Boxoffice-May.13.1968

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE EDITION • MAY 13, 1968
Includrng the Sectional New^ Pages of All Editions
/he TuAe e^ ~tne metcen. MotuAe yncLd^
Joseph E. Levine, president
of Embassy Pictures Corp.,
who porlayed his sagacious
showmanship acumen into a
multi-million dollar success
story. Under the deal with
Avco Corp., Embassy will be
operated as a wholly owned
subsidiary, with Mr. Levine
as chief executive officer.
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Embassy Pictures Is Sold
To Avco for $40 Million
NLVV YORK.— EnihaNsy Pictures Corp.
will be acquired by the widely diversified
Avco Corp. for $40 million in Avco common
and preferred stock, it was announced
here Friday (i) by Joseph E. Levine, chairman
and president of Embassy, and James
R. Kerr. Avco president and chief operating
officer.
In the joint announcement, Avco agreed
to buy all of Embassy's outstanding stock
for authorized but unissued Avco stock from
Levine. Embassy's sole owner. Kerr said
that Embassy will be operated as a subsidiary,
with Levine remaining as chief executive
officer under a long-term contract,
which Levine termed "good and long." Levine
said he had been receiving about $200,-
000 per year as head of Embassy.
Profits Up for Seven Years
Levine would not disclose his company's
sales and earnings, hut said that
"for the last
eight years. Embassy has been profitable
every year but one." Some time ago. Levine
had considered selling some of the Embassy
stock publicly until "the market did a slight
somersault," he said.
"Besides." Levine added, "I didn't
idea of going public.
like the
I've been to stockholders'
meetings of companies and that doesn't
appeal to me. I've always been a loner all my
life. Now. I feel I've got my cake and eaten
it, loo."
Avco is in the insurance, financial service,
space and defense, farm equipment and
other manufacturing fields and operates a
broadcasting company, which includes five
TV stations, in Cincinnati. Dayton and Columbus,
Ohio, and in Indianapolis and San
Antonio.
Levine entered the motion picture industry
as owner of the Lincoln Theatre, an art
house, in New Haven. Investing in some vintage
Ken Maynard westerns, he entered area
distribution, packaging and promoting exploitation
features and reissues. He pioneered
the saturation technique, setting a distribution
pattern later followed elsewhere than
in New England. Distributors using the
stales rights technique let him test a film in
New England before invading other markets.
Releases Helping Company
National attention came as the result of
his hard-sell approach with "Godzilla" and
"Allila." In 1959, Levine got Warner Bros,
distribution for "Hercules" and spent
$1,000,000 in promoting it. That fixed him
firmly in the national limelight.
.Subsequently, Levine imported such films
as Federico Fellini's "S'i"; "Two Women,"
which won an Academy Award for Sophia
Loren; "Divorce Italian Style." "Marriage
— Italian .Style." "Darling." which won an
Oscar for Julie Christie, and others.
Currently. Embassy is releasing "The
Producers." a comedy, and "The Graduate."
The latter, produced at a cost of $3.1 million,
has drawn more than ill. 5 nulhon as
the distributor's gross share of boxoffice
revenue. Embassy has distribution rights for
the picture in the U.S. and Canada, and
it is estimated that the company's share of
the film's earnings will top $30 million. This
fall, Embassy will release its first reservedseal
roadshow film, "The Lion in Winter,"
starring Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn.
"In the last year," Levine said, "we've
made seven pictures and all have been in the
black.
In making the announcement of the Avco
acquisition. Levine said, "We're delighted
to be associated with a company of the size,
stature and character of management of
Avco and we're looking forward to a fabulous
growth lor our companies."
Stuart Ross Making Attempt
To Gain Control of AA
NF.W YORK— Stuart K. Ross, who resigned
as counsel for Allied Artists Pictures
Corp. last December following a "policy
disagreement" with management, last week
proxy contest as "a direct challenge to the
performance and motives of the present
management."
Emanuel L. Wolf, chairman of the A.A
board and president of Kalvex. Inc.. said
management would "defend the company
and its assets against Mr. Ross." He defended
the AA film acquisition program and
pointed out that it is producing its first film
since 19(S3, 'Mazel Tov." in Paris and Antwerp.
Standard & Poor Buys
50,000 Trans-Lux Shares
Nl.W YORK—Trans-I u\ Corp. and Mc-
Graw-Hill. Inc. announced that Standard
& Poor's Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary
of McGraw-Hill, has purchased .50.000
shares of Trans-Lux common stock for investment
purposes. This was part of a sale
of 135.000 shares of Trans-Lux common
slock being made by the Harry Brandt
Foundation for an undisclosed amount of
cash.
The remaining 85,000 shares are being acquired
by a group of investment funds. It
was also announced that after these transactions,
the selling group and other members
of the Trans-Lux management will
retain
approximately 45 per cent of the 763,-
284 shares of stock presently outstanding.
Marling Analyzes Ruling:
Says High Court Links
Classification, Censors
M W ^ORK— Philip F. Harlmg. general
counsel of the National Ass'n of Theatre
Owners, in a digest of the U.S. Supreme
Court decision holding the Dallas film classification
ordinance unconstitutional, said that
the court apparently made no distinction between
censorship and classification.
NATO last week released Harling's review
of the decision, in which he outlined the
provisions of the Dallas classification law
and particularly the three standards set up
for classification of pictures as "not suitable
for young persons," these which the Supreme
Court ruled were unconstitutional
because of vagueness.
The three standards were: 1. Criminal
violence or depravity likely to incite crime
or delinquency; 2. Describing or portraying
nudity or sexual promiscuity or extra-marital
or abnormal sexual relations likely to incite
or encourage delinquency. 3. That in the
judgment of the board if there is a substantial
probability that a film would appeal to
the prurient interests of young persons to
arouse sexual desires, it would be classified
as "not suitable for young persons.' "
Harling emphasized that the court indicated
that a state may regulate the dissemination
to juveniles of, and their access to, ma-
revealed that he planned to call a special
stockholders meeting in an attempt to gain terial objectionable as to them, but which
control of the film company from Kalvex. the state could not regulate as to adults.
Inc.. which took over AA last October.
"It held." Harling said, "that the Dallas ordinances
were unconstitutional 'only' because
Ross said he would try to gain majority
representation on the seven-man board and the subslantiative standards were void because
of vagueness and went on to say that
that he had asked AA to give him a list of
shareholders. He said he is launching the 'what may be to one viewer the gratification
of an idea as being desirable, acceptable or
proper, may to the notions of another be
entirely devoid of such thinking.' "
Harling also pointed out that the court
did not pass upon the issue raised by appellants
that the ordinance was void because
it authorized the restraint of pictures on
grounds other than obscenity, either for
adults or for children, and he said the court
held that distributors as well as exhibitors
"must be permitted" to protect classifications
if an exhibitor did not wish to contest a
cl.issifiL-alion.
Wilson Elliott Joins Para.
As Southwest Exploiteer
Ni:\\ 'lOkk-UiKoii -Hill' llhott has
been appointed southwestern division field
advertising and publicity manager for Paramount
Pictures, effective immediately, it
was announced by Bernard Serlin. Paramount's
national field advertising and publicity
manager. He will make his hJeadquarters
in Dallas and will supervise the
branch cities of Des Moines. Kansas City.
Minneapolis and St. Louis.
Hllioti previously has been associated with
Warner Bros, and Rowley United Theatres
of Dallas, and most recently with Max Gurman
Associates, a Detroit advertising agen-
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Dan Poller, Leon Roth
ToNewNGPPosis
111)1 I"! WOOD -I ),m A. I'olicr, vicepresident
o( Nulional General Corp., has
heen appointed head of production. In
making the announcement, Irving H. Levin,
NGC executive vicepresident,
said this
was in line with the
expansion of the company's
program of
motion picture production.
Poller will
assist Levin in the
supervision of NGC's
motion picture projects,
as well as help
initiate new ones. Po-
Dan A. Poller
y^^^ ^^^ continue as
\icc-president, along with his new duties.
Levin also announced the promotion of
Leon Roth, who has been West Coast coordinator
of advertising and publicity, to executive
in charge of product development for
National General Productions. His new
duties will be in two important areas of company
activities; He will initiate and develop
new film projects and will be the liaison
officer for National General's publishing
firms which they recently acquired. These
are Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., and its subsidiaries
Bantam Books, Inc. and Transworld
Publishers, Ltd. of London. He will also
work with literary agents and other publishers
to find potential film properties to acquire
and develop.
Poller has been an executive of NGC for
a number of years and gave up his
posts as
theatre operations co-director and director
of film buying departments nearly a year ago
to assume an executive position that dealt
with the creation and management of National
General Productions, which produces
films for NGC, and National General Pic-
the distributing agent of NGC
Conizores to Puerto Rico
NEW YORK—Jorge Canizares has been
named manager for Columbia Pictures International
in Puerto Rico. Canizares joined
Columbia International in the New York
home office as a trainee in 1960.
Senate Approves Medal
Honoring Walt Disney
WASHINGTON—The Senate passed by
voice vote and sent to the White House
Wednesday (8) a resolution authorizing the
striking of a gold medal and up to 100,000
bronze medals in honor of the late Walt Disney.
Disney's widow will receive the gold
medal. The bronze medals will be distributed
by the California Institute of the Arts founded
by Disney for college-level instruction in
the creative and performing arts. Cost will
be borne by the
Institute.
Disney Gross Rises
15% for 6 Months
BURBANK, CALIF.—Consolidated net
income of Walt Disney Productions and its
wholly owned domestic subsidiaries for the
six months ended March 30, was $4,425,000
equal to $1.05 per share, announced Roy O.
Disney, president and chairman of the
board.
Results for the first six months last year
for normal operations were .$3,998,000 or
95 cents per share, plus an extraordinary
non-taxable life insurance item of $900,000,
or 2 1 cents per share, for a total net income
of $4,898,000, equal to $1.16 per share.
Disney commented that the gross income
of $52,069,000 was almost 15 per cent
more than any prior first six months. He
anticipated that gross revenues for 1968
will be greater than last year, and despite
lower profit margins resulting from increased
costs that net income will also be
greater.
The company paid quarterly cash dividends
of 7'/2 cents per share during this
six months, which was a 50 per cent increase
over quarterly dividends paid prior to its
two-for-one stock split in October, 1967.
advertising department.
At Palomar, Weitzner will develop the
advertising and publicity campaigns for such
films as "Shalaka." "For Love of Ivy,"
"The Birthday Party." and "The Killing of
Sister George."
Top Quarter Earnings
Reported for MCA
UNINLRSAL CITY, CALIF.^Lcw R,
Wasserman. president of MCA, Inc., announced
the highest quarterly earnings in
the company's history.
The unaudited consolidated net income
for the three months ending March 31, 1968
amounted to $4,816,000 and after preferred
dividends, was equal to 99 cents per share
on the 4,717,173 average number of shares
of common stock outstanding during the
period. Gross revenues for the period
totaled $56,831,000.
For the corresponding three months in
1967, consolidated net income was $4,389,-
000 and after preferred dividends, was equal
to 90 cents per share on the 4,701,218
average number of shares outstanding. Gross
revenues were $56,341,000 for the first
quarter of 1967.
MCA to Vote on Options,
Stock Split June 3
NEW YORK—Shareholders of MCA,
Inc.
will be asked to approve a three-for-two
stock split at their annual meeting June 4,
at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel. An
amendment increases the authorized number
of common shares from 6,500,000 to
9,750,000 shares.
They also will vote on election of directors,
approval of auditors, ratification of a
stock option plan, a stock investment plan,
and adoption of an amendment to the bylaws
relating to the indemnification of directors,
officers and others associated with
the company.
Those renominated for the board are
Howard F. Ahmanson, Walter M. Heymann,
Charles Moller. Milton R. Rackmil,
Jules C. Stein, Charles B. Thornton and Lew
Wasserman.
tures, which is
on an international basis.
David Weitzner to Head
Roth had a background of 20 years as a
producer and advertising-publicity executive Palomar Advertising
before joining National General six months NEW YORK— David A. Weitzner has
ago. Starting in New York with United been named director of advertising, publicity
and exploitation
Artists, in 1953 he was transferred to Hollywood
to act as liaison between the New
for Palomar Pictures
York office and independent producers for
International, it was
United Artists. With the Mirisch Co., Roth
announced by Palowas
a vice-president and also acted as executive
assistant to Harold Mirisch. Forming
'4 J. .Scherick.
figures available for the same period last
mar president Edgar
^Yy
Officials said there were no comparable
his own company with Irvin Kershner, Roth-
. Weitzner entered year because of a change in reporting periods
of subsidiaries acquired in 1967. Stanley
Kershner, during 1962-64 he produced "The —•^ ib the industry in 1960
Luck of Ginger Coffey."
.is a member of the Warner was one of the companies added
After a period with Warner Bros, as a
Columbia Pictures advertising
staff, and
last year.
producer. Roth became vice-president of
Tandem Productions, in association with
has since been associated
with Donahue
David A. Weitzner
Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear, remaining
there until he joined National General. and Coe as a media buyer, with radio station
WBIC in Bayshore, L.I., as an account rumors and press speculation, Seymour Poe.
executive, and with the Loew's Theatres' president of Cinerama, Inc., announced that
$5.3 Million Quarterly Net
Reported by Glen Alden
NEW YORK—Glen Alden Corp., parent
company of RKO-Stanley Warner Theatres,
has reported a net income of $5,340,000,
equal to 24 cents per share for the quarter
ended March 31. Operating revenues
amounted to $143,194,000.
Foe Not Leaving Cinerama
NEW YORK—Contrars to widespread
he has had no discussions with anyone relating
to the possibility of his joining MGM
or any other company, nor does he have
any present intention of leaving Cinerama,
where he is under exclusive contract for
three years.
BOXOFFICE :: May 13, 1968

AT SMPTE CONVENTION
Carleton Hunt Foresees Changes
In Future Theatre Construction
inc.. discussed the
come-back of the
American theatre in
y _ his remarks Friday
^m M 1 3) at the preopening
^B ''^^^^^ press conference
^^ ^ ^^^H Century Plaza
New theatres are
G. Curlvtoii Hunt
being built everywhere
to meet the entertainment demands of
our young people. Hunt said, and ahead of
us in this area are "new principles of construction,
the automated theatre, the small,
vest-pocket theatre and many other developments."
He took newsmen through the maze
of I 1 1 papers to be presented at the conference
held here last week.
Two panel symposiums with the nation's
leading architects, builders, engineers and
theatre operators were held Tuesday (7). Lou
Wutke served as morning session chairman
on "Theatre Presentation and Projection 1."
Screen Brightness Discussed
Frank F. Crandell, Photo Research Corp..
delivered a paper on "Measuring Projection
Screen Brightness." in which he suggested
that much of the benefit of the care of films
in the laboratories was lost when the projector
and screen were not controlled to
give the proper screen luminance and uniformity
needed to display the release print.
He staled that the density and contrast
of the release
prints was held to close tolerances
at the laboratory in order to obtain
optimum picture quality when the films were
projected on the screens. Since screen quality
can be measured the engineer introduced
a portable photometer for this purpose.
Glenn M. Berggren and R. W. Townsend.
Wil-Kin, Inc., covered "Improving .15mm
Projection" in their paper. "To improve
.35mm motion picture projection, scores of
experimental tests have been directed toward
a film and eye-limited system rather than an
equipment-limited system," they stated. "To
check the final screen results, a new resolution
test film was developed, along with a
photographic recording technique to record
the details of the projected picture. The projection
results of typical theatres were compared
with the results of the Ullravision
system of Wil-Kin. Eye resolution, film resolution
and film pulldown mechanical limits
were analyzed, and a proposal for a new
SMPTE test film was made."
A mathematical analysis of the relative
aperture areas as compared to the typical
screen areas occupied by the projected pic-
brightness practiced in typical theatres.
Projection Lens Analyzed
Kollmorgen's Donald Carignan gave a
paper on "Projected Picture Quality—An
Analysis of Lens and Mirror Types." He described
how comparisons of projected
images have been made by using a fixed laboratory
theatre in which only lenses and arc
lamp mirrors are varied. A high resolution
test film is used in interpreting a visual result
in the front, center and rear row of the
theatre. Various lenses of the same focal
length but of four-element and six-element
types have been compared for resolution
quality. Also compared were results with
silvered and infrared reflecting mirrors to
determine the effect on picture quality while
utilizing each of the lenses initially tested.
Photograph records of the results were
shown.
Another paper read at the morning session
was "Measurement and Specification
of Color for Theatre Systems" by Jerry
Truax, Instrument Development Laboratories.
Attleboro, Mass.
At the afternoon session chaired by Don
V. Kloepfel. De Luxe-General, with Wutke
as vice-chairman, papers were presented on
design factors for wide-screen theatres by
Michael Rettinger, a consultant on acoustics
from Encino, Calif., and a "Portable Screen
Brightness Meter for Theatre and Review
Room Use" by Berggren of Kollmorgen.
.Symposium on Building
A symposium on "Modern Motion Picture
Theatre Construction" was moderated
by Walter Bantau. National General Corp.
Panelists were: Spiro Konto. Filbert; Mclvin
Glatz. theatre design-architect. Denver,
Colo.; Harold Citron. Metropolitan Theatres.
Los Angeles; Frank Thomassen, Western
Air and Refrigeration. Los Angeles, and
Rettinger, consultant. They outlined improvements
which have taken place in the
rapid and radical approaches to this field
in the last few years.
Frank Riffle. Carbons Inc. of Cedar
Knolls, N.J.. served as moderator of a symposium
on "Automated Projection Equipment."
Technical aspects of theatre operalion,
including the various types of pulse
generators and program devices used to activate
the different control circuits were discussed.
Panelists included Al Boudouris.
Eprad. Inc. Toledo; John W. Scrvies, National
Theatre Supply. Hollywood, and Bernard
Bentley, Rank Organization, London.
Panel Gives Clearer
View of Automation
HOLLYWOOD—A panel
on automated
projection equipment observed that use of
the word "automation" is causing many
people to get the wrong idea of developments
in this area. John W. Servies of
HOLLYWOOD—G. Carleton Hunt, president
ture was given by Berggren and Kenneth R.
of the Society of Motion Picture and
Television
Leonard, both of Kollmorgen Corp., Holyoke.
National Theatre Supply, led off the dis-
Engineers,
Mass. in their paper titled "Projection cussion at the SMPTE annual convention
and president of De Illumination of Different 35mm Motion Picture
Formats—Area vs. Brightness vs. Lens have been referred to as "programed pro-
Tuesday (7) by staling that it might better
Luxe Laboratories,
f/Number." Aperture areas involved in the jection" or "electronic control." Al Boudouris.
35mm film formats were examined with
president of Eprad, Inc., stated that
if exhibitors wanted to "save money" they
should take their funds to the bank, for they
won't save it from automated projection.
Larry Davee. president of Century Projector,
was disturbed by the idea contained
in a NATO bulletin to the effect that "now
it's possible with automation to walk to the
theatre in the afternoon and pick up the
money." He said it's not all clear sailing.
Servies compared the old method of
handling traffic, in effect many years ago
when it was common for a policeman to
stand in the middle of a busy intersection
and work by hand a metal stick with red
and green "stop" and "go" printed on the
sign, and the new method of red, amber and
green stoplights. By freeing the officer on
duty sx) he could do something else, this
Ixjcame a form of automation, more akin to
automated projection than a completely
automated factory. Projection automation is
"any operation that has repetitive steps that
arc always in the same sequence and timing
such as house light, dim-screen, curtain
open, arc lamp start, motor start; dowser
opening can be automated, too, and can
usually be done by machine better than by
hand." Basically, stated Cervies, "that is
what people working to provide automation
in the projection room are trying to do."
All members of the panel agreed thai a
new type of projectionist-manager might result
from increased efficiency in handling
routine steps. Boudouris pointed out the
difficulty of getting theatre managers when
the average pay is so low. He reported that
a course at the University of Toledo to train
projectionists and sound men was a complete
failure for theatre pay offered little
compensation for the study. Boudouris noted
that these men couldn't be retained "because
the job is too boring and too confining." All
members of the panel agreed that teaching
small theatre managers to become better
showmen and giving Ihem more incentives
would help the situation. There might be a
big trend toward the projectionist-manager
with better pay.
Servies said that no money could be
saved in theatres where films were changed
three times a week. The new projection
system can be of great help in the large
70mm roadshow house, where there are
three changeovers an hour on the large
(i.OOO-fool reels. The other great need in the
American theatre business is to use new
equipment and incentives for managers to
bring back the 5.000 towns where theatres
have disappeared.
10 BOXOFTICE :: Mav 13, 1968

Kodak Shows Fast Film;
Explains Color Advances
HOLLYWOOD — The ILastman
koUak
Co. showed a now Eastman Color negati\c
inoilon picture film, type 5254. which is
iwice as fast in its capability as its 5251. in
,1 special color demonstration for the press
I iiday (3) preceding a paper describing the
process at the 103rd Technical Conference
of (he Society of Motion Picture and Tele-
\ ision Engineers. The new film has an ex-
[losure index of 100 (lungstL-n) .ind (i4 (daylight).
In layman terminology the new film is
as the old and can be shot with
iwice as fast
h.ilf as much light. In the demonstration
night shots of street scenes appeared to be
as bright as those shot on a sound stage
though they were filmed with existing light.
Another laboratory development in motion
picture film was the introduction of a
new Eastman Color internegative which
speeds the handling of the film in the laboratory
and improves its definition. Particularly
notable will be the use of the negative
in foreign countries. This can be made off
the internegative. skipping one of the steps
now used in processing. Described in general,
all film copies start to lose definition
and color reproduction as the process ordinarily
used takes them farther away from
the original negative. With the new Eastman
Color internegative 5271/7271. laboratories
will be able to meet tight
deadlines previously
slowed down by the former processes.
Don Hyndman and Vaughn Shaner. Eastman
officials, discussed the film with R. C.
Brown, R. A. Morris and R. O'Connell, film
testing division of Eastman Kodak, who
read their paper describing the new processes.
Sen. Murphy Urges Pay-TV
To Aid 'Runaway' Problem
WASHINGTON— Sen. George Murphy
of California has urged the Federal Communications
Commission to expedite approval
of subscription television as the "best hope"
for stimulating the unemployment crisis
faced by the motion picture industry.
He said quick action by the FCC would
be a vital factor in slowing the trend of film
production abroad and "would open for the
industry a vast additional market with significant
new sources of revenue."
Senator Murphy supported the views of
Sen. Vance Hartke (D. Ind.) a member of
the commerce communication subcommittee
that has jurisdiction over FCC activities, that
subscription TV is ready for operation and
is "on the threshold of becoming a national
reality."
Senator Hartke has said that it has been
proved to be technically possible and that
he is satisfied that the commission's statutory
authority "is ample to approve subscription
television."
Senator Murphy pointed out that it would
strengthen the television industry by giving
the public new options of programs available
rather than stifle free television as some
fear.
He claimed it would reverse the rapid rise
Gregory Peck Believes Filmmaking
Should Have Civilizing Influence
HOLLYWOOD — Gregory Peck addressed
a luncheon Monday (6) which
opened the 103rd conference of the Society
of Motion Picture and Television Engineers,
with over 2,000 engineers and scientists in
attendance. Some of these were from abroad,
as well as from the United States and Canada.
Peck, who is president of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, spoke
about the influence which the recently
formed American Film Institute is having,
as well as the way films have changed as
an art form.
"To young people, film is all the arts combined."
Peck said, "and it turns them on like
nothing else does. The average high school
graduate today has spent 11,000 hours in
the classroom, watched television 15,000
hours and has seen 500 feature motion pictures.
So we should be concerned with the
kinds of movies that are shaping his attitudes
and thereby molding the society of
the future.
"It had better be a civilizing influence and
we should strive for excellence. We can't
afford to settle for less. The profit motive
is not enough. There is a public trust involved
here."
However, Peck felt that 1967 was a vintage
year in America for feature films, so
many outstanding films made by young men
early in their careers. Such men should continue
to express themselves in bold, new
ways—men such as Mike Nichols, Arthur
of unemployment in the industry in which
filmmakers are going out of the country "in
search of natural settings and cheap labor
... in an attempt to avoid the squeeze between
limited markets and ever-rising costs."
Wolper to Produce Novel
By Styron for 20th-Fox
NEW YORK—This years Pulitzer Prizewinning
novel, William Styron's "The Confessions
of Nat Turner," will be produced
for the screen by David Wolper and directed
by Norman Jewison for 20th Century-Fox
release.
Wolper acquired the rights to the bestseller
in November for a price in excess of
$600,000. Noted for his outstanding television
documentaries, Wolper entered film
pinduction last year.
Jewison directed "In the Heat of the
Night" which took five Academy Awards
this year, including Best Picture.
'Trans-Europ-Express' Opens
NEW YORK — "Trans-Europ-Express,"
a Trans America Films release directed by
Alain Robbe-Grillet, opened in New York
at the Plaza Theatre on Sunday (12). The
film stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-
France Pisier, and Robbe-Grillet himself as
a motion picture writer-director.
Penn, Stuart Rosenberg, Sidney Pollack,
Franklin Shaffner and Francis Ford Coppola.
Others are young but more experienced
Sidney Lumct, Robert Mulligan, Richard
Fleisher, Elliot Silverstein and Irwin Kirschner.
It looks to Peck as if Europeans may
again start borrowing from us, reversing the
trend in vogue for the past few years. In
fact, he thinks Rossellini did a bit of borrowing
from D.W. Griffith.
Peck praised the Institute's plans to preserve
films, since one of the principal
achievements of this century in the United
States was the development of the motion
picture art. In December of 1967, the AFI
Board of Trustees allocated $1,210,000
(about one-fourth of its initial budget) to
conserve the heritage of America's films.
AFI will also sponsor a national film catalog,
a film information service and a program
of film availability. The trustees will
meet in Los Angeles in late May and are
dedicated to stimulating a renaissance of film
scholarship, that will recognize great accomplishments
of the past and place film masters
beside leaders in the other arts. Thus
they hope to enable America to regain leadership
in the film industry.
Carleton Hunt, SMPTE president, introduced
Peck and Hunt stressed the need for
working together on an international basis,
congratulating MPAA president Jack Valenti
for his establishment of the Motion Picture
and Television Research Center. The
conference continued through May 10.
G&W Seeking 3,000,000
Allis-Chalmers Shares
NEW YORK— Gulf & Western Industries,
Inc., highly diversified parent company
of Paramount Pictures, last week announced
that it is seeking 3,000,000 of Allis Chalmers
Mfg. Co.'s
10.3 million common shares outstanding
in exchange for a stock-and-cash
package valued by G&W at nearly $120
million.
G&W said it would file with the Securities
& Exchange Commission a registration
statement under which it would exchange
for each Allis-Chalmers common share a
combination of $11.50 cash, $12.50 principal
amount of a 6 per cent subordinated
20-year convertible debenture and .9 of a
ten-year warrant to purchase G&W common
at $55 per share.
'Dolls' Sets New Record
For Fox's Non-Roadshows
NEW YORK— In less than five months
the "Valley of the Dolls" release by 20th
Century-Fox has established it as the most
successful roadshow in the company's history,
it was announced by Abe Dickstein.
vice-president in charge of domestic sales.
It has brought in $11,700,000 in domestic
film rentals as of April 27, he reported.
BOXOFFICE Ma 11

Spyros Skouras Tells Variety Clubs
Of Sunshine Coach Project Gain
HONOLULU—Spyros P.
Skouras, chairman
of the board for 20th Century-Fox.
addressed the Variety Club convention here
on its opening day,
Monday (6). Skouras
is a member of Variety
Tent 35 in New
York City and national
chairman of their
"Sunshine Coach"
project. ^^^
This is the
^^^^^'^^^H project which provides
^^^m W ^^^^^M transportation for chil-
I^V^r^fl^m ilren impoverished
Spyrcs P. Skouras ''"'^' "'"^"'^ ''] S-^"''']
and other forms of
entertainment, visit museums and be taken
(in trips to the mountains or into the country.
"I became very excited about the project."
Skouras said. "I found it to be one of
the most outstanding philanthropic projects
I had ever encountered because it rendered
services to the neediest and most worthy
souls in our society—the handicapped and
underprivileged children who, without these
sunshine coaches, would be virtual prisoners
within four walls. When you see these children
taken to any of these places and events,
you can sec their joy and excitement. It is
impossible to describe the feeling of exultation
you have when you see these children
smiling and carrying on with delight. No
one of us can render a greater service to
humanity than serving these helpless souls."
Reports $60,000 Pledged
Skouras went on to tell of the results of
the drive to expand the project and named
the various companies and individuals who
had contributed to the point that he could
report the sum of $60,000 had been pledged.
"Since I actually assumed the national
chairmanship in 1967 for sunshine coaches,"
he reported, "I am glad to advise that from
the 75 coaches that had been sold up to the
time of the convention in Mexico City, we
now have 100 regular coaches. 15 mini
coaches and six super coaches. While I am
not satisfied with 121 coaches, this is a good
beginning."
Skouras credited the chief barkers and
their crews of the various tents with enabling
ihem to make this fine showing—also the
Ralph Pries Re-Elected
Variefy Clubs President
Honolulu— Ralph W. Pries of Philadelphia
was re-clccftd president of Variety
Clubs Intcrnalional for a second
term at the organization's 41st annual
convention. Vice-presidents elected
were Robert L. Bostick, Memphis;
Sir Billy Butlin, London: Sherrill
C. Corwin, Los .Vngeles; Mike
Prankovich, independent producer;
Robert K. Hall, Toronto; Harry Kodlnsky,
Pittsburgh; Leslie A. McDonnell,
London; James H. Nicholson, Hollywood;
Nat Nuthanson, New ^'ork,
and Joseph Podoloff, .Minneapolis.
Lhe 1969 con\enlion will be held in
Los .Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
during May.
siers" Union to pledge themselves for 45,
which Lord Mountbatten could hardly believe
until Gibbons repeated the offer, since
the coaches cost $10,500 each.
"There will be dinners, beginning with one
of the Council of the Teamsters Union of St.
Louis," Skouras added, "and continuing with
the International throughout the country in
honor of Frank E. Fitzsimmons. president
pro tcm of the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters. The Variety clubs will work with
Fitzsimmons' organization and money raised
will go toward the coach donated for that
particular area. Gibbons will provide a list
of all locals in this country, with their
officers—then we will notify the tents."
Among requests that have come in was
one from Marguerite Crimins, wife of the
U. S. Ambassador to Santo Domingo, for
their rehabilitation center for the treatment
of crippled and mentally retarded children.
Mrs. Frank Ephriam of the Oklahoma Foundation
has asked for one, as has Salah Hassanein
for the Rockland County Center in
New York for the physically handicapped
Great Britain Tent Gives
Mobile Baby Care Unit
lONDON Ihc N.WK-lv ( hih of Great
Governor Legalizes
Md. Censorship
UALllMORL—Gun. Spiro T. Agnew
signed into law Tuesday (7) House of Delegates
Bill No. 19, "Obscene and Other Objectionable
Materials, Including Motion
Pictures. " The measure will become effective
July 1.
This bill originally was introduced in the
legislature by the legislative council, in the
event Maryland's Motion Picture Censor
Board was abolished, but as it happened, the
censor board was not abolished. This bill
would give authorities the authority to use
injunctive procedures against theatre owners
showing any motion picture which is obscene.
Urges Governor to Remove
Maryland Film Censor
BALTIMORE—Gov. Spiro T. Agnew h;is
been requested to remove Marjery A.
Shriver. vice-chairman of the Maryland Censor
Board, pending an investigation of
charges that she allowed high school pupils
to view films intended for adults. The request
was made by Robert J. Edwards, executive
ombudsman, the Maryland-District of
Columbia Ombudsman Services.
In charges against the woman, Edwards
said she permitted young people of both
.sexes from the Woodlawn High School to
sec "Charlie Bubbles" April 16, and that
the film was later labeled "for adults only."
He further charged that this film was not the
only one the teenagers were allowed to see.
They were described as members of "high
school field trip study groups."
Edwards urged a thorough investigation
and in his communication to the governor
said, "We trust that you will use your good
office to bring about an immediate ceaseand-desist
order of this despicable practice
and the removal of the guilty parties."
Joseph K. Pokorny has been appointed
chairman of the board of censors by Governor
.'\gnew. and succeeds the late Egbert L.
Quinn.
Conn. Classification Bill
May Be Rewritten
HARTFORD— Arthur L. 1 ay. Republican
councilman in suburban West Hartford,
said he is considering rewriting an ordinance
proposed West Hartford
he's to establish Britain, a children's charity organization,
a
presented Britain's first mobile baby care motion picture classification board.
visit of Lord Mountbatten to New York,
when coaches were sold at the banquet for
His action follows the Supreme Court's
unit Wednesday (8) to the Charing Cross
him to many in attendance.
Group of Hospitals.
decision killing a Dallas law-upon-which he
Although Skouras invited as his guests all The unit was designed and equipped for had patterned his ordinance. Fay last February
chief barkers of the tents who sold more the intensive care of premature and gravely
submitted to the West Hartford town
than four coaches, Edwin Dorsey, vice-president
council a proposal for establishment of a
ill newborn babies, and its accessories in-
of the Teamsters' Union Joint Coimcil clude resuscitation and incubator units and nine-member board to classify certain mo-
1.3 of St. Louis, was the only one who came. piped oxygen.
tion pictures as "not suitable for young persons"
Skouras also invited Harold Gibbons, executive
The ambulance will be on service day
and prohibit theatres from selling tick-
and night to deal with emergencies. It will be
vice-president of the Teamsters' Union,
ets to such attractions to anyone under 16.
and through him Dorsey was able to make
The high court some weeks ago ruled that
at the service of the Charing Cross Group
of Hospitals under the direction of Dr. Herbert
the greatest donation of any other barker,
a Dallas ordinance, setting up a similar
Barric.
board, was so vague that it might intimidate
10 coaches.
Ciibhons then expressed the desire to arrange
The new facility is an offshoot of Variety the film industry. Fay had based his ordi-
some way for the International Team-
Sunshine Coach Scheme.
nance largely on the Dallas ordinance.
(lull's
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FEATURE REVIEW
'War and Peace'
Continental
pOR THE AMERICAN presentation of
this monumental Russian-made production
of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel, the
Waller Rcade Organization is advertising in
the newspapers and radio spots: "The greatest
motion picture in the world—has been
made." and in point of magnificent spectacle
with hitherto uncqualed photographic beauty,
particularly in the many outdoor scenes
of battle, turmoil and conflagration, this
statement is absolutely true.
Despite the picture's extreme length,
which necessitates the over-six-hour-long
film 10 be shown at two performances for
its roadshow presentations in the U.S., there
will he little or no wavering of interest by
the average moviegoer and, of course,
students, historians and devotees of the
famed novel cannot fail to be fascinated
throughout. For, in addition to the incredible
and graphic battle and action sequences,
in which the picture abounds, there is also a
tremendously moving and intensely dramatic
story of ordinary human beings, most of
them of noble birth, caught up in the
tempestuous times of the early 19th Century
when Napoleon's armies set out to conquer
Czarist Russia.
I'ilmed only once before, hy Dino de
I.aurentiis in Italy in 1956. but with a notable
cast of American and British boxoffice
names, including Henry Fonda, Audrey
Hepburn. Mel Ferrer, John Mills and Anita
Ekberg. under King Vidor's direction, that
version had more general appeal. But such
an essentially Russian tale is far better produced
by Mosfilm, which was able to utilize
actual locales of cities and the arid plains,
as well as the churches and castles with their
resplendent ballrooms of Imperialist Russia.
And. it naturally follows that a top-flight
cast of Moscow's finest actors gives great
perception and depth to the characters, being
splendidly directed by Sergei Bondar-
"WAR AND PEACE"
VVoller RcQde's
Continentol Distributing release
Produced in the Soviet Union
by Satro-Mosfilm
Ratio: 70mm
Widescreen and color by Movielab
Running time: Part I: 195 minutes
Part II: 178 minutes,
plus three intermissions
CREDITS
Producer-director, Sergei Bondorchuk. Screenploy
by Sergei Bondorchuk end Vosily Solovyov.
Chief cameraman, Anotoly Petritsky. Music, Vyacheslov
Ovchinnikov Editing director, Totiono
Likhochcva. Costumes, Mikhoil Chikovony. Makeup,
Mikhail Chikirev. Pyrotechnics, Vladimir Kikhachcv.
Sound recording, Vladimir Mikhoilov
Dialog, odoptotion and direction, Lee Kressel
for Titan Productions, Inc. Title ond introduction
created by Eleanor Bunin. Narration written
by Andrew Witwer. Narrator, Norman Rose.
THE CAST
Natasha Rostov
Ludmila Sovelyevo
Pierre Bezuhov Sergei Bondorchuk
Andrei Bolkonsky Vyacheslov Tihonov
Count Rostov
Victor Stanitsin
Countess Rostov KIra Ivanova-Golovko
Nikoloi Rostov 0!eg Tabakov
Petya Rostov Seryozha Ycrmilov
Prince Nikoloi Bolkonsky Anotoly Ktorov
Princess Liso Anostosio Vertinskayo
Helene irino Skobtscvo
Prince Vosily Boris Smirnov
Kutozov Boris Zohovo
Nopolcon VIodislov Strzhevclchik
chiik. uho also plays the leading role of
Pierre, mild-mannered hero of the film. Unfortunately,
the names mean absolutely
nothing to the moviegoing public, so this
picture must be sold on the fame of the
novel and, to action fans, on the pictorial
splendor and spectacular thrills. Attending
this two-part film should rightfully be
classed as "an event."
The title and introduction to this English
version, which were created by Eleanor
Bunin, are absolutely essential for the average
American audiences, because each important
character is introduced in a huge
closeup, but against a background of some
of the action in which each appears. And.
although a few foreign film devotees might
have preferred a subtitled version, the
Reade Organization employed Lee Kressel
of Titan Productions to give this the finest
English-dubbing job as yet seen on the
screen. The American and English actors
(uncredited) mouth the dialog for the 44
major Russian speaking parts to such perfection
that average audiences will never be
conscious of the language difference, even
in closeups. Fortunately, at least two-thirds
of the footage is either battle, spectacle or
opulent indoor sequences. Splendid, too, is
the narration written by Andrew Witwer
which is well spoken by Norman Rose. It is
in this narration that Tolstoy's philosophy is
brought out, far better than if a character
gave it.
Bondarchuk. although too old for the shy.
bespectacled, peace-loving Pierre (played in
the Vidor version by Henry Fonda), gives
this role a natural and completely human
dimension and Vyacheslav Tihonov is excellently
contrasted as the handsome, irresponsible
Prince Andrei, both of these
characters being romantically involved with
the spirited heroine. Natasha. This latter
role (played by Audrey Hepburn in the
other film versions), is played with such
simplicity and charm by the enchanting
Ludmila Savelyeva that it should do much
to make this actress, who is also a famed
ballet dancer, an international film star.
Another fine portrayal is by Irina Skobtseva.
almost a double for Madeleine Carroll.
Among the many outstanding portrayals are
those of Boris Zahava. as the stubborn Russian
general, Kutozov. and Victor Stanitsin
as Natasha's father. It is only Vladislav
stiff Strzhevelchik's portrayal of Napoleon
that cannot compare to the brilliant performance
given by Herbert Lom in the 1956
version — his was far more the average
American's mental picture of the great
French general.
The Russian "War and Peace" is a perfect
picturization of the Tolstoy masterpiece, a
film that belongs among the all-time screen
masterpieces.
Majors Donate $200,000
To Dr. King Foundation
— F. L.
NIAS' >ORK light major motion picture
companies have made a
contribution of
$20().()()() to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Foundation, announced Sidney Poitier. coordinator
of the fund raising committee.
Contributors include Columbia, Embassy.
MGM, Paramount. 20th Century-Fox.
United Artists. Universal and Warner Bros.-
7 Arts.
The funds will be used for a continuation
of Dr. King's work and promotion of nonviolence
as a solution to world problems.
One of Ihi- liiilllc scenes from "War and IVate."
Reade's 'Castle' for Cannes
\|\\ ^Okk- Mk' W.ilkr Rc.idc Ory.iiii/.ilion
annuonced the selection of Maximilian
Schell's production of Franz Kafka's
I he Castle" as the official West German
entry to the 1968 Cannes Film Festival. The
film, in color and widescreen, was shot hilingually
and marks Schell's first independent
production under the banner of his
.•Mpha-Noclte Co. The Reade Organization,
which participated in the production, will
handle Ihe release of the English version in
this country.
BOXOFFICE Ma 13, 1968

20th-Fox Lists Winners
For College Scholarships
Ni;VV YORK — Winners of the three
.lu.irds in the second annual 20th Cenlury-
1 ,i\ College Scholarship Program compcliiion
have been announced by Darryl I".
/.iiuick. president of the film corporation.
The first scholarship was awarded to
Sicven D. Marshall of Philadelphia, whose
r.ither. Harold H. Marshall, is employed as
ii.i;ional advertising and publicity manager
lor the Philadelphia-Washington. D.C..
,110.1. Steven will attend the University of
California at Los Angeles and pursue liberal
arts courses.
Rebecca L. McCarley of Memphis is the
recipient of the second award. She is the
daughter of Bonnie McCarley, employed as
salesman at the 20th-Fox exchange in
Memphis. Rebecca plans to attend Welleslev
College where she will major in mathematics.
The third award went to Tamar I.. Head
of New York City, whose mother. Barbara
Head Milstein. is employed as foreign versions
title writer at the New York home
office. Tamar will major in history and international
relations and will attend the
University of Wisconsin.
The three winners, together with Joel
Steven Arkin of Los Angeles. Mark Allan
Daniel of Los Angeles and Trudy Ann King
of Edina. Minn., recipients of the first scholarships
granted in 1967. were selected by an
independent committee of educators on the
basis of their scholarship achievement,
moral character, leadership qualities, extracurricular
activities and other factors.
Norman B. Steinberg directs the program
for the corporation.
Actor Albert Dekker Dies;
Known for Character Roles
HOLLYWOOD — Albert Dekker. 62-
\ear-old stage and movie actor, was found
dead Monday (6) by police at his apartment.
Apparently a suicide, he was found
hanging in a locked room.
The actor, known for his character roles
and frequent villain parts, played in "Two
Years Before the Mast," "Gentleman's
Agreement" and "East of Eden." His other
film credits included "Salome, Where She
Danced" and "Cass Timberlane." Dekker,
who made his film debut in 1937 in "The
Great Garrick," was born in New York City
and attended Bowdoin College.
Coe to Direct Patty Duke
In Cinema Center Film
HOLLYWOOD— Fred Coe has been
signed by producer Stanley Shapiro to direct
"Me. Natalie" for Cinema Center Films, the
production organization for CBS Films.
Starting in June the entire production will
be filmed in New York, starring Patty Duke.
A. Martin Zweiback wrote the screenplay,
based on Shapiro's story. The comedydrama
is about a young girl growing up in
New York, making the transition from teenager
to woman and getting involved with
the Village atmosphere.
PROl I) Ol RKCORD—Joseph K.
Lfviiie, right, president of Kmba.ssy Pictures,
and Lvonurd Lighl.stone, executive
vice-president, proudly display the
gold record presented by Columbia Records
in recognition of "The Graduate"
sound track album having achieved over
$l,()00,()0(t in sales. The recording, now
No. 1 in the nation, features songs
from the film by Paul Simon, performed
by Simon & Garfunkel with additional
music by David Grusin.
Plan 18 Mini-Cine Units
To Show Adult Films
DALLAS — Trans Continental Artists
Corp., operator of several studio theatres
of the 200-seat variety in the Southwest, has
formed the Mini-Cine Corp.. a theatre franchise
operation designed for the presentation
of adult-type
films.
The company plans to construct 18 Mini-
Cine theatres immediately in various sections
of the country for lease on a franchise basis
to qualified persons in any city with a population
in excess of 170,000. More theatres
are planned as franchises are sold, with construction
starting immediately after granting
of the franchise and completion in 90 days.
All Mini-Cine theatres will be served with
first-run imported and domestic product and
each house will be complete in every respect,
including air conditioning, booth, seating
and complete snack bar. The Mini-Cine
Corp. supplies the franchise holder with all
supplies, including Mini-Cola and other flavors
of soft drinks, Mini-Corn popcorn,
candies, hot coffee and sandwiches. All
Mini-Cine projection booths and rising
floors are constructed in Dallas and shipped
to the job site for installation.
Mike Frankovich Named
To Receive AJC Award
NEW YORK— Mike J. Frankovich has
been named to receive the fifth annual William
J. German Human Relations Award
by the American Jewish Committee's entertainment
and motion picture division at a
meeting of the Institute of Human Relations.
Frankovich is an independent producer and
a former production head of Columbia
Pictures.
San Francisco Film Festival
Scheduled Oct. 24-Nov. 3
SAN FRANCISCO—The 12th annual
San Francisco International Film Festival
will open in San Francisco's Masonic Auditorium
Thursday, October 24 and close on
Sunday, November 3.
Raymond Syufy, president of Syufy Enterprises,
a theatre chain, who was appointed
by San Francisco Mayor Joseph L.
Alioto as general chairman of this year's
event, said in making the announcement
that the basically non-competitive film
event will follow the successful format instituted
by the Greater San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce when it took over the
Festival in 1965 on a three-year commitment.
Syufy also announced the formation
of a new non-profit corporation, the San
Francisco Council for the Performing Arts,
which will sponsor and underwrite the
Festival.
Privately backing this year's Festival are
a group of eight civic and business leaders
including Mayor Alioto. The eight will
serve as a Festival advisory board. They are
Mayor Alioto, Raymond Syufy, Melvin M.
Swig, investor, developer and general chairman
of the 1965 Festival; Richard Swig,
hotel executive; Robert Naify, motion picture
company executive and theatre chain
owner; Cyril Magnin, business leader and
president of the Chamber of Commerce:
Frank N. Alioto. city fire commissioner; and
Elmo Ferrari, local shipping leader and city
police commissioner.
Claude Jarman jr.. closely associated with
the Festival when it was under Chamber of
Commerce aegis, was recently appointed a
special assistant to Mayor Alioto to supervise
the over-all operation.
Albert Johnson, film scholar-teacher, will
serve again as program director. Other appointments
are Ernest Beyl,
director and Lorena Cantrell,
assistant.
public relations
administrative
Henry N. Ehrlich to Handle
Special AIP Exploitation
HOLLYWOOD—Henry N. Ehrlich joins
American International Pictures Monday
(6) to handle special promotional and exploitation
campaigns for forthcoming national
release engagements of AIP's "Wild in
the Streets," it is announced by Milton
Moritz, company vice-president in charge
of national advertising and publicity.
Ehrlich, recently with Paramount, will
concentrate activities on May 29 openings
of the important American International
production in Washington, D.C.. Baltimore,
New Orleans and Denver.
Three 20th-Fox Films for Cannes
NEW YORK—Twentieth Century-Fox
will have three productions showing at the
upcoming Cannes Film Festival. Films to
be screened are Mai Zetterling's "Doctor
Glas" from Denmark. Michael Same's
"Joanna" from England, and Alain Resnais'
"Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime" from France. The
festival will run from May 9-24.
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APJAC-Fox to Make Sequel
To 'Planet of the Apes'
Plans for a sequel for "Planet of the
Apes" have been completed through a deal
with APJAC production head Arthur P.
Jacobs and 20th Century-Fox. Jacobs already
has signed Pierre Boulle. author of
the novel on which the first film was based,
to write the sequel treatment. The picture is
geared for production in Hollywood in January
1969 . . . ABC's .Sclmur Pictures signed
a multiple-picture deal with producer Albert
Band, whose first Sclmur picture. "A Minute
to Pray, a Second to Die." opens this month
with Cinerama Releasing Corp. distributing.
His next will be "Speak No Evil. Sec No
Evil, Hear No Evil." set for Italy in July . . .
Jules Levy. Arthur Gardner and Arnold
l.aven have acquired "The Trailmakers." by
Vincent Poire and plan to film the western
as an L-G-L production for United Artists
release. Levy-Gardner-Laven also will produce
"Boy." a contemporary satirical comedy
of morals in suburban America. .Scheduled
for production in July it is based on
Julian Bercovici film rights from the author.
I.-G-I.
has "Whiskey's Renegades" currently
in production at Universal City Studios . . .
"The Warriors." a comedy adventure with
a World War II background, will be produced
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer release by
Gabriel Katzka. Harold Loeb and Sidney
Beckerman. The original screenplay is by
Troy Kennedy Martin, who recently completed
the screenplay for Michael Caine's
"The Italian Job." The Katzka-Berne producers
have another project. Raymond
Chandler's "The Little Sister." starring
James Garner, going before the cameras at
MGM's Culver City studios in late Jime.
Allen and Bullock to Write
"Great Bank Robbery' Script
Writers Ray Allen and Harvey Bullock
have been assigned by Warner Bros.-? Arts
to prepare the script for "The Great Bank
Robbery." which Malcolm Stuart will produce
and Hy Averback direct. The story is
based on a novel by Frank O'Rourke .
Stanley Ralph Ross will write an original
screenplay called "The Answer." described
as a religious comedy set in modern India,
with no reference to gurus. This will he his
first screenplay although he has written
many television shows . . . Melvin Frank and
British scenarist Michael Pertwee will collahi>rale
on the writing on an original screenplay.
"The Mouths of Babes." which will be
produced and directed by Frank, who is alsvi
working on "The British Museum Is Falling
Down" . . . Nunnally Johnson has moved to
Los Angeles from his New York home to
cvtmplete work on the screenplay for "The
Ironliersnien. the epic adventure drama
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which Jack L. Warner will produce as his
first independent production for WB-7A . . .
Academy Award-winner Neil Paterson has
been signed to write the screenplay for 20lh-
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Fox's forthcoming drama. "Keeper of the
Heart. " based on Francoise Sagan's new
novel. The motion picture adaptation will be
produced by Lester Linsk. Paterson received
an Oscar for "Room at the Top." Also a
recipient of the Atlantic Award for Literature,
he wrote "The China Run." "Behold
Thy Daughter." "Man on a Tightrope." and
"The Spiral Road," which are among his
screen credits.
Shelley Winters Signs for Role
In Columbia's 'Mad Room'
Shelley Winters will have a co-starring
role in "The Mad Room." now in production
in Vancouver. British Columbia.
Columbia Pictures has announced. Stella
Stevens also will star in the psychological
suspense drama to be produced by Norman
Maurer and directed in color by Bernard
Girard from his own screenplay. Miss Winters,
winner of two Academy Awards, will
play a wealthy Canadian widow whose
shocking murder sets off a series of bizarre
events. The picture will be made in Hollywood
after a brief filming schedule in
Canada . . . Patricia Wymer. a newcomer
to films, was signed by director Don Henderson
and actor-producer George E. Carey
to star in their Normandy Productions feature.
"The Babysitter." now being shot on
location in Hollywood . Frankovich
selected Pia Degermark for the leading
feminine role in "The Looking Glass War."
which will be one of the first Franko\ich
productions on his new independent stale
for Columbia Pictures. The assignment
marks Miss Degermark's debut in an English-speaking
film. She is receiving acclaim
for her performance in the Swedish film.
"Elvira Madigan." which introduces her to
American audiences. John Le Carre's novel
is the basis for the picture which Frank
Pierson. who wrote the screenplay, will
direct. Production is set for August.
Groucho Marx Added to Cast
also
"Skidoo." In the new comedv with a cast
headed by Jackie Gleason and Carol Channing.
Marx will portray the all-powerful
head of a criminal syndicate who lives
permanently at sea aboard a palatial yacht.
Nautical scenes in the Paramount release in
Technicolor and Panavision are being filmed
near San Pedro Harbor aboard John
Wayne's yacht . . . Daniel O'Herlihy is the
latest addition to the Lana Turner picture.
"The Big Cube." which l.indsley Parsons
produces and Tito Davison directs fvir Producciones
Anco SA and Steve Broidv's
Motion Pictures International. Also starring
in the action-drama are George Chakiris and
Richard Egan. AcapuIco is the site for the
filming . . . George Kennedy, who won an
Academy Award as best supporting actor,
will star with Melina Mercouri, Brian Keith
and Beau Bridges in "Gaily. Gaily." Producer-director
Norman Jewison will start
filming in Chicago June 14 for the Mirisch
Production Co. as a United Artists release.
Kennedy will play a wealthy political figure
in a story of a young man's loss of innocence
in the brawling '20s. Abram S. Ginnes wrote
the screenplay based on a book by Ben
Hecht . . . Carroll O'Connor has been
signed by producer Richard E. Lyons to
co-star with Richard Widmark in
Universal's
"Patch." an outdoor action drama set in
a western town at the turn of the century.
Robert Totten will direct the Technicolor
picture scheduled to begin Wednesday (15)
Zerbe has been signed for a
feature role in Paramount's ""The Molly Maguires"
as one of the leaders of the Maguires,
an Irish secret society formed during
the bitter coal mining strikes in
Pennsylvania
during the 1870s. He made his motion picture
debut in "Cool Hand Luke." Frank
Finlay, one of Great Britain's most distinguished
actors, also has been signed for a
top role in the picture. He will portray the
ruthless police captain who works to uncover
the leaders of the Irish society. He
has been honored with the San Sebastian
Festival Award, the Clarence Derwent
Award and includes among his recent film
credits "Othello." and "Shoes of the Fisherman."
Frances Heflin, sister of actor Van
Heflin. will make her debut in the film. .\
Martin Ritt-Walter Bernstein production, the
film went before the cameras Mondav (6)
in the coal mining regions of Pennsylvania.
Richard Harris. Sean Connery and Samantha
Eggar top the cast.
Robert Stephens to Portray
Sherlock Holmes for UA
Kobcrl Stephens, one of F'ngland's most
prominent \iHing actors, has been signed h\
producer Billy Wilder and Mirisch Productions.
Inc.. to play the title role in "The Private
Life of Sherlock Holmes." Wilder, who
plans to begin filming early next year in
In Otto Preminger's 'Skidoo'
Groucho Mar.\. long absent from the
Hollywood scene, has been signed for the
pivotal role of "God." in Otto Preminger's he made ".Some Like It Hot." "The Apartment"
and "Irma La Douce" . . . Robert
Walker will star in American International
England, currently is completing the screenpla\
with his longtime collaborator. L.A.L.
Diamond. The picture will be released b\
United .Artists. Stephens is a co-director with
Laurence Olivier of Britain's National Theatre
Qo. The film will be Wilder's seventh
consecutive picture for Mirisch. for whom
Pictures' ""Killers Three." which Dick Clark
will produce May 15 in Chapel Hill. N.C.
actors Edgar Buchanan and
Henry Jones have been signed by producer
Edward J. Montagne to co-star with .Andv
Griffith. Jerry Van Dyke and Kay Medford
in Universal's ",An Angel in My Pocket."
which director .Man Rafkin is now shooting
Gazzara is being co-starred with
George Segal in Wolper Pictures' "The
Bridge at Remagen." which producer David
I.. Wolper expects to start filming in Prague
during early June for L'nitcd Artists. John
Guillermin will direci.
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Topaz' for Universal
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confirming that such was actually the case
around the time of the Cuban missile crisis.
In recent weeks, such publications as Life,
Look, and the London Times have carried
feature articles on the repercussions of the
sensational
revelations.
LJris. whose previous film credits include
Battle Cry." and "Gunfight at the OK Corral."
will write the script for the Universal
release. At the press conference, he refused
to disclose or discuss his sources of information.
Hitchcock, in great form, said that shooting
would begin in September and would include
locations work in France, Washington,
Scandinavia and Cuba. When asked about
the possible resistance by the French government,
the United Nations and Cuba, he
quipped. "I shall disguise myself as a thin
man."
No casting has been set. although Hitchcock
has been displeased with recent attempts
by Hollywood stars to portray historical
figures and will probably cast unknowns
to give his film more authenticity. Although
both President John F. Kennedy and Charles
de Gaulle figure prominantly, Hitchcock will
use cinematic devices to suggest their presence.
With reference to his own appearances
which trademark all of his films, the famed
director said he would appear briefly at the
beginning. "... so that I don't have to suffer
the indignities of being an actor for too
long."
For Hitchcock. "Topaz" will mark a return
to the personalized spy style of his
"Notorious" (1946) in which people not
gadgetry are important, he said. No budget
has been set as yet. although filming will be
in
color.
In the question period following the announcement,
he said he hadn't made a film
in three years because of the lack of good
scripts suitable to his style. He does have
another project in the works, however, a
Psycho"-type murder mystery. "Frenzy."
to be shot in New York after "Topaz" is
completed.
.Although pleased with the gross of $11
million, he also expressed some personal disappointment
in his last film. "Torn Curtain."
in which he made concessions with regard
to casting and basic approach for commercial
purposes.
When asked to comment on his lasting
popularity among the nouvelle vogue filmmakers.
Hitchcock said that there was no
truth to the rumor that he was writing an
extended analysis of the films of Francois
Truffaut. He finds much of the new style of
photographs of
filmmaking merely ". . .
people talking to people," and much prefers
to explore what the film can do to create
emotion in an audience.
To the inevitable question about retiren)enl.
Hitchcock replied. "Where to?"
Philip Levin Is Elected
G & W Board Director
HOLLYWOOID— Philip J. Levin, who
recently became the second largest individual
stockholder in Gulf & Western Industries,
was elected a director of the company
at a meeting at Paramount Studios.
Levin had purchased recently 455,900
shares of common stock in an investment in
excess of .$22,000,000. The New Jersey real
estate investor previously had waged two
unsuccessful proxy fights for control of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and his acquisition
•of G&W stock was expected to lead to his
new position as director.
G&W officials said they anticipated Levin
will be active in the development of the
company's large real estate holdings which
include Paramount properties in the United
States and Canada that could be sites for
shopping centers with theatres and resort
facilities in ski and sun areas plus an expanded
network of theatres abroad.
Board members also declared quarterly
dividends on all classes and series of the
company's stock, including the regular 7"2
cents per share dividend on common stock.
Dividends will be payable July 1 to holders
of record June 10.
'A Place to Stand' Short
Is Being Widely Played
NEW YORK—"A Place to Stand." Academy
Award winner for best live-action short
subject, has played 89 first engagements and
will premiere with "The Swimmer" scheduled
to open Wednesday (15) at the Cinema
1 Theatre.
The I9-minute film is a kaleidoscopic
presentation of life in Ontario and has become
one of the most widely played short
subjects. Distributed by Columbia Pictures
it is slated for additional openings in New
York. San Francisco. Washington. D. C.
Houston. Tulsa, Indianapolis, Louisville,
Memphis and Charlotte.
End Lensing of Molnar Tale
BUDAPEST— Photography has been
completed on Ferenc Molnar's peace classic,
"The Boys of Paul Street," a co-production
by Bohem Associates and Hungarofilm. Director
Zoltan Fabri pointed out that the
filming was a true co-production and not
merely utilization of film crews. It was
filmed in English.
MPA Announces Winners
Of Film Critic Contest
NEW YORK — A 17-year-old Grand
Rapids high school junior, Steve Hensch,
has been named the best film critic of the
year in a nationwide competition sponsored
jointly by the Motion Picture Ass'n of
America and Scholastic Roto, a monthly
publication distributed through high schools.
His review of the film, "The Graduate."
written for his high school newspaper. The
C reston Echo, was selected from entries
submitted by students throughout the nation.
Hensch will receive a four-day. all-expense
paid trip to Hollywood for two and a $250
cash scholarship.
The contest is part of a program to encourage
excellence in the writing of film
reviews by students on school newspaper
staffs.
Jack Valenti, MPAA president, commenting
on the awards said, "Our most enthusiastic
filmgoers today are young men and
women who have adopted the film as their
own special artistic form of expression." He
said thousands of students turn out film
seminars and recognize that a good critic is
vital if they are to have a "discriminating"
audience. He added the industry hopes these
awards will stimulate writing on current
films.
Second cash prize of $100 was awarded
to Robert London, 17. a senior at Martin
Van Buren High School, Queens Village,
New York, for his review of "How I Won
the War."
Mary Jane Eaton, 17-year-old senior at
Walsingham Academy. Williamsburg. Va..
won third prize, a $50 cash scholarship, for
her review of "Blow-Up."
A special award for consistently fine reviewing
was given to Andrea Paskman.
17-year-old film reviewer of Upper Darby.
Pa.
20th-Fox Sales Heads Meet
On Summer Product
NEW YORK—A sales and merchandising
meeting to discuss plans for 20th Century-Fox's
summer product and roadshow
attractions was held here Monday and Tuesday
(6, 7). Abe Dickstein. vice-president in
charge of domestic sales, headed the meeting
which concentrated on further reserved-seat
distribution plans for "Doctor Dolittle." as
well as the initial engagements for "Star!"
Current release plans for "Planet of the
Apes" and "The Vengeance of SHE"; the
launching of "The Sound of Music," "The
Sand Pebbles," and "The Bible" for drive-in
engagements and summer plans for "The
Sweet Ride," "The Lost Continent," "Bandolero!"
"The Detective," "Prudence and the
Pill," and "The Secret Life of an American
Wife" also were discussed.
Attending the conference were assistant
sales manager Sidney Cooper, roadshow
manager Harvey Baren, division managers
Peter Myers, Morris Sudmin, William
Gehring, Nat Nathanson and AI Levy, and
district managers Richard Stafford. Jerry
Gruenberg, Shepherd Bloom, John Peckos,
Martin Grasgreen and Vic Beattic.
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the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements ore not As new listed. runs
ore reported, ratings ore added and overages revised. Computation terms percentage of is in in
relation to normol grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent os "normal,"
the figures show the gross ratings above or below that mark,
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N.Y. State Projectionists
Meeting Set for Albany
Al BAN> — I he 40th aniui;il spring iiiecting
of ihe stale of Motion Picture Projectionists
Ass'n will be held on Monday 27 in
the Thruway Motel, when Local 324 will
the host.
Attending from Buffalo will he Kenneth
J. Kavanagh, business agent. Local 23.^ and
Adam J. Mack, operator at the Granada.
Also in the Buffalo party will be Jerr\
George, manager of the National Theatre
Supply branch.
-Sidney J. Cohen, NATO of New York
State president, will address the conclave on
projectionist-exhibitor relations. He also will
discuss the new Will Rogers Hospital drive,
which starts in June.
The convention of the projectionists will
open at 10:30 a.m.. with president Frank H.
Coniglio presiding. Following the registration
at 1 1 a.m.. there will be luncheon at
which the delegates will be guests of Local
324.
In the afternoon there will be an educational
program under the direction of
George W. Samuelson. Larry Davee, president
of the Century Projector Corp., will
follow with a talk on "Automation, the
Century Way."'
The women's auxiliary will be taken on a
tour of the new state building at 1:15 p.m.
The regular association meeting will start at
3 p.m. with president Conigilio presiding,
after which Walter E. Diehl will hold li
quuestion and answer session.
Davee and Allen G. Smith, Ashcraft Mfg.
Corp., will sponsor the cocktail hour at
5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 in the
motel ballroom.
ABC Appoints Sicignano
Liaison for Production
NHW YORK.—Samuel H. Clark, group
vice-president of non-broadcast operations
of American Broadcasting Companies, announced
the appointment of Albert J.
Sicignano as executive liaison officer and
producer's representative of ABC's motion
picture productions.
In his new assignment, Sicignano will be
responsible not only for liaison between
ABC and its two motion picture production
subsidiaries, Palomar Pictures International
and Selmur Pictures Corp., but he will also
act as a representative for both subsidiaries
in the distribution of their feature films.
Sicignano has divested himself of all his
former motion picture theatre activities in
order to devote full time to his new duties.
He formerly served as vice-president and
administrative head of ABC Theatres of
New York, Inc.: New England Theatres.
Inc.; CMR Theatres, Inc.; and ABC Theatres
of California— all of which are subsidiary
theatre companies within the ABC
management.
New WalkilL N.Y., Unit
WALKILL, N.Y. — Boehm Enterprises
has started construction of a shopping complex
at the intersection of routes 17 and 18.
The project will include a motion picture
the:ilri-
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IFIDA CKLKBRATES BIRTHDAY
—Seen at a luncheon sponsored by the
Independent Film Importers and Distributors
of America, celebrating the
30th anniversary of Brandt's Apollo
42nd Street Theatre, held at the Overseas
Press Club of New York are left
to right: Martin Levine, executive vicepresident
of Brandt Theatres; Si Seadler,
MGM advertising-publicity executive
and luncheon emcee; Bosley
Crowther, film critic emeritus of the
New York Times, and Harry Brandt,
president of Brandt Theatres.
Judge Backs Film Ban
In Md. Students' Suit
BALTIMORE— Federal Judge Edward S.
Northrop recently refused to grant an injunction
to members of the Students for a
Democratic Society at the University of
Maryland that would have allowed them to
see an anti-war film "Why We Are in Vietnam."
The group was suspended from taking
part in student activities by the student government
following a demonstration which
disrupted convocation ceremonies, and it
was temporarily disenfranchised as a campus
organization.
Three student spokesmen sought a court
order alleging that their constitutional rights
to hold their own political beliefs were infringed
upon.
Judge Northrop, in denying their suit,
pointed out that they had violated campus
rules and refused to interfere with the
student government ruling.
The students indicated they would appeal
the ruling to a Baltimore judge in the Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals.
MPAA Promotes Contest
For Slogan at Booth
NEW YORK— All members professionally
employed in the motion picture and
allied industries in the metropolitan New
York area were invited this week to submit
slogans for use at the Times Square Information
Booth. To be eligible for the $200
prize, entries must be postmarked on or before
June 1 and mailed to Slogan Contest,
Motion Picture Ass'n of America, 522 Fifth
Ave., New York 10036.
New Obscenity Bill
Introduced in N.Y.
ALBANY Pimishmcnt lor conviction
of "disseminating indecent material to
minors" has been increased from a misdemeanor
to a class E felony in a bill introduced
by the Senate and Assembly Rules
Committee in the state legislature. The bill,
including motion pictures specifically, which
would carry a long prison sentence, would
become effective September I. It is the
second felony measure to be introduced in
the current session.
It states in section 235.21 of the Revised
Penal Code that a person is guilty of disseminating
indecent material to minors when
with the knowledge of its character and content
he sells or loans to a minor for monetary
consideration "any picture,
photograph,
drawing, motion picture films" which depict
"nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic
abuse . . . which is harmful to minors."
A person is also guilty who, knowing the
content of a film "exhibits a film, show or
presentation on an admission ticket
or pass"
... or "admits a minor to the premises" for
such exhibition.
In the New York State Travia Act. passed
in 1965, exhibition of pornographic motion
pictures to persons under 1 7 is made a misdemeanor.
John Stanek Promoted
To N.J. District Manager
NEW YORK— John Slanck. long-time
manager of Newark's Branlord Iheatre, has
been promoted to
New Jersey district
manager for RKO-
Stanley Warner Theatres.
His new position
is part of a
change in the company's
executive staff
in the territory.
Stanek, who has
been with the com- ^HH {^
pany since 1940, will
have headquarters at
joh„ Stanek
the Sanford Theatre in Irvington and will
also be responsible for the Union Theatre,
Union, as well as the Branford, where he
was manager for 12 years.
Walter Reade Stockholders
Re-Elect Governors
NEW YORK—Walter Readc jr., chairman
and president of the Walter Reade
Organization, told stockholders last week.
"We established record volume and profits
in 1967. and we are looking for new records
in 1968."
At the special (in lieu of annual) meeting
of stockholders held here on Tuesday (7)
shareholders re-elected the board of governors
and authorized a new class of
500.000 shares of preferred stock.
"Interlude." Columbia release, is about a
young woman reporter and a married
symphony conductor.
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'Odd Couple,' 'War and Peace Openers
On Broadway Score High Grosses
NEW YORK—Mild sunny weather and
two smash openings helped to set the Broadway
pace this week. "The Odd Couple" bowed
at Radio City Music Hall coupled with a
lavish stage tribute to Irving Berlin, and
succeeded in totaling well over S220.000, a
near record for a non-holiday week. Sales
were helped by special advance reservations
offered in the mezzanine for all performances.
At the DeMille, the mammoth Russian
production of "War and Peace" was off to a
spectacular start with a near capacity
S4().00() for 14 performances. There has
been some report of confusion on the part of
ticket-buyers who get slightly rattled at the
alternating schedule for the iwo-part attraction,
but the advance sale has already hit the
$1()2,0()() mark.
In ils second week at the Astor. "Yours,
Mine and Ours" continues to show great
popularity, as does "I'll Never Forget What's
"Isname" al the Sulton. Probably the biggest
foreign language hit, "Belle de Jour," is
doing record business in its fourth week ai
the Little Carnegie. And "Elvira Madigan
is showing excellent staying power in its 27th
week at Cinema II.
Hard-ticket attractions are generally holding
firm, led by "2001: A Space Odyssey"
which continues drawing capacity crowds.
"Doctor Dolitlle" held steady at Loew's
State, but "Half a Sixpence" was down
slightly at the Criterion.
The Academy-Award appeal of "The
Graduate" is keeping the Embassy release
way up with $52,000 in its 20th week at the
Coronet and Lincoln Art. Other films holding
well include "The Producers" at the Fine
Arts. "No Way lo Treat a Lady" at the
Forum, and "Stranger in Town" at the Victoria.
"The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell"
opened Wednesday (8) al both the Trans-
Lux East and West.
(Average ts 100)
Astor— Youw, Mine and Ours (UA) 250
Baronet Here Wo Go Round the Mulberry Bush
(Lopcrt), 9th wk 120
Bcckman- The Two o» Us (Cincmo V), llth wk. 100
Copitol— 2001: A Space Odyssey (MGM), 4th wk
of two-o-day 250
Cincmo I—A Dondy in Aspic (Col), 5th wk 100
Cinemo II— Elvira Madigan (Cinemo V), 27th wk. 200
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Cinemo 57 Rendezvous Young Girls o» Rochefort
(WB-7A), 4th wk 95
Criterion— Half a Sixpence (Paro), llth wk.
of two-o-day 1 20
Coronet The Graduate (Embossy), 19th wk 250
OeMille War and Peace (Cont'l) 1st wk. 14 pert 260
86th Street East Yours, Mine and Ours (UA) . . . .200
Festival— The Fox (WB-7A), 13th wk 170
Fine Arts The Producers (Embossy), 7th wk 200
Forum No Way to Treat a Lady (Para), 7th wk 150
Guild^Plonet o» the Apes (20th-Fox), moveover,
5th wk 120
Lincoln Art—The Graduate (Embassy), 20th wk. . .270
Little Cornegie— Belle de Jour lAA), 4th wk 300
Loew's State— Doctor Dolittle (20th-Fox),
20th wk. of two-o-doy 125
Loew's Tower East No Way to Treat a Lady
(Poro), 7th wk 140
Murray Hill— Le Deport (PC), 2nd wk 100
Paris— Benjamin (Pora), 6th wk 1 20
Plozo— Bcdaizled (20th Fox), 21st wk 95
Radio City Music Hall—The Odd Ceuple (Poro),
plus stogcshijw 200
Riolto— The Gomes Men Play (Brenner), 7th wk. .120
Rivoli— Gone With the Wind (MGM), 30tr
125
Sutton— I'll Never Forget Whot's 'Isname
(Rcgionoli, 3rd wk
34th Street East— Hour of the Wolf (Lopert),
Trans-Lux Eost—The Party (UA), 5th wk. . . .
Trans-Lux West—The Party (UA), 5th wk. .
Victoria—A Stranger in Town (MGM), 2nd wk
Warner—Camclot (WB-7A), 27th wk.
"Yours, Mine' Sole Newcomer
In Buffalo With 180
BL 1 I Al ()~Thc Graduate" and -The
Fox" led I he way among local first runs in
their respective l.'ith and third weeks. Only
one newcomer. "Yours. Mine and Ours" was
on tap. scoring ISO per cent at the Buffalo.
Buffol - Yours, Mine and Ours (UA) 180
Center- The Groduate (Embossy), 13th wk 220
Century— Plonct of the Apes (20th-Fox), 160
5th wk.
Cincmo, Amherst Sweet November (WB-7A),
2nd wk 100
Woy 100
Colvin— No to Treat o Lady (Para), 4th wk.
Granodo Gone With the Wind MGM), 26th wk. 160
North Pork - The Fox ;A wk 250
"Poor Cow' and 'Angels' Score
Well in Baltimore Debuts
BALTIMORE—Two new openers did
well, with "Poor Cow" bowing at the Touci
with 200 per cent, and "Where Angels do
. . . Trouble Follows!" in a three-theatre
debut, scoring 175. Holdovers remained relatively
strong, also.
Boulevard, Uptown, Patterson Planet af the Apes
(20th-Fox), 4th wk 150
Charles—The Fox (Claridgc), 3rd wk 225
Edmondson Village, Hilfendolc, North Point Plozo
Where Angels Go . . . Trouble Follows! (Col) .175
Elvira V), Five-West— Madigan Cincmo 9th wk. .145
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Hippodrome— Gone With the Wind (MGM),
27th wk. 140
Liberty, Senator -The Porty
Moyfoir— No Woy to Trcot o
UAi, 3rd wk
Lody Poro),
175
190
6th wk.
Pikes, York Rood Cincmo The Groduotc
(Embassy), 16ih wk
Ployhouse— Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
190
(Lopert), 2nd wk 170
Rondollstown Plozo Charlie Bubbles (Univ),
3rd wk 200
Plozo, Town Guess Who's Coming to
Reisterstown
Dinner (Col), llth wk 175
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Pinter's 'Birthday Party'
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I'mtei N llie Bnliulav Parly." now in
proiluction in London under director Willi;iin
Friedkin, will be distributed in the
I niied Slates and Canada by Continental.
ilic tiiolion picture division of the Walter
Rcade Organization,
Ihc Palomar production stars Robert
Sh.iw.
Patrick Magee and Dandy Nichols.
AA Planning Big Campaign
For 'A Man and a Woman'
NEW YORK—Allied Artists is gearing
up for an ambitious advertising and promotion
campaign to tie in with the July 1 release
of the English-language version of A
Man and a Woman,
Full-page advertisements will appear in
Cosmopolitan. Glamour and Seventeen
magazines. Regional ads. also full-pages, will
appear at time of playdate in regional sec
tions of the country in such magazine-
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Life. Look, and McCall's,
Color ads will also appear in Sunda\
supplement sections throughout the country,
and radio will be used extensively in each
campaign on the local level.
Popular Library has a new paperback edition
due in June, and Personality Posters
has created two new Pop Art posters on "A
Man and a Woman" to be distributed
throughout the summer months.
The French film directed by Claude Lelouche
scored enormous popular success in
its original French version.
'Funny Girl' Sets Record
On Advance Ticket Sales
M\V ^ORK-Si\ months before its
vNorkl premiere "Funny Ciirl ' has set an alltime
boxoffice record for opening day advance
sales for roadshows al the Criterion
Theatre. Columbia Pictures made the announcement
Monday (6) in ads appearing in
the New York Times and the Wall Street
Journal,
The sales record already has exceeded
those for other roadshows played at the
Criterion including "The Ten Commandments,"
"South Pacific." "Lawrence of
,'\rabia" and "My Fair Lady.
Richard Grossman to Head
Walter Reade Concessions
OAKHURST, N.J .—The Waller Reade
Organization announced the appoinimcnt of
Richard Grossman as concessions director
for the company. Grossman, who joins the
company from Berlo Vending Co. of Philadelphia,
will be responsible for all activities
in operating concessions in Reade and other
theatres, as well as other food servicing
activities at Electronic Associates. Inc.. Wall
Stadium Car Track, and Shelter Cove bathing
beach.
Grossman succeeds the late Jack Pardes.
'Bonnie and Clyde' Print
Seized at NY Theatre
M \\ ^()KK Uoiiiiic ,iiul CUde" are
in livnihie wilh the sherill again, but this
lime its not the depression duo. but an
actual print of the Warner Bros.-? Arts
production that was seized al the Cinema
Village Theatre here on Wednesday ( I ) at
the request of the distributing corporation.
Warner Bros.-? Arts charged that the
Cinema 12 Corp. failed lo pay the guaranteed
film rental provided in the exhibitor's
bid to play the picture. The sheriff took the
print before the theatre opened for business.
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Paul Roth, president of the circuit bearing
his name, was appointed by Tent 1
Chief Barker Joel Margolis to spearhead the
plans and supervise the installation of the
screening room in its future
tent's intimate
headquarters in the Anthony House. On
Roth's committee are Jack J. Blank, Jack
Blank Pontiac Co. who is slated to be the
next chief barker, and past chief barker Joe
Zamoiski of the Joseph H. Zamoiski Co.
Frank Sinatra made his first visit here last
week since the I960 inaugural gala to appear
at a $50-a-plale banquet benefiting the Big
Brothers and honoring Drew Pearson. He
co-starred with his favorite candidate Vice-
President Hubert H. Humphrey and also
Mayor Washington. Chief Justice Earl Warren
was among the honored geusts.
Tom Baldridge, MGM special product
publicist, has for 41 years masterminded the
Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Va..
his home town. Crowned Queen Shenandoah
on Thursday (2) was the IS-year-old granddaughter
of former President Eisenhower,
Barbara Anne. In her court were boxoffice
personalities Virginia Mayo. Margaret
O'Brien and Jack Mulaney.
Sid Zins, Columbia publicist, is kickingoff
his campaign for "Funny Girl," which
will open at the KB Ontario in October.
He is pleased that Columbia president Lee
Jaffee will be presented on June 12 with the
tenth annual humanitarian award at the
Americana Hotel.
Fred Sapperstein, Columbia branch manager,
has concluded the Will Rogers campaign
along Filmrow. He is back in the office
after a swing down to Newport News.
Norfolk and Richmond. Charles Hurley,
booker, returned to his duties after foot surgery.
Roselie Gucrvitz. biilcr. is now Mrs.
Paul Maione.
New York's Capitol Theatre, which is to
be torn down, is scheduled to hold a live
show its last night in operation September
16. The President's daughter Lynda Bird
Robb will be the national chairman, with
Jack Valcnti, MPAA president, and Bob
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Hope among the sponsors to raise $3 million
for a communication arts center at the
Catholic University of America here. Among
others lending support are Sidney Poitier.
Sammy Davis jr.. New York Times critic
Waller Kerr and Preston Robert Tish. head
of Loews Hotels.
Alex Schimel, Universal branch chief,
tradescreened "A Lovely Way to Die" Monday
(6) and "Boom" Friday (10) at the 20th-
Fox screening room.
Klizabcth Meyers, secretary to Mike Ballantise,
MGM publicist, plans to retire Friday
(31). Esther Blendamn. secretary to
MGM office manager Howell Owens, also
plans to retire. She has been with the company
30 years.
Sam Bendhelm III, vice-president of
Neighborhood Theatres. Richmond, and
publicist Herman Ramsey were on Filmrow
regarding new product.
Bob Hope to Be Presented
Military Academy Award
NFW YORK.—One of the most highly
honored members of the entertainment industry.
Bob Hope, will receive the 11th
annual Sylvanus Thayer Award of the
United States Military Academy's Ass'n of
Graduates at ceremonies to be held at West
Point before the Corps of Cadets on Monday
(13).
According to Gen. Cortlandt Van R.
Schuyler, president of the Association, the
reward is presented each year "to that citizen
of the United States whose record of service
to his country, accomplishments in the
national interest, and manner of achievement
exemplify outstanding devotion to the
principles expressed in the motto of West
Point; "Duty, Honor, Country." "
Previous winners of the Award include
President Dvvight Eisenhower. Dr. James B.
Conant. His Eminence Francis Cardinal
Spcllm^in. and Hon. John Foster Dulles.
CRC Names Allen Bornstein
National Print Booker
MAS ^()Kk 11k- ..ppoiTUmcnt of Allen
Bornstein as national print booker for
Cinerama Releasing Corp. was made this
week by Leo Greenfield. CRC vice-president
and general sales manager.
In addition to his print responsibilities.
Bornstein also will serve as supervisory
booker for the New York metropolitan area.
Bornstein comes to Cinerama from 20th
Century-Fox and Buena Vista, where he has
scr\L-d since 1963.
George Omstein Honored
By Spanish Government
\l \\ ^()Incrnmcnt of Spam
h.is .iwarded one ol Us highest distinctions,
the Concession of Isabella La Calolica, to
George H. 'Bud " Ornstein. Paramount Pictures
vice-president in charge of foreign
production.
The decoration was presented by the chief
of state as pri>posed by the minister ol foreign
affairs.
Paramount Sales Meeting
Conducted in London
LONDON— The third of a series of
worldwide meetings conducted by Paramount
Pictures was held in London last
week. Sales, marketing, and publicity
strategy were discussed, as well as the new
restructuring of the company's foreign distribution
operations.
Convened by Henri Michaud. president of
Paramount International Films, the London
meeting was attended by a number of key
executives from the New York home office,
including Bert N. Obrentz. executive vicepresident
of Paramount International Films;
Joseph Friedman, vice-president in charge of
marketing for Paramount Pictures, and Hy
Smith, foreign advertising-publicity coordinator.
The two previous global conclaves have
been held in Mexico City in January, and
Tokyo in February.
Seven to Cannes Festival
From Cinema Center Films
NLW YORK.— Seven representatives of
Cinema Center Films. produ,:iion organization
of CBS Films, will attend the International
Film Festival at Cannes. France, from
Friday (10) through May 24.
Gordon Stulberg. president, will be accompanied
by: Milton Goldstein, vice-president
and world manager: Norbert Auerbach.
vice-president in charge of European sales;
Bernard Wilens, vice-president in charge of
European productions: Bill OHare. director
of advertising, publicity and promotion;
Ashley Boone, director of international advertising,
publicity, exploitation, and Richard
Connell. executive for creative affairs.
Calvo of Universal Starts
Latin-American Tour
Nl \\ ^ORK Orlando Calvo. vicepresident
and foreign general manager of
Universal International Films, started a
series of meetings with the company's
managers, distributors and key exhibitors in
Latin America in two stages last week.
Calvo will return to New York in mid-
May following stops in Trinidad. Jamaica,
the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
The second phase will take him on a swing
through South America.
In each territory Calvo will meet with the
company's managers and key exhibitors, as
well as local press represeniati\es.
Over 1.500 to Attend
Lab Technician Tribute
M \V >(.)RK More than I. .'^00 induslr\iles
\mII allend the Motion Picture and
Television Industries Tribute to the l.abora-
Iviry Technician at the Hilton Hotel in New
York on .Saturdav (18). it was announced
by co-chairmen C. W. "Chuck" Vitello.
president of Local 702 of the Motion Picture
Laboratory Technicians, and G. Carleton
Hunt, president of De Luxe-General
l.aKiratories.
Tribute coincides with the 30th anniversary
of Motion Picture Laboraiorv Technicians
Local 702.
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PHILADELPHIA
Ilarry Schmerling, Paramount area exploiteer.
and his wife are on a iwo-wcck
vacation in Jamaica . . . Bill n\bicky, Buena
Vista booker, is back alter a week's vacation.
Al Plough, manager of the RKO-Staniey
Warner Center Theatre, was taken to Lankenau
Hospital after suffering a stroke
Wednesday (1).
Dave Holt, manager of Cinema 19, said
Louise Vanett will be the group sales representative
for United Artists" "Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang." booked to open December 19
as the new theatre's first hard-ticket attraction
... Ed Hitner, assistant chief of service
at Cinema 19. and Paula White plan to be
married in September.
Eddie Larson, Universal e.xploiteer, said
a successor still is being sought for booker's
stenographer Claire Collins, who resigned to
accompany her husband to a new position
in Frederick. Md.
Pat Brennan and Max Miller. UA staffers,
observed back-to-back birthdays. Miller had
his birthday Wednesday (1), and she was 21
Friday (3).
Vince Olanin, former manager of the
Lane Theatre, has taken over the management
of the Eric. Rittenhouse Square, a unit
of the Sameric circuit.
David L. VVolper, producer of UA's "The
Devil's Brigade." was in town to publicize
the June release.
BALTIMORE
J^lbert Zlatin, Tent 19 assistant chief barker,
has proposed placing 30 Wishing
Wells around the city, with this sign: "Make
the wish of a handicapped child come true."
George Brehm. Westview Cinema general
manager, reports the Wishing Well at his
house is receiving excellent response from
the
public.
Arthur Politz, Reisterstown Plaza Theatre
manager, said his daughter Jenifer will be
wed to Roland Kolmar Sunday (26).
Malo Reopens Remodeled
Rialto, Monticello, N.Y.
MONTICELLO, N.Y.— Malo Theatres
reopened the newly remodeled Rialto Theatre
here on April 30. Marvin Taubman
and Harry Pear of the National Theatre Supply's
New York City branch worked with
architect Edward Mallia in supervising the
design and modernization of this theatre.
The 900-seat theatre is equipped with
Simplex projectors, a Technikote screen and
American Seating Bodiform chairs. Manhoff
Studios supplied and installed the gold
wall draperies and front curtain. Alteration
to marquee and attraction sign was done by
Jack Spero of Long Island Neon Sign Co.
PITTSBURGH
tent theatre is to be
J^
opened at the Sheraton
Motor Inn near the South Hills
Village . West View Park Drive-ln
has reopened for the season.
Gabe Rubin, in the entertainment field
here all of his business life as an indoor and
outdoor theatre owner, as well as the legitimate
theatre, lost several hundred dollars
in his venture into basketball, but produced
the ABA championship team, the Pittsburgh
Pipers. The Shapiro brothers are associated
with him in
the Pipers.
The Silver Lake Drive-In, a Rubin operation
many years, will be torn down, with the
1 5-acre site chosen for an upcoming park
project by the Business and Job Development
Corp.
Jacob Rosenberg, 80, in years past conductor
of the orchestra at the old Aldine
Theatre at Nixon, died Friday (3) of injuries
suffered in an apartment fire several weeks
earlier.
James Gould Elected Director
NEW YORK—James F. Gould, president
of Radio City Music Hall, was elected a
director of the Avenue of the Americas
Ass'n at the organization's annual membership
meeting held this week at the Hilton
Hotel.
ALBANY
pal Lamb, Altec representative, who moved
to Schenectady from Washington after
the retirement of Jack Darrow, received a
card from the latter, who now is in retirement
on "Care Free St." in Venice, Fla. Jim
Eves of Newark is the Altec district chief.
Howard Goldstein aimed for a June 15
premiere of the Route 7 Cinema in a new
shopping center on the Troy-Schenectady
Road. He originally had hoped to open the
first-rim 600-seater at Easter. Albany Theatre
Supply Co. holds the contract for installation
of Century Projection and other
equipment. American Sealing Co. is chairing
the house designed by Peter Seidner, Latham
architect. Goldstein also operates the Glen
and Fort Dix drive-ins. Glen Falls, Fort
George in Lake George Village and the General
Warren in Castleton, Vt. He also runs
a buying-booking service from Schenectady.
Frank Dean, who operated the old
Manchester,
Playhouse, now
with several
Vt.,
New Jersey theatres
is associated
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,
Jacobs, Columbia auditor, visited the Albany
exchange.
Columbia was seeking a secretary to succeed
Judy Lewis of Troy who married Lawrence
Currier . . . John E. McGrath jr. of
Albany Theatre Supply Co. flew to Ft. Ord,
Calif., for two weeks' duty as an Army reservist
. . . Alan Jones, who managed the
Park in Cobleskill, is now selling Moore
business forms.
Daphne Weinstein, daughter of Ben Reznick,
present lessee of the Park and operator
of other theatres, scheduled a trip to Israel
with her husband Merv after he completes
studies for a master's degree in architecture.
He works in New York.
Al La Bounty, who with his wife operates
the 250-seat Cinema at Manchester, Vt., 50
miles from here, was a visitor to Filmrow.
He has been connected with exhibition in
Vermont more than 40 years. He worked the
first sound picture, Al Jolson's "The Jazz
Singer." at the General Harte Theatre in
Bennington. Vt.. when he was 15.
Milt Levins, Warner Bros.-? Arts salesman,
was in the city and called on Leon
Back, general manager, and Edward Kimpel,
buyer-booker, Rome Theatres.
Irwin Cohen of R/C Enterprises was in
Philadelphia on business . Cohen of
the Cohen circuit was touring his theatres
in a four-state area.
Wilbur Brizendine, Schwaber Theatres
general manager, is back from his two-week
Caribbean vacation.
William Mohr, Apex Theatre manager,
says the new adult policy, seven-day run,
is doing well at his house . . . Mickey
Hendricks, owner of the Horn Theatre, reports
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NORTH JERSEY
pollowing the closing last month of RKO-
SW's Proctor's Theatre in Newark,
district manager Paul Jefferies. who managed
Proctor's, has been transferred to the
RKO Albee Theatre in Brooklyn. Succeeding
Jefferies in the Newark area is John Stanek.
with the Stanley Warner organization more
than 25 years and manager of its Branford
in Newark since 1948. He had also managed
the Fabian. Hoboken. and Stanley. Jersey
City, at various times, for SW. Stanek now
assumes control of the Branford. Union in
Union and Sanford in Irvington, with headquarters
at the Sanford. There he will be
assisted by Carol Wyskoi.
Succeeding Stanek at the Branford is
Gene Underwood, former manager of the
Bushwick in Brooklyn, which RKO also
closed last month.
Assistant managers at Proctor's in Newark
also were reassigned after that closing. Veteran
Marge Wall has been transferred to the
Hollywood in East Orange, where she will
work with RKO-SW district manger Vince
The new manager ol W; Rcade-'
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As a screen game,
HOLLYWOOD takes top
honors. As a box-office
week (8), a Swedish import made by the
producers of "I, a Woman." In connection
teni.
with this, Lisbeth Lindeberg. who stars in
The marriage of Elizabeth Saragoy to
the film, appeared at the nearby Fair Lawn
Simon H. Fabian, president of the Stanley
Warner Corp.. was announced. Mrs. Abrams
is the widow of the former president and
Rotary Club.
Daniel Yacono, manager of the independent
Mayfair in West New York, announced
controlling stockholder of Emerson Radio
that his theatre had a matinee
and
Saturday
Television
(11)
Corp. On their return from a
sponsored by the Police Benevolent Ass'n.
wedding trip to the West Coast and Hawaii.
in conjunction with National Police
Mr. and Mrs.
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Fabian will live in New York.
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Woodbridge Theatre in Woodbridge. is Ben
Ratlin, who hails from Milwaukee. He succeeds
Harry Klein, who had opened the
newest Reade location last month and now
has returned to his post at the Community
in Morristown. Assisting Katlin is Kay
Tceple, former cashier and assistant seven
years at Reade's Majestic at Perth Amboy.
Thieves broke into the manager's office at
UA's Cinema 46 in Tontowa and made off
with the office safe containing several hundred
dollars in cash. The safe eventually was
found by police several miles from the theatre,
but there has been no trace of the
thieves. The burglary occurred while the
Theatre was closed, and was discovered the
next morning by Manager Dorothy Manley.
The Fahian in Hoboken, closed by Stanley
Warner in 1965. has been sold to an
undisclosed source through Kislak Realty,
according to attorney Joseph Palladino. The
sale includes four apartment buildings adjoining
the theatre. The premises are to be
vacated by July 1 and the building will he
torn down.
The Queen Anne Theatre, Bogota, owned
and operated by Richard Feinstein. held the
American premiere of "I. a Nobleman" last
Ligouri. Evening assistant Al Spychalski has
been assigned to the Wellmont in Montclair.
where he will serve under Manager Ed Mol-
Fabian Theatres has moved its home
office from New York to 190 Moore Street
in
Huckensack. N.J.
"The Graduate" has been held over a 14th
week at RKO-SW's Millburn Theatre in
Millburn. where it is breaking all hou.se
records, according to Manager Fred Dressel.
Also continuing strong is "Gone With the
Wind." now in its 21st week of reserved
seats at Cinerama's Clairidge in Montclair.
The operating license of the Lincoln in
Union City, an RKO-SW house, was temporarily
revoked by the city, following the
opening there of "Carmen. Baby." Manager
Norman Greenbcrg was served a summons
by city officials on opening day. and the
theatre subsequently closed. It remained
closed the following day. pending a hearing
in court. The film had been shown in several
other North Jersey locations without interruption.
RKO-SW's Branford in Newark will fealiirc
the closed circuit telecast of the
liuli.inapclis 500 Race Memorial Day. Seats
;irc priced at $5.50.
George l.obianco, 47. a member of the
Union County Theatre Projectionists local,
died following a lengthy illness. He had been
at the Union Theatre in Union for a number
BUFFALO
gidney J. Cohen, New York State N.ATO
president, plans to fly to Hollywood
Thursday (16) to visit the studios and arrange
for the preview of a new picture at
his group's state convention August 12-15
at Kaimesha Lake. From California he will
stop at Scottsdale, Ariz., for NATO directors'
meeting.
Richard Aaron, second assistant chief
barker of Tent 7; James J. Hayes, past chief
barker, and Alex Lebovitz, also a member
of the tent, signed up for the Advertising
Club's cruise to the Bigwin Inn at the Lakes
of Bays. Canada, June 5-9.
The first of the free film shows in the
Loew's Buffalo, Century and Center theatres
attracted capacity crowds. The merchant-sponsored
shows are being held each
Wednesday through May.
Roland A. Gardinier, who used to be the
theatre ad contact for the Evening News,
now retired, operating an antique business—the
Connoisseur— in Lancaster, N.Y.
Jerry George, National Theatre Supply
branch manager, returned from a visit to
his home office in Paramus. N.J.
The annual Movies on a Shoestring was
held Saturday (4) in the Eastridge High
.School Auditorium in Rochester. There were
14 productions from amateur filmmakers,
with about two hours needed for the screenings.
.Admission was free.
Ike Ehrlichman, Universal branch chief,
tradcscrcencd "Boom" Tuesday evening (7)
in the Operators screening room.
Mike Klein, Warner Bros.-7 Arts exchange
boss, reports Neil Kerness, a student
salesman, has joined the staff . . . Ralph J.
lannuzzi, eastern sales manager, and Jules
Lapidus, eastern division manager of WB-7
.Arts, visited the local branch office.
Dick Richman, MGM fieldman. was in
town to help Carl Schaner. managing director
of United .Artists' Century Theatre, to
set up a campaign for "A Stranger in Town.
Two Dipson houses, the Towne in suburban
Lackawanna and the Colvin at nearby
Kenmore. held special matinees for women
and senior citizens Wednesday (I), with
admission 75 cents. Gerald Westergren. ad
chief, said the gross was "excellent." The
Towne featured "The Fall of the Roman
Empire" and the Colvin. "No Way to Treat
a Lady."
Lou Levitch. managing directi>r of Cinema
I and II. is holding "bargain matinees"
at both auditoriums Monday through Friday,
with admission 60 cents from 1 :30 to
2 p.m. 'In the Heat of the Night" is at
Cinema I and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
at Cinema II.
Janet Landgard. 18-year-old Pasadena.
Calif., beauty, makes her film debui in
( olumbia's "The Swimmer. '"
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BOXOFFICE :: May 1.1. 1968

dDLLYWOn
Writers to Consider
New Amendment
HOI 1 ^ WOOD - One ol llic lough
clauses ill iIk" iicu uiilcrs contract will pos-
Mln affect runaway production from regular
CLiiiers such as New York, Hollywood and
Chicago. At their meeting Tuesday (14)
members will be asked to approve an amendment
calling for a fine if they work or sell
material to anyone not already signed to the
Writers Guild basic agreement.
Another important amendment will call
for a Si
AND VIEWS OF THE PRODUCTION
million strike fund to be raised during
the next two years to prepare for trouble
when the 1970 negotiations with the producers
get under way. The temporary assessment
of one-quarter of one per cent, which
has been levied, will be made permament.
As the writers raised the initiation fee to
S200 from $50. the committee cited other
union fees for similar guilds. There are
52.000 for admission to the Directors Guild
of America: $250 for the Producers Guild
and $200 to get into the Screen Actors
Guild.
One of the topical notes in the Newsletter
of the Writers Guild of America West, covered
the workshop of April 15. This was
addressed by Richard Brooks. He presented
excerpts from his and Truman Capote"s "In
Cold Blood," with a discussion on the film
and its intent.
Brooks said the picture would have difficulty
in breaking even financially because,
as he put it. today's middle-class audience
does not want to become involved in anything
that calls for it to make a judgment.
He also said "In the Heat of the Night"
would have been more successful at the boxoffice
if the audience had not been shocked
back to reality by the sight of Sidney Poitier
slapping a white man.
A chart kept by the Writers Guild, headed
"number of writers employed," showed
in February that 197 writers were engaged
in scripting features, while television writers
penning for the small screen numbered 410.
OMU Sets 'Halo Awards'
For May 28 at Luncheon
LOS ANGHLHS — A "Halo Awardsluncheon
will be held Tuesday (28) in the
Beverly Hilton Hotel to honor the 1967-
1968 nominees of the Operation Moral Upgrade
organization. The yearly meeting presents
the group's nominations for its own
award winners in
motion pictures.
(Hollywood OHice—6331 Hollywood Blvd. Room 709 Phone HO 5-1186)
Rosemarie Markgraf Tours
West for Movie Talks
PARK C n ^ .
UTAH— louring the Western
states where she addressed several women's
clubs. Rosemarie Markgraf, community
relations associate of the Motion Picture
Ass'n of America, participated in the fifth
"Panel on Movies" at the Utah Federation
of Women's Clubs here.
Also participating in the panel was Morris
Murphy, a member of the MPAA Code
of Self-Regulation in Hollywood; John
Krier. \ ice-president and general manager
of Interniountain Theatres in Salt Lake
City, and Mrs. Thomas R. Houde, national
communications chairman. General Federation
of Women's Clubs, who chaired the discussion.
About 150 clubwomen were told the importance
of being better informed about the
content of motion pictures today, in order
to better select the films for themselves and
their
families.
Miss Markgraf ended her tour of the
northwestern states when she addressed 250
clubwomen Saturday (4) at the Montana
Federation of Women's Clubs state convention
in Bozeman. Mont.
MPTRF Awards Given
To Employes of Studios
HOLLYWOOD—Gregory Peck was the
presenter at the Motion Picture and Television
Relief Fund appreciation awards function
Friday (3) at the Motion Picture Country
House and Hospital's Louis B. Mayer
Theatre.
Awards were given to data processing and
payroll personnel of 31 studios, labs and independent
production units. Following the
awards, recipients had luncheon at the Country
House and then took a tour of the
Woodland Hills facility's new hospital wings
and the Goldwyn Plaza.
Benefits Reach New High
To Industry's Retired
HOLLYWOOD — A new high was
reached in the number of beneficiaries and
benefits paid out under the Motion Picture
Industry Pension Plan Wednesday (1), when
4,006 retirees received $699,500 in payments,
according to a report to Pension Plan
board chairman John Buchanan by administrator
Mark Bushner. The new figure will
bring total benefits paid out since Jan. 1.
I960, to $31,438,095.
Film Academy Names
Nominees to Board
HOLLYWOOD— The sl.ite of nominees
from which 13 members will be elected to
the 1968-69 board of governors of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
was announced by Gregory Peck, president.
One governor will be elected for a two-year
term for each of the 13 Academy branches.
Those nominated and their branch classifications
are:
Acforo—Richard Crcnno, Ricardo Monta Eds—
J, J. Cohn, M. 1. Fronkovich, N.
mend O'Brien, Gregory Peck.
Joseph Ross, Robert M. Weitman.
Art Directors— Henry Groce, Edith Head, William
R. Kiernan, Carl Milliken, Walter M. Scott.
Cinematographers— Charles G. Clorke, Linwood G.
Dunn, Farciot Edouort, Winton C. Hoch, Arthur C.
Miller.
Directors— Frank Copra, Ralph Ne'son, Mark Rob
son, Elliot Silversfein.
Executives—Herb Joffe, Raymond A. Klune, M.
Milo Mandel, Geoffrey Shurlock.
Film editors— Rudi A. Fehr, William W. Hornbeck,
Robert Swink, Walter A. Thompson.
Mus.c— Jeff Alexander, Elmer Bernstein, Jack
Brooks, Herschel Burke Gilbert.
Producers— Robert Arthur, Julian C. Blousfein, Walter
M. Mirisch, Joe Pasternok.
Public relations—Max Bercutt, Horry Brand, Edward
J. Fischer, Edward Lawrence, Maurice Segal.
Short subjects—Abe Levitow, Rosemary O'Connor,
Pete Smith, Harry Tytle.
Sound— Fred Hynes, Joseph Kelly, Franklin E. Milten,
Herbert W Pongborn.
Writers— Edward Anhalt, Hal Kanter, Daniel Taradash,
James R. Webb.
Ballots were mailed April 30. To be valid,
they had to be received by Price Waterhouse
& Co., which tabulates all votes, by 5 p.m.
Friday (10).
The board of governors is comprised of
26 elected members, two from each of the
13 branches. Bylaws call for the nomination
by each branch of not less than four nor
more than seven candidates. Members of
each branch vote only on nominees for their
own branch.
Hold-over members of the present board
are: Macdonald Carey (actors), Steve Broidy
(administrators), Alexander Golitzen (art directors),
Hal Mohr (cinematographers), Robert
E. Wise (directors), Charles Boren (executives),
William H. Reynolds (film editors),
Bronislau Kaper (music), Arthur Freed (producers).
Jack Atlas (public relations), Hal
Elias (short subjects), Waldon O. Watson
(sound) and Julius J.
Epstein (writers).
Zeitlin to Make 'Friends'
HOLLYWOOD—The former Life magazine
West Coast editor David Zeitlin. who
was signed by Universal under a producer
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contract will make a film titled "Friends."
which is based on Zeitlin's original idea. Bill
Gunn has been signed to write the screenplay.

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Hollywood
Happenings
QOLDEN GLOBE awards by the Hollywood
Foreign Press were identical with
the Oscars in four out of five categories,
while last year six major awards by the
Academy were matched with five Golden
Globes.
Robert Aldrich's picture "The Killing of
Sister George." which is being made for
ABC-Palomar Productions, is based on the
Broadway play.
•
Columbia's Studio Club members added
up a total of 99 years of service to the company
by three veteran employes— Everett
Walsh. Charles Granucci and Wayne West
—when they held a retirement party.
Producer Aubrey Schenck opened a new
production office in New York.
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E. I.. "Eddie" Stone, MGM superintendent
of construction, retired after 50 years
in the industry. He started with .Samuel
Goldwyn in 1918.
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l.loyd Bridges' son Beau has been signed
for a starring role in "Gaily, Gaily," the
story of a young man's loss of innocence in
the .sprawling Chicago of the 'Hh. The Ben
Hecht story was scripted by Abrani S.
Ginncs for United Artists release.
John Prizer has joined Jalem as executive
assistant to Gordon Carroll.
Bruce Bernhard of Rogers, Cowan &
Brenner became the father of a child April
21 at .St. John's Hospital. Santa Monica.
Bernhard and his wife Leslie, both from
Syracuse, N.Y.. were graduated from Syracuse
University.
•
Members of the 1 riars Club ol California
got a preview of the new Bob Hope-Phyllis
Diller comedy. "The Private Navy of Sgt.
O'Farrell." when they were hosted April 26
by John Berck. the producer, at the Academy
Theatre.
*
William Fadiman, former 7 Arts vicepresident,
now producer for Warner Bros. -7
Arts, had an article. "The State of Hollywood
1968 " in the April 28 issue of the Los
Angeles Times. He analyzed the problems
facing the industry.
*
The commercial division of VVB-7 Arts
completed a I.S-minutc cartoon for Lockheed
of California, titled "Is This Mission
F»ossible?" This is a presentation film for the
company's new Cheyenne helicopter. Bill L.
Hendricks produced.
*
.Sixty-five Hollywood technicians flew to
Hazelton, Pa., to shoot Martin Ritt's "The
Molly Maguires." the story of the early labor
unions. There are 141 studio workers on the
job for ten weeks of filming in the coal re-
gions of Pennsylvania on the Martin Ritt-
Walter Bernstein picture,
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TTie American Cinema Editors' invitational
eighth annual "Happening" golf tournament
will be held July 20 at the Ojai Valley
Inn. Victor Lewis is tournament chairman.
This year's competition will
feature celebrity
golfers in addition to ACE members and
their families. All entry fee donations will
go to the Motion Picture Country Home.
Acres Drive-In Receives
Phoenix Scenic Award
I'HOF^MX—The Acres Dnve-ln has recei\cil
an award for enhancing the appearance
and beauty of its area. Valley beauty
spots are designated annually by a committee
of civic leaders in Phoenix.
This year the drive-in was chosen to be
honored, along with the center-campus mall
at Arizona State University, the landscaping
of Murphy Park, the architecture of the private
Brophy College Preparatory School and
the gardens of the exclusive, high-income
Colonia Miramonte residential area. Presentation
of the valley beautiful awards was
made at a ceremony in the Camelback Inn.
The Acres is operated by Pacific Drive-In
Theatres. Otto Kammer is the district manager
for the circuit and Ernie Silva is the
resident manager.
Herbert Rosener Is Dead;
Exhibitor, Distributor
HOLI.VWOOIJ— Hcrbcrl Rosener. 71.
pioneer in the distributing and exhibition of
imported films, died .Saturday (4). He had
undergone surgery in Mt. Zion Hospital in
San Francisco, and was at home recuperating.
Rosener was the founder and president
of Herbert Rosener Co. He was the owner
of the Clay Larkin Music Hall Theatre in
San Francisco and also had three theatres
in Los Angeles. He headquartered in San
Francisco.
.Services were held Monday (6). He leaves
his wife Lillian and a daughter Helene.
Raymond Syufy to Head
12th Frisco Film Festival
SAN IRANCISC O — The 12th annual
San Francisco International Film Festival
will open in the .Masonic Auditorium October
24. and close November 3.
Raymond Syufy, president of a local circuit,
was appointed by Mayor Joseph Alioto
as general chairman of this year's event. He
said the basically noncompetitive event will
follow the successful format instituted by
the Chamber of Commerce when it took
over the festival in 1965 on a three-year
commitment.
Syufy also announced the formation of a
new nonprofit corporation, the San Francisco
Council for Performing Arts.
Hour of the Wolf" is a I.opert release
decadent aristocrj
land i>ll the
NGC Breaks Ground
For Ventura Theatre
\LNTLRA. CALII .—Ground-breakmg
ceremonies here Tuesday (7) heralded start
of construction of National General Corp.'s
new 918-seat Fox Ventura Theatre.
The de luxe showplace, part of a 100-
theatre multi-million-dollar expansion program
spearheaded by Eugene V. Klein, president,
marks the company's second new theatre
to be built in the fast-growing Ventura
County. NGC's first theatre, the Conejo in
Thousand Oaks, was opened in 1963.
Company officials taking part in the festivities
at the site at Mills Road and Maple
Street across the street from the Buenaventura
Plaza Shopping Center here, included
William H. Thedford, vice-president and director
of theatre operations: Gerald Polone,
director of real estate; Ernest Sturm, assistant
director of theatre operations: William
Hertz. Pacific Coast division manager, and
Robert W. Cottom. district manager.
The showplace will be equipped with the
newest projection processes, including stereophonic
and transistorized sound and wideangle
screen. Scientifically
controlled refrigerated
air-conditioning and heating and
American Seating Bodiform chairs will be
provided to add to the comfort of patrons.
Ultra-modern in design, the estimated cost
of the theatre is $500,000. It will be operated
by Fox West Coast Theatres and is
scheduled to open in October.
Universal City Holds
Senior Citizens Week
Hollywood— Universal City Studios Tour
held its annual Senior Citizens Week (6-12).
when the elder visitors were given an opportunity
to share in the glamor and excitement
of a motion picture studio at specially
reduced rates.
Senior citizens were treated to a liveaction
stunt show, an animal show performed
on "Ma and Pa Kettle's Farm" and a
GlamorTram trip through many sets of popular
television shows.
MPTRF Receives $5,000
llol I Ihc \UMion Picture and
TeicMsion Relief Fund has received a S5.000
bequest from the estate of Antonio Moreno.
In addition, substantial amounts have been
given the fund by the Lita and Morton
Heller Foundation and the Hollvwood Turf
Club.
Set for Albuquerque
AI BUQUFRQUF—A special three-day
booking of "Marat Sade" has been set at the
I.OOO-scat Hiland Theatre in Albuquerque
starting Tuesday (14). Matinees are slated
each of the days, with aflernv>on tickets
priced at S 1 .50 and evening performances
at $1.75.
Cornel Wilde has been signed by Columbia
to produce and direct "The Raging Sea"
as his next independent production.
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display man. making up fronts and handling
dispays for seven indoor houses operated
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lorally.
He worked for Interstate five years, until
Word War II came along. Then he went
into a California defense plant. He came
back in 1944 to Kirtiand Air Force Base and
started part-time for Albuquerque theatres.
It was during the fi\e-year 'tint that he
erected the first "Gone Whh the Wind" sign.
He recalls the fi!m played to near-capacit\
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Back in 19.19 he put up a special display
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Holder, now a full-time employe at nearby
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He first got interested in the theatre business
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SEATTLE
^Jary O'Hearn. C oliimhia cashier, retired
Friday (3) . . . Jack Hamaker. Cine
ruma Theatre manager, reports that "Thoi
oughly Modern Millie" will end Sund.i>
(26), with "2001: A Space Odyssey" to open
three days later (29). A special showing of
the science-fiction picture will be held Tuesday
night (28), sponsored by the Pacific
Science Center.
J. \V. Spear, Warner Bros. -7 Arts branch
boss, was in Kansas City for a regional company
sales meeting.
Visitors to Filmrow included Glenn Spencer
and Sid Dean. Tacoma; Lloyd Honey,
Sunnyside. who showed his blueprints for
his planned indoor-outdoor theatre, the first
of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, and
Clyde Dunn of the Liberty and Dickon.
Wapalo.
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finion|> the celebrities here for the \ariety
Clubs International 41st annual convention
was Vincent Price, whose latest Edgar
Allan Poe characterization. "The Conqueror
Worm." bowed Thursday (9) at the
Royal Sunset Drive-In and downtown King
Theatre. The American International Pictures
release also will go into general distribution
this month.
Marc Towers, erstwhile film-television actor,
has reopened his make-up box for the
role of Jean-Paul Marat in the local Mallory
Players production of "Marat/Sade" at
the Tennev Theatre.
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First Runs in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — New openers were
scarce and slow among local first-run theatres,
but long-running holdovers continued
to rake in the shekels at the boxoflices. "The
Graduate." in its 2()th week at the Four Star,
continued to pace the city with 720 per cent,
and better than threc-times-average business
was scored by the sixth week of "Planet of
the Apes" at the Beverly, the 2()th week of
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" at the
Village and the fifth week of "2001: A Space
Odyssey" at Warner's Hollywood.
(Average Is 100)
Acodcmy, Worrcn— Guns tar Son Sebastian
(MGM) 100
Beverly—Plonef o» the Apes (20lh-Fox), 6th wk. 350
Brum— The Porty lUA), 4th wk 210
Corthoy Circle— Gone With the Wind (MGM),
30lh wk 200
Century Ptcfatr—Closely Wotchcd Troins
(Sigma III). Ilth wk 125
Chncsc— No Way to Trent a Lady (Poro),
5th wk 110
Cinerama—Comelot (WB-7A), 27th wk 130
Crest- The Fo» fCloridqc), 12th wk 230
Fine Arts Poor Cow iNGP), 7th wk 160
Four Star The Groduote (Embossy), ..720
20th wk.
Egyptian Blue Parai 65
El Key Here Wc Go Round the Mulberry Bush
'>tl, (Lopcrt v.l 75
Granocio The Producers 290
Embossy), 6th wk
Ins, L; Fever Heot (Para) 65
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Lido— Elvira Modigon Cnemo V), 11th wk 230
LoeWs Doctor OoliHIc i20th-Fox), 20th wk 75
New View, State Bonnie ond Clyde (WB-7A),
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Bmerican International Pictures executive
contingent, headed hy board chairman
Samuel Z. Arkoff and president James
Nicholson, accompanied by l.eon P.
senior vice-president of sales and
distribution: David J. Melamed, senior vice-
president of finance, and Milton Moritz.
vice-president of national advertising and
publicity, attended the Variety Clubs International
convention hosted by lent 50 in
Fred Baum, director of studio publicity
for Cinema Center Films, the CBS Films
production division, wed Carole Findley of
Los Angeles Sunday (12) in Cliffside Park.
N.J. The bride was the secretary to Saul
David, producer. The couple will live in Los
Angeles.
Barbara Dye. founder of the
Honolulu. AlP hosted the first-day luncheon.
Hollywood-
Iais Angeles WOMPI. was honored in a surprise
birthday luncheon in the Sheraton Wilshire
Hotel. Betty Tracy and her husband,
Co-WOMPI James Tracy, hosted the party,
which was attended by a group of charter
members.
Richard Colbert has been named vicepresident
of western sales by Four Star Entertainment
Corp. Prior to joining Four Star
six years ago as western division manager,
Colbert was associated with Screen Gems as
Midwest sales chief. Before that he was with
Universal Pictures as branch manager in
Seattle and Portland.
Jules Gerelick, sales manager of Crown
International Pictures, who returned from a
swing to distributors in the Midwest, left to
visit Favorite Film offices in Salt Lake City,
Denver, Seattle and San Francisco.
Bill ScholL ad-head and promotion supervisor
of the United Artists exchange, advises
that the company's largest advance campaign
was launched for the Christmas release-Los
Angeles opening of "Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang" which will premiere at the Chinese
Theatre.
Salvador Galvan and his wife, owners of
the Ezteca Theatre in San Bernardino, were
picking up window cards and heralds at the
Acorn Press.
Harry Goldstone of Goldstone Enterprises.
New York, was here conferring with
Jack Sherriff. branch manager of Manhattan
Films, regarding upcoming product.
Producer Robert Fryer arrived from London,
where he is producing "The Prime of
Miss Jean Brodie" for 20th-Fox. to supervise
the editing of the company's "Boston
Strangler."
Producer Sj Bartlett and director Richard
Fleischer off for a locations search for
"Che." 20th-Fox's forthcoming drama based
on the life of the notorious rL-\oliilionist
killed in Bolivia last year.
Producer Hall Bartlett was the featured
speaker at the Professional Photographers
West convention Sunday (12). Manuela
Thiess, who stars in Bartlett's film
"Changes," was the subject of discussion at
the convention, via her photographs.
Jack Lloyd, formerly with Norman Granz
Productions, has joined American Productions,
headed by Nick Grille. He will function
in a newly created post of promotionproduction
supervisor.
Clark Ramsay, MGM vice-president of
the studio, left for meetings in New York
with president Robert H. O'Brien.
Stirling Silliphant has added an Edgar to
his Oscar for his screenplay "In the Heat
of the Night." The Edgar is presented annually
by the Mystery Writers Ass'n of
America.
Joe Solomon, executive producer of "The
Name of the Game Is Kill!" announced the
picture will open a multiple run in 200 theatres
in the United States Wednesday (29).
following the world premiere in Toronto
(17).
Jimmie Sherman, 23-year-old member of
the Watts Writers Workshop and currently
employed at Universal as a writer, has been
awarded a $200 honorarium by Columbia
College in Chicago for his contributions to
the inner-city theatre.
Gene Kelly, currently directing "Hello,
Dolly!" at 20th-Fox, has donated his entire
collection, dating back more than 25 years.
of special papers, scripts, still photos and
memorabilia to Boston University.
Billy Fine, former Columbia booker,
opened up an independent distribution office
with Paul Hunt and Edward De Priest,
called Canyon-3 Distributors. The first summer
release will be "Safari." The office is at
1138 N. LaBrea.
SAN FRANCISCO
KTurray Lafayette, northern California publicity
and advertising manager of United
Artists, handled the arrangements for the
premiere of "Yours. Mine and Ours" at the
Cinema 70 Theatre in Monterey. Kirke
Erskine of Kindar Theatres and Buddy
Young of United Artists. Los Angeles, assisted
in the arrangements. Also on hand
for the premiere were producer Bob Blumoff
and his wife; Lucille Ball and her husband
and United Artists San Francisco branch
manager, Ralph Clark and his wife. The Del
Monte Lodge hosted a buffet supper following
the showing of the picture.
Jack Valle, president of Valle Film Enterprises,
is now settled in his new office on the
second floor of the American International
Pictures building at 251 Hyde St. Valle has
expanded into the distribution and public relations
field.
Roy Cooper's testimonial luncheon at the
Hilton Hotel was a success, with more than
300 people on hand. The motion picture industry
honored Cooper for his many years
of service. He has retired as president of
NATO of Northern California. He held the
post six consecutive years.
John Olds of MGM was elected president
of the local Colosseum of Motion Picture
Salesmen. Stu Klein of Columbia was reelected
secretary-treasurer.
East Bay Motion Picture & TV Council
held its annual essay contest. The subject
was "A Story I Would Like to See Made
Into a Motion Picture and Why." Any high
school pupil could enter the competition.
Mrs. R. C. Buice was chairman.
Leon Lesbille is the new manager of the
Lorenzo Theatre in San Lorenzo. The house
is operated by United Artists Theatres. He
worked at the Tower Theatre in Klamath
Falls. Ore., for Richard Mann. He also
worked at the Roxy Theatre in Santa Rosa,
Calif., for Dave Bolton.
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Qscar Galanter, MGM booker, has been
hospitalized for checkups . . . Lowell
Cain. Silver Sky Vu Drive-ln. Silver City,
N.M., also is a hospital patient, with his
wife Winifred managing the business during
his absence.
United Artists home office executive Carl
Olson was in town conferring with John
Dobson and Ronnie Giseburt . . . Ex-Denverite
Jules Needleman was in town to set
dates on "I, a Woman" and "Carmen. Baby."
Sandra Steerman is the new secretary for
Batter Booking Service. She worked at
American International Pictures prior to her
leaving several years ago. but she couldn't
slay away from the business.
Condolences to Fred and Helen Campbell,
Roxy Theatre. Trenton, Neb., on the death
of their son James, who had been stationed
in
Vietnam.
George Hyde, manager of the Lincoln
Theatre. Cheyenne. Wyo., narrowly missed
serious injury, when his airplane crashed
while landing at the Cheyenne Airport. He
and his three passengers suffered injuries
when a gust of wind overturned the craft as
they were coming in
for a landing.
The Rocky Mountain Motion Picture
Ass'n Fun Jamboree will be held Tuesday
and Wednesday (21-22). The affair opens
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while the wives will have a night out at the
Diplomat Hotel with a guest speaker and
entertainment. The second day will feature
a golf tournament at Park Hill Country
Club, with a dinner-dance to follow. Tickets
are priced at S30 a couple. They can be obtained
from Filmrow personnel.
Chari Fish, booker's stenographer at 20th
Century-Fox. wins, hands down, as the industry's
most consistent moviegoer. In addition
to viewing her own company's product,
she has managed to see "Gone With the
Wind" ten times.
Lester Uollison will reopen the Gila Theatre
in Silver City, N.M. The house had been
operated by Lowell Cain who closed it about
a month ago. The reopening will be set
after
the installation of new seating and projection
equipment. Dollison also operates the
Starlighter Drivc-ln in Silver City, in addition
to theatres in Espanola, Santa Rosa and
.Socorro, N.M.
In town to huddle with the distributors
were Dick Klein. Trojan Theatre, Longmoni;
Don Smith and Carl Leese. Palm Theatre.
Bayard. Neb.: Bob Heyl, Wyoming
Theatre. Torrington. Wyo.; Howard Campbell,
Wcstland Theatres. Colorado Springs,
and J. K. Powell. Cliff Theatre. Wrav.
New Multi-Purpose Office
For Majestic in Abilene
ABILENE. TEX.—Charles Wolfe, manager
of the Majestic Theatre, has completed
construction of a combination private and
business office in the theatre building.
Wolfe told the Evening Reporter-News
thai the office, occupying space formerly
used by the Little Book Store and later by
the Paperback Book Store. 265 Cypress St..
will be used by him to handle the business
of theatre construction, as a private office
and as a place to sell advance tickets to roadshows
booked for the Majestic.
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Driver for Bonnie. Clyde
Sues Warner Bros.-7 Arts
From Southweitern Edition
HOUSTON—W. D. Jones, a driver for
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow for eight
months, has filed a SI 75.000 damage suit
in civil district court here against Warner
Bros.-? Arts, distributors of the movie "Bonnie
and Clyde."
The petition was filed in Judge Arthur
Lesher's court and said that Jones, an unemployed
truck driver, was portrayed in the
film by actor C. W. Moss as a willing and
sadistic partner in the illegal and deadly acts
of Bonnie and Clyde; whereas, in fact, he
tried to escape several times. He is the only
living member of the trio shown in the film.
The film, according to the suit, "maligned
and brought shame and disrepute" on Jones
in that it showed him acting as a traitor to
Bonnie and Clyde by betraying them to law
officers and helping ambush and kill the
pair.
"In fact he did nothing of the kind or anything
even closely resembling such an act of
treachery." the petition stated.
The petition further claims that the "acts,
the escapades and the memoirs" of Jones
were appropriated by Warner Bros.-? .Arts
to their own use without the consent or
knowledge of Jones and without compensation
to him and that the movie invaded the
privacy of Jones's life
for "he has been trying
to overcome his past."
Glen Now Atlanta's Only
Children's Film Theatre
From Southeostern Editirn
ATL.ANT.\—The Glen Theatre, now under
new management, has established a policy
to answer the complaint of Atlanta parents
that "there never is a decent movie in
town that we can take our children to
."
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Glen has become Atlanta's "only exclusive
motion picture theatre
for children,"
to quote the opening-day advertisements.
The ads go on, "No adult admitted unless
accompanied by a child . . . Children 6
years must be accompanied by an adult."
The Glen has switched from a semiart
policy to bid for the moppet trade. The initial
attraction was a double bill. Burl Ives
and Barbara Eden in "The Brass Bottle" and
The Sword of Lancelot."
Bob Gill, spokesman for the revamped
Cilcn. said qualified personnel will be on
duty during all hours of operation to handle
any need for young theatregoers.
In addition there will be a specially designed
room for birthday or theatre parties
lor children. Special facilities are available
for PTA and school groups which wish
to use the theatre for meetings, screenings
and fund-raising campaigns.
"There are few, if any, motion pictures
shown in the Atlanta area that are suitable
lor youngsters," Gill said. "The children are
constantly subjected to violence, crime and
other obscenities. This is why we are plannmg
our screen programs that not only will
he understood by our youth, but enjoved b\
ihem and their parents as well."
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'Graduate' 11th Week
Stays Big in KC
KANSAS C\V\ -Holdovers si.iycd bii;
Kansas C'il) last week, with the 1 Ith week
m
o\ The Graduate" pacing the town at the
Hmokside. Only two new openers were on
I he scene, "A Stranger in Town" hitting 200
111 ,1 dual booking at the Roxy and Electric,
and "The Thief of Paris," making average at
the Kimo South. The Fox Midwest Isis had
a week of "Gangsternation," with five pictures,
"Al Capone." "Young Dillinger,"
"King of the Roaring "lOs." "The St. Valentine's
Day Massacre" and "Purple Gang."
(Av roge 1001
Brookside The Graduate (Embassy),
Capri—Comelot (WB-7A), 25th wk.
Embossy 1, 2 Elvira Modigon (Cinerr
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Ptonet of the Apes i20th-Fox),
Gienwood— Gone With nd (MGM),
26th wk
Kimo Poor Cow NGP), 2nd wk
Kimo South— The Thiet of Paris (Lopert)
Midland— Doctor Oolittle (20th-Fox), 12th wk. .
PlazQ—The Party ;UA), 2nd wk
Roxy, Electric A Stranger in Town
Uptown—Where Angels Go . . . Trouble Follows!
(Col), 3rd wk
Chicago Grosses in Slump;
"Planet" Best With 250
CHIC AGO— Business in the Loop was
on the tepid side, except for "Planet of the
•Apes," which grossed 250 per cent in its
fourth week. The neighborhood houses
playing "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
and "In the Heat of the Night," however,
did capacity business,
Bismarck—Comelot {WB-7A), 28th wk 225
Carnegie The Groduote (Embassy), 20th 175
wk
Chicago Modigon (Univ), 2nd wk 200
Cinema Live for Lite (UA), 2nd wk 50
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Cinestage 2001: A Space Odyssey (MGM),
4th wk 200
Esquire The Party lUA), 6th wk 150
Loop The Graduate (Embassy), 185
7th wk
McVickers—Gone With the Wind (MGM), 28th wk. 250
Michael Todd Doctor Dolittle (20th-Fox),
21st wk 225
Oriental No Way to Treat a Lady (Para),
4th wk 125
Roosevelt Planet of the Apes (20th-Fox)
4th wk 250
State Loke Sweet November {WB-7A), 2nd wk. .150
United Artists—The Secret Wor of Horry Frigg
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Michigan NATO Distributes
1968-69 Booking Manuals
From M.dcost Edition
DETROIT—NATO of Michigan is distributing
the 1968-69 booking manual to all
members, including circuit offices, film
buying organizations, and others. About 500
copies were sent out in the state.
The book provides two pages for each
week of the year—one in daily entry form
for bookings and a facing page for entering
star names. It has plastic binding, allowing
it to stay open easily for use. A checklist is
given for each week to assure that trailers,
posters, programs, newspaper ads and time
schedules are taken care of in advance, as
well as providing a control on delivery service.
Directory pages give addresses and phone
numbers—including home phones—for personnel
of all exchanges, projection equipment
service, sound, film and film buying
service and related organizations.
UB-7A\S K.C. BRANCH IN SALKS DRIVE—The Kansas City branch of
Warner Bros.-7 Arts grouped together under the first anniversary banner heralding
the start of a global sales drive. The exchange employes arc, left to right: Marvie
Bowlin, assistant cashier; Don Walker, field publicity representative; Helen Ward,
branch manager's secretary; Carolyn Swope. ledger clerk; Bob krau.sc, office manager;
Phyllis Seward, cashier; Russell C. Borg, branch manager; karleen Frakes,
stenographer; Catherine Dye, booking clerk; John Long, salesman; Constance
Fowkes, contract clerk; Frank Rhodes, standing, booker, and Wilma Smith, seated,
stenographer.
Volenti Conducts Seminar
On Films at Northwestern
CHICAGO — A semmar on filmmaking
and motion pictures was held Thursday (2)
at Northwestern University by Jack Valenti,
president of the Motion Picture Ass'n of
America, and David Newman, co-author of
"Bonnie and Clyde,"
The seminar, attended by 800 students,
was the third in a year-long series planned
by Valenti and jointly sponsored by the
MPAA, the Northwestern University department
of radio, television and film, and
the Northwestern Film Society.
A conference for the general press and
college groups from the Chicago area was
held in the Orrington Hotel at Evanston, to
kick off the two-day seminar.
A screening of "Bonnie and Clyde" was
followed by an open question-and-answer
period with Valenti and Newman. Asked
why he was visiting colleges and universities,
Valenti said he was anxious to talk with students
and hear what they had to say because
"they are making and seeing motion piclures,"
He said the real action in films is on the
campuses of America, and "there is no doubt
in my mind that the filmmakers of tomorrow
are on these , , , campuses today,"
In response to a question about film censorship
Valenti said, "I am unalterably opposed
to any form of government censorship
of films, because I believe such a course is
alien to the spirit and tradition of our country.
In a free and open society such as ours.
all of us must exercise and defend the right
of free and open choice,"
He pointed out that if this concept is to
prosper, the filmmaker must deal with his
subject in a tasteful and responsible manner
and the filmgoer must select his films carefully
for himself and his family.
Northwestern classes on filmmaking met
with Valenti and Newman Friday (.l) to discuss
technical questions on film writing and
production.
Terry Traweek Purchases
Brady Theatre Building
From Southwestern Edition
BRADY, TEX. — Terry Traweek, new
owner of the Brady Theatre Building, is
rushing reconstruction of the theatre for a
late April opening. The theatre has not been
in operation for several years, not since a
fire severely damaged the building and
equipment.
Traweek. a graduate of Brady High
School and son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Traweek,
acquired the building from Arthur
Caywood of San Antonio and is completely
remodeling the theatre area. With Gunter
Ogde-n in charge of the refurbishing, a new
ceiling is being put in, seats re-covered and
installed on wider rows and the entire
building is being painted, inside and out,
Traweek said he will retain the theatre's
name and run family-type movies within
six months of their original release,
"We want to make the theatre as modern
as possible and will have a snack bar," he
told the Bradv Herald.
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Filmrowites celebrated with him at the
Screenland.
J^on liumilton opened the Rio Theatre at
Bonner Springs. Kas., Friday (10). He
is a student at the University of Kansas and
his bookings are handled by the Motion Piciiirc
Booking Agency.
Dorolhie Wameke, Filmrow veteran and
Buena Vista booker, has a new dog. a Manchester
Terrier Sugar.
Wavcrly Theatre, Waverly. Kas.. is now
under merchant operation with Glen A.
Baumgardner in charge.
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John Wangberg. .American International
Pictures' branch manager, is progressing
nicely after his surgery Friday (3) in Research
Hospital.
The Fix Theatre, Hoxie, Kas., was destroyed
by fire. The building caught fire in
the projection booth and firemen were not
able to save the building. No one was in
the
theatre, which operates on a Saturday-Sunday
policy.
Harold Guyette, a National General division
manager, has been released from Baptist
Memorial Hospital and will recuperate
here before returning to his New York office
and home.
Ihe Motion Picture Booking .Agency announced
it will be handling the booking for
Mr. and Mrs. John Moore's 75-Airport
Drive-ln at Neodesha, Kas.
Don Walker, Warner Bros.-? Arts regional
cxpioiiccr. was in New York last week for
.in iuhcrtising and promotion meeting for
.ill
licklmcn.
Ihe Welling Theatre at Natoma, Kas., has
closed because it has been operating at a
loss and Ihe area businessmen no longer wish
to subsidiiJc il. Richard Snook and his family
have been managing the theatre 15 years.
The theatre and equipment, which belong
to the city, was given to the Snooks. All outstanding
bills were cleared up with assistance
of the city. The decision to close was made
with regret as it has been a place for the
youngsters to go on Saturday evenings.
l-'rcd Harspt is handling the booking for
the Glaize Drive-ln. Osage Beach, Mo.
Larry Klein, Universal office manager, is
vacationing in Sarasota, Fla.
United Artists sneaked "The Devil's Brigade"
Friday (10) at the Plaza, a Fox Midwest
house, and MGM sneaked on the same
evening at the Roxy, a Durwood house.
"The Impossible Years."
I>ave Hudgcns, booker at Universal, observed
his 21st birthday Thursday (2). His
Icllow cniploycs presented him a cake, and
Frank Thomas, Thomas Film Distributing
Co.. was in St. Louis last week setting dates
and promotions.
Out-of-town exhibitors seen on Filmrow
were: From Missouri—Jim Cook. Maryville;
Mrs. Be Dunnah. Weston: Ed Harris, Neosho;
H. E. McManus. St. Louis and Fred
Wilcox, Hamilton. From Kansas—Chet
Borg, Fort Scott and S. H. Bagby, Stockton.
'Gypsy Moths' to Be Filmed
On Four Kansas Sites
EL DORADO. KAS.— Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer Studios told officials here Monday
(6) that the city has been chosen as one of
four Kansas sites for the filming of "Gvpsy
Moths."
Howard Horton, MGM location department
head, said this city would serve as operational
base while the company filmed
scenes in Wichita, El Dorado. Benton and
possibly Abilene.
"Gypsy Moths," based on a book by
James Drought, tells about three barnstorming
parachutists who come to a small town
where one of them has lived. Stars in the
$3.5-million production are Burt Lancaster,
Gene Hackman and John Phillip Law.
Horton said filming should take about six
weeks, and everything except house interior
scenes will be filmed in Kansas. Street scenes
and exterior shots of a house will be filmed
in all probability in El Dorado, while Wichita
will be used to film courtroom and motel
scenes. .Ml flying scenes will be done at Benton
airport. Horton said. TTie airport bears
a strong resemblance to the one presented
in the book and is close enough to El Dorado
and Wichita to be used as crew housing
base.
As many as 1,000 extras will be used in
Kansas scenes, most of them drawn from the
state employment office.
The MGM team has been in Kansas about
three weeks, and during its three-day stay
here last week more than 700 stills were
shot.
"Oliver!", Columbia's new musical, brings
lo life the excitement of the Dickens era.
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returned from a combination business
and holiday trip in Hawaii and the West
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visited various points in an around-theworld
tour. Charles Wolk. who attended the
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months.
A red carpet screening of "Rosemary's
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Theatre Monday (27. Paramount executives
here arc heartened about the Chicago showing
after the sneak preview on the West
Coa.st was reported to be an "outstanding
success."
The Lopp Theatre, owned by Oscar Brotman
and Leonard .Sherman, will be the site
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C'orp.'s 8U0-seal Kastwood Theatre that is being built in the A>r-\Vaj
Kast Shopping Center in Indianapolis. The house is to open in the fall with "Prudence
and the Pill," followed by the Indiana premiere of "l-"unn> Ciirl" October
23. This will be ^AW's first theatre in Indianapolis, although it has operated units
in Indiana and Ohio 57 years.
Weis Circuit to Build
Savannah Twin Unit
SAVANNAH. GA.—Weis Ihcatrcs will
build a .V>0-seat twin unit to be operated
with its Cinema on Largo Drive. The art
house will be constructed inside the existing
building to the east of the mall leading to
the present theatre. Plans call for the new
unit, scheduled lo be opened in mid-June.
t« be named Cinenui II with the present
theatre to be renamed Cinema I.
The new theatre will be used for foreign
films and festivals, according to Constance
Linglc. public relations director for Weis. It
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also will be the site for ballet films and
other movies designed for specific Savannah
audiences. During the summer the art theatre
will show films for children during the
daytime if adult movies are being played m
the other auditorium. It will revert to art
films for adults in the evening.
Jeffee Gives $100,000
To Lincoln Center Fund
Frnm Eoslcrn Edition
NEW YORK—Saul Jcffce. chairman and
president of Movielab, Inc., has presented
a gift of S 100.000 to Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts to be used for the development
of an institution for film.
The donation is the first major gift to the
Center, it was reported by William F. May,
chairman of Lincoln Center's film committee
and chairman and chief executive officer
c^r the American Can Co. Jeffee also is a
member of the film committee.
The film department at the Center was eslahllshed
in 196.1 under the direction of
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DLTROi T— In one of the largest expansion
moves reported at one time for a local
circuit. W&W Theatres, headed by William
Wetsman, is taking over three hardtops and
one drive-in.
They are the Lyric at Cadillac and the
Riviera at Three Rivers, both operated for
many years by the Butterfield circuit, which
closed them, and two at Coldwater—the
Main, formerly operated by Howard Sharpley
and the Capri Drive-In, formerly operated
by John Magocs.
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circuits in Detroit. It confined its
operations to the metropolis and suburbs until
about a year ago, when it began to acquire
a number of upstate theatres, mostly
in smaller towns.
Boxoffice Outlook Good
For U.S. Films in India
Prom Eastern Edition
WASHINGTON— Boxoffice receipts for
American films shown in India have increased
because of a growth in literacy and
the number of people understanding English,
it was reported by the Department of
Commerce. The success of U.S. pictures is
expected to continue.
The growth has been attributed to the
increasing number of theatres showing
foreign films, the high quality of American
motion pictures, and a fascination by Indians
for western culture.
India now has ."50 theatres equipped to
exhibit 70mm films. These houses, 31 more
than in 1966, all show foreign films. Imports
from the United States rose from 108 in
1966. to 124 in 1967, while total imports
into India rose from 198 in 1966, to 228 in
1967. Italy supplied 3.'> feature films in
1967. while the United Kingdom had 26
imports. There were five feature films
from the USSR, and Japan entered the
market in 1967.
India filmmakers produced 330 motion
pictures in 1967, a rise of 22 over the previous
year, with seven more color films made
than in 1966. The producers are plagued
with rising entertainment taxes, shortage of
credit, higher production costs, and the
i.inguagc controversy.
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consisting of 3,925 permanent houses
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permanent theatres are expected to be
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STILLWATER, OKLA—The Moonlight
Theatre is to be replaced by a modern drive-
land for the drive-in has been complcicJ
and clearing work will get under way as soon
weather permits. The site of the drive-in
I in, Stillwater theatre manager Paul Ciay inthe
News-Press. Gay said acqiiisiiion
be north of town, just west of the south
end of Lakeside Memorial Country Club.
The New-Press story continues:
Owners of the property where the Moonlight
Theatre is now located have bought up
the theatre firm's lease and Gay said they
will need to be out of that area by the latter
part of April. It is reported a discount center
is to be built at the old Moonlight site.
The new theatre is expected to be read>
to join the East Sixth Drive-in in operation
in July, Gay said. The new drive-in will he
of single screen arrangement and provide
parking for more than 400 cars. This is
larger than the Moonlight but smaller than
the East Sixth.
The theatre will be on the southeast
corner of the section, extending 600 feet to
the north of the corner and 1 ,500 feet west.
The screen will face northwest and the
owners have laid out the facilities to provide
a long entrance way that will handle 160
cars. This will prevent cars from having to
line up along the highway while waiting to
get into the theatre. Gay said.
No name has been selected for the new
drive-in. The management may call on the
public to help select a name.
'Around Town' Film Series
For Hotel TV Showings
From Southeastern Edition
-ATLANT.'^— Forrest Tucker, whose newest
motion picture, "The Night They Raided
Minsky's," is soon to be released, was here
filming a pilot, "Around Town." for showing
in leading hotels in cities around the nation.
William J. Butters, executive producer of
the series and chairman of the board of
Trans-World Productions, opened an offie;
in the Peachtree Towers to handle this new
concept of hotel services. The nationally syndicated
closed-circuit TV program will be
produced in 26-minute segments and will include
filmed highlights of the city, interesting
places to go and see and things to do,
plus shopping suggestions.
Bob Hope Acts as Emcee
For K.C. Stock Event
KANSAS CITY— Bob Hope was master
of ceremonies at a $100 a plate benefit dinner
Saturday (1 1) to help raise funds lor the
.^merican Royal. He brought a troupe of
top-flight entertainers with him for the show
that contributed toward raising $500,000 to
refinance the Royal.
Cieorge E. Powell, campaign chairman,
said the funds are needed to meet rising costs
and inflation and to provide new and expanded
facilities for the No. 1 livestock and
horse show in the nation.
A dinner arrangements committee was
headed by Jud Putsch, Joe Gilbert, Dave
Smith. Phil Pistilli and Wayne Jones.
Detroit Council Hears
Discussion of Oscars
DETROIT—"The Oscars are now in the
realm of commercialism, instead of being
for purely artistic merit, as originally intended."
Bill Kennedy, long-time show business
commentator on television station
CKLW-TV, told the April meeting of the
Greater Detroit Motion Picture Council.
His topic was "Academy Awards — Fact or
Fiction."
Kennedy took a firm stand in opposition
to censorship, but deplored violence in
films.
Merle Alvey Re-Elected
AFM Local 5 President
From Mideast Edition
DETROIT— Merle Alvey has been reelected
president of the Detroit Federation
of Musicians, which is Local 5 of the American
Federation of Musicians for a two-year
term. Other officers are vice-president.
Robert Turner: secretary, Fred Crissey, and
treasurer, Russ Weaver.
Re-elected as directors were Philip Perrone,
Charlotte Ross, William Horner. Andy
Izzo, James Gargano, Fred Netting and
John Weick, who was also elected delegate
to the international.
An Elysee Twin Unit
Being Remodeled
MON IKI Al, — Ihc I lysee Theatre, a
twin-auditorium house, which is mainly responsible
for bringing art films here some
years ago, is renovating one of its units—the
Salle Eisenstein. It will he enlarged, improved
sound installed and the screen repositioned.
At present, the screen is behind the patron
as he enters. The widescreen to be installed
is to face the patron as he comes into
the auditorium. Also, 150 new seats are to
be installed.
The remodeling is part of a program of
transformation aimed at making the Elysee
an art center, too, offering painting exhibitions.
Among the proposed projects of Elysee
Manager Marcel Paradis is the formation of
a cine club and a club for the presentation
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BOXOFTICE ;: May 13. 1968

Wolfson Predicts Peak
Year for Womelco
MIAMI- Womcuo liUcipiiscs. Iik'.
shareholders were lold last week that l9(iS
would be another record year lor Wometco
with earnings per share predicted to be live
to ten per cent above 1967. Wonietco president
Mitchell Wolfson made the prediction
at the company's 43rd annual meeting in
Miami on April 29. He pointed out that the
compan\ had never experienced a loss year
in its history.
VVoifson devoted his address to shareholders
to a wide ranging report of compans
events in the first quarter of 1968, revealed
some Wometco expansion plans lor the remainder
of the year, and touched on other
areas of interest to shareholders.
.As previously reported, Wometco's first
quarter income for the period ended March
2.^, rose to a new high of $1,045,938, compared
with $1,000,091 recorded for the
similar period in 1967. Gross income in the
12-week period climbed to $13,832,754 from
512.148,890 in 1967. After issuance of an
additional 350.000 shares in January 1968.
per share earnings in the 12-week period
amounted to 29 cents, compared with 30
cents in 1967 (adjusted for the three-for-two
stock split of January 1968). The sale of the
350.000 shares added approximately $7.-
500,000 to the company's working capital
lor further expansion. The investment of
such funds is not yet reflected in earnings.
"The results of the first quarter were very
encouraging because they were obtained despite
the fact that the television business
was soft during the first six weeks of 1968."
Wolfson reported. He pointed out. however,
that the company's television business "has
since become firm and looks promising for
the remainder of the year." He predicted
gains in virtually all of Wometco's leisuretime
divisions which, in addition to television,
now include soft drink bottling, food
service, motion picture exhibition, film production
and processing, television slide production,
outdoor advertising and the Miami
Seaquarium.
Wolfson additionally announced that before
the end of the year the company plans
to open at least four new theatres in Florida,
Florida
NATO Re-Elects
Glover as President
Miami— I ho Nalioiial .Vss'n of
I heutn- Owners of I'lorida, at its uiinuul
conM-nlion here Muv 2-5, renamed
Heiirj B. (;i)ivvr of Largo as
president and re-elected the fullowing
other officers: Thumus Hyde, Jacksonville,
chairman of the board; Carl
Floyd, Haines City, and Har>'cy
Ftcischman, Miami, vice-presidents,
and Horace Denning, treasurer.
Atlanta Council Announces
New Evaluation of Films
ATLANTA— Pictures viewed by member
teams of the Atlanta Better Films Council
have been given these audience evaluations:
Adults— "Benjamin," "Up the Junction,"
"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush,"
"The Fox," "In Cold Blood," "Poor Cow,"
"Sweet November."
Adults, Mature Young— "A Dandy in Aspic,"
"The Devil's Brigade," "Elvira Madigan,"
"The Swimmer," "The Graduate,"
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "In
the Heal of the Night," "Wait Until
Dark."
Adults, Mature Young, Young People
"Camelot," "Double Man." "Gone With
the Wind," "Thirty Is a Dangerous Age,
Cynthia."
General Audience— "Don't Raise the Bridge.
Lower the River." "A Time to Sing."
"Speedway," "Where Angels Go . . . Trouble
Follows," "Yours, Mine and Ours,"
"The Party," "Planet of the Apes."
The new title of United Artists' "The
Thomas Crown Affair" is "The Crown Affair."
Sues Greina Council
Over License Law
MW OKI lANS-lXni Kay of Don
Kay Fnterprises and William J. Erbacker of
the Tower Art Theatre in Gretna, La., have
filed suit in federal district court here asking
the court to declare unconstitutional an
ordinance adopted by the Gretna city council
which deprives a license to a theatre playing
adults-only films.
The suit, against Mayor William J.
White, all five members of the council, the
city marshal, city tax collector and a police
officer, also seeks a temporary restraining
order and permanent injimctions against entorcement
of the ordinance, plus $1 ().()()()
damages.
It alleges that the defendants conspired
to establish censorship of motion pictures
in the community by establishing arbitrary,
discriminatory and oppressive standards
for
the licensing of theatres and to establish
censorship while failing to establish standards
for exercise of such censorship.
Kay said he advertised reopening of the
theatre last month with an adults-only policy
and was denied a license and threatened
with arrest if the theatre opened.
WOMPI Conclave Plans
ATLANTA— Nell Middleton and Johnnie
Barnes, WOMPI convention co-chairmen,
presided at a meeting to hear reports from
subcommittees on the WOMPI International
convention scheduled here September 20-22
in the Marriott Motor Hotel.
"The Marauders," a big-scale outdoor adventure
film for Columbia, is being produced
by Irving Allen.
several more Blue Circle Restaurants in
South Carolina, and to enter the educational
film market with the production of short
films on marine biology, planned specifically
as audio-visual teaching aids in the nation's
schools. The films will be produced by
Wometco's Reela Films, a subsidiary in
Miami.
Shareholders re-elected eight directors,
approved a Qualified Stock Option Plan and
reappointed Haskins and Sells as auditors
for the company for 1968.
Following the meeting, the Wometco
board of directors declared a regular quarterly
cash dividend of 12 cents on Class
"A" stock and 4'-,h cents on Class "B" stock.
Dividends are payable June 17 to stockholders
of record June 3. All officers were reelected.
Shares now outstanding total
3.746.921.
NEW LOEW'S MURAL— loni P-lcfante, Florida division manager of Loew's
Theatres, points to the nev\ly painted mural in the completely renovated Loew's
Riviera in Miami. Supporting KIcfante is Herb Kaplan, Florida advertising director
for the circuit.
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in its third week at the Orphcum continued it raised S540 from its April bingo games,
to lead the town with 400 per cent. "Doctor The money will help pay for the station
Ooliitle" in its fourth week at the Lakeside wagon for the Child Development Center.
cime in second at 250. Iheresa Dreiboltz won the $50 door prize.
(Average Is 100) and Jcnnic Tucker won 525.
J The Secret Wor of Horry Frigg (Univ),
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Joy's Ponoromo Guess Who's Coming Dinner
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The DeSota Drive-In at Mansfield reiregoers
local thea-
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were "Gone With the Wind" in its 26th presidents banquet Wednesday (1) at the
week at the Crosstown and "The Graduate" naTO of Arkansas convention in Hot
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"She
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Picture Ass'n of America was made Thurs- Heal of the Night" returned to the .State.
day (2) to Mrs. W. E. Hamill of the Philadeiphia
Woman's Club at a luncheon in the "Hour of the WolL" a Lopert picture
Natchez Trace Inn, Tupelo, Miss.
starring Max Von Sydow and Liv Ullman. is
"^ased on a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman.
In presenting the award R. B. Dossett. al-
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gelh Meinhold, usherette at the Regency
Theatre, left here for Kansas City to
begin training as a United Air Lines stewardess
... A heavy advance advertising campaign
marked the opening of "A M'nute 1
Pray, a Second to Die" at the downtown
Florida, one of three national pilot engagements
for this Western-type action film produced
in Italy by the Selmur Pictures Corp.
Charles H. Netter, who heads Shopping
Center Theatres with Alex Weinstock. a
Miami exhibitor, is the son of Leon D. Netter.
president of Florida State TTieatres before
his retirement several years ago. The
new Miami-based firm has signed leases for
the building of theatres in 17 Florida shopping
centers and plans to construct 25 theatres
within 18 months. Netter and Weinstock
have engaged Pete Dawson of the United
Booking Service in Miami to manage its
booking and buying department. The first
three houses of the new chain are underway
at Ft. Lauderdale. Daytona Beach and
Sluarl.
Edwina Ray, WOMPI president, said the
distaff group's main industry project this
PT^nth will be participation with the male
Motion Picture Charity Club and the Duval
County recreation department in the third
annual fund-raising carnival Saturday (25)
for Sunny Acres Park for Handicapped Children.
The three agencies are providing miHway
attractions for the public in order to finance
summertime transportation costs for
the children who receive their vacati

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ATLANTA
Qeorgia Theatre Co. has acquired two more
theatres from the Columbus (Ga.)-based
Martin circuit— ihc Strand at Marietta and
the Belmont Hills ai Smyrna. Both of these
locations are in Cobb County, which adjoins
F
ulton (Atlanta) County and are included in
the five-county metropolitan Atlanta area.
William Scruggs, manager of the 1,000-seal
Cobb Center Theatre, will supervise the operation
of the Strand and Belmont, according
lo E. E. Whilaker. GTC vice-president
of operations.
Esther Osley, owner and operator of Exhibitors
.Service Co.. and her husband. K. W.
Osley. who is with Interstate Life Insurance,
returned Friday ( 10) from a trip to Bermuda.
He won the trip for two in a company sales
contest. They flew lo Savannah, where they
boarded a Swedish ship that took them to
Bermuda.
Visitors to Filmrow were sparse and two
of ihem making the rounds were C. A.
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Maddox of the Jasper (Ga.) Theatre.
Howard Gherman, Paramounts southeastern
fieldman. spent three days in Charlotte
for "Fever Heat." "The Odd Couple."
"Rosemary's Baby" and "No Way to Treat
a Lady" . . . Gail McCleskey, 20lh Century-
Fox billing clerk, has resigned lo take a secretarial
job with Standard Oil.
"Sweet November" was sidetracked for a
week at the Fox Theatre, while the 4.000-
seat Wilby-Kincey was turned over to the
Metropolitan Opera Company for six
nights
for Atlanta's annual spring opera season.
The picture reopened Sunday (12) and will
run until F'riday (17). when "Stranger in
Town" opens.
Another managerial chain reaction in
Storey Theatres: John Reeves, trainee at the
North 85 Drive-ln. has been promoted to
manager of the Decatur Theatre, succeeding
Thomas Noe. who was transferred to the
circuit's North DeKalb. filling the post left
I v. He will tape radio interviews and be
made available to movie editors for interview
sessions. Robertson is making this tour in his
own plane, which he flies himself with a copiloi.
llo>%ard IVarl, L.\ area cxploitecr. has
liceri put lo bed by his doctor for a rest.
Leonard Allen, freelance public relations/
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the doctor's orders forced him to cancel his
plans. Last year Pearl spent a month in
Italy.
Rory Calhoun was in the city as the personality
lure at
the .Southeastern Mobile Living
Exhibit, which attracted thousands of
visitors.
Filmrow was a deserted village, insofar
as film exchange brass was concerned, with
all roads leading to the plush Doral Hotel
and Country Club, where the Florida Theatre
Owners held the annual convention.
Among those who attended from here were
Wayland Lillard. Paramount division manager;
W. O. Williamson jr.. WB-7 Arts division
manager; Jack Rigg. president of Specialty
Booking Service; James Frew. Embassy
division manager; William C. Hames,
United Artists branch manager; James Bcllo,
AlP division manager; Kip Smiley, vicepresident
of buying and booking for Georgia
Theatre Co.. and Stewart Harnell. National
Screen Service branch manager.
Helene -Spears, WOMPI president-elect,
became a grandmother once more, when her
daughter Mrs. Danny Flournoy gave birth
I
\acant when Wayne Bird resigned to join to a husky boy Daniel Shadrach. Equally
he Paramount booking staff. All this left proud was the baby's 82-year-old greatgrandfather
North 85's Manager James Mayhall with a
Knoxville.
S. Shadrach Whateley. for whom
baby was named.
lone trainee on hand. Paul Allen of the Mrs. Spears is secretary
to John Stembler. president of the Georgia
Theatre Co.
Cliff Robertson, co-starred in United Artisis'
"The Devil's Brigade." was due in Atlanta
Friday (10) to promote the picture,
Anne Hodges, secretary in the 20th Century-Fox
hooking department, left for
which is booked to open early in June at
Lenox
Frankfurt. Germany, to visit relatives. Before
ficorgia Theatre's Square Theatre.
returning she plans to visit other points
Robertson was scheduled to make two tele- Europe.
in
\ision appearances on the Ruth Kent mornint;
Frank l.owrv, L.\ salesman, who spent
show. Today in Georgia, on WSB-TV. .iikI the Don Barber program on W.AG.A- a week in DeKalb General Hospital, was
back in action, traveling the Tennessee territory
this week.
Linda Burnett. UA booker, and a group
of friends arc taking in the sights, sun, surf
and sand in the St. Petersburg-Tampa area.
For the fifth consecutive year the 4,000-
seat Fox Theatre will present the live closed
circuit telecast of the Indianapolis 500-Mile
Race, when the motor classic is run Thursday
(30) and beamed to more than 175 locations
in the United States and Canada. The
race starts at 10:30 a.m. (.Atlanta time) and
all seats are priced at S5, with none reserved.
Ml ticket buyers are guaranteed a seat.
Two sneak previews here were UA's
> (Hirs. Mine and Ours" at the Lenox
Square and MCi.M's Christmas release, "The
Impossible Years" at the Fox.
G. M. Tarrancc, 6K manager of Ihc offices
services department of the Coca-Cola
(\v. died Thursday and was buried Saiur-
J.i\ (4) in .Atlanta. He had been with Cocat
ola 43 years and formerly was assistant to
ihc vice-president of national sales. In 1964
he was vice-president of refreshments at
the
I .lir. Inc., Ihc Coca-Cola p.isilion ai the
New > ork Worlds I air. He leaves his wile.
SE-6 BOXOFTICE M;i 13. 1968

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one son Guy jr.. three stepsons, two sisters
and a brother.
Screenings at Columbia's Filmrow Playhouse
included "Conqueror Worm" ami
"The Savage Seven" (AIP): "We Still Kill the
Old Way" and "The Witches" (Lopert); "Interlude"
(Col); "Saul and David" (World Entertainment),
and "Boom" (Univ).
Members of Tent 2 1 alter attending the
1968 convention in Honolulu, tanned out in
all directions on side trips that took them to
faraway places, including Hong Kong and
Borneo. Their fellow (stay-at-home) members
are anxious for their return to hear of
their
adventures.
Martin Theatres landed the Russian-made
"War and Peace" for its Georgia Cinerama
Theatre. The 7()mm Continental (Walter
Reade) release of the Mosfilm Studios production
is scheduled to open June 11. but
will be shown at special invitational screenings
June 9 and 10 to area educators and
members of the press, radio and television.
Atliuita will see the 373-minute "cut" version
instead of the 7-hour 14-minute original
of the filmization based on Leo Tolstoy's
famous novel. Filmed in color, the
American version is dubbed in English and
divided into two parts. No scale has been
set for the roadshow engagement here, but
it is believed it will be pegged at a $6 top.
WOMPI Christine Ryan of Craddock
Films and her service committee are to buy
a wheelchair for the Easter Seal Society.
They are collecting trading stamps, with 40
books needed . . . Tuesday (21) the service
committee will hold a bingo party for the
patients at Highview Nursing Home. Pat
Brown of Warner Bros. -7 Arts is in charge
of arrangements. She is being assisted by
Irma Marshall, also of WB-7 Arts.
Johnnie Barnes and her husband Tracey
vacationed in Sarasota, and Elizabeth Wallace
of National Screen Service spent her
holiday in West Palm Beach at the home of
her brother.
Virginia Clifton, Columbia booker, is vacationing
in Valdosta. Ga., visiting friends,
and Mayport and Daytona Beach. Fla.,
where she plans to get in some fishing, which
happens to be her hobby.
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PLYMOUTH, IND. — Mr. and Mrs.
Loren Waltz, who own the Bremen (Ind.)
Theatre and have operated it 34 years, have
purchased the Tri-Way Drive-In. which they
have managed for the Indiana Auto Theatres
of Indianapolis five years. The couple plans
to continue to operate both units.
'»V^-.e^nr|OtKIMC SElTVICE^^
Atlanta BFC Leader
Boosts Good Films
A I LAN I Mrs. Cicorgc Shell, serving
her second term as president of the Belter
Films Council, was kept busy filling speaking
engagements last month following her
appearance on WAGA-TV on one of the
station's continuing programs, titled "This Is
^our Town."
She and Dr. James Wesberry. pastor of
the Morningside Baptist Church and chairman
of the Georgia Literature Commission,
discussed motion pictures. She told listeners
what the council stood for. its goals and aims
and attempts to classify films for audience
suitability. Dr. Wesberry told of the literature
commission's running battle against pornography,
smut and vulgarity and nude pictures
in magazines and other periodicals that
could be bought in newsstands here and
throughout Georgia. He pledged his assistance
to the Films Council in its efforts "to
protect the young moviegoers from the current
trend toward obscenity and nudity in
films."
Mrs. Shell made three speeches to the
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, the
Peachtree Christian Church and the Holy
Spirit Catholic Church. She also spoke to
the Pleasant Hills Garden Club. She expressed
amazement over the fact that members
of these groups have seen relatively few
motion pictures in recent years and their
"unawareness" of what's being shown in the
theatres.
Her last speaking engagement in April
was to the Decatur Better Films Council.
Mrs. Shell and Mrs. A. P. Whitehead, vice
president, will represent the local group as
delegates to the 14th annual conference of
the Federation of Motion Pictures Councils
in Milwaukee, which opens Tuesday (14) at
the Pfister Hotel and Tower.
They will be accompanied by three other
members of the council. Mrs. E. L. McNiff.
Mrs. John C. Horton and Mrs. I.. Hubert
Bolch.
'How Sweet It Is!' Bow
Set for July 9 in Miami
MIAMI—The world premiere of National
General Production's motion picture.
"How Sweet It Is!" starring James Garner
and Debbie Reynolds, will be a benefit performance
July 9 at Wometco's Carih Theatre,
according to Richard B. Graff, NGP
vice-president and general sales manager.
Following the premiere, the film will open
July 10 at six other theatres in the Miami
area.
Herman Kass, NGP vice-president of advertising,
publicity and exploitation, was
here last week for preliminary meetings wiili
Wometco executives to set plans for the premiere.
He was accompanied by Warren
Cowan of Rogers, Cowan & Brenner, whose
office is handling publicity on the film.
United Artists' "A Quiet Place in the
Country" stars Vanessa Redgrave and Frank
Nero.
MIAMI
J^mong tho.se who attended the Variety
Clubs International convention in Honolulu
last week (5-9) were Mr. and Mrs.
I^. J. Melniker, Mr. and Mrs. George C.
Hoover, Julia Moseley, June Cutting, Lenore
Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Sam .Segal. Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Levin, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
Brunstetter, Rose Garth, Ruth McNair,
Marie McDermott, Birdie Bressler, Jean
Cirimdy. Mrs. Marion Fitzpatrick and Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Williamson.
Mrs. Gene Gabriel, president, and other
officers of the Variety Children's Hospital
Women's Committee were installed Friday
(3) in the Sheraton Four Ambassadors Hotel.
The organization, founded in 1948, has 800
members.
Ivan Tors was on hand at the Palm
Springs Theatre when his newest film "Hello,
Down There," starring Tony Randall and
Janet Leigh, was previewed.
Coffee and imported French cheese were
served to patrons at Wometco's Parkway
Theatre at the opening of "The Young Girls
of Rochcfort."
The public library wound up its free ".See
America First" film series with "Williamsburg
Restored" and "Voices of the Desert."
Filming of United Artists' "Popi" hit a
snag over a matter of nudity. George Bourke
reported in his Miami Herald column. He
said it was more seminudity and modesty
rather than conflict over the kind of nudity
which has the censor sharpening his shears.
The problem began, according to Bourke.
when two of the boys in the film— Miguel
Alejandro, 12, and Ruben Figueros, 1 1, were
called to strip for a beach scene. The boys,
in their first confrontation with movie
morals, balked. Finally director Arthur Hiller
got an inspiration worthy of a cinema
.Solomon, wrote Bourke, and took off his
clothes—to a respectable point—to get the
boys to do their scene.
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MEMPHIS
^
A. Lightman jr., president of Maico
Theatres, is home from a Florida fishing
trip. He landed a 6-pound bass in Lake
Jackson near Tallahassee. However, his fishing
buddy Jim Summerall. electrical contractor,
landed a 13-pounder.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Groskind, Malco.
have a dilemma June 1. Their older son
David jr. graduates from Vanderbilt University
in Nashville on the same day a younger
son Fred graduates from Memphis University
.School. They have explained to Fred his
lime will come later (in college) and ihey
will go to Nashville for David's graduation.
Charles Jones, branch manager of 20lh-
Fox. has been transferred to head the branch
in St. Louis. B. J. "Bonnie" McCarley. Memphis
salesman, who has been with Fox 27
years, was promoted to Memphis exchange
manager. Travis Carr. booker, was upped to
salesman.
Stella Stevens, Memphis movie star, has
added another accomplishment—she's now a
songwriter. One of her new songs has been
put into her new picture.
Chaunccy Barber, chief barker: Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. "Bob" Bosiick and Mr. and Mrs.
George Overton. Malco. were among Memphians
attending the Variety meeting in Ha-
Lcon Rituntrce, Holly. Holly Springs.
Miss.; John Staples. Carolyn. Piggott. Ark.:
Amelia Ellis. Northgate. Frayscr. Tenn.. and
Howard Nicholson. 51 Drive-In, Millington.
Tenn.. were among visiting exhibitors.
Bill
Kendall, manager of Guide and Studio
theatres, was attending a theatre meeting
in Scottsdale. Ark. Elton Holland, Malco
city manager, and Watson Davis, advertising
manager, returned from the Arkansas
N.'\TO convention in Hot Springs.
Bobby Bolick, owner, opened the Keiscr
Drive-In at Keiscr. Ark., Saturday (4) . . ,
Rivervue Drive-In, Morrilson. .Ark., opened
Sunday (5) . . . The Kentucky Theatre. Marion.
Ky.. has closed for the summer.
The Lyric Theatre, Mena, Ark., closed
April 23 and the Mena Drive-In opened
ihe next day . . . Palace Theatre. Greenwood.
Ark. closed due to storm damage .
Sunset Drive-In. Martin. Tenn. opened for
the summer.
Ex-Film Editor in Atlanta
Keeps Up With Industry
All ANTA— I'iiul Jorus, lornicr lilm editor
at the .Atlanta Constitution, now editor
of the paper's weekly amusement guide and
the TV columnist, still maintains a vicarious
connection with the motion picture industry.
His wife Frances heads Cinema Unlimited,
a Wilby-Kincey subsidiary, which books
and presents special film releases. His son
Billy formerly managed Meiselman's Toco
Hill Theatre and now is a staffer at Buena
Vista. And Billy's wife Marilyn has become
group sales representative at the Capri Cinema
for the upcoming roadshow engagement
of Columbia's "Funny Girl," which is to
open October 23 at the house, operated by
John anil Ruth Carter.
Pacific Drive-In Circuit
Moves Four Departments
From Wctcrn Edition
LOS ANGELES—Oltices ot four key departments
of Pacific Drive-In Theatres
Corp. have been moved from Pacific's home
office at 141 South Robertson Blvd. to Pacific's
Warner Cinerama Theatre Bldg. at
6425 Hollywood Blvd.
Involved in the shift were the real estate
department, headed by Herbert Silverson:
construction, under the wing of Zack Beiser:
purchasing, directed by Bob Helm, and the
maintenance and repair department, supervised
by Ed Gutzmann.
The move marks another phase in Pacific's
continuing expansion program.
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Helene Spears to Head
Atlanta WOMPI Club
AILAMA— HelLiic Spears, secretary to
John Stembler. president of Georgia Theatre
Co.. has been elected WO.MPI president,
succeeding Louise Bramblett of Wil-Kin
Theatre Supply, who served two terms. The
installation will be at the June meeting.
Also named were Esther Osley. owner of
Exhibitors Service Co.. and Sara Masdon.
United Artists, vice-presidents; Christine
Ryan. Craddock Films, and Juanita Gooden.
secretary to Martin's Atlanta division manager
James Zimmerman, secretaries, and
Mary Brannon. Roswell. owner-operator of
the Roswell and Dahlonega theatres, treasurer.
.Added into VVOMPl membership at the
meeting were Martha Morris of Wil-Kin and
Donna Hambright. UA.
Triple Complex Planned
For Warner Theatre
From Eostcrn Editi.n
NEW YORK— The Warner fheatre will
be converted from a 1.500-seat unit into a
three-auditorium complex with 2.640 seats
under one roof, it has been announced by
Matthew Polon, president of RKO-Stanley
Warner Theatres. The triple conversion, expected
to be completed for a July opening,
is the first of many new projects to be developed
by the company throughout the country,
Polon said.
The revolutionary "new look" will include
one downstairs theatre of 1.200 seats,
a penthouse of 1.000 seats—both equipped
to show Cinerama and 70mm films—and
one 450-seat unit with a balcony to be built
new in the large stage area of the old theatre.
The small unit, which will be constructed
for perfect viewing and no side seats, will be
designed so that the auditorium will go
through the existing stage floor and into the
underneath section. A separate entrance will
be built on West 47th Street, and a New
Orleans motif will be used. Polon said.
The purpose of the conversion is to "bring
lo Broadway a new and exciting approach
lo exhibition" he pointed out. Engineers and
architects from all parts of the country have
been consulted on the triple
concept.
Lesser to Add Twin Unit
To Peekskill Theatre
HICKSVILLE. N.Y.— Les.ser Enterprises
will add a twin to its Beach Theatre in
the Beach Shopping Center in Peekskill.
N.Y. The new auditorium will be constructed
adjacent to (he present house aTid
will feature seals spaced 40 inches between
rows for patrons' comfort. It will be
equipped for all film processes including
.^5 70mm projection.
Each unit will seat 600 people. The nc«
construction is expected to be ready for
opening h\ Christmas 1968, according to
I dnuind L. l.inder, vice-president.
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NGC Begins Building
Two Texas Theatres
LOS ANOKl.HS—ConMruciion ol National
General Corp.'s two new theatres in
Texas is under way in l.uhhock and Amarillo,
it is announced hy Samuel Schulman.
senior vice-president for the Ia^s Angelesbased
company.
Both theatres will be called Fox. have a
seating capacity of 800 each and ample parking
space adjacent.
The de luxe showplaces are part of a 100-
thcatre multi-million dollar expansion procram
headed by Eugene V. Klein, president.
Featuring the most modern and latest
innovations,
the sister theatres are being built
by Claude Martin & Sons, contractor, of
Lubbock. Architects are Pearson and Wuesthoff.
AIA. of Los Angeles. The two houses
represent a total investment in excess of $1.-
000.000 and will be operated hy NGC Theatre
Corp.
William H. Thedford of Los Angeles,
vice-president and director of theatre operations,
assisted by Jack McGee of Denver.
Mountain-Midwest division manager, and
Sid Page, district manager, will supervise the
openings, scheduled for this summer.
The Lubbock house is set to open in July,
with Amarillo following in August.
National General has two other theatres
in Texas, the Fox in El Paso, and the Fox
in Austin. NGC now operates 265 theatres
in 2.1 states.
Sayre Exhibitor Stovall
Greets Goodwill Tour
OKLAHOMA CITY—This ciiys Chamber
of Commerce goodwill tour to southwestern
Oklahoma ended its three-day trip.
returning here Friday afternoon (3).
Jack LaMonte. vice-president and general
manager of Mistletoe Express Service here,
was tour committee chairman, and reported
that one outstate exhibitor got into the tour
act.
When the goodwill caravan pulled into
Sayre. the president of that community's
CofC had a sore throat and was unable to
greet the trippers. He turned the chore over
to George Stovall. who extended a welcome
when the tour arrived on Main Street.
Stovall is a partner with Video Independent
Theatres and operates the Stovall Theatre
in Sayre. He also owns and operates a Ben
Franklin store there.
Wants Walls Around Airers
Showing Nudie Films
FORT WORTH— 1 he Fort Worth city
council was told by Mayor DeWitt McKinley
that he wants drive-in theatre operators
to build walls around theatres where what
he called "nudie movies" are shown.
Mayor McKinley said that youngsters
shouldn't be exposed to these type of films.
Besides, he said, the films create traffic
hazards.
Houston Post Sees U.S. Court Ruling
As Confounding Obscenity Issue
HOUSTON—The following editorial appeared
in the Houston Post April 30 and
was tilled "More Confusion Over Obscenity":
"The United States Supreme Court, in line
with earlier hints, has ruled that state and
local governments have the power to enact
laws aimed at preventing the exposure of
minors to pub'ications or motion pictures
containing material that is sexually sugges-
Biii it probably confounded the confusion
thai already existed with respect to eftorls
to control the distribution of pornography.
"A (S-3 majority of Ihe court accepted the
belief of many people that exposure to material
dealing frankly with sex is harmful to
minors and that laws aimed at preventing
this exposure fall within the constitutional
right of state and local governments to protect
the well-being of children.
"The court seemed to set a double standard
as to what is constitutional in the case
of adults and in the case of minors, and it
once again ducked the problem of trying to
define
obscenity.
"As Justice Abe Fortas pointed out. it
raised the question of whether material is
obscene when viewed by a 16-year-old but
not obscene when viewed by an adult. He
said that he did not object to the principle
of variable obscenity but that the court
should define it if it was going to apply it.
"Justice William O. Douglas, who objects
to sex being put in the same category with
sin. said he could see no reason for giving
ACCEPTS WRANGLER AWARD
—Patrick Wayne receives a Wrangler
trophy from television star Amanda
Blake and western star Chill Wills for
his father John Wayne, a leading actor
in "The War Wagon," at ceremonies
at Oklahoma City's Civic Center Music
Hall. The Universal picture was winner
of the 1967 Western Heritage award in
the movie category. "Wranglers" are
given annually by the National Cowboy
Hall of Fame and Western Heritage
Center to the motion picture, television,
music and literary efforts that hest contribute
to a greater appreciation of the
old West.
talc legi power to protect children
"The court struck down a Dallas motion
picture censorship ordinance on the grounds
that it was too vague— another of those
cases involving sloppily written laws. This
ordinance gave a nine-member board of censors
the power to classify movies as being
unsuitable for young persons. Justice Thurgood
Marshall, in rendering the opinion lor
the 8-1 majority in this case, said that the
vagueness of the ordinance was not justified
by the fact that it was aimed at protecting
children.
"In another case the court upheld the conviction
of a Bellemorc, N.Y., man for selling
four magazines containing pictures of nudes,
and two of them contained descriptions of
"sexual excitement and sexual conduct." The
seller was charged under a state law regulating
the sale of harmful magazines, photographs,
and similar materials to persons under
17 years of age.
"The Supreme Court had hinted in previous
rulings that it might uphold the constitutionality
of censorship laws aimed at
protecting children, and it attempted to do
so in these latest rulings.
"Efforts to check the distribution of pornography
have been frustrated by the difficulty
of writing an objective definition,
since the standard for determining obscenity
is subjective and therefore varies with each
person. The attempt of the Supreme Court
to write a meaningful definition that would
stand up nationally has not been very successful.
"Now. if one accepts the principle of variable
obscenity, the issue is further clouded.
There apparently must be one definition of
obscenity for adults and another for children,
or at least minors under 17. It is safe
to predict that the court's latest obscenity
rulings are by no means the last it will be
billed upon to make before the law is clarilied."
Delman Theatre Damaged
By Out-of-Control Auto
TULSA — The Delman Theatre here,
owned hy Delman Theatres of Dallas, suffered
$10,000 damage on a recent Saturday
and Ann Darling, boxoffice girl, suffered
minor injuries when a car went out of control
at an intersection, jumped the curb, hit
ihe corner of the theatre, bulldozed through
the boxoffice, hit another wall, then bounced
back into the street.
The theatre, however, was relatively lucky,
for when the wrecker came to tow the car
away, the wrecker itself went out of control
a block and a half away from the theatre,
glanced off a tree, jarred the towed car
loose, which in turn rolled into another tree,
while the wrecker continued through a front
yard, hit a parked Volkswagen, rolled over
it and pulled it into a large flower bed.
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Can You Identify 4 WFC Staffers?
In lontrasi le: there are four
persons in this photo aM> film industry reader in the Dallas trade territory toda>
should be able to identify, in fact, the) are the onl> four persons we've been able to
identify—and next we'll reprint this picture with these identifications. Meanwhile
ha\e fun with your industry friends by seeing how many World Film Corp. staffers
vou remember.
HOUSTON
P^ivx Cord was in on a pronuHiDnal visit ni
behalf of his latest film. "A Minute to
Pray, a Second to Die." Cord revealed that
he was to he married in June to Joanna Pettet
. . . The Indianapolis 500 will be shown
on closed circuit television here at the Majestic.
Metropolitan and Alabama theatres.
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DALLAS
Lee Parrish, president of Associated Popcorn,
is recuperating at home after his
recent visit to Scott & White Hospital, but
goes to the office for a short stay several
times each week. Lee is so well kno^vn and
well liked that his many friends have called
frequently, but his wife, while expressing
her appreciation for their interest, pointed
out that it has been rather difficult for her
to get much done for answering the phone.
Lee also would appreciate cards and letters
until he is better able to receive phone calls.
.Sympathy is extended to Cranfil Cox jr.
and his family in the death of his sister and
brolher-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shepperd
of Gilmer. They had been to Houston to
attend the funeral for a friend and were
aboard the Braniff jet which exploded near
Corsicana Friday. The news did not reach
Gilmer until late Friday evening and Cranfil
Cox sr. was so shocked at the news that he
was hospitalized.
Leon Theutres is building another drive-in.
the .Soulhsidc Twin in Fort Worth, near the
junction of .South Freeway and [.oop 830.
The drive-in, accommodating 1.600 cars, is
slated for a July 4 opening.
Walter Pcnn says he is going to enjoy the
comforts of home now that he has sold his
four theatres, two in San Saba and two in
Decatur, to Leroy Mitchell of Forney, Ennis,
Waco and Dallas. Leroy has branched out
FINFRPROJEQION-SUPER ECONOMY
inta a full-fledged theatre circuit in the last
year or so. Penn was at one time with Columbia,
where he was a salesman for about
25 years. He has worked at a number of film
companies and besides his theatres in ,San
Saha and Decatur, he at one time had the
Strand at Chillicothe. which he closed several
years ago. Penn says he still will be a
frequent visitor on the Row and. as a regular
subscriber to Boxoffice, will keep in touch
with his host of friends.
Gazzic Mozley, WO.MPI of Houston,
entered Bellaire Hospital Tuesday (7) for
hio surgcrv. Gazzie had surgery on her right
hip several years ago and the socket bone has
been giving her trouble. The current surgery
will be done to replace the present pin with a
now one. She will be confined to the hospital
about four weeks and cards can be addressed
to her at Bellaire General Hospital. .S3 14
Dashwood. Houston. 77035.
interest in the program after learning so
much about the manv chest diseases treated
at
Will Rogers Hospital.
'V'ancv Peel and her husband left for a
week's vacation in New Orleans. Nancy
works in the Paramount bid department .
Sympathy is extended to Julia Albrow of
Warner Bros.-7 Arts on the death of her
sister in .San Antonio. Burial was in Ardmore.
Okia also was extended
Rau of Alamo Booking Service of San
to Bill
Antonio, whose father died at the age of
than 90 years.
ni'ire
Tre Bob Hope Theatre is scheduled for a
mid-November opening at Southern Methodist
University. National Theatre Supply
has selected Lou Walters Sales & Service
Corp. to install the projection eouipment in
the new theatre. RCA Sound .Service will
SAN ANTONIO
Barbara Hancock, a film newcomer, who
makes her first screen appearance in
"Finian's Rainbow" was in the city on a
promotional visit. She was the guest'of Ted
Waggoner, manager of the General Cinema
Corp.'s Cinema I and Cinema II at the
Tower of the Americas restaurant. The film
will open an engagement at Cinema II at
Christmas. During her stay in San Antonio
Miss Hancock took time out to visit Hemis-
Fair '68.
During their personal appearances at the
HemisFair 68 Arena. Bob Hope and .Marilyn
Maxwell visited wounded servicemen at
local military hospitals. Vietnam veterans
who had seen Hope during his tours were
invited guests of the comedian at the various
performances.
Minna Mae Stevison, WOMPI volunicer
worker, is still confined in the coronary
nfensive c-ire un't at Baylor Hospital, where
her condition is listed as
version at .St.
fair. She now may
Mary's University's Institute
receive cards from friends. Minna
of Fine
Mac has
Arts on Thursday. According to Institute
given unselfishly of her time and energy
director
for
Louis Reile. S.M.. "unlike
several years doing volunteer work some of
at the
the
TB
other versions which have
mobile units about the city. She
shown locally,
took great
this original, uncut 16mm
version has not been exhibited. We were able
to book this very early last year when it was
Sidney Lumet'.s cinema classic. "The
Pawnbroker." will premiere in the 16mm
learned that the original version would again
be released." The screening is set for one
evening only in Moody Life-Science BIdg.
A big free Saturday (4) morning kiddie
show was held at the downtown Texas, managed
by Richard Vaughan and the suburban
Woodlawn. where Sid Shaenfield is manager.
The screen attraction at the Texas was
"Comedy of Terrors." while "Replilicus"
was the feature at the Woodlawn. In addition
there were color cartoons and free
prizes.
Detroit Film Council Elects
Mrs. Naimark President
From Midcost Edition
DETROIT— Mrs. .\lartm Namiark. first
vice-president of the Detroit Motion Pic-
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Walters said projection equipment will be
installed by members of Local 249.
ture Council, was upped to president,
succeeding Mrs. H. J. Farwell. who has ser%-
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Lou Walters Sales & Service Co. unloaded
a truck load of equipment from Vicksburg.
Miss. W. C. Porter owned the theatre
there, which was located on property taken
over by the highway department, so Porter
decided to sell the equipment and close his
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Other newly elected officers are Mrs.
Raymond Kanagur. first vice-president and
program chairman and Mrs. John Mauch,
recording secretary. Re-elected were Mrs.
George Zacharias. second vice-president;
Mrs. Frank C. Riess. corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. Donald theatre,
Sass.
rather
treasurer.
than move to another location
. . . And speaking
The officers will
of Lou be
Walters,
installed at
he
the May
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his 69ih
meeting,
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which will Wednesday break precedent in
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ready preceded
to take vcar
by a
7o'
coffee
with
hour in place of
his the
iisn.il \in, more formal .,,hI \il.ilii\
luncheons held in the past.
"Movies. Morals and Mothers" will be
I he subject of the meeting, with Robert C.
McBridc. director of news and community
affairs for WJBK-TV. as the speaker. A
number of film industry leaders will be
mviicd. following the tradition.
United Artists' "The 1.000 Plane Raid"
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Code Administration Member Talks
Films Before Oklahoma City Club
OKLAHOMA CITY — Under the headline,
"Public Is Getting Films It Wants," an
article in the Daily Oklahoman by Barbara
Schneider informed readers that the "public
is jjctting the kind of motion pictures it is
asking for" and "The Motion Picture Code
staff does not try to be the guardian of the
public's morals, but is interested in protecting
the motion picture industry."
Albert E. Van .Schmus. member of the
staff of the Production Code Administration,
discussed these points while here to participate
in the convention of the Oklahoma Federation
of Women's Clubs at the Skirvin Hotel.
"The Code is mandatory for members of
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the Motion Picture Ass'n of America," Van
Schmus said, "But many independent producers
come to us for our suggestions and
our seal. The big change is that we now require
that 'adult' films be advertised as "suggested
for mature audiences." The public
then has the responsibility of becoming informed
about pictures. I would say at least
50 per cent of the pictures are for mature
audiences.""
Public acceptance of good foreign films
that portray sex has had a great influence
on actors and directors. Van Schmus said,
adding, '"Nineteen years ago, our only problem
might have been a low neckline. Of
course, everyone wants to do something better
than someone else, so the subject is being
iiLMicil in our industry."
He pointed to the high cost of film proiliielion
and the dearth of boxoffice names.
"Many people," Van Schmus said, "have
cnlieizcd the motion picture. "Bonnie and
Clyde' lor glorifying criminals and for its
violence. I will defend "Bonnie and Clyde."
I think they were justified in telling the
truth. What if we had portrayed these people
as they really were, as irresponsible
\oung people who killed 18 people and who
ilicd violently? In this case, I think violence
was used effectively to heighten the tragedy
of these people."
The 19-27 age group is determining the
movies being made today, he said. "Inevitahl\.
the best-selling books will get to be
made in motion pictures. I think movies have
contributed more good best-sellers, though.
"Remember,"" Van Schmus added, "that
while 50 per cent of the motion pictures
.lie
lor adult audiences, the other 50 per cent
IS for the whole family. And we now have
a film out on Vietnam. "The Green Berets."
It look some time to get a film on Vietnam
made because it is such a controversial subjei.1
no one wanted to slick bis neck out."
Georgians Preparing
New Anti-DST Drive
ATLANTA—Although the sky did not
fall at 2 a.m. Sunday (April 28). when Daylight
Saving Time automatically redescended
upon Georgia, opponents of fast time, especially
theatre owners and operators, parents
of school children and the bucolic segment
who still farm for a living, are urging their
representatives in the state general assembly
"to do something about it" when the lawmakers
gather early next year.
Spearheading the fight against DST is the
Motion Picture Owners and Operators of
Georgia and they plan to redouble their
efforts to take the state out of the DST
column if it is humanly possible. They were
thwarted by ""big interests,"' they claim, in
their losing battle this year.
There was considerable vocal displeasure
displayed both in 1967 and this year in the
time battle.
"'Our chickens already are accustomed to
our time and we do not want to confuse
them about what time to get up,"" one legislator
said.
Sen. Bobby Rowan of Enigma contended:
"(DST) is the most pathetic example of the
federal government taking power away from
the
states."
Rep. Dorsey Matthews, Moultrie, termed
messing with the clocks ""ungodly."'
Mothers and fathers are unhappy over
school children having to wait in the dark by
the side of the road until their buses pick
them up. And drive-in operators scream
over their inability to get a picture on their
screens in the summer before 10 p.m.
.Meanwhile, Georgia and her neighboring
states are making the most of what the foes
of DST term ""a sorry mess" and are steeling
themselves to putting up with it until the
last Sundav in October.
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JACKSONVII LF, FLA.— Ihe city council
has deferred further consideration of a
bill aimed at preventing minors from viewing
"obscene" films as defined in a projected
ordinance introduced by councilman Bob
Palmer.
The action was taken during a council
meeting when it was learned that the U.S.
Supreme Court had issued an opinion giving
state and local governments clear-cut
.luthority to enact laws protecting minors
Irom pornographic movies.
LaMar Sarra, chief counsel for Florida
State Theatres and legislative chairman for
N.ATO of Florida, has represented the molion
picture industry at council gatherings
where efforts have been made to introduce
censorship rules which would work a hardship
on the conventional screen offerings of
local exhibitors.
United Artists' ""The Beginners"' is a com-
-dy story of three teenage boys and their
^earch for romance.
BOXOFFICE :: May 13, 1968

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ATLANTA—Metropolitan Atlanta's art
theatres continue to grow. Management of
the 10th Street Art (the city's only all-night
playhouse, staying open until 4 a.m.) has
leased the Harlequin Theatre, which started
as the Brookhaven. Later it was converted
into a legitimate playhouse by a drama
group, the Interplayers, and it is due to open
under the name Brookhaven Art in mid-
May.
The new owners coniplelely remodeled
the building to the walls and are emerging
with a new and modern theatre. Work includes
a new all-glass front, a new screen,
the latest in projection equipment and seal-
Mac Grimes of Bailey Theatres, who
books and buys for the 10th Street .Art will
do the same for the Brookhaven.
Gets Front-Page Publicity
For 'Cold Blood' Playdate
Fron, Western Eda.on
ABERDEEN, S.D.— Michael J. Larkin,
owner-manager of the Orpheum Theatre
here, received top publicity in the local paper
for his playdate on "In Cold Blood,"
when a local resident revealed that he had
been a close friend of the H. W. Clutter
family, victims in the Kansas murder.
Larkin and the editor of the local paper
visited Francis Evelo and his wife, resulting
in a big plug for the picture and the theatre
on the front page of the paper.
The story brought out the fact that Evelo
and Clutter had served together on the board
of the Consumers Cooperative about two
years before the Clutter murders.
The editor of the paper also incorporated
in the story the fact that the Clutter daughter,
Nancy, had been a friend of a former
•Aberdeen girl, now living in Ohio.
Weissmuller Heads Group
Planning Fla. Tarzanland
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.—Johnny Weissmuller.
famed champion swimmer and
movie Tarzan in the '30 and '40s, heads a
financial group which plans to construct a
$10 million Tarzanland tourist attraction
on 16 to 100 acres of land in central Florida.
Weissmuller has announced.
OKLAHOMA CITY
Q K. Ortniaii and his wile Carrie have been
spending the last few weeks in California
visiting their son. When they take a
vacition. they just close the Ortman Theatre
in Hennessey and forget about business
while away, except that Carrie never misses
a chance to discover some new promotional
ideas regarding upcoming pictures. One she
discovered while in Hollywood was on the
picture. "P. J.." which will be shown June
9, 10. She sent cards to many of her friends
in Hennessey with a picture of a scene from
the movie. They plan to return and reopen
the Ortman the middle of this month. Jim
O'Donnell. Theatre Booking Service, does
the buying for the Hennessey.
Paul Rice, branch manager for Paramount,
announced some staff changes. Al
Childress, assistant booker, left May 3 for
Des Moines, to become head booker. Taking
his place here as assistant booker is Johnnie
Envart. moving over from her position as
cashier. New cashier is Darlyne Blessing.
The changes were effective Monday (6).
\t Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Tom Tunnell.
branch manager, announced that Roxy Lambert
had been named biller and assistant
cashier succeeding Karen Echols, who is
leaving and who is expecting her first child
in the next few weeks.
J. Allen "Sniitty" Smith, former salesman
here for Republic and Columbia, was a recent
Filmrow visitor. He made the rounds
of the exchanges and phoned those that he
had worked with who are no longer on the
Row. Smitty resigned as salesman for Columbia
a few years ago and opened a Ben
Franklin variety store in Sulphur, where he
says, business is excellent. He suffered a
cerebral hemorrhage several months ago, but
has fully recovered, although he's still
things
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George Lee Marks, onetime Oklahoma
City theatre owner, has abandoned motion
picture operations here, according to an
assistant district attorney, D. K. Cunningham,
who prosecuted Marks on two charges
of exhibiting obscene movies, resulting in
two $100 fines in common pleas court. The
films involved were exhibited at the Mondo
Art Theatre, a 150-seat house downtown.
Marks also operated the Capri, formerly the
Capitol in the Capitol Hill section, which he
had leased from Greater Oklahoma City
Amusements, which has taken back the theatre.
The Mondo Art has been taken over
by Spcctro Theatres, Inc., which remodeled
it. Spectro also operates the Center, State,
Villa and Cinema 70 Drive-In here and the
Edmond Plaza in Edmtind and Hollywood in
Norman.
"
"Do You Keep a Lion at Home was
shown Friday night (3) on the St. Luke's
Methodist Church arts festival as the first
major feature offered lor children. The piclure
is a fantasy with a musical score describing
the adventures of two small boys
and their holiday escapades in Prague. David
Cawthorn, director of the Tulsa University
film festival and instructor at St. Gregory's
College at Shawnee, prefaced the picture in
a lecture for adults, entitled "Films as Social
Commentary."
Kxhibitors seen on Filmrow recently included
Dennis Collier, 89Er, Kingfisher:
O. K. Kemp, Victory, Poteau; George Jennings,
81 Drive-In, Comanche; Robert D.
Rice. Cinema. Boswell: Bill Slepka. Crystal
and Jewel. Okemah. and Woodic Sylvester,
Tech and lorty-FlVE Drive-ln. Weatherford.
Leonard White, former exhibitor at
Weatherford. also visited friends along Filmrow
. Delacy. American International
exploitation man, was here aiding exhibitors
in promoting AIP product.
Screenings recently in the Simplex Screening
Room included "The Savage Seven,"
"Wild in the Streets" and "Mini-.Skirt Mob,"
all from AIP. and "A Lovely Way to Die."
Universal.
Norman Lear will produce "Two Times
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Learn the seven warning signals of cancer.
You'll be in good company.
1. Unusual bleeding or discharge.
2. A lump or thickening in the breast
or elsewhere.
3. A sore that does not heal.
4. Change in bowel or bladder habits.
5. Hoarseness or cough.
6. Indigestion or difficulty in swallowing.
7. Change in a wart or mole.
If a signal lasts longer than two weeks, see your
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Movies Are Top Entertainment
MINNEAPOLIS — Among the arts.
Minnesotans lean toward motion pictures by
a wide percentage—and more than 800.000
of the residents have attended at least one
movie since January 1.
Those were two of the findings of a justpublished
"Minnesota Poll," a copyrighted
feature of the Minneapolis Tribune. The
survey probed stale residents' cultural activities.
While movies were the out-of-thehome
top-heavy favorite, the other arts are
not neglected in the Gopher state, according
to the survey.
About 350.000 adults listened to a lecture
or a reading this year at some place other
than church or school. And about 300,000
Minnesotans attended a music concert or recital
in 1968. Only a few visited an art
gallery or the legitimate theatre during January.
February and the first half of March
(the period covered by the sampling).
More than half of the state's two million
adults viewed educational television, that
activity the only one on the survey list that
does not require leaving the home.
Among the men, 37 per cent listed attending
a movie. The figure was 45 per cent for
women. Ol all respondents. 47 per cent said
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out-of-the-home cultural pursuits better than
two-to-one.
Fifty-seven per cent said they had viewed
educational TV. Second in the out-of-home
cultural pursuits among all respondents was
"a lecture or a reading." Fifteen per cent
indicated they had attended a music concert
or recital. Eleven per cent had seen a stage
single choice—and movies led the list with
31 per cent. (Among men, the figure was 32
per cent and women, 30 per cent.)
Stage plays were second, with 19 per cent.
The rest, in order with percentage response:
Educational TV, 17; music concerts, 16: art
galleries, 7: lectures and readings, 4: ballet,
1: none of above, 2 per cent, and "no
opinion," 3 per cent.
The Minnesota Poll also reported that
residents in their 2()s prefer movies over
other items on the list (40 per cent of the
young adults checked that preference), while
residents over 60 favored educational TV
(25 per cent of the oldsters marked that
choice).
The survey was made among 600 adults
living in towns, cities and farms in all parts
of the stale— all
staff of trained field reporters.
personally interviewed by a
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play, and that figure was duplicated by those
who said they had visited an art gallery or
museum. Three per cent had attended a ballet
or dance recital.
Second question on the poll was "Which
one of those activities do you enjoy most?"
This time a respondent could indicate only a
industries
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of the initial phone call, April 26, to the
erection of a new steel screen tower at the
Corral Drive-In at Perry, Iowa. Jim Mertz,
operator of the drive-in, ordered the Selby
loucr after a windstorm had damaged the
old wooden one. A crew arrived in Perry,
SOO miles from here April 29, and the screen
loucr was in place three da\s later. The for-
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j^rs, lr>ln J, Haus, president of the Fede
tion of .Motion Picture Councils, Inc.,
is excited about her organization's 14th annual
convention in the Pfisler Hotel here.
The three-day affair opens tomorrow (14).
Ben Marcus, president of Marcus Theatres
Management Corp., is slated to be the guest
speaker at the banquet.
Buck Herzog, the Milwaukee Sentinel's
amusement editor who is business-vacationing
in Hollywood, relays the situation of the
moment. He says there's a bit of gloom
permeating the area: The hiatus between
pictures is longer for actors, producers find
working capital hard to obtain and the
unions claim 40 per cent unemployment.
Scenes for "Winning," Paul Newman's
next picture for Universal, will be filmed
at the ever-popular Elkhart Lake's Road
America sports car track (20-28). Newman,
his wife Joanne Woodward and Robert Wagner
will be in scenes at the track. The filming
company headed by director Jim Goldstone
will start arriving at Elkhart Lake Friday
(17). Race scenes and a victory celebration
will
be shot there.
Pat O'Brien, 67, Milwaukee born actor,
will be honored by Marquette University at
its 87th annual commencement June 2. He
attended Marquette Academy (now Marquette
University High School) and the MU
law school. He switched his interest from law
to acting and went to New York in 1921 to
enroll in the American Academy of Dramatic
Art. Producer Howard Hughes called
him to Hollywood to play in "The Front
Page." and the film was a boxoffice success.
He's been in more than 100 films since.
Film Federation to Open
2-Day Milwaukee Conclave
MIl.WAUKEF—The lhrcc-d.i> convention
oi the Federation ol .Motion Picture
Councils will open tomorrow (14) in the
Pfister Hotel. The theme for the 14th annual
conclave is "Education—the Strength
of a Discriminating Audience."
Special speakers during the affair will be
Ben Marcus, head of a circuit hearing his
name and board chairman of Wisconsin
NATO, at the Wednesday (15) banquet, and
Margaret Twyman of the MPA.^ Communii\
Relations Department, at the awards
banquet Thursday evening (16).
Membership in the federation consists of
organized motion picture groups. Current
officers arc Mrs. J. Haus. Milwaukee Films
Council, president; Mrs. John A. Smith,
Pittsburgh Films and TV Council, and Mrs.
Earl Mullen, Springfield, Pa., Philadelphia
Motion Picture Preview Group, vice-presidents.
Mrs. Melville Sahyun, Santa Barbara
(Calif.) Film and TV Council, is secretary;
Mrs. John A. Hoganmiller, St. Louis Films
C ouncil, treasurer, and Mrs. Leroy Lewis of
I on Worth, life member of the Larchmont-
Mamaroneck (N.^'.l Films Council, junior
p.ist
president.
BOXOFFICE ;: May 13, 1968

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MINNEAPOLIS
Qone With the Wind," uhjch has hccn
having a gigantic grossing engagement
at the Cooper Cinerama, now is at the going,
going but not quite "Gone With the Wind"
stage. Earher. it had been feh that the picture
might last through the summer tourist
season, keeping grosses ai the holdover level.
Now Vern Felt, theatre general manager,
says come hail or high grosses. "GWTW"
checks out after the June 24 performance
to make way for "2001: A Space Odyssey."
beginning June 26.
Mike Adcock, Warner Bros.-? Arts
branch chief, continues to make rapid strides
toward complete recovery following his
double optical cataract surgery. He winged
off lo Kansas City (8) with Tom I.utz. his
good right arm, for a sales meet . . . Tom
Burke, Theatre Associates, has been serving
on the Hennepin County Grand Jury.
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. . Jim Johnson, formerly manager
of the Gopher Theatre, now is working in
the offices of the Berger circuit, according to
[.owell Kaplan of the Berger organization.
Johnson's successor at the Gopher has yet to
be njimed.
Tlie new Filmrow face belongs lo .Vlarlene
Milbeck. who's to succeed Karen Holm as
secretary to Bob DeJarnette. United Artists
branch manager. Karen's off to Cali-
fornia
Mary
shortly.
Ann
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Johnson,
another
UA
newcomer
branch
is
stenographer
more activity at the UA
diggings: Carl Olson, division manager, was
here (9) for huddles with DeJarnette.
An enthusiastic contingent attended the
Variety Clubs Internaiional convention in
Honolulu (5-9l. Among those on hand were
Chief Barker Bob Karatz (and Dearie), past
Chief Barker Sim Heller (and Ruth), International
treasurer Joe Podoloff (and Grace),
Teni 1 2 Women of Variety, president Dolly
Filcrman (and Edward) and Irving Radin
(and Shirley).
The Grant Theatre in Eveleth. closed for
12 years, has been reopened by four Eveleth
businessmen who completely remodeled the
insiallalion. The house is expected to go on
a tirsi-run policy in the future. Stan McCulioiigh
is in charge of buying and booking for
llR^ir.inl.
Twin City Grosses
Slump; GWTW Tops
MINNEAPOLIS—Theatre business coniiruied
in the grip of mid-spring doldrums as
holdovers dominated the scene, all substantially
off their pace. A trio of newcomers
checked in, "The Party," clocking 180 at the
Orpheum and earning a second week;
"Where Angels Go . Follows!"
which managed only an even 100 at the
Stale, and "I. a Lover," with a comparatively
mild \M) at the Suburban World. "Gone
With the Wind" remained the pacesetter wilh
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DLTKOIT— Robert J.
NkBndc, news and
conimunily relations director ol WJBK-TV,
praised the Detroit Motion Picture Council
for "doing a good job for 32 years."
Speaking at the group's May meeting, his
topic was "Movies. Morals and Mothers."
McBride pointed out. "You people are doing
a heck of a good informational job. You are
not out demonstrating at the state capitol
and city hall. You arc relying on the pressure
of popular opinion to influence the entrepreneurs"
about objectionable films.
The problem of censorship, he went on. is
"how do we keep people from selling to
other people what those people want?"
"The question of what is legally obscene
is a difficult one." he said, pointing to his
station's campaign against smut in print
locally. "So we (WJBK-TV) said that in our
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Eileen Declercq. president of the Grosse
Pointe .Motion Picture Council, said the procedures
used by her community in inducing
the Esquire Theatre to close "The Fox" after
one day would be placed on the agenda of
the Federation of Motion Picture Council's
14th annual conference in Milwaukee this
week (14-16).
"We are proud that for the first time we
were able to say to the industry (that) we
don't want this picture in our community."
said Mrs. Declercq. "I got several phone
calls screaming censorship. But by standing
up and saying we don't like it we are exercising
our freedom of expression."
Other speakers were Mrs. Edward K.
Heglin. immedate past president of the
Grosse Point organization, and Woodrow R.
Praught. former president of United Detroit
Theatres, who now has his own advertising
agency.
Cleveland Holds Test
Showing of 'Star!'
( 1 FA EI ,AND—Since critics were asked
not to be in their official critical capacity
when they viewed the initial audience testrun
of "Star!" Loew's Ohio Friday (3) evening,
it is newsy to report that Richard
Zanuck. director Robert Wise and producer
Saul Chaplin headed a visiting contingent of
25 West Coast executives and technicians.
To report that the audience reaction was
almost boundlessly happy may be construed
as a form of criticism. Several times the
sold-out house broke into applause which
may be common in Hollywood but is distinctly
uncommon here (which also may be
considered as another form of criticism).
Loew's district manager Herbert Brown
handled the test. In addition to those named,
publicists Perry Lieber and Mike Kaplan
were among those in the Hollywood entourage.
Loew's vice-president Ernest Emerling
came on from New York.
"Star!" is a rollicking film biography of
the late Gertrude Lawrence. Julie Andrews,
an unbelievable Julie, has the stellar role.
Mightiest in support is Daniel Massey. son
ol Ra\mond. who creates a positive Noel
(ou.ird.
Writing as an old line critic, full of applause
and prophecy, watch where Oscars
uo next lime ... and WOW! W.W.M.
DETROIT
^isper & Wetsman has closed the Wcstown
Theatre . . . Jack Whitman has
closed the Forum (formerly the Strand and
Sahara) at Muskegon Heights . . . Robert
Vickrey has taken over direct film buying
for his Capri at East Detroit.
Robert Morin has taken over the Harbor
at Ecorse, formerly operated by Robert
Vickrey . . . Harry Mohney has taken over
direct film buying for his Scene Drive-In at
Durand . Mitchell is film buyer for
the Shafer family's new Quo Vadis Penthouse,
a twin theatre.
J. Paul Pinkert has taken over the Mariner
at Marine City, formerly operated by
Charles Boening. and named Bob Buermele
as film buyer . Smith is the new
film buyer for Jack Krass' nearby Main in
Royal Oak.
The .Marshall Fine Co., a new name in
this territory, has taken over the Lenawee
Drive-In at Adrian, formerly operated by
Associated Theatres . . . James Laney has
taken over the two drive-ins at Alpena
the Alpena, formerly operated by Dan W.
Sowders and Bruce G. Frecl. and the Thunder
Bay, formerly operated by Fred Manning.
.Sol Krim, active in production and exhibition,
called attention to the colorful appearance
of the old-time Theatre Comique on
the pictorial cover of the Detroit phone
book, with the slogan "always 5 cents admission"
on the marquee— fating from the
nickelodeon days.
Milton H. London, president of Michigan
N.ATO. and his wife attended the Variety
Clubs International convention last week
(5-9) in Honolulu and plan to remain in Hawaii
for a vacation. They are to return late
this month, stopping off in Scottsdale. Ariz.,
for the N.ATO board meeting en route home.
Joe Busic, supervisor of the Nick George
circuit, is vacationing in Florida. John Zois
of the circuit office doubles as a disc jockev
on WABX.
Gov. Georee Romnev donned the red
beret of "The Devil's Brigade" for a promotion
for the film, which will have a joint premiere
tomorrow (14) at the Michigan Theatre
here and across the river at the Vanity
Theatre in Windsor, Canada.
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the first time 50 years ago.
.Mrs. Max Willianu, first president of the
I cderation of Motion Picture Councils, is
cl.iicd over the award just given her husband
for 50 years of medical practice by the University
of Michigan. 'They shortly will observe
their 50ih wedding anniversary. She
recalls she started working with the industry
nearly 40 years ago. through the old National
Board of Review, and has spoken for
(he industry lo Congress.
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In Detroit at 275
Df-TROIT— •Berserk" continued to lead
local first runs in its second week at the Fox,
while "Planel of the Apes" held on to second
place, also in a second stanza at the Michigan.
With no new openers, other holdovers
stayed strong in most situations.
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barker. Bill Kumins of Warner Bros.-? Arts.
Head table guests also included Curt Gowdy.
well-known sportscaster who was named
"Sportscaster of the Year"; George Roberts.
Rifkin Theatres, who was toasimaster; Ralph
lannuzzi. and Jules Lapidus of WB-7A.
Congratulatory telegrams were received
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from the Connecticut Theatre Owners.
Gowdy was introduced by Bill Koster. and
spoke briefly, commending the industry for
its work with the Jimmy Fund. Past Chief
Barker James .Sloneman. Interstate Theatres,
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Kumins. the honoree's wife: Carl Goldman,
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The citation was given to Lcvine in
"recognition of his outstanding leadership
in motion picture production."
HARTFORD
Qhel .Stoddard, president of New England
Theatres, Inc.. the American Broadcasting
Companies regional affiliate, met with
resident manager Ray McNamara.
Morris Keppncr, Burnside Theatre Corp.;
\Iurta\ I ipson. Central Theatre, and Sperie
P. Perakos. Perakos Theatres Associates,
were among New York business visitors.
Mayor Ann P. Ucccllo has asserted that
she is "reluctant" to put the long-projected
Trutnbul! Street civic center to a S16 million
bond referendum "until I can sec some new
housing around the city." She commented
that Connecticut's largest city needs better
housing and educational facilities before
priority is given to the proposed center.
Award-winning George Schaefer is directing
Stanley Niss" "Pendulum" for Columbia
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A dearth of new openers, plus
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new opening bills was "Yours. Mine and
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lopping the holdovers were "2001: A Space
Od\ssey at the Boston in its third week
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the Paris Cinema, each with 400 per cent.
Is 100)
Abbe/—The Stronger (Pora), 6tti wk 100
Astor Yours, Mine and Ours (UA) 170
Beoccn Hill The Fox (Clondgej, I2fh wk. , , .175
Boston 2001: A Spoce Odyssey MGMi 3rd »k 400
Center Hellcats iCrovrn Int ij The Wild Rebels
(AlP) 115
Ctior es—30 Is o Dangerous Age, Cynthia (Col;
Cticri '
One— Poor Cow
"
NGP) 2nd wk
Chen Ttiree— The Porty (UA). 5tti wk
i s
Circle Cinemo No Woy to Treat a Lady (Pora
Esquire in Cambridge I, o Lover (Crown Int'l; '-"
Exeter Elvira Modigon Cinemo V), 22nd wk
Gory—Gone With the Wind (MGM), 29th wk
Kcnmcre Squore Cinema Bonnie and Clyde
(WB-7A). 18tb *^k . ij !
Music Hall— The Scolphuntcrs (UA), 4fti wk„
5 days loO
Orpheum— Attock on the Iron Coast (UA);
Danger Route UA go
Pons Cinema- The Graduate (Embassy), 20th wk jnn
Paramount— The Secret War of Horry Friga
(Univ), 5th v,k ......
Park Square Cmemo— I, o Lover (Crown Int'i) .
Sovoy Plonct ot the Apes (20th-Fox), 5th wk
Soxon Comelot :WB-7A), 27th wk ; „.j
Symphony Cinemo One Closely Wotched troins
(Sigmo III), 12th wk 120
Symphony Cinema Two Venom (P-Wl. 2nd wk . 125
West End Cinemo Good Morning . . . And
Goodbye !Eve> 2nd wt 150
Grosses Slump in New Haven;
The Fox' Best at 130
NEW HAVEN—MGM bypassed
dou n
town for a regional premiere of "Guns tor
San Sebastian" and Universal went suburban,
too. for "The .Secret War of Harry
Frigg." day-and-date with the downtown
Paramount. Trade was mild.
Bowl, Center, New Haven dnve-ins. Paramount
The Secret War of Horry Frigg (Univ),
various co-leofures 130
Branford- Guns tor Son Sebastian (MGM) ilOQ
Cinemort- Doctor Dolittic 12th 70
i'Th-Fox), wk. ..
Crown The Fox wk 130
.^nd
Lincoln— The Graduotc jsv) 13th 125
wk
Loews Colirn'
In The Scolphunters
(UA); The Wicked Drcoms ol Poulo SchultZ
(UA), componion T.
Milford Cinemo— No
niy
Trcot o Lody (Parol
90
100
Woy to
Milford Dnve-ln, R: Plonct of the
.,,.
Apes (20th-Fox), yo- wk. 85
Post Dnve-ln, Forest Scbostion [Parol
various co-features 80
Wholley—Comelot (WB-7A), 2nd wk 120
Hartford Theatres Score
Average or Below
HXRTroKD—The «eek wont be renicnibcred
for much distinctiveness, with the
bulk of the holdovers heading into lower
grosses and the newcomers failing to impress.
-The Graduate (Embossy).
13th .100
Central— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Col),
12th wk 100
Cinema One— The Fox Clandqe;, 2nd wk 90
Cincromo—Gone With the Wind (MGM), 27th »*. 80
Cine Webb- The Party UA', 2nd wk 70
Eini Doctor Dolittle (20lhFoxl, 12th wk 80
.» Ea.t Windsor. Harilord
F '.' K The Secret
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War ot Horry Frigg (Univ). various co-fecturcs 90
Kii Closely Wotched Trains (Sigma III
80
Strond UA Theatre Eost, Monchester, Pike
Planet of Iho Apes (20th-Fox),
various co-fcotures, 4th wk
.Anthony Quayie has been signed for an
important role in Columbia's "Before Winter
Conies."
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GCC Unifies Theatre
Chain of Command
BOSTON— Mclv in R. Wintnian. cxeculive
vice-president and general manager of
the General Cinema Corp.. will assume responsibility
for all theatre departments under
a new circuit alignment announced by Richard
A. Smith. GCC president. Samuel Scletsky,
vice-president for film, will work directly
with Wintman in his new capacity.
Winlman. an attorney, has been associated
with the circuit for 20 years, starting
as director of concessions. He advanced to
general manager in 1954. then was elected
vice-president in 1963 and promoted lo
executive vice-president the following year.
His circuit activities have included virtuall\
every phase of theatre management anil
operations, including a prominent role in the
circuit's expansion program.
According to Wintman, no changes arc
contemplated in any of the theatre departments.
The primary intent of the realignment
is to coordinate all theatre operations
under one operating executive.
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BOSTON
phe Kinc .Arts
I hvatre here has discontinued
its Saturday and Sunday matinees for
the season. It will now follow its regular
weekday schedule, with performances starting
at 6 p.m.
Universal screened Boom," new Elizabeth
Taylor-Richard Burton epic, and American
International screened "The Mini-Skiri
Mob."
Joe E. Levine arrived in town for the West
Enders Dinner. Levine grew up in this city's
West End. George Roberts was toastmaster
for the affair.
SPRINGFIELD
^^ike Todd jr. was hosted at a press luncheon
by Redstone Theatres district manager
John P. Lowe prior to UA"s "Around
the World in 80 Days" return at Cinema
3. Bcrnie Youngsiein of the UA home office
exploitation department accompanied Todd.
Dustin Hoffman toured western Massachusetts
in conjunction with the Sen. Eugene
McCarthy for President campaign. Hoffman,
who got an Oscar nomination for Embassy's
"The Graduate," said he will next
star in "Midnight Cowboy." to be filmed
on Manhattan locations for UA.
Harold B. Kalagher Dies;
Father of Theatreman
BRIDGHPORI. CONN. — Harold B.
Kalagher. sales manager lor Raybestos Co.
brake lining manufacturers, and father of
Richard P. Kalagher. Redstone Cinema 1-
2-3 man aging director. West Springfield.
Mass., died of a heart attack. He was 68.
The deceased's brother-in-law, Jim Mahoney,
is general manager of Interstate Theatres
of New England.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
^hc New Hampshire Department of Employment
SecuritN reported on April 30
that the state's total unemployment decreased
by 350 during the previous week.
bringing it down to 5.600. or 2 per cent of
the work force. Decreases of 50 jobless each
occurred in the Berlin. Claremont. Concord.
Dover and Keene office areas.
Richard Caron. 19. of North Woodstock
pleaded guilty in superior court in Plymouth.
April 29. to entering the Deer Park Drive-In
in North Woodstock on June 12. 1967. and
taking cigarets and candy bars valued at
S50. The case was continued for sentence
and Caron was placed on probation for two
years. The court was told that the defendant
had been receiving treatment at the Glencliff
sanitarium for the past nine months.
The Jaffrey-Cilmore Foundation initiated
the first of a series of weekly film programs
at the Jaffrey Civic Center May 2 when
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MAINE
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to visit several Maine cities during the
week beginning April 29 to campaign for
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Eugene
McCarthy of Minnesota. His activities
in the state were to include press conferences
and meetings with Democratic leaders, college
students and the general public. A visit
lo Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.,
uas to precede the actor's arrival in Maine.
Nothing was taken in an attempted break
.11 the Lisbon Dri\e-ln in Lewiston during
I he night of April 29. but Lewiston police
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'Party/ 'Planet' Lead
Montreal Holdovers
TOROMO—Gi(isM.s ciMiiiniicd to run
well above uverage. "Planet of the Apes" did
excellent business in its third week at the
Imperial, as did "The Party" in its third
stanza at the Hyland. Also drawing top business
were "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
in its 16th week at the Carlton and "The
Graduate" in its second week at the Glendale
and fifth week at the Towne Cinema.
Capitot Fine Art— Poor Cow (Emp), 6th wk Fair
Capri— Suddenly o Women (SR), 2nd wk. .
Good
Carlton— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Col),
15th wk
Excellent
Cinemo—Bonnie ond Clyde (WB-7A),
15th wk Excellent
Downtown or up- The Shuttered Room (WB-7A) Foir
Eglintnn- Doctor Oolittlc (20th-Fox),
19th wk Good
Foirlown- Holt a Sixpence (Porol, 9th wk Good
Glcndolc-The Graduate (IFD), 2nd wk Excellent
Hollywood North- Woit Until Dork (WB-7A),
12th wk
Excellent
Hollywood South— No Way to Treot a Lady (Para),
3rd wk
Good
Hylond—The Porty (UA), 3rd wk Excellent
Imperiol— Planet of the Apes (20th-Fox).
3rd wk
Excellent
Internationol Cinema—Closely Watched Troins
(IFD), 5th wk Very Good
Loew's Uptown— The Scolphuntcrs (UA), 3rd wk. Foir
Nortown—Gone With the Wind (MGM) Excellent
Towne Cinema— The Groduotc :IFD), 6th wk. Excellent
University— Camelot :WB 7 A 18th wk Good
Yorkdolc Cincmo-Blockbcord's Ghost (Emp),
3rd wk
Two New Bills in Montreal;
Holdovers Remain Big
MONTRE-AI. — Good boxofficc
Fair
results
prevailed for most Montreal theatres. Especially
well attended were "Doctor Dolittle"
at the Alouette. "In the Heat of the Night"
at the Cinema Place du Canada, "Guess
Who's Coming to Dinner" at the Atwater
and "I, a Woman" at the Snowdon. At the
York, "Bonnie and Clyde," in its thirty-third
week continued well patronized.
Alouette— Doctor Dolittle (20th-Fox),
5th wk
Good
Atwater—Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Col),
8th wk Excellent
Avenue— Up the Junction (Para), 2nd wk Good
Capitol—The Scalphunttn (UA) Good
.
. .
Cinema Bonoventure— Beniamin :Poro), 4th wk. Good
Cinemo Festival— Night Gomes SR;, -tth wk. . Good
Cincmo Place du Conodo— In the Hcot of the
Night (UA). 5th wk Excellent
Cinema Plocc Ville Mone— The Graduate (IFD),
9th wk
Good
Cinema Westmount Square—The Porty (UA),
wk 4th Good
Elyscc 'Resnois!— My love. My tove (SR),
wk 3rrt Excellent
Elyscc F r t, n Kid Sentiment (SR). 5th wk. Good
Kent Gone With the Wind MGM), 4th wk Good
Locw Plonct ot the Apes .'Oth-Fox), 4th wk. Good
Palace The Glory Stompers Antral) Good
Porisien— Lo Grande Vodrouille (SR), 7th wk. Good
Snowdon— I, o Woman (WRF|, 1 Ith wk Excellent
Van Home—Monon 70 (SR), 3rd wk Good
Westmount— Poor Cow (Emp), 6th wk Good
York- Bonnie ond Clyde (WB 7A1, 33rd wk Good
'Wait Until Dark' Opens Big
At Winnipeg Capitol
still going strong. "Guess Who's Coming to
Dinner" was down a bit, ending its tenth
week, but still very good, and "Wait Until
Dark" was very strong in its opening week.
Copitol- Woit Until Dork (WB-7A) Very Good
Gaiety— Holt a Sixpence (Para), 3rd wk Foir
Kings— Doctor Dolittle (20th Fox), 13th wk. Averoge
Metropoliton— The Comedians (MGM),
2nd wk
Average
Odeon—Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Col),
10th wk Very Good
Towne—The Graduate (IFD), 5th wk Excellent
Windsor— Blackboard's Ghost (Emp), 3rd wk Good
DST and Good Weather Hurt
Business in Vancouver
VANCOUVER—The advent of Daylight
Saving Time plus a fine weekend sent thousands
to the parks and out on the highways,
hastening the end of several long runs. Business
was off in most houses.
Capitol—Planet of the Apes (20th-Fox)
Average
3rd wk.
Coronet—The Scolphunters UA) 3rd
Downtown—Guess Who's Coming to
wk. ...Average
Dinner (Col)
I'th wk
Odeon—The Porty UA), 4th wk
Good
Good
Orphcum- No Woy to Treat a Lady (Pora)
Park — Bcdoizlcd 20th. Fox), 4th wk. Above
Good
Average
Ridqc Doctor Dolittle (20th-Fox), t4th wk. ... Good
Stanley — Ulysses ;SR; Excellent
Studio—The Graduate (Embassy), 7th wk. ..Excellent
Vogue—The Secret Wor of Horry Frigg (Univ),
^*^ ^^ Average
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check ups
by our specialist
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equipment
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service too . . .
onytime!
TORONTO
^^ Dan McPhee, chief inspector of theairi^s
for Ontario, is retiring after more th.m
30 years' service. He is to be honored h\ ,i
testimonial dinner Wednesday (15) in the
Park Plaza Hotel, sponsored by the Motion
Picture Theatre Owners Ass'n of Ontario.
Twentieth Century Theatres inducted 30
employes into the company's newly formed
25-Ycar Club at the Park Plaza Wednesday
WINNIPEG—Grosses continued strong, Charles Bochner, founder of the Canadian
though off a shade from the previous two Seating Co.. died here. Besides his wife
weeks and slightly below the same week last Frieda, he leaves his actor-son Lloyd Bochner,
Mrs. year. Continuing as top grosser was "The
sisters C. Rotstein and Mrs. S.
Graduate," concluding its fifth week, and Troster and a brother Dr. Maxwell Bochner.
(8).
Theatre Confections, Ltd. has mailed out
brochures on the fourth annual Concession
Idea Man of the 'Vear award contest. In
1967, TCL accounts took four merit awards,
and last year the grand award CIMY and
five merit awards. Arrangements have been
made with the judges of the CIMY awards
to judge all TCL entries, with a $250 first
prize. $150 second prize and SI 00 for third.
The CIMY grand award trip of five days to
the NATO-N.AC convention in November
at the Hilton in San Francisco has no cash
value, nor can it be transferred. The same
applies to an all-e.xpense trip to the Canadian
motion picture conclave in Toronto next
October.
L'niversal's "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
should set a new record for advance promotion.
Although it's not scheduled to open
until just before Christmas at the Nortown,
ads already have appeared in the local press,
including a two-pager in the Star and a onepage
ad in the Telegram.
John Heberl, Loew's city manager, had
his share of troubles. The fact that the Uptown
is so near the hippies that inhabit
Yorkville sometimes is too much to bear. A
sign, "Hippies Not Admitted," was later
taken down, and it was decided that only
ihc "bad-smelling or bare-footed" would be
iiirned away. "When I managed a theatre in
ihc United States." Hebert said, "a barelooted
woman came in and cut her foot on
.1 piece of rock candy. She ended up suing
us." .Although the Ontario Human Rights
Commission planned to take no action, had
the theatre kept to its ruling, a civil liberties
association director and Toronto freelance
\\riter June Caldwell planned a boycott of
the theatre.
Condolences to Bill Curley. manager of
Iwinex" Scarboro Drive-In. on the death of
the
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Ihe 1968 Canadian Film Awards .September
28 at the Royal York Hotel will be
presented by a consortium of seven groups
instead of the individual pattern of other
Ncars. This was noted in a report from Bill
M.irshall, one of the organizers. Included
in the consortium will be the .Ass'n of Monon
Picture Producers and Laboratories of
C anada. Directors' Guild of Canada,
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Canada
ACTRA. Federation des Artistes et dcs Auleurs
du Canada. Society of Filmmakers and
the Federation of Canadian Amateur Cinematographers.
Cinecil.v is holding a directors' festival
through Friday (17). Directors of the 'dOs
are heing represented in the series. ,Mso
scheduled as Sunday matinees during May
is an underground film series.
Universal will open a 26-week sales drive
June 30. titled: "All-Star Picture Drive—
Winning Slate in '68." according to Henry
H. "Hi" Martin, vice-president and general
sales manager. Regional sales manager.
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branch managers, salesmen and bookers in
f
and the United States will be competing
for $50,000 in prizes.
Bill Morland, Astral publicity director, returned
from the Maritimes. where "The Doctor
Speaks Out" was set for openings at theatres
of Famous Players. Odeon and Spencer.
Morland said he was pleased to see Murray
l.vnch. Fred Leavens and an old friend
Doug King, who is with Odeon in Saint
John.
Anvng the Famous Players circuit managers
winning $25 bonuses for their film
promotions are Doug Armstrong of the
Tivoli in Hamilton for doubling his confection
sales in a ballyhoo on "The Jungle
Book": Mart Brodsk\'. Capitol. Sarnia. and
Al Hartshorn, both for that same picture;
Bob Harvey. Capitol at North Bay, "Wait
Until Dark": Mike Micelli. Palace. Windsor,
"Bonnie and Clyde." and Doug Robertson,
Roxv. Barrie. "Valley of the Dolls."
Cinematogrophers Expect
Record Number of Entries
MONTRHAl.—The Federation of Canadian
Ampteur Cinematographers here said
a record number of entries is expected in
its annual Canadian Amateur Film Competition.
Competition will be adjudicated this summer
b\ a five-man team: Guy Glover. National
Film Board producer: Rene Boissay.
Canadian Broadcasting Corp.: Pierre Patry.
feature film producer and director; Jack
Vance. CBC. Toronto, and another movie
professional still is to be appointed.
Recognition to the best amateur filmmaker
of the year will be made by the presentation
of the Federation Trophy, and the film
is held for one year. The CBC French-language
network also again is offering six
trophies to young filmmakers (under 21).
The FCAC is a non-profit organization.
It was founded in 196.3 by Andre Lafrance.
Montreal, and Anthony Collins, Vancouver,
both of whom are winners of many international
amateur film awards.
The FCAC has a technical information
bureau for professional advice and also an
evaluation service, designed to help mem-
VANCOUVER
pilni censorship was the theme of CBC-TV's
"Seven O'Clock Show." a public affairs
program. The moderator was Ben Metcalfe,
president of the Vancouver Film Festival.
Making up the panel were Ray W. MacDonald.
British Columbia film censor; Les Wedman.
Sun Movie editor, and Lome Parton,
representing the province. "Ulysses." which
earlier had opened its run at Famous Players'
Stanley, was the center oi the discussion.
An armed bandit escaped after holding up
the Odeon Drive-in at New Westminster and
taking $428 from the cashier. Frank Marshall
is manager.
Syd Freedman, manager of the Studio,
received kudos from his colleagues and news
media friends after winning his seventh
BoxoFFiCE Showmandiser Citation since
1955 for his campaign on "Loving Couples."
A motion picture contest will be held in
the Institute of Technology Wednesday (15).
with all professional filmmakers in the province
eligible. The British Columbia Photographers
Ass'n will give trophies to the best
new film and the best commercial picture.
Judges are to be Ben Metcalfe; Wally Hamilton,
Trans-Canada Films president, and
Stuart Keate, Vancouver Sun publisher, who
is a former movie critic.
Larry Katz, 20th Century-Fox bookersalesman,
his wife Elsie and daughter Sharon
attended the ball of the Henrietta Szold Haddasah
organization Thursday (2) in the Commodore
Cabaret. The affair was in observance
of the 20th anniversary of Israel's independence.
Among the guests was Dr. E. S.
Efrat. former member of the Israeli
cabinet.
NFB Names 3 to Board
MONTREAL—The National Film Board
has announced these three appointments to
its board of management: Jean-Louis Roux.
Montreal actor and director of the Theatre
du Nouveau Monde: Molly Lamb Bobak.
Vancouver painter, and Peter J. Lazarowich.
Moncton, N.B., who was renamed. The appointments
are for three years.
Universal's action drama previously
titled "Run, Hero. Run" has been changed
to "The Hell With Heroes."
Famous Players Profit
Up, Shareholders Told
rOKON rC) In the 48 years since Famous
Pla>ers was incorporated it never has
had to report a loss, said R. W. Bolstad.
president of the company, at the annual
shareholders" meeting here.
The company, for the quarter ending
March 31, had a net profit of $955,000 or
55 cents a share, compared to $817,000 or
47 cents a share in the same period a year
ago,
Bolstad said that the theatre part of the
company, including General .Sound & Theatre
Equipment and Theatre Confections,
two subsidiaries, provided a little more than
85 per cent of "our net consolidated profit
last year. We arc looking forward to another
satisfactory year in 1968."
He said Famous Players opened eight new
theatres in 1967 and 11 theatres and one
drive-in now are being built. All of the new
houses arc going up in shopping centers or
downtown building complexes or are twin
units being added to present theatres.
Bolstad said Saskatchewan has passed
legislation permitting the operation of theatres
on Sundays after 8:30 p.m. "Although
it may not be practical because of costs involved,
to open theatres at that hour on
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on AW A
few days after the circuit
P^
sale by the
Oita\\a Valley Amusement Co. to
Cinema Services of Toronto, the sudden
death occurred at Ottawa of J. Ambrose
O'Brien, 82. son of the late M. J. O'Brien,
founder at Renfrew of M. J. O'Brien. Ltd.,
which owned and operated theatres at Renfrew,
Pembroke. Almonte and Arnprior and
the Hi-Way Drive-In at Renfrew, as well as
having many other business interests. The
circuit, started in 1909. will be supervised
by George McGrogan.
Following ncgutialions Nat Taylor's 20th
Century Theatres will add a sixth unit to its
Ottawa group—the 640-seat Linden. It has
been owned and operated for a generation
by Casey Swcdiove. a long-time director and
committee chairman of the Motion Picture
Theatres Ass'n of Ontario. District manager
Ernie Warren said 20lh Century's operation
of the theatre would start in a couple
of weeks.
Prominent for many years as an Ottau.i
projectionist. James P. McGuire is scheduled
for retirement June 5. He will leave his post
the Famous Players Capitol where he has
at
given long and efficient service. He is an
authority on theatre history here.
The Twin-Ex Seaway Drive-In. which
accommodates 415 cars, has resumed operations
at Cornwall under the new management
of Andre Bard, formerly house manager
at the Ottawa dual F.igins.
Manaecr .Svend Pederscn of the Nelson
got a full-page spread with four pictures in
the Ottawa Citizen for "Gone With the
Wind" in its second week at the roadshow
theatre.
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quick switch to the Aladdin Drive-In, while
"The Graduate" held for an eighth week at
the Elgin.
"In the Heat of the Night" had a
busy second week at the Rideau and Britannia.
The downtown Centre and the Auto-
•Sky ozoner had a special run with "The
Doctor .Speaks Out" after an intensive
promotional campaign. "Elvira Madigan"
rolled into its second month at the Odeon
Elmdale. while at Kingston. Ont.. "Gone
With the Wind" continued its momentum
at the Odeon Hyland for a second roadshow
week.
Manager Phil Traynor of the Ottawa
Capitol deleted Tuesday's presentations from
the engagement of "The Comedians" for two
stage performances of "Brasiliana—Carnival
in
Rio." prices for which scaled up to S5.50.
"A Place to Stand," Ontario's Oscarwinning
short subject, got another club
screening here when it was shown by the
Ottawa District Young Conservatives, even
when it was on the regular theatre program
at the Elmdale,
Montreal Extends
Theatre Hours
.MONTRHAl --Movie huffs now will be
able to attend theatres here until 2 a.m. as
the city plans to continue permanently the
world's fair exhibit of last year.
The two-hour extension, from the former
midnight closing, was not enacted by the city
without difficulty. Councilman Gerald
Charncss charged that such "nocturnal cinematic
doings turned theatres into hangouts
for bums and undesirables." He asked for a
delay in the enactment to give religious and
social workers time to express their views.
Mayor Jean Drapeau, on the other hand,
called for immediate action because the
Man and His World (new name for Expo),
vshich is to open Friday (17), features a
numher vif film attractions which cannot
he closed by midnight.
The mayor shrugged out worries about
hums," saying restaurants and bowling establishments,
which arc open all night, attract
"undesirables" as well.
1 xhibitors feel that the extended hours
«ill be used sparingly. Gaston Theroux.
newly re-elected president of the Quebec
I'heatre Owners Ass'n, said his organization
had made no request to the city for the extension
of hours. He pointed out that theatre
owners and operators feel they are asking
a lot from their employes, who now work
from noon to midnight.
He said the new hours would be of some
benefit to exhibitors, although he feels that
\LT> few will take advantage of the extension
.It
least on a permanent basis.
Jacques Martin of Odeon Theatres said
I he new city regulation caught the industry
by surprise and "nothing at the moment"
made him feel that exhibitors would extend
their closing hours.
Yvan Larocquc. Famous Players publicity
director, also expressed surprise at the
new hours. He said some experimental shows
prohahly wouUI be presented by some exhihiiors'
MONTREAL
^e National Film Board has completed
two films by Arthur LIpsett. a young
filmmaker, who has won several international
awards. The 30-minute films are "Free
Fall" and "A Trip Down Memory Lane,"
directed and edited by Donald Rennick.
Succes-sful premieres were held for two
films produced by Arthur Lamothe, "Poussiere
Sur la Ville" at the Pigalle Cinema at
Thetford-Mines, Que., and "Ce .Soir-La.
Gilles Vigneault" at the France Film Co.'s
Bijou Theatre in Montreal.
Greek film actress Zozo Sanpountzaki was
a visitor to .Montreal to attend the reopening
of a new cabaret, the New Athens Corner.
Walter Slezak starred at the Place des
Arts' along with Margaret Philips in the
"Lion in Winter."
The pa.ssing of Montreal's International
Film Festival, at least for this year, caused
a number of comments, mainly all deploring
the cessation of the film festival which had
meant such a lot to the industry as a whole.
Montreal had nine consecutive yearly film
festivals. One newspaper film critic. Charles
Lazarus of the Montreal Star, commented,
"Whatever the reasons for the collapse of
the film festival, it is, nevertheless, a fact
that everyone will be the loser." Homier-Roy
of the weekly Le Petit Journal, said, "One
cannot accept this almost unbelievable decision"
without asking a considerable amount
of questions. He pointed out what the festival
has meant to Quebec, awakening fans to
a wider choice of films.
NFB films being featured in
local theatres
include "A Place to Stand" and "Fisherman's
Fall" at the Palace: "Precision." the
Film Box; "La Moisson." Papineau: "La
Cite de Memoirc," Francais: "L'Homme-
Cheminee," Beaumont: "Molecule Magique,"
Amherst: "La Patinoire" at the Chateau:
"Pikangikum," Cinema Place Ville
Marie: "The House That Jack Built" and
"The Drag," Lucerne, and "Christmas
Crackers" and "The Old Lady Who Swallowed
a Fly" at the Regent.
New Director for 'Wylie'
Fr.im Wc-lcrn Edition
HOLLYWOOD— David Lowell Rich
moved into the director's chair to finish production
on Universal's "Wylie," with Alex
Segal withdrawing because of an injury.
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THE GUIDE TOiBETTER BOOKING AND B U S I N E S S - B U I L D I N G
Atlanta Exhibitor Buren Eidson Now
Promoting
Personal War' as Giveaway
contestants are signing up. The only requirements
are:
"If you arc unhappy with single life and
wish to be married . . . Registrants must
be single, between the ages of 18 and 80,
and plan to be married this summer."
Buren "Tiny" Eidson, managing director
of Martin's downtown 1,200-seat Rialto
Theatre in Atlanta, is an imaginative promoter
as some of his previous activities
point up. In fact, he has become icnown as
"The Mad Promoter" as a result of his giveaways
which include a Free Desert, Free
Funeral, Free Divorce and so on.
For some time he has been mulling what
he hoped to be his biggest stunt—A Free
War—and has been waiting for the Martin
the splendor of single life" and he plans for
them an elaborate wedding on the Rialto
stage, with 1,200 guests on hand, after
which he will send them on a one-week
honeymoon to Miami Beach's famed Hotel
Fontuinebleau, where they will occupy one
Model Dale Clark
stands h y the slant
display in the lobby
of Martin's Rialto
Theatre i n A tianta.
The display is promoting
Manager Buren
Eidson's newest
project— "A free (personal)
war for ages
18 to SO."
of the finest rooms in the hostelry and have
an oceanfront cabana at their disposal. In
addition they will be the hotel's guest for
a night at the Club Gigi.
To cover the honeymooners' incidental
expenses, such as food, tips, telephone calls,
etc., the Rialto will provide them with $200
in spending money.
Additional Prizes
They also will receive a $500 gift certificate
for a his and hers set of Lucien Piccard
circuit to book a war picture into the Rialto
so he could swing gold watches from the Ben Hyman Co.,
it.
Atlanta jewelers and importers.
Making Decisions
After the ceremony on the Rialto stage
"What I have in mind at this time is not the winning couple will be flown from
exactly what I had planned because it seems Atlanta to Miami and return by Delta Airlines.
most of the world's countries are booked up
and the ones left in the peace column don't "Can you think of a better way to start a
want to give anything away. Tliey want to war?" Eidson asks. "After the honeymoon
remain on the receiving end. So I've come
is over, especially a dream one like this,
up with something else, that's on the fringe will come the BOOM! signalizing an open
of the Free War bit. Being a married man, declaration leading to one thing . . . It's a
I knew the next best thing to an all out War!"
war is wedlock, so I decided to give away
'A Free (personal) War.' "
Radio, TV Tie-ins
So Eidson now has launched a contest On top of all of the foregoing promoting
"for some poor souls who are unhappy with Eidson has tied up with WGST-Radio,
owned by Georgia Tech, which will promote
the contest for a four-week period. He also
is tagging all of his television spots with the
promotion.
Needless to say Eidson is going all out
with attractive lobby displays and many
BOXOFHCE Showmondiser :: May 13, 1968 73.
Manager Builds Up Date
In One-Day Campaign
Manager Jcriy Drew of Kindair's Globe
Theatre in Salinas, Calif., had only one day
in which to promote the short run of Columbia's
"A Man for All Seasons," and he
packed as much effort into the brief campaign
as he could.
he invited a group of nuns from the
First
city's Catholic school to a screening, and
he posted notices on school bulletin boards.
A standee was set up in front of the theatre
to attract by-passers. Also 11x1 4s were
placed at several locations in the city to announce
the picture.
Drew used the local radio station to advertise
the film, and he reported the picture
"draw a eood adult audience."
20th-Fox Lists Winners
In Combined Film Contest
The prize winners for 20th Century-Fox's
combined "Doctor Dolittle" and "Planet of
the Apes" Win-A-Bond Photography Contest
have been chosen from more than 5,000
entries, each of which included a photograph
of either the "Doctor Dolittle" Pushmi-Pullyu
or the "Planet of the Apes" statue
which were on display at the International
Photography and Travel Fair held in the
New York Coliseum.
The winners, selected by random drawing,
were R. L. Nashe of Jamaica, N.Y., Marvin
Blachman and Gary Cohen of Brooklyn,
N.Y., and Harold Stein of Somerset, N.J.
each receiving a savings bond. The contest
began April 3, when visitors to 20th-Fox's
display booth at the fair were invited to
photograph the display and enter the drawing.
The closing date for all entries was
April 15.
Prom Dates for Theatres
The Dickinson circuit, with theatres in
Missouri. Kansas, Illinois and Iowa and
headquarters in Kansas City, has been successful
with high school Senior Prom Shows
at several of its theatres. This type of project
can be developed in most towns.

3-Way Tie-Up Builds
'World' in El Paso
\ lic-up with KELP-R;idio and TV and
\cniiia\cs dc Mexico (Airlines of Mexico)
highlighted Manager Bill Bohling's campaign
for his "Around the World in 80 Days" playdate
at the Trans-Texas Capri in El Paso.
Paramount's 'Odd Couple'
In Nationwide Campaign
Paramount Pictures has started a widespread
merchandising campaign for "The
Odd Couple." keyed to the world premiere
engagement of the comedy film at Radio
City Music Hall in New York.
KV 7/^
As a lie-in. the airlines, in observance of
starting its first jet flights from Juarez-El
Paso to Chihuahua. Torreon. Mexico City
and Acapulco. held a party in El Paso's sister
city. Juarez, for dignitaries of both cities.
Each of the guests was given an invitation
to see the film at the Capri.
Plugs Playdate. Airlines
The 4'4x5'4-inch invitation plugged both
the airlines, the Capri and the United Artists
rerelease.
Also, a write-in contest was held with
KFI.P-Radio and TV and Aeronaves de
Mexico offering an all-expense-paid round
trip
for two to Chihuahua and three days at
the Viclorio Hotel. Included with the prize
were meals and bar service and tours of the
city. More than .S.OOO entries were received,
and the Capri and its playdate received
many plugs via radio and TV.
The F.I Paso Times and the Herald- Post
hosted its carrier boys to a matinee of
"Around the World in 80 Days." The newspaper
ran a full-page ad (no cost to the
Capri) announcing the theatre party and
plugging the theatre and the picture.
Goodwill Tie-In
As a goodwill tie-in. Bohling took advantage
of the publicity on the El Paso Science
I air and hosted a theatre party for the more
than 100 young scientists who took part in
the fair. A two-column photo of the manager
and the two winners of a Detroit trip in the
exposition was used by the El Paso Herald-
Post.
National Tie-lips
The picture, which opened Thursday (2)
at the Music Hall, is being promoted on national,
regional and local levels via such major
diverse concerns as the Diners" Club and
American Machine and Foundry Co.. the
Schlitz Brewing Co. and the Florida Citrus
Commission.
F'epsi-Cola will be promoting the film on
the backs of its trucks, on radio, with pointof-purchase
sales signs and carton stuffers.
Three other companies have arranged to
cross-tie their merchandising of "The Odd
Couple" with Pepsi-Cola. They are Frilo-
Lay, which has prepared a campaign encompassing
package snipes and point-of
purchase displays; Bohack's chain of supermarkets,
which will use double-truck ads.
in-store displays and "Odd Couple Sales" to
promote the film, and AMF, which will have
displays in bowling establishments and ads
in
Iratle magazines.
.Supcrniurkels, Billboards
Schlitz will tie in with the film in an advertising
campaign that includes regional
and national billboards and print media. The
Diners" Clubs and the Florida Citrus Commission
will boost the picture through supermarket
signs and by the attendance of Miss
Florida Citrus at film openings.
WNEW-FM, in a ten-day promotion, invited
listeners to send in postcards to their
favorite station personalities requesting
tickets to a special preview performance of
"The Odd Couple" at the Paris Theatre.
Winners were selected in a random drawing.
A similar contest was conducted for a
full week on the WNEW's Jim Lowe Show,
and cross-plugged on other programs, with
winners receiving tickets to a Radio City
Music H,ill pcrlorniance.
Restaurants Join In
Restaurants al.so are getting into the act.
I he 150 Childs Restaurants operated
throughout New York City will decorate
iheir windows and display 10.000 table
icnis promoting "The Odd Couple."" Another
restaurant chain. Longchamps, is
making up a special recipe-menu for bachelors
tied in with the production for a special
Hill lh>hlin\;. rii;lii, ni(iiiai;ci of ihc
//(i/iv-ZcK/v Ctipri in LI Pciso. urccix
tlic winncrx of the Detroit trip in the
city's high school science fair. The
manager held a theatre party, featurinf;
United Artists' "Around the World in
SO Days." for the more than 100 participants
in the fair. The hoys are
Chiirk Brice. left, and Robert Allen.
national
food editors mailer.
The film also is being promoted with a
photo in the New York Mets yearbook and
with plugs on the scoreboard at the baseball
teams Shea Stadium.

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J^llHOUCiH iheic was no serious compeliiion
lor "Planet of the Apes" {20th-
Fox) in winning the Blue Rihhon Award
for April, National Screen Council members
gave enough votes to four other films
for them to be given Honorable Mention.
These were: "Did You Hear the One About
the Traveling Saleslady?" (Univ): "Will
Penny" (Para): "The Whisperers" (Lopcrt):
"The' Secret War of Harry Frigg" (Univ).
Comments from NSC members about the
winner and other pictures listed on the ballot
included these:
"Planet of the Apes"
"Planet of the Apes" is a highly entertaining
fantasy with moral overtones — the best
science-fiction film since "Fantastic Voyage."
— Don Braunagel, Pontiac Press . . .
A fascinating film — very good performances
and production values. — Larry
Thomas. Fayetteville (W.Va.) exhibitor
. . . This is one of the most perfect adventure
comedies for adults and children. —
Eric Atkins, St. Petersburg Times ... A
most unusual film, understood and appreciated
by high school and college students:
not a favorite with women folk. — Mrs.
Claude Franklin, Indianapolis NSC Group.
This was chosen by mv teen-age daughter.
— Mrs. Alfred Todt. Berkeley MPC ... We
all liked it! — Betty McCleery, WICU-TV,
Erie . . . The best of the lot. — Joanne
Sequin. WBEN-TV. Buffalo ... Not especially
good for children but an interesting
adult movie. Make-up men deserve a lot of
credit, for that is the outstanding part of the
picture. However, this is an interesting struggle
— very different. — R. W. Bradshaw.
Tooele (Utah) exhibitor ... It sure makes
people talk — and talk! — Fred Souttar,
Fox Midwest Theatres . most unusual
picture ever produced in this category.
— Charles Smith, Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-
Ledger.
High budget, science action seems to be
the coming thing this year, and it all started
with "Planet of the Apes." The idea is
fascinating, as is the ape makeup. Heston"s
nudity aside, even the kids should love it.
The dialog is certainly often juvenile
enough! The scenery and effects, on the
other hand, are super. — Nancy Razen.
Newark Star-Ledger . type that mom
and pop can enjoy along with the kids. —
Brainard Piatt. Dayton Journal Herald . . .
A good science-fiction film that did not
stray too far from its original story. — Boh
Sokolsky, Buffalo Courier.
The lively action and imaginative visual
work were fine. So was some of the humor.
— David Mclntyre, San Diego Evening
Tribune . . . Stinging, intelligent social
satire, with more than a message, yet always
highly entertaining. — Frank Meyer. Miami
Beach Sun . family enjoyed it. I'll
let them vote for me. — Bob Battle, Nashville
Banner . . . Intriguing idea — and what
make-up! — Dorothy R. Shank, Radio
WJJL, Niagara Falls . . . Provocative, interesting,
entertaining. — Howard Pearson,
Deseret News, Salt Lake City.
Well done! My 11 -year-old saw it three
times and would go again. — Elayne Bybee,
Radio KID. Idaho Falls . . . The easiest
choice in a long time, considering the "adults
as well as children" proviso. — Gerald Ashford,
.
San Antonio Express & News Superior science fiction, The nudity and
the "mating" game hurt it for the youngsters,
but ifs far and away the best on the
baltot. — Bill Donaldson. Tulsa Tribune.
Jf's a difficult choice between "Will
Penny," an outstanding, realistic
western (most westerns are more fantasy
than realistic), and "Planet of the
Apes," which is practically flawless,
and undoiihtedly will be in the early
ruiiiiliii; for sonic Oscar nominations.
The strii iipliiN is superb and the ending
indicates lluri may be more truth than
fantasy in Ibis film, too.—Ken Larsen,
Denver Register.
"Did You Hear the One About the
Traveling Saleslady?" is a delightfully
wacky picture. We need pictures without
problems for a change of pace. First
choice for everyone in the family.
Mrs. Frank Baldus. G.F.W.C, Independence,
Mo. ... I nominate "Traveling
Saleslady" as the worst picture of
the year.—Norman Dresser, Toledo
Blade . . . "Will Penny" is that rarity
an honest and humane western.—Alvin
Easter, Cinema Magazine ... I enjoyed
"The Secret War of Harry Frigg" very
much.—Myra B. Nelson, Fed. MPC,
Upper Darby, Pa.
"The Whisperers" is a sensitive study
of old age, worth anyone's time. And
Dame Edith Evans is only the greatest
living actress.—Bill Morrison, Raleigh
News-Observer . . . Katharine Hepburn
over Dame Edith Evans for an Oscar in
acting? That's the greatest put-on in 40
years of Awards—E. B. Radcliffe, Cincinnati
Enquirer . . . The ballot list
leaves me cold.—Grant Marshall, Burlington
(Iowa) Hawk-Eyc ... I wouldn't
recommend any of these for family
viewing.—Ruth Elgutler, Toledo Times.
The children will go for the monkeys and
adults for the thought behind it. — Nevart
Apikian. Syracuse Post-Standard ... I think
this appeals to all the family. The make-up
and sets are magnificent. — Rae Ann Gilder.
Miami Beach Reporter . . . The most
unusual picture to come out in a long time.
I'm glad I will not see this world 2.000
years from now. — Mrs. Paul Gcbhart.
Cleveland Cinema Club.
Our Indianapolis NSC Group had a film
forum at the G.F.W.C. meeting. Six highschool
boys and girls discussed "Planet of
the Apes" — they were wonderful. They
made you understand the picture. — Mrs.
Emory Cowley . . . This makes one think
we "evoluted" in the wrong species. — Tom
Sheeley. KFLO-TV, Sioux Falls ... I didn't
think this film could make up its mind to be
a'satire or not. Too much nudity, too. However,
mv three kids loved it. so I'll "ape"
them. — Al Shea. WDSU-TV. New Orleans.
"Planet of the Apes" is a great movie, with
BOXOFFICE Showmandiser :: May 13, 1968 75 —
beautiful touches and many meanings. —
Emery Wister. Charlotte News . . . Superbly
produced, directed and acted science fiction
that will amuse both \oung and old.
Angelo J. Mangialetta. WAGA-TV. Atlanta
fine satire and lovely entertain-
nient: Charlton Hcston's best. — Wayne
j
Greenhaw, Montgomery Advertiser ... A
toss-up between "Planet of the Apes" and
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"The Secret War of Harry Frigg." but because
of the times and science-fiction trentl.
I'll pick the first. — Mrs. Henry Augustine,
Sheboygan BFC.
Miscellaneous
Children should have no trouble understanding
"Did You Hear the One About the
Traveling Saleslady?" — Mrs. Donald Tuckncss.
Independence (Mo.) Young Matrons
... I thought it was funny and could be
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enjoyed by anyone who wants to laugh.
Paul Hllsberry. Douglas Theatres. Omaha
. . . Slapstick but entertaining for the whole
family. — Mrs. Elmo A. Lampton, Kansas
City PTA . . . For just plain old slapstick
comedy, you can't beat Phyllis Diller; with
Bob Denver it's a laugh riot. — Sheryl
Coop. Ottumwa Courier.
Zany Phyllis Diller as a traveling salesladv,
a bumbling inventor and an old auto
race will amuse all aiic groups. — Mrs. Harold
li. Kerwin. New Bedford BFC ... A
riot of fun the whole family will enjoy. —
Mrs. Kenneth C. Wilson. San Francisco
MP & TV Council . . . Anyone as homely
as Phyllis Diller can't be all bad! — Nathan
P. Street. Pulaski (Tenn.) Giles Free Press.
We were very interested in the good acting
and splendid cast in "The Secret War of
Harry Frigg." — Mrs. Leslie T. Barco. St.
Louis BFC ... 1 found this very exciting
and the setting beautiful. Just fun. no battles.
— Mrs. Harry T. Jarvis, Detroit MPC .
Only "The Whisperers" redeems this list.
Dame Evans is magnificent as the proud,
nenniless old woman in an English slum. —
Mrs. Arthur L. Murray. Kappa Kappa
Gamma . of the year's finest films,
due to the superb acting of Edith Evans. —
Virginia Rollwage Collier. MP & TV Council
of D.C. . . . Because it shows adults what
to expect: children a less roseate view. —
Archer Winsten. New York Post ... Not
others should enjoy this
for children, but all
outsiandini! film. — Mrs. Julie Steiner.
Brooklyn MPC.
"Treasure of San Gennaro" is a modern
version of "right triumphs over wrong." with
fun and excitement. — Mrs. T. W. Swartz.
A.A.U.W.. Claremont, Calif. . . . "Bye, Bye
Braverman" is seemingly off - the - cuff
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whimsy (mixed with banality), a film which
among other achievements tickles one's
goofy" bone — it is even okay for swinging
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kids who haven't had their imaginations
j
squelched. — Donna S. McClure. free lance
writer. Goldsboro. N.C.
After seeing pictures about war. crime,
sex and fictional science. I thoroughly enjoyed
Phyllis Diller and Bob Denver in the
delightful comedy about the traveling saleslady.—Laura
E. Ray. Indianapolis NSC
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Group ... In our area "Planet of the Apes"
is very popular but because the young children
will not understand the film, my vote
goes to "Attack on the Iron Coast." Most
enjoy adventure stories with courage and
action, which this has.—Mrs. Eugene Fried,
president Cleveland MPC ... We need
something besides sex and violence.—J. H.
Thompson. NATO of Georgia ... We need
more comedv and less sex and drinking.
Mrs. J. R. Muterspaugh. Indianapolis NSC
Group.

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XHIBITOR HAS HIS SAY
s.
ABOUT PICTURESi
BUENA VISTA
Jun(;le Book (BV)—Animated feature. Ii
broke all aiicnijancc records. It is truly an
amusing film. We had substantial competition
but did great. I especially recommend
it to small town theatres. Played one week.
Weather: Good.— David L. Fleming, director
of public relations, Clifton Theatre,
Huntingdon. Pa. Pop. 7.589.
COLUMBIA
With Love (Col)—Sidney Poitier.
To Sir,
Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall. Every theatre
in the country should play this. Work towards
the schools—students and teachers.
.Sidney Poitier makes "want-to-see" pictures
and this is what we want. This is as modern
as anything could be, and yet old-fashioned
in its pleasing sentiment and happy ending.
Played Fri.. Sal.. Sun. Weather: Rain.—
Roger Paulson, Palace Theatre. Silverlon.
Ore. Pop. 4. 1 00.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
Bi««isl Bundle of Them All, The
(MC.M)- Robert Wagner, Raquel Welch,
(iodfrey Cambridge. This picture wasn't
bad, but somehow it didn't seem to keep
'em still. Low business, but still had some
walk-outs. Played Sun.. Mon. Weather:
(iood.—S. T. Jackson. Jack.son Theatre,
riomaton. Ala. Pop. 1,480.
Dirty Do/en, The (MGM)—Lee Marvin,
Frnest Borgnine, Charles Bronson. Played
Point Blank (MGM)—Lee Marvin, Angle
Dickinson, Keenan Wynn. I was glad when
the run of this
brutal, sexy picture was over.
I think the trade magazines in their reviews
should recommend "not for small towns"
for pictures like this. Played Sun.. Mon.,
Wed. Weather: Cloudy and rainy.— M. W.
Pleased With Business
For 'Bonnie and Clyde'
"Bonnie and Cljde" from Wanicr
Bros. -7 .Arts did ureal business. Ihc
niajoril) of the iTo»d liked it. Ihc publieil>
«as yood in this area. Uc were
\i'r\ fortunate to pla> it as soon as we
(lid. Ue |>lu>ed it liefore Ihc .Academy
Awards. \\c are thinking of brinKinc i(
back.
DAVID I.. MIMING
Director of Public Relations,
( liflon llicalrc.
Ilunliniidon. Pa.
Predicts 'Jungle Book'
Will Be Film Classic
Biicna Nista's "Junalc Book" will be
a classic like "Bambi:" (;rcat: lo rural
or small-town theatres—no matter how
many places near you have played a
Disney picture, whenever you gel one,
print up lots of heralds and get them to
your out-of-town fwel Bennett. A good
show although veddy British! Played Sun.
through Tues. Weather: Chilly.—Charles
Burton, Cozy Theatre. Lockwood. Mo.
Pop. 852.
Up the Down Staircase (WB-7A)—Sandy
Dennis. Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart. A
real good picture, but the terms were too
rough for a small town. Played Sun., Mon.,
Wed. Weather: Good.—M. W. Long. Lans
Theatre. Lansing. Iowa. Pop. 1.328.
live days to a very satisfied patronage. This
Spirit Is Willing, The (Para)—Sid Caesar,
is the kind that lets the taxpayers know what
MISCELLANEOUS
Vera Miles, Barry Gordon. At times very
war is all about. We always advertise our
Heavens Above (Cinema V)— Peter Sellers.
Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans. .An excellent
funny. The "teenager" steals the show, but
program as adult, adult and mature young
still let's say just another program picture.
people, young people and general family entertainment.
We let the parents do their own
ing. That spoiled the effect of the whole
Sellers film, except for the ridiculous end-
Boxoffice disappointing. The "A-3" hurt the
kid trade. Played Fri.. .Sat. Weather: Cool.—
deciding as to what they want to see. "Dirty
film. Played Thurs.. Fri., Sat. Weather: Terrible.—
I.arrv Thomas, Athens Theatres,
Ken Christianson. Roxv Theatre. Washburn,
N.D. Pop. 968.
Dozen" did real well for us! Played Thurs.
through Mon. Weather: Spring.—Carl W.
Athens, W.V. Pop. 900.
Veseth, Villa Theatre, Malta, Mont. Pop.
20TH CENTURY-FOX
Witch Without a Broom, A (PRO)—Jeffrey
Hunter. Maria Perschy. Gustavo Rojo.
1 ,900.
St. Vulenlinc's Day Massacre, The (20th-
Here is a little comedy picture that we
doubled with 'The Christmas Kid" from
the same company with good results. Played
Thurs., Fri., Sat. Weather: Good.—Leon
Kidwell, Rex Theatre, Konowa, Okla.
Road lo Nashville (SR)—Country western.
Ibis picture brought out people who had
not been to a picture show in years. Yes.
they were "Old Opera Fans." A good picture
for this ivpe.—John M. Bailey. Opera
House Theatre. Millonv:ile. Kas. Pop. 911.
Martin Draws Crowds
To See 'Rough Night'
I -luess lluy came lo sec Dcaii Martin
in "Rough Night in Jericho" from
I ni^ersal. Anyhow tbey came. A money-maker.
If you haven't played it. book
it soon.
JOHN M. BAILEY
Opera House Theatre.
Miltonvale, Kas.
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4074 ©Ambushers. The (102)
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Anderson Platoon, The (65)
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4090 ©Arizona Bushwhackers
4190 ©Attack on the Iron Coast (89)
4078 ©Ballad of Josie. The (102) CW Univ
Battle of Aloiers, The (120) Doc AA
4106 ©Battle Beneath the Earth
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4071 ©Bedazzled (107) p CD 20th-Fox
4105 ©Belle de Jour (100) D AA
4101 ©Benjamin (100) CD Para
4078 ©Berserk (96) Ho Bus Col
4CS2 OBiouest Bundle of Them All. The
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4073 ©Billion Dollar Brain (108) pi
Spy D UA
4088 ©Blackbeard's Ghost (106)
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4076 In Cold Blood (134) p D Col 1- 1-68 A3
4095 Indecent (90) D Mishkin 3-11-68
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4063OJacli of Diamonds (108) Sus .
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40S6 OJohnny Yuma (99) Outdoor Ac Atlantic 10- 2-67 ^
40S9 OJungle Book, The (79) Animated
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41010Kona Coast (93) A WB-7A 4- 1-68 B
4058 ©Last Challenge. The (105) p W MGM 10- 9-67 B
4066 oust Safari. The (115)
Ad Para 11-13-67 Al
4094 OU Tra»iata (110) Opera Royal 3- 4-68
Le Depart (89) C Pathe-Contemporary 11-13-67
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(80) Melo Les Films Marceau 1-30-67 +
(or 01.i»e Life 1- 4075 (130) UA 1-68 A3 ±
4056 ©Long Duel. The (115) Ad Para 10- 2-67 A2 !
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4103 OMadigan (100) s Cr Uni> 4- S-6S A3 -i
4073 ©Man Called Dagger. A (82)
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
OCervantes ® S. 6804
llorst Biidiholi. Olna L«llobrlgliia.
Jiise Ferrer. Ixmls Jord;in
OHilga ... So Educalion 6807
Kuth Gsssmam
OThrte in tht
Attic Sex C
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Vtetie MImleui, Chrlsloplwr
Jones. .\Iw6le Tlireit. Jud>- Pace
©The Wild Eye ®
. . Expose. 6803
I'hillppe Lwoy. Delia Bnccardi
BUENA VISTA
Dull Moment
[) Dyke. Edward G.
CINERAMA
. Charly
nif( Riibertson. Claire Bloom.
The Rover Ad. .
Anthony Quuin. Kosanna Brhlafflno
HIU Hajworth. Mehard Johnsoi
COLUMBIA
Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'N
Jean Pierre Aumont. Tony Bill
Cyril
Vanessa Redgrave. Franco Nero
OHammerhead Spy D..
VInce Edwards. Judy Geeson. Peter
Vaiighan. Beverly Adams
©Mackenna's Gold Ad
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Gregory Peck. Omar Sharif. JuUe
Newmar
SOIiver!
Stianl
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Ron Moody. Oliver
CONTINENTAL
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©All Neat in Black Stockings
SiLsan iK-..rt;c. Vielor Henry
©The April Fools
Jack I/raimon
©Eagle at
Cliiirlton
©Monty Walsh
I..e .Munln
Escambrey
Heston
©The Reivers
Sieve McQueen
©The Stalkinfi Moon {R
Gregory Peck, Bra Marie StOnt
©That Jack Valentine «
Elvis Presley
©To ill a King D..
BastwoiHl. Claudia Cardinale
OTv»isted Nerve D
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Ilayley Mills. Hy\vel Bennett
©With Six You Gel Egg
Roll -P) C
Dnris nay Brian Kell*
PARAMOUNT
©The Assassination Bureau D
Diana KIge, Oliver Reed
©Barbarella ®
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Jiuie Konds. John Phillip Iji»
©The Bliss o( Mrs. Blossom C
Shirley MacLiLlne. Richard
Attenlmrcuigh
©Catch 22
War Satire
©Darling Lili. or Where Were You
the Night You Said You Shot
Down Baron Von Richtofen?. . .C
Julie Andrews. Paul Newman
20TH CENTURY-FOX
©A Flea In Her Ear
Rex Harrison. Rosemary Barrlf
©The Guru ®
Patricia
Oozjl
©Pretty Poison Sus D.
Anthooy Perkins. Tuesday Weld
©Stirl (ToM-*0) DM
Julie Andrenj. Richard Cren«»
UNITED ARTISTS
©Curge of the Light Brigade
(B Ad
Trevor Howard. Vanessa Redgrave
©Chitty Chitty Bang Bang C
Dick Van Dyke
©The Crown Affair My .
Bteve McQueen. Faye Dunaway
©The Night They Raided
Minsky's
Jason Robards. Brltt Bkland
©The Secret of Santa Vlttoria C
Anthony Qulnn. Vlma Llal
UNIVIRSAL
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©Arabella C.
Vlma Llsl. James Foi. Margaret
Rutherford
©Birds in Peru D. .
Jean Seberg. Maurice Bonet. Pierre
Bra.sseur
©Boom
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Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton,
.N'oel Coward
©The Hell With Heroes D
Rod Taylor. Claudia Cardinale
©Isadora
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Vanessa Rcdcrave. Jason Rnbards.
J.imeN Fo!c (Roadshow)
©King Kong Escapes Ad. .6824
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BUENA VISTA
(All in color)
FEATURETTE SPECIALS
200 Liotnd ol the Boy and
Eagle (48)
SINGLE-REEL CARTOONS
123 The Lilterbug (7)
CARTOON SPECIALS
194 Scrooge McDuck and
Money (17)
SINGLE REEL REISSUE CARTOONS
42501 Sky Troooer
42502 A Gtnlltman's Gentleman
42503 No Smoking
42504 Lion Around
42505 Cat Nap Pluto
42506 Chilis Ahoy
42507 Lei's Stick Together . .
42508 Mail Dog
42509 For Whom the Bulls Toil
42510 Donald's Ostrich
42511 Pluto and Ihe Armadillo
42512 Alrine Climbers
53601 The S.mole Things
53602 The Art of Self- Defense .
53603 Mr. Duck Steos Out
53604 Figaro and Cleo
53605 Won('er Dog
53606 African Diary
53607 All in a Nutshell
53608 Morrii Ihe Midget Moose .
53609 Pluto's Fledgling
53610 Father's Weekend
53611 The Eyes Ha.e It
53612 Mickey's Birthday Party
COLUMBIA
COLOR FAVORITES
(TKhnlcolor Reissues)
68603 Peaceful Neiohbors
(8';) Oct 67
686(14 Foolish Bunny (8) Dec 67
68605 Midnight Frolics (T 2) Jan 85
68606 The Caroenlers (8) Feb 68
68607 Poor Little Butterfly
(8) Apr 68
£8608 Jitterburg Knights
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^lATURE REVIEWS
norphic procctses. For story synopsis
The Savage Seven
Aniericun IiiCI i(iK13l !)t) Miiiutrs Rel. April '68
With its eyo on tlu- youth market. American International
would appear to liavc a boxoffice winner in this
violent tale of conflict between motorcycle gangs and exploited
Indians. Packed with sadism, uninhibited sex.
drug-taking, hints of bestiality, and what must be the
raunchiest dialog of the year r'hey man. you barfed on
my broad "I. "The Savage Seven" is bound to appeal to
the action audience and the summer drive-in crowd. Michael
Fisher's script from a story by Rosalind Ross is
just stui'dy enough to support an extended series of brutal.
well-staged fights and a Krafft-Ebbing assortment of .sex
escapades. Robert Walker jr.. with the emaciated appeal
popularized by Peter Fonda, is topcast as an American
Indian, but most of the footage is devoted to Adam
Roarke as the leader of the motorcycle pack. He scores
consistently with a powerful performance that should
bring the audience to his side and greatly enhance a
promising career. Female lead goes to Joanna Fi-ank
whose unusual, exotic beauty is well captui'ed by Laszlo
Kovacs' color cameras. Director Richard Rush keeps the
rest of a large cast active, foul-mouthed, and convincingly
grubby. Dick Clark produced with a sure knowledge of his
potential audience.
Robert Walker Jr., Adam Roarke, Joanna Frank,
John Garwood, Larry Bishop. Mel Berger.
The Wild Eye
American Int'l l6803)
Minutes
Ralii
Expose
Drama
Rel. July '68
Voting a Silver Phoenix award to this expose of the
"Mondo " Italian cinematographers prove that
someone wants to fight back against the degradation of
the people of the world on the screen. Paolo Cavaros
satu-e 01 the sex and cruelty newsreel gem-e mondo class.
which had proved itself at the boxoffice, contains enough
exploitable episodes to make the film a mild conmiercial
di-aw with only exploitation houses getting the full potential
of the material. Cavaros direction of the realism
of a live Viet Cong execution sometimes took on the air
of an opera in the Italian bouffant tradition and amateurcinema.
Mixing the cruelty of Philippe Leroy. the director
of the phony mondo film, with the well-exposed cmves of
Delia Boccardo in full Colorscope, balanced against prostitution
and opium addicts, Cavaro has put a different
story on the screen. The editing could have added much
more and the music was properly labeled and innocuous.
Cameraman Gabriele Tinti adds the right touch and is the
only good performance. The scenery is miique and different,
ranging from Africa to the Far East.
Philippe Leroy, Delia Boccardo, Gabriele Tinti, Giorgio
Gargiullo, Lars Bloch, Luciana Angelillo. Marino.
Warkill
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Universal (6815) 100 Minutes Rel. May '68
A hard-hitting and uncompromisingly cruel and realistic
war drama filmed in the Philippines in 1967 by Balut
Productions, in association with Centaui', Ltd. Written,
produced and directed by Ferde Grofe jr. ison of the
famed composer of "Grand Canyon Suite" i, this stars
George Montgomei-y, w-ho starred in several films made in
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the Philippines, including "Samar for WB release, as a
completely unsympathetic blood-and-guts colonel without
a single human trait. Montgomery is effective enough in
this harsh role, but Tom Drake, one-time MGM juvenile
and the only other Hollywood player in the pictui'e, is
excellent as a correspondent who has made Montgomery
a hero, in the paperbacks he has written about him but
soon lean-is the bitter truth. This is not a pretty picture
and it has no women and. of comse. no romance or even
a glint of humor or lightness— it's just shooting, attacks,
bloody retreats and death for most of the soldiers, even
Montgomery lies dead in the finale. Action devotees will
be attracted by the title, but it's not suited to w-omen
moviegoers or the younger kiddies. Except for David
Michael and Paul Edwards in minor roles, the other actors
are Filipinos and. naturally, convincing as native warriors.
In De Luxe Color.
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Danger: Diabolik
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Paramount (6727) 10•^ Minutes Rel. May '68
Comic strips on the screen have not been limited to
animated cartoom and serials. They have been the sourc.
of many feature films from silent days to the present
"Skippy" almost won the best actor Oscar for little Jackie
Cooper in 1930. Jiggs and Maggie. Joe Palooka, an3
Bloncie and Dagwood have been the subjects of many
films. In recent years the popular cartoons have been
"Prince Valiant," "Up Fiont." "Lil Abner" and "Modesty
Blaise." Now the continental illustrated feature of two
imaginative Italian sisters. Angela and Luciana Giussani,
has been filmed by producer-director team. Dino DeLaurentiis
and Mario Bava. Diabolik is a unique anti-hero, a
Batman-like character who is a master criminal. Directar
Bava. a former photographer, has directed the widely
acclaimed horror films, "Black Sunday" and "Black Sabbath."
He is also known for his imaginati-.e and creativ
use of color. He is right at home in "Danger: Diabolik"
with its intricate and futm'istic sets and props. Diabolik
uses such fantastic apparatus as a human fly contraption,
heat resistant suits, mysterious Indian drugs, and a camera
that releases laughing gas. It turns out to be great fun
for the audience. This Italo-French coproduction (Marianne
Productions. Paris) was shot in Technicolor.
John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo
Celi, Terry-Thomas, Mario Donen.
Hellcats
Ratio:
Melodrair
Crown-Infl 90 Minutes Rel. May '68
This Gemini-American production, going out under the
Crown-International banner, has all the earmarks of
"sleeper" attraction for the under-25 age audience; it's as
briskly paced as anything that's gone before in the motorcycle
gang melodramas, has impressive acting values,
and is given the embellishment of striking color, in this
instance. Pathe. Producer Tony Cardoza and dii'ector
Robert P. Slatzer. working from a screenplay by Tony
Houston and Slatzer, as based on an original story by
James Gordon White and John Zila jr.. have fashioned
the kind of actionful yarn that appeals to the youthful
view-er not given to quibbling over imperfections in balanced
dramatic continuity. They're concerned—and most
pui'posefully. at that—with the modern-day gal motorcyclists,
tossing in narcotics, free love and attendant factors
that have dominated Page One for lo! these many
months. Ross Hagen is a personable i
leading man he's out
to find the killer of his detective brother, Bro Becki and
Dee Duffy contributes some fetching moments as the late
detective's fiancee. Sharyn Kinzie, "HellcatB" leader, is
persuasive.
Ross Hagen, Dee Duffy, Sharyn Kinzie, Sonny West,
Bob Slatzer, Eric Lidberg,
Separation
Continental
Psychological
Study
90 Minutes Rel, May '68
As an exercise in the study of the feminine mystique,
this British import contains strikingly realistic quahties
and fascinating di'eam world sequences, a unique combination
at once of significant appeal to both the art theatre
route (especially in the periphery of college campuses)
and to the suburban showcase, probably in the last instance
as supporting feature. It's a woman's picture from
fade-in to fade-out. but the serious film buff of the male
gender will find much over which to enthuse. Producerdirector
Jack Bond, using a story by his leading lady.
Jane Arden, has employed technical tempos— i.e.. intercutting
and the like— to enhance the mood study of a
woman long separated and long ponderii-ijj her relationship
to a male companion and her estranged husband,
in that order. Tl-ic prmt moves from black-and-white to
Eastman Color as the setting changes: there's a profusion
of dreamlike footage. One element in the critical fraternity
may well categorize this as British avant-garde. Davi-1
Muir and Aubry Dewar's photographic effects are firstrate
and Stanley Myers and Procol Harem have provided
memorable music.
Jane Arden, David de Kayser, Ann Lynn, lian Quarrier.
Fay Brook, Terrence de Marney.
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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adiines for Newspapers and -Programs
THE STORY: "Danger: Diabolik" iPara)
Master criminal Diabolik iJohn Phillip Lawi relentkssly
outwits shrewd Inspector Ginko Michel Piccolii.
despite the letter's elaborate decoys and precautions. First
Diabolik and his girl friend. Eva, iMarisa Melli purloin a
shipment of $10,000,000 by use of multi-colored smoke
.screens and a crane. Later they appear in the disguise of .,r. l
icpciters at the press conference of the Minister of the ERRV
'
Interior ' Terry-Thomas i, '•'-
where their cameras release
laughing gas which creates general pandemonium. In.spector
Ginko then enlists synoicate boss Valmont (Adolfo
Celii to assist in capturing Diabolik. Ginko la.vs a trap
by enticing Diabolik to steal an emerald necklace. Diabolik
succeeds in this, but Eva is captured by Valmont, who
demands a ransom of the necklace and the $10,000,000.
Ginko is misled into believing his arch rival has died. Diabolik
then steals the government's gold reserve, although
nielled and < ncased in steel as a precautionary measure.
It was also made radioactive, so this leads Ginko to the
hideout In the ensuing battle. Diabolik is wa.shed over by
the molten gold and encased standing up. But he winks
at Eva and the audience, indicating he will be back.
i:.\IM>OITIP.S:
Play up the fact that this film is based on a comic strip
and has action, suspense, comedy, and fantastic gimmicks.
CXTdlMNES:
Uiabolik Strikes Again ... The Masked Villain Will
Recklessly Outsmart Everyone.

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sets its first all-time
boxoffice record.
oooooooooooooooo
6 months before its
world premiere
the advance sale for
Tunny Girl' exceeds
the advance sale
on o pening day for
any roadshow in
the history of the
Criterion Theatre, New York,
including—
'THE TEN COMMANDMENTS"
''SOUTH PACIFIC"
"LAWRENCE OF ARABIA"
"MY FAIR LADY"
A Columbia Pictures and Rastar Presentation
A William Wyler-Ray Stork Production