| i 'PuUe^mt^ United Paramount Theatres Still Must Divest 124 Sixty given up by December 3 in line with terms of consent decree; deadline for another third is March 3 and for remainder Sept. 3, 1953; prior to last divestiture, 888 dropped. * TOA Mid-Winter Board Meeting Now Scheduled in New York Charles Skouras, chairman, moves it from Los Angeles and calls it for January 25-27; executive committee to meet first day and be joined at dinner by board. J. Arthur Rank Wins Case Involving Quota Default Board of Ti-ade had charged in court that he failed to give British second featui'es 25 per cent of playing time; court upholds defense that he lost money on them. New Greek Industries Topic Of Skouras Talks in Athens News dispatches say 20th-Fox head discussed possibilities for establishing oil refining and sugar plants in Greece with prime minister and other officials. Edwin J. Smith Named UA Assistant Foreign Head New post created after resignations of B. D. Lion and Ned Clarke; appointment made by Alfred Crown, foreign department head, effective December 8. I September Admission Take | Behind Previous Year October tax collections, which are based on September receipts, totaled $31,294,629 as against $37,302,260 in October 1951; September collections were $32,174,968. Large RCA Synchro-Screen Demonstrated in New York More than twice the size of the usual I motion picture theatre screen, it measures 56 feet wide and 24 feet high, of which 30 feet, seven inches is actual picture width. ; Paramount Holding Series Of Regional Meetings First Wednesday i3i in Philadelphia; others I to be in Dallas, Sunday and Monday; Los Angeles, December 9, 10; Chicago, December 12, 13; New York, December 15, 16; Toronto meeting to be determined later. X Para. Signs Co-Production Deal With Italian Firm At least ten features a year will be made with the Ponti-De Laurenti.s company; two pictures, "The She-Wolf" and one untitled, are in work; Paramount will handle European distribution. J Steve Broidy Is Elected IMPPA President HOLLYWOOD—Succeeding the late I. E. Chadwick, who had held the post continuously from 1924 until his death late last month, Steve Broidy, president of Allied Artists, has been elected president of the Independent Motion Picture Producers Ass'n, representing 35 filmmaking companies. Named vice-president at a meeting held Monday (1) were Jack Broder of Broder Productions and Realart; Robert L. Lippert, Lippert Picture.?, and Sam Katzman, who produces for Columbia release. Edward Finney was re-elected secretary-treasurer. IMPPA members passed a resolution paying high tribute to Chadwick for the long service which he rendered the organization. The resolution will be contained in a scroll to be given his widow and son. After announcing that the next IMPPA meeting will be held within a few weeks to formulate plans for activities during 1953. Broidy declared: "We are determined to continue operations on the same high plane and following the same fine ideals which were set down by Mr. Chadwick and followed so closely by him during his 28-year tenure of office. We fully recognize the void left in our organization by Mr. Chadwick's death, and realize it is one which never can completely be filled. But his aims for the effectiveness of the organization within the film industry shall be our aims and we shall strive to meet them." Ben Shlyen to Represent Trade Press With COMPO NEW YORK—Ben Shlyen, publisher of BOXOFFICE, has been named as representative of the tradepress on the executive committee of the Council of Motion Picture Organizations. He succeeds Jack Alicoate, publisher of the Film Daily. Jay Emanuel, publisher of the Exhibitor, will be Shlyen's alternate. He succeeds Charles E. Lewis, publisher of Showmen's Trade Review, who was Alicoate's alternate on the committee. Cites BOXOFFICE Aid To 'Jimmy' Fund Drive Arthur Lockwood, co-chairman of the 1952 "Jimmy" Fund drive in New England, .says the success of the campaign which resulted in the opening of a modern children's cancer research hospital in Boston, would never have been possible without the cooperation of BOXOFFICE. "We are fully aware," he wrote, "that the successful results of the 1952 'Jimmy' Fund drive would never have been possible without the excellent cooperation we have received from BOXOFFICE. "During the course of our campaign your publication has given most generously of space, and has been the medium that brought the 'Jimmy' fund to the attention of the people in the motion picture industry." STEVE BROIDY New IMPPA President 20lh-Fox 33-Week Nel Exceeds 1351 Period i NEW YORK—Twentieth Century-Fox has reported consolidated net income for the 39 weeks ended September 27 of $3,845,946. equal to $1.39 a share, compared with $2,147,628, or 69 cents a share, for the same 1951 period. The total includes the income from all subsidiaries, including Westco Theatres Corp. and Roxy Theatre, Inc., and is after taxes and all charges. The 1952 amount includes a special credit of $1,077,755, equal to 38 cents a share, due to a change in accounting procedure regarding foreign operations. The change was made to consolidate foreign operations for the same periods as domestic operations. Previously, if they had been consolidated five weeks later, but better airmail service has made a simultaneous accounting possible, the company .said. Before this credit, the earnings were $2,768,191. There are 2,769,484 shares of common stock outstanding. Income from film rentals rose to $67,149.- 364 from the 1951 figure of $66,050,817. The- ' litre receipt, were $41,508,215, compared with $43,618,276. The directors noted a 25-cent quarterly dividend payable December 24 to stockholders of record December 9. Minneapolis Suburb Votes Against Drive-In Theatre MINNEAPOLIS—In a referendum election, suburban Golden Valley voters went on record against having a drive-in theatre within the municipality. The proposed repeal of the ordinance banning ozoners w'as defeated 63 to 310. There were five applicants for the license, including the former mayor who originally had voted for the ordinance. WB to Pay 25c Dividend NEW YORK—The board of directors of Warner Bros., Inc., have declared a dividend of 25 cents per thare on the common stock, payable Jan. 5, 1953 to stockholders of record Dec. 15, 1952. illlSS 10 BOXOFFICE December 6. 1952
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