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Wald Stays at Fox;
Settle TV Matter
HOLLYWOOD—Jerry Wald has settled
his differences with 20th-Fox and will stay
on the lot. it was revealed in joint statements
issued by the producer and studio
head Spyros Skouras following an afternoon
of conferences. He will go ahead
with his schedule of 12 features to be made
within the coming three years, though
nothing was said about television activities,
the basic cause of the argument.
"Return to Peyton Place" and "Wild in
the Country" will be the first of Wald's
features to go into production.
Wald and Skouras said that complete
harmony now prevails and complete understanding
on all issues has been reached
regard to the television expansion
Wald earlier requested. Whether or not he
gets the extra space was not pointed out.
Wald's attorney Dean Johnson and
studio head Robert Goldstein and vicepresident
Joseph Moskowitz were in on the
meetings.
Twentieth-Fox home office executives
were due here for production conferences,
among them Murray Silverstone, head of
Fox International, treasurer Donald Henderson
and sales head Glenn Norris.
James Stewart Winner
Of French Award
PARIS—James Stewart, star of Columbia's
"The Mountain Road," has been
named best foreign actor by the French
publications, Figaro and Cinemonde, for
his performance in Alfred Hitchcock's
"Vertigo," released by Paramount.
Maurice Chevalier presented the award
to Stewart on the set of "Fanny," in which
Chevalier is starring for Warner Bros.
Stewart will next co-star with Richard
in "Two Rode Together" under
direction of John Ford.
To Compose 'Konga' Music
HOLLYWOOD — Gerard
Schurmann,
who composed the score for Herman
Cohen's "Horrors of the Black Museum,"
will do the same on "Konga," Eastman
color film starring Michael Gough and
Margo Johns for American International
release.
Diniitri Tiomkin to Speak
HOLLYWOOD—Loyola University students
will be addressed on the aspects of
musical score for John Wayne's "The Alamo"
by its composer-conductor Dimitri
Tiomkin, next month.
Mirisch and Morheim End
'Seven' Suit Out of Court
HOLLYWOOD—The legal battle between
The Mirisch Co. and Lou Morheim over
"The Magnificent Seven" has been settled
out of court. Morheim will receive screen
credit as associate producer, but it was
not disclosed whether he received a cash
settlement.
Morheim originally secm-ed American remake
rights to the Japanese film, "Seven
Samurai," on which the Mirisch-Alpha
picture is based, and was with the project
when it was owned by Yul Brynner's Alciona
Productions. At one point he filed a
cross-complaint against Mirisch Co. and
John Sturges, who produced and directed
the American film, seeking $600,000 damages.
Mirisch and Stm-ges had filed claims
that Morheim had been adequately compensated
for his interest in "Magnificent
Seven."
'Pink Tights' Next Year
HOLLYWOOD—"Pink Tights," the musical
property written five years ago, is
scheduled by Jerry Wald for filming next
year. The score is by Jule Styne and
Sammy Cahn. Frank Sinatra is reported
to be interested in doing the picture.
ON THE SIDEWALKS OF FILM-
LAND—Director Alfred Hitchcock's
star in the Hollywood Boulevard "Walk
of Fame" is directly in front of the
iris Theatre, where his new film
thriller, "Psycho," is screening. Above
Hitchcock (left) points to a new sidewalk
star especially placed for the
occasion to exploit the movie, as Iris
Manager Hamel Fields looks on.
Video Writer Group
Asks Board Recall
HOLLYWOOD—A recall action against
Writers Guild of America West's television
board and officers was initiated by
a group of television members of WGA
West. Petitions to be circulated need 75
signatures to start the special recall election.
The dissident writers represent the 102
scribes who petitioned last month for a
television membership meeting to vote on
the guild's representation on the WGA-
work
producer fact-finding commission to
out a royalty formula on video residuals.
It i-epoitedly is the feeling of the petitioning
writers that the present board "does
not represent the majority view of the
membership as expressed during and after
the strike," and that the recommendation
of the membership to name Sam
Newman as the guild's paid fulltime representative
on the fact-finding commission
"was ignored and overridden by the council."
The breach between many members of
the television branch and their board and
officers started during the guild's television
strike when the board twice reversed
the television negotiating committee, while
both times the membership votes upheld
the negotiators.
The WGA West council accepted the
resignation of executive director Michael
H. Franklin, submitted several weeks ago.
An official guild statement declared the
resignation was accepted "with great regret."
Franklin, who will continue the post until
his successor is found, resigned in the
midst of continuing conflicts within the
guild. Prior to joining the guild staff, he
was an attorney in private practice, a
member of the legal staff at Paramount
and CBS and in the business affairs department
of CBS.
In the same session, the council also
voted blanket raises of 5 per cent for all
guild staff members up to the executive
level and commensui-ate raises for all executive
posts except the director's.
Sign Broadway Composer
HOLLYWOOD — Larry Rosenthal has
been signed by David Susskind and Philip
Rose to compose the score for their production
for Columbia release, "A Raisin
in the Sun," starring Sidney Poitier and
featuring Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee and
Diana Sands. The assignment marks Rosenthal's
first for motion pictures, his most
recent credits being Broadway productions.
BOXOFTICE August 29, 1960 W-1