Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1963 — Page 6

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Tells Os Rise And Fall Os The Movies

Editors Note: The Hollywood movie industry, which has entertained the world for 50 years, has declined under the crushinc impact of television. United Press International’s Hollywood correspondent, Vernon Scott, tells of the rise and fall of the movies, a 20th Century extravacansa of clamour, high living and hich profits. This is the first of three dispatches. By VERNON SCOTT UPI Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — There is one key reason motion pictures in this country have skidded from their grand days of boom. You have quit going to see movies in favor of watching television. There was a time when you or your parents went to the “picture show” two or three times a week. Now you see a movie once a month—maybe. The indifference has been reflected sharply by empty studio buildings and fewer movies. Two movie studios have disappeared altogether, RKO and Republic. 20th Ceptury-Fox produced four pictures last year compared with 57 in 1936. Metro - Goldwyn - - Mayer began 25 pictures in 1962 as against 45 in 1936. Columbia and Paramount film most of their pictures in conjunction with independent producers. Universal - International has merged with Revue (a television power) and Warner Bros., while still in the movie business, depends heavily on video. Gross As Much Curiously, despite the problems, the gross has remained approximately the same for the past 10 years. For instance, in 1961 estimated worldwide boxoffice receipts were $1,450,000,000, only some SSO million shy of the alltime high in 1946. The difference, of course, is in the net profit where costs have swelled moviemaking beyond belief. Fewer than one picture in five shows a profit, Hie result is few-

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er and fewer movies.

In 1936, the depth of the Depression, Hollywood reached its klieg - lighted heights, producing 621 full-length motion pictures. Last year, Hollywood made only 143 films. The Association of Motion Picture Producers gave out 122 code approvals in 1962, and 35 of them were filmed abroad. Thus, only 87 pictures actually were made and approved in Hollywood! In 25 years, then, the movies plunged from boom to struggle. Give Many Reasons Producers, directors, agents and stars (the people who control movies > give scores of reasons for Hollywood’s malaise, explaining why former movie-goers have deserted their product. Without doubt movies generally are better than ever, but there still are not enough good ones to fill the void. The blame is placed principally on television, along with night baseball, bowling, barbecues and increased book sales. Genuinely good movies still reap fortunes—“Ben-Hur,” “Bridge on the River Kwai,” “Music Man” and “West Side Story.” If some movies prosper, why not others? It’s a fair conclusion that Hollywood frequently misjudges the American public’s tastes. Some producers aim at a public it considers unsophisticated and naive. Some misjudge the public pulse by grinding out pictures on homosexuality, rape, bastardy and other unsavory subjects in recognition of public maturity. Portends Trouble A harbinger of the trouble ahead was the development 11 years ago of 3-D and outsized screens calculated to overwhelm movie-goers with gimmicks and sheer magnitude. In a matter of a few years pictures went from sugarplum froth to dirty T-shirts in the name of art. “Artistic control” demanded by actors and directors also has ex-

tracted its toll. Such giants as Louis B. Mayer (MGM) Harry Cohn (Columbia) and famed independent Sam Goldwyn controlled all in their day. Artistic dictatorship evolved such financial adventures as “Cleopatra” and "Mutiny on the Bounty.” Million - dollar salaries and guarantees of profit percentages have added to the decline of m’ovies. Most of the salary that stars earn goes for taxes, but they continue to seek higher wages and percentages, prodded by agents, some of whom gouge producers. The agent takes his 10 per cent (sometimes as much as 20 per cent) off the top. In a milliondollar deal he skims off at least SIOO,OOO, which is more than his client may take home after taxes and expenses. But unlike most producers, the agent doesn’t plow his profit back into pictures. There still are many men of purpose and character who continue to emphasize good movies. Walt Disney, for example. And others who see a trend toward a movie recovery. Says Edward Muhl, vice president in charge of production at Universal, “After a decade of rapidly changing conditions the motion picture industry once again is in a position to look forward to a bright future...We no longer need be unduly concerned about competition from television or foreign movies, two things that have plagued this industry for some years. “Television is a different entertainment medium with which, we have learned, we can live successfully. The trend in production already has started swinging away from foreign countries and back to Hollywood.” Jack Karp, Paramount vice president, also foresees a brighter future; “There is every expectation things will improve over last year. There is no question people will come back in droves to theaters if we give them what they want.” (Tuesday: The colorful growth and lusty development of Hollywood’s motion picture industry in its heyday.)

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“BREATHE DEEPLY”— Ueno, a chimpanzee suffering from a sore throat and a cough, inhales a soothing preparation from a pressurized nozzle at the Tokyo Zoo.

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Spring Prelude In Majority 01 Nation By United Press International Rain and drizzle swept the Pacific Northwest and Southern Plains today. Most of the riation enjoyed a mild prelude to spring. Although freezing temperatures dipped down to South Carolina, fair skies and sunshine were expected to spread comfortable weather across the Southland. A new Canadian cold front edged southward across northern Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana today, threatening to bring an early end to the warming trend. Nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain fell in the Pacific Northwest during the night. Scattered snow flurries occurred in the Northern Plains, Great Lakes states and along the North Atlantic coast. The Northeast remained the coldest area in the nation, with Millinocket, Maine, reporting an early morning low of 2 above. Key West, Fla., reported a comfortable 65 early today. Temperatures in the Midwest rose as much as 40 degrees Sunday over the previous day. The]

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highest temperatures in the nation Sunday were 78 at Thermal, Calif., and 77 at Yuma, Ariz. olf TRAGEDY GOES ON— Thomas S. Reese, 62, father-in-law of convicted wifeslayer, Dr. Sam Sheppard, was found shot to death in an East Cleveland, Ohio, motel, an apparent suicide.

Berlin Mayor Is Reelected Overwhelmingly BERLIN (UPD — West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt, re-elected in an overwhelming personal victory that sent the Communists staggering, today pledged a continued fight with the Western Allies to keep the city free. Brandt’s Socialists gained support in Sunday’s municipal election at the expense of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s Christian Democrats, reflecting apparent popular disapproval of Adenauer’s new ties with French President Charles de Gaulle. • Political observers said the vote showed a general fear that Adenauer was drawing closer to France to the detriment of the alliance with the United States and Britain, which West Berliners, consider vital to the city's defense. Despite snow and sleet 89.9 per cent of eligible voters went to the polls. The Socialist’s victory was so sweeping that only the city’s proportional representation electoral system kept them from winning all 134 seats in the city assembly. In a victory statement, Brandt said the result was “a destructive rebuff for the wall party”—the Communists—and a “tremendous vote of confidence” for his antiCommunist policies! Brandt promised that he would work hand-in-hand with the Western Allies to keep West Berlin from falling into the hands of the Communists. West Berliners, turning out in record numbers, showed cold disdain for the campaign threats and promises of the Communists. They gave the Reds only 20,887 votes, or 1.3 per cent of the total, for their worst showing ever.

Italy Planning For Elections In April ROME (UPD — President Antonio Segni dissolved parliament today to open the way for new general elections. Segni met with Premier Amintore Fanfani, who counter-signed the dissolution order. - The cabinet convened immediately and set the elections for April 28 and the first meeting of the new parliament for May 16. The disbanding of parliament was the official starting gun for what is expected to be the bitterest election campaign in Italy since the Communists nearly won control in 1948. ’ The election will give voters their first chance to say what they think about Fanfani’s yearold experiment in center-left government. He formed an alliance of his Christian Democrats with the Social Democrats and Republicans that provided a working majority in parliament. The Socialists helped keep it in power with their votes, even though they were not actually in the government. In return, the center-left enacted some legislation — such as nationalization of the electrical industry — that the Socialists have been clamoring for many years. The Socialists are basically neutralist but retain some ties with their former Communist allies. The Christian Democrats are a center party, and firmly committed to the Western alliance. Miss Ann La Fontaine Is On Dean's List Ann LaFontaine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert LaFontaine, R. 6, Decatur, is one of 46 students to be honored by being included on the dean’s list for the first semester at Saint Francis College, Fort Wayne, according to Sr. M. Leonella, O. S. F. academic dean of the college. Miss LaFontaine is a graduate of Decatur Catholic high school. She is a sophomore at the college studying under the elementary education program.

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Footsore Americans Not Sold On Hiking

By United Press International Hiking may have been Theodore Roosevelt’s cup of tea and perhaps the New Frontier’s barometer for a good Marine, but many footsore Americans were not convinced today it is such a “healthy” idea. The 50-mile hike claimed its first pedestrian fatality Sunday. Other hikers footed chiropodist bills for treatment of tender feet. Nevada’s Gov. Grant Sawyer, Utah’s Democratic National Committee woman Mrs. Lucy Redd, former major league baseball pitcher and entertainer Al Schacht, and a caravan of nearly 2,000 Pittsburgh hikers were among the tramping thousands Sunday. Disk jockies, newsmen, more Marines, doctors and legions of students also trudged about the countryside. Two high school track stars from Sacramento, Calif., walked and ran 50.4 miles in 8 hours 27 minutes, the fastest time reported over the weekend. In Honolulu 150 of 500 starters, including a 75-year-old woman and a ninth-month old baby in a carriage, covered the 50-mile disi tance. Car Kills Marcher Near Casper, Wyo., an auto struck and killed Willard Mitchell Jr., 34, as he was hiking to Glenrock, Wyo., with 18 others. Mitchell’s widow was in a hospital recovering from injuries suffered in an auto accident three weeks ago. The couple had. four Adair Is Urged To

Seek Senate Seat

ALBION, Ind. — Noble County Republicans Saturday night urged U. S. fourth district representative E. Ross Adair of Fort Wayne, a native of Albion, to run for the United States senate next year. By a rousing voice vote, the crowd attending a Lincoln Day birthday dinner here approved a resolution urging the congressman to “throw his hat into the ring” for Indiana’s senate seat which comes up for election in 1964. The resolution was adopted following the address of Congressman Adair at the annual Lincoln Day dinner, one of the noted political functions of Noble county. In his speech, Adair attacked the administration for its failure to “remove the communist threat to our peace and security from Cuba, for the disastrous collapse of our foreign policy in Europe, the Far East and Canada, and for its irresponsible spending and fiscal policies which are leading us down the road to bankruptcy.” The resolution cited Adair’s “outstanding legislative record" during his fourteen years as a member of the house of representatives. It also praised his “dedication to the Republican principles of good government, honest representation and for his unrelenting fight against communism.” Adair charged “The United States under its present leadership is fast losing face throughout the world. Our image of strength and freedom has become tarnished. Khrushchev's military forces have taken over Castro. Cuba is only 90 miles away. Communism cannot remain an active power in this hemisphere.’ Following the enthusiastic approval of the resolution, the crowd gave a spontaneous demonstration for Adair, further voicing endorsement of his senatorial candidacy. Adair was first elected to congress in 1950. He is a native of Albion, graduated from Albion high school, Hillsdale College, and received his law degree from George Washington University. Married to the former Marion Wood of Hillsdale, Mich., whom he met in college, the couple has two children, Caroline, a teacher in Detroit, and Stephen, a pre-law student at Indiana University. Adair is the son of a former Albion newspaper publisher, taught school in Noble County, and

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small children. Governor Sawyer and five companions, including Mrs. Redd, completed a 25-mile hike over Nevada’s Sage Flats Sunday night. Sawyer, who made the march to prove his administration was “in prime condition,” said he limited the march to 25 miles because "f wanted to see these fellows at work tomorrow morning.” The party limped in to Gardnerville, Nev., 10 hours and two minutes after leaving Carson City, the state capital. All Within City Schacht, 70, known as the clown-prince of baseball, was to start a three-day, 50-mile hike today heading north from Park Avenue in New York. He planned to walk about 17 miles daily through Central Park, up West Side Highway to George Washington Bridge and back down Broadway, in 20 hours hiking time. “I’m training on turtle soup,” he said. Probably the largest group to hit the trail since President Kennedy wondered aloud if mod-ern-day Marines could travel 50 miles on foot in 20 hours, left from Pittsburgh Sunday. A disk jockey promoted the hike of nearly 30 miles to Washington, Pa. About 1,000 started from Gateway Center in downtown Pittsburgh but their ranks were nearly doubled eight hours later when they finished. The caravan was accompanied by ambulances and physicians. is also a lawyer. The congressman is second ranking Republican on the powerful bouse foreign affairs committee and the house veterans committee He is one of the few Republicans to serve on two major committees. Adair also represents Indiana on the committee of committes which assigns Republicans to house committees. New Kremlin Peace Bid To Red China MOSCOW (UPD — The Soviet Union’s return to a hardline approach to the West may forecast a new-Kremlin peace bid to Communist China, Western diplomatic sources said today The suddenly stiffer Soviet attitude at the 17-nation Geneva disarmament conference may indicate that away is being sought for a reconciliation with the hardline Chinese leadership, they said. The Chinese have no use for Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev’s peaceful coexistence policies. They take a dim view of the capitalistic West and of any Soviet effort to reach agreements with the United States. The Moscow-Peking ideological struggle has been sharp but now the new Soviet hard-line has brought a change from Khrushchev’s post-Cuba crisis position that there were needs for “peaceful compromises” with the West. Western diplomats have noticed the tough stance in Geneva, an increase in anti-Western articles in the Soviet press, and the violent reaction here to last month’s Franco-West German treaty of peace and cooperation.

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