Boxoffice-October.27.1951

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BROADWAY
Tames Mason and wife Pamela Kellino arrived
from Hollywood for an appearance
on the Tallulah Bankhead NBC show October
28 and other radio and TV appearances.
Mason's "The Desert Fox" is playing at the
Globe and "A Lady Possessed," in which he
and Miss Kellino appear, will be released
shortly by Republic . . . Errol Flynn returned
to Hollywood from a four-day trip to Manhattan
. Kelly, who completed the
lead opposite Gary Cooper in "High Noon,"
got back to New York and stage work .
Charlton Heston, Hal Wallis star, was here
to play in Studio One's "Macbeth" and to
see the new plays.
Iris Mann, who has completed her first picture,
"Room for One More," for Warner Bros.,
is back in New York to continue her studies
at the Professional Children's school . . .
Noel Meadow, who publicizes both the new
Fine Arts Theatre and Discina International
Films, has sent around several lively slogans
on "Movies Will Always Be America's No. 1
Entertainment" as his contribution to the
Movietime U.S.A. campaign . . . Anatole Litvak,
co-producer and director of "Decision
Before Dawn," 20th-Fox release, who returned
from Europe October 23, was host to metropolitan
high school editors at a screening of
the picture October 26. A mass interview followed
the screening.
Charles LeMaire, executive director of the
20th-Fox wardrobe department, is here for
fashion tieups with local department stores
on "Golden Girl" . . . Richard Day, art direc-
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tor for Samuel Goldwyn, is here to join the
production conferences on "Hans Christian
Andersen," with Moss Hart, author, and
Charles Vidor, director. Roland Petit, French
choreographer, also arrived for the talks . . .
Peter J. Buck, recording engineer for Western
Electric, London, arrived to take up his duties
as recording test engineer with the Westrex
Corp. Venuta and Fred Clark,
screen actor, were here to appear on radio
and TV shows.
John and ROy Boulting, British producers
who will make a picture for MOM in Hollywood,
arrived on the He de France and,
after a week in New York, will proceed to
the coast. Tlie same ship sailed back for
France with Van Johnson, MGM star, who
will attend the royal command performance
in London, with his wife and Calder Willingham,
novelist, and Jacques Carle, American
diplomat to the Egyptian UNA board . . . G. I.
Woodham Smith, director of the J. Arthur
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Rank Org., with his wife, who is author of
the novel, "Florence Nightingale," came in
from London on the Queen Mary. The ship
sailed back to England with Richard Rodgers,
composer-producer of "South Pacific," who
will attend the opening of the musical in
London, aboard. Mrs. Francis L. Sullivan,
wife of the British film star, arrived on the
Caronia.
Frances Lane has joined MGM's exploitation
department under Dan S. Terrell to handle
fashion tieups on forthcoming product .
Mike Nidorf, Jo Stafford's manager, arrived
after two months in Hollywood completing
details for the singer's co-starring role opposite
Dennis Morgan in "My Fine Feathered
Friend" for Warner Bros. . . . Bernie Rubin,
distributor for Jack Broder Productions in
Cleveland, was in town for conferences with
Budd Rogers, who handles sales.
. . . George Roth,
James R. Grainger, Republic executive vicepresident
in charge of sales and distribution,
left for Gloversville, N. Y., accompanied
by John P. Curtin, district manager. They
negotiated with the Schine circuit, then returned
to the home office. Walter L. Titus
jr.. Republic district manager, returned here
after visits to Memphis, New Orleans, Jacksonville
and Charlotte
general sales representative for Fine Arts
Films, is on a 16-day tour of the southern
cities for the company's British films . . .
Harry Kalmine, president and general manager
of Warner Theatres, accompanied by
Stewart MacDonald, treasurer; Harry Goldberg,
advertising and publicity director, and
Nat Fellman, film buyer, went to Washington
for a meeting of the district and theatre
managers, then went to a Chicago meet.
Herbert J. Yates, Republic president, is
here from the coast . . Sir Alexander Korda,
.
British producer, and Carol Reed, director,
planed in from London ... F. J. A. Mc-
Carthy, Universal southern and Canadian
sales manager, left for St. Louis ... Sir
Arthur Jarratt, managing director of British
Lion, has arrived from London on a business
trip . . Hal Wallis, producer for Paramount,
.
is in New York to confer with
home
office executives on his forthcoming releases.
Hyman King of King Bros. Productions is
here looking for talent and stories after visiting
southern cities to attend openings of
"Drums in the Deep South," released by RKO.
He is staying at the Warwick hotel . . . Ben
Babb, Paramount promotion coordinator for
"When Worlds Collide," left for Charlotte
on the second series of key city tours. He will
then go to Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City and
Chicago, where he will meet George Pal, producer,
and return to New York with him
. . . Richard Arlen arrived for interviews
and radio appearances in behalf of Nat Holt's
"Silver
City."
Promotes Fred Goldberg
NEW YORK—Fred Goldberg, in charge of
national tieups at the Paramount home office,
has been promoted to New York newspaper
contact by Herb Steinberg, publicity
manager. Goldberg has been with Paramount
for six years as tradepaper and syndicate
contact and in charge of national tieups.
Film Co. Men Attend
Lee Theatre Preview
NEW YORK — Representatives of every
major film company, as well as theatre circuit
heads, theatre supply companies and
The above were at the invitation preview
of the Lee Theatre in Fort Lee, N. J.,
October 23. Seen in the top photo, left to
right, are Max Roche of Roche and Roche,
architects; Charles B. Moss, head of the
B. S. Theatres, and Benjamin Schlanger
of Schlanger-Hoffberg, consulting architects.
Bottom photo shows Bill Sorenson,
manager of the Fort Lee, and Bill Nafash,
engineer for National Theatre Supply.
representatives of several New York papers
and the trade press attended the invitation
preview of the Lee Theatre, newest house in
the B. S. Moss chain, in Fort Lee, N. J., just
over the George Washington bridge, October
23.
Among those who attended a cocktail party
and buffet supper in the lobby of the 1.500-
seat house were; Saul Trauner, Irving Wormser
and George Josephs of Columbia Pictures;
Myron Battler, Jack Perley and Nat
Stein of Paramount; Ben Abner, Mike Dolid,
Al Blumberg, Irving Rothenberg, Stewart
Aarons and Lee Mayer of Warner Bros.; Harry
Margolies, Eddie Richter and Jay Eisenberg
of Loew's; David Levy, Nat Goldberg and Leo
Simon of Universal; William Murphy, Tony
Ricci and Robert Fannon of Republic; Nat
Furst, Jack Safer and Meyer Solomon of
Monogram; Alex Arnswalder, Abe Dickstein
and Moe Kurtz of 20th Century-Fox; Phil
Hodes and Herman Silverman of RKO; Ed
Mullen and George Waldman of United Artists;
Leo Samuels and Irving Ludwig of Walt
Disney; Jack Bellman and David Burkan of
Realart; Sherman Krellberg, Pi-incipal Films,
and Joseph Felder. Aslor Films.
Also: Al Senft, Sterling Sign Co.; Bernard
Kleid. Bill Nafash and Bill Smith, National
Theatre Supply Co.; Walter Reade jr. and
Jack Harris, Walter Reade Theatres; George
Hornstein, Schlanger & Hoffberg, architects;
Frank Qulnn, Dally Mirror; Alton Cook, World
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