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Show arm - - - , -- --, 1 -- Most - l!nportant:-.- . ... , NEWS AND TELEGRAM, Salt Lake City, Thursday; November 6, 1958 - , - -- --- -- - -) . .. - - '-- Talent Agencies Wield Dig Power Isn't , . By JOE,HYA3L3, , HOLLYWOOD (NYHT)The most important man in Hollywood today never madea picture, never wroteastoryt never directed a movie and never acted in one. HO name on , a marquee means nothing, but on a contract it Is all power. ful. He la Lew Wasserman and its chief executive officer of - Music Corporation of Americaa talent agencyhe bu snore power, perhaps, than ttle head of any major. film studio 'Men like Wasserman, and Abe Lastlogel, head of the William Morris Agency, virtually run Hollywood today be, cause they i - -- ' P artists , show. I1 ' - - - , , . . , MCA. , , , . , ''.."10 P ' S. :, , , , , , : - ,,, . -- i alone.' ' In February of this year, MCA also entered the distri., bution of- - films and bought a backlog of 750 pictures from - Paramount Studios for $50,000,000. By. October the agency had earned back $40,000,000 of Its Investment by leasing the artist branch of MCA the A )1, ..., I , ' , . S. ' , , , - ..:: . Irelease. ed ONCLIE ' At-Tow- er-- Mint" a "Your Past Is grt; hair. hi I Eral .ck -- I CM - - se 0, se t s, - eACI ,. - (I - . ' ' r f -t- kut tk ,.,- ,, ',eel , e , 11,,,,,,orngtr,-.4,...- 1' - m ' .. AltiSWILLE t IRRki) ', 4 Sot., ' N OA Oat. TILKtilNUIAI ON SALE I l. 2nd f) . I 2.. ' . ', If Ill 1 to"q . STARTS RETURN . I lip t 11 Sy Popular Domani!! GLUT aln ir freak cspai ' ' t ntAATUT EP , . - 7405 & I 1049 , ONI TIMI ONLY 11:110 - , - 11111.; or 11 ' 1 0 .,,,,,,LeiNtelirknmSc s - j TA A COLOIT - Nohow", Simi, Crlye4 .ka TONIGHT ADULTS 2 POI 1 - - ;:-: T I I t' - , r77-i ''.'it. - 4.... ,, 016 'I '' ' 11:1' '''- - ' , .., , z?Pt ,,,,,z,,. - '1 ,.' , r , S'...4ct CI 11131 4 BURL - I MONDAY, SUNDAY TODAY, 12:10, 300, 11:10, 2:10 I , 42:05, 3:25,6:45, ,. . 41"1"." ,, 1 1 ,,. 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PIERSON -ON 1ROADWAT ;' - RIGHT A , 1111 II s ,,Its,.:7:::?,y t z - . , tr. volib bewmtlia, - . . , , 70 , IN MMA , 212 -- Next to Thelon, Ms sloe (.1., ;- - '' Ii k, . . ft '' eta , TRUE STEREOPHONIC - AM: ' FROM - ' ' :, ., ' ' 1.0.111.A011212, - tatitsop. :::-- - , , - SIXTH RECORD WEER! - WED., NOV. 19th , - he kr4sh pjcisintioiisiAKEUtEsio:uYE, COMING AoyA" '01 other times, she is MATINEES SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT 2 p.m. I AAA. - - 7 ,jk., 8:30 AT - PplalEVER-INCRIA- - ra - - . " l,it' s a brunette.. n -, )11111;411 lot tirii, - away)rOril Buddy." fib CROWDS DEMAND IT -SING -- .,' VIDIERNDENDO -- I to ,. appear at times in In farce about an odd set of per3 sons who get Into one funny 1 a scrape after another, will open Tower Theater. Triday at the 4 The story centers around the I- ,blackmailing publisher of a scandal magazine who decides I , CtEGORY .. : dal to get rich in a hurry. CARROLL The point Is made by Abe Lastfogel, Morris Agency : Each of the intended victims in his scheme has an idea on bead, that package sales is only one facet of the corn ITO to do away with the pany's operation. The company was built on talent men. &gement and that is still its primary function. But talent schemer, but the mad plans backfire, giving the publisher these days is no longer confined to performers., more sensational material. ' - - An executive at a major talent agency explains the After that it becomes a matPicture ,..."-...reason for the agency's current rise to power this way: , ter of how far the publisher "The studios used to develop their own talent, but now can go before he pulls the 00151r. : they wait until an agency comes to them with a package, skeletons out of many family It Sweeps : Including script, actors, producersthe works. The reasen is closets. Even Scotland Yard All they don't want the headache of doing it themselves, so comes into the case before the ' they give the power to the agents who are willing to do the hilarious ending. ItAcnNs - workfor only 10 per cent commission. It is cheaper for a I "'Your Past Is Showing" f...,A n A.,baviu studio to pay agents' commission than maintain a high stand. stars some of 'Britain's top Itt t I 'rhocontract overhead for actors,in the all character departments." Terry people lami rnTt leg INMAN I James Stewart has become a to Peter Sellers, Peggy I thanks ills agent, Lew Wasserman, who in 1949 worked out for Stew., Imas, Shirley. Eaton, Dennis apol:toopucTiomM il art the first 50 per cent participation deal of its Idnd,In. Price, Joan Sims and wallY1 111161Li 71G017204'. ' ' ., Black. ,. . motion picture history. inTEcHiocoTifrandTE -- Z. 111 Farce-Slat- - . :- -- Rim.111 calls for Miss 07710 PAU I : rat! ,' . . II)), 134 night club appearance beginning 'Friday ,rdght, said she - COMEDY Peter Sellers and Shirley Eaton in "Your Past Is Showing," opening Friday at,the Tower. IN Z.I S - - - , IRAK l'N41 li i Bregman is Jewish. Miss Alberghetti,)tere for a pital,,and the fight to regain her husband's love follows her ''' ,-- Witt.,,ni GREATEST : ' , L....3m, - . ' , , ',Le '''' . :-- Hoilywood , , ;all LS)la , -- , 7-- ,,tkt . . ,1-.' 1 - IL - ii , , , ' ' 11, , Ifir ' - a Roman Catholic; She is Hailed For ,., k - .' ilif ...... - :- 1 backlog to twentyone television statiobs. MCA also controls Revue Productions, which Is the i biggest television production company in the world, and is a wholly owned MCA subsidiary. ?They have thus become' buyer and sellerMCA Artists Ltd. selling talent to Revue, Productions. Revue produces shows for such MCA clienti al Jack Benny, Ward Bond, Dale Robertson, George MOO! gomery, Dinah Shore and Jack Webb. This means that a big agency like MCA in some instances has taken over where the major studios left off in giving potential stars a buildup. BICA's biggest competitor in the talent field is William Morris, which has an almost equally impressive client I roster and Is aim') in a position a movie-o- r television- -- company every type of talent needed for a show. I The Morris office list of cliental is headed by Frank Si. antra, Elvis Presley, Spencer Tracy, Danny Kaye, and in; T eludes such actresses as Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth, Judy Holiday, Julie Hard, Katharine Hepburn, Greer Gerson, and such directors as Elia Kazan, and Garson Karlin-William Morris, like MCA has an active interest that ' extends beyond merely supplying talent:The agency OMB twenty-sevenetwork shows on television and is almost as 'fictive in "package" productions as MCA. "r- Besides Miss Simmons, the ,,,, picture stars Rhonda Fleming, who becomes a glamorous , , , example for Miss Simmons to ' ,t Jean Simmons, who has sip: follow in her battle to regain peared in every tipe of picture her position in society. Efrem O'Herfrom Shakespearean drama to Zimbalist Jr. and Dan , stars. male are the , May ,. ,, gay musleals, has a challing, ing new role in "Home Before , OolITIODDAOlostollotion lotwoos Dark,"1- - scheduled soon at the Boit Lake City otW the wow monk Utah Theater. ACCLAIMED! BEST IN OJAI WILL NEVER II SEEM ON TVS wife of Thetondonborn , ., ,v A,TT Stewart Granger is being men. So. , . t sr ' 1130n" toned as a strong Academy , , 7V.111.1,,:,:;:11-J,',',' ', P , contender critics Award by .,, i 4, A HDriftvehlend ,,,, ,t :. , 4 -' v,,, '' ,,, .'' who have seen the film. Its ' '' ' d, . . producer calls Miss Simmons , ' , "one of the five best actresses '' 4 i , In Hollywood." : , , , EXCsEIALITEsNT , ' , , In "Home Before Dark," she ' AVAILAILI :' ' portrays a young wife whose ALL , SHOWS! ' reason totters when she is threatened with loss of her TONITI husband's love. She is detained AND EVERY for some time in a mental hos. NIGHT - There are many estimates as to the annual business done by MCA. A conservative estimate by insidera for last year has it that MCA artists charged more than $100,000,000 tor client services. At the traditional 10 per cent commis. sion this would indicate a gross $10,000,000 for 40 Ii 1114I Vz. ' cent from each client, and In the case Peck,' who owns a piece of the picture, MCA of his ownership. ,:.. '. percentage - said, Look, packaging concept didn't start with us. It began with fellows like Armour, who package everything but the solleal. , i ' , L , are not really The singer's engaged." ob- ' jected to the marriage because Bregman was divorced and is , not of Anna Maria's faith. es Jean Simmons - . York. But he admitted. "We ' , deal is the biggsst thing in Hollywood 'Vtoday.TheAspackage an MCA executive this , í t FILIIZean Minims and Dan' O'Herlihy (left) In scene from "Home Before Dark," coming to the Utah Theater. This Is a.uasuutic.n !mum In which Miss Simmons is a brunetteAt Tight,MIsaSirnmons with gray hair. . , . f i IN DRAMATIC ' . - However, in ,,,, - - i one. t6oildbi 10 per geti of has5rgOry -- ,, , ' oo t,.... - , , 74s, - - , Os .6,06 , Miss Alberghetti. 7.Z, said she was In love with Bregman but ,added. 'Tm nolmarrying any- ! , 1 i are also,MCA clients. score, - ,,i s. ' , . - il,114,..., . Ilitall ..., ,:." To A te....d: marry musicianBuddy- Bregman, said Wednesday it was all a misunderstanding. , :t ,, - ' a - , , hecessary ' ; , k ' I NEW YORK (UPI)Singer Anna Maria Alberghettiwho', recently announced she would I ut , .. , , , -- '' , ,.b...,-- , - ..., i . . - 4.4 ' The MCA talent roster Includes more than 3,000 names Iii Hollywood alone. Some- - of their current stars are 9,atic Cable, James Stewart, Marlon Alan Ladd, .1 one Brando3 Power, Jennifer Jones, Shelley and Gene771erney. It has reached the point where, if twydMCA, client In 'the bracket getla film job, al. most everyone else on the project turno-Oto be an MCA client too. This is called a "package,2thd a large percentage of the films made tod'ay are deals." The recently released W st;package Big Country," Is an example of an 3,ICA package. The director, William Wy. - ler, is art MCA ellent,,,alare stars Gregory Peek...Carroll r Baker, Charlton''He,stert and Charles Bideford. Writer-pro- . 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