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Rogers Hospital Campaign Brings
'69-70 Collections to $1189,197
I AKF PI ACID. NY—The Will Rogers
HospiLii l9h9-70 "Brealh of Life" c.iiiipaign
rcMiltcd in l.n.il cllcciions of Sl.lS*).-
197. lo ni.iik il .IS one ol ihc niosi successful
in ihe hospital's hisiors. ihe hoard of directors
was told at its three-day annual meeting
hen; June 10-12. It was pointed out that the
total failed to achieve the $2 million goal.
and that in many areas theatre and circuit
cooperation in audience collections had
dropped.
As a result, a national distribution committee
has been established with the countr\
divided into sales areas. Under the plan, 1
distribution sales managers have been nanie.l
as members of the national commitie.- and
have appointed managers of two or three of
their exchanges to be responsible for covering
their areas in behalf of the hospital.
(See separate story.)
Audiences Donate $794,223.57
.Audience collections in the 1969-70 drive
totaled S794.22.V57. compared to $904.-
732.18 in the preceding year's campaign. In
addition, in the breakdown, Christmas salute
scrolls totaled $84,149.51. compared to
Sl()0.734..12 a year earlier; Special gifts
were $74,118.15! compared to $57,923.52,
making a combined drive total of $952.-
491.23. compared to $1,063,390.02. Other
receipts included raffle, $74,109; Motion
Picture Bookers" Os;ar Raffle $2,000;
"Paint Your Wagon" premiere benefit,
S90.804.ll; key chains and picture-^. $905:
sponsored rooms $29,750; United Foundation,
Detroit. $18,750; Permanent Charities
Committee. S20.387.80.
The annual report by Eugene Picker,
chairman of the campaign last year, tabulated
3.680 participating theatres, compared
to 4,145 a year earlier: participating circuits.
166. compared t> 217; total circuit
collections of $815,170.77. compared to
S943.326.45. Average for theatres totaled
$258.83. compared to $256.54; average per
circuit. S4.910.67. compared to $4,347.18.
Presiding over the annual meeting were
Richard F. Walsh, boa-d chairman, and Ned
E. Depinet. president of Will Rogers.
Pulmonary Lab Completed
One of the major forward steps of the
year was the completion of the Samuel
Rosen Pulmonary Function laboratory,
dedicated to the memory of the late associate
treasurer and member of the board of
the hospital. This laboratory will
strengthen
the diagnostic and treatment capabilities of
the hospital, it was pointed out, as will the
new diagnostic X-ray unit now on order
from General Electric.
.Additionally, the board was told, conversion
of the 26 sun porches into patients"
rooms, begun last year, has now been completed,
and also completed are the installations
of two new Cyclotherms to double the
healing plant capacity,
and the new suindhs
electrical generator to supply uninterrupted
electricity for medical needs, heating and
lighting.
The hospital facilities were further enl.irged
during the year with the acquisition
of seven acres of shore property at nearby
Lake Lucretia and several huililinus there.
The acquisition was the gift of the Motion
Picture Pioneers through Henry H. Martin,
president. Plans now arc in progress for
construction on the property of lioiising for
summer institute personnel, thus eliminating
the need for annual rented premises. The
new facilities are expecletl to be reaily for
the 1971 summer institute.
In the research field, the directors heard,
the clinical laboratories arc in the final
stages of field testing the new Will Rogers
ING-BCG vaccine, anti-tuberculosis vaccine
designed to provide greater prevention
against TB than the conventional BCG
vaccine.
Speaking before the directors. .Arthur
Kent, representing the National Ass'n of
Broadcast Employees and Technicians, asked
the broadcasting industiy to give more help
and cooperation in the current fund-raising
drive, and B. V. Slurdivant. president of
NATO of Arizona, pledged his personal efforts
toward greater cooperation in the new
campaign from the California and Arizona
areas. John Maynard. representing Eastman
Kodak, told the board that on this, his first
visit to the hospital, he was deeply impressed,
and pledged full cooperation in the
future.
Walsh Paid High Tribute
At Rogers Luncheon
LAKE PLACID. N.Y.—Ned E.
Depinet,
president of the Will Rogers Memorial
Fund, presiding at the luncheon Wednesday
(10) following the annual directors tour of
Will Rogers Hospital, paid high tribute to
the work in behalf of the hospital of Richard
F. Walsh, president of the lATSE and
for the last ten years chairman of the memorial
fund board. Depinet expressed the
hope of the directors that Walsh would continue
to serve in his present capacity for
another decade.
.As part of the luncheon program. Walsh
presented awards to those who contributed
importantly to the fund-raising campaign.
These included E. L. Douglyn. Jerome
Swedroe. Harold Friedman. Norman Gluck.
Fred Hass, Nat Fellman. Milton Goodman,
Matthew Polon, Maurice Slotnick, John
Martina. John Krier. Robert Hcffncr. V. J.
Bello sr.. Thomas Smiley. Bernard Diamond
and Bernard Myerson.
Jack Valenti. president of the Motion Picture
Ass"n of America, making his first visit
to the hospital, complimented the industry
members on their work for the institution.
Sales Heads, Showmen
To Aid Bogers Drive
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I'l ACID. NY. —The members of
the new i';ilional sales managers' committee
t-i r.iisc funds for the Will Rogers Hospital,
and ihe distributor area chairmen in each
exchange lerriioiy. were announced at the
:'nnual meeting of the board of directors of
ihe Will Rogers Memorial Fund here Friday
(12). They include:
Harry Buxbaum. Cinerama Releasing
C'i)rp., .iiul Neil Kerncss. CRC. Chicago, and
i'aul S;h,)her. Warner Bros., Milwaukee; D.
J. Fulele. Avco Embassy, and Arthur Mc-
M;mus. Avco I-"mbassy. Kansas City and St.
Louis; Milton Cioodman. Columbia, and Edward
Bade.'. Cokmibia. Buffalo; Eugene
Margoluis. Columbia, New York, and Edward
Harrison. Columbia, Oklahoma City;
Leo Greenfield. Warner Bros., plus Herb
Gaines. WB. Albany and New Haven;
Chailes Varnado. WB. Boston, and Cieorge
Anderson. WB. liulian;ipolis:
Irving l.udwig,
Bcena Visla. and Sebe Miller, BV. Dallas;
Paul Buck. BV. New Orleans; William Madder.
MGM. and Fran Lynch. MGM, Cleveland;
John Pilmaier, MGM, Detroit, and
Max Shabason. MGM, Pittsburgh.
Henry H. Martin. Universal, and R. C.
Settoon. Universal, Atlanta; William A. Mc-
Clure. Universal. Charlotte; George Cochran.
Universal, Jacksonville, and Lloyd Katz,
Universal. Cincinnati: Peter Myers, 20th-
Fox. and William Spencer, 20th-Fox, Los
Angeles; Kenneth Septka, 20th-Fox, Portland,
and Morris Yowell, 20th-Fox, San
Fnincisco. and Paul Snoddy. 20th-Fox, Seattle:
Eugene Tunick, National General, and
Dean Lutz. NGP. Minneapolis; James
Velde. United .Artists, and J.H. Martin. UA,
Memphis; Buddy Golden. UA. Philadelphia;
Seymour Berman. UA. Washington; Frank
Yablans, Paramount, and Frank Carbone,
Paramount. Denver; Charles Caligiuri, Paramount.
Des Moines and Omaha, and Harry
Swonson, Salt Lake City; Leon P. Blender,
American International, and E. D. Cruea,
Allied .Artists.
Exhibitor chairmen also were named, inrluding
John Wilhclm. Albany; Mel Gerber.
Atlanta; Julian Rifkin. Boston: Sidney
Cohen and Irving Cohen, Buffalo; Charles
Freeman. Charlotte: Henry K. Plitt. Chicago:
Joe Rembrandt, Cleveland; Joe Jackson
and William Slaughter, Dallas; Tom Smiley.
Denver: A. Don .Allen. Des Moines; William
Brown. Detroit: Thomas Sawyer. Jacksonville:
John Gannon, Memphis: Ben Marcus,
Milwaukee; George Aurelius, Minneapolis:
Robert Spodnick, New Haven; T. G. Solomon
and Kermit Carr. New Orleans; Bernard
Diamond and Bernard Myerson, New
York: John Ashley, Oklahoma City; Irwin
Dubinsky. Omaha; Claude J. Schlanger,
Philadelphia: Bert Stearn and Lou Hanna.
Pittsburgh: Ray Parker, St. Louis; John
Telia. Salt Lake City, and John Broumas,
Washington, D.C.
Support the Will Rogers Hospital and
O'Donnell Research Laboratories by giving
generously throughout the year.
BOXOFFICE :: June 22, 1970

General Cinema Reports
Record in First Half
BOSTON—Geni-'ral Cinema Corp. first
half revenues and profits rose to new record
levels this year, according to Richard A.
Smith, president, who indicated that the 176-
unit circuit also recorded its most profitable
second quarter in history, wtih revenues up
considerably in hoth the theatre and beverage
divisions.
Net income for the first six months totaled
$2,029,000, compared to $1.S.M,000
a year ago, excluding special credit of $54,-
000 from sale of real estate. Revenues for
the 1970 half year totaled $86,454,000, compared
to $52,427,000 a year ago.
For the second quarter, ending April 30,
net income after taxes was $1,397,000, compared
to $1,308,000 for the same quarter
in 1969, while revenues for the quarter totaled
$34,687,000, compared with $29,440,-
000 a year earlier.
Smith said the circuit would continue its
expansion program on schedule '"despite a
national slowdown in construction."
Three Assistant Vice-Presidents
Named by General Cinema
BOSTON— Melvin R. Wintman. executive
vice-president of General Cinema Corp.,
has announced the appointment of three assistant
vice-presidents: Howard W. Spiess,
assistant vice-president, theatres; Carl Reardon,
assistant vice-president, film, and Sidney
Unobskey, assistant vice-president, real
estate.
Cablecom Agrees to Buy
RKO General's Video
COLORADO SPRINGS — Cablecom
General Inc. said it agreed in principle to
acquire Video Independent Theatres Inc.,
an Oklahoma City-based chain of 127 theatres
in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Cablecom, a cable-television concern, said
it will buy Video from RKO General Inc.,
New York, which owns a 69 per cent interest
in Cablecom. RKO is a unit of General
Tire & Rubber Co. Under terms of the
agreement. Cablecom will exchange 800,000
shares of its stock "subject to adjustment of
the market price, but in no event less than
720,000 or not more than 880,000 shares."
The acquisition will raise RKO's interest in
Cablecom to about 79 per cent.
For the vear ended September 30, Video
had net income of $692,191. or $138.44 a
share, on revenue of $8.5 million, excluding
a special" gain of $1.7 million. Video has
5,000 shares outstanding and is a wholly
owned subsidiary of RKO.
Michael Bromhead to NY
LONDON— Michael Bromhead, international
sales executive for the newly formed
Anglo-EMI Film Distributors, is scheduled
to be in New York Monday (22). where he
will meet with leading U.S. distributors to
arrange for distribution of the company's
new features. Films to be discussed include
those initiated by Nat Cohen and those under
the Bryan Forbes banner at Elstree Studios.
Amencan Multi -Cinema Is Opening
Five Mojor Complexes in Month
KANSAS CITY — American Multi-
Cinema, Inc., headquartered here, is opening
five major theatre complexes with 20 auditoriums
in five widely scattered cities within
a 35-day period.
The company opened the Fashion Valley
4 theatres in the Fashion Valley Shopping
Center Jime 3, the first four-theatre complex
in the San Diego area. On June 11 AMC
opened the Meridian 4 theatres in the Meridian
Mall Shopping Center, East Lansing,
Mich. The Seminole 2 theatres opened in
Seminole, Fla., June 17. The Northwood 4
theatres will open in Dallas July 1, and the
Circle 6 theatres will open in Norfolk, Va.
July 8.
This marks one of the most intensive expansions
in the history of motion picture
exhibition. AMC currently is operating or
building 183 theatres in 27 cities in 13
states. The circuit previously has opened
three six-theatre complexes and nine fourtheatre
complexes since January 1969, a
total of 52 auditoriums, and now 20 more.
Operation Now Coast to Coast
This expansion now makes AMC a nationwide
operation, stretching from coast to
coast and border to border with theatres in
14 cities in nine states. Less than ten years
ago the original parent company, Durwood
Theatres, a long-established regional circuit,
had a dozen theatres in Kansas City, St.
Joseph and Jefferson City, Mo., and Leavenworth,
Kas. Today it has added operations
in Topeka, Kas.; Omaha, Neb.; Houston.
Tex.; Phoenix. Ariz, and Los Angeles, in
addition.
Stanley Durwood, president, attributes the
success of this new type of theatre operation
to the fact that the circuit can provide a
wide variety of entertainment for a variety
of patrons in a single complex. It enables
the company to maintain a policy of presenting
films for both general audience and
adults at the same time.
The Fashion Valley facilities were introduced
to the people of the area with an open
house and invitational family affair on the
Sunday before the regular opening. Dignitaries,
members of press, radio and television,
neighboring merchants and patrons
were invited. A different feature was shown
without charge in each theatre, conducted
tours were provided and each visitor had his
choice of free concession items.
This plan of previewing to both the special
segments and the prospective patronage
in general previously has been carried out in
other recent openings in Topeka, Dallas.
Houston, St. Joseph and Jefferson City, and
has worked very well. It especially helps to
get the theatres off and running from the
first day of commercial operation, according
to M. Robert Goodfriend, general manager.
The preview plan also was carried out at
the Meridian 4 and at the Seminole 2, and
will be done at the Circle 6 and the Northwood
4.
The Fashion Valley 4 theatres have a
total of 1,100 seats. The four theatres are
side by side with a common lobby, boxoffice
and concession stand, and two projection
booths. The booth equipment is custom
made for AMC, Cinemeccanica, Milan,
Italy producing the projectors and lamphouses,
and Osram of Holland producing the
Xenon bulbs.
The theatres are under the supervision of
Terry Boyle, city manager, and in the Western
district headed by James Leroy, who
headquarters at the recently opened fourtheatre
complex at La Habra, Calif. (L.A.).
The general contractor was Westgate-Hahn,
San Diego, the architect Richard George
Wheeler & Associates, architects and engineers,
San Diego. The decorator was Neville,
Sharp & Simon, AID, Kansas City.
AMC pioneered the multi-theatre concept,
and built the first four-theatre complex
anywhere, the Metro Plaza theatres in Kansas
City. Tremendous success with the Metro
quads has led AMC to open many new foursomes,
of which Fashion Valley and East
Lansing are the latest. The Meridian 4 theatres
include two larger and two smaller auditoriums
side by side with a ttotal of 1,050
seats.
The Meridian 4 are under supervision of
Edwin Pulliam, who had been with AMC in
Topeka and received his AB degree from
Washburn University there just before coming
to East Lansing. The general contractor
is ESPRO. Denver. Colo., the architect is
William Dorsky, East Lansing, and the
decorator Neville, Sharp & Simon.
Development in Florida
The Seminole 2 theatres are remindful of
the Parkway twin theatres in Kansas City
opened by AMC in July 1963 as the first
twin with a common lobby, boxoffice.
projection booth and concession stand. The
Seminole 2 theatres are under supervision of
Jack Klingle, Florida district manager, who
was Omaha city manager for the Cooper
Foundation Theatres before joining AMC.
Four other complexes currently are under
construction in his district. The general contractor
of the Seminole 2 was George Hunt,
Clearwater, architect was Frank Mudano,
Clearwater, and decorator Neville. Sharp &
Simon.
The Circle 6 theatres are in the Military
Circle Shopping Center, Norfolk. Va.. under
supervision of Charles Garrett, formerlv
with Commonwealth Theatres. Russell
Glidewell is the assistant.
The Northwood 4 theatres are located in
the Northwood Shopping Center in the
Dallas suburb of Richmond. David Woolery
has been transferred from the Town and
Country 6 theatres. Houston, to become
supervisor of the Northwood 4. Donald Emmert
is the Dallas city manager and Peter
Gloriod. Texas district manager, headquartering
in Dallas.
BOXOFFICE :: June 22, 1970

Time, Inc., Entering Field
Of Cartridge Television
NKW YORK— Time. Inc.. will cnlcr the
field of prc-recordeil lelevision as a creator
and ntarketer of propraminj; for the rapidls
deveii>ping ne« medium. Andrew Heiskell,
chairman of the K'ard. announced the formation
of lime-l.ile \ideo, a new venture
which w II develop the compans's programing
sales and participation in cartridge television.
Heiskell described the emerging TV playbjck
field as "a major new comnninication
medium whose impact on information, education
and enlerlainment will be tremendously
impt>rtant in th.- sears ahead." He added.
'Time. Inc. will concentrate its programing
and sales efforts in journalism, home
information and education, ir.idiiionally our
company's areas of greatest interest."
Time-l-ife Video will be headed by Richard
M. Clurman. a Time. Inc. editorial vicepresident,
who for eight years was chief of
correspondents of the Time-Life News Service.
Bruce 1.. Paisner has been appointed general
manager of the group. Gregory B. Shaker
is the new program director of Time-lite
Video. Clurman said that Time-Life Video
would draw' on the resources of all the company's
editorial, film, broadcast and information
activities, as well as its direct mail
marketing facilities.
"Time-Life Video's principal interest."
Clurman said, "will be creating types of
programing uniquely suited to this new
medium and developing distribution channels
to get these programs into American
homes. It isn't enough merely to put existing
films on cartridges," Clurman said. "We are
aiming for a new form of comnunuc.iiion
which will provide (ournalisni. intormalion.
.ind education, supplementing present publishing
and television."
Johnston Heads Marketing
For Avco Cartridge TV
NEW YORK— Donald L". Johnston has
been named vice-president of marketing for
Cartridge Television, Inc.. an Avco subsidiary,
it was announced by I'raiik Slunlon,
president of CTI.
Johnston will be responsible lor all marketing
functions for the company's Cartrivision
hardware and software. The company
recently announced plans to manufacture
Cartrivision. the first U. S. mass-produced
cartridge color television system, Planned
for marketing early in 1971. Cartrivision Will
be publicly demonstrated for the first time
at the Consumer Lleetronics Show at the
New York Hilton Hotel, June 2S-July 1.
Johnston was formerly vice-president,
marketing, for Philco-L'ord's consumer products
division. Philadelphia, where he had
al.so served as general manager of the company's
sales and distribution division in
19fi7. marketing manager of Firestone sales
in I96.S, and television product manager in
1964.
Reade Votes Dividend
NE-.W YORK—The Waller Reade Organization
has declared a regular quarterly dividend
of $1.1375 per share on its $4.55 cumulative
convertible preferred stock, payable
June 30. to shareholders of record on
June 15. it was disclosed by Walter Reade
jr..
president.
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Portland. Ore. Exhibitor
Loses Film Rental Suit
NKW YORK—A Portland, Ore. jury has
rejected an exhibitor's claim of its right to
an adjustment in a lilni rental rate either
because of an alleged oral promise or because
of a custom of the trade.
The jury returned a verdict Thursday (4)
lor more than $32, ()()() plus interest, the
balance o\ film rental tor which Columbia
Pictures had sued the Portland Paramount
Corp.. operator of the Paramount Theatre
in that city. The picture involved in the law
suit was "Funny Girl." which hail been
licensed for roadshow exhibition.
Columbia's suit in the Oregon Circuit
Court charged that the exhibitor was in
default for non-payment of weekly film
rental. In a companion replevin suit againsi
the exhibitor and M. iVl. Mesher. general
manager of the Portland Paramount Corp.,
Columbia seized the print of the picture
during its run, resulting in a countersuit for
$250,000 for abuse of process. The judgment
resulting from the jury's verdict rejected
all of the exhibitor's claims and affirmed
that the parties were bound by the
terms and provisions of their written exhibition
contract.
Change Several Managers
At Paramount Branches
NF.W YORK—A number of promotions
from within branch personnel were announced
by Frank Yablans. vice-president
in charge of domestic sales for Paramount
Pictures.
John Olds, formerly branch manager in
Seattle, has been promoted to branch manager
in San Francisco.
Morris Sherman has been appointed
branch manager in Seattle. Sherman formerly
was with Cinerama and Columbia
Pictures.
Fugenc Graham has been appointed
branch manager in Detroit. Graham formerly
was Detroit sales manager for Columbia
Pictures.
George Kelly, a longtime Paramount
employee, has been promoted from salesman
in Washington to branch manager.
Harry Block has been appointed assistant
branch manager in Boston. B'ock formerly
was a salesman in Indianapolis.
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Court Allows 20th-Fox Right
To Release Meyer's 'Dolls'
NEW YORK— Motion for an injunction
restraining 20th Century-Fox from releasing
Russ Meyer's "Beyond the Valley of
the Dolls" on the grounds it would damage
the reputation as a writer of Jacqueline Susann.
author of the novel. "The Valley of
the Dolls." has been denied by Superior
Court Judge Richard Schauer.
Arguments were heard Friday (12) and
Judge Schauer viewed both the 20th-Fox
film version of Miss Susann's novel and
Meyer's new film. "Beyond the Valley of
the Dolls." which is
not a sequel to the original
motion picture. "Beyond the Valley
of the Dolls" will open at New York's Penthouse
Theatre on Thursday (25).
BOXOFFICE :: June 22, 1970

United Artists Sales Heads
Meet on Upcoming Product
NEW YORK—James R. Vckle, United
Artists vice-president and general sales manager,
conducted a two-day conference with
UA sales personnel here June 16 and 17.
Assisting Velde at the meeting, which concentrated
on upcoming UA product, was
Al Fitter, vice-president and assistant general
sales manager.
Division managers Gene Jacohs fSouth).
Burton Topal (Northeast). Al Ghuibinger
(Central). Carl Olson (West) and Robert
Friedman (Atlantic), attended, along with
New York personnel Julie Chapman (director
of branch operations—U.S. and Canada).
John Hughes (circuit sales manager), Arthur
Reiman (manager of contract department)
and Mory Weinstein (Metropolitan district
manager).
.Also present at the Drake Hotel meetings
were Canadian general manager George
Heiber and assistant Canadian general manager
Joe B.own. plus regional manager
John Dobson (Denver), Gene Goodman
(New Orleans) and Fred Mound (Dallas).
Drop Obscenity Charge
On Salt Lake Theatre
SALT LAKE CITY—Ciy commissioners,
by a vote of 3-to-l. have dropped obscenity
proceedings against the Cinema Theatre and
manager Sam Bartoz. following an appeal
by Bartoz" attorney. L. R. Gardiner jr., who
assured the commissioners of the theatreman's
desire to cooperate with city officials.
A scheduled showing of the picture.
"Teenie Tulip."" in city court was cancelled.
The court had ordered Bartoz to show why
the film was not obscene.
Commissioners also decided to notify Bartoz
when complaints of obscenity are filed
by citizens. Films then will be checked by
a vice squad and if found to be obscene, action
will be taken by the city attorney without
further notice.
Columbia Pictures Names
Three Branch Managers
NEW YORK—Milt Goodman, Columbia
Pictures vice-president and general sales
manager, has announced the appointment of
three branch managers.
Leonard Steffens has been promoted to
branch manager in Cbveland. He formerh'
had been sales manager in that branch.
Roger Dietz was promoted to branch
manager in Minneapolis. Formerly a salesman
in the Minneapolis office. Dietz had
been branch manager in Des Moin.'s since
July I96S.
Sam Rich was appointed branch manager
in Des Moines. He has previously held sales
positions for Paramount Picture.^ MGM and
Universal Pictures in the Des Moines territory.
Frank Silvera Dies
HOLLYWOOD — Actor Frank Silvera.
55, died Thursday (II) at his home here,
apparently of a heart attack. He is survived
by his wife, a son and a daughter.
AMPTP's Research Center to
Return
To Study of Optical Sound Tracks
Allied Artists Names Cruea
General Sales Manager
NEW YORK—Ed Cruea, who has been
Allied Artists' vice-president for Western
sales since October
1969, has been named
general sales manager
in charge of U.S. distribution,
by Emanuel
L. Wolf, president and
c h a i r m a n of the
b o a r d. C r u e a will
move his headquarters
from San Francisco to
New York immediate-
ly-
Ed Cruea
Cruea joined Allied
Artists in I93

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Waller Diehl Honored
Al lATSE Dinner
NEW M)Rk—Walu-r F. Diehl. assislam
inicrnalional president of lATSE (Inlcraalional
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
and Moving Picture Machine Operators
of the United States and Canada), was honored
al a dinner at the Hotel Americana on
Friday (12). Sponsoring the event was the
East Coast Council. Motion Picture Pioduclion
Unions. I.'XTSE.
The ceremonies got under way with welcoming
speeches hv co-chairmen Steve D'lnzillo.
focal M)b. and C. \V. (Chuck) Viullo.
I.o.-al 702. Then, master of ceremonies Joey
Adams introduced the speakers, all of whom
honored Diehl: Joseph E. l.evine, president
of Avco Embassy Pictures; David Merrick.
Broadway producer: Christopher Pliinkell.
labor leader: George Fuchs. television executive:
Julian Rifkin. chairman of the board
of the National Ass'n of Theatre Owners,
and Rudolf Bing. managing director of the
Metropolitan Opera.
Carla Thomas, appearing at the Americana's
Royal Box. sang and then Richard
F. Walsh, international president of lATSE
serving as honorary chairman of the dinner.
gave a speech. A presentation was made by
D'Inzillo in honor of Diehl's services and
Diehl expressed his thanks in an address.
Prominent industryites on the dais included
Richard Goldstein, .\le\cr Adelman. Horace
McMahon. Matthew Polon, Frederick
O'Neal. Harrv Brandt. Burton E. Robbins.
Simon H. Fabian. Martin H. Newman. Fre.l
Ahrens. l.iz Savage, John Nolan. Al Shapiro
and Morton Sunshine. Among the organizations
represented were Actors Equity.
American Broadcasting Companies. Avco
Embassy Pictures, Buena Vista. Catholic Actors
Guild. Century Theatres, Cinecom
Corp.. Cinerama Releasing Corp.. CBS. Columbia
Pictures. Fabian Theatres. Fox Eastern
Theatres. Guffanti Film Laboratories.
League of New York Theatres. Jerry Lewis
Cinemas. Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts, Loew's Theatres, Madison Square
Garden. NLinufacturers Hanover Trust.
Metro-Goldwyn-.Mayer. Metropolitan Opca
Ass'n, Motion Picture Ass'n of America.
NBC. National Screen Service. New York
City Central Labor Council. Paramount Piclures.
RKO-Stanley Warner Theatres. Radio
City Music Hall. Walter Reade Organization.
Rugoff Theatres. Screen Actors Guild,
Shubert TTieatres. Technicolor Film Service
of New York. Trans-Lux Corp., United
Artists and Warner Bros.
'Walk the Walk' Premiere
In Norfolk, Va., July 1
NORFOLK. VA.— -Patton" will clo^e
here after 20 weeks and the Naro Theatre
will go dark for two days to set the stage
for the world premiere of Hallmark's new
attraction "Walk the Walk," July 1 . Robert
Levine. head of seven local theatres, announced.
Levine, who set the world premiere
deal with Hallmark's national sales
manager Walter Powell, said that the con-
Technicolor Dissidents
Win Company Control
Ni'H ^ (»rk — Control of I cihnicolor.
Inc.. passed Wednesday afternoon
(17) In dissident sloekhoUlers
headed h\ Harry Sall/niaii, »liii liiimediately
appointed William McKennu
iis company ehalnnan in succession to
Piitritk I'rawlcy. I he stockholders' re-
>oll acainsl I'rawley originated last
month, the ^roup eliar)>iii)> him with
haxiii): used lechnieolor funds to assist
other firms he headed.
in the control takeover, 16 niemhers
of the former hoard resijjiied and were
replaced by dissidents' nimilnees. The
only three menihers of the hoard staying
on arc Paul Fassnacht, president;
Byron Roudahush, senior vice-president,
who made the dissidents' revolt
successful by swin^iuK his 425,000
shares to their support, and W illiani K.
Frje, a vice-president. .As part of the
settlement. Technicolor agreed to purchase
all of the 557,162 shares owned
by I-'mwiey individually and by companies
he heads.
tract includes a clause that showman Kroger
Babb will fly to Norfolk to supervise the
campaign.
In 1958. when the Virginia film censor
hoard passed Babb's "Mom and Dad." the
showman chose Norfolk for the picture's
slate premiere. Levine and Babb have been
friends for over 30 years. Levine is a native
of Cincinnati and Babb is from Wilmington.
Ohio.
Levine, insisting that Babb fly in and set
the campaign, told Powell, "I've never seen
such a pressbook as Krog has created for
'Walk the Walk.' He can spend whatever he
wishes and I hope thai we'll need to rebuild
the front doors."
Ed Feldman to Filmways
In Executive Capacities
HOLLYWOOD — Edward S. Feldman
will join Filmways as executive vice-president
of the motion
.g^ jw^^ picture production di-
^4l|^k vision and as a vice-
W^ ^\ president of the parent
..^5- _^,' company, it was announced
by Martin
i Ransohoff. chairman
^j^k of the board of Film-
^^^^ X^ i*''Sbt
ways. Feldman will
^^^^Y Iw^jl begin his new assoji-
H^^k^kaflfes
'iiicn this summer up-
>-''niP>etion of his
Edward Feldman
']"
duties at Warner
Bros., where he served as vice-president and
executive assistant to former studio production
head Kenneth Hyman.
In his new post, Feldman will be closely
involved with Ransohotf, Filmways' production
chief, in the acquisition, preparation
and production of the company's motion
picture program.
He will headquarter at Filmways' home
office in Beverly Hills.
To Hold 'Norway' Benefits
For Victor Borge's Fund
NEW YORK—Ihe Hollywood premiere
performance of ABC Pictures' "Song of
Norway." scheduled November 10 at the
Cinerama Dome Theatre, will he sponsored
by the Thanks to Scandinavia Fund, as well
as the benefit in New York at the Cinerama
Theatre November .5. the night before the
world premiere engagement begins.
Thanks to Scanilinavia. of which Victor
Borge is chairman, is a non-profit organization
founded by Borge to express appreciation
to the Scandinavians for their efforts
in rescuing persons of the Jewish faith during
the Hitler tyranny of World War II. A
graduate scholarship fund brings young
Scandinavian students to the U.S. lor one
year of graduate study.
"Norway" stars Florence Henderson.
Toralv Maurstad. Christina Schollin and
f'rank Poretta.
Joseph P. Grant Is Named
Licensing Corp. Head
NEW YORK—Joseph P. Grant has been
named president of Licensing Corp. of
.America, a subsidiary of Kinney National
Service Inc. Jay Emmett, LCA board chairman
and chief executive officer announced.
Grant, an attorney and business administrator,
joined LCA in June 1968 as director
of business affairs, became vice-president
of business affairs in September 1969. and
was appointed to the LCA hoard of directors
in January 1970.
Previously, he was business affairs manager
for David Wolper Productions, Inc., in
Los Angeles and New York, and from 1959
to 1966 was in broadcasting legal areas at
the Chicago-based advertising agency of Leo
Burnett Co.
Dick Ross & Associates
Moves Home Office
HOLLYWOOD—Dick Ross & Associatjs,
Inc., has moved into its new home
office in the recently completed Sunset-
Cahuenga BIdg. at 6430 Sunset Blvd. here.
The suite, occupying one-fourth of a
floor, consists of 14 offices. Executives who
will headquarter there include Dick Ross,
board chairman and president; Albert L.
Ness, executive vice-president-finance, and
Jack Hamilton, executive administrator.
The corporation, which recently premiered
its first film. "The Cross and the Switchblade."
has maintained its offices in Burbank
since its organization last year.
A subsidiary. Dick Ross Releasing Organization,
headed by Harold Wiesenthal.
recently established headquarters at 15
Columbus Circle. New York City.
Howard Mahler Resigns
NEW YORK—Howard Mahler has resigned
as vice-president in charge of the
Eastern sales division for Allied Artists. He
will
announce future plans soon.
BOXOFFICE :: June 22, 1970

JT^*;
Fm in England. Bewitched by its beauty,
dazzled by its dollies.
I
decide to make a movie. What now?
Come over and talk to us at Pinewood
Studios* We can handle anything, from the most
lavish to the smallest production for films,
television or commercials. In fact, weVe fast
becoming known as the world's leading studios.
Great— but what about processing?
Don^t want to use any old company.
No need to—we can take care of that too. Just
leave it to Rank Film Laboratories.
The most comprehensive processing labs in Europe*
And the leading experts in Britain on Colour
Reversal Internegative, the biggest breakthrough
in colour since colour.
Fine. So all I
need to worry about is distribution.
That's one more worry you can forget. Leave it to
Rank Film Distributors. You won't find a more
efficient distribution company in this country.
Now I am worried.
What about?
Having nothing to
worry about.
Pinewood Studios Limited
Iver Heath, Bucks., Enj^land.
Telephone: Slough 33441 (code 75) or her 700.
Cables: Pinewood, Iver Heath. Telex: 84505.
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Denham L^xbridoe Middlesex. Tel: Denham 2323 {U.K. Film Distribution Division)
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The mnn with the Hong - a man of manv skills

Bernice Livingston Named
Diener Ad Agency V-P
HOI I ^ WOOD— Birnicc Livingston h.is
hcon .ippointod \ icc-prcMilent of Hie
ncr H.iiiscr Circcnihal. l.irgcst .iiicncv spc
Bernice l.i>iiiBNli)n
L-i.ili/mt: in m olio n
p
i c- I II r c advcrlising.
She has been
Wcsl Coasi director of
the New York-based
a g e n c y since I'Hi.V
when she opened the
company's l.os Angeles
office, and conliniies
in that capacity.
Previously. M r s.
| jvingston headquartered
in New York handling public relations
and advertising for a number of organizations
including the Continental Di>tributing
Division of Walter Reade. Inc.. and
United Motion Picture Organization, for
which she was director of advertising .iiul
publicity.
Diener Hauser/Greenthal is a subsidiarv
of Ted Bales & Co.
Paul G. Robertson Elected
lATSE Vice-President
M \\ ^t)Rk i'.iul Ci. Robertson, business
agent of operators local 316. Miami.
Fla.. for the past ten years, has been elected
to the position of vice-president by the general
executive board of the International
.Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and
Moving Picture Machine Operators of the
United States and Canada.
This election was held to fill the vacancy
created by John A. Forde. who was elected
general secretary-treasurer last .August. The
appointment is effective immediately.
Robertson, who at one time was also president
of the local, has been a delegate to the
l.-\TSE conventions since 1962.
Two David di Donatelli
Awards Go to 'Cowboy'
RO.MK—Two David di
Donatelio prizes.
Italian equivalent of the Hollywood Academy
Awards, have been voted to "Midnight
Cowboy." one going to John Schlesingcr as
best foreign director and the other to Dustin
Hoffman as best foreign actor. Hoffman
shares the latter honor with Peter OToole
of Britain, who won for his starring role in
"Goodbye. Mr. Chips."
"The Lion in Winter." another U.S. entry,
was named best foreign film and Liza
Minnelli was named best foreign actress for
her role in "The Sterile Cuckoo."
'Stosszeit' to Audubon
NEW ^'ORK.—Audubon Films has acquired
U. S. and Canadian exhibition
rights for the German film "Stosszeit." currently
playing to record business throughout
Germany, it was announced by Radlcy
Metzger. president of Audubon Films.
"Stosszeit" was produced by .Manfred Durniok
and directed by Alixis Neve. Anna
yi-istina stars in her motion picture debut.
MOTION PICTURES RATED
BY THE CODE & RATING
ADMINISTRATION
I'he lollowuig teatuic-length ni >t]on piclures
have neen reviewed and rated by the
Code and Rating Administration pursuant
10 the Motion Picture Code and Rating
Program.
Any picture whiise rating was listed as [M]
on the previous bulletins issued by the Code
and Rating Administration may now automatically
be considered to be rated GP.
Title Di»tfibutor RoHng
Angel Unchained (AlP) GP
Count Yorga Vampire (AlP)
El Condor (NGP)
GP
[R]
H. Fleet. Robber (Universal) GP
Performance (WB) ®
The Straw berry Stalcnu-nl (MGM) \r\
Stanley Kramer Commends
MPAA s Rating System
NEW YORK—Stanley Kramer, director
and producer ("The Secret of S.mta Vlitoria,"
"Guess Who's Coming to binnsr' )
has written to the Code and i\.ating Administration.
Motion Picture As>"n of America,
praising the voluntary film rating system
as directly responsible for the recent
creative explosion in films.
In his letter h.; stated, "i strongly favor
the motion picture rating system because
It works. It works for maximum freedom
of the screen and it works for the filmgoing
public. The great creative cinema explosion
of these times is attributable directly
to that system. I believe it must be
defended fiercely by all who make pictures
and all who go to see them."
'Feelings' Song Record
iMow on 'Top 100' Charts
NEW YORK — Barry Mann's Scepter
Records single, "Feelings," from Columbia
Pictures' "Getting Straight," is now on the
"Top 100" charts of the three music trade
publications. For the week of June I }, "Feelings"
ranked No. 83 in the Nation on Record
World's chart. No. SS in Cash Box and No.
93 in Billboard.
The film's title song, performed on the
soundtrack by P. K. Limited, will be featured
in the Colgem Records album to be
released this month.
NGP Film Retitled
National General Productions has set
"Running Scared" as the final title for the
contemporary drama based on a screenplay
by Abby .Mann. During production the film
was tentatively titled "What Are We Cioing
to Do Without Skipper?" and "Skipper and
Billy Roy." Robert F. Lyons, Richard Thomas.
Belinda Montgomery and Barbara Bel
Geddes head the cast of the film, scheduled
for release in October.
Filming in Real Locales
Vital, Says Producer
NEW YORK— It is essential lor films to
be produced on the locales called for in the
scripts these days to achieve the necessary
uilheiiticity, since audiences cannot be
loolcd. according to Waller Manley. president
of United Cineworld.
Manle\'. who with Waller I. uric, president
o\ Forbes Films, has a joint venture arrangement,
reports that their latest film, "The
War Devils," has been sold to MGM for
foreign distribution. The film, starring Guy
Madison and Anthony Steele, was finished
in .April and is now the subject of negotiations
concerning its release in the U.S.
"The War Devils" was made in Italy and
North Africa at a cost under S.SOO.OOO.
Another film. "Tristana." was co-produced
abroad. The Luis Bunuel picture, completed
at a cost of $1,400,000, was made by several
European companies. It has been sold in
Japan and Europe and negotiations in this
case also are proceeding on U.S. distribution.
There are two other properties in preparation
for the joint venture of Manley and
l.urie. One is an original story by L. C.
Hargreaves, as yet untitled, an action adventure
story against the background of the
European NATO situation. It will be filmed
in Italy and Germany, locales of the story,
and will start in September. The other is
Pierre Boulle's novel, "Garden of the
Moon," about the space race.
The two, who retain their own corporate
identities in their joint ventures, have acquired
"Relations," a Danish film, which
will be released in this country by Cambist
Films, and "The Ruthless Four," with Van
Heflin, also distributed abroad bv MGM.
Ronald T. Groen Joins SOS
As Aide to President
CARI.STADT, N. J.—Dominick Capano,
president of SOS Photo-Cine-Optics, Inc., a
division of F & B/Ceco Industries, Inc., announces
the appointment of Ronald T.
Groen as assistant to the president.
Groen has been associated with the film
industry for many years. He previously held
the position of general manager of M.P.E.
Publications, Inc., was vice-president-managing
director of Photo Technical Advertising
& Publishing Co., Inc., and was an independent
producer of industrial and educational
films.
Groen will be headquartered in SOS's
new 40,000 square-foot facility located at
40 Kero Road, Carlstadt, N. J. 07072.
Citadel Press to Publish
'Films of John Wayne'
NEW YORK—Citadel Press will publish
"The Films of John Wayne" this fall. The
hard-cover book, a chronology of the actor's
movies, with photos, cast, credits and
review quotes, has been compiled by Boris
and Steven Zmijewsky.
The foreword will be by Howard Hawks,
who has directed Wayne in "Red River"
(194S), "Rio Bravo" (1959), "Hatari"
(1962), "El Dorado" (1967) and the
forthcoming "Rio Lobo."
BOXOFFICE :: June 22, 1970

Festivities to Mark
Old Newsboys' Day
PHILADELPHIA — The lilm industry
will play a key role in the 13th annual Old
Newsboys" Day to be held Friday (26) in
center-city Philadelphia, suburban shopping
centers and many sections of South Jersey,
including Atlantic City.
Members of Tent 13 Variety Club, together
with hundreds of volunteers from all
walks of life—sports, politics, radio, TV and
showbusiness^will be wearing their traditional
black top hat and gold aprons, selling
copies of the "Happiness Edition," a special
supplement printed especially for Old
Newsboys' Day by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Sales of this paper provide the funds for
the Variety Club to supply year-round care
and treatment for hundreds of handicapped
youngsters and give them a summer vacation
at the Variety Club Camp in Worcester,
Pa. The camp is the only one along the
Eastern seaboard specially equipped to accommodate
physically handicapped boys
and girls.
Bands supplied by Musicians Union Local
77, AFM, will be stationed on 15 key center-city
intersections to add to the festivities
and other union groups, including the Teamsters,
will be participating. Theatre owners
and others closely connected with the film
industry are taking leading roles in the behind-the-scenes
work that goes into making
Old Newsboys' Day one of the most colorful
events.
Meyer Adleman. first assistant chief
barker, is a coordinator in New Jersey.
Former international president Edward
Emanuel is an associate chairman and canvassman
Ramon L. Posel is theatres chairman,
along with Robert Friedman, Buddy
Golden and Henry Milgram.
Also taking active roles are past chief
barker David E. Milgram, Merrill Jorie,
Paul KJieman, Harry Dressier, Edward
Adleman, Stanley Kositsky and former international
president Ralph W. Pries.
Lee Herman and Jack Kopf are Musicians'
Union chairmen, while John D.
Scheuer jr., a past chief barker, represents
WFIL; John O. Downey of WCAU, and
Robert Pryor of WCAU-TV are radio and
TV chairmen. Don Battles, Ray Gathrid and
Bernie Rothbard are entertaiimient chairmen.
Jack Beresin, former international president,
is honorary chairman of this year's
Old Newsboys' Day. His brother Leo B.
Beresin, past chief barker, is operations
chairman. Both are with Ogden Foods. Matthew
Molitch of Clark Transfer is a transportation
chairman and Philip Kamens and
Harry Romain are electrical supply chairmen.
City Authorizes Theatres
READING, PA.—The city council has
authorized the redevelopment authority to
sign a contract with Muhlenberg Theatre
Corp., Pennside, to construct one or more
theatres in the renewal tract on the southeast
corner of 9th and Penn streets.
SUNFLOWER' TO DEBUT AT MUSK
ri
HALL—Janits F. Gould, president
and managing director of the Radio City Mu.sic Hall, and Joseph E. Leviiic,
president of Avco Embassy Pictures, have just signed the contract for the .American
premiere engagement this fall at the Radio City Music Hall of "Sunflower," starring
Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. Looking on are D. J. "Bud" Edele, left.
Avco Embassy vice-president and general sales manager, and Leonard Lightstone,
executive vice-president of Avco Embassy.
'Jerry Lewis Cinemas' Sets
2nd Seminar June 22-26
NEW YORK—Network Cinema Corp.-
"Jerry Lewis Cinemas" will hold the second
of its area director seminars at the Ho c!
Americana June 22-26, it was announced
by Network Cinema president Gerald Entman.
It is expected that some 30 area directors
from all over the country will participate
in the seminar, which will serve to
familiarize them with every aspect of the
operation of the automated theatres.
The second seminar will, primarily, be
along the lines of the first, which was held
last March. The directors will hear lecture,
and discussions on subjects ranging fro.m
real estate, insurance, publicity and advertising
to administration and history of motion
picture e.xhibition. In addition, they
will be given an on-the-job demonstration
at the newly opened twin theatres in Hast
Meadow, Long Island.
ABC Pictures Names Dow
Far East Sales Mgr.
NEW YORK.—Wolford Dow has been
named ABC Pictures sales manager for the
Far East and .Australia, according to Larry
Newton, vice-president in charge of foreign
sales.
MGM
He joined MGM
Dow formerly was associated with
International as supervisor of sales for Venezuela
and the West Indies.
International in 1953, serving as a salesman
throughout the Southeast .'\sian countries,
India. Iran. West Africa and Brazil.
Jim Richcirds Buys Theatre
SIDNEY. N.Y.—The Sidney Theatre
here has been purchased by James Richards
from Harold DeGraw of Oneonta.
T Opens Hellman's
De Luxe Town Theatre
in
ALBANY—The Town Theatre, latest link
Neil Hellman's fast-growing circuit of de
luxe hardtops in the Albany area, held a
gala premiere Thursday evening (11)
featuring
"Z," the Academy Award-winning picture,
on a nonreserved-seat policy. Two
screenings were scheduled at 7 and 9 p.m.
An invitational preview included many industry
people as guests.
Designed by Harris Sanders-Einhorn Associates,
the theatre is equipped with pushback
seating, stereo hi-fidelity sound and
year-round air-conditioning. There is free
parking space for Town patrons, as at the
sister Cinema Center in Colonic Mall Shopping
Center and the Hellman Memorial on
upper Washington Avenue (built for roadshows).
Dave Weinstein directed the promotion
for the new 800-seat showplace, which had
been under construction since last fall. Edward
Potash. Philadelphia, buys and books
Hellman theatres.
Mae West to Attend 'Myra
Breckinridge' World Bow
NEW 'lORK— Mae West, star of :Oth
Century-Fox's "Myra Breckinridge." will
make her first trip to New York in almost
two decades to lead a host of celebrities
from the entertainment and social worlds
attending the invitational world premiere'
of the satirical sex comedy at the Criterion
Theatre on Broadway Tuesday (23). The
regular dual world premiere engagement of
"
"M\ra Breckinridge will begin the following
da\ (24) at ihc Criterion and the I.oew's
Tower Hast.
BOXOFFICE :: June 22, 1970 E-I

6th
'Cotton Comes to
Harlem' Averages
550 in Two-Theatre Premiere Week
NKW ^ORK. — Lotion L oincs li< H.ir-
Icm" came, was seen and il conquercil ihc
majority of Manhattan theatregoers with an
impressive debut at the OeMille (l>l)0) and
2oth Street East (500). "Cotton" tar outdistanced
everything in sight, second place
going to "M'A'S'H." which posted a 4(ili
percentage in a 20lh week at the Baronet.
Next in hne were "Rider on the Ram."
third week at the Plaza, and "Beneath the
Planet of the .Apes." second at the Slate II
and New l.oew's Orphcum. The week's
leader. "Getting Straight." slipped to fifth
place in the fifth frame at Cinema I.
lAvciogo Is 100)
Astor_A Man Colled Horse iNGP), 7th wk 125
Avco Embosss Eos' Moniquc (Embassy), llthwk. 25
Boronef— M-A*S"H JOth Fox), 20lh wk 460
Bctkmon— Z .Cmcma V 1, 27th wk 175
Cameo—ScMuol Freedom in Denmark (Wil),
»Ih wk 150
Carnegie Holl Cinema—The Dreamer (Cannon),
2nd wk 200
Cine Lido— Wide Open Copenhagen 1970
(SigrKiturc 2ri J v»k 200
Cinemo I— CcMins Straight iCol), 5th wk 380
Cinema II—riverrun (Col). 7th wk 115
Cinenxi 57 Rendezvous—The Forbin Project
(Univ). 6th wk 90
Cinerama— Too Lote the Hero (CRC), 4th wk. ...150
Coronet—The Landlord (UA), 3rd wk 200
Criterion— Potion 20rh Fox), 19th wk 165
OeMillc—Cotton Comes to Horlcm (UA) 600
86th Street Eosi- Cotton Comes to Harlem (UA) .500
Festival— The Passion of Anno ,UA), 2nd wk. . . . 1 60
Fine Arts—Women in Love UA), 10th wk 280
Little Cornegie— Fcllini Sotyricon (UA), Mfh wk 250
Murroy Hill—Watermelon Mon iCol), 3rd wk. , , 210
New Loew's Orphcum—Bencoth the Plonct of the
Apes (20lh-Fox), 2nd wk 275
Pacific Eost—The Woy We Live Now (UA),
3rd wk 40
Pons—The Mogic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
(MGM). 3rd wk 100
Penthouse—Watermelon Mon (Col), 3rd wk 160
Plaza— Rider on the Roin .Embassy), 3rd wk 405
Radio City Music Hall—The Out-of-Towners
IParo), 2nd wk 210
Rivoh— Hello, Dolly! (20th-Fox), 26th wk 165
68th Street Ployhouse—My Night ot Maud's
(P-C), 12th wk 190
State I—The Boys in the Bond :NGP), 13th wk 160
Stole It— Beneath the Planet of the Apes
(20th-Foxl 2nd wk 400
Suttor>^The Sicilian Clon i20th-Fox), 11th wk. .170
34fh Street Eost—One More Time (UA) 65
Tower East—The Boys in the Bond (NGP),
13th wk 210
Trons-Lux Eost—Woodstock (WB), 1 1th wk 220
Victoria—One More Time [UA) 110
'A Man Called Horse'
Ties at 160 with 'House'
BUhK,\I.O— •.\ Man Called Horse" and
"House ol Strange Loves" were the grossing
champions in downtown Buffalo, each rating
a good 160. With the exception of "One
More Time." which started at 110 in the
Buffalo TTieaire. they were the only aboveaverage
films.
Bockstage—The Adventurers (Paro), I2tfi wk. . . .100
Buffolo—One More Time UA) 110
Center—Woodstock WE
, wk 100
Century— A Mon Colled Horse (NGP) 1 60
Colvin—A Wolk in the Spring Rain (Col), 2nd wk. 100
Granodo— The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
(MGM) 100
Pentfiouse— Noked Under Lcother (WB) 100
Teck—Houta of Strange Loves (SR) 160
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Ni:\N 'lOkK- The WO.MPI group ot
New York held its 10th annual instali.ilioii
dinner Thursday (11) at the l-.ssex House
here with guest speaker Martin Pearlberg ot
KKO-Stanley Warner Theatres contributing
a humorous history of the women's organization
and Ronald Lesser, president of the
Motion Picture Bookers Club, delivering
the invocation. Max Fried served as master
of ceremonies and Gertrude Long, past internatioii.il
WOMPl presidenl, helped install
the new officers and make awards.
Award recipients included Rita E. Hutchinson
of Brandt Theatres, who received the
Will Rogers Award: Mrs. Ruth Bechtold of
20lh Century-Fox. who received the service
award and the WOMPI of the year award,
and WOMPI founder Dorothy Reeves of
Avco Embassy, who received a gold medallion
from the members. The newly
elected officers are Rosalind Lieberman of
Avco Kmbassy. president; Sadie Castanza of
Triangle Theatres, first vice-president; Ann
Jones of 20th Century-Fox. second vice
president; Adelaide Guggenheim of Warner
Bros., recording secretary; Sadie Cohen of
Universal Exchange, corresponding secretary,
and Betty Hieke of Fabian Manageiiienl.
treasurer.
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I^AMED AS HONORARY CHAIRMEN
for the 17th annual dinner-dan;e of
the American Israel Chamber of Commerce
and Industry are Gov. Nelson Rocki^feller,
Mayor John Lindsay. Ambassador Arthur
J. Goldberg and the Hon. Joseph Saphir,
minister of commerce and industry of the
government of Israel. The gala, taking place
Wednesday (24) in the Grand Ballroom
of the Waldorf Astoria, will honor Spyros
P. Skouras for his efforts in creating trade
and understanding with all countries,
especially Israel. Skouras, formerly president
and chairman of the board of 20lh
Century-Fox, is now chairman of the board
of Prudential Grace Lines.
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When "I he Huwui'ums" became the firm
Uniled A i lists Red Carpel llieatr.-s atiruclion
in New York Wednesday 1 17).
siars Charlton Heston and Tina Chen appeared
at several of the showcases. Introduced
hy radio-TV personality Fred Rohhins.
they were presented at the Meadows.
Green Acres and Kini>sway theatres Wednesday
and the Paramiis. H'ood/iridi;e and
Mayfair theatres Thursday

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BUFFALO
Kfiirly Friedman, now proMdcnl of
I'.inthcr
ITic.iires. w.is in to«n looking over the
local link in the circuit, the Granad.i. on
North Main Street. Managing director F.arl
Huhbard jr. reports the circuit head wa\
greatly pleased with the Granada operation
and announces that Friedman has okayed
a new marquee for the house. The Granada
will open "Hello. Dolly!" for a subsequent
run the end of June.
Frank G. Mancuso. manager of the Paramount
branch, tradescreencd the widely
publicized "CatchOi" Friday evening (19)
in the operators hall at 498_,Pearl St. The
Alan Arkin-Richard BenjanfiVi production
will be one of the studio's blockbuster releases
this summer. It will open July 22 here
at the Center in the Martina iriplcv following
an extensive exploitation and publicity
c.mipaign. A nationally circulated news
magazine devoted its front page and a halfdozen
inside pages to the feature, much \o
the pleasure of Mancuso.
A sirikc halted the publication of the F,vcning
News for a period, so that many theatres,
especially the circuits, used TV and
radio to tell patrons about their attractions.
One of the first to adopt this policy was the
Dipson circuit, with Jerry Westergren. area
ad-pub chief, drawing up extensive schedules
. . . Theatres now providing special
discounts for the area's senior citizens include
the Boulevard Cinema. Loew's Buffalo.
Century, downtown Cinema. Courtyard.
Entertainment Center fwhich includes
the Center. Backstage and Penthouse). Holiday
1 and 2. Palace and Plaza-North .
Joseph P. Garvey. Holiday 1 and 2 manaainc
director, announces the opening of the
2nth Century-Fox production. "Beneath the
Planet of the .^pes." Wednesday (24) at
Holiday 1 and Warner Bros.' John Wayne
starrer. "Chisum." is coming soon.
Lewis J. Leiser, manager of the Avco Embassy
exchange, attended the national sales
meeting of his company Thursday through
Saturday (18-20') in the New York headquarters.
Leiser saw some of the new season
product, including "Sunflower." "Soldier
Blue" and "The Man Who Had Power Over
Women." all of which were screened during
the conclave.
Morris SIntnick, Jo-Mor Theatres. Rochester,
and John Martina of the same Kodak
Town circuit, were among those given
recognition for their exceptional efforts and
dedication in their respective fields at the
annual meeting of the hoard of directors
and their guests at the Will Rogers Memorial
Hospital .ind I) Oonnell Kese.iKh l.ilmi.itories.
Sar.mac lake.
Lewis I. I'ishiT. producer, opened Ihc
l.Slh se.ison of .Melody Fair in Wurlit/er
P.irk Sunday evening (14) with a special perlormance
by Guy Lombardo and his orchestra.
"When you look at our schedule,
you can find something lor everybody."
said Fisher, "something that should appeal
to every age group and, judging by the advance
reservations we arc getting, we must
be doing something right this year."
Stanley Kozanow.ski, manager of the Dipson
Bailey, and his wife Edna have just
celebrated their .'?9th wedding anniversary.
Stanley has managed the Bailey for tfie past
three years. He opened the Rivoli Theatre
on Broadway in 1920. so he certainly is a
veteran western New York exhibitor. Stanley
is in excellent health and looks as il he
were about 35 years old.
Ed Bader. manager of the Columbia Pictures
exchange, and the G\nema Theatre on
the Boulevard Mall, Amherst, cooperated
in sne:iking the Elliott Gould-Candice Bergen
starrer. "Getting Straight," Friday evening
Frank G. Mancuso. Paramount
(19) . . . branch manager, tradescreened "On
a Clear Day You Can See Forever" Thursday
evening (1 1) in the operators hall at 498
Pearl St. There was an SRO turnout of exhibitors
for the film in which Barbra Streisand
and Yves Montand head the cast.
Tent 7 barkers are receiving news and
tickets on the annual Golf Outing of the Variety
Club, set for July 20 at the Erie Downs
Country Club. Fort Erie, Canada. Francis
Maxwell of UA is the contact for the tickets.
Two lines at the bottom of the tickets say:
dinner $12.50 per
"Door prizes for all . . .
swimming . . . cards
person . . . golf . . .
. . . rain or shine."
The Movies-on-a-Shoestring folks in Rochester
already are enlisting entries for next
year's May festival, open to low-budget
filmmakers all over the world as well as in
the Kodak Town area. Bernard Michaels is
the interim president. He succeeds the late
Edward Taylor. "We are looking for people
who want the Rochester International Movie
Film Festival (of Movies-on-a-Shoestring)
to be a continuing, viable organization," Michaels
said, "and we would welcome new
members who would like to become involved
in promoting amateur films."
The Lancaster Theatre, in the town of
the same name, formerly owned and operated
by the late Joseph Warda, is to be reopened
soon by Ronnu Zarra, following extensive
renovation and redecoration.
The Boulevard Mall Cinema I and the
new West Seneca Cinema arranged with the
Magnificat, weekly publication of the Catholic
diocese, to publish a three-column
black-and-white drawing of a scene from
Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" and offered
each of the 50 best drawings submitted a
pair of guest tickets to see the picture, which
opens Wednesday (24) at both National
General houses.
Charles K. I.ainc of Brighton, a suburb
ol Rochester, has been appointed an advertising
supervisor for Sylvania Entertainment
Products at Balavia. He will direct development
of retail advertising programs for Sylvania
TV, stereo, radio and tape recorder
products, l.aine formerly was associated with
Itek
Business Products.
Billy Kealon, for many years a radio pcrson^ility
here, both as a star of the air waves
and a theatre sales contact, has resigned
from his account executive position at radio
station WGR. There are reports that Billy
may go to sunny Florida to reside. For many
years Billy and his wife Reggie were famous
on radio in western New York.
Eastman Kodak's secretary and assistant
general counsel William F. Shepard has retired
in Rochester after nearly four decades
of service and has been succeeded by Ira
C. Weric, an assistant secretary.
Arthur Krolick of Martina Theatres, Rochester,
is enthusiastic over "Catch-22" coming
to Studio 2. one of his circuit's houses
in Kodak Town. July 22, on which date the
Paramount satire also will open at the circuit's
Center Theatre here. Krolick says, "Il
may be one of the biggest pictures of the
last few years."
Fredonia village trustees, following the action
taken by the Dunkirk Common Council,
has approved soliciting bids for a CATV
franchise in Fredonia. For several weeks
there has been some preliminary investigation
of installing cable TV on a regional
basis but it later was decided to draw up a
model franchise which area municipalities
could use for individual negotiations with
CATV companies. Proposals will be considered
at the Monday (22) meeting.
Irving Singer, chief booker for the Dipson
circuit, celebrated his son Randy's Bar Mitzvah
May 9. Singer headquarters in the
Dipson offices in Batavia and has been an
industryite for many years, much of the
time in this city ... Ike Ehrlichman of
Frontier Amusement, is enthusiastic with
Cinecom's new product, which includes
five important features and new children's
shows releasing at the rate of one a month,
starting in October . J. Hayes,
managing director, downtown Cinema and
Transit Road Wehrle Drive-ln, put on a
motion picture show at the annual cruise of
the Ad Club at the Gideon Putnam, Saratoga
Springs (11-14).
A twin motion picture theatre will be
among the attractions in the proposed Brighton
Mall. Rochester, according to Morton
Brodsky, president of Brodsky Co. Brodsky
claims space in the mall is 50 per cent filled.
Minna Zackem, manager of the AIP
branch, says her company will produce Edgar
Allan Poe's classic, "Murders in the
Rue Morgue." which goes into production
in Paris this month.
a
Warner Bros.' "The Crow Killer" is about
mountain man who goes on an unrelenting
search for revenge against the Crow Indians.
* BOXOFFICE :: June 22, 1970
A

Jo-Mor Announces 2
Intimate' Hardtops
BUFFALO — William Lancy, general
manager. Jo-Mor Theatres. Rochester, announces
that his company, headed by Morris
Slotnick and John Martina, will build
two more theatres. One will be in the plaza
at 999 Ridge Rd. East, just beyond Carter
Street, Rochester, the other in the new
Holiday Inn at Main and St. Paul streets.
Both will be open by the Christmas holidays.
The new houses will give the circuit
1 I theatres in the Rochester area.
In addition, the company is building two
theatres outside Lockport in a joint venture
with the Syracuse firm which operates the
Carrol's drive-in restaurants.
be what
Both new Rochester theatres will
the trade labels "minis" but Martina and
Slotnick prefer "intimate" to describe their
limited-capacity size. The Ridge Road East
theatre, as yet unnamed, will have a seating
capacity of 500 and the downtown Holiday
between 250 and 300.
The hotel-connected Holiday will have
a street entrance off St. Paul Street near
Mortimer and another off the shopping arcade
inside the hotel. Slotnick said that he
and Martina had "looked into" the new
16mm automated theatre operation and
decided against it.
"The economies are attractive," Slotnick
said, "but that's not our style. We still believe
in making moviegoing a pleasurable
experience, an event. We like to think of
our operation as 'people-oriented' and you
can't do that with machines, no matter how
cleverly they're contrived."
Martina, who does the buying of pictures,
said there's no dearth of films as far
as they can discover. "We actually have
them filed up waiting for playing time."
he said, noting that their booking schedules
often are "knocked into a happy cocked
hat" by long runs.
Both Martina and Slotnick claim that
"really good pictures, not great but just
good films, are doing more business now
than ever."
"The days ahead will be the golden
ones," they assured.
Buffalo Capri Art Seeks
License Through Court
BUFFALO—Supreme Court Justice Harold
P. Kelly adjourned for a week an action
in which the Capri Art Theatre, 3165 Bailey
Ave., seeks to compel the city to issue a
license. An assistant corporation counsel.
William E. Carey, asked the time to prepare
a brief. Counsel for the theatre did not
object in view of the assistant corporation
counsel's pledge to tell police to stop issuing
summonses. Police had been issuing summonses
daily to the theatre since May 20 for
operating without a license.
Entertainment Systems, which operates
the theatre, applied for a license May 6 and
later was advised the application was disapproved
by the police department.
ALBANY
Carto J. Smalldone, owner of the Malta
Drive-In at Malta and mayor of Saratoga
Springs, suffered a 3-2 defeat recently
on his proposal that the Saratoga Springs
City Council adopt a 3 per cent sales tax.
It would have provided funds for a $3,600,-
000 capital improvement program. Smalldone
had made this one of the major issues
in last November's election and had re-emphasized
it in an address at his inauguration.
Industry people, knowing Smalldone for 20
years, have been watching his course as
mayor with interest.
"Airport" continued record pressure on
ticket-punching machinery at the uptown
MadLson here, as over-30 attendees flocked
there to enjoy Ross Hunter's production for
Universal. The management was quoted as
reporting patronage had reached the highest
recent level . . . "Goodbye. Mr. Chips"
filled dates at the Rialto. Amsterdam, and
other smaller city situations . . . Panther
Corp.'s Cinema 7 opened "The Magic Garden
of Stanley Sweetheart" in the Plaza
Shopping Center. Troy-Schenectady Road.
"The Sicilian Clan" played Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Ritchey's Scotia Art Theatre, while the
same picture occupied one screen of Wright
Corp.'s Circle Twin Cinemas, Latham. The
other Circle Twin screen featured "Monique"
and "Sweden—Heaven and Hell" . . .
Initial area drive-in showings of "Bob &
Carol & Ted & Alice" took place at Fabian's
Latham. General Cinema's Auto-Vision in
East Greenbush and the Super 50 at Ballston
Spa.
Indu.stryi(es send best wishes to Deborah
M. Robb. daughter of the late Gene Robb.
publisher of Capital Newspapers and onetime
leading member of the Variety Club,
who was married to Angus H. Twombly
Sunday (7) in Syracuse University Chapel.
Twombly is the son of a division manager
for John L. English Baking Co. in Cohoes
and received a B.A. in journalism from
Syracuse University the morning of the
ceremony.
Come June, Mrs. Sadie Weinter opened
the Broadway, Monticello, for the weekend
— "until further notice"—with "They Shoot
Horses, Don't They?" as the first attraction.
It is her second movie hoase in the Catskill
resort town and operates full-time at summer's
peak. "The Ballad of Cable Hogue"
simultaneously played the energetic, gracious
woman exhibitor's Rialto in Monticello and
Liberty at Liberty.
A preview of "Z" was held at the beautiful
Hellman Town Theatre. Latham. Wednesday
CIO). It was under the auspices of the
New Democratic Coalition, to promote the
group's candidate. Prof. Edward Fox of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, for
congress in the Democratic primary Tuesday
(231 He is running against Congressman
Samuel Stratton . . . "One couldn't
ask for a better way to open a theatre" than
the exhibition of "Z." That was the lead
comment in a review of the French documentary
by Boh Kreiger. Times-Union critic
and entertainment editor, that appeared the
morning after the Hellman Town Theatre
held its invitational preview before the
Thursday (11) grand opening.
As work progressed steadily on the Twin
Towers, a 20-story office structure being
erected at North Sun and Washington Avenue
by M. Fred and Samuel E. Rosenblatt,
new leases were being signed by National
Commercial Bank. Flah's Women's Store
and others. A downtown businessman called
the development "significant" in the future
of Washington Avenue west to Lark Street.
The Rosenblatts also own film houses leased
to other exhibitors via Acme Theatres. S. E.
Rosenblatt, president. Sam served two terms
as chief barker of the old Variety Club here.
The Cinema, Valatie, ran newspaper copy
a week in advance of the opening of "I Am
Curious (Yellow)." It's a renamed, revamped
situation in the village of Valatie,
where Mrs. Antoinette McNamara once held
forth . . . Dave Marks. Fort Orange Radio
Co., founder and winner of international
fame in short-wave radio circles through his
annual Christmas "Operation Goodwill" in
a tie-up with the Times-Union, again proved
a leading humanitarian for his aid to sufferers
in the disastrous Peruvian earthquake.
He sent a signal around the world calling
for contributions of medicine, clothing and
money to be rushed to the earthquake victims.
Rotary and other service clubs all over
the globe were alerted and swung into action.
Dr. Carlyle Adams, religious editor of the
Times-Union and remembered by older
members of the former local Variety Club
as a deliverer of an inspiring message at a
"Brotherhood Week" evening dinner meetine
at the old Keeler's Restaurant, arranged
by Tent 9. was reported soeaking at a chapel
service in Eden Park Nursing Home. He
chatted and shook hands with each attendee.
Dr. .^dams. a friend of the late Gene Robb.
publisher of Capital Newspapers and once
an active barker, was anions those officiatinc
at his funeral services in the First Presbyterian
Church.
'Ouackser Fortune' Will
Premiere in NY in July
NEW YORK — UMC Pictures'
comedy
drama. "Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in
the Bronx," will have its world premiere
at the Coronet Theatre at the end of July.
Filmed in Dublin by Waris Hussein, the
film whimsically tells of a collector and
salesman of organic horse fertilizer who
falls in love with an .American student at
Trinity College.
Gene Wilder and Margot Kidder star as
the lovers, with the supporting cast featuring
members of Dublin's famed Abbey Theatre.
Hank Moonjean is producer of "The
Diary of a Rapist" for Warner Bros.
BOXOFFICE :: June 1970 E-5

World's 1st Motion Picture Theatre
Opened in Pittsburgh 65 Years Ago
Bs ROBIRI I Kl INCiHNSMITH
PITTSBl'RCiH — The house lights are
down, the e.ilciuin-sh.idovs im.ige flickers on
.1 bedsheel sctvcn and the pianist tinkles the
ihenie music, last and Knid. to overcome
the noise of the hand-cranked projection
machine to which is attached a wooden
lamphousel On view is a doulMe feature:
•Pixv hut Honest" and "The Baffled Burglar."
The date is June 19. \W5. and the event
is the opening of The Nickelodeon, the
world's first all-moving picture theatre.
Folding chairs and benches are used for
seating in this "something new" offering
where a price of admission is charged to
view a short film program in a formerly un-
«Kcupied storeroom on Smithfield Street
near Diamond Street (now an extension of
Forbes .Avenue). Pittsburgh. In other stores,
customers make a purchase and carry it out.
.At this new place, the customer carries out
nothing tangible that he or she had not
taken into the dark and flat-floored store.
The public had been used to paying admission
to stage theatres, burlesque and vaudeville
houses, circuses, etc.. but "movies?"
who wants them?
The enterprisers 65 years ago were Harry
Davis and his brother-in-law John P. Harris.
Fugene Connelly, doing publicity work for
these pioneers in exhibition, named the establishment
The Nickelodeon (for the price,
a nickel— five cents— and odeon, Greek
word for theatre). A former newspaperman
who covered "the original Johnstown flood"
and who was highly honored for this reporting
and history-making. Gene Connelly
continued with the enterprises of Davis and
Harris, becoming one of the Mideast's most
noted showmen in vaudeville and movies.
A long Edison phonograph horn protruded
from a window in the projection
booth above the ticket cage or boxoffice and
this Edison-recorded music-on-a-cylinder
(before the flat, circular record was invented)
filtered onto Smithfield Street,
causing pedestrians to stop, look and listen
and from time to time scaring horses draw-
FINER
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2t Sarah Drhra Farmlngdol*, L I., N. Y., 11711
ing buggies with passengers. From early
morning to late at night they lined up to
purchase tickets and enter The Nickelodeon.
Walter C. Thomas, who had been an
usher at the original Nixon Theatre, "the
world's perfect playhouse, opened in Pittsburgh
in 190.^. innovated the music in the
street to attract attention to "something
new." a place where only movies were
shown. Prior to this, movies were seen in
vaudeville houses as a novelty and as a
chaser to spill the audience and provide entry
for more customers and in barrooms and
museums.
Furnished Calcium Lighl
Richard A. Rowland, whose family came
here from England, furnished the calcium
lighting used to project the film image. Its
wide use was for miners who attached a
fixture to their caps, which they wore in
the darkness of coal mines, etc., long before
small, dry batteries and half-inch light bulbs
were invented for this and other purposes.
Dick Rowland attended The Nickelodeon
and a showman was born! He entered exhibition
and built the first de luxe movie
theatre here or anywhere, first in partnership
with Ben Burke and later with James B.
Clark. The Rowland & Clark Theatres
formed the largest area circuit which, in
later years, became the base of operations
for Warner Bros. Theatres, later Stanley
Warner, now RKO-SW.
Warners at Nickelodeon
The Warner Brothers—Sam. Abe. Harry
and Jack— like Dick Rowland, attended The
Nickelodeon and became pioneers in exhibition,
film distribution and production.
Uncle of the Warners and their backer was
Lou Kreger. Rowland entered film production
and distribution, as well as exhibition,
and directed AIco Pictures, which he renamed
Metro, and which in turn became
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Also, Rowland
started First National Pictures via franchise
with exhibitors and which later became a
part of Warner Bros. Pictures. Before 1910
some 1,000 nickelodeons had been opened
throughout the United States.
This writer in later years asked Harry
Davis how he ever thought of showing films
in a theatre in which only movies were
presented for entertainment. His answer
was that many people had become amused
with these early films. Davis and Harris
had been showing movies in McKeesport
and other places hereabouts and, like other
theatre people, they were required to purchase
the films, as there were no licensing or
rental plans. TTiese films were owned outright
and they accumulated. The first thing
\ou knew, the enterprisers had such an inventory
of rolls of films that it became "an
obvious thing to do"—that is. open a movie
theatre.
Highly honored in the industry, Davis,
Harris, Connelly. TTiomas, Burke, Kreger
and Rowland are long deceased. Jack Warner
IS the only survivor among the brothers
Warner.
"Walt"
It is interesting to note that
Thomas won national-headline honors and
.iwards as a newsreel cameraman, particularly
in reference to "the second Johnstown
flood." A street panic shot he captured in
this Cambria County city was used as the
trademark lead on a twice-weekly newsreel
for several years, being one of the greatest
scenes of true excitement ever recorded by
a movie camera.
John H. Harris, son of John P. Harris,
also deceased, was the founder of the Variety
Club of Pittsburgh, which now is international
in scope and the world's leading
children's charity.
Your correspondent knew all of these
motion picture pioneers and was employed
by two of them.
4-DaY Buffalo Event Will
Spotlight Theatre Organs
BUFFALO—Buffalo again will be th:
organ capital of the world for four days.
Monday (29) through July 2, when the
American Guild of Organists plays host to
more than 1,000 fellow musicians from all
around the country. Theatre organ music
died with the advent of taking pictures in
1927-28 and for many years time, mice and,
more recently air pollution, have played
havoc with these magnificent instruments.
But today, theatre organs are experiencing an
international revival. The Niagara Frontier
Chapter of the American Theatre Organ
Society restores organs and presents concerts
on them by well-known organists.
Since its founding a decade ago. the
organization has restored organs in Shea's
Seneca. Haven and Olean; the Riviera.
North Tonawanda. and now is engaged in
the restoration of the Kensington instrument.
The latter was moved to the Riviera
and will be incorporated with the Mighty
Wurlitzer there to form one of the largest
pipe organs in the nation. Restoration of
Loew's (formerly Shea's) Buffalo is planned.
All of the organs restored by the society
to date are Mighty Wurlitzers, made by
the 114-year-old Wurlitzer company of
North Tonawanda. which produced more
pipe organs than any firm in history.
Receipts from the concerts, which are
held once or twice a month in the Riviera,
are used to meet the society's operational expenses
and to repair the organs.
At one time Wurlitzer was probably the
largest organ company in the world, employing
nearly 500 persons and turning out
an organ a day or better during the mid-
1920s. about 2.000 in all.
North Tonawanda also was the birthplace
of the Smith Organ Co., the
firm that
built the first large theatre organ in Buffalo
about 1915 for the old Hippodrome, now
the Center.
Lee Erwin. featured organist for Arthur
Godfrey for 22 years, will be featured Wednesday
evening. July 1, in the Riviera during
the organists' convention.
United Artists' "Ned Kelly" tells the story
of Australia's most famous outlaw.
BOXOFHCE :: June 22, 1970

The
PHILADELPHIA P?°*'^ * Manager Typify
Universal continues to
be jubilant over the
grosses racked up by "Airport," especially
at the Fox Theatre, Reading, where
the picture broke the house boxoffice record
its opening week, then broke its own new
record the next week.
Don Cohen, Universal salesman, and his
wife are keeping the local staff in a state of
frenzied anticipation. The couple expects the
birth of their first child momentarily. And
all of Don's co-workers will be glad when
the blessed event finally happens . . . Universal
branch manager's secretary Pauline
Hurwitz celebrates her birthday Tuesday
(16).
'riverrun' Is Screened
At Educational Seminar
PHILADELPHIA — Columbia Pictures'
"riverrun" was screened Saturday evening
(13) as a highlight of the seventh annual
educational seminar sponsored by the
Friends Council on Education. David Mallery.
director of studies for the National
Ass'n of Independent Schools, hosted the
screening and the discussion that followed.
The seminar brought together teachers,
administrators, educational writers and
opinion-makers from around the country
tor a week of discussion, exploration and
exchange of each other's ideas and practices
in education. Participants covered a
wide range from elementary through graduate
schools,
"riverrun," which was written, directed
and photographed by John Korty, stars
Louise Ober, John McLiam and Mark
Jenkins, The highly praised film is now
completing a successful engagement m New
York.
Flea Markets on Increase
At Drive-In Theatres
PITTSBURGH—George Tice, with 53
years of service in the industry here and
now "retired," is extending his Swap Shop
operations at the Woodland Drive-In from
Sunday afternoons to Saturday and Sunday
afternoons.
Several months ago he assisted Vogel Theatres
in starting a Swap Shop at the Benjie
Drive-In, Baltimore: May 10 George opened
a Swap Shop at Sam Schultz's Selected Theatres'
East 30 Drive-ln, Canton, Ohio, and
Sunday (7) he was to open another one ai
Associated Theatres' Canal Road Drive-in.
East 49th Street, Cleveland.
Spirit of Showbusiness
STATE COLLEGE, PA.— -He sits
there
looking for all the world like a film star of
the '30s," writes State College Mirror statfer
Paul Hendrickson of the Rowland Theatre's
manager in a recent feature article. "Harold
Graffius,
" Hendrickson says, "like the theatre
he operates, is a period piece of Pennsylvania
showbusiness."
"The pepper-and-salt hair, the combed
mustache, the blue pin-stripped suit—all
give the manager and part-owner of Philipsburg's
Rowland Theatre the look of an aging
Robert Taylor, Or maybe a Cesar
Romero,
"The Rowland opened to the silent screen
June 4, 1917, Ten years later, 16-year-old
Harold Graffius started at the 'Theatre of
the Stars' as a rewind boy in the projection
room. Since that time the two have measured
the rise and fall of their industry against an
audience that at one time included all ol
Central Peonsylvania.
"Although now exclusively a motion picture
theatre, the Rowland was built in 1916
for stage as well as screen, 'Blossom Time,'
'Way Down East' and other extravaganzas
of the '20s took their roadshows to the Rowland,
Vaudeville troupes and personal appearances
by everyone from Tom Mix to
Smiley Burnett became a regularity in Philipsburg,
"At its height, the Rowland even had a
spur railroad track laid behind its stage
doors for bringing elephants and other beasts
of the wild on stage,
"For all of this you cannot help feehng
badly about the indignities this grand old
lady suffers today. The 11 dressing rooms
under her giant stage serve as storage bins.
The orchestra pit is now only a gaping black
hole. The lobby cloak room and the inside
ticket windows are boarded up and sporl
posters advertising next week's movies. Our
slick celluloids seem blasphemous in such
surroundings.
"The manager sits in his office under the
second balcony and muses about 43 years
of film history. (A few feet away from him
squats an old green safe with large brass
handles—one you would swear Butch Cassidy
and his Hole-in-the-Wall gang must
have somehow missed.)
" 'Talkies killed the silent films and the
stage . . . When I started in '27. pipe organs
provided the sound effects and each film
came to the exhibitor with a musical score.
Two years later talkies came in with the
soundtrack on records. You never knew
how long that record was going to last,' "
X Films Distract Drivers hldDTU ITDCCV
JERSEY CITY. CITY, N,J,—D, Louis
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WASHINGTON
^Ifrrd K. Bruih, president of Capital Film
Lahoratories, reported increased salcN
(13 per cent) and sharply increased earnings
U 10 per cent) for the fiscal year ending
March 31. compared to the previous year.
I'apital hilm, a puhiicly held company here
with a facility in Miami, operates a motion
picture laboratory servicing .iiid color pro
cessing Smm, I6mm and .^5mm film.
Saniurl .Si-huJnun. National General
Corp. senior \ ice-prcsident. Beverly Hills,
Calif., and Bonita (Ciranville) \N' rather, Los
.\ngelcs, producer of the T\ show "Lassie,"
are among the 107 members of President
Nixon's new advisory committee on the arts
for the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing .-Vrts. The center will include a
lilm theatre, concert hall, an opera house
and the Eisenhower Theatre lor drama, lis
opening is scheduled lor September 1971.
The committee will assist the board of trustees
in its fund-raising program.
Alan king, producer of "A Married
Couple," was here Saturday (20) from Toronto
to introduce the Washington premiere
of his new feature in the American Film
Institute's series, "Canada; New Wave," at
the National Gallery of .Art. The commissioner
of the National Film Board of Canada,
Dr. Hugo McPherson, and two senior
executives of the board, John Bloundy and
Jean-Jacques Chagnon, also attended the
AFl French-Canadian program, which Sunday
(21) marked the climax of the theatre's
six-month season. Following a three-month
recess, the AFl theatre will resume.
Alex .Schimel, Universal branch manager,
attended his nephew's graduation at Harvard
College and Fred Burka, K/ B partner, attended
his son's graduation at Harvard Law
School.
Murry Baker, Continental division manager,
just completed a swing through his
territory, including Jacksonville, Charlotte
and Cincinnati, firming summer dates for
"The Delta Factor" and 'The Invincible
Six."
Peter Meyers, 20th Century-Fox vicepresident
and general sales manager, presided
at a merchandising conference held at
the Crystal City Marriott .Monday through
Wednesday (1-3), according to Shep Bloom,
locally based Mid Atlantic district manager.
Al Levy, Eastern division manager; his assistant
Harry Baren, and Morris Stermer.
branch operations manager, were in attendance,
along with all district and branch
managers of the Eastern division. An overview
on campaigns for 20th-Fox summer
releases— "Myra Breckinridge," "Beyond the
Valley of the Dolls," etc.—was set forth
"The Sicilian Clan" is the Dupont's attraction.
Warner Bros, branch manager Ben
Bache's new salesman is Rehman Hafeez
from Pakistan. Hafeez had been transferred
to Boston as a booker in April from the
New ^ ork exchange. \v here he was a trainee
hooker before joining Bache's staff.
Milton Levin, .\vco Embassy branch
chiel. relumed from New York where he
.mended a three-day (lS-2()) national sales
meeting at the home office, chaired by D. J.
Fdele. vice-president and general sales manager.
President Joseph E. Lcvine was a keynote
speaker. Current and future product
was screened and discussed, including "Sunflower."
"Soldier Blue" and "The People
Next Door" . . . "Rider on the Rain" is the
attraction at the Pedas brothers twin theatres.
Outer Circle 1 and 2.
BALTIMORE
\A7allcr Gettinger, head of Gettinger
.Amu.sement Co. and owner of the
Howard Theatre here, is now owner-manager
of the Warren House Motel, 401 Reistersiown
Rd., Pikesville. His home was the
subject of a photo-feature story in the Sunday
(14) Sun magazine section. Of interest
to exhibitors is the fact that in his unusually
large basement there is a theatre for private
screenings.
Leon B. Back, general manager of Rome
Theatres, president of NATO of Maryland
and a director of NATO; Fred Schmuff.
executive, F. H. Durkee Enterprises, and
J;ick Whittle, executive-secretary. NATO of
Maryland, returned from Rancho La Costa,
Calif., where they attended a board meeting
of NATO recently.
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro has just
signed the city minimum wage bill of $1.50,
which applies to everyone in the motion picture
industry (students excepted). The rate
will be raised to $1,65 in 1971.
Israel Batista-Olivieri, aside from his
duties as
administrator of operations of the
locally based Grant Theatres, is a successful
writer of books. His latest, released March I
by Vantage Press, is "Hurt Me No More," a
mystery-melodrama. It currently is doing
very well. He is now working on his third
tome, "Colder Than Cold." a true story of
his experiences in the exhibition field with
general audiences. Born in Puerto Rico,
Batista-Olivieri began with the Grant Theatres
July 9, 1958. His first volume was
called "How to Get Out of Debt and Enjoy
Yourself," published by Exposition Press in
1965. It has been paying royalties steadily
for five years now. This is a "how-to-do-it"
book.
Plan Two for Superior
NEW YORK—Two additional productions
are being prepared for Superior Films
by Herbert S. Altman. produccr-directorwriter
of "Dirtymouth." The films are "J.C.
in New York," original screenplay by Altman
to be filmed in color in New York late
in August, and "Room and Board." an original
story by Altman to be filmed on location
in Israel in December.
Dominion's Terrace
Bows in Norfolk, Va.
NORFOLK, VA.—The Terrace, Norlolk's
newest theatre, located at Tidewater
Drive and Little Creek Road, opened Thursday
(4) under the managership of Hadon E.
Ware.
Entirely designed with a "mod" look, the
Terrace has 799 rocking-chair seats in its
auditorium and features the very latest in
projection and audio equipment to provide
the ultimate in motion picture entertainment
for its patrons.
The Terrace is owned by the Atlantabused
Dominion Theatres circuit.
Jerry Lewis Chain to Open
Second New Jersey House
NEW YORK— Hillsboro, N.J., will be
the home of the second Jerry Lewis Cinema
in that state, according to Gerald Entman,
president of Network Cinema Corp. The
theatre will be the showcase for area directors,
the First Morris Investment Corp.
of Watchung, N.J., and will be housed in
the Hillsboro Club Plaza shopping center.
The 350-seat theatre is expected to be open
by Labor Day.
The first
Jerry Lewis Cinema opened last
March in Wayne, N.J., with twin units
opening last month in East Meadow, L.I.,
and more than 500 contracted for throughout
the nation, according to a company
spokesiTian.
Joseph Bahhis Walsh;
Long-Time Distributor
BALTIMORE — Joseph Balthis Walsh,
69, motion picture distributor, died Tuesday
(2) at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center
after a short illness. His association with the
motion picture industry dates back 50 years.
At the age of 19, Walsh started to work as
a salesman with the Columbia Pictures
Corp. in Washington, D.C. In 1944 he left
Columbia to start his own company in
Washington and in 1965 moved his business
to Baltimore.
Survivors include his wife Ethel and two
brothers, Henry D. and Frank Walsh, all of
Baltimore.
Berry Campbell Is Dead
BALTIMORE—Berry CampbeU, assistant
manager, Broadway Theatre, died suddenly
Sunday (14) of unknown causes. He had
been with the Rome circuit for a decade.
Survivors include his wife and several children.
Theatre Marquee Damaged
ST.
MARYS, PA.—The marquee of the
St. Marys Theatre was damaged recently
by a tractor-trailer truck. Manager Chuck
Fleming stated he was told that the truck
hit a hole in the pavement, which caused the
top of it to sway and hit the marquee.
"Heir" is being fihned in Venice and New
Yt)rk for United Artists' release.
BOXOmCE :: June 22, 1970

fNEVA/S AND VIEWS OF THE PRODUCTION CEMTEP.
Benefit Premiere Set
For Doheny Plaza Bow
HOLLYWOOD — The West Coast premiere
of Claude LeLouch's "Love Is a Funny
Thing," starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and
Annie Girardot. will be held July 9 as the
first engagement to play at the new Doheny
Plaza Theatre in Beverly Hills, it was announced
by Max Youngstein, president of
Cinema West Theatres.
Proceeds from the premiere will be for
the benefit of the Friends of the Beverly
Hills Public Library. Co-chairmen of the
premiere committee are Lucille Ball and
Edward G. Robinson.
Following the premiere, a champagne supper
will be held across the street from the
Doheny Plaza, first theatre to be built in
Beverly Hills in 35 years, at the offices of
Gibraltar Savings, a courtesy of Herbert J.
Young, president.
Executive committee members of the
Friends of the Beverly Hills Public Library
are Mmes. Marcus Rabwin, Bemy Byrens
and .Sam Goldman, Premiere tickets for the
United Artists release are available at the
Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce.
'Dolls' World Premiered
At Pantages June 17
HOLLYWOOD—With a galaxy of Hollywood's
brightest new stars attending, the invitational
world premiere of Russ Meyer's
20th Century-Fox production, "Beyond the
Valley of the Dolls," was held Wednesday
evening (17) at the Pantages Theatre here.
Described as a sexy, violent melodrama
interspersed with seven sparkling new tunes,
"Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" is the story
of uninhibited young persons in the rock
music business, moving in a milieu of permissiveness
and a recklessness for consequences.
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Boasting one of the largest casts since
post-Cecil B. DeMille days, the film lists
55 speaking parts, headed by newcomers
Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers. Marcia Mc-
Broom, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett,
David Gurian, Edy Williams, Erica Gavin,
Phyllis Davis, Harrison Page, Duncan Mc-
Leod and Jim Inglehart. Appearing as themselves
are the world-famous rock group. The
Strawberry Alarm Clock.
Premiere festivities began when The
Strawberry Alarm Clock commenced playing
numbers from the film. Nationally
known TV and radio star Johnny Grant
served as the master of ceremonies.
Russ Meyer both directed and produced
from Roger Ebert's original screenplay. The
picture, filmed in Panavision and De Luxe
Color, opened the following day at the Pantages
in an exclusive engagement.
A. J. Fenady Researching
Story for Dillinger Film
HOLLYWOOD — Producer-writer
Andrew
J. Fenady is in northern Wisconsin to
research an original story, "The Covered
Trail," for future feature production. The
story will concentrate on local people, many
still alive, who were instrumental in tracking
the outlaw, John Dillinger, after his escape
from a roadhouse near Eagle River.
Since there was only one main road south
at the time. U.S. 51, residents not only aided
in patrols but also put their own roadblocks
on old Indian trails and logging runs
to aid the FBI.
The story will be a thriller-comedy, as
at the time—every man, woman and child
in the area considered himself a "detective."
Fenady recently completed writer-producer
chores on the Warner Bros, feature,
"Chisum," starring John Wayne.
Yanki Begokis Is Elected
Prexy of Hollywood FPA
HOLLYWOOD — The Hollywood Foreign
Press Ass'n held its general election
meeting Monday night (8) and elected Yanki
Begakis, noted international photo-journalist,
as its president. Bertil Unger becomes
chairman of the board. Hilda Ulloa was
elected vice-president, with Judy Solomon
as secretary and Charles B. Ellis as treasurer.
The board of directors include: Nissen
Davis, Mahfouz Doss, Terry Elman, Saverio
Lomedico and Roy Cummings.
A formal installation of new officers will
be held in July.
Stars Attend Dedication
On Indian Reservation
DULCE, N. M.—Kirk Douglas and Johnny
Cash, currently starring in "A Gunfight."
being shot on location in northern New-
Mexico, attended the dedication of a new
electronics plant Sunday (14) on the Jicarilla
.Apache Indian Reservation here.
The Indian tribe is financing the $2,000.-
000 western which started production here
Monday (1) and is expected to be completed
by July 4.
Both entertainers spoke at the dedication,
attended by about 3,000 persons.
4 New Members Named
To the AMPAS Board
HOLLYWOOD — Four new members
have been elected to the board of governors
of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences, joining seven incumbent members
who have been re-elected for 1970-71 and
13 members elected last year who still have
a year of their two-year terms to serve. Two
of the new members have not .served on the
board of governors before—George Cukor
(directors branch) and William T. Hurtz
(short subjects branch). The other two, Hal
B. Wallis (producers branch) and Gordon E.
Sawyer (sound branch), have served before.
Re-elected to the board are Gregory Peck,
actors branch; Walter M. Scott, art directors
branch; Arthur C. Miller, cineniatographers
branch; William W. Hornbeck, film editors
branch; Elmer Bernstein, music branch;
Maurice Segal, public relations branch, and
Daniel Taradash, writers branch.
Each of the 12 branches of the .Academy
is represented on the board by two governors.
Those elected last year to terms expiring
in May 1971 are: MacDonald Carey,
actors; Jack Martin Smith, art directors; Hal
Mohr, cineniatographers; Robert E. Wise,
directors; Robert M. Weitman and Charles
Boren, executives; William H. Reynolds,
film editors; Bronislau Kaper. music; Howard
W. Koch, producers; Jack .Atlas, public
relations; Hal Elias, short subjects; Arthur
R. Piantadosi, sound, and Michael Blankfort,
writers.
The new governors will join the board at
its next meeting Tuesday (23).
Jerry Cormier Elected
New President of MPTCA
HOLLYWOOD—Jerry Cormier, controller
at De Luxe General, has been elected
president of the Motion Picture and Television
Controllers Ass'n. Cormier, previously
first vice-president of the group, succeeds
Richard L. Cline, assistant administrator of
the Screen Actors Guild-Producer Pension
Plan.
Leonard Johnson, controller at Four Star,
former second vice-president, moved to the
first vice-president slot. Kenneth Mancebo,
Warner Bros, controller, moved from treasurer
to second vice-president.
Thomas English, controller at the Molion
Picture Country House and Hospital,
was elected treasurer, and George Bannon.
retired, was re-elected secretary.
The next meeting of the MPTCA will be
held in September.
BOXOFFICE :: June 22, 1970 W-1

d^uchstaxh
DISCUSSING THE CONTINUATION of
filming James A. Michencr's novel,
now an SS.OOO.CKM) United Artists release
as "The Hawaiians." producer Walter Mirisch,
at a foreign and domestic consumer
press and critics conference at the Beverly
Wilshire Hotel, told the g.iihering th.it there
was enough m.iterial in the SbOO.OOO original
novel-rights purchase to make still another
film. The first Mirisch production
cost over $ 1 3.00().()(X) and .Mirisch said il
had grossed close to S2().0lH).00l). He said it
was profitable.
Counting on the "immense number of
people who re.id the book" as one potential
audience and with a hope that people who
want to see a film cross-over Irom other
audience segments in this 1970 fragmented
market for leatures. Mirisch hopes for a
higher profit on the second film made at a
substaniialh lower cost.
Need I radepaper Froiiiotion
That there is no scientific base for gauging
grosses and proving the point that all films
are in need of theatre tradepaper promotion
because of the uncertainties of releasing.
was the impression gathered from Mirisch\
remarks.
Tom Gries. who directed the teature,
"hates to have producers around when he is
making a picture," but still feels they are
a necessity.
Addressing the critics. Cries commented
on the new type of newspaper entertainment
press. "They, the critics, are no longer
fans: they are students of motion pictures.
They understand pictures more than we
did," he said. "But because today's audience,
those under 25, are from the .VIcLiihan era.
the medium also is more demanding of them
and puts a burden on the critic to know
more than the reader. The motion picture
critic's commitment is to motion pictures.
not just the columns, and other material
in the paper," Gries. a former writer for a
Chicago daily, stated.
Miss Chen Blood Specialist
Tina Chen, actress, in a great demanding
role, comes up as the "brain" of stars interviewed
in Hollywood, closely approximating
Shirley MacLaine and Racquel Welch. Born
in Chungking and niece of a Chinese statesman.
Miss Chen, who is a blood specialist
at a New York hospital when not in films,
probably will go on to get her PhD. in law.
rather than medicine. "It's something to fall
back on," modestly said the brilliant young
lady, whose career from here on can be her
own choice. She hopes her next role will
be "contemporary."
Charlton Heston, star of the film, who
doesn't want his son in films, complimented
Tom Gries on his direction. He thinks that
the film potential of the Michener book is
"unchallengeable, no matter what audiences
may think of the picture."
•
RICHARD BOONE, a dollar-a-year consultant
to the light industry section of
WITH SYO CASSYOS
the department of commerce in Isr.iel, helping
to design a new film industry there,
thinks that most governments are too quick
to subsidize film production. His Four Star-
Kxcelsior "Madron," in which he stars with
Leslie Caron, was produced in cooperation
with Cinfilco. a movie-financing company
of Israel. Set to open around Thanksgiving.
"Madron" was filmed on locations near the
Dead Sea and the Negev Desert, which
Boone sa\s duplicates the landscape ol
southwestern United States. He next will
make a film with Hanna Meron, Israeli actress,
who lost her left leg when terrorists
bombed an El Al plane in Munich.
Asked why he sought out Israel, following
his move to Hawaii, to make films there,
since he is not Jewish, Boone replied thai
the Israeli people "are my kind of people,
real, forthright and willing." It is particularly
because of thj Israeli characteristics of "en-
'WESTERN MAN OF THE YEAR'
—John Wayne accepts a plaque from
the Tombstone Restoration Commission
of Tombstone, Ariz., naming him
"Western Man of (he Year" in ceremonies
held at Old Tucson amid sets
of "Rii) Lobo," his latest film. Wayne
is surrounded by residents of Tombstone
who are dressed In the fashions
of the l88Us. With the honor went a
plaque produced by Tombstone talent
from material that also came from "the
tov\n loo tough to die," a century old
whisky bottle trimmed in silver and
leather set on niesquite wood. This
award will be presented each year to an
outstanding western personality who
best ser>'es in the tradition of the Old
West, of which Tombstone, Ariz., is
reputed as most famous. Among early
citizens of Tombstone were such western
characters as Wyatt Earp, Bat Maslerson.
Doc Holliday and Johnny Rinthusiasm
and willingness" that gives him the
view that a fihii industry will succeed there.
The government allows foreign producers
to get $4.05 for each $.V50 spent, as an incentive
in dollar exchanges to hypo the film
industry. Within two months, the operation
of a film laboratory will make the situation
more solid for foreign and domestic film
producers, said Boone.
Boone made his name in television and in
Icature films and was educated at Stanford
University. He is a former intercollegiate
light heavyweight champion and was a
liheral arts major. He is an artist, short story
writer and playwright and has worked as an
oil field laborer.
With him at the press conference held at
the Beverly Wilshire Hotel was Four Star-
Excelsior's production chief. Bud Groskoff.
who expressed great interest in the future of
production in Israel. He explained that "Madron"
was a co-production deal involving
several countries and is bein'j; edited in
Rome for the fall release. The firm has
worldwide distribution rights.
AM-C Opens Fashion
Valley 4 Theatres
SAN DIEGO. CALIt-.—American Multi-
Cinema's l.lOO-seat theatre complex. Fashion
Valley 4 Theatres, opened Wednesday
(3) at Fashion Valley Center, Fashion Valley
Road and Friars Road, just west of U.S.
395. AM-C is a division of the Durwood
Corp. of Kansas City, Mo.
Representing an investment of approximately
$500,000, the cinema complex is divided
into two auditoriums of 310 seats and
two with 240 seats. There is a common lobby
but separate entrances.
Terry Boyle, a ten-year veteran who operated
his own theatre for a year in Kansas
City, is manager. Boyle said the Fashion
Valley 4 Theatres would have occasional
first-run films and that there may be times
when two. three or all four theatres will
show the same film if the demand warrants.
Adam and Eve Twin to Be
An All-Night Operation
HOLLYWOOD — Joseph Harris' twin
theatres, the Adam and Eve. which will
open near the end of June, will be an allnight
operation. After midnight, both theatres
can be attended for a single admission.
"Man and Wife" will be featured in Adam
and "Erotography" in Eve. A spokesman
for the theatre said there is no significance
in this choice.
The theatres are located on Hollywood
Blvd. east of Gower in an area for which the
developer of the property forecasts lots of
activity, since another group is building a
quad and a ten-story office building will be
erected on the former Peterson Publishing
Co. land.
Charlton Heston has portrayed three
Presidents of the U.S., three saints and two
geniuses in the movies.
W-2 BOXOmCE :: June 22, 1970
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MEANS BIG BOXOFFICE!
T

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Hollywood Happenings
J^ARMN MIKISt M. chairman ol the
board ot the Minsch I'roiluciion Co..
is in London for conferences with Billy
Wilder on The Private life of Sherlock
Holmes" and with Norman Jcwison on "Fiddler
on the Roof."
•
.Man A. .Armer. Charles Bernard Fitzsimmons.
IX>nald R. Boyle and Charles
Larson joined the Producers Guild of .Xmerica
this past month. PCi.\ now has over
4()0 mcmhers on its roster.
*
Columbia Pictures" "A Walk in the Spring
Rain" was selected by the Community Services
Department of the Motion Picture
Ass'n of America, to be the subject of the
organization's "Special Applause!" bulletin,
a fully illustrated, four-page brochure recommending
the new Anthony Quinn-Ingrid
Bergman film to thousands of opinion-makers
across the nation.
•
Cinema Center Films won five of the 15
awards presented at the first annual Motion
Picture .Advertising Awards luncheon to
honor the most creative and effective motion
picture advertising of 1969. The recent
presentation, sponsored by the Cinema
Lodge of B'nai B'rith. was held at the Americ.ma
Hotel.
*
Mike Kaplan of Robert Wise Productions
and Terry Liang of ABC-TV were elected
trustees of the Publicists Guild, Lo;al 818,
I.ATSE. for two-year terms. Guild members
also elected six delegates to represent them
at the lATSE convention in Cincinnati July
20.
•
Martin Ransohoff. founder of Filmways.
Hollywood, has been chosen by the American
Academy of Achievement as one of 50
national giants of accomplishment from the
great fields of endeavor to receive the Golden
Plate Award during the ninth annual
Salute of Excellence weekend (25-27) at
Dallas.
Patrick J. Frawley jr.. chairman of the
board of Technicolor, announced the election
of Miss Loretta Young to the company's
board of directors.
*
Hank Moonjean. producer of "The Diary
of a Rapist," a Stuart Rosenberg production
for Warner Bros., has returned from a
three-week trip to England and the Continent.
•
William W. Taylor was named sales development
director for the Ampex magnetic
tape division, it was announced by Brian
Trankle, national sales manager of the division.
•
Paramount Pictures announced its array
of releases for summertime showing in Los
Angeles and Southern California. "Darling
I ill \mII ha\c Ms uDikl premiere Tuesday
(2.1) at the Cinerama Dome Tlicalrc in
Hollywood; "Catch-22" will premiere
Wednesday (24) al the National Theatre in
W'cstwood. and on the same dale "The
Out-of-Towners" will premiere at the Pix
Theatre and the Plaza Theatre. "On a Clear
Day You Can See Forever" will be premiered
July 8 at Loew's Beverly Theatre in
Beverly Hills: "Tropic of Cancer" is currently
playing al the Four Star, and "Norwood"
opened citywide May 27. Scheduled
for July 1 for citywide engagement is "The
Ad\enlurers" and "Paint Your Wagon" will
play in ten specially selected theatres starting
July 22, after its ninth record month at the
Cinerama Dome Theatre in Hollywood.
*
Murray Bernard was elected chairman of
the board of Project 7 Films. Los Angelesbased
motion picture production company.
*
Bob Gibson, star pitcher for the St. Louis
Cardinals, and Phil Esposito. center on the
world champion Boston Bruins hockey team,
were signed by producer James Washburn
10 guest on the initial episode of MGM-TV's
"Man-to-Man," first-run syndication sports
series.
•
Jim Brown is on a key-city tour for National
General's "El Condor" as part of his
promotional activities for the picture, which
premiered Wednesday (17) in Cincinnati.
•
Distinguished author and screen writer
Alistair MacLean, in a unique promotional
format, has turned press agent for the recently
completed Gershwin-Kastner production,
"When Eight Bells Toll," filmization
of his own novel. MacLean is engaged in an
extensive, worldwide personal mailing to
introduce Philip Calvert, the new adventure
hero he created in the picture.
*
Producer Richard Alan Roth added Lee
Stitch as production secretary and Elizabeth
Gill as special assistant on Warner Bros.'
"Summer of '42," to be directed by Robert
Mulligan, starting July 28. on location in
Fort Bragg. Calif.
Hadassah Is Sponsoring
Children's Film Series
ALBUQUERQUE — The
Albuquerque
chapter of Hadassah is sponsoring a series
of children's films at Loew's Theatre here.
The summer series, which opens Thursday
(25) with "Munster Go Home," will continue
for ten weeks and will be screened each
Thursday moring at 10 a.m. and noon.
Other features in the lineup include "Boy
Ten Feet Tall," "Rhino," "Maya," "Hook,
Line and Sinker," "Night of the Grizzly,"
"My Side of the Mountain," "Island of Blue
Dolphins," "Brighty of Grand Canyon" and
"Dog of Flanders."
Fanfare's 'Losers' Opens
LA Area Multiple Run
LOS ANCii;i.l",S— lanlarc lilm's " I'hc
1 osers" opened in theatres and drive-ins
throughout the Los Angeles area Wednesday
(17) while continuing its engagement at
the Pix Theatre, where the film had its
world premiere May 20.
"The Losers" is the action-adventure story
ot a five-man motorcycle unit brought together
by the army command in Vietnam to
rescue a VIP being held by the Viet Cong
and Red Chinese in a compound in Cambodia.
In most theatres, the associate feature is
the first Los Angeles showing of "Kill Them
,MI and Come Back Alone" starring Chuck
Connors.
"The Losers." which is receiving critical
acclaim throughout the country, was produced
by Joe Solomon and directed by Jack
Starrett from a screenplay by Alan Caillou.
The film stars William Smith. Adam Roarkc
and Bernie Hamilton and co-stars Ana Korita.
Houston Savage. John Garwood, Paul
Koslo and Gene Cornelius. It is a Fanfare
Film Productions production and release.
LOS ANGELES
Toe Sugar, president of Cinerama Releasing
Corp.. was in town to confer with Bill
Wasserman, branch manager, and to have a
look at upcoming product, as well as attend
the annual stockholders meeting, which took
place Thursday (18) at the Cinerama Dome
Theatre. Also in town were Harry Buxbaum,
vice-president and general sales manager,
and Arthur Manson, vice-president and head
of the advertising department. Buxbaum and
Manson did not remain for the stockholders
meeting.
Vacation time has arrived, with Paramount
salesman Mike Wittman off to New
York to see the sights . . . Lannie Acuna,
Columbia head booker, is taking his vacation
at this time.
Ward Pennington is representing Ted
Reisch Pictures here. Offices have been
opened at 485 South Robertson Blvd., Beverly
Hills 9021L
Dan Marks arrived from New York to become
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's new local
salesman . Service will do the
hooking and buying for the Tower Theatre
at 8th and Broadway in downtown Los
Angeles.
The new drive toward ecology and the J
aims of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
to beautify Hollywood Blvd. with
young trees, planted a few years ago, make
it difficult for Loew's New Holly, which
opens Wednesday (24) with Columbia's
"Watermelon Man," to reconcile nature with
a beautiful marquee. The tree planted almost
in front of the old Academy, which was refurbished
and renamed, obstructs the view
of the marquee as one approaches from the
east. It cuts off the attractiveness of the
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sign.
What steps the management may take
is problematical.
It does highlight the long-running contlict
here between the chamber of commerce,
which is reported to represent retailers,
and the entertainment industry in
Hollywood. Now, if a theatre is properly
classified, it's a retailing establishment and
the chamber ought to spring to its defense.
It will be of interest to local residents to
see how the conflict is resolved.
A baby boy, weighing in at 7 pounds, 14
ounces, and named Jason Edward McKennedy
was born May 29 to Bob and Marilyn
McKennedy. Bob is an exhibitor at the Bogart
Theatre in Sierra Madre, Calif.
"The Out-of-Towners," the comedy starring
Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis, was
screened twice Sunday (14) for members of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences. This is a Jalem production for
Paramount.
Dennis Hopper, who recently moved his
entire filming operation to Ranchos De
Taos, N. M., has purchased the 132-seat El
Cortez Theatre there. Paul Gilbert, Hopper's
business manager, says the building will be
used for screenings and other production
work, including editing of Hopper's "The
Last Movie." His next picture, "Me and
Bobby McGee," will roll later this year.
"Hi, Mom!" which opens Wednesday (24)
at the Granada Theatre on Sunset Blvd., is
the second film by the creators of "Greetings."
Directed by Brian De Palma and produced
by Charles Hirsch, the picture is being
released by Sigma III.
Fred Friedman, film buyer for NGC Theatre
Corp., and Pete Latsis, publicity director,
are back from opening National Twin
Theatres in Corpus Christi, Tex.
John Pye, West Australian industrialist
whose interests include a string of theatres
in the Perth City area, visited Warner Bros.
Tuesday (16) and conferred with Louis Edelman,
producer of "Adam's Woman," which
was filmed Down Under.
Symbolic Productions Is
Announced by Dickerson
LOS ANGELES — Carl Dickerson announced
the formation of Symbolic Productions,
with headquarters at 9000 Sunset
Blvd., for film production and the acquisition
of foreign-made pictures. Named as
executive assistant was Dianne Jarvis Reed,
who departed for Paris to view French. Italian
and Yugoslavian productions.
Sydney Pollack will direct Warner Bros."
"The Crow Killer."
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Listings in LA With Sterling 440
LOS ANGELES—A trio of films grossing
in the 400 percentage range represented
the week's business peak, supported by 19
other first runs which brought in returns
on the 120-350 level. The top three: "Getting
Straight," 440, third week. Crest; "He
and She," Tiffany newcomer, 400, and "The
Landlord," 400, second week at the Village.
"Beneath the Planet of the Apes" was slill
a boxoffice power, tripling average in a
third week at the Beverly.
(Average Is 100)
Beverly Beneath the Planet of the Apes
(20th-Fox), 3rd wk 300
Bruin—M*A*S*H (20th-Fox), 16th wk 350
Chinese Hello, Dolly! (20th-Fox), 27th wk 200
Cine Cienega Rider on the Rain (Embassy),
2nd wk 270
Cinema Pornography in Denmark (SR), 5 0th wk.
Cinerama Paint Your Wagon (Para), 32nd wk. .
300
I 95
Crest Getting Straight (Col), 3rd wk
.
440
Egyptian Too Late the Hero (CRC), 4th wk 70
Eros Pornography: Copenhagen (SR), 9th wk. . .350
Fine Arts Women in Love (UA), 6th wk 180
Hollywood Pacific Airport (Univ), 13th wk
Lido Start the Revolution Without Me (WB),
290
8th wk 100
Loew's The Grosshopper (NGP), 3rd wk 160
Mayan Double Initiation (SR), 10th wk 200
Music Hall— Fellini Sotyricon (UA), lOth wk 180
National The Sicilian Clan (20th-Fox), 3rd .180
wk. .
Pantoges Potton (20th-Fox), t7th wk 200
Picwood The Magic Gorden of Stanley
Sweetheart (MGM), 3rd wk 1 20
Pix The Losers (SR), 4th wk 1 60
Regent—Z (SR), 23rd wk 310
Tiffany—He and She (SR) 400
Village—The Landlord (UA), 2nd wk 400
Vogue Let If Be (UA), 4th wk 210
Wilshire Woodstock (WB), 11th wk 300
'Grasshopper' Attracts 250
Business in Denver Bow
DENVER — There wasn't anything unlucky
about a 13th week here for "Airport."
as the Big G rated 250, one of the better
gross percentages in town. "The Grasshopper"
matched this figure in its debut at the
Cherry Creek and Villa Italia theatres. "Man
and Wife" had a 375 at the Bluebird and
"The Boys in the Band" ranked No. 2 on
basis of a 350 third week at the Federal
Theatre.
Aladdin Potton (20th-Fox), 15th wk 100
Bluebird—Man and Wife (SR), 7th wk 375
Centre M*A*S*H (20th-Fox), 1 2th wk 150
Century 21—Woodstock (WB), 5th wk 200
Cherry Creek, Villa Italia The Grasshopper
(NGP) 250
Cinderella City, North Valley, Westland A Man
Called Horse (NGP), 4th 115
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Kansas City. Mo. 64124
Continental Hello, Dolly! (20th-Fox), 26th wk. .125
Cooper Point Your Wagon (Porol, 33rd wk 160
Denham Anne of the Thousand Days (Univ),
9th wk 150
Denver Ned Kelly (UA); Tell Them Willie Boy
Is Here (Univ) 100
Esquire—Z (SR), 9th wk 100
Federal The Boys in the .350
Band (NGP), 3rd wk. .
Lakeshore, Monaco, Norwest Rebel Rousers (SR);
The Last Mercenary (SR) Not Available
Ogden Women in Love (UA) 150
Paramount, Arvoda Plozo Two Mules for Sister
Soro (Univ), 3rd wk 140
Towne What Do You Soy to a Naked Lady?
(UA), 8th wk 150
Vogue Sympathy for the Devil (SR) 100
Webber Airport (Univ), 13th wk 250
'M*A*S*H' Only Seattle
Film Above Average Level
SEATTLE— Holding the lead over all
other attractions was "M*A*S*H," which
wound up its ninth week of a very successful
run at the Coliseum with a strong 175.
At the Music Box, "A Man Called Horse"
completed a fifth week with 100. All other
holdovers failed to reach the average level,
probably due to the advent of warm weather
and the final activities of the school year.
The only opener, "The Grasshopper." pulled
100 in its first week at the Seattle 7th Avenue.
YOUH REPORT OF THE PICTURE YOU
HAVE JUST PLAYED FOR THE
GUIDANCE OF FEUOW EXHIBITORS.
Blue Mouse The Boys in the Band (NGP),
2nd wk 100
Coliseum—M*A*S*H (20th-Fox), 9th wk 175
Fifth Avenue Hello, Dolly! (20th-Fox), 17th wk. 75
Music Box—A Man Called Horse (NGP), 5th wk. 100
Paramount Potton (20th-Fox), 1 4th wk 75
Seattle 7th Avenue The Grasshopper (NGP) ... .100
Town—Woodstock (WB), 6th wk 75
Uptown The Mogic Garden of Sfonley Sweetheart
(MGM), 2nd wk 40
Dale Robertson on Hand
For Racetrack Ceremonies
ALBUQUERQUE—Film-TV actor Dale
Robertson was in New Mexico (13-14) for
ground-breaking and dedication ceremonies
for the new Santa Fe Downs horse racetrack,
scheduled to open north of Albuquerque
in 1971.
Robertson, who also is a horse breeder,
was laudatory about horse racing for the
state, which already has four other tracks.
He occasionally enters horses at Ruidoso
Downs in southern New Mexico.
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Live Music, Passes
Open Del Mar Ozoner
1NUMI\S. tAlll.—The no« (X-l
M.ir OriM'-ln held iis grand opening l"riday
nighi. M.i\ 22. with a live band, the Funky
Punks, providing live entertainment for pa-
Irons preceding the showing of the film attraction.
The event was emceed by KCBQ
disc jockey Chuck Christian. Free season
passes were given to each lOOth car entering
the drive-m opening night.
.Manager of the Del Mar Drive-in is
Herb Burton, with projectionist Mel Dohesh
in the biHith. Burton has served nine years
with .Sero Amusement Co.. owner of the
ozoner and operator of hfl theatres in Arizona.
Utah and California.
SAN FRANCISCO
^iirrv I.afayetle, L'niled ArlLsts, h.is been
kept busy with Christine Jorgensen.
who was in town Tuesday and Wednesday
(9-101 for publicity on "The Christine Jorgensen
Story." which opens at Loew's Theatre
Wednesday (24). In addition. Murry has
coordinated a press junket to Los Angeles
in conjunction with "The Hawaiians."
Charlton Heston and Tina Chen will meet
with members of the press after a screening
of the film, which is scheduled to open locally
at the Northpoint Theatre.
"Ihe .Slra\»berry Sfalement," Metro-Goldwyn-.Mayer.
the Jury Prize winner at the
Cannes Film Festival, is scheduled to open
an exclusive northern California engagement
at Ihe Louis Spitzlcr-managed Music Hall
Theatre Wednesday (24) . . Paramount
.
branch manager John Olds hosted a screening
of "Catch-22" at the Music Hall Theatre
Tuesday (9).
Out-of-town visitors included Art Silber,
film buyer for General Cinema Corp., who
was up from Los Angeles to confer with
local distributors, and Murray Gerson, Western
division manager of .American International
Pictures.
Theatre Plans Under Way
NOVATO. C ALII-.— Plans lor construction
of a Cinerama 500-seat theatre on the
east side of Seventh Street north of Tijuana
Taco are nearing the building permit stage.
The plan review committee has approved
final plans but insisted on extending the
mansard roof all around the building and
elimination of a proposed slump-stone veneer.
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Richard Martin Wins Okay
In 'Man and Wife' Suit
1U)1 1 1)1 K. COLO.—Charges were dismissed
in district court against Richard Martin.
27. manager of the .Art Cinema, ant! he
was given the go-ahead on again showing
the film "NLin and Wife." Martin hail been
charged on two counts, one of unlawfully
and knowingly producing, presenting and
directing .in obscene performance, and possession
of obscene material. The iiiaxinniiii
penalty on each count is .'^O days in jail and
SI. ()()()
fine.
Judge John Barnard viewed the film .ilong
with psychiatrist Dr. Irwin Sclar. the latter
as a "court witness." representing neither
the defense nor the prosecution. Dr. Sclar
said Ihe film was not obscene and would
not appeal to the prurient or morbid interests
of a mature adult. He said it might have
some "redeeming social values" in advising
couples about their marital life.
Dist. Atty. Stanley Johnson immediately
appealed lo the state supreme court for a
stay of the district court action. The high
court refused the request by a 4-2 decision.
This decision ordered the district attorney
to return the seized film to the theatre manager.
ALBUQUERQUE
Video Theatres here has lined up three more
first-run bookings of major new motion
pictures. The circuit will play "Beneath the
Planet of the Apes" at its Wyoming airer.
opening Wednesday (24). The same day they
open "Moonshine War" at their twin Terrace
Drive-In. They also have scheduled
"Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" for a July
run at one house.
With the start of summer vacation in
.schools here. Commonwealth Theatres
started daily matinees in all local indoor
houses. The circuit operates six hardtops
here and the matinee policy will continue all
summer.
. . . Mrs. Harry
Mrs. Betty Thomas, secretary to Paul
West, manager of local Video Theatre operations,
leaves Monday (22) for a one-week
vacation in San Francisco
A. (Edwina) Brown, secretary to Commonwealth
Theatres' local manager Lou Avolio.
is currently on a two-week Florida vacation
with her husband and four children.
The Yucca Drive-In at Santa Fc started
Sunday "Swap 'n Shop," in which traders
and individuals sell unwanted articles. The
event is held each Sunday from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m., with browsers paying 25 cents admission
and sellers $1 per carload.
Democrats Sponsor "Z' Opening
ALBUQUERQUE — Bernalillo County
(Albuquerque) Democrats were scheduled to
sponsor the opening-night premiere of the
prize-winning film "Z" at Loew's Theatre
here Wednesday (17). Tickets for the opening-night
sponsored premiere were sold by
party members for $5 each.
NG's Ogden Reopened;
Elegantly Updated
ni-:NVl-:R—One of Denver's oldest continuously
operated theatres, the Ogden.
closed lor remodeling some three and a
h.ilf months ago. reopened recently in iransformed
beauty and elegance shared only by
a hamllul of newly built houses in the coiiniry.
The nearly 6()-year-okl slruclure's interior
was stripped of every semblance of the
past, lis original .Sxl2-fool screen for silent
films already had given way to a 24-fooi
CinemaScope screen, which now becomes a
massive 44 feel. ') inches wide and 19 feci,
9 inches high.
Five zone air-conditioning and heatin,',;
units will serve adequately to cool in summer
and warm in winter—separately as
needed—the spacious loge. the lobby and
adjacent reslrooms. offices and the auditorium
itself, according to Bob Baker. National
General's purchasing agent, the architect anl
supervisor of reconstruction, who is credited
with bringing the project to a successl'.il
conclusion—on schedule.
James Sutton, newly appointed district
manager for Fox-lntermountain Theatres, a
subsidiary of National General, has appointed
Dwaync Bellsle resident manager of Ihe
now 6S()-seater (the Ogden formerly scale I
over 1.200),
While the interior of the new Ogden embodies
all that is new and modern in theatre
construction and equipment. Baker, through
careful
blending of color and use of drapes,
retained a warmth and compactness considered
so essential now in modern theatre construction.
To maintain the familiar atmosphere
of Ihe venerable old house, little w:i>
done to the exterior—only a new marquee
and attraction board replaces picture panels
and three sheet boards that Capitol Hill residents,
for three generations, have paused
to
view.
NM Locations Selected
For Filming of 'Bunny'
LAS CRUCES. N..M.— Producer-director
Gerd Oswald has chosen the locations to
be used in American International's "Bunny,"
starring Bette Davis, to be filmed in
New Mexico in July. They include the
towns of Dona Ana and Mesilla. the Winrock
Shopping Center in Albuquerque, the
Santo Domingo Pueblo, the Los Lunas Indian
Reservation, Jemez Springs National
Forest and the Zia Pueblo.
A Hollywood crew will be taken to New
Mexico for the filming.
Warner Bros.' "The Crow Killer" will go
before the cameras in August.
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SEATTLE
Jack I'urtin is the new brunch manager of
National Cicncr.il Pictures Corp., effective
Monday (22). He was formerly Warner
Bros, branch manager. Partin's predecessor.
Harper Paul Williams, has been transferred
lo the NGP Chicago branch . . . .Mso effective
Monday (22) is the appointment of
Richard Hill to be the Warner Bros, film
exchange's sales representative lor the Washington
and Oregon territories. Hill lormerly
was the office manager and head hooker of
the San Francisco exchange for WB.
ScrefiiiiiBs: Thursday (II) Paramount's
•Caich-22"; .Monday (15) United Artists"
"The Hawaiians": Tuesday (16) National
Cieneral's "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"
and Columbia's "You Can't Win 'Em All";
Wednesday (17) Paramount's "On a Clear
Day You Can Sec Forever," and Thursday
(18) United Artists' "The Landlord" and
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "The Moonshine
War" . . . Jim Selvidge has scheduled a
screening for his new first-run film. "Without
a Stitch."" Monday (22) at his Ridgenionl.
where it opens Tuesday (2.1) . . . Sterling
Recreation Organization and Paramount are
having a special advance showing of "The
Oui-of-Towners"' Tuesday evening (23) at
the Music Box prior to its opening Wednesday
(24).
The OutliHik, the entertainment weekly.
Variety's Charity Event
Is a Financial Success
SH.ATTl h—The first Grand Festival of
the .Arts, a charity function sponsored by
the local Variety Club and KIRO, wound
up its three-day drive for funds Sunday (14)
with a flurry of auctioneering at the Seattle
Center Exhibition Hall. Hollywood celebrities
Vincent Price and Cesar Romero were
on hand and more than 13,000 persons attended
the three-day affair.
Variety Club spokesman Zoilie Volchok
called it a "financial success." Co-chairmen
for the artistic money hunt were Betty Ellen
Bell and Al Rosen. More than 200 volunteers
from showhusiness organizations and
businesses worked the benefit.
The fund-raising efforts of the Variety
Club brings hundreds of thousands of dollars
into the coffers in .Seattle of such children"s
aid organizations as Children's Orthopedic
Hospital and the Reconstructive Cardiovascular
Research Laboratory.
The next combined effort will be the telethon
next February. Last year's star-studded.
IS-hour telecast brought in pledges of more
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had a special salute to the summer releases
of the industry in the Thursday (IS) edition,
with a special distribution to all ol the area's
theatres to give to customers without charge.
This was in addition to the Outlook"s usual
some 35,000 paid-subscription home deliveries
. . . Sid Dean. Tacoma. was a Filmrow
visitor Monday (15).
On the marquees: "I Am Curious (Yellow)"
and "I Am Curious (Blue)" were on
the same program for two weeks at the
Ridgemont: "The Swimming Pool" had an
e\clusi\e first-run showing at the Neptune.
as did "Norwood" at the Music Box. and
"The Losers'" was first-run at both the Aurora
and New Midway drive-ins.
Paul Snoddy, 20th Century-Fox branch
manager, attended a Western sales conference
in Houston, Tex., Monday through
The Guild 45th St.
Wednesday (8-10) . . .
Theatre, located half-way between the freeway
and Aurora, has initiated a new special
admission price on Sunday. The theatre has
a daily schedule of performances throughout
the week, Monday through Saturday.
with shows starting at 7 p.m., at regular
prices. On Sunday the films are run continuously
from 2 p.m., with a reduced admission
price until 3 p.m.—$2 for adults and
$1.50 for students.
than $200,000. Variety Club also has started
a new project where members get together
for lunch each Tuesday at the Norselander
Restaurant on the Northern fringes
of Filmrow and downtown Seattle to talk
and discuss projects. The crew meets at the
same time monthly and all members may
sit in on the meetings to observe.
James Spitz to Helm WB
Seattle Branch Office
NEW YORK—The promotion of James
Spitz to manager of the Warner Bros. Seattle
branch office was announced by Leo Greenfield,
vice-president and general sales manager.
Spitz's appointment is effective Monday
(22). He succeeds Jack Partin, who has
resigned.
Greenfield pointed out that the promotion
of Spitz follows the Warner Bros, policy "of
affording greater opportunities to members
ot its distribution organization."
Castle Rock Cinema Opens
For the 1970 Season
CASTLE ROCK. COLO.—The Castle
Rock Cinema opened Thursday, May 28,
lor the 1970 season under the managership
of Eugene S. Ptak. All employees are local
people and look forward to serving the
moviegoing public, Ptak said.
Castle Rock Cinema is operated by The
Flick,
the same company which managed it
last season. The Flick operates a theatre in
Colorado Springs and is building two theatres
in Denver.
Proposeci Oregon Drive-In
Meets Citizen Opposition
ONIARK). ORL;—The planning and
zoning commission of Malheur County has
recommended to the Malheur County
Court that interim zoning be adopted for
an area near Ontario where current plans
call for the construction of a drive-in
theatre.
Residents in
the area oppose construction
of the drive-in and have presented a petition
to the Malheur County Court in an effort to
block construction. I'reliminary survey work
is in the process.
The planning commission, county court,
proponents and opponents of the theatre
held a special session to study the problem.
The area in question is located on Market
Road between Laurel Drive and Sunset
Drive. It has been used for agriculture in
previous years and is located in an area of
new homes in the $20,000 to $40,000 class,
the petitioners said.
County Judge Ellis A. White said the
petition also was presented to the planning
commission. A possible temporary measure
would be to adopt the preliminary comprehensive
zoning plan for that area. Judge
White said this was the recommendation of
the planning commission. Several public
hearings on the comprehensive plans already
have been held, he said.
The matter is being considered and studied
further.
Englewood Councilmen Are
Incensed by 'Infrasexum'
DENVER — The city council of Englewood,
a Denver suburb, lashed out at "Infrasexum,"
which has been shown at the
Gothic there for several months, in a strongly
worded resolution.
Parts of the resolution read: "The members
of the city council have received numerous
petitions and letters of protest relative
to the exhibition of X-rated films and
have received large numbers of citizens who
have appeared in council meetings to protest
openly and publicly the display of X-
raled films in the city.
"A committee of the city council, as well
as other citizen committees, have viewed the
X-rated film presently being shown."
The council resolved that: ".
. . Council
finds and determines that the X-rated film
entitled "Infrasexum,' considered and taken
as a whole, appeals to prurient and shameful
interest in nudity, sex and sexual conduct;
that such film material and the performance
goes substantially beyond customary
adult limits of candor in depicting nudity,
sex and sexual conduct and is utterly
without redeeming social value, and that
'Infrasexum' cannot by any stretch of the
imagination be considered as art, entertainment
or as instruction for the young or old
of this community."
HALF MOON BAY, CALIF. — Closed
for redecorating and refurbishing, the Patio
Theatre of Half Moon Bay planned a Friday
(12) reopening. Specially designed seat covers
were installed to replace those in need
of repair.
W-8
BOXOFHCE :: June 22, 1970

Goodbye,
'Airport; 'M*A*S*H'
550 Leaders in KC
KANSAS CITY—None of the week's
new entries was able to offer serious competition
to the exclusive top-five category,
which remains the same as the previous report.
'Airport," the 13-week veteran at the
Midland, gained 50 points to place it in a
tie for the number one spot with
•M*A*S*H," both registering 550. "Woodstock,"
in its seventh frame at the Roxy,
took second place with 350; "What Do You
Say to a Naked Lady?", fifth stanza at the
Plaza. 275; and "A Man Called Horse,"
rounded out the five leaders with a composite
260 in a multiple booking. Most impressive
among the newcomers were "The
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County" and
"The Grasshopper." both multiples, which
garnered a composite 195 per cent each.
(Averoge Is 100)
Eight theatres Bloody Momo (AlP) 135
Embassy I, II The Sicilian Clan (20th-Fox),
3rd wk 200
Empire 1 Patton (20th-Fox), 1 5th wk 200
Fine Arts—Z (SR), lOth wk 225
Glenwood I Mr. Chips (MGM),
26th wk
Not Available
Glenwood II— Hello, Dolly! (20th-Fox),
26th wk
Not Available
Kimo Camille 2000 (Audubon) Not Available
Metro 1, Towne 3, Waldo The Games (20th-Fox) 60
Metro 2, Ranch Mart 2, Towne 2 A Man Called
Horse (NGP), 3rd wk 260
Metro 3, Parkway One, Towne I M*A*S*H
(20th-FQX), 1 2th wk 550
Midland Airport (Univ), I3th wk 550
Nine theatres The Grasshopper (NGP) 195
Plaza Whot Do You Say to a Naked Lody? (UA)
5th wk 275
Roxy Woodstock (WB), 7th wk 350
Six theatres Captain Nemo ond the Underwater
City (MGM); The Five-Mon Army (MGM) 120
Six theatres The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico
County (Univ) 195
Admiral Theatre Reports
Family-Type Films Lay Egg
CHICAGO—Some 28 theatre managers
who booked a recent G-rated musical are
giving more thought to the growing clamor
that movies with themes highlighting sex and
violence definitely do hold a priority. And
once again, the Admiral Theatre has a story
to tell about programing family movie fare
vs. films rated for those who are over 18.
Members of the community have more
than once chided Frank Oliver, owner, and
John Schieber, general manager, when X-
rated films are featured. When movies for
the entire family are presented, the boxoffice
shows alarming losses.
In advertising "Oliver!", the Admiral
Theatre's ad read: "Where Were and Are
All the People Who Wanted to See This
Type Film?"
Following comments on this ad, Schieber
said, "I remodeled the old Admiral Theatre
when I took it over and put in family-type
films and lost $16,000. I put in the (exploitation
pictures) and made money and then
went hack to fainily-lypc films for five
weeks and died. People had coinplained.
saying ihey wanted the family films but
they didn't support them. .And now I can't
afford them. I have four children to support
myself. We're back with the (exploitation
films) to make it."
ST. LOUIS
^harles Goldman, veteran exhibitor and
Life Member of the board of directors
of National Ass'n of Theatre Owners of
Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois, continues
to improve but remains in the hospital
receiving treatment for a recent heart attack
. . . Mrs. James Damos, wife of the
area NATO treasurer, is recovering from
a recent emergency appendectomy.
Preseason live attractions at the Municipal
Opera in Forest Park include Red Skelton
headlining his own variety show Saturday
(27) and a second one-nighter Wednesday,
July 1, with Burt Bacharach playing his
own music at the piano, supported by an
all-girl vocal quartet and orchestra. Bacharach
won Oscars .April 7 for best song for
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head,"
sharing with lyricist Hal David, and for
best original score for the motion picture
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," for
which the song was composed. The first
Broadway show for which he composed the
score was "Promises. Promises," which will
open the regular Muny season July 6 with
the Broadway company.
Darreil Presnell, advertising-public relations
executive with National General Corp.
and film writer and producer, was lauded in
a feature story appearing recently in his
newspaper.
home town Mount Vernon. III.,
Presnell, who began his career about 25
years ago and served variously as an usher,
doorman or manager at Mount Vernon
theatres, has arrived in Hollywood after a
series of "showbusiness adventures that carried
him from Mount Vernon to Kansas
City to the place where it all happens."
Presnell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Presnell. still reside in Mount Vernon and
plan to visit Darreil this month in Hollywood
when his second motion picture will be in
production. Darrell's wife Dafna is a former
international beauty queen. NGC operates
the two downtown Mount Vernon theatres
as well as 300 others throughout the nation.
Exact replicas of the House of Commons,
a chapel in Westminster Abbey, the dining
hall of Windsor Castle and rooms in Whilehall
Palace are among sets created for
Columbia's "Cromwell."
Clark Theatre to Be
First-Run Showhouse
( IIK A(>0—Th; CLirk Theatre in Ihc
Loop, which lor the past 20 years has been
presenting a program of revivals, now becomes
a first-run theatre. In announcing
ihe new policy, Bruce Trinz, manager and
part owner, said, "It was a financial decision.
We have a tremendous following that
doesn't come to the theatre! "
It is the thinking of the industry members
here that with the discontinuance of
the Clark's film festivals and retrospectives.
Chicago loses one of its most important
cultural assets.
The new booking policy begins Friday
(26) with "The Hawaiians" and interrupts
the theatre's 19th annual summer film festival,
which just presented six Fellini films
in three days. Prices at the Clark were considered
low— $1.50 for adults, with discounts
for servicemen, persons over 65
and students. The film fare was varied
two films, usually classics, each day—with
rarely a duplication during the year.
Trinz said, "Costs have soared during
the last year, business was down during the
spring and we had a bad winter. We now
have an opportunity to run as a distinctive
first-run theatre."
The last scheduled double feature will
be "The Big Knife" and the original 1937
version of "A Star Is Born" with Janet
Gaynor and Fredric March.
W. C. Schumacher Helming
Fox East Hills Theatre
ST. JOSEPH. .\10.—William Clay Schumacher
has been appointed manager of the
Fox East Hills Theatre here, succeeding
Bill Burnett. After managing the Fox East
Hills for more than three years. Burnett is
going to the Fox Mark Twain Theatre in
St. Louis.
Schumacher. 29, has been with National
General Corp. for five years. He and his
wife Nancy are the parents of a daughter.
Grosses Buy Colfax House
COl FA,\. II I .—Ihe theatre in ( olfax
has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Grosse and family of .Anchor and opened
Saturday (6).
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ihal the following chairmen have
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Billie Masterson. first vice-president.
Mid-tontincnt Theatre Supply, program:
Rubv Shull/.. second vice-president. Cominonweaiih
Theatres, membership: Klaine
Palmer. 2()th Centur>-Fox. publicity; Judy
Helton. L'nivcrs.il
Pictures. commimit\ service;
Mary Marg.iret Miller. Mercury Films,
industry service: Betty Smythe, Commonwe.illh
Theatres, bylaws; Margaret Stanley.
National Screen, finance: Goldie Wocrncr.
2()ih Century-Fox. co-chairman, finance;
Bernice Powell. Commonwealth Theatres,
bulletin: [lonna Anthony. Fox Midwest
Theatres, co-chairman, bulletin: Mary H.i\-
slip. Thomas Film Dist, Co.. Will Rogers
I und: Mary Jane Silver. Motion Picture
Booking Agency, yearbook; Kay Rhodes,
Columbia Pictures, co-ch.iirman. yearbook:
Myrtle Cain, retired, historian: Hazel I.e-
Noir. recording secretary. Wiles Enterprise,
parliamentarian, and Nancy Crandall. National
Screen Service, sunshine. Other members
on the new board of directors are
Phyllis .Seward, corresponding secretary, and
Donna Jones. Columbia Pictures, treasurer.
The first meeting of the board is scheduled
for July 20 . . . Reservations for the installation
of new WOMPI officers must be made
by today. The dinner is Tuesday (23) at
Dave Smith's Armour East. Cocktails will
be at 6 p.m. and dinner is at 6:30 p.m.
WOMPI guests, bosses, their wives and
friends arc invited. Many door prizes and
entertainment are in store. Reservations can
be made with Bessie Buchorn (FA 1-3990)
or Bonnie Aumillcr (JA 3-3728).
Jules Gcrelick, Four Star-Excelsior sales
manager, was in town last week conferring
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Iribuling Co. . . . Byers Jord.ui, Commonwe.dih
Theatres" Cinema West manager, has
reiurned to work after vacationing in Arkansas
. , . Johnny Meinardi. NGC Amusement
Corp. area supervisor, has taken residence
in the Medici Apartments in Overland
Park.
. . . Dick Conley.
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Bill Uilliaiiis, 2()th Cenlury-I ox district
manager. Dallas, paid a visit to the local
br;uich office last week
former Midwest Theatres district manager,
has returned home after a lew weeks vacationing
in Montana Myrile Taylor,
WOMPI. has entered Bethany Hospital in
Kiinsas City. Kas. 6(il()2. after suffering a
I all. She is in Room 242 and we are sure
she would enjoy hearing from her many
friends. The address is 12th and Reynolds.
(;ien Dickinson, president of Dickinson
Operating Co., his wife Georgia and son
Scott left Wednesday (10) for a three-week
vacation in Osaka, Japan, to attend the
World's Fair, Expo '70
, , . Norman Neilsen.
general manager of Dickinson Theatres, announced
that Mr, and Mrs, Grant Newsome
have taken over the management of the
Plaza Theatre in Burlington, Kas.. for Dickinson
Operating Co. The Newsomes are
local residents of Burlington. Neilsen was a
visitor at Boxoffice, as well as Mr. and
Mrs. Laurence Barney of Dickinson's Owen
Theatre at Branson.
Glen HIadek, Wakecney. Kas,, exhibitor,
reported his screen tower was blown down
Friday (12) due to a severe storm in that
Bea Young, former booker-secre-
;irea . , .
lary al .Mercury Films, has left Kansas City
to go hack Fast with her husband.
Don Walker, Warner Bros, area exploilcer.
left for San Antonio and Austin
for a personal appearance tour with stars
Geoffrey Deuel, who plays Billie the Kid,
and Glenn Corbett, who plays the legendary
sheriff Pat Garrett, in the new John Wayne
picture. "Chisum." Walker also will be taking
them into Dallas where they will meet
John Wayne and some of the other members
of the picture for the world premiere of
"Chisum" Wednesday (24). Walker will
bring in newspaper and radio representatives
from the Midwest for the premiere.
Bernic Evens, United Artists exploiteer.
was in St. Louis last week to work on a
number of pictures which will open in the
next few weeks . UA branch office
wishes to acknowledge all the help and the
bookings that were received during United
.Nrlisis Weeks. June 28-July 11, United
.Artists still has a few prints available to be
used during the remainder of the drive.
United Artl.sts will screen "TTiey Call Me
MISTER Tibbs!" Monday (22) at 1:30 p,m,
in the Commonwealth screening room, A
successor to "Heat of the Night." the film
stars Sidney Poitier. Martin Landau and
Barbara McNair , Pictures will
screen "Machine Gun .McCain" Wednesday
(24) at 1:30 p.m. in the Commonwealth
screening room. "Machine Gun McCain"
stars John Ca.ssaveles and Peter Falk.
Screenings held at Commonwealth; Tues
d.i\ ( Id) llniled Artists screened "The Landlord,"
starring Beau Bridges and Pearl
B:iiley; Wednesday (17) American Interna-
(lon.il Piclurcs screened "A Bullet lor Prelly
Bo\ ; Lhursday (18) American International
Pictures screened "Wedding Night," and
I'ridav (19) 20th Cenlury-Fox screened
'Hello-Cioodbye,"
Kenneth Claypool began working last
week al Commonweallh Theatres as a hooker,
succeeding Charlie Jarrett who is moving
to Norfolk, Va, Claypool has worked the
past several years as an independent book.^r
and with Co-Op The;ure Service in Omaha.
He also has owned and operated a few theatres
in the Omaha area and has worked
for various film exchanges, Claypool said
he would be moving his family here as soon
as he can find
a place,
Chet Hylton, Commonwealth Theatres
hooker, has had Iwo unfortunate accidents
in the past two weeks, Hylton first slipped
in the bathtub, cracking some ribs, and
then had to have stitches taken in his han-.l
after a glass broke,
Ont-of-lovvn exhibitors seen on the Row:
From Missouri—Lena Porta, Osceola; Mr.
and Mrs, A. E, Jarboe. Cameron: Bob
Buscher. Excelsior Springs; Scott Flcener.
Gravois Mills, and Leo Hayob, Marshall
From Kansas—S. H, Bagby, Stockton, and
Woody Barritt and Al McClure. Wichita,
The Motion Picture Ass'n of Greater
Kansas City held a board of directors meeting
Thursday (18) at the Wishbone Restaurant,
Fred Souttar. president, said plans
for
the balance of the year were discussed.
Colleen Henderson, Commonwealth Theatres
secretary to M, B, Smith, was married
Saturday (13) to Steve Bailes of Kansas
City. Kas, The ceremony was held in the
Welborn Community Church. The couple
honeymooned last week in California at the
Disneyland Hotel. They planned to tour
Universal City and enjoy Disneyland. Colleen
will return to work next week.
Becky Linnerman, Paramount Pictures
branch manager's secretary, was in Atchison,
Kas,, Saturday (13) to attend the wedding
of her stepsister. Best wishes to Becky.
who is celebrating her birthday today . . ,
Dorothy O'Neill. Universal Pictures secretary,
returned to work last week after a
week's vacation.
Ron Minnick, 20th Century-Fox exploiteer.
annoLinced that "M*A*S*H" is
now in its 13th week here in Kansas City
at America Multi-Cinema's Metro, Parkway
and Towne theatres.
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Tack GrifnlK-rR, branch manager. Nalional
Screen Service, said Robert A. Newman
has been promoted to assistant branch
manager. NoNvman will continue lo serNC as
office manager in connection with his new
assignment.
Pat Wheeler of the S. B. Grciver organization,
is vacationing in Sun Valley. Ida. . . .
HIainc Kerose of .Abbott Theatre Fquipmcnt
staff is receiving congratulations on being
"WOMPI of the ^'ear." She was
selected as
so honored for her efforts to be the "most
active and productive" member during the
past year.
Jack I'A'khardl o\ C mem.ition liKlu>>lries
had several reasons to be joyful recently.
First, he became a grandfather for the sixth
time with the arrival of IDean .Allen F.ckhardt.
new .son of Mr. and Mrs. William
lickhardt. Then, big gross reports came
rolling in from the Majestic Theatre. Madison.
Wise, where "Female .Animal" is having
a run. T*ip business reports also were sent
in by the Badger drive-in, Madison, now
playing the combination of "God's Little
Acre" and "Bab\ Doll." And theatres and
drive-ins in the Indianapolis and Louisville
areas have booked the majority of Cinemation
product.
well as the Mallars Management Holiday II
in Fort Wayne, Ind. Also, complete projection
and sound equipment lor the ,ABC-
Cireat States Mishawaka Theatre in Misliawaka,
Ind.
U M Film Dislrihutors' executives anil
Hddie Jovan both heiielilled substantially
with the showing ol "Plucked" and "Venom"
in Jovan's Loop Monri)e Theatre .
. . Gener.il
Cinema Corp. will annoimce shortly the
highlights in connection with their Yorktown
Cinema twin hardtops. due to open July 2.
1 oeation is in the Lombard area.
Mike Todd was in town, reportedly lor
discussions concerning the future of the recently
shuttered Michael Todd and Cinestage
theatres in the Loop.
Jack dark, president of N.ATO of Illinois,
reports the Chicago .Motion Picture Operators
Union has. in response to a request he
made, agreed to reduce the exhibitor contribution
to the union pension fund from 10
per cent to 8 per cent, effective July 1970.
All exhibitors in the area will be officially
notified of this move via a letter from the
union . . . Clark is urging that exhibitors
make every effort to attend a luncheon
meeting Friday (26) in the Maximilian
Room at the Bismarck Hotel. The program
will involve numerous matters of vital importance
to exhibitors. A special presentation
will
be made regarding NATO's success
in opposing pay TV. Discussion also will
take place on the opposition to cable TV.
Sol Gordon, 20th CentuPi-Fox publicist in
this .irca. conipieled negotiations for the
initial opening of "The Kremlin Letter" in
25 neighlxirhood theatres. He also worked
with managers of the UA Cinema 150 and
the Edens 2 for the duo opening of "The
Sicilian Clan." Gordon is now laying the
groundwork for a visit from Russ Meyer,
director of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls."
The film is due to open at the State Lake
I heatrc in the Loop.
V. J. Tripodi. manager of the Ford City
Cinema, has been getting patrons acquainted
with the soon-to-be-hooked "Patton." He set
up a lobby display of machine guns, bayonets,
ammunition and other war equipment
such as was used by General Patton. Ushers
are wearing helmets and fatigue jackets.
Patron interest, as expressed to Tripodi, assures
a full awareness of the film's arrival
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Sincere condolences to Murray Devancy,
Midwest division manager for Cinerama Releasing
Corp.. on the death of his son Bryan
J. Dcvaney. Young Oevaney was killed in
action in Vietnam. He was 23 and had been
serving as a helicopter gunship pilot and had
only 18 days of service to go when he was
shot down May 30. He was brought back to
Indianapolis for interment, the place where
he was reared.
Gordon Weaver, director of advertising,
publicity and promotion for Cinema Center
Films, was in town to conduct an advertising-promotion
seminar for "A Boy Named
Charlie Brown." Weaver outlined merchandise
displays, advertising and trailer materials
and campaigns for summer openings
before exhibitors from Illinois, Michigan.
Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio and Minnesota,
as well as department store representatives
and licensees. The film opens with
Snoopy doing the celebrity bit at the Lincoln
Village, Hillside. Highland Park, Parthenon,
Evergreen, Golf Mill and Norridge.
Bene Stein, first assistant chief barker,
with numerous other duties, is serving as
chairman of the 1970 La Rabida theatre
collections. Bene is general manager of Golf
Mill Theatres 1 and 2 and film buyer for
Harlem Outdoor and North Avenue Outdoor
theatres. His career in the motion picture
business dates back to 1933, when he ushered
at the Alex Theatre . Piatt can
relate some interesting experiences now that
he has returned from a boat trip to the Orient
. . . Otto Preminger called the local
press about his "Tell Me That You Love
Me, Junie Moon," .starring Liza Minnelli,
which is scheduled to be the second film to
be presented at Stanford Kohlberg's new
Shangri-La Theatre.
Variet}' Club chief barker Bill Margolis
and Harry Balaban, chairman of the 19th
annual Tent 26 Golf Outing, are sending out
reminders that this will be one of the best
events of the year. The date is Friday,
August 21, at Elmhurst Country Club and
the fee is $15 per person.
Abbott Theatre Equipment Co,, headed by
Harold Abbott jr. as president, has been
working around the clock in connection with
installations in Chicagoland's newest theatres.
Abbott furnished projection, sound and
seating for the M&R Norridge Theatres, as
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CHICAGO — Columbia College, 540
North Lake Shore Dr.. held its second annual
high school film festival. Robert Edmonds,
chairman of the college motion picture
department, said he was pleased to find
there was so much interest among exhibitors
in the area. Over 50 films were submitted by
students in 11 high schools and 14 were exhibited
as finalists.
First prize was won by John Phalen for
his film "Rabbit." It was a super 8 color
sound film with dramatic content. Second
prize was won by Mark Tabor and Phil
Loarie for "The Door." a 16mm black and
white experimental film with sound.
In addition, two prizes were awarded by
Jack Behrend of Behrend's. Inc., which
were credits against equipment rental; two
prizes were awarded by Contempwrary
Films/ McGraw Hill, consisting of credits
against film rental, and two prizes were
awarded by the Clark Theatre, consisting
of annual passes.
Judges were Bruce Trinz of the Clark
Theatre; George Colburn. Colburn Laboratories;
Denis Belleville, National Film Board
of Canada; Jack Behrend. Behrend's, Inc.;
Charles Boos. Contemporary Films/ Mc-
Graw Hill, and Robert Edmonds and Charles
Lyman. Columbia College.
Festival Movies Wanted
CHICAGO—Filmmakers are being invited
to create original one-minute movies
which explore the current condition of man
for the sixth annual Chicago International
Film Festival. Entries for the $1,000 first
prize (donated by the Graham Foundation)
must reach the festival office. 12 East
Grand, by October 1.
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Grefe Wants Lindsay
Plan for Dade County
MIAMI—Bill Grefe, new head of protkiction
at Ivan Tors Studios here, has asked
Metro Mayor Chuck Hall to form a Dade
County version of the Lindsay Plan, a local
government program designed to attract
filmmakers to a given area.
It is pointed out by John Huddy, Miami
Herald entertainment editor, that this
is a long overdue step—but could greatly
boost filmmaking in south Florida, bringing
additional millions to the area economy.
The Lindsay plan was developed by New
York Mayor John Lindsay after filmmaking
radically declined in Manhattan. In simplest
terms, it is explained, it makes filmmaking
easier for producers, cutting red tape and
establishing lines of communications with
local unions.
The Lindsay Plan enjoyed dramatic success
in New York, increasing film production
by more than 1,000 per cent in a year's
time.
Grefe has pointed out that in
New York
it used to be impossible to shoot due to all
the red tape but Lindsay came in, set up a
central clearing house and insured producers
the right to work anywhere in the city.
This week Grefe and leaders of the various
film industry craft unions met with
Hall. They asked for a similar program and
Hall is reported receptive to the idea.
Grefe has pointed out the problem in
Greater Miami is one of different municipalities,
which necessitates going through so
many different governments.
Grefe said that a committee will be
formed to contact local municipalities to
seek their support in organization of a
single, countywide film affairs office. Hall
is expected to announce formation of the
office within two weeks, Grefe stated.
Now in his second month as head of the
area's biggest movie facility, Grefe also has
met with union officials. He says they have
promised full cooperation and no union
hassles. He points out that he thinks they
are very sincere, adding "We're all realists.
We want production in Miami."
Grefe recently returned from trips to
New York and California, where he attempted
to drum up interest in production
at Tors. He expects to announce one feature
film in the next 30 days and has verbal commitments
for several others.
The newspaper article by Huddy concluded
wjth a quote from Grefe saying, "The
major studios don't have any money, but
there are some large independents that do
and they are interested in filming here."
Leslie Casaday to Remodel
His New Albany Theatre
NEW ALBANY, MISS.—Leslie N. Casaday,
who recently purchased the local
Magnolia Theatre, gets formal possession
of the operation July 1.
Casaday is planning to close the Magnolia
that same day and start a thorough twomonth
renovation which will recondition it
for fall operation.
More Than 900 Films in Competition
For Atlanta's Golden Phoenix Award
All ANTA—The third annual Atlanta
Intcrniilional Film Festival will slip into
high gear tonight (22) with the showing of
"Gold Diggers of 1933," highlighted by a
personal appearance of Busby Berkeley,
who staged the fantastic dance sequences in
that classic movie, as the festival's guest of
honor on opening day.
Berkeley, now 75, has had a distinguished
Hollywood career and was responsible for
the dance conceptions worked out in many
cHitstanding musicals in the "Golden Age
of Hollywood" — "42nd Street," "Gold Diggers
of 1935," "Footlight Parade," "Broadway
Serenade," "Strike Up the Band,
"Ziegfeld Girl" and many others. Although
officially retired, the indefatigable Berkeley
is working on a new stage musical due to
open on Broadway in the fall. He was given
a standing ovation when he introduced
"Gold Diggers" to the capacity audience in
the 1,900-seat Symphony Hall in Atlanta's
Memorial Arts Center, where all of the
festival's screenings will be held.
Innovation for Children
Another opening day innovation was a
special show for children in the Arts Center,
the first public screening of the event. One
feature was "Swimmy," a cartoon from
India dealing with a little fish which learns
that imagination and courage are intertwined.
Others were "Crosstown Adventure," a
Canadian film, and "The Balloon Tree." A
second show for children is to be screened
Saturday (27), the final day of the festival,
and will feature "Yellow Ball Workshop,"
an animated feature made by children
ages 9 to 14. with each child providing
footage.
Wednesday night (24) will be "Israel
Night," featured by the showing of "Siege,"
a prize-winning anti-war film never before
shown in the U.S. The film received the
Silver Palm Award for best actress in the
Venice Film Festival in April.
Sponsoring 'Siege'
The appearance of "Siege" is being
sponsored here by the Visit Israel Program
with the cooperation of the consulate general
of Israel and the Israel government
tourist office. Honorary 'chairman of the
newly formed Visit Israel program is Atlanta
Mayor Sam Massell and Mrs. Jacob
M. Rothschild, wife of the rabbi of the
Temple, is chairman. A second feature of
Israel Night will be the 22-minute documentary,
"Israel Now," showing the exciting
contrasts of the country both in its landscape
and its people. The screenings will
be preceded by a reception at which Israeli
wines and delicacies will be served.
A second nostalgic "retrospective" screening
is scheduled for Thursday (25) when
"King Kong" will be featured and Fay
Wray, who starred in the 1933 blockbuster,
will be the guest of honor. She will introduce
the film and describe her emotions at
seeing herself once more as the terrorstricken
but tender-hearted heroine who
inspires extreme devotion in the heart of the
mammoth King of the Jungle.
Many hundreds of films are entered in
the 40 categories of this year's festival,
whose theme is "Atlanta '70." Entries have
been received from all over the world, including
Yugoslavia, France, Sweden, Brazil,
Hngland, Canada, Africa, Finland and.
of course, the U.S.
More than 50 films are making their
world premieres during the festival. This
group includes Carol Channing's animated
"archie and mehitabel," based on the droll
stories about archie, the cockroach, written
by Don Marquis, one-time reporter on the
Atlanta Journal. (Archie, it must be recalled,
was so small that he could not reach
the sh'ft key on the typewriter, so his stories
came out in small letters.) Other premieres
will include "Great White Hope." the story
of Jack Johnson; "Rondo," Yugoslavia;
"Antonio des Mortes," Brazil, and "See
You at Mao," a controversial Jean-Luc
Godard film made in England.
J. Hunter Todd, who founded the Film
Festival and serves as director, announced
that these awards are to be made:
Golden Phoenix, the grand award for
best of festival; Silver Phoenix to the best
film in each category; gold silver and bronze
medals for the best films in each sub-category:
Golden Dove for the best film dealing
with or contributing to world peace;
Eastern Ionosphere Award, best international
film dealing with flight; Regency Hyatt
House Award for the best film by a Southern
U.S. producer in anv category; Forward
Atlanta Award for the best film by an Atlanta
producer in any category.
This year's festival will also give a cash
grant to the best film in any category. For
the first time, too, the festival officials are
waiving all entry fees for student filmmakers.
The student winner will receive an
award as well as the cash grant. A new
feature will be a student symposium during
week.
festival
Some of the leading major producers
have entered films, with the entries close
to the 1 ,000 mark. All of these entries have
been prejudged and finalists are to be shown
during the six days of the event this week.
Winners are to be named Saturday night
(27) at a banquet at the Regency Hyatt
House.
An important feature of the festival will
be seminars and demonstrations in the exhibition
suites of the Regency Hyatt House,
headquarters of the festival. Represented
will
be many service organizations and manufacturers
of film equipment, including Arrifle\,
Bolex, Colortran. Eastman Kodak,
Eclair, Lowel-Light, Nagra, Technicolor
and WRS Laboratories. The American Film
Institute, an important new organization in
the film world, also will be represented.
Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders" is being
filmed in New York for 20th Century-Fox.
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JACKSONVILLE
The Jai-kM>ii>ilic Journal siipplied mothers
of the city with a list of activities and
entort.iinmenis available for them and their
children during the summer vacation period.
HighK reeommended by the Journal were
the Wednesday morning fun shows at Florida
State Theatres' Fdgewood and Reuenc>.
at opposite ends of town, under the llorida
Publishing Co.'s sponsorship. .Mso recommended
to mothers and iheir small lr\ was
the summer series of family screen classics
each Thursday afternoon at FSTs centrally
located San Marco. The series contains 1 1
films, all of which are based on popular
child fiction or fairy tales, including "Cinderella."
"The Prince and the P.uiper."
".Maddin and His I. amp," "Snow While and
Rose Red." "The Brave little Tailor," "Puss
and Boots." "long John Silver Returns to
Treasure Island." "The Clown and the
Kids." "Pinocchio." "The Bremen Town
Musicians" and "Tinder Box."
Philoiiuiui "I'hH" Kckert, Columbia booker,
welcomed her son Jeffrey 'back home
on a .^0-day leave from his U. S, ,Army duties
in West Germany . . . Eddie Stern, film
buyer and booker for Womeico Enterprises
of Miami, made man\ business calls along
Calling on leading exhibitors
Filmrow . . .
in the Miami area were Ed McLaughlin, local
Columbia manager, and Paul Hargctle
of Atlanta, Columbia's Southern division
manager.
Bill Baskin of this city. FST district supervisor
for northeast Florida, returned from
his first visit to the Will Rogers Hospital
. . . While there
at Saranac Lake. N. Y.
he called on Kermit Carr. an emphysema
patient in the hospital and president of
Paramount Gulf Theatres of New Orleans.
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writing a few lines.
Gary Lungfurd of Orlando is serving as
relief manager of the downtown Florida
Rocking-Chair Theatre while Al Hildrelh
vacations at his l.akcwood home within the
Jack King, tormer film
family circle , . ,
booker with Womeico Fnlerprises in .Miami
who joined ihe local home otiice slaft ol
Kent Theatres in Jiil\ 1969, has been oflicially
named as head film buyer lor the Kent
circuit. He succeeds Walter Powell, who recently
resigned to become general manager
for Kroger Babb's Hallmark of Hollywood
lilni distribution firm in California,
. ,
Leonard Vaughan, Live Oak exhibitor,
has acquired the Majestic Theatre in Nashville.
Ga,. from R, L, Hudson
Snodgrass has opened the
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16mm
Palm .\venue Mini Theatre in Sarastota .
,\nother recent opening al Sarasota was Bill
Basle's .M)()-seal. 35mm Teatro Theatre.
Mary Jane LewLs has resigned from Warner
Bros, to become manager of the new
Prince Manor Apartments on the south side
, , , Visiting here was Irving Coopersmith
of Cobb Theatres, Atlanta, who is booking
for the Chris McGuire Tfieatres formerly
hooked by Johnny Tomlinson of this city.
Scheduled into the Preview Theatre were
United Artists' "Hell Boats," "'You Can't
Win Them All" from Columbia. AIP's
"Savage Wild," the Cinemations Industries'
"Man From O, R, G. Y," and ihe Mike
Nichols production of "Catch-22." his first
film since "The Graduate."
Noted Florida novelist Jt)hn D, MacDonaid
penned a special feaUire story for the
local Florida Times-Union of a recent visit
he made to the production set of "Darker
Than Amber." the title of one of his 1 1 suspense
novels featuring the private eye Travis
McGee, being played in the movie version
by Rod Taylor. The filming viewed by Mac-
Donald was at Fort Lauderdale's Bahia Mar,
the famous dockage where the fictional Mc-
Gee anchors his houseboat.
Hollywooci's Golden Years
Theme of Summer Series
JACKSONVILLL— Jefl Driggers, head
of the city's art and music department, announced
that "Hollywood's golden years
will be the theme of a summer film festival
sch..'diilcd Monday nights at th; downtown
'
Public Library's second-floor auditorium.
Driggers said "16 films regarded as screen
classics or as movies representing major
Hollywood trends of the 1930s and 40s will
be screened. Seating is limited and admission
wilt be free." All will be m Ibmni
versions.
The films are:
"Gold Diggers of 1933," "The Great
Ziegfeld," "Tovarish," "Saps at Sea," "A
C luinip at Oxford," "Key Largo," "Alexander's
Ragtime Band" and "You Can't
Take It With You,"
Also "Citizen Kane." "Top Hat," "The
Bank Dick," "George White's Scandals,"
"Dinner at Eight." "Cover Girl." "Laura."
'Sweethearts" and "A Night at the Opera"
at the final showing October 5.
Unique Moviemobile Is
In Demand in Florida
Ml.A.MI
- Mis. I homas McUowan and
her husband are owners of a mobile production
unit for shooting scenes on location,
a unit they call the Moviemobile. Their
partners are Roberta Rose. Jack Johnson,
Walter Morris jr, and Perry Jones,
Reasoning behind establishment of the
Moviemobile was that all the partners knjw
that when an out-of-town producer comes
into the area, the first thing he needs to do
is hire a truck. He has to pick up equipment
such as reflectors, lights, camera, rakes,
brooms and water coolers. All this takes
time, which is valuable.
So the McGowans and their partners
pooled their money, any equipment the\
had accumulated and their knowledge. The\
went into business on a shoestring.
The Moviemobile is a 27-foot Winnebago
motor home, especially adapted so it holds
everything needed by a movie or television
company on location. In addition to equipment,
such as lights, generator, telephone,
water cooler, etc.. the Moviemobile has an
air-conditioned office and a bathroom with
shower.
So far the partners are taking no money
out of their highly successful studio-onwheels.
All fees and rentals are going back
into payments on the truck and buying more
equipment.
Meanwhile, Mrs, McGowan takes freelance
jobs helping to scout for locations,
provide transportation for stars like Ricardo
Montalban and his family when they were
in town for movies— and similar chores. Her
partners, too. work between Moviemobile
jobs.
But their first love, it is pointed out in an
interview in the press, is the mobile studio
which has provided facilities for 38 television
commercials during its first season.
Among them was the Del Monte commercial
which featured a clumsy Tarzan unsuccessfully
trying to swing through the jungle.
The jungle was Matheson Hammock here.
The Moviemobile. out of range, provided
power, lights, air-conditioned dressing room
— and the pads and mattresses on which the
world's most awkward Tarzan fell every
time the rope broke.
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Ogden-Perry Theatres Opens Curtain
At Luxurious Jackson Mall Cinema
JAt kSON. MISS — V\i.dncs>.l.i> (10)
w;is a rcd-lcllcr for ihis cliy as it marked
the opening of SI5,0(H).6oO Jackson
Mall, third largest shopping center in Southeastern
VS.. featuring the beautiful Jackson
Mall Cinema.
The new theatre is the latest addition to
the Ogden-Perry circuit and Gordon C.
t)gden jr., the organization's director of
advertising and promotion, acted as emcee
at a champagne parts prior to the opening.
He mtroduced various memb.-rs of the
Ogden-Perry executive team and George
l.cBlanc. managing director of the new
Ihealrc. LeBlanc has been in exhibition
many years, formerly managing the l.aMar
Theatre in Jackson, and hence widely known
in this area.
Commissioner Tom Kell> cut the tradifonal
film strip which wis attached lo ihc
Johnson City to
Have
Two New Theatres
JOHNSON CNN, THNN.—Appalachian
Enterprises is building a 500-seat theatre,
planning to have it ready for operation
in the fall. K. R. Miller, president of Appalachian
Enterprises, said that the new theatre
is to be named the Parkway Cinema.
Miller recently took over the Tennessee
Theatre here and renamed it the Capri. He
also owns the local Skyline Drive-In.
Meanwhile. Independent Enterprises, the
Chattanooga division of .Arlen Shopping
Centers, has broken ground for a 300,000-
square foot shopping complex on North
Roan Street and Sunset Drive in Johnson
City. A motion picture theatre is to be one
of the approximately 40 businesses which
will have quarters in the ultramodern mart.
NEW ORLEANS
Mew marquee titles: The Walking Stick,"
Sacnger-Orleans; ".Xirport," Joy: "Suppose
They Gave a War and Nobody Came,"
Saenger; "The Magic Garden of Stanley
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feature. "Paint Your Wagon." for a special
preview showing for r.idio. press, television
and city officials.
Parking spaces are provided in Ihc mall
tor more than 4,000 cars, a tremendous
asset for the theatre, which is equipped
with 700 de luxe chairs, including both rocking
and stationary types. The auditorium
has a blue-green carpet up to the wainscot;
upper auditorium walls arc covered by gold
drapery. Floor carpeting in the auditorium
anil lobby is a contrasting bku'-grccn. the
lobby walls decorated in both the bluegreen
carpteting and a special stone design
covering the major surface area of the wall.
A handsome plant box, located in the outer
lobby, is decorated with tropical plants while
the entire lobby is set off by a centered
chandelier. Sound and projection are of the
highest quality.
l.oew's State. "Beneath Ihc Planet of the
.\pes" was scheduled to open at the Orphciini
Inii "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid" refused to budge and was held over
the 30lh week, shattering all previous records
for downtown theatres.
There was an exodus of Filmrow staffers
to the Broadwater Beach Hotel in Biloxi,
Miss., scene of the Mississippi and Louisiana
N.'\TO convention, which opened Monday
(15) . . . S. T. Jackson announced the
reopening of the Jackson Theatre in Flomaton,
"Paint Your
Ala., Thursday (11) . . . Wagon," after a successful roadshow engagement
in New Orleans, returned to the
Lakeside Cinema, Oakwood Cinema I and
Kcnilworth theatres.
Dave Lebovitz Opens
Village in Memphis
ML.VI PHIS— Dave Lebovitz, operator of
thj Skyvue Drive-In on Park and the Lamar
Drive-In. has opened his third Memphis situation,
the dc luxe new first-run Village
Theatre at Parkway Village.
Featured in the attractive Village are
rocking-chair seats, Xenon lamps and the
latest booth and concessions equipment.
The first picture was Paramount's "Norwood,"
which ticked off three times what
Lebovitz expects to be his average week's
gross.
Name Airer Co-Managers
Fr .rn EQ',tcrn Edition
BUFFALO—James J. Hayes, district
manager for SSM Enterprises, announces
appointment of these co-managers of the
Wehrle Outdoor Theatre, Transit Road at
Wehrle Drive; George Carr and Paul Winkle).
The ozoner is now open every night
and a program of improvements is slated to
get under way at once, including the repaving
of the entranceway.
'Airport' Lofty 900
In New Orleans Bow
NEW ORLEANS—Gros.ses were excel
lent from all reporting first-run theatres but
long-awaited ".'\irport" scored the week's
greatest boxoffice triumph as it packed the
Jov for show after show during a 900 first
week. "MASH" turned up a stout ."iOO
third week at the Robert E. Lee Theatre, 50
points ahead of the amazing and highly
pleasing "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid," 29th week at the Orpheum. Needless
to say, the latter will get a 30th inning at
the Orpheum.
(Average Is 100)
Cine Royal—Wtiot Do You Soy to o Nolced Lady?
(UA), 3rd wk 350
Joy— Airport (Univ) 900
Orpheum Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(20fh-Fox), 29th wk 450
Robert E. Lee— M'A'S'H (20th-Fox), 3rd wk 500
Trans-Lux Cinerama— Potton (20th-Fox), 12th wk. 250
'A Man Called Horse' 350
First Week in Memphis
MEMPHIS [iisi-run ihcalrc altendance
soared during the week, giving four theatres
threc-timcs-average business or better with
the 13th week of "Patton" at the Crosstown
rated tops at 425. Helping to stimulate thcalregoing
here were three high grossing new
pictures: "Airport," 300 at the Park; "A
Man Called Horse." 350 at the State, and
"Two Mules for Sister Sara," 250, Malco.
The week's fifth big business feature was
"Anne of the Thousand Days," which had a
350 second week at the Memphian.
Crosstown — Patton (20th-Fox), 13th wk 425
Guild—My Night ot Maud's (SR) 80
Malco Two Mules for Sister Sara [Univ) 250
Memphian— Anne ot the Thousand Days (Univ),
2nd wk 350
Palace— Let It Be (UA), 2nd wk 100
Paramount—Woodstock (WB), 4th wk 100
Park—Airport (Univ) 300
Plaza— M*A*S*H (20th-Fox), 7th wk 200
State— A Man Called Horse (NGP) 350
Whitehaven Cinema—Captain Nemo and the
Underwater City (MGM) 100
MEMPHIS
pjoward Nicholson, 51 Drive-In, Millington,
claims he's in complete control of
the summer mosquito situation. "If a mosquito
wants to get in, he has to buy a ticket,"
Howard joked. "If one slips in inside a
car, he's exterminated on the spot. Seriously,
our system keeps them in complete control.
Our patrons never see one." We can
see that Howard's going to get a lot of calls
from exhibitors curious to learn the secret
of his mosquito domination.
Leon Rountree, Holly Theatre, Holly
. . .
Springs, Miss., came here on film business
Lou Haven has his Skyway Drive-In.
Forrest City, Ark., geared up to full-time
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Fd I uriicr. C oluriibi.rs sales manager, has
moved into his new home in the Druid
HilK section . . . Jerry Martin. MCiM .Southeastern
advertising and puhhcily director,
spent a week publicizing the company's "The
MiHinshine War'" in the tharlotle territory.
Atlanta iheaircgwrs will have an opportunity
to see thi\ picture when it opens Augiisi
7 at the Ro\\ . . . llie n.uiie of Sandie Mae
Harrison. NVilby-kincey Service Corp.. has
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in this column because your correspondent
got inlormation that was correct when given
but incorrect b\ the lime the item appeared
in print: I. That National Cieneral's "The
Boys in the Band" would open at Weis' Fine
.Art Cinema Friday 15): 2. That Weis" new
47.S-seat Broadview Cinema would open that
same date. Neither of these happenings came
off on schedule (The Atlanta Constitution
also published this erroneous information).
The explanations are simple: I. Universal's
".Anne of the Thousand Days" developed
unexpected legs and was still going strong
at the Fine Art Cinema when this was writ-
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opening was changed to Friday (19)
and your correspondent wasn't informed of
the change.
Sara Masdoii, United .Artists exchange
cashier, is enjoying the sun. surf and sand
.It the popular Gulf of Mexico resort at Panama
City, Fla. . . . Mrs. Jean Forrester.
Columbia exchange accounting department,
is another F'ilmrow vacationer who couldn't
wait for the hot weather to make its appearance.
Trade and prc.vs screenings: "Rider on the
Rain." .Avco Embassy. Atlanta Film Building
.. . At Columbia's Filmrow Playhouse:
"The Hawaiians." DA; "Laughing Women."
Jaco Productions: "The Girls From Thunder
Strip." Specialty Films Service. "You Can'l
Win Them All." Columbia; "Catch-22."
Paramount, and "Dr. Frankenstein on Campus,"
Jack Vaughan Productions.
Ben .lordan. Allied Artists manager, is
spreading the glad tidings of his company's
most extensive array of product in its 4.^ycar-history.
This lineup. Jordan points out.
sharply contrasts with last year when only
five AA pictures appeared on release charts
and the prior year when only two company
features were available . . . Mrs. Alice
Moore, daughter of Mrs. Eloise Reed of
Jaco Productions, and Carol Reagin.
formerly with Cieorgia 1 heatre Co.'s Suburban
Plaza 'Ihcatre. have joined the UA staff
as booking clerks. They fill vacancies created
by the resignations of Mrs. Joan Mathis and
Mrs. Debbie Acker.
Mack and Johanna Grime.s, Jaco Productions,
and their six children, traveling in a
camper, are on a three-week safari to the
West Coast. Visits to Hollywood's Movieland
and to Anaheim's Disneyland are high
points on the itinerary.
James Frew, Avco Embassy .Southern division
m;inager. wt)n the New York WOMPI
club's big 50/50 Raffle, having purchased
his ticket from Dottie Reeves on his last trip
to the big city . . . Jack Vaughan, president
of Jack Vaughan Productions, accompanied
Jay Culp of Hollywood's Don Davis Productions
on a scouting trip to Georgia's
Okefenokee Swamp (known also as "The
Land of the Trembling Earth") seeking location
sites for a film tentatively called
"Swamp Girl." Vaughan is backing a picture.
"Massacre at Peachtree." scheduled
to go into production next month near Hawkinsville.
The Capri Cinema sneaked Paramount's
"The Out-of-Towners" Friday (12) with
20th-Fox's "The Sicilian Clan." The Neil
Simon comedy, which got a good reception
from the capacity crowd, is booked for the
. . Bob Gcurink,
C apri later this summer .
Atlanta Constitution movie editor, selected
"A Boy Named Charlie Brown" as his
Movie of the Week . . . Mrs. Juanita Elwell.
for many years associated with Bailey Theatres
(now Jaco Productions) and a WOMPI
member, returned to her Atlanta home after
spending the winter with her daughter and
luii grandchildren in Orlando, Fla.
Ciene Kelly, director of National Cieneral
Pictures' "The Cheyenne Social Club," was
due here Thursday (IS) and Friday on a
promotion trek. Mike Parker, NGP's Southeastern
field representative, had Kelly involved
in a fast schedule including a visit
to city hall, where Mayor Sam Massell was
to make the visitor an honorary Atlantan.
Karen Hale Pelley, secretary-receptionist
lor Craddock Films and editor of the briglil.
breezy WOMPI Bulletin, returned from Orlando.
Fla.. where she was present with h.T
parents Mr. and Mrs. Dan M. Hale of Ma
rietta and her husband Dennis at the gra I-
uation of her brother from the Navy Recruit
Training Center. They made the trip
in the Hale family camper. Dennis Pelley.
who broke a leg sliding into third base in a
Softball contest a month ago. now is getting
around on crutches and his doctor has promised
to provide him with a walker cast within
a month so he can discard the crutches.
New recently on Atlanta marquees: "A
Boy Named Charlie Brown." Fox: "One
More Time," Lenox Square I: "Pufnstuf "
six theatres; "The Grasshopper." Belmont
Hills Theatre in Smyrna; "The Magic Garden
of Stanley Sweetheart," Broadview; "Beneath
the Planet of the Apes," Roxy.
William F. McGaha. director-producer of
"J.C.", first film to be produced by Wilmac
International Productions, is in Hollywood
assembling a cast for the picture, scheduled
to be shot in Norcross, close to Atlanta.
McGaha is co-author with Joe Thirty of the
playscript and also will play the title role,
the leader of a motorcycle peace group.
Robert M. Storer. president of Atlanta's
Storer Studios, has been assigned as director
of photography.
Phil Garner, Atlanta Journal columnist,
related that he took his wife, son. daughter
and two friends to see "The Computer Wore
Tennis Shoes." which was showing in Lenox
Square II (.100 seats) while Lenox Square
I (650 seats) was showing "Midnight Cowboy."
As the "Computer" line crept closer
to the single boxoffice and kids kept showing
up in droves, Garner groaned at the
thought of having to tell his party there'd
he no room for them in the small theatre.
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The Georgia Theatre Co. management of
the I enox Square got Garner off the hook.
howcNer. when an usher was sent out with
the mformation that "Compiiier" was heing
switehed to the larger l.enox I and "Cowht>y"
to l.enox II. Even so. Garner had to
wait an additional 1.^ minutes in line to get
lx>xcs ol p«.>pcorn because the switch had
depleted the available supply in the concession
stand.
Finished Filming Results
Surprise to Tessa Wyatt
.-Ml ANIA- -Tessa Wvatt. attractive
22-year-old British actress, has appeared in
two films. "Wedding Night" and "Young
Man. I Think You're Dying." and is toying
with the idea of signing up to appear in still
another.
While here to give "Wedding Night" a
publicity boost, she met the press at a cocktail-brunch
at the Sheraton Biltmore Hotel,
was interviewed on tape by a number of
radio station reporters and made appearances
on television.
.Miss Wyatt is perfectly at home in front
of TV cameras but her acting experience
has been mainly in legitimate theatres, having
made her debut at 12 in a comedy.
"Roar Like a Dove." .She was educated at
the Elmhursi Ballet School in Camberley,
Surrey, where actress Hayley Mills and her
elder sister Juliet also were pupils.
"Wedding Night." an American International
Pictures' release, is her first motion
picture. It was filmed in the Ardmore
Studios at Dublin. Ireland, and is a contemporary
drama about a sensitive girl, who,
on her nuptial night, becomes obsessed with
an overpowering fear of marital sex and
ultimate pregnancy.
Since finishing "Wedding Night," Miss
Wyatt has completed the second picture
mentioned above—a mystery film made in
London.
She realizes that her stage experience led
to her film stardom and admits that when
she saw "Wedding Night" she was surprised
that it "came out in such orderly fashion."
"Shooting, to me." she recalled, "seemed
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thing I am sure: Kanneth Kr.ine. editor oi
the film, was a major contributor to its
success."
She showed a great deal of interest in .Atlanta's
hippies and .isked to he driven
through their area of the city. She recalled
that she once played the role of a Southerner—
in Gore V'idal's "March to the Sea," a
British Broadcasting Company television
play.
"I had trouble with the accent," she
laughed. "It seems there are so many classes
ol accent. We strove for something that was.
I suppose, general."
Metropolitan Film Council
Installs 1970 Officers
ATLANTA— Mrs. Joseph J.
Hcwell. new
president of the Metropolitan Atlanta Better
Films Council, and other new officers
were installed at the Mav meeting at the
Druid Hills Club.
Serving with Mrs. Hewell are Mrs. J. H.
Brodnax III, first vice-president; Mrs. W. E.
Lewis, second vice-president; Mrs. T. C.
Moseley, recording secretary; Mrs. Ken
Johnson, correspt)nding secretary; Mrs. Hubert
Bolch, treasurer, and Mrs. Mike Carmichael,
parliamentarian. Mrs. Christine
Doenges, who had been elected treasurer,
could not serve and Mrs. Bolch was elected
to
replace her.
Mrs. Charles Biggers was the installing
officer, presenting each officer with a map
to guide her in performance of her office
duties. Mrs. Hewell, the new president, presented
a gift, a lovely cut-glass epergne, to
the outgoing president.
Reports of the national convention in
Detroit were made by delegates Mrs. Helen
Shell, the national secretary; Mrs. Mary
Horton and Mrs. Carmichael.
Circulated at the meeting was a copy
of the recommendation of the Northern
California Council to the Motion Picture
and Television Coordinating Council dealing
with films being shown on TV. Also
distributed were reprints of a Sen. Everett
Dirksen article, "A New Plan to Fight
Pornography." which appeared in the November
1969 Reader's Digest. The Illinois
senator completed work on the piece just a
week before he died Sept. 7. 1969,
Each member was provided with Atlanta
council stationery and urged to write to
her representatives in Congress to urge
favorable votes for what has come to be
known as the "Dirksen Bill" for the control
of obscenitv.
West Springfield Huddle
Over Ratings Observance
From New England Edition
WEST SPRINGFIELD. MA.SS. — The
board of selectmen, theatre managers and
religious leaders met to discuss what West
Springfield theatres are doing to make sure
under-age youths are not seeing X-rated motion
pictures.
T-L/I Appoinls Eaddy
Carolina Supervisor
NEW YORK - -
Bud
Levy, vice-president
of Trans-I.u.x/ Inflight, has announced
the appointment of Ulmer S. Eaddy jr. to
be regional manager of all Trans-Lux/ Inflight
Cine theatres in the states of North
and South Carolina.
Faddy, who as president of Exhibitors
Service Corp., Charlotte, N. C, will manage
all Trans-I.u.x/ Inflight operations in the
Carolinas. including film buying, booking
and personnel, is a 25-year veteran of the
industry. An exhibitor in his own right,
Eaddy owns and operates ten drive-in
theatres throughout the Carolinas.
Residing in Charlotte, he is a member
ol the board of directors of the regional
NATO organization covering both North
and South Carolina. He is also on the board
of directors oi the Optimists Club in Charlotte.
Presently operating five fully-automated
Cine theatres in Kinston, Charlotte, Kannapolis,
Burlington and High Point, N. C,
Trans-Lux/ Inflight will open another theatre
in Greensboro early this month and later
a twin Cine in Charleston, S. C.
Tent 21 Auxiliary Holds
Final Pre-Fall Meeting
-ATLANTA — Miriam Keppy, president
of Ladies of Variety, Tent 21, Atlanta, reported
at the club's Wednesday (10) meeting
on the 43rd International Variety convention
in San Juan, P. R., to which she
was the club's representative. Mrs. Lillian
Lester, who also attended the Puerto Rico
convention, provided additional highlights
of the affair.
Resignation of the club's secretary Mary
Edna Branch was accepted with regrets.
She is being transferred to Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. David McCarthy was appointed to
complete the unexpired term of the secretary.
Dr. Mildred K. Lee was added to
the club's roster as a new associate member.
A Las Vegas party, sponsored by the
Ladies of Variety, was held Friday (12) in
the Tent 21 clubrooms in the Fox Theatre
Building. Barkers assisted the women in
making this party a success since it was a
fund-raising project for the club's 1970
charitable activities.
Although no meetings will be held by
Ladies of Variety during the summer, the
directors will continue working through this
period and committee chairmen and members
are to be notified of important business
developments. Meetings are to be resumed
in .September.
Plan Wood Dale Theatre
From Central Edition
BENSENVILLE, ILL.—The construction
of a movie theatre in the Georgetown Shopping
Center in Wood Dale is scheduled to
begin in the near future, it was disclosed by
a city commissioner. The theatre would have
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Texas Obscenity Law
Facing Another Test
AUSTIN— Mel Friedman, Houston attorney,
representing Steve Scott ol the Cine
Arts Theatre in Wichita Falls, has asked
the state Supreme Court to declare the
Texas obscenity laws unconstitutional because
they are "so broad a man could be
prosecuted for showing sexy pictures of
his wife."
Friedman argued that showing sex films
in a theatre which operates as a private
club is a logical extension of a U.S. Supreme
Court decision upholding the right to own
or view obscene materials in a private
home.
The case being heard here was based
upon the attempt by the Wichita Falls county
attorney to bring criminal action against
Scott for allegedly showing obscene films in
the Cine Arts Theatre. District Judge
Temple Driver of Wichita Falls ruled the
state obscenity law unconstitutional and
enjoined the county prosecutor from acting
against
Scott.
It was the argument of the state that
the obscenity statute is constitutional and
is enforceable. State attorneys told the court
any further expansion of the U. S. Supreme
Court's obscenity rulings would lead to the
point "that you can advertise sex services
in Memorial Theatre."
According to Lonnie Zweiner, assistant
attorney general, the federal courts have
ruled repeatedly obscenity is without the
First Amendment protection of freedom of
speech.
It was contended by Friedman that the
Texas law is so broad it affects freedoms
protected by the First and 14th amendments
of the Constitution of the U.S. It was also
argued by Friedman that the U.S. Supreme
Court decision giving individual adults the
right to possess obscene materials in their
homes carries with it the right to obtain
such materials.
A ruling on the case by the state Supreme
Court is not expected for three weeks.
Indoor, Outdoor Nudies
Under Pasadena Control
PASADENA, TEX.—An ordinance
regulating
indoor theatres as well as drive-in
theatres was passed by the city council after
its old drive-in theatre ordinance was struck
down in federal court.
The Ordinance was aimed primarily at
the Red Bluff Drive-In. which shows nudie
movies, and was pushed to final passage
as an emergency measure. The main point
of the ordinance is to prevent "bare buttocks
and bare female breasts" from being
seen from the street by those going by the
theatre.
The wording ol the ordinance begins with
"An ordinance regulating and licensing
theatres" but little is said about the regulation
of indoor theatres.
Recently the Capitan I healrc began showing
nudies movies that have been termed
far worse than those being shown at the
Red Bluff.
All theatre operators, both indoor and
outdoor, must obtain a $25 license before
operating. This is mandatory under the new
ordinance, which, according to city attorney
Charles Easterling, follows an ordinance
in effect at Grand Prairie, The latter was
upheld by the U. S, Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals in a 1966 case giving Grand Prairie
the right to
regulate theatres.
A copy of that case was attached to the
opinion of U. S. District Judge John V.
Singleton when he struck down the Pasadena
ordinance.
The new local ordinance, according to
Easterling, gives the license revocation power
to the city council instead of to the city
building official and provides for a longer
period in which a theatre owner may appeal
the revocation of licenses before the city
council. Theatres are required by the new
ordinance to meet certain building standards
and opens them to inspection at all times
within a reasonable hour. Fines of not less
than $50 or more than $200 are levied on
persons found guilty of violating the
ordinance.
Xhisum' World Debut
At Dallas McLendons
DALLAS— "Chisuni." John Wayne's first
motion picture release since he won his first
.'\cademy Award in "True Grit," will celebrate
its world premiere here Wednesday
(24) in McLendon theatres. Wayne himself
will be here to lead the festivities, it was
announced by Leo Greenfield, vice-president
and general sales manager of Warner
Bros.
The Batjac production, in which Wayne
stars in the title role of the West's greatest
cattle baron, will premiere at the Capri, Casa
Linda and Preston Royal indoor theatres and
the Gemini, Apollo, Astro and Century
drive-ins.
Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben
Johnson, Glenn Corbett, Bruce Cabot, Andrew
Prine, Geoffrey Deuel, executive producer
Michael A. Wayne, writer-producer
."Vrtdrew J. Fenady and director .Andrew V.
McLaglen—all principals in production of
the film—will be here to make personal appearances
at the McLendon theatres involved
in the premiere.
Festivities will start Tuesday (23) with a
horse show and barbecue at the Ciclo Ranch
of Gordon McLendon. John Wayne Da\
will be celebrated the following day with
manv events honoring the actor.
HOLLYWOOD—"Fellini: A Director's
Notebook" has been added to the Librar>
of Congress collection of visual contemporaiy
history.
Corpus Christi Twins
Are Opened by NGC
CORPUS CllklSlI, lEX,— National
Twin 1 and Twin 2 were premiered Wednesday
evening (10) at South Staples and Rosedale
by National Cicneral's Theatre Corp.
with actor Chill Wills as the major attraction.
The inaugural programs for the twins
began the following day: "Beneath the Planet
of the Apes" in Twin 1; "Norwood" in
Twin 2.
Wills' appearance resulted in wide publicity
for the opening of the twins via radio,
television and newspapers. Accompanying
the actor here for the premiere were Fred
Friedman, Los Angeles, film buyer for the
NGC Theatre Corp.; Jack McGee, Denver,
NGC division manager, and Sid Page. Dallas,
district manager. George L. Nichols is
manager of the new entertainment complex.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times scheduled
a special eight-page section in color for
its afternoon edition Tuesday (9) and for its
morning edition Wednesday (10) saluting th;
opening of the twins, which have a combined
capacity of 1,300 seats. Arrangements
for the special edition were worked out with
John Stallings, managing editor of the Caller-Times,
and W. G. Thomas, advertising
director, by Pete Latsis of Los Angeles,
NGC's press relations representative at the
premiere festivities.
Featured by the twins is a ticket machine
developed jointly by the NGC Theatre
Corp. and the National Cash Register Co.
The machine furnishes each customer with
a freshly printed ticket with the theatre
name, price and date purchased. The machine,
a completely electronic unit operated
by the theatre cashier, totals the amount of
tickets sold, shows the total of each sale on a
register window and automatically -makes
change. It prints an hourly statement of
business done that day and prints a continuous
tape recording every individual transaction.
Beyond this, the automatic ticket printer
provides information that later may be
used in a central computer system for additional
bookkeeping and financial recording.
Use of the new ticket printing machines
speeds up the entrance of patrons into the
theatre and is helpful when there are long
lines of persons waiting for admittance.
Billy Braselton, president of Braselton
Construction Co., was contniclor lor the
National Twins.
NEW YORK—Barney Bernhard has
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work for Johnnie Long in l'M6 as secretary,
working then with Thco Rouit and Leon
Abrahams. Later she hooked short subjects
and gradually worked her way into booking
features. When she left the Long circuit, she
was buyer and biH>ker, very well qualified.
.•\t Mel endon Theatres she is assistant to
publicist Bob O'Oonnell and McLendon
executives are happy to gain by all the industry
experience .Sara brings to her new
job.
Fllmrow had iinuthcr of those big "upset
the fruit basket" moves: Pat Kennedy of
United .Artists moved to National General
Pictures; Pal Griffin. United .Artists, moved
to J. G. Long Theatres: Jo Ellen Jones.
United .Artists, is now at Rowley United, replacing
Elsie Parish, who retired, and Bill
Dorsey of J. G. Long Theatres has gone to
Allied
Artists.
\t Duiiinoud, Starline Pictures, is flying
to Ne\s ^ ork to join her daughter and sonin-law
on a trip to Athens, Greece, for a
wedding. They will stop off at Rome en
route to Athens . . . Orlean Goldman. Warner
Bros., who has been ill several weeks, is
expected back at work soon . . . Hazel Lovelace.
Paramount accounting department, left
Friday (19) for a vacation . . . Pat McCoy,
Paramount's bid department, will leave
.Monday (22) for Athens. Ga., accompanied
by her twin brother Patrick. They will visit
their sister and her family.
Amuiig Filmron visitors were: Everett
Mahaney, Suburban, Guymon. Okla.; M. L.
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Wayne's next western. "Rio Lobo." Barry
and Wayne last appeared together in "The
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{•J.^Os. the film that led to Barry's long-term
coniruci of 120 films with Republic.
Glenn CorbeM and Geoffrey Deuel are
scheduled to pay a visit to Houston Thursday
(25) on a promotional visit in behalf of
Wayne's latest film. "Chisum." scheduled
to open on that date at the Metropolitan.
Deuel appears in the film playing a righthanded
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Larry McMurlry. the author and professor
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to Houston for an autograph parly at a local
bookstore for his new book. "Moving
On." He is working on the movie script of
his "The Last Picture Show" to be filmed
in his home town of Archer City. The movie
will be made by Bert Schneider for Paramount
and will be directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
Another of his books. "Leaving
Cheyenne." will be filmed by United Artists
and direclcd by l>'n Segal. If McMurtry
doesn't work on the film script, he will begin
work on the script for "Moving On."
Rice L'niversiJy will present the Southwest's
first lihii seminar for teachers .'\iigusl
.1-22. The intensive three-week course, pri-
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school teachers, is open to anyone interested
"Too Late the Hero," the Michael
Caine-Cliff Robertson war film, has been
booked into the Windsor Cinerama for
Wednesday (24). On the same day. "The
Boys in the Band" opens at the River Oaks.
The ne.\t day Jack Lemmon and "The Outof-Towners"
opens at the Alabama.
Oliver Cliff, manager of the Windmill
Dinner Theatre, was recognized by local
friends in an early scene with Tyrone Power
in the movie, ""The Eddie Diichin Story."
telecast on a local station.
SAN ANTONIO
Jjl Naeional Theatre, one of the Maurice
Braha-operated theatres, will open in a
new location Thursday (25). The old structure
on Commerce Street is to be torn down
in an urban renewal project. El Naeional
will open at the site of the former Cine Theatre,
which had many names, such as Strand.
Star and Prince. The best in Spanish-language
films will be shown. A remodeling program
is going on at the new location on
Houston Street, improvements including new
air conditioning, new American Bodiform
chairs and a de luxe lobby.
Joske's, the largest store in the second
largest slate, sponsored a preview screening
Vlonday (15) of "A Boy Named Charlie
Brown." with tickets available in the store's
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regular run Wednesday (17) at the Cinema
II iti North Star Mall and at the Century
South thcalres . Ayala. usher at
the Olmos Theatre, observed his 17th birthday.
He is attending suminer school at Thomas
Jefferson High School as well as ushering.
His father is a projectionist at the Olmos.
Nationally known movie columnist Doio
thy Manners was in San Antonio Mondav
(15) and Tuesday to serve as a judge in
HemisFihii '70. She joined television executive
Eugene V. McPhcjson to select the
HemisFilm's top films.
New titles on San AnloiiAi marquees:
"The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart."
Woodlawn; "The Boys in the Band." Laurel;
"End of the Road," Century South; A Boy
Named Charlie Brown," Century South and
Cinema II.
Mrs. Francis Mooncy, the efficient lickcltaker
at the Woodlawn Theatre, is on a summer
vacation trip, visiting friends in Bastrop.
The Josephine Theatre, managed h\
David Stoffle. was among the local theatres
participating in the worldwide search for
the next Raquel Welch to appear in the nexl
Hammer Production for Columbia Pictures,
"Creatures the World Forgot." Application
forms were made available to the ladies of
the city which, when completed, were to be
sent to Sir James Carreras. the producer, in
London, England.
Like father-like son can be proved by the
Wallace family. J. B. Wallace is city manager
of the Gulf States Theatres in .San Antonio,
and Dave Wallace, a son, is manager
of the Trail Drive-In at Greenville. Another
son, Jesse, is manager of the Don Drive-In
at Port Arthur,
Word was received here of the death of
veteran actor Sonny Tufts Friday (5) of
pneumonia at a Santa Monica, Calif., hospital.
In the mid-195()s Tufts went to live
on a large ranch near Helotes. north of San
Antonio. He lived in the area for about two
years and left the San Antonio area about
two years ago to do spot work on television.
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manager here for Universal Pictures,
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. . Luis
Many Possibilities Seen
In Downtown Lincoln Area
LINCOLN—President Russell Brehm of
the Douglas Theatre Corp. discounted reports
of the circuit constructing a multimovie
house in Millard near Omaha but was
not as definite that Douglas may not build
a twin theatre in downtown Lincoln at 13th
and P streets. If Douglas does build, it will
give downtown Lincoln five theatres, three
within talking distance. The Cooper's Stuart
is on the southeast corner of 13th and P,
the Varsity on the southwest corner and the
old
YMCA property on which Douglas has
taken an option occupies the northeast
comer.
Making the speculations even more interesting
at this time is the earlier June purchase
by the National Bank of Commerce
of the Varsity Theatre property just north of
the banking institution. The Varsity still
has a 40-year lease on its building.
Bank officials say they bought the property
as an investment and have no plans for at
least three years for its use. However, observers
point out that there is nothing to
stop the bank and Larry Starsmore, who
owns the Varsity and the State (a couple of
blocks away), from negotiating the lease,
closing the Varsity or relocating it elsewhere
in
the downtown area.
Other Viewpoints Held
Not everybody in the industry would
agree with Brehm that Lincoln today can
support another movie house or—more important—that
the picture resources can supply
the product making a theatre cash register
click.
Brehm believes interest by a number of
outside circuits in scouting downtown spots
in the last six to eight months is something
of a forecast that somebody's going to expand
the city's motion picture resources.
According to Brehm, a building will be constructed
on the YMCA site by Douglas if
they exercise the property option in September.
He's not ready yet to say it will be a
theatre building but adds that if it is. it will
be at least a twin house.
Only Singles Thus Far
Lincoln, to date, has only single, conventional
motion picture theatres. Brehm has a
twin in Omaha. Cinema I and II. Both
Cooper and Dubinsky Bros, circuits, headquartered
in Lincoln, have and are constructing
multi-conventional houses elsewhere,
however.
Cooper's opened its first twin in Greeley.
Colo., earlier this year and now is constructing
a twin addition to the Cooper 70 in
Colorado Springs. This will make it a triplex.
Cooper's opened its east suburban
Cooper/ Lincoln Theatre several years ago.
The Dubinsky Bros, have their first twin
almost completed in Sioux City and have
contracted for a fourplex to be built in
Des Moines.
Douglas Corp.'s option for the YMC.'K
property is with Reinvesco. a real estate
holding firm of Community Savings Stamps,
a group of big local business operations.
Community Savings Stamps president John
(Continued on next page)
BOXOFTICE :: June 22, 1970
MINNEAPOLIS
Joel McLay of the ABC of North Central
States theatre organiMtion is being
brought in from Rochester, where he manages
the circuit's Oakview Theatre, to open
ABC's new ABC Brookdale Theatre in suburban
Brooklyn Center. McLay will return
lo the Rochester house as soon as ABC
Brookdale has established its operation. He
formerly was at the circuit's Riviera and
Norstar theatres in St. Paul as assistant manager;
managed the Valli-Hi Drive-ln in suburban
St. Paul, and then was named to his
Rochester post. No firm date has been set
for the newest theatre's opening.
Chet LeVoir, United Artists branch booker,
said he was getting "a little weary of
reading in Boxoffice about the golf exploits
of Paramount's Forrest Myers and
National General Pictures' Dean Lutz." So
nongolfers, that's a hole-in-one. The feat
was accomplished on the 136-yard par-3
12th hole of the Hiawatha course here and
LeVoir has witnesses. The foursome included
UA office manager Mike Kelly. As
for Myers and Lutz, LeVoir now says, "Anytime,
fellas,"
Bob DeJarnette, United Artists branch
chief, went to the dogs—and his luck did,
too.
In Sioux City. Iowa, DeJarnette took in
the horse and dog races in that city. His
report: "I didn't do well" . . . Paul Ayotte.
National Screen Service branch manager,
has joined those muttering about the draft.
At least to the extent that it's costing him
"my super booker and salesman" Bill Hines.
Hines has been ordered to report for induction
this month.
Bill Levy, Heights Theatre, suburban Columbia
Heights, entered Mount Sinai Hospital
to undergo tests because of a kidney
malfunction . . . Theodore Kurtz, new owner
of the Lyric Theatre in Ellendale, N.D..
says he's "encouraged" by response to the
. .
theatre after his first month's operation .
Pete Mensing, Dakota Theatre, Wisheck.
N.D., who normally suspends operations for
the summer, this year will remain open during
the season on a Friday-Saturday-Sunda\
once-weekly program change policy.
. . .
Filmrow visitors: A\ Bergman. Bay Theatre,
.'\shland. Wis.: Geofge Heald, Ashby,
Ashby; Gene Grengs, Hollywood, Eau
Claire, Wis.; Burr Cline, Star and Grand,
Jamestown, N.D.; Sid Heath, Flame, Wells;
Ray Vondcrhaar, Tentilino Enterprises.
Alexandria: Mike l.arkin, manager of the
Orpheum, Aberdeen, S.D.: Clint Norine,
Frederic, Frederic, Wis., Shelly Kliman,
Palace, Spooner, Wis., and Lowell Smoots,
theatre at Camp Ripley New face on
Filmrow: Miss Rosalie Joy Serrano, secretary
to Michael Mihalich, Warner Bros.
branch manager.
Glen Roberts, formerly of Filmrow, where
he was office manager for 20th Century-Fox
and also with Theatre Associates, has returned
to this city from California and will
reside here .
oi luii ai the Universal
branch, where the assistant shipper's name is
Ciiegory Pick. "Gregory Peck is working
there?" ask incredulous callers. Then the
last name is explained. Other branches may
have their shippers but Universal has its
Pick.
.\llan G. Krause, director of sales for Ihc
Downtowner Motor Inn, has announced
that he will set up a kiosk in the lobby and
invite exhibitors to bring in stills on their
current attractions. He says the kiosk, with
its glamor photos, will be surrounded by a
proposed priceless antique jewelry exhibition,
sponsored by a number of prominent
.'\mong those magnificent
jewelers . . .
l.ipizzan stallions shown at the Arena
here was one used as the mount of George
C. ScotI in his role as General Pallon in the
motion picture "Patton." Ottomar Herrmann
is the proud owner and trainer of the 22
beautiful
horses.
Something happened a couple of weeks
ago that prompted an exhibitor to comment:
"Now I've seen everything!" Cinema I Theatre
downtown was featuring "The Boys in
the Band" and the theatre was being picketed.
Believe it or not. by a group of 12 young
avowed homosexuals! The ten young men
and two women, some of them not old
enough to see X-rated films, carried placards
proclaiming "Gays Are Human" and "This
Movie Exploits Gays," The picketing was
the first independent activity of the Milwaukee
Gay Liberation Front, a group
formed about two months ago at the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to mix
homosexual liberation activities with radical
politics. A spokesman for the group said,
"We didn't expect to accomplish much but
the picture is distorting."
"Woodstock"- — you had to see to believe!
Like a page out of a book on medieval
limes, they shuffled and tramped into the
Towne Theatre here—bare feet, beards, long
hair, the women in blankets and other outlandish
pieces of attire. One girl had only
a sheet wrapped around her, tucked in at
ihc breastline, and a long gashed opening
down the side. It was another demonstration
similar to that at Cinema I but magnified.
Hippies. >ippies. pippies or whatever they
call themselves, marched around and around
in from of the theatre, trying to discourage
patrons at the boxoffice from purchasing
tickets. Strangeh enough. 95 per cent of
those buying tickets were in the same category
as the marchers. A group of nine
pickets called on manager Joe Reynolds and
issued an ultimatum that unless they (the
marchers) got "a piece of the boxoffice receipts,
they'd demonstrate for the entire run
of the picture!" Later on, their ranks
continued to swell and some of them were
front of
sent over to parade up and down in
the Centre Theatre Building where Warner
Bros, has a branch office and then the police
began to appear.
(Continued on next page)
NC-I

LINCOLN
T aiT) Starsiinorc of Colorado Springs, presiiient
of Wcsiland Theatre Corp.. which
includes the Stale and Varsiiy here as the
Nebraska Theatre Corp., was hack in town
Wednesday and Thursday (10-11). .According
to Wall Janckc. .Starsmorc's continuing
conversations on his recent trip to Japan included
his opinion that the Russian exhibit
at the World's Fair at Osaka is by far the
best. He reports that it, the U.S. and one or
two other European exhibits require about
a three-hour visiting period. Getting into
and through all the others can be accomplished
much faster once a visitor gets to the
exposition site from Tokyo . . . Wall reports
he hasn't had much time to think about
vacation trips the past two weeks while
assistant Ev Greathouse was on vacation.
Helping Walt to keep the shop going, making
out reports and taking inventories ol
concession treats has been Raymond Snyder,
one-time assistant at the Varsity.
This year's winners of the Fonda-Mc-
Ciuire .Award, n.imcd after screen-stage stars
Henry Fonda and Dorothy McGuire, who
started their careers at the Omaha Playhouse,
are Mrs. Joan White and Harvey
Cary. TTie former came to Omaha recently
from England, where she once rated as "the
most popular woman TV star." Cary now is
in professional acting in Denver. The 197(1
Buffalo Bill Cody Award, presented by Gov.
Norbert Tiemann Thursday (18) at the annual
NEBR.ASKAIand Days opening performance
of the Buffalo Bill Rodeo, went to
Robert Fuller, star of "Laramie" and
"Wagon Train." Former Cody Award winners
included Dale Robertson, Charlton
Heston, Chuck Connors, I^eif Erickson and,
last year, .Andy Devine.
Russell Brehm, president of Douglas
Theatre Corp., his wife and their daughters
Mary Jo and Debbie will be returning to the
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mainland after a ten-day vacation in the
Hawaiian Islands. The family group left here
Tuesday (Id), going over on P.in-.Am's new
747 run . . . Mark Holm has left for his new
position in Kansas City with the personnel
division of New York Life Insurance Co.
Mark's last work day was Monday (15) at
the Stuart Theatre, where he was an assistant
manager. The 1970 University of Nebraska
psychology major graduate joined the
Cooper Theatre Enterprises in 19fi7 as a
iloorman and has been working for the circuit
ever since, as he attended NU.
Irwin Oublnsky's pniblcni isn't deciding
whether or where to build a movie house
hut getting his first twin theatre in Sioux
City finished. The union crafts strike is still
in effect. It started May 1, when only about
two weeks' work would have finishctl the
Plaza I and II in the Sioux City Shopping
Center. Meanwhile, all the equipment and
liirnishings are on hand in storage at Sioux
City. Once the strike is over and the theatres
I nishcd, Dubinsky estimates it will take two
or three weeks to install the stored equipment.
The Dubinskys also have signed a
construction contract for the new Fleur
Theatre in Des Moines—their first fourplex
house and also the first in Des Moines. The
Plaza I and II in Sioux City replaces the
razed Hollywood, owned by the Dubinskys.
The Fleur is an additional four-house operation
in Des Moines.
The Cooper/ Lincoln staff didn t have its
afternoon picnic at Pioneer Park Friday
(12) after all. It was postponed because of
rain but the staff finished a seat-cleaning
project and had plenty of time to refresh
themselves on the alphabet as they gave
.some 400 marquee letters a thorough bath.
Speaking of rain, the drought of audiencedrawing
films is fading away once again,
much to the industry's relief. "Two Mules
for Sister Sara" opened at the Stuart Friday
(19); "A Walk in the Spring Rain" was at
the Varsity; "Cactus Flower" was finally
booked into the State following the reissue
release of Disney's "Sleeping Beauty," slated
to open Wednesday (17). and the Cooper/
Lincoln was basking in the popularity of
'Paint Your Wagon" with moviegoing audiences.
It's in a third week now and may go
four or five, delaying the opening of the
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next big one, "Airport." Drive-in business
was gaining, too, offering a variety package
ol horror films at the Starview: westerns and
r;icism at the West O, and music galore in
the besi-picture-of-the-year offering, "Oliver!",
at ihe S4ih and O.
This city Is h(»mc for three weeks, curlently,
to film actor and singer Gordon
MacRae, his wife (the former Elizabeth
Lambert of Sterling) and their daughter
Amanda. They've taken an apartment, attended
the Saturday (13) wedding of Mrs.
MacRae's niece Cindy Curtin of Sterling
and the singer has had time to practice his
golf in preparation for a VIP tournament in
Amanda, Iowa. The MacRaes were last in
Sterling and this city in February, when the
stale was wearing its winter dress.
Manascr .lay Maness and his Cooper/ Lincoln
staff took a busman's holiday Monday
afternoon (8), driving up to Omaha to see
"Airport" at the Cooper's Indian Hills Cinerama.
"Airport" is scheduled to follow an
anticipated three or four week run of
"Paint Your Wagon" at the Cooper/ Lincoln
currently. The Lincoln staff members also
toured the Indian Hills with Dean Ziettlow
as their host. Dean, formerly manager of the
Cooper 70 in Omaha, was assigned to the
Indian Hills after Al McMillan resigned to
assist in his family's business operation.
Terry Mount, manager at the Dundee, another
Cooper house in Omaha, moved up to
the Cooper 70 managerial post.
Many Possibilities Seen
For Downtown Lincoln
(Continued from preceding page)
Cumphell said the building was purchased in
January for $165,000, so that the YMCA
would have a
firm basis for financial details
in its new YMCA building at 11th and P
streets.
The YMCA, incidentally, will be capable
of putting on a show of its own, once the
move is made in September. Their brand
new pool and all its activities will be visible
to the passing public. A huge glass wall
along the sidewalk provides ringside "seats."
Commenting on the Millard theatre building
reports, Brehm said Douglas already has
six conventional and open-air operations in
the Omaha area. That, he adds, is enough
for the immediate future.
Brehm's associate in the Douglas Theatre
Corp. is U. S. Senator Roman Hruska, Republican
from Nebraska,
MINNEAPOLIS
(Continued from preceding page)
Plenty of glee al the Metro-Goldwyn-
Maycr office, all due to "How the West Was
Won." The reissue is showing strong legs *
after opening with 63 prints, all busy across ]
the area in a saturation campaign. Result: ,;
Holdovers galore! "West" always has been
a winner in this region and when first is-
'
sued some seven years ago. it ran 48 weeks
in its first-run engagement at the Cooper
Cinerama TTieatre.
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Tn between film promotion engagements,
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Cicorgia. Indiana. Ohio and Michigan. On
completion of the tour. Bud says the group
will do a stint for four recording companies.
He anticipates being back in town sometime
Ihis Tiionth.
Patronage for the "Hello. tXilly!" film in
its long run at the Strand Theatre here got
an unexpected boost when the "Dolly" stage
pla\ was canceled "at the last minute." According
to the report. Pearl Bailey walked
out after the production closed in Houston.
Tex. The eight performances at the Performing
Arts Center here, scheduled by Marcus
Productions, were sold out. with the greatest
week's gross in the city's history. $140,000.
topping every engagement the compan\ had
played on its tour. Miss Bailey reportedly
was to receive 10 per cent of the gross, in
addition to a five-figure salary for the week.
Refunds to the 18.000 ticket-holders arc being
processed. Three-quarters of the staging
was already in place and it took more than
six hours to "strike" or take down the set.
The cast gathered to collect their personal
belongings and made arrangements to fly
to New York.
The first $15,000 Schlitz fellowship for
studies in the lihii arts has been awarded to
Jeremy Paul Kagan. a 23-year-old New
York filmmaker. He already has begun his
year of study at the American Film Institute's
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time, pressure is being brought to bear on
the film "Women in Love," currently appearing
at the community's Fox-Bay Theatre.
The last time, the big fuss was over
"Midnight Cowboy." "Women in Love" received
a bad review during the village board
meeting and Trustee William Pageis said,
"The Fox-Bay Theatre is doing it again!
They were very cordial and said they would
change their policy but it looks like they
have reverted to the old one." However,
Trustee George Ernst, chairman of the
board of health which licenses theatres in
the village, objected to the question being
put on his agenda again. He said, "I'd have
to go see it. And anyway, I'm against legislating
morality. If people are so stupid as
to pay to see that kind of stuff, I say let
them waste their money!" Ernst told Boxoffice
later, "With my attitude on censorship,
I don't think I'll ever be asked to serve
on the Motion Picture Council,"
Lew Breyer, who operates an advertising
and public relations firm here, screened
"The Horse" and "Silhouettes" at the Standard
Theatres screening room here May 19.
The production arm of Breyer's company is
headed by Breyer in the United States and
Kostis Zois in Europe. Zois directed "Silhouettes,"
while Breyer directed the location
sequences in Greece and Italy, From all indications,
the film was received by the
audience with mingled emotions, although
Breyer was accorded a standing ovation at
the conclusion. It has sexy scenes which may
have caused raised eyebrows. Breyer said
two more feature films are scheduled for
production in 1971. Worldwide release for
"Silhouettes" is being negotiated, with an
announcement on the matter to be given
shortly, Breyer added.
MPC Plea for Clergymen
On Commission Is Vetoed
MILWAUKEE — Valentine J. Wells,
executive secretary for the Milwaukee Motion
Picture Commission, has asked that
clergymen—Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
—be added to the organization's roster.
Wells said
that with clergymen on the commission,
it would be a means of enlisting the
prestige of the clergy behind the work of the
commission. The suggestion, among others,
was contained in a letter written by Wells to
City Atty. John J. Fleming following the
commission's recent meeting at city hall.
The suggestion was turned down.
Among those who spoke up against the
plea. Commissioner Charles H. Key was the
most critical. He said, "I object to such
things being discussed with the city attorney
without a vote by the commission. Key explained
that he did not object to the inclusion
of the clergymen but he felt to have
their .ippointmenl spelled out in an ordinance
would restrict the prerogatives of the
mayor, who names conmiission members,
"I don't object to anybody being put on the
commission," Key declared. "They can put
a hoodoo minstrel man on there for all I
care."
Wells also suggested that
the commissioners
and aides be paid $2 for each screening
they attended by assignment; that commissioners
be named by the mayor and confirmed
by the common council; that the
commission lie given power to screen all
movies, and that a motion picture operator
convicted three times for showing "obscene"
movies to minors would be fined $500 or
sentenced to 90 days. The commissioners
decided to postpone action on these suggestions
until a draft ordinance was received
from the city attorney's office.
Both Wells and Ray W, Taylor, editor of
the Milwaukee Labor Press (and a commission
aide), took issue with the city's daily
newspapers for not placing commission
ratings on movie ads, Taylor said, "The
daily papers have consistently and blatantly
ignored our recommendations. The cooperation
of the daily papers has been nil." Wells
added that the Milwaukee Journal "has
very piously told us they follow the ratings
of the Motion Picture Commission. Instead,
they have chosen to follow Henry Kratz of
the Motion Picture Theatre Owners in Milwaukee."
The commission has approved a recommended
budget of $6,508 for commission
operations in the next fiscal year. Wells is
the only one on the commission who draws
a salary, $2,400 a year. He is a retired post
office executive.
Explaining its policy, the Milwaukee
Journal said it carries both the local MPC
ratings and the industry ratings in its movie
ads. It said that when the local rating is
more restrictive than the national one, the
Journal and the advertiser often run just
the local rating. Generally, says the Journal,
the only times that the local rating is missing
from the ad is when the picture has not yet
been rated by the local commission, adding
that most Journal reviews of movies indicate
the industry rating.
A spokesman for the motion picture industry,
commenting on the MFC's recent
.ictions. said. "If Wells keeps on, he'll have
the papers down on him, too."
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'Airport' Keeps 500
Pace in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI—"Airport," playing at the
Kenwood for an eighth week, again demonstrated
its appeal for moviegoers of ail ages
in grossing 500, far and away the best showing
by any first-run film in the area. "The
Boys in the Band" had a good second week,
at the Times Towne Cinema, rating 375,
and "M*A*S*H" scored 300 for the third
week in a row at the Ambassador and
Grand, where the comedy has been for playing
spven weeks.
(Average Is 100)
Albee Woodstock (WB), 3rd wk 175
Ambassador, Grand M«A*S*H (20th-Fox),
7th wk 300
Cine Carousel What Do You Soy to a Naked
Lody? (UA), 9th wk 275
International 70^Hcllo, Dolly! (20th-Fox),
28th wk 160
, .
Kenwood Airport (Univ), 8th wk
Studio* Cinemas Women in Love (UA), 6th wk.
500
1 75
Times Towne Cinema The Boys in the Bond
(NGP), 2nd wk 375
20th Century^Potton (20th-Fox), 14th wk 275
Valley The Magic Garden of Stonley Sweetheart
(MGM), 2nd wk 125
Millard Ochs, 65, Dies;
Weil-Known Thealreman
AKRON— Millard Ochs, 65, Akron theatre
manager, died Sunday (7) in General
Hospital here after a short illness. Born in
New York City, he came from a theatrical
family and grew up with the industry. His
father was one of New York City's leading
film exhibitors in the 1920s and Ochs began
his career asii manager of one of his
father's theatres.
Ochs came to Akron in 1941 and was
manager of the old Strand Theatre from
1941 to 1963; the Colony Theatre in Cleveland
from 1963 to 1965, and the Summit
Mall Theatre in Akron since 1965. He was
a drummer and, while manager of the
Strand, played with Denny Thompson's orchestra
from 1941 to 1963. At 13, he accompanied
his father and the late Theda
Bara, silent screen star, on a cross-country
tour. His father was Miss Bara's manager.
Ochs first played the drums professionally
at the age of eight, when the regular drummer
at one of his father's theatres failed to
show for a performance. In 1926, he organized
his own jazz band and played aboard
the ocean liner SS Leviathan. He was a
member of the Bath Rotary Club and Local
24, Musicians Union.
Survivors include his wife Dolores: a son
Millard L., Akron; a daughter Mrs. Nancy
Chinchillo. Lillydale, N.Y.; his mother. Mrs.
Lee A. Ochs, New York City; a sister Willa
B., New York City, and three grandchildren.
Doris Roberts and John Randolph play
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"Little Murders."
Ohio 'Anti-Obscenity Bill Sets Up
Separate Rules for Adults, Minors
COLUMBUS—The Ohio Legislature,
before
recessing for the year, recently passed
an anti-obscenity bill aimed at meeting the
various U. S. Supreme Court decisions in
the area of pornography. The present state
law has not been successfully used for some
lime, because it was vague and contained no
explicit definition of what is obscene. The
new bill establishes separate standards for
adults and minors and spells out in detail
what constitutes obscene material.
The bill originally had passed the house
but underwent some changes in the senate,
later approved by the house. Senate changes
included provisions for assuming the innocence
of librarians and other professional
workers in dealing with questionable materials
and for exempting book store employees,
other than managers, from arrest
for smut peddling.
Minors, as defined in the bill, are un-
'married persons under age. The bill provides
that any material or performance is obscene
if its dominant tendency is to arouse lust by
depicting human beings as mere objects of
sexual appetites or violence; inspires revulsion
in persons with ordinary sensibilities
without serving any scentific. sociological,
moral or artistic purpose, or appeals to morbid
interests in human pain by depicting
lurid,
violent physical torture.
Any materials or presentation is defined
as "harmful to minors" if it is "offensive to
prevailing adult standards in the community
with respect as to what is suitable for
minors" and "lacks sufficient scientific, educational,
sociological, moral or artistic value
for minors to outweigh its harmful qualities."
The bill would make it an offense to sell,
lend, give or furnish to a minor any material
obscene or harmful to minors. Violators
would be subject to fine up to $10,000 and/
or one to seven-year prison terms. An owner
or manager of a commercial establishment
engaged in the selling of obscene materials
or performances would be "presumed"
to have knowledge of the content
of the material.
A defense to a harmful-io-minors charge
would be that the minor ij accompanied by a
parent or guardian. However, any person
posing as a parent or guardian under these
circumstances would be guilty of a crime
and could be fined $1,000 and or imprisoned
for as much as a year.
The far-reaching bill also would make it
a violation for a distributor to require a
merchant to accept obscene publications.
The legislation does not provide for a
temporary restraining order but does provide
for an injunction and speeds the time
for a trial and also provides that a judge
render a decision within ten days after a
trial.
It also would prohibit the distribution or
advertising of information pertaining to
"any drug or article intended for causing an
abortion."
The bill passed the senate by a vote of
29-0 and had passed the house more than a
year ago 68-0.
Twin Hardtop Planned
In Dayton Area Mall
CENTERVILLE, OHIO—A twin-screen
hardtop, the first such theatre in the greater
Dayton area, is planned for a shopping center
to be built on Alexandersville-Bellbrook
Road, if the developers and city council can
negotiate their differences.
Centerville councilmen want the builders
to proceed with the promised widening of
the road in exchange for permission to erect
a theatre sign at the corner of Alexandersville-Bellbrook
Road and State Route 48.
Although details of the theatre were
meager, it reportedly would be operated by
ihe same company that has the theatre in
the Dayton Mall Shopping Center. The new
venture would have two auditoriums, each
showing a different feature film.
Foundation work for the shopping center
and the theatre already is in progress. Edward
J. DeBartolo. Youngstown. is the developer.
DeBartolo wants to place an electric
theatre billboard sign on the corner next to
another sign advertising the shopping center.
Councilmen said they would permit the
theatre sign to be erected if DeBartolo got
busy and carried out a promi.se to widen the
highway at the center.
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heic for the fifth consecutive year. Ho
will close the fair's cnlcrlainnicnt program
September 5-6-7. The 12-day exposition
o(>ens AugiiM 27, Fair manager Jerr\ Kalicnhaeh
said the full luieup ol stars will he
announced later.
NcH bookings include "The Slrawherry
Slatemeiil" .il C inerna Fast. "Oarling I ill"
at the Ore.xel. "The H.iwaiians" at I oew"s
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.Motion Picture Operators Union, has retired
from Universal Film Co. but is still
ihe union's secretary.
Kutie Hanrahan at Universal Film is envious
of her traveling relatives. Mrs. Helen
Hanrahan and her daughter Marg have just
enjoyed blissful weather and everything else
pleasant during a trip to Ireland. They are
ihe grandmother and aunt of Katie at Universal.
New Owners for Central
Lake, Mich., Theatre
C INIR.AI LAKE. MICH.— Don and
JoNce Smith, owners of the
Bel-Air Theatre
here for the past ten years, have sold the
movie house to Trock and Ann Trochelman,
effective Monday (1). Trock is an audiovisual
salesman for Newman Visual Education
in the area and Ann is the registrar of
probate in Judge Harry Cook's office.
The Trochelmans, assisted by their three
sons Phil. Kent and Glen, have many new
ideas lor the operation of the Bel-Air which
ihey hope will add lo the pleasure of moviegoers.
A "first" for the theatre will be Saturday
and Sunday matinees featuring fulllength
children's motion pictures plus a cartoon.
Drive-In Manager Accepts
lOUs at the Boxoffice
AKRON—When the local rubber unions
and other labor groups went on strike here
recently, it hurt the boxoffice immediately.
However, Edward Rabb, who operates the
Ascot Drive-In, decided to offer credit to
those seeking a night's entertainment.
He advertised that all personnel on strike
could give their lOU for the required admission
sum at Ihe boxoffice and payment could
be tnade when patrons returned to full employment.
Identification was required. The
offer was good Monday through Thursday.
"I've done it in the past when people
would drive in and discover they had forgotten
to bring money," Rabb said. "I'd accept
their lOU admission and, you know, I
don't believe I've ever lost a cent. Always
they would make payment at some later
time."
Proper identification, usually in the form
of a union card, was all the patrons needed.
Dunbar in Political Race
From Western Edition
DENVER—Duke W. Dunbar, formerly
secretary of the old Film Board of Trade
and who has held state elective office longer
than any other slate official, has announced
that he will again be a candidate for Colo
rado attorney general, an office he has held
since his first election in 1950. In 1966, he
led his ticket (Republican) by 385,693. Dun
bar is 75.
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Airport
Patton
Five Filmdom Golfers
Tie in Tent 23 Event
BOSTON—Al Levy, Ed Fidelli, Win
Knox, Fred Falbusch and Jud Parker sharcti
the five-way high scoring honors in the annual
movie industry golf outing Monday
(8), sponsored by the Variety Club of New
England at the Indian Meadows Country
Club. Westboro. Delightful, sunny weather
assisted in attracting a record number of
golf competitors and others who just
turned
out for a day of relaxation and fun.
Top winner of a prize for which a ticket
was drawn was Milton Wolff, who was recipient
of a fine set of golfing woods. The
top five winners for door prizes were Ken
Loew, Fran Charles, Irving Shapiro, Nate
Katz and Dave Titleman. Shapiro drew his
own number so he threw out the ticket and
did not collect a prize.
Among oldtimers on Boston's Filmrow
who came back for a day with industry
friends were Bill Horan, formerly Warner
Bros, exchange manager and now golf pro
at the Hillcrest Country Club; Seth Field,
lomerly with Affiliated Theatres; Meyer
Feltman, formerly Universal exchange manager
and now retired and experimenting with
golf; Tony Russo from Bellow Falls, Vt.,
now serving with Interstate Theatres as a
publicity artist.
The enjoyable affair began with a buffet
from noon until 1:30 and, in the casual atmosphere
of the afternoon, golfers were
permitted to tee off any time on rounds to
qualify for the scoring prizes. For those
who preferred a less strenuous afternoon, a
swimming pool and card games were available.
A steak dinner and awarding of the
golf and door prizes rounded out the enjoyable
day arranged by Mai Green, Bill
Koster, Jim Mahoney, Larry Herman, Irving
Shapiro and Mike Fleisher, members of the
Tent 23 committee in charge of the event.
Albee Equipment, Objects
Of Art Sold at Auction
PROVIDENCE,
R.L—Several exhibitors
and theatre supply dealers were in the
crowd attending the auction Tuesday (9) disposing
of properties of the Famous Albee
Theatre.
Much interest was shown in the numerous
marble objects, leaded glass and other rare
materials, as well as in the rare oil paintings,
hand-carved tables, crystal chandeliers and
innumerable art objects used in the decor of
the Albee era.
Waterbury Unemployment
Now Rated 'Substantial'
WATERBURY, CONN. —This major
western Connecticut city is among the latest
cities added to the U.S. Labor Department
roster of communities classified as containing
substantial unemployment—6 per cent or
more of the labor force.
The national unemployment rate is running
at 4.8 per cent; Waterbury hit 7 per
cent in April.
Rainy Weekend Boon to Exhibitors
In Boston; 'Jenny in 250 Debut
BOSTON—Rainy Saturday (6) sent a lot
of customers to see movies instead of driving
off for the parks and beaches and thus
helped rescue exhibitors from a really poor
week. Factors contributing to the low business
level included lack of powerful new
products, fear of older people to venture
downtown at night and the generally slack
business conditions in the community. Film
business hit the slides about two months
ago, during student riots and protests. Then,
just as the youngsters were beginning to patronize
theatres again, school and college
terms ended and students were off for their
hometowns. "M*A*S*H" (400 at the
Charles), "Woodstock" (390 at Cheri One)
and "Anne of the Thousand Days" (300 at
Cheri Two) were the week's strongest grossers.
(Average Is tOO)
Abbey Women in Love (UA), 3rd wk 100
Astor The Liberation of L. B. Jones (Col),
3rd wk 100
Charles M*A'S*H (20th-Fox|, 10th wk 400
Cheri One Woodstock (WB), 10th wk 390
Cherj Two Anne of the Thousand Days (Univ),
4fh wk 300
Cheri Three Jenny (CRC) 250
Circle Patton (20th-Fox), 1 3th wk 145
Exeter—Z (SR), 23rd wk 200
Gary The Female Animal (SR) 250
Kenmore The Wedding Night (SR) 120
Music Hall Suppose They Gove a Wor and
Nobody Came (CRC), 2nd wk ^ 100
Paramount Airport (Univ), 12th wk 200
Paris Cinema The Magic Garden of Stanley
Sweetheort (MGM), 2nd wk 120
Pi Alley The Sicilian Clan (20th-Fox), 3rd wk. .175
Savoy Let It Be (UA), 3rd wk 250
Saxon— Hello, Dolly! (20th-Fox), 14th wk 200
West End Cinema Fuego (SR) 200
'Airport,' "Naked Under Leather'
Share 300 Tie in Hartford
HARTFORD—"Naked Under Leather"
and "I Am Curious (Blue)" shared newcomers'
spotlight with 300 and 250 performances,
respectively, at the Strand and Rivoli
theatres. Keeping step with them was second
week "Airport," which tripled average
at Cinema I.
Art Cinema The Art of Marriage (SR); The
Corporate Queen (SR) 125
Berlin, Meadows Let It Be (UA), 2nd wk 75
Cinema I (Univ), 2nd wk 300
Cinema II Norwood (Para), 2nd wk 90
Tent 23 Arranging Jet
Excursion to London
Boston—The Variety Club of New
England is extending an invitation to
persons in the motion picture Industry
who would he interested in
joining club
members on an cighl-day vacation trip
to London, England.
Bill Koster, executive secretary of
the club, said that a low-cost jet excursion
will be available, leaving here
October 10 and returning to Boston
October 17.
Those interested are invited to contact
Koster in the Variety clubroonis or
by writing to him at Variety Club Tent
23. Hotel Statler Hilton. Boston, Mass.
02117. Koster will send a brochure
describing the trip if requested to do
so.
Cinerama- Woodstock (WB,, 4lh wk ISO
Elm— Hollo, Dolly! (20lh Foxj, I ith wk 135
Five theatres A Man Called Horse (NGP),
2nd wk, ,
75
Newinqton— Women in Love 'UA), 2nd wk 115
Paris Cinema I Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid (20th-Fox), 32nd wk 65
Pans Cinema II, UA Theatre East— M'A'S'H
(20th-Fox), 9th wk 55
Rivoli I Am Curious (Blue) fSR) 250
Strand— Naked Under Lcofhcr (WB) 300
Webster— The Boys in the Bond (NGP), 2nd wk. . . 1 20
'Airport' 325, "Patton 300
In 2nd New Haven Week
NEW HAVKN — Holdovers
"Airport"
and "Patton" were the only pictures with
real scoring punch, although several others
shot ahove the average 100 line into the
1 15-150 range. "Airport" came up with a
solid 325 second week at the Showcase Cinema
II and "Patton" was an even 300 in
the adjaceni Cinema I auditorium.
.
Cinemort Hello, Dolly! (20fh-Fox), 26th wk 120
College One More Time (UA) 125
College Street Cinema The Magic Garden of
Stanley Sweetheart (MGM), 2nd wk 75
Crown Without a Stitch (SR), 5th wk 90
Lawrence The Hong-Up (SR) 125
Lincoln Feilini Sotyricon (UA). 4th wk
Milford Cinema, Paramount A Man Called Horse
65
(NGP), 2nd wk 100
Princess Man and Wife (SR), 4th wk 100
Roger Sherman Brotherly Love (MGM) 115
Showcase Cinema (20th-Fox), 2nd wk. 300
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Showcase Cinema II Airport (Univ), 2nd wk.
Showcose Cinema III M'A'S'H (20th-Fox),
10th wk 80
Westville, Whitney, Bowl The Liberation
of L. B. Jones (Col) 1 50
Wholley—Woodstock (WB), 5th wk 150
Bedford, N.H., Selectmen
Halt 'I Am Curious' Run
BEDFORD. N.H.—After an abbreviated
five-day run at the Bedford Grove Drive-In.
the showing of the controversial Swedish
film. "I Am Curious (Yellow)." was halted
following what was described as a "very
amicable" meeting of theatre representatives
and members of the Bedford board of selectmen.
According to Frank H. Barnard, a member
of the hoard, the two groups reached a
"friendly" agreement for cancellation of the
film's engagement.
Barnard denied that the selectmen had
threatened any legal action against the
movie but commented he "would imagine
that after having a discussion on the film.
lhc> (theatre representatives) would probably
"think twice" before presenting another
X-rated screen attraction.
Mrs. Ray Starita. owner of Bedford Grove
in which the theatre is located, had protested
against the showing of what she denounced
as a "most obscene film," and
even ran advertisements in the Manchester
Union Leader denying an\ connection with
the drive-in itself and sirongh objecting
to the movie.
Mrs. Starita said she published the ads
after several citizens had protested the
showing of the film. After the ads appeared,
•ihe reported, she received several "crank"
letters but she nevertheless expressed relief
that "I .Am Curious (Yellow)" had been cancelled.
BOXOFFICE :: June 22, 1970 NE-1

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BOSTON
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must be kept at a reasonable level so as lo
prevent neighborhood complaints on noise.
• Control of traffic exiting from movie
lot so as not to impede travel on the puhlic
wav for unreasonable lengths ol lime.
VERMONT
H metal barricade has been insl.illcd
across
the entrance of the Burlington Drive-In
in Shelburne so motorists cannot get a free
view of movies on the .screen from Selburnc
Road. While area residents were trying
without success recently to deprive the outdoor
theatre of its license, complaining
about the type of films being shown. Ihcy
also asked that the screen be blocked from
view from the roadside. The attempt to hall
licensing of the drive-in was thwarted when
officials pointed out that Shelburne licenses
are issued on a continuing basis instead ot
annual renewals.
.Six thousand Vermont employers, including
movie theatre owners, have been urged
by the Vermont Employment Service, with
Mrs. Stella B. Hackel as employment security
commissioner, to hire at least one
student for the summer. As an encouragement
to employers. Mrs. Hackel pointed out
that "summer employees sometimes, after
graduation, become valuable permanent employees."
Cinemas I and II in the Burlington Plaza
announced that "the management is now
hooking special matinee films for grade or
high school field trips any day during the
month of June." Teachers interested in the
special attraction were asked to contact the
management.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Qalton's Six Acres, a night entertainment
spot at Crystal Lake in Manchester.
has been providing its guests with Sunday
night movies. The establishment also featured
floor shows, with two performances
nightly, and was seeking to hire go-go girls.
Free Saturday parking is being provided
during the summer months for moviegoers
and other persons in the Manchester business
district, courtesy of the Manchester
traffic committee and the Downtown Manchester
Ass'n. "This is the .second summer
the plan has been tried and town officials
felt that it stimulated business to a helpful
deuree in 1969.
Minimum Wage Eiiective
For Theatres August 1
Boston—Carl Cioldman, executive
director for Theatre Owners of New
I'.ntllaiid, aiinouiued that the Mas.saehusetts
minimum wage for ushers,
ticket-takers and ticket sellers will be
$1.25 per hour, effective Aujjusf 1.
This rate was set for a 4tl-hour week
and time and one-half mast be paid for
each hour in excess of 40.
Perakos Building
Bloomfield Unit
HARTFORD— Construction has started
on a 9()()-seat motion picture theatre in the
multi-million dollar Beckenstcin Bros. Win
lonhurv Shopping Mall in suburban Bloomfield.
.An early fall completion is the target of
Perakos Theatres Associates, New Britain
independent circuit, which will operate the
theatre.
HARTFORD
pichard Buzzell, manager of E. M. Loew's
Hartford Drive-In. and Mrs. Buzzell
became grandparents with the birth of a boy,
named Arthur True, lo their son and
daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O.
Buzzell. The newcomer's dad, recently di^charged
from the Marine Corps after Vietnam
duty, is a machinist at Fenn Mfg. Co.
in Newington.
Bernie and Sy Menschell are
experimenting
with a dollar matinee policy on Saturdays
at their Berlin Cine I, II complex.
Mrs. Audrey Rushon, house manager at
the first-run Central for the past several
years, has resigned and will announce a new
industry affiliation shortly. She took the
title while the theatre was operated by Park
Street Investment Co.: the showcase is now
part of ABC and supervised by ABC district
representative Ray McNamara.
Former Republican Hartford chairman
Theodore J. DiLorenzo, son of the late
Connecticut film industry pioneer A. J. Di-
I.orenzo. is being urged to seek the Republican
nomination for Hartford Judge of Probate.
Theodore DiLorenzo is a nephew of
M. J. "Mickey" Daly, president of the Daly
Theatre Corp., Hartford.
SPRINGFIELD
Mational General Corp. has shifted Art
Bauman, manager of the newly opened
Fox Theatre, to the Fox in Albany . . . Art
Stein, former manager of Joe Levine's
Round Hill Drive-In, is now a sales executive
for Allston Supply Co.
AI Sharby has resigned as manager of the
Victory, Holyoke . Webb, veteran
Arcade projectionist, is back in the booth
after prolonged illness.
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NFB Is Participant
In Welfare Meeting
MONTREAL—The National Film Board
played a major part in the National Conference
on Social Welfare, held in Toronto's
Skyline Hotel Monday through Friday (15-
19). The board's Challenge for Change program
participated through the presentation
of some of its most recent films.
The film "Citizen's Medicine" was premiered
Wednesday (17). This is the story of
a clinic founded by the Citizens' Committee
of St. Jacques in Montreal. A di.scussion
followed the screening, in which members
of the committee confronted representatives
of the medical establishment.
On the first day of the conference, two
NFB films were introduced to the delegates:
"Occupation," an account of student protest
at McGill University in Montreal, and "Activator
One," the story of Dave Pellan, who
operates a self-help center in Vancouver.
The National Film Board film, "Up
Against the System," a production featuring
citizens in conference with the welfare establishment,
was shown Wednesday (17).
The picture was followed by a roundtable
discussion featuring the personalities who
appeared in the production.
Throughout the five-day conference, the
NFB made extensive use of videotape. Comments
on each of the major sessions were
filmed and reviewed and a summai-y of the
conference was edited for projection at the
closing session.
'Manhattan Odyssey' Is
Soon to Open in Canada
MONTREAL—The historic voyage of
the S. S. Manhattan soon will be seen on
theatre screens across Canada. "The Manhattan
Odyssey," a short color film by the
National Film Board, follows the gigantic
oil tanker and its companion, the Canadian
ice breaker Sir John A. Macdonald, on their
perilous journey through the Arctic ice.
Directed and filmed by Bernard Gosselin,
"The Manhattan Odyssey" was shot from
aboard ship, from the Arctic ice and from
the air. The enormity of the ship's achievement
is made even more spectacular when
the camera dwarfs the huge ship in the
vastness of the Canadian Arctic. The
voyage is presented in a perspective which
was impossible to capture through the
newspaper accounts of the trip.
Color Documentary Shows
Natural Beauty of B.C.
VANCOUVER — Galanty
Production's
"West Coast on My Mind" is a color documentary
directed by Darryl Duke on various
aspects of British Columbia where man can
still live free of water and air pollution and
where campers have not yet destroyed the
beauty of the scenery.
Produced by David Pears with associate
producer Hugh Gauntlett, "West Coast on
My Mind" was directed by Jack Long, edited
by Don Cumming, narrated by Daryl
Duke.
BOXOFFICE ;: June 22, 1970
Famous Players to Open 75 in 1970;
Far-Reaching Expansion Is Planned
TORONTO — By December, Famous
Players Canadian Corp. will have opened
15 new theatres across Canada within the
year and expansion plans are projected well
into 1972 — proof of the company's optimism
about the industry's future.
In 1970, Famous Players, celebrating a
50th anniversary of its own, finds itself to
be undergoing one of the most significant
phases of change in its history. Adaptation
to downtown rehabilitation programs and to
the explosion of suburban communities has
been in progress for the past few years. But
actual crystallization appears to have happened
in the past 12 months.
As Canada's oldest and largest circuit,
having landmark theatre properties in all of
the major cities from coast-to-coast. Famous
has found itself the holder of coveted downtown
properties which no longer are returning
dollars in proper relation to the real
estate values involved.
Becoming a Developer
Therefore, the company is turning developer,
in partnership with professionals in
the field. One by one, a possible 20 vintage
theatres will be razed within the next ten
years. Replacing them will be high-rise
complexes involving hotel or apartment accommodation,
restaurants, underground
parking facilities, office and retail boutique
space and, without exception, a single or
dual cinema.
The rationale is economic. With high-rise,
multiple-use redevelopment, Famous will
retain
theatre revenues, hopefully even improve
on them, and meanwhile enjoy the
profits from lease income provided by other
phases of the complex. It will retain an
equity position in every development and not
be required to provide any major capital
outlay.
First in Winnipeg
The first such redevelopment opened recently
in downtown Winnipeg, Man. With
partners Western Theatres, Famous razed
the old Lyceum Theatre and erected in its
place the Northstar Inn, which comprises a
variety of commercial phases along with
dual FP cinemas. Presently, demolition of
the Capitol Theatre in Ottawa, the nation's
capital, is under way. it will be replaced by
a high-rise apartment hotel complex similar
to the Northstar Inn and, again, will
include
a dual cinema. Plans for other key locations
are on the drawing boards.
One notable exception in Famous' "landmark
redevelopment" program is the Uptown
Theatre in midtown Toronto. Almost
as old as Famous Players itself, the Uptown
was one of the city's largest houses, with
2,245 seats, and held a stage area which at
one time accommodated major vaudeville
and variety productions.
Located at one of Toronto's main intersections—Bloor
and Yonge—the Uptown
properly could have been razed and replaced
with a prolii.ible high-rise facility.
But the planners, acknowledging the dense
concentration of office workers in the area,
plus the round-the-clock shopping and
restaurant traffic, devised a unique alternative
plan. The result is Canada's first fivein-one
theatre, five auditoriums of graduating
size under the original roof, four of
them feeding off the main lobby, with the
lifth and smallcsl house opening from a
backslreet hoxoltice area. The Uptown now
is returning revenues commensurate with its
property values.
This, in essence, is the contemporary
character of the 50-year-old Famous Players
Canadian Corp. Looking to the '70s as one
of its most progressive periods. Famous has
even started looking outside the country for
expansion possibilities. It recently acquired
the Paramount Theatre in Paris and plans
are being considered to convert it into a
multiple house along the lines of the Uptown.
Also, the Paramount dual in London's
Haymarket-Piccadilly area has been acquired
and further exploration will be made.
'Space Odyssey' Starts
Third Year in Toronto
TORONTO - Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr's
"2001: A Space Odyssey" entered its third
year Thursday, May 28, at the Glendale
here. In two years Stanley Kubrick's film
has sold 500,000 tickets for total receipts
of just over $1,000,000. The engagement
has attracted thousands of repeal patrons,
one high school student seeing it 49 times.
MGM officials in New York confirm that
this is the film's longest run. It ran for 78
unbroken weeks at the Warner in Los
Angeles, followed immediately by 2.^ weeks
in the same area's Beverly Hills Theatre.
Third longest run was in San Francisco,
with 73 weeks at the Golden Gate Theatre
and 14 at the Penthouse, for a total of 87.
However, both of these runs are now over
and the engagement at the Glendale here
still draws lineups and packed houses on
weekends. Manager Jack Cottingham reports
that he has never seen such intense
interest in a film in his experience.
Columbia's "Cromwell" will have Royal
World Premiere in London July 16.
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NiojJ) pace, led by "Airpi'rl" al the Carlton
and "Anne ol the Thousand Days" at the
lairlawn. each in its llth week in Toronto.
Among the new pictures sh«.»wing to good
Kixotfice advantage were "The Lawyer" in
a group ot Imperial theatres and "Time lor
tiiving" at the Dominion Cinema. "How the
West VN'as Won" came back to town as a
reissue and rated "Cio.Hl" at the University.
Copri— Sl> Ooyi That Shook the WorM (IFD),
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Domini.'n CmcniQ— Tlm« Jor Giving (20th-Fox) . Good
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(Univ), llth v.k Excellent
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Hollywood (South)—M'A'S'H (20th-Fox),
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H>iond—Tlie Liberation ot L. B. Jonei (Col) . . . .Good
Imperial group— The Lawyer (Pora) Good
InterrHjttonol Cinc^ia Z iC-P). 18th wk Good
Towne Cinema Women in Love (UA), 4th wk. Good
Uptown I— Woodstock WBi. 9th wk Good
Uptown 2— A Mon Colled Hone (Emp). 3rd wk. .Good
Uptown 3—The Boys in the Bond (Emp),
9th w*
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Uptown Bockstogc 1 — They Shoot Horses,
Don't They? IFD), 17th »k Good
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VANCOUVER — .Strikes, lockouts and
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where construction, pulp and sawmills were
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Capitol— The Kremlin Letter (20th-Fox), 2nd wk. Foir
Coronet- What Do You Soy to o Naked Lady?
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WINNIPEG— Business slumped to the
lowest point thus far in 1970 during the report
week. The poor showing was attributed
both lo the onset of summer and to the public's
obvious lack of interest in the new
products.
Capitol—A Man Colled Horse (Emp), 3rd wk. . .Good
Downtown— Bora Bora (Astral), Tiger by the
Toil (Astral) Good
Goiety— Brotherly Love (MGM) Foir
Garnck II—Airport (Univ), 1 1th wk Averoge
King's—Women in Love (UA) 2nd wk Good
North Star I—The Boys in the Bond (Emp),
3rd wk Good
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Polo Pork M'A'S'H (20th-Fox), llth wk Good
Towne Monique (SR), 2nd wk Fair
"Grasshopper'
'Excellent'
In Montreal 1st Week
MONTRE.\L — Attendance at leading
first-run theatres here was better in the
report week as U.S. visitors came to the
city on time off during their Memorial Day
weekend. Initial showings of "The Grasshopper"
at the Palace and the second week
of "Without a Stitch" at the Snowdon attracted
the best response and each had an
"excellent" gross rating for the week.
Alouette—Let It Be (UA), 3rd wk Good
Atwater Cincmo I—Airport (Univ), 10th wk. ..Good
Avenue— Women in Love (UA), 5th wk Good
Copitol— Red (SR), 10th wk Good
Cinema Place du Canoda—The Secret of Santo
Vittoria (UA), 3rd wk Good
Cinema Place Ville Morie— Fellini Sotyricon
(SR), 4th wk Good
Cinemo Westmount Square—M*A*S*H
(20th-Fox), 10th wk Good
Elysee (Resnois)— Le Temps de Vivre (SR),
3rd wk Good
Elysee (Eisenstein)—More (SR), 3rd wk Good
Loew's— A Man Called Horse (Emp) Good
Polace—The Grasshopper (Emp) Excellent
Porisien— L'lnitiotion (SR), 19th wk Good
Seville— Anne of the Thousond Days (Univ),
17th wk Good
Snowdon—Without a Stitch (SR), 2nd wk. ..Excellent
Vendome—Z (SR), 30th wk Good
Westmount—Laving (Col) Good
York—Woodstock (WB), 6th wk Good
NFB Releases Series
On Eskimo Culture
MONTREAL — A series of nine color
films (in 21 parts) on Eskimo life prior to
European contact have just been released
by the National Film Board and are available
from all NFB offices across Canada and
abroad. The films, produced under grants
from the National Science Foundation and
the Ford Foundation of the United States
by the Education Development Center, Cambridge,
Mass., in association with the board,
focus on the Netsilik Eskimos of the Canadian
Arctic.
The Netsilik are a seal hunting people
dwelling along the Arctic coast northwest
of Hudson Bay. The particular group chosen
for this filming is known as the Arviligjuarmiut,
a subgroup who dwell around Felly
Bay. an arm of the sea about 60 miles
long and surrounded by rocky hills.
Because the Netsilik even now have little
contact with the outside world, a minimum
of reconstruction was needed in filming.
The films explore all aspects of Eskimo life
and are grouped according to the seasons
which dictate the social and economic life
of these people.
Although the films are of interest to
all levels of education, they are of particular
value to students of economic anthropology,
primitive technology and North American
aboriginal cultures. The series is presently
being used in the upper grades of elementary
schools in the U.S. as the concluding
portion of a one-year course of studies
of man.
Columbia's "Cromwell" brings to the
screen the spectacular drama of the commoner
who wielded more power than any
other ruler in British history.
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uptight ag.iin. Over .M),0()() new applications
lor iinemploN nicnl Insurance by ancillary
workers affected by the strike were
made in the month of May alone. Particularly
hard hit are the drive-ins, which cater
in large part to that segment of the economy
most affected by the labor troubles . . .
Local radio and TV figure Jennifer Bennett
has been promoted to producer-director for
the Toronto Metropolitan Lulucational TV
Authority, which makes educational films.
Visiting the Row were L. Thibodeaii of
the .Mston Williams Lake and P.iiil Ciauihier
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Quesnel. who was en route to Montreal.
Paul's home outside of Quesnel burned to
the ground recently . . . Bill
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Indianapolis and, as a result, missed the
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Canawest Studios has again won the Gold
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It also received the annual Business
Screen Award lor outstanding creativity,
piesented by Lou B. Ciregory, editor of
Business Screen Magazine.
Visitors taking in the golf tournament al
McReery included Kelly Haytcr from the
.Starlite, Salmon Arm; Jack Armstrong.
Odeon. and Tom Wall, Oak Bay, Victoria;
Zollie Volchok of the Seattle Variety Club,
guest oi Doug Ismun of Canfilms; Lionel
Courchine, lately of the Surrey Drive-In,
anil Bill Ciiglio of Theatre Confections,
l.ojalites attending included F. J. "Red"
Flockharl, who once again was the oldest
pioneer present; Shirley Wilson, chief censor
(oooops—classifier); Ray McDonald; Vancouver's
own astronaut Syd Freedman, and
Ivan Ackery, both resplendent.
The Colonial (Magic Theatre) revived
"Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's," followed
by the Marx brothers' "Go West." The
theatre also showed a group of movies, made
by young local filmmakers, at 8 p.m. and
10 p.m. May 26, with admission $1. This
amount seems to be the norm for the local
student working on a short budget. Bryan
Small, one of the sponsors, interviewed by
Sun entertainment editor Lee Wedman,
said, "Many of the filmmakers are facing
artistic genocide because there are no channels
in Canada to foster the growth and
development of filmmaking at the earl>
personal level."
Two Gunmen Rob Theatre
Manager and Take $3,300
BURNABY. B.C.—Two men armed with
revolvers held up the Lougheed Mall Triple
Theatres late Saturday, May 16, hitting theatre
manager Syd Freedman over the head
before escaping on foot with $3,300.
Freedman and a theatre employee. Cliff
Gallant. 19, were carrying the night's receipts
to the Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce in the mall when they were approached
by one of the robbers.
"He told us he had a gun," said Gallant,
"but we didn't take him seriously and I continued
towards the night depository with
the bag.
"Then he hit Freedman over the head
with the gun, pointed his gun and told us
to lie down on the floor."
Freedman was taken to Royal Columbian
Hospital, where he received six stitches on
the back of his head and was released.
Police said Monday, May 18, that no suspects
had been arrested in
the robbery.
Peter Bobela Appointed
To SF Post by Columbia
From Western Edition
.SAN FRANCISCO — Peter Bobela has
been appointed Columbia Pictures field representative
in San Francisco, it was announced
by the company.
Bobela had been manager of National
General Corp.'s Bruin Theatre in Westwood,
Calif., for the past four years. In the new
position, Bobela will report directly to John
Skouras, Columbia's national exploitation
manager.
BOXOFFICE :: June 22, 1970

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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
Aim 'Rain' Campaign
Ai New York Women
Columbia Pictures embarked on an unusual
all-media promotion and exploitation
campaign in connection with the New York
premiere of the Ingrid Bergman-Anthonv
Quinn starrer, "A Walk in the Spring Rain."
Timed to the film's opening at Columbia
Showcase Presentation theatres throughout
the metropolitan area, the campaign was designed
to reach New York's moviegoers, with
particular emphasis on women.
A major feature of the film's launching
was a broadened advertising campaign in
which all metropolitan area newspapers
carried special ads for "A Walk in the
Spring Rain" on their women's pages in addition
to the regular ads appearing in their
entertainment sections.
The women's page ads—^which were
totally different from all others being used
asked this question: "What should a married
woman do when she falls in love with
another man?" Key art featured Miss Bergman
in close-up. These ads also described the
film as "the love story you'll love."
At the same time, Columbia made a saturation
buy on WOR-AM radio which concentrated
on four of the station's top talk
shows—John Gambling, The Fitzgeralds,
Martha Deane and Arlene Francis. Gambhng,
in addition, invited 200 listeners to a
special screening of the film to be held the
morning of June 22 at the Pacific East Theatre.
In
another phase of the New York campaign,
Cokmibia has arranged to host special
invitational neighborhood previews. Local
merchants are cooperating with the program
by displaying window cards containing preview
details and distributing tickets to their
local theatres.
The first preview took place June 15 in
Brooklyn at the Midwood Theatre. The
following morning, previews were held simultaneously
in Manhattan at the Riviera
Theatre, Queens at the Forest Hills Theatre,
and the Bronx at the David Marcus Theatre.
An additional campaign feature offered
free gifts to the first 200 patrons at each
showcase theatre on opening day. Columbia
supplied each theatre with colorful plastic
rain bonnets and copies of the single recording
of the film's title theme by Ray Conniff
and the Singers on Columbia Records.
"A Walk in the Spring Rain" was produced
and written by Stirling Silliphant. Guy
Green directed the poignant film based on
the novella by Rachel Maddux.
E- Covered Cars Used by Columbia
To Aid Executioner' in Key Cities
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BOXOFFICE Showmandiser :: June 22, 1970 91 —
listeners will be asked to guess. The participating
radio station will broadcast dozens
of clues concerning the car's whereabouts
throughout the day. At the same time, local
newspapers will be given a daily schedule of
The Executioner's car.
Prizes will be awarded for guessing the
real identity of The Executioner, as well as
for determining the number of "E's'' on his
car.
In addition to Charlotte. Ft. Worth and
Dallas, The Executioner's auto will soon
visit the Philadelphia area, with plans now
being set for similar contests in Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Columbus, Albany, Buffalo, Rochester
and Kansas City.
Cigars Given to Ladies
For his engagement of "Bloody Mama"
at the Downtown Theatre in Toronto, Ont.,
manager Dudley Dumond played up the
newspaper ads which depicted Shelley Winters
as a cigar-smoking gangstress. Approaching
a leading tobacco company,
Dumond obtained a sufficient supply of
cigarillos to hand out to each lady coming
into
first
the theatre during the evening over the
weekend "Bloody Mama" was booked.

NATIONWIDE BALLY FOR APES' SEQUEL
Film Outgrosses Original in Engagements From New York to Los Angeles
iiit
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Ape jk'iV/j promote film and niiiii-skiri in \cw York.
Large crowd watches i;irls picket Manhattan store.
"Bcncalh the Planet of the Apes," 20th
Century-Fox's sequel to the highly successful
"Planet of the Apes." has considerably outgrossed
the latter in the first four days of
its premiere engagements in New York, Los
Vngeles and Chicago.
The suspense thriller, in four days at the
l.ocw"s State II and the Orpheum theatres
in New York, has amassed an outstanding
19 per cent more than the boxofficc recorded
for the original in the first four days of
a similar two-theatre engagement. In the
first five days at the Beverly Theatre, Los
.Angeles, the Panavision and Deluxe Color
release grossed an impressive I S per cent increase
over the original in the same time
period at that theatre. The first three days
at the Riwsevcit Theatre in Chicago resulted
in a phenomenal 50 per cent increase over
the first three days of the original at the
same theatre.
Supporting the New York engagement
was a series of promotional stunts and activities
including: the dispatch of four girls in
ape masks throughout Manhattan picketing
the new midi fashions: the stationing of apemasked
girls in front of both theatres and
the distribution of special "ape" heralds: the
circulation of five floats with the masked
girls throughout the five boroughs, and the
appearance of Academy Award-winning
makeup artist John Chambers on "Whafs
My Line?" and "The David Frost Show."
In Fort Worth. Tex.. Harry Gaines, manager
of the Hollywood Theatre, got a lot of
publicity for his theatre's engagement of
"Beneath the Planet of the Apes. '
His cashier,
Betsy Cook, donned an ape mask and
drove a postered convertible through town
as the first phase of the campaign.
Taking advantage of Zoo Week. Don
Brown, summer intern with the Fort Worth
Press, roamed the grounds of the Fort Worth
Zoo in an ape mask. Extensive newspaper
-ovi-i^c, with photos, was gained.
Ape man passini; out heralds helped Hint t,'r().sv in ChicaiiO.
\ isiiiir\ !u I I. a (irih /axi sliinv \ dried reactions to iincai^ed creature.
— 92 — BOXOFFICE Showmandiser :: June 22, 1970

. . Curt
^Mfcmod T^efuytt
Barry Beckerman to Produce
Three Films for Warners
A iiuiltiplc-picture production arrangement
has been made between Warner Bros,
and Barry Beckerman. Three initial properties
have been named by Beckerman, which
he will produce under the new pact. They
are "Resist," "Clay Allison—Down by the
River" and "Interesting .Story of Dood Doolin."
A significant phase of the pop music
business will be the basis of the original
screenplay Douglas Graham is set to write
for Warner Bros. John Calley, Warner's
executive vice-president in charge of production,
announced that the script will be
based on "making it" in the industry and
will be titled "Albatross" . . . Sydney Pollack
has been assigned to direct the Warner
Bros.' "The Crow Killer," which goes before
the cameras in August. Joe Wizan is the
producer, Robert Redford the star and the
screenplay is by John Milius . . Vanessa
.
Redgrave and Oliver Reed were set by producers
Robert H. Solo and Ken Russell to
co-star in "The Devils." according to Danton
Rissner, director of Warner Bros, foreign
production. Ken Russell will direct from his
own screenplay, based on the novel, "The
Devils of Loudun," by Aldous Huxley, and
John Whiting's play, "The Devils." To be
made for worldwide release by Warners
the feature will begin filming the middle of
August in England.
Durand-Guzman Productions
Is New Independent Firm
Rudy Durand and Claudio Guzman have
formed Durand-Guzman Productions to
independently develop and produce original
motion picture properties, it was announced
by Durand at his headquarters at Paramount
Studios. The initial project for the new company
is an original story idea by Durand
titled "United Free Press," and writer Chris
Bunch has been signed by the company to
handle the screenplay. The film is tentatively
slated to go before the cameras in
the early fall . . . Bruce Kerner will produce
and direct "It's Wings That Make Birds
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Fly," a feature that will be shot independently
and is set to roll in early fall. Kerner has
set John Alanzo as director of photography
Producer Alex Gottlieb has completed
a deal with Sidney Sheldon's Hollywood
Mobile Studios to furnish its production facilities
for the location filming of "Jenny by
Nature," starring Joan Crawford. The film,
to be directed by Robert Gist, is based on
the Erskine Caldwell novel from a screenplay
by Francis Swann. Shooting will be
done in Biloxi, Miss., starting in late September
. . . "The Grove," a contemporary drama
to star Robert Culp and Samantha Eggar,
has been set as the initial motion picture
feature to be produced by Bernard Girard
and Reed Sherman under their Centennial
Productions banner, with a July start pen-
By
SYD CASSYD
cilled in, Girard will direct from his own
screenplay, as well as co-produce with Sherman,
and MGM will release. Sidney Kaufman
is executive producer . . . Walter Blake
was appointed associate producer on "The
Grissom Gang" by producer-director Robert
Aldrich. The Associates and Aldrich Co.
presentation for ABC Pictures and Cinerama
relea.se rolls the middle of July at the
Aldrich Studios here.
James Garner, Burt Kennedy
To Co-Produce Xatigo'
James Garner, who recently completed
his starring role in "Sledge," a Cherokee-De
Laurentiis production for Columbia release,
entered into a joint film venture with
producer-director Burt Kennedy, for the
production of "Latigo." This is a western
from an original screenplay by James Edward
Grant, to star Garner with Kennedy
directing. Film will be produced by Garner's
Brigade Productions and Kennedy's Brigade
Productions for United Artists release. Bill
Finnegan produces . . . Jack Starrett will
direct the Cinema Center 100 motion picture,
"The Man in the Back Seat," to be
produced by Collier Young with Nathaniel
Lande as executive producer and starring
David Janssen. "The Man in the Back Seat,"
a suspense-melodrama written by Marvin A.
Gluck, is based on an original story, "The
Passenger," by producer Young. Production
is scheduled to begin this month on location
along the Pacific coastline, the Mexican
border and in San Diego . . . Serge Bourguignon,
who wrote and directed "Sundays
and Cybele," which won the 1962 Academy
Award for the Best Foreign Film, will direct
"The Children at the Gate," motion picture
based on the Edward Lewis Wallant novel to
be produced by Joyce Selznick and William
Graf for Cinema Center Films. This was
Wallanfs last novel, published posthumously
in 1964, and is scheduled for filming during
1970 entirely on location.
Castings of
Week Include
Lee Remick, Curt Jurgens
Lee Remick will play Paul Newman's wife
in the Newman-Foreman Productions-Universal
film (starring Paul Newman, Henry
Fonda and Michael Sarrazin) "Sometimes a
Great Notion." The film will start principal
photography June 22 on location in Oregon
under Richard .A. Colla's direction. The
Jennings Lang presentation will be produced
by John Foreman, with Frank Caffey as associate
producer , . . Heather North will
play the lead opposite Kurt Russell in
Walt Disney Productions' "The Rating
Game," a spoof on the television rating system.
She joins Joe Flynn and Wally Cox.
Robert Butler directs the Joe McEveety
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script, based on the original story by Lila
Garrett and Bernie Kahn. Produced by William
Anderson .
Jurgens, international
motion picture star, goes into an important
starring role in "The Mephisto
Waltz," suspense melodrama based on Fred
Mustard Stewart's novel. Announcement
was made jointly by Richard D. Zanuck,
president of 20th Century-Fox, and Quinn
Martin, president of QM Productions.
Jurgens joins stars Alan Alda, Barbara
Parkins and Jacqueline Bisset.
John Fiedler. New York stage actor, and
Lincoln Kilpatrick were added to the cast of
the currently filming "Shelia," the Getty-
McDonald-Fromkcss-Stonehenge feature
currently filming at the Goldwyn Studios.
The Brenda Sykes-John Neilson co-starrer is
based on producer Dick Berg's adaptation of
Gunard Solberg's Literary Guild novel and
is under the direction of William Graham,
co-producer Ron Roth and executive producer
J. Ronald Getty.
Jean Wallace in
Femme Lead
In MGM's 'No Blade of Grass'
Producer-director Cornel Wilde has signed
American actress Jean Wallace to play
the female lead in MGM's "No Blade of
Grass," currently shooting in London. Wilde
also signed three young players for costarring
roles: John Hamill and Wendy
Richard, both from television, and Lynnc
Frederick, 16-year-old. making her acting
debut. All three are Londoners. The picture
also stars Nigel Davenport and Anthony
May . . . The Bryna Co. signed June Fairchild
for a major role in "Summcriree," the
film for Columbia release which is being
produced by Kirk Douglas and directed by
Anthony Newley. Michael Douglas. Jack
Warden, Brenda Vaccara, Barbara Bel Geddes
and Kirk Calloway star in the story of
a young man who resists being drafted for
. . . Bruce
the Vietnam war. The film was written for
the screen by Edward Hume from Ron
Cowen's hit off-Broadway play
Davison joins Ernest Borgnine. previously
signed, for the film version of the Bing
Crosby production, "Ratman's Notebook"
. . . Universal exercised its option for an
additional term on Richard Van VIect,
American Academy of Dramatic Arts graduate
who made his feature picture debut in
Ross Hunter's "Airport" . . . Screenwriter
Buck Henry, who appeared in small roles in
"The Graduate" and "Catch-22," both of
which he scripted, has been signed by producer
Alfred W. Crown to play the lead role
of Lynn Carlin's husband in Czech director
Milos Forman's first American motion picture,
"S.P.F.C." a Forman-Crown-Hausman
production for Universal . . . Clu Gulager,
who recently made his bow as a producerdirector-writer
with the 18-minute short
subject, "A Day With the Boys" for Universal,
had his option for a new term contract
renewed by the studio . . . Stacy Keach has
been set for a cameo appearance as a mean
old miser in MGM's "Brewster McCloud,"
according to Robert Altman. director, and
producer Lou .\dler. The Lou .\dler-John
Phillips production in association with
Lion's Gate Films, stars Bud Cort, Sally
Kellerman and Michael Murphy and co-stars
John Schuck.

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the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements ore not listed. As new runs
ore reported, ratings ore added and overages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in
relation to normal grosses os determined by the theatre manogcrs. With 100 per cent as "normal,"
the figures show the gross ratings obove or below thot mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.)
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AMERICAN INT'L 3
AVCO EMBASSY
BUENA VISTA S 'Zd
CINERAMA
©Two Geritlemen Sharing
(106) D..6918
Judy Geesnn. Roblo Phillips
©Change of Mind (103) ..Sus. .116
Raymond 81. Jaciues, Susan Oliver O
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©La Femme Infidele (100) D..6902
Stephane Audran
©Truman Capote's Trilogy
(100) D..6908
Mildred Natwick, Maure«n Stapleton.
Geraldlne Page. Martin Balsam
©Angel, Angel, Down We Go
(93) D..6910
Jennifer Jonsa. Jordan Oirjstopher
©Don't Drink the Water (98) .C
Jackie Glca9on. Bstelle Parsons
iim
©Fearless Frank (79) C. .6921
Jun Volght. Monlque Van Vooren
(Shu\in In combination with)
©Krakatoa. East of Java
(127) ® Ad. .071
.Maximilian Schell, Brian
Keith (General Release)
. ©Madigan's Millions (79) C . 6914
liustin Hoffman. Elsa Martlnelll.
Cesar Komero
©They Shoot Horses, Don't
They? (120) D..225
Jane Fonda. Michael Sarrazln
(Selected enjagemtnts)
CD
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©The Dunw'ch Horror
(90) Ho. .6911
Sandra Dee, Dean Btockwell
©To Commit a
(91)
©Savage Wild, The
(103) (5) Ad.. 6923
Gordon Eaatman (Special Release!
©End of the Road (111) ..D. 7001
Stacy Keach, James Earl Jones,
Harris TuUn, Dorothy TrlBtan
©Scream and Scream Again
(94) Ho.. 6922
Vincent Price, (Thrlstopher Lee
©A Time for Giving (formerly titled
"Generation") (104) C
David Jansaen, Carl Reiner
©The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
(93) C..221
Kurt RuBsell, C!esar Romero
©Bora Bora (90) Sex ...0.6908
llajdee Polltoff, Corrado PanI
©Bloody Mama (70) D..7001
Slielley Winters, Pat Hlngle
©Monigue (86) Sex D.
Sibylla Kay, Joan Alcorn
©Explosion (96) P.. 6919
iMHi Eltroud. Gordon TtioiiuoD,
HIchard Coote
©Diary of a Schizophrenic
Girl (108) D .6904
Gbislalne D'Orsay. Margarita Lozano
©Horror House (90) Ho. .7002
Frankle Avaloo, Jill Haworth
(In cnmbloatloD with)
©The Crimson Cull (87) Ho.. 6814
Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee
©King of the Grizzlies (93) Ad, .222
John Yesno, Cbrls Wlggloa
©Cycle Savages (82) Ac. 7003
Bruce Dern, Melody Patterson
©Paddy (97) CD. 7002
lies Cave. Milo O'Shea
©24- Hour Lover (90) C..7005
Harald Lelpnltz. Slbylle Marr
(Special Release)
©Rider on the Rain (119) ..Sus.
Cliarles Bronson. Marlene Jobert
©Wedding Night (98) ..Melo..7006
Wyatt, Dennis Waterman
©The Wife Swappers (84) D..7009
James Donnelly, Valerie St. John
©Count Yorga, Vampire
(92) Ho .7015
Michael Mnrphy. Robert Quarry
.
fiThe Man Who Had Power
Over Women ( . . ) D
Rnd Taylor, (^rol White. James
Booth
©The Road to Salina
Sus
MImsy Farmer. Robert Walker Jr.
©The Swimming Pool (87) ® Melo.
Alain Delnn. Rnmy SctaDelder
©/B&W Three Kinds of Love
(105) D-
C.liita Xorhy. Sicnd Johansen
©Cry of the Banshee
(..) Ho. .7007
Vincent Price, Robert Hutton
©A Bullet for Pretty Boy
(88) Ac. 7010
Fabian Forte. Jocelyn lent
©Soldier Blue (..) Hi.
Candlce Bereen, Peter Strauss
©The Sporting Club (..) . ..Ad.
Robert Fields, Maggie Blye
©The Boalniks (100) C. .227
Robert Morse. Stefanle Powers.
Phil Silvers
©Beyond Good and Evil D..
SiiMchk.i, Frederic St. .lames
©Angel Unchained Ho .
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7019
Don Stroud, Luke Askew
©Macho Callahan W.
David Janssen, Jean Seberg
©Aristocats
(Animated)
(7S)
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The Body Stealers (95) ..SF..6906
• lenri'.e SamU-rs. Mniirtci- K\a'is
Blood Rose
Philippe Lemaire, .\nny Diiperey
©The Head of the Family D
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Leslie Caron. Nino Loy
©This Man IVIust Die (115) D..SO0O
Michel Duchciussny, Canillne Tellier
©GAS! Or It Became Necessary
to Destroy the World in Order
to Save It (90) CD. .7013
Robert rorff. Elaine Glftos
©Up In the Cellar (95) . C, .7012
Wes Stern, Joan Collins
©The Vampire Lovers
(90) Ho.. 7008
Peter Cushlng. Dawn Add.nms
©The People Next Door D
Ell Walla-h. Julie Harris
©Promise at Dawn Hi
Melina Merconrl. Assaf Dayan
©The Ski Bum D.
Zalman Kinc, Charlotte R.ampllnK
©Sunflower (105) D..
Sophia Lflren. Marcello Mastrolanni

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OKlii uit Kill (92) ...He £912
ahlrlrjt kion. Rlrhard Omnt
CSAIIred the Great (125) (Q D .7004
Imid llimmliip, MIriiael York
®A Place for Lovers (90) D..7003
Fa>'e Dlinaway, Marrello Ma^trolannl
OAII Neat in Black Stockings
(96) D..6903
Susan (leorge, Victor Henry
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38«t « Car«l 4 Tt4 4 Alln
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N>ull« (Too4. Kolwrl (\ilp
l«ett«»« FWwr (103)
Oil
PHmIcI (114)
Mro Winiujna. UwUnm
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Fiiu/ull
OT1i« Menltori (92)
Out ftoctvell
C 6910
QTlii Oiy Ikt Hoi LIm Get Het
(100) Soy C 6911
nutlM BoyCT. Kobrrt Tvlor
OOVlTi Mu! (92) C
l'M« L'ltlnoi. rtmcli Tirtln.
Jeuthu Wliitcn
6914
W«r and Pmc« (373) D. .851
T«o parti: General Reloae
UldmlUa BaTrlyera
OOTTit Christmas Tree
(110) D..864
William Ilolden. Vlroa Ual. Andre
Bnurrll
OOGoodbye, Mr. Chips
(156) M..7050
Peter OTnnle. Petula Hark
OThe Gypsy Moths (110) Ac 7006
Hurt l*anfa.Tter. Deborah Kerr
©Marlowe (95) My . . 7005
Jame« Gamer, Oayle Himnlciitt
©Hail, Hero! (100) D. .6914
MIehacI DiHinIas, Arthur Kennedy.
Tirrsa
Wrlt,'ht
(riiiema
renter)
©The Royal Hunt ot the Sun
(113) D. .6909
Itdliert filiaw, (^rtstopher Pliimmcr
(Cinema Center)
(Limited E>i|!aKement«)
OThe Reivers (107) (P) ..C..6912
Steve Mrqiieen. Rhnrnn Farrell
(Ceneral Release)
OTiger by the Tall (99) Ac. .7002
Chrlsiopher (irorse. Itean Jauer
©Johnny Cash: The Man. His
World, His Music (97) Dec. .865
©FlareuB (98) Sus. .7008
Raquel Welch, James Stacy
QA Dream of Kings
(107) f- D .6910
Anthony Qulnn. Irene Papa.s
©, . . tick . . . tick . . . tick . . .
.(97) (B D..7009
Jin Brown, (lenrge Kennedy
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7004
.^ 'e«|t af Connt (98) D 007 OThe Magic
ic Jwr, llMon. Htica MIrrm
Christian (95) ..C Satire
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Pclc' Sellers, Blnfo BUrr
7001
(87) 0. 022
Jala MfUam. Uwlw Ober
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• r««TC4 (U4) n Sii^;in Ocorpe
©Alex in Wonderland ( . . )
Donalil SiiiluTl.init. Ellen M.ierne
©The Annointment D .
Om.ir slKirif .\;iniik Almee
f»Brewtcr McCloud (. .)
Bud Port. R.nlly Kellerman
CThe Bushbaby
Ad.
Marciiret Brnnks. I.ouis Oossett
©Dirty Dinous Magee ( . . )
Frank Sitiatr.t. (lenrEe Kennedv
©Ryan's Daughter (. .)
Boherl Milchum, Trevor Howard
©Traveling Executioner (..)
Stary Ke.ach. Marian.i Hill
©Adam at 6 a m D .
Mich.ael Douglas
©The Baby Maker D .7009
Barhar.a Herslicy, Scott (•Iciin
©Homer
llnu Seanlino. Tisa Farrow
D..
©Little Big Man Satire. .
Ilustiii Hoffman. Martin Balsam
©Monte Walsh W.
Lee Man'in. Jeanne Moreau
©The Rook
.XiiRela L.'uishury, Michael York I
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A combination of satire, old songs and footage
from John Barrymore's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
09201 is this takeoff on the Russian Revolution.
It was filmed entirely in New York on a shoestring
budget by Neil Sullivan, who wrote, produced, directed,
starred, composed some new songs, even
did a few bits. In black and white UniScope, the
Mutual relea.se is .slated for kiddie matinees, for
which it .seems ideal. Possibly college crowds may
be amused by its lack of sophistication, for it manages
to provoke some laughs. Naturally, Sullivan
dominates and he sustains a W. C. Fields imitation
acceptably. He's better at mimicking Milton Berle
in a sequence kidding the invention of television.
The song in.serts have nothing to do with the plot
and tend to bog down the film. Best of the numbers
are Larry O'Dea's "Those S O.B.s Uostaii-s" and Ed
Mayhood's effective renr^erine of "Shall My Soul
Pass Throue-h Old Ireland." Given the opportunity,
Seneca Ames could do quite well, as she's the most
nromising of the supporting players. Creating offbeat
types acceptably are Mayhood, the late George
Badera and Donald F. Barrv. Lawrence Casev was
associate oroducer and William Glass and James
Cozart collaborated on the photography.
Neil
Sullivan. Ed Mayhood, George Badera. Seneca
Ames, Donald F. Barry, Herbert Boland.
Heritage Includes Two Films
On Production Schedule
NEW YORK—Heritage Enterprises, Inc., has announced
the addition of two feature films to its late
1970-early 1971 production schedule. An original
screenplay by Kathrine Tallon, "The Death of Johnny
Ringo." will be produced this winter in .Spain,
while "The Burned Man" will be shot early in 1971.
The company also has set "Shadow Over Innsmouth,"
the H. P. Lovecraft horror tale, for early next year.
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Feature rsvisws
Symbol © denotn color; (g ClnemoScopo; ® Panovlilon; ® Technlromo; (S other onomorphie ptoccMot. tor .tory syno^to on Mich picturo, m* ravoraa ltd..
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever M ""''"*
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Paramount (6927) 130 Minutes Rel. Aug. '70
This lavish musical is a perfect combination of the
talents of Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, director Vincente
Minnelli and composers Alan Jay Lerner and Burton
Lane. It has just about everything to make it a huge
,
success and conceivably could make musicals popular
'
again. The stars are great, with Streisand in top form
singing or handling a Cockney, Brooklynese and upper
class British accent. Montand creates a great impression
as a performer and singer; known here primarily as a
dramatic actor, he'll probably surprise many with his
other talent. Minnelli keeps the production lavish, from
the clothes by Cecil Beaton and Arnold Scas.si to some
impressive time lapse photography. Lerner did a fine
job with the screenplay, based on his musical. The subject
of ESP
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perception) should attract
many, as will the songs, some of which are hits already.
Best known are the title song, "What Did I Have That
I Don't Have Now" ithe best in the show) and "Come
Back to Me," spectacularly performed by Montand and
passersby all over Manhattan. Principal photography in
Panavision and Technicolor by Harry Stradling was done
in New York, Hollywood and at the Royal Pavilion in
Brighton, England.
Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Simon
Oakland, Jack Nicholson, Larry BIyden.
BOATNIKS
Buena Vista (227) 100 Minutes
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Rel. July '70
This Disney film is another welcome entry in the family
film market. It may not have the huge appeal of "Love
Bug," but it will be stronger than "The Computer Wore
Tennis Shoes." This is a Coast Guard comedy about a
nautical nut who foils three bmnbling jewel thieves. It's
a situational comedy that relies on sight gags as well as
hiimorous dialog. Robert Morse is quite likeable as the
awkward ensign. This could herald a great career for him
in Disney vehicles. The three fumbling crooks are adeptly
played by Phil Silvers, Norman Fell and Mickey Shaughnessy.
Veteran Don Ameche makes one of his rare screen
appearances. Wally Cox has a clever cameo bit, and
Stephanie Powers provides the attractive feminine interest
for Morse. The skipper (producer) for this motley crew
was Ron Miller, while the navigator (director) was Norman
Tokar. Arthur Julian wrote the story and screenplay.
It was filmed in Technicolor in the world's busiest
small boat harbor, Newport Beach. It's a hilarious yarn
about the trials and tribulations of the U.S. Coast Guard
as it attempts to cope with the antics of weekend yachtsmen.
This should prove a solid hit in both hardtop and
ozone settings.
Robert Morse, Stephanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman
Fell, Don Ameche, Mickey Shaughnessy, Wally Cox.
COimT YORGA VAMPIRE
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American Int'l (7015) 91 Minutes Rel. June '70
The misleading title, "Count Yorga Vampire," conjm-es
up visions of a horror spoof, but this is a straightforward
vampire tale. It's a family effort by the Macreadys: son
Michael, produced and co-stars in the Erica Production,
daughter Erica has a bit as a nurse and father George,
the veteran actor, narrates. It adds nothing new to the
vampire legends that Hollywood has been fond of filming.
Bob Kelljan, who wrote and directed, has taken too
leisui-ely a pace, but more than makes up for it by a
last reel which finds all the leads dead or among the
living dead. The emphasis is on sex; everyone sleeps
around, even in the midst of the vampires. Nudity has
been forsaken and a lesbian interlude between two lovely
lady vampires was cut. The girls in the cast—Donna
Anders, Judith Lang, Julie Conners and Deborah Darnell
—are nice to look at and Roger Perry steals acting honors
as the doctor. As the Count. Robert Quarry proves to be
a good visual image of Christopher Lee and plays it in
that vein. Technical credits, including William Marx's
score are adequate. The Color by Movielab is fine. As a
single, this should do fairly well, but A-I's usual policy
of double-billing horror pix should enhance the returns.
Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Michael Macready, Donna
Anders, Michael Murphy. Judith Lang.
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National General (7007) 103 Minutes Rel. July '70
Gene Kelly has done a fine job as producer-director of
his first western, "The Cheyenne Social Club." With veterans
James Stewart and Henry Fonda as stars and a
good cast, headed by Shirley Jones, this should do great
business everywhere. Kelly kept the standard sagebrush
ingredients intact while playing for laughs and did this
with remarkably good taste, considering that the action
revolves around a bawdy house. Except for one or two
scenes, it's almost a family comedy. Stewart and Fonda
perform like the pros they are, Fonda being particularly
excellent in a slightly off-beat role for him. Miss Jones
impresses as the madame, with Sue Ane Langdon and
Elaine Devry coming off the best as her gii-ls. Most of
the large supporting cast is in for bits, but Dabbs Greer,
Jean Willes and Robert Wilke stand out. James Lee Barrett
did the original screenplay and was executive producer.
There are two original songs, "Rolling Stone"
i(jone by Stewart and Fonda j "One Dream," by
Walter Scharf, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. The Panavision-Technicolor
location work was executed in Santa
Fe, N. M. The NGP release looks like a winner: everyone
will want to join this club.
James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane
Langdon, Elaine Devry, Jackie Joseph.
COTTON COMES TO HARLEM S ^"Z'
United Artists (7022) 97 Minutes Rel. June '70
The term black comedy is appropriate for the Samuel
Goldwyn jr., production, "Cotton Comes to Harlem": it
can be applied both ways. Call it a comedy-fantasy, or
perhaps a hip cops 'n' robbers movie. As Harlem detectives,
Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques
carry on more like secret agents than policemen and
the latter plays it much too straight, but the results are
still quite funny at times. Despite all the Negro talent
involved, the film veers tow-ards stereotype too often.
Still, the exploitable elements are there, with good cast
names, Ossie Davis as director-co-scripwriter-composer,
and a black and white nude scene. The latter, involving
beautiful Judy Pace and Dick Sabol, as a dumb cop, is
played for laughs and is one of the first of its kind. Cambridge,
resembling a black Charlie Chan, is completely
entertaining in the lead, w'ith popular Calvin Lockhart,
a bit out of his element, also scoring. Good support comes
from Redd Fox, Lou Jacobi and Emily Yancy. Songs are
in the spiritual vein and include "Ain't Now, But It's
Gonna Be" and the title song. Ai-nold Perl and Davis
based their screenplay on Chester Himes' novel. Gerald
Hirschfeld did an excellent job of filming in and around
Harlem in DcLuxe Color.
Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin
Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Fox, John Anderson.
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United Artists (7021) 93 Minutes Rel. May '70
Jerry Lewis makes his cebut as the director of a film
in which he doesn't star with "One More Time," the sequel
to "Salt and Pepper" il968). Having directed many
of his own pictui-es since "The Bellboy" (I960), he now
attempts to transform Sammy Davis jr. into the Lewis
screen image. The result is an unfimny. sometimes grotesque,
comedy that won't generate the same kind of
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response that "S&P did. Again. Davis and Peter Lawford
star as swinging London night club owners, this time involved
in murder committed by a diamond smuggling
ring. Lawford manages to keep his cool as the swinging
Pepper and as his stuffy twin, whom he impersonates
after the latter is killed. Davis, as Salt, is most impressive
performing the niunber. "When the Feeling Hits
You." Other bright spots are Sydney Arnold as a doddering
old servant and Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing
in guest appearances as ghouls who pop up in the cellar.
A fast playoff may help the film's chances, although the
kids may be amused by the slapstick. Lawford and Davis
were cxccuti\e producers and Milton Ebbins produced the
Chrislaw-Trace Mark presentation at MGM British Studios.
Screenplay is by Michael Pertwee and Les Reed's
music is acceptable. Color by DeLu.xe.
Sammy Davis jr.. Peter Lawford. Maggie Wright,
Dudley Sutton. Percy Herbert.
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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adiines for Newspapers and Programs
nit: .srt)KY: The tlu>»iiiie Sorlul flub" iNGP)
In IVxa.s, 1867. itint'i-aiit cowboy Jimmy Slowait lennis
hf liu-s inheriied the Cheyciim- Sociul Club from liis late
biotlic! Partner Henry Fondn. a talkative, -slow type.
.. c.-i Stewart to WyomlnK. There. Stewart is
li'urn thf Club is n bawdy house, regarded as
it iiL.iu..., institution for miles around. Madame Shirley
Jones and niils Sue Ane LauKdon. Elaine Dfvry. Jackie
Joseph. Jackie Russell and Sharon De Bord Mieet Stewart
M«nuly and are upset when he plans to let them all go
.iiid turn tJie place into a boarding house. Lawyer Dabbs
Greer telLs him he will lose the property to the railroad
if this IS done With Fondas help. Stewart kills bully
Btib Wilke who tjeat up Jones—and half a down relatives
Since more of Wilkes kin is on the way. Stewart
Kivfs the house to Jones and goes back to cattle herding
with Fonda.
K.XPLOITIPS:
Give out niuiibered passes saying "You are invited to
join us at the Cheyenne Social Club." Admit those free
with passes bearing lucky niunbers. Send out girls with
signs inviting people to meet them at the Club.
( ATI III.INES:
They Made Their Own Rules at the Cheyenne Social
Club. No Wonder Everyone's Dying to Get In! . . . Welcome
to the Finest Hou.se in Cheyeniie.
asly
•ecomes a symbol. Junk man Redd Fox buys it
back from dealer Lou Jacobi and then disappears. Lockhart
takes up with Emily Yancy. whose husband was
killed in the chase, arousing the jealousy of his girl Judy
Pace. Pace nearly kills Yancy; she and Lockhart are
arrested and released. A white man. J. D. Cannon, had
plotted with Lockhart to steal the money. Tlie bale is
found to be a prop in dancer Mabel Robinson's act. but
the money Is missing. The local Mafia chief is forced to
cover it and reveals that he left for Africa with the $87,-
000.
EXPLOITIPS:
Use a cotton bale covered with signs advertising the
film. Rig up a coffin in the lobby: the leading characters
are Grave Digger Jones i Cambridge' and Coffin Ed Johnson
'St. Jacques I. Use the song numbers to help sell the
film and play up Cambridge as a new star with this and
"Watermelon Man" iCoh to his credit.
C.\TCHUNES:
Introducing Coffin Ed and Gravedigger, Two Detectives
Only a Mother Could Love ... Is This Black Enough for
You, Baby?
rehistc
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Sal«
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THE STORY': "Boatniks" (Buena Vista)
Ensign Garland i Robert Morse) is hurrying to his new
Coast Guard assignment. He is accident prone and has a
penchant for getting into trouble. He gets a speeding
ticket and causes an auto collision with three bumbling
jewel thieves, Phil Silvers. Norman Fell. Mickey Shaughnessy.
He later accidentally spilLs paint on Stephanie
Pow'ers. who operates a boat rental service. He gets involved
in many mishaps, which embarrass Commander
Taylor (Don Amechei. The three thieves hide stolen
jewelry in food and decide to go to Mexico via boat, since
the highways are being watched. They pretend to be vacationing
picnickers. Morse falls for Miss Powers and
.soon becomes suspicious of the fishy trio. Morse rams
into Silver's boat in the fog and the picnic basket sinks
to the bottom. Silvers then hires a Japanese pearl diver.
who turns out to be a girl
i
( Midori . Silvers steals a submarine
and rushes to meet a chartered Mexican seaplane.
The chase is on. Morse ends up the hero.
EXPLOITIPS:
Since many people would like to own their own boat,
plan a tie-in with boating: sales company or sporting
goods store. Seek some assistance from a Coast Guard
reciTiitment office. Airange an aquarium tie-up.
CATCHIJNES:
Man the Laffboats! . Come Those Marina Madcaps
Who Go Down to the Sea in Ships Every Blessed
Weekend—Down and Down and Dowii!
nil. STOKV;
"One .More Time" lUA)
Christopher Pepper
i
Lawfordi and Charlie Salt
Davis jr. > are ordered to pay a fine or go to jail
when their London nitery. the Salt & Pepper Club, is
closed for violation. Lawford appeals to his twin. Lord
Sydney lalso played by Lawfordi. who is estranged from
him. and the twin is killed by a poison dart, the club
owner brother assumes his identity. Not knowing this and
believing his partner killed. Davis agrees to accompany
'he bogus "lord" to his castle as a personal aide, where
nobleman had been working with Interpol to get the
- on a diamond smuggling ring, while also doubleiiiR
the gang. Thinking they've killed the wrong
smugglers turn their sights on the surviving
.:. After a costume ball. Davis, who now realizes the
lord's" real identity, rides to hounds with him. They
manage to take care of most of the gang and turn the
• \i.els over to Interpol, but when last seen were still be-
:i:- pursued.
K.NPLOITIPS:
Play this up as a sequel to "Salt and Pepper." directed
'.IV Jerry Lewis. Emphasize the talented Davis with music
^tnre and record shop tie-ups.
.-
ixES:
Davis. Peter Lawford and Jerry Lewis Team
k the Empire—With Laughs . Before
Again for the Second Time
THE STORY:
"Count Vorga Vampire" (AIP)
i
Count Yorga Quarry
i
a seance to
contact Donna Anders' recently deceased mother. Marsha
Jordan. When she becomes hysterical, Anders is calmed
down by Quarry's hypnotic powers. Later, he's given a
ride home by Michael Murphy and Judith Lang, both of
whom he attacks. Roger Perry, portraying a doctor, notes
Lang's condition and bite marks on her neck and swears
that a vampire is at work. Lang, found devoui'ing a cat,
is later spirited away to Quarry's castle. Following her.
Murphy is killed by servant Edward Walsh. Perry, Anders
and boy-friend Michael Macready investigate, after which
Anders comes under Quarry's spell. The vampire women
kill Perry, but Macready disposes of Walsh, Jordan (by
now Quarry's vampiric mistress i
and Quarry. Turning to
leave with Anders, Macready finds she's now a vampire.
EXPLOITIPS:
Have a man in a long cape (preferably dressed like
Draculai advertise the film around town. U.se wooden
stakes with the legend, "You can always stake on Count
Yorga."
CATCHLINES:
-» The Count Welcomes 'ifou to His Castle—You May
) . . Never
Want to Leave ... A Feast for Those Who Crave
New Blood.
BOXOFFICE BooldnGujde :: June 22, 1970

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CLtemnG
HELP
WANTED
Progressive and growing California
theatre company with large circuit of
wolk-ins and drive-ins needs ambitious,
young (22 to 35) men. Some theatre
management experience is helpful, but
not required. We will train you!
Excellent hospitalization, life insurance
and retirement program.
Send resume to P.O. Box 69402,
Los Angeles, Calif. 90069
THEATRE MANAGEB TRAINEE: Work 2-3
months, Dallas. Advance to own theatre.
Excellent salary, fringe benefits. No telephone
please. Mail resume: Western theatres,
8816 Sunset Blvd.. Los Angeles, Calii.,
90069
MANAGERS WANTED. Managers (B)
wanted for Texas, fastest growing, Mini
Cine sexploitation theatre c|iatn. Only
men 50 or over will be considered with
some theatre experience. Must furnish references
and be bondable and of good
character, no fast talkers, ex-carry operators.
High school necessary. Reply in
writing for application: TRANS CONTI-
NENTAL ARTISTS CORPORATION, 1315
Gaines St., Houston. Texas, 77009.
Positions with bright futurel Managers,
assistant managers, hardtops and driveins.
60 theatres throughout Southeast and
still expanding. Send resume, recent photo,
salary requirements to: Norm Levinson,
Executive Vice President, Cobb Theatres,
Suite A,, Eastwood Mall, Birmingham, Alabama,
35210. Confidential if desired.
Wanted theatre manageiS/ Texas towns,
conventional and drive-ins. Apply: Mitchell
Theatres, 119 No, Dallas, Ennis, Texas,
75119-
Progressive and growing Texas theatre
company with large circuit of
Drive-ins, needs ambitious managers
ond manager trainees. Some theatre
management experience helpful bur
not required. We will train you.
Excellent hospitalization, life insurance
and retirement program.
Send resume to Dept. M
P.O. Box 69402
Los Angeles, Calif. 90069
Advertising-publicity director for southern
theatre company. Ad layout work required.
Apply: Boxoffice, 2225.
Wanted: Projectionist for country drivein
on the Ohio River, Southwestern Indiana.
Prefer old time operator on social
security. Season—about April thru October.
Apartment available. Write: P.O. Box
270, Aurora, Indiana, 47001, giving age,
salary expected etc.
Manager with booth knowledge preferred
but not required. This is an excellent
opportunity in Northeast Oklahoma's
Green Country. Send full resume
and- recent photo. J. D. Oliver, Allied Theatre,
Pryor, Oklahoma.
Experienced projectionist who is available
for other duties involving handyman
repairs. It is possible to w^ork into janitor
duties also, or toward assistant manager's
duties. Send complete resume, references,
salary requirements and photo to Boxoffice,
2236. Upper Midw est locatioTi.
Projectionist! Immediate, permanent position.
Give all details in application with
references. P.O. Box 538, Franklin. Virginia,
23851.
POSITIONS WANTED
Non-union, projectionist, 30 years experience.
Wants year-round job. Can do
maintenance work. Boxoffice. 2224.
Top Grade Manager. Executive Experience.
Presently employed, National Chain.
Desires position, district manager, small
chain preferred. Will relocate anywhere
East Coast. Boxoffice, 2238.
Manager over twenty years. Major Circuit.
Indoor experience. New York City
area, all phases. Change for right situation
from New York to Florida area. Boxoifice.
2239,
BOXOFFICE :: June 22, 1970
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
DEIBLER TRACKLESS TRAIN. 914 Claiiin
Road. Phone Area Code JE 9-5781
Manhattan, Kansas.
PROJECTION EQUIPMENT! ALL types
and ALL onces for ALL situations! Kansas
City, Boxoifice, 2222.
Coin handling device for rapid sortingcounting-wrapping.
$29.95, satisfaction
guaranteed. Inquire details, Dept. 1414,
NADEX, 220 Delaware, Buffalo, New York,
14202.
Good pair Kollmorgen. BX-294 Super
Snaplite, F-1.7X, 21/4 E.F., $550.00. Boxoffice,
2223.
Transistor, amplifiers. New—tested, dual
units, complete $450.00. Easy to install.
Le-Trab Projection, 960 Folsom, San Francisco,
Calif., 94107.
New projectors. Runs 3 hour programme.
Bovilsky, 34 Batson Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
Pair DeVry, type "C". 35mm, semi-portable,
narrow tooth sprockets, magazines,
dousers, exciters, heavy bases, arc or
Xenon lamp brackets. Excellent condition.
Photos, $950.00. Leon Kasparian, 221 West
Olive, Fresno, Cahf., 93728.
Complete booth, goodl Michael, 1001 E.
Carson St., Pitts, Penn, 15203. (431-7707)
First class. A-1 condition. Complete
booth, RCA sound heads, BX80 projector,
Brenkert enarcs and rectifiers, rewind table,
electric rewinder, $7,000.00, installed
in state of Oklahoma. Audio-Projection
Service Company, ac/405 454-2473. P.O.
Box 614, Harrah, Oklahoma, 73045.
NO lUNK HEREI Ballantyne, double
channel amplifiers; Standar3 and 4" diameter
lenses; new reflectors, RCA, 16mm
sound projectors; thousands of values!
STAR CINEMA SUPPLY, 621 West 55th St.,
New York, 10019.
Pair Bell and Howell. IBmm arc-sound
projectors, model 140-S complete with
bases, arc lamps, rectifiers, amplifier, flat
and CinemoScope lenses. Best offer or
trade for good 35mm equipment equal
value. Write: S. Palo, 1224 Commercial
St-, Bellinghom, Wash-, 98225.
IGmm. Ampro arc. Model 20, 50 watt
amp 2 speakers, 4" lens. Best offer considered.
MidwesTBoxoffice^^
Several pairs (LL3) pedestals. 80 amp
rectifiers, popcorn machine, seats. Jewel
Theatre, Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
Beautiiul pair Ballantyne. 3-phase, 80
amp, 6 tube rectifiers equipped with Siltubes.
Bargain, $500.00. Independent Theatre
Supply, 2750 East Houston, San Antonio,
Texas, 78202. ^__^^^^_
Simplex. XL sound heads. Perfect condition.
Kansas City. Boxoffice, 2241.
EQUIPMENT WANTED
Projection equipment wantedl Highest
prices paid. Lou Walters Sales & Service
Co.. 4207 Lawnview Avenus, Dallas,
Texas, 75227.
USED EQUIPMENT bought and sold.
Best prices. Texas Theatre Supply, 915
So. Alamo, San Anloiuo, Texas, 78205
TOP PRICES PAID, for soundheads,
lamphouses, rectifiers, projectors, lenses
and portable projectors. What have you?
Star Cinema Supply, 621 West 55th Street,
Nev^ York, 10019.
35inm, Mitchell camera, accessories.
Foreman. Box 969, Mobile, Ala., 36601,
1 pair. Strong utility, continuous duty,
1-ph rectifiers, 1 pair steel mirrors for magnarc.
Boxoffice, 2211.
Used projection equipment. Will dismantle.
Jewel Theatre Poplar Bluff, Missouri,
COLOR MERCHANT TRAILERS
Only S62.50 ior a 45 It. color merchant
ad with 5 scenes, narrated track, with appropriate
music superimposed with address
fades and dissolves, produced from
your transparencies. Three-day, in-plnt
service, H & H Color Laboratory 3705
No Nebraska Ave,, Tampa, Florida,
Phone: 813 248-4935,
THEATRES WANTED
HOUSE
Wanted to buy or lease: Indoor theatre
in Metropolitan areas, population at least
75,000. Contact: William Berger, Belle Plaza
209, 20 Island Avenue, Miami Beach,
Fla.
WANTED TO BUY or lease indoor, outdoor;
metropolitan area. Contact; Gnliith
Enterprises, Roxy Theatre Building, 1527
Washington Avenue, Miami Beach. Florida
33139.
METROPOLITAN AREAS in
THEATRE IN
any city with population of at least 100,000,
Contact: G, Takayoshi at Republic Amusements
Corp, 8816 Sunset Blvd., L,A., phone
(213) 659-1600,
Want to lease. Fully equipped, indoor
motion picture theatre in Southern California.
Contact; Hammond Productions,
1660 No. Berkeley, 201. Pomona, Calif.,
91767.
Buy, lease, rent going theatre in New
Jersey. Preferred in small town. Boxoffice,
2221.
WANT TO BUY, SELL OR LEASE A THE-
ATRE? Joe Joseph. National Theatre Brokers
Co., Box 31406. Dallas, Texas 75231.
Phone (214) 363-2724 nights
THEATRES FOR SALE
NATIONAL THEATRE BROKERS. For
complete information write, Joe Joseph,
P 0. Box 31406, Dallas, 75231. Phone:
214-363-2724 or 214-368-3897.
Park Theatre, Lincoln Park, Mich. Only
Theatre in this Detroit suburb. Includes
2 rentals, plus adjoining, large vacant
property. Call: 313 961-9517.
WALLA THEATRE, Walhalla, No. Dak.
446 seats, continuous operation since 1950
construction, one owner. At new ABM
missile and proposed Pembileer Dam sites.
Terms available. Mrs. Peter Campbell.
For sale: 400 seat theatre, equipment
and building. Owner retiring after 50
years. Guy Thorn, Sandstone, Minn., 55072.
Northern Ontario. Clean, 312 seats,
apartment, indoor, family operation six
day. Competition 40 miles. Write: Fox
Theatre, South River, Ont., Canada.
Texas Towns. We hove several small
towns, ranginj from 3,000 to 7,000 population
that would make perfect family
operations. Terms can be arranged for the
right party. Mitchell Theatres, 119 No.
Dallas, Ennis, Texas, 75119.
$26,500 will buy 382 seal theatre, equipment,
office, 3 apartments and 17 hotel
rooms with furniture and linen. Good income
with present owner wanting to retire.
Harrell Thome Realtor, Box 366, Shoshone,
Idaho, 83352. Phone: (208) 886-
2071.
Wilbor Theatre. 400 seats, excellent
equipment on Main Street, Only theatre
within 30 miles. Highest cash bidder, M.
W. Nutt, 19 Shackford St., Easlport, Maine
Drive-In Theatre. 25.000 population,
North Central Texas, $110,000.00. Must
have $40,000.00 down. Joe Joseph. Box
31406, Dallas, 75231.
Two Deluxe Drive-In Theatres. Central
fexas town. No comoetition, $80,000.00
Will take $10,000.00 down. Joe Joseph,
Box 31405, Dallas, ''5231,
THEATRE TICKETS
QUALITY Service, Low Prices! KANSAS
CITY TICKET COMPANY (816) 241-8400,
716 No. Agnes, Kansas City, Mo, 64120
THEATRE
CONSTRUCTION
SCREEN TOWERS INTERNATIONAL
We design, fabricate and erect flat o:
curved pipe and walking beam towers
General steel work a part of our service
Call: Paul L, Sherman, collect: 817-773-
2604, For brochure write: P O. Box 294.
Temple. Texas, 76501.
POPCORN MACHINES
ALL MAKES OF POPPERS, caramel com
equipment, floss machines, sno-ball machines.
Krispy Kom, 120 So. Hoisted, Chicago,
III.. 60S06.
THEATRE SEATING
WE REBUILD THEATRE CHAIRS anywhere.
Finest materials, best workmanship,
LOW prices. CHICAGO USED CHAIR
MART, 1320 So Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
60605. Phone: 939-4518.
CHAIRS REBUILT ANYWHEREl EXPERT
wor,;manship, personal service, finest materials
Arthur Judge, 2100 E. Newton Ave.,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
SPECIALISTS IN REBUILDINC CHAIBS.
Best woriimanship. Reasonable prices. New
and rebuilt theatre chairs for sale. Heywood.
Ideal American. Staggering, re
spacing. Travel anywhere. Seating Corpo
ration of New York (Neva Bum). 247 Water
Sireel. Brooklyn, NY 1I20I. Tel 21/
£75-5433. (Reverse charges.)
700 AMERICAN, 750 plywood cushion.
600 Bodiform. Lone Star Seating. Box 1734,
Dallas, Texas, 75201.
600 International Iheatie soot*, padded
backs and bottoms, self risers. On wooden
floor, Kansas City, $4.00 apiece. Boxoffice,
2235.
FILMS
WANTED
Wanted: 35mm and 16mm features, shorts
etc. Box 0187, College Grove Center Station,
San Diego, Calif 92115.
FILMS FOR SALE
IBfvIM Classics. Illustrated catalog 25c
Manbeck Pictures, 3621-B Wakonda Drive,
Des Moines, Iowa.
Sell-buy, used 16nmi leatures. Box 969,
Mobile, Ala., 36601.
FILMS FOR RENT
HORROR, MONSTER shows, 35mm. Box
1022, Dallas, Texas, 75221
BUSINESS
STIMULATORS
BINGO CARDS, S5.75M, 1-75 Other
games available, Off-On, screen. Novelty
Games, 1263 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn,
New York,
Build attendance with real Hawaiian
orchids. Few cents each. Write Flowers ol
Hawaii. 670 S. Lafayette Place, Los Angeles,
Calif. 90005.
BINGO-CAHDS, DIE CUT, 1-75-500 combinations,
$5.75 per thousand. PHOTO
BLOW UPS. any size ol your favorite
movie and TV stars. WANTED—OLD POST-
ERS AND STILLS— 1930-1940. Premium Products,
339 West 44lh St.. New York, N. Y.,
10036. Phone: 212/CI 6-4972.
POSTER SALES
Picture Posters. 23'x29" from •'BUTCH
CASSIDY" 4 'EASY RIDER" that can
retail in your theatre lor SI.OO to S2.50.
Low quality prices. 100% prolit on the
smallest order. Mail: S2.00 lor three
dillerent "BUTCH CASSIDY" samples,
add SI.OO lor "EASY RIDER" in color.
BOXOFFICE, 2237.
BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
REPUBUC AMUSEMENTS CORP., prominent
exploitation distributor, interested acquiring
new 35mm features. Substantial
cash advances are available. Contact:
Geraldine Takcryoshi or R. W. Crease, 8815
Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calilomla
90069. (213) 659-1600.
For the oggiessiT* theatre manager who
has the desire to go in business Ior himself,
with a small amount of money and
a lot of hard work. We will make the arrangements
for you to go into business
for yourself. Send resume and any information
to us: Mitchell Theatres. 119 No.
Dollas, Ennis, Texas, 75119.

JUNE 24 in
New York at the Criterion
and Loew's Tower East and in
Los Angeles at the
Loew's Hollywood Theatre.
AND JULY 1 ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY!
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