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Herbert Matthews Is<br />
New Tent 21 Chief<br />
From Southeast Edition<br />
ATLANTA—Herbert Matthews has been<br />
elected chief bai-ker for 1963 by Variety<br />
Tent 21, succeeding the 1962 incumbent,<br />
Eugene Skinner.<br />
Other 1963 officers chosen by Tent 21:<br />
Bob Hosse, first assistant chief barker;<br />
Dick Setoon, second assistant chief barker;<br />
John W. Harrell. dough guy. and L. C.<br />
"Lucky" Ingi-ani jr.. property master.<br />
Other crew members are Charles C.<br />
Coleman, Prank White, George Mayer,<br />
Leigh Kelley, Bemie Shapiro, Eugene Skinner<br />
and E. E. Whltaker. delegate. James<br />
L. Dodd, Jon B. Farmer, Leonard Allen and<br />
Harold T. Spears are also on the boai-d as<br />
past chief barkers. The new crew will take<br />
office January 1.<br />
Samuel Bronston Producing<br />
Religious Documentary<br />
From Eastern Edition<br />
NEW YORK—Samuel Bronston will produce<br />
"The Valley of the Fallen," a dramatized<br />
documentary written and narrated by<br />
Jim Bishop, and will distribute the picture<br />
throughout the world, with all revenues to<br />
be donated toward the maintenance of a<br />
basilica in Spain known as the "Eighth<br />
Wonder of the World."<br />
Andrew Marton is directing the picture,<br />
which started filming November 19 in<br />
Madrid. Pray Justo, abbot of the monastery,<br />
will serve as production advisor and<br />
Dimitri Tiomkin will supervise the musical<br />
score, utilizing the basilica choir of 100<br />
voices.<br />
Photoplay Sets Up Award<br />
For Outstanding Films<br />
Frnm Eastern Edition<br />
NEW YORK—A special Gold Medal Award<br />
for motion pictures of exceptional worth has<br />
been set up by Photoplay magazine, with the<br />
first award to be made in February.<br />
Establishment of the award, which will be<br />
presented to producers on behalf of the<br />
American film-going public, was announced<br />
by Jack Podell, editorial director of Macfadden-Bartell,<br />
publisher of Photoplay.<br />
The magazine's editorial board will select<br />
the winners and special editorial recognition<br />
will be given in the magazine. Podell said<br />
the award would go only to those films<br />
which are significantly superior in story,<br />
production and acting, and will not be made<br />
on a monthly basis, but rather will go only<br />
to films of merit when they occur. The new<br />
award, he added, is not tied in with the<br />
Gold Medal presentations made by the magazine.<br />
20th-Fox Acquires 14 Films<br />
From Embassy for UK<br />
Frcm Eastern Edition<br />
NEW YORK—Fourteen Embassy pictures<br />
will be distributed by 20th Century-Pox<br />
throughout the 'United Kingdom, under an<br />
agreement closed last week.<br />
Covered by the contract with Joseph E.<br />
Levine, Embassy president, were "Divorce<br />
Italian Style," "Boccaccio '70," "Long<br />
Day's Journey Into Night," "The Sky Above<br />
—the Mud Below," "Crime Does Not Pay,"<br />
"La Viaccia," "Strangers in the City," "The<br />
Fabulous World of Jules Verne," "Bimbo<br />
the Great," "Madame," "Love at Twenty,"<br />
"Landru," "The Bear" and "Pace in the<br />
Rain."<br />
Lee Patterson Signs<br />
As 'Ceremony' Costar<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Lee Patterson has been<br />
signed to costar in "Ceremony," Laurence<br />
Harvey's first independent film, to begin<br />
shooting next month in Spain. Patterson,<br />
six years ago. starred with Harvey in "The<br />
Good Die Young." "Ceremony" is a United<br />
Artists release.<br />
Director Ralph Nelson has cast Stanley<br />
Adams in "The Lilies of the Field," independent<br />
production by Nelson for United<br />
Artists release. Sidney Poitier toplines the<br />
feature, which starts this week, on location<br />
at Tucson.<br />
Producer Walter Wanger has paged<br />
Robert Webb for discussions on the directing<br />
of "Reckless, Pride of the Marines,"<br />
from the book by Andrew Geer. Wanger is<br />
negotiating with Steve Broidy of Allied<br />
Artists for national release.<br />
Norman Jewison has been signed by producer<br />
Stuart Ostrow to make his Broadway<br />
directorial bow in Meredith Willson's new<br />
musical, "Here's Love," based on "Miracle<br />
on 34th Street." Jewison currently is directing<br />
U-I's "The Thrill of It All."<br />
'Magician' at UofC<br />
From New England Edition<br />
STORRS, CONN.—Janus' "The Magician,"<br />
Ingmar Bergman Swedish import,<br />
was screened at the Jorgensen Theatre on<br />
University of Connecticut campus. Admission<br />
was 50 cents.<br />
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BOXOFFICE :: December 17, 1962
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