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MAINE
Tin apparent mLxup of the reels of two
movies by a film distributor has been
blamed for an incident which distm-bed
viewers of WGAN-TV in Portland recently.
They had been watching a Maine lobsterman
film, starring Dana Andrews, but
after one reel and a commercial, the next
thing the viewers saw was Ronald Coleman
a scene from Othello—part of the movie,
"Double Life."
Making: his third appearance at the
Lakewood Theatre, movie actor Darren
McGavin was starred in the world premiere
of Jack Sharkey's new comedy,
"Here Lies Jeremy Troy." It was the 817th
at the Maine summer theatre
marked another milestone in its 65-
year history. Co-starred with McGavin
was Will Hutchins, who has appeared in
motion pictui-es of a military na-
NEW HAVEN
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The downtown Stanley Warner Roger
Sherman is handling reservations for
SW Cinemart, Hamden, long-run enof
20th-Pox's "The Sound of
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Liberace in Cameo Role
For 'When the Boys'
From Western Edition
HOLLYWOOD—Liberace, of the mellow
voice and talented fingers, reported at
MGM this week to perform his cameo guest
star role in "When the Boys Meet the
Girls,"
Presnell.
starling Connie Francis and Harve
Savoy Becomes 6th Sack
Showcase in Boston
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a fortune in the best projection equipment,
in attractive theatres and have stepped out,
frequently way out, on a limb, to get the
best pictures. The results speak for themselves.
Within the past two years, each
of the theatres has set a new record. Dming
the Christmas period alone, the five
Sack theatres took in as much money
as all of the suburban and neighborhood
houses combined."
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Two more movie stars have come to New
Hampshire to appear in summer stock
at the Lakes Region Playhouse in Gilford.
Shelley Winters opened there in "Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" August 9 and
she had been preceded by Danny Dayton,
who was starred during the previous week
in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum."
New Hampshire's drive-in theatres are
getting some additional publicity as the
result of the publication of a "Chips of
Granite" column in the state's largest
newspaper, the Manchester Union Leader.
The coUunn, consisting of daily recreation
notes by the Merrimack Valley Region
Ass'n, lists various outdoor movie theatres
and their- cm-rent attractions, as well as
other amusements throughout the area.
SPRINGFIELD
Cadio station WSPR ran a regional tie-up
for Buena Vista's "The Monkey's
Uncle," awarding a Yokohama motor
scooter to the winner of a drawing. A niece
or a nephew had to mail an uncle's name
to the station . James A. Bracken, Stanley
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Warner assistant zone manager, met
with district manager Fi-ank B. Kelley.
Art director Hal Pereira in collaboration
with Arthur Lonergan is designing the
elaborate sets to be used in Joseph E.
Levine's "The Oscar."
BOSTON
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Bui-ton and
the rest of the "Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?" cast will arrive in New
England in late August for three weeks of
shooting. It has been indicated that exteriors
of a women's college in the New
England area will be used. Mentioned is
Smith College.
Ben Sack, who now operates six theatres
in Boston with the addition of the
former Keith Memorial as his Savoy plus
Capri, Beacon Hill, Gary, Saxon, Music
Hall, says he is making a deal w-ith Joseph
E. Levine for "Darling" as the next attraction
following "Morituri" at the Savoy.
Sack will have Levine sail his new
yacht into Boston harbor for the screening
and press reception.
More than 100 top executives of Buena
Vista, the distribution unit for Walt Disney
productiot-is, flew into the Hub on a
special Disney plane to meet New England
and New York exhibitors. A seminar was
held to acquaint theatre owners of upcoming
Disney product and methods of advertising,
publicity and explotation. Attending
were: Card Walker, vice-president of
Disney Productions; film actor Dean
Jones, Irving Ludwig, president of Buena
Vista Distributing Corp.; Leo Greenfield,
Buena Vista's head of domestic sales; Herbert
Robinson, Buena Vista's head of eastern
division sales, and Paul Lyday, promotion
dii-ector.
Paul Levi, who handles Paramount advertising
exploitation in Boston, moved to
new offices in the Statler office building.
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Taris Secret' Bookings
From Eastern Edition
NEW YORK— "Paris Secret" territorial
multiple engagements have been set in
Baltimore and Washington, according to
Carl Peppercorn, executive vice-president
and general sales manager of Cinema V
Distributing, Inc. In the Baltimore territory
the film will open September 15 at 7 East,
Valley Drive-In, Cinema I, the Met and the
Pulaski Drive-In. The Washington engagement,
starting October 6, will include
the Vienna, the New Villa, the Village, the
Wheaton, the Bradlick, the Capitol Plaza,
the Andrews Manor and the Beltway Plaza.
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