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# lie Andrews Signedor Hitchcock FilmNEW YORK - Alfred Hitchcock signed Julie Andrews to star op- ite Paul Newman in his forthcom- spy tale, "Torn Curtain," to be ased by Universal Pictures. Mig Irews will report to the director on completion of her role inwaii.""Torn Curtain" will be Hitchcock's h picture and his first under his ntly signed three-picture deal Universal. He plans to begin duction Oct. 1, with exterior se- nees to be filmed on foreign loca- the interiors shot at Unt al City Studios.atz(Continued from page 1).pictures for theatrical and tele- on outside the United States and ala.atz has been affiliated with Hy- since 1954 with the formation of nan's Associated Artists Produc- s which later became United Art- Associated. He subsequently ed as director of foreign opera- s for United Artists Associated United Artists Television.# AG Pact(Continued from page 1)selves:The fee formula sets seven base gories against which payments are se computed. For an actor who ced one day in a picture, the base 100; two days, $150; three days, 1; four days, $250; five days or week, $300; more than one week not more than two weeks, $400; than two weeks, $500.or the first TV release of a film, ers will receive 30 per cent of base. When the producer's gross hes $125,000, players will receive dditional 124 per cent; at $200,-an additional 25 per cent; at 000, an additional 224 per cent;400,000, an additional 22% per at $500,000, an additional 20 cent; for each $100,000 above ,000, an additional 10 per cent. Then a film is released on a major ork in prime time, players are tor 70 per cent of the base m!."# Derson Acquires FourOLLYWOOD-Joseph C. Emer- president of Emerson Entertain- Enterprises, announced yester- the acquisition of four features lobal scope for U.S. release. en Against the Sun" is a World II story shot in Technicolor in alia. "Make Like a Thief" is a story in Technicolor filmed in nd starring Richard Long. De Swords for Rome" was filmed ly and "Saturday Night in Apple y," stars Mimi Hines, Paul Ford Cliff Arquette.# AROUND THE TV CIRCUIT## with PINKY HERMANLUNCHING Friday with Diko Dimitroff and enjoying the exuberant presentation of his plans to produce-direct a $20,000,000 film saga, "The Loves of the Greek Gods," based on Greek mythology reminded this reporter of the time many years ago when a Boston exhibitor named Joseph E. Levine (whom we met through a mutual friend, WORL Deejay Norm Prescott) revealed his ideas of "how to produce and exploit motion pictures" with the result that the following week we printed in this pillar a paragraph in which we predicted Levine would "make mo- tion picture history by sheer showmansbin". After two months in Gotham, finalizing pre-production plans, Diko leaves Thursday for his office in Madrid where he'll set in motion his ambitious production on this epci to be filmed in Greece skedded to start in the Spring of 1966 and featuring 30 international stars.$$$\star \star \star$$The zoom film effects, one of the many features of the "Pack & Jingle TV spot, MPO-produced "Newport" cigarets commershill for Lennen& Newell, all of which added up to copping top mixed technique class honors at the Cannes International Film Festival, were achieved by Eastern Effects, Inc., New York-based film opticals and effects firm which used the new EMELL Camera. Prexy Maurice Levy of Eastern Effects has also personally developed several camera techniques as well as improved optical benches in the past decade. . Formerly with Paramount and Universal on the west coast and more recently director of press information and promotion for ABC- TV's News Division, Frank Little has joined McFadden, Strauss, Eddy & Irwin as account executive. Young man in a hurry is Michael Stanwood, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1964, who's already starred in three Broadway productions, just been signed to a Universal-TV contract and will debut in the "Kiss Me As You Go" seg of that studio's "Run for Your Life" series, starring Ben Gazzara, Barry Sullivan and Brenda Scott and megged by Leslie Martinson.$$$\star \star \star$$Lucille Ball, who will be CBSeen as Steve Lawrence's first guest when his program preems Monday, Sept. 13 (10-11 P.M., EDT) sat beside Steve in the howda of Wanda, the pink elephant, when the pachyderm strode through Shubert's Alley last Wednesday to highlight the program's introduction to NYawkers. The many luminaries including Rudy Vallee, Johnny Carson, Vaughn Monroe, who've been enjoying the Chinese cuisine featured at co-owner Ging Tom's Six Hap- piness may or may not be aware of the fact that the gracious Ging is the fifth generation of the famous family or restauranteurs. Hollis Alpert has written an interesting story on the coming 20th Century- Fox TV CBScience-fiction series, "Lost In Space," in the current issue of Woman's Day Magazine. Miss Alpert believes this one could last longer than "I Love Lucy," which is quite a prediction.... Freemantle Inter- national's "Romper Room," created and produced live 13 years ago by Bert & Nancy Claster in Baltimore, is now seen in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, The Philippines, Great Britain and in six markets in Australia.$$$\star \star \star$$Lee Savage, winner of the 1963 Guggenheim Fellowship and well known creative artist, and Harold Friedman, former veepee and exec producer at Elektra Films, have formed a new TV production firm, Savage-Friedman, Inc.... Ex-Newspaperman ("Cleveland. News") and formerly gen. mgr. of. WJW-TV, Ben Wickham resigned his post with TV Information Office and as of next Monday joins MGM-TV as a general sales exec headquartering in Gotham. Last CBSaturday afternoon we liked the novel TV'er, profiling li'l ole N'Yawk and especially enjoyed the ditty, "New York's a Great Place to Be," cleffed by Joan Bender and Bob Hughes. Official Films has pur- chased an as yet unpublished novel entitled, "Manhattan House" by David Rintels, which will be developed into a full hour dramatic teleseries to be produced by Robert Blees. This marks Blees' fourth package, the other three already skedded for launching by Official next season are a dramatic-musical by Herbert Baker, a half-hour comedy series, "Off We Go" by Bob Kaufman and Bill Fox, and "Meet the Mooses" by Henry Garsson and Edmund Beloin. ABC Films will shoot a pilot for a new music series, featuring "The Song Spinners" and tentatively slated for a 10 P.M. slot Saturdays over WABC-TV with additional showings on a syndication basis. Program will be co-directed by Hal Tolchin, who recently directed the "Swinging World of Sammy Davis" special, and Jimmy Starbuck, choreographer on many top-notch TV'ers in- cluding "Your Show of Shows," "Carol Burnett Show" and others. Exec pro- ducer will be Stanley S. Greene.# Berle Adams to Direct Broadcasting AwardsNEW YORK - Berle Adams, v president of MCA, Inc., has accep the post of general chairman of 1965-66 International Broadcast Awards, according to James Thompson, president the Hol woou Advertising Club, sponsor of 1 event.More than 1,000 broadcasting( ecutives from all over the world: expected to attend the judging radio and television commerck which will be held this year at t Hollywood Palladium Mach festival is now in its sixth year.# TENT TALIMIAMI-Henry Oxell, chief bark of the local Variety Club, Tent 3 already is signing up members for ti Variety Club International conventi in London next April, and so far.h 34 reservations for the Miami-Lisbo London flight.ΔBOSTON-The 17th annual Jimn Fund drive, to raise money for tl Children's Research Foundation, w. launched recently, according to Thon as A. Yawkey, president of the foun dation. At the same time, one the most unusual tieins ever made wi scheduled in connection with th dive: Matheast "Gulting voiώ dent Edwin W. Breed and Jimr Fund executive director William: Koster have completed arrangemen whereby the airline will supply ai craft during the month of Augu in Boston, Portland, Me., New Ber ford, Mass., and Manchester, N.H. fo a one-hour sightseeing trip witho charge to persons contributing $5 ( more to the Jimmy Fund.Northeast pilots and stewardessu have volunteered their services for 2 scheduled flights from Cape Cod. 1 the White Mountains, into Main Vermont and other scenic New Eng land areas. A celebrity will accor pany each flight. Baseball's Ted Wi liams will be on the first flight.# British Admissions Declined During MayFrom THE DAILY BurrasLONDON - A drop in cinema ad missions in the United Kingdom i May this year produced the lowes figure on record since the Board c Trade has compiled weekly averag admission figures. The figure was weekly average of 5.5 million durin May-at fall of 700,000 on the 6. million average weekly admissions i May 1964.Takings, however, were equal at weekly average of £1.03 million. Th fall in admissions in May, compare with the previous month, followe the seasonal pattern with a drop o two million on the weekly average Takings in April average £1.38 mil lion weekly.