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Trophies and prizes were offered contestants
for San Pi-ancisco's "Mr. Hercules
and Miss Pulchritude" on stage of
the Paramount Theatre Wednesday i24i
where "Hercules Unchained" was playing.
Jimmy Payne, former "Mr. America," was
master of ceremonies.
. . . Congregation
Maurice Chevalier has promised to attend
the San Francisco Charity Ball October
8 for the auxiliary of the San Mateo
County Children's Society
Judea Sisterhood will hold a party at
the Seavue Theatre. Pacific. September 14.
Jimmy Chapman, Westland Theatres
film booker and buyer, was jubilant in announcing
the birth of twin granddaughters,
born to his daughter Linda Mandy in
Sequoia Hospital. Redwood City. Named
Kathleen Marie and Maureen Julie, the
twins have a one-year-old sister . . . Bob
Patton and Roda Harvey opened the
Sonora Bowl. Sonora, Thursday i25).
Among the Filmrow men attending were
Jim Barry. Eddy Coffey and Warren
McMillen.
. . McGinnis. secretary
E. I. Rubin is covering his territory in
Frank Sinatra was
Washington state . . .
visiting in town . "Pat"
to Walter Kessler of the Warfield.
. is on vacation Ordello has
replaced Pat Sullivan as secretary and assistant
of Westland Theatres.
Specialties to WNBQ
HOLLYWOOD—The Pete Smith Specialties,
which won 274 awards, including
19 Academy nominations and three Oscars,
have been acquired for television presentation
in the Chicago area by WNBQ. according
to Richard A. Harper, director of
syndicated and featui'e sales for MGM-TV.
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Three Network Bids Sent
Back by Academy Group
HOLLYWOOD—Bids of three television
networks for exclusive rights to the Academy
Awards telecast were rejected by the
awards negotiating committee of the
Academy at a recent meeting. NBC and
ABC were asked to submit new bids with
clarification of certain points, according
to President B. B. Kahane, but CBS was
not asked to submit a new offer as this
network's bid was substantially lower
than the other two.
Disney-BV Heads Confer
HOLLYWOOD — Disney - Buena
Vista
sales and advertising heads met at the
studio to map campaigns for three top
feature.s— "Swiss Family Robinson," a
Christmas release: "101 Dalmations," for
February distribution, and "The Absent-
Minded Professor." In addition to Roy O.
Disney, participating in the huddles were
Irving H. Ludwig, president of Buena
Vista; E. Gordon Walker, ad-sales vicepresident:
Charles Levy, ad-publicity director:
Bob Dorfman. exploitation manager:
Gil Perleman, ad manager, and John
Boone, publicity manager.
Israeli Bonds Style Show
HOLLYWOOD—To sell
bonds for Israel.
Jan Sterling will chairman a fashion
show, to be commentated by Esther Williams,
at the Beverly Hills home of Mrs.
John Factor September 8. Modeling a collection
of diamonds and furs will be Janet
Leigh. Anna Maria Alberghetti, Gogi
Grant, Susan Kohner, Ruth Roman. Jill
St. John. Mrs. Gene Barry and Miss Israel
of 1960 lAIiza Gun. Admission is based
on new purchases of $1,000 or more in
State of Israel bonds.
Buzzell-Rose Film Deal
HOLLYWOOD—A three-picture deal has
been signed by producer-director Edward
Buzzell with David Rose, with their first
project titled "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
Buzzell will leave for London this week to
join Rose, where the pair will hold production
conferences and select a cast for
"Mary."
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Producer-director George Pal. to MOM
after a week in Gotham for the opening of
"The Time Machine."
Harold Hecht. back from a four-week
trip to London. Spain and Yugoslavia,
where he investigated production facilities
for start of "Taras Bulba."
Charles Einfeld, 20th-Pox pub-ad vicepresident,
back to the New York home
office.
Harry L. Mandell. production associate
of Irving H. Levin's Atlantic Pictures, returned
from huddles in Gotham with Moray
R. Goldstein, Allied Aa'tists general sales
manager.
Joseph Moskowitz, 20th-Fox \ace-president,
to Gotham to report on progress of
the reorganization now under way at the
studio.
Producer-director Albert Zugsmith, returned
from Honolulu where he searched
for talent to appear in "Confessions of an
Opium Eater."
Martin Goldblatt to Head
Fox Magazine Publicity
NEW YORK — Martin Goldblatt has
been placed in charge of national magazine
publicity for 20th Century-Fox by
Edward E. Sullivan, publicity director.
Goldblatt has resigned his post with Columbia
to take the assignment and will
start work September 6 under Nat Weiss,
publicity manager. Goldblatt has been a
member of the Columbia publicity department
for 14 years.
Cinema Lodge Meeting
NEW YORK—The key sellers of the $25
Contribution Share Certificates in New
York's Cinema Lodge of B'nai B'rith current
fund-raising drive joined members of
the Lodge's executive committee at a
luncheon at Sardi's Thursday il8>.
Joseph B. Rosen, Universal regional sales
manager, and Leonard Rubin, vice-president
and sales manager of Gilliams and
Rubin, are chairmen of this year's drive,
which seeks the sale of 750 certificates.
Fund Group Confers
NEW YORK—Assignments of
volunteer
workers in the Greater New York Fund
fall campaign were gone over at a luncheon
meeting in the Astor of the amusement
group headed by Robert H. O'Brien, MGM
treasurer. Others present were Alan Friedman,
DeLuxe Laboratories: James Richardson,
Paramount Pictures: Donald Henderson,
20th-Fox: Herbert Hahn, AB-PT;
George Shupert, MGM: Arnold Maxln,
MGM Records: Donald Bender, fund representative,
and Martin Ransahoff. Filmways.
Inc.
Fox-Joe Schenck TV Deal
HOLLYWOOD—A production deal has
been inked between 20th-Fox Television
and Joseph M. Schenck Enterprises for the
filming of a series of television specials
under the title. "The Jules Verne Theatre."
The pact includes a minimum of
six hour-long telepictures, with some possibility
to be expanded for theatrical exhibition.
W-6 BOXOFTICE August 29. 1960