Boxoffice-January.03.1966

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Officials and Stars Attend
N.Y. Opening of 'Battle'
NEW YORK — Lt. Governor Malcolm
Wilson of New York. Mayor Robert F.
Wagner and Mayor-elect John V. Lindsay,
as well as four Congressional Medal of
Honor winners from the New York area,
Mike Volenti, Richard O'Neill. Tom Kelly
and Charles Shea, were among the honored
guests at the premiere of "Battle i the
Bulge." the Cinerama picture for Warner
Bros, release, at the Warner Cinerama
Theatre December 17. sponsored by the
American Legion.
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Three of the stars of "Battle of the
Bulge." Henry Fonda. Robert Shaw and
Barbara Werle. also attended although
Fonda had to leave to appear in the starring
role of his Broadway stage hit, "Generation."
Mrs. Fonda and Mrs. Shaw i Mary
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Ure also on hand, as well as Sybil
and Jordan Christopher, Myrna Loy,
Pamela Tiffin, Roddy McDowall. Greta
Thyssen, Anita Louise, Sergio Fanchi.
Monique Van Vooren. Joi Lansing, Jessica
Walter. Godfrey Cambridge and Barbara
Walters. William Forman, president of
Cinerama, was also on hand. The 50-piece
O.I.C. Ramblers Drum and Bugle Corps of
the Brooklyn American Legion provided
musical entertainment.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pennsylvania
District No. 1, sponsored the benefit
regional premiere of "Battle of the Bulge"
at the Boyd Theatre, Philadelphia. December
22, while the Variety Club of East Los
Angeles benefited from the world premiere
of at the picture Pacific's Cinerama Theatre
in Hollywood December 16. The Texas
opening also took place at the Windsor
Theatre. Houston, December 17. Openings
on December 21, 22 included the St. Louis
Park Theatre, Minneapolis, and the
Georgia Cinerama, Atlanta: the Boston
Cinerama, Boston; the McVickers, Chicago:
the Capitol. Cincinnati: the Capri.
Dallas: the International 70, Denver: the
Summit, Detroit: the Cinerama. Hartford;
the Indiana. Indianapolis: the Cinerama.
Las Vegas; the Crescent Cinerama. Nashville;
the Indian Hills. Omaha: the
Kachina. Phoenix: the Center, San Diego:
the Golden Gate. San Francisco: the Martin
Cinerama. Seattle; the Glendale Cinerama.
Toronto, and the Capitol, Vancouver.
Irving Berkowitz Resigns
From NSS Display Unit
NEW YORK—The resignation of Irving
Berkowitz. general manager of Ami
Display Co.. National Screen Service subsidiary,
was announced by Burton E. Robbins.
NSS president. Berkowitz' future
plans will be announced later.
Starting with American Display Co. as a
messenger in 1932. he left the company in
1942 for service in the Armed Forces and
in 1946 returned to the company A
of advancements over the years utilized
his cost accounting and production control
background and ultimately placed him in
complete charge of Screen
production facility, responsible for producing
all of its silk screen and special art
materials.
Robbins lauded Berkowitz' service
ing "He is one of the most knowledgeable
men I know in the graphic arts field and
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to our company. I wish him well in his
new endeavor, whatever it may be."