Boxoffice-Janury11.1965

HOLLYWOOD
Koster Will Direct
Pal Boone TV Pilol
HOLLYWOOD—Henry Koster.
directed more than 60 feature films, has
agreed to take the plunge into television
at the request of Richard D. Zanuck and
VIEWS PRODUCTION CEMTER
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who lias
William Self, president and executive vicepresident,
respectively, of 20th Century-
Fox Television.
Koster will direct the pilot of Pat Boone's
new series. My Island Family, for producer
Eugene B. Rodney. The series will
be a joint venture of 20th-Fox. Boone's
Cooga-Mooga Productions and Rodney-
Young Enterprises.
"Television is a tremendous entertainment
medium." says Koster. who kept Universal
studio alive with his series of Deanna
Durbin movies in the 1940s. He also directed
the industry's first Cinemascope attraction,
"The Robe." and has produced a
string of comedies for 20th-Fox.
Jack L. Warner has announced the addition
of Fielder Cook, tele\'ision producer,
to the Warner production lineup. His first
project will be "Big Deal in Laredo." The
deal calls for Cook to produce and direct
three additional films for Warners. Sidney
Carroll will script the film version
of "Laredo" from his television play,
which was presented twice on the Dupont
Show of the Week two years ago.
Jimmie Rodgers, Dot recording artist,
has been signed by producers Sam and
Alec Thomas of Thomas Productions to
sing the ballad theme of their completed,
hour-long color documentary "Let the
Word Go Forth." Ronald Reagan and
Robert Taylor narrate the film which deals
with the American Revolution and the Bill
of Rights. Sam Thomas directed.
James Booth in Prague
LONDON—British actor James Booth
returned to Prague to conclude dubbiiu
on "Ninety Degrees in the Shade," a:.
Anglo-Czech production in which Bootli
stars with Anne Heywood. Raymond
Stress produces.
Awards Booking for 'Best Man'
HOLLYWOOD — "The Best Man,"
Millar-Turman production for UA release
which Franklin Schaffner directed, has
been booked for a special Academy awards
engagement at the New View Theatre on
Holl>-wood boulevard, beginning January
27.
American Cinema Editors
Awards Dinner March 14
HOLLYWOOD—Sol Lesser, Mike Frankovich.
Arlliur Kramer, Jack Foreman, Max
Youngstein and Mark Serrurier have accepted
appointment to the advi.sory committee
of the American Cinema Editors
15th annual awards dinner March 14 at
the Cocoanut Grove.
Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Walt Disney,
Hal Wallis, Jack Warner, Steve Broidy,
George Elber, Ted Fogelman, Sidney P.
Solow. R. G. Goodwin, Gene Garvin, William
T. Orr, Harry Teitelbaum, Don Fedderson,
Joseph Kelly and Richard Zanuck
also have accepted appointments on the
ACE's advisory committee.
ACE president Gene Fowler has appointed
Norman Colbert chainnan of the
awards dinner.
"Mary Poppins' Moves to Carthay
HOLLYWOOD — Walt Disney's "Mary
Poppins" has moved to the Carthay Theatre
here after a record 17-week engagement
at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
PATTI I.S FA.SniON .MOUKI^
Jack MacDougall, manager of the Fox
Theatre in Oakland, Calif., and his
wife were among the spectators at a
fashion show staged at a cocktail party
arranged at Belden Gardens restaurant
for "Pajama Party. Patti Chandler,
"
who plays in the film, is seen here
modeling a sleepcoat at the affair.
James Poe to Write,
Direct for Columbia
HOLLYWOOD—Mike Frankovicli of Columbia
announced the signing of O.scarwinner
James Poe to a multiple-picture
deal to write and direct. The first film
on his schedule will be Poe's original
screenplay, "The Gambler," a drama, to
be filmed in Las Vegas and at the Columbia
studios. This is Poe's initial effort
as a director. He has received screenplay
nominations for "Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof" and "Lilies of the Field," and an
Oscar for "Around the World in 80 Days."
Transist-O-Sound Unit
Available for Cameras
NEW YORK — The newly developed
Transist-O-Sound magnetic amplifier, an
exclusive item de.signed for u.se with Auricon
cameras, provides extreme portability
and magnetic sound in TV news and oneman
documentary production, according
to Alan C. Macauley, president of SOS
Photo-Cine-Optics, Inc.
The Transist-O-Sound optical amplifier,
available for a number of years, has had
world wide acceptance covering news and
sporting events with a one-man operation.
Now, because of advancement in electronics,
the cameraman can have the same
type of amplifier, weighing 2' 2 pounds,
handle crisp magnetic sound. Powered by
a single, miniaturized battery, the magnetic
amplifier response is flat from 20
to 15,000 cps within 2 db. The built-in
speaker is disconnected when eai-phones
are u.sed, and a limiter circuit is standard
equipment.
Hollywood Museum Aid
To Continue, Says Official
HOLLYWOOD — Supervisor Erne.st E.
Debs has indicated that county support
for the Los Angeles County-Hollywood
Museum will be continued, according to
a letter relea.sed by museum officials.
.Joe Cramer, administrator of the mueum,
pointed out that the county has
invested approximately $132,000 in muf-um
operations to date, it will receive
more than $1 million worth of artifacts
and collections already donated and many
millions more which are in process of being
acquired. In addition, more than $650,-
000 worth of private cash donations have
been received in support of the project.
The museum, which is planned as a
center of the audio-visual arts and sciences,
will be operated in the public service
by the nonprofit Hollywood Museiun
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