Boxoffice-August.16.1965

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jPhiladelphia to 'Condemn'
iDrive-In Land for Stadium
PHILADELPHIA—This city has given up
Ihopes of attempting to negotiate with ownjers
of 30 acres of land sought in south
jPhiladelphia for the erection of a new
stadium and is expected to start condemnation
proceedings.
The largest pai-cel of land involved is a
2L2-acre site that is part of the South
City Drive-In. A spokesman for the city
said the di'ive-in is asking $2.6 million for
the ground.
The board of view, which will set a value
on the land, said it will not take up the
case until after Labor Day. Owners of the
land have cut their asking price "only
slightly" during six months of negotiations,
ilhe city spokesman said.
It was pointed out that the city does not
Ihave to await the results of the condemnation
action to take the land. The spokesman
said it can take the land when it
livanted and let the board of view or courts
llecide the price.
20th-Fox Sets N.Y. Dates
For 'Rapture/ 'Morituri'
YORK—Twentieth Centmy-Pox,
vhich has two roadshow attractions playng
on Broadway, "The Sound of Music,
n its 24th week at the Rivoli Theatre, and
'Those Magnificent Men in Theii' Plying
vlachines," in its ninth week at the De-
^llle Theatre, will open two more pictm-es
n Manhattan first nins duiing the week
!if August 23.
which is distributed by International
Classics, 20th-Fox subsidiary,
vhlch was filmed in France with Melvyn
Oouglas, Dean Stockwell and Patricia
i>ozzl starred, will have its world premiere
\X the Paris Theatre August 23. "Morituri,"
tarring Marlon Brando. Yul Brynner and
[anet Margolin, will open at Loew's State
^heatre August 25, following a nine-week
un for "Von Ryan's Express," also a
loth-Fox release.
i^ancy Carroll, 60, Dies;
[""ilm Actress in 1930s
NEW YORK—Nancy CaiTOll, 60. film
'ctress in the late 1920s and 1930s, was
pund dead Friday night i6) in her Manhattan
apartment by a daughter after the
ctress failed to show up for a scheduled
lerformance in a play "Never Too Late,"
\\ which she was co-starred with Bert
lahr at the Tappan, N.Y., Playhouse.
her film career. Miss Carroll coi^arred
with such actors as Richard Dix,
:lchard Arlen, Jack Holt, George Ban-
;-oft and Gary Cooper. She began her
jiovie career for Pox in 1927, co-starring
jith Virginia Valli in "Ladies Must Dress."
|4ovielab. Inc., Reports
101,512 Half-Year Net
NEW YORK—Net income of $101,512
>r the first six months ended July 3 was
[iported by Movielab, Inc. This equals 17
lints per share on 592,902 shares outstandg
and compared with net income for the
l-me period a year ago of $221,607, equal
37 cents per share. Net sales for the first
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iilf amounted to $4,120,742, compared
'ith $3,965,090 the same period a year ago.
BRO ADW AY
pETER LAWFORD. executive producer of
"Billie" for United Artists release: producer-director
Don Weis: Milton Ebbins.
who was in charge of production, and Warren
Berlinger, co-star with Patty Duke,
are in New York for conferences with UA
executives. Berlinger just clo.sed at New
Hope, Pa., where he played the title role
in a new stage version of "Tom Jones."
' • * Al Glaubinger, United Artists central
division manager, headed for Indianapoli.':
Wednesday (ID and then went to Pittsburgh
for meetings with branch personnel
and exhibitors. * * * Carl Peppercorn, executive
vice-president and general sales
head of Cinema V, is back from meetings
with exhibitors in Washington, Baltimore
and Boston on openings of "Rotten to the
Core" and the forthcoming "Paris Secret."
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Claude A. Giroux. president of Allied
Artists, who went to his native Montreal
to serve as the official American juror at
the Montreal Film Festival August 6-12,
served with Roberto Rossellini, Italian director,
and NoiTTian Campbell of CBC on
the six-man panel, returned to New York
Friday ( 13 * * *
» . Martin Ransohoff
chairman of the board of Filmways, and
John Calley, executive vice-president, left
for London for meetings in connection
with MGM-Filmways' "13," which will
start shooting late in August, while Bernard
Smith, producer of MGM's forthcoming
"The Bells of Shoreditch," got back
from Europe after two weeks of preliminary
preparations.
* * • Woody Allen,
writer and one of the stars of "What's
New Pussycat?" for United Artists, left
Sunday (15) for London to attend the
opening of the picture at the Odeon Theatre,
Leicester Square, August 29 and then
tour the Continent for other European
openings.
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George Reeves, who is American International's
New York legal counsel, has been
named administrative assistant to
Stanley
Dudelson, vice-president of AIP Television,
in the acquisition, production and distribution
of programs, features and syndicated
shows. * • * Merv Bloch, creative dii-ector
of the MGM pictures account at W. H.
Schneider, Inc.. has sold his new TV adventure
series. "Jericho," to Norman Pelton's
Arena Productions, which plans it
for the 1966-67 season. * ' • Laurence J.
Quirk, former tradepaper man who is now
editor of Screen Stars and Movie Life fan
magazines, made his annual trip to Hollywood
Friday (13).
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Robert S. Ferguson, vice-president of Columbia
Pictures, was guest of honor at a
banquet given by the more than 60 members
of Columbia's advertising, publicity
and exploitation departments. The event,
which took place at Toots Shor's Thursday
(5), was in celebration of Ferguson's
25 years with the company.
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Ginger Rogers took over for Carol Channing
as star of "Hello Dolly" Monday