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OCTOBER 18,<br />
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A scene from "HELP!" in which the Beatles have madcap adventures because of a ring<br />
which Ringo wears and cannot remove from his finger. The United Artists release won<br />
the September BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award, as both outstanding and good entertainment<br />
for family. Notional Screen Council members voted it the Award page 15.<br />
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OCTOBER<br />
Vol. 87<br />
1 8, 1965<br />
No. 26<br />
Guest Editorial<br />
By<br />
The Academy Conceives, Achieves Objectives<br />
ARTHUR FREED<br />
President, .\cademy of Motion Picture .Arts and .'^riences<br />
FILM<br />
IMJUSTKY leaders who first met to form<br />
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and<br />
Sciences in May. 1927. envisioned an organiza-<br />
(ion dedicateil to the ideal of improving the artistic<br />
quality of the medium, then an infant yet<br />
to find its voice.<br />
There were 36 charter members — familiar<br />
names such as Schenck, Hays, Mayer, Pickford,<br />
DeMille, Fairbanks, Lloyd, Nagel—and their first<br />
act was to develop an awards presentation.<br />
But the Academy was designed to do more<br />
than allow the industry to honor its own.<br />
Academy purposes and objectives developed<br />
through the years by a representative board of<br />
governors:<br />
Foster cooperation among creative leaders of<br />
the industry for cultural, educational and technological<br />
progress; recognize outstanding<br />
achievements within the industry: cooperate on<br />
technical<br />
research and improvement of methods<br />
and equipment: provide a common forum and<br />
meeting ground for various branches atid crafts:<br />
represent the viewpoint of the actual creators<br />
of the motion picture, and foster<br />
educational activities<br />
between the public and the industry.<br />
That our non-profit, honorary organization<br />
has met these responsibilities is reflected in .38<br />
continuous years of performance and progress.<br />
The Academy is virtually the only body that<br />
can claim kinship with the industry's founders<br />
as well as an important role in industry development.<br />
It may well serve as the rallying point for<br />
tomorrow's goals.<br />
Cultural interests, select membership and international<br />
prestige have made the Acadcnn<br />
invaluable to the industry it serves. Stature of<br />
the organization has grown until today it exerts<br />
an influence in its field similar to that of a uni-<br />
\(M>ity in its community.<br />
The Academy embraces 13 branches of filmmaking:<br />
acting, administration, art direction,<br />
cinematography, direction, executives, film editing,<br />
music, production, public relations, short<br />
subjects, sound and writing.<br />
The 26-member board of governors comprises<br />
tuo representatives from each of the branches.<br />
Governors serve a<br />
two-year term, with only oi<br />
representative from each branch elected annu^<br />
ly. This assures the balance between experieni<br />
and "new blood" so vital to any organization<br />
well-being.<br />
Membership in the Academy is only by im<br />
tation of the Board and limited to those wl<br />
have achieved distinction in the arts and scienc<br />
of the motion picture industry. The total no<br />
approximates 2.800.<br />
There is activity the year 'round.<br />
Our library contains more than 8,000 till<br />
and is a daily source of reference for studios ar<br />
students of the film art.<br />
The Academy Awards Theatre in Hollywoc<br />
seats 1,000, is one of the best equipped in tl<br />
world, and—because of the near-f)erfect acoustl<br />
—is often used by studio sound departments<br />
test sound for pictures in production. It is a<br />
used for special screenings and forums fi<br />
Academy members.<br />
A Players Directory is published every foK<br />
months by the Academy. It was instituted at ill<br />
dustry request in 1937 and today is consider<br />
"the casting director's Bible."<br />
Bulletins for writers, directors and productid<br />
personnel also are issued by the Academy,<br />
a monthly basis. They contain an up-to-date III<br />
of credits and other relevant information.<br />
The Annual Academy Awards, as old as<br />
Academy itself, have served to raise the sta:<br />
ards of motion picture production educational!<br />
culturally and technically, and have helped<br />
dignify the film medium.<br />
Perhaps they best presage the future of Hell<br />
wood, as the industry looks to<br />
196,5.<br />
the years beyoi<br />
Whatever the artistic innovation or tech<br />
logical breakthrough and whenever the chan|<br />
in ideals, attitudes or interests, they will be<br />
fleeted each time an Academy envelope is open<br />
and an artist or craftsman steps forward to W<br />
cept his gold statuette.<br />
And "Oscar" already has broken tiie trai<br />
tional boundaries of Hollywood to become<br />
world-respected symbol of niotion pictui<br />
achievement.
I new<br />
ALLIED IN FINAL CONVENTION<br />
CONSIDERS MAJOR PROBLEMS<br />
Product Shortage, Trade<br />
Practices Are Issues<br />
Under Discussion<br />
By R. P. KLINGENSMITH<br />
PITTSBURGH—Allied States Ass'n of<br />
Motion Picture Exhibitors closed its 36th<br />
—and final — annual convention at the<br />
Penn-Sheraton Hotel here Thursday night<br />
(14 » and it was a great show. More or<br />
officially Allied continues in operation<br />
less<br />
and expires at the same time, pending only<br />
the official merging with Theatre Owners<br />
of America on January 1 into the National<br />
Ass'n of Theatre Owners.<br />
OFFICERS ALL RENAMED<br />
Whether this was AUied's biggest and<br />
best convention, as many indicated, it was<br />
interesting beyond expectation. There was<br />
little in the way of "action," with everything<br />
"cut and dried" in advance and<br />
there were no particularly new problems.<br />
With the upcoming new affiliation and new<br />
identity for the organization, such program<br />
events as election of officers and appointment<br />
of committees were not on the<br />
agenda.<br />
All officers, including president Jack<br />
Armstrong, were renamed by the board of<br />
directors at its Monday ill) session to<br />
serve the remaining few weeks until the<br />
organization comes into being.<br />
The four days were rewarding in general<br />
discussions. Sessions devoted exclusively to<br />
business were well attended and many exhibitors<br />
participated in painting pictures<br />
of their own situations, their exchange<br />
centers, practices and policies, comparing<br />
notes and listenmg eagerly to the experiences<br />
of other exhibitors.<br />
The membership in attendance here<br />
seemed 100 per cent agreeable to the merger<br />
with TOA and not one dissenting voice<br />
was heard.<br />
AGREE ALL MUST WORK HARDER<br />
Following the keynote addresses and welcomes,<br />
the first convention session was ini<br />
troductory and discussions were of a general<br />
nature. The serious business meetings<br />
came on Tuesday morning with Irving<br />
Dollinger and Ray Vonderhaar as directors.<br />
Film buying and booking problems,<br />
with a shortage of product described as<br />
the worst in the history of the business,<br />
kept both audiences in serious consideration.<br />
Reports on disappointing upcoming<br />
product brought only the response that<br />
exhibition must work harder and that<br />
film producers-distributors must be urged<br />
also to work harder to bring forth a more<br />
acceptable program of motion pictures.<br />
Dollinger chaired the session dealing<br />
with first runs and key towns, and it was<br />
generally agreed that in those situations<br />
"most everjrthing is messed up." It was<br />
stated that most film companies have<br />
given adjustments on bad pictures and<br />
that the Justice Department is looking<br />
into the matter and "insisting on results."<br />
Each film company was discussed in re-<br />
BOXOFFICE October 18, 1965<br />
Autumn Film Release Lineup Termed<br />
'A Disaster in Armstrong Speech<br />
PITTSBURGH—Tei-ming the merger of<br />
Allied States Ass'n and Theatre Owners of<br />
America into the new National Ass'n of<br />
Theatre Owners a "milestone and a tremendous<br />
opportunity for an industry that<br />
desperately needs harmony and understanding,"<br />
Jack Armstrong, Allied president,<br />
on Tuesday «12i outlined the most<br />
pressing problems demanding solution<br />
from the new organization.<br />
Speaking before the 36th annual convention<br />
of Allied, Armstrong said there are<br />
many problems, but the most important<br />
"is the lack of quality product and the<br />
continuity of orderly release of an adequate<br />
supply to fill the requirements of<br />
the expanding motion picture theatre market."<br />
He challenged distribution to justify its<br />
autumn release schedule, teiTning it "a<br />
disaster" and asserting that distribution<br />
must share its full responsibility. "They<br />
must recognize the hardship they are creating<br />
and the inability of the motion picture<br />
theatres to cope with this nightly TV<br />
motion picture suicide with the release<br />
schedule that confronts us for the latter<br />
thud of this year.<br />
"Only the large, diversified, publicowned<br />
companies can avoid financial ruin<br />
mider these conditions," Amistrong said.<br />
"In my opinion, the first order of business<br />
for the National Ass'n of Theatre Owners<br />
is to solve and improve the supply of quality<br />
product to om- theatres. I invite distribution<br />
to demonstrate theu' willingness<br />
to increase the supply of product that will<br />
develop the full potential of the motion<br />
picture theatre business.<br />
gard to its product for the past year and<br />
its releases for the final four months of<br />
1965.<br />
An almost unanimous desire was expressed<br />
that the distributors would "presell"<br />
pictures as in the past. One former<br />
exploiteer for a distributor said that a<br />
"gimmick" still is the thing to sell a picture<br />
and that most film companies "are<br />
in a mt." He said that often radio and<br />
T'V ads have no effect, but that a man<br />
with a banner walking up and down a<br />
given street would "sell" a show, and, he<br />
added, if the man got himself aiTested,<br />
"that's always good, too."<br />
The new clause in Universal contracts<br />
came under discussion as did United Artists'<br />
sales terms.<br />
The lack of advance advertising material<br />
was severely criticized, with exhibitors<br />
charging that often bookings are fulfilled<br />
but pressbooks are not available.<br />
Changing titles and ads after release also<br />
came in for discussion, as did alleged<br />
conspiracies, closed towns, scales, floors,<br />
"There are other trade practices which<br />
continue to plague om- evei-yday existence,"<br />
Ai'mstrong continued. "The whole concept<br />
of blind bidding is without parallel in<br />
destructiveness in any other business. Later<br />
in this convention a Code of Ethics<br />
will be proposed to effectively deal<br />
with this subject. I am confident when the<br />
final di'aft is adopted by this industi-y, it<br />
will create a fan- method for distribution<br />
and exhibition to conduct their business.<br />
"A flexible sales policy must be found<br />
that will allow all of the quality product to<br />
play in every theatre in some reasonable<br />
time in each territory," Armstrong m-ged.<br />
"No motion pictui'e theatre can survive<br />
without flexible terms and many flexible<br />
realistic availabilities for the towns under<br />
25,000 people in many areas of the country.<br />
"As the large circuits have removed<br />
themselves from these smaller commmiities,"<br />
he continued, "less and less attention<br />
has been given to them by distributors.<br />
The smaller the community, the more<br />
oppressive the present sales policy. Distribution<br />
must realize that these communities<br />
camiot maintain theu- properties,<br />
theii' image or a reasonable opportunity to<br />
expand their business. Distribution cannot<br />
continue to be cold and um-esponsive<br />
to the needs of the less affluent exhibitors."<br />
There are other problems also, Annstrong<br />
said, adding, "and last but not<br />
least, I believe that NATO must develop<br />
a research program that can effectively<br />
contribute to the expansion of its potential<br />
mass audience. It must contribute to<br />
better theatre management and better public<br />
relations."<br />
splits, bids, runs, escape clauses and inflation.<br />
Vonderhaar, president of North Central<br />
Allied, moderated the session for subruns<br />
and small towns, which found many of<br />
the same problems imder discussion, with<br />
the added problems of damaged film<br />
prints.<br />
A motion picture product session, with<br />
film reels and rushes, was a Wednesday<br />
afternoon feature, the 1966 product preview<br />
being offered at Associated Theatres'<br />
Gateway Theatre. The final showmanship<br />
session on Thursday afternoon spotlighted<br />
advertising.<br />
The daily luncheons, breakfasts and<br />
dinners and banquets were capacity social<br />
events and highlights. The women enjoyed<br />
a luncheon and style show at South Hills<br />
Village and also cruised the Monongahela<br />
and Allegheny rivers and the Ohio which<br />
they foiTn at the Point a few blocks below<br />
the convention hotel.<br />
Entertainment hits of the convention<br />
(Continued on page 6)
LAUNCHES UNIVERSALS<br />
A HAPPY HOLIDAY HIT FOR CH<br />
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A SPECIAL PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE<br />
FLOAT WILL BE ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS<br />
OF THE ANNUAL MACY'S THANKSGIVING<br />
DAY PARADE. IT WILL BE SEEN BY MILUONS<br />
OF VIEWERS IN COLOR ON NBC-TV!<br />
FxniTiNfi NaimNoi iniiR.*;<br />
'Tinocchio in Outer Space'' Float<br />
featured in Macy's Parade will be used in similar activities in key cities<br />
throughout the country and will tour other locales for promotion<br />
and publicity!<br />
Arnold Stang, the voice of Nurtle, will participate in pre-opening<br />
campaigns in important keys nationally and will dress in Nurtle<br />
costume for appearances on national and local Children's TV shows!<br />
Norm Prescott, producer and former Radio personality, will add to<br />
campaign excitement making personal appearances for Radio, TV and<br />
Press activities everywhere!
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FLAIR INDUSTRIES: 2 PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE friction<br />
toys: A space ship with Nurtle and Pinocchio; and Astro,<br />
The Space Whale.<br />
IJDDLE-TEENS:<br />
Making 3 specially designed frocks for little<br />
misses, using material with PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE prints.<br />
PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE Comic book and coloring book.<br />
WELDON PAJAMAS Boys' pajamas made of fabric with<br />
PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE designs.<br />
PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE Novelty jewelry by<br />
CHARLES WERTHEIMER<br />
^YSER-RGTH: Bedroom slippers decorated with PINOCCHIO<br />
IN OUTER SPACE emblems.<br />
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Film Production by NATO<br />
May Be Needed: Redstone<br />
PITTSBURGH—A call for the new National<br />
Assn of Theatre Owners "to launch<br />
a dramatic once-in-a-Iifetime effort to<br />
alter the basic economic forces which are<br />
now propelling the industry to a destination<br />
called 'disaster' " was issued at the<br />
opening luncheon session of the Allied<br />
States Ass'n 36th annual convention here<br />
Monday illi by TOA president Sumner<br />
M. Redstone.<br />
PRODUCTION COSTS BLAMED<br />
Unless a plan is evolved to alter these<br />
economic forces. Redstone asserted, "then<br />
exhibition must be prepared again to make<br />
a direct entry into the area of motion picture<br />
production." For, the TOA executive<br />
told the convention, the heart of the industry's<br />
economic plight is the "economics<br />
of production."<br />
Praising the merger of Allied and TOA<br />
into the new NATO organization, Redstone<br />
outlined the problems of exhibition and<br />
said natm'ally there is discord among exhibitors.<br />
"Confronted as we are with the<br />
disastrous and inexorably worsening decline<br />
on the supply of motion pictui'es,<br />
confronted as we are with market conditions<br />
which find their duplicate in no other<br />
industry, we each of us have learned to<br />
employ every aggressive and competitive<br />
weapon at our disposal in an unhappily<br />
bitter struggle for oui- existence," he said.<br />
"Never in the history of motion picture<br />
exhibition has the need for unity, has the<br />
need for marshalling oui' talent and our<br />
resoujxes, been more overwhelming," he<br />
added.<br />
The industry, Redstone continued, "is in<br />
dire trouble." He pointed to the shortage<br />
of motion pictui-e product during the last<br />
spring season and said, "The period which<br />
you are now entering, the period of fom'<br />
months from September to Christmas will<br />
be, from the standpoint of the availability<br />
of quality motion pictures, one of the most<br />
disastrous that has ever confronted motion<br />
pictm-e exhibition."<br />
COMES AT NEW TV SEASON<br />
"This comes at a time—in the fall<br />
when television is climaxing a ten-week advertising<br />
campaign, designed to captm-e<br />
yom- patrons for what hais turned out to be<br />
decidedly inferior television programing.<br />
And, so, when we most required an abundance<br />
of quality motion pictures, when we<br />
could make most powerful use of such<br />
product, we were left without the means of<br />
combatting even the inferior entertainment<br />
offered by the television networks."<br />
Exhibition's investment of hundi'eds of<br />
millions of dollars in recent years in<br />
new theatres and in modernization, Redstone<br />
said, "was not supported by a corresponding<br />
increase in the production of<br />
motion pictm-es." While exhibitors have<br />
always asked for more and more product,<br />
he said, "never in the history of our<br />
industiT have we begun to face the crisis<br />
which is now upon us."<br />
Distribution did not willingly foist the<br />
product condition on the industry, Redstone<br />
admitted, saying, "for the distributors<br />
Top photo shows Jack Armstrong,<br />
left, and Sumner M. Redstone, right,<br />
shaking hands after making their keynote<br />
speeches at the final Allied convention.<br />
In the bottom photo Frankie<br />
Avalon, right, discusses his entertainment<br />
role at the convention with R.<br />
F. KUngensmith of BOXOFFICE.<br />
of motion pictures are caught up by those<br />
economic forces of production which, while<br />
once perhaps within their control, are now<br />
threatening the destinies of the distribution<br />
companies themselves."<br />
"At the heart of the problem," he said,<br />
"is the economics of production. No longer<br />
are there stable production and distribution<br />
companies able to depend upon the<br />
loyal support of countless performers and<br />
other employes engaged in the production<br />
of motion pictures.<br />
"We witness instead a scene of vicious<br />
competition among the distribution companies,<br />
competition for directors, competition<br />
for writers, competition for performers,<br />
competition for story material. Each<br />
motion pictui'e distributor, pitted against<br />
the other, each one gambling hundreds of<br />
thousands, millions of dollars just for the<br />
right to make a given motion picture, each<br />
one competing with the other for stars, at<br />
a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars,<br />
millions of dollars sometimes, with profit<br />
participations in gross receipts and with<br />
the pictui-es often not even belonging to the<br />
companies which finance them, but rather<br />
to the talent engaged in their production.<br />
"The result is as inescapable as night<br />
follows day," Redstone continued. "Pictm'es<br />
that should cost several hundred<br />
thousand dollars cost several million dollars.<br />
Pictures that should cost two or three<br />
million dollars cost ten or 12 million dollars.<br />
Financial risks which the companies<br />
must take, accordingly, must be divided<br />
among fewer pictures and. accordingly,<br />
fewer pictures must be produced. The investment<br />
on those pictui'es is so dispropor<br />
tionate to their real value and the potential<br />
loss on an unsuccessful pictm-e is<br />
far greater than the ventm'e warrants that<br />
exliibitors face not only the spectre of a<br />
quickly diminishing supply but are coa<br />
fronted with a picture cost which is, at a<br />
rapidly accelerating pace, becoming prO'<br />
of all<br />
hibitive."<br />
Pointing out that the resom'ces of NATO<br />
are "monumental, encompassing not only<br />
billions of dollars of assets, but an untold<br />
wealth of talent and wisdom," Redstone<br />
said, "The effective and constructive use<br />
these resom-ces of motion picture exhibition<br />
is more practical now than ever<br />
in the history of our industry."<br />
He pointed to exhibition's past efforts at<br />
motion picture production and the frustrations<br />
encountered in such a program,<br />
but asserted that "unless within a few<br />
short months a plan is evolved in which<br />
these economic forces can be altered in<br />
partnership between exhibition and distribution,<br />
then exhibition must be prepared<br />
again to make a direct enti-y into the<br />
area of motion pictm'e production."<br />
"I am aware of the difficulties," the TOA<br />
executive said. "I am aware of the deficiences<br />
in knowledge that we exhibitors<br />
have. I do not arrogantly suggest that we<br />
exhibitors can easily overcome the monumental<br />
difficulties now faced by the distribution<br />
companies engaged in financing<br />
production. But it is our world that is<br />
at stake. It is our investment of billions<br />
of dollars that is at stake. It is om- business<br />
lives that are at stake.<br />
"Discouraging as exhibition's track record<br />
may be in the area of motion picture<br />
production," Redstone concluded, "I m-ge<br />
upon you that you blind yourselves to past<br />
failm-es. Times of crisis call forth unknown<br />
reservoirs of courage and ingenuity.<br />
The time of crisis is now."<br />
Allied Discusses<br />
Major Problems<br />
(Continued from page 3)<br />
were Frankie Avalon, American International<br />
Pictui-es star, who performed<br />
at the dinner hosted by that company<br />
Tuesday evening, and the comedy team of<br />
Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, who headlined<br />
the Coca-Cola Co. -sponsored awards;<br />
banquet concluding the convention.<br />
Avalon put on a one-man show, singing,<br />
clowning and playing his ti-umpet for<br />
more than an hour.<br />
At the Thursday night banquet, the<br />
Allen-Rossi team received a special award<br />
from Allied as "the logical successors to<br />
those great laugh-makers who have contributed<br />
so much to the entertainment of<br />
the public and to the success of the motion<br />
picture industry. Their jet-age comedy<br />
antics and topical spoofery promise to set<br />
a new high in screen hilarity."<br />
It was at this banquet that Allied paid<br />
tribute to the year's industry notables<br />
with the presentation of the organization's<br />
annual awai'ds. Acceptmg these honors<br />
were Robert H. O'Brien, "Man of the<br />
Year"; James Carreras, "Showmanship<br />
Award"; Martin Ransohoff, "Producer o^<br />
the Year"; James Stewart, "Distinguished<br />
Actor Award"; Ann-Margret, "Star of th(<br />
Year," Rosemary Forsyth, "New Star o:<br />
the Year," and Elizabeth Hartman, "StaJtl<br />
'<br />
of the Future."<br />
BOXOFFICE October 18, 1963
]EAR AFTER YEAR THE WORLD'S GREATEST<br />
, PORTS SPECTACLE GROWS MORE EXCITING
Milton London Cautions<br />
On Censorship, Taxation<br />
PITTSBURGH—Milton H. London, president<br />
of Allied Theatres of Michigan and<br />
executive director of<br />
Allied States Ass'n,<br />
speaking before that<br />
organization's 36th<br />
annual convention<br />
.<br />
here Monday ( 1 1 1<br />
outlined the accomplishments<br />
of 1965 in<br />
the fields of censorship<br />
and taxation,<br />
but warned exhibitors<br />
not to allow themselves<br />
to be lulled into<br />
a sense of false se-<br />
Milton London<br />
curity.<br />
"The beginning of the year," London<br />
said, "brought two historic decisions of the<br />
U.S. Supreme Court, declaring the censorship<br />
of motion pictm-es to be the sole prerogative<br />
of the couit and declaring that unilateral<br />
censorship by local boards with<br />
your state censorship boards to be unconstitutional.<br />
The year saw the end of federal<br />
excise tax on theatre admissions. This<br />
tremendous back-breaking bui-den we carried<br />
for so many years of having, at one<br />
time. 20 per cent of the gross siphoned off<br />
the top essentially comes to an end (and<br />
this will be the first time since 1917) on<br />
December 31 of this year.<br />
"We entered the year concerned greatly<br />
about the state legislatures," London continued,<br />
"but most of them adjom-ned without<br />
putting the bite on us. We would be<br />
fools indeed, but we are not, if we were as<br />
short-sighted as to allow these coincidences<br />
of 1965 to rush us into a sense of false se-<br />
Vice-President Sends<br />
Greetings to Allied<br />
Pittsburgh—Vice-president Hubert H.<br />
Humphery, who's "tending the store"<br />
at the White House while President<br />
Johnson is hospitalized, took time to<br />
send the following communication to<br />
Ben Marcus at the Allied convention:<br />
"I would appreciate it if you would<br />
convey my warmest greetings to Allied<br />
States' great convention. It would have<br />
been a joy to be able to accept your kind<br />
invitation. While circumstances require<br />
my presence here in Washington, I<br />
want you to know that I will be thinking<br />
of you and wishing to you and so<br />
many other dear friends in the assocition<br />
every continued success.<br />
"I have never ceased to admire the<br />
wonderful role in civic affairs which<br />
your members fulfill in communities<br />
throughout the land, as well as your<br />
great patriotic contributions nationally.<br />
The exhibitors' prosperity is still the<br />
foundation of your great industry and,<br />
thus, a vital part of the U.S. free enterprize.<br />
Long may our theatres flourish.<br />
So, too, may American motion pictures<br />
continue as the free world's leading<br />
'ambassador' of conununication."<br />
curity. The fact is that right now, at this<br />
moment, we stand in the eye of a hurricane<br />
and have little time to brace ourselves<br />
and prepare for the stonn that will soon<br />
be on us."<br />
London warned exhibitors that local and<br />
state taxes will be increased and pointed<br />
out that these governmental areas are<br />
finding property taxes deteriorating and<br />
are faced with looking "desperately" for<br />
new sources of revenue. "The fact that the<br />
federal government has relinquished its<br />
theatre tax will<br />
not long be ignored by local<br />
governments," he continued. "We will<br />
have to be well organized and alert to keep<br />
greater taxes from being imposed." He also<br />
asserted that new theatres in subm-ban<br />
areas "are not in a position to plead<br />
poverty if those subiu-ban areas look to<br />
theatres for increased tax revenue."<br />
London warned that while no Congressional<br />
action was taken on a minimum<br />
wage increase in the past session, the bill<br />
would come up again at the next session.<br />
Of censorship, he said that "most theatremen<br />
still do not seem to realize the<br />
Supreme Com-t decision does not free us<br />
from responsibility. Theatremen can never<br />
ignore the responsibility that they exert<br />
on the community's morals if theatres do<br />
not practice self-restraint. Communities<br />
will find means and ways of enforcing their<br />
restraints regardless of the decision of<br />
the Supreme Court." Under censorship,<br />
London said, theatremen knew what they<br />
could show, while, without censorship, they<br />
may find themselves faced with criminal<br />
charges against a hostile community and<br />
with little comfort in the Supreme Court<br />
decision.<br />
"I will say that one way that communities<br />
are beginning to accomplish this is by<br />
refusing to renew licenses to theatres and<br />
avoiding the charges of censorship in the<br />
matter, complaining that theatres are public<br />
nuisances. When it goes into court it<br />
means the theatre is enjoined from operating.<br />
There have been a few situations<br />
where this has happened^—not many yet<br />
but it is a vei-y grave situation that we have<br />
to watch and beware of."<br />
Drive-ins have a particular problem in<br />
this regard, London said, where communities<br />
have been built up around an open-air<br />
theatre, and homes now face a drive-in<br />
screen. The legal problem which has not<br />
been resolved, he said, is whether a screen<br />
visible to the passing public or seen from<br />
a nearby home is a public nuisance if what<br />
is shown on the screen is offensive to the<br />
passerby or resident.<br />
New UA Release Title<br />
NKW YORK—United Artists has selected<br />
a new release title for a film being made<br />
in Europe for distribution during 1966.<br />
"Mademoiselle" will be the title of the Tony<br />
Richardson film, starring Jeanne Moreau<br />
and Ettore Manni, which is now filming on<br />
location in central France as "Summer<br />
Pires."<br />
—<br />
Para. Lawyers Seek<br />
Temporary Truce<br />
NEW YORK—Lawyers for both Para^<br />
mount Pictures Coitj. and for the company's<br />
two dissident directors, Herbert<br />
J, Siegel and Ernest H. Martin, were to<br />
meet at midweek to try to decide or<br />
a coiu^t-ordered temporary truce which<br />
would enable Federal Judge Edmund L<br />
Palmieri to avoid ruling on issuance ol<br />
the temporary injunction requested bj<br />
Paramount in its antitrast action against<br />
the dissidents.<br />
Palmieri, on Friday (8), the openinf<br />
day of hearings on Paramount's suit<br />
asked that the lawyers confer so th(<br />
jurist could avoid rendering a decisior<br />
in a complicated case until the trial i;<br />
held and the action heard on its merits<br />
In its suit, Paramoimt seeks a temper<br />
ary injunction preventing Siegel and Mar<br />
tin from acting as directors and fron<br />
soliciting proxies, contending that the;<br />
are in violation of the Sherman -Cl aytoi<br />
antitrust laws in representing competinj<br />
interests through their affiliation witl<br />
General Artists Coi-p., a talent agency, i<br />
Attorney Louis Nizer is representing<br />
Paramoimt; Edward Bennett Williams and<br />
Abraham L. Pomerantz, ai'e representinj<br />
the insurgents.<br />
At issue in the temporary tnice ar<br />
rangement are such items as whethe<br />
Paramount will hold regularly monthl;<br />
board meetings or, as lately, hold onl:<br />
executive committee meetings; whethe<br />
Siegel and Martin must refrain fron<br />
pressing their pending suit for informa<br />
tion about the company and its operations<br />
or whether either side would be pei-mittei<br />
to purchase or sell shares of Paramoun<br />
stock.<br />
Judge Palmieri indicated that if th<br />
attorneys ai-e successful in establishin;<br />
a temporary truce an early date, in No<br />
vember or December, would be set fo<br />
trial of the Paramount suit. If the truce i<br />
not established, the justice was to giv<br />
both sides until Friday a5) to submi<br />
their findings to the court and until Oc<br />
tober 19 to submit their conclusions. H<br />
will then weigh the testimony and ml<br />
on the Paramount petition for injunctiv<br />
relief, or decide whether a trial is neces<br />
sary and set a trial date.<br />
Eversharp Buys Hartley Co<br />
From Technicolor, Inc.<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Patrick J. Frawley jr<br />
president of Eversharp, Inc. and Melvi<br />
H. Jacobs, president of Technicolor, Inc<br />
jointly armounced the purchase by Evei<br />
sharp of the Hartley Co. from Techni<br />
color. Inc. The Hartley Co., a manufac<br />
turer of ball pen refills, has been operat<br />
ing at a small loss, caused by the recer.<br />
trend of some ball pen manufacturers t<br />
produce their own refills. It is contem<br />
plated that Eversharp, Inc. will manufac<br />
ture a line of ball pens to be markete<br />
under the name "Schick" by the sale<br />
force of their Schick Safety Razor divi<br />
sion.<br />
The sale was made at book value an<br />
paid for by a new issue of three milUo<br />
dollars worth of Eversharp five per cer<br />
cumulative preferred stock.<br />
BOXOFnCE October 18. 196
STARRING<br />
SALMINEOJUUETPROWSE<br />
JAN MURRAY-ELAINESTRITCH<br />
Soeenpij, by LEON TOKATYAN & ARNOLD DRAKE Produced by EVEREH ROSENTHAL D.teci.d b, JOSEPH GATES<br />
Released by<br />
MAGNA PICTURES<br />
DISTRIBUTION CORP.<br />
JOSEPH C. EMERSON<br />
Vice-President in charge<br />
of World Sales<br />
SAN FRANCISCO-PORTLAND-SEATTLE<br />
James Myers, Mgr.<br />
170 Golden Gate Ave.<br />
San Francisco, Calif.<br />
Phone: 673-6536<br />
CINCINNATI-CLEVELAND-INDIANAPOLIS<br />
Ralph Kinsler, Mgr.<br />
1632 Central Parkway<br />
Cincinnati, Ohio<br />
Phone: 621-2520<br />
LOS ANGELES-SALT LAKE-DENVER<br />
DALLAS-OKLAHOMA CITY<br />
Clair E. Hilgers, Mgr.<br />
312'/, So. Harwood<br />
Dallas, Texas<br />
Phone: Rl 7-1396<br />
BOSTON-NEW HAVEN<br />
Sam Richmond, Mgr.<br />
260 Tremont<br />
Boston, Mass.<br />
Phone LI 2-5348<br />
CHARLOTTE-ATLANTA-JACKSONVILLE<br />
Hugh Sykes, Mgr.<br />
221 So. Church St., Suite 221, P.O. Box 2750<br />
Charlotte, No. Carolina<br />
Phone: 334-0745
Hollywood Guild Heads<br />
To Speak Before TOA<br />
LOS ANGELES—The presidents of three<br />
Hollywood creative guilds will be key<br />
speakers before the opening session of the<br />
Theatre Owners of Americas 18th annual<br />
convention at the Ambassador Hotel here<br />
October 28. it was amiounced this week by<br />
general con\-ention chaimian Sherrill C.<br />
Corwin.<br />
George Sidney, president of the Directors<br />
Guild of America; Dana Andrews, president<br />
of the Screen Actors Guild, and Louis<br />
Edelman. president of the Screen Producers<br />
Guild, will address the more than 1,000<br />
showmen representing 15.000 U.S. theatres.<br />
The guild leaders will discuss the relationship<br />
of their members with theatre operators<br />
and their presence on the dais<br />
for<br />
a business session of the convention will<br />
mark a "first" for TOA.<br />
THREE HOTELS ADDED<br />
Registrations for the "Make Mine a<br />
Movie" convention built to such proportions<br />
two weeks ago, Corwin said, that<br />
thi-ee additional hotels—the Chapman<br />
Park, Gaylord and Chancellor—were used<br />
for reservations that overflowed the capacity<br />
of the Ambassador. These thi-ee<br />
hotels now are fUled and additional hotels,<br />
including the Sheraton West and<br />
Statler-Hilton, are being lined up for reservations.<br />
The TOA board of directors and advisory<br />
council will meet on Wednesday and, as in<br />
the case of the Allied States Ass'n convention<br />
in Pittsbui-gh last week, is expected<br />
to rename all officers to serve until culmination<br />
of the merger of the two organizations<br />
into the National Ass'n of Theatre<br />
Owners on January 1.<br />
Following the opening morning session<br />
on Thursday, American International Pictures<br />
will host a luncheon at Cocoanut<br />
Grove. Irving H. Levin, executive vicepresident<br />
of National General Corp., will<br />
be toastmaster and speakers will include<br />
John Wood, president of Cinematograph<br />
Exhibitors Ass"n of Great Britain and Ireland,<br />
and James Carreras, international<br />
chief barker for Variety Clubs International.<br />
That evening Universal City Studios will<br />
roll out the red carpet for a mammoth studio<br />
tour, cocktail reception and dinner<br />
dance, with Universal stars, producers, directors<br />
and executives in attendance. Milton<br />
R. Rackmil, president of Universal,<br />
will be host.<br />
OTHER CONVENTION EVENTS<br />
Other convention featui-es will include<br />
a Friday luncheon hosted by the member<br />
companies of the Motion Pictui-e Ass'n,<br />
and, that evening, a "western" party given<br />
by Joseph E. Levine in the Paramount<br />
studios, where he is producing "Nevada<br />
Smith."<br />
A breakfast workshop on the final day of<br />
the convention, Saturday, will be hosted by<br />
Motion Pictm-e Alexander Corp. in Cocoanut<br />
Grove and wUl salute the "Exhibitors<br />
10<br />
of Tomorrow," the sons and grandsons of<br />
exhibition pioneers. At this same session,<br />
new, young film producers will give their<br />
views on the industry of the future.<br />
National Screen Service will host the Saturday<br />
luncheon, and that evening the carbon<br />
products division of Union Carbide<br />
Corp. will give a cocktail reception in the<br />
Moulin Rouge just before the Coca-Cola<br />
Co.-sponsored President's Banquet to be<br />
held in the Hollywood Palladium.<br />
TOA's "Star of the<br />
At this latter affair-,<br />
Year" will be honored, and marking this<br />
10th annual event, previous winners of the<br />
awards will be paid fm-ther tribute. Music<br />
and entertainment will be provided by<br />
Lawrence Welk and his ABC troupe.<br />
TO SCREEN PRODUCT REELS<br />
Eight companies will screen product reels<br />
on October 29, giving advanced glimpses of<br />
75 featm'es representing a total of a<br />
quarter of a billion dollars in production<br />
value, Corwin annomiced. The reels will<br />
consist of clips, rushes of pictm-es in production,<br />
trailers, behind-the-scenes views<br />
and other types of presentation from Buena<br />
Vista, Columbia, MGM, Paramount,<br />
20th-Pox, United Artists, Universal and<br />
Warner Bros. In addition, American International<br />
will preview some of its pictui-es<br />
at its luncheon to the convention on<br />
October 28.<br />
20 Global Premieres Set<br />
For MP's 'Dr. Goldfoot'<br />
NEW YORK — American<br />
International<br />
Pictui'es "Di'. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine"<br />
will be introduced with 20 consecutive<br />
premieres in as many different cities in<br />
a total of 12 countries around the world, it<br />
was announced by producers James H.<br />
Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff.<br />
The worldwide chain of openings for the<br />
color and Panavision farcical comedymystery<br />
will coincide with the previously<br />
amiounced good-will promotional globegirdling<br />
tour of Nicholson and stars Frankie<br />
Avalon and Susan Hart set for later this<br />
year.<br />
Three of AIP's most promising starlets,<br />
Bobbi Shaw, Salli Sachse, and Mary Hughes,<br />
who also appear in the fibn, will accompany<br />
the principals on the first leg of the tour<br />
through foui' American cities and in<br />
European capitals.<br />
First of the openings will be in Los Angeles<br />
with Chicago, Atlanta, and New York City<br />
following along with the star group prior to<br />
their departui-e for overseas. Overseas<br />
premieres, day and date with the stars'<br />
personal appearances, are to be in London,<br />
Amsterdam, Brussels, Rome, and Madrid.<br />
Afterwards, with just Nicholson, Avalon,<br />
and Miss Hart traveling, "Dr. Goldfoot and<br />
the Bikini Machine" will premiere in Singapore,<br />
Hong Kong, Sidney, and Auckland<br />
in Australia, then Tokyo, Manila, and finally<br />
Honolulu.<br />
Films, Education Unit<br />
Formed by MPAA<br />
NEW YORK—Following a luncheon meeting<br />
of the board of directors of the Motioi<br />
Picture Ass'n of America Thursday (7i<br />
Ralph Hetzel, acting president, announcec<br />
the formation of a Commission on Motioi<br />
Pictures and Education. Discussion at thi<br />
Imicheon hosted by Seymour Poe, execu<br />
tive vice-president of 20th Century-Pox<br />
took place at the 20thPox home office oi<br />
proposals to modernize the Productioi<br />
Code, but nothing conclusive was reachec<br />
except the general feeling for the need t(<br />
bring the Code "up to date."<br />
Members of the board who have agreed ti<br />
serve on the Commission are: Robert S<br />
Benjamin, board chairman of United Art<br />
ists Corp.; Robert J. O'Brien, president o<br />
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: and George Welt<br />
ner, president of Paramount Pictui'et<br />
Ralph Hetzel is an ex-officio member.<br />
The purpose of the Commission is t<br />
give du-ection to the industry's interes<br />
in the field of education. The Commissioi<br />
will provide a consultative group to reviev<br />
and discuss programs designed to furthe<br />
study, research and appreciation of mo<br />
tion pictures at the various levels of edu<br />
cation.<br />
They will serve as a point of contact fo<br />
industry participation in the Federal Art<br />
and Humanities Bill outlined and signed b<br />
President Johnson.<br />
In amiomicing the new Commissioi<br />
Hetzel said: "The encouraging recognitio<br />
by colleges and universities of the motio<br />
picture as one of the most potent com<br />
munication forces of modern times dt<br />
mands that all of us keep fully abreast g<br />
this new development.<br />
"The formation of this Commission oi<br />
Film Education is a most important ste,<br />
in the development of the film industrygenuine<br />
interest in improving the futm]<br />
generations' understanding and apprecia:<br />
tion of motion pictures. We have greSi<br />
hopes that the Commission will stimulalj<br />
and focus efforts in this area.<br />
"For the last<br />
|<br />
few years the Motion Pii<br />
ture Ass'n of America has been coopera'l<br />
ing with educational institutions arj<br />
leading educators in this field. Last yet<br />
the American Council on Education, wit<br />
funds provided by the MPAA, complete<br />
a survey of college and university fih<br />
com-ses. One outgrowth of this is the Dar<br />
mouth Conference that will be held<br />
Hanover October 20-23."<br />
'Battle<br />
of Bulge' Opening<br />
In New York Now Dec. 17<br />
NEW YORK—Warner Bros, has advano<br />
the New York premiere of its Cineran|<br />
premiere, "Battle of the Bulge," from t)<br />
original date of December 21 at the Warn<br />
Cinerama Theatre to December 17, one di<br />
following the world premiere at Pacific<br />
Cinerama Theatre in Hollywood. The pi;<br />
ture will be presented on a reserved-se)<br />
basis with ten performances weekly ail<br />
extra performances during holiday weeks.<br />
Warner Bros, will use its biggest advc'<br />
tising campaign in recent years for the Cin;<br />
rama production, according to Joe Hyanj<br />
national director of advertising and public<br />
ity, including ads in Life, Look and Playb'<br />
magazines, and in the Hearst newspape,'<br />
Sunday magazine sections.<br />
BOXOFTICE October 18, l£Jl<br />
i
I special<br />
i. II<br />
Allied Convention Sidelights<br />
Pittsburgh<br />
ICADEMY AWARD winners from 1928 to<br />
1964 were saluted at the 36th annual<br />
onvention of Allied States Ass'n here<br />
ist week, with giant photos of every<br />
'inner—from Janet Gaynor and Emil<br />
annings in 1928 to Julie Andrews and<br />
«x Harrison in 1964 — decorating the<br />
ajiquet hall. A large number of veteran<br />
leatre owners in attendance recalled with<br />
ride that they showed the first silent<br />
icture Oscar winners in pictures that were<br />
>ps.<br />
* * •<br />
Joe Moritz, American International<br />
nctures treasurer for 11 years, came in<br />
Puesday with his son Milton, who directs<br />
|IP advertising and publicity. Joe was<br />
n exhibitor in this area, at Verona, up<br />
) a quarter-of-a-century ago when he dejarted<br />
for the West Coast and went into<br />
jieatre business there, once as a partner<br />
|ith Sid Pink, another former local the-<br />
Itre manager now an independent fUm<br />
roducer in Madiid. AIP president James<br />
:. Nicholson, vice-president Samuel Z.<br />
rkoff and general sales manager Leon<br />
Blender were here for the convention,<br />
i.<br />
)0, as were AIP stars Frankie Avalon and<br />
usan Hart.<br />
Nicholson had difficulties getting here.<br />
is flight from the West Coast finally<br />
.Jided in New York instead of Pittsburgh,<br />
irkoff, who departed from the Los Anbles<br />
airport on another flight at the<br />
iLme time, arrived here on schedule and<br />
psted the AIP Tuesday evening dinner.<br />
production trailer on "Dr. Gold-<br />
|iot and the Bikini Machine" was<br />
freened.<br />
[Also on the dais for the AIP dinner<br />
ere Albert Aaron, Irving Dollinger, Ray<br />
Vonderhaar, Edward E. Johnson, Jeime<br />
Sandy, HaiTison D. Wolcott, Jack<br />
de, Alden W. Smith, George Stern, Kasir<br />
Monahan, Marshall H. Pine, Jack<br />
mstrong, Milton London, Mickey Zide,<br />
L. Whittle jr., Milton Brauman, Hany<br />
i Hendel, Marty Zide, Roy H. Metcalfe,<br />
Idney J.<br />
Cohen, Jay Wooten and George<br />
;tce.<br />
(The "Pi-ess Award" to Kaspar Monahan,<br />
|teran film critic for the Pittsburgh<br />
ress, was a top event on the program and<br />
Is response was "one for the book." Kasir's<br />
real monicker is Fi-ederick, but no-<br />
•dy's called him that since he was a lad<br />
'xk in Colorado.<br />
jJohn E. Currie, National Theatre Supjy<br />
vice-president who heads a newly<br />
[rmed marketing group for the company,<br />
'.recting branches in the Eastern and<br />
j;ntral areas of the country, checked in<br />
jte Monday afternoon and expressed rest<br />
that he had missed TOA president<br />
^unner M. Redstone's keynote speech.<br />
jUTie trained with NTS here a number<br />
years ago and<br />
j<br />
said it was good "coming<br />
I'me."<br />
,Mrs. M, A. Rosenberg of Pittsburgh,<br />
^dow of the late local and national Ald<br />
president, was active at the conven-<br />
>n, meeting her many exhibitor friends.<br />
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* * •<br />
Oldest-in-service exhibitor present was<br />
Hman Robey of Spencer, W. Va. Aged 84,<br />
National Screen Service set up shop<br />
near the Allied registration counter early<br />
Sunday, occupying the Sky Room throughout<br />
the convention. Clare H. Swonson,<br />
branch manager, and his office and servoxorncE<br />
October 18, 1965<br />
he got around the convention exhibits<br />
and sessions in good form. His son Vernon<br />
also was in attendance. Robey started<br />
in exhibition in 1907 at Spencer.<br />
* *<br />
The MGM organization from both coasts<br />
moved into town, including Robert H.<br />
O'Brien, president; Morris Lefko, a former<br />
Pittsbui'gher; Dan Terrell, Emery Austin,<br />
Dave McGrath, Herman Ripps, Lou<br />
Formato, Saul Gottlieb (also a former<br />
localitei, Lou Marks, Robert Weitman,<br />
Maurice SUverstein, Mel Maron, Mike<br />
Mindlin, Martin Ransohoff, Elizabeth<br />
Hartman, Ann-Margret and Kal Bruss.<br />
The lion really roared with such gi'eat<br />
talent from a single company, plus Max<br />
Shabason, local MGM manager, and his<br />
organization.<br />
...<br />
Actress Joan Crawford, Pepsi-Cola Co.<br />
director, was official hostess for that company's<br />
Nightclub Paity Wednesday evening<br />
at the Holiday House Supper Club,<br />
and proved she's still "Mrs. Showbusiness."<br />
Pepsi-Cola coolers were given as prizes<br />
Wednesday and winners were: C. E. Huprich,<br />
Zanesville, Ohio; Tuss Saittis, Pittsburgh;<br />
Lyla Bloss, Hastings, Mich., and<br />
Chester DeMarsh, Grove City, Pa.<br />
* * *<br />
Other prizes Wednesday included Coca-<br />
Cola bags, won by Duane Stacy, St. Louis,<br />
Mo., and Chai'lotte Nolte, Baltimore, Md.;<br />
Marsh Wheeling Stogies, won by Jerry<br />
Knight, Columbus, Ohio, and Sylvia Zide,<br />
Detroit, Mich., and a hat, won by Paul<br />
Tohis, Kensington, Conn.<br />
* *<br />
Ben Marcus of Milwaukee was the only<br />
Allied board member absent at the Monday<br />
morning board meeting. Chairman of<br />
the executive committee, Mai'cus could not<br />
be here early in the week due to his<br />
mother undergoing sui-gery in California.<br />
* * *<br />
Marshall Fine of Cleveland, speaking<br />
without notes, covered a variety of subjects.<br />
* • *<br />
Morris Pinkel, western Pennsylvania Allied<br />
leader, was congratulated on securing<br />
the lease for the theatre under construction<br />
in Pittsburgh's Chatham Center,<br />
it will be the first new theatre in the<br />
downtown district in 35 years.<br />
* * «<br />
Delegates had their choice of three preview<br />
films Monday evening. MGM's "A<br />
Patch of Blue" was on the Fulton screen,<br />
Universal's "Moment to Moment" was at<br />
the Gateway, and Columbia's "Bunny Lake<br />
Is Missing" was at the Stanley. Theatre<br />
patrons of the evening shared the trade<br />
previews with members of the industry.<br />
* • «<br />
Vai-iety Tent 1 welcomed all Allied delegates<br />
and guests. David C. Silverman, Allied<br />
Artists, representing the Tent, issued<br />
guest cards to all registered theatre owners<br />
and guests at the convention.<br />
. * *<br />
ice department members assisted in preparing<br />
the vai-ious displays. This became<br />
hospitality headquarters at 5 p.m. The<br />
special door front was made to resemble<br />
a theatre entrance witli a ticket box,<br />
prize box, boxoffice, etc. Stewart Hamell<br />
of NSS's home office installed special displays.<br />
* . «<br />
Ii-ving H. Ludwig, president of Buena<br />
Vista, was in Pittsburgh during the annual<br />
Allied States convention Wednesday<br />
il3i, to make a special presentation of<br />
Walt Disney product for the next two<br />
years. Accompanying him were Leo Greenfield,<br />
dome.stic sales manager; Herb Robinson,<br />
Eastern division sales manager, and<br />
Don Conley, Western division sales manager.<br />
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NGC Talks on Expansion;<br />
Green Light to Production<br />
KANSAS CITY—Officers of National<br />
General Corp., here for a meeting witli officers<br />
and managers of their regional subsidiary.<br />
Fox Midwest, ciscussed the company's<br />
expansion plans at a breakfast Wednesday<br />
(131 in the Muehlebach Hotel.<br />
Eugene V. Klein, president; Irving H. Levin,<br />
executive vice-president, and Dan Poller<br />
and William Thedford. co-directors of<br />
theatre operations, were on hand to answer<br />
questions and discuss the plans.<br />
Now that NGC has the green light from<br />
the Justice Department on production,<br />
seven packages are on the way, officials<br />
said. This will include a situation comedy.<br />
"Divorce—American Style," starring Dick<br />
Van Dyke, which will start in February.<br />
Norman Lear will be the producer and Bud<br />
Yorkin ("Never Too Late"), the director.<br />
Levin will have charge of all production,<br />
operating under the Carthay Center Productions'<br />
baiuier.<br />
NO SET FORMULA FOR SUCCESS<br />
"There is no set formula for a boxoffice<br />
success," Klein said. "If there was, there<br />
would never be a flop. No producer tries for<br />
a failm-e—he has to believe in what he is<br />
doing. But creativity is the most intangible<br />
thing in the world. There is room for<br />
every kind of picture to suit every taste,<br />
but it all amomits to about the same thing<br />
—the good guys vs. the bad guys."<br />
Klein believes the cultm-al revival in<br />
America is noticeable in all the arts and<br />
this goes for Kansas City as well as other<br />
metropolitan areas. He thinks part of the<br />
reason is that persons have been exposed<br />
to opera and ballet on television and films<br />
that were onoe shown only in art houses<br />
do well with general audiences. There is<br />
no shortage of pictm-es but the demand<br />
for good pictm-es always exceeds the supply.<br />
Levin called attention to how the market<br />
had broadened for all types of films and<br />
the present popularity of spy stories. He<br />
also mentioned that new techniques developed<br />
by directors, like Richard Lester in<br />
his Beatle films, dispensing with dissolves<br />
and fades, have added zest to entertainment<br />
values. Poller and Thedford noted<br />
how art film stars are lost to the popular<br />
trade and that the foreign market has ex-<br />
Also<br />
panded from about 20 to 55 per cent.<br />
that the market today is a youth market<br />
from 12 to 23—because teenagers seem to<br />
have more money to spend than ever before.<br />
You can't sell them Red Book and<br />
McCall Magazine sex, either. There also is<br />
another cycle of war pictures in the offing.<br />
DISTRIBUTION PATTERN CHANGED<br />
It was agi-eed that large cities with their<br />
expanding suburban areas have changed<br />
the pattern of distribution so first runs<br />
no longer are confined to downtown theatres—nor<br />
to one theatre alone, but may<br />
play in six or seven widely separated locations.<br />
This has both advantages and disadvantages<br />
for the public, but evolutionary<br />
changes are inevitable in the field.<br />
Klein believes.<br />
The breakfast was followed by a sched-<br />
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Dan H. Poller<br />
WUliam Thedford<br />
uled meeting with Fox Midwest managers<br />
and officers, about 75 in all, largely from<br />
the Midwest area. Its pm-pose, Klein explained,<br />
was to bring local men up to date<br />
on the corporation's plans and activities<br />
because of the rapid pace of expansion. A<br />
similar meeting was held in Denver the<br />
next day.<br />
Tuesday evening (12) at a cocktail<br />
party in the Muehlebach Hotel here, Klein<br />
told a group of about 20 secui-ity analysts<br />
that motion pictm-e exliibition is one of the<br />
better businesses in the counti-y, despite<br />
daily problems. His reasoning was that<br />
there is no inventory involved in theatre<br />
operations. Nothing ever goes out of style<br />
in a motion pictm'e house. Also, theatre exhibition<br />
is a cash business, with patrons<br />
paying at the boxoffice and no accounts<br />
receivable. All merchandise is pmxhased<br />
on consignment. Theatres pay a percentage<br />
of the gi'oss boxoffice take with no<br />
fixed cost of inventory except in bidding.<br />
Klein said there is a vast difference in<br />
today's performance and the perfoi-mance<br />
of five years ago. Exhibitors now can see<br />
lines of patrons "aromid the block." He<br />
said this is true because democratic<br />
changes are substantial. Today 33 per cent<br />
of the population of this comitry is at the<br />
teenage level, the most movie-minded age<br />
group, and in the next three or fom- years<br />
this will rise to 50 per cent.<br />
"We have to combat the old feeling that<br />
the motion picture industry has 'had it'<br />
because of television," Klein said. The public<br />
knows what entertainment is and expects<br />
it. Prior to the last few years, most<br />
producers saw television and were scared.<br />
They continued to produce TV fare<br />
namely "B" pictm-es. But this year, "they<br />
have awakened to the fact that people will<br />
pay handsomely for entertainment and<br />
have produced the best product since the<br />
all-time great, 'Gone With the Wind.' "<br />
Klein pointed out today's changes in<br />
theatres from the downtown, "formal'<br />
8,000-seaters to the 3,000 to 4,000-seat<br />
modern shopping center complexes are like<br />
the changes from the neighborhood grocery<br />
to the suburban shopping center. If<br />
the product is put where the people are<br />
and where they can reach it rapidly and<br />
without much trouble, they will patronize<br />
and will come back. Convenience is the<br />
"key," Klein said.<br />
NGC plans to expand its circuit by<br />
nearly 50 per cent, Klein said. In the next<br />
ihree years a $50 million expansion program<br />
is planned that will add 100 theatres<br />
to the chain of 225, of which 10 to<br />
15 per cent will be di-ive-ins. Klein said<br />
the company hopes to have houses from<br />
"coast to coast and border to border." The<br />
company has made its fii-st deal in Canada<br />
and "wiU spread from coast to coast in<br />
that country within 12 months," he added.<br />
NGC has entered into a transaction with<br />
Continental Airlines and plans to build<br />
theatres in principal cities throughout the<br />
world.<br />
'La Boheme' Has Sell-outs<br />
In Two Cities in Canada<br />
NEW YORK—The first sell-outs of the<br />
Warner Bros, presentation of the opera.<br />
"La Boheme," were reported from Canada,<br />
where both Montreal and Edmonton have<br />
sold-out performances October 20. In Montreal,<br />
the Avenue Theatre sold out its first<br />
performance while, In Edmonton, the<br />
Odeon Theatre has sold out its two evening<br />
performances, October 20, 21, according to<br />
Sam Binder, city manager.<br />
The Warner Bros, opera picture -will be<br />
performed fom- times only in more than<br />
1.000 theatres, 350 on October 20, 21, 35C<br />
on October 27, 28 and 350 on Novembei<br />
3, 4. Tickets generally are prized at $1.5C<br />
for matinees and $2.50 for evening per-'<br />
formances, this being the scale at the S"!<br />
theatres playing "La Boheme" in the New<br />
York-New Jersey metropolitan area October<br />
20-21.<br />
In Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland amdj<br />
Shaker Heights, Ohio, as in the previouslS<br />
annomiced Cincinnati area, high schoo'<br />
students will be permitted to be excused;<br />
from classes to attend matinee perform-;<br />
ances of "La Boheme.''<br />
RKO Chain Names Samuels<br />
Head of Concessions<br />
NEW YORK—Milton Samuels, who ha<br />
been active in all<br />
phases of theatre opera,<br />
tions with RKO The<br />
atres for the las<br />
eight years, has beei<br />
named to be ii<br />
charge of concession<br />
and vending for th'<br />
circuit by Harr:<br />
4»- Mandel, RKO The<br />
atres president. Hi<br />
replaces Lee Koken<br />
who retired in late<br />
September.<br />
Samuels is actlv(<br />
m humanitarian ant,<br />
Milton Samuels<br />
charitable causes in-i<br />
eluding United Jewish Appeal, Catholii.<br />
Charities, Variety Club and Jewish Fed'<br />
eration, and is the permanent RKO chaifj<br />
man for all industry drives.<br />
BOXOmCE October 18, 196^<br />
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Universal Sets 'Pinocchio'<br />
Promotion for Xmas Dates<br />
NEW YORK—Universal will release<br />
'Pinocchio in Outer Space," the cartoon<br />
feature in color produced by Norm Pres-<br />
:ott and Predd Ladd. as its Christmas atlaction<br />
with plans for satui'ation dates in<br />
very key city dui'ing the holiday period,<br />
iccording to Phil Gerard, eastern advertisng<br />
and publicity director. The company's<br />
jriglnal Christmas release, "Blindfold."<br />
starring Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardilale,<br />
will be released early in 1966 in order<br />
,:o further space out the Hudson starring<br />
'ilnis, "A Very Special Favor" having been<br />
eleased in August.<br />
"Pinocchio," which was actually made in<br />
Belgium for Swallow, Ltd.-Belvision, but<br />
ivith the voices added in Hollywood by<br />
Prescott, who used Arnold Stang, MineiTa<br />
IPious and Peter Lazar to speak for the<br />
chief characters, will benefit by one of<br />
Jniversal's biggest selling campaigns,<br />
starting off a month in advance of release<br />
with a huge float, made at a cost of<br />
IflO.OOO, as part of the amiual Macy's<br />
irhanksgiving Day parade. Universal has<br />
ijlready held an invitation showing for<br />
children of newspaper and trade and maglizine<br />
writers at Loew's Capitol Theatre on<br />
3atm-day morning October 9 and similar<br />
showings are scheduled for other key cities<br />
'n advance of actual playdates. The trade-<br />
:aper ad campaign is also underway with<br />
Jther ads scheduled in weeks to come, Geard<br />
said.<br />
The "Pinocchio" float will also be used<br />
n other sections of the U.S. and Ai-nold<br />
3tang, whose voice is used for Nurtle, the<br />
jrurtle, will appear on the float for the<br />
'Vlacy's parade and, perhaps in Los An-<br />
1,'eles and in other cities for parades.<br />
Jerome M. Evans, Universal eastern propotion<br />
manager, mentioned that the company<br />
has made tie-ups with Pepsi-Cola for<br />
|i premium which will permit one adult to<br />
bring a child in free to "Pinocchio" showngs<br />
Monday through Thursday and he<br />
|nentioned "Nmtle, the Tm-tle" rubber toys,<br />
'Pinocchio" dresses, etc.<br />
"Pinocchio in Outer Space" has been<br />
;hosen by Parents' Magazine as its Picture<br />
i)f the Month for December while Boys'<br />
..ife has also endorsed the film, Gerard<br />
;aid.<br />
Universal's advertising, publicity and<br />
promotional executives outline tlie compromotional<br />
plans on "Pinocchio<br />
in Outer Space" to tradepress reprein<br />
New Yorlt after a screening<br />
of the picture. Seen left to right<br />
Herman Kass, Universal executive<br />
charge of national exploitation;<br />
Gerard, Eastern advertising and<br />
director; and Jerome M.<br />
Evans, Eastern promotion manager.<br />
Minnesota Circuit to Host<br />
Major Film Seminar<br />
Samuel H. Clark<br />
C. W. WincheU<br />
Reardon Quits Universal<br />
For General Cinema Post<br />
BOSTON—Carl Reardon has resigned as<br />
Universal branch manager in Philadelphia<br />
to become assistant<br />
to the vicepresident<br />
in charge<br />
of film buying for<br />
General Cinema<br />
Carl<br />
Reardon<br />
Corp., starting October<br />
18, according to<br />
Samuel Seletsky,<br />
vice-president.<br />
Reardon joined<br />
Universal in 1937 as<br />
a messenger boy in<br />
the New York office<br />
and was soon promoted<br />
to the contract<br />
playdate department. In 1914, he became<br />
assistant to the eastern division manager<br />
and, upon his return from service in the<br />
Marine Corps, he rejoined Universal as<br />
a salesman in the Washington branch,<br />
later being transferred to Pittsburgh. In<br />
June 1951, Reardon was promoted to New<br />
Haven branch manager and, in September<br />
1953, he was named branch manager<br />
of the Cleveland exchange, becoming<br />
Philadelphia branch manager in 1958.<br />
R. L. Piatt to Distribute<br />
British 'Leather Boys'<br />
NEW YORK—R. Lee Piatt has acquired<br />
the U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to<br />
"The Leather Boys," a British film directed<br />
by Sidney J. F\irie, for his R.L.P. Pictures<br />
Corp. The picture stars Rita Tusliingham<br />
with Dudley Sutton and Colin Campbell.<br />
The picture was made following Miss<br />
Tushingham's "A Taste of Honey" and she<br />
has since made "Girl With Green Eyes" and<br />
"The Knack," both distributed in the U.S.<br />
William Specht Dies<br />
NEW YORK—WilUam Specht, 57, associate<br />
editor of the Film Daily since 1960,<br />
died in Boulevard Hospital, Queens, Sunday<br />
(10» of complications arising from double<br />
pneumonia. Specht was educated in New<br />
Orleans, where he worked for the New<br />
Orleans Times-Picayune and the International<br />
News Sei-vice before coming to New<br />
York to join the Showman's Ti-ade Review,<br />
the film tradepaper now defunct, from 1949<br />
through 1958.<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—Home office officials<br />
of major distributing companies, along<br />
with their Minneapolis exchange area<br />
branch managers, will join Samuel Clark,<br />
vice-president of American Broadcasting<br />
in charge of theatres, and leading exhibitors<br />
from 11 states in a major film seminar,<br />
which will be hosted by C. W. Winchell,<br />
president of the Minnesota Amusement<br />
Co., at the Minneapolis Sheraton-Ritz Hotel,<br />
Wednesday and Thursday, 1 1.<br />
In what may be a new approach to cistributor-exhibitor<br />
relations, the top echelons<br />
of distributor sales along with advertising<br />
representatives will present in voice,<br />
film, and slide, all 1965-66 product during<br />
the seminar, which will also include special<br />
advertising campaign presentations.<br />
Distributor representatives attending<br />
the two-day meeting include:<br />
Allied Artists— Irving Marks, bronchi manager.<br />
Buena Vista—Leo Greenfield, sales and booking; Don<br />
Conley, western division nnanager; Paul Lydoy, publicity;<br />
Harris Dudelson, midwest district manager; and<br />
Avron Rosen, bronchi monoger.<br />
Columbia Pictures—Rube Jockter, general sales manager;<br />
and Byron Shapiro, bronchi manoger.<br />
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer— Morris Lefko, general sales<br />
manager; Hermon Ripps, assistant general soles manager;<br />
William Madden, division manager; ond L. H.<br />
Smith, branch manoger.<br />
Paramount— Bernard Serlin, advertising.<br />
Twentieth Century-Fox—Joseph M. Sugar, soles manager;<br />
Harry Buxbaum, division manoger; Dean Lutz,<br />
branch manager.<br />
United Artists—Al Fitter, ossistont general soles<br />
manager, Carl Olson, western division manager; and<br />
Robert Molone, branch manoger.<br />
Universal— Robert Wilkenson, ossistont soles manager;<br />
Norman Gluck, and Roy Miller, bronch monoger.<br />
Warner Bros.—M. R. Goldstein, general soles manager;<br />
Robert Conn, midwest division manager; and<br />
Mike Adcock, branch manager.<br />
Accompanying Sam Clark to the seminar<br />
from the New York American Broadcasting<br />
Company office will be his assistant,<br />
Bernard Levy, Al Sicignano, film buyer,<br />
and Hem-y Plitt.<br />
Other exhibitors who have already indicated<br />
acceptance of invitation include:<br />
Jomes Harrison, Wilby-Kincey Service Corp., Atlonto;<br />
David WoMerstein, Horry Lustgorten, Nothan Plott, ond<br />
Edward Seguin all of Balobon and Kotz; Don Allen ond<br />
Don Knight, Tri-Stotes Theatre Corp., Des Moines; Leon<br />
Serin and Miss Marie Meyer, United Detroit Theatre<br />
Corp., Detroit; Daniel M. Peterson, president. State<br />
Theatre Co., Brookings; Ted Mann and James Payne,<br />
Monn Theatres, Minneapolis; R. T. Vonderhoor, president,<br />
Allied Theotre Owners and Tetolino Theotres,<br />
Minneapolis; Ben Berger and Lowell Koplon, Berger<br />
Amusement, Minneopolis; Edmund Rubin and Horry<br />
Green, Welworth Theatres, Minneopolis.<br />
Minnesota Amusement Co. managers attending<br />
this meeting include:<br />
Minnesota—George Brown, Duluth; Lawrence Stewart<br />
and Ronold Rosemork, St. Cloud; Palmer Johnson,<br />
Moorhead; Bert Forsythe, Foirmont; Ncrt Rosevold and<br />
George Pehrson, Monkoto; Rolph Phillips, Rochester;<br />
Karl Lindstoedt, Austin; Thomas Mortin, Francis Wiggins,<br />
Minneopolis; Chorles Zinn, St. Paul; ond Bennit<br />
Pittsley, Hopkins. North Dakota—John McCoshin ond<br />
Fiske O'Horo, Forgo; Chauncey Curtis, Grond Forks;<br />
and Raymond Hosselo, Minot; South Dokoto — Korlton<br />
Hemleben, Aberdeen; Wayne Clark, Mitchell; and<br />
Cliff Knoll, Sioux Foils. Wisconsin— Lorry Douploise,<br />
Superior; Joseph Bronk, LaCrosse, ond Art Molstad,<br />
Eou Claire.<br />
Others from MAC are:<br />
George Shepherd, vice-president; Mandt Torrison,<br />
legol counselor; Don O'Neill, buyer and booker; Everett<br />
Seibel. advertising director; Robert Schmid, ossistont to<br />
president; ond Charles Omites, Clarence Eaton, and<br />
Robert Thill.<br />
Glen Alden's Dividend<br />
NEW YORK—Glen Alden Corp.<br />
has declared<br />
a regular quarterly dividend of 12^2<br />
cents per share, payable October 8 to<br />
holders of record October 15, 1965.<br />
liOXOFHCE October 18, 1965 13
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Seven Arts to Release 8<br />
During Its Second Year<br />
NEW YORK—Seven Aits Pictures, the<br />
releasing arm of Seven Arts Productions.<br />
Ltd., entered its second year in mid-October<br />
with "high hopes for the future" and<br />
eight pictures ready for release duiing the<br />
next 12 months, according to James V.<br />
O'Gara, newly appointed vice-pi'esident<br />
and general sales manager.<br />
Starting with its first date October 13<br />
in San Francisco is "The Pace of Pu Manchu."<br />
based on the famed Sax Rohmer<br />
character with Christopher Lee in the<br />
title role, which already has 500 U.S. dates<br />
scheduled for October and November and<br />
a total of 1.000 dates expected by the end<br />
of 1965. O'Gara said. Seven Ai-ts is using<br />
300 prints on "Pu Manchu."<br />
For mid-January, Seven Arts will release<br />
"Ten Little Indians," produced in<br />
Ireland by Oliver A. Unger. based on the<br />
Agatha Christie novel and play, with<br />
Hugh O'Brian. Shirley Eaton. Stanley Holloway.<br />
Fabian, Leo Genn, Daliah Lavi,<br />
Wilfrid Hyde-White and Dennis Price, followed<br />
by "The Sleeping Car Murders," a<br />
French picture co-produced with Julian Derode,<br />
starring Simone Signoret and Yves<br />
Montand, which will first be released in<br />
late January in a subtitled version and<br />
later dubbed into English, O'Gara said.<br />
For March, Seven Arts will release<br />
"Allez-France," a comedy co-produced<br />
with Robert Dhery, who is starred, which<br />
will be dubbed into English.<br />
In addition to these four, Seven Arts will<br />
have several program pictm-es in release<br />
dm-ing 1965-66, including "Coast of Skeletons,"<br />
staiTing Dale Robertson and Richard<br />
Todd; "24 Houi-s to Kill," starring Mickey<br />
Rooney and Lex Barker, and "Mozambique,"<br />
starring Steve Cochi-an and Hildegarde<br />
Neff, all of these produced in Eui--<br />
ope by Unger, and "The Crooked Road,"<br />
starring Stewart Granger and Robert<br />
Ryan. Later, will come another Unger Picture,<br />
"Sandy the Seal," O'Gara promised.<br />
During its first year, starting last October,<br />
Seven Arts released only "Why Bother<br />
to Knock" and several French-language<br />
pictures, "Symphony for a Massacre,"<br />
"Taxi for Tobruk" and the German<br />
"Maedchen in Uniform."<br />
"The nation's exhibitors will be glad<br />
to see a new distribution company with<br />
good product to replace two majors which<br />
had their 'demise' during the past decade,<br />
RKO and Republic," O'Gara commented.<br />
He said Seven Arts has always had fine<br />
exhibitor cooperation.<br />
The company, which now has six division<br />
managers, may add two more during 1966,<br />
one of these in Atlanta.<br />
For its third year of distribution, O'Gara<br />
hopes that Eliot Hyman, president of<br />
Seven Ai-ts Productions, who has eight<br />
projects, some of them for major company<br />
distribution, or Ray Stark, who is making<br />
several films for Paramount release, will<br />
release some films through Seven Arts.<br />
Columbia's 'Istanbul' Set<br />
NEW YORK—Columbia Pictures will release<br />
"That Man in Istanbul," made In<br />
Europe in color with Horst Buchholz<br />
starred, in the U.S. in January 1966. The<br />
picture is a spy-adventure film on the<br />
order of the James Bond thrillers released<br />
by United Artists.<br />
>--Kf<br />
James V. O'Gara, right, vice-president<br />
and general sales manager of<br />
Seven Arts Pictures, and Richard Harper,<br />
left. Seven Arts administrative<br />
vice-president, at a press conference<br />
outlining Seven Arts plans.<br />
Luraschi Reports Progress<br />
On 'Is Paris Burning?'<br />
NEW YORK—"Is Paris Bui-ning?" the<br />
film version of the best-selling book by<br />
Larry Collins and Dominque Lapierre, "is<br />
shaping up as a motion picture unique in<br />
industry annals," according to Luigi Luraschi,<br />
assistant for production activities<br />
to George Weltner, president of Paramount,<br />
which wDl release the picture in 1966.<br />
Luraschi told a tradepress conference<br />
at the Paramount home office that the<br />
entu-e city of Paris has become the set for<br />
the Seven Ai-ts-Paramoimt presentation,<br />
which is being filmed with the full cooperation<br />
of local authorities. This has enabled<br />
filming on even the busiest boulevards and<br />
streets of the city, which are completely<br />
sealed off by the police so that director<br />
Rene Clement and his cast and crew have<br />
complete freedom of action, he reported.<br />
"Can you imagine New York City<br />
authorities sealing off Times Square for a<br />
movie?" Luraschi said. "It's an impossibility,<br />
but something that we are doing<br />
every day in Paris. We have been able to<br />
shoot in the Place de la Concorde, the<br />
Champs Elysee and even on the steps of<br />
Notre Dame. The most remarkable thing<br />
is that, thanks to the efficiency of the<br />
Paris police, we have yet to cause a serious<br />
disruption in traffic."<br />
Being an actual re-creation of the liberation<br />
of Paris from the Nazis in 1944. the<br />
pictm-e has presented many technical problems<br />
since Paris, in recent years, has been<br />
embarked on a cleaning-up program of<br />
most of its landmarks. Luraschi pointed<br />
out. This has meant that many buildings<br />
have had to be "dirtied up" for the film<br />
and then restored to their new sheen following<br />
completion of filming.<br />
"Is Paris Burning'?" will complete a sixmonth<br />
shooting schedule in mid-December<br />
at a negative cost of about $6,000,000.<br />
Luraschi said. Paul Graetz is producer and<br />
the international star cast includes Jean-<br />
Paul Belmondo. Charles Boyer, Leslie<br />
Caron, George Chakiris, Alain Delon, Kirk<br />
Douglas, Glenn Ford. Gert Probe, Yves<br />
Montand, Anthony Perkins, Robert Stack<br />
and Orson Welles On alphabetical order<br />
many of whom have completed their cameo<br />
roles. Gore 'Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola<br />
wrote the screenplay.<br />
The world premiere of "Is Paris Burning?"<br />
will "almost certainly" be held in<br />
Paris, probably next August 24. the anniversary<br />
of the liberation of that city, according<br />
to Luraschi. He returned to Paris<br />
Saturday (9)<br />
MGM Plans Promotion<br />
On 'Doctor Zhivago'<br />
NEW YORK — Metro-Goldwyn-Maye<br />
will back David Lean's "Doctor Zhivago<br />
with the most comprehensive ad-publicit><br />
exploitation campaign in the company'<br />
history, according to president Robert H<br />
O'Brien, following thi-ee days of meeting<br />
attended by home office executives am<br />
the combined key staff members of horn<br />
office and studio staffs. The pictm-e's worli<br />
premieres will be at Loew's Capitol Theatn<br />
New York, December 22 and the Holhwood<br />
Paramount Theatre December<br />
both at resei-ved seats.<br />
Promotional material in work wh ,»i<br />
be available for key openings in „he U.I<br />
and overseas include television and radlJ<br />
coverage, trailers and an elaborate presl<br />
and promotion kit, souvenir book, fact]<br />
booklet, a study guide and a paperbacn<br />
edition of Boris Pasternak's book, as wel<br />
as film strips, theatrical and TV subject<br />
featuring dii-ector Lean, author Pasterna<br />
and a subject titled "Moscow in Madi'id.<br />
Dramatic portrait paintings of the stars b:<br />
the Polish artist A. Piotrowski, lobby dis<br />
plays, billboards and tie-ups for group sale'<br />
will also be available.<br />
Plans were also discussed for severa<br />
of the film's stars to attend the New Yor<br />
and Hollywood premieres and actively par<br />
ticipate in the promotion campaign vi<br />
radio-TV appearances and newspaper in<br />
terviews. Lean left for Hollywood Monda<br />
(11) after attending the conferences witl<br />
O'Brien in New York.<br />
Also participating in the New York meet<br />
ing to plan all areas of promotion world<br />
wide were Mam-ice Silverstein. presider<br />
of MGM International; Morris Lefko, vicei<br />
president and general sales manager<br />
Clark Ramsay, executive assistant to th<br />
president; Dan S. Terrell, executive di<br />
rector of publicity, promotion and adver<br />
tising; Emery Austin, assistant to Terrell<br />
Bill O'Hare, advertising manager; Die<br />
Winters, publicity manager, and Andy Sullivan,<br />
exploitation manager.<br />
Those from the MGM Studio staff in<br />
eluded Howard Strickling, vice-president<br />
his assistants William Golden and Ed<br />
ward Lawrence, and Emily Tolchin, wh<br />
recently returned from Madrid on specie<br />
assignment with the "Doctor Zhivago<br />
company, as well as Howard Herty, Wes<br />
Coast promotion representative.<br />
MGM International was represented b<br />
Arthur Egberts, coordinator of activitie<br />
in the overseas market; Arthur Pincu<br />
head of advertising and publicity over<br />
seas, and Moitls Frantz.<br />
Production on "Doctor Zhivago" wa<br />
completed in Madrid October 7, followin<br />
exactly nine months, one week and thre<br />
days of filming, beginning December 2i<br />
1964, and two years of pre-productio<br />
preparation.<br />
Now 'Walk, Don't Run'<br />
HOLLYWOOD — "Walk, Don't Run"<br />
the finalized title of the Sol C. Siegel pre<br />
duction for Columbia release, now fllmin<br />
on location in Tokyo with Gary Grar<br />
heading the starring cast. Charles Waltei<br />
is directing "Walk, Don't Run" from tl"<br />
screenplay by Sol Saks. Samantha Egg;<br />
and Jim Hutton are co-starred in the con<br />
edy with Miiko Taka and Ted Hartley i<br />
important featured roles.<br />
14<br />
BOXOFHCE October 18, 19f
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Second Beatle Film 'Helpl' (UA) Wins<br />
September Blue Ribbon Award<br />
By VELMA WEST SYKES<br />
THE SECOND BEATLE FILM is also second winner of the Blue Ribbon Award—and<br />
oddly enough, both were September winners. "HELP!" (UA) is the current September<br />
winner and "A Hard Day's Night" won for September of 1964. As family entertainment,<br />
the Beatle pictures score over more sophisticated and heavier dramas that<br />
•appeared with them on the ballot. National Screen Council members voted the film<br />
ithis honor as being most outstanding among family-typ)e motion pictui'es. While<br />
"HELP!" is frenetic and melodramatic almost to the point of farce, and the plot<br />
sounds like something from Mad magazine, it has the same nonchalant attitude toward<br />
life which characterizes Beatlemania. The music is more incidental than in the<br />
. .<br />
'first film but oriental themes give it an added flair.<br />
BoxoFFicE reviewed "HELP!" in its is- wrong?—William V. Means II, Jacksonsue<br />
of August 16 with these comments: ville (Pla.) Journal.<br />
j"With the shaggy-haired quartet as popu- As Judith Crisp says on the Today TV<br />
lar as ever with American fans and rapidly<br />
developing along Vfith the Marx Bros.' for a change. I went to scoff and stayed<br />
Show: " 'HELP!' is just pure fun, clean<br />
vein of outlandish hxmior, 'HELP!' can't to enjoy myself." Others have said that<br />
[help being a boxoffice smash. The seven when the elders start approving the<br />
new songs, written by Beatles John Len- Beatles, the younger generation will start<br />
'non and Paul McCartney, are swingy falling away. It will be interesting to see<br />
tunes, especially 'You're Gonna Lose That<br />
if this is ti-ue.—Mrs. Georgia Cowan,<br />
'Girl' and the title number, delivered In Knoxville Better Films Council ... A<br />
[fine Beatle fashion . . . It's all good fun." very good and very funny movie, light and<br />
(Our prediction that it would be a boxof- relaxing comedy.—Dale Bates, Los Angeles<br />
Youth Group.<br />
|fice smash came true. From first-run reports<br />
in key cities, its gross is 234 per cent<br />
This country needs "help" from the<br />
average business. No wonder the British<br />
Beatles and so I'm voting for them. Their<br />
queen honored them!<br />
movie was pure delight, wonderfully imaginative<br />
and funny.—Stephen Werbel,<br />
National Screen Council members had<br />
Despite<br />
these comments to make as they marked<br />
\ psychologist, University of Kansas .<br />
their ballots:<br />
the teenage craze for the<br />
Beatles,<br />
Sure-Fire Hit for Teenagers<br />
The Beatles ride again! It's a sure-fire<br />
hit with teenagers and good entertainment<br />
for all.—John P. Recher, AMPTO<br />
of Md.. Baltimore . . . Again the "Four<br />
PiU's" from over there have done it!<br />
"HELP!" retains the youthful, fresh, imaginative<br />
humor so well displayed in "A<br />
Hard Day's Night." Hurrah for the<br />
Beatles!—Kenneth D. Wolt, Radio KENO,<br />
Las Vegas . . . Sophisticated enough for<br />
the gi'ownups and sUly enough for the<br />
kids.—Donna Bailey, Springfield (Mass.)<br />
Herald.<br />
"HELP!" is highly entertaining. It's the<br />
first motion picture I've seen since "Cat<br />
Ballou" that didn't bore me with a "message"<br />
of some sort, to the detriment of its<br />
plot. It's a fun show.—Ernest O. Thompson,<br />
Ada (Okla.) Evening News ... I<br />
would have voted for "HELP!" even if it<br />
hadn't been on this very weak list of fare<br />
for the family. Can these boys do any<br />
this is an imaginative and well-done<br />
comedy picture.—Bruce G. Dunning, St.<br />
Petersbm-g Times . . . Okay, I capitulate!<br />
—Art Preston, Portland (Me.) teacher.<br />
Beatlemania is still a delightful infection.—Jeff<br />
Millar, Houston Chronicle . . .<br />
Like 'em or not, "HELP!" is good for<br />
everyone.—A. B. Covey, Ala. TOA, Montgomery<br />
. . . You can't beat the Beatles<br />
fun for all!—Alan Branigan, Newark News<br />
. . . Zany, but interesting.—Alfred L. Peloquin.<br />
Bay City News, Bay City, Mich .<br />
Like the Beatles' first film, this is hilarious<br />
comedy, suitable for evei-yone.—Ann<br />
D. Kenney, Parents' Magazine.<br />
"HELP!" is no "Hard Day's Night" but<br />
it is a delightfully innocent romp, rich in<br />
laughs.—Tom Sullivan, Hudson Dispatch<br />
. . . My children loved it—and surprisingly<br />
I liked it, too. The tongue-in-cheek direction<br />
and fast-paced camera work and<br />
color helped. The Beatles aren't too bad,<br />
after all.—Mrs. Betty McCleery, WTCO-<br />
TV.<br />
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIII<br />
IT'S ALL ON ACCOUNT OF THIS SACRIFICIAL RING WORN<br />
BY RINGO THAT ODD THINGS HAPPEN TO THE BEATLES<br />
ELEANOR BRON AS PRINCESS AHME STALKS RINGO<br />
TO SAVE THE LIVES OF HIM AND HIS COMPANIONS<br />
POOR PAUL HAS BEEN GREATLY REDUCED IN SIZE AND<br />
IS ODDLY DRESSED HERE IN A GUM-WRAPPER SHEATH!<br />
Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllll<br />
John John Lennon<br />
Paul Paul McCartney<br />
Ringo Ringo Starr<br />
George<br />
George Harrison<br />
Clang Leo McKern<br />
The Cast<br />
Ahme<br />
Eleanor Bron<br />
Foot Victor Spinetti<br />
Algernon Roy Kinnear<br />
Bhuta John Bluthal<br />
Superintendent Patrick Cargill<br />
Production Staff<br />
Walter Shenson Dress Designer Julie Harris,<br />
Director Richard Lester<br />
Dinah Greet<br />
Original Screenplay by Marc Behm, Hairdresser Betty Glasgow<br />
Charles Wood Film Editor<br />
John Victor Smith<br />
Story by<br />
Marc Behm Sound Dickie Bird<br />
Photographer<br />
David Watkins Color by Eastman Color<br />
Art Director<br />
Ray Simm A Walter Shenson-Subafilms<br />
Special Effects Cliff Richardson<br />
Production<br />
This award is given each month by the<br />
National Sveen Council on the bails of outstanding<br />
medt and suitability for family<br />
entertainmejtt. Council mtmbenhip comorises<br />
motion picture editors, radio and TV film<br />
commentators, re^iresentatives of better films<br />
councils, civic, educational and exhibitor organizations.
. . David<br />
. . Producer<br />
Moore<br />
time.<br />
^oilcfcwMd ^efront<br />
TTNIVERSAL. with 12 pictuies already<br />
started and completed so far this year,<br />
will put another nine features, all in Technicolor,<br />
into production before the end of<br />
the year, which will give the company a<br />
total of 21 features put before the cameras<br />
during 1965, two more than were started<br />
during 1964. Another important aspect of<br />
this year's schedule is that it marks the<br />
first time in Universal's history that its<br />
entire year's product has been filmed in<br />
color. Pictures scheduled to start before<br />
the end of the year include: Alfred Hitchcock's<br />
"Torn Cmtain," starring Paul Newman<br />
and Julie Andrews; "Cocatlan," starring<br />
Marlon Brando with Sidney J. Fm-ie<br />
directing for producer Alan Miller; "Out<br />
of Sight," to be produced by Bart Patton<br />
and directed by Lemiie 'Weim-ib; "Beau<br />
Geste." classic story of the French Foreign<br />
Legion to be produced by "Walter Seltzer;<br />
"The Pad (And How to Use It)," Ross<br />
Hunter production based on Peter Shaffer's<br />
London and Broadway stage hit;<br />
"Gambit, starring Shirley MacLaine with<br />
"<br />
Ronald Neame directing for producer Leo<br />
L. Fuchs; "Texas Across the River," to be<br />
produced by Harry Keller; "Let's Kill Uncle."<br />
to be produced and directed by 'William<br />
Castle; "Rebel Troop," to be produced<br />
by Hal E. Chester.<br />
"Walter Seltzer will produce "Beau Geste"<br />
for Universal Pictures, with the picture<br />
scheduled to be placed in production within<br />
60 days. Douglas Heyes will write the<br />
screenplay for this latest presentation of<br />
the legendary saga of the French Foreign<br />
Legion. It was made twice before; in<br />
192S with Ronald Colman and again in<br />
1938 with Gary Cooper and Ray Milland<br />
. . . Philip Dunne planed to Hawaii to<br />
scout location sites on the Island of Maui<br />
for his forthcoming Blackhill production,<br />
"The Consort," which he co-authored with<br />
W. H. Menger, and will direct, with Marvin<br />
Schwartz producing. The same team recently<br />
completed "Blindfold" starring Rock<br />
Hudson and Claudia Cardinale for Universal<br />
release this winter. "The Consort"<br />
will be based on the romantic comedy<br />
novel by Anthony Beckstall-Smith which<br />
Grove Press is bringing out this fall . . .<br />
Ronald Neame, British director, will direct<br />
Universal's "Gambit," starring Shirley<br />
MacLaine. Neame will check in immediately<br />
to start working with producer<br />
Leo L. Fuchs on preparation of the picture,<br />
which is scheduled to go before the<br />
Technicolor cameras end of November.<br />
Producer Charles K. Feldman announced<br />
that he has set "Lot's "Wife" as a future<br />
production to be made under his own independent<br />
production banner, and will<br />
have as its stars Leslie Caron and "Warren<br />
Beatty. "Written for the screen by I.A.L.<br />
Diamond from the play by Ladislav Bus-<br />
Fekete, Feldman will turn the comedy into<br />
an original musical and has signed Bert<br />
Bacharach to do the score for the film.<br />
"Lot's "Wife" marks the third straight<br />
Feldman movie for Bacharach, having<br />
written the music for ""What's New Pussycat?"<br />
and recently set to do the score for<br />
"Casino Royale" . . . Producer Lawrence<br />
.By SYD CASSYD<br />
"Weingarten has returned to MGM after<br />
catching the pre-Broadway warmup of<br />
"The Impossible Years" in Philadelphia<br />
where the stage comedy by Bob Fisher and<br />
Arthur Marx, in its final week, set a new<br />
Forest Theatre house record. Film rights<br />
to the play, opening in New York this<br />
month, starring Alan King, were purchased<br />
by MGM in script fonn. "Weingarten, who<br />
produced such filmed stage plays as "The<br />
Unsinkable Molly Brown," "Cat on a Hot<br />
Tin Roof" and "Tender Trap," will produce<br />
Fred<br />
. the screen version<br />
Roos, formerly associated with Robert Lippert<br />
Productions, goes into the independent<br />
field of his own. The fonner 20th-Fox executive<br />
has bought all rights to the Robert<br />
Roripaugh novel, "A Fever for Living," a<br />
love story with a Japanese background . . .<br />
Harold Yablonsky, winner of the Ford<br />
Foundation Award for Directors, has acquired<br />
film rights to "Jordie" by Dr. Theodore<br />
Rubin, author of "David and Lisa."<br />
Yablonsky will write the screenplay and<br />
direct, and Ralph Lewis will produce for<br />
his Marlease Productions.<br />
At 20th-Fox "The Secret of D-Day," based<br />
on accounts of intelligence and counterintelligence<br />
activities which preceded Allied<br />
invasion of Eui-ope during "World "War<br />
II, has been added to the slate of producer<br />
David Weisbart. The multi-million-dollarbudgeted<br />
film will be based on the book by<br />
Gilles Perrault, which was a top non-fiction<br />
seller in France last year. The writer<br />
will be assigned to the screenplay shortly,<br />
according to "Weisbart, who plans location<br />
filming with an international cast late<br />
next year. Prior to start of "The Secret<br />
of D-Day," "Weisbart will produce "Trap<br />
for a Man" for 20th-Fox next spring, with<br />
locations on the French and Italian Riviera<br />
Arrangements have been concluded<br />
. . . for Paul Monash to produce a<br />
schedule of high-budget theatrical motion<br />
pictures for 20th-Fox. The first feature under<br />
the new pact will be a suspense drama,<br />
"Deadfall," based on Desmond Coi-y's bestselling<br />
British novel soon to be published<br />
in the United States. Robert Towne has<br />
been signed to write the screenplay, with<br />
filming scheduled to start in the fall of<br />
1966, with locations in Fi-ance, Spain and<br />
North Africa.<br />
Tom Laughlin, who stars in Laurel Films'<br />
release, "The Young Sinner," has retm-ned<br />
to Hollywood after a five-year hiatus from<br />
acting and film production during which<br />
time he centered his attention on the operation<br />
of a Montessori school in Santa<br />
Monica. Laughlin has just completed an<br />
original screenplay with writer Elizabeth<br />
James entitled "The Shadow Brigade."<br />
which deals wath a young priest's activity<br />
in the Civil Rights movement. Laurel Films<br />
currently is distributing Laughlin's "The<br />
Young Sinner," which he wrote, directed<br />
and produced, as well as starred in with<br />
Stefanie Powers . MUler is en<br />
route to London to scout locations for "The<br />
Great Japanese Train Robbery" which he<br />
will produce and direct next spring for the<br />
Mirisch Co. The screenplay of the United<br />
Artists release was written by Arnold<br />
. .<br />
. .<br />
. . Ellis Kadison. will produce<br />
Schulman. At the same " Miller will<br />
confer with Roald Dahl on "Oh Death,<br />
Where Is Thy Sting-a-Ling-a-Ling," Dahl's<br />
fli-st screenplay and Miller's second project<br />
under his multiple-picture contract<br />
Michael<br />
with the Mirisch organization .<br />
(Micky I was pacted by producer<br />
Hal "Wallis to a multi-pictuie deal as a result<br />
of his directing of "Wallis' "Paradise,<br />
Hawaiian Style," for Paramount Pictures<br />
release. Moore was given the directing assignment<br />
for the Elvis Presley pictm-e, after<br />
having served as an assistant director<br />
for "Wallis and Paramount for several<br />
years . Two-time Academy Award-winner,<br />
Robert Surtees, was signed by producer Arthur<br />
P. Jacobs as director of photography<br />
for "Doctor Doolittle," multi-million dollar<br />
musical starring Rex HaiTison, to be filmed<br />
in late spring as a joint venture of Jacobs'<br />
APJAC Productions and 20th-Fox. Richard<br />
Fleischer will direct the Leslie<br />
who<br />
Bricusse<br />
screenplay .<br />
and direct "Methuselah Jones" for his<br />
World-Cine Associates Co., which is set<br />
to roll October 18, has employed a mixed<br />
chorus of 40 voices and a 60-piece orchestra<br />
for pre-production recording sessions. No<br />
release deal will be set mitil the picture<br />
is completed, but Preston Foster, Roger<br />
Perry and Rachel La"m-ence already have<br />
been signed for the top roles.<br />
Geraldine Chaplin has been set to star<br />
in two Avala Productions, back-to-back,<br />
in order to free herself for yearend promotional<br />
work on David Lean's "Dr.<br />
Zhivago" for MGM, in which she stars with<br />
Omar Sharif. The actress is scheduled to<br />
wind her starring role in Avala's ""We Shall<br />
Go to a City" on November 5 and begins<br />
production the next day in producer-di-<br />
. . Universal<br />
rector Nicholas Ray's "The Doctor and the<br />
Devils" . . . Howard Hawks signed Charlene<br />
Holt, whom he launched on a film career<br />
as a new discovery two years ago, for the<br />
ro^^antic role opposite John "Wayne and<br />
Robert Mitchum in "Eldorado," which went<br />
before the cameras this week. The part is<br />
one of the two feminine leads in the big<br />
Paramount Pictures western, with Michele<br />
Carey already cast opposite James Caan,<br />
who co-stars in the film. Hawks produces<br />
and directs from a screenplay by Leigh<br />
Brackett . . . Richard Castellano, currently<br />
starring in an off-Broadway play, will<br />
make his motion pictm-e debut in the Jerome<br />
Hellman production for Wai-ner Bros.,<br />
"A Fine Madness." The picture is cm-rently<br />
shooting on location in New York with<br />
Sean Comiery, Joanne Woodward, Jean<br />
Seberg and Patrick O'Neal starring under<br />
the direction of Irvin Kershner .<br />
inked Leslie Nielsen to an exclusive<br />
seven-year contract covering motion pictm-es<br />
and television, it was announced by<br />
Edward Muhl, vice-president in charge of<br />
production. Signing of Nielsen, who starred<br />
in Universal's recently released "Dark Intruder"<br />
is in line with the company's<br />
policy of building up a roster of its own<br />
players.<br />
Producer Ross Hunter announced that<br />
he has signed Samuel Taylor, eminent playwright,<br />
to wiite the screenplay for Universal's<br />
"A "Very Rich Woman," which is<br />
based on the Ruth Gordon play opening<br />
this season on Broadway. Hunter obtained<br />
screen rights to the modern romantic<br />
drama in a major Universal deal<br />
year.<br />
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BOXOFHCE OctobeV 18, 1965
Baltimore Exhibitor<br />
Plans Film Court Fight<br />
BAI-.TIMORE— Ronald Preedman, who<br />
jperates the Rex Theatre, states he plans<br />
i court fight to show "Confession of a Bad<br />
3irl" which was banned by the Maryland<br />
State Board of Motion Picture Censors,<br />
hairman Norman C. Mason, of the cenior<br />
board, said the film "goes substantially<br />
jeyond customary limits in describing sex."<br />
He added the film lacks any "social importance<br />
or artistic, cultural, dramatic or<br />
jther value."<br />
Maryland assistant attorney general Fred<br />
Dken who viewed the film with the censors<br />
said, "Confession of a Bad Girl" por-<br />
;rays "nudity and an explicit rape scene."<br />
Preedman withdrew the picture after the<br />
jensors' ruling but said he plans to rembmit<br />
it to the board along with a list<br />
)f cities and states outside of Maryland<br />
where the pictm'e has been exhibited. He<br />
said the list would strengthen his case for<br />
1 license to show it.<br />
Oken explains that under a Supreme<br />
IJoui't decision, Maryland censors must<br />
judge whether a film would offend the<br />
iverage person in the United States before<br />
banning it. It was Preedman who<br />
fought Maryland's movie censorship law to<br />
;he Supreme Com-t when the coui-t thi'ew<br />
DUt a portion of the law earlier this year.<br />
The com-t ruled that Maryland lacked<br />
i provision for speedy judicial review of<br />
the censor board's actions in banning<br />
films. Subsequently the state law was<br />
ihanged to conform with the decision.<br />
Thi'ee films bamied by the censor board<br />
ind lower com't judges have reached the<br />
Maryland Com-t of Appeals. In that coui-t's<br />
first and only decision so far. It reversed<br />
"<br />
;he ban on "A Stranger Knocks and permitted<br />
it to be shown.<br />
Supreme Court Upholds<br />
CATV Antitrust Suit<br />
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Comt<br />
ruesday (12) refused to consider a case in<br />
vhich CATV equipment maker-operator<br />
lerrold Electronics was ordered by the<br />
ower com-t to pay $330,000 to Westcoast<br />
Broadcasting Co. in its antitrust suit<br />
igainst Jerrold.<br />
In the $97,500 suit, tripled, Westcoast<br />
;harged Jerrold used its monopoly posi-<br />
;lon as the major supplier of CATV equipnent<br />
to force the firm to sell its Wenat-<br />
^ee. Wash., CATV operation to Jerrold.<br />
Ferrold denied it had a monopoly posi-<br />
.ion in view of its competition with RCA,<br />
PhUco and others. It also denied any pressure<br />
placed on Westcoast to sell.<br />
Industry's Movie News<br />
Ends With N.Y. Strike<br />
NEW YORK—Movie News, Vol. 2, No. 4,<br />
vas the final edition of the industry's<br />
special paper distributed in New York dm--<br />
ng the newspaper strike which ended Sunlay<br />
110).<br />
Expanded from half-tabloid to full-taboid<br />
size, the paper was authorized shortly<br />
ifter the strike was annomiced, and under<br />
he direction of the Motion Pictm-e Ass'n<br />
•f America advertising and publicity diectors<br />
committee, to be published dm-ing<br />
he strike. It was sent to exhibitors in all<br />
ive boroughs and nearby Westchester.<br />
Maryland Censor Board<br />
Seeks $6,500 Increase<br />
BALTIMORE<br />
Maryland's Board of Motion<br />
Picture Censors, through chairman<br />
Norman C. Mason, is seeking a $77,702<br />
budget to finance its work in the next<br />
fiscal year. This is an increase of $6,500<br />
over current spending. Mason says the<br />
board's work is increasing since it expects<br />
to look at 6.685 films next year, or 170<br />
more than this year.<br />
The number of films banned here in fiscal<br />
1964 has increased from 9 to a predicted<br />
30 this year and 35 in fiscal 1967, according<br />
to budget estimates submitted by the<br />
censors.<br />
"We're getting more junk in here," explains<br />
Elwood Gebhardt, executive director<br />
of the censor board.<br />
At the same time, the censors have<br />
stopped cutting offending scenes from<br />
films. They did it to 28 movies last year,<br />
but none so far this year and none predicted<br />
for next year. The apparent contradictory<br />
trend arises from the Supreme<br />
Com-t decision this year restricting censorship<br />
powers in Maryland.<br />
There are more theatres where movies<br />
will be shown in Maryland, 197 compared<br />
to 192 this year, according to the censor<br />
board's report.<br />
Universal to Distribute Own<br />
Films in Canada in 1966<br />
NEW YORK—Upon the expu-ation of its<br />
present franchise with Empire-Universal<br />
Pilms, Ltd., of Canada, Universal will midertake<br />
to distribute its product thi-ough a<br />
wholly owned Canadian company with Canadian<br />
personnel, according to Heni-y H.<br />
"Hi" Martin, vice-president and general<br />
sales manager, who said the new arrangement<br />
would start Jan. 1, 1966.<br />
AT 'BUNNY LAKE' PREMIERE<br />
NEW YORK—A glittering array of celebrities<br />
attended the world premiere of<br />
Otto Preminger's "Bunny Lake Is Missing"<br />
Sunday (3) at New York's Victoria Theatre<br />
amidst kleig-lighted panoply.<br />
The premiere, under the chairmanship<br />
of New York's Mayor Robert P. Wagner,<br />
benefited the Police Athletic League. Pollowing<br />
the premiere there was a special<br />
"Bunny Lake Is Missing" reception at the<br />
Arthm-, famed discotheque.<br />
Left to right, in the lobby of the Victoria<br />
Theatre, are: Otto Pi-emii:ger, producer-director;<br />
Carol Lynley, co-star of<br />
the film; A. Schneider. Columbia Pictures<br />
president; Leo Jaffe, Columbia executive<br />
vice-president, and Keir Dullea. co-star of<br />
the suspense drama.<br />
Columbia Year's Net<br />
Totals $2,024,000<br />
NEW YORK — Columbia Pictures for<br />
the year ended June 26 showed earnings<br />
of $2,024,000, equivalent<br />
to $1.02 per<br />
hare, compared with<br />
S3, 154,000 or $1.64 per<br />
.share the year before,<br />
it was reported by A.<br />
Schneider, president.<br />
Pinal results were<br />
adversely affected by<br />
the disappointing<br />
showing of several<br />
relatively high cost<br />
pictures, Schneider<br />
A. Schneider said. An additional<br />
charge of $500,000<br />
was made against earnings at the year<br />
end for such pictures. Gross proceeds<br />
were also affected since a lesser nimiber<br />
of pictures was available for release during<br />
the year.<br />
The company also reported that based<br />
on current trends in the accelerated<br />
showing of films on television, and the<br />
increasingly higher income from this<br />
source, that its methods of allocating negative<br />
costs have been changed in line<br />
with practices adopted by other companies<br />
in the Industry. This resulted in<br />
increased net income of $3,107,000 last<br />
year.<br />
Schneider stated that the number of<br />
pictures started dui-ing the second half<br />
of the last fiscal year increased substantially.<br />
The company, he said, is now<br />
fortified with a backlog of pictures that<br />
point to an improvement in the company's<br />
position during the new fiscal year.<br />
He pointed out that "Cat BaUou," "The<br />
Collector" and "Ship of Pools." just going<br />
into general release, were performing<br />
well at the boxoffice and these fUms, plus<br />
others scheduled for release during the<br />
balance of the current fiscal year, should<br />
contribute substantially to the anticipated<br />
improvement.<br />
Screen Gems, the company's television<br />
subsidiary, anticipates anothei- banner<br />
year based on the number of shows sold<br />
to the networks for national showings.<br />
Syndication sales also show improved<br />
strength. The sale of motion pictures for<br />
television also continues to be a prime<br />
source of added revenue for the company.<br />
Carreras to Visit Variety<br />
Clubs in U.S. Cities<br />
LONDON—James Carreras, chief barker<br />
of Variety Clubs International, left Sunday<br />
( 10 1 for the U.S., where he will spend the<br />
next few weeks visiting Variety Clubs in<br />
Pittsburgh, Washington. Boston. Las Vegas,<br />
Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, as well as<br />
Mexico City. He will also go to Vancouver<br />
to present an International charter to the<br />
new Variety Club formed there, the first<br />
new charter in a number of years.<br />
Col. Carreras was feted as Showman of<br />
the Year by the Allied Theatre Owners of<br />
America in Pittsburgh Thursday il4) and,<br />
two days later, he and Mrs. Carreras visited<br />
Washington to be present when Mrs. Hubert<br />
Humphrey, wife of the vice-president, accepted<br />
a Variety Club Smishine Coach on<br />
behalf of an organization for handicapped<br />
children.<br />
OXOFFICE October 18, 1965 E-1
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Columbus Holiday Boosts Broadway;<br />
'Agony and Ecstasy<br />
Starts Strong<br />
NEW YORK The Colimibus Day holiday,<br />
when schoolchildren and many office<br />
workers crowded the Times Square area,<br />
gave the majority of the Broadway first<br />
runs a business boost, especially the twoa-day<br />
pictures, all of which gave an extra<br />
matinee performance. Leading these five<br />
with capacity at all perfonnances in its<br />
fiist week at Loew's State was "The<br />
Agony and the Ecstasy." followed by "My<br />
Pair Lady." in its 5 1st week at the Criterion,<br />
and two other 20th Centiuy-Fox roadshows.<br />
"The Sound of Music. ' in its 32nd<br />
week at the Rivoli. and "Those Magnificent<br />
Men in Their Flyii^g Machines." in<br />
its 17th week at the DeMille. Just coasting<br />
along to fair business was "The Greatest<br />
Story Ever Told." ill its 34th week at<br />
the Warner Cinerama, where the opening<br />
of "Battle of the Bulge" has just been set<br />
for mid-December.<br />
Two east side houses, the Sutton and<br />
the Baronet, also registered smash business<br />
with "The Hill." in its first week at<br />
the foi-mer. and "Repulsion," in its first<br />
week at the latter, both boasting long,<br />
long waiting lines every night and each<br />
day of the weekend. Also very strong was<br />
"Bunny Lake Is Missing" at the Victoria<br />
in Times Square, but even better at the<br />
east side Beekman in Its first week.<br />
Much better than the preceding weeks<br />
was "The Great Race," in its foui-th week<br />
at the Radio City Music Hall, which always<br />
attracts holiday crowds, while another<br />
Warner film, "MaiTiage on the<br />
Rocks," held up well in its third week at<br />
Loew's Capitol and the RKO 58th Street.<br />
However, the continuous run of "The Hallelujah<br />
TraU," in its second week at the<br />
Astor on Broadway and the Ti-ans-Lux<br />
East, was mild in both houses.<br />
Business also held up in other art spots,<br />
including "Mickey One," in its second<br />
week at Cinema Rendezvous; "To Die in<br />
Madi'id, " in its foiu-th good week at the<br />
Carnegie Hall Cinema; "The Ipcress File,"<br />
still very strong in its tenth week at the<br />
Coronet; "Darling." in its tenth week at<br />
the Lincoln Aits and Loew's Tower East,<br />
and "Love in 4 Dimensions," in its third<br />
week at the New Embassy and the Murray<br />
Hill.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Astor The Holtelujoh Troil (UA), continuous,<br />
2nd wk US<br />
Baronet Repulsion (Royal) 200<br />
Beekman Bunny Loke Is Missing (Col) 195<br />
Carnegie Hall Cinema To Die in Modrid<br />
(Altura), 3rd wk 1 75<br />
Cinema Rotten to the Core (Cinema V),<br />
12th wk 125<br />
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Michael<br />
; seeking<br />
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INTRODUCE BARBARA WERLE—<br />
Bros, executives Ernie Gross-<br />
[ man, left, and Joe Hyams introduce<br />
Werle at a New York press<br />
reception for the co-star of "Battle of<br />
the Bulge," Cinerama production for<br />
Warner Bros., which will have its<br />
world premiere December 16 at Pacific's<br />
Cinerama Theatre in Hollywood<br />
and its New York premiere the<br />
follo\vingr night at the Warner Cinerama<br />
Theatre. Hyams is national director<br />
of advertising and publicity,<br />
and Grossman is national manager of<br />
publicity, promotion and exploitation<br />
for Warner Bros., which is releasing<br />
the all-star Technicolor film.<br />
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ienjcmiin Melniker Named<br />
'o Third Term for ADL<br />
NEW YORK—Benjamin Melniker, vice-<br />
'resident and general counsel of MOM,<br />
las been reappointed to his third confecutive<br />
teiTn as general chaii'man of the<br />
iiotion picture and amusements division<br />
f the Anti-Defamation League Appeal by<br />
)ore Schary, national chairman. The two<br />
[onorary chairmen of ADL's national commission<br />
are Barney Balaban, chaiiTtian of<br />
le board of Paramount, and Harry Brandt,<br />
resident of Brandt Theatres.<br />
asked Melniker to serve once<br />
iiore because "his dynamic and inspii-alional<br />
leadership and dedication to freelom's<br />
cause are the prime elements in the<br />
^idustry's all-out efforts of the League."<br />
iTie cm-rent campaign of the ADL Appeal<br />
a total of $4,584,000 nationally<br />
3 carry out its five-point research, legisitive<br />
and educational program to com-<br />
|at bigotry, promote inter-gi-oup amity and<br />
nderstanding and assm-e liberty with jusice<br />
for all Ameiicans.<br />
iilliard and Levine Films<br />
let for San Francisco Fete<br />
SAN FRANCISCO—Richard Hilliard's<br />
The Playground," cuiTently playing its<br />
few York first rim at the 5th Avenue<br />
inema, will lead off the scheduled showigs<br />
of nine films in the "New Directors"<br />
ategory at the San Pi'ancisco Internalonal<br />
Film Festival, Friday (22).<br />
Joseph E. Levine 's "Italiano Brava Gente,"<br />
n Italian-American-Russian co-produclOn<br />
directed by Giuseppe De Santis, will<br />
e shown at the San Francisco fete at the<br />
lasonic Auditorium Satui-day (23). The<br />
'ictm-e will open at the Cinema Theatre in<br />
jos Angeles October 29, its fii'st U.S. date.<br />
F. Mayer, executive director of<br />
PIDA, left Sunday
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^ohcUh ^cfront<br />
By ANTHONY GRUNER<br />
T AM DELIGHTED to tell you that the<br />
new year has opened very well and<br />
that profits are running at a level appreciably<br />
higher than last year." John<br />
Davis, chairman and managing director of<br />
the Rank Organization, told the 28th annual<br />
general meeting last week in reference<br />
to the preliminary figures for the first 12<br />
weeks of the current financial year.<br />
Referring to the Organization's progress<br />
since the film industry's dark days immediately<br />
after the wai\ Davis said. "We<br />
are going to ensm-e that our film production<br />
progi'am is kept in balance in relation<br />
to our other activities." The improved<br />
results for the fii-st 12 weeks, he emphasized,<br />
covered the gi-oup's operations affecting<br />
exhibition, production and distribution.<br />
Davis also revealed that the group<br />
had financed eight films in the eighteen<br />
produced at Pinewood dm-ing the year,<br />
was actively involved in a chair for the film<br />
industry at London University, and that<br />
in the absence of any marked changes in<br />
conditions he would have a very cheerful<br />
story to tell shareholders in his interim<br />
financial statement in the spring of next<br />
year.<br />
Tony Tenser, managing director of the<br />
Compton Group, retm'ned to London from<br />
attending the film festival at Rio de Janeiro<br />
with some strong ideas about the<br />
need for the British industry to get behind<br />
the "selling side" of film festivals.<br />
Tenser, who in fact joined the British<br />
delegation headed by Sir Charles Evans,<br />
director general of the British Film Producers<br />
Ass'n. at Rio felt that many British<br />
distributors were not utilizing these<br />
festivals to promote and sell their product.<br />
As far as his own company was concerned,<br />
the Rio festival provided him with a great<br />
opportunity of new contacts and distributors<br />
for the output of Compton films.<br />
He believed that the British industry<br />
should not only send stars and producers<br />
to these festivals, but in every way encourage<br />
the presence of distributors, sales<br />
managers and others, in order to seek out<br />
deals.<br />
Tenser, who with his chairman Michael<br />
Klinger is a member of the export committee<br />
of the BPPA, said he would be pressing<br />
the association to initiate gi-eater allindustry<br />
support for using festivals to promote<br />
British film production.<br />
News in brief: Andrew Mitchell has been<br />
appointed personal assistant to James<br />
Wallis. managing director of Associated<br />
British Productions. He was formerly general<br />
manager of Elstree Distributors, the<br />
company set up by Associated British and<br />
Elstree Films to make a number of Cliff<br />
Richard featui'es. and was producer of the<br />
Elstree Distributors "Up Jumped a Swag<br />
Man," starring Frank Ifield . . . Albert<br />
Finney will direct and star in "Charley<br />
Bubbles" for Universal Pictm-es under the<br />
banner of his newly formed Memorial Enterprises<br />
which he set up this year with<br />
actor Michael Medwin. The Sherlock<br />
Holmes film. "A Study in Terror." a Compton<br />
Films presentation with John Neville<br />
as Sherlock Holmes, will be premiered next<br />
month at the Leicester Square Theatre,<br />
then goes on for a Rank circuit release.<br />
This is the first time that a Compton production<br />
has enjoyed a full circuit release<br />
for any of its pictures. "A Study in Terror"<br />
was produced by Henry Lester with<br />
Herman Cohen serving as executive producer<br />
and was directed by Jimmy Hill .<br />
Sir Tom O'Brien, general secretary of the<br />
National Ass'n of Theatrical and Kinematograph<br />
Employes, celebrates the 45th anniversary<br />
of his appointment as fulltime of-<br />
. . . Rita<br />
ficer of the union later this month. It will<br />
also be Sir Tom's 25th year as a member of<br />
the British trade union council<br />
Tushingham stars with Oliver Reed in the<br />
Anglo-Canadian production of "The<br />
Trap." produced by George Brown and directed<br />
by Sidney Hayen. The film, which<br />
will be released by Rank, is the first major<br />
budget feature co-financed by British and<br />
Canadian interests.<br />
Producer-dii'ector 'Val Guest will make<br />
"Royal Escape." dealing with the flight of<br />
Charles II to F^-ance after his defeat at<br />
the Battle of Worcester. The picture will<br />
be shot next year and Guest hopes to film<br />
the entire story along the actual escape<br />
route taken by Charles II 300 years ago<br />
Powell begins shooting the<br />
. . Harold Wil-<br />
Anglo-Australian film. "They're a Weird<br />
Mob." in Sidney later this month for Rank<br />
release. The film recounts the adventures<br />
of an Italian immigrant from the time he<br />
lands in Australia. Walter Chiari plays the<br />
lead. The Australian backing for the film<br />
comes from the J. C. Williamson Theatres,<br />
whose managing director is the former<br />
English actor John McCallum. The film<br />
is based on John O'Grady's best-selling<br />
novel of the same name .<br />
son attended the premiere of the new Russian<br />
film. "The Sleeping Beauty." at the<br />
Odeon Haymarket. The film, in 70mm, is<br />
a Lenfilm production based on Petipa's<br />
world famous ballet and danced to<br />
Tschaikovski's music. Also present were<br />
the stars of the film. Alia Sizova and Yuri<br />
Solovyov.<br />
George Axelrod. producer of "How to<br />
Murder Yom- Wife." arrived in London<br />
last week for a short visit . . Shooting<br />
.<br />
started last week at Shepperton on "The<br />
Great St. Ti'inians' Train Robbery." a<br />
comedy based on the recent gi-eat train<br />
robbery which took place this year. Frankie<br />
Howard heads the cast, which also includes<br />
Portland Mason, daughter of James<br />
and Pamela Mason. The pictm-e will be<br />
directed and produced by Frank Launder<br />
and Sidney Gilliat in color. This is the<br />
fourth comedy about St. Ti-inians' school<br />
which Launder and Gilliat have made for<br />
British Lion . of Death" is the<br />
title of the new film presented by Sidney<br />
Box and Bill Gell through their company<br />
Pennea Pi-oductions. It began shooting last<br />
week at Associated British Elstree studios<br />
and is a Grand Guignol story starring<br />
Chi-istopher Lee and Lelia Goldoni. The<br />
picture is produced by E. M. Smedley-<br />
Aston, and directed by Sam Gallu.<br />
AT PARIS SCREENING — Stanley<br />
Kramer, right, producer -director of<br />
"Ship of Fools," and Oskar Werner,<br />
left, who stars in the fihn, talk with<br />
the Duke and Duchess of Windsor after<br />
a private screenings which they attended<br />
in Paris recently together with a few<br />
close personal friends of the Duke and<br />
Duchess.<br />
Blau Heads International<br />
Film Relations for MPEA<br />
NEW YORK—Martin Blau, in charge of<br />
international publicity for Columbia PiC'<br />
tures International Corp., was elected<br />
chairman of the international film relations<br />
committee. Motion Pictures Export<br />
Ass'n of America, at the regular monthly<br />
meeting Wednesday (13), in the MPEAA<br />
headquarters. Blau succeeds retiring chairman<br />
Jack Goldstein of Allied Artists, who<br />
was given a unanimous vote of apprecia-'<br />
tion by the committee for services rendered<br />
dm-ing the past year.<br />
Blau. in accepting the chainnanship,<br />
stated that he hoped that the committee<br />
would be able to hear from more visitor!<br />
from abroad, representing exhibition and<br />
publicity. He also indicated that the com<br />
mittee appreciated the opportunity of hear<br />
ing from representatives of the MPEAA<br />
who are headquartered in the key markets<br />
of the world.<br />
Charles E. Egan. MPEAA representative<br />
covering India. Pakistan, Celyon and Bur^<br />
ma. with headquarters in Bombay, whfi<br />
arrived last week on home leave, spoke td<br />
the group. He presented a brief report cov-i<br />
ering economic and political conditions^<br />
and the status of U.S. films in each of the<br />
countries.<br />
Following his presentation, Egan answered<br />
questions. He also indicated tha'<br />
when the internal situation clears up fol<br />
lowing the India-Pakistan border clashes'<br />
he hopes that the planned production ir<br />
India and Pakistan by U.S. companies wil<br />
be carried out.<br />
Others at the meeting were Portuna'<br />
Baronat and Alex Black of Universal<br />
Michael Hoffay of Columbia ; Ashley Boon<<br />
and Don Noyes of United Artists; Guents)<br />
Schack and Armand Cardea. Paramount/<br />
Joel Coler of 20th Centm-y-Pox; Leonar(«<br />
Palumbo of Warner Bros, and Charles Gari<br />
rett of Allied Artists.<br />
IFIDA Re-elects 2 Directors!<br />
NEW YORK—The board of directors ^\<br />
Independent Film Importers & Distribu<br />
tors of America has re-elected Munio Pod<br />
horzer. president of Casino Films, as sec<br />
retary. and Carl Peppercorn, president Q<br />
Cinema V Distributing, as treasm-er for thi<br />
1965-66 term. In each case the vote wa;<br />
unanimous.<br />
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Conrad Baker Now Heads<br />
Associated Independent<br />
NEW YORK—Associated Independent<br />
Theatres has elected Com-ad Baker, who<br />
oined his father, Samuel Baker, at the<br />
ounding of the theatre chain ten years<br />
!igo, president, and elected David H. Isaacton,<br />
vice-president. The elder Baker died<br />
uddenly in California October 2.<br />
Issacson was also in at the formation of<br />
lissociated Independent and was named<br />
jieneral counselor five years ago.<br />
operation of the theatre chain,<br />
ivhich numbers 31 houses located in Nasau,<br />
Suffolk and Westchester counties in<br />
I'lew York, and in New Jersey, Ai-izona and<br />
:;;alifornia, will continue along the lines<br />
laid down by the elder Baker and theatres<br />
u-esently under construction will be finshed.<br />
The theatres which were projected<br />
lor 1966 are also expected to be finished on<br />
chedule.<br />
ALBANY<br />
Phe two-day outstanding performance of<br />
"An Evening With the Royal Ballet,"<br />
iith excellent boxoffice grosses, at the<br />
>trand here. Proctor's in Schenectady, and<br />
'he Ti'oy at Ti-oy, has made these theatres<br />
'eel assui-ed that the next cultural film<br />
iLa Boheme" will bring the same results,<br />
[Tie La Scala Opera production will play<br />
n "the first wave" Wednesday and Thurstay<br />
(20 and 21) with matinee and evening<br />
Performances. The Strand almost sold out<br />
ts 1,600 seats for the "ballet" picture.<br />
i/Ianager Martin Burnett said he delayed<br />
Ihe start of the film for 30 minutes belause<br />
of the long lineup. His special guests<br />
i'ere the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondoet,<br />
in appreciation of their cooperation<br />
•n the sale of student tickets at St. Rose's<br />
College.<br />
Employes of the Palace donated $86<br />
rom their welfare fund to the annual<br />
Dint appeal of the Community Chest and<br />
led Cross. Assistant Manager Pat Paterson<br />
handled the paper work. Theatre<br />
taffers wore plastic red feathers to inilicate<br />
they had contributed.<br />
Trl-City Refreshment Co. district manger<br />
George Schenck mailed a note to thetres<br />
that the night Colonic telephone<br />
iiumber was being discontinued and the<br />
jUbany number could be called . . The<br />
.<br />
'alace. Proctor's at Schenectady and Troy,<br />
'abian operations, showed "My Pal Wolf,"<br />
,. dog picture, at matinees Saturday and<br />
|>unday (16 and 17), with coloring conlests<br />
for childi-en.<br />
. .<br />
A black-bordered 7-column newspaper ad<br />
jieralded the Friday ( 8 ) opening of Contijiental's<br />
"Agent 8%" at the Strand here,<br />
j'roctor's, Schenectady, and Troy at Ti-oy.<br />
jrhe copy was captioned: "He's such a<br />
unny spy . They took away his zeros."<br />
Christ, film reviewer for the New<br />
j''ork Herald-Tribune and for the "Today"<br />
elevision program, will speak in March in<br />
Ihe Grey Friars lecture series at Siena<br />
.'ollege, Loudonville. Basil Rathbone also<br />
5 booked. Father Benjamin Kuhn of the<br />
I^anciscan institution has spoken at a<br />
Club dinner . Bijou in<br />
fJorth Troy has reopened for the fall and<br />
'/inter season. The 300-seater was built<br />
y Charlie Wilson.<br />
ATTEND NEW YOItK PRESS PREVIEW—Shown at Universal's invitational<br />
press preview of "Pinocchio in Outer Space" at Loew's Capitol Theatre in New<br />
York for magazine, press and syndicate reviewers and their children are left to<br />
right: Norman Gluck, sales manager of short subjects and newsreel department;<br />
Harold Saltz, New York branch manager; Fred Ladd. co-producer of the picture<br />
with Norman Prescott; Arnold Stang, who is the voice of Nurtle the Turtle;<br />
Philip Gerard, Eastern advertising and publicity director, and Joseph B. Rosen,<br />
regional sales manager.<br />
Gala World Premiere Held<br />
For 'The Bedford Incident'<br />
NEW LONDON, CONN.—James B.<br />
Harris'<br />
high seas suspense-drama, "The Bedford<br />
Incident," began its world premiere<br />
voyage at New London's Garde Theatre,<br />
Monday dli amidst city-wide salutes.<br />
New London, the nation's atomic submarine<br />
center, draped the downtown area<br />
with U.S. Navy and Coast Guard standards<br />
celebrating the arrival of the film.<br />
In addition, "full steam ahead" publicity<br />
activity for the gala premiere included a<br />
special issue of the Noi-wich Bulletin, the<br />
area's largest newspaper, devoted entirely<br />
to "The Bedford Incident" and its stars,<br />
Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier.<br />
( 20 ) ;<br />
Local bands in full military regalia paraded<br />
on premiere day past store windows<br />
featuring displays for the film. Local radio-TV<br />
stations covered the premiere, focussing<br />
attention on the film via specially<br />
devised "Bedford Incident" contests.<br />
Prizes included scale models of sub-destroyers<br />
similar to the "U.S.S. Bedford"<br />
manufactured by the Revell Toy Co.,<br />
which is planning a nationwide promotion<br />
of the item.<br />
"Back home" family and friends of U.S.<br />
Navy men serving around the globe were<br />
provided with an immediate "Ham'' radio<br />
link via transmitting equipment installed<br />
in the theatre lobby. The unique promotional<br />
device will be duplicated across the<br />
country in all theatres playing the film.<br />
Launchings of the film also took place in<br />
Norfolk. Va., on Wednesday and will take<br />
place in San Diego, Calif, on Wednesday<br />
and Corpus Christi, Texas, on<br />
Thui-sday (21).<br />
Produced by James B. Harris and Richard<br />
Wi(imark. "The Bedford Incident."<br />
stars, in addition to Widmark and Poitier.<br />
James MacArthur. Martin Balsam. Wally<br />
Cox and Eric Portman.<br />
Sameric Motel-Airer<br />
Under Study by Board<br />
PHILADELPHIA—The Sameric chain is<br />
planning a diive-in which would have 100<br />
motel units and would jjermit (jccupants to<br />
watch a movie. The plan, presented to the<br />
zoning board in suburban FeiIIs, is now<br />
mider study.<br />
Sameric .said the project would cost<br />
about $2 million and would be built on a<br />
25-acre tract. It would be named the<br />
"U.S. 1 Drive-In" and would have a huge<br />
replica of the federal road marker high<br />
for a sign.<br />
Sam Shapiro, president, told the zoning<br />
board that the 100 motel units would have<br />
picture windows and speakers to allow occupants<br />
to view the show from their<br />
rooms. The units would be operated by a<br />
motel chain.<br />
Shapiro added that all films shown<br />
would have to be approved by the Catholic<br />
Legion of Decency. He said it would be a<br />
family theatre.<br />
He also said attendants would patrol<br />
the grounds on golf carts to protect unescorted<br />
female patrons and keep an eye<br />
on young couples in cars. Off-duty township<br />
police would be hired to direct traffic.<br />
To insure that traffic would not back<br />
up on the highway, a 600-car "stacking<br />
area" would be provided outside the ticket<br />
booth. The screen would be turned away<br />
from the road to eliminate parking on the<br />
road to see the film. A 6 to 8 foot wooden<br />
fence would surround the proposed airer<br />
and the screen would be about 500 feet<br />
from the nearest property line.<br />
Binnie Barnes plays the role of the leader<br />
of the band in Columbia's "Mother<br />
Superior."<br />
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BUFFALO<br />
The Variety Club of Buffalo will stage a<br />
general meeting at its candidates<br />
night, tomght 1I81, at its headquarters.<br />
Nominations will be made for the 1966<br />
board of dii-ectors. The session will begin<br />
with a dinner, followed by the general<br />
meeting. Candidates night will be held<br />
after that. Chief Barker Tony Kolinski<br />
will<br />
preside.<br />
Sidney J. Cohen, president of New<br />
York State Allied Theatre Owners, headed<br />
the delegation from western New York to<br />
the 36th annual national convention of<br />
( 11<br />
the Allied States Ass'n of Motion Picture<br />
Exhibitors in Pittsbm-gh Monday<br />
thi-ough Thursday (14i. Those attending<br />
were MaI^nie A. Brown, Al Wright, Jake<br />
Stefanon. Pat Mendola and Jerry George,<br />
manager of National Theatre Supply<br />
branch, who went to Pittsburgh two days<br />
earlier to attend the meetings of his company.<br />
The next crew meeting of Tent 7 will be<br />
held in Variety headquarters with dinner<br />
and beverages served. Kolinski has urged<br />
all crew members to attend for a discussion<br />
of the 1966 convention, the Sunshine<br />
Coach, pool projects and the annual election<br />
of directors to be held the same day.<br />
The Sunshine Pool is undergoing final examination<br />
and soon wUl be dedicated at<br />
official ceremonies at St. Rita's Home for<br />
Children.<br />
John Golebiewski was presented a plaque<br />
at special ceremonies at the Hank Nowak<br />
Post 45 annual commanders' dinner, for<br />
his efforts during the Buffalo Variety<br />
Club's spring telethon. The post collected<br />
more than $5,000 and contributed $1,600<br />
of its own funds during the telethon. Chairman<br />
for 1966, James J. Hayes, and his<br />
committee now are laying the groundwork<br />
for next year's telethon.<br />
Howard Carroll, prominent in exhibition<br />
in Buffalo. Rochester and Niagara Palls<br />
for many years, was here to visit friends in<br />
distribution and exhibition. He now lives in<br />
California. Among those he visited here<br />
was Jerry R. George.<br />
Only a few season tickets remain for the<br />
Albright-Knox Art Gallery's annual film<br />
series which began with "Billy Budd."<br />
Films are shown Thursday and Pi-iday<br />
nights. "Antigone," fUmed in Greece, will<br />
highlight the six-month schedule.<br />
Chet Huntley, New York anchonnan for<br />
NBC's Huntley-Brinkley Report, arrived<br />
here Satm'day 1 9 ) an an assignment called<br />
"Impatient Frontier," a 30-minute color<br />
film which he is nan-ating for the Buffalo<br />
chamber of commerce. It is being filmed<br />
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LOOK OVER AUDIO PANEL<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Janet Leigh, center, and<br />
Jerry Lewis, right background, show Columbia<br />
home office executives Robert S.<br />
Ferguson, left, vice-president in charge of<br />
advertising, publicity and exploitation, and<br />
Rube Jackter, right, vice-president and<br />
general sales manager, Lewis' unique audiovisual<br />
panel which the star-director-producer<br />
is using in the filming of his Columbia<br />
release, "Three on a Couch." The<br />
board, which Lewis is standing by, is the<br />
audio<br />
I I of the panel. Ferguson,<br />
Miss Leigh and Jackter are watching<br />
the videotape portion in action.<br />
Lewis looks at every scene shot, immediately<br />
after filming, on videotape and<br />
listens to the sound level and clearness of<br />
speech with the use of the audio panel.<br />
dio. Huntley also is appearing in the film,<br />
being underwritten by the Marine Midland<br />
Ti-ust Co. It will be made available nationally<br />
to TV stations and will premiere here<br />
next month. Welcoming Huntley at the airport<br />
were Ed Wegman, president of Holland-Wegman;<br />
John Galvin, Midland<br />
chief executive officer and chairman of<br />
the Boost Buffalo Committee; C. Edward<br />
Berryman, Midland, and Arthur- Victor jr.,<br />
Niagara Frontier port authority member.<br />
"Bingo" was called more times in Erie<br />
County than any other area of the state<br />
outside of New York, the state bingo control<br />
commission repwi-ts. A total of 159<br />
organizations conducted 114,585 games on<br />
3,787 occasions. There were 1,243,360 players.<br />
Barbara Quinlivan, president of Tent 7<br />
Women of Variety, headed a board meeting<br />
Thursday (14). She said the next membership<br />
luncheon is scheduled for Saturday<br />
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Continental Reissues Delay<br />
Opening of 'Railroad Man'<br />
NEW YORK—"The Railroad Man,"<br />
Italian film starring Pietro Germi, which<br />
is being distributed by Continental, division<br />
of Walter Reade-Sterling, has been<br />
booked to open at the Fine Arts Theatre<br />
Monday (18 » but has now been postponed<br />
until October 25 due to the big business<br />
for the revivals of Continental's "David<br />
and Lisa" and "Lord of the Flies," which<br />
began an engagement at the Fine Arts October<br />
6.<br />
The Continental reissues also began a<br />
run at the Eighth Street Playhouse in<br />
Greenwich Village, starting Wednesday<br />
(13).<br />
WASHINGTON<br />
1<br />
J^GM president Robert H. O'Brien willl<br />
be presented the "Pioneer of the Year"<br />
award by Associate Justice of the United<br />
States William O. Douglas at the Motion,<br />
Picture Pioneers 27th anniversary dinner'<br />
at the Hotel Americana in New York Pri-i<br />
day (22), The attractive young wife of the|<br />
associate justice also expects to attend.'<br />
Justice Douglas' son William is in Holly-'<br />
wood. "The Interns" and "PT 109" are.<br />
among the films in which he appeared.<br />
Columbia's release of Otto Pieminger's<br />
"Bunny Lake Is Missing," whose world'<br />
premiere Luci Johnson attended in New-<br />
York, will open simultaneously Wednesday<br />
(20) at Baltimore's Dm-kee's Boulevard'<br />
and at Brandt's Reisterstown Plaza. Its<br />
oi>ening here is set for November 3 at the<br />
K/B Cinema.<br />
Trans-Lux Manager Hank Perkins has^<br />
announced his theatre's Christmas attrac-'<br />
tion. Opening on December 23 will be "The'<br />
Spy Who Came in Prom the Cold," adapted]<br />
'<br />
from John Le Carre's novel.<br />
MOM regional press representative James<br />
Sheahan visited Charlotte to coordinate<br />
and expand the exploitation campaign on,<br />
"The Secret of My Success." He recently. ;<br />
went to Memphis to present, on behalf of<br />
MPAA, the Boyd Martin Motion Picture<br />
'.<br />
Page Award to Edwin Howard, amuse- ;<br />
ments editor for the Press-Scimitar.<br />
Columbia publicist Sid Zins has returned 1<br />
the exchange after hospitalization . .<br />
to<br />
Don Atkinson, manager of National Thea-' J<br />
tre Supply in Baltimore and well known<br />
here in the handling of theatre equipment a<br />
died suddenly . . . Floyd Davis, booker for<br />
Neighborhood Theatres, Richmond, was",<br />
seen on the Row.<br />
,<br />
Lea Garfield was welcomed back at Uni-,<br />
versal . . . Allied Ai-tists, which now oc-l<br />
cupies the first floor in the building wltl^'<br />
Universal, transfeiTed two of its staffer^<br />
to Universal's shipping department, Dor|'<br />
Ringer and Minnie Smith. Universal toolii<br />
over AA shipping. Betty Rothenberg, sec-|<br />
retary to AA manager Milton Lipsner, is<br />
mourning the death of her husband Sol.<br />
j<br />
Alex Schimel, Universal manager; A'<br />
Wheeler, AA salesman; George Wheeler'<br />
District Theatres booker, and Dave Polland,<br />
Universal publicist, observed Yoir<br />
Kippur at Ohev Shalom.<br />
WOMPIs having October birthdays art<br />
Doris Chown, Wheeler Films; Margare'<br />
Hillier, Lust Theatres, and Thelma Powell<br />
Independent Theatres. MPAA vnll host th^<br />
WOMPIs at cocktails and a screening or<br />
November 9 in support of the annual membership<br />
drive. 1<br />
. . I<br />
Ben Bache, Warner manager and exchange<br />
executive for the Will Rogers func<br />
drive, held a meeting Monday (11) at thi<br />
Paramount screening room. He said thi<br />
money is coming in "pretty good," and wa<br />
pleased at everyone's cooperation and dedi<br />
cation to the humanitarian project<br />
Two new theatres are nearing completior<br />
Loew's Fairfax and Stanley Warners<br />
Cinema 7.<br />
Jeffrey Hunter stars in the title role<br />
WB's "Murieta" as a bandit chief.<br />
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PITTSBURGH<br />
Doy Fielder jr., local PXlTibitor, has purchased<br />
the Liberty Theatre. Vermillion,<br />
'jhio. west of Cleveland, from Warren<br />
\shton and Nick Petroff of Liberty Enerprises.<br />
Ashton is a cousin of actor Doug<br />
Phil Jaeger, new manager of the<br />
vIcClui-e.<br />
jberty, is an Amherst school instructor.<br />
Derris Jeffcoat, after ten years with Aslociated<br />
Theatres and experienced in exlibition.<br />
has left his post at the Leona<br />
irheatre. Homestead, and has joined the<br />
Theatre Candy Co. His wife has been a<br />
concession manager for this company three<br />
/ears, operating the boat concession on<br />
the Gateway Clipper, which travels on three<br />
ivers.<br />
Leechburg: became the foui'th Alle-Kiski<br />
(/alley subdivision area to join the GT&E<br />
CATV system . was broken for<br />
giant tower to be constructed in Allerheny<br />
for the Vandergrift area CATV . .<br />
I<br />
.<br />
i>reensbm-g, with at least six CATV ap-<br />
Jlications, has rejected awarding any<br />
ranchises at this time. The solicitor there<br />
i)elieves the city does not have authority<br />
gi-ant an exclusive franchise.<br />
A 2,200-car garage will open next month.<br />
n Chatham Center near the civic arena,<br />
'md Morris Finkel's new Cinema may be<br />
ready for opening in two or three months.<br />
Associated circuit's most recently opened<br />
heatre, the Kings Coui-t in Oakland, is<br />
,.till being picketed by lATSE 171 memters.<br />
The union has not been able to nerotiate<br />
a contract with Associated for this<br />
imlt which was introduced as a roadshow<br />
house with a weekend admission of $3.<br />
Charles D. Mervis and his brothers Ray<br />
aid Jack, former exhibitors in this area,<br />
liow are living in the North Miami area.<br />
irheir brother Norman is general manager<br />
or Associated Theatres here.<br />
. . .<br />
Atlas Theatre Supply has installed new<br />
Ivarpeting and a screen at Billy Wheat's<br />
Wickley Theatre The Better Films<br />
|i.nd Television Council of Pittsburgh put<br />
nto effect its new program format at its<br />
p-iday (8) meeting in the Stanley Warner<br />
creening room. Council members led a<br />
'lanel discussion with audience participalion<br />
to evaluate a movie which was<br />
screened. On the panel were Mrs. C. S.<br />
iJaxter, Mrs. William Delamar, Mrs. W.<br />
£. Harris, Mrs. Paul Schuler, Carolyn Paterson<br />
and John Morrow.<br />
F. A. Thomassy, former McDonald, Pa.,<br />
Iheatre owner and former legislator, who<br />
s Pittsbm-gh district manager for the<br />
i>mall Business Administration, discussed<br />
|3BA at the Tuesday (12) luncheon of the<br />
predo Club (Credit Ass'n of Western<br />
,'ennsylvania ) at the Roosevelt Hotel here.<br />
theatres, the Cameraphone, said to<br />
lie the oldest continuous movie theatre in<br />
his country, and the Liberty Theatre, will<br />
)e razed because of Pittsburgh's redevelopnent<br />
program.<br />
PLAN NATIONWIDE TOUR—Federico<br />
Fellini, the Italian film director<br />
whose "Juliet of the Spirits" will have<br />
its U.S. premiere at New York's RKO<br />
58th Street Theatre November 3, meets<br />
with press agent Bill DoU to plan a<br />
cross-country tour to promote the new<br />
film. Fellini will receive seven major<br />
awards for his filmmaking activities in<br />
the course of the tour for the Rizzoli<br />
release.<br />
Helen McCarthy Tours Keys<br />
For 'Agony' and 'Bible'<br />
NEW YORK—Helen Mary-Elizabeth Mc-<br />
Carthy, community relations director for<br />
"The Agony and the Ecstasy," the 20th<br />
Centm-y-Pox roadshow release, and the<br />
forthcoming "The Bible," which will be a<br />
roadshow release by 20th-Pox for September<br />
1966, started a national promotion<br />
torn- of key cities on behalf of both pictures<br />
in Boston Thui'sday (14).<br />
As a specialist in community relations,<br />
who has du-ected national information<br />
programs for the American Heritage<br />
Foundation, Miss McCarthy will address<br />
representatives of leading women's organizations<br />
and youth group leaders and<br />
will be interviewed by newspapers and radio-TV<br />
personalities in each city. Her<br />
talks will be illustrated with color slides<br />
of scenes from both the picture based on<br />
Michelangelo's life, as well as masterpieces<br />
made by the famed artist, and from the<br />
Dino De Lam-entiis picture directed by<br />
John Huston, for which 20th-Fox acquired<br />
worldwide distribution rights.<br />
Mrs. William H. Hasebrook, president of<br />
the General Federation of Women's Clubs,<br />
has recommended "The Bible" to 15,500<br />
member clubs of the organization, which<br />
have a total enrollment of more than<br />
11,000,000 members. In a national mailing<br />
a year in advance of the release of the<br />
film, Mrs. Hasebrook not only praised the<br />
picture but enclosed a program especially<br />
prepared for the GFWC.<br />
BALTIMORE<br />
\A7ishinK wells for benefit of Variety Club<br />
Tent 19 are to be donated and installed<br />
in lobbies of two more theatres by<br />
Aaron B. Seidler of the Northwood and<br />
Danny Sattler of the Hiway. Coins collected<br />
go to Variety's Heart Fund. George<br />
A. Brehm already has a wishing well in<br />
the lobby of his Westview Cinema. Posters<br />
and art work are donated by Barker Al<br />
Zlatin of Maryland Display Co.<br />
A luncheon meeting of local exhibitors<br />
to discuss cooperative advertising in the<br />
Baltimore area was postponed from<br />
Thursday (7i to one week later, Thursday<br />
il4>, due to the sudden death of Don Atkinson,<br />
manager of National Theatre Supply's<br />
Baltimore branch, who was to have<br />
been a guest. Leon Back, head of Rome<br />
Theatres, arranged the meeting.<br />
Alex Schimel, Washington branch<br />
manager for Universal Pictures, came over<br />
as guest of Jack Fnachtman, head of JP<br />
Theatres, to attend cocktaUs and screening<br />
of "The Ipcress POe" at the JP Theatres'<br />
screening room . . . The Shore Drlve-<br />
In at Ocean City has closed for the winter<br />
Walbrook Theatre is now on a<br />
weekend-operation basis.<br />
The Howard Theatre, owned by Walter<br />
Gettinger, is having the interior redecorated<br />
in a predominating maroon color<br />
and the outside being refurbished in maroon<br />
and gray . . . Louis Cendrone jr., film<br />
critic for the Evening Sun, has returned<br />
from a week's vacation, most of which<br />
was given over to improving his tennis.<br />
George Shepp, general manager for the<br />
Glen Burnie Mall and Liberty Plaza theatres,<br />
both of the John Broumas chain, is<br />
home from St. Agnes Hospital to recuperate<br />
from a stroke. Doctors have advised<br />
him to rest several months.<br />
Funeral services were held Tuesday (12)<br />
for Benjamin S. Seaman, 74, who in the<br />
1920s played drums in pit orchestras for<br />
the Palace on Broadway and Ford's Theatre<br />
in Baltimore. Since 1930 he operated<br />
a seafood tavern here. Siu-vivors include<br />
the wife and two daughters.<br />
Ted Schiller, general manager of JF<br />
Theatres, was one of thi-ee judges for the<br />
Miss Maryland Pageant, held on the New<br />
Theatre stage in conjunction with a showing<br />
of "The Sound of Music." Nine contestants<br />
appeared in swim suit and evening<br />
gown comp>etitions.<br />
Douglas ConneUee, owner of the Elk<br />
Theatre, Elkton, is attending a special<br />
session of the Maryland state legislature<br />
at Annapolis as a delegate from Cecil<br />
County. He was recently appointed by Gov.<br />
J. Millard Tawes to fill a house of delegates<br />
vacancy. ConneUee is the newly<br />
elected president of the Maryland Theatre<br />
Owners Ass'n.<br />
CARBONS, Inc. 1-—"—<br />
Box K, Cedor Knolls, N.J<br />
bhimberg Bro€., Inc., ISOS Vine Street, Phlloddphio—Walnut S-7240<br />
Nationol Theotra Supply, Philadalphio— Locust 7-6IS6<br />
Superior Theatre Equipment Company, Philadelphia^Rittenhousa 6-1420<br />
Notional Theatre Supply Co., 500 Pearl Street, Bntfolo, N.Y.—TL 4-1736<br />
Charleston Theatre Supply, 506 Ue StrMt, Chorloton 21, Weft Viraiaio<br />
Phone 344-4413<br />
Standard Theatre Supply, GrMnsboro, N. C, 215 E. Wodlington $t.<br />
Phone: Broadway 2-6165<br />
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NEWS AND VIEWS OF THE PRODUCTION CENTER<br />
(Hollywood Office— Suite 321 at 6362 Hollywood Blvd.<br />
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Hetzel to Stockholm<br />
For General Assembly<br />
NEW YORK—Ralph Hetzel, acting<br />
president of the Motion Pictiu-e Ass'n of<br />
America, and G. Griffith<br />
Johnson, executive<br />
vice-president of<br />
the Motion Pictui-e<br />
Export Ass'n, left<br />
Tuesday (12) for<br />
Stockholm to attend<br />
the annual meeting<br />
of the General<br />
Assembly of the International<br />
Federation<br />
of Film Pi'oducers<br />
Associations.<br />
Ralph Hetzel Hetzel, who is concluding<br />
the first of a<br />
two-year term as president of the Federation,<br />
will preside at the General Assembly<br />
and Johnson wLU attend as U.S. delegate.<br />
Twenty of the major film-producing countries<br />
of the world are represented in the<br />
Federation's membership.<br />
Just before departing, Hetzel commented<br />
on the work of the Federation: "Fi'om the<br />
point of view of the U.S. producers and<br />
distributors, the International Federation<br />
of Film Producers Associations is assuming<br />
increasing importance as it becomes<br />
more effective in dealing with government<br />
film restrictions in many key markets. In<br />
dealing with these economic problems, the<br />
Federation can bring to bear the influence<br />
of not one, but more than 20 countries."<br />
RefeiTuig specifically to the upcoming<br />
General Assembly, he said: "This year's<br />
Assembly will be earmarked by the increasing<br />
emphasis on film trade activities and<br />
the launching of a new concerted effort to<br />
break down the barriers to film trade<br />
wherever they are invoked. It is expected<br />
that definite steps will be taken dui'ing<br />
this General Assembly session to increase<br />
the effectiveness of the Federation in this<br />
respect. A new Economics Policy Commit-<br />
made up of representatives from Ger-<br />
tee,<br />
many, Spain, Great Britain, Italy and the<br />
United States, recently has been appointed<br />
to work out methods for increasing the effectiveness<br />
of the Federation in working<br />
toward the free flow of commercial motion<br />
pictures thi-oughout the world," according<br />
to Hetzel.<br />
Graumon's Books 'Rat'<br />
HOLL'TWOOD—Columbia's "King Rat"<br />
been booked to open an exclusive engagement<br />
November 5 at Grauman's Chinese<br />
Theatre here, National General Coip.'s flagship<br />
house.<br />
Roman Polanski to Direct<br />
Films for Two Companies<br />
HOLLY-WOOD — Roman Polanski, the<br />
Polish director whose latest film "Repulsion''<br />
Ls being distributed in the United<br />
States by Royal International, has entered<br />
into agreements to make pictures with two<br />
different American companies.<br />
He will make "Cherchez La Pemme"<br />
for Columbia in Europe, and with Martin<br />
Ransohoff and Filmways, an untitled picture<br />
also to be filmed abroad.<br />
Polanski will dU'ect the screenplay of<br />
"Cherchez" which he will write in collaboration<br />
with an American. The film would<br />
be in association with his own company,<br />
Cadre Productions, in which he is a partner<br />
with Gene Gutowski. The Ransohoff<br />
deal is for a comedy to start in February.<br />
Douglas Presents Valor<br />
Award at Luncheon<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Kirk Douglas presented<br />
the Medallion of Valor to Emma Marcus<br />
( 14 )<br />
in honor of her late husband at the Thursday<br />
Bonds for Israel Luncheon at<br />
the Beverly Hilton Hotel.<br />
Douglas recently completed a starring<br />
role as the late Gen. Mickey Maixus, American<br />
hero who helped Israel gain its independence,<br />
in the Mirisch-United Artists production<br />
"Cast A Giant Shadow."<br />
Previous winners of the award were Gen.<br />
Omar Bradley, Gen. Lucius Clay, Carlos<br />
Romulo, Averill Harriman, Herbert Lehman<br />
and Winston Churchill.<br />
Levine, Huston Make Deal<br />
For 'Will Adams Story'<br />
HOLLYWOOD—John Huston, back in<br />
Ireland after completing "The Bible" in<br />
Rome for Dino De Laurentiis, is completing<br />
a deal with Joseph E. Levine to direct<br />
"The Will Adams Story," a big-budget<br />
Embassy-Paramount production to be made<br />
in Japan next summer with Eugene Fi-enke<br />
and Jules Buck as producers. Peter O'Toole<br />
will star. Huston is committed to do another<br />
De Laurentiis picture, "Waterloo,"<br />
slated for a late 1966 start.<br />
Jerry Lewis Registers<br />
'The One Man Quartet'<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Jerry Lewis has registered<br />
the title "The One Man Quartet."<br />
based on his idea, as an upcoming vehicle<br />
for featui'e filming under his own banner.<br />
No writer yet has been assigned to the<br />
project. He is currently filming "Three on<br />
a Couch" for Columbia and will star in<br />
•Way, Way Out" for 20th-Fox.<br />
Cinerama Expands<br />
To 30 Countries<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Continuing the worldwide<br />
expansion of Cinerama, president<br />
William R. Porman Tuesday il2) announced<br />
two additional countries. South<br />
Africa and Thailand, as sites of new installations.<br />
The development now finds Cinerama<br />
theatres in 30 countries, with negotiations<br />
still being conducted on additional<br />
installations in various other areas of<br />
the globe.<br />
The South African installations involve<br />
Fox Theatres' South Africa, Ltd., houses<br />
in Cape Town and Durban. Conversion<br />
of these to Cinerama is under way.<br />
Two Cinerama houses will open in Bangkok,<br />
Thailand. The fii'st theatre, the Pecharama,<br />
designed and constructed by Charoen<br />
Pool Voraluck for Goh Bros.. Ltd.,<br />
will be completed and ready for operation<br />
by May 1966. The second installation<br />
is the Rama, which will open Aug.<br />
1, 1966. with exhibitor Pesit Tanascha<br />
of the Thai Art Co., Ltd., as operator.<br />
In addition. Cinerama has closed a deal<br />
for a second installation of its widescreen<br />
process in Nagoya. Japan. Named<br />
the Nagoya Cinerama, it will open December<br />
22 with "The Hallelujah Trail."<br />
under the operation of the Nakanihon<br />
Kogyo K. K. circuit, Japan will now have<br />
eight Cinerama houses: two in Tokyo,<br />
two in Osaka, one in Fukuoka, one in<br />
Kyoto, and the two in Nagoya.<br />
Cinerama now has its widescreen<br />
process in Argentina, Australia. Austria,<br />
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark,<br />
England. Finland. France, Greece,<br />
Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaya. Mexico,<br />
Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru. Philippines.<br />
South Africa, Spain, Sweden,<br />
Switzerland, Thailand, United States of<br />
America, Uruguay, Venezuela and West<br />
Gei-many.<br />
Cinerama production activities are at a<br />
new high, Forman said. Warner Bros',<br />
giant "Battle of the Bulge" is scheduled<br />
for exhibition Ln December. Stanley Kubrick's<br />
"2001," for MGM, and Julian<br />
Blaustein's "Khartoum," for UA. are now<br />
in production. Two blockbuster-sized features<br />
are set to shoot in 1966: John<br />
Frankenheimer's "Grand Prix." MGM, a<br />
Douglas and Lewis production, produced<br />
by Edward Lewis, and "William the Conqueror,"<br />
a Philip Yordon production starring<br />
Robert Shaw, for WB. Cuirently in<br />
release are George Stevens' "Greatest<br />
Stoiy Ever Told" and John Sturges'<br />
"Hallelujah Trail," both for United Artists.<br />
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21 Features Are Listed<br />
For S. F. Film Festival<br />
SAN FRANCISCO—The 21 major foatui-e<br />
films from 17 nations to be shown<br />
non-competitively at the ninth annual<br />
San Francisco International Film Festival<br />
have been announced by the festival committee,<br />
which this week also revealed that<br />
the opening night picture, to be viewed<br />
Thursday i21i, will be the U.S. film. •'Rapture,"<br />
a 20th Century-Fox production<br />
starring Melvyn Douglas, Dean Stockwell,<br />
Patricia Gozzi and Gunnel Lindblom.<br />
Festival officials describe "Raptuie" as<br />
a romantic tragedy set on the coast of<br />
Brittany. The screenplay was written by<br />
Stanley Mann and the film was directed<br />
by John Guillermin.<br />
Official entries in the festival include;<br />
Czechoslovakia — "Atentaf<br />
< "Assassination"'<br />
and "A Shop on High Street," both<br />
from Ceskoslovensky Pilmexport production<br />
company.<br />
— Denmark "To" ("Two People" >, Laterna<br />
Films Production.<br />
— Fi-ance "YoYo," Societe Cataco production,<br />
distributed in the U.S. by Magna<br />
Pictm-es Corp.<br />
Greece — "Mikres Afrodites" ("Young<br />
Aphrodites"!, Anzervos Corp. production,<br />
distributed in the U.S. by Gordon Films,<br />
Inc,<br />
— Germany "Das Haus in Der Karpfengasse"<br />
House in Karp Alley"<br />
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India— "Charulata" ("The Lonely Woman"),<br />
R.D.B. & Co. production.<br />
Ireland — "Passages From Pinnegans<br />
Wake," Expanding Cinema production.<br />
— Italy "Italiano Brava Gente" ("Italians.<br />
Good People"!, distributed in the U.S. by<br />
Embassy Pictm-es, and "Le Soldatesse"<br />
("The Soldierettes" )<br />
distributor<br />
C.B.K. PUms.<br />
Japan — "Toyko Olympiades" (Tokyo<br />
Olympics"! Toho Production Co., U.S. distributor<br />
Jack Douglas Organization.<br />
Korea — "Samyong," ("The Mute,").<br />
Mexico — "Simon of the Desert."<br />
— Poland "The Saragossa Manuscripts,"<br />
Film Polski production,<br />
Russia — "Pamet Zadetov Predkov"<br />
("Shadows of Oui- Forgotten Ancestors"!.<br />
Dovzhenko Studio production, and "Otyets<br />
Soldata" ("A Soldier's Father"!. SovexportfUm<br />
production.<br />
Sweden — "Kungsleden," ("The Royal<br />
Track"!, — Nordisk Tonefilm production.<br />
Tui-key "Susuz Yaz" ("Dry Summer"!,<br />
Hitit Film Co. production, U.S. distributor<br />
Paul Mart Productions and Manson Film<br />
Distributors,<br />
Great Britain—"The Leather Boys," R,<br />
Lee Piatt production, U.S. distributor R,<br />
LP. Pictures Corp.<br />
United States—"Crazy Quilt," produced<br />
and directed by John Korty,<br />
20th-Fox Signs Robinson<br />
To Five-Film Contract<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Charles Robinson, who<br />
appeared m 20th-Fox's "Take Her, She's<br />
Mine" and "Dear Brigitte." has been signed<br />
by Richard Zanuck. vice-president in<br />
charge of production, to a five-year multiple-pictui-e<br />
contract. His first assignment<br />
will be a co-staiTing role in Robert Wise's<br />
"The Sand Pebbles," with Steve McQueen<br />
and Candice Bergen.<br />
Mosk Dedicates Cantor<br />
Lodge of B'nai B'rith<br />
HOLLYWOOD — California<br />
Supreme<br />
Court Judge Stanley Mosk officially presented<br />
the charter to the newly-formed<br />
Eddie Cantor Lodge of B'nai B'rith Saturday<br />
(9) in the Crystal Room of the Beverly<br />
Hills Hotel. Robert K. Shapiro is<br />
first president of the lodge and Milton<br />
Berle was general chan-man of the event.<br />
The lodge was formed in dedication<br />
and memory to the late Cantor for his<br />
many contributions to people throughout<br />
the world during his show business<br />
career.<br />
Gene Kelly, Polly Bergen, Red Buttons,<br />
Abbe Lane, Laurence Harvey, Paul Newman,<br />
Eddie Fisher, Morey Amsterdam,<br />
Shelley Berman. Harold Mirisch and Howard<br />
Minsky were among the more than<br />
40 Hollywood personalities at the event,<br />
followed by a dinner-dance.<br />
Yale Smulyan. president of B'nai B'rith<br />
district grand lodge No. 4, which comprises<br />
ten western states, installed officers<br />
which include Shapiro and vicepresidents<br />
Hy Friedman. Harry Groman.<br />
Peter Leeds, Harvey Lembeck, Ben Oakland<br />
and Marty Roth.<br />
Hollywoodites Attending<br />
Festive Peru TV Opening<br />
HOLLYWOOD—A group of Hollywood<br />
personalities, enlisted by Kenneth Herts,<br />
president of Herts-Lion International<br />
Corp.. through a request of the Peruvian<br />
government, is in Peru for the grand<br />
opening of Channel 5. the country's fifth<br />
television station and Latin America's<br />
largest. Scheduled are five days of festivities,<br />
Herts, who lived in Peru six years, where<br />
he produced pictures and adventure<br />
stories for magazines, originally brought<br />
TV to Lima in 1956. Since then the 2<br />
million people there have purchased 250,-<br />
000 TV sets.<br />
West Coast Engagements<br />
Of 'Fear' Next Month<br />
HOLLYWOOD — "Weekend of Pear."<br />
suspense-chase feature starring Micki Malone<br />
and Kenneth Washman, will be released<br />
by JD Productions for special West<br />
Coast engagements begimiing in November.<br />
Stars of the film will attend the premiere<br />
showings. General release has been<br />
set for February. "Fear" was produced and<br />
directed by Joe Danford.<br />
Son for the John Hales<br />
HOLLYWOOD—John Hale, featured in<br />
Syzygy Productions' "Paradise Road" now<br />
filming at Producers Studio, became a<br />
father Tuesday (5) when his actress-wife<br />
Marya Stevens gave birth to a boy weighing<br />
6 pounds 8 ounces at Cedars of<br />
Lebanon-Mt, Sinai Hospital. The Hales are<br />
parents of a 2-year-old daughter Olivia,<br />
Sinatra, Martin Guests<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Frank Sinatra and Dean<br />
Martin will be special guest-stars at the<br />
Motion Picture and Television Stuntmen's<br />
dinner at the Cocoanut Grove November<br />
27, according to the association's Buzz<br />
Hem-y. In charge of aiTangements for the<br />
affair is George Robotham.<br />
George's 'Mountain'<br />
Wins Carroll Award<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Jean George's "My Sid<br />
of the Mountain," which producer Robei<br />
Radnitz will bring to the screen for Un)<br />
versal release, has won the Lewis Carra<br />
Award presented annually by the Uni<br />
versity of Wisconsin for "books that hav<br />
proven to have lasting value and whic<br />
the committee considers worthy to sit o<br />
the shelf with 'Alice in Wonderland.'<br />
The picture previously had won the Hail<br />
Christian Andersen Award for literaturi<br />
Joseph F. Burke to New Posf<br />
In WB's Music Dept.<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Jack L. Warner, pres!<br />
dent of Warner Bros. Pictuies. has name<br />
Joseph P. (Sonny) Bm'ke to the new^<br />
created position of executive manager, miJ<br />
sic department, effective Monday
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I extreme<br />
!eek New Tax Rules<br />
"or Film Producers<br />
HOLLYWOOD—S. A. MacSween. of the<br />
Lisiness management firm of A. Morgan<br />
[aree jr. & Associates, has announced<br />
le Motion Picture aJid Television Tax<br />
istitute is preparing to submit to the<br />
reasury Department recommendations<br />
)r proposed regulations regarding changes<br />
personal holding company provisions of<br />
le income tax law, as they affect molon<br />
picture and television producers.<br />
MacSween succeeds Julius Lefkowitz as<br />
sard chairman of the non-profit organ-<br />
.ation of independent motion picture<br />
\\d television producers. Other board<br />
.embers are Irving Axelrad, Leonard Coen.<br />
Marvin Paris, Gerald Mehlman, Wil-<br />
|am C. Miller, Donald T. Rosenfeld,<br />
ichard St. Johns, Norman Tyre, Werner<br />
^olfen and Paul Ziffren.<br />
pmor to Produce Cartoon<br />
ibbott, Costello Series<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Bud Abbott and Lou<br />
lostello will ride again. The lovable slap-<br />
|ick artists of the '40s will be the char-<br />
:ters of a television cartoon series to be<br />
oduced by Jomar Productions, announces<br />
jddie Sherman, who was personal manger<br />
for the comedians throughout their<br />
kreers and who negotiated this deal.<br />
'<br />
Abbott, who has been retired since Costels<br />
death in 1959, will be the voice of his<br />
\n character, while Stan Irwin, fomier<br />
itertainment director of the Sahara Ho-<br />
I'l in Las Vegas, will do the voice of Cosaio.<br />
deal included advance royalties to<br />
Ibbott and the Costello estate, royalties<br />
hr segment and a percentage of the own-<br />
I'ship. Abbott also will receive a salary,<br />
bmar will produce 156 30-minute shows in<br />
lie first year for worldwide distribution<br />
lirough the company's facilities.<br />
.OX Signs John Patrick<br />
Jor 'Bloomer Girl' Film<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Playwright and screenwriter<br />
j<br />
John Patrick was signed by 20thj<br />
3x to do the screenplay of "Bloomer<br />
irl." He was in Hollywood for consultai3ns<br />
with director George Cukor, producer<br />
'at Goldstone and co-producer Gene Allen<br />
1 the film version of the Broadway hit<br />
usical scheduled to go before the cam-<br />
!as early in the year,<br />
MacLaine already has been<br />
|gned for the singing and dancing lead.<br />
Harburg and Harold Arlen, who did<br />
•^<br />
original score, now are wi'lting addimal<br />
songs for the film production.<br />
;*aris' Wardrobe on Tour<br />
|o Promote MGM Film<br />
wardrobe designed<br />
Helen Rose for the fashion show sequence<br />
MGM's "Made in Paris" will go on<br />
ttional tour in January. Buyers for the<br />
ition's top department stores, meeting in<br />
>s Angeles for Spring Market Week, were<br />
own the fashion scenes of the picture so<br />
ey could schedule similar fashion shows<br />
their own stores to coincide with the<br />
cture's release.<br />
"Made in Paris" stars Ann-Margret, Louis<br />
ui-dan and Chad Everett.<br />
BEAUTY IN CITY HALL—Joan Staley, second from left, young Universal actress<br />
who had just been elected mayor of Universal City, is shown receiving the<br />
mayor's gavel from the outgoing top official, Tippi Hedren, while Albert Dorsltind<br />
left). MCA vice-president and treasurer, and Joe Flynn look on. Flynn,<br />
president of the Universal City Chamber of Commerce, officiated in swearing<br />
Miss Staley into office. The new mayor recently completed starring with Don<br />
Knotts in Universal's "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" and is best known as a regular<br />
in the "Broadside" TV series.<br />
Connie Francis on 6-City<br />
Far East Concert Tour<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Connie Fiancis, star of<br />
MGM's "When the Boys Meet the Gii'ls," is<br />
a three-week, six-city concert tour of the<br />
Orient where she is the No. 1 feminine recording<br />
star.<br />
Miss Pi'ancis, who completed a successful<br />
four-week engagement at the Sahara Hotel<br />
in Las Vegas, will retm-n to Hollywood November<br />
10 to tape the Bob Hope Chrysler<br />
Show, followed by guestings on the Dean<br />
Martin and Red Skelton shows. Her Par<br />
East tour includes concerts in Tokyo, Osaka,<br />
Kyoto, Hii'oshima, Yokahama and Hong<br />
Kong. On her way back she will appear for<br />
one week in Honolulu.<br />
Elmer Bernstein to Israel<br />
For Film Music Research<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Elmer Bernstein,<br />
who<br />
was signed to compose and conduct the<br />
music score for Mel Shavelson's "Cast a<br />
Giant Shadow," Mirisch Corp. presentation,<br />
left for Israel to research the music,<br />
following which he flew to London to<br />
meet with director-producer-writer Melville<br />
Shavelson, currently there supervising the<br />
film's editing. The United Artists release<br />
stars Kirk Douglas and Senta Berger, with<br />
Prank Sinatra, Yul Brynner and John<br />
Wayne in special appearances.<br />
Andrew Marton to Direct<br />
Another Tors' Picture<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Andrew Marton will<br />
direct<br />
his fomth successive feature for Ivan<br />
Tors Productions—his first one away from<br />
MGM. Marton will direct Soupy Sales in<br />
his motion pictui-e debut in "Birds Do It"<br />
for Columbia release. Previously he directed<br />
"Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion" and<br />
"Around the World Under the Sea." for<br />
Tors and is cui'rently preparing the Jules<br />
Verne story, "800 Leagues on the Amazon"<br />
for production in January.<br />
10 MGM Films Booked<br />
In LA in 3 Months<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Topped by the<br />
reserved<br />
seat engagement of "Doctor Zhivago" at<br />
the Hollywood-Paramount, starting with a<br />
premiere presentation Etecember 23, MGM<br />
will have ten features playing first-run engagements<br />
in Los Angeles during the final<br />
three months of the year.<br />
Pirst two October openings were "The<br />
Hill" at the Hollywood-Paramount and<br />
"Mui-der Most Poul" at the Beverly Canon.<br />
"Once a Thief" will commence a multipletheatre<br />
engagement Wednesday (27).<br />
"The Cincinnati Kid" will launch the<br />
November openings with an exclusive engagements<br />
in Los Angeles dm'ing the final<br />
lywood Paramount. "The Loved One" opens<br />
exclusively at the Pine Arts theatre November<br />
10. "The Secret of My Success" commences<br />
a multiple run November 17, and<br />
on November 24 "Harum Scanam" opens<br />
citywide for Thanksgiving.<br />
In addition to "Zhivago," December<br />
first runs are "A Patch of Blue," exclusively<br />
at the Crest in Beverly Hills, December<br />
24, and "When the Boys Meet the<br />
Girls" opening citywide December 22.<br />
E. Gordon to Distribute<br />
Manson's 'Lady-Killer'<br />
HOLL'YWOOD— Ellis Gordon Pilms of<br />
Boston has been appointed New England<br />
distributor for Manson Distributing Corp.'s<br />
latest release "The Lady-Killer of Rome,"<br />
which stars Marcello Mastroianni and<br />
Micheline Pi-esle. The first release in the<br />
area is now being set for early November.<br />
Marvin Miller to Narrate<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Marvin Miller has been<br />
signed to narrate the theatrical trailer for<br />
the Columbia Pictures release of "Tlie Little<br />
Ones," English import to be distributed<br />
domestically by the film company.<br />
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Tfje Hill' Grosses 175 First Week<br />
In LA; 'Music Holds 500 Level<br />
LOS ANGELES—"The Hill," MGM release,<br />
opened with a 175 per cent in a<br />
week which brought four other newcomers.<br />
In other situations, business was soft except<br />
for "The Ipcress File" holding a<br />
steady 240 and "The Great Race" at 225.<br />
(Averoge Is 100)<br />
Baldwin, Los Angeles, Loyola, Wiltern, World<br />
MarrioQC on the Rocks (WB)<br />
.100<br />
Beverly—Those Maanificcnt Men in Their Flying<br />
Mochines (20th-Fox), 17th wk<br />
Brum, Vogue Whofs New Pussycat? (UA),<br />
150<br />
15fh wk 170<br />
Chinese The Ipcress File (Untv), 3rd wk 240<br />
Cincramo The Greatest Story Ever ToW (UA),<br />
34th wk 140<br />
Crest Von Ryon's Express (20th-Fox), moveover ..115<br />
El Rcy, Hollywood, State, Village The Reward<br />
(20th-Fox) 70<br />
Egyptian—My Fair Lody (WB), 50th wk 290<br />
Fine Arts Zorba the Greek (IC), 37th wk 135<br />
Four Star, Warren's Situation Hopeless—;-But Not<br />
Serious (Para) . 65<br />
Hollywood-Poromount The Hill (MGM) 175<br />
Ins, Orpheum Billie (UA) 6?-<br />
Lido The Knock (UA-Lopert), 11th wk. ^. .-;•..*. .'TZU<br />
Music Hall The Morried Woman (Rofal), 2nd wk. 130<br />
Pontoges The Greot Roee (WB), 15th wk 225<br />
Pix Fanny Hill (Famous Players) 65<br />
Worner Beverly Ship ot Fools (Col), 10th wk. .. 65<br />
Warner Hollywood The Halleluiah Troil (UA),<br />
16th wk 145<br />
Wilshire The Sound ot Music (20th-Fox), 31 st wk. 500<br />
Denver's Highest Percentage<br />
Is 190 for "Collector'<br />
DENVER— "Marriage on the Rocks" ran<br />
up 140 per cent at the Paraijiount Theatre<br />
to carry off premier honors among<br />
Denver's foiu' new films. Second high<br />
among the newcomers was "Cui'se of the<br />
Fly." booked at the Monaco and Lakeshore<br />
where its combined percentage was 125.<br />
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"The Collector" was the topmost grosser,<br />
showing a 190 for its third week.<br />
Aloddm—The Sound ot Music (20fh-Fox), 29th wk. 1 70<br />
Centre Those Magniticent Men in Their Flying<br />
Mochines (20th-Fox), 12th wk 100<br />
Cooper It's a Mod, Mad, Mod, Mad World<br />
(UA), 50th wk 140<br />
Crest, Towne Topkapi (UA); Never on Sunday<br />
(UA), reissues 100<br />
Denham My Foir Lady (WB), 47th wk 140<br />
Denver The Ipcress File (Univ), 2nd wk 110<br />
Esquire The Collector (Col), 3rd wk 190<br />
International Holidoy in Spain (SR), 3rd wk 160<br />
Monaco, Lakeshore Curse ot the Fly (20th-Fox);<br />
various co-features 125<br />
Paramount Marrioge on the Rocks (WB) 140<br />
Vogue Nobody Waved Goodbye (Cinema VI ....100<br />
Wodsworth, LakeRidge, Aurora, Woodlawn, North<br />
— Billie (UA) 90<br />
'Darling/ 'Marriage' Highest<br />
On Seattle Gross List<br />
SEATTLE—Two openers made the big<br />
news last week, as "Darling" started a run<br />
at the Uptown with a triple average 300.<br />
followed by "Marriage on the Rocks," the<br />
new offering at the Blue Mouse Theatre,<br />
with 200 per cent. "The Sound of Music"<br />
continued to pull well in its 27th week at<br />
the Fifth Avenue wath 160 per cent.<br />
Blue Mouse Marriage on the Rocks (WB) 200<br />
Coliseum Ship ot Fools (Col); Bocktire (Royal) ..120<br />
Fifth Avenue The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
27th wk 160<br />
Paramount Those Magniticent Men in Their<br />
Flying Machines (20th-Fox), 13th wk HO<br />
Town What's New Pussycat? (UA), 1 2th wk 100<br />
Uptown Darling (Embassy) 300<br />
"Poppins' Packs Paramount<br />
First Weekend in Seattle<br />
PORTLAND— "Mary Poppins" opened<br />
at the Paramount here with the biggest<br />
attendance in the 3,000-plus-seat house in<br />
years. The Walt Disney musical opened on<br />
a Thursday and weekend performances<br />
were reported at or near capacity.<br />
Broadwoy Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
Flying Machines (20th-Fox), 8th wk 175<br />
Cinema 21, Fine Arts Cot Ballou (Col), 5th wk. 175<br />
Fox—The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 25th wk. 200<br />
Hollywood The Hallelujah Trail (UA), 10th wk. 170<br />
Irvington The Collector (Col), 5th wk 150<br />
Lourelhurst The Pawnbroker (AA), 2nd wk 170<br />
Music Box Whot's New Pussycat? (UA), 14th wk. 165<br />
Orpheum, 104th Street The Reward (20th-Fox) ..150<br />
Paramount Mary Poppins (BV) 300<br />
'Ipcress File' Lofty 490<br />
Second Week in Frisco<br />
SAN FRANCISCO—"The Ipcress File"<br />
continued strong in the second week at the<br />
Golden Gate, with 490 per cent. "Marriage<br />
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on the Rocks" opened at foui- theatres, the<br />
New Mission topping the group. "My Fair<br />
Lady" closed in the 48th week at the Cor- I<br />
onet to be followed by "The Great Race."<br />
"Mediterranean Holiday" held at 500 per<br />
cent in the third week at the Cinerama 1<br />
Orpheimi.<br />
Alexondrio Ship of Fools (Col), 2nd wk 200<br />
Cinerama Orpheum Mediterroneon Holidoy<br />
(Cont'l), 3rd wk 500<br />
Cloy The Married Woman (Royal), 4th wk 100<br />
Coronet My Fair Lody (WB), 48th wk 200<br />
Esquire Marriage on the Rocks (WB) 100<br />
Fox-Parkside Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
Flying Machines (20th-Fox), I4th wk 170<br />
Fox_V^orfield Old Yeller (BV), 2nd wk 100<br />
Golden Gate The Ipcress File (Univ), 2nd wk. ..490<br />
Larkin The Knock (UA-Lopert), 2nd wl« 200<br />
Metro Casanova '70 (Embassy) 200<br />
Music Hall Murder Most Foul (MGM) 150'<br />
New Mission Morrioge on the Rocks (WB) 175<br />
Presidio The Pownbroker (AA), 10th wk 250'<br />
Stage Door What's New Pussycat? (UA), 5th wk. 100'<br />
St, Francis The Secret of My Success (MGM) i<br />
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United Artists The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
30th wk 300<br />
Vogue Darling (Embassy), 2nd wk 150 !<br />
Max J.<br />
Weisfeldt Dies;<br />
Retired Film Executive<br />
LONG BEACH, CALIF.—Max J.<br />
Weisfeldt,<br />
veteran motion picture distributionj<br />
executive and film producer, died Monday<br />
(111 at 75. He had been in retirement fori<br />
12 years.<br />
Weisfeldt, a native of Milwaukee, and a{<br />
charter member of Motion Picture Pioneers,<br />
began a 50-year career in the motion<br />
pictm-e industry with the F.B.O. Film'<br />
Company, forerunner of RKO Pictm-es, andi 1<br />
later served as distribution sales executive' '<br />
with the Pox Film Corp.'s home office in<br />
New York and for Columbia Pictm-es.<br />
As a producer, Weisfeldt was associated<br />
with Martin and Osa Johnson on African i<br />
expedition films and with the American! I<br />
'<br />
Museum of Natural History. He was instrumental<br />
in introducing the "bouncing<br />
ball" community sing short subjects to<br />
theatre screens and introduced the original<br />
Three Stooges to Columbia comedy<br />
shorts.<br />
Weisfeldt is survived by his wife Alma,<br />
a brother Edward, and son Jerry, newly<br />
appointed vice-president of domestic sales<br />
for Four Star International, Inc.<br />
California Rangers Ass'n<br />
Pays Tribute to Disney<br />
PACIFIC GROVE, CALIF.—Walt DiS'<br />
ney was saluted with an honorary membership<br />
in the State Park Rangers Ass'n<br />
ceremonies Monday night (ID. He wi<br />
cited for "his contribution to the field ol<br />
conservation and the development of Cali<br />
fornia's great park system."<br />
Disney was one of several champions ]<br />
conservation to be honored at the range)<br />
first convention. Among others cited<br />
Joseph Knowland, publisher of the Oal<br />
and Tribune, former state park commi<br />
sion chaii-man and father of former Vl<br />
Sen. William Knowland.<br />
Disney also took part in the dedii<br />
tion of a new building at the confere:<br />
grounds. His film "Killers of the Hii<br />
Country" was shown to the 200 rangei<br />
their wives and dignitaries.<br />
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I HOLLYWOOD<br />
Il<br />
iank Levy Named Carousel<br />
'heatre Publicity Head<br />
Hank Levy has<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Publicist<br />
^en appointed publicity director of the<br />
>\v Carousel Theatre, West Covina, accordig<br />
to executive producers Sammy Lewis<br />
id Damiy Dare.<br />
He takes over from Bill Tostevin, resigned,<br />
ad will work directly under the Carousel's<br />
Managing dii'ector, Gene Mann. Levy transn-ed<br />
from Lewis and Dare's Melodyland<br />
heatre in Anaheim, where he had been<br />
nieral press representative ever since the<br />
leatre's inception.<br />
)ana and Carpenter Team<br />
[p for Christmas Seals<br />
HOLLYWOOD— Bill Dana, whose Jose<br />
imenez character has been closely linked<br />
lith the astronauts, will team up with<br />
stronaut-aquanaut Scott Carpenter on<br />
?half of the Christmas Seals.<br />
Carpenter is serving as national honorary<br />
tiairman for the 1965 campaign, and<br />
liana was named as local chairman by<br />
James Murray, president of the Tubercu-<br />
')sis and Health Ass'n of Los Angeles.<br />
Vette Mimieux Signs<br />
'or Disney's 'Monkeys'<br />
— Yvette Mimieux was<br />
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jssigned the leading feminine role by Walt<br />
'isney in his newest romantic-comedy<br />
Monkeys Go Home.'' Maui'ice Chevalier<br />
,<br />
Dean Jones also are staiTed. Ron<br />
;Iiller is Disney's co-producer on the Buena<br />
;ista release and Andrew V. McLaglen will<br />
jirect. Academy-Award winning designer<br />
4 ill Thomas will create the wardi'obes.<br />
Costa to Produce, Direct<br />
baphne' Series for CBS<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Morton da Costa will<br />
J i<br />
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p-oduce and direct "Daphne," a new situai<br />
Ion comedy series planned for presentation<br />
,n the CBS-TV network during the 1966-<br />
I .7 season. Created and written by Charles<br />
,t pdrews and John Hess. Da Costa will produce<br />
the series for his Belgi'ave Enterprises<br />
iorp.<br />
« jlobby Darin Hospitalized<br />
j HOLLYWOOD—Bobby Darin entered<br />
[it. Sinai<br />
J*<br />
Hospital Tuesday (12) as a rejult<br />
of a virus infection of the chest and<br />
''as expected to be confined there for at<br />
bast three or four days on the advice of his<br />
-<br />
ersonal physician.<br />
i paine Engle, 42, Dies<br />
were held Tues-<br />
" 'ay (12) for Elaine Engle, 42, wife of pro-<br />
'i 1<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Services<br />
jay (9) of a brain tumor. Sm-vivors beides<br />
the husband include the mother,<br />
jrother and two daughters.<br />
LOS ANGELES<br />
The WOMPIs arc going all out for their<br />
biggest event of the year—their Halloween<br />
dance, scheduled Saturday i30). Special<br />
bulletins were sent to members and<br />
their friends with suggestions to post<br />
them wherever possible, including the ladies'<br />
powder rooms in office buildings. The<br />
event is being called WOMPI A-Go-Go.<br />
Selby Carr, Lee Grunden and Helen Carr<br />
of the Earle J. Johnson Theatre Service<br />
have taken over the film buying and booking<br />
chores for the New Tower Theatre in<br />
downtown Los Angeles. Mi's. Villis Randall,<br />
owner, and Myron Tallman, managing director,<br />
have completely remodeled the<br />
house. The grand opening was held on<br />
Wednesday (13).<br />
.<br />
Chuck Teitel of the World Playhouse,<br />
Chicago, was here confeiTing with Dan<br />
Somiey of Sonney Enterprises; Seymour<br />
Borde and Barre Shlaes<br />
who formerly managed<br />
. . Jack<br />
three<br />
Dabbs,<br />
houses in<br />
Torrance and Gardena for the late Milstein<br />
and Melinkoff. then went into the insurance<br />
business, has succeeded Walter Goodman<br />
as buyer and booker for Vinnicof<br />
Syd Weider, formerly of San<br />
Theatres . . .<br />
Diego, has taken over as manager of the<br />
Grove at Garden Grove, a 'Vinnicof house.<br />
Howard Herty, MGM exchange advertising<br />
head, was in New York at the home<br />
office for a conference Gus Acosta,<br />
Spanish division district<br />
. . .<br />
manager of Columbia,<br />
was on tour of his teiTitory . .<br />
.<br />
Leo Molitar has closed his American Theatre<br />
in Newhall, Calif.<br />
The Los Angeles Motion Pictm-e<br />
Salesmen's<br />
Ass'n (LAMPS), elected Al Boodman,<br />
Columbia salesman, president; Wayne<br />
Ball, MGM, vice-president; Harold Green,<br />
Columbia, sergeant-at-aiins, and re-elected<br />
Phil Stanton, secretary-treasurer.<br />
Sam Baker, with theatres in Orange<br />
County, San Diego, Phoenix and Scottsdale,<br />
Ariz., died of a heart attack and was<br />
buried in New York Tuesday (5) ... In<br />
our effort to congratulate Campbell Meiklejohn<br />
for his 25 years' service to the industry<br />
last week (11), we inadvertently<br />
moved him down Hollywood Boulevard<br />
from his rightful spot as managing director<br />
at the Egyptian, a United Artists Theatre,<br />
and placed him at the Pacific Thea-<br />
Pantages.<br />
tres'<br />
Roy Evans, southern California film<br />
buyer and booker for United Artists Theatres<br />
of Califomia, with Bill Kelly, division<br />
manager, who headquarters in San<br />
Piancisco, was doing business in various<br />
exchanges . . . George Nick Diamos, Diamos<br />
Theatres of Tucson, conferred with<br />
Jack Sheriff, branch manager of Manhattan<br />
Films.<br />
Pacific Drive-In Theatres announced<br />
personnel changes involving five Los Angeles<br />
area drive-in managers. Je.ss Morgan<br />
was transferred from the San Pedro<br />
Drive-In to the Circle Diive-In, Long<br />
Beach: Hans Korten, Orange County swing<br />
manager, moved into the Paulo Drive-In,<br />
Santa Ana, and Bill Spurlin was transferred<br />
from the Paulo to the Lakewood<br />
Drive-In, Long Beach. Ed Corbett, foiTnerly<br />
at the Circle and Hargis Arnett, fonnerly<br />
at the Lakewood, will soon be reassigned<br />
to larger drive-ins. The changes were announced<br />
by Frank Diaz, division manager,<br />
prior to his Phoenix departure for an inspection<br />
tour.<br />
Producer-Actor Peter Lawford was honored<br />
guest and officially opened the new<br />
Melody Theatre in Thousand Oaks on<br />
Wednesday (13). The theatre is located in<br />
the Park Oaks Shopping Center. The Melody,<br />
a 750-seat hardtop, is one of several<br />
new ones being developed by Holiday Theatres.<br />
The chain is headed by Jack Grossman,<br />
pioneer valley exhibitor. The premiere<br />
picture is Chrislaw-UA's "Billie."<br />
Selma "Tiny" Coplan retires Fiiday (22)<br />
from National General Corp's accounts receivable<br />
department after 35 years with the<br />
company.<br />
Patty Duke Back to Work<br />
After Stay in Hospital<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Patty Duke, recuperating<br />
since an emergency appendectomy<br />
September 15, retui'ned to work Wednesday<br />
(13) on UA-TV's "The Patty Duke<br />
Show" filming at Paramount-Sunset Studios.<br />
Ironically, the initial episode before<br />
"<br />
the cameras is entitled "Sick in Bed.<br />
"The Married Woman," a Royal Films<br />
International release, stars Macha Meril,<br />
Philippe Leroy and Bernard Noel.<br />
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SAN FRANCISCO<br />
Qlto Preniinser was here Sunday ilOi<br />
for<br />
a preview of "Bunny Lake Is Missing,"<br />
screened for a packed liousc at the Royal<br />
Theatre, where it is to open Wednesday<br />
(20>.<br />
The annual golf tournament of Variety<br />
Club Tent 32 was held Thursday i7i at<br />
Peacock Gap. with 191 persoixs taking part.<br />
Again Freddie Dixon was the winner. The<br />
low net trophy went to Cliff Reynolds.<br />
The awards were presented after a dinner.<br />
with 275 persons on hand for the dinner.<br />
Carl Ma.vberry. business manager of<br />
Cinema Studio, announced a general meeting<br />
will be held November 4 in the Friends<br />
Center at 8 p.m. for a discussion and<br />
showing of documentary, experimental and<br />
classical films.<br />
November 14, the Variety Club Women<br />
will again serve a chuckwagon dinner at<br />
the Mart Club . . . Christmas cards are<br />
selling—not only in the corner store, but<br />
Film Colony Gii'ls ai'e taking orders.<br />
Four junkets have left from San Francisco,<br />
through arrangements of Murray<br />
Lafayette, for United Artists promotions<br />
on coming films. Roger Grimsby, CBS<br />
commentator, was off to Cairo, Egypt, for<br />
filming of "Khartoum." Bill Gordon, also<br />
of CBS. is to leave Friday (29) for Cleveland<br />
for the filming of "Fortune Cookie."<br />
being produced by Billy Wilder. Stanley<br />
Eichelbaum, the Examiner's critic, was off<br />
to Fort Bragg on the northern California<br />
coast dm-ing the shooting of "The Russians<br />
Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming."<br />
Jan Gardner and Sidney Patterson<br />
were in Kanob, Utah, during the filming of<br />
"Dual at Diablo."<br />
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SAN FRANCISCO<br />
- The .selection for<br />
opening night of the San R-ancisco International<br />
Film Festival Thursday i21i. will<br />
be "Rapture." an off-beat drama offered<br />
by 20th Century-Pox. says William Boyd,<br />
executive director of the festival. The film<br />
is one of the American entries in the noncompetitive<br />
festival. The other will be<br />
"Crazy Quilt." an independent effort by<br />
John Korty,-a young Stinson Beach filmmaker,<br />
who shot scenes in various sections<br />
of this city for the film, his first feature<br />
production.<br />
The only existing print of "Wings," a<br />
1927 Academy Award-winner starring<br />
Clara Bow, will be shown at the William<br />
Wellman directors' retrospective Monday<br />
(25). In addition to the featm-e showings<br />
at the Masonic Auditorium, a series on<br />
distinguished directors, new directors,<br />
children's programs and "Film as an Art"<br />
is scheduled.<br />
The festival will close Sunday (31).<br />
New Meagher Theatre<br />
Will Bow in Irving<br />
From Southwest Edition<br />
DALLAS—Another new theatre will begin<br />
contributing to the Dallas area enter-<br />
after its in-<br />
tainment scene Thursday (21)<br />
vitational preview the preceding evening.<br />
The new theatre is the Chateau in Plymouth<br />
Parking Shopping Center at Irving,<br />
a Dallas suburb.<br />
The Chateau, seating 865, will be operated<br />
by Meagher Theatres of Ii-ving, headed<br />
by Jerry Meagher. The circuit already<br />
operates the Twin Drive-In, Dallas; Uptown<br />
in Grand Prairie and the Irving Park<br />
Plaza and 183 drive-ins. Other construction<br />
projects are on the drawing boards.<br />
Embassy to Distribute<br />
British Spy Spoof<br />
From Eastern Edition<br />
NEW YORK—Joseph E. Levine's Embassy<br />
Pictures has acquired the U.S. and<br />
Canadian distribution rights to "The 2nd<br />
Best Secret Agent in the Whole, Wide<br />
World," a British spy spoof directed by<br />
Lindsay Shonteff.<br />
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DENVER<br />
Tack Felix of Favorite Films of Californii<br />
, . Jean Vitale;<br />
traveled to Salt Lake City to set date*<br />
Carl Olson, dl<br />
on forthcoming releases . . .<br />
vision manager for United Artists, was ii<br />
town meeting with branch personnel .<br />
Henry R'iedel has resigned as representative<br />
for Parade Pictures . Sims<br />
who operates the Star Theatre, Fort LuP'<br />
ton, is reopening the Ritz and<br />
Mary<br />
Holidaji<br />
theatres in Denver ,<br />
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Vitale<br />
iht<br />
is office manager for Paramount Pictures)<br />
was married to Thomas Joseph Ligrani ir,<br />
a ceremony at the Lady of Mount Caramei<br />
Catholic Church.<br />
Funeral services were held here for pioneer<br />
exhibitor Earl Kerr, who died at 69<br />
Kerr was a resident of Pine and operatec<br />
two theatres in Knoxville, Iowa, and two<br />
theatres in Bethany, Mo. He started in eX'<br />
hibition in Denver in 1920 and at one time<br />
operated the Cameron. Ritz and Santa Pe<br />
theatres here . . . Columbia screened "Yot<br />
Must Be Joking!" at the new Centurj<br />
screening room ... In town to garner pub'<br />
licity for Seven Arts Productions' "Pace oi<br />
Dr. Pu Manchu" was Mei-Mei Quong, wh
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'M'orman Chesler, Buena Vista Seattle<br />
branch manager, will attend a comjany<br />
sales meeting in Los Angeles staring<br />
Monday Warner Bros, will<br />
present "La<br />
( ) . . .<br />
Boheme" at the Orpheum<br />
Theatre Wednesday and Thui-sday i20<br />
imd 21), with matinee and evening perormances.<br />
Home office executives Jack<br />
A^odell and Al Grubstick were in town to<br />
;)romote the film. They presented a film<br />
j:lip and seminar and hosted a luncheon at<br />
he Ben Franklin, attended by Jerry Vitus,<br />
iperations manager of Sterling; Sally Duntan,<br />
public relations: Ernie Rose, maniger<br />
of the Orpheum, and Bob Seaborn,<br />
ssistant<br />
manager.<br />
Larry Blair, former head booker at 20th-<br />
|''ox, has been named territory salesman.<br />
I/Ierna Esmay has been promoted to his<br />
pot as head booker.<br />
L. C. Tomlinson, office manager and<br />
ooker at Favorite Films of California, is<br />
lecovering at home following hospitalizaion<br />
and will be back on the job again<br />
hortly . . . Word was received that Kay<br />
'lunts, booker at Buena Vista, is vaca-<br />
[ouing in Honolulu . on a vacation<br />
; Barbara Bishop, 20th-Fox billing clerk.<br />
"She" inspired special store promotional<br />
when it played at the Orpheum<br />
Tieatre. Rhodes, downtown department<br />
;ore, featui'ed a "She Loves" window with<br />
esters and stills. Bernie's Men's Stores of<br />
ellevue and the University District fea-<br />
,ued 3x7 posters and color stills of Ursula<br />
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Sterling Theatres, Capitol Records and<br />
radio station KJR cooperated on a sale of<br />
Beatle records in the lobby of the Orpheum<br />
during the showing of "HELP!" here and<br />
turned the profits of $1,000 over to Variety<br />
Club International to benefit the Heart and<br />
Cancer Clinic at the Children's Orthopedic<br />
Hospital.<br />
"The Reward" (20th-Fox) opened at six<br />
theatres: Coliseum, Seattle; indoor and<br />
outdoor theatres in Tacoma, Spokane,<br />
Olympia and Kennewick.<br />
A recent Sunday night showing of "The<br />
Sound of Music'' was sold out to the Safe-<br />
Way Employes Ass'n. The picture, in its<br />
28th week, is continuing to do good business<br />
at the Fifth Avenue . stage<br />
productions in the area include "Harold"<br />
at the Cii'que Playhouse; "Mary, Mary'" at<br />
the Crossroads, Bellevue; "The Happy<br />
Time" at the Piccoli, and "See How They<br />
Run" at the Jefferson Recreation Center.<br />
FUmrow visitors included Dick Edge,<br />
down from Alaska, buying and booking for<br />
his houses, the Liberty, Seward, the Center,<br />
Palmer, and the Orpheum at Kodiak.<br />
Seattle's famous citizen, Namu the Killer<br />
whale, is well on the way to becoming a<br />
movie star like Flipper and other such<br />
animals. Ivan Tors Films is working on a<br />
picture featuring Namu, with shooting being<br />
done at Namu's winter quarters in<br />
Rich Passage. Ted Griffin, Namu's owner,<br />
is training the whale and also wOl probably<br />
double for the stars in scenes involving<br />
direct contact with the whale. Newspaper<br />
photos show Griffin riding the whale,<br />
hanging onto the massive fin.<br />
Seattle Suburban Theatre<br />
Renamed, Sets New Policy<br />
SEATTLE—The former Princess Theatre<br />
in Edmonds has been renamed the<br />
Edgemont, according to Cinema Guild, Inc.,<br />
the new corporation formed by M. W. Saffle<br />
of Saffle's Theatre Service and Jim<br />
Selvidge, owner of the house.<br />
The Edgemont's programing will include<br />
first-run American movies, British<br />
films and other quality imports. Films with<br />
emphasis on entertainment will run Wednesday<br />
through Saturday; with art films.<br />
Sunday thi-ough Tuesday.<br />
Ticket prices are higher than the average<br />
neighborhood house, but lower than<br />
downtown theatres. If patrons find an offering<br />
below their standards, they are<br />
guaranteed passes to another attraction.<br />
Bruce Yarnell Sought<br />
For Continental Film<br />
HOLL-nvoOD — Leon Whiteman and<br />
Larry Jackson, president and vice-president,<br />
respectively, of Continental Pictui-es,<br />
have opened negotiations for the services<br />
of Bruce Yarnell, television and concert<br />
star.<br />
According to Whiteman, Yarnell is<br />
wanted to head a cast, comprising Rusty<br />
Draper, Sue Thompson, Connie Smith and<br />
a long list of top country western singers,<br />
for an upcoming feature production.<br />
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) XOFFICE :<br />
: October 18, 1965<br />
W-7
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NO maner how you figure it:<br />
r?TS<br />
W4<br />
With your heart . . . Consider that the objective of<br />
your United Fund or Community Chest is not just to<br />
raise money— but also to raise human hopes. That the<br />
objective is not simply to get a red line to the top of<br />
a cardboard thermometer, but to get people back on<br />
their feet. That the objective is really not to meet<br />
quotas, but to meet your responsibilities as a member<br />
of the community. It's this simple: the children you<br />
give health and hope to today could be the ones who<br />
will give vitality to your town and your firm—tomorrow.
: 30th<br />
1<br />
pleasing<br />
( Human<br />
!i Space<br />
'<br />
co-feotures<br />
: 13th<br />
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CHICAGO—The<br />
I<br />
Film<br />
I<br />
I<br />
including<br />
The Ipcress File' 350<br />
First Chicago Week<br />
CHICAGO—'The Ipcress File" was<br />
;reeted by unusual crowds duiing its openng<br />
week at the Chicago Theatre in the<br />
.oop. There were line-ups as in the "good<br />
lid days." "Darling," with good reviews<br />
rom both national and local critics, was<br />
.Iso a favorite. Both the Loop and the<br />
;arnegie enjoyed "better than average"<br />
lusiness with this newcomer. The State<br />
,.ake was a busy place with the mid-week<br />
pening of "The Great Race."<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
arnegie— Darling (Embassy) 200<br />
hicogo—The Ipcress File (Univ) 350<br />
inestoge—Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
flying Machines, (20fh-Fox), 14th wk 225<br />
squire—Bambole (Royal), 2nd wk 150<br />
3op— Darling (Embassy) 200<br />
,\ichael Todd—The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
wk 375<br />
HcVickers—The Hallelujah Trail (UA), 2nd wk 250<br />
Iriental—Marriage on the Rocks (WB) 175<br />
alace—My Fair Lady (WB), 50th wk 225<br />
oosevelt—The Hill (MGM) 1 75<br />
•ate Lake—The Greet Roce (WB) 200<br />
nited Artists— Ship of Fools (Col), 2nd wk 175<br />
l/oods—Bunny Lake Is Missing (Col) 16i<br />
«•<br />
Marriage on the Rocks'<br />
"riples Average in KC<br />
ICANSAS CITY—"Marriage on the<br />
locks" proved to be a brilliant first week<br />
uccess at both the Paramount and Avenue<br />
'tieatres, where the combined gross per-<br />
-entage amounted to 300. The city's second<br />
00 for the week was garnered by a favor-<br />
-.6 holdover. "The Sound of Music," playig<br />
for the 13th week at the Midland. "The<br />
;ing and I" came back to the Brookside<br />
s a reissue and scored another success,<br />
150 in its first seven days.<br />
Sulevord, Crest. 1-70, Riverside, Electric—The<br />
Duplicators (AA); Mutiny in Outer<br />
(AA); assorted co-teatures 100<br />
ookside—The King and I (20th-Fox), reissue . 150<br />
ilpri—My Fair Lady (WB), 43rd wk 100<br />
iPbossy I, II—The Reward {20th-Fox) 90<br />
liirwoy—Corry On Cleo (Governor) 100<br />
,Bort, Hillcrest, Hiway 40, Leowood, 63rd,<br />
Shawnee, Parkway I—She (MGM); assorted<br />
1 25<br />
""O—Zorba the Greek (IC), 8th wk. ....... ]25<br />
.idlond—The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
wk^ 300<br />
;iramount. Avenue—Marriage on the Rocks (WB) 300<br />
ozo— Ship of Fools (Col) 135<br />
'xy—The Secret of My Success (MGM), 2nd wk. 90<br />
litown—Sabrina (Para); Breakfast at Tiffany's<br />
(Para), reissues 100<br />
''lark<br />
Sunday Film Guild<br />
Show 730 Pictures<br />
Vill<br />
Clark Theatre, noted<br />
iir its unusual and varied policies, is plan-<br />
'f.ng a new program, offering 730 films a<br />
:;ar, and 732 in Leap Year.<br />
•For its newly arranged Sunday Film<br />
lUild, the Clark will present a double fea-<br />
|ire eveiT Sunday throughout the year,<br />
iiese program "specials" are additions to<br />
;ie already established featm-es. such as<br />
inner-movie combinations for a total cost<br />
i'<br />
$2; thrifty Cinebooks offering $5 worth<br />
I'<br />
admissions coupons plus two free passes;<br />
iudent and GI admissions at 50 cents per<br />
ijrson and four-houi- parking for only 95<br />
lilts.<br />
favorites of the '50s are being feaiJed<br />
on Ladies' days, every Wednesday<br />
!id Pi-iday during October, at a special<br />
Itmission of 40 cents. Included in the prolam<br />
are "Stalag 17," "Love in the Afrnoon,"<br />
"Affair With a Stranger." "Beimd<br />
a Reasonable Doubt." "Auntie Mame"<br />
Ifhich will be paired with "Best of Ene-<br />
|ies"). "The Naked Maja" with "Legend<br />
the Lost" and "Wild Rapture" with "Ta-<br />
•os of the World."<br />
ST.<br />
LOUIS<br />
^rthur Enterprises' Pox Theatre, Dion<br />
Peluso. manager, will present La Scala<br />
Opera Company's "La Boheme" October<br />
20, 21, with performances each day at 2<br />
and 8 p.m. There will be no reserved seats<br />
and prices are set at $2. with a student<br />
rate of $1.50. Advance sales were being<br />
made at all Arthur Enterprises' boxoffices<br />
and Ludwig Music Co. stores.<br />
"Toastmaster General" George Jessel will<br />
handle the emcee chores as "Roastmaster"<br />
at the Ad Club's Gridiron Gourmet Dinner<br />
October 21 at the Sheraton-Jefferson's<br />
Gold Room. The 450 guests at the 33rd annual<br />
event include city, county and state<br />
officials and business leaders. Assorted big<br />
wheels on the local and national scene will<br />
be roasted for "goofs" they have perpetrated<br />
during the year by the Ad Club's<br />
funmakers. ably aided and abetted by<br />
Jessel.<br />
A GOP theatre party *to raise funds for<br />
the St. Louis County Republican treasury<br />
was a Columbus Day event at 8 p.m. at the<br />
Pox Theatre, with tickets at $3. Heading<br />
the event was Elmer J. Meyer, county<br />
GOP chairman, and prominent guests<br />
were county supervisor Lawrence K. Roos.<br />
state GOP chaiiTnan Ethan Campbell and<br />
Holiday Trailer Catalog<br />
Free From Filmack Co.<br />
CHICAGO—Bernie Mack, president of<br />
Pilmack Ti-ailer Co., reminds all exhibitors<br />
that Pilmack's extra large and colorful<br />
1965 Merchant Holiday Greeting Trailer<br />
catalog is on its way to everyone cm-rently<br />
receiving Pilmack's monthly publication.<br />
Inspiration.<br />
Featured in the book is a "revolutionary<br />
new way to sell screen ads: separate sections,<br />
in color, illustrate the various types<br />
of holiday greeting trailers available:<br />
seven merchant holiday headers (including<br />
a new live-action holiday header for<br />
exhibitors who want the warm personal<br />
touch are featured*: also eight different<br />
holiday designs for merchant ads; 21 holiday<br />
greeting card designs and messages<br />
six different new contemporary<br />
greeting card backgrounds for merchants<br />
who like the modern way of extending<br />
greetings) and Christmas Savings Club<br />
trailers."<br />
Exhibitors who need extra revenue,<br />
which can be brought in by selling holiday<br />
merchant gi-eeting ads, and who have not<br />
received their copy of the new Merchant<br />
Holiday Greeting Tiailer catalog can get<br />
one free by writing to Pilmack Ti-ailer Co..<br />
1327 South Wabash Ave.. Chicago, 111 60605.<br />
'War Lord' to Premiere<br />
In Detroit Multi-Bow<br />
From Mtdeost Edition<br />
DETROIT—Universal's "The War Lord"<br />
will have its world premiere as a multitheatre<br />
opening here November 10. announces<br />
Heni-y H. "Hi" Martin, vicepresident<br />
and general sales manager. The<br />
film is scheduled for Thanksgiving release.<br />
Theatres taking part in the multiopening<br />
will include the Grand Circus, the<br />
Mai Kai. the Cinema, the Calven and another<br />
theatre to be announced later.<br />
Walter Ploeser. national committeeman for<br />
Missouri. The film title? "The Best Man!"<br />
"The Great Race," following a capacity<br />
premiere at Mid-America Theatres' Esquire<br />
Theatre October 13, sponsored by the<br />
St. Louis chapter of the Brandets University<br />
national women's committee,<br />
opened to regular business with daily matinees,<br />
prices ranging from $1 to $2, and<br />
children's tickets 75 cents at all times.<br />
At the first meeting of the current season<br />
of Variety Tent 4 announcement was<br />
made that local reservations for the international<br />
convention in London, England,<br />
have been over-subscribed and the list<br />
closed.<br />
Paul Danesh, managing director of Martin's<br />
Cinerama, was forced to delay his proposed<br />
trip to visit his parents in Iran.<br />
Shortly before his scheduled departui'e,<br />
emergency hospitalization and tests revealed<br />
a kidney stone requiring surgical<br />
removal. Danesh, determined to leave no<br />
"stone" unturned, sailed through the surgery<br />
and brief convalescence and, finally<br />
hale and hearty again, was on his way to<br />
Iran. Paul's brother Don is standing in for<br />
him at the Cinerama Theatre during his<br />
absence.<br />
Waukegan Theatre Up<br />
In $4,000,000 Mall<br />
WAUKEGAN, ILL.—The Cinema, Waukegan's<br />
first new indoor motion picture<br />
theatre in 38 years, is one of 35 buildings<br />
being rushed to completion in the Belvidere<br />
Mall Shopping Center for a late fall<br />
opening of the $4,000,000 commercial area<br />
at Lewis Avenue and Belvidere Street.<br />
Most of the exterior constioiction on the<br />
new buildings is finished but interior work<br />
on very few of the structures is near completion.<br />
However, Jay Heyman of Landau<br />
& Heyman, Chicago developer of the<br />
mall, reported that 85 per cent of the<br />
space in the mall has been rented.<br />
The 50-foot-wide enclosed mall is a new<br />
concept in shopping center design, Heyman<br />
said. It is planned to give shoppers<br />
protection from bad weather by maintaining<br />
a constant 72-degree temperature<br />
at all times. Plantings, benches and lockers<br />
for the convenience of shoppers will be<br />
provided in the mall, which will have parking<br />
spaces nearby for 1,500 cars. Architects<br />
for the center are Sidney C. Pinck and H.<br />
Thurber Stowell Associates. Chicago.<br />
Judith Crist. New York Herald Tribune<br />
critic, wrote concerning Columbia's "Mickey<br />
One." "Note it now as a film you should<br />
not miss."<br />
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'XOFFICE October 18. 1965<br />
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KANSAS CITY<br />
rugene V. Klein, picsidenl of National<br />
General Corp.. Irving Levin, executive<br />
vice-president, and Joseph V. Vleck. advertising-publicity<br />
director, were in town<br />
Tuesday il2i and Wednesday il3> holding<br />
meetings with industry representatives,<br />
statistics analysts and the press. Vleck also<br />
was in St. Joseph setting advance plans<br />
for the company's new theatre, the Eastgate,<br />
set for an early November opening.<br />
After leaving Kansas City, the men went to<br />
Denver to hold theatre managers' meetings.<br />
Pierre Salinger, director of National General<br />
Corp. and president of the Fox Overseas<br />
Theatres Corp.. owned jointly by Continental<br />
Air Sei-vices and National General,<br />
was in Kansas City Wednesday il3i.<br />
He spoke in Pierson Hall at the Univerity<br />
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of Missouri at Kansas City and was guest<br />
speaker on "Night Beat," a WHB-radio program.<br />
Henry Wilcoxon. featuied in Universal's<br />
"The War Lord." was in Kansas City<br />
Friday i8i for a full schedule of radio and<br />
television promotions for the film. He is<br />
on a six-week tour which began Monday<br />
i4» and will take him to 21 cities. The<br />
film will open here early in November.<br />
Ruth Perkins, assistant cashier for Warner<br />
Bros., was on vacation last week at the<br />
Ozarks . . . Warner Bros, will show "Never<br />
Too Late" at the Fairway Theatre Thursday<br />
121) at 2 p.m. This film will be<br />
i-eleased for Christmas and New Years.<br />
.<br />
"The Agony and the Ecstasy," a 20th<br />
Century-Fox production, will open here at<br />
the Capri for the Christmas season<br />
Dorothy Wackerman of the local<br />
. .<br />
Embassy<br />
Pictmes branch was on vacation last week<br />
and will be back at her desk tomoiTOW < 19)<br />
M. B. Smith, vice-president of advertising<br />
and publicity for Commonwealth Theatres,<br />
was on vacation last week . . . June<br />
Yates, secretary to L. W. Morris of Commonwealth<br />
Theatres, won five office pools,<br />
five days straight, on the World Series.<br />
Byers Jordan, manager of the Centre<br />
Theatre, North Kansas City, for Commonwealth<br />
Theatres, underwent major<br />
surgery Tuesday (12). He is in room 317<br />
at St. Mary's Hospital.<br />
< 8 ) .<br />
. . Carol<br />
Ben Marcus, division manager for Columbia<br />
Pictm-es, has been at home since<br />
Friday He had been in a hospital recovering<br />
from vinis pneumonia .<br />
Herman, biller at Columbia, was on vacation<br />
last week.<br />
Sympathy to Ann Fracol, secretary at<br />
Buena Vista, whose mother died Saturday<br />
(9) after a long illness . . . Ray McKitrick.<br />
branch manager of Universal Pictures, has<br />
returned to his office after being hospitalized.<br />
Julie Fine, National Screen Service executive<br />
from New York, will be in Kansas<br />
City tomoiTOW (19i conferring with the<br />
local offices. He is the assistant of Norman<br />
Robbins, vice-president and general<br />
manager of the corporation.<br />
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Screenings: "When the Boys Meet tl<br />
Girls" iMGMi at Dickinson .screenir<br />
room Monday evening (18). "Buddha<br />
(UAi at Commonwealth screening rooi<br />
Monday il8) afternoon.<br />
Local WOMPIs are preparing for a runr<br />
mage sale in the near future. Anyone wish<br />
ing to donate items to the sale should cor<br />
tact Judy Helton at Commonwealth Th(<br />
atres, GRand 1-8390. The club also<br />
working with the Kansas City Heart Ass'<br />
every Wednesday at 5 p.m. and at Cit<br />
Union Mission every Monday from 5 to<br />
p.m.. helping with craft classes. Membe;<br />
going to Wadsworth Veterans' Hospit:<br />
Monday i25i will meet at the Red Ci-Oi<br />
Bldg., 13th and Locust, at 6 p.m.<br />
Out-of-town exhibitors: From Kansas-<br />
O. C. Johnson. Hiawatha: Cliet Borg. Fo<br />
Scott; Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Bagby. Stockto;<br />
From Missouri— J. Leo Hayob, Marshal<br />
Jim Cook, Maryville; Mr. and Mrs. A. 1<br />
Jarboe, Cameron; Frank Weary. Richmonc<br />
Glenn Jones. Gravois Mills, and Ler<br />
Porta and her son Ronnie, El Dorac,<br />
Springs.<br />
The Paramount Theatre, Joplin, ov<br />
by Pox Midwest Theatres, is being demi<br />
ished. No immediate plans have been a^<br />
nounced for the property.<br />
The Theatre Owners of the Heart<br />
America Ass'n will hold its board meet<br />
Wednesday i20i in the Red Carpet<br />
of Fred Harvey's Union Station Restura<br />
Arrow Circuit Adds<br />
Estherville Grand<br />
From North Central Edition<br />
DES MOINES—Arrow Theatre Co.<br />
Spencer has taken over the Grand Theai<br />
Estherville. from Central States Thea<br />
Corp. of Des Moines, it was announ<br />
here by Myron Blank, president of Cen'<br />
States.<br />
Management of the theatre operal<br />
was transferred to Aitow as of Octobe:<br />
Arrow retaining Jim Greene, who has m<br />
aged the theatre for the last 11 years,<br />
continue as resident manager. The Gri<br />
had been operated for nearly 30 years<br />
Central States.<br />
The new management also operates th'<br />
atres in Spencer, Storm Lake and Cheroki<br />
Ferris Enterprises<br />
To Build in Tulsa<br />
From Southwest Edition<br />
OKLAHOMA CITY — Chai'les<br />
Fe<br />
owner of the Villa Theatre and Cine<br />
70 Drive-In here, has announced that<br />
Ferris Enterprises of Oklahoma will bl<br />
a 1.200-seat de luxe suburban theatre<br />
Tulsa.<br />
Site of the new theatre will be a si<br />
ping center at Southeast 41 and Yale,<br />
house to be known as Cinema One, a ns<br />
registered by Ferris Einterprises. It<br />
be an all-pm-pose theatre with a neWj<br />
150 screen, the most up-to-date des<br />
and appointments. Only the top quaj<br />
motion pictm-es will be booked.<br />
Bob Busch is general manager for Fe<br />
Enterprises.<br />
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Hanna-Barbera Records<br />
Appoints Arc Sound, Ltd.<br />
rom Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Hanna-Barbera Records<br />
las appointed Arc Sound, Ltd., as its Caladian<br />
licensee, according to HBR vicejresident<br />
and general manager Don<br />
3ohanan.<br />
In making the announcement, Bohanan<br />
Minted out that "in Canada, Arc is 'where<br />
he action is.' In six years Arc has grown<br />
rem a small distribution company into<br />
dynamic and knowledgeable production,<br />
I<br />
)romotion, manufacturing and merchandising<br />
organization."<br />
Arc has set up a separate division within<br />
ts corporate structure to handle all aspects<br />
if effectively merchandising Hanna-<br />
Sarbera Records product in Canada. Arc's<br />
ianna-Barbera Records division consists of<br />
;i national sales manager and a sales force<br />
jVhose only responsibility is to move<br />
jlanna-Barbera Records product.<br />
Arc policy is to set up separate divisions<br />
.rithin the organization to represent each<br />
iif the labels handled by the company. Via<br />
his method, Arc can guarantee each lessor<br />
loncentrated efforts on behalf of the line,<br />
;iCCording to Arc president Phil Anderson<br />
nd vice-president Bill Gilliland.<br />
Variety Women Sponsoring<br />
iORobida Benefit Show<br />
theatre party and fashon<br />
show at the Carnegie Theatre Wedneslay<br />
120) has been scheduled by the Wonen's<br />
Variety Club of Illinois. An added<br />
eature will be a "Hollywood Sneak Pre-<br />
'iew," with Manager John P. Steward-<br />
'Jutkovich of the Carnegie carefully guarding<br />
the title of the fUm. Fashions will be<br />
nade by Madge Raymer, Inc. Donations of<br />
;2.50 per person will be presented to La-<br />
(labida Sanitarium.<br />
Carl Russo, 1235 North Oak Park<br />
live., Oak Park, who is taking reservations,<br />
ieminds those who have not yet sent in<br />
ieseiTations that all checks are to be made<br />
Payable to Women's Variety Club of Illinois.<br />
•"restle Chenoweth Joins<br />
l^risina Amusement Staff<br />
ILL.—Prestle F. Cheno-<br />
'eth, veteran Midwestern exhibitor, has<br />
leen appointed manager of the Orpheum<br />
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paul Montague, well-known publicist for<br />
major movie openings here, announced<br />
that "The Agony and the Ecstasy" has<br />
been awarded to the Cinestage Theatre,<br />
with the Midwest premiere date established<br />
as December 23 of this year. The attraction<br />
will be presented on a roadshow, reserved-seat<br />
basis . . . "Those Magnificent<br />
Men in Their Plying Machines," which has<br />
been a real winner dm'lng Its initial showing<br />
at the Cinestage, will terminate its engagement<br />
a day or two prior to the opening<br />
of "The Agony and the Ecstasy." Mary<br />
Waggoner, who has exhibited a real talent<br />
for organizing group attendance for special<br />
and roadshow attractions, has been named<br />
director of theatre party and group sales.<br />
Kim Novak penned from France, where<br />
she is making a movie, that she and her<br />
husband Richard Johnson plan to spend<br />
Thanksgiving here with the Novak family.<br />
Radiant Manufacturing Corp. has been<br />
acquired by Electro-Netic Steel and will<br />
be operated as a subsidiary of the Chicago<br />
producer of magnetic laminations, TV tuners<br />
and building products. Formerly a subsidiary<br />
of United States Hoffman Machinery<br />
Corp., Radiant manufactures projection<br />
screens for home, school and industrial<br />
use. Gary Wang, Electro-Netic<br />
president, said no changes in operating<br />
and marketing practices are contemplated.<br />
John Clark, president of Allied Theatres<br />
of Illinois, and Sol Horwitz of the Allied<br />
booking staff attended the Allied convention<br />
in Pittsburgh . Russell,<br />
head of Seven Ai'ts Films in this area, returned<br />
from trips to Milwaukee and Kansas<br />
City where he arranged multiple firstrun<br />
showings of "Pace of Fu Manchu"' and<br />
"Mozambique" . Massoth, formerly<br />
of the Columbia Pictm-es staff,<br />
joined Fllmack as secretary to Vi Dane.<br />
Members of the National Screen Service<br />
honored Mrs. Hemietta Wenzel on her 40th<br />
anniversary with the organization. A<br />
luncheon was held for her at the Pump<br />
Room in the Ambassador East, and Milton<br />
Peinberg, head of the company's operations<br />
here, presented Mrs. Wenzel with a watch<br />
. . . Leslie Gurvey joined National Screen<br />
Service as a salesman in the Chicago territory.<br />
Otto Preminger, in town to participate<br />
in the opening of "Bunny Lake Is Missing,"<br />
said he might direct a Broadway play before<br />
doing another movie. Preminger also<br />
said he is coiisidering legal action to prevent<br />
Columbia Pictui'es from selling his<br />
movie, "Anatomy of a Mm-der" to TV "because<br />
TV insists on making trims in the<br />
film." Preminger's action, if he proceeds as<br />
indicated, is being lauded by other movie<br />
producers who have voiced similar opinions.<br />
Recently Pi-eminger had contacted CBS<br />
about trimming scenes from "Advise and<br />
Consent."<br />
. . .<br />
Joella Cohen, who heads up publicity activities<br />
for Columbia Pictures in this area,<br />
The<br />
leaves for a holiday in Europe<br />
Playboy Theatre came up with somethin'^<br />
different when it scheduled 15 chapters of<br />
the "Batman" to be shown one after another.<br />
Showing time is midnight until<br />
4;30 a.m. Added gimmick to this program:<br />
anyone who shows up in the costume of<br />
Robin, Batman's boy assistant, is to be admitted<br />
at half price; anyone who appears<br />
in Batman costume will be given a free<br />
Teresa Wright arrived<br />
admission ticket . . .<br />
in town to appear in "Tea and Sym-<br />
pathy" at the Pheasant Run Theatre.<br />
Eleven employes, with an aggregation of<br />
194 years of service at Pilmack were honored<br />
at a special party given in their<br />
honor. Employes saluted were: Pat Cascio<br />
with 32 years of service; Vi Dane, 30 years;<br />
Marvin Rose, 22 years; Jay Jankowski, 19<br />
years; John Bozak, 17 years; Roman Polys,<br />
17 years; Russell Marshall. 12 years; Nate<br />
Nathan, 12 years; Mike Thorn, 12 years;<br />
Frank Malconi, 11 years, and Harold Konil.<br />
10 years. In thanking these employes for<br />
their many years of faithful service, Bernie<br />
Mack, president, pointed out that because<br />
of their many contributioiis, Pilmack<br />
"has earned a reputation for quality<br />
workmanship and excellent seiTice<br />
throughout the industry." Mack also presented<br />
them with special gifts as a material<br />
token of Pilmack's appreciation.<br />
Arnold Palmer Enterprises, headed by<br />
golf star Arnold Palmer as president, announced<br />
that it will exhibit at the 1965<br />
Motion Picture and Concessions Industries<br />
Trade Show in Los Angeles. This company<br />
designs, franchises and supervises the installation<br />
of indoor golf schools, putting<br />
courses, driving ranges and Par 3 courses.<br />
Oscar Brotman and Leonard Sherman<br />
are hosting a screening of "Sallah" at the<br />
Carnegie Theatre. Here for the event will<br />
be producer Lou Kistner and Haym Topol,<br />
star of the film and a celebrated actor in<br />
Israel. Publicist Irving Tombach will take<br />
the pair on the usual press rounds. The<br />
Midwest premiere is set for early November<br />
at the Highland Park Theatre.<br />
Reports from the Des Plaines, Bryn<br />
Mawr and Milford, all H&E Balaban properties,<br />
note that "HELP!" was an all-time<br />
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the weekend . Balaban booked an<br />
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He graduated at the head<br />
of his class,<br />
but couldn^t get a job.<br />
He was certified employable, and<br />
well trained for the job. But employers<br />
thought he came from the wrong<br />
school—one for the mentallyretarded.<br />
Those people whose minds stopped<br />
growing before their bodies did.<br />
The employers didn't know that<br />
with proper training, the mentally<br />
retarded can become a productive<br />
part of society. Taking pride in jobs<br />
that others might not enjoy. Having<br />
better job attitudes, and often<br />
better attendance records, because<br />
they like their work.<br />
Someday, a mentally retarded person<br />
may ask you for a job. As a general<br />
office worker, a gardener, a<br />
truck loader, a stock clerk, a messenger.<br />
Or any job that requires simple<br />
skills. Won't you give him a<br />
chance to become an asset to your<br />
company?<br />
Here are six things you can do<br />
now to help prevent mental retardation<br />
and bring new hope to<br />
the 5V2 million people whose<br />
minds are retarded:<br />
1. If you expect a baby, stay under a<br />
doctor's or a hospital's care. Urge all<br />
expectant mothers to do so.<br />
2. Visit local schools and urge them to<br />
provide special teachers and special<br />
classes to identify and help mentally retarded<br />
children early in their lives.<br />
3. Urge your community to set up workshops<br />
to train retardates who are capable<br />
of employment.<br />
4. Select jobs in your company that the<br />
mentally retarded can fill,and hire them.<br />
5. Accept the mentally retarded as<br />
American citizens. Give them a chance<br />
to live useful, dignified lives in your<br />
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WHITEVILLE, N.C. — Something new<br />
in theatres is due here with the announcement<br />
by Stewart-Everett Theatres, Inc.,<br />
that it will renovate the Starlite for di-ivein<br />
and sit-in patrons. W. W. Cunningham,<br />
division manager, and Floyd Naylor, district<br />
manager, announced the corporation<br />
has taken over management of the<br />
Starlite, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Marion<br />
who operated the drive-in until<br />
Fi-iday (1>.<br />
Cunningham said the Starlite will be<br />
the only one of its type in the Carolinas<br />
when a modern building is constructed for<br />
an indoor theatre seating 74 persons.<br />
"Having indoor and outdoor facilities<br />
is a new concept," he said. Conof<br />
an outdoor theatre where parking<br />
is no problem, plus that of an indoor,<br />
fully heated and aii- conditioned, will give<br />
patrons a choice of viewing. Plans are<br />
completion for the building and<br />
contract for its construction is expected<br />
to be let soon.<br />
additional ramps with about 100<br />
also will be added to the outdoor<br />
movie plot, Cunningham said. The<br />
renovation is expected to take fom- to six<br />
weeks.<br />
Pierce of Jacksonville has been<br />
named manager of the new Starlite. He and<br />
his family will move here when housing is<br />
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available.<br />
Gala New Orleans Debut<br />
For The Cincinnati Kid'<br />
NEW ORLEANS—Canal Street took on<br />
the glow and excitement of a Hollywood<br />
premiere on Friday il5i, when Gov.<br />
John McKeithen of Louisiana led a<br />
score of celebrities through a round of<br />
glamorous festivities that Ut up the<br />
Saenger Theatre here, where the world<br />
premiere of MGM-Pilmways' "Tlie Cincinnati<br />
Kid" was held for the benefit of the<br />
"Hurricane Betsy Fund."<br />
Headed by stars Steve McQueen, Edward<br />
|G. Robinson and Karl Maiden, producer<br />
'Martin Ransohoff, Mayor Victor M.<br />
Schiro, MGM vice-president and general<br />
sales manager Morris E. Lefko, assistant<br />
general sales managers Herman L. Ripps<br />
and Louis Fonnato, plus a delegation of<br />
iMGM officials and local celebrities, "The<br />
Cincinnati Kid" premiei'e was New Orleans'<br />
focus of attention.<br />
by a pre-premiere buffet in<br />
|the Grand Ballroom of the Royal Orleans<br />
'Hotel, the stars and guests arrived at<br />
jthe theatre via a 40-unit parade that iniCluded<br />
local civic and high school bands<br />
splaying traditional New Orleans music<br />
|that is prominently featured in the film,<br />
land colorful antique cars. Mass media<br />
iooverage of the event plus intei-views<br />
Idominated the theatre activities prior to<br />
the 8:15 showing, and following the premiere.<br />
Gov. McKeithen hosted a post-premiere<br />
party at the Royal Orleans for the<br />
first-night audience.<br />
Based on Richard Jessup's best-selling<br />
inovel of life among the men and women<br />
j.nvolved in the professional gambling<br />
!»orld, the Ransohoff production stars Mc-<br />
!3ueen, Robinson, Ann-Margret, Maiden<br />
'md Tuesday Weld and was directed in<br />
iMetrocolor by Norman Jew^son.<br />
Motion Picture Exhibit Steals Show<br />
At 2nd Annual Charlotte Festival<br />
CHARLOTTE, N.C—The motion pictui-e<br />
industry took part in the second Festival<br />
in the Park here September 21-26, with<br />
more than 300,000 on hand for the fiveday<br />
event.<br />
The festival of arts, crafts and entertainment<br />
is sponsored by the Chamber of<br />
Commerce, with no admission charged. The<br />
various exhibits are housed in tents encircling<br />
the large lake in Fi'eedom Park.<br />
A 2,800-seat amphitheatre was built for<br />
the festival. Continuous performances were<br />
given, encompassing nearly every type of<br />
music from the harmonica to the $30,000<br />
pipe organ installed especially for the occasion.<br />
The popularity of the motion picture<br />
exhibit, housed in one of the four largest<br />
tents, reflected the time and effort of the<br />
planning committee, composed of E. M.<br />
Marks, Stewart & Everett Theatres; Walter<br />
Thomas, MGM; Robert Schrader. Visulite<br />
Theatre; Jack Jordan, Wilby-Kincey<br />
Theatres, assisted by Glenn Grove of Park<br />
Ten-ace Theatre.<br />
CONTINUOUS SCREEN FARE<br />
Slides of "Old Yeller" and "Mary Poppins"<br />
were shown constantly, while clips<br />
from films were shown in a roped-off area<br />
where folding chairs were arranged to resemble<br />
a movie theatre. Films included<br />
"Mary Poppins," "The Soimd of Music,"<br />
"Old Yeller," "The Great Race," "The<br />
Sandpiper," "My Fair Lady," "Ship of<br />
Pools," 'The Collector," "Genghis Khan,"<br />
"The Last of the Secret Agents," "Dr.<br />
Zhivago" and "Festival of Six MGM Musicals."<br />
Staffing the exhibit were L. A. Ireland.<br />
Astor Pictures; Lawrence TeiTell and Jerry<br />
Helms, Buena Vista; Max Holder and Ken<br />
Hall, Columbia; Lloyd Edwards and staff.<br />
Fox; Amos Boyette and staff, MGM; Bill<br />
Holliday and staff. Paramount; Bill Talbert<br />
and Doc Theimer, Piedmont Promotions;<br />
Phil McKenny, Queen Drive-In; Calvin<br />
Todd, South 29 Drive-In; Eddie Marks,<br />
Lloyd Todd, Phil Davis, Bedford Parker,<br />
Jim Gilland, Bill Jones, all of Stewart &<br />
Everett Theatres; Jules Williamson, Dean<br />
Oxendine, George Royster and Austin<br />
Roberson, all of Universal; Harold Keeter<br />
and staff. United Artists; Jimmy James,<br />
Variety Pictm-es; Bob Schrader, Visulite<br />
Theatre ; Phil Morris, WBTV ; Bell and<br />
M. V. McAfee. Warner Bros.; Jack Jordan.<br />
Wilby-Kincey Theatres.<br />
STAFFED BY WOMPIS<br />
WOMPI service chairman Dianne Sharpe<br />
of Stewart & Everett lined up these<br />
WOMPIs to assist with the motion pictm-e<br />
exhibit tent; Jeamiette Royster, Buena<br />
Vista; Mildred Seawell, CaroUna Film<br />
Service ; Doris Furr, Mabel Long, Ruth Collins,<br />
Rose Hutton, Nancy Moore, Virginia<br />
Porter, Dessie Guyer, all of Columbia;<br />
Blanche Carr, <strong>Boxoffice</strong> correspondent;<br />
Viola Wister, Sara Short, Amalie Gantt,<br />
all of Howco; Betty Beatty and Clarinda<br />
Craig, MGM; Hazel Miller, NSS; Joan<br />
Jackson, NTS; Mildi-ed Warren and Doris<br />
Ducker, Fox; Mildred Hoover, Paramount;<br />
Dottie Glenham, Park Terrace Theatre;<br />
Dianne Sharpe. Slyvia Lowe, Shirley Clanton,<br />
Pam Ward, all of Stewart & Everett;<br />
Brenda Clontz and Kathleen Perrell, Universal;<br />
Thelma Culp, Shirley Tucker and<br />
Mary Klou.se. Warner Bros.<br />
As hoste.sses, WOMPIs assisted in distributing<br />
and checking for correctness a<br />
quiz pamphlet "Movie Stars IQ." Prizes<br />
included records and passes to theatres.<br />
Souvenir books of "Mutiny on the Bounty"<br />
and "Spartacus" were given away and the<br />
public registered for 1,000 movie passes<br />
and soundtrack albums.<br />
Charlotte Mayor Stanford R. Brookshire<br />
said of the festival, "If this were a Hollywood<br />
production, I am sure it would be<br />
labeled an extravaganza."<br />
New Grossing Record<br />
By 'Sound of Music'<br />
MEMPHIS—Edwin Howard, amusements<br />
editor of the Press-Scimitar, said in his<br />
Front Row column that the 20th Centui-y-<br />
Fox film, "The Sound of Music" had netted<br />
$250,000 at the Paramount Theatre in 27<br />
weeks. Alex Thompson, Memphis zone<br />
manager for Paramount-Gulf Theatres,<br />
had reported that 127,432 persons paid to<br />
see the film in those 27 weeks and Howard<br />
arrived at his gross estimate by multiplying<br />
this attendance figui-e by the average<br />
admission price.<br />
This is a new money record for Memphis<br />
first rmis. Tlie previous high was an estimated<br />
$170,000 set by "Goldfinger" at Malco<br />
last winter. Next in line was an estimated<br />
$160,000 each for "My Fail- Lady"<br />
and "Cleopatra," both shown at the Ci-osstown.<br />
Screen Gems Reports Highs<br />
In 1965 Sales and Earnings<br />
From Eastern Edition<br />
NEW YORK—Screen Gems, the television<br />
production and distribution subsidiary<br />
of Columbia Pictmes, reports new<br />
highs in sales and earnings for the fiscal<br />
year ended June 26, 1965, according to A.<br />
Schneider, president, who said the earnings<br />
increased approximately 15 per cent to a<br />
record high of $4,691,000, or $1.48 a common<br />
share, compared with $4,082,000, or<br />
$1.29 per share last year.<br />
This marks the seventh consecutive yearthe<br />
company reported an increase in<br />
profits. Sales for the fiscal year 1965 were<br />
$66,966,000, compared with $57,162,000 last<br />
year.<br />
Ray Junkin, formerly vice-president<br />
and general manager of Screen Gems<br />
(Canada), where he has been since 1962,<br />
has been named sales manager of the<br />
newly-established domestic sales department<br />
of Screen Gems International, by<br />
Lloyd Burns, vice-president in charge of<br />
international operations. In his new capacity.<br />
Jmikin will report to Don Hine. director<br />
of iiiternational sales, and will supervise<br />
the distribution thi-oughout the<br />
U.S. of television properties produced outside<br />
this country by Screen Gems and other<br />
overseas packagers. Junkin had spent nine<br />
years at Official Films as salesman and<br />
assistant to the president.<br />
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Raleigh Drive-In<br />
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F^ALEIGH A largo section of the Tower<br />
Drivc-In screen, built to withstand winds<br />
of 100 miles an hour, was blown down<br />
when a destructive wind storm whipped<br />
through the Raleigh area.<br />
C. Ervin Stone of the Ambassador Theatre<br />
estimated damage to the drive-in as<br />
"several thousand dollars." He said the<br />
section of the screen blown down measured<br />
20 feet wide and 50 feet high and was of<br />
steel and concrete construction. The screen<br />
had weathered the force of Hurricane<br />
Hazel undamaged, he recalled. The downed<br />
screen flattened all the playground equipment,<br />
he said.<br />
'Mondo Pazzo' Leads<br />
New Memphis Films<br />
MEMPHIS— "Mondo Pazzo" came to<br />
the<br />
State Theatre with 150 per cent of average<br />
business for the first week to top<br />
other new films. Among the holdovers, "The<br />
Sound of Music" was the most lively grosser,<br />
turning in 250 for its 27th week at<br />
the Paramount Theatre.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Crosstown Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
Flying Machines {20th-Fox), 15th wk 100<br />
Guild Crozy Paradise (Sherpix) 95<br />
Moico Shenandooh (Univ), 6th wk 100<br />
Palace Rat Fink (CDA) 1 00<br />
Paramount The Sound of Music {20th-Fox),<br />
27th wk 250<br />
Plaza^The Collector (Col), 2nd wk 100<br />
State Mondo Paizo (Rizzoli) 1 50<br />
Warner Carry On CIco (Governor) 100<br />
Judge Says He Will Rule<br />
For Raleigh CATV Lcrw<br />
RALEIGH—A lawyer for four Raleigh<br />
businessmen says he will "very definitely"<br />
ask the North Carolina Supreme Court<br />
to declare the city's cable television ordinance<br />
unconstitutional.<br />
Richard Gamble, representing fom- men<br />
who deal in television sales or supplies,<br />
said he would file an appeal to the Supreme<br />
Court as soon as the Superior Cotu-t<br />
judgment is filed. Superior Coui-t Judge<br />
Elbert S. Peel jr. of Williamston already<br />
has told attorneys on both sides he will<br />
rule that the ordinance is valid.<br />
Peel met with the attorneys and asked<br />
them for suggestions a routine procedure<br />
i<br />
on the wording of the judgment. City attorney<br />
Paul Smith said there was only<br />
one change he would recommend—this<br />
would be to quote an entire ordinance instead<br />
of just part of it.<br />
Ray E. Angell, Robert B. Corns, David<br />
Crenshaw and J. L. Stough filed suit last<br />
October after one Raleigh group merged<br />
its offer with one of WRAL-TV. Raleigh<br />
television station, to form the Southeastern<br />
Cablevision Corp.<br />
The cablevision would offer a wide<br />
variety of channels to Raleigh area viewers<br />
on a subscription basis. The suit contends<br />
that the city has no authority to license<br />
such a service and it would be improper<br />
for the company to install facilities on the<br />
city rights-of-way.<br />
While they are not parties to the suit,<br />
Raleigh theatre officials also have expressed<br />
opposition to the ordinance.<br />
Prank Pierce, who is at present general<br />
manager for Columbia Pictures in Argentina,<br />
will take the same office in Mexico.<br />
MEMPHIS<br />
Thirty Memphians will represent Varii.<br />
Tent 20 at the 1966 convention I<br />
Variety International in London. Tj<br />
deadline for registering has passed al<br />
convention registrations have been ccfirmed<br />
for; Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Gatt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George Overton, Mr. ai<br />
Mrs. Don Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Gil Bradon,<br />
Mrs. M. H. Brandon, Mrs. Virgin<br />
Huirt, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dreisbach, r<br />
and Mrs. Joe Keifer, Mr. and Mrs. Cel<br />
Cupp, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Reiss, Mr. al<br />
Mrs. Tom Kirk, Mr. and Mi's. Haiy<br />
Cherry, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Hodge, E-<br />
win Sonz, Mrs. Abner Lebovitz, Mr. al<br />
Mrs. R. L. Bostick and Mr. and Mrs. Ji<br />
Blevins.<br />
Polly Staples, Talisman, Roseda^;<br />
Frank Heard, Lee Drive-In. Tupelo, al<br />
Leon Rountree, Holly, Holly Springs, wie<br />
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Prom Arkansas came Mrs. L. F. Ha\i<br />
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Patrick, Imperial, Forrest City; MarjoB<br />
Malin, Lura, Augusta; Don Landers, Rac),<br />
Harrisbmg; Orris Collins, Capitol, Paigould,<br />
and Tom Ford, Ford, Rector .<br />
Ernest Pollock, Strand, Hohenwald; W,<br />
Ruffin, Ruffin Amusements Co., Coviiton;<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson, 51 Di'ive-i.<br />
Millington, and N. B. Fair, Fair, Som -<br />
ville, were among visiting Tennessee i.-;-<br />
hibitors.<br />
Mena, Ark., theatregoers moved indo's<br />
last weekend. The Mena Drive-In cloid<br />
October 17 and the Lyric Theatre opeid<br />
the same day.<br />
'Red Line 7000' to Bow<br />
November 9 in Charlotte<br />
CHARLOTTE—Paramount's "Red<br />
7000." Howard Hawks' new racing 'x<br />
thriller, in Technicolor, will have its g"a<br />
premiere at the Plaza Theatre here Iivember<br />
9, with a number of the yovg<br />
stars on hand for the event. Many -P<br />
racing drivers and civic and state offic:ts<br />
also will attend.<br />
In succeeding days, "Red Line 7000" Ul<br />
open in Raleigh, Winston-Salem (i<br />
Greenville. N.C., and Columbia, S.C. Tje<br />
stars will visit these cities for persoil<br />
appearances and interviews before retui<br />
ing to Hollywood.<br />
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HOUSTON—A<br />
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For Augie J. Schmilt<br />
'rom Southwest Edition<br />
43,500 square foot buildng<br />
is being constnicted by Augie J.<br />
Schmitt to house his Houston Popcorn &<br />
supply Co. and Champion Restaurant<br />
3quipment Co.. dealing in restaurant<br />
quipment and supplies.<br />
The masonr>' structure will provide more<br />
han 7.500 square feet of office and showi0om<br />
space, a total of 3,000 square feet of<br />
•ool storage rooms for popcorn and pealuts,<br />
process rooms for popcorn and pealuts,<br />
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Schmitt, long active in the National<br />
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lis president and two years as chaimian of<br />
he board.<br />
Jpdated Lancaster Grand<br />
^ow an Intimate House<br />
rom Mideast Edition<br />
KY.—The Grand Theatre<br />
eopened September 24 after a renovation<br />
rem top to bottom, showing Universal's<br />
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force" as<br />
ts premiere attraction.<br />
The theatre was inspected on the eveiiing<br />
before the opening date by invited<br />
."uests including city-county officials,<br />
(saders of clubs, business and social oranizations<br />
and the Grand made a very<br />
|avorabIe impression.<br />
everything is new—marquee, box-<br />
;ffice, concession stand and a larger<br />
creen. The new seats and drapes pick up<br />
;he colors brown, rust and yellow from the<br />
jbstract geometric squares in the paterned<br />
new carpet. A light green color is<br />
|sed for accent. The facade of the Grand<br />
'5 cut brick and the walls of the auditorium<br />
;nd foyer are in colors ranging from off-<br />
I'hite to deep cream.<br />
general<br />
i'ive-for-Four<br />
|om Eostern<br />
Edition<br />
Cinema Okays<br />
Split<br />
DEL.—Stockholders of<br />
leneral Cinema Corp. have approved a<br />
.ve-for-four split in the company's com-<br />
!ion stock. It is expected that certificates<br />
presenting the additional shares and cash<br />
I lieu of fractional shares will be mailed<br />
ctober 28 to shareholders of record Oc-<br />
>ber 6.<br />
The stock split will raise the number of<br />
lares outstanding from the present 1,-<br />
12,845 to an approximate 1,266,000 shares,<br />
ibject to fractional adjustments.<br />
ATLANTA<br />
gill Packham, producer of '^O-Acre Feud,"<br />
an Ormond Organization release, barely<br />
escaped with his life when his automobile<br />
was forced off the road while he was<br />
on a business trip to Jacksonville with<br />
Gordon Ciaddock. president of Craddock<br />
Films, who will distribute the picture. While<br />
in Jacksonville Craddock and Packham<br />
set up bookings for the picture in the Kent<br />
and Floyd circuits. Packham was hospitalized<br />
and later flown back to his home in<br />
Atlanta while Craddock remained to close<br />
additional deals on "Feud." Packham explained<br />
the accident occurred when an oncoming<br />
automobile forced his car off the<br />
road. It went over an embankment and<br />
hit a utility pole. Craddock was not with<br />
him when the crash occun-ed.<br />
E. E. Whitaker, John Pulton and Harold<br />
T. Spears, members of the nominating<br />
committee of Atlanta Tent No. 21, have<br />
made their report to the club and an election<br />
meeting will be held in the newquarters<br />
of the club on Peachtree Road.<br />
Capri Theatre sneaked Embassy's "Darling"<br />
Sunday ilOi and opened with it the<br />
following Friday il5> . . . 20th Century-<br />
Fox screened "The Return of Mr. Moto"<br />
Monday United Ai-tists unveiled<br />
1 . . . 1<br />
"Return From the<br />
men and reviewers<br />
Ashes"<br />
Wednesday<br />
for its<br />
il3><br />
sales-<br />
. . .<br />
Fine Art Cinema has booked UA's "The<br />
Knack."<br />
The Filmrow here observed its first Columbus<br />
Day holiday Tuesday il2), when<br />
the Row was closed . . . Leonard Allen,<br />
former Paramomit fieldman here and now<br />
a freelance exploiteer handling special accounts,<br />
has sold his home and moved into<br />
an apartment with his three daughters.<br />
Elias Chalhub, associated with Danny<br />
Thomas in many of his activities, spent a<br />
day at the Variety Club here. He foiTnerly<br />
operated the Carefree Center, Riviera and<br />
Surf theatres in Miami Beach, where he<br />
maintains a home. He has leased these<br />
theatres and is in Detroit, where he has<br />
other business interests.<br />
E. E. Whitaker, executive vice-president<br />
and operations manager of Georgia Theatre<br />
Co., has returned from a business trip<br />
to Macon.<br />
Filmrow visitors included Phil Richardson,<br />
the McLendon circuit. Union Springs,<br />
Ala.; R. M. Kennedy, head of the circuit<br />
bearing his name, Birmingham; A. L. Royal<br />
jr.. Lanett. Ala.; Louis Braselton, Gainesville;<br />
Julian Jackson, Knox, Warrenton;<br />
HeW'lett Jones, Carroll, Carrollton; Barron<br />
Godbee jr.. Pal Amusement Co., Vidalia;<br />
Ward Bennett, Abbeville, Ala.<br />
Howard Pearl, new United Ai'tists fieldman,<br />
got his baptism the first week he<br />
was here, when Maximilian Schell, starred<br />
in UA's "Return From the Ashes," was to<br />
have one of those between-planes interviews.<br />
Schell 's plane from Pittsburgh was<br />
late, as was his connecting flight to New<br />
Orleans, where he w-as to meet the press<br />
and dignitaries at a dinner. Eventually,<br />
after the dinner was moved back an hour,<br />
Schell anived. he was put on one plane<br />
and his luggage on another because there<br />
wasn't time for both to make the same<br />
New Orleans flight. Pearl now is on a<br />
swing around his territory, visiting Charlotte<br />
and Jackson exchanges, to work on<br />
"Rage," "The Knack" and "Ashes."<br />
AIP Advances Seplowin;<br />
Bernstein Loop Manager<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Sam Seplowin,<br />
Chicago<br />
exchange manager for American International<br />
Pictm-es, has been promoted to district<br />
manager, charged with supervising<br />
the Chicago and Milwaukee areas for the<br />
company. Seplowin's promotion was announced<br />
here by Leon P. Blender, AIP distribution<br />
vice-president.<br />
Blender said that Victor Bernstein will<br />
be Seplowin's successor in charge of the<br />
AIP Chicago exchange. To take the post,<br />
Bernstein resigned from a similar position<br />
with Allied Artists in Chicago. He had<br />
been associated with Allied Ai-tists 24<br />
years and served the last two years as chief<br />
barker of the Variety Club of Illinois.<br />
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ATLANTA — Atlanta's contingent of<br />
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headed by president Edythe Bryant of<br />
National Screen Service, and delegate<br />
Polly Puckett. returned to Atlanta from<br />
the 12th international convention in New<br />
York with renewed enthusiasm engendered<br />
by the winning of two of the five international<br />
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Miss Bryant accepted the Canada Membership<br />
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the Verlin Osborne Publicity Trophy,<br />
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Nell Middleton of MGM was president<br />
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Two Atlanta members received silver<br />
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and Mrs. Agnes Bailey sponsored six.<br />
This presentation was made for the first<br />
time this year.<br />
Other WOMPIs who attended the convention<br />
included Helene Spears. Georgia<br />
Theatre Co.: Sara Masdon, UA: Dorothy<br />
Southerland, UA; Lynda Burnett, UA;<br />
Mrs. Opal Tate, Wil-Kin Theatre Supply,<br />
Inc., Mrs. Johnnie Barnes, Wilby-Kinoey<br />
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The next convention will be in Des<br />
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Rezoning Sought to Build<br />
Drive-In at Savannah<br />
SAVANNAH—Application has been made<br />
by the Forest City Gun Club, owner of<br />
a 550-acre tract in the southeast section<br />
of the city, for permission to lease a portion<br />
of it for a new drive-in. The area will<br />
have to be rezoned and recommendation<br />
made by the Metropolitan Planning Commission.<br />
It is felt that permission will be<br />
granted.<br />
Name of the person or persons making<br />
application for the lease was not mentioned<br />
in the petition to rezone.<br />
Savannah and vicinity now has three<br />
drive-ins. The Victory, the first constructed<br />
in the South, and the Highway<br />
80 are owned and operated by a company<br />
out of Atlanta. The Montgomery is operated<br />
by the Weis interests, which also<br />
owns and operates the Savannah and Weis,<br />
and is building a shopping center theatre<br />
in the new southern residential section<br />
of the city.<br />
Franken in 'Follow Me'<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Actor-comedian<br />
Steve<br />
Pi-anken was signed for a top comedy role<br />
in Walt Disney's cun-ent Fred MacMm-ray<br />
starrer "Follow Me. Boys," which Norman<br />
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Variety Golf Raises<br />
$5,000 for Hospital<br />
From Souttiwcst Edition<br />
DALLAS—About $5,000 for the enter<br />
tainment industry's Will Rogers Hospita<br />
at Saranac Lake, N.Y., was raised by th<br />
annual Dallas Variety-Will Rogers Hospita<br />
golf tournament at Glen Lakes Countr;<br />
Club. More than 100 industry golfers pari<br />
ticipated in the event.<br />
Ed Terhune, film advertiser, was winnel<br />
of the tournament with the lowest scorfj<br />
Other flight winners: Brandon Doak, chiel<br />
booker for Stanley Warner Theatres; Tlr:<br />
Ferguson, Downs Drive-In, Grand Prairie<br />
Lou Formato, MGM assistant sales man'<br />
ager from New York; Fred Patton, forme<br />
F^-ontier Theatres executive and now<br />
Dallas insurance man, and Floyd Cartel;<br />
MGM Dallas booker.<br />
.<br />
The award for highest score went t;<br />
Lynn Harris, Interstate Theatres executlvt<br />
who nosed out Lew Waid, former Dalla<br />
theatreman who came from his home i:<br />
California to take part in the fun an<br />
competition.<br />
Prior to the start of the tournament, th<br />
Variety executive committee announced<br />
had voted to call the annual Variety ever<br />
the Dallas Variety-Will Rogers Hospit;<br />
golf tournament. Money raised this yea,<br />
and from future tourneys will be used b!<br />
the club to sponsor a room at the hospitai<br />
which also is headquarters for the worl;<br />
famous R. J. O'Donnell Research Institutii<br />
named for the outstanding Dallas entei!<br />
tainment leader who died several years agi<br />
Alton Sims, Rowley United Theatrfj<br />
r;;m buyer, served as chairman of tl:;<br />
Variety arrangements committee for th<br />
golf tourney.<br />
Embassy Names Gonneau<br />
Director of Dubbing<br />
From Eastern Edition<br />
NEW YORK—George Gonneau, who r(<br />
signed as director of dubbing for Titl<br />
Sound Corp. to join Embassy Pictures, hi<br />
been named Paris representative and d<br />
rector of international dubbing for En<br />
bassy by Leonard Lightstone, executii<br />
vice-president.<br />
Gonneau, who first entered the dubbir<br />
side of the film industry as an actor i<br />
1950, has written the dialog and supplit<br />
the American voices for Marcello Mastro<br />
amii, Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman ax<br />
Jean-Paul Belmondo and is fluent in Frenc<br />
and Italian. He joined Titra in 1956. l.<br />
has supervised the dubbing for many En<br />
bassy releases, including directing Soph<br />
Loren's English dubbing of her own volt<br />
in "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" ar<br />
"Marriage Italian Style."<br />
'The Centurions' Filming<br />
Is Completed in Madrid<br />
From Eastern Edition i<br />
MADRID— "The Centurions," Mark Rol<br />
son film in Panavision and color, has con]<br />
pleted its shooting schedule in Madrid.<br />
The Columbia Pictm-es release stars Ail<br />
thony Quinn, Claudia Cardinale, Alain D|<br />
Ion and Michele Morgan. Based on tlj<br />
best-selling novel by French author Jes!<br />
Larteguy, "The Centurions" is a modeij<br />
action story about French paratroope<br />
who fight all the way from Indochina<br />
Algeria.<br />
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JACKSONVILLE<br />
J^rs. John iMary) Hart, wlio hius filled<br />
many important WOMPI offices and<br />
assignments at both national and local<br />
levels, went into St. Vincent's Hospital here<br />
for treatment of a<br />
rundown condition. Mrs.<br />
Hart is a member of the advertising team<br />
at the home office of Florida State Theatres.<br />
\\OMPI volunteers gave yeoman service<br />
to the industry duiing the five days of Arts<br />
Festival VIII by staffing the display of<br />
the San Marco Art Theatre and by handing<br />
out thousands of brochures to persons<br />
visiting the display . . . Several shifts of<br />
WOMPI members were busy in hours when<br />
off duty from their Filnuow jobs in preparing<br />
thousands of stamp-solicitation envelopes<br />
for Christmas mailing at the Tuberculosis<br />
Ass'n headquarters on Ashley<br />
Street.<br />
The Motion Picture Charity Club's committee<br />
in charge of managing the scores<br />
of volmiteer workers to serve as ticket takers<br />
at the Jacksonville Fair from the club<br />
and from the ranks of WOMPI is composed<br />
of John Tomlinson, MPCC president<br />
and independent booker: Fred Mathis,<br />
Paramount manager, and Ed McLaughlin,<br />
Columbia manager. President Tomlinson<br />
said that more than 3,000 hours of work will<br />
have to be donated by FUmrow volunteers<br />
duiing the fair's operation October 20-30<br />
in order for the MPCC to realize needed<br />
funds for operation of the group's humanitarian<br />
Blind Children's Foundation.<br />
When Bill<br />
Goewey, new local relief manager<br />
for Florida State Theatres, and Mrs.<br />
Goewey moved here from Orlando they had<br />
a small parade on the highway. Bill's home<br />
is a luxury model contained in an outsize<br />
mobile trailer 65 feet long and 12 feet wide.<br />
When it is in motion, state laws require<br />
that it be pulled by a track and have an<br />
escort vehicle bringing up the rear. The<br />
Goeweys are residing on Phillips Highway<br />
on the south side.<br />
Frederick C. Bellinger arrived here to<br />
fulfill a narrator's role for presentation of<br />
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Irom Eostern Edition<br />
WASHINGTON, DC. — Suburban Thetres.<br />
a company formed recently by District<br />
Theatres Corp.. has announced the<br />
.easing of a theatre to be built in the Lee<br />
'laza Shopping Center at Penn Daw, Va.<br />
"he theatre site will be at the intersection<br />
f North King's highway and Route 1.<br />
An opening next summer is planned by<br />
'Suburban for the 900-seat de luxe theatre.<br />
Jniversal to Distribute<br />
Albert Finney Feature<br />
trom Eastern Edition<br />
YORK— Albert Finney, star of<br />
Tom Jones," and Milton R. Rackmil,<br />
I'resident of Universal Pictures Co., Inc.,<br />
lave consummated a distributing deal for<br />
'inney's first independent production<br />
.nder the banner of his newly formed<br />
'lemorial Enterprises, Ltd. The film is<br />
lentatively titled "Charlie Bubbles."<br />
will direct as well as star in his<br />
litial independent production. Production<br />
ji scheduled to start in the fall of 1966.<br />
jlichael Medwin, who is a partner of Al-<br />
[ert Finney in Memorial Enterprises, Ltd.,<br />
'Ul supervise the film, which will be based<br />
|i a British studio but will also have exten-<br />
'ive locations in London and the sur-<br />
'ounding area.<br />
Bubbles" is an original story by<br />
helagh Delaney, author of "A Taste of<br />
[oney" and "A Lion in Love." Miss De-<br />
Imey is also preparing the screenplay.<br />
'Jew Plant in San Antonio<br />
Opened by Coca-Cola Co.<br />
jom Southwest Edition<br />
SAN ANTONIO—Coca-Cola Co. presi-<br />
|ent J. Paul Austin, arriving to attend<br />
|ie official opening of a new bottling<br />
ilant here, announced that the company<br />
jlans to introduce a new soft drink soon.<br />
"Fresca,<br />
f<br />
the new product, is a citrusjavored,<br />
sugar-free, di'ink," he said. In<br />
i!St markets, it has been the most success-<br />
Ill Coca-Cola product to date, Austin<br />
lid.<br />
new bottling plant here, the fifth<br />
.Jgest in the United States, is the most<br />
lodem plant in the Coca-Cola operation.<br />
I features an increased bottling capacity<br />
|)<br />
serve a ten-comity area.<br />
"The past year was our best year," Au-<br />
f<br />
}in noted. "And the rate of increase is<br />
limbing each year."<br />
|A1 Biedenharn jr. is president and gen-<br />
|al manager of the San Antonio Cocapla<br />
bottling plant.<br />
j'ed Bergmann Is Named<br />
jo Landau-Unger Post<br />
l)m Eastern Edition<br />
YORK—Ted Bergmann, who has<br />
|)erated his own independent program<br />
lickaging company. Charter Productions<br />
prp., which produced the Grammy Awards<br />
jiow for NBC television, has been named<br />
ice-president in charge of network telejsion<br />
for the Landau-Unger Co. Bergjann<br />
wUl devote himself to the developlent<br />
and sales of programs on the major<br />
pworks as a complement to the expansion<br />
Landau-Unger's production<br />
and distriiition<br />
activities.<br />
MIAMI<br />
The Film Society began its 11th season<br />
Sunday
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OKLAHOMA CITY—The<br />
Continental,<br />
the first new theatre here in 24 years, will<br />
open Thm-sday (21i with "The Greatest<br />
Story Ever Told." The premiere performance<br />
will be sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi<br />
Sorority as a benefit for its service projects.<br />
Tomorrow 09 >, there will be a showing<br />
for ministers, priests and civic leaders.<br />
Wednesday, a screening will be held for<br />
'the press, radio and television.<br />
Operated by Barton Theatres, the ultramodern<br />
house is located at the United<br />
Pounders Plaza at the Northwest Highway<br />
and May. It contains elegance in decor,<br />
rocking-chair seats, with nearly foui- feet<br />
rows, transistorized stereophonic<br />
special wall-to-wall carpeting and<br />
plenty of space for free parking. The<br />
"hill and valley" roof of the building was<br />
designed to assure excellent acoustics.<br />
HOUSTON<br />
rjynthia Hull and Bill Tui-man, stars of<br />
the Dallas-made "High Yellow," ap-<br />
'peared on the stage of the Broadway in<br />
conjunction with the showing of the film<br />
... Columbia Pictm-es' William Lewis was<br />
town in conjunction with the visit made<br />
!by Hollywood film star Carol Lynley, who<br />
'was here in conjunction with the forthcoming<br />
opening of "Bmmy Lake Is Missing."<br />
Westheimer, author of the novel<br />
jupon which the motion pictm-e "Von Ryan's<br />
Express" was based, was a visitor. West-<br />
'heimer previously wi'ote a radio-television<br />
'column on a local newspaper. He was here<br />
iin conjunction with his new novel, "My<br />
Sweet Charlie."<br />
The world premiere of the Warner Bros.'<br />
Cinerama spectacle, "Battle of the<br />
Bulge." is scheduled to be held at the<br />
Cinerama December 22 . . . The<br />
\ The Gaylynn, operated by the Jefferson<br />
lAmusement Co., with headquarters in<br />
iBeaumont, sponsored a late evening discotheque<br />
show with two bands last Saturday<br />
night. There was a $50 prize for the<br />
best dancer ... A special show has been<br />
•booked at the King Center Drive-In (west<br />
Iscreen) for the youngsters in what has<br />
Ibeen designated as a giant go-go program<br />
;with four- hits. These included "Go Go<br />
iMania," "Having a WUd Weekend,"<br />
["Perry Ci-oss the Mersey" and "T.A.M.I."<br />
jPrezia Signed for 'War'<br />
jFrom Western Edition<br />
— Italian actor Benito<br />
|Prezia who, as a boy during WW n, played<br />
[at war with the children of servants on his<br />
ifamUy's estate in southern Italy, has been<br />
|Signed by producer-director Blake Edwards<br />
to play at war again for eight weeks.<br />
jThis time it is in "'What Did You Do in<br />
|the War, Daddy?" in which he portrays<br />
;an Italian sergeant.<br />
Gold in 7966' Choice of TDITOA<br />
As Nexf Year's Convention Theme<br />
DALLAS—"Gold in 1966" has been selected<br />
as the theme for the 1966 Texas<br />
Drive-In Theatre Owners Ass'n convention<br />
to be held February 1-3 at the Statler-<br />
Hilton Hotel in Dallas, according to Harry<br />
McCartney, convention chairman.<br />
Industry firms have been signing up<br />
at a fast pace for exhibit booths, Mc-<br />
Cartney revealed—so fast that 65 per cent<br />
of the booth space has been sold.<br />
"This indicates a lively interest in the<br />
'66 convention," said McCartney. "Dates<br />
for the 1966 convention were moved up<br />
three weeks earlier to accommodate a<br />
large nmnber of TDITOA members and<br />
we feel sure these earlier dates will help<br />
attendance and step up interest in the<br />
convention."<br />
Only Top Quality Films<br />
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EL PASO, TEX.—Scheduled for its first<br />
screen showing in May, the Northgate<br />
Theatre planned for the Northgate Shopping<br />
Center will show first-run movies of<br />
highest quality, W. E. Mitchell, vicepresident<br />
of Interstate Theatre Circuit<br />
of Dallas, told the El Paso Herald-Post.<br />
Mitchell said the $325,000 project is on<br />
the drawing boards of Nesmith-Lane and<br />
Associates, architect for construction of<br />
the Northgate Shopping Center.<br />
Selection of the Northgate site was<br />
made by Interstate because surveys showed<br />
a theatre was needed where continued<br />
population expansion was indicated.<br />
Mitchell added that he did not expect<br />
that the 1,000-seat theatre would deter<br />
movie fans from attending shows in the<br />
downtown area,<br />
"Because of its convenience, we think<br />
it will encourage more people to get into<br />
the movie habit and find out what fine<br />
entertainment is," he said. "Ample parking<br />
space will add to the convenience."<br />
NASA Facilities Approval<br />
For 'Way, Way Out'<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD—National Aeronautic and<br />
Space Agency officials in Washington have<br />
given approval to producer Malcolm Stuart<br />
to utilize NASA facilities at Houston, Cape<br />
Kennedy and Huntsville, Ala., for filming<br />
of "Way, Way Out," 20th-Fox space-age<br />
comedy starring Jerry Lewis. With Gordon<br />
Douglas dii-ecting, the film is scheduled<br />
to start January 10, following completion of<br />
Lewis' "Three on a Couch."<br />
Joseph Longo Resigns AA<br />
Post; Joins Redstone<br />
From Eastern Edition<br />
NEW YORK—Joseph P. Longo has resigned<br />
as assistant to Jack Goldstein, national<br />
director of advertising and publicity<br />
for Allied Artists, to accept the post of advertising<br />
and publicity of Redstone Theatres,<br />
headquartering in Boston.<br />
One of Longo's first assignments will be<br />
the opening planned for the newly reconstructed<br />
Showcase Cinema Circle Theatre,<br />
Brookline, Mass.<br />
Last year, when more than 700 exhibitors<br />
attended to set a record for the<br />
TDITOA convention series, they were<br />
registered from Mexico and from more<br />
than half of the states.<br />
Many TDITOA members plan to attend<br />
the Theatre Owners of America convention<br />
in Los Angeles October 27-30. President<br />
Earl Podolnick will attend from Austin:<br />
and from Dallas will go Al Reynolds,<br />
chairman of the TDITOA board:<br />
Arlie Crites, executive secretary: Edwin<br />
Tobolowsky and McCartney. John Rowley,<br />
chairman of the board, Theatre Owners<br />
of America and Bill W. Slaughter are<br />
other Texas exhibition leaders who have<br />
planned to attend the Los Angeles convention.<br />
Interstate Updating<br />
Plaza in El Paso<br />
EL PASO, TEX.—To mark the 35th anniversary<br />
of opening of the Plaza Theatre,<br />
Bill Rast, city manager here for Interstate<br />
Theatre Circuit, announced that<br />
the circuit is undertaking remodeling of<br />
the downtown theatre.<br />
"In a few weeks, a new look will be introduced<br />
to the thousands of El Pasoans<br />
as the front of the theatre becomes modernized,"<br />
said Rast. "Within the auditorium,<br />
a more spacious seating arrangement<br />
will be introduced. One that will<br />
enable patrons to pass between rows of<br />
seats without requiring persons to rise.<br />
The seating arrangement will be staggered<br />
so evei-y patron will have an unobstructed<br />
view of the giant screen."<br />
The starlight sky effect and the movement<br />
of the clouds on the ceiling in the<br />
Plaza auditorium will remain intact, according<br />
to the El Paso Times, as will<br />
the tremendous art work on the ceilings<br />
of the lobby and lounge.<br />
Rast, who had a giant birthday cake<br />
made in the shape of the Plaza, said<br />
the theatre was built in 1930 at a cost<br />
of more than $1,000,000.<br />
Among guests on hand to share the<br />
bii-thday cake were W. J. Hooten. editor of<br />
the Times, and Chris Fox, vice-president<br />
of the State National Bank, both of whom<br />
attended the Pla^ia's grand opening party<br />
in 1930.<br />
Sharing duties as host with Rast at the<br />
35th birthday celebration was Bill Chambers,<br />
manager of the Plaza.<br />
In Embassy's "The Oscar," Karen Norris<br />
will be seen in long sequences as the secretary<br />
to a producer but she will never<br />
speak.<br />
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DALLAS<br />
piarry Sachs, buyer and booker for Adclman<br />
Theatres, left for a two-week vacation.<br />
He will stop ill Chicago, where he<br />
win be joined by his sister, and they will<br />
then go to Toronto. Montreal and Quebec.<br />
After the unseasonable 90-degiee weather<br />
in Dallas, they might find it a bit on the<br />
nippy side in Canada.<br />
Johnnie Kitts was here to visit his mother<br />
and friends before taking over his<br />
new duties as booker in the Los Angeles<br />
office for Paramount. John has been in the<br />
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ATLANTA—Motion picture theatres here<br />
•e keeping their boxoffice machinery<br />
ivell oiled" to accommodate tourists and<br />
.mventioners who come to Atlanta, which<br />
IS recently received the "big league"<br />
amp of approval.<br />
With the completion of the $11 million<br />
arriott Hotel, construction of the<br />
egency Hotel, a downtowner to be cometed<br />
in 1966, and the opening of the<br />
irliament House motor hotel, the city is<br />
inply able to accommodate the lodging<br />
!eds of people coming here.<br />
Also under constniction is a new cultural<br />
nter as part of the present buildings of<br />
ie Atlanta Art Ass'n. Next year the Mllliukee<br />
Braves will become the Atlanta<br />
aves and National League baseball will<br />
played in Atlanta's new $18 million<br />
adium. Another sports attraction to this<br />
ea will be the Falcons, to be fielded in<br />
66. A franchise has been granted by the<br />
itional Football League to Rankin Smith,<br />
ecutive of the Life Insurance Co. of<br />
jorgia, for the team.<br />
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HOLLYWOOD—Fouad-Said, cinematog-<br />
'pher-producer, who shot foreign locajms<br />
for the "I Spy" TV series and the<br />
:iture "The Touching and the Not<br />
Imching" in the Philippines, has been<br />
jmed to film "The Girlfriend." Said<br />
iirted lensing the feature for Cinema<br />
cove in Bavaria last week.<br />
SAN ANTONIO<br />
Tgnacio Torres, manager of the Alameda,<br />
downtown Spanish-language showcase<br />
owned by Maurice Braha, has booked another<br />
stage show for four days, opening<br />
October 21. There will be two-hour stage<br />
presentations at 3, 6 and 9 p.m. On the<br />
screen will be Marga Lopez in "Suenos de<br />
Mujer." Stars to appear in the stage show<br />
are Libertad Lamarque, Clavillazo, Pedro<br />
Vargas, Tun Tun, Matilde, Aide Martell,<br />
Alvarito and Ramiro Cervera and his orchestra.<br />
R. A. Barron, owner and manager of the<br />
Independent Theatre Supply, held a surprise<br />
birthday party for his wife, with<br />
the help of the couple's children. About<br />
70 friends and relatives attended the gala<br />
affair. Barron is fully on the road to recovery<br />
following his recent surgery.<br />
Lynn Knieger, manager of the downtown<br />
Majestic, ace flagship of the Interstate<br />
Theatre Circuit, is in Southwest Texas<br />
Methodist Hospital recuperating from<br />
brain surgery performed last Saturday.<br />
He was admitted to the hospital a week<br />
ago to undergo tests prior to the operation.<br />
All of his friends in the industry<br />
wish Lynn a speedy and full recovery.<br />
A heart-warming film "Guitierritos," an<br />
Azteca Films release, has been booked at<br />
the Alameda Theatre as part of a dual<br />
bill. The story has been appearing as a<br />
daily series on KCOR, local Spanishlanguage<br />
radio station.<br />
In on a buying trip<br />
from Austin, was the<br />
owner of the Rex Theatre, who purchased<br />
.supplies from R. A. Barron at the Independent<br />
Theatre Supply. Rex is reopening<br />
his theatre . Bran.son has returned<br />
to duties on the staff of the Aztec<br />
Theatre as ticket-taker . Powers,<br />
city manager of the Cinema Arts Theatres,<br />
has booked the Bob O'Donnell epic, "The<br />
Redeemer," for a November date at the<br />
Laurel Theatre, managed by Alvin Krueger.<br />
A specifd showing will be made for<br />
the local clergy and other religious leaders.<br />
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the present Century 21 Theatre near the<br />
Winchester Mystery House, has received<br />
the endorsement of the county architectuial<br />
and site approval committee. Known<br />
as Centm'y 22, the second circular theatre<br />
is planned by Winchester Properties,<br />
Inc., for a site flanking Century 21, a<br />
900-seat showhouse on the south side of<br />
Olin avenue between Winchester boulevard<br />
and Maplewood avenue.<br />
Winchester Properties' executives told<br />
the site commission the second theatre was<br />
desired because Centui-y 21 has been a<br />
sellout and there is need for facilities to<br />
present two roadshows simultaneously.<br />
San Pi'ancisco architect Vincent G. Raney<br />
di'afted the Century 22 plans, which<br />
next were to be submitted to the county<br />
planning commission.<br />
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program for the Indian Hall of Fame<br />
at Anadarko was Paul Stonum, operator<br />
of the Redskin and Miller theatres there.<br />
Dedication of sculptured bronze busts of<br />
Will Rogers. Pocahontas and Sequoyah<br />
was the highlight of the 13th anniversary.<br />
Stoniun has served as president of the hall<br />
and as a director. He recently was appointed<br />
chairman of the one-day sixth<br />
annual convention of the organization<br />
March 15 in the Skirvin Hotel.<br />
Allied Artists has closed its office here<br />
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Pntcharci. Paul Kearns, connected with AA<br />
many years and who was in charge of the<br />
local exchange, has moved over to Paramount<br />
as an assistant booker to H. K.<br />
"Buck" Buchanan. Prank Carbone is the<br />
branch manager.<br />
Pee Wee Peak, well known on Filmrow<br />
but is not in the motion picture industry,<br />
imderwent surgery in St. Anthony's Hospital<br />
. . . Helen Smith, who with her family<br />
operates the OK Theatre at Newkirk,<br />
was in Ponca City Hospital for tests.<br />
Exhibitors visiting Filmrow included Everett<br />
Mahaney. Corral, Guymon; Homer<br />
Jones. Rialto and Alva Drive-In, which is<br />
being closed for the season Saturday (30i;<br />
Alex Blue and Hank Robb, Admiral Twin<br />
Drive-In, Tulsa: Eddie Jones, Rex and Skyvu,<br />
Nowata; Mr. and Mrs. Bill G. Stephens,<br />
51 Drive-In, Broken Arrow, who will close<br />
the airer the last of this month: Dick<br />
Criunpler, Gentry and 69 Drive-In, Checotah:<br />
Mi's. O. L. Zeek, Main, Stonewall, and<br />
O. L. Smith, Alamo and Long Horn. Marlow.<br />
Visitors from Dallas were Sol Sachs, Continental<br />
Pictures; Paul Short, National<br />
Screen Service, and James Pritchard, Allied<br />
ArtLsts.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Newcomb report the<br />
opening of the downtown Cooper, newly<br />
remodeled for Cinerama, was far above expectations.<br />
The opening pictm-e was "The<br />
Hallelujah Trail." They said they were reluctant<br />
to pull out "Those Magnificent Men<br />
in Their Flying Machines" since it was doing<br />
well, but they had to get started with<br />
this new film in order to make way for a<br />
new Warner Bros. Cinerama picture at<br />
Christmas. The Newcombs, in association<br />
with their son Webb, also operate two suburban<br />
theatres, the Lakeside and Trend.<br />
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INDEPENDENCE. MO.—Construction Is<br />
irogressing ahead of schedule on the new<br />
win Di-ive-In. Originally scheduled to<br />
'ai't next spring, opening has now been<br />
t for November of this year. This will be<br />
le first outdoor twin theatre operation<br />
1 the Greater Kansas City area. It is loited<br />
on a 25 -acre site at 71 by-pass and<br />
Kentucky rdad. ;'2-miIe north of 24 highlay,<br />
within the city limits.<br />
theati-e will have a capacity of 1,600<br />
n-s, making it the largest in the metroolitan<br />
area. It will be equipped with<br />
iOOO-watt electric in-car heaters, providlig<br />
for year-round operation.<br />
The Twin is owned by the Twin Drive-In<br />
theatre Corp. and will be operated by Lu<br />
aughan and Martin Stone, operators of the<br />
1-70 Drive-In. Vaughan will manage the<br />
'leatre and Stone will buy film and handle<br />
lie<br />
advertising.<br />
I H. C. Baltis is the general contractor,<br />
rejection equipment is being furnished<br />
\y National Theatre Supply. Concession<br />
buipment is from National Store Fixture<br />
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— Ground-breaking cerelionies<br />
were held here recently for a new<br />
jieatre located on the southwest corner of<br />
jorth 24th street and East Camelback road<br />
|)r Arizona Paramount Theatres. The the-<br />
(tre, expected to be ready for opening<br />
jirly in 1966, is the second building in a<br />
'rojected five-building plaza program beig<br />
developed by the Camelback and 24th<br />
treet Corp., and will incorporate a numer<br />
of innovations.<br />
The plaza will be known as Quality<br />
quare. The theatre will seat almost 1,000<br />
Ind is being built as an all-puiiDOse house<br />
jhich will provide all types of projection,<br />
tomes Construction Co. is general con-<br />
•actor for the plaza, which already in-<br />
[ludes the Ai-izona Manor Hotel and the<br />
iltmore Fashion Park. An office buildig,<br />
bank and restaurant will complete the<br />
omplex.<br />
[Martha Raye on 2nd Tour<br />
|)f Troops in Viet Nam<br />
lorn Western Edition<br />
Raye, who aleady<br />
has made one entertainment torn- of<br />
jmerican bases in Viet Nam, left again<br />
latui'day (9), and will be the first enterliiner<br />
to appear there under the auspices<br />
If the Hollywood Overseas Committee and<br />
(le USO, George Chandler, HOC chairman,<br />
tnnounces.<br />
her on the three-week<br />
bur are musicians Ollie Harris and Earl<br />
I'olbert, who also made thj last Viet Nam<br />
3ur.<br />
Chandler reports that response to the<br />
ommittee'.-; appt^al for entertainers has<br />
een "encouraging" anc; volunteers to date<br />
['.elude: Nick Adams. Bob Conrad, Denise<br />
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theatres this fall and winter with the na'<br />
tional release of six productions, all a;<br />
which arrive laden with international filn*<br />
festival awards, and offer, seemingly, tli<br />
best acting and directorial talent availabl<br />
in Poland today.<br />
An exclusive exhibition agreement b<br />
which the Europa Theatre, Los Angelei<br />
will present all of the releases was com<br />
pleted by Shan V. Sayles of Continents<br />
Theatres, Inc., operators of the 400-sea!<br />
house, and Harry Kujtkowski of Amerpr<br />
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The basis for the release pattern here f<br />
that the many awards the films have re;<br />
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views from European film critics, shoul<br />
add up to boxoffice response from the sam<br />
public that has supported such films i'<br />
the past—mainly from Prance, Italy an<br />
Sweden.<br />
The agreement will mark the first cori<br />
tinuous scheduling of Polish films in an<br />
theatre west of Chicago. Tradltionall"<br />
Polish pictui-es have been exhibited o:ily i<br />
those areas with large Polish-speakin<br />
populations such as Pittsburgh, Buffal(<br />
Chicago and Detroit.<br />
BI-LINGUAL AD CAMPAIGN<br />
Backed by an extensive bi-lingual advet;<br />
tising campaign designed to reach the widj<br />
est possible audience, Amerpol will attemi^<br />
to make the pictm-es known to all audi<br />
ences. A campaign has been prepared simi<br />
lar to the one used for "Knights of thj<br />
Teutonic Order," also distributed by Amei<br />
pol and to date the largest grossing Polls<br />
film released in the U.S. since World Wr<br />
II. In addition to being shown theatrii<br />
it has been dubbed into English and shoi<br />
nationally on television.<br />
Polish films, like Russian and Germa'<br />
releases, have not been as popular hei<br />
as those made in most other Europea,<br />
countries and Japan. It is genei-ally agreel<br />
that the blame lies with several factor<br />
among them the fact that the countr<br />
belongs to the Communist bloc and un(<br />
recently the screenplays have been basf<br />
on colloquial themes not suited for inte'<br />
national audiences. Too much propaganc<br />
has also been a factor.<br />
The breakthrough has come with tl|<br />
emergence of several youthful and dynan!<br />
ically creative directorial talents includir<br />
Wojciech Has, Roman Polanski, Andr'<br />
Wajda and the late Andrzel Munk.<br />
Thi-ough their creative efforts, ai<br />
others, Polish films have taken on mai<br />
of the "new wave" aspects that swe<br />
Pi-ench filmmaking in recent years. In ai<br />
dition, political control has eased apparen<br />
ly with officials realizing direct propagani<br />
is hardly ever entertaining and stories er<br />
ploying only the party line have cost tl<br />
country a major share of foreign theatric<br />
exhibition. Such action has possibly frei<br />
veteran filmmakers Alexander For<br />
Chopin," "Knights of the Teutor<br />
Order") and Jerzy Bossack, a well-knov<br />
documentary director, to make films i<br />
wider and more matui'e audiences.<br />
Representative examples of the so call'<br />
new look in Polish filmmaking releashere<br />
are "Ashes and Diamonds" and "Kni<br />
in the Water," both of which have pe<br />
fonned only fair at theatre boxoffici<br />
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NC-2 BOXOFFICE October 18, 19'
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MILWAUKEE<br />
n the light of the amazing tui-nout for<br />
fashion show put on at the Milaukee<br />
Athletic Club by the women's segiient<br />
of Variety Tent 14 on Thursday (7i,<br />
behooves the men to get "on the ball."<br />
WTMJ-<br />
The Milwaukee Journal station<br />
;V has purchased a package of 102 films<br />
reduced by Universal. Included in the<br />
eal are such films as "The Benny Goodlan<br />
Story," "Portrait in Black," "Pillow<br />
alk." and "The Grass Is Greener."<br />
Mrs. Harold "Bud" Rose was entertained<br />
•t a luncheon at the Milwaukee Athletic<br />
!;lub. Host was Mrs. Rose's daughter, with<br />
bout 30 attending. Among those present<br />
;ere Mrs. Frank Binswanger, who flew in<br />
,-om Philadelphia. She is the sister of the<br />
oted syndicated columnist Bert Bachaich.<br />
Her nephew Bert jr., is the com-<br />
-oser and writer, who for the past several<br />
ears has been with Marlene Dietrich, and<br />
'ho recently married Angle Dickinson.<br />
Milwaukee has landed the American<br />
;egion's 1968 convention. And responsible<br />
\i no small measui-e for the promotion<br />
i'hich brought this about was Bernie Stra-<br />
Itiota, general manager of 'WRIT, who was<br />
bnvention chairman. Said James V. De-<br />
'larest, New York, convention commission<br />
itiairman, "Milwaukee got the convention<br />
[ver other cities because of the promo-<br />
Ion."<br />
Mickey Morton, Milwaukee's 6-foot-plus<br />
.art-time actor, who shuttles to New York<br />
iiid Hollywood, has been signed to play a<br />
lead prison guard in the pilot of a projected<br />
NBC series, to star comedian Don<br />
^.ickles as the leader of a group of fun-lov-<br />
!ig<br />
jailbirds.<br />
pATV Firms Must Seek<br />
j'ranchise in Akron<br />
;om Mideast Edition<br />
city council has declared<br />
jiat any CATV system operating in Akron<br />
|i a public utility and any firm wanting<br />
',}<br />
operate in the city must seek a franjtiise<br />
from the council. This decision is<br />
ue to action sought by Robert Blake-<br />
,iore, president of Aki-on Telerama, Inc.,<br />
I'ho said another company may attempt<br />
p<br />
provide CATV without a city franchise.<br />
Blakemore's<br />
[<br />
firm obtained an exclusive<br />
•anchise in July after extensive bidding.<br />
;e gave the council a status report on<br />
is firm's operation, saying It has deposited<br />
$10,000 perfoiTnance bond with the city<br />
|s required by its franchise and expects<br />
p begin putting up cables in about three<br />
iionths. Service will begin next spring.<br />
"We have completed our signal studies<br />
|)r local tower erection and are presently<br />
[egotiating for a site for our tower, equip-<br />
;ient and office," Blakemore said.<br />
!-Stage Set Being Built<br />
j'or 'Paradise Road'<br />
lorn Western Edition<br />
— A set spreading over<br />
[iree connecting sound stages at Pi-ojticers<br />
Studio is now being built for use<br />
|i filming Syzygy Productions' "Paradise<br />
load," which got under way September 29.<br />
'Americans on Everest'<br />
To Become Feature Film<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD— "Americans on Everest,"<br />
the dramatic documentary film of America's<br />
conquest of the world's highest mountain,<br />
recently shown in color over the CBS<br />
network, will be released in a different<br />
featm-e-length version in regular motion<br />
picture theatres throughout the world, announces<br />
Norman G. Dylirenfm-th, directorproducer<br />
of the film. Dyhrenfui'th organized<br />
and led the expedition which made<br />
mountaineering history by pioneering a<br />
new route over the previously unknown<br />
west ridge of Everest with subsequent traverse<br />
of the mountain toward the Southeast.<br />
For outstanding achievements in mountaineering<br />
and science, Dyhrenfui-th and<br />
his team were awarded the National Geographic<br />
Society's Hubbard Medal by the<br />
President, the late John F. Kennedy. As<br />
soon as Dyhrenfurth retui-ns from Em'ope,<br />
where some of his films were entered in<br />
the 14th annual Festival for Exploration<br />
Films in Trieste, Italy, he plans to go to<br />
work on the theatrical version of "Americans<br />
on Everest."<br />
Darin<br />
Has New Manager<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD—David Gershonson has<br />
dissolved his public relations firm to become<br />
the personal manager of Bobby Darin.<br />
They have formed Darvid Pi'oductions,<br />
dealing with motion picture and TV projects.<br />
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Returns for 'Combat'<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Two-time<br />
Academy<br />
Award winner Luise Rainer returned to<br />
Hollywood, after an absence of many<br />
years, to guest-star in Selmur Productions'<br />
ABC-TV "Combat" episode "The Finest<br />
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BOXOFFICE :: October 18,
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theatres but fell off downtown.<br />
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'Music' Five Times<br />
Average in Detroit<br />
i DETROIT—Scoring 500.. or five times<br />
average gross at the Madison Theatre.<br />
'The Sound of Music" maintained its lead<br />
among Detroit first runs in its 27th week.<br />
Close behind on basis of 450 compiled at<br />
four theatres was the opening week of<br />
"Darling." the Embassy release. In thii'd<br />
place with 175 at the Adams was "Those<br />
Magnificent Men in Their Flying Ma-<br />
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chines."<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Adams Those Mogniticcnt Men in Their Flying<br />
Machines (20th-Fcx), 9th wk 175<br />
fox Motor Psycho! (SR), Saturday Night Out<br />
(SR), 2nd wk 110<br />
Madison The Sound of Music (20th-Fox},<br />
27th wk<br />
Mercury, Punch and Judy, Jewel, Michigan— Dar-<br />
500<br />
ling (Embassy) 450<br />
Michigan Anatomy of a Murder (Col), reissue ..110<br />
Palms The Horrors of Spider Island (SR);<br />
Fiendish Ghouls (SR) 115<br />
Studio, Bloomfield—The Collector (Col), 7th wk. ..170<br />
Studio-North, Came lot The Pawnbroker (AA),<br />
12th wk 170<br />
Trans-Lux Krim The Rope (Zenith) 55<br />
! "Pawnbroker' 400 Earns<br />
First Place in Cincinnati<br />
CINCINNATI—Over-all attendance was<br />
high at first-run theatres as "Ship of<br />
Fools" opened at the Capitol with high<br />
critical praise and a first-week gross i>ercentage<br />
of 175. Interest continued to run<br />
'strong for "The Pawnbroker," which ran<br />
up a 400 count in its second week at the<br />
jEsquii-e. and for "What's New Pussycat?"<br />
;at the Times Theatre. "Once a Thief"<br />
made its debut at the Twentieth Century<br />
with 150.<br />
|Albee Morrioge on the Rocks (WB), 2nd wk. ...125<br />
[Ambassador Fanny hiill (SR), rerun 150<br />
1 Capitol Ship of Fools (Col) 1 75<br />
'Esquire The Pawnbroker (AA), 2nd wk 400<br />
Twin Bamboie (Royal) 115<br />
Guild A Taste of Honey (Cont'l); Battle of the<br />
I Sexes (Cont'l), reissues 150<br />
JHyde Park Cot Bollou (Col), moveover 100<br />
International 70 The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
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28th wk 215<br />
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Times Whot's New Pussycat? (UA), 11th wk. ..350<br />
[Twentieth Century Once o Thief (MGM) 150<br />
Valley—Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying<br />
I Mochines (20th-Fox), 1 5th wk 1 00<br />
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'Sound of Music' Holds<br />
Cleveland Lead With 250<br />
CLEVELAND—"My Pair Lady," in its<br />
(final days, jumped 50 points after 48 weeks!<br />
"The Sound of Music" held to its firm<br />
250 percentage at the Ohio Theatre while<br />
Allen—Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
t<br />
75<br />
200<br />
Flying Machines<br />
Colony—My Fair<br />
(20th-Fox),<br />
Lady (WB),<br />
13th<br />
48th<br />
wk<br />
wk<br />
! Detroit, Mayland The Pawnbroker (AA), 4th wk.<br />
(Heights, Westwood The Married Woman (Royol),<br />
170<br />
2nd wk 105<br />
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1 Hippodrome, Richmond, Riverside Marriage on the<br />
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Rocks (WB), 3rd wk<br />
Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 29th wk.<br />
1 50<br />
250<br />
Palace,<br />
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Foirview, Severance The ipcress File<br />
(Univ), 2nd wk 200<br />
.State, Beoch Clitf Ship of Fools (Col) 125<br />
Vogue<br />
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Darling (Embassy), 3rd wk 65<br />
Reed City, Mich., Reed<br />
Opened After Renovation<br />
jiis<br />
REED CITY. MICH.—The Reed Theatre<br />
providing weekend screen entertainment<br />
again following a thorough remodeling and<br />
redecoration by Mr. and Mrs. Danny Bryan.<br />
leased the building and equipment from<br />
Mitchell. For the present, the balis<br />
closed.<br />
Bryan has been an employe of Reed City<br />
four years and plans to continue<br />
this job.<br />
American Mall Becomes Second Lima<br />
Theatre Announced by John Broumas<br />
This an architect's rendering of the 1,000-seat motion picture theatre under<br />
construction at the American Mall Shopping Center, Lima. Ohio, for Broumas<br />
Theatres of Silver Spring, Md. Broumas also will operate a 900-seat theatre being<br />
built in another Lima shopping center, the Lima Mall.<br />
LIMA. OHIO—A second new motion picture<br />
has been announced by Broumas Theatres<br />
of Silver Spring, Md.. for construction<br />
here.<br />
The latest theatre announced by John G.<br />
Broumas. president of the circuit from his<br />
headquarters in Maryland, is the Ainerican<br />
Mall Theatre, to be built in the shopping<br />
center of the same name. A 1,000-<br />
seat project, it is being developed by William<br />
M. Cafaro & Associates.<br />
A few weeks ago.<br />
Broumas made public<br />
his plans for building a 900-seat theatre in<br />
Lima Mall.<br />
The American Mall Theatre will incorporate<br />
all of the latest features and design<br />
of new shopping center theatres,<br />
equipped to present first-run 70mm productions<br />
as well as Cinemascope and conventional<br />
35mm featui'es. The auditorium<br />
will be smTounded by 28 stereophonic<br />
sound as well as the finest in high fidelity<br />
sound for all productions. The auditorium<br />
is to be equipped with living-room style<br />
Cincinnati Theatres<br />
Opens Updated Grand<br />
CINCINNATI — The town's theatrical<br />
tradition-packed old Grand Theatre reopened<br />
October 6 under the Cincinnati<br />
Theatres' umbrella with the presentation<br />
of "Bamboie."<br />
The physical appearance of the Grand<br />
has been enhanced with a renovated lobby,<br />
the auditorium and screen sealed by a wall<br />
from the standing area. The building also<br />
has a new air conditioning and heating<br />
unit.<br />
The 1.383-seat auditorium has been repainted<br />
a deep blue, accented by the gold<br />
curtain once used at the Keith. The lobby<br />
and foyer are painted in pale yellow and<br />
white with gold accents. A tangerine cai-pet<br />
covers the floors. The square marquee is<br />
in white and blue.<br />
Manager Odis R. Oweiis and his staff<br />
moved over intact from the Keith, wliich<br />
seats installed on a staggered and pitched<br />
plan to provide patrons with completely<br />
unobstructed view of the extra-wide screen.<br />
Soft hues will dominate the decor in a<br />
way that will enable a patron to relax.<br />
More than 300 waiting patrons will be accommodated<br />
in the lobby, where every effort<br />
will be made td provide comfort rivaling<br />
that a patron would enjoy at home. The<br />
theatre will be equipped with all-climate<br />
control and a private viewing room on the<br />
upper floor will double as needed as a VIP<br />
lounge or a cry room.<br />
Such innovations as a coffee server for<br />
all patrons, a novel paging system for professional<br />
people and a baby-sitting service,<br />
available for parents who leave their children<br />
while they shop in the center, will<br />
help add to the theatre's popularity. Patrons<br />
will have no parking worries, since<br />
4,500 parking spaces are available in the<br />
shopping center.<br />
Completion of the American Mall Theatre<br />
is expected early next yeai'.<br />
was fomierly operated by Cincinnati Theatres<br />
and now being demolished to make<br />
way for the m'ban renewal program.<br />
It was really home week for Manager<br />
Owens who started his career in show<br />
business at the Grand when he was 16.<br />
Odis. now 29. was associated at the Keith<br />
for ten years, manager during the past<br />
five years. He also was once an usher<br />
at the Paramount Theatre in New York<br />
City, where he received valuable staff<br />
training. He intends to employ some of<br />
his experience in the retraining of his<br />
present crew—com-tesy touches appreciaated<br />
by patrons, such as change for phone<br />
calls, a packet of matches and complete<br />
screen schedules for the day. It is hoped<br />
he will also have an unrbrella ready for<br />
rainy days so patrons arriving by car will<br />
alight dry—a courtesy gesture at the old<br />
Keith.<br />
The Grand will continue the Keith policy<br />
with family-type films, featm-e outstanding<br />
children's films and a few strictly adult<br />
products.<br />
BOXOFFICE October 18, 1965 ME-1
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Detroit Mayor Jerome P. Cavanough DETROIT<br />
Endorses Slogan of Film Council<br />
DETROIT Mayor Jerome P. Cavanaugh.<br />
honorary president of the Greater<br />
Detroit Motion Picture Coiuicil. spoke<br />
about the impact of motion pictures on the<br />
public, particularly young people, at the<br />
first fall luncheon meeting of the council<br />
in the Crowley. Milner Auditorium. About<br />
100 persons were present to heai- him endorse<br />
the council's slogan "Support the<br />
best: forget the rest."<br />
Mrs. Raymond R. Kanagui-. who presided,<br />
announced the council had been<br />
given a special award for its activities by<br />
radio station WJR, Reports on summer activities<br />
and future projects were given by<br />
committee chairmen.<br />
Awards were made in the 1964-65 scriptwriting<br />
contest for undergraduate students<br />
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panel which discussed "Hollywood and the<br />
Cinema Ait." The Rev. Herman Hughes,<br />
in charge of entertainment programs for<br />
the university, served as moderator. The<br />
panel discussed art films, with "The Pawnbroker"<br />
and "Goldfinger" given detailed<br />
consideration. They said films, such as<br />
these, which might not be considered<br />
suitable for a general family audience, are<br />
typical of art films which should be made<br />
available for students so they might gain<br />
an insight into the complex problems presented.<br />
Rev. Hughes said arrangements had been<br />
sought by the university to have theatres<br />
near the campus present suitable pictui'es.<br />
However, exhibitors were not willing to offer<br />
them at student prices. He said he has<br />
arranged a series of such showings at the<br />
Student Union.<br />
Mrs. H. J. Parwell was program chairman<br />
of the meeting, and Mi-s. IiTing R.<br />
Miller and Mrs. Irving Palman, social chairmen.<br />
'Harum Scarum' Multiple<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD—"Harum Scarum," MGM<br />
featm-e, starring Elvis Presley, has been<br />
set for a first-run multiple engagement<br />
in 30 Greater Los Angeles area theatres<br />
starting November 24 for the Thanksgiving<br />
season. This is one of MGM's largest<br />
multiple bookings of the year.<br />
Reopens After Remodeling<br />
PLAINWELL, MICH. — Owner Stacy<br />
Kortes has reopened the Sun Theatre with<br />
"Shenandoah" after remodeling the house<br />
from marquee to back wall.<br />
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^inerica the Bountiful," a 10-minute ani<br />
mated cartoon short, is being releasee<br />
by Jam Handy Organization, major in<br />
dustrial and special film producers, frefor<br />
theatrical exhibition. The new releast<br />
was inspired by the success of Handy']<br />
"The Ballad of Soup du Jour," which haJ<br />
racked up a 15-million audience count 1*<br />
recent runs, according to Betty Wattere<br />
chief of the film distribution depaitmenlj i<br />
The new film is a "fun takeoff on inci!<br />
dents in American history, which undoubtJ<br />
edly were influenced by the little womai'<br />
at the cook stove or by inventive mesj<br />
sergeants." Distribution is being handl&i<br />
directly from the Jam Handy offices bi<br />
Miss Waiter's department.<br />
The Summit Theatre, newest of Detroit'!<br />
two Cinerama theatres, will inten-upt if<br />
regular booking schedule for two days t<br />
present "An Evening With the Royal Bal.<br />
let," staiTlng Dame Margot Fonteyn an<br />
Rudolph Nureyev, on a hard-ticket basi;i<br />
Four shows, including daily matinees, hav<br />
been set for November 17 and 18, accord<br />
ing to district manager Fi-ank Upton. A<br />
8.dvance sale and mail order campaign al<br />
ready is undei-way.<br />
Ross Caccovole Defends<br />
Detroit Film Critics<br />
DETROIT — Ross Caccavale. generi<br />
manager of Studio Theatres, had som<br />
good words for film critics in the De<br />
troit Free Press, in answer to attacli'<br />
made on critics in this teiTitoiT-<br />
"Without exception, Detroit critics ai<br />
interesting, intelligent and considerate hi<br />
man beings," Caccavale said. "Moreove<br />
most of them are good writers and hone;<br />
reporters who bend over backward tn<br />
ing to be fair to motion pictures the<br />
write about. If they deserve any criticisri<br />
it's that they sometimes try too hai'd t<br />
be fair to films that don't deserve it."<br />
Answering a proposal that critics shou.<br />
ignore first-nin films, he said, "Wl<br />
would then give us publicity for new film;<br />
Who would fight om- battles for betti<br />
films? Who would wage oui- wars again<br />
censors and pressure groups? Worst of a<br />
whom would we blame when a show droi<br />
dead at the boxoffice?"<br />
Projectionists Pace Pin<br />
League Action in Detroit<br />
DETROIT — Pi-ojectionist Local 199<br />
leading the Nightingale Club Bowlii<br />
League at this early stage in the seas(<br />
by a small margin. Standings are:<br />
Teom Won Lost Team Won L'<br />
Local 199 6 2 Armstrong 4<br />
I<br />
TEC 5 3 Altec 4<br />
I<br />
Galaxy 5 3 Not Carbon 3 '<br />
NTC 4 4 Ark Lanes 1<br />
High scores were rolled by Francis Ligl.<br />
188-556; Mam-ice Beers, 213-541; N. Fore.<br />
202-511, and William Fouchey, 177-5(<br />
The league has been plagued by absentei.<br />
reports secretary William Bradley, b-<br />
should gather strength soon . . . Rog'<br />
Robinson of Ai-k Lanes is very imhap'<br />
about what is happening to his team .<br />
President Mel Donlon is in the hospiH<br />
with a speedy recovery anticipated .<br />
The league has lost a real old-timer '<br />
death, Carl Mingione, who did not bol<br />
last season because of ill health.<br />
ME-2 BOXOFTICE October 18, 19'
! "Mr.<br />
'<br />
distinct<br />
; Vance,<br />
[ brother<br />
i young<br />
Ixhibitor Willis Vance<br />
)ies in Cincinnati at 63<br />
CINCINNATI—Willis H. Vance. 63, a<br />
ioneei" exhibitor here, died October 2 at<br />
hrist Hospital from a heart attack.<br />
Because of his maixv business enterrises.<br />
Vance leased the Guild about two<br />
eai's ago to the Kilgore Amusement Co..<br />
hich is following the art-film policy in<br />
hich Vance pioneered years ago.<br />
Commenting on the loss of the exhibitor.<br />
le Morning Enquirer wi-ote:<br />
"The history of any community's growth<br />
ind progi'ess is, in the final analysis, the<br />
;ory of a thousand individual successes.<br />
or progress doesn't occm- by spontaneous<br />
ombustion; it is, rather, the interaction<br />
f many visions, many risks, many demon-<br />
;rations of boldness and imagination.<br />
"The fact that Greater Cincinnati is emlarked<br />
upon a program that demands all<br />
'le boldness and imagination the Queen<br />
llty can muster makes the sudden death<br />
if 'Willis H. Vance all the more grievous.<br />
;'or Mr. Vance had di-eamed his own<br />
'reams of Cincinnati and he possessed the<br />
ijund business judgment that could have<br />
.i-anslated many of them into reality.<br />
Vance was an individualist in the<br />
lost admirable sense of the teiTn. That<br />
are quality left an indelible mark on the<br />
fe of the Queen City and makes his death<br />
loss."<br />
a gi-aduate of the University of<br />
i.'incinnati. was owner of the Guild at<br />
'eebles Corner and was a partner in the<br />
!Oth Century Theatre in Oakley Square.<br />
His sui'vivors include three daughters,<br />
and six grandchildren.<br />
Columbus Drafting Rules<br />
limed at Gayety Theatre<br />
( COLUMBUS—City attorney John Young<br />
j/as requested to prepare a new city ordihance<br />
aimed at bui-lesque theatres following<br />
the defeat by the city council of an adj.iinistration-backed<br />
ordinance which<br />
i/ould have set up new zoning that would<br />
irevent bm-lesque houses from operating<br />
a residential areas.<br />
The ordinance is aimed at the Gayety<br />
'Theatre, east side neighborhood house<br />
ji'hich plans to bring in live bm-lesque soon.<br />
(."he theatre, operated by Leroy Griffith.<br />
}iow is showing "girlie'' films.<br />
Under the proposed ordinance, the area<br />
'vould have to be rezoned. It is doubtful<br />
jhat city officials would approve the re-<br />
M)ning.<br />
said the original ordinance was<br />
jfull of legal loopholes." The original ordijiance<br />
was prepared by Harold Buchanan.<br />
|ity planning director and safety director<br />
'^ed Simon, with the backing of mayor<br />
iS.. E. Sensenbrenner.<br />
Director Simon said the Gayety already<br />
las received a building permit to include<br />
i new screen, runway and dressing room.<br />
5imon said the theatre operators agi-eed<br />
o comply with the building code.<br />
To Raze Springfield Liberty<br />
SPRINGFIELD—Mrs. Louis 'Vlahos has<br />
)urchased the Liberty Theatre on East<br />
|iigh Street for the pui-pose of tearing it<br />
iown and clearing the lot for commercial<br />
[lark. Revenue stamps indicated that Mrs.<br />
!/lahos. who already owned the building<br />
liext door to the theatre, paid $25,000 for<br />
[he property. The Liberty has been closed<br />
1 !'or a year.<br />
Hocking Valley Hospital Benefit<br />
Reopens Chakeres<br />
Updated Logan<br />
Under a new blue and silver marquee Mayor Jack Moorehead cut the ribbon<br />
for the reopening of Chakeres Theatres' Logan Theatre September 24 playing a<br />
benefit performance of Universal's "Shenandoah" for the Hocking Valley Hospital<br />
fund. Participating in the opening ceremonies were: Jack Frazee, Chakeres<br />
district manager; Michael H. Chakeres, executive vice-president; Mayor Moorehead;<br />
Bob Rowland, Logan Theatre manager, and Nick F. Condello, construction<br />
manager, Chakeres Theatres.<br />
LOGAN, OHIO—Chakeres Theatres reactivated<br />
its completely renovated Logan<br />
Theatre September 23 with a preopening<br />
promotion, 100 per cent of all proceeds<br />
($2,6001 going toward the now underconstruction<br />
Hocking Valley HcKpital.<br />
The whole town tui-ned out for the gala<br />
occasion.<br />
Preceding the ribbon-cutting ceremonies<br />
there was a mile-long parade headed by<br />
the Logan High School band, which was<br />
followed by beauty queens and floats from<br />
the annual Pumpkin Show, Ohio Junior<br />
Miss and the local Miss Logan. Arriving in<br />
state for the red-carpet treatment in new<br />
convertibles were the city and county officials<br />
and the entire Hocking Valley Hospital<br />
board of trustees. The police and fii'e<br />
departments also added color to the procession.<br />
At the stage ceremonies, Michael H.<br />
Chakeres, circuit executive vice-president,<br />
accepted for president Phil Chakeres the<br />
key to the city and the gratitude expressed<br />
for his faith in Logan from mayor Jack<br />
Moorehead.<br />
At a cost of $35,000, the Logan Theatre<br />
is now an asset to the city.<br />
The all-new marquee is in soft blue and<br />
silver and has a pui-e white soffitt with recessed<br />
spots. The facade is of deep blue<br />
^m<br />
glass and the entrance doors are of walnut.<br />
Wall areas in the entire theatre and<br />
auditorium are covered with gold, white and<br />
blue embossed vinyl and all four areas are<br />
covered with Alexander Smith red and<br />
gold carpeting. Blue indirect lighting is<br />
used throughout the entire theatre.<br />
In the foyer the new concession area has<br />
recessed overhead lighting. Its walls are<br />
paneled in biixh with offset black and gold<br />
feature strips.<br />
The restrooms are completely redone in<br />
paneling highlighted with 18-inch gold<br />
feature strips and vinyl covering throughout.<br />
The ladies' quarters has an unusual<br />
stair-stepped powder bar backed by gold<br />
vinyl wall covering. Antique gold and<br />
white mirrors are used as accents.<br />
The renovation of the Logan Theatre was<br />
under Nick P. Condello, Chakeres construction<br />
supervisor.<br />
Chakeres Theatres owns and operates 30<br />
indoor theatres and 15 drive-in theati'es<br />
in Ohio and Kentucky.<br />
Mrs. Ruth Curfman Dies;<br />
Ohio Exhibitor 38 Years<br />
WESTERVILLE, OHIO — Mrs. Ruth<br />
Cm-fman, wife of A. Dwight Cuitman sr.,<br />
died at her home here October 8. For 38<br />
years she was associated with her husband<br />
in operation of the State Theatre, then<br />
later assisted her husband and son A.<br />
Dwight jr. in publishing the Westerville<br />
Public Opinion.<br />
In addition to her husband and son. she<br />
is sm'vived by her sister Helen of San Antonio,<br />
Tex., and four grandchildren. Robert,<br />
another son, was killed in WW U.
4<br />
and<br />
. . Visiting<br />
. . Don<br />
. . Buddy<br />
. . . Frank<br />
was<br />
. . Jerry<br />
'<br />
CLEVELAND<br />
T^ilan to Main Street is Bill Twig's modest<br />
description of his part in the presentation<br />
of "La Boheme" here. He is branch<br />
manager for Warner Bros. Last year it was<br />
"<br />
"Hamlet later this year it'll be "Othello."<br />
with Laui-ence Olivier. Theatres to<br />
present "La Boheme" Wednesday and<br />
Thursday '20 and 21i are the Detroit, Hippodrome.<br />
Richmond, Riverside and Vogue.<br />
Advance tickets sales ai-e "terrific."<br />
Gordon Bugie, United Artists branch<br />
manager. repKsrts he is offering "The<br />
Knack." an English film, at four theatres<br />
beginning Wednesday (27i, which are the<br />
Berea, Bedford. Willoughby and Independence<br />
. Pilmrow were Ralph<br />
Russell. Palace, Canton, and Sigmund<br />
Clayman of the Canal Road Drive-In and<br />
Indoor Theatre.<br />
Nicky Arnstein, assistant at General<br />
Theatres, is recovering from suigery at<br />
Mount Sinai Hospital . Golden,<br />
Universal sales manager here, has been<br />
transferred to Philadelphia as branch manager.<br />
Larry Seidel. former factotum at Warner<br />
Bros., transferred some months ago into<br />
a training program, is back in Cleveland<br />
as a salesman . lannuzzi. who came<br />
here a year ago from New York, got married,<br />
set up housekeeping and became a<br />
film salesman, is being transferred to St.<br />
Louis as a salesman.<br />
Lige Brien to Seven Arts<br />
From Eastern Edition<br />
NEW YORK—Lige Brien, who recently<br />
resigned from the Paramount merchandising<br />
department, has joined the Seven Arts<br />
Pictures promotion department, according<br />
to Edward S. Feldman, vice-president in<br />
charge of advertising and publicity. Brien,<br />
who has held exploitation posts with Eagle<br />
Lion, United Artists and 20th Century-Fox,<br />
has started to coordinate the exploitation<br />
and co-op advertising for the October national<br />
release of Seven Ai'ts' "The Face of<br />
Pu Manchu."<br />
Krizmon First Lecture<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLL'YWOOD — Production<br />
designer<br />
Serge Krizman is the fii-st of 15 motion<br />
picture executives selected to give lectui-es<br />
for the course offered by the USC<br />
Department of Cinema in cooperation with<br />
the SMPTE. He lectured on art direction<br />
and special effects in motion pictures.<br />
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2108 Poyn* Av*.<br />
Detroit, Mich.<br />
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Wellington, Ohio, Would<br />
Welcome a New Theatre<br />
WELLINGTON. OHIO- The Lonet Theatre,<br />
clo.sed for ten years, has been declared<br />
a public nuisance, due to its dilapidated<br />
condition, and soon may be razed.<br />
While the old theatre appears to be beyond<br />
repair, many residents of the village<br />
told Norma Jones, feature writer for the<br />
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, that they would<br />
welcome some sort of theatre here. Mothers<br />
of teenagers not yet old enough to drive a<br />
car pointed out that occasional showing of<br />
a first-rate movie in a public building<br />
would be welcome.<br />
CINCINNATI<br />
pilmrow and area exhibitors extend their<br />
sympathies to the family of Charles<br />
Scott, 53, Vevay, Ind., exhibitor, who died<br />
October 2 following a heart attack.<br />
. . . Lucille Arnold,<br />
H. Russell Gaus, MGM branch manager,<br />
will tour the wide open spaces of Texas<br />
and Oklahoma dming the next two weeks<br />
Schreiber. Universal salesman,<br />
is enjoying a mountain vacation and Margaret<br />
Woodruff Columbia booker, is basking<br />
in Florida sunshine<br />
Universal staffer, will torn- area va-<br />
cation spots dm-ing the next several weeks<br />
. . . Tony Knowlman, 20th-Fox sales manager,<br />
and Walter Mergenthal, UA booker,<br />
may be a little stiff from house chores<br />
when they return from their vacations.<br />
Phylliss Meiners, Paramount office staff,<br />
is burning up the road in a new Thunderbird<br />
. . . Margaret Woodruff is the proud<br />
grandmother of William Thomas Woodruff<br />
. . . Herb Brow, Cleveland, director of<br />
Loew's theatres in Ohio, and house manager<br />
Sam Shubouf, Columbus, and Carl<br />
Rodgers, Dayton, were Filmrow visitors<br />
in were George Schm-, MGM of-<br />
. . . Also<br />
fice. New York, and Dan Krueger, Campbellsville,<br />
Ky., exhibitor. Former area exhibitors<br />
Charles Pemi, Florida, and Horace<br />
Wersel, Silverton, were greeted by their<br />
old friends while visiting the Row.<br />
Cinema South, Dayton, operated by<br />
Ralph H. Winkler and Bob Mills, reopened<br />
after considerable renovation with "Once<br />
a Thief" October 7. The 1,000-seat former<br />
Belmont is now a charming, intimate theatre.<br />
Cincinnati Theatres, under general manager<br />
Jack Haynes, wUl open its de luxe<br />
Princeton Cinema in subui'ban Springdale<br />
November 17, presenting the Charlton Heston<br />
movie, "The War Lord." Hem-y Wilcoxon.<br />
for many years associate producer<br />
on Cecil DeMllle's staff but now playing<br />
his first straight role in a film since he<br />
did a guest shot in EteMille's "The Ten<br />
Commandments," is scheduled to come<br />
here October 20 to aid in promoting "The<br />
War Lord."<br />
"Ship of Fools" opened at the Capitol<br />
with unstinted praise from the movie<br />
critics. Other good products coming to the<br />
Capitol to delight patrons include the<br />
highly rated "An Evening Wtih the Royal<br />
Ballet" for four perfoiTnances November<br />
3. 4, and Cinerama returns to the Capitol<br />
at Christmas time, opening December<br />
22 with Warner Bros.' "The Battle of the<br />
Bulge" on a resei-ved-seat policy.<br />
COLUMBUS<br />
The city council's judiciary committee<br />
hold a .second public hearing on coir'^<br />
munity antenna television regulations ;<br />
2 p.m. on Wednesday i27). Chalrma<br />
Charles Petree said he and other con<br />
mittee members will meet with city a<br />
torney John Young before the hearing I<br />
discuss proposed amendments. Changes b(<br />
ing considered were .submitted by Ke<br />
Prickett. executive secretary of the Indi<br />
pendent Theatre Owners of Ohio: Ta<br />
Broadcasting Co., People's Broadcastii<br />
Co. and Multi-Channel Cable Co. of Port,<br />
mouth.<br />
Common Pleas Judge Dana F.<br />
Reynold<br />
granted a temporary restraining order ij<br />
halt picketing by Local 12, lATSE, at tl;'<br />
Grand Cinerama. The theatre brought tt<br />
action, naming the local and Herbe<br />
Schell, local business agent, and Haro<br />
Souder, local president. Theatre operate<br />
claimed the union broke an agreement 1<br />
which the theatre was to discontinue en<br />
ploying members of Local 12 after Oct<br />
ber 1. Performance of "The Halleluj:<br />
Trail<br />
" canceled October 1 becau<br />
of union picketing.<br />
Television star Jimmy Dean has bet<br />
signed to appear at the 1966 Ohio Sta<br />
Fair here September 3-5. Dean's appea<br />
ance at the 1965 fair broke attendance re,<br />
ords . Knight brought in a Mai|<br />
Lanza one-night festival with the sho\j<br />
ing of "Because You're Mine" and "Tl<br />
Great Caruso" at the Drexel. i<br />
Raleigh Manager Upholds<br />
Power of Family Movies<br />
From Souttneost Edition<br />
RALEIGH—With "The Sound of Musi<br />
entering its seventh week of showing<br />
the Ambassador Theatre here, the fact th<br />
a second Raleigh movie recently nudg<br />
"blue ribbon" boxoffice records was slight<br />
obscured.<br />
"Shenandoah." which played the Sts<br />
Theatre, threatened to tumble recoi<br />
established at that house. Manager San,'<br />
Jordan said. The 28-day mn of the fii<br />
has been exceeded at the State only<br />
"Goldfinger" and the top boxoffice attration<br />
"Tom Jones," which played sevi<br />
weeks.<br />
Jordan, who has been manager of t'<br />
State 16 years, attributed the drawi;<br />
power of "Shenandoah" to, "It's good e-<br />
tertainment for everyone." You could c(<br />
tainly classify it as a family movie, he sa<br />
"Of course, a 'family movie' has a wi"<br />
range of definitions, but we'll play aJl t'<br />
family movies like 'Shenandoah' we ci<br />
get our hands on."<br />
Anthony Named to Dire<br />
Artanis' 'Any Wednesday<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Joseph<br />
1<br />
Anthony<br />
been named director of "Any Wednesdi<br />
the hit New York comedy to be filip<br />
early next year by Frank Sinatra's A<br />
tanis Productions for Warner Bros.<br />
Anthony, who has directed many Broaway<br />
hits and whose previous films inch<br />
"The Matchmaker" and "The Rainmake<br />
is meeting with studio executives and Jul s<br />
Epstein, who is writing the screenplay if<br />
the Muriel Resnick comedy.<br />
BOXOFFICE October 18, 1!5
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A Rage to Live' Top<br />
Newcomer in Boston<br />
BOSTON—"A Rage to Live" showed the<br />
•nost promise as a boxoffice asset among<br />
lew product as it opened its Savoy The-<br />
•itre run with 150. Other new films, sucli<br />
IS "The Invisible Dr. Mabuse" at the Cener,<br />
"Flash, the Teenage Otter" at the<br />
Paramount and "Male Hunt" at the West<br />
5nd Cinema registered above the 100 line<br />
.jut the plus margin was small. "Ship of<br />
^ools" at the Astor and "Marriage on the<br />
j:iocks" at the Orpheum turned in second<br />
:veeks of 125.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Vstor— Ship of Foors (Col), 2nd wk 125<br />
;eaccn Hill What's New Pussyeot? (UA),<br />
I5fh wk 135<br />
Joston The Hollelujah Trail (UA), 2nd wk 130<br />
lapri—The Collector (Col), 8fh wk 125<br />
|, enter The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (SR); Terror<br />
of Dr. Mabuse (SR) 115<br />
i-xeter Laurel and Hardy's Laughing '20s (MGM),<br />
4th wk 120<br />
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'kiry The Sound of Music (20th-Fo!
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Dwindling Flow of Quality Pictures HARTFORD<br />
Disturbs Connecticut Airer Owners<br />
HARTFORD—Connecticut diive-in theatres,<br />
this autumn season of 1965. are as<br />
much concerned about the lack of quality<br />
product in quantity as they were at the<br />
cutset of the cui'rent year.<br />
Exhibition spokesmen are perplexed<br />
about a dwuidling flow of "A" attractions<br />
with which to hold the audience appeal<br />
through the fall months.<br />
"It's rather ridiculous." said one booker,<br />
"that product like Warner Bros.' 'Marriage<br />
on the Rocks' isn't supported in<br />
depth by attractions from the other major<br />
companies. Light appeal isn't enough<br />
for now or. for that matter, the remainder<br />
of the year. 'Marriage on the Rocks' will<br />
probably outgross Fi'ank Sinatra's 'Von<br />
Ryan's Express' but how much can one<br />
performer be expected to do in the course<br />
of one year?"<br />
Big summertime grossers included UA's<br />
"What's New Pussycat?". Paramount'.s<br />
"Sons of Katie Elder" and Universal's "A<br />
Very Special Favor.<br />
Di'ive-ins, in the main, refrained this<br />
past summer from triple and four-feature<br />
programs, a mainstay of perhaps a score<br />
of underskyers not too many years ago.<br />
Again, the exhibition contention that quality—and<br />
quality alone—will rule the roost<br />
for 1965 and well beyond. Moreover, there<br />
was conservative exhibition reaction to<br />
the triple-plus bookings, the argument<br />
holding that such schedulings were only<br />
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BOSTON<br />
prior to thi- presentation of a Suiishiiu'<br />
Coach to His Eminence Richard Cardinal<br />
CusliinT. the Variety Club of New<br />
En^.land will sponsor an industry luncheon<br />
at Anthony's Pier "4" Restaurant Tuesday<br />
(19 1 in honor of James and Mrs. Carreras.<br />
The international chief barker will<br />
be visiting here on his tour to present<br />
Gunshine Coaches in Washington, D.C..<br />
and Mi-xico City. Last week in Pittsburgh.<br />
he was hanored by National Allied as<br />
•Showman of the Year" at the organization's<br />
convention.<br />
Claims Hartford Pay TV<br />
Has Won Grip on Public<br />
SPRINGFIELD. MASS. - In terms of<br />
public acceptance, the critical time for pay<br />
T'V is all but over in southern New England,<br />
according to Anthony Davenport.<br />
The program director and public relations<br />
chief of WHCT-TV 'Channel 18 1.<br />
Hartford, America's sole on-the-air subscription<br />
T'V experiment, told the Advertising<br />
Club of Springfield:<br />
"Television viewers are finding it just<br />
as logical to be able to select and pay<br />
for quality home entertainment as to<br />
ee ARTOE SOFT STRIKER<br />
PIOTECTS<br />
lECTIFTINO<br />
UNITS<br />
PIOTECTS<br />
EXPENSIVE<br />
• EFIECTOIS<br />
BUY FROM THE MANUFACTURER<br />
IM tITOI CARBON CO<br />
purchase individual pieces of fine furniture<br />
at a store of their own choosing and<br />
for a price they feel is reasonable.<br />
"And all television has its price. 'What<br />
subscription TV offers is pure programing<br />
without interruption - - fine films, .sports<br />
and theatre productions never created to<br />
be artificially broken into segments."<br />
He cited the current public interest, evidenced<br />
in part by the nearly 41,000<br />
queries received at the Eastern States Exposition<br />
'WHCT-TV booth,<br />
"'We're in business to stay: we're building<br />
for the future," he said. "'What happened<br />
in California, is not happening<br />
here."<br />
Meanwhile, 'WHCT-TV has stepped up<br />
its advertising campaign, using full-page<br />
layouts in Connecticut and western Massachusetts<br />
newspapers.<br />
Edward G. LaRose Charged<br />
With Burlington Robbery<br />
BURLINGTON, VT.—Edward G. La-<br />
Rose, 17, of this city, was jailed October<br />
5 in lieu of $1,000 bail set following his<br />
arrest by local detectives on a charge of<br />
burglarizing the State Theatre September<br />
30. when a safe containing $150 was<br />
stolen.<br />
LaRose had been free since June 19,<br />
when he pleaded innocent to breaking and<br />
entering the Sweeney Fuel Co. office in<br />
Milton June 9.<br />
He was also in com-t October 4 on a<br />
charge of operating an automobile in Winooski<br />
with unassigned plates.<br />
Connie Francis sings "Embraceable You,"<br />
"But Not for Me" and "Mail Call" in MGM's<br />
"When the Boys Meet the Girls,"<br />
NEW HAMPSHIRE<br />
XJeaters came into full use at drive-i<br />
movie theatres, which remained ope<br />
when extreme cold gripped New Kami<br />
shire. The official mercmy reading<br />
Concord on the morning of October 5 w;<br />
32. There had previously been a 29-di<br />
gree reading during the early part of tl<br />
month . Royal Ballet" was slati<br />
for showing October 13. 14, at the Sta<br />
Theatre in Manchester where the adult ac<br />
mission price was $2 and students we<br />
admitted to the movie show for $1.<br />
The Weirs Drive-In at 'Weirs Bea<br />
escaped damage October 4 when fire dJi<br />
stroyed a nearby three-room cottage<br />
Endicott Street. The modest dwelling<br />
been built on land owned by Henry Gau<br />
owner of the outdoor movie establishm0<br />
The National Players of Washing^<br />
. . .<br />
D.C., now in the 17th year of present<br />
classical dramas in this country<br />
abroad, will appear in a lavish stage pi]<br />
duction of "Romeo and Juliet" at<br />
State Theatre in Manchester October<br />
The attraction is being sponsored join<br />
by St. Anselm's College, Mount St.<br />
College and Notre Dame College.<br />
VERMONT<br />
The Burlington Drive-In announced t<br />
world premiere for "Murder Miss<br />
sippi," which was advertised as "a m<br />
boldness for motion pictui'es," with i<br />
admittance for persons under 16 years<br />
age. The spec'al admission price for adu;<br />
was $1.50.<br />
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NE-4 BOXOFFICE October 18, 1!5
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;5t. John Exhibitors Speak<br />
Against Lord's Day Act<br />
ST. JOHN—Douglas King, manager of<br />
he Odeon Strand here, presented a brief<br />
it a public hearing September 29, repreenting<br />
local managers. Tlie brief said<br />
heatres are being discriminated against<br />
ly not being allowed to show motion picures<br />
on Sunday.<br />
The brief said television stations show<br />
Mvies on Sunday for conmiercial pur-<br />
)Oses, while theatres are restricted. People<br />
'.an sit in their living rooms and "watch<br />
Walt Disney film on Sunday, while they<br />
i<br />
i^miot do the same thing in a local<br />
lOUse."<br />
said the Lord's Day Act originally<br />
!vas intended to protect the working man<br />
U'om a seven-day work week, but labor<br />
reforms and safeguards make it no longer<br />
jiecessary as a piece of labor legislation.<br />
Labor in this province has definitely<br />
;one on record for more liberal Sunday<br />
aws, supporting the showing of Smiday<br />
;novies, the brief said. Management alvays<br />
has made it clear that if theatres<br />
I"<br />
vere to open on Sundays, the hom's of<br />
jvork for employes would not be increased<br />
!ind work schedules would be adjusted so<br />
'hat all employes would be treated equiably.<br />
Motion picture managers in St. John<br />
igree there would be no prejudices against<br />
:mployes not choosing to work on Sun-<br />
'iays if it were a matter of their individual<br />
The brief said there would<br />
1)8 only one law for the province, rather<br />
'han a patchwork of laws varying from<br />
i:oiiununity to community.<br />
were several briefs presented which<br />
iipheld the present Lord's Day Act. The St.<br />
I'ohn labor council has strongly m-ged this<br />
'ict be amended. The Seventh Day Ad-<br />
I'entist Church said the resolution of the<br />
:hurch is to have its members observe the<br />
jord's Day and it is opposed to "coercive<br />
legislation."<br />
*^^FB Names Peter Jones<br />
To Production Post<br />
VANCOUVER — Appointment of Peter<br />
;(ones as regional production representa-<br />
|ive for the National Fihn Board in the<br />
j'acific Coast region is announced by Guy<br />
'loberge, chairman of the National Film<br />
3oard.<br />
his new post, Jones will assist the<br />
I'IPB to give greater emphasis in its film<br />
production program to British Columbia<br />
iubjects. He also will maintain contact<br />
vith West Coast Film companies, free lance<br />
ilmmakers, writers, directors, performers<br />
and technicians in relation to production<br />
lirojects in British Columbia and elseivhere.<br />
is a veteran of more than 20 years<br />
liervice with the NFB. His credits appear on<br />
'ome 200 films, several of them major<br />
',)rize winners at various film festivals. He<br />
jias worked as music and sound director,<br />
bicture editor, director, script wi-iter, projlucer<br />
and executive producer. He was reponsible<br />
for "Drylanders," the National<br />
I'ilm Board's first featm-e-length film.<br />
j'ones now is located at the NPB regional<br />
jifflce, Room 415, Federal Bldg., 325 Gran-<br />
'Ule<br />
St.<br />
new "star" in Embassy's "The Tenth<br />
iHctim" is Tomasino, an electronic toy<br />
I'eetle. Operating on audio impulse, it<br />
rawls toward anyone who calls it.<br />
Excellent'<br />
Ratings<br />
First Runs; Billie<br />
TORONTO — "The Collector" held up<br />
well in its ninth week at the Hollywood,<br />
topping receipts among Famous Players'<br />
houses here. Odeon likewise reported very<br />
good business with "The Ipcress File" in its<br />
fifth week at the Carlton and "What's New<br />
Pussycat?" in its 14th week at the Hyland.<br />
Twentieth Centm'y reported only "good"<br />
business in its first-run houses, although<br />
"Casanova '70" held up very well in its<br />
sixth week at<br />
the Towne Cinema.<br />
Carlton The Ipcress File (E/U), 5th wk Excellent<br />
Coronet group Billie (UA) .Good<br />
Downtown group (six theatres} Murieta (WB);<br />
various co-features Fair<br />
Eglinton The Sound of Music {20th-Fox),<br />
28th wk Excellent<br />
Fairiown Those Mognificent Men in Their Flying<br />
Machines (20th-Fox), 15th wk Excellent<br />
Hollywood The Collector (Col), 9th wk Excellent<br />
Hyland What's New Pussycat? (E/U),<br />
14fh wk Excellent<br />
Imperial, Golden Mile, Runnymede, Yorkdole<br />
The Third Day (Para), 2nd wk Excellent<br />
International Cinema II Successo (Embassy),<br />
2nd wk Good<br />
Nortown Mary Poppins (E/U), 49th wk Poor<br />
Towne Cinema Casanova '70 (Embassy),<br />
6th wk Very Good<br />
Yorkdole Cinema, Capitol Fine Art Laurel and<br />
Hardy's Laughing '20s (MGM), 2nd wk Good<br />
Four "Very Good' Ratings<br />
Head Toronto Gross List<br />
WINNIPEG — Business remained about<br />
the same as the previous week, but up from<br />
the same week last year. Returns were more<br />
evenly distributed, with strong showings<br />
exhibited by newcomer "Marriage on the<br />
Rocks," and holdovers "HELP!," "The<br />
Sound of Music" and "The Collector." Canadian<br />
produced "Nobody Waved Goodbye"<br />
also made a good showing in its<br />
opening week and was holding for a second.<br />
Capitol Marriage on the Rocks (WB) . Good<br />
Gaiety Those Magnificent Men in Their<br />
Flying Machines (20th-Fox), 1 4th wk Average<br />
Garrick HELP! (UA), 5th wk Very Good<br />
Kings The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
27th wk Very Good<br />
Lyceum Kimberley Jim (IFD); Finger on the<br />
Trigger (IFD) Foir<br />
Metropolitan How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (AlP) Good<br />
Odeon The Collector (Col), 4th wk Very Good<br />
Towne Nobody Woved Goodbye (Col)<br />
Good<br />
Pleasant Weather Aids<br />
All Vancouver Shows<br />
VANCOUVER—Continued fine weather<br />
and strong shows brought people down<br />
town in di'oves. The mild temperatures also<br />
helped the suburban drive-ins, so that a<br />
generally satisfactory weekend was reported<br />
all around.<br />
Capitol The Sons of Katie Elder (Para),<br />
2nd wk Above Average<br />
Coronet, tour other theatres The Secret of<br />
My Success (MGM) Average<br />
Dominion Atrogon (Astral); The Centurion<br />
(SR)<br />
Slow<br />
Lyric International Film Festival, 2nd wk. Very Good<br />
OdeorT What's New Pussycat? (UA), 13th wk. Good<br />
Orpheum How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (Astral) Average<br />
Pork Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying<br />
Machines (20th-Fox), 14th wk Good<br />
Ridge The Sound of Music (20th-Fox),<br />
29th wk Good<br />
Stanley My Fair Lady (WB), 49th wk Average<br />
Strand The Sleeping Beauty (Astral),<br />
3rd wk Very Good<br />
Studio La Ronde (Astral) Capacity<br />
Vogue, three other theatres Carry On Cleo<br />
(SR), 2nd wk Average<br />
'Greatest Story Ever Told'<br />
Capacity in Montreal Bow<br />
MONTREAL—Movie attendance in leading<br />
Montreal cinemas was good in the week<br />
under review. At the Cinerama's Imperial<br />
for 6 Toronto<br />
Top New Film<br />
Theatre, "The Greatest Story Ever Told"<br />
had its initial showing and patronage for<br />
the vast production was excellent. At the<br />
other theatres where the offerings consisted<br />
of holdovers of some duration the boxoffice<br />
results also were good.<br />
Alouette My Foir Lady (WB), 50th wk Good<br />
Avenue What's New Pussycat? (UA), 11th wk. Good<br />
Capitol Joy in the Morning (MGM), 2nd wk. Good<br />
Cinema Festival Onibobo (SR) Excellent<br />
Cinema Place Ville Mane Casanovo '70<br />
(IFD), 2nd wk Excellent<br />
Dorvol (Red Room) From Russia With Love<br />
(UA), reissue, 4th wk Good<br />
Dorvol (Salle Doree) The Sons of Katie Elder<br />
(Para)<br />
Good<br />
Imperial The Greatest Story Ever Told<br />
(UA), reissue Excellent<br />
Kent The Collector (Col), 6th wk Good<br />
Loew's The Great Spy Mission (MGM),<br />
4th wk Good<br />
Palace A Very S,
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Curtain Opens on Avant-Garde Films<br />
Shown by Cinematheque Canadienne<br />
MONTREAL— The Cinematheque Canadienne's<br />
second season of public showings<br />
of films from its own and other film<br />
archives was opened by Margareta Akermark.<br />
executive secretary and circulation<br />
director of the New York Museum of Modern<br />
Art's Library, which has lent the<br />
avant-garde films to the local organization.<br />
She said that on a busy day, she can<br />
count on 4.000 people clamoring to get into<br />
the theatre in New York. Other less hectic<br />
days will see the 480-seat theatre filled<br />
to capacity during its two-a-day, seven<br />
days a week showings.<br />
"Films are in right now and there's an<br />
enormous interest these days, much more<br />
so than in the past," she said. "And the<br />
buffs get younger and younger and are<br />
terribly knowledgeable about films."<br />
Miss AkeiTnark said one of the aims of<br />
the MMA is to acquii-e some money to<br />
amass a collection of films on artists. It<br />
would be a valuable record for research<br />
and scholarship pmposes, she said, if 300<br />
years from now students could see visual<br />
portraits of Jackson Pollock and Calder.<br />
"Films are om- only means of recording<br />
history and it's so vitally important. We've<br />
learned so much already from earlier films.<br />
Think of how much future generations<br />
could derive from current ones. Of course,<br />
they all have a point of view, but so do<br />
history books." She said that she had been<br />
with the library for over 20 years.<br />
"My Fair Lady," she said, would never<br />
Prompt theatre service from<br />
qualified<br />
personnel<br />
Complete projection<br />
sound<br />
equipments<br />
Replacement parts always on hand<br />
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lit there will be a 40-mile blackout of the<br />
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in the Toronto area.<br />
G. B. Markell of the Capitol and Palace,<br />
I'jrnwall, was named a delegate of the<br />
lotion Picture Theatres Ass'n of Ontario<br />
convention at Winnipeg of the Na-<br />
Ijnal Committee, Motion Picture Exhitors<br />
Ass'ns of Canada, which was created<br />
nearly 20 years ago. Markell is<br />
president of the Ontario organizajn.<br />
Prior to the opening of "Dingaka"<br />
ednesday (20) at the Ottawa Rideau and<br />
ritannia an interest-arousing teaser camiiign<br />
was conducted using the line "Before<br />
)U say it isn't true—see "Dingaka."<br />
For 14 weeks of the roadshow "The<br />
)und of Music" at the Ottawa Nelson,<br />
anager Sven Pedersen reported an agegate<br />
attendance of 57,893. He found<br />
lat many people paid return visits to see<br />
months of campaigning to raise<br />
oney for restoration of the Grand at<br />
lingston, Ont., the city council there took<br />
leps to finance the project by approving<br />
|ie issue of a $68,000 civic debenture to<br />
)ver the balance required for the $262,<br />
|iO objective, most of which came from<br />
ppular subscriptions.<br />
In its latest report, the Ontario Board of<br />
lotion Plctui-e Censors gave the classifiition<br />
of Restricted Attendance to only<br />
le pictme. this being "Casanova '70."<br />
arsons under 18 will not be able to see it.<br />
Three Odeon units, the Somerset, Elmile<br />
and Queensway, opened the Ottawa<br />
kgagement of "The Ipcress FUe" as a<br />
iiecial production. The revival of "Living<br />
and "Pardners," with Martin and<br />
j;wis, had a busy week at the Rideau and<br />
[ritannia.<br />
'ial Wallis, Parker Agree<br />
|)n New Presley Contract<br />
)m Western Edition<br />
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— Producer Hal WaUis<br />
'id Col. Tom Parker, manager of Elvis<br />
'resley, have agreed on a new multi-<br />
'mion-dollar contract for futui-e Pi-esley<br />
;lms to be made under the Wallis bani;r,<br />
they jointly announced.<br />
fii-st film with Presley, now that<br />
]i has completed his eighth starring vejcle<br />
"Paradise, Hawaiian Style," will be<br />
lade in 1966. Their first under the original<br />
jintract was "Loving You," followed in<br />
:der by "King Creole," "G.I. Blues,"<br />
iJlue Hawaii," "Girls! Girls! Giiis!" "Fun<br />
"Roustabout" and the cur-<br />
!nt film, all for Paramount release.<br />
lacob B. Barron, 77,<br />
)deon Official, Dies<br />
WINNIPEG—Veteran Alberta exhibitor<br />
tcob B. BaiTon, 77, died at his home in<br />
ilgary September 29 after a brief illness,<br />
e was the CalgaiT partner of Odeon Theres<br />
of Canada, Ltd., operating three hardps,<br />
1,076-seat Uptown, 742-seat Odeon,<br />
109-seat Grand and the 500-car Street<br />
rive-In, when he died.<br />
iBorn in Winnipeg, he gi-aduated in law<br />
om the University of Chicago in 1911 and<br />
Ibsequently practiced in Calgary until<br />
when he became active in motion picexhibition.<br />
He is sm-vived by three<br />
ns, 11 grandchildren and one brother.<br />
ST.<br />
JOHN<br />
The St. John committee of the State of<br />
Israel Bonds, with Mitchell Franklin,<br />
president of the Franklin and Herschorn<br />
circuit, and Mort Bernstein of B&L Theatres<br />
as co-chairmen, held a dinner, at<br />
which Ambassador James Roosevelt of<br />
California was guest speaker. The Eleanor<br />
Roosevelt Humanities Award was presented<br />
to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Irving of St.<br />
John, Canadian industrialist and philanthropist.<br />
This is the first time the award<br />
has been given to a Canadian. It has been<br />
awarded to President Harry Truman, Vice-<br />
President Hubert Humphrey and Edward<br />
G. Robinson. Others on the committee were<br />
Len Herbennan, Astral manager; I. J.<br />
Davis, United Artists manager, as canvass<br />
co-chairman, and Sam Babb, chairman of<br />
arrangements. Other speakers were Louis<br />
J. Robichaud. premier of New Brunswick,<br />
and industrialist Allen Bronfman of<br />
Montreal. Guest artist was Maui'een Forrester,<br />
Metropolitan Opera contralto.<br />
A seminar was held in the Paramount<br />
Theatre here on "La Boheme." The meeting<br />
was opened by Mickey Komar, local<br />
WB manager, and conducted by Harvey<br />
Stein of Toronto, WB's Canadian sales<br />
manager. Present were Les Mitchell, Famous<br />
Players' Maritime district manager;<br />
Fred Leavens, Halifax district Odeon manager;<br />
Doug King, manager of Odeon-<br />
Strand, St. John, and supervisor of the<br />
Capitol, Yarmouth; Mm-ray Lynch, Paramount<br />
manager in Moncton; Laui-ie Conrad,<br />
manager of the Vogue and Paramount,<br />
Sydney, N.S.; Bill Fenety, operator of the<br />
Gaiety and the Capitol in Fi-edericton<br />
George Forham, manager of the Paramount,<br />
and Mitchell Bernstein, partner of<br />
B&L Theatres.<br />
Local WB manager Mickey Komar will<br />
attend the Canadian sales meeting in Toronto<br />
tomorrow (19) and Wednesday (20)<br />
at the Royal Hotel is Stanley<br />
Adelman of Philadelphia, looking for space<br />
with his local manager, Morey Elman of<br />
Victorie Shipping Co.<br />
Mary Jean Connell, secretary to Bob<br />
Pacey. manager of 20th Centm-y-Pox, will<br />
be married to Noel Cromwell. They plan<br />
to honeymoon in Nova Scotia.<br />
The local United Artists branch won first<br />
place with the highest percentage against<br />
its billing quota in the Canadian contest.<br />
Branch manager is I. J. Davis, booker,<br />
Daryl Madill, and cashier, Betty Sullivan.<br />
The Vancouver branch won the booking<br />
quota contest and Gene Tunick of New<br />
York, Eastern division manager, won the<br />
division managers' prize.<br />
Emma Fournier, owner and operator of<br />
the Acadian Theatres, St. Leonard, N.B.,<br />
died after a long illness. She leaves her<br />
husband Lucien and son Paul, manager of<br />
the Acadian.<br />
Charles Edward Staples, 78, who owned<br />
and operated the Queen Theatre in St.<br />
Stephen, N.B., from 1911 until his retirement<br />
in 1960, died. He leaves his wife and<br />
two sons Alfred of St. John and William<br />
of Syracuse, N.Y.<br />
Len Heberman, local Astral Films manager,<br />
and his wife Judy have returned from<br />
a two-week vacation. They motored<br />
through the United States and the Southeastern<br />
seaboard.<br />
The Royal Hotel, which houses seven<br />
film exchanges, has been buzzing with<br />
general sales managers and exhibitors.<br />
Seen in the hotel's film hall were Leonard<br />
Bernstein of Toronto, Columbia's general<br />
sales manager, on his first Maritime trip,<br />
conferring with local manager Louis J. Simon;<br />
Hebert Mathers of Toronto. Empire-<br />
Universal assistant general manager, with<br />
local manager Vince Winchester. Mathers<br />
is looking for office space, in preparation<br />
of the Empire-Universal split set for January<br />
1. He will head Empire as general<br />
manager. Mark Plottel will head Universal<br />
as Canadian district manager. Local managers<br />
have not been announced.<br />
Other Filmrow visitors were George Hieber<br />
of Toronto, United Ai'tists general sales<br />
manager, visiting with his local manager<br />
I. J. Davis; Nathan Rubin, owner of the<br />
Capitol, St. George, N.B.; Art Bahen, Odeon<br />
Eastern division manager, making the<br />
rounds of his Maritime Theatres; Charles<br />
Drew of the Mayfair, Deer Island, N.B.;<br />
Cecil Berdsley, manager of the Maple Leaf<br />
Theatre, Camp Gagetown, N.B.; N. Patten<br />
of the Valley Drive-In, Springfield, N.S.;<br />
Rocky Hazel, owner of the Paramount,<br />
Kentville, N.S., Valley Drive-In at Cambridge,<br />
N.S., and Star View Drive-In, Northfield,<br />
N.S., and Fred Leavens, manager of<br />
the Odeon-Casino, Halifax, N.S., and Odeon<br />
supervisor of the Halifax Odeon Theatres.<br />
F. G. Spencer, president of the Spencer<br />
circuit, was elected for a second term as<br />
chairman of the national committee, Motion<br />
Picture Exhibitors Ass'n at the annual<br />
meeting in Winnipeg. Spencer will receive<br />
the Oscillary award at the Canadian MPA<br />
annual meeting in Toronto November 24.<br />
. . .<br />
Warner Bros, and 20th-Fox have moved<br />
their offices from 12 Hazen Ave. to 61-65<br />
Union St. Empire also will locate there<br />
Many drive-ins, plagued with fog and cold<br />
weather and dropping attendance, are closing<br />
down earlier than usual this season.<br />
Theatre's Film Policy<br />
Baltimore Groups Protest<br />
From Eastern Edition<br />
BALTIMORE—The New Essex Theatre's<br />
policy of showing nudist films to perk up<br />
declining business has brought protests<br />
from the Essex Junior Chamber of Commerce<br />
and the Essex Improvement Ass'n.<br />
Although none of the protesters could say<br />
they actually had viewed one of the shows<br />
at the New Essex, they said they were offended<br />
by such fare in a community movie<br />
house.<br />
The management said the change from<br />
family films to adults-only features was<br />
made shortly after Labor Day in an effort<br />
to save the investment. Management representatives<br />
claim business has "improved<br />
tremendously."<br />
"If this doesn't work we'll probably<br />
close," said John P. Recher, president of<br />
GNR Theatres, which operates the New<br />
Essex and several other metropolitan area<br />
theatres.<br />
Recher said the operation is strictly<br />
within the law as the films have all been<br />
passed by the Maryland Board of Motion<br />
Picture Censors.<br />
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VANCOUVER<br />
gob Kelly, a 20-yeai- veteran manager<br />
with Odeon in British Columbia, has<br />
resigned from liis post at tlic Odeon New<br />
Westminster to talce over a similar post<br />
in the New Westminster Sports Club. He<br />
will be missed by his many friends in the<br />
industry. To fill the vacancy created, several<br />
shifts in managerial personnel have<br />
been made. Bob Pi-aser. from the Coronet<br />
Vancouver, has been transferred to<br />
the Odeon New Westminster: Jim Brown.<br />
Odeon, to Coronet: John Bernard, Park,<br />
to Odeon: Anne Barrel, Odeon West Vancouver,<br />
to Park: John McDonald comes into<br />
the Odeon West Vancouver. Len St. Laurent,<br />
who has been doing a good job at<br />
the Totem, North Vancouver, remains in<br />
that spot. Jerry Dow of the SkyWay<br />
Drive-In. Kamloops, has come into the<br />
Coronet as assistant manager.<br />
One of the surprises of the early fall<br />
season was the run of "Murder Most Foul"<br />
at the Studio. Manager Syd Preedman was<br />
most gi'atified when the picture, which<br />
opened to normal business, continued to<br />
draw for a full month. "La Ronde" seems<br />
to be heading for a new house record as<br />
line-ups keep the house continually full.<br />
"The Knack," which started the Lyric<br />
off to the most successful International<br />
Film Festival in eight years, moved over<br />
for an extended run in the Varsity, supplanting<br />
"One Potato, Two Potato," which<br />
had played five weeks.<br />
Les Wedman, movie critic of the Vancouver<br />
Sun, with a full column each night<br />
for the fii-st week of the International<br />
Festival, helped keep the show in the limelight,<br />
and aided by better than average<br />
Film Festival fare, plus some colorful,<br />
newsworthy judges and dignitaries completely<br />
reversed the negative trend of late<br />
years which had threatened to close the<br />
festival. A little unexpected color was<br />
added to the festival's opening, when mystery<br />
pickets appeared in front of the Lyric<br />
opening night. Two pickets carried signs,<br />
"This theatre does not employ union<br />
labor." The placards did not say to which<br />
union they belonged, and after marching<br />
up and down for a short time, the pickets<br />
left when they were ignored by festival<br />
first nighters. Lyric Manager Lou Segal<br />
said he did not know to which union the<br />
pickets belonged. He believed the picketing<br />
was the first since the theatre opened in<br />
November. Projectionist union president A.<br />
E. McManus said his union was not re-<br />
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movie theatre business was affected by<br />
the house policy.<br />
Ivan Ackery did it again. He has just<br />
received notice of winning the Theatre<br />
Confections, Ltd., contest for concession<br />
promotion and sales in Canada. He had<br />
been awarded second runner-up in the<br />
International "concession idea man of the<br />
year" award contest. He assures us the<br />
prize does not include a year's supply of<br />
popcorn.<br />
TORONTO<br />
prank Price has rejoined Astral Films<br />
after spending a year as a head office<br />
booker with Empire-Universal. Announcement<br />
of this came through general manager<br />
Martin Bochner. Price has been<br />
named branch manager in Calgary as successor<br />
to Sydney Sniderman, whose resignation<br />
has been accepted with regi'et.<br />
The Canadian Picture Pioneers will hold<br />
its annual dinner at Toronto's King Edward<br />
Hotel November 22. General chairman<br />
of this award dinner will be Zeike<br />
Sheine. As reported here a few weeks<br />
ago, Pioneer-of-the-Year Herbert Allen,<br />
Charles Dentelbeck, F. Gordon Spencer<br />
and Fred Varlow will be honored on this<br />
occasion.<br />
A valued associate and partner of the<br />
Odeon chain in Canada, Jacob Bell "Jack<br />
Barron died of a stroke on September 29.<br />
Born in Winnipeg 77 years ago, he practiced<br />
law in Calgary before entering the<br />
theatre business there when he purchased<br />
the Grand in 1936. Previous to this, from<br />
1923 to 1927, he had taken time out from<br />
his law practice to operate the Palace, and<br />
in bringing many spectacular shows to that<br />
western city. At the time of his death,<br />
"<br />
"Jack theatre holdings included<br />
the Uptown, Odeon and 17th Avenue<br />
Drive-In in Calgary—all operated in association<br />
with the Odeon chain.<br />
In Toronto to help publicize "The Love<br />
Goddesses," Graeme Ferguson told the<br />
press that it was simply a lack of funds<br />
which held back film production in Canada.<br />
An ex-Toronton himself, Ferguson<br />
co-produced the film with Saul J.<br />
Turell.<br />
Now it has been told. "Mary Poppins"<br />
failed to survive in her move after her<br />
record 40-week run at the Hollywood to<br />
her short nine-week run at the Nortown.<br />
In the first half-month at the Nortown,<br />
it was evident that the romance was gone.<br />
Hbwever, in the 49 consecutive weeks<br />
that "Mary" did play in Toronto, 616,076<br />
children and adults saw the film and paid<br />
a gross of $658,996. That makes it the most<br />
popular film ever shown here.<br />
By now, popular manager Len Bishop<br />
of the Hollywood is accustomed to long<br />
runs—and happily so. "The Great Race"<br />
opened there Friday (8) and Len cheerfully<br />
predicts a run of at least 12 weeks.<br />
Any takers? The Canadian premiere of<br />
"Darling" opened Wednesday i6) at the<br />
Birchcliffe, Westwood, Capitol Fine Art<br />
and Yorkdale Cinema. Also on Wednesday<br />
"MaiTiage on the Rocks" started at thi<br />
Imperial, Yorkdale, Golden Mile and Run-l<br />
nymede, and "Old Yeller" returned to the^<br />
Nortown. Beach and several other FP<br />
neighborhood houses. On Thur.sday (7), "I<br />
Saw What You Did" opened at Odeon lociii<br />
houses, with a second feature. "What'.^<br />
New Pussycat?" goes into its 14th week<br />
at the Odeon Hyland. Twentieth Centurj<br />
local houses are playing "Beach Ball" starting<br />
Wednesday i6> along with "Sevei<br />
Slaves Against the World." "Taxi for Tobruk"<br />
opened Friday i8) at Loew's Up<br />
town.<br />
Alan V. Iselin's "Frankenstein MeetJ<br />
the Space Monster" and "Curse of the<br />
Voodoo " booked for a ten-theatre<br />
saturation run here and a six-theatre rur<br />
in Buffalo starting Tuesday i3).<br />
The Warner office in Toronto has an<br />
nounced Ontario roadshow dates for the<br />
showing of "La Boheme," which will follow<br />
the poUcy in American cities by distributing<br />
the film in "waves." It will b(<br />
seen in this city Wednesday and Thursday<br />
(20 and 21) at the Imperial and Nor-i<br />
town.<br />
News comes from the Astral Films office<br />
here that Paul Hanner has been appointed<br />
general manager of Southwoot<br />
Drive-In, Ltd. The company operates th(<br />
CoiTal Drive-In and the Tivoli in Calgary.<br />
He will be responsible for the buying'<br />
booking, merchandising and supervision o:<br />
these two theatres. Hanner joined Astra<br />
as director of public relations in 1960|<br />
after considerable experience with th('<br />
Odeon chain.<br />
Orange, Ohio, to<br />
Be Site<br />
Of New Broumos Theatre<br />
From Mideast Edition<br />
CLEVELAND — Announcement that i<br />
$450,000 theatre and cocktail lounge will bi<br />
built in Orange, a Cleveland suburb, haj<br />
been made by John G. Broumas, president<br />
of the rapidly expanding Broumas cir<br />
cuit, which has headquarters in Silve:^<br />
Spring, Md.<br />
Broumas said the Village Cinema will bi'<br />
constructed on Chagrin boulevards as !<br />
free-standing building with a 1,000-sea<br />
auditorium equipped to show first-nu<br />
pictures in 70mm and Todd-AO, with six<br />
channel stereophonic sound. Severa<br />
hundred people will be able to wait ii<br />
comfort in the air-conditioned, custom<br />
built lobby. Also included in the theatri<br />
building will be a 150-seat cocktail loimgi<br />
designed in soft hues and decorated in i<br />
theatre-type motif.<br />
Gershwin-Kastner Set Deal;<br />
On WB's 'Kaleidoscope'<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Jeny Gershwin and El,<br />
liott Kastner, who went into partnershil<br />
in January with ten prof)erties purchasei:<br />
and in various stages of preparation, havi<br />
set a new deal with Warner Bros, in thJ<br />
midst of also announcing four new propert;<br />
acquisitions that bring their total backlo<br />
to 12 feature films.<br />
Gershwin-Kastner Productions has se<br />
the deal for "Kaleidoscope," original b:<br />
Bob and Jane Carrington, with Wamer;<br />
to be made in association with Warrei<br />
Beatty and the actor's Tatira Production;<br />
Beatty will star.<br />
K-4 BOXOmCE October 18, 1961
• ADLINES ft EXPLOITIPS<br />
• ALPHABETICAL<br />
INDEX<br />
• EXHIBITOR HAS HIS SAY<br />
• FEATURE RELEASE CHART<br />
• FEATURE REVIEW DIGEST<br />
• SHORTS RELEASE CHART<br />
• SHORT SUBJECT REVIEWS<br />
• REVIEWS OF FEATURES<br />
• SHOWMANDISING IDEAS<br />
THE GUIDE TOM BETTER BOOKING AND B U S I N E S S - B U I L D I N G<br />
Continuous Campaign<br />
For Successful Run<br />
The 12-week reserved seat booking of<br />
"My Fair Lady" at the Lobo Arts Theatre<br />
ill Albuquerque ended Tuesday (12i,<br />
after a highly successful mm in the 600-<br />
seat house. The campaign was marked with<br />
a number of special activities and events<br />
right from the start.<br />
Local radio station KDEF bought out<br />
the oiJening night performance on July<br />
21, and then in tui'n sold the entli-e package<br />
to local car dealer Lloyd McKee. The<br />
auto dealer then gave away a pair of tickets<br />
to the opening performance to every<br />
person who came in to try out a new auto.<br />
The second night also was sold out.<br />
in a block, to the Piiends of the Little Theatre.<br />
That group—which promotes the local<br />
Little Theatre group—in turn sold<br />
the tickets, along with a dinner at West-<br />
"My Fair Lady" closed one of the longest film runs<br />
in Albuquerque through the efforts of Frontier Theatres<br />
resident Manager Avolio, whose campaign included<br />
selling opening night to KDEF radio station,<br />
managed by John Siquerios, right.<br />
ern Skies Hotel at a price of $25 per<br />
person.<br />
Following that, the remainder of the<br />
run was sold on a straight reserved seat<br />
basis, with tickets priced from a top of<br />
$2.50.<br />
A number of tie-ins marked the campaign.<br />
Included was window tie-ins with<br />
two local record shops and with a beauty<br />
salon. Another was with a ladies apparel<br />
shop. Frontier Theatres also arranged to<br />
place posters on the film in 15 other New<br />
Mexico communities, in which the chain<br />
has houses. The campaign was designed<br />
by J'rontier resident manager Lou Avolio.<br />
HOT ROD FEATURE<br />
Paramount's "Red Line 7000," the new<br />
Howard Hawks racing car film, set for<br />
national release in November, is highlighted<br />
m the October issue of Hot Rod<br />
Magazine, which has a circulation of more<br />
than 1 million.<br />
El Paso Capri^ Radio Station Team Up<br />
To Make Residents Beatles' Conscious<br />
Manager Bill Bohling of the Trans-Texas<br />
Capri in El Paso highlighted his campaign<br />
on "HELP!" with a radio contest on KELP<br />
in conjunction v«th Kurland Salzman<br />
Music Stores and Continental Airlines.<br />
This featui'ed an all-expense paid trip to<br />
Houston to see the Beatles perfoiTn.<br />
The contest was to tell m 25 words or<br />
less "why I would like to see the Beatles,"<br />
with each entry to include the word<br />
"help." A 14-year-old girl won the contest.<br />
The second phase of the<br />
promotion included<br />
distribution of 20,000 tickets for<br />
the Beatles Sweepstakes by the two Guarantee<br />
Shoe Stores and two Salzman Music<br />
Stores. Prizes, 92 were awarded, included<br />
two electric guitars, two portable phonographs,<br />
15 pairs of Beatles boots, 13 soundtrack<br />
LPs, 10 singles of the "HELP!" recording<br />
and 50 passes to the Capri.<br />
The response was excellent at the four<br />
stores using the sweepstakes tickets as traffic<br />
builders and opening day at the theatre.<br />
The Capri held a Beatles rally in<br />
front of the theatre for holders of sweepstakes<br />
tickets and certain numbers were<br />
called and the holders were admitted free.<br />
Beatles Band-Aids, with the word HELP<br />
printed on them in red, were distributed to<br />
the crowd in case of "injury."<br />
The newspapers played up the "Beatlemania"<br />
with feature articles and photos.<br />
To keep the Beatles' fire blazing in the<br />
second week of the film, Bohling set a tieup<br />
with the Time & Post newspapers,<br />
whereby carriers of both papers were admitted<br />
free to the Capri upon submitting<br />
a letter presented them from the theatre.<br />
'Marriage on Rocks'<br />
New Drink in Philly<br />
William Kanefsky, manager of the<br />
Stanley Warner Stanton in Philadelphia,<br />
worked out a clever stunt with a<br />
Scotch dealer to promote his "Marriage<br />
on the Rocks" playdate.<br />
The liquor dealer came up with a<br />
"Marriage on the Rocks" drink and<br />
Kanefsky designed a coaster. Printed<br />
on it, besides the theatre, fibn title<br />
and photos of Dean Martin, Frank<br />
Sinatra and three girls, was an invitation<br />
to try the drink, with this recipe:<br />
Jigger of Scotch, ala Dino. Dash of<br />
Deborah's strega. Garnish with Sinatra's<br />
lemon twist.<br />
The coaster was distributed to bars<br />
and cocktail lounges in the Ticinity<br />
of the theatre.<br />
This window display was set up in downtown El Paso<br />
in the Continental Airlines office, tying in with the<br />
Capri Theatre's playdate, "HELP!"<br />
Wometco Theatres Promote<br />
Disney's 'Old Yeller'<br />
Before "Old Yeller," a reissue by Disney,<br />
opened at ten Wometco theatres in Florida,<br />
television entertainment clips were<br />
used, 30 soundtrack albums were given<br />
away and a dog giveaway contest was held<br />
at the Palm Springs, sponsored by the<br />
Merchants Ass'n.<br />
Judging in the Old Yeller Mutt Contest<br />
was on the ugliest, the prettiest, the littlest,<br />
the biggest, the smartest, the yellowest and<br />
the best costumed, said Jack Mitchell, public<br />
relations dii-ector of the Miami-based<br />
finn.<br />
Theatres included in the multiple booking<br />
were the Carib, Plaza (Hollywood,<br />
Pla.), Boca Raton. Park East and Park<br />
West, Miami, Miiacle, 163rd Street, Palm<br />
Springs and Gateway.<br />
NBC TV Plays Up Edwards'<br />
'What Did You Do in War?'<br />
An NBC television crew is<br />
doing a series<br />
of news clips on Blake Edwards' huge Italian<br />
village set at Lake Sherwood Flanch<br />
near Hollywood for "What Did You Do in<br />
the War, Daddy?", Mirisch Corp. presentation<br />
for United Artists release.<br />
Extensive coverage by TV cameras, filming<br />
in color and black and white, was given<br />
by the network to the Italian festival sequences<br />
of the film, in which more than<br />
1,000 extras and folk dancers took part<br />
and featui'ing an elaborate fireworks display.<br />
BOXOFTICE Showmandiser Oct. 18, 1965 — 157<br />
1
Houston Manager's Concession Sales Ballyhoo<br />
Earns Him $1000 in Circuitwide Contest<br />
Manager Howard Skelton of the Metro-<br />
[>olitan Theatre in Houston won the<br />
American Broadcasting Companies concession<br />
contest, with 226 theatres taking<br />
part. He was awarded $1,000. plus $250<br />
for his staff, for increasing sales 50.6 per<br />
cent per capita.<br />
To qualify, each theatre had to reach a<br />
base per capita of its 1964 sales, plus 10<br />
per cent. The 25 theatres that reached<br />
their base by the greatest percentage.<br />
with shortages under 5 per cent, made up<br />
the qualifying pool. The order of finish<br />
was deteiTOined by the percentage of increase<br />
in gross profit, per capita.<br />
Skelton's award-winning efforts included:<br />
• Setting up a complete auxiliary concession<br />
stand on the mezzanine, located so<br />
as to be readily seen and available to every<br />
patron leaving the main floor and enter-<br />
Monoger Howard Skelton ot Interstate Theatres'<br />
Metropolitan in Houston, who was awarded $1,000 as<br />
the winner ot the American Broadcasting Companies<br />
circuitwide concession contest, shows two clerks'<br />
methods ot suggestive selling and how to give fast,<br />
courteous service. The girls are Lynda Storenski and<br />
Yvonne Westerman.<br />
ing the balcony.<br />
all day Satui-days and Sundays.<br />
It is open every mght and<br />
• Holding a daily sales contest between<br />
the attendants of the two concession<br />
stands.<br />
• Pushing the sale of the 25-cent "family<br />
size" box of popcorn, which has become<br />
the "standard" size in the theatre.<br />
The 15-cent size is available, but it is the<br />
larger size that sells due to the efforts of<br />
Skelton and his staff. The Buttercup sales<br />
also increased as a result of the familysize<br />
box build-up.<br />
• Promoting Buttercups on busy nights<br />
with two attractive girls in the lobby<br />
dressed in square dance costumes and oldfashioned<br />
bonnets. They handed samples<br />
of buttercorn, in small cups, to everyone<br />
entering the theatre. It boosted sales 50<br />
per cent each night this was done.<br />
Skelton also consistently used colorful<br />
trailers at intermissions, augmented by<br />
ushers armouncing that popcorn and confections<br />
were available. Emphasis again<br />
was placed on the 25-cent popcorn and<br />
large drinks.<br />
Color wheels also were strategically located<br />
adjacent to the drink areas to further<br />
stimulate appetites and attention to<br />
the beverages. Nearly every day, changes<br />
were made in the display of the highest<br />
profit concession items, focusing on large<br />
and colorful arrangements of popcorn<br />
boxes, fan-twirled soft drink cups and the<br />
use of multi-colored foil and pennants.<br />
Daily meetings with all concession personnel<br />
with the exchange of suggestions<br />
from the more successful employes, and<br />
the daily reminders to "smile and be<br />
pleasant."<br />
Skelton says if he had to summarize the<br />
concession sales campaign, it would be<br />
simply "continuing awareness that patrons<br />
react by reaching for whatever is suggested<br />
or handed to them." But most important,<br />
he says, "is fast, crowd-moving<br />
courteous service."<br />
Showman Uses Author<br />
To Build Up Showing<br />
MuclT local publicity resulted from the<br />
booking of "I Saw What You Did" at the<br />
Kimo Theatre in Albuquerque, after it was<br />
noted that the author of the book on<br />
which the screenplay is based lives in the<br />
city. The author is Ursula Cm'tiss, who<br />
has written 14 novels.<br />
When Frontier Theatres advertising director<br />
Jesse Baca discovered that Mrs.<br />
Curtiss lived in Albuquerque, he made arrangements<br />
to have the wi-iter appear on<br />
the Kimo stage opening night, after hosting<br />
her, her five childi'en and her husband<br />
to a dinner.<br />
On-stage activities included the presentation<br />
of a plaque to her from city officials,<br />
a bouquet of flowers from the<br />
state-owned New Mexico Magazine (which<br />
plans to featui-e her in an upcoming issue)<br />
and a bottle of champagne from a local<br />
wholesaler.<br />
The dinner and the stage appearance<br />
was covered by all thi-ee local commercial<br />
TV stations and a radio disc jockey. The<br />
film played for a week at the Kimo.<br />
Ursula Curtiss, author ot the original story of "I<br />
Saw What You Did," looks over a one-sheet with<br />
Frontier Theatres advertising manager Jesse Baca, in<br />
Albuquerque. The outhor of 14 novels lives in<br />
Albuquerque.<br />
Antique Autos Race<br />
To Buffalo Premiere<br />
Carl Schaner, managing director of the<br />
Century Tlieatre in downtown Buffalo, put<br />
on a real Hollywood-type premiere for<br />
"The Great Race" and laid down an exciting<br />
advance barrage that drew the attention<br />
of thousands.<br />
Featured in the advance, was an antique<br />
car race, starting in Rochester. 75 miles<br />
away, and ending in front of the theatre<br />
on premiere night. The mayor presented a<br />
trophy to the winner. Photos of the ceremony<br />
were used in all the local newspapers.<br />
Television stations also were on hand for<br />
the end of the race.<br />
On premiere night. Schaner staged a<br />
downtown parade, featuring 30 or more<br />
ancient cars, in which lovely models and<br />
the press rode, dressed in costumes of the<br />
1910 era. Mayor Chester Kowal and other<br />
city officials also rode in the various cars.<br />
There was good news coverage.<br />
In other tie-ins. Schaner set up window<br />
displays of albums and records from the<br />
picture, along with stills, lobby displays<br />
in the Statler Hilton and the Lafayette<br />
Hotel and in five windows of local auto<br />
dealers, which played up cars of yesteryear<br />
and today. Radio stations plugged<br />
the pi aydate through soundtrack albums<br />
and the Simday Courier-Express used a<br />
pictorial preview and devoted a full page<br />
in its entertainment tabloid to the picture.<br />
Schaner also made an excellent tie-up<br />
with the local Steak-n-Burger Restaurants,<br />
through which the theatre was given displays<br />
in all of the establishments and was<br />
featured in the fu-m's radio spots. In return,<br />
the Century gave the restaurants a<br />
lobby display.<br />
Table-tent cards were utilized in three of<br />
the major downtown restaurants. Articles<br />
and art were used in many community<br />
newspapers in western New York and along<br />
the Canadian border.<br />
Trailers were shown several weeks in<br />
advance. Cross-plug trailers were set up<br />
at other movie houses In a trailer-exchange<br />
agi-eement. It was a full campaign,<br />
and the boxoffice results showed all the<br />
work was not in vain.<br />
Columbia Uses 'Task Force'<br />
In Chicago 'Bunny' Bally<br />
To handle the Chicago premiere of "Bunny<br />
Lake Is Missing," Wednesday (6i at<br />
the Wood Theatre, Columbia Pictures set<br />
up a special "task force" in the city to coordinate<br />
the ballyhoo plans.<br />
Led by the film's producer-director Otto<br />
Preminger. attendance at the gala invitational<br />
premiere included civic, social and<br />
entertaimnent world notables. Heavy coverage<br />
by national and local news media and<br />
a full romid of publicity activity for Preminger<br />
was set by Columbia.<br />
The "task force" included members of<br />
the New York, Chicago and Hollywood Columbia<br />
promotion staffs. The film had its<br />
world premiere Sunday (3) at New York's<br />
Victoria Theatre under the chairmanship<br />
of Mayor and Mi-s. Robert F. Wagner for<br />
the benefit of the Police Athletic League.<br />
'eekl<br />
,C3,<br />
— 158 — BOXOFFICE Showmcmdiser Oct. 18, 1965
Xincinnati Kid' Plays<br />
According to<br />
Hoyle<br />
A far-reaching, national tie-in with<br />
Hoyle Playuig Cards is one of the promotions<br />
for MGM-Filmways' Martin Ransohoff<br />
Production "The Cincinnati Kid."<br />
Designed to attract those who use playing<br />
cards, Hoyle is arranging to make<br />
100,000 specially created card dispensers<br />
available to retail outlets in every part<br />
of the country. Each dispenser will have<br />
at the top an eye-catching cut-out containing<br />
a scene from the production plus<br />
picture credits.<br />
In addition, Hoyle, a division of Stancraft,<br />
has a conversation-provoking certificate<br />
conferring life membership in the<br />
official "Hoyle Society of America," which<br />
is being mailed to leading newspaper editors<br />
along with "Cincinnati Kid" material.<br />
Advertisements keyed to the promotion<br />
will appear in Playboy Magazine and other<br />
national publications, and Hoyle also will<br />
participate in cooperative advertising with<br />
local retail outlets.<br />
Advance notice of the tie-in was featm-ed<br />
by the Stancraft people at the New<br />
York Stationery Show in May, at the<br />
trade show of the National Association of<br />
Tobacco Distributors in Chicago, and at<br />
over fifty di'ug trade shows held throughout<br />
the country. Special mailings have<br />
already been sent to key stores.<br />
The entire Hoyle-Stancraft sales force<br />
is working with MGM field representatives<br />
on the promotion, which has been set as<br />
an integi'al part of Stancraft's fall sales<br />
program. The firm's salesmen received kits,<br />
life-size posters of Steve McQueen and<br />
Ann-Margret were on display and stills of<br />
the stars and story sequences were distributed,<br />
along with copies of the bestselling<br />
novel by Richard Jessup.<br />
New Yorker Magazine Plays<br />
Up 'Paris Burning' Filming<br />
In a rare tribute to a motion pictm-e, the<br />
New Yorker Magazine featured a report on<br />
the filming of the Paramount-Seven Ai'ts<br />
presentation, "Is Paris Burning?" in its<br />
issue dated September 18.<br />
The magazine's Paris con'espondent,<br />
Janet "Genet" Planner, reveals how the<br />
film has tui'ned the city back 21 years, as<br />
director Rene Clement moves his cast<br />
through the actual locales of the story of<br />
the Allied liberation of Paris. Miss Flanner<br />
notes that "Is Paris Burning?" appears to<br />
have the blessing of President Charles de<br />
Gaulle.<br />
"The French feel that the movie, especially<br />
in America, will prove to be wonderful<br />
emotional propaganda for Paris, the French<br />
Resistance, and thus Fi'ance itself— and<br />
also invaluable propaganda for de Gaulle as<br />
the savior of Pi'ance, seen in what was surely<br />
his most euphoric houi'," Miss Planner<br />
writes.<br />
Miller Boosts 'Blindfold'<br />
Marvin Miller has been set by director<br />
Bob Faber to narrate four T'V spots for<br />
the exploitation of the Universal Studios<br />
release of "Blindfold," which stars Rock<br />
Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida. Spots include<br />
one 1 -minute, two 20-second and a<br />
10-second blurb, and will be recorded at<br />
Universal City.<br />
William Kanefsky, manager of the Stanley Worner<br />
Stanton in Philadelphia, stands beside two animated<br />
display pieces he created for "Cat Ballou." At left<br />
are life-size cutouts of Stubby Kaye and Nat King<br />
Cole, strumming banjos via concealed motor in back,<br />
while a soundtrack of the song is synchronized with<br />
the strumming. The second piece is a blown-up<br />
horse and figure of Lee Marvin. Both appear in a<br />
state of drunkenness. With the help of an invisible<br />
wire attached to a motor and a good breeze, both<br />
sway to the rhythm of "The Ballad of Cat Ballou."<br />
Warner Bros. Using Stereo<br />
Spots for 'La Boheme'<br />
stereo radio spot announcements are<br />
being used by Warner Bros, for the first<br />
time in the motion picture industry in the<br />
advertising campaign for "La Boheme."<br />
The fact that the spot announcements are<br />
in stereo emphasizes again the presentation<br />
has achieved the highest fidelity sound<br />
ever recorded on film.<br />
The stereo spots are in addition to the<br />
regular announcements which WB has prepared<br />
for the La Scala production. The<br />
Technicolor film will be presented in 1.000<br />
theatres in the United States and Canada<br />
on six days, 'Wednesday and Thui'sday i20<br />
and 21), 'Wednesday and Thui-sday (27<br />
and 281 and November 3 and 4.<br />
Contest for 'Thief<br />
Manager Noi-man Schwartz of Interstate<br />
Theatres' Aztec in San Antonio held a<br />
contest for "Once a Thief," vnth $100 as<br />
the top prize. Entrants were asked to wi-ite<br />
a story in 50 words or less based on thi-ee<br />
scenes from the film published in the San<br />
Ajitonio Expi-ess.<br />
Manager Joe M.<br />
Seery of the Butte<br />
Theatre,<br />
Gridley,<br />
Calif., used this promotion<br />
in a town<br />
parade to plug "The<br />
Ghost." The float,<br />
which placed fourth<br />
In the parade, was<br />
made of bedsheets<br />
thrown over a car,<br />
which cost about 12<br />
passes,<br />
including<br />
those to the children<br />
who furnished<br />
their own sheets.<br />
BOXOFFICE Showmcmdiser Oct. 18, 1965 159 —<br />
Chakeres Sets Up Tenl<br />
At Fair for 'HELP!'<br />
Chakeres Theatres went to the people to<br />
"<br />
promote the Beatles' "HELP! at its Regent<br />
in Springfield, Ohio, recording the biggest<br />
gross of the summer.<br />
Chakeres set up a tent on the midway<br />
of the Clark County Fair offering free<br />
movies. This was appreciated by the weary<br />
faii'goers, who had the opportunity to sit<br />
and relax.<br />
At the entrance of the tent were posters<br />
of "HELP!" There also were posters of the<br />
films playing the circuit's State and Melody<br />
Cruise-In. Continuous music from the<br />
soundtrack of the film was played on the<br />
midway, with a special tape plugging the<br />
opening.<br />
In cooperation with radio station WIZE,<br />
Pepsi -Cola hired a helicopter to drop 1,500<br />
colored ping-pong balls at the fair for prizes.<br />
The Regent gave away 100 tickets for the<br />
pictui-e and 100 records, which were promoted<br />
through a local record shop.<br />
In addition to the fair campaign, window<br />
displays also were set up at a record<br />
shop and at the State. Advance tickets were<br />
sold at both places. 'WIZE also featured<br />
Beatles' music and announced the prizes<br />
houi'ly in the form of "news flashes."<br />
The campaign was dii-ected by Merle<br />
Horst, Regent manager.<br />
MGM to Distribute Color<br />
Programs on 'Zhivago'<br />
MGM has arranged with Alsid Distributors,<br />
Inc., to publish and distribute the<br />
souvenii- program for David Lean's film of<br />
Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" in<br />
theatres throughout the world.<br />
The 36-page book will be printed entirely<br />
in color and will present a comprehensive<br />
pictui-e of the multi-faceted production.<br />
Specially created artwork and<br />
photographs will comprise the bulk of the<br />
program, along with informative text<br />
pieces. It also is expected the program will<br />
serve as a much looked at remembrance of<br />
the film.<br />
The first programs will go on sale at the<br />
world premiere engagement December 22<br />
at Loew's Capitol in New York and on the<br />
following day at the Hollywood-Paramount<br />
in Los Angeles. The Carlo Ponti<br />
production is nearing completion in Spain.
Embassy)<br />
—<br />
"<br />
Exhibitor has his say<br />
^^^^^^^^^^^ A B U T PICTURES^^^<br />
ALLIED ARTISTS<br />
Station Six—Sahara lAA' — Carroll<br />
Baker, Peter Van Eyck. Ian Bannen. We<br />
singled this on Labor Day weekend and<br />
was very smprised at the tui-nout. Never<br />
figured we'd do aivvthing on it. but was<br />
sui-prised. If you haven't played it, it's a<br />
good one to pick up. Played Pri.. Sat.,<br />
Sun.—Johji W. Johnson, State Theatre,<br />
Caspian, Mich. Pop. 1,500.<br />
TickJe Me (AA)—Elvis Pi-esley, Jocelyn<br />
Lane. Julie Adams. Elvis' best in a long<br />
tinie. Not a single car drove out dui-ing this<br />
feature, if that proves anything. Maybe<br />
they'd heard about the last reel: AA's<br />
"Young Dillinger" helped round out a fine<br />
program. The weather was on my side with<br />
ideal pre-autumn coolness and a golden<br />
Florida moon as big as a washtub hovering<br />
overhead. Played Fri., Sat. Weather:<br />
Pine.—I. Roche, Starlite Drive-In, Chipley,<br />
Fla. Pop. 3.250.<br />
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL<br />
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (AIP)—Annette<br />
Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian<br />
Donlevy. All of these types of movies do excellent<br />
business. Good color, excellent print.<br />
I don't know how they make them so fast.<br />
Seems like we average one a month. Keep<br />
them coming. Book it. Played Sun. through<br />
Sat. Weather: Warm and sunny.—Morris<br />
L. Bower, Smoot Theatre, Parkersbui-g, W.<br />
Va. Pop. 46.000.<br />
BUENA VISTA<br />
Mary Poppins (BVi—Julie Andrews, Dick<br />
Van Dyke, David Tomlinson. Played seven<br />
days to excellent business at ridiculous<br />
terms—70 per cent leaves nothing for the<br />
exhibitor except prestige. Concessions business<br />
was down due to high admission<br />
prices. Played Thm-s., through Wed.<br />
Weather: Warni. — Dick Hendi-ick, Cass<br />
Theatre, Cass City, Mich. Pop 2,000.<br />
COLUMBIA<br />
Behold a Pale Horse (Coli — Gregory<br />
Peck, Anthony Quinn, Omai- Sharif. A<br />
waste of two good actors and a waste of<br />
time and another wasted Sunday-Monday.<br />
Talk! Talk! Talk! Black and white. The<br />
most walkouts since "Dr. Strangelove."<br />
Small towns, don't touch this one. Only<br />
people I had were a few who had read none<br />
of my advertising and thought that with<br />
"Horse" in the title it was a western. Played<br />
Sun.. Mon.—Bill Cmran, Ramona Theatre,<br />
Kiemmling, Colo. Pop. 900.<br />
Visible Screen Wire<br />
Lessens Seat Cutting<br />
Recently I put a weU-fitted piece of<br />
aluminum screen-door wire under two<br />
of our seat covers that had been cut,<br />
without using- a new cover, for the purpose<br />
of letting the little knife users<br />
see the wire. There has been less seat<br />
cutting since then. Got any ideas or<br />
comments?<br />
Marion Theatre<br />
Marion, S.C.<br />
ART RICHARDS<br />
Midnight Spook Show<br />
Pulls in Teenagers<br />
Take a spooky little thing like "The<br />
Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" from<br />
Columbia, book it to start at midnight<br />
and away we go. The late shows still<br />
have a way of producing some nice<br />
money. Our crowd is made up entirely<br />
of teenagers. They behave perfectly<br />
and we all have a spooking good<br />
time. Even the banker loves these. The<br />
picture is a good spooky one in color<br />
and Cinemascope. Our salesman sent<br />
out a bunch of stamps for the stamp<br />
promotion The kids like these extra<br />
ginunicks . Played this on Friday at<br />
midnight.<br />
HARRY HAWKINSON JR.<br />
Orpheum Theatre<br />
Marietta, Minn.<br />
EMBASSY<br />
—Mar-<br />
Divorce—ItaUan Style i<br />
cello Mastroiarmi, Daniela Rocca. The biggest<br />
popcorn seller this year. We would<br />
have sold more, but we did not know<br />
whether it was polite to wake up the ones<br />
that were sleeping. You've been warned.<br />
Played Sim., Mon., Tues. Weather: Excellent.—Harold<br />
Bell, Opera House, Coaticook,<br />
Que. Pop. 3,000.<br />
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER<br />
Advance to the Rear (MGM )— Glenn<br />
Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas. I<br />
picked up a few pictures from MGM. As a<br />
matter of fact, this is the first one for<br />
over a year. I must say I enjoyed this one<br />
as did om- audience. Business good on it.<br />
Just plain, good old-fashioned western fun.<br />
Would have been nice in color, though.<br />
Played Sat., Sun.—Hany Hawkinson jr., Orpheum<br />
Theatre, Marietta, Minn. Pop. 380.<br />
Girl Happy (MGM) — Elvis Presley,<br />
Shelley Pabares, Joby Baker. Good entertainment,<br />
but Elvis is losing his draw. Too<br />
much Elvis. "Follow That Dream" was on<br />
TV the Satm'day night two weeks before.<br />
Played Sun. thi'ough Wed. Weather:<br />
Cloudy and rainy.—M. W. Long, Lans Theatre,<br />
Lansing, Iowa. Pop. 1,325.<br />
Yellow Rolls-Royce, The (MGM)—Rex<br />
Harrison, Jeanne Moreau, Edmund Purdom.<br />
Good acting. Pulled in the older<br />
crowd. Did good weekend business. Book<br />
this one. Played Wed. through Tues.<br />
Weather: Sumiy and good.—Martin Azarow,<br />
Baldwin Theatre, Los Angeles, Calif.<br />
PARAMOUNT<br />
Circus World iPara)—John Wayne, Rita<br />
Hayworth. Claudia Cardinale. 'Way too<br />
long and doesn't come up to the expectations<br />
of patrons. Business fail'. Played<br />
with "Boy Ten Feet Tall." Played Fri.,<br />
Sat. Weather: Wann.—Leo Clark, Henderson<br />
Theatre, Henderson, Nev. Pop. 17,-<br />
160.<br />
Circus World (Para)—John Wayne, Rita<br />
Hayworth, Claudia Cardinale. In a small<br />
town, Jolm Wayne still is our best bet.<br />
Circus or no ciixus, he does business. Good<br />
picture, good business, good color. Another<br />
good Wayne thiiller! Played Sun.,<br />
Mon. Weather: Wanii.—Ken Christianson,<br />
Roxy Theatre, Washburn, N.D. Pop. 968.<br />
Disorderly Orderly, The (Para)—Jerry<br />
Lewis, Susan Oliver, Karen Sharpe. Definitely<br />
below par. Too many half-developed<br />
gags and uirfunny material. Business down<br />
from previous Lewis shows such as "The<br />
Nutty Professor" and "CinderFella." Played<br />
two days.—Jack Frost, Port Alice Theatre,<br />
Port Alice, B.C.<br />
20TH CENTURY-FOX<br />
Back Door to Hell (20th-Foxi—Jimmie<br />
Rodgers, Jack Nicholson, John Hackett. A<br />
moderately interesting wai- film. Short<br />
running time makes it useful to book on<br />
a double bill. Played Fri., Sat.—Arthm- K.<br />
Dame, Scenic Theatre, Pittsfield, N.H. Pop.<br />
2.400.<br />
Von Ryan's Express (20th-Fox)—Frank<br />
Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Brad Dexter.<br />
What can you say? Everybody is going to<br />
play this one. Pliayed Wed. through Sat.<br />
—Harold Bell, Opera House, Coaticook,<br />
Que. Pop. 3,000.<br />
UNITED ARTISTS<br />
Glory Guys, The (UA) — Tom Tryon,<br />
Hai-ve Presnell, Senta Berger. A very g(X)d<br />
western adventure in very gcxid color and<br />
Scope. Picture and stars good, but failed<br />
to di-aw big at the boxoffice. Plenty of<br />
action and those who saw it enjoyed it.<br />
Picture is too long to be double featured,<br />
so played it alone. This good pictm-e<br />
should have brought them in, but— . Played<br />
Pri., Sat., Smi. Weather: Warm.—Dick<br />
Hendrick, Cass Theatre, Cass City, Mich.<br />
Pop. 2,000.<br />
Shot in the Dark, A (UA)—Peter Sellers,<br />
Elke Sommer, George Sanders. Peter Sellers<br />
is king here. Cannot miss. Saw it myself.<br />
Played Sat., Sun., Mon. Weather: Hot.<br />
—N. W. Rehder, Laurentide Theatre, Lamacaza.<br />
Que. Pop. 600.<br />
UNIVERSAL<br />
Fluffy (Univi—Tony Randall, Shirley<br />
Jones, Edward Andrews. A pleasant sm--<br />
prise. A real cute show that I advertised<br />
heavily as a family movie and the families<br />
came. This is what we need! Simple, uncomplicated<br />
plot, lots of laughs. Give<br />
more of these and keep the big spectaculars.<br />
Played Sun., through Wed.—BUI Curran,<br />
Ramona Theatre, Kremmling, Colo. Pop.<br />
900.<br />
Mirage (Univ) — Gregory Peck, Diane<br />
Baker, Kevin McCarthy. This is topnotch<br />
fare. Good all the way, but unfortunately,<br />
no business. Maybe the title spoiled things.<br />
It really has little if any connection with<br />
the story. Played Sun., Mon.—Ai'thur K.<br />
Dame, Scenic Theatre, Pittsfield, N. H.<br />
Pop. 2,400.<br />
WARNER BROS.<br />
Having a Wild Weekend CWB) — The<br />
Dave Clark Five, Barbara Ferris. If there<br />
was an Academy Award for the worst picture<br />
of the year, "Having a Wild Weekend"<br />
would take it hands down. <strong>Boxoffice</strong> was<br />
much below noiTnal for this pictm-e. There<br />
were more people walking out of the theatre<br />
than coming in, including the staff.<br />
Jim Chi-istou, Lux Theatre, Banff, Alta.<br />
Pop. 4,000.<br />
SHORT SUBJECTS<br />
Ride, The (Col)—If you need a one-reel<br />
short in color with some laughs, be sm-e<br />
and use this one. Filmed in Canada. My<br />
crowd seemed to enjoy it very much. Played<br />
Wed., Thurs., Fri.—S. T. Jackson, Jackson<br />
Theatre, Flomaton, Ala. Pop. 1,480.<br />
— IBO — BOXOFHCE Showmandiser :: Oct. 18. 1965
OXOFFICE<br />
—<br />
OOKINOUIDE<br />
An interpretive onolysis of loy ond trodepress reviews. Running time is in parentheses. The plus ond<br />
minus signs indicate degree of merit. Listings cover current reviews, updotcd regularly. This department<br />
also serves os an ALPHABETICAL INDEX to feature releoscs. (g is for CmcmaScope; (V) VistaVision;<br />
(P) Ponavision; (J Techniromo; s Other anamorphic processes. Symbol ij denotes BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon<br />
Award- O Color Photography. Legion of Decency (LOD) rotings: Al— Unobiectionable for General Patronooe-<br />
A2^Unobiectionable for Adults or Adolescents; A3— Unobjectionable for Adults; A4—Morally<br />
/Review digest<br />
Unobjectionable for Adults, with Reservations; B—Objectionoble in Part for AM; C—Condemned. For<br />
listings by compony in the order of release, see FEATURE CHART.<br />
AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX<br />
+t Very Good; -r Good; - Fair; - Poor; — Very Poor. In the summery H is rated 2 pluses, — as 2 minuses.<br />
At<br />
ci -2 = S ^ I- g<br />
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2936 Across the River (85) Dr Debema 6-21-65 := -|-<br />
2932©A|)enl S^i (98) Satire Cont'l 6- 7-65 A3 +<br />
2962 ©Ajony and the Ecstasy,<br />
The (140) Todd-AO 20th-Fox 9-27-65 A2 H- i+<br />
2932 ©Amorous Adventures of Moll<br />
Flanders, The (126) Com ®<br />
2952 And So to Bed (112) CD.. Medallion<br />
2958 ©Apache Gold (91) © West Col<br />
2947 ©Arizona Raiders (88) ® Western.. Col<br />
2924 ©Art of Love, The<br />
— B<br />
(90) Comedy . .<br />
Univ<br />
2939 Backfire (97) Comedy-Drama Royal<br />
Bambole (Ul) Ep C Royal<br />
Banana Peel (97) Comedy Dr P-C<br />
2930 ©Battle of the Villa Fiorita, The<br />
(111) (& Drama WB<br />
2964 ©Beach Bali (S3) Mus Para<br />
2933 ©Beach Blanket Bingo (98) ® CD..AIP<br />
2956©Billie (87) Com Dr UA<br />
2923 ©Black Spurs (81) Western Para<br />
2919 ©Blood and Black Lace<br />
(90) Crime Drama AA<br />
2937 ©Bounty Killer, The<br />
(92) ® Drama Embassy<br />
2926 Brainstorm (114) ® Drama WB<br />
©Buddha (134) Melo Lopert<br />
Bus. The (62) Doc Edward Harrison<br />
6- 7-65 B<br />
8-23-65<br />
9-13-65 Al<br />
S- 9-65 A2<br />
5-10-65 A2
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AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX Very Good; ' Good; — Fair; ~ Poor; — Very Poor. In the summory n is rated 2 pluses, - as 2 minuses.<br />
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Maedclien in Uniform (91) Dr Se«en Arts 9-20-65 A2<br />
2964 Mad Executioners. The (92) Cr Dr.Parn 10- 4-6S A2<br />
Magnificent Cuckold,<br />
The (113) Com-Dr Conll 6- 7-65 A3<br />
2912CDMajor Dundee (134) ® War Dr.. Col 3-29-65 A2<br />
2936 Make Mine a Million<br />
(52) Comedy British Lion SR 6-21-65<br />
Male Hunt (921 French Farce Com..P-C 5-31-65 B<br />
29(M Man in the Dark (SO) Univ 3- 1-65<br />
2913 0Mara of the Wilderness<br />
(90) Ad» Dr AA 4- 5-65 Al<br />
2961©Marriaoe on the Rocks (109) iS CD WB 9-27-65 B<br />
2922 OMasciuerade (101) Ad» Comedy.. UA 5- 3-65 A2<br />
2933 Mating Modern Style (92) Com.. Don Kay 5-10-65<br />
2934 OMcHale's N.ivy Joins the Air Force<br />
(90) Farce Comedy Univ 6-14-65 Al<br />
2965 Mickey One (95) Drama Col 10-11-65 A3<br />
2928 Mirage (107) Drama Univ 5-24-65 A2<br />
2955 ©Mission to Hell<br />
(53) ;s; Adv Dr. . Jones-Carpenter-SR 9- 6-65<br />
291S yQMister Moses (113) ® Com Dr UA 4-19-65 A2<br />
Moment of Truth. The (105) Doc Rizzoli 8-25-65 A4<br />
2899©Mondo Paao (94) Doc Rizzoli 2-15-65 C<br />
2932 ©Monkey's Uncle. The (90) C BV 6- 7-65 Al<br />
2907 Moontrap (86) Doc NFBC 3-15-65<br />
2959 Motor Psycho! (74) Melodrama Eve 9-20-65<br />
2953©Murieta (108) Western Dr WB 8-30-65 Al<br />
2933 My Baby Is Black! (75) Melo....AFDC 6-14-65<br />
2912 My Blood Runs Cold<br />
(104) ® Horror Drama WB 3-29-65 A2<br />
My Wife's Husband (90)<br />
French Comedy Lopcrt 2-22-65 A3<br />
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2925 Naked Brigade, The (99) War Dr.. Univ 5-17-65<br />
New Angels. The (94) Doc. .<br />
Promenade 6-21-65 C<br />
29459 Miles to Noon (661/'2) Melo Taurus S- 2-65<br />
2929 Nobody Waved Goodbye (80) D Cinema V 5-31-65 A2<br />
2901 ©None But the Brave<br />
(105) © War Drama WB 2-22-65 A2<br />
2905 Nothing But a Man (92) Drama Cinema V 3- 8-65 A3<br />
Not on Your Life (90) Com P-C 4-19-65<br />
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AMERICAN<br />
ARTISTS<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
COMING<br />
©Bikini Party in Haunted<br />
House ® Teen Susp.<br />
Tommy Kirk, Deborah Wallcy.<br />
Basil Rathbone, Harvey Lembeck<br />
©Mondo Taboo © Doc..<br />
Narration by Vincent Price<br />
©Frankenstein Meets the Giant<br />
Devil Fish ® SF. .<br />
Nick Adams. Kumi Mlzuno<br />
©War-Italian Style C. .<br />
Bluster Keaton. Fred Clark<br />
©Trunk to Cairo ® Spy. .<br />
Aiirtle Murphy, Gtorge Sanders,<br />
Marianne Koch<br />
©Girl in the Glass Bikini<br />
Mus C.<br />
Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello<br />
©Dr. Goldfoot (No. 2) ®. .My C.<br />
Vincent Price<br />
©Robinhood Jones..® C.<br />
Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello<br />
©World of Prehistoric<br />
Women..®<br />
BUENA<br />
VISTA<br />
SF..<br />
©The Uoly Dachshund C.<br />
Dean Jones. Suzanne Plesliette<br />
©Bullwhip Griffin<br />
Suzanne Pleshette.<br />
Roddy McDowall<br />
Karl<br />
D..<br />
Maiden,<br />
©Follow Me, Boys<br />
Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles.<br />
Charlie Ruggles<br />
©Lt. Robin Crusoe. U.S.N. ...<br />
Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kw»d<br />
COLUMBIA<br />
Brigand of Kandahar (81) D..008<br />
Ronald Lewis<br />
©Born Free C. .<br />
Virginia McKema<br />
©The Chase<br />
Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda,<br />
Robert Redford<br />
D •<br />
©Heroes of Telemark D .<br />
Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris,<br />
Uila Jacobsson<br />
Life at the Top<br />
Laurence Han-ey, Jean Simmons.<br />
Honor Blackman<br />
©The Silencers<br />
Dean Martin, Stella Stevens,<br />
Daliah L.avi<br />
©Tlie Trouble With Argels<br />
Rosalind Russell, Hayiey Mills<br />
©The Centurions<br />
Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon<br />
©Alvarez Kelly<br />
William Holden, Richard Widmark<br />
©Night of the Tiger<br />
Chuck Connors, James MacArthur<br />
©Frontier Hellcat<br />
Elke Sommer, Stewart Granger<br />
CONTINENTAL<br />
The World's Greatest<br />
Swindlers D-<br />
Gabriella GlorgelU, Jean-Pierre<br />
Cassel<br />
Time of Indifference<br />
Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters<br />
Omicron<br />
Renato Salvatort<br />
EMBASSY<br />
Paranoia<br />
Marcello Mastroianni, CaUierln*<br />
Spaak<br />
Italiano Brava Gente<br />
(156) C..505<br />
Arthwr Kennedy, Peter Falk<br />
The Fascist (102) .<br />
Ugo Tognazzi, Georges<br />
The Graduate<br />
©Khadim ©<br />
A Long and Happy<br />
Natural<br />
Child<br />
Life<br />
...D..560<br />
Wilson<br />
.CD.<br />
.Ad.<br />
..D.<br />
..C.<br />
MAGNA<br />
©The Maonificcnt Gladiator. .. D. .<br />
Mark Forrest<br />
Yo-Yo D .<br />
Pierre Etaix, Claudlne Auger,<br />
PhiUip Dionnet<br />
Mata Hari Spy D<br />
Jeanne Moreau<br />
I mpossible on Saturday D<br />
Robeit Hlrsch<br />
Liouis de Funes<br />
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER<br />
Dr. Zhivaoo 0..<br />
Omar Sharif, Alee Quinness, Sioblian<br />
McKenna, Rod Steiger<br />
Alphabet Murders My<br />
Tony Randall, Anita Ekberg<br />
©Hotel Pai^diso<br />
Alec Giiinness, Gina Lollobrlgida<br />
Son of a Gunfiohter D..<br />
Russ Tamblyn<br />
Made in Paris D.<br />
Ann-Margret<br />
PARAMOUNT<br />
©Judith<br />
Sophia Loren. Peter Pinch<br />
©Promise Her Anything C.<br />
Leslie (iron, Warren Beatty<br />
The Spy Who Came in From<br />
the Cold D.<br />
Richard Burton. Claire Bloom<br />
©Boeing, Boeing C.<br />
Jerry Leiwis. Tony Curtis<br />
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©Sands of the Kalahari 5)..D..<br />
Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker,<br />
Susannah York<br />
©Hawaiian Paradise<br />
Elvis Presley<br />
Is Paris Burning? ®<br />
Oert Frobe, Kevin McCarthy<br />
©The Naked Prey ®<br />
Cornel Wlido<br />
The Flight of th« Phoenix .<br />
James Stowart, Peter Finch<br />
SEVEN<br />
ARTS<br />
Ten Little Indians My.<br />
Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton.<br />
Fabian, Leo Glenn<br />
20TH<br />
CENTURY-FOX<br />
Rapture (104)<br />
Patricia Gozzd, Melvyn Douglas<br />
©The Agony and th« Ecstasy<br />
Todd-AO<br />
D<br />
Charlton Heston, Res Harrison<br />
©Our Man Flint © C<br />
James (M>urn, Lee J. Cobb<br />
©Do Not Disturb © C<br />
Doris Day. Rod Taylor<br />
UNITED<br />
ARTISTS<br />
©After the Fox C.<br />
Peter Sellers. Victor Mature<br />
©Return of the Seven 0.<br />
Yul Brjnner<br />
UNIVERSAL<br />
©And Now Miguel<br />
Pat Cardi, Michael Ansara<br />
©Arabesque<br />
Rock Hudson, Claudia (Su-dlnale<br />
©Gunpoint<br />
Audie Murphy, Joar Staley<br />
©A Big Hand for the Little Lady.<br />
Henry Fonda. Joanne Woodward<br />
WARNER BROS.<br />
©Never Too Late ®<br />
Paul Ford. Connie Stevens<br />
©Battle of the Bulge ©<br />
Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw,<br />
Robert Ryan<br />
©Inside Daisy Clover ®<br />
Natalie Wood, Christopher Pluromer<br />
BOXOFFICE BookinGuide Oct. 18, 1965<br />
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Rel<br />
Date<br />
A.D.P.<br />
Curse of the Stone Hand<br />
(72) Ho. .Apr 65<br />
John Carradlne, ES-nest Wllch<br />
Face of the Screaming<br />
Werewolf (60) Ho. .Apr 65<br />
I,anda Varle. Lon C;lianey<br />
ALEXANDER<br />
©Lonesome Women<br />
(72) Melo..Dec64<br />
Herbert Suoto. Andrea Anders<br />
©Hercules vs. the Giant<br />
Warriors (94) © Spec. .Aug 65<br />
Don Vadls. Moira Orfei<br />
Samson vs. tne Giant<br />
King (91) Spec. Aug 65<br />
Kirk Morris. Gloria Mlilano<br />
ALTURA<br />
Goldstein (85) Sep 65<br />
l.oN Gillicrl, Ellen Madison<br />
AMER. FILM DIST'R CORP.<br />
My Baby Is Black!<br />
(75) Melo..May65<br />
Gnriion Heath, Francolse Giret<br />
ARTIXO<br />
Seance on a Wet Afternoon<br />
(115) D. .Dec 64<br />
Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough<br />
ATLANTIC PrCTURES<br />
The Candidate (84) Melo . . . Nov 64<br />
Mamie Van Doren, June WllkliBon<br />
AUDUBON<br />
Soft Skin on Black Silk<br />
(90) Melo.. Sep 64<br />
Agnes Laurent. Annand Mestral,<br />
Edie Burke<br />
Love Play (76) D.. Mar 65<br />
Je.an Seberg, Christian Marquand<br />
Warm Nights (71) D.. Oct 64<br />
The D . . . Girls (SO) ..D.. Jan 65<br />
Reine Rohan. Denlse Roland<br />
BEVERLY<br />
Jig Saw (97) WD..Jun65<br />
Jack Warner. Roland Lewis<br />
BORDE<br />
In Trouble With Eve<br />
(64) C. .Aus 65<br />
Robert Urquhart, Hy Hazell, Garry<br />
Marsh<br />
BRENNER, JOSEPH ASSOCIATES<br />
Ravaged (73) Semi Doc..<br />
COLORAMA<br />
©Country Music Caravan<br />
(83) Mus. Sep 65<br />
Unsatisfied. The (89) Melo.. Dec 64<br />
RiU CadiUac, Collett* Discombes<br />
Love Hunger (72) . .Melo. .Jul 65<br />
Lihertad Le Blanc, Hector<br />
Pellecrini<br />
CHILDHOOD PRODUCTIONS<br />
7 Dwarfs to the Rescue (84) Feb 65<br />
Rossana Podesta, Roberto Rbso,<br />
Georges Marchal<br />
CINEMA V<br />
One Potato, Two Potato<br />
(92) 0. Aug 64<br />
Barbara Barrie, Bernle Hamilton<br />
The Model Murder Case<br />
(92) Dee 64<br />
Ian Hendry, Margaret Johnston,<br />
Ronald Fra^er<br />
Nothing But a Man (92) 0.. Mar 65<br />
Ivan niTon, Abby Uncoln<br />
Nobody Waved Goodbye<br />
(SO) D . . Apr 65<br />
Peter Kastner, Julie BlgfS<br />
Rotten to the Core (95) . .C. .Jul 65<br />
Anton Rodgers, Chariotte RarapUng<br />
©Paris Secret (84) ..Doc. Aug 65<br />
The Hours of Love (89) ..C. Jul 65<br />
Ugo TognazzI, Emmanuele Riva.<br />
Barbara Steele<br />
DEBEMA<br />
Across the River (85) . .D. .May 65<br />
Lou Gilbert. Kay Doubleday<br />
DON KAY ASSOCIATES<br />
Mating Modern Style (92) C..Jun65<br />
Sophia Loren, Charles Boyer<br />
EAGLE-AMERICAN FILMS<br />
©Indian Paint (91) Apr 65<br />
Johnny Crawford, Jay Silverheels<br />
ELDORADO<br />
©Go-Go Big Beat! (82) ...Jun65<br />
Millie Small, The Animals, Lulu<br />
and the Luv^'ers<br />
ELLIS FILMS<br />
Pleasure Girl<br />
(111) Rom Dr.. Oct 64<br />
Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin<br />
Any Man's Woman<br />
(89) Melo.. Oct 64<br />
Magali Noel. Raf Vallone,<br />
Charles Vanel, Jacques Marceau<br />
EMERSON FILM ENTERPRISES<br />
The Silent Witness<br />
(70) Melo.. Nov 64<br />
Tris Coffin, Marjorie Reynolds<br />
MISCELLANEOUS<br />
Two Living, One Dead<br />
(92)<br />
Melo.. Mar 65<br />
Virginia McKenivi, mil Travcrs<br />
EMPIRE PICTURES<br />
Living Between Two Worlds<br />
(78) Melo. .Nov 64<br />
Horace Jack.s(in. Maye Henderson<br />
The An.mals (87) Ad. .Feb 65<br />
EVE PRODUCTIONS<br />
Lorna (77) Melo.. Sep 64<br />
Lorna Maitland, Hal Hopper<br />
Rope of Flesh (90) .. Melo. .Aug 65<br />
Hal Hopper. Antoinette Cristlanl<br />
FAMOUS PLAYERS<br />
Fanny Hill (104) C. Apr 65<br />
Miriam llopkiiis. Lctilia Roman<br />
©Dcadwood '76 (100) ® W. .Jun 65<br />
Arch Hall jr., Jack Lester, llonna<br />
Cottier. William Waiters<br />
GOVERNOR<br />
Doctor in Distress<br />
(103) Com. Jul 64<br />
Dirk Bogarde, Samantha Bggar<br />
Carry On Spying (87) . C. Feb 65<br />
. .<br />
Kenneth Williams, Baibara Windsor<br />
The Brain (83) SF..Mar65<br />
Anne Heywood, I'eter Van Eyck.<br />
Cecil Paiker<br />
©The Black Torment<br />
(88) My. .Mar 65<br />
Heather Sears, .lolin Turner.<br />
Ann Lyon, Peter Arne<br />
©Hercules Against the Moon<br />
Men (90) Jun 65<br />
Alan Steel. Jany Oair<br />
©Carry On Cleo © C . 65<br />
Sidney James, Kenneth Williams<br />
GREEN<br />
©Image of Love (88)<br />
HANDEL-MELCHIOR<br />
The Shame of Patty Smith<br />
Doc. Jul 65<br />
(90) Melo.. Nov 64<br />
Meiry Anders, J. Edward McKinley<br />
HEMISPHERE<br />
Bomb in the High<br />
Street (60)<br />
The Walls of Hell<br />
Sus. Jul 64<br />
(88) War D ..Aug 64<br />
Jock Mahoney, Fernando Poe jr.<br />
Jim Reeves, Ray Price, Minnie Pearl<br />
Mike Parsons, Paul Edwards jr.<br />
©Tennessee Jamboree<br />
(75) Mus. Sep 65 HERTS-LION INT'L<br />
Jim Reeves, Webb Pierce, Marty Pattern for Plunder<br />
Robbins<br />
CAMBIST<br />
(90)<br />
Keenan WjTin, Mai<br />
D .<br />
Zetterllng<br />
Daniella by Night (53) Ac. .Nov 64<br />
Bike Sommer, Ivan Demwy,<br />
HOLLYWOOD STAR PICTURES<br />
Danik Patisson<br />
FEATURE<br />
. Dec 64<br />
©The Incredibly Strange Creatures<br />
Who Stopped Living and Became<br />
Mixed Up Zombies!<br />
(82) Mus. Aug 64<br />
Cash Flagg, Carolyn Brandt<br />
INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS<br />
Zorba the Greek (142) ..D.. Jan 65<br />
Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates,<br />
Irene Papas<br />
Thank Heaven for Small<br />
Favors (84) C.<br />
Rapture (104) D.. Sep 65<br />
MelvjTi Douglas, Dean Stockweli<br />
JANUS<br />
©China! (65) Doc. Jun 65<br />
JILLO FILMS<br />
©Blood on the Balcony<br />
(92) Doc Aug 64<br />
LOPERT FILMS<br />
©Buddha (134) D Jun 65<br />
. .<br />
Kojine Honga, Machiko Kyo<br />
Nutty, Naughty Chateau<br />
(102) D. .Aug 64<br />
Monica Vitti, Curt Jurgens<br />
Kiss Me, Stupid (120) . .S. . Dec 64<br />
Dean Martin, Kim Novak<br />
Eric Sykes, Peggy Mount<br />
He Who Must Die (122).. May 65<br />
Jean Sen'als. Melina Mercouri<br />
The Knack ... and How to<br />
Get It (84) C.Jul 65<br />
Rita Tushingham, Donal Donnelly<br />
MANSON<br />
Strange Compulsion (81) Dr.. Dec 64<br />
Preston Slurges jr.<br />
The Kidnappers (78) Act Dr.. Oct 64<br />
Burgess Meredith<br />
The Ladykiller of Rome<br />
(S3) CD.. Oct 65<br />
Marcello Ma.stroianni, Micheline<br />
Tiesle<br />
MARATHON<br />
©Second Fiddle to a Steel<br />
Guitar (107) SI<br />
Arnold St.m^;, Pamela Hayes,<br />
Hiintz Hall<br />
McABEE PICTURES<br />
I Mostri (127) CD.. Nov 65<br />
Vittorio rtassriian, ("'.io Tosnazzi<br />
Bella Bella (93) C Nov 65<br />
Mariiaret l,re, Peppinn de Fillipo<br />
MEDALLION<br />
©Daggers of<br />
Blood<br />
(112 D. .Jan 65<br />
Jeanne Grain. John D. BarriTOore<br />
CHART<br />
Rel<br />
Date<br />
65<br />
And So to Bed (112)<br />
lllldegarde SM.<br />
. .C.<br />
liallah<br />
.May<br />
Uvl,<br />
Lilli I'almcr, Peter Van Eyck,<br />
Nailia Tiller<br />
Lipstick (89) D.. Oct 65<br />
Georgia Moll, Pierre Brice,<br />
Laura Vivaldi<br />
Johnny Nobody (89) D.. Oct 65<br />
Williiini H.iuli\, Aldii Hay<br />
Doll That Took the Town,<br />
The (81) D..<br />
Vlrna Llsi. Haya Ilarareet<br />
©Corpse of Beverly Hills,<br />
The (105) Satire..<br />
Heidelinde Weis<br />
Bad Girls Don't Cry (85) D. .<br />
FAIRWAY INT'L FILMS<br />
©The Nasty Rabbit (90) C. .<br />
.Martlnelli<br />
F,ls:i<br />
Mischa Terr, Arch Hall jr., Melissa<br />
Morgan<br />
NATIONAL<br />
CANADA<br />
FILM BOARD OF<br />
The (86) Doc.<br />
PARADE PICTURES CORP.<br />
Stork Talk (86) Aug 64<br />
Toiiv Britton. Anne Heywood<br />
The Mighty Jungle (88) Ad. .Jan 65<br />
Marshall Tliompson, liave DaUe<br />
Women and War (100) Jan 65<br />
Bernard Elier, LMCllle St. Simon<br />
Terror After Midnight<br />
(82) D. Jan 65<br />
Christine Kaufmann<br />
PATHE CONTEMPORARY<br />
Over There 1914-1918<br />
(90) Doc .Mar 65<br />
PENNINGTON EADY<br />
TIMES FILMS<br />
One Way Pendulum (90) . . D . . Feb 65<br />
Faces in the Dark<br />
(84) Sus Dr. .Sep 64<br />
John Gregson, Mai Zetterllng.<br />
John Ireland<br />
RENAISSANCE<br />
©The Day the Earth Froze<br />
(67) Folk Talc. .Feb 65<br />
Nina Anderson, Jon Powers<br />
RIZZOLt<br />
©Mondo Pazzo (94).. Doc Feb 65<br />
©White Voices (98) May 65<br />
Paolo Ferrari, Sandra Mllo<br />
©The Moment of Truth<br />
(110)<br />
D. .Sep 65<br />
Linda Christian, Miguel Mlgueltn<br />
ROYAL FILMS INT'L<br />
©Nothing But the Best<br />
(99) Sat Com. Aug 64<br />
Alan Bates, Denholm Elliot<br />
The Pumpkin Eater (110) D Nov 64<br />
Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch,<br />
James Mason<br />
The Eavesdropper (..).. .. Feb 65<br />
Stathia Glallells, Janet Margolin<br />
Backfire (97) CD. .Jun 65<br />
Jean Seberg, Jean-Patil Belmondo<br />
SIGMA III<br />
The Awful Dr. Orlof<br />
(90) Ho -Nov 64<br />
Howard Vernon, Conrado Sanmartin<br />
©The Horrible Dr. Hichcock<br />
(76) Ho. .Nov 64<br />
Barbara Steele. Robert FlemjTlg<br />
SIGNATURE<br />
The Scarlet Letter (72) D. .Apr 65<br />
. .<br />
Colleen .Moore. Hardie Albright<br />
STRATTON INT'L<br />
The Guide (120) D. .Apr 65<br />
Hev Anand, Waheeda Rehman<br />
TAURUS<br />
9 Miles to Noon (66'/2) Melo..<br />
Peter Lazer. Renato Baldinl<br />
The Great Armored Car<br />
Swindle (SSi/j) Melo..<br />
Peter Re>TloIds. Dermot Walsh<br />
Eva (115) Drama Jul 65<br />
Jeanne Moreau. Stanley Baker<br />
TOPAZ<br />
The Thrill Seekers<br />
(87) Dr. .Sep 64<br />
.lacnneline Ellis, Annette Whiteley<br />
Saturday Night Out (93).. Sep 64<br />
Heather Sears. Bernard Lee<br />
TRANS-LUX<br />
©Love—the Italian Way<br />
(90) C. .Jan 65<br />
i:ikp Snmmer. Walter Chiari, Sylva<br />
KiKcina<br />
UNITED SCREEN ARTS<br />
The Man From Button Willow<br />
(84) Cart. .Feb 65<br />
Swiogin' Summer, A<br />
(81) Mus.. Mar 65<br />
William Wcllman jr.. Quinn O'llara<br />
ZODIAC<br />
QNinhtmare In the Sun<br />
(81) Melo.. Dec 64<br />
I'rsiila Andress, John Derek<br />
©Horror Castle<br />
(S3) Ho D. .Feb 65<br />
Itossana Podesta. Cieorge Riviere.<br />
CJhristopher Lee
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^HORTS CHART<br />
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170 Golden Horseslioe Revue (4S) .<br />
ARTKINO<br />
The Wondrous World Around<br />
Us (60) Doc. .Jun 65<br />
BUENA VISTA<br />
(All in color)<br />
FEATURETTE SPECIALS<br />
150 Ytllo»stone Cubs (48)<br />
152 Disneyland After Dark (4g) . .<br />
171 Tattooed Police Horse (48)...<br />
REISSUE CARTOONS<br />
31401 Boat Builder (7)<br />
31402 Brave Little Tailor (7)<br />
31403 Olympic Chamg (7)<br />
31404 Two Weeks Vacation (7) ...<br />
31405 Mans Best Friend (7)<br />
31406 Pluto's Sweater (7)<br />
31407 Bubble Bee (7)<br />
31408 Blame It on the Samba (7).<br />
31409 Hook. Lion and Sinker (7)..<br />
31410 Straioht Shooters (7)<br />
31411 A Good Time (or a Dime (7)<br />
31412 The Lone Chipmunks (7)...<br />
SINGLE-REEL CARTOONS<br />
123 The Litterbuo (7)<br />
TWO-REEL CARTOON SPECIALS<br />
139 A Symposium on Popular<br />
Songs (20)<br />
155 Arizona Sheepdog<br />
(re-release) (22)<br />
179 Freewayphobia (16)<br />
THREE-REEL LIVE ACTION<br />
SPECIALS<br />
105 Islands of the Sea (28)<br />
0099 Eyes in Outer Space (26) . .<br />
THREE-REEL CINEMASCOPE<br />
0071 Wales (24)<br />
0072 Scotland (25)<br />
COLUMBIA<br />
,<br />
COLOR FAVORITES<br />
(Technicolor Reissues)<br />
5610 Black Board Review (7) Jun 65<br />
6601 Pickled Puss (61/2) . .Jul 65<br />
6602 Loco Lobo (8) Aun 65<br />
6603 Big House Blues (7).. Oct 65<br />
6604 Wonder Gloves (6' '2) Nov 65<br />
6605 Bringing Up Mother (7) Dec 65<br />
6606 Topsy Turkey (612) 66<br />
6607 Dog. Cat & Canary (6) Feb 66<br />
LOOPY de LOOP<br />
(Color Cartoons)<br />
5706 Crow's Fete (61/2) ....Apr 65<br />
5707 Big Mouse Take (6V2) Jun 65<br />
6701 Wolf Hounded (7) Jul 65<br />
6702 Little Bo Bopped (6) Aug 65<br />
6703 Tale a Wolf (6I/2) Nov 65<br />
of - .<br />
6704 Life With Loopy (6I/2) Dec 65<br />
6705 Creeny Time Pal (6I/2) Mar 66<br />
MR. MAGOO REISSUES<br />
(Technicolor)<br />
5753 Ragtime Bear (7) .... Nov 64<br />
5754 The Explosive Mr.<br />
Magoo (6) Dec 64<br />
5755 Spellbound Hound<br />
(7) Jan 65<br />
5756 Magoo's Three Point<br />
Landing (ei^) Feb 65<br />
5757 Rock Hound Magoo<br />
(6) Mar 65<br />
5758 Magoo's Masguerade (6) Apr 65<br />
6751 Magoo's Homecoming<br />
(6) Jul 65<br />
6752 Merry Minstrel Magoo<br />
(6) Aug 65<br />
ONE-REEL SPECIALS<br />
Little Boy Bad (7) . 5651 .Sep 64<br />
5652 The Ride (7) Feb 65<br />
6651 My Trip to Nev» York<br />
(7) Aug 65<br />
SPECIAL COLOR FEATURETTES<br />
5441 Amazing New Zealand<br />
(19) Sep 64<br />
5442 Wo^rs of Miami Beach<br />
(19)<br />
5443 Fabulous California<br />
(19) Jan 65<br />
6441 Wonders of Kentucky<br />
(20) Jul 65<br />
SERIALS<br />
(15 Chapter-Reissues)<br />
5140 The Iron Claw Dec 64<br />
5160 Adventures of Captain<br />
Africa Apr 65<br />
6120 The Vigilante Jul 65<br />
THE THREE STOOGES<br />
6401 Quiz Whizz (ISVz) Jul 65<br />
6402 Hula -La- la (16) Sep 65<br />
WORLD OF SPORTS<br />
6501 Rodeo Daredevils (9) ...Jul 65<br />
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER<br />
GOLD MEDAL REPRINTS<br />
6761 -W Puss 'N Toots (7)<br />
6762-W Polka Dot Puss (8)<br />
6763-W Heavenly Puss (g)<br />
6764-W Jerry's Diary (7)<br />
6765-W Tennis Champs (7)<br />
6766-W Saturday Evening Puss (7)<br />
6767-W Texas Tom (7)<br />
i£ '?_'=<br />
676S-W The Framed Cat (7)<br />
6769-W Casanova Cat (7)<br />
6770-W Sleepy-Time (7)<br />
6771-W His Mouse Friday (7)<br />
6772W Smitten Kitten (8)<br />
TOM AND JERRY CARTOONS<br />
(All New— All Color)<br />
4581 Is There a Doctor in the<br />
Mouse<br />
4582 Ah Sweet Mouse Story of Life<br />
4583 Haunted Mouse<br />
4584 Of Feline Bondage<br />
4585 Tom Thump<br />
4586 I'm Just Wild About Jerry...<br />
PARAMOUNT<br />
MODERN MADCAPS<br />
(Technicolor)<br />
M24-3 Reading. Writhing and<br />
Rithmetic (6) Jan 65<br />
M24-4 Near Sighted and Far<br />
Out (6) Jan 65<br />
M24-5 Cagey .Apr 65<br />
Business (6) . .<br />
M24-6 Poor Little Witch<br />
Girl (6) Jul 65<br />
M24-7The Itch (6) Jul 65<br />
NOVELTOONS<br />
(Technicolor)<br />
P24-2 A Tiger's Tail (..) ..Feb 65<br />
P24-3 Homer on the Range<br />
(. .) Mar 65<br />
P24-4 Horning in (..) Apr 65<br />
P24-5 A Hair-Raising<br />
Talc (..) Jun 65<br />
P24-6 The Story of George<br />
Washington (6) Apr 65<br />
P24-7 A Leak in the Dike<br />
(6) Apr 65<br />
POPEYE CHAMPIONS<br />
E24-1 Double Cross Country<br />
Race (7) Sep 64<br />
E24-2 Pilgrim Pooeyc (7) ..Sep 64<br />
E24-3 Bride and Gloom (6).. Sep 64<br />
E24-4 Greek Mirthology (7) Sep 64<br />
E24-5 Fright to the Finish<br />
(6) Sep 64<br />
E24-6Tots of Fun (7) Sep 64<br />
SPECIALS<br />
(Color)<br />
B24-2 Instant Holland (17).. Apr 65<br />
B24-3 African Adventure<br />
(. .) Sep 65<br />
.<br />
SPORTS IN ACTION<br />
Six Belles (10) Feb 65<br />
©The Supermarket (10) 65<br />
©Shadows of the Past (10) Mar 65<br />
Cocktail Party (8) Jan 65<br />
D24-1 Hell Drivers (10) ...Apr 65<br />
D24-2 Cub Master (9) Apr 65<br />
D24-3 Snow Fun (8) Jun 65<br />
D24-4 Here Comes Rusty (8) Jul 65<br />
D24-5 Race With the Wind<br />
(..) Aug 65<br />
SWIFTY AND SHORTY<br />
(One Reel)<br />
C24-4 Inferior Decorator (7)<br />
C24-5 Ocean Bruise (..)<br />
C24-6 Getting Ahead (..)<br />
C24-7 Les Roys (..)<br />
TRAVEL ADVENTURE<br />
(Single Reel— Color)<br />
T24-1 Miss Smile (10) Feb 65<br />
T24-2 Breaking the Language<br />
Barrier (9) Apr 65<br />
T24-3 Holland Off Guard (8) Jul 65<br />
LESTER A. SCHOENFELD<br />
FEATURETTES<br />
TWO-REEL SUBJECTS<br />
^Argentina Land of<br />
Contrast (16) Jan 65<br />
©Flight; an Anthology (14) Mar 65<br />
©Sport in Australia (19) ..Mar 65<br />
Independent Nigeria (23) ..Apr 65<br />
Mountain Holiday (16) Apr 65<br />
Limbering Up (14) Apr 65<br />
Gliding (15) May 65<br />
©Sea Festivals of Hong<br />
Kong (20) May 65<br />
©Trinidad & Tobago (20) . .Jul 65<br />
©Lure of the Islands (15) . .Jul 65<br />
©Lure of Florence (15) ....Aug 65<br />
©Lure of Venice (15) Sep 65<br />
©Lure of the Mountains<br />
(15) Oct 65<br />
©Children's Theatre (20) . .Jan 65<br />
©Hurry West (20) Jan 65<br />
The Pace That Thrills (15) Feb 65<br />
©The Boy and the Pelican<br />
(20) Feb 65<br />
Sailing (15) Mar 65<br />
Portrait of Trinidad (15) .<br />
Short tubjccts, listed by compony, In otder<br />
of rclcose. Running time follows title.<br />
Dote is notional release month. Color and<br />
process as specified.<br />
65<br />
THREE-REEL SUBJECTS<br />
Muloorina (28) Sep 65<br />
20TH CENTURY-FOX<br />
MOVIETONE CINEMASCOPES<br />
(Color, unless specified)<br />
7404 Into the Silent Und (9) Jul 64<br />
7405 Sunshine. Song and<br />
Senoritas (9) Aug 64<br />
. . . .Jun<br />
TERRYTOON 2-D's<br />
All Ratios— Color<br />
5408 011 Thru the Day (..) Aug 64<br />
5409 Outer Galaxy<br />
Gazette (. .) Sep 64<br />
5410 The Gold Dust Bandit<br />
(..) Oct 64<br />
5404 Search for Misery (7) Nov 64<br />
5412 Molecular Mixup (..) Dec 64<br />
5501 Gadmouse the Apprentice<br />
Good Fairy (..) Jan 65<br />
5502 The Sky's the<br />
Limit (..) Feb 65<br />
5503 Freight Fright (..) ...Mar 65<br />
5504 Don't Spill the<br />
Beans (. .) Apr 65<br />
5505 Weather Magic (..) ..May 65<br />
65<br />
5506 Darn Barn (..)<br />
UNITED ARTISTS<br />
PINK PANTHER (One-Reel)<br />
(Color)<br />
6501 Pink Phink (7) Dec 64<br />
Pink Pajamas (7) ....Feb 65<br />
We Give Pink Stamps Mar 65<br />
Assorted<br />
(Color)<br />
6471 This Is Jordan (24) . .Jul 64<br />
6472 Dave Clark Five (7)... Oct 64<br />
UNIVERSAL<br />
ONE-REEL COLOR ADVENTURES<br />
4571 Keep America Singing. . May 65<br />
4572 Flying Fishermen ....Apr 65<br />
4573 Peewee Leaguers May 65<br />
4574 The Great River Apr 65<br />
TWO-REEL COLOR SUPER SPECIALS<br />
4501 Big Town Village Dec 64<br />
4502 Casey at the Met(s) May 65<br />
. .<br />
TWO-REEL SPECIALS<br />
4504 Football Highlights<br />
of 1964 Dec 64<br />
4505 Yesterday's Big Story. .Jan 65<br />
WALTER LANTZ CARTUNES<br />
(All run between 6 and 7 min.)<br />
WALTER LANTZ REISSUES<br />
4511 Three Little Woodpeckers Jan 65<br />
4512 The Case of the<br />
Elephant's Trunk Jan 65<br />
4513 Woodpecker Wanted .... Feb 65<br />
4514 Fractured Friendship . . Feb 65<br />
4515 Birds of a Feather ... Mar 65<br />
4516 Guest Who? Mar 65<br />
4517 Canned Dog Feud Apr 65<br />
4518 Half Baked Alaska ...Apr 65<br />
. 4519 Janie Get Your Gun 65<br />
4520 Davey Cricket May 65<br />
4521 Sioux Me Jun 65<br />
4522 Pesty Guest Jun 65<br />
4523 What's Peckin Jul 65<br />
WARNER BROS.<br />
BLUE RIBBON HIT PARADE<br />
(Technicolor Reissues—7 min.)<br />
3304 Tree Cornered Tweely. . Nov 64<br />
3305 Heaven Scent Dec 64<br />
3306 Rabbilson Crusoe Jan 65<br />
3307 Too Hop to Handle ..Jan 65<br />
3308 Zoom and Bored Mar 65<br />
3309 The Hole Idea Apr 65<br />
3310 Napoleon Bunny-Part. . May 65<br />
3311 By Word of Mouse ... Jun 65<br />
3312 Half Fare Hare Jul 65<br />
3313 The Unexpected Pest ...Aug 65<br />
MERRIE MELODIES<br />
LOONEY TUNES<br />
(Technicolor—7 min.)<br />
3701 Panchos Hideaway Oct 64<br />
3702 Road to Andalay Dec 64<br />
3703 It's Nice to Have a Mouse<br />
Around the House Jan 65<br />
3704 Cats and Bruises Jan 65<br />
3705 The Wild Chase Feb 65<br />
3706 Moby Duck Mar 65<br />
3707 Assault and Peppered .. Apr 65<br />
3708 Well Worn Daffy May 65<br />
3709 Corn on the Cop Jun 65<br />
WORLD-WIDE ADVENTURE<br />
SPECIALS<br />
(Color Reissues) (Two-Reel)<br />
3002 Gone Fishin' Apr 65<br />
3003 Under the Little Big<br />
Top May 65<br />
3004 Winter Paradise Jul 65<br />
(Color Reissues) (One-Reel)<br />
3501 Riviera Revelries Nov 64<br />
3502 Football Royal Feb 65<br />
3503 Rodeo Roundup Mar 65<br />
3504 Art of Archery Apr 65<br />
3505 Cowboy's Holiday Jun 65<br />
3506 Italian Holiday Aug 65<br />
MISCELLANEOUS<br />
The Blue Bike (8) (Sherpix) Sep 65<br />
The Bus (62) (Harrison)<br />
Chicken, The (15) . . . (PC) . .Sep 65<br />
Comedy Tale of Fanny Hill.<br />
A (9) (Pebble)<br />
Demo Derby (28) (Ruff)<br />
Help! My Snowman Is Burning<br />
Down (10) (PC)<br />
in the Country,<br />
(19) (Gluck)<br />
V/nte—<br />
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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adlines for Newspaper and Programs<br />
THE STORY: 'La Bohenu-" IWB)<br />
In the Latin Quarter of Paris in 1830. Rociolfo. a poet,<br />
and his artistic companions are workLns in their cold<br />
Karrel when Mimi. a neighbor, knocks on the door asking;<br />
lor a light for her candle. Wlien Mimi faints from<br />
hunger. Rodolfo takes pit.v on her and. on Christmas<br />
Eve. the Bohemians take her out to dinner. A few<br />
months later. Mimi contracts a cough, Rodolfo unfeelingl.v<br />
deserts her. In the garret some time later. Miini is<br />
brought in d.ving and, after a deathbed reconciliation,<br />
with Rodolfo, the Bohemians are left in despair.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
For the nationwide two-day showings of "La Boheme,"<br />
exhibitors must play up the filmed opera as a "special<br />
event." Contact music schools for matinee performances<br />
for students and make tie-ups with music stores for<br />
window displays of "La Boheme" recordings. Stress the<br />
fact that Mirella Freni and Gianni Raimondi of La Scala<br />
in Milan were acclaimed for these portrayals at the<br />
Metropolitan Opera this fall.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
Now—For the Fir.st Time on the Screen— the Renowned<br />
La Scala Opera Presentation of Puccini's World-<br />
Famed "La Boheme." . . . Mirella Freni as Mimi and<br />
Gianni Raimondi as Rodolfo. Acclaimed at the Metropolitan<br />
Opera House. Re-Create These Roles on the<br />
Screen ... A Musical Masterpiece No Opera-Lover Can<br />
Afford to Miss.<br />
THE STORY:<br />
"The Loved One" (MGM)<br />
When young British poet Robert Morse arrives in<br />
Hollywood, heads are set to roll at Megalopolitan Studios,<br />
where his uncle John Gielgud. has long been an art<br />
i<br />
director. The boss' son McDowall) fires Gielgud,<br />
who promptly hangs himself, w'hile Jonathan Winters,<br />
the idea man who is let out, appeals to his twin brother<br />
(also Winters), who runs 'Whispering Glades Memorial<br />
Park, and is given charge of the pet cemetery. 'When<br />
Morse makes the funeral arrangement at Whispering<br />
Glades, he meets a girl cosmetician (Anjanette Corner*,<br />
who is yearned after by Rod Steiger, the head embalmer.<br />
Anjanette. attracted to both men, writes to a lonelyhearts<br />
columnist. Morse gets a job at the pet cemetery,<br />
where he and Winters enlist the aid of a boy rocket<br />
expert with the idea of orbiting corpses into space.<br />
Eventually, the unhappy Anjanette commits suicide and<br />
becomes the first "Loved One" sent into orbit.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
Evelyn Waugh's "The Loved One" was a best sellmg<br />
novel, suggesting tie-ups with book shops for window displays.<br />
MGM teaser ads "The Motion Picture With Something<br />
to Offend Everyone" will attract attention on offamusement<br />
pages.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
Evelyn Waugh's Celebrated Novel Becomes a Biting<br />
Satire Depicting Hollywood's Way of Life and Death . . .<br />
... A Daring Film You'll Never Forget.<br />
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Show-wise Exhibitors can illuminate the Antlers of<br />
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HS-65 SANTA CUT OUT (40x60) @ $4.75 ea.<br />
HSR-65 REINOEERS in Pairs (40x60)<br />
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HOSR-65 REINOEERS in Pairs (40x60)<br />
6.75 ea.<br />
H0SR1-65 COMPLETE SET (Santa and 1<br />
Set Reindeers) @ 13.00<br />
H0SR2-65 COMPLETE SET (Santa and 2<br />
Sets Reindeers) @ 19.25<br />
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