all tmhidM roop eratosin. but .due mainly to a re (iittung icnd of hglam t and appee elation of the true great ne** of our own Industry, this dismal pt< tufr quickly Changed and in a \etv short period of time the imluslry has lilted itself from the d> |MId ut despair to th# height' id c»mh di m e and enlhustaani. as if h> it* own- hiwitatrtpa ** Alvpr* stated ronfllcis Iwtween the branches of the bu*ino-* un doubft dj \ will (wntinue Hut he added we ar# nwrr united than ever before In our determrnaiuNa Itf ptoieri this great industry agunst any threatened danger, w)tether it be in the guise of un- wait anted legislation. dis« r imm# (Continued on page 1 a»« outpul — III pis—will he m Techni- color. .vi-; That’s twice the number in 1831 and four times thus# available in N. Y tor Ollu »Hh Hirrv Cohn o»n.d ixTV(7 tliarri 2 ®l;. |»M»lmrnl l».i v>»rk ol llm ji.1 I Nwm li Itoimor common _< >• 8j ; of i« h., D1 , fro’ TLr *1 •** nd ^«’ * nd < r" rol ‘ *»• t.mcd Istiiaan* hsve figured out and semi-musicals pi* from two different part t e«. Small did a re-appraisal n« hi* own product aituation and ('••cided to form hia own company In association with Sol Lesaer to I* ddle th# pig to TV. At the same * •»#. Shupert was lured to th# h-'v outfit, resigning from Par. BRANDT CRIES ‘SUIT OVER PHILLY PRODUCT Philadelphia. Oct 30. Harry Brandt, chief of the Trans- | * circuit, hat warned the major • n Oistiihutor* here, as well as t.ie major circuits, that he’ll fit# an •nuirust suit againaf them unless ** '^ced* la obtaining product tor hw local Trans-Lux Theatr# « 4 ruing w; All mu- Hisant as a ‘service coordinator *'ll be |{ 4 « job Mt || br to a**i*t exhth' on j matter* of taxation, tele\ i*i«m fiov- B#v*n of the 18 pix have hern t-mmerit ccmtrols , etc fie had OffO shares which have been trans- ferred I* 1 milr*i (nr k_m~ai n < 1 " ’7*. -e «•* emmem ronirois. eic nr n children , completed and four are now before been vales and service roordmai cmidren . , th# cameras Jack Colin hold* 43 624 common - - and controls 23.757 common in « trust for certain persons. All di- * rectors and officers hold 184 246 common *28 li c Jr ♦ and control 31.- 8u5 <7 83%». In addition, stock option* calling for an aggregate of 43 946 shares are held by .Mon tague. Schneider, Joseph A Mel on m I . . . ville, pre* of Columbia Interna- ? ompleted tional. and Col execs Lester Roth and B B Kahane. DMYTRYK SIGNS FOR ANOTHER KRAMER PIC wr of Paramount's television divi ton Meanwhile. Allied top|»rr* weir quirk lo *elre upon TOA * hand*- uff policy on rental* in thru ptii h tq exhibs Board chairman Abraiii V Myers, at Allied s N V huddle y esterday ‘Tues.», reposted rent il* would fie given full prommeme at the convention. Although he named no names. TOA obvmuslv Hollywood. Oct 30 I Edward Dmylryk. who recent- ly completed Stanley Kramers Sniper.** has been inked to direct was the target of bis crack that “it another Kramer film “Full of i* an rays escape front a diffuuU Life.” comedy based on John and embarrassing dilemma to *a> l ^ante’s book. It w ill probably be as aanse exhibHar organiratum- do the third of the next Seven pis that the price of film is pundv a Kramer will make for Columbia. personal matter, lo be di*ru**ed With “Death of a Salesman.” and settled in every instance |»c ’ Sniper.” ’ S4< Convicts” and tween the distributor and the ex- O'Donnell lo Settle Fnul Details Ox ‘Movietime' Tours Final details of addilUMta! * Movirtime USA ** itar |«»oi* dur- ing November are exptcied to l»e worked out with the arrival of HoIm-i i J u Donnell m Ni w York itwlay * Wed O'Donnell. chair- man of^the promotional drive, boa l»vn on the Coast W hrle there he set up machinery for obtaining stars lot th*- tour*. It will he headed hv M trvin Schenck. Mete# y p . who replaces Sam Brtskin How manv area* will lie Ittured is not Certain p-t, I nit n is hoped to semi i*er*tm.i li- ne* into three or four major trr* rflories and a number ol nsdividuai town* not hit by player* earlier this month •' ••'; • 'V-V- iFDonnell Is experted i«i be in \«*w York until the end ol Hie week While there he will »j*’*k at a meeting uf the A*mm laled Alo lion Picture Advertisers tomorrow ‘Thurvi afternoon and at: Allied State* A**n convention toowirrow evening ■■■;' ' -• Samuels lo latin-Am. On Dwncy Alice* Sale* I-## Samuels, Walt Disney sales ^ l 1 . . m exec, planed to Mexico Last week "Fourpoxier” in the can, Kramer hibitor immediately concerned on the first leg of a one month trip resume* shooting in January ’ Hap- ALLIED HONORS ZUKOR AT PARLEY’S FINALE Allied Slate* A**n will wind up contained In i tel#- BPIHBBB I 8 aent to the branch managers that witf take'him to Cub#. BraafT., fF. Time. ’ Charles 8k»y#r Marrer. Kxhibs ‘StlT* III Pix Argentina and other countries in followed by ”3 (MM Fingers of Dr , tb# I-a tin-American territory to set T.” fantasy In Technicolor prodp- j up dUtribution deals on "Alic# In cer's Rest tinier. Others vkedded Wonderland” While in Mexico he’ll huddle with RKO Latin- American chief Mike Havas. In the course of the junket Sam- uel* will also study possibilities of a tie-in deal with TV station* u» Mexico. Cuba and Braxil for screen- ing of the Disney Christmas show. <»t all local exchanges, as wcU as J** the heads of th# Warner and (.oldman circuits Spokesmen for some »f the Utter groups while unwilling to be quoted directly, •imed Brandt actually ”ia only ^nng his teeth in the hopes of fc’Ong product ” Because the Philly first-run situ- •[***? l% highly competitive, much ot th# major company product is Wild V ift biddlflf r«\| Jf m Vial m Af * I» , • fVMIB* .mgl rv # Ofl • »» ••**■* • ■ omw. i'|W r ow» wyr«wm« 4 **i w- *«a*a»a a**x m nvwm M» issx •no other hand reportedly splits its gram was the springboard for the of inking his pact. Kramer finuhed act. all for free are “Ethan Frame.** “Caine Mu tiny * aud “Member of the Wed- ding.” far ;which Broadway caat . | toppers Ethel Waters. Julie Harris which they ran address Unniriyn and Brandon Drwilde are inked to patrom In their own theatres He also plan* “Sound of Hunting.' National S cree n Service has two Broadway play of a few years back camera crews on hand for. the shoot ' In addition to four pix wound ing and U p’ ^.ihng the theairc- “One Hour in Woisderland # Pro- for Columbia within seven month* men with scripts on upcoming prod L dure* between Earner*. Goldman and tu current N Y codvenHoii to morrow night (Thut.v • with a n«»d to Paramount board chairman ^ ~~Viioiph /ukor Exhili ou'in n ii a air • present th# veteran film topper to Their fMFBIIh a bronae plaque in gratrlul Kxhiha at the Allied State* A**n appreciation of man) year' of de convention in N Y this week are voted service to the motion puture being offered th# opfMjrtumty to industry and of the continuing in ’star ’ in one minute film clip* m -piration of his notable character ” Other plaques will go to Robert J O Donnell for hi* direction of the ‘ Movietime U 8. A.” campaign. Allied prexy Trueman Rrnibusrk lor his work and courml in l ho television field, and to Col, H V Exhiba for the Cole head of Allie<fs unit in Tevas, who u> credited with conceiving th# Alice ’ campaign in tb# U. S. Uat High Noun." Gary Cooper starter . usowt part apiwared eager to be who is credited w»i year. ’ Mb final film doe United Artiats. lensed for exhibit**. Movietmi# ’ idea.