Boxoffice-December.02.1950

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BROADV\IAy
Tames A. Mulvey, president of Samuel Gold-
' wyn Productions, planed to Hollywood for
conferences at the studio on future product.
Mrs. Frances Goldwyn, wife of the producer,
arrived November 25 for a Manhattan visit
. . . Charles M. Reagan, MGM sales executive,
returned from North Carolina . . . Hugh
Owen, eastern and southern division manager
for Paramount, and A. M. Kane, assistant
division manager, visited the Buffalo, Albany
and Boston branches returning to New York
December 1.
Spyros P. Skouras. president of 20th Century-Fox.
and Al Lichtman. vice-president,
postponed their trip to the coast for studio
conferences . . . Billy Wilder, producer-director
of Paramount's "Ace in the Hole," sailed
for Europe aboard the Liberte to look for new
story material. Mervyn LeRoy. director of
"Quo Vadis." and Sam Zimbalist. producer
of the film which recently was completed in
Rome, returned on the Liberte. Fenton Hamilton,
head electrician on the film, and John
Schmitz, cutter, came in on the same boat
and left for the coast. Margaret Wycherly,
stage and screen actress, and Arthur
Schnabel, pianist and composer, also came in
on the Liberte.
W. S. Tower jr., managing director of the
Westrex Corp. subsidiary. Western Electric
Co., Pty., left November 25 to return to Sydney,
Australia, following discussions with
Westrex executives here . M. Pizor,
vice-president of Lippert F>roductions left for
the coast for various company conferences
and will return east in mid-December .
Milton E. Cohen. ELC eastern division manager,
returned to the home office from a
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five-week tour of eastern, midwest and western
branches and left again December 1 for
St. Louis, where he will meet J. H. Lutzer,
ELC southern division manager, for a twoweek
inspection trip of the south and southwest
branches.
Walter L. Titus jr., Republic division manager,
went to the Indianapolis branch .
David A. Lipton. national director of advertising
and publicity for U-I. arrived from
Hollywood to direct the advertising, publicity
and exploitation campaign on "Harvey" . . .
Mrs. Helen Rathvon, producer of "The Sun
Sets at Dawn" for ELC. and Philip Shawn,
star of the fUm, will attend the Boston opening.
Max E.
Youngstein, Paramount vice-president,
returned from Toronto, where he conducted
conferences on promoting current and
future releases . . . E. Z. Walters, controller
of Altec Service, is in from the coast . . .
Irving Rubine. vice-president of Stillman
Productions, left for Hollywood November
28 after traveling through the east in connection
with test campaigns on "The Sound
of Fury," Stillman's first release for United
George Muchnic, vice-president
Artists . . .
of Loew's International, left for Japan, where
he will survey business conditions . . . Oscar
Morgan, general sales manager of short subjects
and newsreels for Paramount, left for
Detroit and Cleveland to set up circuit deals
and visit branch offices.
. . . Diana Lynn, who
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Deborah Kerr, who recently returned from
Rome, where she spent six months making
"Quo Vadis." left for the coast . . . Ronald
Reagan was in to appear on two television
shows to exploit the Pine-Thomas production,
"The Last Outpost"
is starred with Reagan in "Bedtime for
Bonzo" for U-I, also got in from Hollywood
and will make radio and television appearances
Ray, 11 -year-old who
plays the title role in "The Mudlark," arrived
Saturday (2) on the Mauretania for his
first American visit, during which he will
attend the opening at the Rivoli December
21.
Billie Burke has arrived for a ten-day
business trip after completing "Father's Little
Dividend" for MGM . A. Fromhartz,
head of sales control of the Motion Picture
Export Ass'n. reported Friday at Ft. Devens,
Mass., for army service. He had been with
MPEA since 1946. Norman Shaffer, a.ssistant
manager of Loew's State. Syracuse, has also
been inducted into military service . . . Capt.
Jack Goetz. son of Jack Goetz of Republic
Pictures and Consolidated Film Industries,
was married to Maude A. Averetta in New
York November 25. Goetz is on duty at Ft.
Dix. N. J.
Republic has given Director William Witney
a one-year extension on his contract.
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Passes 2-Mile Mark
NEW YORK—More than two miles of the
proposed five-mile Christmas greeting—
combination of seasonal tribute and fundraising
stunt for the Will Rogers Memorial
hospital—has been completed, according to
Nicholas J. Matsoukas, campaign director.
The "cards" are being circulated in all parts
of the country.
Matsoukas predicts that the card idea will
top the goal originally set.
The drive will hit its climax December
7 and 9 at the Hotel Astor. Two parties
will be staged in the ballroom on those
days. Stars of the stage, screen, radio and
television and about 200 models will attend.
A dozen network radio shows, including
Strike It Rich and the Charles "Buddy" Rogers
show will originate in the ballroom. Admission
will be free.
Committee assignments were completed at
a meeting held in the board room of Fabian
Theatres in the Paramount Bldg., November
28. Irving Lesser, general chairman of the
Times Square All-Stars Christmas party, presided.
The working committees are: Production
committee in charge of talent—Bob Shapiro
of Paramount Theatres (chairman), Johrmy
Dugan of MCA, Arthur Knorr and Sam
Rausch of the Roxy Theatre, Harry Mayer
of Warner Bros., Harry Levine of Paramount.
Harry Greenman of the Capitol Theatre.
Harry Anger of the General Artists
Corp., Sol Shapiro of the William Morris
Agency and Russell Downing of the Music
Hall: labor relations—Ma j. L. E. Thompson
of RKO Theatres ( chairman i. Charles lucci
of the AFL. Sol Pernick of the lATSE and
Henry Dunn of Agva: radio—James Sauter
)
and reception
committee chairmen—Montague Salmon ol
the Rivoli Theatre, William A. White of
Skouras Theatres Corp.. Syd Gross and Sy
Evans of Gross-Evans Associates and Fred
Hodgson: publicity—Irving Windisch of the
Strand Theatre (chairman); transportation
Larry Puck of CBS (chairman).
RKO District Managers
To Attend Meet in N. Y.
NEW YORK—Robert Mochrie's RKO district
managers arrived for a special meeting
at the Warwick hotel starting December 4.
Coming in were R. J. Folliard. eastern district,
with headquarters in Philadelphia: M.
E. Lefko. Cleveland: H. H. Greenblatt, Chicago:
A. L. Kolitz. Denver: J. H. Maclntyre,
Los Angeles: L. S. Gruenberg, New York
City: David Prince. Atlanta: Ben Y. Cammack.
Dallas, and Leo M. Devaney of Canada,
headquartering in Toronto.
Disney Films to Criterion
NEW YORK—Walt Disney's "The Wonderful
Adventures of Pinocchio" and "Make
Mine Music" will be the feature attractions
for the Christmas season at the Criterion
Theatre, starting December 15. "Pinocchio"
was originally released by RKO in 1940 and
"Make Mine Music" was released by RKO in
1946.
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