Boxoffice-March.10.1951

'Hornblower' Debut
In London April 12
HOIiLYWOOD—Dignitaries including members
of the British royal family will attend
the April 12 world premiere of Warners'
"Captain Horatio Hornblower," co-starring
Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo, at the Warner
Theatre in London. Among the audience
will be Princess Margaret, Vice-Admiral Earl
Mountbatten and Mrs. Clement R. Attlee,
wife of England's prime minister. The premiere
is for the benefit of King George's
Fund for Sailors and the Foudroyant Appeal.
Kirby Bezzo to McFarland
McFARLAND, CALIF.—Kirby H. Bezzo
has been appointed manager of the McFarland
Theatre, to succeed Cal Boggus who has
taken over the management of the Del-Mac
Drive-In, between here and Delano.
Kiddy Matinee at Great Falls
GREAT PALLS, MONT.—A capacity crowd
filled the Civic Center Theatre for a special
Saturday kiddies matinee. Four cartoons and
a serial, "Cody of the Pony Express," made
up the program.
Portland
Drive-Ins Reopen
PORTLAND—Four drive-ins have reopened
here for the season. They are the 82nd
Avenue, Sandy Boulevard, Amphitheatre and
Super 99.
Amateur Show Is Held
THREE FORKS, MONT.—The Ruby Theatre
here was well filled when the Lions club
sponsored an amateur show recently.
^ersonnelities
(Continued from preceding page)
ioTe on "Angels in the Outfield." HOWARD KOCH
8^1 be the assistant director.
WILLIAM C. MELLOR will lens "Westward, the
.Vomen." with RALPH HURST named as set deco-
:ator. Unit manager will be RUBY ROSENBERG.
Art director assignment was drawn by DANIEL B.
mCATHCART.
Monogram
WILLIAM SICKNER was set as cinematographer
1 "Casa Manana," with ACE HERMAN as film
editor, DAVID MILTON as art director and WILLIAM
BEAUDINE JR. as assistant director.
RKO Radio
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^BlAMES WONG HOWE will photograph "Behave
^ourself," with PAUL WATHERWAX set as film
^ditor and ORRY KELLY as costume designer.
^H| Janis Carter's wardrobe for "The Half-Breed" is
^Being designed by MICHAEL WOULFE.
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Republic
"A Lady Possessed" is being photographed for
Portland Productions by KARL STRUSS.
20th Century-Fox
EDWARD I. SYNDER was handed a new contract
:is head of the process department.
Title Changes
Independent
"The Golden Goose" (Thor Productions)
ROOM FOR THE GROOM.
to NO
"The Wild Land'
Metro
to THE NORTH COUNTRY.
RKO Radio
"The Thing" (Winchester Pictures) to THE THING
FROM ANOTHER WORLD.
"Girls Wanted" to HIGH HEELS.
C-xecu^lae
West: Top U-I executive echelons convened
Wednesday (7) at the Valley studio to
map the company's releasing plans for the
next several months. Attending from New
York were Alfred E. Daff, director of world
sales; Charles J. Feldman, domestic sales
chief; and Maurice A. Bergman, home office
executive. Daff and Feldman checked
in from San Francisco upon conclusion of
the company's third and final regional sales
meeting. Studio participants in the huddles
included Leo Spitz and William Goetz; Edward
Muhl, vice-president and general manager;
and David A. Lipton, vice-president in
charge of advertising and publicity.
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West: Producers William Pine and William
Thomas returned after a ten-day visit
to Manhattan, where they conferred with
Paramount home office toppers on the advertising
campaign to be mapped for the
current P-T production, which goes into release
in May.
• * *
East: Mort Blumenstock, Warner vicepresident
in charge of advertising and publicity;
Gil Golden, advertising manager; and
Larry Golob, eastern publicity director, returned
to their New York headquarters after
brief studio conferences and a look at newly
completed product. They huddled here with
Jack L. Warner, Steve Trilling, his executive
aide, and Alex Evelove, studio publicity chief.
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Elast: David Rose, president of Coronado
Productions, British filmmaking firm, planed
out for Gotham for conferences with executives
of Eagle Lion Classics regarding distribution
plans for a feature starring Ray
Milland which Rose filmed in England, Scotland
and Wales.
* * *
West: Sam Zagon, legal counsel for the
Stanley Kramer-Sam Katz production unit,
returned from a business junket to New
York.
* * *
East: Ellis Arnall, president of the Society
of Independent Motion Picture Producers,
checked out for his home in Atlanta after a
brief local visit, during which he huddled on
various matters with SIMPP members.
• « *
West: Spyros Skouras, president of 20th-
Fox; Al Lichtman, vice-president in charge
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of sales, and Donald Henderson, treasurer,
came in from New York for studio talks
with Darryl F. Zanuck.
* * *
West: Due in at week's end from New
York was John Joseph, eastern publicityadvertising
director for MGM.
* * *
West: Adolph Zukor, Paramount board
chairman, accompanied by his wife, arrived
on his annual trip to Hollywood. They expect
to remain on the coast for about two
months.
* • *
West: George Schaefer, sales manager for
the Stanley Kramer production unit, arrived
from New York to confer with Kramer and
George Glass, vice-president and advertising-publicity
chief, on future releasing plans
for "Cyrano de Bergerac." The Jose Ferrer
film will continue to be roadshown domestically
by Kramer during the balance of this
year, but during the current conferences it
was expected a date will be set for delivery
of the opus to United Artists for foreign
distribution. There is a possibility "Cyrano"
will be dubbed in Spanish for the Latin
American market instead of being sent out
with the customary English dialogue and
Spanish subtitles.
* * *
East: Sam Spiegel, partner of Director
John Huston in Horizon Pictures, left for
London to meet Huston, after which they
wUl journey to Africa to launch "African
Queen" in Nairobi next month.
West: Henry Hathaway, 20th-Fox director,
returned from a trek to Europe, where he
picked up background footage for his upcoming
assignment, "The Desert Fox."
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East: W. R. Frank, midwestern exhibitor
and film and TV producer, left for his Minneapolis
headquarters after parleys with his
Hollywood associates.
Bonzo Dies in Fire
HOLLYWOOD—Bonzo. chimpanzee star of
U-I's "Bedtime for Bonzo," suffocated in a
fire Sunday (4) in a jungle compound in the
San Fernando valley.
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