e committee has adopted the proceedn„ e he finance and management committee •riously the same morning at which, amo ng other matters, it was agreed to renew t he A iciation's contribution to the London Chaint r of Commerce. he committee has received the report of t h e jo . comm

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HENRI CLOUZOTS picture " Verite. - starring Brigitte Bardot. world-:de ieleae by Cc:ambia has won douhk distinction being sekcted as France's on:y entry in the American Academy Awards " Oscar race for 1961. and by being chosen as the official French entry in the Mar del P:ata Fe

Starring LEE REMICK • YVES MONTAND • BRADFORD DILLMAN One of the boldest pictures ever to come from Hollywood

EASTMAN COLOUR Starring JAYNE MANSFIELD • TRAX COLTON • NICO MINARDOS and XENIA DEL MAR All the thrills and tragedy of the Olympic Games honours

There was a &cline in the screening of programmes of U.S origin, neither ITV nor the BBC used up their full quota entitlement. This was due partly to Parliamentary criticism and partly because many of American programmes distributed this year were of poor quality. The ITV compan

DENNIS HOPTON has been appointed branch manager at Cardiff for Dyro Films, the joint selling organisation for Walt Disney Productions and Renown Pictures. Mr. Hopton previousl y represented Dyro at Leeds. Sydney Phipps, formerly with United Artists. has been engaged as salesman

PARAMOUNT has concluded an agrtvment with Edmoni O'Brit:n and his newly formed 'tiger Productions for the actor to produce, direct and star in Soft Touch. - adaption of .1 short novel by John McDonald which appeared in Cfmniopolitan magazine. Under the terms of a contract O'Brie

Starring STUART WHITMAN • JULIET PROWSE • KEN SCOTT • RAYMOND MASSEY • GERALDINE FITZGERALD and introducing RAFER JOHNSON COLOUR BY DE LUXE Drama of the Boers'trek into the African interior