Boxoffice-October.01.1955

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EWS AND VIEWS THE PRODUCTION CENTER
O/ltce— Stitte ZIV ai h->U4 HuUvwood Blvd.: Ivan Spear. Wrmrrn Manaurr
Producers Analyze
How Stars Are Made
HOLLYWOOD— "Breaking Through the
Ca.-iting Barrier" will be the subject of the
Screen Producers Guild's fourth roundtable
;uncheon Monday i3>. Frank P. Rosenberg,
rhiiirman of the SPG's public relations coni-
Tiittee. said the discussion will center around
jresent competition for the services of box-
3ff.ce names and the system of creating new
itars.
More than 150 musicians, composers and
ndustry leaders attended the recent tenth
inniversary banquet and dance of the
screen Composers Ass'n. Dr. Miklos Roza of
ilGM was installed as president, succeeding
Vdolph Deutsch.
speaker was Dore Schary, MGM studio
— jiead, who said the association has been
for providing its members with
and higher earnings.
its formation, Schary said, a comiioser
might net S300 a year; after SCA "the
>'ame composer could realize perhaps $15,000.
•je^ cannot think of a better reason for an
:v rganization to be in existence." Schary
JOdded that in recent years classical film
:/: corings have emerged to become part of the
i24 jnerican anthology of musical literature.
The entire executive board of the Screen
Sctras Guild acted as pallbearers at services
3r George Barton, 58, second vice-president,
'ho died after suffering a stroke several
wnths ago. He had been an actor and extra
for more than 30 years.
Plans for organizing nonstudio blurbers
were discussed at the third quarterly session
of the executive board and member.ship of
the Publicists Ass'n Local 818, lATSE.
Dewey Martin Is Making
'Desperate Hours' Tour
HOLLYWOOD—Dewey Martin, who stars
with Humphrey Bo3;art and Fredric March
in Paramount's "The Desperate Hours," took
off on a two-week round of interviews
and personal appearances in New York In
connection with his role in the William
Wyler production, which will world-premiere
Wednesday c5) at the Criterion in Gotham.
An 18-Pound Camera
HOLLYWOOD— Paramount has developed
a hand-held VistaVision camera, made of
magnesium and weighing only 18 pounds, for
use in obtaining difficult exterior location
shots. It is being utilized initially on "The
Mountain." the Spencer Tracy starrer, now
being filmed on location in the French Alps
with Edward Dmytryk producing and directing.
Sign Shirley MacLaine
HOLLYWOOD—Actress Shirley MacLaine,
who made her film debut in "The Trouble
With Harry," an Alfred Hitchcock entry for
Paramount, has been signed by that studio
for another picture. The vehicle will be
scheduled later
Trial' io Open Ocl. 19
In LA Area Theatres
HOLLYWOOD -"Trial." MOM^ Charle.s
Schnee production starring Glenn Ford and
Dorothy McGuire, will open October 19 in 11
theatres In the Los Angeles area. It Is directed
by Mark Robson. The feature was
booked Into the State, Hawaii, Village, Torrance.
United Artists In Pasadena and six
drive-ins.
After a run of more than two years, "This
Is Cinerama" will bow out of the Stanley
Warner Hollywood Theatre November 13 and
on the following day "Cinerama Holiday"
will take over.
A special screening of "The Phenlx City
.Story" was held on Thursday at Allied
Artists for council officers and motion picture
chairmen of the Los Angeles tenth district,
California Congress of Parents and Teachers.
When Paramount's "The Desperate Hours"
is given its west coast premiere October 12
at the Stanley Warner Beverly Theatre in
Beverly Hills, first-nighters will Include stars
of past films made by William Wyler, who
produced and directed the new opus, as well
as players and craftsmen who have won
Academy Oscars In Wyler pictures. The guest
list will include Humphrey Bogart, who stars
in "Hours" with Fredric March, Martha
."-cott, Arthur Kennedy and Dewey Martin.
1 AM, MKN" I'KKMIIKi:!)—The s|)ollii;lit> flcani.-.l
luloer.iph hounds were nut in full force whin :iOth Contury-Fox's
The Tall Men," starring (lark Clable and Jane Ru.s.sell. was world-
)reniiered recrntly at the famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre In
|loll>-H'ood. .\mong the first-niRhters:
I Left: The king himself—Gable—with the new Mm. Gahli- and
rdu'in V. Zabcl. in rhargr of Tarifir Co.ast oprrallons for National
Theatres.
Ontor: Raoul Walsh, who Hlrcrtrd, wilh Mrs. Walsh.
Right: Maureen f)'Ilara with >Irs. William Hanks and Il:iwks,
ro-produrer with William .\. Barher of the historiral frontii-r drama,
filmed in CinemaScopc and De Luxe Color.
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