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. . And TiJcu^i^u^tatt M.VIHA.N U (.ioUlin. ciiifctor ol tlic akii-iit!f:c. Motion Picture and PhotoRruphlc Product-s Dlvl!>ton. Business and Defense Strvices AdmlnLstratlon, U. S Department of Commerce, in his year-end review just Lssued, has reported that the motion picture IndustO' "held up well" In 1957. compared to 19'6 business. He said production of feature films Incrravcd. and attendance and boxoffice receipts are estimated as at about the same level for '57 as during '56. •The United s:ates motion picture industry. Including producers, distributors, and exhibitors of commercial entertainment films, is considered one of the leading Industries In the United States." Mr. Golden stated. "Capital Investment in the industry has been estimated at $2,738,700,000. of which more than 90 per cent is accounted for by motion picture theatres. "Approximately 147.000 people are employed In the Industry, with an estimated annual payroll of approximately $460,250,000. Boxoff 4Ce receipts at motion picture theatres in 1957 are estimated at $1.3 billion." The BDSA director said that during the years 1949 through 1953. an average of approximately 360 United States-produced feature films were released each year. However. In 1954. there were only 253 U. S. films released, with 254 being released in 1955. and 272 in 1956. Beginning in 1956. he reported, there was an up.surge in production and this has continued throughout 1957. It is estimated that some 325 feature films were produced in 1957. the largest number since 1953. "One of the mo-^t encouraging factors in this Increased production has been the larger number of films being produced by independent motion picture companies." Golden poln'ed out. "A recent survey of independent production shews that in 1957 these companies completed about 140 feature films." THE hearings into pay-TV. being held here bv the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, have ground on and on, with few new argument^, pro or con. being developed. However, chairman John C Doerfer. of the Federal Communications Commission, has made one admission which Rep. Emanuel Celler 'D.-N. Y.i. ardent anti-toll TV spokesman, long has been making. Doerfer has admitted that the FCC has doubts that It loyally can .«et tolls on pay TV. and that, before authorizing permanent licenses to pay TV companies. It would have to get a new law through Congress. Since both pro-pay TV and anil-pay TV forces are calling for a public referendum, or action by Congress (the .same thing > before anything l» done, then It becomes more and more a conclusion that Congress will have to act before the FCC authorizes even any "expi>rlmentiil pay TV trlaU." A.i a m.i" "rr nl fact. Doerfer also iiald he f!: 'ion agaln.Ht pay TV If .luch Ir; . teA Hep Orcn Harris iD- Ark I. chairman of the committee and an opponent Ui pay TV. has hlnt«d that the "iMto planned by FCC are more than "testa," ^cfiont By LARSTON D. FARRAR .S.11H-. ii.-< 111- Miio oiicf It .^ set up. try and stop It." Senator Barry Goldwater iR.-Anz.i. a department store owner, has Inserted material against pay TV In the Congressional Record, indicating he is Joining the ranks of tho.se opposed to the Idea. 0-0-0 •PHE Supreme Court, in two ca.ses that do not seem to be related to the motion picture Industry but really are inextricably tied up with the Industry's problems of censor.'hip. h;i^ made rulings that are bound to have an effect on film censorship. The High Court overruled lower court rulings that hud upheld a postal ban against "Sunshine & Health" and "Sunshine," and "One—The Homosexual Magazine." The first two magazines are published at May's Landing, N. J., while One is published in Los Angeles. In overturning the lower courts, the Supreme Court, in a brief paragraph in each instance, merely cited its ruling in the recent Roth case. In that ruling, the court set as a standard for determining obscenity the prurient interest" ibase emotions i aroused by the dominant theme of a publication, taken as an entirety. If the same standard is applied to films—and the court has been holding more-or-less regularly that films are a method of communications, such as newspapers and magazines— it seems to indicate that there will be few banning of films in the future, on the highest court level. Walter M. Mirisch will produce "Man of the West" for United Artists release. NY Bill Seeks to Ban Subliminals on Screen .ALBANY — ijubliniliml perceptluli advertu>ing is the target of a bill introduced Wedne.sday by Assemblyman Bentley Kas.sal, New Yoik City. It bans the projection of a film, or any still or motion picture Intended to communicate any Idea or me.ssage to the sut>conscious minds of the audience unle.ss at least 30 minutes before, "ths idea or message were audbly or visibly. In its entity transmitted fur conveyance to the conscious minds of the audience." In litu of thLs. the measure would permit a 30-minule notice that use of such a technique were coming. In two accompanying reolutions. highly critical of the subliminal method of penetration, As.semblyman Kassal called for appointment of a seven-member legislative committee, with an appropriation of $50,000, to investigate the technique and determine whether It should be barred, controlled or regulated in this state, and a memorial to Congress and the FCC to enact a fact-finding agency. The second resolution ob.served that the three majcr networks and National Ass'n of Radio and Television Broadcasters had gone on record in opposition to the use of subliminal perception advertising. Bernard Klawans Dead NE^V YORK— Bernard Klawans. head of legitimate productions for Warner Bros, for 19 years, until he retired in 1953. died January 17 in Roosevelt Hospital after a long illness. In his capacity for Warners. Klawans produced several plays which could be made into pictures later on. among them "Madame Conti" in 1937 and "Happily Ever After" and "Therese" in 1945. Teenage Havoc Story Jolts Theatres; Thoughtless Showmen Share Blame . ALBANY - A number of industry men ground their teeth over a full-page article in the Sunday Times-Union, detailing comments by unnamed managers on the misbehavior, vandalism and other deplorable conduct by teenagers. A three-Inch heading read: "Rock N' Reel Movie Hou.scs All Shook Up . . . Albany Area TTieatre Managers Admit They Are Helpless Against a Wave of Teenage Violence and Vandalism Many of the Offenders are 'Good" Boys and Girls Prom 'Good Homes.' " Illustrated with drawings by cartoonist Hy Rosen of a teonaged diingarecd-and-booted boy, a teenage girl in roUed-up denims, pullover sweater and with a cigaret in one hand, and of "one of the six air pistols conll.scated by an Albany theatre manager. " the story was written by Jeanne Talbot. T-U staff writer. Industry men were surpri.sed that the Hearst publication would feature such a report and were amazed that managers would cooperate on the information side. The critics did not particularly question the accuracy of the disheartening, ,sometlmes lurid, account, but they asked. "Why should such an article be printed at this time?" One exhibitor said: "Just as business began to Improve, and after (wo weekx of the best palroinijs'c in rcceiil local histoo' nvith "Peyton Place" and 'Sayonara'i, the Times-Union prints this story! WTiat could it accomplish? Why would managers give out Infonnatlon that could only hurt our industry? This article black-eyes motion picture theatres. It's only result will be to scare away more adults, and, probably, to encourage the teenagers. I think a protest should be made to the Times-Union to prevent a repetition." Filmrow heard that one or more managers had evaded Inquiries, for the article. statcment.s were sev- Among Mi.ss Talbot's eral concerning "the Battle of the Balcony." She wrote: "In most Albany theatres, the battle of the balcony reaches its crescendo on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons. Checks with local movie houses point out that none escape the furor of the tocnage 'kicks. ' Theatre managers and off-duty police, hired In an attempt to prevent further troubles, are faced with a shocking onslaught of dlsres|}ect and brashne.ss ba.sod on the u.ssumptlon reparation for their actions is well nigh impo-sslble There Is hardly a parent who w 111 not think twice when he takes a look at the record covering a one-week period." Here Ml&s Talbot detailed Uie offenses. E-8 BOXOFTICE January 27. 1958
NEWS AND VIEWS OF THE PRODUCTION CENTER I HoUvieood Office—Suite 219 at 6404 lloUvwood lilvd . Ivan Spear. Weitern Manageri Warner Sludio Starts Public Enemy Series HOLLVWOOIJ 1:.'- V...;;.; ,::ohns Started work on Public Enemy. Its ninth tele- based on the James Ciigney the- vision series, •trtcaJ film starrer of 1931. and has set February as the tentative date for production. Meanwhile. William T. Orr. executive producer of Warners' TV division, has asslRned Harry Tatelman to produce the first segment of the studio's new "House of Wax." which Nelson Glddtngs Is scripting. Re\-ue Productions executives feel that the trend for next season will be high adventure jrams, and with this In mind the MCA subsidiary is planning from eight to ten newseries In that categoo'. Including a minimum of 13 Cimarron City hour-long vldfllms for NBC and 39 Special Agent 7 films, .starring Lloyd Nolan. Other series are Focus, starring Bdmond O'Brien: Yankee Bly. a Nat Holt production starring Alex Nlcol. and Secrets of Old Bailey. • • • Top television writer Rod Serllng has formed his own television production company. Jo- Nan Productions, to lens an hourlong .series, the Twilight Zone. He will coproduce with a CBS producer not yet selected, and will write 12 to IS of the 39 scripts of the science-fiction series. Budgeted at $75,000 to tlOO.OOO for each segment, the series ownership reportedly will be split 50-50 between the producer-writer and the network. • • • The Clarence Buddlngton Kelland Theatre. bMed on stories and characters created by the famous writer, is the newest .series being readied for television by writers Donald Sanford and Mort Lewis, who with attorney Sam Shayon have acquired the world TV rights to the vast store of Kelland properties which they are developing for video presentation. Sanford and Lewis will function as executive producers and writing supervisors, assigning writers to adopt the Kelland stories. « • • who is Walt Disney has signed Jim Pratt, leaving Universal-International as an execu- 'ive producer, to produce future Prontlerland .'lows for his Disneyland series on ABC-TV. rrom ten to 13 hour-length Prontlerland pmitrams are contemplated for the 1958-59 .slate Pratt checks onto the Disney lot February 3 after a t3-year tenure at U-I • • • Accordlnc to MOM's Charles "Bud" Barry, vice-president of the studio's television actlviues. the Culver City lot Is entering the lone form dramatic field in television and is now preparing an anthology series to run 60 or 90 minutes He added that MOM's ovtr 1.000 unproduced properties will be made uviUlttble for the series, tentatively tilled •Dmnuitlc Theatre," Upcoming properties on the production .schedule Include an updated version of •Mttlsle." "Father of the Bride" iba-sed on the MOM picture), and a western. "Desert Rider." Wallis, Douglas, Sturges Combine for 'Junction' HOLLYWOOD Three of Uie personalities that made "Gunflght at the OK. Corral," are uniting on another action film, "Last Train From Harper's Junction'" at Paramount. The three are Hal Wallis, producer; Kirk Douglas, whom Wallis has signed for the top role, and John Sturges. who will direct. Anthony Qulnn already has been signed for the Technicolor film to star with Douglas. •"Train"" Is from an original story by Les Crutchfleld. with a screenplay by James Poe. It goes before the cameras in March. Beirne Lay Jr. Writing 'Hustler' for Henry King HOLL'VWOOD— 'The Hustler," an original idea now being developed by Belme Lay Jr.. will be Henr>" Klng'.s next project at 20th Century-Fox. King will direct and possibly "12 O'CUxk High rlne In ' Warner Bros "Indiscreet "" Teacher's Pel' lo Bow As Press Club Aid HOLLYWOOD- Pcrlberg-Seaton'.s "Tcuchcrs Pet." starring Clark Gable and Doris Day. will be premiered March 20 at the Holl>"wood Paramount to benefit the 8-Ball Foundation of the Los Angeles Press Club Tickets will be scaled downward from $50 per seat. • • • Robert Mltchum hosted three U. S government offlclaU from Washington at a special preview of his recently completed DRM pro- • • • produce the film. The story deals with the U S. Air Force supersonic bomber B-58. Lay and King previously teamed on 20th-Fox's Cary Grant and Ingrld " Bergman are st«r- duction. "Thunder Road." The film, first ever made about the activities of the "revenooers." was screened for Col. Thomas Bailey, chief of the enforcement branch of the alcohol and tobacco tax division; Miles J Ambrose, coordinator of the Treasury Department enforcement agencle.s. and Wade F. Hobbs, public Information director of the office of the comml.ssloner of internal revenue. Mltchum left for Washington immediately after the screening to dLscu.ss the possibility of holding the film's premiere In Washington with UA and government officials "Viking Women and the Sea Serpent" plus 'The Astounding She Monster" will have .simultaneous world premlere.s In Milwaukee and Oklahoma City. It was announced by the American International Pictures general sales manager, Leon Blender. \l KU AI I'KI \ U \S — I'll lurrd In Ihr lohln i.f Ihr loptUn Thcilrr Ijcforr vlrwlnc "llrldcr €>n the Klvrr K»»l" at thr film'. irp«it«Tti prrmlrre wrrr (left to rlfhli K. C. Kalbrrc. »!
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