Boxoffice-March.19.1962

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Tour Horsemen Starts Off Well;
'Marienbad a Smash at Art Spot
NEW YORK—The first
March, MGM's "The
two openings in
Four Horsemen of
the Apocalypse" and Astor's avant-garde
"Last Year at Marienbad," both did smash
business, the latter giving the new Carnegie
Hall Cinema its biggest opening week since
the small house opened last June. Three
new films, "The Children's Hour," "Rome
Adventure" and "The Day the Earth
Caught Fire," opened Wednesday-Thui-sday
(14-15).
Best among the many holdovers continued
to be "Walk on the Wild Side,"
which was big at both the Criterion and
the east side Mui-ray Hill, and "Sergeants
3," which held up well at the Capitol, while
the fifth and final week of "Lover Come
Back" gave the Radio City Music Hall a
good week.
The majority of the other Times Square
houses ranged from fair to mild as the pictures
neared the end of long runs and bad
weather also took its toll. Best was "A
View From the Bridge," in its sixth week at
the DeMille, and also at the east side Sutton,
and "Victim," in its fifth week at
the Forum, as well as the Fifth Avenue art
house. But "One, Two, Three," in its 12th
and final week at the Astor, and "Light in
the Piazza," in its fifth and final week at
the Victoria, did well enough for the length
of the runs even if "Satan Never Sleeps"
was mild in its third week at the Paramount.
The two long-running United Artists
two-a-day films, each nominated for 11
Academy Awards, were again smash,
"Judgment at Nmemberg" In its 12th
session at the Palace and "West Side Story"
in its 21st week at the Rivoli. "El Cid"
held up fairly well in its 13th week of
two-a-day at the Warner.
Leading the art house films was "Black
Tights," in its third strong week at the
Plaza, followed by "The Night," in its third
week at the Little Carnegie;; "Les Liaisons
Dangereuses," in its fourth week of moveover
at the Normandie, and "Tomorrow Is
My Turn," in its sixth week at the Guild,
all of these except the ballet film being
French-language films. "Murder She
Said," which completed nine good weeks
at the Baronet, moved to the 68th Street
Playhouse to continue its run when the
Reade house closed for reconstruction.
(Average Is 100)
Asfor One, Two, Three (UA), 12th wk 120
Boronet—Closed for reconstruction March 1 I
Beekman ^La Dolce Vito (Astor), 13th wk 120
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