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ôU^fttMt^ ^cfiont By IVAN SPEAR Merion Cooper. John Farrow Form New Corporation A new film corpyoratioii and its first multi-million dollar project, a big screen, color. Civil War drama. 'Two Little Confederates." has been announced by Merian C. Cooper and his partner-director John Farrow. The Thomas Nelson Page novel will be made as a roadshow, with filming blueprinted for early next year on location in Virginia. As plans stand now. the threehour entertainment will begin long-run engagements in the fall of 1961. to become part of the Civil War Centennial. Cooper, credited with more "firsts" than any other man in creative motion picture making, including bringing Cinerama to the screen, has been loaned by Merian C. Cooper Enterprises, the company he heads. to the new corporation, under which banner he and Fan-ow also will produce another big roadshow, "Chermault of China." based on the life of Lt. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault, his famed Flying Tigers and Civil Air Trar^sport. In addition to this and "Two Little Confederates," the corporation's long-range program embraces other film projects. Red Skelton to Produce Five Feature Films Five motion pictures, all of them based on original stories by Red Skelton, were announced last week when the famed entertainer inaugurated the production program at Skelton Studios, lot he recently bought from AMCO. "The Trunk." to be filmed in October 1960. is the first of the features, with "Kasa San." iMr. Umbrella i. to be filmed in Japan in the summer of 1961. and "The Great Wilberspoon." "Eight Pretty Girls" and "Cross Country Spree" following. Highlight of the press conference ;n which the star announced his plans was a tour through a three-bus mobile TV unit with which he says he can film anything any place. Noonan to Do One Film Away From Marshall Comic Tommy Noonan temporarily forsakes his partner. Pete Marshall, when he begins filming "Operation Gulliver" in association with Tim Barr and Gene Anderson. No date has been set for the feature as .vet. Both Noonan and Marshall are still filming "The Schnook" for 20th Century- Fox. Noonan expects to get director Charles Barton, now helming that picture, to direct "Gulliver." Ten Who Dared' Completed For Buena Vista Release Walt Disney Productions has completed filming on an adventure drama titled "Ten Who Dared," saga of Colorado River conquest filmed In Technicolor as a full feature production. The story Is about Major John Wesley Powell, one-armed scientist who guided an expedition down the uncharted Colorado in 1869. John Beal plays Powell, with Brian Koith. James Drury. Ben Johnson. R. G. Armstrong. David Stollery. L. Q. Jones. David Frankham. Stan Jones and Dan Sheridan playing the other nine of the title. William Beaudine directed and release is. of course, by Buena Vista. 'Unarmed in Paradise' Set For Allied Artists Slate Allied Artists has announced production plans on "UnaiTned in Paradise. " which Stuart Millar will produce next year. George Peppard. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contractee who scored heavily in "Home From the Hill. has been signed to costar " with Maria Schell in the film, a love story based on the Ellen Marsh best-seller. "Unarmed in Paradise" follows "Birdman of Alcatraz" for Harold Hecht and "The Young Doctors" on Millar's slate. Both of the latter are for United Artists release. 50 70mm Prints Ordered For 'Spartacus' Sales Bryna-Universal has placed an initial order for 50 70mm color prints of "Spartacus" with Technicolor, reportedly the largest ever placed on 70mm prints in Hollywood. At 26 reels per print this represents a ran of over a million feet of film for the Technicolor plant, which it is estimated will take two months to process. The picture will have its world premiere at the DeMille Theatre in New York on October 6. followed with road show engagements in key cities throughout the fall. "The Day ol the Triffids' Next for King Bros. "The Day of the Triffids" will be the next feature to go on the King Bros, slate, with the film scheduled to begin as soon as the currently editing "Gorgo." which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will release, is finished. Originally "Ti-iffids" was scheduled by producer Sydney Box as a joint production with Philip Yordan. However. Box left the project when he became ill. The theme centers about science-fiction. David Brown Is Promoted To Producer at 20th-Fox As the first switch of major significance on the executive level since Robert Goldstein was named to head 20th Century-Fox studio operations. David Brown, executive story editor on the lot for the past two years, has been advanced by Goldstein to the rank of producer. Brown's spot will be assumed by Theodore iTedi Strau.ss. 20th's New York story editor. The Brown and Strauss assignment changes become effective September 1. LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD—David Kory. six-year-old Hollywood lad, was recently chosen to play the title role in "Dondi." filmization of the syndicated comic strip. He is pictured here with his two bosses, Steve Broidy, left, head of Allied Artists, and Al Zngsmith. producer-director of the picture. John Bryan Assigned Chore For 'La'wrence of Arabia' John Bi-yan. highly acclaimed production designer who turned motion picture producer in 1952 to make such films as "The Pui-ple Plain," starring Gregory Peck, and "The Horse's Mouth." toplining Alec Guinness, will return to his original craft for a period of one year. The coup was achieved by Sam Spiegel, who persuaded Bryan to turn production designer once more for his forthcoming "Lawrence of Arabia," w'hich David Lean will helm, in color and widescreen. Bryan, who won an Oscar for art direction on "Great Expectations." will have John Box as his associate art director for "Lawrence." Associated Producers Plans To Make Circus Feature Associated Producers. Inc.. will makei "The Big Show." a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman that tells the stoi-y of a circuf troupe in Europe. To be filmed abroad ir color and widescreen, the starting dat
McWilliams Heads 'Pepe' Advertising, Publicity NEW YORK—Harry K. McWilliams has been made advertising and publicity director for the George Sidney International-Posa Films Internacional picture. "Pepe." according to Jonas Rosenfield jr.. Columbia executive in charge of advertising, publicity and exploitation. A special unit is being organized for the promotion of the picture, which will Harry McWilliams open in New York and Los Angeles during Christmas week on a roadshow basis. McWilliams will cooperate closely with Jerome Safron, Columbia sales coordinator, and Robert S. Ferguson, director of advertising, publicity and exploitation. Universal Short Subjects Program Is Expanded NEW YORK—Universal has revamped its 1960-61 shorts subjects schedule in line with changing patterns of exhibition. Including some reissues, the company will release a minimum of 35 shorts plus the usual 104 issues Universal International Newsreel. F. J. A. McCarthy, assistant general sales manager who supervises the short subjects distribution, said that Walter Lantz had Increased his production by almost onethird, making a total of 19 color cartoons instead of the 13-a-year which had been the custom for many years. These will be produced so that they can be projected with an anamorphic lens, making them adaptable to all type of programs. In addition, there will be six Lantz rereleases, for a total of 25 in that category. McCarthy said the expanded program would include two new two-reel color specials and eight new one-reel color specials. There also will be a one-reel subject in the winter titled "Football Highlights of 1960." The two-reel specials will be "Pacific Paradise" and "Jazz Oriental." The eight one-reelers will provide a wide variety of subject material which, according to Mc- Carthy, will have exploitable values. Six-Minute Overture Set For 'Sunrise' Bookings NEW YORK—A six-minute musical overture will precede all two-a-day showings of Dore Schary's picturization of his "Sunrise at Campobello." according to Warner Bros. The overture was arranged and conducted by Leo Arnaud and consists of six popular songs of the 1921-24 period. They are : "SmUes," "Memories," "Pretty Baby," "Japanese Sandman," "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" and "Avalon." "Sunrise at Campobello," which stars Ralph Bellamy as Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Greer Garson as Eleanor Roosevelt, will have its world premiere at the RKO Palace Theatre, New York, September 28 as a benefit for the National Foundation- March of Dimes, the organization founded by President Roosevelt. Columbia Advances Three in Promotion Department BUD ROSENTHAL JOHN NEWTIELD CHARLES M. POWELL NEW YORK—Columbia Pictures has advanced three members of its home office publicity department, according to Robert S. Ferguson, national director of advertising, publicity and exploitation. They are: John Newfield. currently serving as New York newspaper and syndicate contact, who has been named to handle national magazine publicity, replacing Martin Goldblatt. who is resigning early in September to take a similar post at 20th Century-Fox; Bud Rosenthal, now tradepress contact and news writer, who will succeed Newfield as newspaper and syndicate contact, and Charles M. Powell, recently a copywriter in the advertising Seven Paramount Pictures To Be Released in Fall NEW YORK—Paramount will release seven major pictures in the period September through December, according to George Weltner. vice-president in charge of world sales. During the same period last year the company released two less. The September releases will be Dino DeLaurentiis' "Under Ten Flags," World War II adventure drama starring Van Heflin, Charles Laughton and Mylene Demongeot, and "The Boy Who Stole a Million," George Brown picture starring Virgilio Texera, Maurice Reyna and Marianne Benet. The October-November releases will be Maleno Malenotti's "The Savage Innocents," Technirama-Technicolor spectacle starring Anthony Quinn and Yoko Tani, and Hal Wallis' "G. I. Blues." Technicolor comedy-with-music starring Elvis Presley and Juliet Prowse. The latter will be the Thanksgiving holiday release. December releases will be Ponti-Girosi's "A Breath of Scandal." Technicolor comedy-drama starring Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier and John Gavin, the Christmas attraction, and Jerry Lewis' "CinderFella," Technicolor comedy-withmusic costarring Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ed Wynn and Judith Anderson. Scheduled for special December engagements is Ray Stark's "The World of Suzie Wong," Technicolor romantic drama stan'ing William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Michael Wilding and Sylvia Syms. department and formerly a member of the publicity department, who will take over the tradepress assignment. All changes will be effective September 6 and all three will work under the supervision of Hortense Schorr, publicity manager. Newfield joined Columbia in January 1956 and specialized in developing and handling special premieres and national star tours. Rosenthal has been with Columbia since March 1959 and had previously served as associate editor of the Independent Film Journal. Powell, a member of Columbia's management trainee program, joined the company in September 1959. More Drive-In Theatres Planned by NT&T LOS ANGELES—Expansion into the drive-in theatre business was announced this week by National Theatres & Television, Inc.. Southern California's largest theatre chain. Six drive-in sites, located in key population centers of the country, are being surveyed from legal and operational viewpoints, it was revealed by the company's president, B. Gerald Cantor, who pointed out that they now operate only two driveins. These are located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and in Salt Lake City, Utah. The decision to examine expansion possibilities was the result of a reappraisal of the motion picture business. Cantor said. He noted that proper location of theatres to meet the changing pattern of family recreation can compete successfully in the leisure time market. Cantor also said that the company's plans are not limited to the developing of new theatres in areas in which NT&T is now operating, but include developments in any area where profitable theatre operations can be established. Caffarene to Uruguay NEW YORK—Natalio L. Caffarene, veteran executive, has been made Allied Artists International manager for Uruguay, according to Norton V. Ritchey, president. The company has opened a branch in Montevideo. Caffarene will report to Bernard J. Gates. Latin American supervisor. BOXOFTICE August 29, 1960 15
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