Boxoffice-Septemeber.19.1953

UA Branches Discuss
Product Sales Plans
NEW YORK- United Artists
began during
the week a series of sales meetings at which
division and district managers were relaying
to each branch the company program established
at the recent sales conference here.
Plans called for attendance at many of the
sessions of William J. Helneman. distribution
vice-president, and B. G. Kranze. general
sales manager. Milton E. Cohen, eastern division
manager, and James Velde, western division
manager, were visiting meetings in their
territories.
At the New Yoric conference a record product
line-up of 48 releases for 1953-54 was
announced. They will utilize 2-D, 3-D. color,
wide screen, Cinemascope and stereophonic
sound.
District managers assigned to conduct the
field meetings are John Turner, eastern, who
will cover Boston, Buffalo, New Haven, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh and Wasliington; Harry
Goldman, central, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Detroit and Indianapolis: George Pabst.
southern, Atlanta. Charlotte, Dallas and New
Orleans; F. J. Lee, midwest, ICan.sas City,
Milwaukee. Minneapolis, Omaha and St.
Louis, and Ralph Clark, west coast. Denver.
Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San Francisco
and Seattle.
Charles S. Chaplin. Canadian division
manager, will supervi.se the meetings in Calgary,
Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg
and St. John, New Brunswick.
Fire at Columbia Studios
Causes $100,000 Loss
BURBANK, CALIF. — A fire destroyed
nearly a square block of motion picture sets
in the heart of Columbia Pictures ranch Tuesday
(\5't. An unofficial estimate placed damage
near $100,000. The ranch, five miles from
the main Columbia studio, contains outdoor
and four stages for making films.
.sets
Included in the sets razed were a fourstory
apartment building, a bank and a
medieval galleon. Eerie illumination was provided
by bursting star shells stored for use in
the current filming of a sea story.
Quarterly Report
(Continued from preceding page)
Kid From Left Field, The 98
Pickup on South Street 1 36
Powder River 99
Soilor of the King 9)
White Witch Doctor 139
UNITED ARTISTS:
I, the Jury 174
Moon Is Blue, The 254
Neonderthol Mon, The 95
Return to Paradise 135
Vice Squod '29
Volcano n 3
UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL:
Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll ond Mr. Hyde. 1 12
All Desire 98
I
Column South 101
Francis Covers the Big Town 100
Great Sioux Uprising, The 116
It Came From Outer Space 176
Man From the Alamo 91
Queen Is Crowned. A 168
Take Me to Town 89
Thunder Bay
'....118
WARNER BROS.:
Beost from 20,000 Fathoms, The 142
Chorge ot Feather River, The
1 63
Master of Ballantrae, The 103
Plunder of the Sun 118
So This Is Love 109
South Seo Women 1 02
Organization of Variety
In Europe Under Way
'Cinerama' Starts Second
Year in N.Y. October 1
NKVV YORK Thl.s Is Cinerama." which
opened at the Broadway Theatre Sept. 30,
1952, will start its second year of two-a-day,
re.served .seat performances at the Warner
Theatre October 1 with a record of capacity
buslne.-ss dally and a total gro.ss for the year
of well over $2,600,000.
"This Is Cinerama" played for 35 weeks at
the Broadway Theatre before moving to the
more centrally located Warner Theatre, in
the heart of Times Square, where the production
is now in its 15th week. Boxoffice
lines are in evidence at the theatre daily
and the advance sale Is large, accordfng to
the theatre.
"This Is Cinerama" is also In its 26th week
at the Music Hall, Detroit: Its 20th week at
the Hollywood, Los Angeles, and its seventh
week at the Palace, Chicago, and will open
at the Boyd Theatre. Philadelphia, early in
October. Stanley-Warner, which recently acquired
the exclusive rights to the process from
Cinerama F>roductions. also plans an installation
in Wa.shlngton. D. C. .shortly.
Arnold Productions Sues
UA for $370,568 Damages
NEW YORK—Arnold Productions, Inc., has
brought a $370,568 damage suit against
United Artists In New York supreme court
and Justice Samuel Di Falco has granted a
motion allowing examination of UA records.
The suit concerns foreign distribution of three
Arnold Pressburger films. "Hangmen Also
Die." "It Happened Tomorrow" and "Scandals
in Paris." the rights to which were assigned
the plaintiff.
UA has replied that It has had no remittances
on them from Germany and that only
a part of the Italian earnings can be transferred.
Arnold Productions also asks for the
retiUTi of television rights to "Scandals In
Paris." given UA.
Wilcox Confers With Yates
NEW YORK— Herbert Wilcox flew in
from
London Thursday '17) for conferences with
H. J. Yates. Republic president. Yate