Boxoffice-January.17.1953
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Fox Honors Gehring<br />
For Long Service<br />
NEW YORK—Twentieth Century-Fox celebrated<br />
the week as "Bill Gehring week" in<br />
honor of the 35th anniversary<br />
of the association<br />
of the executive<br />
assistant general sales<br />
manager with the<br />
company. Participating<br />
were the 1.239 employes<br />
in the company's 32<br />
domestic exchanges,<br />
six in Canada and theatres<br />
in both countries.<br />
The climax was a<br />
testimonial dinner<br />
William C. Gehring Thursday (15) at Toots<br />
Shor's restaurant at<br />
which Al Lichtman, distribution director, was<br />
toastmaster and Spyros P. Skouras. president,<br />
praised Gehring before a gathering of 200<br />
executives, department heads and other home<br />
office repre.sentatives. The Rev. Patrick J.<br />
Masterson. executive .secretary of the Legion<br />
of Decency, delivered the invocation.<br />
Among those present were Martin Moskovvitz<br />
New York State division manager; Abe<br />
Dickstein, New York branch manager; C.<br />
Glenn Morris, Atlantic division manager;<br />
Peter Myers, Canadian division manager, and<br />
branch heads Sam Diamond. Philadelphia;<br />
Joseph B. Rosen, Washington; Al Levy, Pittsburgh;<br />
Nat Ro.sen, Albany; Charles B. Kosco,<br />
Buffalo; J. M. Connolly, Boston, and Ben<br />
Simon, New Haven. The local exchange sales<br />
and booking staff also attended.<br />
Speakers Bureau Survey<br />
Started Under Bergman<br />
NEW YORK—Maurice Bergman, Universal-<br />
International director of public relations, has<br />
been named chairman of a Council of Motion<br />
Picture Organizations committee to survey<br />
possible establishment of an industry speakers<br />
bureau. Robert W. Coyne, COMPO special<br />
counsel, reported the appointment, which had<br />
been made by the three COMPO co-chairmen,<br />
Trueman T. Rembusch, Sam Pinanski and<br />
Al Lichtman.<br />
Bergman made a successful two-week<br />
speaking tour of Ohio a year ago for COMPO.<br />
He will now see if tours can be arranged on<br />
a national scale. If that proves to be true,<br />
a pool of speakers will be set up and a list<br />
of dates prepared. Bergman said that many<br />
platforms are available.<br />
"Other industries have made it a policy to<br />
provide speakers for these platforms," he<br />
said. "As a consequence they have been able<br />
to tell their story to those groups of business<br />
and civic leaders who formulate public<br />
opinion. Our neglect of this opportunity is<br />
all the more inexcusable because more than<br />
any other business we have the pei-sonalities<br />
that conventions and other gatherings would<br />
like to hear."<br />
Lippert Gets Two British Films<br />
HOLLYWOOD—T\vo British-made Romu-<br />
productions, "Twilight Women" and "The<br />
lus<br />
Little Big Shot," have been acquired by<br />
Lippert Pictures for U. S. distribution. Both<br />
have been set for spring release.<br />
Help in the March of Dimes drive. Use some<br />
method for audience participation to raise funds.<br />
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