Variety (March 1959)

10 PICTURE GROSSES PfiRIETY Wednesday, March 4, 1959 Cincy StiD Lofty; ‘Running’ Fancy $11,000, ‘Flag’ 12G, 2d; Periscope’ 9G OMAHA;'IOC’s'$6,500 Cincinnati, March 3. -4--- Cincy film front retains winning . /innnj nrnru a/i form for third straight Lenten ses- PAClfiL I ItKKl 9u, sion. Prospective Oscar plumage is ! x A a shot-in-the arm for strong hold¬ overs "Some Came Running,” in second week at Albee; "Auntie i Omaha/ March 3. Mame.” still nifty in 10th round, I Eiz is holding well at downtown and "Separate Tables,’ plenty big fi rs t- rU ns this stanza, thans to con- in second \veek at Keith s. Lone tinued good weather. Best of lot new T bill. “Up Periscope, shapes “Hanging Tree” rated hotsy at fairish at the Palace. Rally Round the Omaha. "South Pacific” re- Flag” has subunrban deluxer Val-‘ ma his wham at the Cooper in ley happy in second week to equal Round No 19 “i 0 Command- solid take of preem session. Influx j s dne j n its re-release date of spring weather was a biz builder at the Slate 0n the othe r side, in first half. “Man Inside” is pale at the Bran- Estimates for This Week I dels and “Anna Lucasta” shapes Albee iRKO> '3,100: 90-$1.25^— light at the Orpheum. "Some Came Running” 'M-G' <2d Estimates for This Week wk>. Fine $11,000. Last week. B ran deis (Cooper) (694: 90)— $15,000. _ "Man Inside” 'Col> and "Kill Her American-International In Talk-About-It at Vegas . Hollywood March 3. American International Pictures will toss its first international con¬ clave April 5-6 in Las Vegas, im¬ mediately following the Variety Clubs convention there. Nat Cohen, of Anglo Amalga¬ mated Film Distributors, which dis¬ tributes AIP product in England and the United Kingdom; Jerry Solway, Canada; Henry Sandberg, Scandinavia; and reps-from Austra¬ lia, France, Germany, Italy and South America, will attend. U.S. personnel also will be present. Soundtrack ; Continued from page 4 ; Capitol (SW-Cinerama) 1 1,376; $1.20-32.65'—"South Seas Adven¬ ture” 'Cinerama' (18th wk). Hotsy $14,000 on heels of upsurge to, $18,000 for 17th round. Grand »RKO> < 1.400; 90-$1.50)— "Auntie Mame” <WB> 'm.o.' '2d v.k*. Nifty $6,500, and likely to Isold for 10th downtown week. Last week. 37.500. Keith’s 'CSnor' '1.500; 90-S1.25)— "Separate Tables” 'UA> '2d wk'. Academy Award nominations bol¬ stering for repeat of hotsy $8,400 rreem. Ho’ds for third. Palace <RKO' '2.600: 90-$ 1.10)— "Up Periscope” 'WB'. Fair $9,000. Last week. "I Went to Live” 'UA'; at $1.25 ton, S10.C00. Valiev AViethe) '1.200: $1-$1.50> —"Rally Round Flag” (20th) '2d v.k>. Keeping step with last week’s solid $12,000. Stays for third week. ' Satisfactory «*etawav in bid for first-run policy in this suburban location. Gently” (Col). Pale $3,000. Last week. "Last Blitzkrieg” (Col) and "Murder Reported” (Col>, same. Cooper (Cooper) ' (708; $1.50- S2.20' — "South Pacific” 'Magna) '19th wk). Looks trim at $9,000. Last week. $9,500. Omaha (Tristates) (2.066; 75-SI) —“Hanging Tree” (WB) and “En¬ chanted Island” (WB) (2d wk). Hotsy $7,500. Last week, $8,000. Orpheum (Tristates) '2.980; 75- S1—“Anna Lucasta” »UA». Light 37.C00. Last week. “Up Periscope” (WB' '2d wk), $6,000. State (Cooper) (850; 90-S1.25)— “10 Commandments” (Par) (reis¬ sue). Nice S6.500. Last week. "Night of Quarter Moon” (M-G) '2d w wk). S4.000. . CHICAGO / 'Continued from page 9) —"Journev” 'M-G) '2d wk'. Nice $23,000. Last week. $36,000. Palace ‘SW-Cinerama) '1.434; ‘Hill’ Hotsy $14,000 in t j_-!_. ‘Toklnr.’ 9/1 $l-25-$3.40'—“South Seas Adven- InapiS, laoies Ivx, ZQ ture” I Cinerama) '23d wk». Steady Indianapolis, March 3. Biz is goed at many spots here $23,000. Last week. $22,500. Roosevelt (B&K) < 1,400; 90-1 TABLES’ STURDY 9G. PORT.;‘HILL’HEFTY 8G Portland, Ore.. March 3. Strong holdovers aided by two big newcomers will keep biz brisk along the local mainstem. “Auntie Mame” is in for a 10th rousing session at the Broadway. “Gigi” heads for a near new record with its 28th round at the Guild. “Sepa¬ rate Tables” shapes sturdy in first stanza at Paramount. “House on Haunted Hill” is rated lofty at Orpheum. Estimates for This Week Broadway (Parker) (1,890; $1- $1.50)—“Auntie Mame” (WB) <10th wk). Torrid $10,000. Last week, $9,200. Fox (Evergreen) (1,536; $1-$1.49) —“Hanging Tree” (WB) and “10 Days Tulara” (UA) '2d wk). Okay $6,000. Last week. $7,000. Guild 'Indie) (400; $1-$1.50) — “Gigi” (M-G) (28th wk). Sturdy $4,000. Last week, $4,2G0. Orpheum 'Evergreen) (1,600; $1- $L49)—“House On Haunted Hill” ' A A) and "From Hell It Came” ' A A). Softy $8,000. Last week, ‘Tennypacker” (20th) and “Show¬ down Boot Hill” ' 20th), $6,200. Paramount (Port-Par) (3.400; $1- $1.50' — “Separate Tables” iUA) and “Cop Hater” (UA). Solid $9,000 or near. Last week, "Perfect Furlough” (U) and "Kathy-O” (U) '2d wk). $5,600. of Tobago on six-month schedule starting in July . '. . Duke Ellington will compose an original score for Otto Preminger’s “Anatomy of a Murder,” marking his first assignment for a film . . . Christine Carere into 20th-Fox’ “The Love Maniac” . . . Vincent Price of “The Fly,” repeats in Associated Producers’ "Return of the Fly,” for 20th-Fox • release. The Italian “Cannon Serenade,” starring Yittoria DeSica, has been } acquired by Times Film Corp. via a deal with the German UFA which 'controls the rights . . . Frank Gervasi’s wife joined him in N.Y. from | Rome. Mrs. Gervasi’s mother is ailing. MPEA’s Mediterranean topper , flies back to Spain this week . . . The Soviets are making a big “aid” j pitch to the Egyptian film industry, offering cameras, dollies—and 'scripts, of course . . . Susan Heather Silvefstone, daughter of Murray j Silverstone, 20'ch-Fox International prez, engaged to Paul Barer of the i Bronx. There'll be a June wedding . . . Sam Spiegel checked in at the ! Imperial Hotel, New Delhi. Wants to make another deal with director David Lean . . . Joseph Brenner will handle the yet-to-be-made film, "Morals Squad”. . . Continental Distributing has bought the Swiss Heinz Ruebmaun starrer, "It Happened in Broad Daylight.” Parts of ; ihe picture ’have been reshot in English in Berlin for U.S. release, with Continental sharing the cost as part of the advance guarantee. Hilton’s Showbizmanship ; Continued from page z ; from the autograh- tkis stanza despite first round of $3.80'—"Hanging Tree" (W T B) '2d month-long annual state high v ,k». Busv $17,000. Last week, school basketball tournaments 523 0C0 v^hich tied up teenagers Friday State-Lake 'B&K) 2.400; 9.0- ,?°T Se J 0n Hinted $i. 80} _"Sleeping Beauty” 'BV> Hill is big at the Indiana to lead , 3d wk , Big 543.000. Last week, town. Auntie Mame is still smasn c^q OOO io fourth week at Keith's. "Sepa- v * * rate Tables” is okay in second at ^chRIs C.Resta h e Tod(H 1.036, Loew's. “Remarkable Mr. Penny- nnn R T rsckpr” looks nkav at Circle in 'Rank'. Trim S14.000. Last week, pacxer loo^s o..ay at uncle in “ G igi” .M-G) (33d wk), $ I 5.000 for Estimates for This Week final hard-t:cket round. Circle .Cockrill-Dolle) .2,800; i 75-90 —"Remarkable Mr. Penny- i f — ^ all > '20th) packer” '20th' and "Alaska Pas- i ' 4th , AAA SIiCk ? 16 - 500 - Last packer” '20th' sage” '20lh>. Okay S8,000. Last week. "Hanging Tree” »WB) and "No Place to Land” 'Rep', $7,500. Indiana 'C-D' <3.200: 75-90) — "House on Haunted Hill” (AA) and "Wolf Larsen” <AA). Big $14,000. Last week, “Anna Lucasta” (UA) and "Guns. Girls, Gangsters” (UA), $6,500. Keith’s 'C-D) <1,300; 90-51.25) — ‘Auntie Mame” <WB» '4th wk). Smash $11,000. Last week. $11,500. Loew’s 1 Loew '2.427; 75-9Q) — "Separate Tables” (UA) (2d wk). Okay $7,000. Last week, S10.C00. Lyric -C-D) <850: Sl.25-S2.20) — "South Pacific” (Magna) (45th wk>. Big $7,000. Last week, $8,000. Clos¬ ing tomorrow <Wed) on this longest' fi'm run cn record here. week, $21,000. Wcods 'Essaness) (1.200; 90- $1.50'—“Some Came Running” 'M-G) (4th wk'. Strong $23,000. Last week. $28,000. Surf 'H&E Balaban) '685; $1.25) —"Mad Little Island” (Rank). Mild $3,200. Last week, reissue. World (Teitel) (606; 90'—"Capt. von • Koepenick” 'DCA> »3d wk). Okay $3,200. Last week, $4,900. BOSTON (Continued from page 8) ‘Indie) and “Torment' in Flesh” 'Indie', $2,000. Gary (Sack) d.240; 90-$1.50'— "Sleeping Beauty” tBV) (3d wk). Great $21,000. Last week, $30,000. T AC ATJCFI r*e KenmGre 'Indie) (700; 90-$1.50) 1.0^ i_ « T i m e S Gone By” 'Indie) and Continued from page 8) ! “Boot Polish” (Indie) <3d wk-final'. Fve" >U\) 'Ornheum) '2d wk' 0ke $ 6 - 000 - Last week, $7,000. Soeko $19,000. Last week. S22.2C0.* j ^morial iRKO> '3 000; 60-$1.10) Panfages 'RKO* ‘2.815: SI.25-32) ~ AnRa lucasta (UA> and Es- —"Rail-’ Round Flag” >20th> f4th ♦ ,L ‘ A) „ '• Fine wk' Nice 38 000 or clo^e T ast ? 14 -000. Last week - S17,000. we4 *9 *00 ' Metropolitan (NET) (4,357; 70- Fcx '* Wilshire 1 FWC 1 '2.296: ) $1 ^ 0, “_‘‘ s ? ran ? e ^_ in My A _ r _ms”_(U> S1.50-$2.40> — “Sleeping Beauty” <BV» (5th wk'. Great $16,000. La^t week. $26,200. Four Star 'UATC> (368; $1.25-$2) —“Gigi" (M-G) '6th wk>. Snappy $12,000. Last week. S14.900. New Fox (FWC.) (765; $1.25-53) —“Windjammer” (NT) (10th wk'. Stuidv $6,000. Last week. $7,100. Chinese —“Auntie and “Mark of Hawk” (U). Neat SI7.000. Last week, “Auntie Mame” • WB), $16,000. .Paramount (NET) (2.357; 70- $1.10)—“Hanging Tree” (WB) and “Up in Smoke” (Indie) (2d wk). Slick S13,000. Last week. $14,000. Pilgrim «ATC) (1,000; 60-$1.10)— “Crawling Eye” (Indie) and “Cos¬ mic Monsters” (Indie). Fat $7,500. :™,C) 1 Last week, ‘‘Mobster ’ ‘,20th, and Q , do Dangerous Exile” (Rank), $6,000. S .ro^oal 2 ; 4 ! 0 ' : Saxon (Sack) d.000; $1.50-$3.50) Fine Ans <FWC) (631;; 90-$ 1.50' _ "South Pacific” (Magna) (47th- — My Lncle (Con) (11th wk'. : w k) ~ .. Big S3.000. - Last week, S3.100. IVarner SAN FRANCISCO (Continued from page 8) Si.75-$2.65)—“South Seas Adven¬ ture” 'Cinerama) (14th wk). Soar¬ ing to great $26,000. Last week, S19.000. United Artists 'No. Coast) d.207; 90-$1.25) — "Separate Tables” • UA) (3d wk). Great $10,000 or over. Last week, SI 1.800. Stagedoor (A-R) (440; $1.25-$3.00> — “Gigi” (M-G) (34th wk). Fine 88.800. Last week, S9.500. Presidio 'Hardv-Parsons) <774; $1.25-51.50)—"Love Maker”' (T-L>. Fair $2,800. Last week, "Marianne Of My Youth” ‘Indie) (2d wk), $3,500. Vogue (S.F. Theatres) (364; $1.25) —"Seventh Seal” (Indie) (15th wk>. Fine S2.100. Last week. $2,300. Alexandria 'United California) 1 1.170; S1.50-$3.50) — “South Pa¬ cific” (20th' (35th wk 1 . Sturdv $10,000. Last week. S12.C00. Coronet 'United California) d.250: S1.49-S1.75) — "Sleeping Beauty” (BV> (3d wk). Excellent $12,000. Last week, $23,000. ST. LOUIS (Continued from page 9) "Gigi” 'M-G,' (4th wk). Smash $16,000. Last week. $12,000. Orpheum (Loew) (1 900; 60-90'— "Separate Tables” (UA) (3d wk). Soeko $15,000. Last week, $14,000. Pageant 'Arthur) d.000; 50-SD— "Around World in 80 Days” (UA). Big $7,000 for second time around. Last week, “Scuth Pacific” (20th) (45th wk), $7 500. Richmond (Arthur) (1.000; 60-90) —“Mad Little Island” (Indie). Fine $1,600. Last week, “W T ee Geordie” (Indie) and “Ship Was Loaded” (Indie). $1,400. St. Louis (Arthur) <3,800; 60-90) —"Bell. Book. Candle” (Col) (2d wk>. Smash $12,000. Last week, $15,000. , Shady Oak (Arthur) (760; 60-90) —"Mad Little Island” (Indie) (re¬ issue). Big $2,500. 'CORDURA' FOR HARD DUCATS Hollywood (SW-Cine- rama) '1.389; $1.20-$2.65)—“South Seas Adventure” (Cinerama). Started 23d week Sunday (1) after big $24 400 last week. Egyptian (UATC) (1,392; $1.65- $3.30'—"South Pacific” (Magna) (39th wk). Hefty $13,700. Last week. $14,100. Carthay 'FWC) (1,135; $3.50'—"Around World Days” <UA) (115th wk). Trim $12,000. Last week, $13,700. Sturdy $11,000. Last week, $15,000. Trans-Lux (T-L) (730; 75-$1.25) —“Lady Chatterly’s Lover” (Indie) and “Passionate Summer” (Indie). Good $4,000. Last week, "Girl on 3rd Floor” (Indie) and “Flesh and Desire” (Indie), $3,200. Orpheum (Loew) (2,900; 90-S1.50) — “Some Came Running” (M-G) (9th wk). Fast $13,000. Last week, $1.75- • $13,000. 80 i State (Loew) (2,600; 75-$1.25)- Goetz Feature To Run Three Hours Sans Smoke “Separate Tables” <UA) (2d wk). Wham $20,000. Last week, $23,000. Hollywood, March 3. Columbia Pictures’ first road¬ show attraction since “Bridge on the River Kwai” in 1957 will be William Goetz’ "They Came to Cor- dura,” topbilling Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin and Tab Hunter. Pic, running approximately three hours, will be shown with an in¬ termission. Elie Siegmeister, Amer¬ ican longhair composer, will do a special overture as well as entre’- acte music. : shielding seekers. ! Jane Russell had a particularly • bad time of it, just making it to the bus under her own power after . running ahead of her police in¬ terference and shedding coats and hand luggage in the process. ! Something new in autograph- ; seeking was added when fans drove I their cars in front of the Hilton : buses to form road blocks so that i boarding parties could try to scramble aboard. ; On the way into town an Ameri- | can radio correspondent stationed ‘ in Cairo explained that pix are big- . ger than ever in the Egyptian capi- | tal. where they represent just j about the only entertainment the. ! general populace can afford . ! The tallest hotel in -the Middle ! East and Egypt’s largest and most ' modern hotel, the 12-story, 400- room Nile Hilton cost $6,500,000 and occupies a 6^-acre site on the east bank of the Nile. It's just to the north of the famed Semiramis Hotel which, in turn, is just to the north of the new Shepheard’s. It’s built in the shape of a broad, open- ! V paralleling the Nile. One side overlooks Cairo's Liberation Square • the Egyptian Museum and the ; Citadel; the other looks out over ^ the Nile to the Great Pyramids at ‘ the edge of the desert. j Egyptian materials and furnish¬ ings were used wherever possible, but much of the hardware came from the U.S.. timber and pipes from Russia, the telephone switch- ; board from Sweden, the tiles from j Italy, Spain. East Germany and | China, hardwood floors from Po¬ land. and glassware from Czecho- ; Slovakia. The U.S. firm of Welton Becket was the architect and deco- ‘ rator and landscaping was planned ‘ by Cornell, Britigers & Troller of Los Angeles. ! Although two Sudanese mounted on camels guarded the entrance of . the hotel during the dedication : ceremonies, and five Russian jet ! fighters of the Egyption Air Force ( roared by just as the Egyptian ' Economy Minister cut the tradi¬ tional ribbon, the highspot of the opening was the unannounced in- 1 spection tour of President Nasser, escorting Yugoslavia’s Marshal i Tito, who was in Cairo on a state ! visit. The unscheduled event was • ! the Egyptian counterpart of a pa- 1 pal blessing on the new hotel. | The two heads of state, whizzed jup in open-top convertibles shorl- ! ly after the flag-raising. Shown j Room 704 by Hilton veep Rudy Basler, Nasser remarked that it was very nice, but since he was a big man he liked bigger bathrooms. Inez Robb extended an invitation to Tito and Nasser to visit the U.S., on behalf of herself, the N. Y. World-Telegram & Sun and United Feature Syndicate. Reaching hard for a local angle, Leo'Carrillo told Nasser that he accepts no horses on his California ranch unless they have Arab blood, and the President of the United Arab Republic said that this was very interesting. Nasser aftd George Washington At the dedication luncheon, Con¬ rad N. Hilton managed to raise a few American eyebrows in the au¬ dience by comparing Nasser to George Washington (it was Wash¬ ington’s Birthday and the first an¬ niversary of the founding of the United Arab Republic), and by likening the Egyptian worker to the American worker in their ability to get a job done. Inaugural dinner show included an Egyptian ballet, American singer Diahann Carroll and an Egyptian belly dancer, which prompted one of the American re¬ porters to remark that the Arabs were the 'first to develop the navel into a national institution. In Athens, Hilton junketeers were the guests of the Greek gov¬ ernment for the cornerstone-laying of the new $7,000,000, 480-r.ooih Athens Hilton, expected to be com¬ pleted in 1960. Greek Prime Mini¬ ster Karamanlis took part in the ceremonies, and observers noted a warmer official welcome, and many more references to Ameri¬ can friendship than had been evi¬ dent in Cairo.' Although Hilton Hotel Interna¬ tional has opened four new hotels in the past 11 months, and work is under way or contracts have been signed for new hotels in Trinidad, Tokyo. Bangkok, Rome, Baghdad, Amsterdam and Rotter¬ dam, no new international opening is slated before 1960, when Athens, Trinidad and Amsterdam are ex¬ pected to be ready. For the fa¬ vored members of Hilton’s guest list, who have found in junketeer- ing hotel dedication a fine new way of life, this is too bad. East’s Publicists ~ Continued from page 7 — opening agreement, the SPG is also seeking a 20^ wage increase for all senior publicists. The senior publicists, the Guild stresses, have received" no wage hike since April. 1956. The $210 minimum has been in effect for several years in the companies’ agreement with the Publicists Assn, in Hollywood. Similar negotiations are sched¬ uled to take place between the SPG and Warner Bros., Universal, Metro and Columbia. The Warner talks are set for March 6 and be¬ cause of alleged stalling on the part of WB in setting the dale of the meeting, the SPG, in a letter to the film company, warned that WB must come in with Concrete counter proposals at that time. The Guild pointed out. that under the contract agreement, the union has the right to notify WB of its in¬ tention to terminate the present agreement on March 27. with the termination taking effect on April 11. Meanwhile, the Guild feels it has established an important in¬ dustry precedent by getting Colum¬ bia to agree that all members* of the special publicity - exploitation unit hired’ for Samuel Goldwyn’s “Porgy and Bess” are required to join the SPG. As such, they are eligible for all Guild benefits guar¬ anteed by the contract, including severance pay. The special* unit be¬ comes part of the Col bargaining unit for the life of the special setup. At the same time, the Guild’s proposed conference of all AFL- CIO unions of advertising and pub¬ licity employees is said to be mak¬ ing progress. Approval of the idea of such a get-together has come from the Assn, of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers, Publicists Local 872, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Hollywood Publicists Assn., Local 818, IATSE, and ABC-TV publi¬ cists. ATPAM has named Merle Debuskey and Sim Brody as a sub¬ committee to explore the possibil¬ ity of the joint meeting.