'Fair' Embassy's First Parisian Partner Mass

PICTURES UfixtlETY Wednesday, May 23, 1962 Publisher's Big Break ************************************************* Allied Rallying Theatremen In - Hollywood, May 22. Stanley Kramer has contributed New York Sound Track \\ $25,000 to the ad-pub fund estab lished by Atlantic-Little Brown for A***********************************************- Chicago Against 20th Rental this publisher's "Ship of Fools," After parleys at Universal, Ross Hunter a N. Y. to L. A. item via the new Katherine Anne Porter hometown Cleveland and a Seattle Expo looksee . Harold Robbins novel. to Tokyo; due back June 10 . Joe E. Levine in London for production- Terms and Clearances on 'Fair' Producer Kramer, who has the distribution pows, and to scout a sales rep for Blighty . Expected screen rights, for some time has for the "Boccaccio 70" preem late June: Sophia Loren, Carlo Ponti, By MORRY ROTH been strong on the idea of build Vittorio de Sica and Romy Schneider. Chicago, May 22. D.W.'s Final Blaze ing the bally for an original prop Argentine sexpot Isabel Sarli, whose "70 Times 7," was screened in The first organized exhibitor re erty because the values will accrue the Cannes comp Sunday (20) night, stopped here briefly Monday, sistance to a distributor's terras Hollywood. May 22. to the subsequent film production. took off for a quick trip to Caracas yesterday (Tues.), but returns for a picture in recent years is Fire last week (17) demol late this week for a longer visit . Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, who di shaping in Chicago, with 20th-Fox ished the old Fine Arts Stu rected "70," comes in from Cannes at the end of the month at about and Allied Theatres of Illinois as the time his "Summerskin" opens at the local Normandie . Two dios, constructed by D. W. other former Cannes visitors in town: producer-director Tony Rich the antagonists and "State Fair" Griffith in 1915 and long a as the issue at hand. Alden (RKO) Corp. ardson and star Rita Tushingham. whose "Taste of Honey" is one of historic film landmark in a the front favorites at the Riviera fete. On the basis of a strong down town run at the Oriental theatre, three-alarm blaze which near They love Elvis in Bangkok: UA sends out word that Elvis Presley's the Chi branch of 20th set admit ly took the lives of three Earnings Rise "Follow That Dream" set a new alltime. high gross of $12,500 for the tedly stiff terms for the picture firemen and endangered 15 first three days at the Grand Theatre there . And at UA, they love for its first outlying run, skedded Glen Alden Corp., including sub Stan Freberg, who's creating the radio-tv spots and a theatrical teaser others. It was being razed for sidiary RKO Theatres, earned trailer on "Road to Hong Kong." Freberg's work on "Sergeants Three" for June 15. Terms include a a commercial building. is credited with a good measure of latter film's boff b.o. $2,000 minimum guarantee against about $2,500,000 in the first four 40% of the gross, a clearance radi It was here that Griffith months of 1962 and is well ahead In the interests of film art, and perhaps also to have something to us of two miles between theatres filmed most of "Intolerance" of its pace for last year. For talk about at cocktail parties, celebs have been flocking to the Car showing the picture, and a 13% in 1916 and later produced graphic point, total earnings last negie Cinema to see "Last Year in Marienbad." Among those clocked: maximum deduction for the sec- many of his outstanding hits. year for the diversified company Tallulah Bankhead, Mary Martin, Edmund Wilson, Kirk Douglas, Burt Studio has changed hands 17 hit $3,037,000, or 54c a share. Lancaster, Shelley Winters, and others too numerous to mention . end feature. In addition, 20th is Leonard Pearlman, UA's general manager in Brazil, and Walter Ri- moving back 25 of the regular 65 ' times since Griffith relin Net income in the first quarter of '62 rose to $2,101,000, or 37c beiro, manager of the company's Belo Horizonte office in Brazil, on A run theatres to a second run po quished lot, and most recent a visit to Big Town . Josh Logan has joined the Seven Arts talent sition and charging a $500 guar ly had been owned by Colum per share, compared with $701,000, or 12c a share, in the year ago roster which already includes Elia Kazan and Fred Coe. Logan is to antee against 30% for the B run bia Pictures. \ do "The Careful Man," an original, late this year. showings. period. Sales for the quarter climbed to $30,434,000 from $23,- Metro reports it has over 200 firstrun dates, late June-early July, Speaking as prexy of the 85-the- set for "Boys' Night Out" . "That Touch of Mink" (U) premieres atre Allied association, Jack Clark, 953,000. Company does not break down its report by divisions, so the in Chicago at the United Artists, June 15 . Stanley Warner field owner of the Tiffin Theatre, said execs powed at the h.o. last week on summer operations . Variety that every element of 20th's A run Massive Levine depth of theatre income is not known. Clubs' Heart and Humanitarian Awards were presented in Dublin by terms for "State Fair" is "un Eamon de Valera, prez of Ireland, marking first time a head of state realistic . the guarantee and Albert A. List, chairman and has done the honors . Five shorts are on tonight's films-and-their- percentage is too high, the two Attack on Film prexy, told last week's annual directors forum of the Screen Directors International Guild at the mile limit is arbitrary, and the meeting that earnings would con public library . New York Univ. auspicing a feature, "Miguel Men- move back of the 25 theatres to tinue to run "very substantially doza," which student director Rocky Arrington will helm, rolling end- later runs is a practice .- . re ahead" of last year. Glen Alden, May. Manny Garcia, 18-year-old folklore dancer, has the title role, that served for heroes and casualties." Houses in July he said, continues to scout for of a Puerto Rican tenement youth . British director Bryan Forbes, Dislike Precedent Something like a one-company acquisitions and mergers. Exec de shooting Columbia's "L-Shaped Room" from his own screenplay, get In a letter to member exhibitors, film festival is in the works for clined comment on possibility of ting the literary lion treatment in London with paperback reissue of Clark said that the terms were New York firstrun. As of July 1, a change in dividend policy, but his short story volume, "Truth Lies Sleeping." "20th Century-Fox's answer to that Embassy Pictures expects to have did say it would be discussed by Paramount will party host again at the Theatre Owners of America favorite distributor question, a lineup of six films on Manhattan the directors. Company currently convention Nov. 7-10 in Miami Beach. Distrib will screen "Girls, 'where and how do we reduce screens, including the Metro- pays a quarterly 10c per share Girls, Girls," Elvis Presley starrer . .Jack Tenney, an actor and as the number of first runs (outlying) released "Boys' Night Out." Oth divvy. sistant director on Broadway ("Ross"), set to roll a shock feature this in Chicago?' " Looking to the fu ers are "Boccaccio 70," "Seven Holders approved a stock option summer titled "Black Autumn." Shepperd Strudwick stars. ture implications of the deal of Capital Sins," "Devil's Wanton" plan for officers and key employes. Two Hollywood studio crew chiefs, Stanley Detlie (props) and Carl fered for the picture, Clark quoted (the vintage Ingmar Bergman pic), Gibson (grips) are in Madrid to work with Nick Ray on Sam Bronston's (Continued' on page 17) "Divorce Italian Style," and "Sky production, "55 Days at Peking". starts shooting June 18. Above, Mud Below," the full length "Disturbers of the Peace" series of-articles appearing in Mademoiselle documentary from France which After First Quarter, Par's Magazine includes dramatist Gore Vidal, novelists Ayn Rand and Nor copped an Oscar. Engagements man Mailer, cartoonist Jules Feiffer, way-out-right publisher William for all six will be concurrent, Pitching to Do Better; F. Buckley Jr. and theatrical publicist-turned-Episcopal padre, Father Embassy's First though they won't necessarily Malcolm Boyd, an occasional byliner in this sheet . Pearl Buck re open simultaneously. elected president of Authors Guild last Wed. (16) at annual meeting Equals 67c Per Share in Hotel Roosevelt. Cleveland Amory is new vice president of Guild Embassy is blueprinting an ad- Paramount's first quarter of the Parisian Partner pub campaign to lend the spread a and the new secretary is Robert J. Landry, otherwise Managing Editor kind of fest flavor, with likelihood current year was not a particularly of VARIETY. Embassy Pictures, ever ardent of ad splurges collectively trum good one but, it's hoped, things Film players and showmen who know Rome as another name for for product, but never more so peting the company's pride. The will get better. The period, its Excelsior Hotel should be amused by the following from Show than now as an importer-cum-re- Magazine's June issue piece, "The Roman Spring of Al Capp": "I button-poppiing, as they see it at which ended March 31, brought a leasing -organization, continues to Embassy, is not without its mes had chosen to stay at the Excelsior because of its service. Not Its set itself a frisky pace in produc sage for theatres in a bearish net of $1,129,000, or 67c per share room service, which is adventurous, or its phone service, which is tion commitment.

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