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SEPTEMBER 13, 1965<br />
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Jomcs Stewart, star of "Shenandooh," with other members of the cost in a scene from<br />
the film. "Shenandoah" hos been voted the BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award for August<br />
by members of the Notional Screen Council—as the most outstanding film of the month<br />
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SEPTEMBER<br />
Vol. 87<br />
1 3, 1965<br />
No. 21<br />
Guest Editorial<br />
Letter to<br />
By PAUL N. LAZARUS<br />
Executive Officer and Partner,<br />
The Landau Company<br />
Dear Ben<br />
So you finally went and did it. You locked the<br />
desk in Kansas City, put out the cat. picked up<br />
your wife, packed a bag and went away on vacation.<br />
You've left this big industry of ours to<br />
shift for itself for a few weeks while vou gallivant,<br />
rest, and take a quick look at some of the<br />
overseas production activity.<br />
Well, old friend, don't worry about our motion<br />
picture industry while you're away. It will be<br />
here when you get back, unchanged for the<br />
most part, and fighting change in its traditional<br />
manner. Of course, there will<br />
a Vacationing Pulflislier<br />
be the usual number<br />
of job switches. And the exhibitor organizations<br />
will still be issuing statements urging unity<br />
all the while they are kicking each other's brains<br />
out. The dissident board members at Paramount<br />
will continue to prod and pry and the management<br />
will<br />
spend the usual amount of extra time<br />
in verbal loin-girding. Terror will strike at the<br />
hearts of distributors and exhibitors alike as the<br />
inflated summer grosses deflate to the usual September<br />
slump figures. The major companies<br />
will begin to plan for next summer's release<br />
.schedules while they are lending lip service to<br />
(he principle of "orderly release." So don't worry<br />
about us while you're away.<br />
Yes, business will be going on as usual. Exhibitors<br />
and distributors will be signing contracts<br />
containing terms which neither party expects<br />
to honor or be honored. "Adjustments'" will<br />
be taken by exhibitors because "that's how the<br />
game is<br />
who doesn't obey the rules.<br />
Oh, you'll<br />
played" and heaven help the distributor<br />
probably miss a few industry functions<br />
while you're away. Some company will undoubtedly<br />
have a small-size junket—a hundred<br />
or so newspapermen—but they will stay in the<br />
Western Hemisphere this time. There'll be a<br />
few premieres in New York with the usual collection<br />
of industry executives posing for photographs<br />
in<br />
the lobby with Red Buttons. Zsa Zsa,<br />
and Pamela Tiffin. There'll be three or four<br />
luncheons in honor of Joe I^evine that you'll miss.<br />
But don't fret, there'll be others in honor of Joe<br />
after you get back. The calendar page will<br />
look<br />
different when vou return. Ben. but thal'.'i about<br />
all.<br />
And. yet, there are changes, important chang<br />
which are slowly altering the face of the indusli<br />
Sometimes it seems that the changes are iinpi<br />
ceptible;<br />
perhaps they will be visible to you aft<br />
a period away, Wa.sn't it Marcus Aurelius wl<br />
said, "There is nothing Natures loves so well<br />
to change existing forms and to make new oti,<br />
like them"?<br />
Take, for example, what's happening to tli<br />
patterns of distribution in New York and praj<br />
tically<br />
every other major market. In New Yori<br />
where for countless years the product was (<br />
vided between Loew's and RKO, a variety<br />
'<br />
"Showcase" patterns has made the area an r<br />
citing game of catch-as-catch-can. Fourtci<br />
iiouses ringing the metropolitan area are cii<br />
rently playing our production of "Pawnbroker"<br />
it's sort of a second-run since the picture has ;<br />
ready played more than three months in thu<br />
New York theatres. In the first two and on<br />
half weeks of the multiple-run, the gross h.<br />
passed the $400,000 mark and the run continue<br />
strong.<br />
There's every reason to believe that "Tl<br />
Pawnbroker'' will gross upwards of $1,000,0(<br />
in<br />
the New York City area—and that's only pn<br />
sible as a result of a change in distribution p;i<br />
terns.<br />
And what about the changes in<br />
I<br />
production!<br />
Remember just a few years back when HolH<br />
wood was "finished" and all production activil'<br />
was overseas? Now the Hollywood stages ai<br />
jumping. Foreign production—as you will ol'<br />
serve, Ben— is booming, but it's not "runaway<br />
production. It's the normal growth of local-n<br />
lional industries in England and France an'<br />
Italy and Spain. Some of it is still Americai<br />
based production, but the great bulk of what w.<br />
called "runaway" has come back home. Evt<br />
Sam Spiegel is currently making a picture i<br />
Hollywood, his first in almost 20 years. Therei<br />
change for you.<br />
So relax and enjoy, enjoy. Everything—an<br />
everybody— will be pretty much the same whe<br />
you return. That's one of the most significai<br />
qualities of our great business.<br />
Best always,<br />
PAUL N. LAZARUS<br />
P.S. All of the above is subject to change withm<br />
notice.
TOA-ALLIED MERGER REACHED<br />
FOLLOWING YEARS OF EFFORT<br />
Amalgamation Strengthens<br />
Theatre Owners' Voice<br />
On Trade Practices<br />
NEW YORK—The merger of Theatre<br />
Owners of America and AlUed States Ass'n<br />
of Motion Pictm-e Exhibitors, effected at<br />
week's end and announced by Sumner M.<br />
Redstone, TOA president, and Jack Armstrong,<br />
Allied president, culminated five<br />
years of intensive effort and almost 35<br />
years of up-and-down discussion.<br />
Remaining now are the board details and<br />
mechanics of getting the single organization,<br />
to be known as the National Ass'n of<br />
Theatre Owners, into actual being. Such<br />
details will include the annual gatherings<br />
in the next few weeks of the two organizations<br />
at which the memberships will resign<br />
from their present national affiliations<br />
and approve membership in the unified<br />
organization.<br />
ACHIEVE EXHIBITOR<br />
UNITY<br />
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1966<br />
The conventions also will designate directors<br />
for the board of NATO, who will<br />
subsequently meet and name the first slate<br />
of officers. Armstrong and Redstone are<br />
expected to continue in their respective<br />
offices until NATO has become an actuality<br />
and its officers named, sometime after<br />
January 1, the effective date of the formation<br />
of the new organization. Ordinarily,<br />
their terms would expire at the amiual conventions—Allied's<br />
in Pittsburgh, October<br />
11-14, and TOA's in Los Angeles 27-30.<br />
The dii-ectors of the new organization<br />
also will elect an executive committee, establish<br />
a budget, provide for a national administrative<br />
office and complete all other<br />
preliminaries for NATO, which is expected<br />
to headquarter here.<br />
TOA has 29 regional affiliates and Allied<br />
has 14, but some of the regionals may<br />
fail to qualify for representation on the<br />
new boai-d of directors, since such things<br />
as minimum membership will be included<br />
in the provisions governmg eligibility for<br />
board membership.<br />
The miification of the organizations,<br />
thus, for the first time gives exliibition<br />
one voice in matters of importance to theatre<br />
owners, such as consent decree adherence,<br />
trade practices and legislation.<br />
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND<br />
TOA was formed in 1947 through the<br />
merger of the old Motion Pictm-e Theatre<br />
Owners of America, organized in 1920, and<br />
American Theatres Ass'n. It was for many<br />
years considered aloof from the problems<br />
of smaller exhibitors, since its membership<br />
numbered many of the producer-distributor<br />
affiliated circuits. Allied, organized m 1928,<br />
was constituted primarily of independent<br />
theatre operators whose problems were<br />
viewed as different from those of the affiliated<br />
circuit theatres.<br />
Following consent decree action and divorcement,<br />
the foiTnerly affiliated clixuits<br />
found their problems coinciding with those<br />
of the independent operators and the pol-<br />
These two industry leaders, Sumner M. Redstone, left, president of Theatre<br />
Owners of America, and Jack Armstrong, right, president of Allied States Ass'n<br />
of Motion Picture Exhibitors, have accomplished an aim of 35 years standing in<br />
the merger of the two organizations to form the National Ass'n of Theatre Owners.<br />
icies of the two organizations in recent<br />
years have more often than not been the<br />
same.<br />
The fu-st proposal for merging the organizations<br />
came in 1929-30 but was tm'ned<br />
down by Allied in 1931 just before that organization<br />
began its big campaign to force<br />
producer-distributors out of exhibition.<br />
While in the years following divorcement<br />
TOA and Allied found themselves frequently<br />
seeking closer relationships on<br />
trade matters, no actual effort at merging<br />
the organizations was made until about<br />
five years ago. At that time, AlUed was<br />
plagued by dissension among its regional<br />
affiliates, but survived that problem and<br />
came back as a strong exhibition representative.<br />
In January 1964 the possibility of merging<br />
the organizations was explored at a<br />
meeting in Miami Beach by representatives<br />
who reportedly engaged in "a frank and<br />
friendly exchange of views." In March of<br />
the same year, during a Show-A-Rama<br />
convention in Kansas City, officers of the<br />
two organizations studied creation of a unified<br />
organization and a joint committee<br />
was named to study the matter. At that<br />
time Ai-mstrong and Redstone reported<br />
that differences separating the groups involved<br />
viewpoints, not objectives.<br />
A special meeting was held in April 1964<br />
in Chicago when "agreement in principle"<br />
on the merger was announced and special<br />
subcommittees were named to study details<br />
of organization of a unified group. In<br />
November, TOA and Allied representatives<br />
met in New York and discussed structural<br />
problems dealing with establishing a unified<br />
organization. A di'afting committee<br />
was appointed at that session.<br />
Following this the TOA board of directors<br />
ratified the constitution for the<br />
new organization, while Allied held individual<br />
meetings of its affiliates to approve<br />
the new constitution and bylaws, the<br />
last such meeting having been held by<br />
the Iowa-Nebraska affiliate in July.<br />
Sanford Abrahams Is<br />
TOA<br />
Convention Coordinator<br />
LOS ANGELES—Sherrill C. Corwin. general<br />
chairman of the Theatre Owners of<br />
America's 18th annual convention to be<br />
held here October 28-30. announced that<br />
Sanford Abrahams has been appointed<br />
convention coordinator to work on plajining<br />
and programing for the event.<br />
Abrahams, former Allied Artists' West<br />
Coast publicity director and prior to that<br />
national director of advertising and publicity,<br />
will operate in conjmiction with Corwin<br />
and his co-chairmen. Robert W. Selig<br />
and Wilham H. Tliedford, as well as with<br />
Joseph G. Alterman. executive secretary<br />
of TOA. and the convention's executive<br />
committee of local exhibitor leaders.<br />
Advance registrations indicate the highest<br />
attendance in TOA history, and all exhibit<br />
space at the tradeshow to be held<br />
concurrently with the convention has been<br />
sold out.<br />
BOXOFTICE :: September 13, 1965
MPAA Representatives<br />
Fight Pa. Censor Bill<br />
HARRISBURG. PA—Three<br />
representatives<br />
of the Motion Picture Ass'n of America<br />
appeared before the judiciary committee<br />
of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives<br />
here Thursday (2> in opposition<br />
to House Bill 1098, proposing to establish<br />
a state censorship board. Appearing In<br />
behalf of the MPAA were Ralph S. Snyder,<br />
attorney: Geoffrey M. Shurlock, director of<br />
the Production Code Administration, and<br />
William McCutchen, associate in the<br />
MPAA community relations department.<br />
The measure would set up a board authorized<br />
to request a preview of any film<br />
to determine whether it is obscene. It<br />
would be authorized to Institute Injunction<br />
proceedings in the county In which the<br />
film Is to be shown and provides that any<br />
person violating any of the provisions of<br />
the act would be subject to a fine of $500<br />
to $1,000. or imprisonment not exceeding<br />
six months, or both.<br />
HITS ITNCONSTITUTIONAUTY<br />
Snyder told the lawmakers that the bill<br />
"has been built on the ashes of the Motion<br />
Picture Control Act of 1959 which was held<br />
unconstitutional by the State Supreme<br />
Court." He urged the commmittee to take<br />
a course of more productive use of criminal<br />
obscenity laws rather than "tampering<br />
with one of our most basic freedoms" and<br />
placing burdens on the motion picture industry<br />
as a whole.<br />
He termed the pending legislation unconstitutional<br />
because it does impose prior<br />
restraint on the exercise of the right of<br />
free speech by means of motion pictures.<br />
Shurlock outlined the workings of the<br />
Production Code Administration and<br />
pointed out that it "gets in its licks while<br />
the project is still in the script stage rather<br />
than acting purely negative after the picture<br />
has been made."<br />
He called the Code "a singularly striking<br />
example of American democracy in<br />
action," and said it is "the first and by<br />
far the best known case of a major industry—and<br />
an 'art' industry at that—undertaking<br />
to regulate itself in such detail."<br />
TREATMENT OF SUBJECT<br />
He pointed to the wholesomeness of current<br />
boxoffice champions and admitted<br />
that films do explore less wholesome areas<br />
of human conduct. "They claim the right<br />
to examine any field of human activity<br />
that can be discussed with propriety in<br />
public and by other media," he asserted,<br />
adding that perhaps some of the ciu-rent<br />
uproar "stems from the fact that they<br />
have undertaken to look at<br />
darker phases of human life."<br />
some of the<br />
Social problems, Shurlock said, can be<br />
presented in a positive and acceptable<br />
fashion. "In the long run," he concluded,<br />
"It is not the subject matter but the treatment<br />
that counts. And it is with treatment<br />
that the Code operation is fundamentally<br />
concerned."<br />
McCutchen said the Industry believes<br />
the choice of films should be left up to the<br />
individual and he outlined the Industry<br />
activity toward informing the public so<br />
"that they can more effectively select<br />
films" for their particular Interests.<br />
McCutchen outlined the development and<br />
distribution of the MPAA-sponsored The<br />
Green Sheet, telling the committee the<br />
primary function of the publication is to<br />
inform the public about the content and<br />
treatment of current motion pictures. He<br />
pointed out that The Green Sheet is mailed<br />
to every daily newspaper in the nation, to<br />
every public library, eveiy motion picture<br />
theatre and to more than 30,000 teachers,<br />
church and civic leaders.<br />
Of its availability to the public, Mc-<br />
Cutchen said, "It is reprinted in some<br />
newspapers and other publications; posted<br />
in countless schools and churches, clubs<br />
and community organizations; exhibited in<br />
theatre boxoffice windows; displayed<br />
prominently in librai'ies and broadcast over<br />
radio and television. The Green Sheet,<br />
therefore, literally is brought to the attention<br />
of millions of Americans."<br />
McCutchen pointed out that the MPAA<br />
also attempts to teach the public how to<br />
use film Information thi-ough the distribution<br />
of booklets to organizations, community<br />
groups and exhibitors, and that one<br />
of the MPAA goals is to promote the<br />
growth of enlightened audiences who will<br />
consistently seek the best in film<br />
entertairmrent.<br />
"We firmly believe that in a democratic<br />
society such as ours it is the inalienable<br />
right of the individual to make his own<br />
selections," McCutchen said.<br />
Appearing at the same hearing, representatives<br />
of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys<br />
Ass'n urged establishment of a<br />
state censor body, asserting that it would<br />
"improve efficiency in crime detection and<br />
prosecution because it would be a move toward<br />
a national standard by which obscenity<br />
may be judged."<br />
A warning to the committee came from<br />
an unexpected source, when Roderick J.<br />
Wagner, executive secretary of the division<br />
of social relations of the Pennsylvania<br />
Council of Churches, said: "We have felt<br />
the need for restraint. However, even while<br />
noting the desir-ability of restraint, we<br />
recognize the inherent dangers of censorship.<br />
There is always the possibility that<br />
the cure may be worse than the disease.<br />
We feel this possibility exists in this<br />
instance."<br />
Becomes<br />
Classification Bill<br />
Law in Montgomery, Ala.<br />
MONTGOMERY—A film classification<br />
bill, which apparently applies to films on<br />
television as well as theatres, has been<br />
signed into law by Gov. George C. Wallace,<br />
but will apply only to Jefferson County,<br />
where this city is situated, because of a<br />
population qualification.<br />
Under the bill, juvenile viewers, not<br />
the exhibitors, are made liable, with fines<br />
up to $25 for each offense. Films are to be<br />
classified by a review board of seven members<br />
named by the city and county. Films<br />
classified as adult will have to be so designated<br />
when exhibited, and persons under<br />
18 are prohibited from seeing the pictures.<br />
Exhibitor Leaders Laud<br />
TOA-Allied Merger<br />
NEW YORK—Reaction to the announced<br />
merger of Theatre Owners of America and<br />
Allied States Ass'n into a single national<br />
exhibitor organization, this week was<br />
highly optimistic across the nation.<br />
In New York, Walter Reade jr., former<br />
TOA president, said he was "thi-illed" by<br />
the news, adding that he had always believed<br />
in and worked for such a merger,<br />
and terming the agi-eement "the most giant<br />
step in exhibition since sound."<br />
In Washington, D.C., A. Julian Brylawski,<br />
president of the Motion Pictm-e Theatre<br />
Owners of Metropolitan D.C., termed<br />
the merger agi'eement "the wish of my<br />
life" and described himself as "very, very<br />
happy."<br />
In Springfield, 111., George Kerasotes,<br />
president of United Theatre Owners of Illinois,<br />
asked about the merger with Allied<br />
Theatre Owners of Illinois, said: "We have<br />
worked together in the past. I don't see<br />
why something can't be worked out. There's<br />
no point in two state organizations."<br />
!<br />
On the West Coast, Shen-ill C. Corwin,<br />
\<br />
president of Southern California Theatre<br />
Owners Ass'n, hailed the merger predicting<br />
that it would pi'oduce the "strongest" organization<br />
in the entire film industry.<br />
Richard H. Orear, president of Commonwealth<br />
Theatres, Kansas City, and<br />
TOA executive, stated: "The merger of<br />
Allied and TOA will benefit the entire mo-<br />
'<br />
tion picture industry. Exhibitors large and<br />
small will be helped. Distributors and producers<br />
will know that at long last there is<br />
one voice in the industi-y. I congratulate<br />
the officers and directors who have worked<br />
untold numbers of hours to bring<br />
this new horizon in our industry."<br />
about<br />
Douglas Lightner, president of the<br />
United Theatre Owners of the Heart of<br />
America, itself a merged organization of<br />
some years standing, expressed delight at<br />
the national merger. "UTO as a group has '<br />
]<br />
been pushing for this for the last three<br />
'<br />
years," Lightner said. "This merger will<br />
strengthen om- portion of the motion pic-<br />
tui-e industry more than any one thing i<br />
can."<br />
Second Viking Trust Suit<br />
Dismissed by Court<br />
PHILADELPHIA—A second suit brought<br />
by the Viking Theatre Co. against seven<br />
film distribution companies and three<br />
other midcity theatres has been dismissed<br />
in U.S. District Court. Sought was $1.8<br />
million in triple damages in claiming the<br />
other companies had conspired to keep the<br />
theatre from showing first-run motion<br />
pictures.<br />
A previous suit was argued right up to<br />
the U.S. Supreme Court and the Viking<br />
lost that one, too. U.S. District Court<br />
Judge John W. Lord jr. pointed to the fust<br />
suit in dismissing the second.<br />
He said the allegation was the same and<br />
that only the time period and the alleged<br />
losses were different. "The cake which the<br />
plaintiff now wishes to enjoy has already<br />
been eaten," the jurist said.<br />
The chief defendant was the Paramount<br />
Films Distributing Corp. The first suit was<br />
thrown out for lack of evidence.<br />
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Para. Names Gillis<br />
New Division Head<br />
NEW YORK—Charles Boasberg, general<br />
sales manager of Paramount Pictui-es. has<br />
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designated Herb Gillis<br />
to head the newly<br />
S^^l^^9^k established sales division<br />
covering the<br />
midwest with the title<br />
of midwest division<br />
manager. Gillis will<br />
head the new division<br />
consisting of Chicago,<br />
Detroit. Cleveland,<br />
Indianapolis<br />
and Milwaukee territories<br />
but will headquarter<br />
in New York<br />
Herb GUlis<br />
since, in addition to<br />
his new post, he will continue to head<br />
Paramount's department for the acquisition<br />
and sale of short subjects.<br />
The new division, according to Boasberg.<br />
was created to better handle the expanding<br />
activities of Paramount and will<br />
enable more in-depth sei-vicing of accounts<br />
in the teiTitory, greater supervision of the<br />
mai-keting activities in the area and, in<br />
general, will facilitate a more effective<br />
handling of the company's product lineup.<br />
Gillis moves' to the new post from that<br />
of U.S. and Canadian sales director for<br />
special attractions. He joined the company's<br />
home office staff in December 1963<br />
as sales manager for "The Fall of the<br />
Roman Empire," having been associated<br />
with Paramount since 1950. Pi'ior to transferring<br />
to New York, he was a regional sales<br />
manager headquai-tering in Washington.<br />
In addition to the midwest division.<br />
Paramount will continue to maintain five<br />
other sales units, the eastern, western,<br />
southeastern, southwestern and Canadian<br />
divisions.<br />
Federal Court Approves<br />
SW Pennsylvania House<br />
NEW YORK—Federal Judge Edmund L.<br />
Palmieri last week granted Stanley Warner<br />
pel-mission to acquire a 1,400-seat theatre<br />
at the South Hills Shopping Center,<br />
Bethel Park Boro, Pa., in the Pittsburgh<br />
exchange area.<br />
Permission was granted over the opposition<br />
of Associated Theatres, Warren Enterprises<br />
and Morris B. Finkel, whose<br />
claims, the judge found, reached "impressive"<br />
proportions but did not establish that<br />
the SW acquisition would unduly restrain<br />
competition. The Department of Justice<br />
did not oppose the SW petition.<br />
James B. Somerall Elected<br />
President of Pepsi-Cola<br />
NEW YORK—James B. Somerall has<br />
been elected president and chief executive<br />
officer of the Pepsi-Cola Co., by the board<br />
of directors.<br />
Until recently executive vice-president<br />
and general manager of domestic operations,<br />
Somerall had previously been president<br />
of Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling<br />
Co., Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary that<br />
operates 18 Pepsi-Cola plants in 14 cities.<br />
Prior to that he was general manager of<br />
the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Cincinnati.<br />
Embassy Signs New Pact<br />
With Pathe Laboratories<br />
NEW YORK—Embassy Pictm-es has<br />
signed a new foui'-year agreement with<br />
Pathe Laboratories for its head end 'production*<br />
and release printing, in color and<br />
black-and-white, according to Joseph E.<br />
Levine, president of Embassy, and Lawrence<br />
I. Weisman. president of Pathe Industries.<br />
Leonard Lightstone. Embassy executive<br />
vice-president, and Leo Lubin, sales executive<br />
of Pathe Laboratories, participated<br />
in the negotiations for the contract, which<br />
is effective from August 1, 1965 and continues<br />
an association of many years.<br />
Under the terms of the pact, Pathe. together<br />
with its affiUates in England<br />
(Humphi-ies Laboratory, Ltd.), Italy and<br />
Spain will process Embassy's productiondistribution<br />
program, including such current<br />
and forthcoming pictures as "Darling,"<br />
"The Tenth Victim." "Village of the<br />
Giants," "The Little Nuns." "Italiana<br />
Brava Gente," "The Daydreamer," "The<br />
Cat," "Paranoia" and "Golden Arrow." as<br />
well as "The Oscar." an Embassy-Paramount<br />
co-production. "The Idol." an Embassy-Paramount<br />
co-production filming in<br />
London, is being sei-viced by Humphries<br />
Laboratory. Pathe is also processing Embassy's<br />
TV series, including "DODO—the<br />
Kid Fi-om Outer Space."<br />
"This is another step cementing the relationship<br />
that has always existed between<br />
Pathe and Embassy," Weisman said.<br />
Embassy, Paramount Deny<br />
Carroll Baker Contract<br />
NEW YORK—In answer to allegations<br />
in a complaint by Can-oil Baker, currently<br />
starring in "Harlow," made by Joseph E.<br />
Levine for Paramount Picture release. Embassy<br />
Pictures and Paramount "do not concede<br />
thaat a seven-picture agreement had<br />
been concluded with the star."<br />
The answer to the complaint filed in<br />
New York Supreme Comt admits that<br />
there were negotiations but claims that no<br />
agreement had been entered into. The<br />
Paramount-Embassy answer also denies<br />
that any agreement had been made to star<br />
Miss Baker in "Tropic of Cancer," which<br />
appears to be the main basis for her suit.<br />
The next step is for Paramount and Embassy<br />
to obtain a deposition from Miss<br />
Baker.<br />
Admission Prices Soar<br />
To New Record High<br />
Washington — Film theatre admission<br />
prices in the first half of the<br />
year rose to another record high, according<br />
to a Labor Department survey.<br />
Theatre admissions were 146.6<br />
per cent of the 1957-59 average, up<br />
from 139 in December and 135 in June.<br />
The annual 1964 average hit 135.5 and<br />
the 1963 average was 125.4.<br />
Drive-ins rose to 112.5 from 109.1<br />
in December and 105.1 in June. The<br />
1964 yearly average was 105.7.<br />
Indoor ticlcets for adults reached<br />
144.8. while children's admissions were<br />
153.3, up from 137.1 and 145.6 in December<br />
and 132.7 and 142.8 in June of<br />
1964.<br />
Norman Weilman Now<br />
Continental Sales Head<br />
NEW YORK—Norman Weitman, who<br />
was named assistant general sales manager<br />
of Continental,<br />
the film distribution<br />
divi.sion of Walter<br />
Reade-Sterling. Inc.,<br />
in 1964, has been promoted<br />
to general<br />
sales manager for<br />
Continental by Sheldon<br />
Gunsberg, executive<br />
vice-president<br />
of the parent company.<br />
Paul Baise, who<br />
Norman Weitman<br />
has been director of<br />
advertising and publicity<br />
for Continental for the past several<br />
years and has been serving as liaison for<br />
sales and advertising, has been named district<br />
sales manager for the Los Angeles-<br />
Denver-Salt Lake City territories by Weitman<br />
and will take over his new assignment<br />
in the Los Angeles office September<br />
15.<br />
At the opening session of Continental's<br />
national sales convention Tuesday (7).<br />
Weitman announced the details of a sales<br />
drive for the fourth quarter of 1965 to be<br />
called "Continental's Golden Quarter—<br />
'65." The diive will feature eight new releases<br />
and will offer cash prizes to each<br />
salesman. In addition. Continental is offering<br />
a trip for two to Ireland next spring<br />
dui-ing production of the film adaptation<br />
of James Joyce's "Ulysses," this special<br />
prize being open only to theatre owners,<br />
managers, buyers and bookers in the U.S.<br />
The eight drive pictures ai-e—for October,<br />
"The Railroad Man," "The Lollipop<br />
Cover" and "Ghidrah—the Three-Headed<br />
Monster"; for November, "Time of Indifference"<br />
and "Underworld Informers"; for<br />
December, "Flame and the Fire." "Kwaidan"<br />
and "Walk in the Shadow."<br />
Weitman joined the Reade organization<br />
as New York district manager in September<br />
1963 after being eastern district manager<br />
for United Artists-Lopert Pictures in<br />
Philadelphia. He entered the industry in<br />
Universal Pictui'es' home office and subsequently<br />
became salesman in the Philadelphia<br />
branch, sales manager in Washington,<br />
branch manager in Albany and branch<br />
manager in Cleveland. Baise joined the<br />
Reade organization in 1948 in the advertising<br />
and exploitation department of the<br />
company's theatre circuit and later headed<br />
that operation.<br />
Oskar Werner Scheduled<br />
For Six-City P.A. Tour<br />
HOLL'YWOOD—Oskar Werner, one of<br />
the many stars in Stanley Kramer's "Ship<br />
of Fools." has been set for a six-city personal<br />
appearance tour in conjunction with<br />
domestic openings of the film being released<br />
by Columbia Pictures. This will<br />
mark Werner's first personal appearance<br />
trip in the United States.<br />
Werner leaves Los Angeles for San<br />
Francisco Wednesday (15) and then goes<br />
to Chicago September 19. Boston September<br />
20, Washington September 21, Philadelphia<br />
September 22. and into New York<br />
September 23. A newspaper, radio and<br />
television schedule is being set for the star<br />
in each key city.<br />
BOXOFHCE :; September 13, 1965
BLOCKBUSTER<br />
or bust ?<br />
The difference could lie in the films you<br />
use. Use anything with less quality than<br />
Eastman films and you're jeopardizing<br />
all those large sums of money required<br />
for motion picture production. Is the<br />
gamble worth the mere fraction of a cent<br />
per foot of film you only think you're<br />
saving ?<br />
Look at it this way. Film— both negative<br />
and print stock — must provide<br />
detailed, full-tonal reproductions and<br />
must have consistent speed, uniform<br />
processing characteristics, dimensional<br />
stability, precision perforations and<br />
uniform slit edges. Go with anything less<br />
than Eastman quality and you may be in<br />
for retakes and headaches, reorders and<br />
"out-of-orders"—not to mention audience<br />
dissatisfaction.<br />
With Eastman you enjoy the services<br />
of the world's finest film engineering and<br />
technical facilities. Your total picture<br />
quality is backed by Eastman's total<br />
quality control. And Eastman's specialists<br />
are always at hand to help you get maximum<br />
production efficiency.<br />
Everything considered, doesn't it make<br />
good sense to use Eastman all the way?<br />
Motion Picture and<br />
Education Markets Division<br />
Eastman Kodak Conipatiy<br />
Hollijwood, Chicago, New York, Rochester
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ANNUAL WOMPI CONVENTION IN<br />
NEW YORK<br />
'Extended Hand' of Clubs Signifies Multitude of Service Project:<br />
NEW YORK—Women of the Motion Piclure<br />
Industry International iWOMPI^<br />
members from 17 clubs will assemble at the<br />
Astor Hotel here for their 12th annual<br />
convention on September 17-19. Because of<br />
the many added attractions in the convention<br />
city, a record-breaking attendance<br />
is exp>ected. Dorothy Reeves and<br />
Hilda Frishman of New York are co-chairmen<br />
of the convention.<br />
USED FELLOWSHIP THEME<br />
Diu-ing the last year. Mis. Lee Nickolaus.<br />
International president, has used the<br />
theme "Development by Fellowship" in<br />
carrying out the objectives of the organization,<br />
with the symbol, "the extended<br />
hand." meaning the working hand of<br />
WOMPI extended in harmony, friendship,<br />
service and peace. The purpose of WOMPI<br />
—to promote goodwill for the motion picture<br />
industi-y through service to our communities<br />
and through industry service projects,<br />
and to promote friendship between<br />
women employed within our industry locally,<br />
nationally and internationally—have<br />
been stressed in all of the activities of the<br />
clubs.<br />
In addition to the various service projects<br />
earned out by the individual<br />
clubs, WOMPI throughout the United<br />
States and in Toronto, Canada, work constantly<br />
for the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital<br />
and O'Donnell Research Laboratories<br />
at Lake Saranac, N.Y. A room is sponsored<br />
at the hospital supported by the<br />
"Dimes Prom WOMPI Dames" program,<br />
or a dime per week per member. WOMPI<br />
also assist in the annual theatre collections<br />
made for support of the hospital<br />
and its program of research, with thousands<br />
of hours contributed each year by<br />
WOMPI in making the collections.<br />
The story of WOMPI is not new. The<br />
many hours spent in humanitarian service<br />
have received both local and national recognition.<br />
News of WOMPI and its activities<br />
has spread far abroad, as evidenced<br />
by the recent visit of two members of the<br />
industry from Australia, Nola Gates and<br />
Melva McMahon who learned of WOMPI<br />
through BoxoFFicE and planned their extended<br />
trip to include visits to cities where<br />
WOMPI clubs are located to meet the<br />
members and leaiTi more of their work.<br />
THOUSANDS OF SERVICE HOURS<br />
Many thousands of hours have been<br />
contributed in service work by the clubs<br />
during the past year, and over $25,000 expended<br />
in assisting those less fortunate,<br />
in community drives and in hours of<br />
pleasure to the ill and shut-ins. Following<br />
is a brief resume of the service work carried<br />
out by the various clubs:<br />
ALABAMA<br />
Members work with the Atlanta Girls Club,<br />
taking the girls bowling, giving holiday parties,<br />
movies, etc. Game parties are given for the Highview<br />
nursing home each month. Christmas gifts<br />
were furnished for the 90 students at the Georgia<br />
Training School for Girls. Thousands of envelopes<br />
are addressed for the Crippled Children's Seal<br />
Campaign and assistance is given to the needy<br />
and ill.<br />
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TO CONDUCT INTERNATIONAL SESSIONS<br />
Lee Nickolaus<br />
President<br />
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CHARLOTTE<br />
WOMPI furnishes workers for the Presbyterian<br />
Hospital coffee shop twice monthly, with<br />
proceeds going into the student nurses loan and<br />
scholarship fund. Entertainment and refreshments<br />
are provided for the Crittenlon Home and<br />
scholarships totaling $500 were given to three deserving<br />
students to further their education. Used<br />
sheets were collected and dressings made to be<br />
used for cancer patients in the county. Thanksgiving<br />
and Christmas baskets were given to<br />
needy families, doctor bills were paid and clothing<br />
delivered. Three months' tuition was paid for<br />
a mentally retarded child and the club sponsored<br />
a deserving girl for two weeks at the 4-H<br />
summer camp.<br />
CHICAGO<br />
A Christmas movie party was held for the boys<br />
at the Old Town Boys' Club, with Santa Claus,<br />
gifts and refreshments. WOMPI members ent(Ttained<br />
bedridden women at the Oak Forest<br />
Hospital and furnished boxes of gifts and refreshments<br />
for each patient. A check was given<br />
to the Southeast Lions Club to sponsor a child<br />
for one week at its Camp Lions for visually<br />
handicapped children. Members assisted the Theatre<br />
Owners of America in filling convention<br />
kits to be given to those registering for the convention<br />
in Chicago.<br />
CLEVELAND<br />
A monthly movie and refreshment program is<br />
given for patients at Cleveland Psychiatric Hospital<br />
as part of their recreational therapy. Clothing,<br />
books and candy were furnished to the<br />
Madison Home for the Aged, and assistance was<br />
given to underprivileged families. One of the<br />
Cleveland WOMPI last year while a patient at<br />
Will Rogers Hospital did her bit by doing<br />
clerical work for a fellow patient.<br />
DALLAS<br />
Members donated food and acted as hostesses<br />
for buffet suppers for 600 to 700 boys at the<br />
LISO; worked during the State Fair of Texas<br />
manning the booth of the Lighthouse for the<br />
Blind and selling products made by the blind;<br />
assisted Variety Club in the collection of food<br />
for needy families at Christmas; showed movies<br />
regularly to the .Juvenile Home, Woodlawn Hosphal.<br />
Parkland Hospital and the Ambassador<br />
Home for the Aged, serving candy and refreshments<br />
at each place. Assistance was also given<br />
to the Terrell State Hospital, Christmas Seal<br />
mobile TB unit. Health Center of West Dallas<br />
where one member completely receded their filing<br />
system. Members also stuffed envelopes and did<br />
clerical work for the Texas Society for Crippled<br />
Children. Boxes of clothing were given several<br />
worthy causes and a donation given to purchase<br />
Hilda Frishman<br />
Co-Chairman<br />
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Dorothy Reeves<br />
Co-Chairman<br />
shoes for needy children prior to the start<br />
school. Dolls were dressed for the Salvatii<br />
Army at Christmastime, and one member acl(<br />
as swimming instructor at the summer camp<br />
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the American Red Cross.<br />
DENVER<br />
The club has worked with the young peop<br />
at the Holy Ghost Youth Center for many yea<br />
teaching handicraft skiUs, giving parties, el<br />
Also this year they gave assistance to the St.i<br />
ley Nursing Home, the Colorado Stale Hospii<br />
and Infant of Prague Nursery. Many hours wiput<br />
in by members in making dressings for ca<br />
cer patients.<br />
DES MOINES<br />
Service projects included dressing dolls aga<br />
for the Salvation Army at Christmas, clerir<br />
work for the Red Cross, birthday cards durii<br />
the year and Valentine boxes to the women<br />
the Polk County Men's and Women's Infinii<br />
ries, clerical work for the March of Dimes at<br />
Easter Seal center, and baskets of food for 1<br />
needy and shut-ins. Many hours were given<br />
assistance at Broadlawns Hospital where WOMf. J<br />
members ran the service cart from ward to war w<br />
An adopted girl was sent to summer camp ai<br />
was remembered at various times during the yia<br />
HOLLYWOOD-LOS ANGELES<br />
The major charity project is work with tl'<br />
Junior Blind. Many hours were spent in a<br />
dressing cards for them; WOMPI members dro<br />
to their summer camp loaded down with enout<br />
ready-to-eat popcorn for the whole camp.<br />
Christmas, members collected and donated ca<br />
ned goods, hams, etc., and took small real tre<br />
for each room for the resident children at tl<br />
Foundation, with gifts and filled stockings f<br />
each child. Also, two badly needed Braille wr<br />
ers were donated to this institution for the blin<br />
A cash donation was made to the Cerebral Pal<br />
drive.<br />
INDIANAPOLIS<br />
Homemade cookies were furnished each mon<br />
for the local Servicemen's Center. A cash don<br />
tion was given to the Salvation Army for tl<br />
tornado disaster fund when a severe tornado I)<br />
the Indiana area in February. Books and ma;;<br />
zines are sent to the Will Rogers Memorial Hn<br />
pital for the enjoyment of patients.<br />
JACKSONVILLE<br />
j<br />
WOMPI members book films for the Northea'<br />
Florida State Hospital, the Juvenile Sheltc<br />
Mary's Help of Christian Orphanage. Many hoii<br />
are spent each month in visiting and entertai<br />
ing patients at the AO Saints Home for the Aec<br />
the Golden Retreat Rest Home, Donovan's Re<br />
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Edythe Bryant<br />
Atlanta<br />
Jeannette Royster<br />
Charlotte<br />
Barbara D. Regan<br />
Chicago<br />
Margaret Bartko<br />
Cleveland<br />
Juanita White<br />
Dallas<br />
Bemice Gilmore<br />
Denver<br />
Frances Work<br />
Des Moines<br />
Betty Merritt<br />
Indianapolis<br />
Kathleen Dowell<br />
Jacksonville<br />
Nancy Porter<br />
Kansas City<br />
Lavinia White<br />
Los Angeles<br />
Lois Evans<br />
Memphis<br />
Lillian Scherick<br />
New Orleans<br />
Ellen Fischl<br />
New York<br />
Pauline Wrozier<br />
St. Louis<br />
May Levaniiusky<br />
Toronto<br />
Catherine Murphy<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
jlome, River Garden Home and Rosewood Ha-<br />
,en Rest Home. Assistance is given to the local<br />
.lultiple Sclerosis Chapter, USO, City Rescue<br />
lission and March of Dimes.<br />
KANSAS CITY<br />
A wide ajid varied program of service activiles<br />
includes assistance at the City Union Misjion<br />
where ice cream and homemade cookies are<br />
;;rved with Sunday dinners, craft classes held<br />
;or children, refreshments and 200 baskets are<br />
rovided at Easter. They also sponsored 19 chiljFen<br />
for summer camp, and made a cash donation<br />
to help build a swimming pool for the camp,<br />
jlnnthly parties have been continued at the<br />
l^adsworth Veteran's Hospital, and the annual<br />
feast on the lawn of the hospital<br />
las given again this year. Also receiving asiistance<br />
in the form of parties and refreshments<br />
'ere the Catherine Hale Home for Blind Ladies,<br />
(lie Cystic Fibrosis Center, and the Osawatomie<br />
i'tate Hospital. Members dressed 124 dolls at<br />
hrislmas for the Salvation Army and furnished<br />
raduation outfits for three needy students. .\n<br />
(lopted family of six was provided with food,<br />
lothing, gifts at Christmas, payment of doctor<br />
ills and medicine—and the club even paid for<br />
aving a porch on the house rebuilt. The four<br />
I'Oys from this family were sent to summer camp.<br />
MEMPHIS<br />
club adopted a family of five to whom<br />
was given throughout the year. School<br />
Inthes were provided for the children and gensupplies<br />
of groceries were given the family<br />
at Thanksgiving and Christmas. WOMPI asijsted<br />
at the Heart Ass'n booth at the Midsouth<br />
rair, and did clerical work for the Heart Ass'n.<br />
Also, assistance was given<br />
individuals during the year.<br />
NEW ORLEANS<br />
to several needy<br />
Parties were given on holidays at the psychiatric<br />
ward of Charity Hospital for approximately<br />
200 patients each time. Movies, games and entertainment<br />
were provided, as w'ell as refreshments<br />
and prizes. Bingo parties were held each<br />
month at St. Anna's Home for the Aged; theatre<br />
parties were held at Christmas and in the<br />
spring for underprivileged children and orphans:<br />
remembrances were sent to an adopted girl at the<br />
State Mental Hospital; clerical help was given<br />
Travelers Aid. and food and clothing were givei<br />
to two needy families. Cash donations were made<br />
throughout the year to assist with urgent needs<br />
recommended by a social welfare worker. WOMPI<br />
assisted in the Rabies Clinic, Tuberculosis Seal<br />
drive and other civic endeavors.<br />
NEW YORK<br />
In addition to prepEiring for the forthcoming<br />
convention, the club had two major service projects.<br />
At the USO Information Center, coffee and<br />
cookies were served twice a month. WOMPI also<br />
worked as hostesses at the World's Fair USO<br />
Pavilion twice each month. Films were shown<br />
regularly at the Bellevue Hospital children's<br />
psychiatric division with refreshments after the<br />
movie. ."Vt Christmastime stockings were stuffed<br />
with toys, candies, gifts and books and given<br />
out just before the showing of the movie. Members<br />
also gave their services weekly to the hospital.<br />
In addition, this club has continued its<br />
project of providing toys for underprivileged<br />
children of the Devine Providence Shelter at<br />
Christmas.<br />
ST.<br />
LOUIS<br />
The club gave service hours to the Children's<br />
Hospital with work in the coffee shop. Each<br />
month this group helped a family recommended<br />
by the social service department of Children's<br />
Hospital. Qothing, food and gifts were provided<br />
for another family throughout the year. At<br />
Christmas a donation of candy was made to the<br />
old folks at the Alcazar Home for the Aged. Assistance<br />
was also given the Cancer Society, the<br />
Chronic Hospital of St. Louis and a cash donation<br />
each month was given to Mary Ryder<br />
Home for Women. Trailers were booked for the<br />
Muscular Dystrophy Ass'n drive, and Easter<br />
baskets went to the cliildren of the City Hospital.<br />
TORONTO<br />
WOMPI provided monthly screenings with refreshments<br />
and gifts at Christmas for the Second<br />
Mile Club, Bingo parties and entertainment were<br />
furnished for elderly indigent citizens of Laughleu<br />
Lodge. Two families of former industry men<br />
were assisted during the year with food and<br />
clothing. The club also sponsors the education<br />
of an adopted child through the Canadian Save<br />
ihe Cliildren Fund, and remembers her with<br />
gifts during the year. Assistance is given the<br />
local Variety Club in its work on \ ariety Village,<br />
and with clerical work. A cash donation was<br />
given to the Canadian Mental Health Ass'n.<br />
WASHINGTON<br />
Service projects included assistance to the<br />
American Cancer Society, the Jewish Home for<br />
Retarded Children, the Heart Fund. Society for<br />
the Prevention of Blindness and the United Givers<br />
Fund. In addition, many hours were spent visiting<br />
and helping the sick in hospitals.<br />
[•OXOFFICE September 13, 1965
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circulation<br />
Major U Campaign<br />
For 'The War Lord'<br />
By JOHN FITZGERALD<br />
NEW YORK—"It will<br />
be the biggest national<br />
pre-sell campaign in Unlversal's history."<br />
producer Walter Seltzer explained<br />
recently before jetting to Europe for ten<br />
days "to work out the United Kingdom<br />
campaign with the Rank people there."<br />
The film is "The War Lord." the $4.5<br />
million Technicolor-Panavision action<br />
drama set for Thanksgiving release.<br />
DIRECT TO EXHIBITOR<br />
This will be laimchcd by a heavy trade<br />
campaign with a direct approach to the<br />
exliibitor. "our prime customer," according<br />
to Seltzer. Some 300 copies of the<br />
script have been sent to the top brass of<br />
the circuits and other exhibitors, "who<br />
have been receiving regular letters from<br />
Heston," detailing plans. Star Charlton<br />
Heston is in paitnership with Seltzer in<br />
Court Productions. Since June, Seltzer<br />
lias been a staff producer for Universal.<br />
The campaign will first reach the public<br />
w-ith color spreads in Life and ten national<br />
magazines. "We've kept the budget<br />
flexible ... no ceiling, no base." A heavy<br />
newspaper mailing campaign has been running<br />
since August 20. Weekly, some 250<br />
papers (combined circulation 37,500.000)<br />
receive material. And some 94 papers<br />
29,000,000) received semiweekly<br />
mailings.<br />
"We've separated the approach for various<br />
magazines," Seltzer said. The actionspectacle<br />
approach will be stressed in some<br />
publications, while women's magazines will<br />
accentuate the film's being "an intimate<br />
and romantic love story." In addition, two<br />
ten-minute color featurettes are available.<br />
One covers color consultant Eliot Elisofon's<br />
activities, the other introduces Rosemary<br />
"Shenandoah" Forsyth and Guy Stockwell<br />
with Heston appearing in both.<br />
"In October and November," says Seltzer,<br />
"when we get under the gun, there will be<br />
a heavy concentration of personal appearances.<br />
We want to cover every segment<br />
of our potential audience."<br />
ROAD S.-VLESMEN NAMED<br />
Those going on the road will be: Hem-y<br />
Wilcoxon. "a helluva good salesman," who<br />
will go to ladies clubs, religious organizations<br />
and service clubs; Maurice Evans,<br />
who will be a week in the East "to attempt<br />
to get to legitimate theatre writers": Richard<br />
Boone, now in Hawaii, who will handle<br />
the Far East, the Philippines, etc: Vittorio<br />
Nino Novarese, costume designer of<br />
"The Greatest Stoi-y Ever Told," "Cleopatra"<br />
and "The Agony and the Ecstasy"<br />
fame, who is technical designer and "a<br />
walking encyclopedia on the Middle Ages":<br />
Ray Berwick. "We'll ti-y to get him on TV<br />
with some of the animals he's trained for<br />
the picture," and Heston, himself, now in<br />
England, who wUl begin promotion work<br />
there and then do two weeks "across the<br />
board" in major cities in the U.S. in November.<br />
Contract players Rosemary Forsyth<br />
(four weeks for ladies pages, beauty<br />
makeup and TV), Guy Stockwell i universities<br />
and college papers) and James Farrentino<br />
(other territories) will also do<br />
roadwork.<br />
"I'll go on tour wherever there are holes,"<br />
Seltzer added.<br />
Shot at Universal City (where "The War<br />
WELCOMED BY<br />
SENATOR — Andrew<br />
McLaglen, director of Unlversal's<br />
"Shenandoah," and Rosemary Forsyth,<br />
co-star, who are touring key cities on<br />
behalf of promotion for the film, are<br />
seen here in Washington being welcomed<br />
by California's junior Senator<br />
George Murphy.<br />
Lord" tower is now a tourist attraction)<br />
and on location in upstate California, the<br />
flim is set in the 11th century and relies<br />
heavily on the theme of the pagan custom<br />
of a village ruler's "right of the fii'st night"<br />
with his subjects' brides. The film was directed<br />
by Franklin Schaffner.<br />
Seltzer is a foimer publicity director with<br />
Hal Wallis and was executive producer for<br />
Marlon Brando's Pennebaker Co. for "One-<br />
Eyed Jacks," "Paris Blues" and "The Naked<br />
Edge." His next will be a color remake of<br />
"Beau Geste," possibly with newcomers in<br />
the leading roles.<br />
Kaminstein, Celler Push<br />
Copyright Law for CATV<br />
WASHINGTON—"At least one solution<br />
might be sought through a special provision<br />
limiting or remitting liabilities for CATV<br />
uses under certain conditions," Abraham<br />
L. Kaminstein, register of copyrights, suggested<br />
in testimony before a House judiciary<br />
subcommittee, studying proposals for<br />
copyright revision.<br />
Because of the difficulties in working out<br />
the various practical problems, Kaminstein<br />
said he hoped Congress would not deny<br />
copyright owners any rights against CATV<br />
systems.<br />
Kaminstein said sound recordings represent<br />
authorship and the contributions of<br />
the record producer "are entitled to protection<br />
as motion pictures and photographs."<br />
He admitted to a strong bias against complete<br />
exemption of jukebox performances<br />
under the present law.<br />
It was suggested by Rep. Emanuel Celler<br />
(D-N.Y.), who introduced the bill under<br />
consideration by the subcommittee, that<br />
representatives from CATV and the subcommittee<br />
work together to put CATV<br />
under the copyright laws.<br />
Hollywood Foreign Press<br />
Names Film Winners<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Joseph E. Levine's Embassy<br />
Pictures releases. "Darling" and<br />
"Casanova '70" and "Circle of Love," a<br />
Walter Reade-Sterling release, have been<br />
named winners of the Hollywood Foreign<br />
Press Ass'n's 1965 semiannual awards for<br />
outstanding foreign films, according to<br />
Herbert G. Luft, awards committee chau'-<br />
man. Award scrolls will be presented to the<br />
stars and producers of the three wirming<br />
films September 30.<br />
Services for Al Altman;<br />
Former MGM Talent Scout<br />
WORCESTER. MASS.— Funeral service.'<br />
for Al Altman, for many years talent director<br />
in the East for MGM who is creditec<br />
with discovering Joan Crawford, Jamei;<br />
Stewart and other MGM stars, were helc'<br />
at the Pearlman Funeral Home Sundaj!<br />
'5). Burial was in the Jamesville Ceme-'<br />
tery there. Altman died in New Rochellti<br />
Hospital Thursday (2) after a short illness<br />
Altman came to MGM when Louis Hi<br />
Mayer was chosen studio chief at the Cul-'<br />
ver City Studios. For most of his manj<br />
.years at MGM, he was eastern talent director<br />
and, in that capacity, discovered<br />
Miss Crawford when she was chorus girl<br />
Lucille Le Sueur- in a Winter Garder:<br />
musical and Stewart while scouting the<br />
Triangle Show when the star was £<br />
Princeton student. Altman was also f<br />
well-known amateur magician, havint<br />
served for many years as vice-president ol<br />
the American Society of Amateur Magicians,<br />
and was a close friend of Harrj'<br />
Houdini,<br />
Altman is survived by two daughters;<br />
Ruth and Dyann. who live in New Rochelle:<br />
his mother, Lena Altman, and brother;<br />
Milton and George of Clinton, Mass.: a<br />
brother Arthur of Syracuse and a sister<br />
Mrs. Pauline Hill of Framingham, Mass. i<br />
Catherine Dale Owen Rites;<br />
Film Actress of the 1930s<br />
NEW YORK—Funeral services for Ca-!<br />
therine Dale Owen, 62, stage star of the<br />
1920s, who entered films in the early talking<br />
picture days were held at the Brick<br />
Presbyterian Chuixh Friday (10). Miss<br />
Owen died at Lenox Hill Hospital Tuesda5<br />
1 7) following a heart attack.<br />
Miss Owen was leading lady in "Happj' i<br />
'<br />
Go Lucky," "The Mountain Man" and<br />
"The Play's the Thing" on Broadway before<br />
going to Hollywood to play opposit(;<br />
John Gilbert in his fii-st talkie for MGM<br />
"His Glorious Night," in 1929. Later, she<br />
played opposite Lawrence Tibbett in his:<br />
screen debut in MGM's "The Rogue Song'<br />
in 1930 and played in "Such Men Ai-e Dan-^<br />
gerous," "Born Reckless," "Today" and<br />
"Behind Office Doors," the last for RKO<br />
in 1931.<br />
She is<br />
survived by her husband, Horace<br />
P. Metzger, and a son, Robert.<br />
Dorothy Dandridge Is Dead;<br />
Negro Singer-Actress<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Dorothy Dandridge, Ne-i<br />
gro singer-actress, was fomid dead in her<br />
Sunset Strip area apartment Wednesday<br />
(8). Miss Dandridge, 41, started as a bandi<br />
vocalist and climbed to stardom in suchi<br />
films as "Porgy and Bess" and "Carmen<br />
Jones." She w'on an Academy Award nomination<br />
for the latter. Her mother. Ruby;<br />
Dandridge, was known for her roles with<br />
the late Hattie McDaniel on the old "Beulah"<br />
show.<br />
A sister, Vivian, tom-ed the country in<br />
a tumbling, singing and dancing act with<br />
Dorothy. In the 1930s the two and another<br />
girl formed a trio that sang with Jimmy<br />
Lunceford, a top band leader. After six<br />
years of marriage to Harold Nichols of<br />
the dancing Nichols brothers she and<br />
Nichols were divorced In 1951.<br />
10<br />
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JJOBERT H. O'BRIEN, president of Metio-<br />
Goldwyn-Maycr. announced that arrangements<br />
had been concluded with David<br />
L. Wolper, president of Wolper Productions,<br />
to film Legson Kayira's novel. "I<br />
Will Tiy." for MGM release. Jack Haley jr.<br />
will be the producer of the motion picture,<br />
which will be filmed in Africa in documentary<br />
style. Wolper Productions, a subsidiary<br />
of Metromedia. Inc.. has signed<br />
Lamont Johnson as director and Harold<br />
Swanton has been engaged to write the<br />
screenplay. Haley, accompanied by Johnson<br />
and Swanton, leave immediately for<br />
Africa to scout location sites . . . Producerdirector-writer<br />
Andrew L. Stone turned in<br />
to MGM the final script of "Tlie Winning<br />
of the Skies." first scripted by Ernest Gann<br />
from an original story by Stone, and has<br />
commenced writing the screenplay for a<br />
second motion picture. "The Perils of Jim<br />
Grimm." Stone and his wife. Virginia, who<br />
fimction as a production team, expect to<br />
put both projects into production in the<br />
next 12 months, with MGM to decide which<br />
property is fii-st to roll. The Stones recently<br />
completed "The Secret of My Success,"<br />
staiTing Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens,<br />
Honor Blackman and James Booth<br />
. . . Martin Poll has set an agreement with<br />
MGM for the development of a feature<br />
property, "The Appointment," for production<br />
under his Marpol Productions banner.<br />
The film, based on the novella by Leone<br />
Antonio Viola, will be screenplayed by<br />
James Salter, his first. The picture will be<br />
filmed in Rome next summer. Poll also<br />
has a multiple-picture deal with United<br />
Artists, under which he is now preparing<br />
"Heathercliff" as a vehicle for Richard<br />
Harris.<br />
Abby Mann, who recently signed a threepicture<br />
producer-writer pact with Columbia,<br />
plans to film his own original, "Two<br />
for the Road," as his first project, after<br />
he completes scripting "Andersonville" for<br />
producer-director Stanley Kiamer. "Two<br />
for the Road" is a love story dealing with<br />
small combos replacing big bands. At the<br />
same time. Mann hopes to continue his<br />
working relationship with Kramer, for<br />
whom he has written "Judgment at Nuremberg."<br />
"A Child Is Waiting" and "Ship<br />
of Fools" . . . The Bryan Forbes production,<br />
"The Wrong Box," for Columbia release,<br />
cun-ently before the cameras in Bath.<br />
England, has John Mills, Ralph Richardson,<br />
Michael Caine. Nanette Newman and<br />
the "Beyond the Fringe" comics, Peter<br />
Cook and Dudley Moore. staiTed. Based<br />
on a story by Robert Louis Stevenson and<br />
Lloyd Osborne, the screenplay was written<br />
by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove,<br />
authors of "A Funny Thing Happened on<br />
the Way to the Forum," who are co-producing<br />
with producer-director Forbes. Jack<br />
Rix is associate producer of the Salamander<br />
production . Dexter, who has<br />
been working in an executive production<br />
post at Sinatra Enterprises for the past<br />
several months, besides continuing his career<br />
as an actor, will be associate producer<br />
on "The Naked Runner," which Prank<br />
Sinatra's Artanis Productions has set for<br />
.By SYD CASSYD<br />
filming abroad next year. Dexter brought<br />
the espionage-suspense drama by British<br />
writer Francis Clifford to Sinatra's att'^ntion.<br />
Under an unusual distribution agreement<br />
with Allied Artists that allows him freedom<br />
to sell personally in various foreign areas,<br />
after giving the company first chance. Peer<br />
Oppenheimer has made a distribution deal<br />
for "Operation C.I.A." with Run Run Shaw<br />
in Malaysia. Allied has release rights in<br />
the U.S. and Canada. Among deals in the<br />
works is a coproduction with Shaw on a<br />
property called "The Golden Jacket." The<br />
producer also has set production on his<br />
own original screenplay, "Deadly Contest,"<br />
to be a sequel to "C.I.A." Burt Reynolds<br />
again will star in the role of Mark Andrews.<br />
Filming will be in London . . . "The<br />
Theft of the Mona Lisa." co-starring "West<br />
Side Story" Oscar-winner George Chakiris<br />
and French actress Marina Vlady, currently<br />
before the cameras in Paris as a coproduction<br />
of Auerbach Film Enterprises<br />
of New York and Liber Films, Rome, is<br />
closely based on the actual 1911 theft from<br />
the Louvre of the famed Da Vinci masterpiece.<br />
The original screenplay was written<br />
by Walter Reich and shooting will<br />
utilize various locales in France and Italy.<br />
Dasha Auerbach has been named producer<br />
of the film. Ottavio Poggi has been upped<br />
to executive producer. Release has already<br />
been ai'ranged in Spain. France and Italy.<br />
Joseph Auerbach retains U.S. rights, which<br />
he will negotiate upon completion of the<br />
Ike Jones, a Negro producer on<br />
film . . .<br />
small exploitation, independent pictm-es.<br />
be the first Negro producer to make a<br />
will<br />
major American motion picture. Joseph<br />
E. Levine and Embassy Pictures have signed<br />
Jones to co-produce a jazz musician story<br />
called "Adam." Jones brought the property<br />
to Levine as the fii-st of a series of pictures<br />
now being discussed with Embassy.<br />
The film is based on a composite of jazz<br />
musicians and will star Sammy Davis jr.<br />
in the title role. Frank Sinatra jr. has been<br />
.signed for an important role, with negotiations<br />
on for Louis Ai-mstrong to also star<br />
and Sugar Ray Robinson to play a small<br />
role. Cecily Tyson has been set as the feminine<br />
co-star. Leo Penn will direct.<br />
Director Philip Dunne and producer Marvin<br />
Schwartz announced, through their<br />
Blackhill Productions, the acquisition to<br />
the motion pictui-e rights of "The Consort."<br />
a romantic comedy by Anthony<br />
Heckstall-Smith. Other properties on the<br />
Dunne -Schwartz slate include "Major<br />
Bell's Irregulars." currently being written<br />
by Dunne and W. H. Menger; "A Killing<br />
in the Market," based on a book by George<br />
Goodman and Winthrop Knowlton; "Tui-nabout,"<br />
an original story, and "Marriage<br />
Is a Dirty Rotten Fraud," an original<br />
screenplay by Mel Brooks, which is a joint<br />
venture of Blackhill Productions and<br />
Brooks' own company. The first film produced<br />
under the Blackhill banner is the<br />
Universal release, "Blindfold," starring<br />
. . . Alan<br />
Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale . . .[<br />
Ben Gazzara's Angela Productions has<br />
purchased the screen rights to Harris!<br />
Greene's novel, "The Flags of Doney." The<br />
story is set in post-war Italy and deals with<br />
an American soldier dishonorably discharged ,<br />
by the Army. Gazzara plans to star in the<br />
film . . . Having acquired "The Limbo Line"<br />
novel by Victor Canning, producer Sam<br />
Marx left for London for conferences with<br />
British film companies on a co-production<br />
deal. After meetings there, he goes to Rome<br />
for talks with Italian producer Dino De<br />
Laurentiis on another project<br />
Rafkin purchased the rights to Richard<br />
Fisher's novel, "Valley of Fire," which he<br />
plans as an independent production with<br />
Leslie Nielsen in the lead.<br />
Producer Charles H. Schneer. In London,<br />
has completed location scouting in East<br />
Africa for his forthcoming production<br />
"Fifth Paw of the Lion." It is based on<br />
an original screenplay by Geoffrey Jenkins<br />
and Jack Pulman and is based on the<br />
life of the famous white hunter. Pretorius.<br />
and his struggle against the Germans during<br />
World War I ... As part of pre-sell<br />
on their forthcoming "MacKenna's Gold."<br />
producers Carl Foreman and Dimitri Tiomkin.<br />
now in London, have decided to record<br />
the title tune as a single before they<br />
. . .<br />
even start shooting. Tiomkin will write<br />
both the music and conduct the score ...<br />
Roger Corman has scheduled "Iwo Jima,"<br />
now being screenplayed by Richard Yates,<br />
as his initial production under his Columbia<br />
Pictures pact. Corman will direct as well<br />
as produce Steven Allen and Jayne<br />
Meadows announce they will co-star in a<br />
remake of Mark Twain's "Connecticut<br />
Yankee." the first picture under their<br />
Meadowlane Productions banner to roll late<br />
this year. Allen and Miss Meadows also<br />
are preparing an original Broadway musical<br />
written by Allen as a co-starring vehicle<br />
for themselves.<br />
George Marshall was set by Edward<br />
Small to direct Bob Hope's "Boy. Have I<br />
Got a Wrong Number!" United Artists release<br />
rolling in October. It is a reunion for<br />
Hope and Marshall. The latter directed<br />
four of Hope's biggest hits. "Ghost Breakers."<br />
"Off Limits." "Monsieur Beaucaire"<br />
and "Fancy Pants." Elke Sommer co-stars.<br />
George Beck wrote the screenplay from his<br />
Arthur Killer will direct<br />
original story . . .<br />
"The Cliffs at Mersa." Universal production<br />
due to start in January. Gene Corman<br />
will produce Leo Gordon's original<br />
with Rock Hudson and George Peppard<br />
in the cast. Exteriors will be shot near<br />
Yuma and Brawley . . . Director Peter<br />
Glenville is developing William Archibald's<br />
best-seller "The Moviegoer" as a film property<br />
to go before the cameras toward the<br />
end of next year. Glenville is currently in<br />
Paris making "Hotel Paradiso," with stars<br />
Alec Guinness, Gina Lollobrigida and<br />
Robert Morley. the first of four films he is<br />
producing and directing for MGM . . .<br />
Producer Arthur Jacobs chose Richard<br />
Fleischer to direct "Doctor Doolittle." a<br />
Rex Harrison starrer to be filmed next<br />
summer in England, Spain and here as a<br />
joint venture of APJAC Productions and<br />
20th-Fox, for the latter's release. Leslie<br />
Bricusse is doing the adaptation of the<br />
Hugh Lofting story. The film is the third<br />
Jacobs-Pox tie.<br />
12 BOXOFFICE September 13, 1965
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'Shenandoah' Wins<br />
August Blue Ribbon Award<br />
By VELMA WEST SYKES<br />
n PICTURE which dramatizes a family's problems during the Civil War, "Shenandoah"<br />
cUniv), has been voted the <strong>Boxoffice</strong> Blue Ribbon Award for August.<br />
National Screen Council members made their choice on the basis of outstanding<br />
quality and suitability as whole-family entertainment. With battle scenes kept to a<br />
minimum, and personal values of the individual who is caught up in a stream of<br />
events made the dominating theme, this powerful drama is less peace propaganda<br />
than it is understanding of human beings and their motivations which make history.<br />
That the picture Is appreciated for its worth is shown by boxoffice reports from firstrun<br />
houses in key cities, which give it a score of 175 per cent of average business.<br />
Reviewing "Shenandoah" with a kingi'size<br />
review in the April 19 issue, con-<br />
[densed to regular on April 26, <strong>Boxoffice</strong><br />
had this to say about it in part: "A wann,<br />
intensely human tale of parental devotion<br />
during the tempestuous days of the<br />
Civil War, this Robert Arthur production<br />
emerges as one of the year's outstanding<br />
pictm-es aimed at the family trade. With<br />
James Stewart, the veteran star ... to<br />
interest the older moviegoers and three<br />
young players familiar to teenagers and<br />
TV fans . . . the picture should attract all<br />
'age groups and do strong business generally<br />
. . . Splendidly directed by Andrew V.<br />
McLaglen, the picture is filled with warm,<br />
touching moments and even an occasional<br />
humorous bit, as well as two youthful romances<br />
and a finale which holds hope for<br />
a brighter future."<br />
at Heart Strings<br />
; Comments from NSC members about<br />
included the following: A<br />
'wonderful, historical drama which tugs at<br />
the heart strings while giving you a<br />
[<br />
chuckle now and then. It's a pleasure to<br />
;<br />
stand out front when a movie like this is<br />
you proud to be in the motion<br />
picture industry.—Prank Aydelotte,<br />
Aggie Theatre, Fort Collins ... So grand,<br />
:so entertaining, you may say it's practically<br />
perfect.—A. B. Covey, Alabama The-<br />
Ass'n, Montgomery.<br />
"Shenandoah," unfortunately, will be<br />
advertised as a war picture and the<br />
shooting scenes be used in trailers. But<br />
[this picture is a true family picture, if<br />
I saw one. All members of the family<br />
will enjoy it and should have some interfamily<br />
discussions revolving around<br />
a family's responsibility to the state<br />
I<br />
land /or nation. No American should miss<br />
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this.—Mrs. Raymond Kanagur, Greater<br />
Detroit MFC . . . James Stewart is as<br />
American as apple pie and this story i.s<br />
a la mode for his talent.—Brainard Piatt,<br />
Dayton Journal Herald.<br />
"Shenandoah" is the best Civil War<br />
film since "Gone With the Wind." It is<br />
a family film in every respect, with warm,<br />
generous performances by James Stewart<br />
and the entire cast—and should be supported<br />
at the boxoffice.—Bob Freund.<br />
Fort Lauderdale News . This is the best<br />
of its<br />
.<br />
kind since "Gone With the Wind."<br />
James Stewart is at his best, the acting<br />
and scenery are superb, combining what I<br />
think is the best we have had lately.<br />
Mrs. Elmore Godfrey jr., Knoxville BFC.<br />
This excellent film was the winner of<br />
the Parents' Magazine Family Medal<br />
Award for June.—Ann D. Kenney,<br />
Parents' Magazine editor . . . The most<br />
wonderful picture I have seen in a long,<br />
long time.—Mrs. George D. Friman, San<br />
Francisco MP & TV Council . . . Great<br />
family entertainment, well done in all<br />
respects.—John Recher, AMPTO of Md..<br />
Baltimore ... No competition for "Shenandoah"<br />
on this ballot.—Mel Richardson.<br />
Radio KID, Idaho Palls.<br />
"Shenandoah" Ls a family pictme<br />
with interest for all and reminds me of<br />
"Friendly Persuasion." Jimmy Stewart is<br />
always tops and the film is scenically<br />
beautiful. I met Rosemary Forsyth (this<br />
is her first big picture) and found her a<br />
refreshing young lady.—Mrs. Max Williams,<br />
Greater Detroit MPC . . . This is a<br />
handsomely filmed Civil War drama, with<br />
a refreshing point of view.—Dave Mclntyre,<br />
San Diego Evening Tribune . . . Very<br />
realistic, with family loyalty—a good,<br />
clean, moral picture.—La Dera M. Blake,<br />
L.D.S. Seminary, Boise, Idaho.<br />
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JAMES STEWART EXPLAINS HIS VIEWS ABOUT THE CIV-<br />
IL WAR TO A NEIGHBOR AS THEY LEAVE THE CHURCH<br />
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ONE OF THE BATTLE SCENES IN "SHENANDOAH" THAT<br />
INVOLVES A YOUNG BOY ILLEGALLY CONSCRIPTED<br />
IN EVERY WAR. WEDDINGS WITH MEN IN UNIFORM ARE<br />
A TOUCHNG PART OF WAR'S EFFECT ON HUMAN LIVES<br />
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll<br />
Charlie<br />
James Stewart<br />
[Sam<br />
Doug McClure<br />
i^acob<br />
Glenn Corbett<br />
Patrick Wayne<br />
Rosemary Forsyth<br />
The Cast<br />
Boy Phillip Alford<br />
Ann<br />
Katharine Ross<br />
Nathan Charles Robinson<br />
John<br />
James McMullan<br />
Henry<br />
Tim McIntire<br />
Gabriel<br />
Eugene Jackson jr.<br />
Andrew V. McLaglen<br />
'Screenplay by James Lee Barrett<br />
[Director of Photography<br />
William H. Clothier A.S.C.<br />
Directors Alexander Golitzen,<br />
Sweeney<br />
Set Decorations John McCarthy,<br />
Oliver Emert<br />
Waldon O. Watson,<br />
William Russell<br />
by<br />
Production Staff<br />
Unit Production Manager<br />
Frank Parmenter<br />
Film Editor<br />
Otto Lovering<br />
Costumes<br />
Rosemary Odell<br />
Make-up<br />
Bud Westmore<br />
Hair Stylist<br />
Larry Germain<br />
Assistant Director Terence Nelson<br />
Music Frank Skinner<br />
Music Supervision Joseph Gershenson<br />
Technicolor<br />
This awa'd Is given each month by the<br />
National Screen Council on the haiis of outstandirj<br />
merit and suitability for family<br />
entertainment. Council membership comprises<br />
motion picture editors, radio and TV film<br />
commentators, representatives of better films<br />
councils, civic, educational and exhibitor ornanizations.
BOXOFFICE<br />
BAROMETEf<br />
This chart records the performanc* of currant attractions in the opening week of their first runs in<br />
the 20 key cities checked. Picturci with fewer than five engagements are not listed. As new runs<br />
are reported, ratings are added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in
Sold-Out 'Alphaville' Opens<br />
3rd New York Film Festival<br />
NEW YORK—The third New York Film<br />
Festival started with a sell-out opening<br />
performance of "Alphaville." the Jean-<br />
1 8<br />
Luc Godard science-fiction drama in<br />
French, which opened Tuesday i7i at New<br />
York Philharmonic Hall of the Lincoln<br />
Center as a benefit for the American Civil<br />
Liberties Union, and followed with another<br />
sell-out of the Philharmonic Hall's 2.600<br />
seats for the Wednesday (8i evening showing<br />
of Columbia Pictures' "Mickey One."<br />
produced and directed in Chicago by<br />
Arthur Penn, which was the sole U.S.<br />
film among the Festival's 25 entries.<br />
Also already sold out for showings September<br />
14 and September 18 are the<br />
original Bette Davis-RKO production of<br />
"Of Human Bondage." which was originally<br />
released in 1934 with the late Leslie<br />
Howard co-starring with Miss Davis, and<br />
"Red Beard." the Japanese film directed<br />
by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune<br />
starred, respectively.<br />
Both Godard and Anna Karina iMrs.<br />
Godard I. who is co-starred with Eddie<br />
Constantine in "Alphaville." attended the<br />
opening film, which will be distributed in<br />
the U.S. this fall by Pathe-Contemporary.<br />
Other notables on hand for the opening<br />
showing and the champagne reception that<br />
followed included Otto Preminger, Dma<br />
Merrill. Tony Randall, Jean-Louis Barrault,<br />
Leonard Bernstein, Geraldine Fitzgerald.<br />
Robert Rossen, Dore Schary, Sidney<br />
Lumet, Bess Myerson, William Schuman<br />
and Amos 'Vogel and Richard Roud. Festival<br />
directors.<br />
Penn and Warren Beatty, the star of<br />
"Mickey One," returned from the Venice<br />
Film Festival, where the Columbia picture<br />
was the official U.S. entry and was shown<br />
there September 1. in time to attend the<br />
New York Film Festival showing Wednesday<br />
Representing Columbia Pictures<br />
at<br />
» .<br />
the Wednesday showing were A.<br />
Schneider, president: Leo Jaffe, executive<br />
vice-president: Sol A. Schwartz, senior<br />
vice-president: Rube Jackter, vice-president<br />
and general sales manager, and Seymour<br />
Malamed, Robert S. Ferguson and<br />
Stanley Schneider, vice-presidents, as well<br />
as Hm'd Hatfield, featured in the cast,<br />
and Alan Surgal, author of the screenplay.<br />
Also shown during the first week of the<br />
New York Film Festival were: "Raven's<br />
End." a Swedish film: "The Shop on High<br />
Street," Czech film, both of these previously<br />
shown at the Cannes Film Festival;<br />
"Camille Without Camelias," one of<br />
Michelangelo Antonioni's early French<br />
films: "Charluta," an Indian film by Satyajit<br />
Ray: "Black Peter," an eastern European<br />
entry: "Thomas the Impostor," a<br />
Jean Cocteau French film directed by<br />
Georges Pranju: "Identification Marks:<br />
None." also from eastern Europe, and<br />
"Walkover," a Polish entry, as well as<br />
"Knave of Hearts," a French-English picture<br />
made by Rene Clement starring the<br />
late Gerard Philipe, which was distributed<br />
by 20th Centui-y-Pox some years ago as<br />
"Lovers, Happy Lovers," and a retrospective<br />
showing of Erich von Stroheim's "The<br />
Wedding March," released by Paramount<br />
30 years ago.<br />
Pictures for the second week of the New-<br />
York Festival, starting Monday il3i will<br />
include "Shakespeare Wallah," made in<br />
India in English, and "Caressed." a Canadian<br />
film to be distributed in the U.S. by<br />
Joseph Brenner.<br />
COACH IS PRESENTED—In front<br />
of the Sunshine Coach, presented by<br />
Eliot Hyman to New York Variety<br />
Club, are (1 to r) Leonard Goldenson,<br />
president of American Broadcasting<br />
Companies, who received the<br />
coach from Tent 35; Jeremy Hyman,<br />
who made the presentation for his<br />
father, and Jack Hausman, co-founder<br />
of United Cerebral Palsy. At rear is<br />
Jack Levin, Tent 35's chief barker.<br />
The two children are Nancy Furlan<br />
and Ron Aryel. The coach was presented<br />
at a testimonial luncheon to<br />
Goldenson at the Hotel Astor on August<br />
31.<br />
MGM Sales Meeting Set<br />
This Week in New Orleans<br />
NEW ORLEANS—A fom--day sales<br />
meeting attended by MGM home office executives<br />
and division sales managers will<br />
be held at the Fontainebleau Motor Hotel<br />
Monday (13i through Thui'sday (16 >,<br />
according to Morris E. Lefko. MGM vicepresident<br />
and general sales manager, who<br />
said the purpose of the meeting Is to discuss<br />
the sales and distribution plans for the company's<br />
fall and winter releases, which he described<br />
as representing "one of the most important<br />
groups of all-appealing entertainment<br />
in MGM's history."<br />
In addition to Lefko, those attending the<br />
sales conference will include:<br />
Herman L. Ripps and Louis Formoto, assistant general<br />
sales managers; Leonard Hirsch, home office assistant<br />
to Ripps; Irving Helfont, home office assistant<br />
to Formoto; Mel Moron, roadshow soles manager;<br />
Hillis Cass, oenerol manager of MGM of Canada, Ltd.,<br />
Jay Robinovitz, MGM treasurer; Joy Eisenberg, sales<br />
department, legal advisor. Also, the compony's six<br />
division managers; Saal Gottlieb, eastern division; Lou<br />
Marks, central division; William A. Madden, midwest<br />
division; Herbert J, Bennin, southern division; Fred G.<br />
Hull jr., southwestern division and William J. Devaney,<br />
West Coast division.<br />
Among the features to be discussed at<br />
the conference are "The Cincinnati Kid,"<br />
"Once a Thief." "The Hill," "The Loved<br />
One," "The Secret of My Success," "Harum<br />
Scarmn," "When the Boys Meet the Girls,<br />
and "Doctor Zhivago," MGM's roadshow<br />
attraction.<br />
Cohen Urges Theatremen<br />
To Seek Defeat of Bill<br />
BUFFALO—Sydney J. Cohen, president<br />
of New York State Allied, has issued a plea<br />
to all theatre owners, whether they are<br />
members of Allied or not, to write their<br />
congressmen and members of the House<br />
ways and means committee, in-ging them<br />
to defeat a bill which calls for increases<br />
in payment of unemployment insurance for<br />
workers.<br />
They also should be asked to help<br />
defeat the new minimum wage scale to<br />
rise in steps to $1.75 an hour. This, declares<br />
Cohen, could put many theatres out<br />
of business.<br />
Pennsylvania House Hears<br />
Pros, Cons of Censorship<br />
HARRISBURG — The Hou.se judiciary<br />
committee, at another hearing on the proposed<br />
motion picture preview board bill,<br />
heard that a censor board is favored, although<br />
several spokesmen differed on the<br />
question. A Catholic spokesman and a<br />
Protestant Council of Churches representative<br />
asked that children be protected. The<br />
latter, at the same time, stated the bill<br />
was objectionable inasmuch as it would<br />
vest the state with broad sweeping power<br />
to censor.<br />
The District Attorneys Ass'n members of<br />
Lebanon and Luzerne coimties favored the<br />
measure as it "can be assumed the board<br />
will be composed of experts who could<br />
set uniform standards of what obscenity<br />
actually is," and that "film distributors<br />
are protected by judicial decision prior to<br />
arrest as a com-t will determine whether or<br />
not a picture violates the law."<br />
Pennsylvania PUC to Hold<br />
October Hearings on CATV<br />
HARRISBURG~The Pennsylvania Public<br />
Utilities Commission will hold hearings<br />
October 13 and 14 on an application by<br />
the Bell Telephone Co. to supply transmission<br />
service for commmiity television<br />
firms.<br />
Bell sought to establish initial rates and<br />
regulations for use of its telephone lines<br />
to carry CATV signals into homes in June<br />
but the plan was suspended by the PUC<br />
pending an investigation. The utility board<br />
is looking into Bell's new rate proposals<br />
and service conditions.<br />
PUC said in addition to taking testimony<br />
on issues raised by Bell and objecting<br />
CATV interests, the board also will S3ek<br />
data on the question of whether it has<br />
"complete, partial or any jm'isdiction" in<br />
the CATV field.<br />
MGM, WB Set Dividends<br />
NEW YORK — Two major<br />
compan;es.<br />
MGM and Warner Bros., declared dividends<br />
early in September. The board of directors<br />
of MGM voted the regular quarterly dividend<br />
of 37 '2 cents per share, payable October<br />
15 to stockholders of record September<br />
17 and the board of directors of Warner<br />
Bros. Pictures declared a dividend of<br />
12I2 cents per share on the common stock,<br />
payable November 5 to stockholders of<br />
record October 8. 1965.<br />
Louis Goldstein Speaker<br />
At MTOA Convention<br />
Gaithersburg, Md.—State controller<br />
Louis L. Gold.stein will be the speaker<br />
at the fifth annual convention of the<br />
Maryland Theatre Owners Ass'n, which<br />
opened here today (13) and will continue<br />
through Wednesday (15).<br />
The three-day event will include the<br />
presentation of awards for outstandin.g<br />
showmanship, service to the association<br />
and outstanding film distributor<br />
of the year. A testimonial dinner honoring<br />
A. Julian Brylawski. who is observing<br />
his 57th year in the motion<br />
picture business and 42 years as the<br />
first and only president of the D.C.<br />
Theatre Owners chapter, will be held.<br />
BOXOFFICE September 13, 1965 E-1
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Three-Day Holiday Boosts Broadway<br />
Runs; Two-a-Day Films Capacity<br />
NEW YORK—The three-day Labor Day these better than the previous stanzas,<br />
holiday brought in vacationing out-of- Best of the newer art house films were "The<br />
towners. to offset the crowds who left the Moment of Trath," in its third week at<br />
city, and resulted in smash business for the Pine Aits, and "Horns of Love," in its<br />
the majority of the Broadway first runs, first week at the new Embassy, although<br />
parliciUarly the five two-a-day pictures, it lasted just one week at the GuUd.<br />
all of which were capacity or clo.se to it. (Average is lOO)<br />
The Radio City Music Hall had a fine Astor—help! (ua), 2nd wk. ••••••,•,••,;,•• '• 1,'<br />
.<br />
'li^<br />
, ,, , , ..-T-i c J • J n. Baronet—The Morried Womon (Royal), 3rd wk. ..135<br />
eighth week for "The Sandpiper and the Beokman—Cosonovo '70 (Embassy), 7th wk 150<br />
one newcomer. "Paris Secret." did terrific Carnegie Hall Cmema—Marriage Italian style<br />
business in its first week at the Fomm. cmemo' i-RaH^?. il'Ife^^'ate'Tonema V)-,<br />
"Mv Pair Lady," in its 46th week at 7th wk '5°<br />
« -. 1 » 1 ii 1- i. « J Cinema II Zorba the Greek { C), moveover,<br />
the Criterion, headed the list of reserved- .<br />
387° wk. ' .<br />
'35<br />
seat films, followed by "The Sound of Mu- Cmema Rendezvous—The Pownbroker (AA),<br />
"Those Magnificent in Their Flying Criterion—My Fair Lady (WB), 46th wk. .... ..2io<br />
HTa^Vii.ioc " 19th wppk nt the De- DeMille Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying<br />
Macnines, in its l,itn WeeK at t.ne ue<br />
Machines f20th-Fox), 12th wk, of two-a-day ..205<br />
Mille. all of these capacity, and "The Embassy—The Hours of Love (Cmemo V) 150<br />
"'<br />
its 29th<br />
i'rT:'J,V\RJSoyt<br />
150<br />
Greatest<br />
week at<br />
Story Ever Told." in<br />
the Warner, and "The Hallelujah<br />
;f^l:^^'-^^rZJn,<br />
3rd wk<br />
sic," in its 27th week<br />
Men<br />
at the Rivoli, and<br />
coronet-The •|pcress' File (UniJ); 'sth wk! ':,::: :200<br />
Trail." in its tenth week, where it will<br />
^°"-!;r'^l°''l^^"^*,f!ZT?r.^Ln'v\ ?35<br />
.^ ^ , o i u 1 Guild The Hours of Love (Cinema V) IJ3<br />
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close its two-a-day run September 14. tmcoln Art— Darling (Embassy), 5th wk 185<br />
both of these better than preceding weeks. Little Carnegie— Life upside Down (AA). 3^d wk- ..125<br />
, , ,. .<br />
J 1. Loews Capitol The Holleluiah Trail (UA), 1 0th<br />
Also holding to good business were ^^^ of two-a-doy 125<br />
"HELP!" m its second week at the Astor Loew's Stott^The Soboteur (Morituri) 20th-Fox),<br />
^^^<br />
and the Trans-Lux East, following a ter-<br />
Loew's Tower"East— Dorling (Embassy), "5th 'wk.' ! '.175<br />
rifiC opening week: "Saboteur" (renamed Murray HiII—The Soboteur (Morituri), 2nd wk. ..150<br />
from "Morituri"), in its second at p°a7a—Vh'e"Kn«k''(UA^Lo'^e'rt), 'i2t'h wk.' '<br />
Loew's state and the Mui'ray HUl: "Ship Radio City Music HoII-The Sandpiper (MGM), plus<br />
week<br />
of Fools," still strong in it^ seventh week R.^^^°^The°"Rape Tz^enith); ' 's't'h' w'k.' ':::"::: '<br />
at the Victoria and the east side Sutton, rivoN-The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 27th<br />
165<br />
both above preceding weeks, and "Sons of<br />
RKO^ssfh sTett-The Sons 'of "kotie 'Eider (Pam)','<br />
Katie Elder," in its second week at the 2nd wk<br />
1 65<br />
RK-O "^Sth t^t-rppt- Sutton— Ship of Fools (Col), 7th wk 185<br />
KKO t)«tn btieet.<br />
Trans-Lux-help; (UA), 2nd wk 150<br />
Best among the foreign pictui-es in east victoria— ship of Fools (Coi), 7th wk 185<br />
side spots were "Darling," in its fifth big<br />
^"' '^°,'''<br />
^'^',",f,'-1^''^o,*^7°*"*doy'"^ wow "i^^.''. . . . .160<br />
week at the Lincoln Art and Loew's Tower ^____<br />
East; another Embassy picture, "Casa-<br />
^^ j « a/i „;„ ici:<br />
nova '70," in its seventh strong week at J^e Sound o Music 165<br />
the Festival and the Beekman; "The Ipcress trood tor Jrirst in Bullalo<br />
File." in its fifth week at the Coronet; BUFFALO— "Cat Ballou" and "Shenan-<br />
"The Knack." in its 12th big week at the doah" attracted the greatest interest<br />
Plaza, and "Rotten to the Core," in its among new film entertainment here, "Cat"<br />
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BOXOFFICE September 13, 1965 E-3
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BUFFALO<br />
TV^any nirnibprs of the New York Allied<br />
Theatres unit now are takins advantase<br />
of getting into the Allied Life<br />
Insurance group plan, according to Sydney<br />
Cohen, Allied head. He attended a national<br />
board meeting In Chicago at which discussions<br />
were held on the forming of one<br />
national allied group, which since ha.s been<br />
approved.<br />
The newest member of the Allied Theatre<br />
Owners of New York State is Alphonse<br />
A. LaBounty. operator of the Playhouse<br />
Theatre in Manchester. Vt. He is<br />
eligible for membership in the New York<br />
organization because his house is serviced<br />
from the Albany exchange.<br />
Dr. Joseph P. Gambacorta was honorary<br />
chairman of the testimonial dinner for<br />
councilman-at-large Albert J. Petrella who<br />
is first assistant chief barker of the Buffalo<br />
Variety Club. The dinner was held<br />
Sunday il2i in the Golden Ballroom of the<br />
Statler Hilton, Two past chief barkers.<br />
James J. Hayes and Dewey Michaels, were<br />
on Petrella's committee. Petrella is a Republican<br />
candidate for re-election this year.<br />
The Realty Equities Corp. of New York,<br />
which is buying the J. Myer Schine empire,<br />
said its plans for the theatres soon will<br />
be finalized. Jerome Deutsch, vice-president<br />
and secretary of Realty, told the Buffalo<br />
Evening News the company's plans for<br />
the theatres, including the two in western<br />
New York, "have not fully materialized yet.<br />
We will sell the houses as a group or become<br />
the operator. We will keep the theatres<br />
if they can be run profitably, and we<br />
think they can." Deutsch explained that<br />
while the final closing of the deal is not<br />
set until next June. Realty can take title<br />
to all or any part of the properties at various<br />
dates between now and next June.<br />
Charlie Funk, director of exploitation and<br />
publicity at the Buffalo 20th Century-Fox<br />
exchange, is vacationing in California,<br />
where he is visiting many studios of producing<br />
companies. Funk, a former man-<br />
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aging director of the local Century Theatre,<br />
has t>een working on "The Agony and<br />
the Ecstasy." to be shown at the Schine<br />
Granada. It also has been booked by the<br />
Riviera in Rochester and the Squirrel Hill<br />
in Pittsburgh. On his return, he will resume<br />
his tub-thumping on this production<br />
at the three houses . G.<br />
Zackem of Pan- World Film exchange announces<br />
her office, headed by George<br />
Waldman, now is accepting dates on<br />
"Ecco," a Cresa-Roma release.<br />
Edythc E. Churcliill, a teacher, broadcasting<br />
executive and soprano, died Augu.st<br />
31 in Buffalo General Hospital after a<br />
long illness. Miss Churchill was a director<br />
and vice-president of Churchill Broadcasting<br />
Corp.. operator of radio station KYA.<br />
San Francisco. She was the daughter of<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Clinton H. Churchill. She<br />
also leaves a brother Clinton D. Churchill<br />
of San Francisco, prominent in the radio<br />
broadcasting field.<br />
Harold Golden, who has just been appointed<br />
president of ABC Films, Inc., the<br />
film syndication of American Broadcasting<br />
Companies, is a former Buffalonian. In<br />
1953. he was radio-TV director of Wei!<br />
Levy & King advertising agency here, and<br />
previously had been active in television and<br />
motion picture promotion, acting and directing.<br />
Fred Keller, manager of the Circle-Art<br />
Theatre, sponsored a Musical Showcase,<br />
including such hits of other days as "Maytime"<br />
and "Showboat," which also played<br />
at Melody Fair, "An American in Paris."<br />
"The Student Prince." "Brigadoon" and<br />
"Naughty Marietta." Tlie showcase opened<br />
August 30 and closed Sunday i5). Two<br />
musicals were shown on each program.<br />
A fourth network is being fonned to serve<br />
the new family of UHF commercial TV<br />
stations coming into being throughout the<br />
country. Executive vice-president of the<br />
new organization is Buffalonian Alfred E.<br />
Ansconibe, president of Broadcast Properties,<br />
Inc., and operator of a UHF station<br />
in Binghamton, N.Y. Anscombe. a past<br />
chief barker of the Buffalo Variety Club,<br />
said the new network plans to micro-wave<br />
films and syndicated TV series to a minimum<br />
of 50 UHF stations across the country<br />
at low cost from headquarters in Philadelphia.<br />
The station is expected to be on<br />
the air sometime next year. Anscombe is<br />
negotiating with a Midwest banking organization<br />
to set up a new chain of TV stations<br />
and CATV units. He is actively working<br />
to obtain CATV franchises from Buffalo<br />
and western New York communities.<br />
Blatt Bros, has taken over the Keller<br />
Theatre in Northeast. Pa., and will operate<br />
it only Fridays through Sundays. Northeast<br />
is about ten miles from Westfield.<br />
N.Y.. where Blatt Bros, operates the Grand<br />
Theatre. The Keller opened under its newmanagement<br />
Friday (3i with "The Monkey's<br />
Uncle." Russell Patti, who manages<br />
the Grand, will supervise the operation of<br />
the Keller for the time being.<br />
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jyTanager Sid Sommcr of the Troy in Troy<br />
was back on the job Saturday illi<br />
after<br />
an absence because of illness. His assistant<br />
John Rock was in charge whUe he was off.<br />
Martin Burnett, district manager, and Joe<br />
Stowell, Madison manager, spelled Rock in<br />
emergencies.<br />
. . . Mrs.<br />
George Baltshar, former assistant manager<br />
of the Strand, works on theatre advertising<br />
for the Times-Union<br />
John Dingee. office manager-secretary at<br />
Hallenbeck & Riley, audio-visual firm, was<br />
featured in the Knickerbocker News as<br />
"Today's Office Beauty." Don Hallenbeck,<br />
owner of the Indian Ladder Drive-In, New<br />
Salem, is a partner in the firm.<br />
The Delaware, Stanley Warner art house,<br />
opened "The Pawnbroker" after an extended<br />
run of "Casanova '70." "The Pawnbroker"<br />
was condemned iC rating) by the<br />
Legion of Decency, and "Casanova," given<br />
a morally objectionable rating (B) by the<br />
Legion.<br />
. . . Harold<br />
The Beatles' "HELP!" was held for a<br />
second week at the Strand because of excellent<br />
first-week patronage<br />
Tanner, employed at the Delaware, and his<br />
wife, a Strand cashier, moved from north<br />
Albany, which is to be bisected by an<br />
arterial highway, to Rensselaer.<br />
Schine's Liberty at Herkimer will be<br />
among the situations playing the filmed<br />
"La Boheme" by the LaScala Opera group<br />
in early November. The theatre, managed<br />
by Jake Weber, was inadvertently omitted<br />
from the previous announcement on the<br />
WaiTier Bros, releasing schedule.<br />
Four drive-ins playing "Cat Ballou" dayand-date<br />
with Fabian's Palace exhibited<br />
three different supporting features. The<br />
Klein family's Hi-Way in Coxsackie and<br />
James Carellis' Hudson River, between<br />
Mechanicville and Schaghticoke, had "Die!<br />
Die! My Darling!": Sarto Smalldone's<br />
Malta at Malta screened "Grood Neighbor<br />
Sam" and Alan Iselin's Super 50, "Major<br />
Dundee."<br />
The Palace fm'nishes free parking to<br />
patrons evenings and Sundays at three<br />
nearby lots. A lobby sign explains that<br />
parking fees will be refunded at the boxofBce<br />
when tickets are purchased. A<br />
smaller sign hangs at the window.<br />
Word has been received of the birth of a<br />
daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Mc-<br />
Henry, born August 19 in Modesto. Calif.<br />
Her late grandfather was William W. Farley,<br />
co-developer of Filmrow here and<br />
owner of theatres in Albany. Schenectady<br />
and the Catskills.<br />
Hugh Owen, Eastern sales manager for<br />
Paramount, and Dan Houlihan, Buffalo<br />
manager, joined John Serfustino, local<br />
manager, in an open house at the quarters<br />
at 991 Broadway. Exhibitors and film buyers<br />
were on hand in goodly numbers. Additional<br />
space is expected to be leased by<br />
Paramount.<br />
Schenectady-area theatremen were relieved<br />
Tuesday (7i when Local 301, International<br />
Union of Electrical Workers, called<br />
off a planned strike, scheduled because of<br />
the discharge of a probationary employe.<br />
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GETS CANADIAN AWARD—Producer-director<br />
Laurence Kent (center)<br />
is shown being presented an award of<br />
merit from the Canadian Film Institute<br />
for his production, "Caressed."<br />
Joel Samuels, left, director of the National<br />
Film Board of Canada, makes<br />
the presentation while Joseph Brenner,<br />
right, worldwide distributor of "Caressed,"<br />
looks on. The event was held<br />
in Kent's honor at Sardi's Restaurant<br />
in New York, August 25.<br />
SW Zone Manager's Office<br />
Now at N.Y. Headquarters<br />
NEW YORK — Charles A. Smakwitz,<br />
Stanley Warner Theatres zone manager.<br />
has moved his headquarters from Newark<br />
to the home office here at 1585 Broadway.<br />
George Isenberg, real estate head for New<br />
York and New Jersey, also will now be in<br />
the home office.<br />
Other changes include Anthony WUliams,<br />
assistant zone manager, who will have his<br />
office at the Fabian Theatre in Paterson,<br />
N.J.: Harold C. Widenhorn, district manager,<br />
who will have his office in the Ritz<br />
Theatre, Elizabeth, N.J.: Edgar Goth, publicity<br />
director, whose office will be in the<br />
Royal Theatre, Bloomfield, N.J.; John<br />
Damis. maintenance department head,<br />
Oritani Theatre. Hackensack, N.J.; Charles<br />
Piltz and George Weiss, sound engineers,<br />
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, N.J.: and Eugene<br />
Santo, traveling auditor, whose office will<br />
be in the Bradford Theatre at Newark.<br />
IFIDA Elects New 3-Man<br />
Governing Committee<br />
NEW YORK—The Independent Film Importers<br />
& Distributors of America has<br />
elected a new three-man governing committee<br />
for the coming year, composed of<br />
Jean Goldwurm, president of Times Film:<br />
David Emanuel, president of Governor<br />
Films, and Milton Piatt, general sales manager<br />
of Sherpix, Inc.. these to govern<br />
IFIDA in lieu of a president.<br />
The newly elected IFIDA governors succeed<br />
Irving Wormser, vice-president of<br />
Walter Reade-Sterling. and Daniel Frankel,<br />
president of Zenith International, who did<br />
not seek re-election. Goldwurm was reelected.<br />
'Playground'<br />
\<br />
in October<br />
YORK— "The Playground," pro-<br />
and directed by Richard Hilliard<br />
in Boston and its environs, will<br />
its American premiere at the Fifth<br />
Cinema in October, The pictm-e<br />
inspued by the book, "My Brother<br />
by C. L. Sulzberger, columnist of<br />
1<br />
the New York Times.<br />
ERO ADW Ay<br />
FDWARD S.<br />
FELDMAN, vice-president in<br />
charge of publicity and advertising for<br />
Seven Arts, and Thomas Lazarus, advertising<br />
coordinator: Herbert Richek, director<br />
of operations, and Sidney Kiwitt, business<br />
affairs manager for the company, left to<br />
attend Seven Arts International's first<br />
global conference of sales and merchandising<br />
executives, starting in London<br />
Wednesday (8). * * * Irving Sochin, vicepre.sident<br />
of Rizzoli Film Distributors, left<br />
for Italy Tuesday i7» for a one-week round<br />
of business meetings on the American premiere<br />
of Federico Fellini's "Juliet of the<br />
Spirits." Sochin will confer with Pellini<br />
and fly to Rome to meet with Angelo Rizzoli,<br />
president. * * * Michele DePaoIis, sales<br />
manager of Buena Vista International for<br />
Italy, came to New York on the luier<br />
Raffaello with his wife to visit the Walt<br />
Disney exhibits at the World's Pair.<br />
•<br />
Michael Mindlin jr., vice-president<br />
of Filmways, Inc., retm-ned from England<br />
Thursday 1 where he was 1 involved<br />
in pre-production conferences on MGM-<br />
Filmways' "13," which is scheduled to go<br />
before the cameras September 13, and held<br />
meetings on "The Sandpiper," "The Cincinnati<br />
Kid" and "The Loved One," also<br />
MGM-Filmways releases. * * * Buster<br />
Keaton, who is filming an American International<br />
picture in Italy, is being<br />
honored by both the New York Film Festival,<br />
which will show three Keaton films<br />
September 14, "The Railroader," "Film"<br />
and "Seven Chances," and by the Museum<br />
of Modern Art. which will show his classic,<br />
"The General," September 23-25. * * * Alex<br />
North, who composed the music for "The<br />
Agony and the Ecstasy" for 20th Century-<br />
Fox, arrived in New York Tuesday (7) for<br />
promotion activities for the October 7<br />
opening at Loew's State.<br />
•<br />
Sean Connery arrived in the U.S. aboard<br />
the liner United States Wednesday i8) to<br />
start rehearsals for Warner Bros.' "A Fine<br />
Madness," which will go before the cameras<br />
in Greenwich Village Monday (20i with<br />
Joanne Woodward, who came on from the<br />
West Coast by train, Jean Seberg and<br />
Patrick O'Neal also starred under Irvin<br />
Kershner's direction. Also filming in New<br />
York is Ursula Andress, who arrived from<br />
Rome with producer Carlo Ponti and director<br />
Elio Petri for location shooting on<br />
the Embassy film, "The Tenth Victim," set<br />
for Christmas release. * * * Jason Robards.<br />
who completed Warner Bros.' "A Big Hand<br />
for the Little Lady" in Hollywood, is in New-<br />
York for rehearsals with his co-star. Anne<br />
Bancroft, in Alexander Cohen's Broadway<br />
play, "The Devils," being directed by<br />
Michael Cacoyannis for a Boston opening<br />
in October.<br />
•<br />
Vacationing in Europe are Ernest Shapiro<br />
of RKO Theatres, who is visiting<br />
Greece and Italy with his wife, and Paul<br />
Crane, MGM traffic manager, who left<br />
with Mrs. Crane Tuesday i7) for a trip to<br />
France, England, Spain and Portugal.<br />
' * Leonard Feldman, research director<br />
for Harrington, Righter and Parsons, has<br />
joined Screen Gems as research manager.<br />
* * * Ellen FischI of United Artists and<br />
Donna Frintzilas of Brandt Theatres were<br />
named delegates to the WOMPI international<br />
convention to be held at the Hotel<br />
Astor September 17-19. Clarice Hausman<br />
of Paramount and Amy Rhode of MGM<br />
were named alternates.<br />
•<br />
Arthur Godfrey, who will make his motion<br />
picture debut in MGM's "The Glass<br />
Bottom Boat," starring Doris Day, flew to<br />
Hollywood Tuesday 7 ' 1 for wardrobe fittings.<br />
* * * Glenn Ford, who will begin his<br />
starring role in the Paramount-Seven Arts<br />
production of "Is Paris Burning?," left for<br />
Paris Tuesday i7) to join the Paul Graetz<br />
filming now in progress in the French<br />
capital and Joseph Gotten, who completed<br />
Joseph E. Levine's "The Oscar" in Hollywood,<br />
left for Italy to begin work in Levine's<br />
"The Ti-amplers." * * * Father Leo<br />
Lunders, the Dominican priest representing<br />
the Fischermont Monastery as adviser<br />
on MGM's "The Singing Nun," returned<br />
to Brussells over the Labor Day weekend,<br />
but will come back to Hollywood for the<br />
filming of the Debbie Reynolds picture.<br />
•<br />
Peter Lawford, head of Chrislaw Productions<br />
and executive producer of "Billie" for<br />
United Artists, returned to Hollywood after<br />
meeting with UA home office executives<br />
while Joseph Friedman, executive assistant<br />
to Martin Davis at Paramount, and Mort<br />
Hock, advertising manager, went to Hollywood<br />
for conferences with studio executives.<br />
* * * Andrea Harris, daughter of<br />
Nathan Harris and Mrs. Harris of Valley<br />
Stream, L.I., who is vice-president of Prudential<br />
New York Theatres, was maiTied<br />
to Dr. Stephen S. Scheldt, an intern at<br />
Montefiore Hospital, the Bronx, Saturday<br />
(11 ) at the Regency Hotel.<br />
•<br />
Paul Lyday, Buena Vista's promotion<br />
manager, is shifting his headquarters from<br />
New York to the Walt Disney studio in<br />
Burbank, Calif. However, he'll continue to<br />
supervise exploitation on the local level<br />
throughout the countiT-<br />
* * * After many<br />
delays, the Paramount Building was scheduled<br />
to go on the auction block on<br />
Wednesday i8>. Mortimer M. Caplin, trustee<br />
for Webb & Knapp which holds an interest<br />
in the building, had claimed that<br />
Paramount Pictures' low rental for its<br />
home office space had harmed the interest.<br />
It is understood that a settlement on that<br />
issue has been reached.<br />
Merrick Theatre to Century<br />
NEW YORK—The Merrick Theatre in<br />
Jamaica. Queens was taken over by Century<br />
Theatres, starting Wednesday
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Veteran Industryite<br />
Dies in Pittsburgh<br />
PITTSBURGH—Services for Edward H.<br />
"Goodie" Good, 72. retired film industry<br />
employe, were held Labor Day (6> in the<br />
Ferguson-Wood Funeral Home. Oakland.<br />
Burial was in Smithfield Cemetery.<br />
Good, a film handler, expediter, collector,<br />
shipper, head shipper and film director,<br />
served the business here for more than 50<br />
years. Most of his years of employment<br />
were with George Callahan's Exhibitors<br />
Service Co., and in more recent years with<br />
Callahan's son's Pittsbui-gh Film Service.<br />
He leaves his wife Margery and a brother<br />
Howard F. Good.<br />
Long-Time Exhibitor<br />
Succumbs at Pittsburgh<br />
PITTSBURGH—Chalmer E. "Chal" Cupler.<br />
who operated the Coui't Theatre at<br />
Washington, Pa., for many years, died August<br />
29 in Washington Hospital. His sister<br />
Chrystal, wife of Jolin D. Lacock, was associated<br />
with him in the theatre business.<br />
Cupler also leaves another sister Velma<br />
and a brother Kenneth L.. both of Washington.<br />
His father, the late Benjamin Earl<br />
Cupler, was an exhibitor in partnership<br />
with Joseph Mercer, who in later years<br />
was a theatre owner at Warwood and<br />
Wheeling. W. Va.<br />
BALTIMORE<br />
Qlrcuit Court Judge J. Gilbert Prendergast<br />
ruled the film "Crazy Wild and Crazy"<br />
is objectionable under Maryland's censorship<br />
law and the Board of Censors was<br />
proper in banning it. The judge has seen<br />
the picture at a special screening. The<br />
board, through the attorney general's office,<br />
filed suit to have the film banned.<br />
Assistant attorney general Fred Oken's<br />
petition to the court contended the picture<br />
is objectionable and without any redeeming<br />
merits that might justify public showing.<br />
Edmondson Drive-In had near-capacity<br />
crowds at its Labor Day dusk-to-dawn<br />
show. That same night, the Timonium<br />
Drive-In featui-ed a giant fireworks<br />
display.<br />
. .<br />
Sam Lambert, superintendent under<br />
Aaron B. Seidler, general manager for Joe<br />
Grant Theatres, is on a two-week vacation<br />
. . . Blanche Boughter of the Playhouse<br />
cashier staff has returned from an Atlantic<br />
City vacation . Joe Sauers resigned after<br />
ten years as projectionist for the Board of<br />
Motion Picture Censors.<br />
Elizabeth Cox is now manager of the<br />
Super 50 Drive-In at Trappe, Md.<br />
Mickey Hendricks, manager of the<br />
. . .<br />
New<br />
Horn Theatre, spent his day off sailing on<br />
the Chesapeake Bay.<br />
Jack Whalen, manager of the Five West<br />
and the Seven East, entertained friends<br />
from Philadelphia over the Labor Day<br />
weekend . Whittle, executive secretary.<br />
Allied Motion Picture Tlieatre Owners<br />
of Maryland, spent a weekend at Ocean<br />
City . . . Joseph Walderman. owner of the<br />
Park Theatre, was in New York on business.<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
\X7illiani Goldman, 68, owner of Goldman<br />
Theatres here, was one of two members<br />
of the outgoing 15-member board of education<br />
to be reappointed to<br />
a new streamlined<br />
nine-member board by Mayor James<br />
Tate. In addition to heading the circuit<br />
bearing his name, he also is president of<br />
WHYY, educational radio and television<br />
stations in Philadelphia. Some civic<br />
groups have questioned his eligibility to be<br />
on the board, however, since he is registered<br />
to vote out of the Bellevue-Stratford<br />
Hotel in center city but maintains his<br />
family home in suburban 'Villanova.<br />
Motion picture censorship has become a<br />
campaign issue in Philadelphia's district<br />
attorney election battle. Incumbent James<br />
C. Crumlish jr.. a Democrat, authored the<br />
legislation now pending before the legislature.<br />
His opponent Arlen Specter has<br />
accused him of attacking obscenity "solely<br />
for political publicity."<br />
Two Philadelphia policemen portrayed<br />
bm-glars in a film segment made here by<br />
J&F Products for the International<br />
Ass'n of Chiefs of Police. Other segments<br />
are to be filmed in various parts of the<br />
nation. The 27-minute color picture will<br />
have its premiere October 4 in Miami at<br />
the association's convention. The film<br />
doesn't have a title yet.<br />
Motion picture critic Ernest Schier of<br />
the Bulletin called the film "Darling,"<br />
showing at the midtown Arcadia, "a sizzling<br />
satire as a British Dolce Vita" . . . The<br />
two men arrested outside the Wayne Avenue<br />
Playhouse following the postponement<br />
of a Viet Cong film have been cleared of<br />
fighting charges. They are Marvin Burak,<br />
the man who leased the theatre for the<br />
showing of the controversial film, and<br />
James McClintock, a man who punched<br />
Burak while he was atmouncing the postponement<br />
to a crowd. The film "Why Viet<br />
Nam" allegedly .shows American atrocities<br />
being committed against Communist<br />
forces.<br />
Merton Shapiro of Sameric Theatres has<br />
returned from Rome where he visited with<br />
John Wayne. He Immediately started discussions<br />
with his father Samuel over the<br />
opening of two more theatres. One will be<br />
an art house on exclusive Rittenhouse<br />
Square in the downtown section and the<br />
other will be a drive-in at Pennsauken,<br />
across the Delaware River in New Jersey.<br />
Both will be named the Eric as are other<br />
theatres presently in operation and on the<br />
planning boards. They are named for Eric<br />
Shapiro. 9-year-old son of Merton and<br />
grandson of Samuel Shapiro.<br />
A. M. Ellis Theatres took over operation<br />
of the Yorktown motion picture house<br />
Wednesday 1 1 > in suburban Cheltenham<br />
Township.<br />
The Lincoln Drive-In is holding a tie-in<br />
promotion every Thursday night with a<br />
new discount store that opened nearby. It<br />
is called Kelly's Korner Nite in honor of<br />
the new store, and $50 in prizes is given<br />
away to patrons.<br />
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PITTSBURGH<br />
Justice Michael A. Musitiiinno of llie Pennsylvania<br />
Supremo Court discussed<br />
"The Need for Reviewing Motion Pictui'es<br />
—Censorsliip" at the Oakland Kiwanis<br />
Club luncheon Tuesday i7i ... Dependable<br />
Drivc-In's Labor Day attraction was a<br />
diLsk-to-dawn Chillerama. with Bill Cardelle<br />
of WIIC-TV making a personal appearance.<br />
Pi-ee coffee and donuts were<br />
served at dawn. All-night shows, with five<br />
and six features, were offered at many<br />
outdoor theatres, including the Gateway,<br />
both Greater Pittsburgh airers. Harmar.<br />
Kenmawr, Monroeville, Route 19, South<br />
Hills, Tri-State and Twin Hi-Way. Other<br />
ozoners mostly used thi-ee features. Fireworks<br />
were added at the ABC, Kane Road<br />
and New Super 30, and some had late color<br />
"spook" shows.<br />
Paintings by Carol Jean Nicolella. junior<br />
at Carnegie Tech. are on display in the<br />
Pemi Theatre lobby, Washington, Pa. Bill<br />
Wilson, manager, exploited the art show in<br />
"Little Washington" papers . . . Glenn<br />
Easter, Mount Morris exhibitor and 16mm<br />
sound projector-film distributor, was in<br />
New York in comiection with piuxhasing<br />
his 16mjii school supplies for the new season.<br />
Art D'Anniballe might have been forewarned<br />
when two masked men robbed him<br />
at his SteubenvUle drive-in. He was featuring<br />
"The Outlaws IS Coming" and "Law<br />
The Warner Bros.<br />
of the Lawless" . . .<br />
Bldg. has been sold to Duquesne University<br />
Tamburitzans. The exchange office moved<br />
into Gateway Towers last fall, being the<br />
fiist film company to leave Filmrow.<br />
Shawnee Broadcasting Co.. Chillicothe.<br />
Ohio, seeks FCC approval to constnict a<br />
radio station for Aliquippa . . . Reportedly<br />
the Borriello brothers will take over the<br />
long-closed theatre at Nanty-Glo. in negotiations<br />
with Joseph Delisi, owner. The brothers<br />
are in the produce business and all<br />
have theatre interests. Carl is connected<br />
with the Donora, Patsy is with the Baden<br />
and Midland, and Andy with the Elizabeth.<br />
Jerrilyn. daughter of the Saul I. (Columbia<br />
PerUmans. and Betsy, daughter of<br />
I<br />
the<br />
Irv iMGM> Jacobs, are resuming studies<br />
at Penn State where they are sophomores<br />
Waynes Drive-In now is oix-n only<br />
on weekends as is the Tusca at Beaver<br />
Vandergrift council entered into<br />
a CATV agreement with GT&E.<br />
Local option for Sunday movies in Pennsylvania<br />
would be abolished under terms<br />
of a bill proposed in the House of Representatives<br />
at Harrisburg. A fuither curtailment<br />
of the so-called "Sunday blue<br />
laws" is entailed in this measure, which<br />
would allow pre.sentation of motion pictui-es<br />
anywhere in the state on Sunday. Sponsors<br />
of the bill say approximately ten communities<br />
now ban Sunday showings following<br />
referenda on the issue.<br />
Paul E. Smith, 64. Meridian, veteran employe<br />
of theatres and a former Butler<br />
County detective, died suddenly Monday<br />
(6i at his home. He was projector operator<br />
at the Penn and had been in local<br />
theatres since 1920. He leaves a son William<br />
H. Smith and two grandchildi-en.<br />
Bernard Buchheit of the Rustic Drivein<br />
in the Greensburg-Mount Pleasant area<br />
received a half-page free plug in the Tribune<br />
Review Wednesday i8i in a "night<br />
out" tie-up with the newspaper carriers<br />
who won free meals and a free show . , .<br />
Better Films and Television Council resumed<br />
meetings in the Stanley Warner<br />
screening room in the Clark Bldg. Mrs. L.<br />
M. Callaghen is president.<br />
Washington Exhibitors File<br />
Protest on Films in Clubs<br />
WASHINGTON—Exhibitors and the Motion<br />
Picture Theatre Owners of Washington,<br />
headed by Julian Brylawski, have filed<br />
formal complaints here against certain<br />
night spots, cinematheques, for showing<br />
motion pictm-es. The complaints to the<br />
department of licenses and inspections<br />
charge "unfair competition" because patrons<br />
can smoke, di'ink and visit.<br />
The department is studying the matter<br />
as to certain violations of codes and equipment,<br />
as well as compliance with specific<br />
regulations, including having seats fastened<br />
to the floor. "Casablanca" and "That<br />
Naughty Gh-l" are among the films shown<br />
in a Georgetowii restaurant.<br />
WASHINGTON<br />
The Washington premiere of 20th Centuiy-<br />
Fox's "The Agony and the Ecstasy"<br />
will benefit the Washington chapter of the<br />
National Society of Arts and Letters'<br />
scholarship fund. The opening event, set<br />
for November 3 at the Uptown Theatre,<br />
will be followed by a reception given by<br />
Italian Ambassador Fenoaltea and his wife<br />
at their embassy. Mrs. John A. Logan,<br />
patroness of the arts, is chairman of the<br />
benefit performance, from which proceeds<br />
will be used to further talented youths'<br />
education in the various art fields. Principals<br />
involved in the premiere are Charles<br />
Grimes, assistant zone manager for Stanley<br />
Warner Theatres, publicists Frank LaPalce,<br />
20th-Fox publicist Hal Marshall of Philadelphia,<br />
and the Arts and Letters' local<br />
president Mrs. Charles King Holmes and<br />
parliamentarian Mrs. George B. Green.<br />
. . .<br />
Joe Brecheen, Buena Vista branch manager,<br />
has booked "Old Yeller" for rerelease,<br />
fu-st multi-run, beginning October<br />
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Sheldon Tromberg has set "Rotten<br />
to the Core" to open at the Green Hill Theatre<br />
for its first-run Philadelphia engagement<br />
following the current "Agent 8%"<br />
Frank Damis, Stanley Warner zone<br />
manager with headquarters at Philadelphia,<br />
hosted various branch managers at<br />
a luncheon in Paul Young's. Among those<br />
present were Alex Schlmel, Universal: Ted<br />
Krassner, Paramount: Ben Bache, Warner<br />
Bros., and Shep Bloom, 20th-Fox.<br />
Columbia booker Harold Levy is back at<br />
the exchange after vacationing . . . United<br />
Artists salesman Jim Svenstrup visited the<br />
Frederick territory ... In Baltimore, exhibitor<br />
interest in "The Ipcress File" was<br />
evidenced when Jack Fruchtman, J. P.<br />
Theatres: Aaron Seidler, Hillendale and<br />
Northwood theatres, and Boots Wagonheim.<br />
Schwaber circuit, were seen delivering<br />
their bids personally.<br />
Visitors to Filmrow included John Caldwell<br />
of the Appomattox Theatre and Coswell<br />
Drive-In: Hugh Sample, formerly with<br />
Independent Theatres, en route to Europe,<br />
and Ernest Price and Kenny Andrews from<br />
the Azalea Drive-In at Norfolk.<br />
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NEWS AND VIEWS THE PRODUCTION CENTER<br />
Italian Film Winner<br />
Venice Feslival<br />
VENICE, ITALY — Luchino Visconti's<br />
Italian film, "Vaglie Stella dell' Orso." star-<br />
Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel and<br />
Britain's Michael Craig, won the Golden<br />
Lion of St. Mark, the award for the best<br />
at the 26th annual Venice Film Festival<br />
here, which ended Monday 6 ( 1 The<br />
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same picture, which will be released in the<br />
by Royal Films International as<br />
will also be shown at the New<br />
York Film Festival Friday (17).<br />
Annie Girardot received the Volpi Cup<br />
best performance by an actress for her<br />
portrayal in Marcel Carne's French film,<br />
Rooms in Manhattan." which was<br />
filmed in New York, whUe Toshiro<br />
won the Volpi Cup as best actor for<br />
performance in the Japanese film,<br />
"Akahige" (Red Beard). A special jui-y<br />
prize was shared by the Mexican film,<br />
del Desierto." directed by Luis<br />
and the Soviet film, "I Am Twenty<br />
Old," directed by Marlen Kutziev.<br />
Catholic award was given to<br />
"Akahige."<br />
were only ten entries in compeat<br />
the Venice Festival, including the<br />
U.S. entry, Columbia's "Mickey<br />
produced and directed by Arthur<br />
in Chicago with 'Warren Beatty<br />
starred.<br />
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In addition to the Italian winner,<br />
"Mickey One" and the Japanese "Red<br />
Beard" were also entries at the New York<br />
which will end Saturday (18).<br />
Young Ends 'Thunderball/<br />
Assignment for TV<br />
Starts<br />
HOLL'YWOOD—Director Terence Young,<br />
who has completed his foiu'th James Bond<br />
film "Thunderball," starts his directorial<br />
assignment on "Poppies Ai-e Also Flowers,"<br />
the fomth of the Xerox United Nations TV<br />
specials.<br />
The story is based on an original preby<br />
the late Ian Fleming just before<br />
death. It will be fihned in the Nice<br />
studios and on location in Monte Carlo,<br />
Prance, Naples and Iran. It will be telecast<br />
in this country in December and<br />
shown theatrically in foreign countries to<br />
aid the UN campaign against the evil of<br />
natrcotics.<br />
Dedicate Alan Ladd Bust<br />
HOLL'YWOOD—A bust of the late Alan<br />
Ladd was unveiled by Edmond O'Brien in<br />
a ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial<br />
Park, Glendale, on Saturday i4). Italian<br />
sculptress Lia Di Leo was commissioned<br />
to do the bust by Ladd's widow Sue Carol.<br />
BOXOFFICE September 13, 1965<br />
(Hollywood Office—Suite 321 at 6362 Hollywood Blvd.)<br />
Hollywood Studios, DGA Cooperate<br />
In Training Assistant Directors<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Culminating more than<br />
a year of preliminary screening, testing<br />
and interviews, the motion pictm-e industry<br />
program for assistant directors moved into<br />
full operation Thursday i2) when ten<br />
trainees started their thi-ee-year program<br />
in motion pictui-e and television production.<br />
Selection of the trainees, announced by<br />
George Sidney, Directors Guild of America<br />
president, and Charles Boren, executive<br />
vice-president of<br />
the Ass'n of Motion Picture<br />
and Television Producers, was made<br />
by a committee of AMPTP and DGA representatives.<br />
In all, 640 applicants were<br />
considered and 17 were approved. Plans<br />
call for trainees to rotate among the studios<br />
so they will become familiar with the<br />
varied practices in motion picture and<br />
television production thi-oughout the industry.<br />
They also will attend a weekly<br />
three-houi- seminar dealing with all phases<br />
of fUm production and various collective<br />
bargaining contracts within the industry.<br />
AMPTP studios taking part in the program<br />
are Columbia. Bing Crosby Productions,<br />
MGM, Paramoimt, 20th Century-<br />
Fox, Danny Thomas, Universal and 'Warner<br />
Bros. Independent companies are participating<br />
through the Society of Independent<br />
Producers, with the first trainee going<br />
to the Mirisch Co.<br />
Trustees, made up of 12 representatives<br />
from management and the guild, will administer<br />
the program. Emmett 'Ward, Paramount<br />
labor relations manager, is board<br />
chainnan: Marshall 'Wortman. Universal,<br />
vice-chairman; Robert Vreeland, DGA,<br />
secretary, and 'Wallace 'Worsley, DGA, vicesecretary.<br />
Ti'ustees are: DGA—Monis Abrams, Rex<br />
Syd Cassyd Makes Tour<br />
Of Mexican Industry<br />
Los Angeles—Syd Cassyd, Western<br />
editor of BOXOFFICE, this week completed<br />
a tour of the Mexican film industry<br />
arranged by representatives of<br />
the Mexican government and both production<br />
and exhibition there. During<br />
the tour, Cassyd discussed the problems<br />
of the industry in Mexico with heads<br />
of government agencies, union, production<br />
and exhibition executives. His report<br />
on the visit will appear in forthcoming<br />
issues.<br />
Bailey. John Bowman, Mike Daves, Lesley<br />
Selander, Don 'Weis, Les Goodwins,<br />
George Sidney. Mike Vidor, Joseph C.<br />
Youngerman. AMPTP—Alfred P. Chamie.<br />
John Zinn, John Pommer. Arthur Schaefer,<br />
Charles S. Boren, Benjamin B. Kahane.<br />
Ernest Scanlon jr., H. R. Guillotte and<br />
Eugene Ai'nstein.<br />
DGA Directors Meeting<br />
Called for October 2<br />
HOLLY'WOOD—The national directors<br />
meeting of the Directors Guild of America<br />
will be held October 2 in Chicago, announces<br />
George Sidney, president, when<br />
former members of the Screen Directors<br />
International Guild will be installed to<br />
the national board. Pi'ior to the meeting,<br />
the SDIG will elect two memt)ers for the<br />
national board and 13 members for the<br />
Eastern directors council.<br />
Retired Naval Officer<br />
To Oversee 'Ambush Bay'<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Aubrey Schenck,<br />
executive<br />
producer of "Ambush Bay," a<br />
United Artists release scheduled to roll In<br />
the Philippine Islands October 15. has<br />
signed Lt. Cmdr. (ret.) Clem Stadler of the<br />
Marine Coi-ps as technical advisor. He<br />
formerly served in a similar capacity at<br />
MGM dming the production of "The Ueutenant"<br />
television series and has served as<br />
technical advisor with other major studios<br />
in the production of features and TV<br />
series with a Marine. Naval or military<br />
backgromid. "Ambush Bay" starring Hugh<br />
O'Brian. Mickey Rooney and Jim Mitchum.<br />
will be a Schenck-Zabel Pioduction with<br />
Hal Klein producing and Ron Winston<br />
directing.<br />
Harry Gaffney on Tour<br />
To Set Up USA's 'Wahine'<br />
HOLL'YWOOD—Harry Gaffney, Western<br />
sales manager for United Screen Arts, left<br />
for Chicago to set up multiple runs for<br />
"One Way Wahine," USA's current feature,<br />
to be released next month. From Chicago,<br />
he will go to Milwaukee to set up the<br />
world premiere showing of "The Young<br />
Sinner," which was shot in and around<br />
Milwaukee.<br />
In "The Silencers," Daliah Lavi's second<br />
film for Columbia Pictures, Miss Lavi will<br />
star opposite Dean Martin.<br />
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Rainy Labor Day Boon to First Runs<br />
In LA; 'Sound of Music High 595<br />
LOS ANGELES—This city liad its first<br />
rainy Labor Day weekend in years and it<br />
helped drive customers to the theatres instead<br />
of seeking entertainment at the<br />
beaches, etc. Business at the bo.xoffice was<br />
brisk, showing a substantial boost over last<br />
week's receipts. Newcomers were paced by<br />
the Beatles' "HELP!" with 210 per cent.<br />
"Sons of Katie Elder" at 185 and "I Saw<br />
What You Did " 95.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Baldwin, Crest, Hollywood, Orpheum, Wiltem The<br />
Sons of Kotie Elder (Para) 185<br />
Beverly Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying<br />
Machines (20th-Fox), 12th wk 230<br />
Bruin, Vogue Whot's New Pussycat? (UA),<br />
10th wk 355<br />
Chinese Von Ryan's Express {20th-Fox),<br />
7th wk 190<br />
Cineramo TTie Greatest Story Ever "Told<br />
(UA), 29th wk. 220<br />
Egyptian My Fair Lady (WB), 45th wk 410<br />
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El " Rey, ' State I Sow What You Did (Univ)<br />
95<br />
Fine Arts Zorbo the Greek (IC), 32nd wk. 170<br />
Four Star, Ins, Los Angeles, Loyola HELP!<br />
(UA)<br />
.210<br />
Hollywood-Paramount—The Sandpiper (MGM),<br />
8th wk<br />
120<br />
Lido The Knack (UA-Lopert), 6th wk<br />
160<br />
Music Hall The Collector (Col), 8th wk 170<br />
Pontoges The Greot Roce (WB), 10th wk 400<br />
Pix Cot Ballou (Col), 5th wk 140<br />
Village Cosonovo '70 (Embassy), 7th wk 265<br />
Womer Beverly Ship of Fools (Col), 5th wk 200<br />
Warner Hollywood The Hallelujoh Trail (UA),<br />
1 1th wk 270<br />
Worner's, World Lord Jim (Col), 2nd wk 85<br />
Wilshire The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
26fh wk 595<br />
Trail,' "Sound of Music' Up<br />
To 500s in San Francisco<br />
SAN FRANCISCO — "The Hallelujah<br />
Ti-ail" and "The Sound of Music" bm-st<br />
into the 500-circle under the impetus of<br />
excellent Labor Day weekend business<br />
which also saw 11 other first-run programs<br />
reach or exceed the 175 gi-oss percentage<br />
level. Embassy's "Darling" took off at the<br />
Alexandi-ia and Vogue with a composite<br />
325 and "The Pawnbroker" packed in<br />
crowds at a 350 grossing rate.<br />
Alexandria, Vogue Darling (Embossy) 325<br />
Cinerama Orpheum The Greatest Story Ever Told<br />
(UA), 22nd wk 200<br />
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Crown Harlow (Para), 2nd wk 175<br />
Esquire— Having o Wild Weekend (WB), The<br />
Rot Race (Para) 75<br />
Fox-Porkside Those Mognificent Men in Their<br />
Flying Machines (20th-Fox), 8th wk 200<br />
Fox-Worticld She (MGM) 200<br />
Golden Gate Cinerama The Hallelujah Trail<br />
(UA), 9th wk 500<br />
Lorkin The Soft Skin (Cinema V), 2nd wk 200<br />
Metro The Collector (Col), 8th wk 175<br />
Music Hall Red Desert (Rizzoli), 2nd wk 200<br />
Presidio The Pawnbroker (AA), 5th wk 350<br />
Royal Harlow (Poro), 2nd wk 175<br />
St. Francis Operation Crossbow (MGM), 3rd wk. ..100<br />
United Artists The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
24th wk 525<br />
'Saboteur' High New Film<br />
Among Portland First Runs<br />
PORTLAND—With vacation days at an<br />
end and the American Legion convention<br />
in the past, fii-st-run boxoffices settled<br />
down a bit but such headliners as "My<br />
Fair Lady," in its 43rd week, and "The<br />
Sound of Music," in its 20th stanza, still<br />
topping the gross ratings with 200.<br />
Broadway Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying<br />
Machines (20th-Fox), 3rd wk<br />
Cinema 21, Fine Arts A Very Speciol Favor<br />
180<br />
(Univ), 3rd wk 150<br />
Division Shenondooh (Univ), 7th wk 165<br />
82nd Street Drive-ln Toboos of the World (AlP)<br />
Fox—The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 20th wk. .<br />
155<br />
.200<br />
Hollywood The Hallelujah Trail (UA), 5th wk. 175<br />
Irvington Operotion Crossbow (MGM), 4th wk, 160<br />
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Laurelhurst Zorbo the Greek (IC), 2nd wk 180<br />
Music Box Whot's New Pussycat' (UA), 9th wk. . 180<br />
Off-Broadway Cosanovo '70 (Embassy)<br />
150<br />
Orpheum, Sandy Boulevard The Saboteur (Morituri)<br />
20th-Fox) 165<br />
Paramount My Fair Lady (WB), 43rd wk 200<br />
Powell How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (AIP),<br />
3rd wk 150<br />
"Shenandoah' 275 Best Mark<br />
In Strong Denver Week<br />
DENVER—Newcomer "Shenandoah" and<br />
long-run "Sound of Music" were the first<br />
and .second gi-ossers of the week, the Civil<br />
War film starting its Paramount run with<br />
275 and the Warner musical scoring 225<br />
in its 24th week at the Aladdin.<br />
Aladdin The Sound of Music (20fh-Fox), 24th wk. 225<br />
Centre Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying<br />
Machines (20th-Fox), 7th wk 160<br />
Cooper Ifs o Mad, Mod, Mod, Mod World (UA),<br />
45th wk 180<br />
Donhom My Fair Lady (WB), 42nd wk 140<br />
Denver Sergeant Deadhead (AIP); I'll Take<br />
Sweden (UA), rerun 1 00<br />
Esquire Zorba the Greek (IC), 11th wk 150<br />
International The Hallelujoh Trail (UA), 10th wk. 135<br />
LakeRidge, Mayan, Centennial, Monaco, West,<br />
Valley, Wadsworth That Funny Feeling<br />
(Univ); various co-features 90<br />
Paramount Shenandoah (Univ) 275<br />
Towne Agent 8% (Cont'l), 2nd wk 125<br />
Vogue Cot Ballou (Col); World Without Sun<br />
(Col), rerun 1 50<br />
Grcmman's Sets Extended<br />
Run of 'Ipcress File'<br />
HOLLYWOOD — In an unprecedented<br />
booking, Universal's "The Ipcress File"<br />
will begin an exclusive extended engagement<br />
at Grauman's Chinese Theatre<br />
Wednesday < 22 1 , it was announced by<br />
Henry H. Martin, Universal vice-president<br />
and general sales manager, and Dan Poller,<br />
National General co-director of theatre<br />
operations. Michael Caine stars In the<br />
British made Technicolor film, which is<br />
setting records at the Coronet Theatre<br />
in New York. Harry Saltzman. co-producer<br />
of the James Bond thrillers, produced "The<br />
Ipcress File," which was directed by Sidney<br />
J. Furie, from the best-selling novel<br />
by Len Deighton.<br />
LOS ANGELES i\<br />
•phe Roy Cooper Co., West Side-Valley<br />
Theatres, announces several<br />
(<br />
theatre ;<br />
management changes. William E. Hupp<br />
j<br />
has been promoted to advertising manager<br />
for West Side-Valley Theatres. Roy Cooper<br />
,<br />
is adding Hupp to the main office<br />
'<br />
staff<br />
and placing him in charge of circuit advertising.<br />
He also will work closely with the<br />
booking and buying department, specializing<br />
in foreign films. Pioneering foreign<br />
films in San Francisco, the circuit now<br />
has three de luxe foreign film hou.ses there:<br />
,<br />
the Guild Theatre, Menlo Park; the Pine<br />
Ai'ts, Palo Alto, and the new Twin Cinema<br />
in Belmont with the Bel-Art makint; up<br />
the foreign film half of the duo. John<br />
Heathcote. who for two years has managed<br />
the Los Altos and Fine Arts theatres for<br />
West Side-Valley, now will add the Park<br />
and Guild theatres. House managers appointed<br />
are Ged Dewey to the Park and<br />
Guild theatres in Menlo Park and Hal<br />
Smith to the Los Altos theatres in Lo.s<br />
Altos.<br />
Another major film exchange will move<br />
to the Beverly Hills Filmrow. American International<br />
Pictiu-es of the Pacific Coast,<br />
headed by New1,on P. "Red" Jacobs will<br />
move on or about November 1, to 29:;<br />
South La Cienaga Blvd., Beverly Hills.<br />
Condolences to Chet Eckert. controller<br />
for National General Corp. on the death of<br />
his father ... Ed Harris is back at his I<br />
old post at the Canon Theatre, a Herbert<br />
Kosner operation. He was in public relations<br />
for a while on his own.<br />
Among the out-of-towners in for the i<br />
Cooperman-Adler wedding were Herb Resner<br />
from San Francisco; Marty Foster,,<br />
San Francisco theatre owner; Mr. and Mrs.<br />
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Jack Lowell. San Diego theatre<br />
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ownei-s,<br />
and Lloyd Katz, Nevada Theatre Corp.,<br />
Las Vegas.<br />
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Pacific Drive-In Theatres Corp. has<br />
options on two new open-aii' projects in<br />
the north and south end of Seattle. United I<br />
Theatres, Pacific affiliate, is behind the<br />
move. Mike Fonnan, son of Pacific president<br />
William R. Fomian and executive of<br />
the circuit, and Cap Caspare, real estate<br />
head, visited Seattle regarding the two<br />
undertakings.<br />
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Morgan Signs for 'War'<br />
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HOLLYWOOD — Harry Morgan, well- i<br />
known character comedian, was signed to<br />
play "Major Pott," harassed AiTny intelli-<br />
,<br />
gence officer, in Blake Edwards' "What<br />
Did You Do in the War, Daddy?"<br />
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HOLLYWOOD—Felix<br />
PORTLAND<br />
The Sound of Music" continues here with<br />
attendance on the upswing, despite a<br />
ong engagement now topping the 22-week<br />
nark. Rex Hopkins, Fox-Evergi-een city<br />
iianager. advises a better gross now than<br />
)n opening with the pre-Labor Day weeknid<br />
setting a record.<br />
Many exhibitors spent their vacation at<br />
jeach resorts. Included were the Sol Mailels<br />
at Seaside with Maibels commuting<br />
laily to his Aladdin Theatre here. He met<br />
ilric Sundholm. Broadway Theatre maniger.<br />
and other theatremen at the popular<br />
ocean beach resort.<br />
('Northwest<br />
Co-Productions Increase<br />
Avala Films Income<br />
BELGRADE. YUGOSLAVIA—More than<br />
'52 million in hard cui-rency flowed into<br />
Yugoslavia as a result of co-production<br />
leals between Avala Films of this country<br />
md pictm'e-makers in the United States.<br />
Sngland. Geimany, Prance and Italy, it<br />
i.vas revealed here by Ratko Drazovic, gen-<br />
,;ral manager of Avala Films.<br />
said he expects the income<br />
a-om motion picture production to in-<br />
?rease at least 25 per cent in 1965 and an<br />
additional 16 per cent in 1966 under present<br />
production plans, which includes a<br />
r;hree-picture deal with producer-director<br />
'Micholas Ray, who launches his first film<br />
|.n association with Avala at the end of<br />
;his month. The film, titled "The Doctor<br />
'md the Devils," will star Maximilian<br />
SSchell and Susannah York.<br />
"The production capacity of Avala Films<br />
!S very large," Drazovic said. "However, the<br />
Isntire domestic output can only absorb 15<br />
!per cent of this capacity. So. if we want to<br />
keep the whole studio functioning, we have<br />
;o make deals from abroad for the other<br />
I35<br />
per cent.<br />
Refusal of Airer Permit<br />
Sends Sterling to Court<br />
— A raling by the City of<br />
iHoughton refusing Sterling Theatres a<br />
'aermit to construct a drive-in is being<br />
contested in court here by the circuit.<br />
Sterling's attorney, John C. Vertrees, has<br />
:)btained a coui-t order instiaicting Hough-<br />
,»n officials to furnish the coui't a comolete<br />
transcript of the hearing on Sterling's<br />
application for the airer before the<br />
iSoughton city council and planning comnission.<br />
The transcript must be deposited<br />
;j^ith the Seattle court by September 17.<br />
president<br />
of the Los Angeles advertising and<br />
publicity firm of Flowers & Associates, anjProducer<br />
Felix Feist<br />
Feist, 55, producer<br />
pf the TV series "Peyton Place." died<br />
Irhursday ( 2 ) . Feist's film credits include<br />
I'This Is the Life," "George 'White<br />
;3candals," "Big Trees" and "Guilty of<br />
•rreason." Starting as a film salesman, he<br />
!)ecame a director for RKO in 1923 and in<br />
lis later industry career was a cameraman<br />
or International Newsreel, test director<br />
md short subjects writer for MGM and<br />
contract director for Universal. Sui'vivors<br />
[ire his wife Barbara, three sons and three<br />
laughters.<br />
lOXOFTICE September 13, 1965<br />
Three New Salesmen Added<br />
By Flowers & Associates<br />
SAN FRANCISCO—Paul Flowers,<br />
PAUL FLOWERS<br />
nomiced that his group sales department<br />
has recently been expanded with the addition<br />
of three new specialists in the field.<br />
All have had past experience with different<br />
film distributors and Flowers is<br />
anticipating a record year for group sales.<br />
Artist to Display 'Film'<br />
Paintings During Festival<br />
SAN FRANCISCO—"The Painted Screen:<br />
An Ai-tist's View of the Cinema" by local<br />
artist Bill Webber is being prepared for<br />
viewing dm-ing the San Francisco Film<br />
Festival. Comprised of 50 retrospective<br />
works, the display, rendered in oil and<br />
acrylic, will be set up at the Galerie de<br />
Toui's starting October 18. There wOl be<br />
25 paintings at the galleiT and 25 in the<br />
main lobby of the Masonic Auditorium.<br />
Included in the collection are interpretations<br />
of Greta Garbo as "Camille,"<br />
"Wings," "All Quiet on the Western Front,"<br />
and many other classics. Scenes from<br />
modern Italian and Japanese films also<br />
will be represented in painting, as will<br />
stars such as Charlie Chaplin and Humphrey<br />
Bogart. Directors slated to be present<br />
at the festival include George Cukor, Hal<br />
Roach, Busby Berkeley and John Huston.<br />
Kenneth LaFurge Acquires<br />
Grand Theatre in Huron<br />
From North Central Edition<br />
HURON. S.D.<br />
— Kenneth LaFurge has<br />
purchased the Grand Theatre from W. J.<br />
McDermott and reopened the house, which<br />
had been closed for more than a year.<br />
The Grand, one of the oldest businesses<br />
in Highmore, first opened its doors 65<br />
years ago.<br />
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35 employes of the 3,300-seat house, one of<br />
the last of the Bay Area's big movie palaces,<br />
have been given termination notices<br />
as of that date. According to the management,<br />
the Pox Oakland is being closed<br />
"temporarily" because of a dearth of firstrun<br />
films. There are no plans to demolish<br />
the building.<br />
Charles "Chuck" McDonald, sales manager<br />
of Pop Corn Specialties, San Fi'ancisco,<br />
driving down a fire road between<br />
San Rafael and San Anselmo, was killed<br />
August 29 when his motor bike swerved<br />
off the road and flipped him several feet<br />
into the aii-. He had been employed by Pop<br />
Corn Specialties for three years.<br />
Ray Bolger and Margaret Hamilton play<br />
major roles in Joseph E. Levine's "The<br />
Daydreamer."<br />
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Thi- f;ill film season heralds the showing<br />
c<br />
of foreign, art and off-the-beatentrack<br />
pictures at the Queen Theatre. "Anatomy<br />
of a MaiTiage" in two<br />
parts', "China!" and Ingmar Bergman's<br />
new "All These Women" and reissued "The<br />
Devil's Eye" start off the new series. Summer<br />
bookings were dominated by 'Walt<br />
Disney. Jeny Lewis and pictmes aimed<br />
at the teen trade.<br />
Consolidated Amusement Co. posted Albert<br />
Diaz into the Beach Theatre. Waikiki,<br />
mo\ing over from the Kaimuki Tlieatre,<br />
with Valentine Richards, filling the manager's<br />
spot left open in the latter house.<br />
Both are veteran managers for Consolidated.<br />
* * *<br />
DENVER<br />
Pob Heyl's West Drive-In. Torrington.<br />
Wyo., was robbed by young thieves<br />
who not only stole the money but the<br />
cash register as well . . Dorrance Schmidt,<br />
.<br />
Ti-ail Theatre. Bridgeport, Neb., will enroll<br />
his son as a freshman at the University<br />
of Nebraska . . . Jeni George,<br />
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John George.<br />
State Theatre. Rapid City. S.D.. will enter<br />
the University of Wyoming . . . BUI Saxton,<br />
formerly with MGM as a booker, is now<br />
managing the Dogie Theatre, Newcastle,<br />
Wyo., for the Black Hills Amusement Co.<br />
. . . National Theatre Supply has completed<br />
installation of new 70/35mm projectors<br />
in the Centre Theatre. Denver. NTS<br />
also has installed new Simplex in-car<br />
speakers at the Silver Star Drive-In, Wallace.<br />
Ida., and new playgiound equipment<br />
at the Geneva Drive-In, Orem, Utah.<br />
'Virgil<br />
John Burton has remodeled the concession<br />
stand in his Nile Theatre, Mitchell,<br />
Neb., and has installed new equipment, including<br />
an ice machine .<br />
has remodeled<br />
. .<br />
and rearranged<br />
Stanley<br />
the lobby<br />
and foyer of the Goodhand Theatre, Kimball,<br />
Neb Considerable damage was<br />
done to Al Kane's Fiesta Drive-In, Las<br />
Cruces, N.M., by flash floods . . . Mr. and<br />
Mi-s. W. Hipscher, Post Theatre, Igloo, S.<br />
D., traveled to Montana to visit theii'<br />
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Summer's over but "A Swingin' Summer"<br />
tackles a September date at the King and<br />
Waialae Drive-In. backed by heavy promotions<br />
and tie-ups with a local rock and<br />
roll radio station and the Yamaha motorbike<br />
dealers.<br />
Poui- Japan-made films, "The Shape of<br />
Night." "It's a Woman's World." "With<br />
"<br />
Beauty and Sorrow and "Love Bondage.<br />
have been booked for the Nippon Theatre's<br />
art film festival. Each picture is scheduled<br />
for a week's run. with one special<br />
performance nightly at 10:45. following<br />
the end of each night's regularly scheduled<br />
programs.<br />
* * •<br />
One of the nation's first screenings of<br />
Hal Wallis' "Boeing. Boeing" was at the<br />
Queen Theatre, presented as a studio<br />
sneak preview to a capacity house that<br />
included regular patrons and iiivited guests.<br />
Wallis was in Honolulu long enough to see<br />
the big opening day crowd of his "The<br />
Sons of Katie Elder" at the New Royal<br />
in Waikiki.<br />
Film and live-show critic Phil Mayer i.s<br />
back covering the openings after a mild<br />
coronary attack. In the meantime. Walt<br />
Christie jr., the original "moviegoer" columnist,<br />
keeps informing his readers every<br />
week with brief comments on cui'rent pictm-es.<br />
« * •<br />
"Spots in the Sim." which might be<br />
termed the Japanese "Mondo Cane." now is<br />
showing on the islands of Hawaii and Maui,<br />
with special promotion provided by George<br />
Honda. Blanketing each playdate (usually<br />
a one-night booking! with circus heralds.<br />
Honda's personal attention to each spot,<br />
large or small, seems to be doing the trick.<br />
daughter . . . Lyle Fodnes, New Roxy,<br />
Hemmingford, Neb., is mystified—someone<br />
mailed liim a 1929 pictm-e postcard of the<br />
theatre—and Fodnes was wondering where<br />
it came from.<br />
Buying: and booking on the Row were<br />
Dick Klein, Trojan. Longmont; Bob Heyl.<br />
Wyoming, Torrington, Wyo.; Bill Bertolero,<br />
Black Hills Amusement Co., Rapid City, S.<br />
D.; George Simms, Star, Fort Lupton;<br />
Alt Goldstein, Roxy, Denver; Sam Rosenthal,<br />
Bison, Buffalo, Wyo.; George Mc-<br />
Cormick, Skyline, Canon City.; Lou Avolio,<br />
city manager for Frontier Theatres, Albuquerque,<br />
N.M.<br />
Ground was broken for the $500,000<br />
Continental Theatre which will be erected<br />
at Hampden and the 'Valley highway in<br />
the southeast section of the city. Officers<br />
of the new corporation are George Gaughan,<br />
formerly with Cooper Theatres, and<br />
Nonnan Neilsen, formerly manager of the<br />
Cooper Cinerama Theatre here in Denver.<br />
Film, TV Personalities<br />
Attend Santa Fe Fiesta<br />
SANTA FE—A number of show business<br />
personalities, including two well-known to<br />
moviegoers, were on hand for the fourday<br />
annual Santa Fe Fiesta over the Labor<br />
Day weekend.<br />
Included were actress Greer Garson and<br />
actor Robert Pi'eston. Others were TV star<br />
Art Linkletter, his wife and family.<br />
Miss Gai-son owns a ranch at nearby<br />
Pecos, N.M., and Preston was in the area<br />
shooting a television series. Linkletter and<br />
family flew in to attend the events, along<br />
with some business activities. This year's<br />
fiesta was the 253rd annual celebration of<br />
the event.<br />
Embassy's "Wife for Sale" concerns a<br />
young executive who confuses his wife's<br />
beauty with his corporate assets.<br />
Holloway House Publishinc<br />
Creates M.P. Division<br />
LOS ANGELES -A motion picture divi<br />
i<br />
sion of Holloway House Publishing Or<br />
here has been created with titles fron i<br />
the book division to be released for motioi<br />
picture production. Involved in the trans<br />
action to the new company under thi<br />
name of HH Productions is $1,400,000 fo<br />
options on book rights and subsequen<br />
production money.<br />
Frank Warren, New York motion pictun<br />
financier and banker of several films it<br />
major release, along with Leo Guild, execu<br />
tive editor of Holloway House PublishinR<br />
will head the new company.<br />
The first title to go into production ii<br />
Hollywood will be a comedy titled, "Hov<br />
to Win in Las Vegas," story of three girl,<br />
in Las Vegas, one of whom has a com<br />
puter system for beating roulette. Stell;<br />
Ste\'ens and Dorothy Provine will do tw(<br />
of the roles. Dee Hill will script.<br />
Among other titles released to the motion<br />
picture division are "I Am No<br />
Ashamed," the stoi-y of Barbara Payton<br />
"My Name is Leona Gage— Won't Somebody<br />
Help Me," "The Loves of Casanova,'<br />
"Satyricon," "The Hip Hypnotist" by Pat<br />
Collins, "Every Diamond Doesn't Sparkle.'^<br />
story of the Dodgers, "Ladies on Call," the!<br />
life of madam Lee Fi-ancis, and 30 other<br />
titles.<br />
Frank Warren will operate administra-'<br />
tive offices from New York and Leo Guile<br />
will head the Hollywood division.<br />
United Screen Arts Hires<br />
Four in Expansion Move<br />
HOLL'YWOOD—Vern Carstensen, executive<br />
vice-president and treasurer of Unitec<br />
Screen Arts, announces the addition oi<br />
personnel to the fii-m's accounting, sale:<br />
and exploitation departments.<br />
Barbara Bardmess has been added t(<br />
the accounting staff as boxoffice auditor<br />
Raenelle Prokopis for accounts receivables<br />
Sondra Roudebush as secretary to Westeri<br />
sales manager Harry Gaffney and Joyct-<br />
Bohnsack has been transferred from thf<br />
sales department to exploitation as as-,<br />
sistant to Dick Robbins, promotion anc;<br />
exploitation director. Kim Moore ha*<br />
joined the promotion staff.<br />
Robert Mitchum, Wife<br />
Stop at Albuquerque<br />
ALBUQUERQUE—Motion picture actoi<br />
Robert Mitchum stopped in Albuquerque<br />
briefly over the Labor Day weekend, er<br />
route to Ruidoso Downs, to attend the AU-<br />
American Quarter Horse F^itm'ity.<br />
Mitchum told reporters at the airpoi-l<br />
that he planned to make a film callec<br />
"Eldorado" for Paramount near Tucsor<br />
starting in October. Accompanied by hi;<br />
wife, he was scheduled to stay in Ruidosc<br />
through Tuesday
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1<br />
2nd<br />
Excursions to<br />
Loop<br />
Build Film Grosses<br />
CHICAGO — The Labor Day weekend<br />
found many people on the highways, using<br />
the thi-ee-day hohday to get away. But<br />
excm-sion fares from neighboring locales<br />
brought an unusually heavy number of<br />
visitors to Chicago, many of whom visited<br />
iLoop theatres. Evidence of this was indicated<br />
at the State Lake, where "Once a<br />
Thief" was a newcomer: at the Oriental,<br />
which opened with "Billie"; at the Chicago,<br />
where "Cat Ballou" had another bonanza<br />
week: at the Woods, where "HELP!" was<br />
still strong in the fourth week: at the<br />
lUnited Artists, where "What's New Pussy-<br />
'cat?" was in the 11th week. Neighborhood<br />
'houses showing "Shenandoah" for the<br />
first time reported good grosses. Outlying<br />
situations playing "Von Ryan's Express,"<br />
following its initial showing at the Oriental,<br />
was a real contender for good business.<br />
"Mary Poppins" continued to be a top<br />
grosser in its current "select theatre" show-<br />
,ing.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Cornegie Casanova '70 {Embassy), 5th wk 165<br />
"hicago Cat Ballou (Col), 2nd wk 350<br />
'linemo-JBackfire (Royal), 2nd wk 165<br />
Ilinestoge Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying<br />
Machines (20fh-Fox), 9th wk 350<br />
isquire The Knock (UA-Lopert), 2nd wk 200<br />
.OOP Cosonovo '70 (Embassy), 5th wk 165<br />
vlcVickers The Greotest Story Ever Told (UA)<br />
26th wk 100<br />
Michael Todd The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
25th wk 375<br />
Oriental Billie (UA) 200<br />
,^olace My Foir Lady (WB), 45th wk 275<br />
[Roosevelt The Glory Guys (UA) 155<br />
(itote Lake Once a Thief (MGM) 225<br />
iJnited Artists What's New Pussycat? (UA),<br />
1 1th wk 200<br />
Aioods—HELP! (UA), 4th wk ^300<br />
[Sound of Music' 375 High<br />
For KC Labor Holiday<br />
KANSAS CITY — Holdover attractions<br />
itopped new openings for the week due to<br />
un influx of visitors for the Labor Day<br />
weekend. "The Sound of Music" in its<br />
:?ighth week at the Midland was at the<br />
nead of the parade with 375 per cent, top-<br />
Iping the previous week of 300 per cent.<br />
'Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying<br />
Machines" pulled 350 per cent in the 11th<br />
.veek at the Brookside, rising above the<br />
brevious week of 200 per cent. "Zorba the<br />
jreek" in its third week at the Kimo<br />
';ripled average business but was stronger<br />
the previous week with 450 per cent.<br />
HELP!" scored 220 per cent for the thii'd<br />
^.veek at the Uptown and Avenue. "Youi'<br />
jPast Is Showing" In its second week as a<br />
reissue at the Rockhill clicked with 185<br />
l^er cent.<br />
,ioulevard, Crest, 1-70, Riverside, Gronodo (KCK),<br />
' Isis, Overland How to Stuff a Wild Bikini<br />
(AlP); Tickle Me (AA) 100<br />
;<br />
jJrookside Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying<br />
I Machines (20th-Fox), 11th wk 350<br />
!:apri My Fair Lady (WB), 38th wk 125<br />
,;mpire The Hallelujah Trail (UA), 7th wk 125<br />
,Cimo Zorlw the Greek (IC), 3rd wk 300<br />
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KANSAS CITY<br />
Qlen Dickinson and Doug Ljghtner, area<br />
exhibitor co-cliairnicn. Stajiley Durwood.<br />
national exhibitor co-chainiian. and<br />
Tom Bailey. K.C. area distributor chairman,<br />
are busily heading the Will Rogers<br />
Hospital Fund collections for the area.<br />
Kansas City is the first city in which there<br />
has been a break-through on radio and<br />
television for fund solicitations, plus theati-e<br />
collections. All station managers operating<br />
here and in the surrounding area<br />
have been contacted regarding collections.<br />
Contributions, other than at theatres, may<br />
be sent to City National Bank & Ti-ust Co.<br />
Total receipts for the Will Rogers diivein<br />
coUectioivs in Kansas City were $6,187.08.<br />
which is $2,783.71 more than last year. Donations<br />
from each di-ive-in during the<br />
three-week collection period were reasonably<br />
higher than last year.<br />
Al Eleuitz was here last week to do some<br />
advance promotion work for "The Ipcress<br />
Pile" (Universal! scheduled for opening<br />
at the Paramount Theatre Pi-iday (17<br />
Walsh, mother of Ray Walsh,<br />
owner of the Peoples Theatre and the Neocha<br />
Di-ive-In at Chanute. Kas.. died Wednesday<br />
(11.<br />
Hazel Jones, office manager for National<br />
Screen Service, and an employe there for<br />
27 years, retired August 27, the date of<br />
her 5th wedding anniversai-y. She worked<br />
on Filmi-ow from 1923 until 1932 with<br />
Pathe-RKO and from 1932 until 1938 with<br />
Universal Pictm-es. NSS employes honored<br />
her with a luncheon in their recreation<br />
room.<br />
Al Fitter, assistant general sales manager<br />
for United Ai-tists in New York. Al Fisher,<br />
head of exploitation for UA in New York,<br />
and Eugene "Gene" Jacobs, Southern division<br />
sales manager for UA in New York,<br />
will visit Kansas City today (13i and tomorrow<br />
(14>, conferring with Ralph Amacher,<br />
branch manager, and staff.<br />
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Riiy Breen has been appointed manager<br />
at the Fairway Theatre, replacing Hugh<br />
Siverd. temporarily there, who was transferred<br />
to the Brookside. Breen foimerly<br />
was assistant manager at the Brookside<br />
and Uptown.<br />
Patty Gascish, bookers' secretary at<br />
United Ai-tists, is vacationing in Chicago<br />
for two weeks . . . Ellen Parker, UA cashier,<br />
was vacationing in Honolulu last week .<br />
Dona Brown is the new biller and secretary<br />
for the local UA branch.<br />
Bob DeJarnette, office manager for<br />
United Ai-tists in Kansas City, will soon<br />
leave for Charlotte, N.C.. where he will be<br />
stationed as UA salesman there. Bill Gill,<br />
new head booker, will be office manager<br />
and head booker, replacing DeJaniette.<br />
"Billie," a United Artists production, will<br />
open at the Plaza Theatre here Wednesday<br />
(291, to be followed by a saturation booking<br />
all over the territory startmg October<br />
13. The promotion for the pictui-e will include<br />
special newspaper ads, radio and<br />
television sp)ots.<br />
Kansas City WOMPIs to be at the international<br />
convention in New York are<br />
Gladys Melson. Hazel LeNoii'. Goldie Woerner,<br />
Jean Miller, Mary Hayslip, Alna Nece,<br />
Myi'tle Cain, Dorothy Wackerman, Pat<br />
Pierstorff and Nancy Porter, delegates, and<br />
Judy Helton and Bernice Powell, alternates.<br />
The convention will be held at the Astor<br />
Hotel Friday thi'ough Sunday (17-19).<br />
WOMPIs from 16 clubs in the United<br />
States and one from Canada are to attend.<br />
. . .<br />
Eric Green, branch manager of 20th Century-Fox.<br />
reports his daughter has enrolled<br />
for her freshman year at Northwest<br />
State College at Maryville. Mo.<br />
Mike Lee, district manager of Embassy Pictures,<br />
with headquarters in Minneapolis,<br />
will be in Kansas City this week, taking<br />
care of the office while Dorothy Wackerman<br />
is at the WOMPI convention.<br />
( 3 ) .<br />
Wichita's Westport Drive-In screen<br />
tower was damaged dui'ing the heavy rainstorm<br />
Friday night A strong wind tore<br />
off most of the right side of the screen and<br />
blew 20 sheets from the facing, according<br />
to William Allison, Missouri Theatre Supply<br />
manager. The drive-in, operated by<br />
Woody Banitt and Al McClui-e, was forced<br />
to close that night and money was refunded<br />
to the patrons, but the theatre was<br />
back in operation for Satui-day. No one<br />
was hm't.<br />
A screen arts course is listed on the<br />
agenda for adiilt education classes which<br />
will be held in Lillis High School each<br />
Monday evening, October 4 through January<br />
31. College credit can be earned. An<br />
entire film will be shown at each session<br />
and lectures will be given by Sister Bede<br />
Sullivan, O.S.B. Classes will be from 6:30<br />
to 9:45. Tuition for the entire series i.s<br />
$45. For fui-ther infoiTnation call LO 1-<br />
4445, LO 1-8250 or LO 1-6479,<br />
Screenings: "Willie McBean and His<br />
Magic Machine" (Magna) at Conxmon<br />
wealthh screening room Wednesday aftern<br />
noon (15).<br />
Out-of-town exhibitors on Filmrow:]<br />
From Kansas—C. E. Musgi-ave and Elbertf<br />
Drummond. Minneapolis: Fl'ed Munson.j<br />
Lyons: Hairk Doering, Garnett, and Elrnlel<br />
Block, Sabetha. From Missouri—Harleyl<br />
Fryer. Lamar: Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jarboe.<br />
Cameron: Bob Adkins, Higginsville, and<br />
Glen Jones, Gravois Mills.<br />
The United Theatre Owners of the Heart<br />
of America will hold a board of director.^<br />
luncheon meeting Wednesday (15i at Hotel<br />
Continental, starting at noon, Norris Ci'esswell,<br />
executive secretary, announced. Thi.s<br />
marks the first meeting of the fall season.<br />
Funeral Services Held<br />
For Kansas Theatreman<br />
COLUMBUS, KAS.—Services for Arthur<br />
W. "Art" Pugh, 76, owner-operator of the-'<br />
atres in southeast Kansas for many years.'<br />
were held Tuesday (7) in the Murdock<br />
Chapel here. Bm-ial was in Bethel Cemetery<br />
at Erie, Kas. Pugh was admitted to a<br />
hospital in Joplin. Mo., August 16 and!<br />
later transferred to a local hospital where'<br />
he died Saturday (4)<br />
For many yeais Pugh and his wife, along<br />
with their- son Leon and daughter Viola<br />
Wadlington operated various theatres,]<br />
among which are the Columbus Drive-Ini<br />
and State Theatre here, and the Fredoniaj<br />
Drive-In, Fredonia, Kas.. which his son;<br />
currently operates. The son will open thej<br />
Kansas Theatre there when the drive-inj<br />
closes. In June. Pugh retired from active<br />
participation in theatre operation for thej<br />
first time in more than 40 years.<br />
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LORAIN, OHIO — Lorain Cable Television,<br />
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Francis E. Kane, the newspaper's treasurer,<br />
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Horvitz was elected president of the firmi<br />
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secretary. Other officers include E. Gj<br />
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dent, and his brother M. F. Koury, a real<br />
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CHICAGO<br />
Wikkl Vickery Jenkins, a local artist, is exhibiting<br />
her latest oU paintings in the<br />
Esquiie Theatre's Little Gallery. She conducts<br />
a program of oil paintings for handicapped<br />
patients at the Chicago Institute<br />
of Rehabilitation. The film attraction at<br />
the Esquire is "The Knack" . doings<br />
are underway for the launching in late<br />
September of "The Ipcress Pile." The combined<br />
efforts of Universal's publicist Ben<br />
Katz; Ed Seguin. who heads advertising<br />
and publicity for B&K, and B&K publicist<br />
Tom Gorman have been going into preopening<br />
exploitation for the first showing<br />
lat the Chicago Theatre in the Loop.<br />
Warner Bros, press chief Frank Casey<br />
joined other Warner Bros, executives in<br />
New York for a discussion of the premiere<br />
activities for the Columbus Day opening<br />
of "The Great Race" at the State Lake<br />
Theatre. According to current plans, some<br />
of the film's numerous top stars should<br />
'be on hand for the ballyhoo at the State<br />
Lake.<br />
Oskar Werner will be here September 20<br />
lin connection with "Ship of Fools." And<br />
Werner's co-star Michael Dunn will be<br />
doing his night club act at Mr. Kelly's<br />
when the pictm-e opens September 30 at<br />
the United Ai'tists Theatre in the Loop . . .<br />
Publicist Paul Montague is recuperating<br />
from surgeiy on his right hand for a nerve<br />
.connection . . . William Castle, producer of<br />
"'I Saw What You Did," shipped in carloads<br />
iof seat belts for the multiple first-run<br />
openings, with the comment: "Fasten youi-<br />
'seat belts! It will jet you to new heights<br />
Iof terror and suspense and excitement."<br />
Two-day, twice-a-day showings of an<br />
actual performance by the La Scala Opera<br />
:company of Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme"<br />
are scheduled for October 20 and 21<br />
in selected movie houses around town . . .<br />
|Milt Simon has been commuting to down-<br />
Istate and Indianaiwlis area cities for<br />
opemngs of "Kwaheri," for which he was<br />
appointed distributor in the midwest area.<br />
Paramount publicist Dick Taylor was in<br />
Indianapolis for the multiple-run openings<br />
of "The Skull." He has also been setting<br />
up a campaign for the October 1st opening<br />
of "Situation Hopeless but Not Serious,"<br />
which will make its local debut at<br />
the Esquire Theatre . Artists<br />
press chief Wally Heim has been going<br />
around in circles supervising op>ening activities<br />
of "Billie" at the Oriental: Glory<br />
Guys" at the Roosevelt: "Hallelujah Trail"<br />
at the McVickers and the world premiere of<br />
"A Rage to Live" at the Woods.<br />
G. R. Frank, Paramount branch manager<br />
here, is relaxing on a short holiday<br />
. . . American International's "Swingers'<br />
Paradise" is paired with "Shenandoah" in<br />
a series of neighborhood theatres .<br />
Condolences to Alice Dubin of American<br />
International on the death of her brother<br />
Ralph. He had been living in California.<br />
Tess Sullivan of American International's<br />
office staff is enjoying a vacation in Michigan<br />
. . . New member of American International's<br />
local force is Shirley Sterling. She<br />
was formerly associated with MGM and<br />
Brotman-Sherman Theatres . . . Mrs. Sam<br />
Seplowin is recuperating at home after<br />
several weeks in the hospital.<br />
Herman Ripps, MGM assistant general<br />
sales manager, was here to talk about fall<br />
product, including "Once a Thief." Also discussed<br />
were saturation openings of "The<br />
Great Spy Mission," which goes into citywide<br />
release October 1. This marks the<br />
fii-st showings following the film's run at<br />
the Oriental Theatre in the Loop. And "The<br />
Yellow Rolls-Royce," which opens in several<br />
select theatres and drive-ins, will play<br />
with "The Sandpiper" in a number of situations<br />
. . . MGM Records is setting up its<br />
own distributorship in Chicago. Morris<br />
Price heads up the office.<br />
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In this area. Tom Gorman of Balaban &<br />
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"The Hill" and "The Secret of My Success"<br />
and Columbia's "Ship of Fools."<br />
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Peter Rosian, Universal regional sales<br />
manager, spent a few days here with<br />
branch manager Herb Martinez and members<br />
George Rose,<br />
of the sales staff . . . booker for Universal, and his wife Ruth<br />
celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary<br />
September 15. Just a month to the day,<br />
their daughter Donna will be feted at a<br />
Sweet Sixteen party Ruskenko of<br />
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the Universal office staff is vacationing .<br />
Get well wishes to Mrs. Beverly Paonessa,<br />
secretary to Universal branch manager<br />
Herg Martinez. She is currently recuperating<br />
in the hospital.<br />
While heavy advance bookings for<br />
"Sound of Music" are going to delay the<br />
opening of "The Agony and the Ecstasy"<br />
at the Michael Todd, advance publicity by<br />
way of posters and reservation blanks is<br />
bringing in astounding results. With a 40x<br />
60 panel in the lobbies of the Todd. Cinestage<br />
and the McVickers. blanks for "priority<br />
ticket sales" were mailed in by 1.200<br />
people in less than a week. No advertising<br />
on any other level has thus far been done.<br />
Bob Allen, head of Continental Distributing<br />
Corp. here, attended a sales meeting<br />
in New York. A big part of the discussion<br />
concerned satm-ation campaign plans<br />
for "Ghidrah," which opens October 29 in<br />
top Chicagoland theatres Hess,<br />
head of Azteca and<br />
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Clasa-Mohme here,<br />
and Bruce Trinz of the Clerk Theatre in<br />
the Loop, completed arrangements for a<br />
progi-am of Spanish-language movies directed<br />
by the internationally known producer<br />
Luis Bunuel. Included are "Ensayo<br />
de Crimen," (Criminal Life of Archibaldo<br />
de La Cruz) ; followed by "Subida el Cielo"<br />
Bus Ride<br />
) . a first prize-wimier<br />
at Cannes. The films will be shown with<br />
English subtitles.<br />
Raquel Considlne of Azteca Films is vacationing<br />
in Acapulco . . . During August<br />
1965. the Censor Board reviewed 61 movies.<br />
16 of which were foreign films. Three were<br />
"adulted," foui- were rejected but no cuts<br />
were ordered . Town Theatre is<br />
showing an exhibit of oils highlighting<br />
Chicago scenes by Fi'ank Beatty. He was<br />
art director for Popular Mechanics prior<br />
to his i-etirement.<br />
"The Sound of Music" at the Michael<br />
Todd, "Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
Flying Machines" at the Cinestage and<br />
"The Greatest Story Ever Told" at the<br />
McVickers have returned to the regular<br />
schedule of ten performances weekly, replacing<br />
the 14 shows which were scheduled<br />
for the summer months and vacation<br />
periods. The regular schedule calls for<br />
seven evening shows and matinees on<br />
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, with<br />
extra matinees on holidays.<br />
Members of the Variety Club of Illinois,<br />
headed by Vic Bernstein, chief barker, welcomed<br />
the addition of the Robert A. and<br />
Mary C. Black Building to the present<br />
structures which serve LaRabida Jackson<br />
Park Sanitarium.<br />
Mrs. Reade Jr.<br />
Named<br />
rrom Eastern Edition<br />
TRENTON. N.J.—Mrs. Walter Reade<br />
jr., wife of the board chaiiman of the<br />
Walter Reade- Sterling circuit, has been<br />
named vice-chairman of the "Citizens for<br />
Hughes committee."<br />
INDIANAPOLIS<br />
J^rs. Helen Bohn, formerly with Realartl<br />
here, retui-ned to her home in Cincinnati,<br />
following a visit to Washington, D.C<br />
.<br />
and Lakewood, N.J. . . . Mrs. Mary Long<br />
lUAi and her husband Bill spent the Labor<br />
Day weekend boating on Cumberland lake<br />
in Kentucky . N. Peterson, NTS, spent<br />
the weekend at Dayton and Zanesville.<br />
Ohio. In Dayton he entered his son Tom<br />
as a freshman at Dayton University and<br />
in Zanesville visited his son B. N. jr. and<br />
family . T. Lochry and his<br />
family have returned from a motor trip to<br />
the West Coast.<br />
Word has lieen received here of the death<br />
of Joe Million, owner of the Veedersburgi<br />
Drive-In, Veedersburg. Million was a pio-]<br />
neer in the drive-in theatre business in<br />
this area. In recent years he had been<br />
making his home at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,<br />
because of his health. Death came to him<br />
while he was flying to Veedersburg.<br />
Ground was broken this week for an 800-<br />
seat theatre in the Nora Plaza Shopping,<br />
Center, north on Highway 100 .. . Larry<br />
Shubnell, manager of the Strand Theatre,<br />
Muncie, is vacationing in New York and<br />
Washington, D.C, with Mrs. Shubnell. In<br />
Washington they will visit their son who<br />
accepted a position there following his<br />
graduation from Notre Dame.<br />
$3 Million Project Halts;<br />
Optometrist Won't Vacate<br />
From Mideast Edition<br />
YOUNGSTOWN — An optometrist who!<br />
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refuses to vacate the Palace Theatre Bldg.l<br />
until his lease expires in 1970 is blamed forj<br />
postponement of the $3 million Plaza I!<br />
project planned by Stephen C. Baytos Si\<br />
Associates.<br />
Plaza I is designed to house a Cinerama<br />
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Theatre, apartments, indoor parking andl<br />
specialty shops. The Palace, built in 1926,]<br />
was razed earlier this year. Baytos said thej<br />
cleared site next to the building will be-'<br />
come a parking lot until construction of<br />
Plaza I can begin.<br />
Broumas July Showmanship<br />
Award to Bill Woodward<br />
From Eastern Edition<br />
SILVER SPRING, MD.—John G. Broumas,<br />
president of Broumas Theatres, has<br />
announced that Bill Woodward, manager<br />
of the circuit's Oipheum in Connpllsville.<br />
Pa., has won the July Manager of the<br />
Month Showmanship Award.<br />
Woodwai-d's campaigns for "The Man<br />
From Button Willow" and "The Yellow<br />
Rolls-Royce" earned him the circuit's midsummer<br />
honors. In addition to a "hearty<br />
well done" from Broumas. Woodward received<br />
a cash prize for his successful<br />
promotions.<br />
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MEMPHIS — Two newcomers to the<br />
Memphis fu'st-run scene packed in a first<br />
week's business of 350 per cent. One was<br />
"The Knack" at the Guild; the other,<br />
Universal's "Shenandoah" at the Malco<br />
Theatre. A second week of "HELP!" at<br />
Palace and the 22nd week of "The<br />
Sound of Music" at the Paramount each<br />
scored 300, tripling average grossing figm'es<br />
for those theatres. All-in-all, first runs<br />
were doing banner business.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Crosstown Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying<br />
(20th-Fox), 10th wk 200<br />
Guild—The Knack (UA-Lopert) 350<br />
'Malco Shenandoah (Univ) 350<br />
(UA), 2nd wk 300<br />
Paramount The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
22nd wk 300<br />
Park—Thot Funny Feeling (Univ), 2nd wk 120<br />
In Harm's Way (Para) 1 50<br />
'State— I Sow What You Did (Univ), 2nd wk 150<br />
Warner War-Gods of the Deep (AlP), The Lost<br />
of Sinbad (AlP) 100<br />
Martin's Atlanta Rialto<br />
Opens Smoking Lounge<br />
91 of the 1,200 seats<br />
in Martin's Rialto Theatre are being used<br />
in the new smoking lounge which was<br />
opened Sunday, August 29, but Manager<br />
Bui'en A. Eidson can add as many more<br />
seats as he desires when the necessity<br />
arises since the Rialto is a stadium-type<br />
theatre.<br />
Rialto's smoking lounge is the secjond<br />
to be opened in Atlanta. The second<br />
'such lounge in a theatre made its debut a<br />
icouple of months ago at Loew's Grand<br />
[When Manager Bill Shealey opened his<br />
;loge section and first balcony, a total of<br />
|500 seats, after they were properly treated<br />
and equipped to meet the city's fire regu-<br />
:lations.<br />
additional charge of 25 cents is levied<br />
ifor smoking area privileges.<br />
Greenbriar Theatre, now being con-<br />
!structed in the shopping center of that<br />
iname, will have a smoking lounge with<br />
'200 capacity.<br />
Jaycees Restore Theatre<br />
(At Unadilla, Georgia<br />
— Sei-vice clubs in towns<br />
.where there is a dark theatre would do<br />
well to follow the example of the Junior<br />
iChamber of Commerce of Unadilla, Ga.,<br />
Judy Canova claimed for years as<br />
'her home town.<br />
Unadilla's Jaycees Saturday i4i took<br />
lOver the operation of the former Dixie<br />
Theatre, renamed it the J.C., cleaned it up,<br />
Jremodeled it and now the town has moition<br />
pictures once more,<br />
the J.C. is not a profit-making<br />
! project, the Jaycees wll use any money it<br />
for its many civic endeavors. The<br />
|Tom Jones Agency of Decatur, Ga., is buyjing<br />
and booking for the new location.<br />
Owners of 'Six Flags Over Texas'<br />
To Build $7 Million Atlanta Center<br />
ATLANTA—Not too long ago 'Walt Disney<br />
scouts were here making a sui-vey<br />
with a view to locating an "Eastern" Disneyland.<br />
It was reported they were interested<br />
in an established resort at nearby<br />
Lake Spivey, but the deal never came off.<br />
At last reports, Disney had decided on a<br />
Florida location for an East Coast Disneyland.<br />
Meanwhile, Georgia has been transfoiTning<br />
Stone Mountain Park into a reasonable<br />
(junior grade) facsimile of the Disney<br />
facility, including a sky lift to the top of<br />
the 900-foot granite mountain<br />
i often referred<br />
to as the Eighth 'Wonder of the<br />
World), a lake with sternwheel steamboats,<br />
restaui'ants, a swaiik motel, a "working"<br />
plantation and a full size train on<br />
tracks that circle the mountain. Other<br />
amusement park attractions are planned,<br />
but the main tourist lure will be a huge<br />
carving on the steep side of the mountain<br />
featuring such Confederate stalwarts as<br />
Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. Stonewall Jackson,<br />
F^'esident Jefferson Davis, and so on.<br />
HALP' MILLION VISIT PARK<br />
Stone Mountain Park is located 20 miles<br />
from Atlanta and an estimated half a million<br />
visited the park since the $1 per vehicle<br />
admission charge began April 1.<br />
General manager Harold Maddux told the<br />
Stone Mountain Memorial Ass'n that it<br />
is conceivable that a million visitors will<br />
visit the park before the year is over.<br />
Stickers are good for one year.<br />
While the Disneyland people passed up<br />
this area, a Texas industrial development<br />
firm. Great Southwest Corp., has announced<br />
it will build a $7 miUion amusement<br />
center that could tm-n into Georgia's<br />
No. 1 tourist attraction just as Disneyland<br />
has done in California.<br />
Great Southwest is the owner-operator of<br />
"Six Flags Over Texas" amusement center<br />
in the Dallas-Fort 'Worth area, the nation's<br />
most profitable "theme" amusement<br />
center. They plan to model the Atlanta<br />
center after the Lone Star State layout,<br />
which racked up $2 million profit last<br />
year.<br />
TRACT COSTS $5,000,000<br />
Great Southwest announced Tuesday<br />
(17) it had paid $5 million for a 3,000-<br />
acre tract in Southwest Atlanta—the largest<br />
industrial real estate transaction in<br />
the history of the Southwest—upon which<br />
it plans a long range $400 million recreation-industrial<br />
complex.<br />
Angus G. Wynne jr., president of Great<br />
Southwest, made the announcement at a<br />
meeting in Dallas, which was attended by<br />
Georgia's Gov. Carl Sanders, Atlanta<br />
Mayor Ivan S. Allen jr. and county commissioners<br />
James Aldiedge, Archie Lindsey<br />
and Harold McCart.<br />
Wynne said construction will begin immediately<br />
on the recreation facility, a 140-<br />
acre center that will cost more than $7<br />
It is due to open in the sprmg of 1967<br />
and admission prices are expected to be<br />
the same as at Six Flags: $3.50 for adults<br />
and $2,50 for children, for which patrons<br />
may enjoy any —and all—attractions, m-<br />
cluding 75 rides and shows.<br />
Great Southwest expects the Atlanta<br />
recreation center to be more profitable<br />
than the Texas operation since Atlanta<br />
has twice as many people in its trade area.<br />
At Six Flags last year attendance was<br />
1 600 000. About 31 per cent came from<br />
Dallas and Fort Worth and only 25 per<br />
cent from out-of-state.<br />
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. is the majority<br />
owner of Great Southwest.<br />
Lindsey Jones Assigned<br />
To Para. Overseas Post<br />
ATLANTA — Lindsey Jones, son of<br />
George Jones, regional accounting manager<br />
for Universal in Atlanta, has been<br />
appointed assistant to the pubhcity and<br />
advertising director for Em-ope and the<br />
Near East for Paramount Pictures. His<br />
job will require frequent trips to the 17<br />
territories in his district which stretches<br />
from Lisbon to Lebanon.<br />
A foi-mer booker for Umversal m Atlanta.<br />
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Hem-y Levin. Mei-vyn LeRoy. Ralph Levy,<br />
Richard Quine, Otto Pieminger and Henry<br />
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William Shapiro Dies<br />
In Memphis Hospital<br />
MEMPHIS—William Shapiro, 70, wellknown<br />
Memphis exhibitor, died at Baptist<br />
Hospital September 2. He h^d beeii in<br />
show business for 50 years and a Memphis<br />
theatre operator for 25 years.<br />
Shapiro owned and operated the Lamai<br />
and Airways theatres and had been<br />
honored by the Optimist Club for his f.ee<br />
Christmas shows for years for underprivileged<br />
children. He was a World War<br />
I veteran.<br />
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JACKSONVILLE<br />
Yn> Sawyer, president of the Motion Picture<br />
Charity Club and a home office<br />
executive of Florida State Theatres, announced<br />
that the group's aiinual invitational<br />
golf tournament will be held early in<br />
October at the Jacksonville Beach Golf<br />
Club under the chairmanship of Robert<br />
Parber. executive head of Stein Theatres.<br />
Tlie tourney will be followed by a cocktail<br />
party and banquet for MPCC members<br />
and their guests, Sawyer stated.<br />
Pete Rosi.in. Universal division manager<br />
from Cleveland, was a guest of honor at an<br />
industry luncheon given by Florida State<br />
Tlieatres in the Studio Tlieatre August 3).<br />
Also honored was LaMar Sarra. FST vicepresident<br />
and general counsel, whose birthday<br />
marked the occasion. FST president<br />
Louis J. Finske served as emcee and FST<br />
WOMPI leaders Anne Dillon and Mary<br />
Hart, assisted by Ed Dorsey, FST mail<br />
clerk, served the smorgasbord meal. Guests<br />
included all managers of Florida film distribution<br />
offices. FST home office personnel,<br />
local FST theatre managers. FST district<br />
supervisor Harry Botwick from<br />
Miami and his advertising assistant Ralph<br />
Puckhaber and FST district supervisor Bob<br />
Harns from Tampa. The luncheon followed<br />
an advertising meeting devoted to advance<br />
promotional work on "The Ipcress File."<br />
which has been adopted as an FST project<br />
picture.<br />
Bob Jones, junior manager of the downtown<br />
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cat?" for nearly 1.000 Ford sales managers<br />
and salesmen from all parts of Florida and<br />
46 Georgia counties who were attending<br />
an annual convention at the Civic Auditorium.<br />
Marty Shearn. senior manager of<br />
the Center, has been home for several<br />
weeks as the result of a recurring illness.<br />
Mary Grace Ezell. the daughter of Clint<br />
Ezell. a former local exhibitor who is now<br />
vice-president of the Roy Smith Co. of<br />
this city and Tampa, a leading theatre supply<br />
firm, won the title of Miss Jacksonville<br />
for the coming year at a beauty pageant<br />
and talent show staged at the Civic Auditorium<br />
the night of September 4. Mary<br />
Grace won her title in competition with<br />
15 opponents. A student at Jacksonville<br />
University and choreographer for the local<br />
Little Theatre. Mary Grace is a professional<br />
ballet dancer who spent several<br />
months touring with the Broadway company<br />
of "No Strings."<br />
St. Augustine—40 miles south of this<br />
city—drew thousands of pleasure and entertainment<br />
seekers during a week-long celebration<br />
which marked the 400th anniversary<br />
on September 8 of the founding of St.<br />
Augustine as the birthplace of the nation<br />
when Capt.-Gen. Don Pedro Mendenez de<br />
Aviles. a Spanish conquistador, led an expedition<br />
which founded this first permanent<br />
white settlement in what is now<br />
the United States. It was reported that<br />
motion picture interests were on hand to<br />
consider the dramatic historical events of<br />
St. Augustine's founding for possible development<br />
as screen entertainment. A<br />
pageant, "The Cross and the Sword."<br />
written by Paul Green, a leading Southern<br />
playwright, was presented.<br />
The State Tlieatre at Cocoa has been<br />
shuttered temporarily for refurbishing and<br />
conversion into an art theatre by Kent<br />
Theatres. It is expected to reopen in October<br />
with foreign film programs and a<br />
coffee service for patrons similar to those<br />
offered by FST's San Marco Art Theatre<br />
in this city . . . Col. John Crovo. retired<br />
local exhibitor, returned from his annual<br />
summer visit to Louisville. Ky.. where his<br />
three older sisters (aged 83, 88 and 90)<br />
reside.<br />
Roy Bang has reopened the State Theatre,<br />
Eustis, as a sub-run theatre. Its<br />
former first-run policy has been taken<br />
over by the Movie Garden Drive-In. Eustis.<br />
operated by MGM Theatres . Carver<br />
Theatre. Orlando, fonnerly operated by<br />
Ed Gordon, is scheduled to open September<br />
16 as a unit of Bailey Theatres of Atlanta.<br />
and the Park. St. Petersburg, has also<br />
been opened under Bailey operation.<br />
Arvin K. "Arv" Rottisctiild, fomier local<br />
exhibitor who now heads Greater Jacksonville<br />
Economic Opportunity. Inc.. is planning<br />
to form an $800,000 Neighborhood<br />
Youth Corps for this city and environs<br />
which will serve about 1.000 young people<br />
from poverty stricken homes .<br />
Kent, president of Kent<br />
. . Fred<br />
Theatres<br />
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and<br />
chairman of the Duval-Nassau County<br />
junior college advisory committee, presided<br />
over an organizational meeting of the important<br />
educational group prior to going<br />
abroad for an armual vacation trip.<br />
Joseph Reiff is the new Colimibia Pictures<br />
branch manager in New York, succeeding<br />
Saul Ti'auner.<br />
MIAMI<br />
AAcmbers of tlie executive board o<br />
lATSE. meeting in Miami Beach a<br />
the Carillon Hotel August 25, attendr(<br />
groundbreaking ceremonies of the nvv<br />
Studio City, headed by international pre.si<br />
dent of lATSE Richard F. Walsh. Thi<br />
lATSE tour of the city also included :<br />
visit to the Ivan Tors-MGM Studios ii<br />
north Miami, a boat trip to Port Lauder<br />
dale, and a tour of Vizcaya, Dade Count;<br />
art museum, for the ladies. Representative<br />
of locals greeting executive board mem<br />
bers were Paul G. Robertson. Operator.<br />
Local 316: Harold J. Jones. Operators Loca<br />
316-A: Albert M. Stasko, Stage Employe<br />
Local 545: Mis. I. Ricky Caminite. Treas<br />
urers and Ticket Sellers Local 827: Mar J<br />
garet Kunkle. Theatrical Wardrobe Attendants<br />
Local 853: Paul L. Robinson jr.i<br />
Mixed Local 646, and Walter Davis. Camersl<br />
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Albert Bundlow, former director of in<br />
ternational exports for Wometco, has beei<br />
named director of sales and marketing foj<br />
Blackstone Cigar Co. of Boston . . . "Shen,<br />
andoah" had its preview here last week anc<br />
those who saw it said it was a "weeper'<br />
and when it plays the di-ive-ins there won'<br />
be a "dry vrindshield in the place."<br />
Gov. Haydon Bums and the Florida dej<br />
velO'pment commission have been working<br />
closely with Tors and Ben Chapman wh3<br />
are enlarging the Tors Studios at a cos]<br />
of more than $500,000. At the next sessioij<br />
of the legislature, recommendations will b|<br />
made for new laws to attract motion picturl<br />
producers to this state. Changes will b|<br />
asked in the child labor law. as well a|<br />
the sales and use tax and the persona]<br />
property and ad valorem tax. At presentj<br />
no child under 12 can work in a gainfJ<br />
occupation, except in agriculture, the sail<br />
of papers, domestic labor or trivial em]<br />
ployment such as polishing shoes. No child<br />
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hoiu's unless there Is no session of schoo.<br />
the following day. An attempt will be mad(<br />
to amend this to provide safeguards fo<br />
children's education and health and a<br />
the same time allow them to work ii<br />
television and movies.<br />
Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson and Gary<br />
Cooper are some of the stars in the fret<br />
film series which started Wednesday H''<br />
The Miami Beach public library's filn<br />
classic .series began that evening and wil<br />
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include "Way Down East." "Destiny." "Tht<br />
Virginian" and "Perfect Understanding."<br />
"Una Mogliem Americana," Ugo Tognazzi's<br />
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of Miami, has sold his comedy "The April<br />
Pool" to Jack Lemmon's Jalem Productions.<br />
His successful novel of last season.<br />
Man Who Wrote Dirty Books,"<br />
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Another Miami Beach graduate. Ar-<br />
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Soupy Sales will check into the Diplomat<br />
Hotel here on Veterans Day, November 11,<br />
to prepare for the star role of "The Birds<br />
Do It" at Tors' north Miami studio . . .<br />
"The Great Race" has been snared by<br />
Florida State Theatres for an exclusive<br />
showing starting October 15. The Coral<br />
Theatre will present it in a "special," but<br />
non-roadshow, foiTnat of continuous performances.<br />
The owners of the Roosevelt Theatre say<br />
long-time "movies-only" house wUI be<br />
to a legitimate theatre, hosting<br />
stageshows. Ernest Stern, president<br />
of the Associated Theatres, Pittsbm-gh-based<br />
chain that owns the house,<br />
plans to bring legitimate theatre to<br />
Miami Beach this season are only in the<br />
exploratory stages. The theatre would have<br />
enlarge its stage, add di'essing rooms<br />
and make other alterations. The 1,200-<br />
seat Roosevelt would undertake a four- or<br />
five-month season.<br />
Kosbergr, Universal Studios film<br />
who won acclaim for his work on<br />
"'VictoiT at Sea," was on a trip to Miami<br />
Beach for what he called an "official va-<br />
He told Lou Rubin, owiier of<br />
Chandlers Restaurant, that he was on a<br />
personal scouting trip to see how much of<br />
"threat" Miami poses to Hollywood as<br />
television center.<br />
Some of the greatest international films.<br />
the sensitive dramas of Bergman<br />
Fellinl to the rollicking comedies of<br />
Charlie Chaplin, are on tap this fall, the<br />
University of Miami Film Society announces.<br />
Performances, to be held each<br />
Saturday, will begin Satui-day i25) with<br />
"Virgin Spring" and will end<br />
with the December 1 1 showing of "Best<br />
Enemies," starring David Niven. Foreign<br />
films<br />
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will have English sub-titles. Periformances.<br />
all double bills, will be held in<br />
Lecture Hall at the miiversity.<br />
Single admission is 50 cents and a season<br />
1<br />
ticket for the 11 performances is $4.25.<br />
Lew Price, director of the Miami-Metro<br />
department of publicity and tom'ism, will<br />
be honored at a testimonial luncheon<br />
'Thursday H6). Chief barker HemT Oxell<br />
says he expects several hundred members<br />
Variety Club Tent 33, which is sponsoring<br />
the dinner, and then- guests to turn<br />
to pay tribute to Pi-ice for his "many<br />
distinguished services and personal efforts<br />
behalf of Variety Children's Hospital."<br />
Past Chief Barker George MacLean is<br />
of the event to be held in the<br />
Colonial Hotel.<br />
ATLANTA<br />
1 D. "Woody" Woodard, Warner Bros.<br />
Southeastern exploiteer, has returned<br />
from a 4,000-mile junket in connection<br />
with "The Great Race," which is set to<br />
open in mid-October at Martin's 1,200-<br />
seat downtown Rialto. He and his wife<br />
spent the Labor Day weekend visiting his<br />
mother in Jacksonville and he was in New<br />
York Friday < 10 1 to attend the WB seminar<br />
on "La Boheme," which all fieldmen<br />
were to attend,<br />
A sneak thief has struck again on Filmrow.<br />
This time the victim was a secretary<br />
in the Capital City Supply Co. Her<br />
pocketbook, containing $35, was lifted by<br />
a man seen leaving the office . . . John<br />
Calhoun, MGM public relations, has returned<br />
from a vacation to Chicago. Formerly<br />
in Milwaukee for MGM, he succeeded<br />
Judson Moses in the Southeast when Moses<br />
was transferred to the Southwest, with<br />
headquarters in Dallas.<br />
R. C. Cobb, head of the circuit which<br />
owns and operates the 1,200-car Thunderbird<br />
Drive-In here, is ill at home in Payette,<br />
Ala., headquarters of the chain .<br />
Pat Patterson, Excelsior Distributing Co.,<br />
San Francisco, spent some time here on<br />
"Shotgun Wedding.'' He also was in Kansas<br />
City, Washington and New York. Ths<br />
film now is being handled in the Atlanta<br />
and Jacksonville areas by the Al Rook<br />
Agency.<br />
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Martin's l,COO-seat Strand in nearby<br />
Marietta set an all-time record at the<br />
opening of "Shenandoah" . Jack Riggs,<br />
operator of Specialty Booking Service,<br />
made a visit to Dublin, Ga., to talk bookings<br />
with H. L. Cordell, owner of Theatres,<br />
Inc,<br />
H. H. "Bo" Digges and his wife were<br />
Atlanta visitors and conferred with Tom<br />
Jones of the booking agency bearing his<br />
name at Decatur- about product for their<br />
Twin City Drive-In, Bluff City, Tenn. . . .<br />
James Zimmerman. Martin's Atlanta district<br />
manager, called on his brother Jerry<br />
Zimmerman, a Southern Airways pilot, to<br />
help out when two of his key managers<br />
left on overlapping vacations. Jen-y had<br />
been a manager for eight years before joining<br />
the airlines. The managers on vacations<br />
are Bm-en A. "Tiny" Eidson of the<br />
Rialto and Kenneth Hood, the Village.<br />
Walt Disney, Joseph E. Levine and AIP<br />
are vying for the subsequent-run dollar,<br />
with "Harlow" showing at three hardtops<br />
and eight di'ive-ins; "The Monkey's Uncle"<br />
at three conventional theatres and five<br />
aii'ers and "Ski Party" at two theatres<br />
and five drive-ins.<br />
Billy Jenkins, manager of Martin's<br />
"twins," Westgate Cinemas I and II, used<br />
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Cindy's fabled coach was modern, too, a<br />
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visited Martin's Beverly Theatre in Columbus,<br />
Ga. for personal appearances in<br />
connection with "Sergeant Deadhead"<br />
promotion torn*.<br />
Norris McCollum, fonner manager of<br />
Martin's Rialto and Cinerama Theatres<br />
here, who resigned to join the advertising<br />
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Known affectionately as "Judge Carey."<br />
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MEMPHIS<br />
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Freckle-faced Eddie Hodges, who rose to<br />
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version of "Huck Finn" in 1960, was a<br />
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So Eddie settled for a tour of Elvis' home,<br />
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Graceland for many years was<br />
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Congratulations to Levin Culpepper, former<br />
mayor of Elizabeth City and offioerj<br />
of the Carolina Amusement Co.. on his appointment<br />
as postmaster . . . Mi-, and Mrs.<br />
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E. L. Freeman and family of the Rebel,<br />
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lanta Martin of 20th Cen-1<br />
tury-Fox and his family returned from<br />
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Carole Conway Hendrix of Reidsville<br />
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confinement, was presented to the Texas<br />
Institute for Rehabilitation and Research<br />
by the Variety Club of Houston.<br />
Jack Bryant, chief barker of the Variety<br />
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The bus is equipped with a locking<br />
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Scenes in 'Sand Pebbles'<br />
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HOUSTON — The Battleship Texas is<br />
going to become a movie star. Director<br />
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preparation for shooting scenes for "The<br />
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Filming on the 20th-Fox movie, a story of<br />
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Yangtze river in 1925, will begin<br />
in November in Taiwan.<br />
Actor Steve McQueen, who plays a chief<br />
machinist, the major character in the film,<br />
wiU be in the Battleship Texas scenes.<br />
The battleship will play the part of an<br />
American warship docked in the harbor of<br />
Shanghai, some scenes to be taken below<br />
decks in the crew's quarters. The filming<br />
be done possibly on Monday when<br />
the battleship is closed as a tourist at-<br />
Wise said that the battleship<br />
will be used for the scenes because she<br />
is one of the few ships of her vintage<br />
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Okla. Showman<br />
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OKLA,—Funeral rites for C.<br />
F^mk, 84, pioneer Oklahoma theatreman,<br />
who built the first vaudeville house<br />
and movie theatre in the Oklahoma Strip,<br />
were held Wednesday ( H . died August<br />
29 in Guymon Memorial Hospital.<br />
Active in the theatre business 60 years.<br />
he had been a real estate developer and<br />
had operated a di-y goods and hardware<br />
store here, as well as owner of the Dime,<br />
the first film house west of Oklahoma<br />
He also had operated theatres at<br />
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civic and social leader leaves his<br />
I wife Lelia: a son, one daughter, three<br />
and a great-gi-andson.<br />
Judge Delays Decision<br />
In Tulsa Film Charges<br />
TULSA—Common Pleas Com-t Judge Ed<br />
Morris delayed a decision in the case of<br />
Jose Antonia Ramirez, owner of the Paris<br />
Theatre, and James Moore, his projectionist,<br />
charged with exhibiting an "obscene<br />
motion picture." The judge moved his<br />
court to the Orpheum Theatre to view the<br />
film.<br />
Another Marquee Message<br />
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feature<br />
at the Rio Theatre held the following message<br />
to patrons on the marquee of the theatre:<br />
"Who's in My Bed? "—"None But the<br />
Brave."<br />
I BOXOFFICE September 13, 1965<br />
New Oklahoma City<br />
Committed to<br />
By SAM BRUNK<br />
OKLAHOMA CITY — Construction<br />
nearing completion here on the Continental,<br />
the first of three roadshow theatres<br />
to be designed, engineered and constructed<br />
by the Atlas Organization of Oklahoma<br />
City. The other two theatres are<br />
under construction in Denver and Tulsa.<br />
The Oklahoma City Continental Theatre<br />
is scheduled for opening in October, the<br />
exact date to be announced later. It will<br />
be owned and operated by Barton Theatres<br />
of Oklahoma City of which R. Lewis Barton<br />
is president. The Denver and Tulsa<br />
Continental theatres will be owned and<br />
operated by Continental Roadshow Theatres,<br />
a Denver-based company.<br />
Situated at the crest of one of the city's<br />
highest elevations, in United Founders<br />
Life Plaza at May avenue and Northwest<br />
Express highway, the Continental will<br />
be easily accessible from all parts of the<br />
metropolitan area. Matinee movie fans<br />
will have a magnificent view of downtown<br />
Oklahoma City from a spacious<br />
lounge with 20-foot pictm-e glass windows<br />
or from the large patio in front of the<br />
lounge. Evening theatregoers will be treated<br />
to the city's countless lights twinkling after<br />
dark.<br />
The exterior of the Continental is to be<br />
a departure from traditional theatre design,<br />
yet pleasing to the eye and in complete<br />
harmony with the architectural concepts<br />
of the community in which it is located.<br />
The entire structm-e is of reinforced concrete.<br />
Exterior walls are to be black, with<br />
an unusual valley-and-ridge roof design<br />
and its 50 supporting and decorative columns<br />
in gleaming white.<br />
The screen end of the building is almost<br />
a half-cii-cle, designed to accommodate<br />
the largest screen considered practical<br />
for the motion pictm-e presentation. The<br />
three Continental theatres have been de-<br />
Checking construction progress at<br />
the Continental Theatre site are, left<br />
to right. George Gaughan, president,<br />
Continental Roadshow Theatres, Denver;<br />
R. Lewis Barton, president. Barton<br />
Theatres, Oklahoma City, and<br />
Haskell Robinett, who will be managing<br />
director for the Continental Theatre,<br />
the front of which is at left of<br />
picture.<br />
Continental<br />
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This photo taken from the Founders<br />
Life Building shows the north side,<br />
top and some of the parking space<br />
available to the Continental Theatre.<br />
The Founders Life Building was constructed<br />
by Atlas Construction Co.,<br />
which also is building the theatre.<br />
signed as all-purpose theatres and can<br />
adjust screen size to that chosen by the<br />
producer of certain pictures as being best<br />
fitted for the most life-like and dramatic<br />
presentation of his story. The local Continental<br />
Theatre is committed to Cinerama<br />
product and Cinerama engineers assisted<br />
in designing it.<br />
The tastefully decorated lounge area<br />
will contain over 3.300 square feet, decorative<br />
featm-es blending into a large patio,<br />
which will create a park-like exterior setting.<br />
The entire lounge area is to be carpeted<br />
in a pattern especially woven for<br />
the theatre. Wide passages lead from the<br />
lounge to the auditorium, which will be<br />
carpeted wall-to-wall.<br />
CONTINENTAL SEATING PLAN<br />
Seats spaced in rows 46 inches from<br />
back-to-back will be installed on the continental<br />
plan, making up a huge center<br />
section served by ten-foot wide side aisles.<br />
Custom-made seats are to be of rocker<br />
loge design and the platfonn ramp floor<br />
will assure each patron the vei-y finest<br />
viewing.<br />
Only one concrete booth is being constructed,<br />
since the most recent Cinerama<br />
productions require only a single projector.<br />
However, space is provided for installation<br />
of two additional booths. Air conditioning<br />
and heating units are to be of the<br />
latest design and best quality, with the<br />
building engineered so the temperature will<br />
be uniform in every section. Space also is<br />
being provided for dressing rooms, in case<br />
the management should desire to book a<br />
legitimate stage show.<br />
C. L. Garrett, vice-president, designer<br />
and engineer for the Atlas Organization,<br />
is one of the foremost designers in the<br />
country and has applied his talents to the<br />
three Continental theatres.<br />
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and won fiist prize. This week they are<br />
booked into the Panther Hall. Eddie has<br />
high hopes of this group becoming a hit.<br />
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of the theatre by mid-March .<br />
Dreher of Crescent Theatres spent several<br />
days in Bristol Hospital for ear surgery<br />
but is reported to be doing nicely and is<br />
at home recuperating. He is expected back<br />
on the job soon Briley, shorts<br />
booker at Paramount, left Pi'iday to return<br />
to college. He will enroll this week at<br />
North Texas State in Denton.<br />
Ed Green of Texas Theatre Service is<br />
suffering with a back ailment. Fi-iday he<br />
was lifting a can of film from his car at<br />
the Paramount loading dock when he suffered<br />
a muscle spasm and could not stand<br />
up for about 15 minutes. He was rushed<br />
to the hospital and given emergency treatment<br />
and sent home to bed.<br />
Jerry Stogsdill, retired film employe,<br />
celebrated his 70th birthday Pi-iday and<br />
was pleased with the many cards, telegrams<br />
and telephone calls he received. Jerry<br />
keeps in touch with his Pilmrow friends<br />
through BoxoFFiCE and asked us to express<br />
thanks to his friends for their kindness.<br />
At this time he is suffering with a<br />
bad case of shingles and finds it most uncomfortable<br />
to rest.<br />
Dallas will be well represented at the<br />
forthcoming WOMPI International Convention<br />
at the Hotel Astor in New York<br />
September 17-19. Those from Dallas planning<br />
to attend are Juanita White, Elsie<br />
Parish, Ora Dell Lorenz, Rosa Browning,<br />
Blanche Boyle, Betty McDaniel. Virginia<br />
Elliott. Linda Kay White, Melba Marten<br />
and several guests. The Dallas club will<br />
host a "Till We Meet Again" luncheon on<br />
Sunday at the close of the convention . . .<br />
Rosa Browning and Blanche Boyle have<br />
a perfect attendance record at the conventions,<br />
having not missed a convention since<br />
the organization's first was held in Dallas<br />
for the pui'pose of making it an international<br />
organization. Now there are 17 clubs<br />
in the U.S. and Canada. Mrs. Lee Nickolaus<br />
of New Orleans will preside over the convention.<br />
Ford Releases Film<br />
From Mideast Edition<br />
DETROIT—A teenager and his first car<br />
form the theme of a 15-minute film produced<br />
and just released by the Ford Motor<br />
Co. "So You Want to Buy a Good Used<br />
Car" gives tips on how the expei-ts evaluate<br />
used cars. It is being distributed thi-ough<br />
the three Ford film libraries at Dearborn,<br />
New York and Oakland.<br />
Jennifer Jones in London<br />
For Filming 'The Idol'<br />
DALLAS—Possibility that actress Jen^<br />
nifer Jones is ready to start a significant<br />
new chapter in her film career was suggested<br />
to William A. Payne, amusementf<br />
editor of the Dallas News by Miss Jones<br />
father, Phil Isley, Dallas theatre owner..<br />
The actress, known to Dallas as Phyllis<br />
Isley, is in London to start work on "The<br />
Idol." her first screen role in nearly four<br />
years.<br />
"This could be the start of a new film<br />
career for Phyllis," Isley told Payne. "She*<br />
has been more occupied with being a wife<br />
and mother these last years, but with the<br />
death of David this summer (Miss Jone?<br />
was married to film producer David O<br />
Selznick in 1949 1 and her children grow^<br />
ing up, Phyllis wants to make more pictures<br />
when the right opportunity comesi<br />
along."<br />
The actress has two grown sons, Robert'<br />
Walker jr. and Michael Walker, born during<br />
her maiTiage to the late actor Robert:<br />
Walker, and an 11 -year-old daughter!<br />
Mary Jennifer Selznick, who is in London'<br />
with her mother.<br />
The right story to bring Miss Jones back:<br />
to screen prominence, Payne believes, could<br />
be "The Idol," in which she portrays ai<br />
attractive, highly moralistic woman wht<br />
succumbs to the physical appeal of hei<br />
son's best friend and the tragic consequences<br />
that sui-round that triangular relationship.<br />
Her co-stars are Michael Parks<br />
John Leyton and Jennifer Hillary.<br />
The film is being produced by Joseph E<br />
Levine's Embassy Pictm-es for Paramount<br />
release, probably in the fall of 1966.<br />
Miss Jones' last picture was "Tender I.'<br />
the Night," made four- years ago witl<br />
Jason Robards. In the last ten years she<br />
starred in "Farewell to Ai'ms," "The Barretts<br />
of Wimpole Street" and "The Mar<br />
in the Gray Flannel Suit,"<br />
Malcolm Stuart to Leave<br />
General Artists Oct. 1<br />
From Westerwn Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Malcolm Stuart, vicepresident<br />
in charge of the literary department<br />
of General Artists Coitj. for four- years<br />
will leave GAC October 1 to enter motior<br />
pictm-e production.<br />
He will move to 20th-Pox to start preparation<br />
of his first feature film. "Way, Waj<br />
Out," space-age comedy starring Jerr.y<br />
Lewis. Filming will be done under th(<br />
banner of Coldwater Productions, Inc.<br />
Stuart's newly formed company, and 20th-<br />
Fox with shooting scheduled to start January<br />
10. Gordon Douglas wiU direct the<br />
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Films for Paramount<br />
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HOLLTWOOD—Howard W. Koch. ParaJ<br />
mount vice-president and studio and production<br />
head, announced that Sue Ladd<br />
agent and widow of Alan Ladd, has joinec<br />
Paramount as a producer to develop properties<br />
for future production, which will bt<br />
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TEXAS CITY, TEX.—Charlie Payne and<br />
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Theatre here who obsei-ved their first anniversary<br />
in that capacity, were subjects of<br />
a tribute, written by Dee Walker, local<br />
realtor, who appeared in the Texas City<br />
Sun.<br />
The Paynes, known in show business as<br />
"Cousin Elmer and Cousin Essy," became<br />
managers of the Long interests, owned by<br />
Johnny Long, a chain of theatres in the<br />
Southwest, including the Showboat, Texas<br />
and Tradewind drive-ins here. In one year,<br />
the Showboat has become a successful<br />
business and is widely known for its promotions,<br />
sponsored by the Paynes.<br />
One outstanding achievement was the<br />
"Mary Poppins" campaign, to which<br />
everyone from Walt Disney to Pi-esident<br />
Lyndon B. Johnson were invited. Gov. John<br />
Connally of Texas, along with Walt Disney<br />
and many others, wired congratulations.<br />
Western stars Tex Ritter and Gene Autry,<br />
with whom Payne worked as a clown in<br />
show business many years ago, also wired<br />
theii- wishes.<br />
1932, Payne started in show business<br />
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bills, served as a doorman and assisted<br />
the manager of the Grand Old Theatre in<br />
Ashland, Ky. In the '30s and '40s he worked<br />
as a comedian for the Grand Ole Opry. a<br />
he held for 11 years. He and Bob<br />
Hope entertained President Roosevelt in<br />
White House during this time. After<br />
World War n he managed for the Old<br />
Columbia Amusement Co. and other theain<br />
Ohio for the Capitol Amusement<br />
Co.<br />
article, paying tribute to the Paynes,<br />
was accompanied by a three-quarter page<br />
advertisement section, endorsed by 16 local<br />
businesses.<br />
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ABILENE, TEX.—Lines forming at the<br />
Paramount Theatre in the futm-e will no<br />
longer block entrances to nearby stores,<br />
following moving of the boxoffice to the<br />
north side of the building as part of a<br />
general remodeling project.<br />
The front of the Paramount has been retiled,<br />
aluminum doors with tinted glass installed<br />
and seating on the main floor respaced<br />
on wider rows, the chaii-s having<br />
been rehabilitated. Other improvements include<br />
remodeling of the main louiige, where<br />
new lighting, new mirrors and new carpeting<br />
have been installed.<br />
Prank Sheffield, who manages the Paramount<br />
for Interstate Theatres, said that a<br />
new screen will be installed later, the ceiling<br />
painted and improvements made in the<br />
balcony seating.<br />
SAN ANTONIO<br />
H majority of the subui-ban theatres discontinued<br />
their matinee showings as<br />
of September 7 and reverted to their<br />
winter policy of opening in late afternoon<br />
on weekdays . Ballou" was in its<br />
third week at the suburban Olmos. where<br />
there is a possibility that the picture may<br />
break all house boxoffice records.<br />
Casey Tibbs, world champion rodeo<br />
cowboy and film producer, was a brief<br />
visitor in the city en route to Brackettville,<br />
where he presided at the annual Labor Day<br />
horse races. Tibbs spends much time in<br />
Hollywood producing western films. He is<br />
considering bringing his International<br />
Rodeo to San Antonio dui-ing the 1968<br />
HemisFaii- . . . Hollywood film star Chill<br />
Wills is being seen on KENS-TV as narrator<br />
for a special 30-minute film, "100<br />
Years of San Antonio," capsuling Alamo<br />
City and South Texas history. The special<br />
is being shown three times dui-ing the<br />
week.<br />
Gene T. Cole, city manager of Gulf State<br />
Drive-In Theatres, staged a back-toschool,<br />
dusk-to-dawn show at the cii-cuit's<br />
four drive-in theatres Saturday i4). beginmng<br />
at 7:30 p.m. Five features and<br />
foui- cartoons were shown at the Alamo.<br />
Mission Twin, Varsity and Circle 81. Fi-ee<br />
coffee and doughnuts were served to patrons<br />
beginning at 1 a.m. A door prize<br />
was given at each drive-in.<br />
Richard A. Vaughan, manager of the<br />
downtown Texas, staged another Pepsi-<br />
Cola Saturday morning show with admission<br />
being six Pepsi bottle caps. On the<br />
screen was "Long Ships," plus a cartoon<br />
and prizes for the youngsters.<br />
Peter Duryea to Co-Star<br />
In 'Never Steal Anything'<br />
From<br />
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HOLLYWOOD—Peter Duryea has been<br />
signed to co-star with Thomas Kirk and<br />
Del Moore in the Executive Independent<br />
Pi-oducers' "Never Steal Anything Wet," an<br />
original screenplay by Clyde Ware. Producer<br />
Bond Blackman said, after a threeday<br />
filming schedule at the Paradise Cove<br />
location site, director Leo Sholem will lead<br />
the company to Catalina Island for the remainder<br />
of the production.<br />
HOUSTON<br />
The Sons of Katie Elder" closed at 20 area<br />
and local theatres at midnight Wednesday<br />
and the prints of the film were collected<br />
and dispatched in a chartered truck<br />
to Dallas, where the film opened Thursday<br />
at 18 theatres. The film has been booked<br />
for a retui-n multiple-engagement later<br />
this month in Houston.<br />
Bill Baskin has taken over a supervisoiT<br />
post with the General Cinema Corp. He<br />
was previously a booker with Florida State<br />
Theatres. Baskin will work with Billy Wilson,<br />
now district supervisor in Texas for<br />
the circuit . . . Jerry Lewis is scheduled<br />
to arrive here in January with a film crew<br />
to shoot portions of his new film, "Way,<br />
Way Out," at the Manned Spacecraft<br />
Center . . . The Windsor and Gaylynn,<br />
both operated by the Jefferson Amusement<br />
Co., will discontinue matinee showing on<br />
Thursday.<br />
E. B. Buffington, a projectionist at the<br />
Santa Rosa theatres, was subject of an<br />
article in the Houston Post, together with<br />
a picture showing his new personalized<br />
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Ellis Ford, manager of the Delman. was<br />
wondering whether to offer a dubbed or<br />
subtitled print of "Casanova '70," the<br />
Italian comedy which opens an engagement<br />
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John Harvey, president of State Theatres,<br />
says two other showings that evening also<br />
were sold out. Ronnie Brown is house manager.<br />
Betty McDonald, Columbia Pictm-es billing<br />
clerk, has resigned to again become a<br />
hou.sewife. instead of a "career" girl. She<br />
wa.s succeeded by Jo Ann Linstead.<br />
Vacationers included H. K. "Buck" Buchanan,<br />
head booker at Paramount here,<br />
and Karen Turner. 20th-Fo.\. who went<br />
to Houston . Griggs, salesman for<br />
United Artists, and his wife have retui-ned<br />
from a 6.000-mile trip to the Northwest and<br />
West Coast. Wliile in San Francisco he<br />
visited Connie Carpou. who was transferred<br />
from New Haven as branch manager<br />
earlier this year.<br />
Exhibitors visiting Filmrow included<br />
Clyde Walker, Video City manager, Lawton;<br />
O. K. Kemp, Victory, Poteau; J. G.<br />
Millirons. Alamo, Snyder; E, B. Anderson,<br />
Riverside. Norman; Charles Smith, Corral,<br />
Wynnewood, and his brother Bob of the<br />
Grand at Canton; Homer C. Jones, Rialto<br />
and Alva at Alva; Clint Applewhite, Liberty.<br />
Carnegie, who had been to Las Vegas<br />
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Ed Ray, head booker at Warner Bros.,<br />
and his wife Mabel attended the horse<br />
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RALEIGH, N.C.—The merry ring of the<br />
change-maker is accompanying "The,<br />
Sound of Music" at the Ambassador The-i<br />
atre these days, but theatre officials say<br />
one phase of the engagement is proving<br />
"a source of madness."<br />
It's all because of the "reserved seat'<br />
provi-sion of the spectacular musical<br />
Raleighites aren't used to such. The lasl<br />
"reserved seat" arrangement at a movie<br />
theatre here was years ago when "Gone<br />
With the Wind" first came to town.<br />
"Tlie Sound of Music" is here for an<br />
indefinite stay and all seats are reserved]<br />
And that's where the trouble starts. i<br />
For example, the cashier recently re-s<br />
ceived a call that went something like this:<br />
"Can I get two tickets to 'Sound oj<br />
Music?' "<br />
"For tonight?"<br />
"No, next week."<br />
"What performance?"<br />
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"Well, call back after you get the date.'j<br />
"I can't get the date unless I have thi<br />
tickets . . . that's what I used to talk th(<br />
girl into the date."<br />
"Why not make the date and come oi<br />
down and buy your ticket?"<br />
"Are you crazy? The ads say you have U<br />
have resei-vations in advance."<br />
"The ads say you may not have to," th(j<br />
cashier argued.<br />
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In any event. Ambassador Manage^<br />
Ervin Stone said reserved tickets may b^!<br />
obtained in advance, although patron<br />
wanting to see "Sound of Music" stand i<br />
good chance of getting their tickets a<br />
the boxoffice without any advanc<br />
reservation.<br />
UTOHA Urges Exhibitors<br />
To Oppose Wage Bill<br />
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KANSAS CITY—Area supervisor for Fo<br />
Midwest Theatres Fred C. Souttar, who i'<br />
on the legislative committee of the Unite'<br />
Theatre Owners of the Heart of AmeriCf<br />
has sent out letters to all theatre owner<br />
in Missouri urging them to oppose a bl'<br />
that would increase the minimum wage f<br />
$1.75 an hour, which would cover theatr<br />
personnel. The measure would cover ever<br />
retailer with an annual volume of $250,00<br />
a year. The House Education and Labo<br />
Committee is recommending the bill.<br />
Souttar states such a move would be in<br />
flationary in nature and would almost cer<br />
tainly set off another wage price spira<br />
Theatres employ many part-time an<br />
juvenile workers who would actually b<br />
classified as trainees, as it is their firs<br />
position. Souttar urges theatre owners ti<br />
write to senators and representatives, ex<br />
pressing views and opposing the measun<br />
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MILWAUKEE—Unusually cool weather<br />
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most valuable assist, resulting in a week<br />
when 125 was the lowest figure and five<br />
features grossed the top 300 percentage.<br />
Funny Feeling," showing on four<br />
compiled a composite 200 first<br />
week. The only other opener, "Moritml"<br />
here as "The Saboteur") garnered<br />
150 at the Cinema I.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Avalon, 41 Twin (south screen), 24 Outdoor,<br />
Starlite That Funny Feeling (Univ) 200<br />
Capitol Court Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
Flying Machines (20th-Fox), 2nd wk 300<br />
'Cinema I Saboteur (Morituri) (20th-Fox) ....150<br />
II, Moyfoir The Sons ot Katie Elder<br />
(Paro), 3rd wk 150<br />
Downer Goldstein (5R), 2nd wk 125<br />
41 Twin (south screen) Cinderella (BV), reissues 250<br />
What's New Pussycat' (UA), 2nd wk. . .300<br />
(UA), 2nd wk 300<br />
Strand The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 23rd wk. 300<br />
Tower Art High Infidelity (Magna); Nurse on<br />
Wheels (Janus), 2nd wk 125<br />
My Fair Lody (WB), 36th wk 300<br />
Warner The Monkey's Uncle (BV), 2nd wk 200<br />
Elvis Presley's Tickle Me'<br />
Minneapolis Topper at 150<br />
Elvis Presley<br />
the Mill City ratings for the week<br />
a 150 count for the debut of "Tickle<br />
Me" at the Gopher. Otherwise, crowds<br />
were hard to come by for local exhibitors,<br />
the state fail- and major league baseball<br />
off a good number of entertainvacationers.<br />
Hard-ticket<br />
shows held up largely due to the influx of<br />
out-of-town visitors.<br />
My Fair Lady (WB), 44th wk 140<br />
It's a Mad, Mad, Mod, Mad World<br />
(UA), 43rd wk 140<br />
Gopher Tickle Me (AA) ... 150<br />
Cot Bollou (Col), 5th wk ''lOO<br />
The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 24fh wk 140<br />
HELP! (UA), 3rd wk 100<br />
Shenandoah (Univ), 5th wk 90<br />
Louis Pork Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
Flying Machines (20th-Fox), 10th wk 1 10<br />
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Suburban World Craiy Paradise (5R) 80<br />
Uptown The Pawnbroker (AA) ....<br />
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New Pussycot? (UA), 6'th' wk 125<br />
Triples Average<br />
21st Week in Omaha<br />
were two standouts as<br />
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on many fronts here. "Shenanhad<br />
a second fat week at the Orpheum<br />
Theatre, doubling average again.<br />
"The Sound of Music" kept up its<br />
dizzy boxoffice pace for another week,<br />
,<br />
tripling regular returns.<br />
New Pussycat? (UA), 4th wk. ..110<br />
Cooper—My Fair Lady (WB), 42nd wk 110<br />
The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 21st wk 300<br />
Hills The Greatest Story Ever Told<br />
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Having a Wild Weekend (WB) 115<br />
Shenandoah (Univ), 2nd wk. . 200<br />
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DULUTH, MINN.—Although it may be<br />
a year before the transaction for purchase<br />
of the Lyceum is completed, tenants already<br />
are assuming that the famous old<br />
building will be razed and are looking<br />
about for new business locations. Among<br />
these tenants is the Lyceum Theatre, managed<br />
by Michael Wainstock of the Lyceum<br />
Building Corp.<br />
An option has been negotiated for purchase<br />
of the Lyceum, which was built in<br />
1890-91 at a cost of $500,000, as well as<br />
for the Holland Hotel and Fifth Avenue<br />
Hotel, its neighbors at the Fifth Avenue<br />
West and Superior street intersection. All<br />
these buildings are in the path of the proposed<br />
Fifth Avenue West mall. If the<br />
$900,000 federal gi-ant for the mall is approved<br />
and the purchase option exercised<br />
before it expires in May, the Lyceum will<br />
come down.<br />
In its days of glory, the Lyceum Theatre<br />
seated 1,500 in magnificent surroundings<br />
to be entertained by the great stage<br />
names of the 1890s and early 1900s in the<br />
prime of their theatrical careers. The theatre's<br />
massive stage— 72 feet wide, 45 feet<br />
deep and 90 feet high—was one of the three<br />
in the nation big enough to stage "Ben<br />
Hui-" with its cast of 350, a dozen horses,<br />
two camels and 12 boxcars of scenery, according<br />
to James J. Tills, Duluth Herald<br />
staff writer.<br />
Movies came to the Lyceum in 1921 and<br />
today's progi-am is usually a double bill<br />
of second-run films. Wainstock told Tills<br />
no decision has been made on whether<br />
the movie house will continue operations<br />
elsewhere in Duluth.<br />
John Stopulos Remodeling<br />
Davenport, Iowa, Coronet<br />
DAVENPORT, IOWA—November 10 Is<br />
the target date when a big-scale remodeling<br />
job wiU be completed at the Coronet<br />
Theatre here. Manager James Stopulos<br />
said the theatre will remain open during<br />
the rejuvenation.<br />
Exterior work will include simulated<br />
wood siding with glass doors leading to the<br />
lobby and inside ticket booth. Burnt<br />
orange carpeting, curtain and seat covering<br />
will accent the contemporary look. An<br />
enlarged concessions area, new screen and<br />
sound equipment are planned.<br />
Stopulos plans to continue the Coronet's<br />
coffee and television lounge, inaugurated<br />
14 years ago, but this area too, will undergo<br />
a complete face-lifting. There still will be<br />
room for art exhibits in the walnut paneled<br />
lobby.<br />
New Leon Drive-In Open<br />
LEON, IOWA—The newly constructed<br />
2-65 Drive-In, with accomniodations for<br />
325 cars, has opened at the junction of<br />
highways 2 and 65, 13 miles east of here.<br />
Ray Webb of Des Moines is one of the<br />
owners.<br />
Taeger Released From Pact<br />
From Westerwn Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Ralph Taeger has requested<br />
and received release from his exclusive<br />
contract with Paramount, where,<br />
for three years, he has appeared in "My<br />
Six Loves." "Stage to Tliunder Rock," "A<br />
House Is Not a Home" and "The Carpetbaggers."<br />
MILWAUKEE<br />
H mong the changes taking place in the<br />
Milwaukee area were: John Bates,<br />
manager of the Southgate Theatre, resigned<br />
and was replaced by Jack Kois,<br />
manager for 15 years of the Telenews.<br />
Wayne Blaschka, formerly with the Pradential<br />
circuit, now is assistant manager<br />
under Hany Boesel at the Palace.<br />
Roy J. Bemier, 63, long-time projectionist<br />
at a number of Milwaukee theatres,<br />
died suddenly Thui-sday. For several<br />
years, he held the advertising manager's<br />
job at the Miller Brewing Co., then moved<br />
over to the Fox Head Brewery, and later<br />
to Schlitz Brewing Co. In 1951 Roy was<br />
a chairman of the Milwaukee Community<br />
Chest campaign.<br />
Another familiar figure in this area,<br />
Henry Mead Stillman, 91, died Wednesday<br />
111. He was best known for having<br />
decorated the Palace and Majestic theatres.<br />
The success of "Goldstein," currently<br />
appearing at the Downer here, is consuming<br />
more of Zev Braun's time. A former<br />
Milwaukeean, now of Glencoe, 111., and<br />
president of the Braun-Hobar Corp., a plastic<br />
molding company here, he produced<br />
the pictme, with some financial assistance<br />
from a Milwaukee group. The film is already<br />
in the black and Braun no longer<br />
considers it a hobby. His next picture<br />
will be filmed in Israel, with a budget of<br />
"aromid seven figures."<br />
Reopens Kasson State<br />
KASSON, MINN.—E. A. Peterson, proprietor<br />
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Iowa. This latest updating, coupled<br />
with major improvements completed<br />
earlier, gives the Monte a new look from<br />
street to screen . . . The Humota Theatre at<br />
Humboldt is a face-liftnig. undergoing too.<br />
The project includes new carpeting<br />
throughout, according to Pied Meyer, manager<br />
Reopened for the fall season is<br />
. . . the redecorated Clarinda Theatre.<br />
H. L. "Chub" Golladay. manager of the<br />
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Strand mow the Pox<br />
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and has served in a number of civic<br />
posts, including the Fort Madi.son mayor's<br />
planning committee and as chairman of<br />
the city's Rodeo Days.<br />
Arrow Theatre Corp. of Spencer, Iowa,<br />
will have its proposal for cable TV on the<br />
Storm Lake. Iowa, municipal ballot November<br />
2. The Storm Lake city council recently<br />
approved putting the measure on<br />
the ballot. Arrow also is seeking to install<br />
cable television .service in Spencer and<br />
Cherokee.<br />
Des Moines VVOMPIs have scheduled a<br />
garage sale for Saturday i25i at the home<br />
of Margaret Shields. The September meeting<br />
will be at Margaret's home on the<br />
night of the 24th. 'WOMPIs ask that you<br />
help them with their stamp-saving project.<br />
Save all commemoratives, plus foreign and<br />
U.S. stamps (of larger denominations!.<br />
Please do not tear them off envelopes.<br />
Instead, cut them off, leaving a wide margin,<br />
or simpler yet, save the envelope.<br />
WOMPIs will soak 'em off.<br />
The Strand at Mount Vernon has been<br />
reopened by Mr. and Mrs. L. C. West. The<br />
theatre was closed for the summer . . .<br />
Tlie Waco Drive-In at Washington. Iowa,<br />
is closed for repairs following extensive<br />
damage to the screen tower during a<br />
twister-type storm August 26 . . The<br />
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Grand at Greenfield played "The Family<br />
Jewels" to launch its Saturday matinee<br />
progi-am for the coming season.<br />
MINNEAPOLIS<br />
poreign film buffs who have been wondering<br />
why such flicks as "The Pawnbroker,"<br />
"The Collector." "The Servant,"<br />
"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," "Red<br />
Desert" and others have not played Mill<br />
City art houses can now rest assured that<br />
this product will make the local scene.<br />
Mann Theatres has made some new deals<br />
with distributors and the films will appear<br />
shortly on local screens. Part of the hang<br />
up has been the difficulty in coming to^<br />
and part]<br />
terms between Mann and outlets,<br />
of the delay has been Mann's willingness 1<br />
to wait for the University of Minnesota<br />
and other local schools to resume session.s<br />
and restore the .summer-slumped art<br />
house audience.<br />
The festival of older musicals, so success-;<br />
ful at the Mann Westgate in Mill City, has<br />
been picked up by the Grandview Fine Arts<br />
in St. Paul with much the same line-up of<br />
movies: "F^inny Face," "An American in<br />
Paris," etc. Bill Diehl plugged the festi-,<br />
val's opening as "a sumptuous feast for.<br />
fans of this brand of screen fare, with<br />
movie musicals an infrequent treat these<br />
days."<br />
Other experimental programing aimed<br />
at the art house audiences for this fall includes<br />
a festival of Humphrey Bogart<br />
movies, scheduled for a near-campus theatre<br />
in Mill City. Tlie old Bogie flicks have<br />
been big boxoffice for some years at Eastern<br />
campus-oriented theatres, and the<br />
thinking is that the idea is worth a try<br />
locally, where the student Film Society has<br />
paved the way with scattered Bogart,<br />
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movie passes for the State Theatre, which,<br />
will be featuring the new Rock Hudson<br />
picture to help make the gals' hearts<br />
pitter-pat a bit faster.<br />
Earl Beck of the Minot. N.D., Drive-In<br />
announces the airer has closed and the<br />
land will be cleared for constraction of a<br />
Holiday Inn motel. Beck's future plans<br />
were not announced immediately.<br />
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Merle and Rose Burns are celebrating'<br />
their 25th anniversaries in the movie business<br />
and the 50th anniversary of the Roxj<br />
Theatre in Menno, S.D. The Bui-nses havei<br />
been at the Roxy for the entire 25-yeai<br />
period . The El Lago neighborhood house<br />
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in Mill City has changed its booking policy<br />
returning to family-type double feature;<br />
after .some years as a nudie theatre. i<br />
Bert I. Gordon Sets Two!<br />
New Films for Embassy<br />
From Westerwn Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Bert I. Gordon set the<br />
next two pictures on his IS-pictui'e pad<br />
with Joseph E. L-evine's Embassy Pictures<br />
to be produced and directed from Gordon';<br />
original stories. Set are "Creatures of Dr<br />
Freak," to be scripted by Herbert D. Kastle<br />
and "Horror House," written by Roberl<br />
Sherman. "Creatures" is to roll in Novembei<br />
on the Paramount lot. Gordon's first filn"<br />
for Embassy, "Village of the Giants," is t(<br />
be released in October.<br />
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OMAHA—The Beatles' "HELP!" at the<br />
Omaha Skyview Drive-In and Chief Theatre<br />
outgrossed the first Beatle picture<br />
and some expert handling by owner Ralph<br />
Blank and his managers prevented damage<br />
such as occurred at the earlier<br />
showing.<br />
Tickets were offered by the two theatres<br />
la week ahead of the picture's opening. On<br />
the Saturday morning of the advance sale,<br />
teenagers began arriving at the Center<br />
Shopping Center at 3 a.m., although the<br />
ticket office was advertised to open at 10<br />
o'clock. By that time, more than 800<br />
teenagers were in line and two policemen<br />
[were on hand to keep order. Considering<br />
that the weather was bad—rain and chilly<br />
—all went well. The preceding year when<br />
tickets were sold in advance, the youngsters<br />
broke some windows.<br />
World Fair Theatre<br />
iTo Cost $2,500,000<br />
From Conadian Edition<br />
Canadian Corp. for<br />
the 1967 Montreal World's Pair, April 28<br />
through Oct. 27, 1967, has unveiled its 2,-<br />
000-seat theatre which will be used mainly<br />
for film festivals, popular entertainment<br />
and special events during the fair.<br />
The $2,500,000 theatre will be near to<br />
the exhibition's main entrance on Mackay<br />
'pier facing a proposed art gallery. John<br />
!I>i-att, producer of entertainment for "Expo<br />
'67," explained the planned theatre will<br />
!be used mainly for film shows, light culitural<br />
displays and popular shows.<br />
theatre will be fully equipped to<br />
handle almost any kind of production, including<br />
a stage that will measure 120<br />
feet, wall-to-wall, and 40 feet deep with<br />
a proscenium opening 28 feet high and 50<br />
feet wide. The grid will be 72 feet high.<br />
theatre is planned as a temporary<br />
for the duration of the exhibition.<br />
it was added that it could be<br />
made permanent if a sponsor could be<br />
foimd who is willing to pay the difference<br />
between a peimanent and temporai-y<br />
building.<br />
refemng to motion pictui-e pres-<br />
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^Jr. and Mrs. Adolph Rozanek were one of<br />
the entertainment attractions at the<br />
Nebraska State Pair in Lincoln. The Rozaneks,<br />
who have given ballroom dancing performances<br />
featuring a very polished polka,<br />
performed at the open air auditoriimi on<br />
the Wayne West show with the Harold<br />
Loffelmacher band. The program was<br />
telecast.<br />
. . . Joella Cohen, Columbia<br />
Dwight Hansen, his wife and family have<br />
returned from a fishing trip at Okoboji<br />
and are on the job at the theatre at Rock<br />
Rapids, Iowa<br />
publicist, is leaving October 11 on an extended<br />
trip to the Orient. Joella is the<br />
daughter of Ed Cohen, Columbia salesman.<br />
At week's end the Variety Club Golf<br />
League's annual tournament was getting<br />
down to where the wool was short. Arnold<br />
Stern, whose last two victims were Pat<br />
Halloran and Willie Wilson, gained the<br />
finals. In the other bracket. Jack Klingel<br />
was to meet the winner of the Ed Bryant-<br />
Bill Osterberg match for the other finals<br />
berth.<br />
According to word from Grand Island.<br />
Robert Taylor, the native Nebraskan who<br />
climbed to fame in movies, will join a<br />
group to bring cable television to the<br />
Grand Island area. Bill Martin, president<br />
of station KMMJ, said others in the organization<br />
will be Bill Moore, head of Bill<br />
Moore and Associates of Grand Island:<br />
Richard P. Shively, Chicago: Charles C.<br />
Bevis, former NBC executive in Chicago,<br />
and Jack B. Hopkins, Evansville, Ind.<br />
Exhibitors on tlie Row included Nebraskans<br />
Harman Grunke, O'Neill : Sid Metcalf<br />
Nebraska City: Mrs. Leola Schuler, her<br />
son and grandson, Humboldt: and lowans<br />
S. J. Backer, Harlan; Alfred Klemme,<br />
Akron, and Mr. and Mrs. 'Vern Brown,<br />
Missouri 'Valley.<br />
Movie industry people in this territory<br />
were saddened by the death of Cornelius<br />
Biemond. a long-time exhibitor who died<br />
at Hastings recently. Biemond built the<br />
present theatre at Ord and at one time<br />
owned the theatre at Loup City. He had<br />
been retired for a number of years. Serv-<br />
. . .<br />
ices and burial were at Ord. Biemond is<br />
survived by his wife, two sons and two<br />
daughters Darrell Port reopened the<br />
Norka Theatre at Akron, Iowa, last week.<br />
He will be assisted for a while by Alfred<br />
Klemme, veteran Akron exhibitor.<br />
Adrian Mueting had to fight hard to meet<br />
the opening deadline at the Rialto Theatre,<br />
Pocahontas, Iowa, last week. Mueting completed<br />
an extensive remodeling and reseating<br />
project . Adams, junior at Iowa<br />
State University at Ames, had a very successful<br />
vacation season as salesman for<br />
S&M Service of Omaha. The star Cyclone<br />
hurdler received many fine compliments<br />
from exhibitors. His father Wilbur is back<br />
on the job with S&M after an illness.<br />
Willis 'Warner, Fort Dodge, Iowa, exhibitor,<br />
again is active in the operation of the<br />
Hilltop after an 8,bsence due to the illness<br />
and death of his wife . . . Roger Blunt is<br />
reopening the Strand Theatre at Milford<br />
following his return from summer National<br />
Guard camp at Camp Ripley, Minn. .<br />
Elmer Larson reopened the State Theatre<br />
at Lake Park, Iowa, last week . . . Gary<br />
Amick has announced he will close the Gem<br />
Theatre at Moville, Iowa, the latter part of<br />
the month.<br />
Interstate Planning<br />
San Antonio Theatre<br />
From Southwest Edition<br />
SAN ANTONIO — Interstate Theatres<br />
has announced plans for the construction<br />
of a theatre at Wonderland Shopping City.<br />
The new theatre, according to Watson,<br />
is to be the city's finest in equipment and<br />
appointments, with 1,000 rocking-chair<br />
type seats. The screen is to be approximately<br />
55 feet wide. Equipment will handle<br />
all projection processes, including<br />
Todd-AO and 70mm. Free parking facilities<br />
will be adjacent to the theatre.<br />
Watson said the announcement is in<br />
keeping with Interstate's expansion program<br />
throughout Texas and that other<br />
location announcements will be forthcoming.<br />
Ricciardi Remodeling<br />
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PONTIAC. MICH.—Plans for construction<br />
of a twin-auditorium theatre by Redstone<br />
Theatres of Boston have been escalated<br />
to incorporate two 1,100-seaters.<br />
Plans announced earlier were for one of<br />
the auditoriums to be considerably smaller.<br />
revision of planning on size, bids<br />
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work is scheduled to start within 60 days,<br />
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This will give Redstone two pairs of<br />
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city line last winter. Sumner Redstone<br />
noted that the experience with the four<br />
jpaii-s of twins already in operation will<br />
:benefit the new one to be opened here.<br />
CINCINNATI<br />
Urith the closing: thi-oughout the Tri-<br />
area of a vei-y good summer<br />
season, attention is being focused on the<br />
fall-winter products. Special interest for<br />
the time being in the city centers around<br />
the theatres. The Grand, now operated<br />
by Cincinnati Theatres, is closed and its<br />
reopening depends on the time schedule<br />
|of the renovation. Keith's, also operated<br />
'by the cuxuit, shut its doors for the last<br />
I time September 6 after a 73-year run. It<br />
is to be demolished for the city's renewal<br />
project in the core area. The circuit reports<br />
the construction of its de luxe subur-<br />
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ban Princeton Cinema is progressing rapidly<br />
after being shut down for six weeks<br />
because of labor strikes. Other theatre<br />
items include the Mid-States' renovation<br />
of a number of its area theatres and the<br />
Bein interests' extensive remodelmg of its<br />
properties, these projects being nearly com-<br />
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pleted.<br />
vacationers include office staf-<br />
20th-Pox<br />
fers Dorothy Maddox, Warners; Naomi<br />
Reese, JMG Films, and Murray Baker, dimanager<br />
for Continental Distribut-<br />
:ing . Woodruff, Columbia<br />
was in Dayton for the Labor Day<br />
Bauxbaum, weekend . . . Han-y<br />
central division manager, was on Filmi-ow,<br />
were Kentucky exhibitors Waller Rodes,<br />
Lexington: Howard Shelton, Vanceburg;<br />
[Ohioans Bob Mills, Dayton; Wally Allen,<br />
Springfield, and Jack Stallings, Blan-<br />
Chester.<br />
Kent's 'Caressed' Invited<br />
To New York Film Festival<br />
Eastern Edition<br />
YORK—Laurence L. Kent's "Caressed"<br />
has been invited to participate in<br />
the Lincoln Center's third New York Film<br />
It will be shown on September 15.<br />
and directed by Kent,<br />
already has won two awards.<br />
In Toronto, the feature won the special<br />
award of merit. In the Montreal Film Festival,<br />
it won the special Jury Award.<br />
Preparations are being made to enter the<br />
film in the London and Venice festivals.<br />
It is being distributed throughout the<br />
world by Joseph Brenner Associates, Inc.<br />
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Cincinnati Grosses Up for Holiday<br />
Weekend; 'Pussycat?' 6th Week 500<br />
CINCINNATI—The Labor Day weekend<br />
resulted in very good attendance at<br />
first-run theatres, an especially encouraging<br />
development because of the keen competition<br />
of so many live attractions in the<br />
area. "What's New Pussycat?" continued to<br />
lead the area with a 500 sixth week at the<br />
Times Theatre.<br />
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(Average Is 100)<br />
Albee, Twin (Reading) HELP! (UA) 200<br />
Ambassador Cot Bollou (Col), 2nd wk 300<br />
Capitol Casanova '70 (Embassy), 3rd wk 70<br />
Esquire The Knack (UA-Lopert), 4tti wk 250<br />
Grand—Closed.<br />
Guild The Pumpkin Eater (Royal) 150<br />
Hyde Pork The Monkey's Uncle (BV) 150<br />
International 7(3 The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
23rd wk 300<br />
Keith A Very Special Favor (Univ), 3rd wk 100<br />
Times What's New Pussycat? (UA), 6th wk 500<br />
20th Century The Sons of Katie Elder (Para) ..350<br />
Twin (Northwood) Joy in the Morning (MGM)<br />
Valley Those Mognificent Men in Their Flying<br />
Mochines (20th-Fox), 10th wk 125<br />
'The Collector' Leads Detroit<br />
With 275 Second Week<br />
DETROIT — "The Collector," in its<br />
fourth week at the Bloomfield and Studio<br />
theatres, took fii-st position among high<br />
grossing first runs with a combined percentage<br />
of 275. Second honors went to the<br />
250 fom-th week of "Those Magnificent<br />
Men in Their Flying Machines" at the<br />
Adams, followed by 200 seventh week of<br />
"The Pawnbroker" at the Camelot and<br />
Studio-North.<br />
Arams Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
Flying Machines (20th-Fox), 4th wk 250<br />
Bloomfield, Studio The Collector (Col), 2nd wk . 275<br />
Fox— High Yellow (SR); Sapphire (5R), 2nd wk. .150<br />
Grand Circus, Mai Kai The Sandpiper (MGM),<br />
5th wk 90<br />
Michigan, Woods, Mercury Lord Jim (Col), 3rd wk.<br />
Michigan Drive-ln, Allen Park, Galaxy, Jolly<br />
145<br />
Roger, Royal Oak, Grond River How to Stuff o<br />
Wild Bikini (AlP); various co-features 140<br />
Palms, Norwest, Radio City, Terroce, Punch &<br />
Judy Operation Crossbow (MGM); various cofeatures,<br />
3rd wk 1 70<br />
Studio-North, Camelot The Pawnbroker (AA)<br />
7fh wk 200<br />
Cleveland Business Improves<br />
Final School Vacation Week<br />
CLEVELAND—The seven days before the<br />
opening of schools brought more business<br />
to all theatres but none profited more than<br />
Loew's Ohio where "The Sound of Music,"<br />
showing in its 24th week, gained 190 gross<br />
percentage points over the preceding week<br />
for a new reading of 500. The Warner Bros.<br />
Power Men Powerless<br />
In Theatre Blackout<br />
Akron, Ohio—It was an embarrassing<br />
evening: for the power company<br />
employes the other night at the Village<br />
Theatre, 55 Miller Rd., North., when<br />
they had to sit in the dark because of<br />
a power failure.<br />
Of course, there was good reason for<br />
the blackout. Just 45 minutes after the<br />
Ohio Edison Men's Club and their families,<br />
an assemblage of 500, settled down<br />
to enjoy "The Sound of Music." lightning<br />
hit a Fairlawn transformer and<br />
out went the lights all over the area,<br />
including those in the theatre.<br />
There was one compensation, though,<br />
for the frustrated theatre guests. All<br />
of them got rain checks.<br />
musical has been gaining steadily at the<br />
boxoffice since week-day matinees became<br />
continuous.<br />
Allen Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying<br />
Machines (20fh-Fox), 8th wk I 50<br />
Colony My Fair Lady (WB), 43rd wk 200<br />
Continental Your Past Is Showing (SR), reissue,<br />
4th wk 125<br />
Detroit, Moyland What's New Pussycot? (UA),<br />
10th wk 120<br />
Heights, Westwood Casanova '70 (Embassy),<br />
3rd wk 250<br />
Hippodrome, other theatres She (MGM); Hercules,<br />
Samson ond Ulysses (MGM), 2nd wk 125<br />
Ohio The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 24th wk. 500<br />
Poloce The Sons of Kafie Elder (Poro) 275<br />
State, Richmond Billie (Col) 200<br />
Vogue The Collector (Col), 6th wk 130<br />
COLUMBUS<br />
Uarold Walton, assistant manager of<br />
Loew's Ohio, has been promoted to manager<br />
of Loew's Victory in Evansville, Ind.<br />
Glenn Woods has been named assistant at<br />
the Ohio, succeeding Walton . new<br />
state office buildings are planned for the<br />
Capitol Square area in the heart of the<br />
downtown theatre district. A 20 to 25-<br />
story office building is planned for the<br />
southwest corner of Broad and High<br />
streets and a sU-uctme replacing the present<br />
State House annex on Third street<br />
may be constructed soon.<br />
Food market, several small service stores<br />
and an automotive service center will be<br />
part of the Zayre Department Store Center<br />
to be built on the site of the In-Town<br />
Drive-In in subm-ban Whitehall. The In-<br />
Town, operated by Monarch Theatres of<br />
Chicago, sold the property and will have<br />
booked performances for Tuesday U4 1<br />
Albert E. Armbruster, 97, retired owner<br />
of the old Aiinbruster Scenic Studio, died<br />
August 30 at his home here. The Aiinbruster<br />
studio was fomided in 1845 by<br />
Matthias Armbiiister, his father. The studio<br />
supplied stage settings and cui'tains<br />
for many theatres and toming companies.<br />
Gary Green, assistant manager of Grand<br />
Cinerama, has entered the army for twoyear<br />
service at Fort Knox, Ky.<br />
2 Students to Make Film<br />
At Montreal University<br />
From Conodian Edition<br />
MONTREAL—In order to gain an insight<br />
into the cinema from the filmmakers'<br />
point of view, two Montreal McGill University<br />
students are embarking on a film<br />
project. Don Dniick and Leonard Angel,<br />
both 20, are co-directing a 30-minutc documentary<br />
on student life at McGill. Financial<br />
support is coming from the university's<br />
students' executive council.<br />
The film will be an all-student affaii'.<br />
The dii'ectors are filUng in as actors and<br />
editors. The cameraman is Peter Svatek,<br />
who has had experience with the National<br />
Film Board, and music student Stephen<br />
Freygold has produced an original musical<br />
score. Druick and Angel said they became<br />
involved in the project because they believe<br />
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Detroit Tlieatxes has given up operation<br />
of the Mel Theatre in suburban Melvindale,<br />
which it operated since opening 24 years<br />
ago. The new owner is Theatre Operating<br />
Co.. formed by Louis J. Mitchell and Delno<br />
A. Ritter. Buying and booking will be<br />
handled by Mitchell Theatre Service.<br />
House records are being shattered at<br />
two houses of the Studio Circuit of art<br />
theatres here, reports Ross Caccavale.<br />
supervisor, '"nie Pawnbroker" recorded<br />
new bo.xoffice marks in each of its eight<br />
weeks at the Studio-North, while "The<br />
Collector" reached a new high in its second<br />
week at the Studio Theatre.<br />
Marlene Dietrich will be featured by the<br />
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Monroe Goetz Installing<br />
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From North Centra! Edition<br />
WIS. — Remodeling of the<br />
marquee at the Goetz Theatre is going<br />
forward here. Manager Robert Goetz<br />
planning that the new marquee will be<br />
Swiss in design.<br />
Mom'oe Times carried a twocolumn<br />
photo showing workmen removmg<br />
the old marquee, which had been on the<br />
theatre since it was founded in 1931.<br />
Fire Damages Snack Bar<br />
NEW CARLISLE, OHIO—Fire did exten-<br />
'sive damage, not immediately estimated, at<br />
the concession stand of the Park Layne 69<br />
early Satm-day morning, August<br />
121, A spokesman said he thought the fire<br />
have started in the wiring of a popcorn<br />
popper.<br />
CLEVELAND<br />
pilm Bldg. tenants were shocked and saddened<br />
when news came of the Sunday<br />
morning (5i death of Rhoda Koret. killed<br />
in a two-car crash on South Woodland<br />
Ro:id in Shaker Heights, a Cleveland suburb.<br />
She had been in the theatre and<br />
films, acting and business. 25 years, inclucinT;<br />
Academy Films. Columbia Pictures<br />
and the Cleveland Playhouse. For many<br />
years she had been a leading performer at<br />
the Jewish Community Theatre, and. reportedly,<br />
was rehearsing for a new play.<br />
Her father was the late Rabbi Mano Spira.<br />
Survivors include the husband Ben, the<br />
mother, a son, one daughter, five sisters<br />
and a brother. Rites were held Monday 1 6 1<br />
Several changes have been reported in<br />
the Film Bldg. Bob Blitz. Embassy Films,<br />
mcved to the fourth floor, and Allied Artists,<br />
from the fourth to the second floor<br />
. . . E. M. Stutz is reopening the Regent<br />
Theatre at Youngstown.<br />
Edna Charns, Warners secretary, will be<br />
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5. Accept the mentally retarded as .American citizens.<br />
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Three juveniles were apprehended August<br />
27 for an incident involving the theft<br />
of two speakers from the Lisbon Drivein<br />
in Lewiston, it was reported by Sgt.<br />
Ralph Bolduc of the Lewistown police department.<br />
The suspects were referred to<br />
the department's juvenile division for further<br />
action.<br />
Drive-in operators throughout Maine<br />
shared in everybody's surprise at the "early<br />
winter" which marked the last two days<br />
of August. Heaters came into general use<br />
with the calendar still saying it was summer<br />
but the thermometers registering near<br />
or below freezing. A mass of cold air from<br />
Canada was blamed for the record-break-<br />
ing situation.<br />
Harley D. True, 75, who was one of the<br />
motion picture projectionists in the<br />
Paris area, died at the Central<br />
Maine General Hospital August 26.<br />
was a native of Norway and attended<br />
schools there. In addition to his movie theatre<br />
work, he is well remembered as a member<br />
of area orchestras.<br />
Razing of Conn. Theatre<br />
Generates Several Suits<br />
NE'W BRITAIN—The city parking commission<br />
will sue the Valley Construction<br />
Co., Waterbui-y, prime contractor for demolition<br />
of the Embassy Theatre, and<br />
others involved in the project for $10,000<br />
for damages resulting from that operation,<br />
according to corporation counsel Andrew P.<br />
Denuzze.<br />
The city claims loss of parking revenue<br />
and physical damage to Hensen pai'kade<br />
during the theatre demolition.<br />
Collapse of part of the structure during<br />
razing, which caused injui-ies to thi-ee employes<br />
of the Raphael Department Store,<br />
has resulted in earlier suits filed by the<br />
store owners and an employe.<br />
Fred N. Viano, 75, Dies;<br />
Lexington, Mass., Manager<br />
BOSTON—Pi-ed N. Viano, 75, of 15 Reed<br />
Lexington, manager of the Lexington<br />
died September 2 in Beth Israel<br />
Hospital here. A life-long resident of Lexington,<br />
Viano had managed the theatre, a<br />
business, for the past 15<br />
years. A veteran of World War I, he was<br />
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a member of the American Legion and the<br />
Veterans of Foreign Wars.<br />
Sui'vivors are his son Alfred, chaii-man of<br />
Lexington school committee: his<br />
Mrs. Albert E. Wills: his brother<br />
and three sisters, Lillian and<br />
Viano and Mi-s. Angela V. Boyd, all<br />
of Lexington.<br />
Oscar Honors Forecast<br />
For 'Ballou,' Lee Marvin<br />
M. Widem, Hartj'<br />
ford Times amusements editor, predicts an<br />
Award for both the film, "Cat<br />
(Columbia) and its leading player,<br />
hee Marvin.<br />
"Mamn's dual roles," writes Widem,<br />
"are worthy of an Academy Award and director<br />
Elliott Silverstein has pulled off the<br />
effects coup of the year."<br />
Third Big Boston Weekend in Row;<br />
'HELP!' Climbs to 240, 'Music 250<br />
BOSTON—The greatest holiday business<br />
in many years boomed the Boston boxoffice<br />
to bonanza with good weather, a heavy influx<br />
of tourists, vacationists and back-tocollege<br />
students all contributing. With Bostoir<br />
theatres hitting capacity stride, it<br />
marked the third big week in a row for<br />
Boston exhibition and roadshow films<br />
scored lofty percentages. "Darling" finished<br />
its second week at the Savoy Wednesday<br />
i8i with a way-above-average gross, rivaling<br />
its first week: "Sergeant Deadhead"<br />
opened with 150 at the Paramount and<br />
"The Sound of Music" recorded 250 at the<br />
Gary in its 24th week with 14 shows.<br />
"HELP!" gained 40 points in its second<br />
week at the Orpheum. "Those Magnificent<br />
Men in Their Flying Machines" ran up 155<br />
in its 11th week at the Music Hall, while<br />
"The Knack" gained grossing strength in<br />
its sixth week at the Paris Cinema. "My<br />
Fair Lady" continued at a high 150 level<br />
in its 45th week at the Saxon as "Casanova<br />
'70" scored 155 at two theatres, the<br />
Park Square and Kenmore Square, in its<br />
fourth week,<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Astor Lord Jim (Col), 5th wk 150<br />
Beacon Hrll What's New Pussycat? (UA), 10th wk. 155<br />
Boston The Greatest Story Ever Told (UA),<br />
26th wk 145<br />
Copri The Collector (Col), 3rd wk 180<br />
Exeter Rotten to the Core (Cinema V), 4th wk. ..140<br />
Gory The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 24th<br />
Music Hall Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
wk. 250<br />
Flying Machines (20th-Fox), 11th wk 155<br />
Orpheum HELP! (UA), 2nd wk 240<br />
Paramount Sergeant Deadhead (AlP); Jig-Saw<br />
(SR) 150<br />
Pans Cinema The Knack (UA-Lopert), 6th wk. ..ISO<br />
Park Square, Kenmore Square Casanova '70<br />
(Embassy), 4th wk 1 55<br />
Savoy Darling (Embassy), 2nd wk 200<br />
Massachusetts Sales<br />
Saxon—My Fair Lady IWB), 45th wk 50<br />
Symphony Cinemo—Wild, Wild World (SR), 2nd wk. 135<br />
West End Cinema Bockfirc (Royal), 2nd wk. 135<br />
'HELP!' Standout 275<br />
In Hartford Debut<br />
HARTFORD — "HELP!" rang up a whopping<br />
275 in its multiple-run Connecticut<br />
premiere. Embassy's "Casanova '70" continued<br />
to demonstrate strong pulling power<br />
in an extended Rivoli engagement.<br />
Allyn, Berlin, Manchester, Meadows HELP! (UA);<br />
various co-features 2/5<br />
Art Cinemo Eva, the Devil's Woman (Times);<br />
Defiant Doughters (Times) 90<br />
Burnside The Collector (Col), 2nd wk 150<br />
Cineroma—The Hallelujah Troil (UA), 10th wk. 90<br />
Cine Webb My Fair Lody (WB), 22nd wk 70<br />
Elm The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 11th wk 70<br />
E, M. Loew's, Eost Hartford, Pike The Saboteur<br />
(Morituri), (20th-Fox); vorious co-features 100<br />
Rivoli Casanova '70 (Embassy), 5th wk 160<br />
Strand, East Windsor, Hertford, Farmington<br />
A Very Special Favor (Univ); various co- features 125<br />
'Cat Ballou' Runs Away<br />
With New Haven Honors<br />
NEW HAVEN—Bailey Theatres' Westville<br />
and Whitney tried something different<br />
on the first day of the second week of<br />
Universal's "A Very Special Favor": allday<br />
previews. Interspersed with a regular<br />
program, were screened of the same distributor's<br />
"The Guns of August."<br />
Lincoln Casanova '70 (Embassy), 6th wk 100<br />
Loew's College HELP! (UA), 3rd wk 100<br />
Paramount, Bowl, Milford, New Haven She<br />
(MGM); various co-features 100<br />
Milford Cinema, SW Roger Sherman Cat Boilou<br />
(Col), 2nd wk 200<br />
SW Cinemort The Sound of Music l20th-Fox),<br />
nth wk 100<br />
Westville, Whitney A Very Special Favor<br />
(Univ), 2nd wk 90<br />
Whalley My Fair Lody (WB), 22nd wk 100<br />
Tax Proposals<br />
Exempt Admissions, Film Rentals<br />
NORTH FALMOUTH, MASS.—Massachusetts<br />
theatres will be exempt from Gov.<br />
John A. Volpe's proposed 3 per cent sales<br />
tax, Cai'l Goldman reported to exhibitors attending<br />
the 34th annual regional convention<br />
of Theatre Owners of New England and<br />
the Northeast conference of the National<br />
Ass'n of Concessionaues at the Sea Ci-est<br />
Hotel August 30-September 1.<br />
Goldman, TONE executive secretary and<br />
legislative counsel, said that the governor's<br />
proposal exempts theatre admissions, film<br />
rentals and concessions sales from the state<br />
sales tax. The alternate proposal by the<br />
Democratic party also exempts film rentals<br />
and admissions, according to Goldman.<br />
Malcolm C. Green, in his opening addi'ess,<br />
reported: "The final complete repeal of the<br />
admissions tax and freedom from prior<br />
cejisorship recently won in Rhode Island<br />
are major victories for theatremen everywhere<br />
and could not have been accomplished<br />
without effective trade associations.<br />
"However, much remains to be done.<br />
Our censorship battles must be fought constantly.<br />
New restrictive legislation is apt<br />
to confront us at any time. As to cooperative<br />
exploitation programs, we have<br />
barely scratched the suiface of our potential."<br />
Massachusetts political leaders speaking<br />
at the banquet were Robert Quiiui, majority<br />
leader of the House : George Keneally, chair-<br />
Michael<br />
man of the committee on taxation:<br />
Catino, House chairman committee on taxation,<br />
and Richard Caples, commissioner of<br />
public safety.<br />
Goldman was coordinator for the convention<br />
and officers and directors of TONE<br />
and NAC comprised the convention committee.<br />
TONE officers are Malcolm C. Green,<br />
president: James F. Mahoney. first vicepresident<br />
: Ben Greenberg, second vice-president:<br />
Ray Canavan, third vice-president: W.<br />
Leslie Bendslev. secretary-treasmer: Julian<br />
Rifkin, chainnan, board of directors.<br />
Officers and directors of the NAC: Edward<br />
S. Redstone, president: Sydney Spiegel, first<br />
vice-president: Jack O'Brien, second vicepresident:<br />
Nat Buchman, treasurer: Irving<br />
Shapii'o, regional vice-president: Louis<br />
Abramson, executive director: Augie J.<br />
Schmitt, chairman, board of directors.<br />
The convention's keynote speech, a warning<br />
against further dangers from pay TV<br />
and CATV by Philip Harling, chairman of<br />
the Joint Committee Against Pay TV. was<br />
reported in <strong>Boxoffice</strong> September 6, page<br />
12. Reports of NAC award-winning concessions<br />
programs will appear in Modern<br />
Theatre for September 20.<br />
BOXOFFICE September 13, 1965 NE-1
Most Critical Exhibition Problem<br />
In Massachusetts Is<br />
By ALLEN M. WIDEM<br />
SPRINGFIELD — The state of Massachusetts,<br />
traditionally contributing pace<br />
and prestige to the New England motion<br />
picture industry, is just as concerned with<br />
dwindling product availabilities as tlie lesspopulated<br />
states in this burgeoning region.<br />
The Bay State, with a profusion of de<br />
luxe shopping center theatres newly completed<br />
and on the drawing boards, is barreling<br />
ahead, first-run wise, and only the<br />
continued shutterings and markedly reduced<br />
grosses of small-town theatres across<br />
the remoter reaches fog up the brighter<br />
outlooli of exhibition interests.<br />
The General Cinema and Redstone circuits,<br />
among the giants spearheading the<br />
multi-million-dollar shopping center theatre<br />
construction program, have infused<br />
the state's exhibition with a spirit of enthusiasm<br />
and ebullience unparalled since<br />
the heydays of early talking pictures, say<br />
veteran Filmrow observers.<br />
At the same time, the quantity of subsequent<br />
runs in practically every major<br />
population center of Massachusetts has<br />
fallen sharply and there's no indication of<br />
an upswing in the immediate or long-range<br />
period.<br />
The clamor and concern of independents<br />
and circuits alike to buy product day-anddate.<br />
on multiple runs, has di-astically curtailed<br />
what was once a flourishing subsequent-run<br />
element.<br />
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much as a vital necessity to maintain economic<br />
stability in going after first runs,<br />
be they in the metropolitan Boston. Worcester.<br />
Springfield areas, or in the smaller<br />
cities. National merchandising, by major<br />
distributors, has meant greater stress on<br />
premiere activity and just about everybody<br />
in the business wants to derive greater<br />
boxoffice response from the national exposure.<br />
The thinking is that by the time<br />
the normally subsequent-run booking could<br />
be scheduled, the generated response from<br />
national advertising is long dissipated."<br />
And like the larger city bookers across<br />
the country, there's perplexity about suitability<br />
of art product for long runs. Increasingly,<br />
avers one veteran art theatre<br />
owner, an art import is good for a maximum<br />
of several weeks while, not so many<br />
years ago, an Ingmar Bergman or Fellini<br />
release could not be relied upon for several<br />
months' duration.<br />
NEED MORE BERGMANS<br />
"It's well and good for people like Bergman<br />
and Fellini 'to sit on their accolades." "<br />
said an exhibitor "but they're not contributing<br />
to further industry prestige by<br />
severely reducing personal production<br />
activity."<br />
The fast-fading 1965 summer has been<br />
distinguished at the boxoffice by such<br />
titles as Warners' "My Fair Lady," UA's<br />
"What's New Pussycat?" 20th-Pox's "The<br />
Soimd of Music," Columbia's "The Collector,"<br />
MGM's "Operation Crossbow" and<br />
Universal's "Shenandoah."<br />
In many large city and small-town situations<br />
throughout Massachusetts, the bulk<br />
of the foregoing releases have proceeded<br />
to smash long-standing boxoffice records<br />
and. gratifyingly enough, maintain a surprisingly<br />
strong money position for many<br />
weeks after the initial opening.<br />
OUTDOOR COMPETITORS INCREASE<br />
Competition for the recreation dollai' is<br />
just as pronounced, proportionately, in<br />
Massachusetts as it is elsewhere in New<br />
England: many of the aggressive-minded<br />
amusement parks and the like have spent<br />
thousands of dollars in an active bid for<br />
the more plentiful warm weather recreation<br />
dollar, coming from both resident<br />
Bay Staters and the thousands of summer<br />
tourists.<br />
Parking problems, too, have plagued the<br />
bigger cities. First-run exhibitors, in particular,<br />
report greater demand by regular<br />
patrons for ample and adequate car space,<br />
preferably close to theatre entrances.<br />
The nation's racial turbulence hasn't<br />
ignored Massachusetts recreation. Business<br />
has fluctuated from highs to lows in<br />
the wake of demonstrations, marches and<br />
the like in such major cities as Springfield:<br />
first-run boxoffice activity was hit hard<br />
by a recent Sunday afternoon march<br />
through the heart of downtown Springfield.<br />
"All we can do," reasons a Springfield<br />
exhibitor, "is caution our staffs to handle<br />
any delicate situations within the sphere<br />
and scope of racial disturbances with a<br />
minimum of friction, mindful that patronage<br />
is patronage, regardless of creed or<br />
color. We know that hoodlumi.sm or<br />
vandalism is part of 1965's living picture.<br />
If we have brawls or incidents on a Sunday,<br />
in particular, we have to take these<br />
things in stride, appealing to the participants<br />
for a sense of mature responsibility."<br />
Exploitation continues strong: the bulk<br />
of the major distributors continue representation<br />
iti Ma.ssachusctts and exploitation<br />
men regularly contact the bigger city<br />
communications media with both prepared<br />
material and visits of acknowledged<br />
"names."<br />
Significantly, while many Massachusetts<br />
newspapers have stepped up televisionradio<br />
coverage—to the extent of weekly<br />
sections, both standard and tabloid size<br />
the amount of free space for motion pictures<br />
hasn't been reduced. The press feels,<br />
and rightly, that motion pictures remain<br />
"hard news" and as long as distribution<br />
and exhibition sources provide sustained<br />
flow of information there's no reason to<br />
withhold such material from exposure.<br />
Broumas Resumes Building<br />
Of 3rd Baltimore Theatre<br />
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From Eastern Edition<br />
BALTIMORE — Constmction has been<br />
resumed by Broumas Theatres on its North<br />
Point Plaza project, which will be the circuit's<br />
third Baltimore theatre. 1<br />
To be known as the North Point Plaza<br />
Theatre, the 1,000-seater will feature sixchannel<br />
stereophonic sound, line-of-sight<br />
viewing and an all-climate control system.<br />
Equipped with one of the widest<br />
screens m the state, the North Point Plaza<br />
is to show 70mm and Todd-AO features<br />
offering top product from major Hollywood<br />
studios as well as outstanding international<br />
films.<br />
Bridgeport Safety Show<br />
BRIDGEPORT—Four automobile dealers<br />
sponsored a back-to-school safety show at<br />
the Beverly Theatre, the afternoon high^<br />
lights including screen entertaiimient and<br />
stage appearances by WNHC-TV personalities.<br />
To Sponsor Theatre Revue<br />
WESTFIELD, MASS. — The Westfield<br />
Kiwanis Club will sponsor a musical revue<br />
featuring an as yet undesignated orchestra<br />
at the Park Theatre November 15.<br />
Magician Tony Giorgio will portray a<br />
professional gambler in WB's "A Big Hanc<br />
for the Little Lady."<br />
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The Nutmeg Theatre Circuit's Crow is undergoing<br />
major remodeling, including<br />
a new front, marquee, lobby, carpeting,<br />
boxoffice, lights, lounges and screen. The<br />
new art film policy will start September<br />
22 at the Crown.<br />
Perakos Theatre Associates' Beverly,<br />
'Bridgeport, has opened after a two-month,<br />
$150,000 major remodeling. The new stage<br />
measures 75 feet wide and 39 feet deep<br />
and can hold 110 persons at one<br />
time. Some "live" productions are planned<br />
. . . Al at the first-run showcase<br />
Stanley Warner zone ad-publicity<br />
Swett,<br />
manjager,<br />
tied up with radio station WDEE for<br />
[a motor bike giveaway in conjunction with<br />
the Roger Sherman Theatre, New Haven,<br />
playdate of Buena Vista's "The Monkey's<br />
, Uncle."<br />
WORCESTER<br />
Massachusetts Stanley 'Warner<br />
theatres are now advertised in the metropolitan<br />
Boston dailies, under the composite<br />
head of "Stanley 'Warner Theatres."<br />
Participants are the White City Shopping<br />
Center Theatre, Shi'ewsbury; Port, Newbiu-yport;<br />
Palace, Lawrence; Warner, Lawrence<br />
and Warner, Lynn.<br />
M. Totman, SW New England<br />
manager, visited Bill Decker, district<br />
. Lajoie, Capitol Theatre<br />
manager, met with diet Stoddard, presiof<br />
New England Theatres.<br />
Two Pencil Box Shows<br />
CONN. — Mrs. Marge<br />
Stanley Warner Capitol manager,<br />
ai-ranged Willimantic Trust Company<br />
of back-to-school pencil box<br />
at two successive matinees at the<br />
and suburban SW College, Storrs.<br />
were gifted with pencil boxes.<br />
Bakeries' Gifts to Kiddies<br />
BRITAIN — The Palace, Perakos<br />
circuit flagship, hosted a back-to-school<br />
j<br />
matinee, distributing free pencil<br />
compliments of Cousin's Bakeries.<br />
Returns From New York<br />
NEW BRITAIN — Sperie P. Perakos,<br />
general manager, Perakos Theatre Associates,<br />
has returned from New York business<br />
meetings.<br />
Pencil Box Giveaway<br />
STORRS, CONN.—The StaiJey Warner<br />
College hosted two back-to-school matinees,<br />
distributing free pencil boxes to all<br />
youngster patrons.<br />
Walt Disney Purchases<br />
New Englander's Novel<br />
HARTFORD—Eric Stowe Hatch, radio<br />
station WBIS owner, has sold a novel, "The<br />
Year of the Horse," to Walt Disney for early<br />
production.<br />
The book, the result of two years' work,<br />
will be published October 7 by Ci'own<br />
Publishing Co., New York.<br />
A Hatch novel, "My Man Godfi-ey," was<br />
filmed some years ago.<br />
NEW HAMPSHIRE<br />
Two Haverhill, Mass., men now in the<br />
county jail in Brentwood, waiting trial<br />
at the next session of Superior Court, are<br />
reported to have confessed seven breaks in<br />
the Plaistow area, including two burglaries<br />
at the Plaistow Drive-In. Police Chief<br />
Lyman Hill of Plaistow said Leonard Dick.<br />
21, and Daniel Yeo, 22, admitted victimizing<br />
other business establishments two or<br />
three times each. The suspects were trapped<br />
by a Plaistow police officer in a stake-out<br />
at a diner which had been entered three<br />
times.<br />
Drive-in theatregoers were glad to use<br />
heaters, and some patrons might have<br />
wished they had brought blankets, when a<br />
two-day cold snap shattered all weather<br />
records as August made its exit. During<br />
the August 30, 31 period, frost covered a<br />
number of New Hampshire's droughtstricken<br />
areas and early snow fell on Mount<br />
Washington. There were below-freezing<br />
temperatures in some areas.<br />
Winsted Strand Theatre<br />
May Go on Sales Block<br />
WINSTED, CONN.—The Strand Theatre<br />
announced a midmonth special stockholders<br />
meeting to consider proposed sale of the<br />
theatre and office building, one of Winsted's<br />
largest structures.<br />
The stockholders are to be also asked to<br />
elect a director to succeed Harry M. Gale,<br />
who has resigned. He had been a director<br />
since the corporation built the theatre in<br />
1926.<br />
"Born Free," a Columbia release, is<br />
based on Joy Adamson's international bestseller.<br />
HARTFORD<br />
J^ickey Daly has dropped Thursday performances<br />
at the 1,800-seat, Spanishlanguage<br />
Daly Theatre. The downtown theatre<br />
is now operating Fridays through<br />
Sundays only . Floyd Fitzsimmons of the<br />
Warner Bros,<br />
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field exploitation force was<br />
in town for meetings with MuiTay Lipson,<br />
general manager of the Park Street<br />
Investment Co., on the November 3 Connecticut<br />
premiere of "The Great Race" at<br />
the Central, West Hartford.<br />
Weekly wages in Connecticut factories<br />
remained at an all-time high in July, according<br />
to the latest summary of the state<br />
labor department. High overtime contributes<br />
to the boom, says the department<br />
Bantam, Bantam, has installed a<br />
24-hour answering service 567-5420).<br />
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McNamara, American Broadcasting Companies'<br />
Hartford resident manager, and<br />
Mrs. McNamara, retm'ned home from the<br />
national Junior Achievement convention<br />
in Bloomington, Ind. Young McNamara is<br />
president-elect of the 60-member Achievers<br />
Ass'n of Hartford.<br />
Midweek Shows Dropped<br />
PLAINFIEL'O, CONN. — The Parkway<br />
Drive-In has di'opped Monday through<br />
Thursday perfoiTnances for remainder of<br />
the season.<br />
Free 'Flipper'<br />
Tickets<br />
BRIDGEPORT—Holroyd Pontiac distributed<br />
free tickets to MGM's "Flipper's<br />
New Adventui-e," playing the Perakos<br />
Beverly Theatre.<br />
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2. ( ) they need the<br />
help the colleges<br />
leaders colleges train<br />
You were right if you checked No. 2.<br />
American corporations want to<br />
make<br />
sure there will be enough college-trained<br />
leaders to fill the management jobs open<br />
today and in the future.<br />
This is good insurance for business.<br />
And the need, we must remember, isn't<br />
getting smaller.<br />
World trade is developing fast; business<br />
is getting more competitive, more complex;<br />
science is introducing new products<br />
and processes rapidly.<br />
But the colleges can't do the training job<br />
alone. They need classrooms, laboratories<br />
and facilities, yes. But even more,<br />
they need backing to maintain a staff of<br />
top-notch teachers.<br />
This is<br />
the human equation that makes<br />
the difference in<br />
reaching the margin of<br />
excellence needed in the U.S.<br />
This is everybody's job, but especially<br />
industry's.<br />
Of course American business wants to<br />
help the colleges, so you were also right<br />
if you checked No. 1. College, after all,<br />
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men and women are<br />
needed, in increasing numbers, to plan<br />
and direct the activities of business.<br />
is business' best friend.<br />
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Good Business in Toronto<br />
by All Theatres<br />
— Uniformly good business<br />
to be reported at all Toronto<br />
houses, with holdovers and long<br />
all reporting "excellent" grosses. "The<br />
Sons of Katie Elder" ran in several neigh-<br />
borhood Famous Players' houses with very<br />
high second week ratings.<br />
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At Wimiipeg Houses<br />
WINNIPEG—Grosses reached their highest<br />
point of the summer, after declining<br />
steadily during August, The upsurge was<br />
attributed to the influx of youngsters taking<br />
a last fling before school opening this<br />
week. All situations showed above average<br />
returns, with the lead being shared by a<br />
newcomer, "Slave Ti-ade in the World Today,"<br />
the long-running "The Somid of<br />
Music" and a reissue double bill of "A<br />
Shot in the Dark" and "The Pink<br />
Panther." "What's New Pussycat?" and<br />
"The Family Jewels" continued strong.<br />
Capitol The Great Spy Mission (Operation Crossbow)<br />
(MGM), 2nd wk .Good<br />
Gaiety Those Mogniticent Men in Their Flyiitg<br />
Machines (20th-Fox), 9th wk Good<br />
Gorrjck Lord Jim (Col), 4th wk Good<br />
Kings The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
22nd wk Excellent<br />
Lyceum A Shot in the Dork (UA); The Pink<br />
Ponther (UA), reissues Excellent<br />
Metropolitan The Family Jewels (Para),<br />
2nd wk Very Good<br />
Odeon What's New Pussycat? (UA),<br />
5th wk Very Good<br />
Towne Slave Trade in the World Today<br />
(IFD)<br />
Excellent<br />
'Exterminating<br />
Angel' Is<br />
Impressive in Montreal<br />
MONTREAL — With the majority of<br />
Montrealers back in the city from summer<br />
,<br />
places, the leading motion pictui-e theatres<br />
had good boxoffice results. The favorite<br />
holdovers of some dm-ation were continuing<br />
to show good pulling power, while<br />
at the "specialized" Cinema Festival on<br />
St. Catherine Street East, a very good<br />
attendance was reported for "The Exterminating<br />
Angel," which took over following<br />
a few weeks of daily French and<br />
European films.<br />
Alouette My Fair Lady (WB), 45th wk Good<br />
Avenue Whot's New Pussycot? (UA), 5th wk. . . .Good<br />
Cinemo Festival The Exterminating Angel<br />
(SR)<br />
Excellent<br />
Cinemo Ploce Ville Mane II Successo (IFD),<br />
4th wk Excellent<br />
(Red Room) HELP! (UA) Excellent<br />
(Salle Doree) it's a Mad, Mod, Mod, Mod<br />
World (UA), 3rd wk Good<br />
Imperiol The Hallelujah Trail (UA), lOth wk. ...Good<br />
Kent The Collector (Colj Good<br />
Loew's The Sons of Katie Elder (Para),<br />
2nd wk Good<br />
The Saboteur (20th-Fox) Good<br />
Porisien Harlow (Para), 2nd wk Good<br />
Seville The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
wk Good<br />
Westmount<br />
[<br />
Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
Flying Machines (20th-Fox), 5th wk Good<br />
Corlton Shenondonh (E/U), 5th wk Excellent<br />
Coronet group HELP! (UA), 3rd wk Excellent<br />
Eglinton—The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
24th wk Excellent<br />
Foirlown Those Mognificent Men in Their Flying<br />
Machines (20th-Fox), 10th wk Excellent<br />
Hollywood The Collector (Col), 5th wk Very Good<br />
What's New Pussycat? (UA),<br />
9th wk Excellent<br />
Imperial, Ycrkdale, Runnymede, Golden<br />
Mile The Great Spy Mission (MGM),<br />
3rd wk Excellent<br />
Mory Poppins (E/U), 44th wk Very Good<br />
Palace, Vaughon, other theotres The Sons of<br />
Kotie Elder (Poro), 2nd wk Excellent<br />
Fair Lady (WB), 43rd wk. . Good<br />
WB's "Sweet November," an original story<br />
and screenplay by Herman Raucher, is<br />
scheduled for early shooting.<br />
BOXOFFICE September 13, 1965<br />
Montreal Motion Picture Producers<br />
Continue Many Short-Term Projects<br />
MONTREAL—Motion picture producers<br />
of Montreal and the district have numerous<br />
projects for the short-term, according to<br />
an extensive review contained in the<br />
Montreal La Presse weekly supplement<br />
which deals with arts in general.<br />
Claude Jutra, first grand-prize winner<br />
of Canadian-produced films competition<br />
for his "A Tout Prendre," has a definite<br />
project in sight, along with Gilles Carle.<br />
The film would be written by Jutra and<br />
produced by United Artists. Jutra is<br />
finishing the montage of "Technologic<br />
Scolaire," filmed in the United States last<br />
spring. Carle also has several projects in<br />
mind with a film called "Portmie" most<br />
likely to be realized.<br />
FILMING INDUSTRIAL TRIO<br />
Gilles Groulx, second grand-prize winner<br />
of the Canadian Cinema with "Le Chat<br />
Dans le Sac," now is a member of the<br />
Cineastes Associes and is preparing a film<br />
on industrial Quebec for Quebec's Film<br />
Board. The company has three projects in<br />
pi'ogress, apart from Groulx. One film is<br />
on Montreal, while the others concern the<br />
fur trade and operations of the Montreal<br />
Stock Exchange.<br />
Michel Brault, who has formed his own<br />
film-producing company, is preparing a<br />
feature-length production "Entre la Mer a<br />
I'Eau Douce." It is hoped that filming will<br />
begin next winter mider the auspices of<br />
Co-Operatio. Also, Brault, in partnership<br />
with Claude Foumier, is preparing a series<br />
of 26 films in color intended for inauguration<br />
of color television in Canada in 1967.<br />
The films also are planned for showing in<br />
other countries.<br />
"La FoUe of Camil Adam" is being<br />
readied at Co-Operatio. and Fournier has<br />
a two-year contract with the Montreal<br />
Exhibition Corp. for a series of films which<br />
will keep him occupied for the next two<br />
years.<br />
Pierre Perrault, who made "Pour la Suite<br />
de Monde" with Brault, is producing for<br />
the National Film Board three hour-long<br />
films on the St. Lawrence River.<br />
Don Owen, writer-director of "Nobody<br />
Waved Goodbye," is finishing a film called<br />
"Donna and Gail" for the National Film<br />
Board.<br />
COMPLETING THREE FILMS<br />
Also at Co-Operatio, finishing touches<br />
are being made to "La Corde au Cou,"<br />
"Deliverez-Nous du Mai" and "Poussiere<br />
Sur la Ville," made by Arthur Lamothe.<br />
"La Corde au Cou" is expected to be shown<br />
at France Film Co.'s St. Denis Theatre<br />
here early in October and "Deliverez-Nous<br />
du Mai" just before Christmas, while<br />
"Poussiere Sur la Ville" is scheduled to be<br />
shown in January.<br />
Pierre Patry has made extensive changes<br />
to the sound of "Cam" and the revised<br />
film is to be distributed in the fall throughout<br />
Quebec.<br />
Arthur Lamothe has several still incomplete<br />
projects and currently is making a<br />
short film in color for the National Film<br />
Board.<br />
At the film board, Jacques Godbout's<br />
"YUL 871" is expected to be released during<br />
the winter. The film "La Fleur de<br />
I'Age" has been completed. Godbout is<br />
now ready to film a documentary called<br />
"L'Homme et Son Habitat" dealing with<br />
architecture throughout the world. Following<br />
in the same series will be "La<br />
Techniques et I'Homme and I'Aviation."<br />
During October, Georges Dufaux and<br />
Clement Perron will renew work in Italy<br />
on "Cinema-Realite."<br />
Jacques Giraldeau is completing his film<br />
on water, ordered by the United Nations<br />
Educational, Scientific and Cultui'al Organization.<br />
The film will be distributed<br />
throughout the world by National Film<br />
Board and UNESCO.<br />
Louis-Georges Carrier and Marcel Dube<br />
soon will start shooting a feature-length<br />
film based on the script by Gabrille Roy.<br />
"Pas de Vacances Pour les Idoles" has<br />
been completed and the montage has been<br />
the responsibility of Wenier Nold. The<br />
film was realized by Denis Herous and<br />
financed in part by France Film Co., which<br />
will distribute the film.<br />
NEW CASZENDER PROJECT<br />
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Georges Caszender, author of "Phoebe"<br />
which won first prize in the short films<br />
category at the International Film Festival<br />
of Montreal this year, is working with<br />
Gerald Taasse of the National Film Board<br />
on the script for a dramatic 30-minute<br />
film.<br />
"The Montage" possibly a temporary<br />
title) is now completed. It will be distributed<br />
in the United States and Canada<br />
by Jacques Gibeault, French producer concerned<br />
in "Ordeau Negro" and "Les Dimanches<br />
de Ville d'Avi-ay." who has<br />
founded his own production-distribution<br />
firm here. The film, which is reported to<br />
have considerable commercial success, is<br />
expected to be released in Montreal early<br />
next month.<br />
Montreal Catholic Group<br />
1964 Films<br />
Classifies<br />
MONTREAL—L'Office Catholique National<br />
des Techniques de Diffusions, which<br />
among other activities circulates various<br />
news media as to the moral code of motion<br />
picture films shown in Quebec, has issued<br />
its ninth edition of films. Tliese were<br />
shown in Quebec theatres during 1964.<br />
The national film body gives its own<br />
moral classifications of the various films<br />
as well as its own appreciation as to the<br />
artistic value of the film and its main technical<br />
characteristics. Moral classifications<br />
are: adults, adults and adolescents, for all,<br />
adults with some reserve and not recommendable.<br />
The office is a Roman Catholique organization,<br />
and, therefore, inclined to judge<br />
films in line with the Catholic morals<br />
standards. However, the classification<br />
bulletins issued periodically by the office<br />
are fairly well publicized by newspapers<br />
and periodicals of the province.<br />
Steven Peck is the choreographer for Jill<br />
St. John's wild Afro-jazz dance number in<br />
Embassy's "The Oscar."<br />
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MONTREAL<br />
tJeg Wilson of Seven Arts. Toronto, was a<br />
visitor to Montreal's Eastern Canada<br />
Film Distribution— Fernandel. the French<br />
international movie star, along with his<br />
son Prank, who is singing professionally,<br />
are scheduled to make MontreaJ's Place des<br />
Ai'ts at the beginning of December when<br />
Flank will appear in a program.<br />
Johnny Charron, manager of the Imperial<br />
Theatre of St. Jean. Que., has asked the<br />
"over 60" citizens of St. Jean to join the<br />
Golden Age Club of United Amusement<br />
Corp.. Ltd. A special rate of 40 cents, the<br />
same admission as for club members, has<br />
been set up for matinees at the theatre, he<br />
says.<br />
Best Theatre Supply currently is engaged<br />
in installing eight projection screens in the<br />
Lecture Hall of McGill University's new<br />
buildings. The screens are distributed<br />
by Hurley Co.. Long Island. N.Y.<br />
Jean-Pierre Desmarais of Select Films<br />
Inc.. spent some da.vs in the Lake St. John<br />
district. Mrs. Desmarais reported three or<br />
four inches of snow while going through<br />
Laurentide Park ion the weekend of August<br />
28-291 . . . Eloi Cormier, sales representative<br />
at Paramount Pictures, has left<br />
on a four-w-eek business trip in the Maritime<br />
Provinces . Carlini. formerly<br />
of United Artists' office, has joined Warner<br />
Bros, as secretary to Archie Cohen, manager.<br />
Albert Desbiens of Sovereign Films was<br />
holidaying with his family in New York<br />
. . . Motion picture industry people extended<br />
deepest condolences to William Elman,<br />
manager. Astral Films, whose<br />
mother died in New York. He spent about<br />
Prompt theatre service from<br />
qualified<br />
personnel<br />
Complete projection<br />
sound<br />
equipments<br />
Replacement parts always on hand<br />
BEST THEATRE SUPPLY REG'D<br />
4810 Saint Dsnis Street Montreol 34, Qua.<br />
Phone: 842-6762<br />
&<br />
a week in New York in connection with his<br />
mother's burial<br />
Montre;»l Poster exchange's offices were<br />
burglarized on August 30. An important<br />
sum of money was stolen, although many<br />
valuable items such as cameras and radios<br />
were ignored by the burglars. Tlie thieves<br />
entered the place by breaking a window.<br />
It is the third time that MPE has been<br />
ransacked in recent years.<br />
Press-Information Office<br />
Opened for 'The Bible'<br />
From Eastern Edition<br />
NEW YORK — The world premiere of<br />
Dino De Laurentiis' "The Bible" is a year<br />
off. but 20th Centm-y-Fox has inaugurated<br />
a continuous publicity and promotion campaign<br />
for the roadshow attraction. A worldwide<br />
press and infoiination office has been<br />
established in New York and will be operated<br />
by Ted Goldsmith who will work with<br />
20th-Fox's press and new roadshow departments.<br />
Jonas Rosenfield jr., vice-president, said<br />
the press and information office would be<br />
engaged solely in disseminating information<br />
and distributing publicity material on<br />
"The Bible," keeping the trade and the<br />
press up to date on, the progress of the<br />
film.<br />
Goldsmith has had a long career with<br />
the legitimate theatre and has handled<br />
publicity in New York and on the road for<br />
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way<br />
to the Forum," "Oliver," "Auntie Mame,"<br />
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "Death of a<br />
Salesman" and "Finian's Rainbow."<br />
'Button Willow' Cited<br />
By California Council<br />
From Westerwn Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD—United Screen Art's<br />
animated<br />
color feature "The Man From Button<br />
Willow" has been cited by the Southern<br />
California Motion Picture Council, according<br />
to Elayne BIythe, president. In its list of<br />
honor awards for the year, the council<br />
selected the film as the only full-length animated<br />
picture to be so honored.<br />
Camilla Sparv co-stars with Rosalind<br />
Russell and Hayley Mills in Columbia's<br />
"Mother Superior."<br />
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KANSAS CITY,<br />
KANSAS<br />
NY Variety Club 'Raceway'<br />
Set for September 21<br />
From Eastern Edition<br />
NEW YORK—Variety Club barkers and<br />
their wives and friends will trot out to see<br />
the trotters on the evening of September<br />
21 when Tent No. 35 will hold its annual<br />
"A Nite at Yonkers Raceway." All proceeds,<br />
as in the past, will go to the Variety<br />
Club Foundation of New York.<br />
For $15 per person, the evening will provide<br />
admission to the track, a de luxe<br />
roast beef dirmer and all gratuities. All<br />
tables will be in the clubhouse, with accommodations<br />
for four, eight and ten. The<br />
event will be limited to one thousand.<br />
Charles A. Smakwitz is chairman of the<br />
affair, with Jack Levin and Charles Alicoate<br />
as co-chairmen.<br />
The ticket committee is headed by<br />
Charles Sanders, aided by Charles Boasberg.<br />
Harry Brandt, Irving DoUinger, Salah<br />
Hassanein, Rube Jackter, Saul Jeffee. Morris<br />
E. Lefko, Joseph E. Levine, Leonard<br />
Lightstone, Howard Minsky, Nat Nathanson,<br />
Joseph Sugar, James E. Velde and<br />
others. Mel Konecoff and Morton Sunshine<br />
are handling publicity and Lee<br />
Koken is the concessions chairman. Representing<br />
the Barkerettes is Mrs. Nat<br />
Nathanson. president.<br />
Reservations can be made by sending<br />
check to Variety Club of New York. 1501<br />
Broadway, Room 2101, New York 36, NY.,<br />
or by telephoning Wisconsin 7-5076.<br />
TORONTO<br />
Mews of an unusual exploitation comes<br />
from the little British Columbia community<br />
known as Cranbrook. There the<br />
premiere showing of "Mary Poppins" was<br />
given wide press and radio coverage. As<br />
a result, opening night was a festive occasion;<br />
attended by most of the local dignitaries.<br />
"Mary" was booked for a single<br />
week, but was held over, playing to over<br />
5,000 paid admissions in a town with a.<br />
population of 8,000. As Barry Camon of(<br />
the Toronto Empire-Universal office put'<br />
it: "Exploitation in small situations isi<br />
practically non-existent today. Therefore;<br />
we are more than pleased with the results;<br />
out there."<br />
Here for a week's engagement at the^<br />
Canadian National Exhibition, Bob Hope<br />
was given a citation by local Red Cross<br />
officials for being "the soldier's best<br />
friend." Addressing a group of nurses, Hope<br />
quipped, "Go to my room and wait, girls."<br />
Alexander "Sandy" Mackendrick, the<br />
eccentric Spanish movie director, has spent<br />
the past two weeks in and around Toronto.<br />
Rumor has it that Mackendrick is here<br />
to make a picture, possibly with Robert^<br />
Lawrence Productions, a Toronto organl-j<br />
zation.<br />
A "first neighbor's" preview of "The!<br />
Ipcress File" was part of the Odeon Carl-j i<br />
ton program on Sunday evening 1 29 1 The'<br />
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Canadian premiere was held Thursday f2)<br />
also at the Carlton.<br />
. . .<br />
In Toronto for the Canadian premiere ol<br />
"The Ipcress File." actor Michael Caine<br />
disclosed that he has been signed by producer<br />
Harry Saltzman to make ten filmf<br />
Bob Hope kept busy all week, making<br />
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larious public appearances and taking part<br />
n local events.<br />
Pussyat?"<br />
Long-term holdovers crowded local firstlun<br />
houses. "The Yellow Rolls-Royce"<br />
/ent into its sixth week at Loew's and "A<br />
'evy SE>ecial Favor" has its second week at<br />
"What's New /oew's Uptown . went into its ninth week at the<br />
. .<br />
)deon Hyland . . . "The Married Woman"<br />
pened Wednesday ( 1 ) at the New Yorker<br />
Zebra in the Kitchen" also opened on<br />
. .<br />
iVednesday (1 1 at the Downtown. Midtown<br />
Ind several other neighborhood houses . . .<br />
The Collector" takes a fifth week at the<br />
lollywood.<br />
Pert Boone, Roy Rogers<br />
fo Build 8.000-Acre City<br />
jrom Westerwn Edition<br />
Boone. Roy Rogers<br />
ind business manager Edward G. Brown<br />
innounced the founding of a new city, yet<br />
,0 be named, to be built on 8,000 acres in<br />
Jutte County, 125 miles north of Sacranento.<br />
conjunction with the development,<br />
..000 acres will be set aside as an amusement<br />
jark to be known as "Roy Rogers' Western<br />
World," complete with a pioneer town,<br />
imusement and ride area, motel and eating<br />
'acilities. It will be built in full scale with<br />
olans to include leasing of site for motion<br />
Mcture and TV locationing.<br />
The master plan, now being completed,<br />
;;vill be submitted by Brown to the California<br />
Land Reclamation Bm-eau on November 15.<br />
Groundbreaking for the fii'st structm-e will<br />
Ifollow shortly after.<br />
Paging, Laundry Service<br />
For Golf Mill Patrons<br />
[From Central Edition<br />
Golf MUl Theatre has<br />
installed a paging service. Customers may<br />
leave name and seat location with an usher<br />
•who will inform them if they receive a<br />
phone call.<br />
A laundry service is also being provided<br />
'for women who wish to drop a bundle off<br />
;at the boxoffice and it can be picked up as<br />
ithey leave the theatre.<br />
Other features for patron pleasure include<br />
the serving of coffee and cookies<br />
every evening.<br />
Paramount and MCA Vote<br />
Quarterly Dividends<br />
iFrom Eastern Edition<br />
YORK—The boards of directors of<br />
[Paramount Pictures and MCA, Inc.. each<br />
|declared a dividend.<br />
quarterly dividend of 50 cents per<br />
i.share was voted on the Paramount common<br />
;stock, payable September 20 to stockhold-<br />
^ers of record on September 3.<br />
MCA board declared a dividend of<br />
i37'/2 cents per share on its outstanding<br />
[preferred stock to preferred stockholders of<br />
on September 17, payable on Oc-<br />
Itober 1.<br />
New Marquee in Dayton<br />
From Mideast Edition<br />
— A sleek new marquee with<br />
simple lines now advertises motion pic-<br />
[tures and their stars at the 'Victory Theatre,<br />
138 North Main St. The fontier marquee<br />
was replaced because it was rusty<br />
[and old. The job took five days to complete.<br />
OTTAWA<br />
f^ity solicitor Donald V. Rambling prepared<br />
a report on the introduction of<br />
privately operated cable TV in Ottawa<br />
which indicated the system would not be<br />
available to city residents mitil well Into<br />
1966, probably six months after the project<br />
is approved by the municipal council<br />
late this year. Nationally, the theatre managers<br />
are not enthusiastic about it.<br />
F. G. Robertson's Mayfair in Ottawa<br />
South reopened after being closed for a<br />
staff vacation and got off to a good start<br />
with a program topped by "The Ti-ain"<br />
which played a full week.<br />
The Canada council, sponsored by the<br />
federal government, announced a program<br />
of assistance to theatres for which grants<br />
totaling $200,000 have been provided, but<br />
moving pictui-e theatres are not included,<br />
as usual.<br />
A large area of eastern Ontario, including<br />
the cities of Kingston, Brockville and<br />
Cornwall, had the first taste of color television<br />
Thursday (9i. but the soui'ce was<br />
not in Canada. The programs came from<br />
WWNY at Watertown, N.Y., which has installed<br />
the necessary equipment. The RCA<br />
Victor Co. plant at Prescott, Ont., which<br />
is in range of Watertown, already is producing<br />
color sets, although Canada has<br />
no color-TV stations.<br />
Ottawa now has two roadshow film theatres<br />
with the opening at the Famous Players<br />
Regent of "Those Magnificent Men in<br />
Their Flying Machines" on a reserved seat<br />
basis at $2.50 top. At the 20th Century<br />
Nelson, the engagement of "The Sound of<br />
Music" is well into its third month.<br />
The summer was cut short by the arrival<br />
of cool wet weather and Ottawa's roofed<br />
theatres are having the benefit of holdovers<br />
as follows: Capitol, "The Great Spy<br />
Mission," fourth week; Rideau and Britannia,<br />
"HELP!" second week, and, of course,<br />
the Nelson with "Music."<br />
The Ottawa Theatre Managers Ass'n<br />
held its first fall meeting at the Holiday<br />
Inn with Doug Pinder in the chair as president.<br />
The local dailies have asked for a 1-<br />
cent per line increase in theatre advertising<br />
and it was decided to send a delegation<br />
consisting of Pinder and the secretary Leo<br />
Ouelette, Regent manager, to the publishers<br />
to seek a five-,vear contract at the new<br />
rate.<br />
The long-establi.shed Rialto has a new<br />
manager, Allen Swedlove. the son of Casey<br />
Swedlove, proprietor of the Linden here<br />
and a director of the Motion Pictui'e Theatres<br />
Ass'n of Ontario.<br />
Ottawa had a special visitor, Verd Marriott,<br />
manager of the Centui-y at Hamilton,<br />
Ont., and president of the Hamilton Theatre<br />
Managers Ass'n. He made the round of theatres<br />
and palatial federal goveiiunent<br />
structures.<br />
A group of managers, including Emie<br />
WaiTen, Jack Marion, Doug Pinder, Sven<br />
Pedersen of Ottawa and George Clark of<br />
the Seaway, Cornwall, left for Toronto<br />
to attend the 30th annual two-day convention<br />
of 20th Century Theatres, which<br />
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'Open' Letter Helps<br />
To Sell 'Shenandoah'<br />
Manager Paul Laminack of Midstate<br />
Amusement Corp.'s Liberty Theatre in<br />
Walla Walla, Wash., successfully promoted<br />
his "Shenandoah" playdate through a letter<br />
sent to city officials and 35 active clubs,<br />
then published as a 2-column newspaper<br />
ad.<br />
This really paid off at the boxoffice, he<br />
said. "Normally, the most we run a picture<br />
is seven days, this one was held for 11 and<br />
was still doing quite well."<br />
The letter read:<br />
"Much has been written and said<br />
during recent months criticizing the<br />
motion picture industry for showing<br />
the "adult"-type movie. I am sure that<br />
you are aware many individuals and<br />
groups are always ready to condemn<br />
this type of movie showing, but do<br />
little to help support a "family" movie.<br />
"A wonderful film 'Shenandoah'<br />
will open at the Liberty Theatre on<br />
August 4. 'Shenandoah' is the story of<br />
a wonderful family headed by Charlie<br />
Anderson (James Stewart) . The Andersons<br />
attempt to remain neutral as<br />
the Civil War battles are waged nearby<br />
in the lush Virginia countryside,<br />
but wars have a way of injecting themselves<br />
into the lives of everyone.<br />
" 'Shenandoah' is a warm and at<br />
times amusing story of a most unusual<br />
family. There always is a display<br />
of family unity, love and devotion . . .<br />
and respect for each other that provides<br />
each one with the strength to<br />
meet the challenges which the war<br />
brings to them.<br />
"I sincerely hope the mothers and<br />
fathers, the teenagers and the grandparents<br />
in the Walla Walla area will<br />
show their approval of 'family films'<br />
by attending the showing of 'Shenandoah.'<br />
"The Liberty Theatre will show<br />
'Shenandoah' continuously and at<br />
regular admission prices."<br />
'Sandpiper' Tie-in<br />
In Indianapolis, a special tie-in was<br />
established with Ross & Babcock Travel<br />
Agency for "The Sandpiper." Centrally<br />
located in the downtown Claypool Hotel,<br />
the agency featured a window display,<br />
highlighted by a color stUl of the "house on<br />
the cliff," used by Elizabeth Taylor in the<br />
MGM film. The agency also is promoting<br />
travel to the Big Sur region in California,<br />
where part of the picture was made.<br />
This display of the prizes offered in the James Stewart "Shenandoah" Contest was set up in the lobby of<br />
the Tennessee Theatre at Nashville for three weeks. The contest was co-sponsored by the Nashville<br />
Tennessean.<br />
Newspaper Tie-Up in Playdate Contest<br />
Paces Nashville Exhibitor's Campaign<br />
Jesse L. Marlowe, manager of the Tennessee<br />
Theatre at Nashville, and Casey<br />
Jenkins, city manager of Martin Theatres,<br />
topped off their elaborate campaign for<br />
"Shenandoah" with a widely heralded contest<br />
that brought entries from as far away<br />
as West Virginia and Washington, D.C.<br />
Jenkins arranged with the Nashville<br />
Tennessean to co-sponsor James Stewart's<br />
"Shenandoah" Contest, in which readers<br />
were required to name 12 Stewart movies<br />
from scenes published in the newspaper's<br />
Sunday Showcase section. Three titles of<br />
Stewart films were listed with each cut,<br />
and the reader had to choose the correct<br />
one.<br />
The winner, Mrs. James O. Brown of<br />
Gallatin, Tenn., along with her husband,<br />
received a seven-day, all-expense-paid trip<br />
to the historic Civil War sites at Stone<br />
Mountain, Ga., plus a new convertible to<br />
drive there and back. They chose the<br />
Labor Day weekend to make the trip.<br />
The car. plus gas and oil for the round<br />
trip, were promoted from Pearsall Motors<br />
in Nashville, as were runner-up prizes,<br />
such as a portable television set and four<br />
tires. The fourth prize was a year's pass<br />
to the Tennessee Theatre. All of the prizes,<br />
including the car, were on display in the<br />
theatre lobby for three weeks.<br />
The free newspaper coverage, featuring<br />
the well -publicized contest, would have<br />
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cost an estimated $3,900, Mai-lowe said.<br />
Harry Haun, Tennessean motion picture<br />
editor, took a special interest in the tie-up,<br />
writing articles and judging the entries.<br />
Other phases of the campaign started<br />
several weeks prior to playdate with lobby<br />
displays and teaser trailers. Marlowe also<br />
furnished three radio stations with records<br />
— "The Legend of Shenandoah"—for disc<br />
jockey shows. The playdate was plugged<br />
with the use of records. AiTangements<br />
also were made with WKDA to hold a contest<br />
on James Stewart and "Shenandoah,"<br />
with 12 soundtrack albums going to the<br />
winners. The theatre gained 15 free spots<br />
each day for ten days.<br />
Marlowe used 24-sheets effectively, too.<br />
Two of them were mounted and set up on<br />
the mezzanine overlooking the main lobby<br />
and in the foyer several weeks prior to<br />
playdate. Twelve others were spotted in<br />
various sections of the city.<br />
'Joy in Morning' Tie-In<br />
station WMAD in Madison. Wis., devoted<br />
its weekly Project Program to an indepth<br />
discussion of the problems faced by<br />
young married couples in the nation's colleges,<br />
in connection with MGM's "Joy in<br />
the Morning." The program was aired during<br />
registration week at the University of<br />
Wisconsin and gained a broad audience,<br />
estimated at 28.000.
Bit of Showmanship<br />
Adds to Playdate<br />
CITATIONS FOR AUGUST<br />
MvKYON Hi Di.iNs. mana^inii ilirecloi oj ihc Cineraiiiii Capri In Dnllas. nml l)l( k Km-<br />
I'KV. adrt'/li.siiig-piihlirily director jar Traiis-Ti'xas Theatres, are cited for ihcir<br />
highly sucivssful |)ri)inotiaced tie-ins and promotion even led the strait-laced Kansas<br />
City Star to do a feature piece on the film's opening.<br />
•<br />
Ru.l'n Chelmimak. manager of Delavan Theatre. Delavan. Wis., earns an award<br />
lor his campaign on "Mary Poppins." which included obtaining the backing of<br />
the merchants in his small town in a "Mary Poppins Shoppin' Days" promotion.<br />
Denver Theatre Adds to Magnificent' Bow<br />
These tandem bicycles<br />
and the boys<br />
and girls were used<br />
in a street stunt in<br />
Denver to ballyhoo<br />
"Those Magnificent<br />
Men in Their Flying<br />
Machines" at the<br />
Centre Theatre.<br />
They<br />
rode around town<br />
passing out heralds<br />
on the film and<br />
tickets for free airplane<br />
rides.<br />
Manager Ray Gosnell of the Center Theatre in<br />
Alexandria, Va., made sure eoch showing of "Mary<br />
Poppins" got off to a "flying start." He flew from<br />
a corner of the stage, appeoring to come from the<br />
screen, to the edge of the balcony dressed as "Bert,<br />
the chimney sweep."<br />
A little "live" action on the part of Manager<br />
Ray Gosnell of Neighborhood Theatres'<br />
Centre in Alexandria, Va., during the<br />
"Mary Poppins" playdate gave patrons<br />
something to talk about. To launch each<br />
showing, he, dressed as "Bert, the chimney<br />
sweep," appeared to fly from the screen to<br />
the edge of the balcony. The patrons loved<br />
it.<br />
As part of his campaign for the picture,<br />
Gosnell held a win-a-puppy contest which<br />
required contestants to characterize either<br />
Mary Poppins or Bert. A concession clerk<br />
Eve Finger dressed as Mary Poppins for a<br />
street ballyhoo and wore the costume<br />
thi-oughout the 14-day run.<br />
In the street stunt, the concessionist was<br />
driven around the Alexandria-Arlington-<br />
Falls Church area in a convertible giving<br />
out lollipops to children and "Mary Poppins"<br />
heralds to adults. The theatre's name<br />
and telephone number and "Poppins"<br />
posters decorated the car.<br />
Gosnell used a vacant building adjoining<br />
the theatre to place posters and to spell out<br />
"Mary Poppins" in large letters.<br />
d<br />
Bob Blasingame of the Centre Theatre<br />
in Denver took advantage of a film being<br />
shot on location at Boulder to turn the<br />
regional premiere of "Those Magnificent<br />
Men in their Flying Machines" into a<br />
highly successful Hollywood-type affair.<br />
He and Buzz Lawrence of station KHOW<br />
made a trip to the location site of "Stagecoach."<br />
where interviews were taped with<br />
Van Heflin. Stefanie Powers, Alex Cord<br />
and Slim Pickens. These were used on the<br />
air in conjunction with spots to promote<br />
the picture. Miss Powers. Bob Cummings<br />
and Red Buttons also came in from<br />
Boulder to make personal appearances.<br />
On the day of the opening two tandem<br />
bicycles, ridden by two boys and two girls<br />
dressed in 1910 bathing suits, rode through<br />
town passing out heralds on "Magnificent<br />
Men" and tickets for free airplane rides,<br />
through the cooperation of the local Cessna<br />
dealer. The same dealer also furnished a<br />
plane to fly over Denver and drop 300 ping<br />
pong balls containing certificates for<br />
prizes donated by merchants. Lawrence<br />
broadcasted from the plane directing people<br />
to the ping pong balls, plugging the<br />
picture all the way.<br />
Four standees on the film were placed in<br />
lobbies and windov/s of downtown merchants.<br />
The local antique car club agreed<br />
to chauffeur the stars and celebrities to<br />
the premiere. Upon arrival at the theatre,<br />
they were led to a platform in front where<br />
a band had been playing for the gathering<br />
crowd.<br />
Inside, a packed house applauded as the<br />
curtains parted and six men in red coats<br />
and straw hats appeared, the 16th &<br />
Broadway Boys from KHOW, who also had<br />
been plugging the picture on the air for ten<br />
days at no cost. Then Miss Powers, Cummings<br />
and Buttons appeared to highlight a<br />
most successful premiere.<br />
Free Candy for All Kids<br />
Impressive Promotion<br />
William D. Walsh, manager of Schine's<br />
Massena Theatre in Massena, N.Y.. made<br />
a big hit with the childi-en on opening<br />
day of his "The Monkey's Uncle" playdate<br />
and impressed the parents, too. He had<br />
an employe, dressed as a monkey, distribute<br />
free candy to all children as they entered.<br />
The local newspaper played up the goodwill<br />
promotion by using a good 3-column photo<br />
of the "monkey" passing out goodies to 15<br />
children.<br />
Who Is She?<br />
"Who is She?" This was the name of<br />
a special radio contest in Lincoln, Neb.,<br />
in connection with the opening of "She."<br />
Clues were given daily to the identity of a<br />
mystery woman walking around the city.<br />
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140 BOXOmCE Showmcmdiser :<br />
: Sept. 13. 1965
FOR OCTOBER<br />
Important<br />
Dates<br />
This is National Restaurant and National<br />
Science Youth Month.<br />
October 1—1935: Italy invades Ethiopia.<br />
October 2—1780: Major Andre hanged<br />
as spy.<br />
1918: Lost Battalion, World<br />
War I.<br />
October 3—Fire Prevention and National<br />
Pharmacy Weeks begin.<br />
October 4—Child Health Day.<br />
1957: First man-made satellite<br />
launched, Sputnik I.<br />
1958: First jet airliner<br />
crosses Atlantic.<br />
October 5—1854: First baby show,<br />
Springfield, Ohio.<br />
October<br />
6—Yom Kippur.<br />