Boxoffice-October.07.1968

Four Indoor Theatres to Be Built
In Colorado by Cooper Foundation
COLORADO SPRINGS. COLO.
Plans
10 construct four indoor theatres in Colorado,
three in Colorado Springs and one in
Greeley between 1969 and 1971, were announced
the weekend of September 28 by
Cooper Theatre Enterprises, headquartered
in Lincoln, Neb.
Cooper president E. N. "Jack" Thompson
of Lincoln said two or more of the theatres
may te built with twin auditoriums and
automated projection equipment.
Cooper already has a theatre in Greeley
and two in Colorado Springs, opening the
new Ute in the latter city in mid-1967.
These theatres will be additions to the
chain of 13 reserved ticket and regular run
houses now operated by Cooper in Omaha,
Lincoln. Minneapolis, Denver, Greeley and
Colorado Springs.
At least two of the four future conventional
theatres will be completed in 1969.
The remaining two are scheduled for construction
in 1970 and 1971.
Thompson said sites are now under consideration
in downtown and outlying areas of
both cities.
"Every effort will he made to create a
feeling
of luxury with ma.ximum comfort in
seating and the finest in sound and projection
equipment in these new theatres," Thompson
said in the weekend announcement.
Mel Glatz and Associates of Denver, who
have designed a number of the Cooper theatres,
will have this responsibility again for
the new group of four.
The Glatz-designed "round" Cooper
Cinerama house in Denver was the first theatre
designed specifically for Cinerama and
has served as a prototype for Cooper Cinerama
houses in Minneapolis and Omaha as
well as theatres throughout the United
States and in other parts of the world.
The Cooper organization also opened a
new east Lincoln suburban indoor theatre,
operation.
The four-at-a-blow announcement followed
a recent meeting of the Cooper board
in Lincoln. Both Colorado cities, board
chairman Ted Sick said, are good moviegoing
areas which merit this forward step in
more new theatres.
Cooper Foundation is unique, in that
profits from the theatres, operated through
tax paying corporations, are paid into the
philanthropic structure. The non-profit
corporation was established by the late
movie veteran, Joseph Cooper, who came oui
to Lincoln from New York to help young
people through scholarships, 4-H work,
cultural activities, health research and other
means. These pro'ects are carried on primarily
through grants to institutions, including
colleges and universities.
DENVER
J^ark Tenser, vice-president of Crown International,
was in town conferring with
branch manager Jack Felix. Their picture
Single Room Furnished" is set to open in
a multiple at the North, Monaco and Lakeshore
Drive Ins . . . Ex-Denverite Ray Davis
was in town visiting old friends. Davis, former
district manager for Fox Intermountain
here, is now stationed in Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. John Burton are back at the
Nile Theatre in Mitchell, Neb., after vacationing
in California . . . The Rocky Mountain
Motion Picture Ass'n held its monthly
luncheon at the Hyatt House Hotel.
The new Cinema Vail, a 350-seat house
in the ski and resort area of Vail, is scheduled
to open about December 1. The theatre
will be equipped with the latest in projection
equipment and will be under the management
of Don Swales. Swales will also handle
the booking and buying and continue to operate
the Wheeler Opera House and the Opticon
Theatre in Aspen.
Visiting the Exchanges to set Fall datings
were Bob Heyl, Wyoming Theatre, Torrington.
Wyo.; Dick Klein, Trojan Theatre,
the Cooper/ Lincoln, in the Nebraska capitol
city in May, 1967, shortly before the new
Longmont, Bernie Newman, Gem Theatre,
Ute in Colorado Springs officially went into
Walsh; Ike Newman, Capitol Theatre,
Springfield, and Howard Campbell and Neal
Lloyd, Westland Theatres, Colorado Springs.
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ihc Continental Theatre on Wednesday (2'm
All proceeds go to the association's charitv
the University of Denver speech and heiiniiLclinic.
Tickets are priced at $25 and $10 ami
can be secured from exchange personnel.
The Tabor Fine Arts Theatre has opened
with Loperfs "The Bride Wore Black." The
theatre is located on West Alameda Avenue
and was formerly the Westwood Theatre
which had been operated by Atlas Theatres
iiniil Its closing several years ago.
Alan J. Lerner Adds 'Park'
To Slate for Paramount
BAKER, ORE. — Writer-producer Alan
Jay Lerner, currently here filming "Paint
Your Wagon" tor Paramount, has added
The Park" to his multiple-picture slate.
Based on his own idea, Lerner said that
another writer would be employed to develop
the material, which he hopes to use for a
$750,000 production with a minimum crew
and the most lightweight equipment available.
Unknowns will be cast in the picture,
Lerner said.
He has set an early December starting date
for his next film, "On a Clear Day You Can
See Forever," which he will co-produce with
Howard W. Koch, starring Barbra Streisand
and Yves Montand. Vincente Minnelli will
direct from a screenplay by Lerner, based on
the Broadway musical by Lerner and Burton
Lane.
Also on Lerner's schedule is the forthcoming
Broadway musical, "Coco," to star
Katharine Hepburn, which is scheduled to
go into rehearsals in July 1969 for an October
1969 opening.
Chester V. Flemming Dies;
Former Okla. Exhibitor
From Southwestern Edition
NOWATA, OKLA.—Chester V. Flemming,
prominent Oklahoma exhibitor many
yea^s. died recently in the Veterans Hospital
at Muskogee after being in poor health scneral
years.
Flemming owned and operated theatres in
Tulsa before moving here in 1936 and opening
the Luxor Theatre. He later opened the
Rainbow Theatre, the Rainbow Drive-In and
the Rainbow Restaurant, managing all ol
these properties several years before havini;
to give them up because of his health.
He was a charter member of the Now.ita
Lions Club and one of the original planners
of the Lions' annual Fall Festival. He .iNo
served in many other civic projects.
Born at Ennis, Tex., Nov. 29, 1896. 1 lemming
moved with his parents to Tuls.i m
1905 and was married there Oct. 11, 1921 lo
Rebecca Ann Basey. who survives. I lemming,
after serving in the armed forces dining
World War I, was graduated from the
University of Oklahoma School of Music
and was a professional singer in addition lo
carrying on his business activities.
"The Chairman" for 20th-Fox is
produced by Mort .Abrahams and dirct
J. Ixe Thompson.
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BOXOFFICE October 7, 1968