im

1 23
matinee.
. . M.
. . Variety
,
'Psycho; 'Ocean's 11' Set Fast Pace LOS ANGELES
For Power-Packed LA Screen Fare
LOS ANGELES — •Psycho" continued
out front in the local first-run derby,
racing in with a hot 285 per cent in its
second round. Following closely were
"Jungle Cat" and "Ocean's 11" "paired
with "Platinum High School" < with 250 and
235 respectively in their second sessions.
An art house entry, "Lileya." romped in
with a resounding 200 in its first booking,
while "Hiroshima. Mon Amour" held its
socko 300 and "Ben-Hur" continued to
lead the hard-ticket attractions with 320.
(Averogc Is 100)
Beverly, Loyola, Los Angeles, Vogue—From the
Terrace (20th-Fox), 5th wk 165
Beverly Conon—Hkoshima, Mon Amour (Zenith),
2nd wk 300
Corttioy Circle—Con-Con (20th-Fox), 24th wk...I35
Chinese— Pollyonna (BV), 4th wk 110
Downtown Poromount, Pix, Wiltern ond eight
drive-ins—Ocean's II (WB); Platinum High
School (MGM), 2nd wk 235
Egyption—Ben-Hur (MGM), 39th wk 320
Ins, Fox Wilshrre, Worner Downtown ond seven
drive-ins—Psycho (Poro), 2nd wk 285
Fine Arts—Jungle Cot (BV), 2nd wk 250
Hillstreet—One Foot in Hell (20th-Fox), 2nd wk.;
The Young Lions (20th-Fox), reissue 45
Hollywood Poromount— All the Fine Young
Cannibals (MGM! 155
Music HoII— I'm All Right, Jock (Col), 5th wk 185
Pontoges— Bells Are Ringing (MGM), 8th wk 90
Visto Continentol—Lileya (Artkino) 200
Worner Beverly—Strangers When We Meet (Col),
5th wk 80
Worner Hollywood—Search for Porodise
(Cinoromo). 29th wk 95
Time Machine' 350 Newcomer
In Big San Francisco Week
SAN FRANCISCO—Breaking a second
week boxoffice record, "Psycho" is as-
; a screen game,
HOLLYWOOD takes top
honors. As a box-office attraction,
it is without equol. It has
been a favorite with theatre goers for
over 15 yeors. Write today for complete details.
Be sure to give seating or ear capacity.
HOLLYWOOD AMUSEMENT CO. ,
3750 Ooklon St.
* Skokie, Illinois
-YOU CAN RELY ON
niDTIOn PICTURE SERyiCE Ci
125 HYDE ST. SAN FRANCISCO (2), CALIF.
Gerald L. Korski . . . President
sured a long run at the Golden Gate. "The
Time Machine" was also a boxoffice bonanza
with a strong 350 per cent in the
first w^eek at the Warfield. Two holdovers
in their third weeks, "Ocean's 11" at the
St. Francis and "Elmer Gantry" at the
United Artists, held up to a good 125 per
cent.
Crest— Sons ond Lovers (20th-Fox), 2nd wk 300
Fox—From the Tcrroce (20th-Fox), 4th wk 100
Golden Gotc— Psycho (Poro), 2nd wk 350
Orpheum—Cincromo fCineromo), 8th wk 275
Poromount—Hercules Unchained (WB);
Cuban Rebel Girls (Brenner), 2nd wk 90
Stoge Door— I'm All Right, Jock (Col), 3rd wk. , .300
St. Francis—Oceon's 11 (WB), 3rd wk 125
United Artists— Elmer Gontry (UA), 3rd wk 125
Vogue—Smiles ot o Summer Night (Janus),
2nd wk 100
Worf ield—The Time Machine (MGM) 350
'Ben-Hur' Patronage Climbs
To 450 in Denver
DENVEPl— "Ben-Hur" grosses were reported
as increasing in each of the past
six weeks to score a fine 450 per cent.
"Psycho" opened exceptionally strong with
300 per cent and "Ocean's 11" turned in
a very fine 250 per cent in its second week.
Aloddin—Con-Con (20th-Fox), 19rh wk 125
Centre—From the Terroce (20th-Fox), 2nd wk. ... 100
Denham— Ben-Hur (MGM), 19th wk 450
Denver— It Storted in Naples (Poro);
Conspirocy of Heorts (Poro) 100
Esquire—Corry On, Nurse (Governor), 14th wk. ..175
Orpheum— Psycho (Poro) 300
Poromount—Ocean's 11 (WB), 2nd wk 250
Towne—Strongers When We Meet (Col), 3rd wk. 150
'Ocean's 11'
Best Seattle Mark
SEATTLE — "Ocean's 11" opened to a
teriffic first week at the Music Hall, with
300 per cent. Another opening bill, "13
Ghosts " and "Electronic Monster" did
exceptionally well as a thriller duo at the
Coliseum, with 200 per cent. "Ben-Hur"
continued to do big business, recording 250
per cent for its 29th week at the Blue
Mouse.
Blue Mouse—Ben-Hur (MGM), 29th wk 250
Coliseum^— 13 Ghosts (Col); The Electronic
Monster (Col) 200
Fifth Avenue— Strongers When We Meet (Col). . . 160
Music Box—Elmer Gontry (UA), 5th wk 130
Music Hall—Ocean's 11 (WB) 300
Paramount—Con-Con (20th-Fox), 8th wk 150
300 Week
All Portland First Runs
Enjoy Big Attendance
PORTLAND—The Music Box Theatre
management reported a downtown show
business phenomenon—a marked pick-up
in business for a holdover. The stepped
up attendance was for "Ben-Hur" in its
31st week. Sellouts were reported each day
of the weekend and even for the Tuesday
1 The estimated percentage
shot up from 250 to 300.
Eroadwov- Psycho (Poro), 2nd wk 200
Fox—From the Tcrroce (20th-Fox), 3rd wk 125
Music Box—Ben-Hur (MGM), 31st wk 300
Orpheum—Ocean's 11 (WB); School for Love
!20th-Fox) 200
Poromount—Elmer Gontry (UA), 2nd wk 150
Sandy and Family dnve-ins— Ocean's 11 (WB);
Seven Guns to Mesa ( AA) 200
Tour by 'Doncii' Star
LOS ANGELES—Allied Artists' Christmas
release of "Dondi." Albert Zugsmith
picturization of the comic strip, will be
preceded by a tour of 35 large cities by
David Kory, 6-year-old star of the film.
OherriU Corwin will join civic leaders and
industryitcs in honoring Leonard
Bernstein, conductor of the New York Philharmonic,
August 31 in the Beverly Hills.'
Hotel, sponsored by the America Israel .-j
,'
Cultural Foundation . Club
members were guests of the Masquers >
Club at Director John Ford's farm in'i
Reseda . Spencer Leve. vice-president
of theatre operations for NT&T. and Gordon
Hewitt, chief film buyer, returned
from a New '5fork business trip.
Lou Lamell was recuperating at Temple
Hospital from blood poisoning . . . Robert
Kronenberg made a swing around his territory
Booking and buying on the
. . . Row were John and Bob Siegel, and Bill
Alford, Balboa Theatre, Balboa Beach,
who also will be doing the booking -buying
for Strebe Theatres.
Fourteen Pacific Drive-In ozoners in this
area have been playing "Psycho" and
"Ocean's 11" for two weeks, each film
playing at seven different drive-ins. However,
now, according to Pacific's "spread
the exposure" dictum, "Psycho" goes into
all of "Ocean's" houses and vice versa . . .
Robert S. Parnell, formerly with Allied Artists,
is replacing Chilton Robinette, resigned,
as manager of the Seattle-Portland
exchange for Favorite Films, w'hich is
headed by N. P. "Red" Jacobs.
Fred Brisson Drops Two
From His Filming Slate
HOLLY'WOOD—Plans for filming two
properties, one of them coauthored by his
wife Rosalind Russell, have been dropped
by Frederick Brisson. but he still has 14
active production projects. "The Loving
Couple," penned by Patrick Dennis, and an
untitled western written by Larry Marcus
and Miss Russell, were dropped due to i
conflicts on Brisson's feature and legiti- :
mate slates caused by recent strikes of
film writers and actors as well as Equity.
On Brisson's feature schedule is "The
Clubwoman," being scripted by Edward
Chodorov, and Marcus' "King of Diamonds,"
to be lensed in Africa. Also active
is a long-planned biographical film of Coco
Chanel, famed dress designer.
James Burkett Is Manager
Of Alpha Distributing Corp.
"
LOS ANGELES—James S. "Sam Burkett
has been appointed general manager
of Alpha Distributing Corp., it was announced
last weekend by Gordon K. Greenfield,
president of America Corp.. Alpha's
parent company.
Alpha is the firm set up recently to take
care of distribution of some 12 annual
features planned as a producer-directorstar-script
deal by Pathe Laboratories, of
which urkett is sales manager.
Roach and Case Join Again
HOLLYWOOD—Hal Roach jr. and Carrol
Case have formed Showcase Enterprises
for the production of theatrical features
and television series. The pair teamed
earlier in several video series and will produce
four motion pictures next year. They
will headquarter at the Hal Roach studio.
W-4 BOXOFFICE August 29, 1960