Variety (February 1961)

14 PICTURES Wednesday, February 22, 1961 Strong Support for Marchi-Savarese; I „ oUywood , Feb . 21 ' ^ Five cartoons and four live-ac- ’ License Fees Have Become a Tax - - = upcoming 33d -annual Academy AUTEUI Albany, Feb. 21. £ bar g° for original-film from $4 to SW eepstakes by special nominating. A forthright memorandum by 54 for each 1,000 feet, but re- committee C omt>rised of all active Starts, This Ye Commerce and Industry Assn., of duced the fee for duplicate prints , , , , This Date, La: New York Inc in support of the from 52 for each 1,000 feet to members of this Academy branch, ,n,s * /0,c / Marchi-Savarese film fees bill, de- 56 50 for the entire copy,” Rocke- plus three members chosen from ■ - - dared that the proposed fee sched- feller wrote tnat the revenues tne each of the nine other branches. Bronston nle had been “discussed with and state *’ ould then r ? celve would Br0 ?' , and . +u W + alt D, ? ney u &1 forAUie<i approved by the Division of not suffice to cover the admimsti a- Productions lead with two apiece {Sho ^ ^ Spain) ” tive costs °f the licensing func- former in the cartoon bracket and Prod.—Samuel B: '; -o- i. ~ . , . tion.” Disney one in each class. Oscar Shorts Nominees Hollywood Production Pulse ALLIED ARTISTS Starts, This Year .2 This Date, Last Year ...... 0 approved by the Division of Budget.” Also, that the r * effect of the change, while re :ng the over¬ all license payment, “still would leave the Motion Picture Division with an income between $50,000 and $80,000 over and above all costs attributable to it, direct, in¬ direct and remote.” The Budget Division’s okay cf the revised rates would appear to deer the way for Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller to sign this year’s mtrs.ure—if it passes the Legisla¬ ture. The single-page statement, con- fi; crcd by Capitol Hill observers 3 Sets of Pickets In St. Paul; Reds Seen ‘Provoking’ St. Paul, v eb. 21. Pro-integrationists, ar-ti-integra- "EL C1D" (Samuel Bronston Prod, with D.E.A.R. Films for Allied Artists and J. Arthur Rank) (Shooting in Spain) Prod.—Samuel Bronston Dir.—Anthony Mann Charlton Heston. Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone. Ralph Truman, Michael Hor¬ dern, Genevieve Page, John Fraser, Gary Raymond, Frank Thrign, Chris¬ topher Rhodes, Ralph . Truman, Michael Hordern, Hurd Hatfield. (Started Nov. 10) Disney one in each class. Chari^HestJi^s,, Nominations in all other cate- vaiione. Ralph Trur gories for the Oscar derby will not £5* toymondTrS be made known until Feb. 27. topher Rhodes, Nominations include: (sStSdNov^io)™’ Cartoon subjects: “High Note,” "twenty plus two" Warners; “Munro,” Rembhmdt ^-J^aVG^ber' Dunlap Films, Film Representations :Inc., Dir.-hjoe Newman William L Snyder, producer; ■ "A XSreSat K Place m the Sun,” George K. Dexter, William Demarest, Robert Arthur-Go Pictures Inc., Fran- f ^L a f/ s \JE er iJ anss ^ n tisek Vystrecil, producer; “Goliath q w II,” Disney Productions, Walt, A A TV Disney, producer; “Mouse and'Gar- AMrjivI.L'Ar den, WB. Starts, This Year. _ Live-action sublet: “A Sport Is tl:. Dnte ■ Lasf y AMERICAN INT’L Starts, This Year .2 This Date, Last Year. .2 to be an unusual example of cogency ^ riojusts, and anti - Commumsts Born,” Paramount, Leslie Winik, I ' anti persuasiveness, listed these in- fuDbed shoulders ^here recently producer; “Day of the Painter,” "journey to the seventh planet" I duslrv organizations as approving ^ Peaceful three-hour demonstra- Little Movies, • Kingsley-Tfnion (Shooting in Copenhagen) the measure: Motion Picture Assn, tion at Paramount’s Riviera and Films, Ezra R. 'Baker, producer; ?^' Di r«® idn r? e tf nk i oi America, Independent Motion Paramount Theatres. “Islands of the Sea,” Disney Pro- smymer, Cai ottosen Picture Distributors. Metropolitan ^ About 65 Macalester College stu- ductiOns, Disney, producer; “The (Started Jan. 24) Motion Picture Theatres Assn, and dell * s picketed the theatres pro- Creation of. Woman,” Trident Films Independent Theatre Owners Assn, testing chain’s southern . segrega- inc., Sterling World Distributors COLUMB Emphasizing that the bill would ["on Policies. Carrying signs read- Corp., Charles F. Schwep and c * tl* v “encourage motion picture distrib- J S We Protest Paramount’s Jim Ismail Merchant, producers. Starts, mis tear... utors to supply more films and Crow Theatres in the South” and . —~r, -- This Date, Last Year mere recently released films to “Boycott for Integration,” students > ’ ---.- neighborhood theatres which arc emphasized they had no complaint WRITFIlt£IIlI IY\ 1 A. I- - - In ripsnerafp financial straits and against either local showhouse but «»!UlIjIUl..wUiAiI/ O i 1 * I nmrr T1TCJ1 John Agar, Greta Thyssen, Anne Smymer, Cal Ottosen (Started Jan. 24) COLUMBIA Starts, This Year .. 7 This Date, Last Year . 3 In desperate financial straits and ; against either local showhouse but need this impetus to keep in busi- 'were directing their attack at ness,” the memorandum said it Leonard Goldenson regime of the also would “offer some relief to the chain. distributor level of the industry. At same time, four members of FOR FINAL VOTING ‘ Hollywood, Feb. 21. Screen membership of Writers and modernize the 40-year old National Society for Preservation Q ild f America-West has nomi- obsolete licensee schedule.” of White Race integrated with | _AS U. ^^ obsolete licensee schedule.” Plusage of 300Cr The result of the present fee schedule—$3 per thousand feet for ni?c nat * d 14 aa finalists in the pl Guild’s 13th Annual Screen Writers npZnSm' ™ cpt, l Awards competition. An unusually . ^ l a A,i Ur 3^ rt wAhigh number of the 14 finalists- achedule—$3 per thousand feet for f d b third S rouD of oickets I h - n S mI l er of th * 14 fillalists — original film, and S2 per thousand insisting of two^nen who stood I ei & h t to be 4 exact—are films on feet for prints is that ••collections| alongsjd * pLeVline pa^ing oul | tha " 0ne SCr,pter par ' b i A e exceeued cost of oo-ration literature. Pair denied affiliation I ,? . . . , of the Motion Picture Division -- th it] Proiln ! hut th P v Nominees were selected from 179 IState Education Department) by: ^mpi y "dfiked communists ” One entries submitted by Richard Col- JU n ^ s ed 300% ” ,he m ™‘ T& f.S ma s, WALT DISNEY Starts, This Year ......... 0 This Date, Last Year .0 METRO Sfarfs, This Year ... 1 This Date, Last Year........2 awards dinner which will be held irn assercea. studpnt*; “arp aaaintjt thp TTnncp ' avvaLUO vuuui win utr 2i‘ Sh °3 t ’lf. ! IZ’!-: efre h0S be ' Un-American Activities' Commit, j “ft 12 f h a ‘i he JfS“° n "FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE" (Julian Blaustein Prod.) Prod.—Julian Blaustein Dir.—Vincente Minelli Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Henreid, Paul Lukas, Karl Boehm, Yvette Mimieux (Started Oct. 17) bai-a • Eden. Peter Lorre, Robert Sterling, Frankie Avalon, Michael Ansara. Regis Toomey, Henry Danlell. Howard McNear (Started Jan. 25) "MARINES, LET'S GO" (Shooting in Japan) Prod.-Dir.—Raoul Walsh David Hedison, Tom Tryon, Linda Hutchins, David Brandon, Bill Leeka/ - Barbara Stuart, Tom Reese, Adore* Evans, Steve Baylor. Roy Jensen, Vince Williams, Peter Miller, Hideo Imamura (Started Feb. 13) UNITED ARTISTS Starts, This Year... .3 This Date, Last Year ...... 3 "BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ" (Harold Hecht Prod, for UA Release) Prod.—Harold Hecht Dir.—Charles Crichton Burt Lancaster Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter. Betty Field, NevUle Brand, Hugh Marlowe, Frank Richards, Telly Savalas, Crehaw Denton, Leo Penn, Dick Dennis (Started Nov. 7) "THE YOUNG DOCTORS" (Dresel-Millar-Turman Prod, for UA) (Shooting in New York) Prods.—Stuart Millar, Lawrence Tur¬ man • Djr.—Phil Karlson Frederic March, Ben Gazzara, Dick Clark, Jna Balin, Eddie Albert (Started Jan. 9.) : "WAR HUNT" OT-D Ent. for UA Release) Prod.—Terry Sanders Dir.—Denis Sanders John Saxon, Robert Redford, Charles Aidman, Sidney Pollack. Gavin Mac¬ Leod, Tommy Matsuda, Tom Skerritt, Tony Ray (Started Feb, 1) "The colonel of bunker hill" <Harvard Film Corp. for UA Release) (Shooting at KTTV) : Prod.—Robert E. Kent Dir.—Edward L. Cahn Wanda Hendrix, Roger Mobley, Don Beddoe. John Seven (Started Feb. 14) UNIVERSAL Starts, This Year... ; \.... 2 This Date, Last Year ..... O i "LOVER, COME BACK" I (Ul-7 Picts.-Nob Hill-Arwin) I Prods.—Robert Arthur., Stanley Sha¬ piro. Martin Melcher Dir.—Delbert Mann Rock Hudson. Dr.ris Day, Tony Randall, Er*ie Af’ams. Jr>'-ft Jack Kru- schen, Ann B. Davis, Ward Ramsey (Started Jan. 5) come a tax ”—to quote.. Marehi - Savarese bill would amend Section 126 of the Educa- un-Ameocan Acuviues L-Ommn. : three categories _ best- "mutiny on the BOUNTY" tee, and I am for it ” ar “., in vnree categoiles Desi fArco ia Prod.) AierrtK, written American comedy, best- (Shooting in Tahiti) i v- "w dlstnbu . ted Pamphlets %vr itten American drama and best- Prod.—Aaron Rosenberg lion Law to ‘‘revise the 4^-ear old ^ading.-We. as part of nationwide ^.(en American musical voting schedule of fees by raiding modest- demonstration of Unued States f or fi na i choices in the,three classes Iv the fee for the original film Natlonal + btudent Assn ? encour- w ill be wound up by March 3, with which is actually reviewed from a f e - you ,. t 1 ° hoyeott this theatre the three winners, as well as win- , $3 to $3.50 per thousand feet, and ? hai ” S0U . tber P th f a ^l ne r of the; Guild’s Laurel Award, hv decreasing the service fee for 1 , 1 ^ e S rate - Other pickets retorted to receive their honors at the additional p?fnts e 2 to $1 per '/Question of racial intermarriage March 24 dinner! thousand feet, ulus £3 ior each en- ^nf fh‘ Writers 6f source material upon tire print conv.” • segregation issue. Leader of the wh i ch .j he : i 4 nominated films are The present fee schedule “was ^uti-Red foursome said V^e think based will Receive nomination cer- devised for an era of muUinle orig- i h ® eommies are behind tins stuff, tificates ;which currently are -being inal films and at a time when very 1 dont see a sm * ,e Negro hcre - Inrenared. few copies were made and brought Into the State,” the memorandum pointed out. These prints were ion .'idiUMi, Trevor Howard, Hugh i -- Griffith, Frank Silvera. Tarita, Rich- (Shooting in London) WARNER BROS. Starts, This Year .. I This Date, Last Year .2' "THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE" At High School Level High Point, N.C., Feb. 21. Last week over 100 NegFo high prepared. Films and the nominated writers are: Com e d y — “The Apartment,” ard Haydn, Richard Harris, Tom Seely, Duncan Lamont, Keith McCon- ^neil, Ashley Cowan, Chips Rafferty, £ercy Herbert, Ed Byrne, Noel. Pur- eell, Gordon Jackson (Started Nov, 29) "ADA" (Avon Prod.) Prod.—Lawrence Weingarten Dir.—Daniel Mann. Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Ralph Meeker, Wilfrid Hyde White, Martin Balsam, Frank MaxweU (Started Jan. 9) PARAMOUNT Starts, This Year. Ihown "over and over again filter- ^ w «*den£ picketed Se wrti^nSy Billy WHderand i. A L. y ea V * x Ing doivn through the first, second |™°" oun s ' uda "“ S marched Diamond;^ ^ “The Facts of Life,” Th„ Date, Last Year . 6 of “time ” ° Ver ex ’ along d0 ' vnt0 ' vn streets in oh- “/ilten by Norman Panama and -hat ar," ’ ~ tended periods oi time. ( servance w h a t c PV pral termed ^Melvin Frank; “North to Alaska,” (Shooting in Africa) “To meet television competition | “Freedom Dav”’ written by Martin Rackin, John I«f;' D p r ;7d-Paul HalmW in recent years, and save the mo-« The line ma r C h e d three or four Lee Mahin and Claude Binyon John Wayne, Gerard Bli tion picture industry from virtual j J )n e fr “ t the ParamouS based on the play "Birthday GrfL” annihilation, continucu the; Th ea t re which is operated in a by Laszl ° Ffidor from an idea by (started Oct. io) tended periods of time.” “To meet television competition in recent years, and save the mo- annihilation,” jnemorafiduni, . V j Theatre which is operated in a ; uy f 0 u° r iro r m ar tech- j c it v - 0W ned building and, until i** an!5 - Kafka; Ocean s 11. Assoc. Prod.—Paul Helmick John Wayne, Gerard Bliin, Valenfin De Vargas. Elsa 'Martinelli, Michele Giradon. Bruce Cabot, Hardy Kruger (Started Oct. 10) ’ written «the ladies man" rng“ C was n iS?oduced atUrati0n b °° k 1 re . c - ently ’- the - 0I ? ly wb A te theatre a "^ h " le r.o^: I ing,” was introduced. ith balconv The theatre ‘ erer based on a story by Geor 2 e Jerry Lewis, h Under this. technique, “as many has CX ZT nf 7 m rah ^ c l a 5' fon Johnson and Jack. Goldert Dors. George r J 20 Prints of a single film may ^ demonstrations but on a smaller ^ uss . ell >„ “ P1 . e t ase , D T on ’t . E T at th ^ (Started ^Nov. 30) be brought into the Stale for a scal ADDroximatelv a dozen stu- Daisies, written by Isobel Lennart "my geisha" dents have asked to Purchase tick- ba ff d 00 *e book by ’Jean Kerr. [f-hi^Prod.)^^ S‘v d J £ ft - f ^ ets t0 rit in the white section and. Drama—“Elmer Gantry,” written Prod.-steve Par l ^thfnnfin^- 31 ' 0 Sent !'«P on bein g refused, stood in line ^ Rjehard Brooks from the novel elsewhere m the county. i at the ticket window for several fe y Sinclair Lewis; “Psycho,” writ- ward g. Robin! “Fcr that brief stay, each of the ; hou-s ten by Joseph Stefano from the Yoko Ta ri Ale other 110 prints pay the full j A sign carrier at ^ hea d of the novel b y Robert Bloch ’ ‘‘ Sons and J- ... ouplicate print service charge. ’ j lone march proclaimed “seereea- Lovers,” written 'by Gavin Lambert ___ If the present fees can be re- tion is the ^car^orr AmericarTures-' and T - E - B - Clarke from the novel' duced, “the marginal theatres can t j ge » others carried si^ns back 1 b y D * H * Lawrence; “Spartacus,” be included in saturation bookings, and'forth in front of the theatre I written by Dalton Trumbo based secure the benefits of ina-s advt-r- reading “we picket for tickets”' 011 the.novel by Howard Fast; The fifing which accompanies *uch ••integration is of paramount im- j Sundowners.” written by Isobel booKings, and the. * business w uld portance ” and “the presence of = Lennart from tbe novel b y Jon pick up sufficiently to keep them segregation is the absence of I Clear y. going.- the memorandum com- democracy” I Musical — “Bells Are Ringing.” j A sign carrier at the head of the | ? ovel b ,y R( ? bert Bloch; “Sons and } long march proclaimed “segrega- | Lo ^ e ^ s ’” writ Jf, n t y ? avln La mber t Jerry Lewis. Heleh Traubel, Diana Dors. George Raft, Gloria Jean, Hope Holiday, Beverly W’ilis, Pat Stanley (Started Nov. 30) MY GEISHA" Sachiko Prod.) Shooting in Japan) Prod.—Steve Parker Dir.—Jack Cardiff Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand. Ed¬ ward G. Robinson. Robert Cummings, Yoko Tari, Alex Gerry (Started Jan. 16) 20th CENTURY-FOX Starts, This Year ...5 This Date, Last Year. . ..7 going.” the memorandum com-1 democracy.’ Musical — “Bells Are Ringing.” ping neighborhood tiieatie? in uusiness “will aid in preserv- ] ing Iceal retail centers clustering around them.” _ written by Betty Comden and ‘Stand-In* To Nashville Adolph Green based on their musi- NashviHe. Feb. 21. cal play: “ Can Can ’” writ ten by Four downtown theatres—Cres- ; Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Led- cent, Tennessee, Paramount and ^ rer from the musical play by Abe "Finally, assistance to the dis- Loew’s Vendome_have be^n hit by Burrows; “G. I. Blues,” written by tributors who pay the fees, will aid “stand-ins” from Negroes. Edmund Beloin and Henry Garson; to a degree another level of the So far the houses have remained . “Let’s Make Love.” written by movie industry. All but one of the segregated. Managers have varied Norman Krasna, with additional major distributors in the country their “defense”; some close the box material by Hal Kanter. have their home offices right here office; others remain open and sell Krasna last year won the Guild’s in New York, where we are try- ickets to white persons in the Laurel Award, given to the screen ing to create a better businer. obby. member who, in the opinion of the climatj.” the memorandum oh Police have been petroling the executive staff, “has through the served. : reas, but report no violence or ar- years advanced the literature of The proposed fee change worn rests. the motion picture and has made The proposed fee change worn rests, take effect June 1. Loew’s is the only theatre in vetoing last year’s March, balcony for Negroes—with sep Savarese act—which increased the entrance, exit and box office. rests. the motion picture and hns made! » V cy/ > se to the e Loew’s is the only theatre with outstanding contributions both to: SEA “, balcony for Negroes—with separate the film industry and to the profes- . ar p-,-Di ? r e - irw?n‘Aia "CLEOPATRA" tSuspended Shooting) Prod.—Walter Wanger Dir.—Rouben Mnmoulian Elizabeth Taylor, c tephen Boyd. Peter Finch, Harry Andrews. Elizabeth Welc h, Francis DeWolfL William Dev¬ lin, Ronald Adams ' (Started Sept. ’5) "SNOW WHITE & THE 3 STOOGES" Prod.—Charles Wick Dir.—Walter Lane Carolyn Hei?s, 3 Stooges. Patricia Medina, Ed'-.m Stroll, Guy Rolfe, Edgar Barrier, Buddy Baer, Craig Cooke, Michael David. Cooke (Started Dec. 12) "THE BATTLE CF BLOODY BEACH" Dir.—Ileibert Coleman Prod.—Richard Maibaum Audie Mmphy, Gary Crosby. Dolores .Michaels, Alejandro Key. Barry At- w'atcr. Dale Ishimoto, Miriam Colon, Pilar Seurat. Kevin Brodie (Started J:;n. 17) "VCYATE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA" Prod.—Louis de Rochemont Dir.—Joe Quintero Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Lottl* Lenya, Corale Brown. Jeremy Spenser (Started Dec. 6) "SAMAR" (Pondrey Prod.) (Shooting in Manila) Prod.-Dir.—George Montgomery George Montgomery. Gilbert Roland, Ziva Rodann. Johnny Desmond, Joan O’Brien • (Started Jah. 4) INDEPENDENT .Starts, This Year . JO This Date, Last Year .. k ... 0 "THE WONDERS OF ALADDIN" (Embassy Piets, Intl.-Lux Films) (Shooting in Tunisia) Prod.—Joseph E. Levine Dir.—Harry Levin > Donald O’Connor; Noelle Adam, Vlt* torio De Sica. Michelle Mercier (Started Dec. 18)' . "SODOM AND GOMORRAH" (Embassy Piets.—Thfanus) (Shooting in Morocco) Prod.—Joseph E. Levine Dir.—Robert Aldrich Stewart Granger, Pier Angell, Rossana Podesta, Stanley Baker (Started Jan. 12) 1 "THE DEADLY COMPANIONS" . (Carousel Prods.) <For Pathe-America) -Prod.—Charles B: FitzSimons Dir.—Sam Peckinpah Maureen O’Hr.ra. Brian Keith, Stev* Cochran. Chill Wilis "RIDER ON A DEAD HORSE" (Phoenix Film Studios) (Shooting in Phoenix) Exec. Prod.—Jules SchwarU Prod.—Kenneth Altose Dir.—Herbert Strcck John Vivyan, Lisa Lu. Bruce Gordon. Kevin Hagen. (Staned Jan. 30). "THE SLEEPING PARTNER" (Twinfilms-Richers Prods.) (Shooting in Brazil) Prods.—Frederico Aicardi, Herbert Richers Dir.—George Cahan Jean Pierre Aumont, Alix Talton, Lui« Davila, Tonia Carrero. Jar del PhUo. Nathan Pinzon (Started Jan. 16) .sion of the screen writer.” 1 W'alter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Bar- i prises). McKinney Heads Tent >a RMf?, Des Moines. Feb. 21. Craig Harold McKinney, of lies, Mc¬ Kinney & Wolf, has been installed CH " as chief barker of the Des Moines Variety Club. Ddcres other new officers are Jo® Colon]! Young, first assistant chief barker i (Warner Bros.); David Gold, sec- 'ond assistant chief barker (20th i Century-Fox) and Gerald Sandler, [secretary (Sandler Theatre Enter-