Variety (December 1951)

Par Wwdd Slnw Wikon Violated Go- I ■ m 1 'American Pah* ' <M-0>. 1 Uni w * WB* 1. “DetecUv* Story ' (Par). 4 Qw* Vadis” <M-o>. a “Blue vnr <rko>. • “World* Collide” ‘Fir). 7 * Tickets S'way" <RKO>. « -The tUcket RK<K • “ Acmes Mo - *M-G» It. *TMki Cm slag” ‘WB). 11 “The ttm- OJA). Aaericai Paris’ Repeal Oct Smash, 1st ■ Nw.; ‘Streetcar’ 2i ‘Story* 3d Net for Nine Months Doe in Dec, Jan. Indicating strong activity In the art Aim Arid, mm wen new Im- port • ire scheduled for U. S preems this month and In January One of the pictures mill be dls- ‘ tributed by Brandon Film*, which is moving Into the theatrical 35m market (or the Srst time In around • Paramount la apparently aet to ♦■ ■ ■ ■ ■ i * —■ ■ [ -V-' II **The River” fUA). ■ battle the National Production Au- - ai me ona I If ”Dcs*rt Fen" *20th>. thonty to a ahowdnwn on the Gmr. TVhin h $1,49 < ,140 Net fnr Nine MonUmlM . equipment Par maintain*—and Technicolor, Inc had an evti- | IWpLL/ IVTIlitilT^ reponedlv 1* prepared to prove— mated profit of $1 4*7.140 for the . that the SPA order pa iaaued was nine months ended last Sept 30 ^ . _ contradictory to the agreement ar- preyy Herbert T Katmus dt*clo*ed l m__ I lived at between Charles E WU-i fhU H ^ rh Thu u equivalent to I flip I VI llff |/4f| ^ Defend Mobilisation Dire, $l a tkmmam shat* m ^VVep JOll. JSiJSf TV ' -**--1 TrahnJ • Ukf for ihr rarr*- _ n mrrfin, «» * •«»>««•"• “""S .pondm, prnod In 1*40 »u »1,- fc/xr II % P rn/ ^ M . •zs So* ** tilmm m**m ror UA rreems der«tood In have one of See copies j ■■ ;: ■ of the minutev made by NPA at p a fw | Indicating strong activity In the the capital »e*aion Theae will be Uy| \»AA|r 1/1 alC art Aim Aeld. some seven new tm- tivrd m an effort to prove that Wib |)K JtUVn 1/CdB porla are arheduled for U. SJ aon gave the go-ahead to the man- . Ihit .. . era for d ss e l op m snt wodi er ar- n a an nf/1 preema thia month and in January tual manufacture ol equipment aa KMVirtaA KU \P I 1°** of ,h# pieturea mill be d.v long aa they u*ed no more mate- flCIRfl ICu 1/j A/lJV trlbuted by Brandon Filma. whicb rml« IK»« .H«rMr4 f« ■ * u mmtm toto Um UwaUtrU M* biaeh agn white '»■'• •, . Washington. i Bic. 4 • lir • u # t... tim* ia'>niun<i Para concern Is »t« ihtermina- L Earner made (our gifta ar * rt ^ * /**? tion to go ahead with manufacture loU|4|| ^ 4 Nl0 %h afes of WB etna 4® »*ar* Company originally had of the Law r ence Chromatic Tube. ^ gj^g taat month allll leav- been in atandard distribution hut in which tt own* half the in€ him with 4flM4l atimwa. ae th9m ewMehed In l«m non theotrb right* Involved in the Aim r - rordk|lg %m t he new Security it ra | product pany t battle with NPA i* the jm- r%chmng9 rommuaion report on Rrandon ia returning with the plication ^t*nl the O^veeninent .ippnhflmr dock transaction* Warner j Joan-Fanl Le Chanoia production aeenrv might be riding wiinine ^ 2l ^ #harri , n g tru«| ! *X1eoie Buiaaonniere Z With a f'olumbiallroadcasting Sv^tena ®* [ account. HarryM Warner made fre«h Ug of ‘Paaalon for Ufe/’ the the alleged dea»re of XHS »o aoe t g|f| ^ ^ and now feature will open in New color shelved for * **** ouna 3Ml.MO plua an eatra 1A.000 York Ut# xhu ^1* Brandon tamer lnweeemary in a t mat account incidentally will continue It* I Am I ,a i II lurries Ibe session Alfred % DaA sold hia 3 000 bu%tne«a Firm will handle an oe- I ki.nutrs Of mat t on- MwwH of t’nlveraal Pi* common caaional 33m art Aim in the future ?Y them wm but atItt own. 100 chare* of Urn and ecpects to promote them via f«b rrp4 *PJ2 ■ , vpi or veraal cumulative preferred contact* developed through ita agreement that ^ aJOgai _ j OM >ph E McMahon of Repub^ narrow-gauge diatrtbution di r , JJ! thr He Picture* sold out hi* 400 aharea Among cdher upcoming foreign P rr * rnl it rent were in *f that company * common ttoeh. entrle* are four Britiah pc* and 'I'TJT but rrUtnrd M0 prWrrrrd t»o li.tun u.MW film. FlrM to br p.ftort MMrr<« o4>nl sr.C ronftrmod tbot Howard unvoilod will bo tho bow Vittorto V J J.nu f ‘ Hum ha. purrhaaod Mam !>. Sir* voaturo. "MfrM-lo fa **"*"■■ '!“ [" M mil naiad in • l »m of HKO rmnmon in tho paM Milan.'' duo lb proo«» at I ho World - ^„for^t -. ".n«^ .dd" two month. I. hoo.1 hi. hold.n, to Thootro. N V . Ooo 17. with Jo- . r. ^r,m „* rl“od I 0U <20 .horM Thif wo. dia «tUi lurml.o dlurlbulloi a* a maHer of <“»o^d in Vaairre two week* ago. Two Brtttah Alma will open In « . 'L .?n.d trtHn (IIS* request •• l» eo meet ion uith hi* Aght for H Y Christ maa Day They're r!r(*U lo make 2tt.QM color fwntrol of that company and iU Snader Produetfona* “Angel with lw namrularlv acatre supply theatre* WDIUm J. Ward* 11 waa the Trumpet’* and Souvaine Selec- roportod pur.ha.in, M0 ah.ro. of Uvo ISoturo.' Tho r.ahopln* y* ”?y in #-n S ,|jm ’ common stock in the new RKO Major ** An Alexander Korda prw- what tt thJnghtwaa the Theatre* Corp Sol A VhwarU dud Ion. Trumpet” bow* at the wlTerolYiation on fhY ’end acquired 300 vh.rea of the 35th SI Playhoum while -Major” ■eodnd slant it clgim* it* Chrw theatre chain, of which he la pcei i* aet for the Trana-Lu* «0th St mate Stanton Crtflia told out the 300 Theatre rial—and particularly not strategic *Sarea of Paramount Pirn COjk |^ MnglgI. IgMlga M lwndytWg Kinprify ind M«yer Hit# MuitvKdi ‘Fetc 9 for U A Borrah Mlnevitch'a 1 Jour de Fete” i Holiday” produced In France with Jacquea Tatti starred, will be distributed In the U. S. by 1 fcd Kingsley and Arthur L. Mayer, ft la algted for a Feb 13 or Feb. 33 -The pubUg le plorlng dramaiig fare at the top ol lta preferred gi«. lure Hat and eeering allghtlv awa« ^ w V- V.^^ .11 the l*f Picture* sold out hi* 400 aharea Among other upcoming foreign presrnt ^ ln *»( that company's common stock, entrle* are four Britfedh P*» am* ^ "'_f.'.“/Tl XZ .. " but rrl.inrd M0 prrfrrrrd two"Italian-m«da film. Flrrt to b* p-rtart undarala bdtnd |0 BCC confirmed that Howard unveilod will be Ibe new Vittorio Further, the minute* are *aw» iu n M u. M "MiorU preem at the 334b St. (. inemn. H v Mines Itch, whose Harmonic* Rascal* have long toured without their maestro-owner of the act. hot | been a longtime Paris resident, in- terested in French Variety. TV and . Bln production. Fete” has been a bo dirk in Europe and also in ] England, but waited a U S diet rib deal of the kind he wanted Thia was aet laat week Just before Mine- vMch Bear hark to Paris. Irwin Shapiro ia representing him in the ;. U. S. markrt. Par Mufls 70% On ‘Greatest Show’ Paramount I* tonsidering rental term* of 70' c; of the frwaa for The Greatest Show on Earth.” Cecil B DeMilie's rtrcua epic. Polio*. If IT* adopted, would he the same a* that for Samson and De- lilah,” In receiving the balance of 30*T«, exhib* also would be given a guarantee of at least lFi of the gross a* proAt Theatremen In paying the “Sam- son'’ term*, played the Aim et upped admission* and expectedly would do the same with ‘’Greatest Show ” Par U now stud)mg reaction to other top-term* ptx now in re- lease to determine advisability of Anally Axing the 70S terms for the new pic. Meanwhile distrtb la giving the Aim an unusually heavy promo- tional push Bijou Theatre. N. Y , owned by City Investing Cm, has been rented for three day* begin- ning tomorrow ‘Thurt >, during whicb (he Aim will be shown a total of nine times to prraa, radio and television reps. Total audi- ence la expected to number about iContinued on page 73) P»» Foortng slightly away trail Ughtwrljbf mwatrala. M«jd, tram tlM top «»• koaofflro winner, in November, ”American in Pariv * ‘ M-Gi waa tho only musics] in'the Ant ftve big g r o e ee r a Uat month, according to VAntrrr correspon- dents in 23 key cities. “American.” which was also Ar t Ih Oc tober , of cowrie, was a smash g roaatr last month and easily An* lahed in top portion with over fl.2B4.000 total In keys covered in Vanirrv Stroetcor Named pi ••re* (WB). which Anlahed aecoful the pro reding month, again copped •oeond place with nearly $7oo 0u) total g r am. “Detective Story” <ParV whtih like '’Streetcar” was another lead stag* "hit. wae a strong third »J* though ( laying in keys to any ex* tent only three weeks out of the month “Quo Vadla” iM-G> copped fourth money with an mi at lug total despite being a comparative new* comer. Fact that it did not Ani'h higher apparently la only because it waa playing in key cities Just on* week outside of the two initial plav- datea In N. Y where It's now ton- tinuing great In fourth stanxaa • “Blue Veil” ‘J}KO» took over Afth position, being the fourth non. iMjsieol Aim to land high in Xb- vember “When Wortds Collide* •Pari showed enough in two seek* to capture sixth spot while ‘ T«o Tickets to Broadway” <RKO> waa •eventh. “The Backet” * RKO) w ound up a stalwart eighth, being only a step behind “Ticket* “ “Acres* Wide Miaaouri" »M-G*, Clark Gable atarrer. won ninth money while “Tanka Are Coming <WB1 was lOth-place winner. “The River” (UA> landed in llth slot, with ’’Deaert Fox” ‘20thf, which waa Afth in October, round- ing out the Golden Doaen. “Come Fill Cup” (WB*. ’Laven- der Hill Mob” ‘U>. “Behave Your- aeir (RKO). “The Mob” *Col* and slot of Hodmnno” < Indio t were the runnerup entries for the month Few of tho now pU released (Continued on page 4ft A. to N. Y. V : 1 ; Richard Cartaoa n.Ha.ilh (tun blerk and whtte ‘ ron%m on stock, which had been another British import. ’Treasure materials Jhan ma n#4d by the W. E. GrURa Trust. Hunt ” for January release Wm (Cfpipnad rn. past TOP However, he own* another 2 000 era Hemisphere rights »«> the pic j m Shares, plua 1.000 shares in the F. wart obtained bp tho Arm frwaa BL All P.fm-AL Q*(*ri GnfBa Trust. Romulus Films along with “The I ww IBwBiy oHMI ... Arthur C: Bromberg, of Mono Innocents Abi«»ad.” Classic Ftc- M|__ - f*-| Picture*, reported that his . ture* ia prepping a January un- "00S vOI \ OmpiclIvM Monogram Southern Exchange*. 1 reeling for Ita Britiah-made “JMur- r * n« a 4 f a Inc, aoid <432 shares of Mono- der in the Cathedral” Adapted Villi. lAStm JnQ gram common. Monogram South-! by T. B. Eliot from bis play of the _ , ^ . .. ai-*M*K..#f«« rrm 10 040 shares and Brom mme name. “Cathedral” will be r*al on (olumblai «l*<rihutlow ^ fflllnnal 1 Oft in his released aa a two-a-day roadshow and Anancifig for completion Vown name entry. Gian Carlo MenotU's Hal- dPcumentary dyin g Rita Jgf * \ Loeu *, Inc. always la the mar isn-made “The Medium” will move worth is Nina talked on the (oast « a. 1» . ...i ■ v - t>i m* talkird<^n ^ ket for any stock of l^iew s Bo* '"to national distribution through wL M ^ r?*JwIISr‘ ,OB Theatres. Co... managed to buy I-opert Films afUr the Amt of the tYlYmillr,/lie mL. J nrth and 57 ****** W m « n,h This gives vear following a number of pre- SinMlpanirmC Hayworth and th# corporation 128 23d release dates. •ecomponv in* ■*«* oo>wor.»i ■ the parenB corporation 128 23# release dates. r.;;rr„,rHu„ r . ^ ~ H'OO Nane* Wile gr um ( m t* ********' j? Picture* < ummon Montague still Robert Wile has been named in ercstrd in taking Own* • 1*7 share*, plus warrant* secretary of the IndefWndent The- sell or * h ***** 11 d ^. h * fur 10 428 shares of common stock, sire Owners of Ohio, He succeeds It |o be distributed **"***'*' the late P J. ‘Pete* Wood. Ohio compan y. U i sa M)»ortl) it un- . .'.'.v/v--' ITO aeeretary for 27 years untU der exclusive contract to ( ol, but Tl J f I [a^. hn d<( , lh raHler yds year. Leighter. who serve* as an r* m V Wile assumes the post on Jan 7 •Mcio mm* to the star L v |Www "»•** h ‘* ^quarters in cixims that her appearance in thf, AC^UTCw If IlNQl Columbus ; He has resigned from Aim is okay under a contract tec* ’ r^ kgt. tmverva. wKre^e7i Ut vart^S m u a. Iionen on Uptn IflKL l»*ts in the advertising, publicity .ki^Siyomtn,L'Z Clra* to one-third .f fh. tnl- provide color cartoon sequences the open market. Milton R. Rack- around the live action to insert a m *L Dccca president, disclosed aort of story line into the pic. This t*i» »*** i« • Securities * Ex- j V«t IM M Mo would be somewhat similar to the change ( oiirnmnon report cover- technique Walt Disney used on j »®I UM mo nth nf October Ckgrle* FJnfwIal “Saiudos Amigos. ' with which &•«*• bought a total of 234 *00 Leighter was associated aa Coast share* at a coat of 83,773.914. Of moppsolses «4k* hodoeaa of bohy- rep for the U. S Oflke of the Co- »b«e. 79.000 shares were pur- " .. ^ — ^ sITT ordinator of Inter American Af chased on the N. Y. Stock Ex- Acpuref by Deca It to be distributed by another ' company., Miss Hayworth l* un- der exclusive contract to Col, but TLj.J JL I )>ighter. who servr* as an n- ImWm'.W olVino business adviser to the star. ; claims that her appearance in the ACQUir Aim Is okay under a contract teeb* ^ nicaltty (|0(| (brighter figure* it will require about 073 000 to Anish the Aim as Close to o ( ’harlrt Einfeld fairs i'R.k kefelier ( ommitteeL OhflRfe. Balance came from U Leighter shot the footage in com- proxy Nate J Bl um b er g and his ■sercial 10m Kodachrome. which family studio heads William Goetx Is suitable for blowing up to 35m and Leo Spits, global sales chief Technicolor It was during the Alfred E Daff. public relations safari that the Rita Aly romance head Maurice Bergman and the cooled. ' Immediately upon the estate of Paul G. Brown, who was groups return to civilization she a l board member , took off for America to obtain a Decca also acquired 32 300 stuck divorce. Leighter and His wife, warranto from Blumberg it t re- p rrso ps l friends of Mias Hayworth, ported price of 910 each. These srr smpon i if her and Khan are exchangeable for stock at |3 throughout the four month treh. iptffhgiq additional, ^ ~ * If *9 Still Shmcman»hip la its 46f* ‘Scsrref ’ is Chss C j National Legion of Decency this week put ; the Italian import. ’’Scarred,'* ia iu Class “C” or “con- demned" category’. Rating was Im- posed because the Aim “co n don es Immoral actions, contains material I offensive to religiew and a augfe* tive sequence ” Based on “Asstinto Spina.” Sal- vatore Di Giacomo's classic of the | Italian theatre, the Anna Magnanl starrer preemed in New York Oct. 28 Plot Is built around a typical Neapolitan love vendetta. Caaotarw j Films Dristributing Corp. Is reload- ing in the V. S 1 ■ ■ • N. Y. to Europe Max Bygraves Paul Vincent Carroll Tony Curtis Humphrey Doulens Rhonda Fleming Ava Gardner Paul Gregory John Huston Rudolph Jellinek Dorothy Kirsten • Janet Leigh Jimmy McHugh Borrah Mineviteh Seymour Moses Frank Sinatra . Jimmy Van Heusen Europe to N. Y. Enid Bagnoid Donald Buka Mary D. Chaeo Linda DarnelL ^ Harry Dawson Richard de Rochemont Anton DoUn Robert Kano Arthur Kober Vivien Leigh . Beatrice Lillie BUI Miller Laurence Olivier James E. Perkins Dick Richards William Roach Elisabeth Sc human : Linda Stevens !* »H > Wtiurar . Tony Curtli Dorothy Dondrldge William Dbeterle Dougina Fairbanks, Jr. An Gardner Ruth Gordon Abner J. Greshirr Toddy Hart John Kodiak WUUam Holden Judy Holliday Garmon Kanin Beldon Katie man Jody Lawrrwwce Harry Lenart Irving 1 e ae rr Diana Lynn Karl Malden Brenda Marshall Owen McGIveney Jimmy McHugh Erin O'Brien Moore Pat O Brien Col. Thomas A. Parker WillUm Peri berg Mortimer S. Rosenthal Jack Sapor George Seaton Mendel SUberberg Frank Sinatra Jimmy VanHeusen Glenn Walllchs Hal Wallis Richard Webb N. Y. to L A. Ben Babb Jack Carson Alfred E. Daff Al Urhtman Russell McCullough MUcb Miller Mart Nalhanson Norman NeweU Jerry Plrkman William Pine Murray Silver si on* Spyroa P Skouraa Frank Stemplo Josepk Vttalt