Boxoffice-Janury11.1965

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'Goldfinger/Xady'
Tie at 350 in Loop
CHICAGO—"My Fail- Lady." showins for
the 11th wei'k at tho Chicago Palace, and
"GoldfiiigtT," in a third weolv at the Roosevelt,
reached the lofty 350 mark, and "Mary
'
Poppins 300 in its 12th week at
the State Lake to round out the top big
three as ideal weather, good product and
a long holiday weekend combined to give
all situatioiis outstanding business. Close
behind the three leaders came "Father
Goose." the Cai-y Grant staiTcr, which
earned 275 at the Woods in its second week.
Both "Daniella by Night" and "Let's Talk
About Women." the week's two new films,
wound up just below the twice-average
mark.
(Average Is 100)
Carnegie— Morriage Itolian (Embassy), 2nd wk. 200
Style
Ch.caqc^Sex and the Single Girl (WB). 2nd wk. .225
Cinema- The Luck of Ginger Cotfey (Cont'l),
2nd
Cinestogc—
ivk 185
215
Mediterroneon Holiday (Cont'l), 2nd wk.
Esquire -The Pumpkin Eotcr (Royol), 2nd wk 185
Loop- Goodbye Chorlie i20th-Fox), 2nd wk 225
McVickef,--Chcyenne Autumn (WB), 2nd wk 190
Orientjl Kiss Me, Stupid (UA), 3rd wk 250
Palace My Foir Lady iWB), 1 Ith wk 350
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Playhoi — Let's Talk About Women (Embassy) .... 1 75
Roosevelt- Goldtinger lUA), 3rd wk 350
State Lake— Mory Poppins (BV), 12th wk 300
United Artists—The Americanization of Emily
(MGM), 2nd wk 200
Woods— Father Goose (Univ), 2nd wk
World Plavhousc— Daniella by Night
275
195
(Cambist) ..
'Goldfinger,' 'Single Girl'
Lead Good Week in KC
KANSAS CITY — "Goldfinger,
"
which
opened its Kansas City ran at 400, followed
up with an almost equally strong
second week at the Plaza, where it led the
city with 375. Another big grosser was
. .
"Sex and the Single Girl." playing at 350
per cent in its second week at the downtown
Paramount Theatre. Among new
product. "Goodbye Charlie" displayed the
most boxoffice pmich by drawing 250 per
cent at the Uptown and Granada.
It's Avenue a Mod, Mad, Mod, Mad World
(UA-Cineromo),
Brookside—Kiss Me,
3rd
Stupid
wk 250
225
(Lopert), 2nd wk
Copn—My Fair Lady (WB), 2nd wk 250
Diary of
Crest, Riverside, Boulevard, 1-70, Isis
o Bachelor (AlP); What's Up Front (Fairway) .. 100
Empire— Fother Goose (Univ), 2nd wk 150
Kimo—Girl With Green Eyes (Lopert), 2nd wk. 200
Poromounf, Electric— Sex ond the Single Girl (WB),
2nd
Plaza—Goldfinger
Roxy—The
wk 350
375
(UA), 2nd wk
Americanization of Emily (BV),
2nd wk 100
Uptown, Granada—Goodbye .250
Charlie (20th-Fox).
'My Fair Lady', Up to 400
2nd Week in Indianapolis
INDLANAPOLIS—The holidays brought
a great revival to fii'st-i-un theatres here,
along with the reopemng of the Circle
and Lyric and the appeal of new atti-actions
all around. "My Fair Lady," which
opened Christmas night, still was playing to
capacity at the Circle through January 3,
with matinees daily. It's on a regular
schedule of three matinees a week now.
My Foir Lody (WB), 2nd wk
Two
400
Circle
Esquire Only Can Ploy (Kingsley); Dr.
Strongelove (Col), reissues 125
Indiana Circus World (Bronston-Cineromo),
wk 3rd 175
Loews—Goodbye Chorlie (MGM), 2nd wk 225
Lyric—Sex ond the Single Girl (WB), 2nd wk 150
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ST.
LOUIS
^arcia Mcrcier, daughter of exhibitors
Mr. and Mrs. Leland August Mercier.
Fredericktown, was married to John Calvin
Wagner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wagner,
Belleville, Mich., at a candlelight ceremony
in the Methodist Church in Fredericktown,
followed by a reception at the
local Country Club. The bride resides in
St. Louis and teaches at the North Kirkwood
Junior High School. The pair will
make their home in .suburban Kirkwood
following a wedding trip to New Orleans
iMrs. Edward B.i Arthur will
be the commentator for a Heritage Fashion
Show on March 25 at the Cafe de Ville
sponsored by the Conference of Jewish Organizations
of St. Louis as a special featui-e
of a "Gala" planned to mark the group's
40th anniversary and the St. Louis bicentennial.
Grace Piccione, with an "eye" on showmanship,
has invited all girls with green
eyes to be the guests of the management
during the current showing of "Girl With
Green Eyes" at her Apollo Art Theatre in
St. Louis . . . General Cinema Corp.'s new
Cinema I and II located in the Sunset Hills
Shopping Center in suburban St. Louis,
opened January 2 with a weekly policy of
free Saturday morning movies for children.
Tickets are issued by merchants in the
center to adult customers only for use by
children.
The Missouri-Illinois Theatre Owners
board of directors will meet at 12:15 p.m..
Monday illi in the Colonial Room at the
Chase-Park Plaza to outline their agenda
of activities for 1965 . . . Tlie joint meeting
of St. Louis Variety Club Tent 4 and
Women's Variety Club, scheduled for noon
Wednesday 113 > Rose and Crown Room
in Cheshire Inn. following a brief business
session, will featm-e entertainment planned
by the ladies, headed by president PeiTi
Moreno. Heralded as the main attraction
will be a new "twist" (no pun intended) in
the presentation of a Fashion Show for
Men, staiTing barkers Bob Johnson. Bob
Fabry and Bonnie Ross sartorially resplendent
'Whatever that means) in clothing
furnished by barker Joe Keegan of
Down's Men's Shop.
Showfolks are reminded that January 22
is the date for Variety Tent 4 Heart Fund
Premiere of "My Fair Lady" at 7:30 p.m.
at the Ambassador Theatre. Premiere tickets
at $100 in the special Gold Section entitle
holders to a champagne breakfast
party and entertainment at the Chase Club,
Chase-Park Plaza, following the premiere.
Loges and side main floor seats are $25,
with all balcony seating at $12.50.
Tax exempt groups, (which covers a
niunber of organizations within the motion
pictui-e industry), that received federal
tax exemption rulings before last July 1
but have not received questionnaires about
their present activities are asked to get in
touch with the regional office of Internal
Revenue Service. E. O. Bookwalter, IRS
regional director, said mailing of questionnaires
to organizations with tax-exempt
status has been completed. Forms will be
supplied to organizations needing them. He
said organizations that fail to retui-n questionnaires
will be presumed to be either inactive
or no longer interested in maintaining
their tax-exempt status.
Three tools valued at $1,030 were taken
from the construction site of the 270
Drive-In in north St. Louis County between
December 23 and the morning of
January 6. according to a report from the
Florissant police. The report noted no sign
of forced entry in the padlocked construction
shack where the tools were stored.
Missing were an engineer's land transit, a
gas-powered water pump and an electric
saw. All were the property of Jones-Kissner
Construction Co., St. Louis.
Oakbrook Opens With
Capacity Attendance
CHICAGO — Capacity crowds attended
the new Oakbrook Theatre following its
opening on Christmas Day. The 1,000-
seater was built in the Oakbrook Shopping
Center by Balaban & Katz.
The Oakbrook outgrossed all other B&K
neighborhood and suburban theatres on
the holiday weekend, David Wallerstein,
B&K president, said, and added: "It was
apparent the word had spread far and
wide about the comfort of our rocking
chair seating. But the comments on the
weekend also were enthusiastic about the
parking facilities and the decor and the
appointments that give the Oakbrook a
charm and grace as distinctive in character
as the Oakbrook center itself.
"We're delighted to bring a new theatre
to an area so new and yet already having
a vast number of people. And its development
has only just begun. We're confident
our Oakbrook will take its place among our
leading theatres senang so many other important
areas of Chicagoland.
"Together with our four key downtown
showplaces, the Chicago, State Lake,
Roosevelt and United Artists, we believe we
are now set up to serve the moviegoers of
Chicago better than at any other time in
the history of Balaban & Katz."
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