Boxoffice-January.11.1971

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE EDITION • JANUARY 11, 1971 

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Albert Finney portrays the title role in "Scrooge," a musical adaptation of Chorles Dickens' 

"A Christmos Corol," which National Screen Council members have chosen as the Blue Ribbon 

Aword winner for December. The Cinema Center Films presentation, released by Notional General 

Pictures, also stars Alec Guinness, Dame Edith Evans and Kenneth More. See Showmondiscr section.

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20th-Fox Studios Will Not Be Closed, 

Says Production Head Elmo Williams 

Plaza Pictures Plans 

To Release 14 Films 

NtAV \Okk— At a time when the film 

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HOLLYWOOD—Elmo Williams, newly 

appointed studio production chief for 20th 

Century-Fox, made the following statement 

upon his arrival at the studio Tuesday (5) 

to assume his new duties. 

"My mission, as assigned to me by Darryl 

F. Zanuck, chairman and chief executive 

officer of 20th Century-Fox, is not to 

officiate at the liquidation of the studio. 

I feel the need to say this now due to the 

current situation which, through sheer 

chance, finds the studio undergoing its 

normal hiatus period inspired by the conclusion 

of television production for the 

current season and the coinjidcntal wraf)-up 

of two films "The Marriage of a Young 

Stockbroker" and "The Seven Minutes"— 

produced on the lot with a third — "Lscapc 

From the Planet of the Apes"— set to finish 

in the near future. 

"Because of this happenstance occurring 

at the same time as a change in studio administration, 

it would be perfectly normal 

for the rumor mills to start grinding. Let 

me assure one and all that any rumors you 

hear to the effect that we have plans lo 

close the studio permanently are not true. 

"We will take advantage of this seasonal 

hiatus to restructure the studio organization 

in line with the recommendations 

set forth by the Stanford Research Institute 

and unanimously approved by the board 

of directors. The implementation of these 

plans should be accomplished in less than 

eight weeks. At the end of this period, 

I3arryl Zanuck and will announce our 

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future production plans which will demonstrate 

that we intend to maintain the Fox 

organization in Hollywood as a valuable 

source of motion picture and television 

production and 20th Century-Fox Film 

Corp. as a major factor in the motion picture 

industry." 

AIP Offering Films to Aid 

Variety Club Charities 

HOLLYWOOD — L\hibitors throughout 

the United States and Canada are being 

given a double opportunity to help the Variety 

Clubs International charity youth work 

by showing a new seven-minute short entitled 

"Heart of Variety" along with American 

International's "Wuthering Heights." 

AIP. which produced the short without 

cost, with the cooperation of many motion 

picture industry groups, is distributing 11)0 

prints through its 29 exchanges in America 

and Canada. The short shows Variety Clubs 

International youth activities in many parts 

of the world. 

Contributions by the exhibitors of what 

they ordinarily would pay for a short are 

lo be sent to Variety Clubs International. 

Thus the charity will not only be publicized 

in theatres but also will receive substantial 

funds. 

Also, AIP is making "Wuthering 

Heights" available to Variety Tents everywhere 

for premieres for the youth fund. 

Challenge Michigan Law 

On Obscene Showings 

WASHINC.ION I 

he Michigan obscenity 

law has been added to the list of 

obscenity statutes being challenged in connection 

with motion picture showings. 

A Grand Rapids operator of an "adult 

motion picture theatre," the Capri, was arrested 

early in 1966. along with his projectionist, 

for exhibiting two allegedly onscene 

movies, "House on Bear Mountain' and 

"A Woman's Urge." Floyd G. Bloss. the 

exhibitor, was convicted by a trial jury, 

which deliberated for more than four hours. 

The judge found the projectionist not guilty 

for the reason that he had neither knowledge 

nor notice of the contents of the 

movies. 

The trial court's decision was affirmed 

by the Michigan Court of Appeals, which 

refused to question the validity of the 

statute, and which also found that the film 

"A Woman's Urge" was obscene in the 

constitutional sense because of the "visual 

impact with audio assistance." 

The Michigan Supreme Court refused 

to review the lower court decision. 

The request for U.S. Supreme Court review 

urged that the lower court decisions 

violated the protections given by the First 

Amendment against "seizure and suppression 

as well as arrests perpetrated without 

any prior judicially superintended adversary 

hearing on the obscenity ... of the materials," 

contrary to several earlier Supreme 

Court edicts. 

Network Cinema Conducts 

Area Director's Seminar 

NFW YORK-Ihe fifth area director's 

seminar for Network Cinema Corp. was 

held Wednesday. 1 hursday and Friday (6-8) 

at the New York Hilton Hotel. Over 60 

area directors for the Jerry Lewis Cinemas 

attended the lectures and discussions. Addresses 

were made by NCC president Gerald 

Fntman. executive vice-president Sidney 

Dreier, head of real estate Charles Horwitz 

and executives from Mallia and Rondinone, 

architects, and National Theatre .Supply. 

The sessions were devoted to every phase 

involved in the operation of Jerry Lewis 

Cinemas and cover real estate, insurance. 

puhiicit\- and advertising and administration. 

Break Ground for First 

Jerry Lewis Twin in Calif. 

LOS .WGLLLS 1 

he lust C.ililorniafranchiscd 

Jerry Lewis I heatrc will open in 

Carmel, it was announced at ground-breaking 

ceremonies held there Wednesday (6). 

The 900-seat twin, costing about $160,000, 

is scheduled for opening in May. 

industry is undergoing its greatest series of 

structural and financial changes in several 

decades, there are experienced people who 

believe in the motion picture business and 

its potential for future expansive growth. 

Plaza Pictures is such a vital new theatrical 

motion picture and television distribution 

organization. Headquartered at 919 

Third Ave. Plaza is readying the marketing 

of 14 major features in the United 

States and Canada. 

Spearheading Plaza Pictures is president 

Sig Shore. Harold Rand & Co. has been 

appointed to handle the firm's public relations, 

advertising and promotion. 

The multi-million dollar feature film releasing 

schedule included "Dead of Summer," 

starring Jean .Scberg, winner of the 

top prize at the 1970 San Sebastian Film 

Festival for best feature film. 

The epic "The Battle of El Alamein " recounts 

the story of the men who fought 

World War IPs greatest desert battle. The 

panoramic drama features Frederick Stafford, 

who recently starred in Alfred Hitchcock's 

"Topaz." 

"Detective Belli " is a contemporary study 

of a law enforcer gone wrong. The Technicolor 

production stars Franco Nero, Florinda 

Bolkan and Adolfo Cell. 

"The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon 

Kicker." a Saturn Pictures-Lois Holland 

Callaway production, starring Jordan Christopher 

and Jill O'Hara. Robert Walden. Lois 

Nettleton and Bonnie Enton co-star. 

"Face to Face." adventure drama starring 

Tomas Milian and Gian Maria Volonte. the 

acclaimed star of "An Investigation of a 

Citizen .Above Suspicion." 

"Seated at His Right." suspense drama 

based on the capture and killing of Congo 

leader Patrice Lumumba. Italy's official 

entry 

at the Cannes Film Festival. The film 

stars Woody Strode, Franco Citti and Jean 

Servais. It was filmed in Technicolor in 

Central 

Africa. 

Supervising public relations, advertising 

and marketing is Harold Rand cSc Co. Rand 

has a broad background of 21) years in the 

entertainment industry, having directed domestic 

and international campaigns for a 

number of the industry's major film companies, 

including 20th Century-Fox. Paramount. 

Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures 

(now Avco Embassy) and Walt Disney's 

Buena Vista Distributing Co. 

Lou Steisel has been appointed gener.il 

sales manager of Plaza. A .10-ycar veteran 

of the film industry. Steisel has been vicepresident 

of sales for Sigma III, assistant 

general sales manager of Avco Embassy 

Pictures, and held various sales posts at 

Columbia Pictures. 

Plaza has named Paul Berkowitz director 

of national nonthealrical sales. Berkowitz 

joins Plaza Pictures following 1 1 years in 

the nontheatrical sales area with Seven Arts 

Associated Curp ;iiu1 W.irner Bros. -Seven 

Arts, 

Ltd. 

BOXOFFICE 

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1971

UG Assigns Movie Tech 

To Provide 8 Family Films 

1 (,)S ANCiKl.l-:S--Thc lirsi ol ciyhl lullk'ligth 

Icauires in the G ;ind Cil' r.ilmg 

categories will go into production in February 

for first-run showing in United General's 

it 

mini-theatres, was announced hy 

Ewing M. Brown, president of Movie Tech. 

Movie Tech, a partner in United General 

Theatres, is one of the motion picture 

production companies contracted to provide 

liims for the theatres. 

Plans are for the films to be shot in 

Hollywood, Brown said. In addition. Brown 

reported, independent producers have been 

contacted for production of 50 more films, 

anticipated to be needed by United General 

within IS months. 

UG is projecting the opening of its 160- 

seat mini-theatres in 150 shopping areas 

throughout the country, but predominantlv 

in the East, in 1971. Theatres will be totally 

automated and are designed to be operated 

by a single person, with an assistant. 

Concept is to provide family fare which, 

according to United General president Jerry 

Kosseff, is in extremely short supply. Kosseff 

conducted a survey prior to announcing 

the program. 

"We're convinced the market is there," 

Kosseff said. "The problem has be.-n the 

overhead of the existing hardtop theatres 

with larg.- seating capacities, which makes 

il difficult for them to show low-budget 

famih films and come out with a profit. 

"Our 160-seat house can net $60,000 a 

year if they average only 80 persons a performance." 

Producers are required to give preference 

to United General Theatres for first-run 

showing only. After that, they can distribute 

their films for other U.S. theatres and for 

foreign and TV release. 

The first films, a!l budgeted between 

SI 50.000 and $200,000, are "The Last God- 

Signet Times Paperback 

With Columbia Release 

NHW YORK— A special movie paperback 

edition of the best-selling Thomas 

Rogers novel, "The Pursuit of Happiness," 

has been prepared by Signet timed to the 

early 1971 release of the David Susskind- 

Robert Mulligan production for Columbia 

Pictures starring Michael Sarrazin and Barbara 

Hershey. 

Signet will back the book's release with 

a comprehensive promotional campaign including 

display material for book stores 

and other paperback outlets. A key still 

from the Columbia picture is highlighted 

on the new book's cover. 

^Scrooge' Sets Ail-Time 

R. C Music Hall Record 

New York—Cinema Center Films' 

"Scrooge" established a new all-time 

record at the Radio City Music Hall 

in its sixth week, according to James 

C;ould. president of the world-famed 

.showplacc and Charles Roasberg, president 

of National General Pictures, 

distributor. 

the 

The sixth week of the musical totaled 

$375,095, which .surpas.sed the 

gross for any film in any theatre anywhere 

in the world for a seven-day 

period. The previous record-holder was 

another Cinema Center Films' release, 

"A Boy Named Charlie Brown," which 

grossed $315,254 last Christma.s-New 

Year's week. 

In six weeks at the Radio City Music 

Hall, "Scrooge" has grossed $1,752,- 

472. 

Trans-Lux Opens Twins 

In Virginia, Alabama 

NEW YORK— Iwo new Trans-Lux twin 

theatres were opened Christmas Day in 

Richmond, Va. and Huntsville, Ala. They 

are the first fully automated twins in the 

expanding circuit. Both were designed by 

architect John McNamara. The Alabama 

theatre is at the Huntsville West Shopping 

Center, the first twin ever to be built in 

that city. One auditorium seats 500, the 

other 350. In Richmond, the twin is situated 

at the Midlothian Mall Shopping Center, 

each auditorium seating 400 persons. 

Projection in both houses features the 

new Century single-lens system, the first 

such installation of this brand new concept 

dess" and "Ten Little Kidnappers," written in projection automation. A single stationary 

lens permanently sets the picture's focus 

by Alden Nash, to be directed by Gregg 

Tallas: "The Avenging Angel" and "Daughter 

of Bonnie & Clyde," written by Brown motor-driven into position, depending on the 

while Cinemascope and 35mm lenses are 

and Joe Warshauer; "A Whale of a Tale" film's format. The physical changing of 

and "The Bubble Buster." Brown; "The Sea lenses is eliminated and the audience is 

Beast," by E. Miles, and "The Spore," by never aware of the change from Cinema- 

Jack Neal. 

Scope to "flat" since refocusing is unnecessary. 

Each projector has an extra large 28" 

In addition, a number of independent 

producers have agreed to participate in the magazine. One switchover accommodates a 

production concept by providing films for three-hour show and the film is rewound 

United General Theatres. 

right on the projector. 

Eugene Picker, president of the entertainment 

division of Trans-Lux. cut the ribbon 

in Huntsville, assisted by Mayor J. W. 

Davis. Bud Levy. Trans-Lux vice-president, 

handled similar chores in Richmond. 

Podhorzer Gets Sales Rights 

To 'That Tender Touch' 

NEW YORK— Mimio Podhorzer. president 

of United Film Enterprises, Inc., announced 

the acquisition of world sales' 

rights to the feature film "That Tender 

Touch." 

Avant Garde Distributors, Ltd., already 

has closed for the distribution rights in 

Canada. 

Adult Film Ass'n Has 

3rd Annual Meeting 

HOLLYWOOD 

-- Some 300 producers, 

distributors and exhibitors in the adult film 

field gathered at the Ambassador Hotel 

here today (11) for the third annual convention 

of the Adult Film Ass'n of America 

and to consider, in two-day sessions, the 

questions of censorship and the lengths to 

which adult film producers can go in portraying 

sex on the screen. 

Delegates began arriving yesterday for 

registration and the 5 p.m. board meeting, 

but the first business session was not held 

until 9:15 a.m. today, when Stanley Fleischman, 

Frierson Graves and Tom Gudgel 

were guest speakers. The afternoon session 

was to be given over to the nomination and 

election of officers and a demonstration of 

Cinema 360. 

An open meeting will be held Monday 

afternoon, followed by a cocktail party at 

6 p.m. Tuesday will be devoted to screenings 

and product seminars. 

David Friedman, vice-president of Entertainment 

Ventures, Inc., based in Los 

Angeles, is expected to assume the presidency. 

Hospitality suites will be maintained 

throughout the convention by Boxoffice 

International's Harry Novak. Grads Corp.'s 

Jay Fineberg, Entertainment Ventures' 

Dave Friedman, Dan Sonney and Jerry Persell 

and Donald Davis Productions. 

USLIFE Agrees to Acquire 

Savings Ass'n From NGC 

LOS ANGELES— A definitive agreement 

has been signed for the acquisition of 

Columbia Savings and Loan Ass'n by 

USLIFE Corp. from National General 

Corp., it was announced by Eugene V. 

Klein, chairman and chief executive officer 

of National General. 

Terms of the approved agreement provide 

for a total purchase price of $23 million 

for National General's entire interest of 

approximately 99 per cent of the issued and 

outstanding shares of guarantee stock of 

Columbia. The $23 million total price will 

consist of $22 million in cash and $1 million 

in USLIFE common stock. Completion 

of the acquisition is subject to the approval 

of requisite 

regulatory authorities. 

Michael Carreras Becomes 

Hammer Managing Head 

LONDON— Michael Carreras, only son 

of Sir James Carreras, founder of Hammer 

Films, has joined the company as managing 

director. Sir James becomes chairman of 

the board and chief executive. 

Lady Carreras also has been appointed 

a director. Brian Lawrence remains on the 

board, of which he has been a member for 

several 

years. 

Hammer recently signed to produce nine 

pictures for Associated British Picture 

Corp. within the n:xt three years. 

BOXOFFICE :: January 11, 1971

Form New Film Group 

For Adult Fairy Tales 

HOI.l >\VO()D— hvc Meyer. hcMcl ut 

Kve Productions, announced at the preview 

of feature-length film "Pinocchio" Wednesday 

(6) at the New View Theatre in Los 

Angeles the founding of AFTtR (Adult 

Fairy Tales Entertainment Retroactive). 

Miss Meyer, hosting a press conference 

prior to the "Pinocchio" showing, stated. 

"Fairy tales should be X-rated for kids. 

Thev are really sophisticated fare for 

adults." 

Miss Meyer says the purpose of AFTER 

is to discourage damaging fairy tale exploitation 

for children. "AFTER and those 

joining will do a service to remove fairy 

materials from tender habes and release 

tale 

them as adult film fare. The fact that 

pinocchio" in our screen version deals with 

the modern male confronted with the 

temptations of the wicked world is much 

truer to the spirit of Pinocchio' than what 

we read as youngsters." 

"Pinocchio" opens al the Ncvs View Theatre 

Wednesday (13). In February in 

Washington. D.C.. a special preview will 

be held for congressmen and senators. 

Future projects, says Miss Meyer, include 

".Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," 

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears." and "The 

True Slors - 

Purchasing is. therefore, centralized, and Service. Harris has been associated with 

both companies since 1932. 

distribution in each territory is handled with 

seph Gelmis of Newsday. Bob .Salmaggi of 

Group W Network. Leonard Harris of 

VVCB.S-TN. .Stewart Klein of WMW-TN . 

Jeffrey Lyons on WPLX-IA" ..nd William 

Wolf of Cue Magazine. 

Two MGM Films for Belgrade Festival 

BELCiRADE. YUGOSLAVIA— Stanley 

Kubricks "2001: A Space Odyssey" and 

Michelangelo Antonioni"s "Zabriskie Point." 

both MGM releases, have been selected for 

showing at the Belgrade Festival of F-esti- 

\als. Running from January 9 to 16. the 

I estival will honor the best photographed 

motion pictures since the inception of film. 

BOXOFFICE n\

Appoint Bennett Newman 

CCF V-P and Controller 

been .ipponiicj \ 

B.niK-li I \.-uii)ui li.is 

CL-prcsidcnt lor pLinning. 

and control cr for 

Cinema Center Films, 

it was announced b\ 

Ci o r d o n Stulberg, 

president. Prior to assuming 

his new posi 

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Ciurdon Slulherg commented. "1 ani delighted 

that Bennett Newman, who as controller 

has played such an important part 

in the growth of our company, will be 

making a further contribution to our future 

development through the assumption 

in of additional duties the vital area of long 

range planning and new business development." 

Prior to joining Cinema Center Films. 

Newman was an assistant treasiu )f CBS 

and director of the tax section. 

Melina Mercouri Launches 

Six-Week National Tour 

NEW YORK— Melina Mercouri, star of 

Joseph E. Levine's presentation of "Promise 

at Dawn." arrived in New York on 

Monday (4) from Paris to begin a six-week 

cross-country tour on behalf of the Avco 

Embassy release. The Greek-born actress 

will see members of the press until Jan. 17 

and then arrive in Boston on the 18th. The 

schedule breaks down thus: Chicago. Jan. 

20-24: Los Angeles. Jan. 25-30: Philadelphia. 

Jan. 31 -Feb. 2: Washington. D.C., 

Feb. 3-7 and New York City, Feb. 8-10. 

"Promise at Dawn" begins its American 

premiere engagement at Radio City Music 

Hall following the current run of "Scrooge." 

Produced, directed and written by Jules 

Dassin (Miss Mercouri's husband), the 

comedy drama is based on Romain Gary's 

memoirs of his mother and on the play 

"First Love" by Samuel Taylor. Assaf Dayan 

portrays Gary and Miss Mercouri is his 

indomitable mother, who provides him v\ith 

every opportunity for success. 

'Goin' Down the Road' Wins 

Three More Accolades 

NHW YORK.—Chevron Pictures' Canadian-niadc 

"Cioin' Down the Road" has added 

three more "Ten Best" Lists to its accolades, 

which already include four awards, 

one of which is the 1970 Canadian Film 

Award as best feature film. Rating it among 

the ten best were Judith Crist on NBC-IA . 

l.en Harris on his WCBS-TV "Critics 

Choice" and Bruce Bahrenburg in the 

Newark Evening News. 

Now in the third month of its premiere 

engagement at New York's Carnegie Hall 

Cinema, the Donald Shebib film still hasn't 

been put into general release. 

love Story' Breaks Records 

In New York Openings 

NKW YORK—"love Story," Paramount 

Pictures relea.se starring Ali 

MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, is shattering 

huxoffice records in its New York 

world premiere engagement at Loew's 

State I and I.oew's Tower East theatres. 

Meantime, the book continues as 

the number one best-selling fiction in 

both hard cover and paperback, according 

to surveys by the New York 

Times and New York Post. The hard 

cover edition of F.rich Segal's novel 

remained at the top of the Times listing 

for its 45th week. The paperback edition 

has had three printings with a 

record total of five million copies. 

"Love Story" also is the most popular 

hard cover book in France and Eng- 

Sign 4 Area Distributors 

For Golden Eagle Films 

HOI l.YWOOD— Robert Saxton. president 

of Golden Eagle International Distributors. 

Inc.. coast-based distributor, has 

announced the appointment of Harnell 

Independent Productions of Atlanta as sales 

supervisors of Atlanta. Jacksonville, Memphis, 

and New Orleans exchange areas. At 

the same time. Goldstone Film Enterprises 

of New York will market the company's 

product in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, 

San Francisco, and Seattle territories. 

Saxton also announced the appointment 

of Robert McClure of Variety Films in 

Charlotte as distributor and Pete Fortune 

and Lana Jean Whiles as Indianapolis distributors. 

Golden Eagle plans to release four pictures 

a year. Their first "Cry Blood Apache" 

is currently playing around the country. 

Gemini Starts Production 

On 'The Sweet Decline' 

NEW YORK—Gemini Pictures International 

has started production on "The 

Sweet Decline." a contemporary drama of 

a woman caught in the trap of her own 

weakness, it is announced by Howard J. 

Zuker, Gemini president. 

New Filmmakers' Works 

Shown in New York 

NEW VORK — "New American 

Filmmakers.' 

a series of feature films and shorts, 

is currently in progress at the Whitney Museum 

of American Art here. 

Although none 

of the 300 filmmakers involved in the series 

have had their films released theatrically, 

the museum is paying them for rental and 

attempting to distribute the films nationally, 

especially to colleges. 

The films that have been selected tiir the 

series fall into six categories: intense visual 

experiences, social and political problems, 

new worlds of experience and sensation, 

portrait films, eroticism and films made 

with American Film Institute grants. 

From this last groui comes Mark Fine's 

"The Father." a lyrical, poetic, updated version 

of a short story by Chekov. This simple, 

moving tale of a lonely, old, hansom 

cab driver in New York stars Burgess Meredith 

and Bruce Davison ("Last Summer" 

and "The Strawberry Statement") and was 

beautifully filmed in 

black and white. 

Will Hindle's "Watersmith." another halfhour 

film made possible through an AFI 

grant, is a repetitive, almost hypnotic view 

of the U.S. Olympic swimming team. It is 

a highly physical exercise expressed through 

every visual technique possible—underwater 

cameras, trick photography, extreme graininess. 

"Razor Blades" by Paul Sharits is a 

visual assault utilizing two screens and 

rapidly repeated patterns and pictures. 

Again, it is a mesmerizing experience 

imaginative—but its initial impact wears off 

and the film becomes merely repetitious. 

The scries will continue through January. 

Crown's 'Scream of Terror' 

Retitled 'Point of Terror' 

LOS 

ANGELES—Crown International's 

"Scream of Terror" has had a title change 

to "Point of Terror" according to Mark 

Tenser, Crown executive vice-president. 

Produced by Chris Marconi and Peter 

Carpenter the color film is scheduled for 

release in the spring-summer slate of 

Crown's films. The company also has acquired 

worldwide distribution rights to 

"Blood Mania," first of the Jude Associates 

productions, which currently is in pre-release 

engagements. 

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BOXOFFICE January 11 1971

Photography Completed 

On Tate Murder Film 

KANSAS CITY— Aunc, Ltd.. announcL-, 

the completion of the feature film, "The 

Other Side of Madness," 

based on the 

killing of Sharon Tate 

and her companions 

on Aug. 9, 1969. 

Editing and scoring 

are being handled 

here. Final nii.K will 

bj at MGM studios 

Hollywood. 

in 

Wade Williams, 

Debbie Duff 

head of Auric, said 

that Charles Manson. 

the central figure in the controversial Tate- 

La Bianca murder trial, has signed an agreement 

which allows Williams to use Manson's 

voice and songs in his production. 

Debbie Duff of Kansas City portrays Sharon 

Tate. 

Before his arrest, Manson recorded and 

sang his own songs. Director Frank Howard 

believes that Manson's songs are essential 

to the film, in that they portray the 

circumstances in which Manson's "family" 

lived. Their home was the Spahn Movie 

Ranch, photographed just as it was shortly 

before the fire that swept the Chatworlh 

area last month. 

A promotional record with a cover design 

that depicts scenes from the motion picture 

is being sent to every newspaper, magazine, 

television and radio station. 

Negotiations are under way for domesti.^ 

and foreign distribution of the 91-minuiL' 

feature, to be released in the spring. 

Columbia to Distribute 

'Brotherhood of Satan' 

NF.W NOKK (olurnhK, I'ictures announced 

that it has obtained the worldwide 

distribution rights to The Brotherhood of 

Satan," an L.Q. Jaf production. Filmed in 

New Mexico and Hollywood, the suspense 

drama was produced by actors I.. Q, Jones 

and Alvy Moore and directed by Bernard 

McEveety. Jones and Moore are featured 

in the cast, along with Strother Martin. 

Charles Bateman. Capri. Charles Robinson 

and Cieri Reischl. the latter being introduced 

to the screen. 

"The Brotherhood of Sat.m" depicts the 

takeover of a small town by supernatural 

forces. 

CRC's 'Statue' Previewed 

At New Year's Eve Shows 

NEW YORK— -I he Statue," Cinerama 

Releasing's upcoming comedy release starring 

David Niven. was previewed at special 

paid New Year's Eve showings at 

114 theatres 

around the country. It will also be previeweil 

at multiple theatres in Los Angeles. 

Chicago. Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, Miami 

and Dallas. 

Ihe paid previews will be the only showing 

of the film at these theatres until its 

national release, set for March. 

MOTION PICTURES RATED 

BY THE CODE & RATING 

ADMINISTRATION 

The following feature-length motion pictures 

have been reviewed and rated by the 

Code and Rating Administration pursuant 

to the Motion Picture Code and Rating 

Program. 

Any picture whose rating was listed as 

^ 

on the previous bulletins issued by the Code 

and Rating Administration may now automatically 

be considered to be rated GP. 

Title Distributor Roting 

Bombay Talkie (Dia Films) 

Crazed (Cinar) 

GP 

(g) 

Detective Belli (Plaza) [r] 

Didn't You Hear (Sherwood) 

The House That Dripped 

Blood (Cinerama) 

The Ciirls 

From Thunder 

GP 

Gl" 

Strip (American General) (x) 

Love and Kisses (Eve Productions) (x) 

My Fair Lady (reissue) (Warner Bros.) \g\ 

A New Leaf (Paramount) 

[g] 

The Only Way (UMC Pictures) 

Shootout (Universal) 

Uneasy Summer (Charles ,\braiiis) 

Zachariah (Cinerama) 

\g\ 

GP 

[r] 

GP 

Kinney Announces Buying 

Of Sterling Publications 

Nl-W YORK—Kinney National .Service. 

Inc. has announced the acquisition of Sterling 

Group. Inc.. and related companies. 

The acquisition involved an exchange of 

common stock of Kinney having an aggregate 

value in excess of S2 million. 

The Sterling Group publishes 19 periodicals, 

some of which include Movie Mirror. 

TV and Movie Screen. TV Picture Life 

and Daytime TV. 

Marc J. Iglesias. chairman of Kinney's 

NPP Communications Group, Inc., said 

that Morris S. Latzen, president of Sterling 

Group, Inc., will continue in that 

capacity. Latzen and members of his family 

own all of the stock of the Sterling Group 

of companies. 

Doubleday Unit to Produce 

Documentary Film Series 

NEW YORK—Doubleday & Co., book 

publishers, will produce a series of documentaries 

about the Soviet space program, 

to be made for theatrical and television release 

under the supervision of Doubleday 

Productions, a new division of the company. 

Exclusively Soviet film will be used 

for the space films us well as a second scries 

on the German-Russian battles of 1941-45. 

The new division will be headed by Alexander 

Hoffman, a group vice-president of the 

parent company, and Joseph Kotler. formerly 

a vice-president of Warner Bros. Television. 

'Promise at Dawn' Charted 

As Next for Music Hall 

MW >ORK - Joseph 1:. levine's 

"Promise at Dawn." a Jules Dassin production, 

starring Melina Mercouri and 

Assaf Dayan. will follow "Scrooge" as the 

next attraction at the Radio cIty Music 

Hall, it was jointly announced today by 

James F. Gould, president and managing 

director of the Radio City Music Hall and 

I.evine. president of Avco Embassy Pictures. 

The booking marks the second Avco 

Embassy film to be selected for the Hall 

within four months. 

Adapted from the memoir b> Romaine 

Gary. "Promise at Dawn." was filmed on 

locations in France and Russia, and tells the 

warmly humorous story of his indomitable 

mother and the obstacles she overcame in 

providing him with every opportunity for 

achieving success. 

To Film Edith Piaf Story 

For Warners Release 

LONDON— The life story of the tempestuous 

French singer. Edith Piaf, the 

"Little Sparrow." is to be filmed by English 

producer-director Ken Russell for Warner 

Bros, release, it was announced by Danton 

Rissner, the company's director of foreign 

production. 

The intimate, moving story of "Moineau" 

(House Sparrow), who became one of the 

world's best-loved and most respected 

singers, was acquired by Warner Bros, from 

Piaf herself several years ago. Her triumphs 

on stages all over Europe, as well as the 

personal tragedies coupled with the frank 

details of Piafs tempestuous love affairs. 

made her autobiography one of the most 

widely acclaimed documents in the entertainment 

world in many decades. 

Carrols Has Record Sales, 

Earnings for Half Year 

SYRACUSE. N.Y. — Cariols 

Development 

Corp., operator and franchisor of 

restaurants and movie theatres, announced 

record sales and earnings for the first six 

months of fiscal 1971 ended November .^0. 

Earnings per share for the first six months 

totaled ^^ cents in both fiscal 1971 and 

1970, reflecting lax-loss carry-forwards of 

two cents and seven cents, respectively. 

1 ffectivc earnings per share, therefore. 

uere 71 cents for the current six-month 

period, up 8 per cent from the 6h cents 

per share one year ago. 

Net income after taxes for the six months 

was $784,444. compared to S758,2(i2 for 

the first six months of fiscal 1970. These 

figures reflect the tax-loss carry-forwards. 

Herbert N. Slotnick, president, reported 

si.x-monih sales totaled SI.*;. 589, 895, an increase 

of 36 per cent over last vcar's firsthalf 

revenues of SI I.489.80.V 

Slotnick also reported that on December 

U\ 1970 a registration statement became 

effective with the Securities and E.xchange 

Commission covering the sale of 250,000 

additional 

shares of Carrols common stock. 

BOXOFTICE Januar\ 1971

Chas. Moss jr. Finishes 

His First Production 

NEW YORK—What Killed Sam Corker?," 

the first production of Charles B. 

Moss jr.. has completed filming. Ohie 

Award-winner John Hancock directed entirely 

on location in and around Esse.\. 

Conn., with a cast headed by Zohra Lampert. 

Mariclare Costello. Barton Heyman 

and Kevin O'Connor. It will be ready for 

release in March. 

Moss, the son of Charles B. Moss, president 

of the B. S. Moss Theatre chain, announced 

the acquisition of his second property. 

"Reunion." by Lee Kalcheim. The 

original screenplay, slated for late spring 

lensing in New England, is a love story of 

two men and a woman who return to college 

for their tenth class reunion. 

MGM Handling Distribution 

Of 'Clay Pigeon' in U.S. 

LOS ANGELES—"The Clay Pigeon." a 

Tracom Corp. production stairing Telly 

Savalas. Robert Vaughn. John Marley, Burgess 

Meredith, Ivan Dixon and Tom Stem 

as the Clay Pigeon, will be distributed in 

the United States by MGM, Douglas Netter, 

MGM vice-president, announced. 

The picture, which deals with an undercover 

operation to unmask a major narcotics 

dealer, is currently in production on 

locations in and around Los Angeles. 

Swiss Journalists Honor 

Four UA Films for 'Best' 

NIW M)Rk fnitcil Artists had lour 

releases among the nine pictures votetl by 

the Swiss Board of Film Journalists as Best 

Motion Pictures of 1970. In first and second 

place were "Fellini Satyricon," directed 

by Federico Fellini and featuring Martin 

Potter and Capucinc, and Francois Truffaufs 

-The Wild Child." with Truffaut and 

Jean Pierre Cargol. 

Also on the list were two films shown 

for the first time in Switzerland during the 

year: the Academy Award-winning "Midnight 

Cowboy" (1969). directed by John 

Schlesinger and starring Jon Voight and 

Dustin Hoffman, and Stanley Kubrick's 

"Paths of Glory" (1957) starring Kirk 

Douglas. 

Ken Murray Is Featured 

In USIA Documentary Film 

HOLLYWOOD—The United States Information 

Agency recently elected to include 

Ken Murray, veteran comedian and 

producer, as the subject of one of its "One 

Man Series" motion pictures. Each film in 

the scries takes a look at the life and work 

of a U.S. citizen whose work has made a 

significant impact on the lives of others. 

Murray is considered the unofficial historian 

of Hollywood through the film footage 

he has taken and collected from the 

early silent era of pictures to the present 

day. Charles Smith of Universal Pictures is 

the producer of the documentary. 

Sam Switow, Ky.-Ohio 

Circuit Head, Dies 

MIAMI—Samuel J. Switow, 73, died 

Tuesday night (Dec. 29) at a Miami hospital. 

Switow had 

been president of M. 

Switow and Sons, 

Louisville. 

Switow had been 

one of the original 

officers of Theatre 

Owners of America, 

predecessor of 

NATO, the first to be 

elected in an executive 

post aside from 

samuel Switow 

theatre owners m 

New York and Washington. He also had 

been one of the first industry executives 

to declare himself in full support of the 

Will Rogers Hospital when the motion picture 

industry took over the management of 

that institution more than 20 years ago. 

His support also was evidenced by personal 

contributions and audience collections 

when such collections were not popular 

with theatre owners. He was chief barker 

of Variety Club in Indianapolis, 1947-48. 

Switow leaves his wife and two children. 

Also surviving are two brothers, Harry and 

Fred, both of whom are active in 

the family 

circuit of theatres in Kentucky and Ohio. 

Services were held in Louisville, where 

interment also took place. 

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'Harold and Maude' Starts 

Filming in San Mateo 

Hari>kl and Maude. ,i Mildred Lewis 

and Colli) Hii:gins production lor Paramount, 

starring Ruth Gordon and Bud C'ort. 

started principal photography in San Mateo 

early this month. Hal Ashby is directing 

and Charles Mulvehill and Cole Higgins are 

co-producing from the original screenpla\ 

by Higgins. which was a prize-winning entry 

in the UCLA Goldwyn Awards 

Marvin .Schwartz Productions' "Five Days 

Home" will begin filming February I on 

location in either Arkansas. Oklahoma or 

Louisiana for 20th Century-F'o\ release . . . 

Director James Goldstonc set up offices at 

Melro-Goldwyn-Mayer to begin preproduction 

on The Gang That Couldn't Shoot 

Straight " for producers Irwin Winkler and 

Roh.-rl Charloff. The screen version of the 

Jimmy Breslin novel goes before the cameras 

this spring in New York . . . Paul Bogart 

has been set as the new director of 

"Skin Game." the James Garner starrer 

which Cherokee Productions will make for 

Warner Bros. Bogart is replacing Burl Kennedy 

who earlier was released from that 

assignment by the studio. Harry Keller is 

producing the film, which Peter Stone 

scripted and adapted from the original story 

by Richard Alan Simmons. Warner Bros, 

has set Paul Heller, production executive 

at the studio, as project officer on the film 

Anthony Harvey has been set to direct 

A (ilimpse of Tiger." Brodsky-Gould production 

for Warner Bros. The film, an original 

by Herman Raucher. will star Elliott 

Ciould and be produced by Jack Brodsky. 

his partner. A Jebruary starting date has 

been scl on ioc.ition in New >ork 

Campanella. Hughes to Lens 

"Rage Against the Night' 

Joseph ( ampanella. vlar ol L tiiversal's 

IV "The Bold Ones." and Kenneth Hughes, 

director of "Cromwell.' have begun negotiations 

to set up a co-production of Austin 

Kilcullen's "Rage Against the Night. " property 

owned by Campanella concerning an 

incident in the life of Horace Mann, the 

noted IVth Century American educator. 

Campanella will co-produce with Hughes 

and will star, while Hughes also will direct 

Ci. Brown. Mark l.ipsky and 

Don Sherman have formed Sherman Productions 

to develop, produce and write independent 

films and their first project will 

be an original screenplay written by Don 

Sherman, tilled "Fine. Fine. I-Aerylhing's 

Fine." with shooting to start early this year 

Howard will direct the motion piclure 

version of John Bowen's hit British 

stage play. "Trevor." which Ray Stark's 

Raslar Productions will bring to the screen 

lor Columbia. Michael Frayn, author of the 

current I ondon hit. "The Two of Us." has 

been sel lo do the screenplay . . . Dundee 

By SYD CASSYD 

Productions has added a sixth propertN. 

"Isolation. an original story by Rojay 

" 

North, to its 1971 schedule, according to 

George E. Carey, president. Carey will produce 

and Don Henderson, Dundee vicepresident, 

will direct on West Coast locations. 

Rex Harrison Acquires Rights 

To Produce 'Nowhere Girl' 

Rex Harrison has acquired Angela Hugh's 

novel. "Nowhere Girl." for his production 

company and has arranged for Miss Hugh 

to screenplay the work as one of two projects 

he will make during 1971. Harrison 

previously purchased screen rights to "Pride 

of Lions." original story by David Pursall 

and Jack .Seddon. who also are scripting 

Walden. aclress-turned-cosmetics-queen. 

has secured film rights to 

"Mammy Pleasant." Helen Holdredge's 

book concerning the legendary Negress of 

the Barbary Coast who parlayed a hand 

laundry into a series of the Bay area's plushiest 

and most discreet palaces of joy. Miss 

Walden intends to develop the story into 

a screenplay to star one of the top black 

actresses . . . Alden .Schwimmer. president 

of Cinema Video Communications, reports 

that CMQ has purchased Kingsley Amis' 

novel. "The Green Man." which it will produce 

as a teature film in 1972. Blake Edwards, 

partnered in Q\C with .Schwimmer 

and novelist Harold Robbins. will direct the 

contemporary ghost story, with .Schwimmer 

producing. 1 his is CVC's second major motion 

picture acquisition, having earlier purchased 

"The Peacemaker."' Cornelius R\an\ 

first novel . Sherman's Ph;isc 1 

Productions has optioned F'ord Price's novel. 

'Bow Tie." for motion picture packaging. 

Sherman has signed Price lo do the screenpla\ 

for the story, sel in the 1920s . 

Jimmy Sangsler will write the final screenpla) 

for American International's "Gingerbread 

House." based on David Osborn's 

original story. The film is an adult treatment 

of the Hansel and Gretel story, 

with Mark Lester as one of the stars . . . 

Producer Samuel S. Dikel set Norman 

Hudis to write the screenplay for "La Vie 

Passionee of Rodney Buchthorne." from 

the novel by R. V. Cassill. Dikel is president 

of Capri Productions, which recently completed 

its first feature. "Pepper." st.irring 

John Aslin. 

Winner Productions Slates 

Five in Next Two Years 

Winner Productions, formed by Joe Feury 

and Saul Brandman. plans to produce five 

features in the next couple of years, with 

Feury as producer and Brandman as executive 

producer. Talks are progressing with 

writer Stanley Cherry to do the script for 

"Rain. Rain Go Away." to star Lee Cirant. 

with Runs Mayherry directing on a 2 1 -day 

schedule in th; California and Arizona deserts. 

No release plans have been scl. but 

these will be arranged as soon as the first 

production. "The Grabbers." is scored and 

edited. Four other projects are in the works 

producers Harry Hope and 

Oscar Nichols have moved their operation 

formed Universal Enlertainmeni Corp.. a 

production and distribution company, they 

plan five features for 1971. I he first, starti 

ing this month. "The Dragons Eye. " is i 

Scott C.S. Stone's Edgar Award i 

winning 

mystery of 1969 . . . MHC. new motion I 

picture company, has just completed "King 

.Arturo and the Angel of .Marco 1970 A.D.," 

with Fernando "Ricky" Cortinas leading a 

i 

large international cast. It is the true story 

i 

of the breaking of the generation gap by 

Arturo Cortez. the 60-year-old former Span- 

ish matinee idol turned rebel. It was filmed 

mostly in Puerto Rico . 

executive producer of Cinecord Productions, 

has assembled an all-star production team, 

headed by Michael Powell as director, to 

film "Munchausen, the Incredible Baron."" 

an epic adventure tale based on the life of 

the world"s most extraordinary teller of tall 

tales. Now in the preproduction stage, 

""Munchausen"" was written for the screen 

by novelist-playwright Shepherd Mead and 

will begin shooting in the spring on several 

European locations. Working with director 

Powell are Richard MacDonald. Wally 

Weavers, in charge of conceiving the many 

intricate fantasy effects of the film, and 

Rose Robias Shaw, casting director . . 

. 

Frank P. Rosenberg and Norman RosemonI 

formed Highwood Productions and acquired 

two properties lor theatrical release. '"The 

Springing of George Blake." by Sean 

Bourke. and "In a Wild .Sanctuary."' by William 

Harrison, both lo be filmed this year. 

To Team Poitier, Belaionte 

In Feature for Columbia 

I\ir the lirsi lime in iheir c.ireers. Sidne\ 

Poitier and Harrs Bclafonle will be teamed 

for a motion picture in "Buck and the 

Preacher." an E&R Production Corp.-Belafonte 

Enterprises film which Joel Cilickman 

will produce for Columbia. Joseph Sargent 

will direct the Ernest Kinoy screenpla\ 

which is based on a Drake Walker original. 

.Set against a post-Civil War background. 

Poitier portrays a former Union cavalryman 

turned guide for former slaves who plan 

to homestead in the West and Belafonte 

passes as a preacher who becomes involved 

Lee Marvin will star in 

with Poitier . . . 

"Prime Cull"" Wizan Productions film which 

Joe Wizan will produce for Cinema Center 

Productions, it was announced b\ Jere Henshaw. 

vice-president in charge of production 

for CCF. A first screenplay b\ Robert Dillon. 

"Prime Cull" marks the second motion 

picture project for Cinema Center b> Wl/aii 

and follows the previously announced agreement 

on ".Stand in the Rain." which Wizan 

also will produce . Euan Lloyd 

signed Jeff Corey for "Callow." which stars 

Yul Brynner and Stephen Boyd. Filming is 

sel to start in mid-Februar\' in Madrid. 

10 BOXOFFICE 1971

EMI. Ltd., Adopted 

As Corporate Name 

LONDON — EMI, Ltd.. has replaced 

Electric & Musical Industries. Ltd.. as the 

official name of the worldwide electronics, 

phonograph record and entertainment corporation. 

Adopted by shareholders at the 

annual meeting in London December 4. the 

new designation became effective Friday 

(1). according Sir Joseph Lockwood, 

to 

chairman. 

"This change was appropriate for two 

reasons." Sir Joseph said. "First, our former 

name no longer reflects our wide span of 

interests and. second, the initials EMI have 

become our primary means of identification 

throughout the world." 

Ihe name of Associated British Pictures 

Corp.. Ltd.. a leading UK. TV. motion picture 

production and theatre circuit concern 

which EMI acquired in 1969, also has been 

changed to "HMl Film and Theatre Corp.. 

Ltd.." the company said. 

EMI. Ltd.. and its 50 subsidiaries form a 

British-based group employing 42.000 people 

in more than .^0 countries. EMI owns 

70 per cent of Capitol Industries, a leading 

U. S. phonograph record, cassette cartridge 

and magnetic tape producer. EMFs sales in 

the year ended last June 30 topped $525 

million. 

Howard Lesser Is Dead; 

Lesser Circuit Founder 

.MIAMI BEACH. FLA.—Howard Lesser. 

66. Miami Beach, founder of Lesser Theatres 

and an officer and director, died here 

December 12 of a heart attack. 

Lesser was an independent exhibitor and 

operated theatres in the New York and 

New Jersey areas. In the early 1960s he 

started building the circuit known as Lesser 

Enterprises. The firm had theatres in Mount 

Kisco and Yorktown Heights; the Twin 

theatres in Beach Shopping Center, Peekskill: 

the Valley Theatre. Spring Valley, and 

the Orangeburg Theatre in Orangetown. all 

in New York. 

He leaves a son, Ronald of Hicksville. 

L.I.. an active operating partner in Lesser 

Enterprises: his wife Ruth. Miami: his mother 

Mrs. Berdye Lesser. New York City, and 

three grandchildren. 

Funeral services were held from Riverside 

Chapel in New York City. 

Remodeling at Fairmont 

For Piggyback Theatre 

FAIRMONT. W. VA.—The Fairmont 

Theatre, owned by Joe Carunchi. will convert 

the balcony into a separate 200-seat 

theatre. Owner also of the local Eastland 

hardtop and the Starlight and Twilight 

drive-ins. Carunchi purchased the equipments 

and fixtures from the soon-to-bedcmolished 

Lee Theatre. 

The .30-year-old Lee Theatre was purchased 

by the First National Bank and. 

when the building is removed, the site will 

-serve as part of the bank's parking lot. 

Name Honorary Committee 

For Ida Cohen Tribute 

\l \\ 'ÔRK Se\enleeii motion picture 

mdiislr\ leaders have been chosen for the 

tribute to Ida Cohen, scheduled for Thursday 

(14) at the Americana Hotel. 

They are: 

Leon Blender, senior vice-president, 

distribution. American International 

Pictures; Harry Buxbaum, vice-president, 

general sales manager. Cinerama Releasing; 

Ed Cruea. vice-president, sales, Allied Artists 

Pictures; Bud Edele, vice-president and 

general .sales manager, Avco Embassy Pictures; 

Milton Goldstein, senior vice-president. 

Cinema Center Films; Milt Goodman, 

vice-president and general sales manager, 

Columbia Pictures; Leo Greenfield, vicepresident, 

sales, Warner Bros.; Salah Hassanein, 

president. United Artists Theatres; 

Larry Lapidus, coordinator of national film 

buying. General Cinema Corp,; Bernard 

Levy, executive liaison officer, ABC Paramount; 

Irving Ludwig, president and general 

sales manager. Buena Vista; Bill Madden, 

general sales manager, Metro-Goldwyn- 

Mayer; Henry "Hi" Martin, vice-president 

and general sales manager. Universal Pictures; 

Peter Myers, vice-president, domestic 

distribution, 20th Century-Fox; Bernard 

Myerson, executive vice-president. Loew's 

Theatres: Matthew Polon, president, RK.O- 

Stanley Warner Theatres, and Frank Yablans, 

vice-president. Paramount Pictures. 

As previously announced, co-chairmen for 

the tribute will be Charles Boasberg, president 

of National General Pictures, and 

James Velde. vice-president, sales. United 

Artists. 

Mrs. Cohen is being honored upon her retirement 

from the industry. She has been a 

booker for RKO-Stanley Warner Theatres 

for over 30 years. 

BKMJII >L\IIML — David 

Levy, center. Youth .Scrviie Agency of 

New York City Human Resources 

Administration, and .lohn L. .Tohn, 

right, MCM New York division advertising 

manager, distributing balloons, 

comic books and ice cream at a special 

screening of MGM's "The Bu.shbaby" 

at the Apollo Theatre, New York City, 

in November. This was one of many 

special screenings of filni.s in MGM's 

Children's Matinee .series for underprivileged 

youths in cooperation with 

the city of New York's HRA. 

Martina Holiday Cine 

Has Xmas Day Debut 

ROCHESILR—The Holiday Cine, the 

newest link in the Martina circuit in the 

Rochester area, opened Christmas Day 1970 

in the Holiday Inn, Main and St. Paul 

streets. The first attraction was 20th Century-Fox's 

"The Great White Hope" and all 

the circuit officials were on hand to welcome 

folks attending the gala premiere. 

The theatre seats 320, has russet seats 

and fabric-covered walls of russet and pale 

beige. Rugs arc a deep russet and brown, 

with a figured design. 

Ihe first newly built downtown Kodak 

Town motion picture theatre in decades, the 

Holiday Cine will offer matinees regularly 

on its schedule. 

Vincent Martina, who operates the Cine 

with his father Charles V., said he hadn't 

made up his mind whether the general decor 

is Mexican or Spanish. Arthur Krolick is 

general manager of the Martina circuit, with 

headquarters at 95 Mortimer St., Rochester. 

Complaint by RKO-SW 

Upheld by NY High Court 

NEW YORK.—Matthew Polon, president 

of RKO-Stanley Warner Theatres, announced 

that the company's amended complaint 

against the Century Circuit has been 

upheld in the Supreme Court, New York 

County, in a decision handed down by Judge 

Thomas C. Chiinera. 

The suit charges Century, the operator 

20 theatres in Nassau County, with "harassment 

of 

by misuse of legal process and 

other unfair forms of pressure and illegal 

action" aimed at preventing RKO-Stanley 

Warner from constructing two theatres in 

Nassau County. The theatres involved are 

located in Plainview and also Rockville Centre 

(the latter has since been opened). RKO- 

SW seeks damages in an amount in excess 

of $3,000,000. 

Named in the suit together with Century 

C ircuit are Leslie R. Schwartz, its president; 

Martin H. Newman, executive vice-president, 

and Joseph G. Wickham. secretary. 

Certain other residents of the island, although 

not named as defendants, are named 

as co-conspirators in connection with Cenlurv's 

activities. 

MGM's 'Shaft' Shooting 

Starts Ian. 11 in NYC 

NEW YORK— Feature film production 

for the New Year in New York City gets 

under way Monday (11), when MGM's 

"Shaft" goes before the cameras in Times 

Square. 

Gordon Parks is directing the story of a 

black private eye entirely on locations in 

and around this city. A Stirling Silliphant- 

Roger Lewis production, the picture will 

star a previously unknown black star who 

will be announced shortly. Joel Freeman is 

producing the picture, which is based on a 

novel by Ernest Tidyman with a script by 

John D, F. Black. 

BOXOFHCE :: January 11, 1971 E-I

Husbands 

Love 

Composite 530 for 

love Story' Top 

Percentage for New York Holidays 

NEW YORK.— At years end. the holidays 

boosted attendance to what seemed hke 

new highs. Enjoying the highest grosses was 

"Love Story." Paramount's expected smash 

hit which did a combined 530 in its second 

week at State I and Tower East theatres, 

breaking records at both houses. Less conventional 

in second place was "Gimme Shel- 

(Ctievron), 10th wk 

Cine—The Owl ond the 

180 

.150 

Pussycot (Col), 8th wk, 

Cine Lido Women and Lover (Aquarius), 

6th wk 210 

Cinema CI), 3rd wk 355 

V), Cinemo II Trash Cinema 12th wk 405 

Cinerama Song Norway (CRC), 8th 380 

of wk 

Coronet Brewster McCloud (MGM) 260 

Criterion Toto! Torol Torol (20th Fox), 14th 120 wk. 

Stre. 59th t Twin, AlcK in Wonderlond (MGM) .150 

jl,i, ,C Fine Arti Cromwell 9th wk 130 

Globe Seven Consenting Adults (Mishkin), 

15th wk 

Little Carnegie—The Mon With Connections 

135 

(Col) 

Murray Hill—The Act of the 

55 

Heart (Univ), 

Belli (Plaza), 2nd 

My Soup (Col), 

5th wk 60 

New Embassy—Detective wk. . .330 

Orpheum—There's a Girl in 

2nd wk 140 

Poramount— LiMIe Big Mon (NGP), 2nd wk 375 

Pons— I Love My Wife (Univ) 145 

Plozo—GImm* Shelter (Cinema V), 3rd wk 430 

Rodio City Music Hall—Scrooge (NGP), 6th wk. .260 

68th Street Playhouse—This Man Must Die 

(AA), 9th wk 95 

Stole I— Love Story iPora), 2nd wk 490 

Sfote II The Owl and the Pussycot (Col), 

8th wk 210 

Sutton— Little Big Man (NGP), 2nd wk 450 

Tower East— Love Story (Pora), 2nd wk 570 

Trans-Lux Eoit—The Pino Triangle (WB), 

8th 

World—Sexual 

wk 55 

Procticcs in Sweden (Mishkin), 

9th 

Ziegfeld— 

wk 335 

170 

Ryan's Ooughter MGM), 7th wk 

"The Great White Hope' 180, 

Strongest Film in Buffalo 

BUFFALO— "The Great White Hope" 

was the foremost business winner in downtown 

theatres during the Christmas holidays, 

as evidenced by a resounding 180 per cent. 

"There's a Girl in My Soup." benefiting 

from a dual opening at the suburban Amherst 

and downtown Cinema, ran up 160 

and Disney's ".Aristocats" was good for a 

happy 150 at the Culvin. 

Buffolo—The Great White Hope (20th-Fox) .. .180 

Center— I Love My Wife lUmv 140 

Cinemo, Amherst There's o Girl in My Soup 

(Col) 160 

Colvin—The Aristoeots (BV) 150 

Granodo— Ryan's Doughter (MGM) 120 

Holidoy I Story (Poro) Not Avoiloble 

Holiday II— Toro! Toro! Toro! 

(20th-Fox) Not Avoiloble 

Penthouse—The Vampire Lovers (AlP); Count 

Yorgo Vampire (AlP) 110 

Teck—He and She (SR) 1 30 

Programalic Theatre 

Premiered by Manos 

LATROBL. PA.— Laurel 30 Cinema, a 

350-scater representing "the ultimate in theatre 

automation." was opened Christmas 

evening at l.atrobe Center by Manos Theatres. 

The Super Programatic System and all 

equipments were furnished by Atlas Theatre 

Supply. Pittsburgh. 

Ted Manos. president of Manos Theatres 

and Monessen Amusement Co., said. "It 

has a mind of its own. capable of handling 

all projection booth and auditorium functions 

with reliability second to none. It will 

change over the picture and sound from 

one projector to the other, stop the outgoing 

projector and extinguish the lamp. 

Also, it senses incorrectly threaded projectors, 

broken film or light failures, sounds 

a warning, then refuses to proceed until the 

trouble is corrected. Super Programatic 

(FPRAD) also provides facilities to control 

the operation of house lights, curtains and 

screen masking for widescreen and Cinema- 

Scope projection, as well as scheduled intermissions." 

The invitational audience at the modern 

and beautiful theatre the evening of December 

23 previewed "Tora! Tora! Tora!" 

Civic, religious and political leaders were in 

attendance and from the motion picture 

industry were, among others, Mr. and Mrs. 

Ted Manos. Mrs. Pete Manos and daughter 

.Marie. Mr. and .Mrs. Joseph Bugala. Mr 

equipment were furnished by Atlas Theatre 

and Mrs. Ken Woodward. Mr. and Mrs. 

Don Woodward. Patricia DePree, Louis 

.Manos and son Connie. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard 

Buchheit. Joe Mulone and son Nick. 

Mr. and Mrs. George Tice. Meercy Brail 

and her fiance Mar%in L. Weiner. Mrs. H 

M. Wheeler and daughter Jackie Stein. Mr. 

and Mrs. Jules Curley. Gordon and Milton 

Gibson. Pat Martin. Ben Stahl. Mr. and 

Mrs. David Silverman. Pete DeFazio. Max 

Shabason. Jim Ley and Bob KJingensmith. 

Also present were Gene Naccarato. John 

Mekic and Bill Wissinger, the latter bcini; 

rector in Japan and most recently vicepresident 

in charge of Latin American film 

distribution for 20th Century-Fox. His primary 

responsibility will be Latin America 

and the Far East. The present regional directors, 

Arthur Herskovitz and Mel Edelstein. 

will report directly to him. 

In line with Rodriguez's appointment, 

Pieter>e announced three promotions within 

the MGM International sales organization. 

Sig Schwartz has been named head of sales 

and operations for MGM International and 

will act as an assistant to the new foreign 

sales manager. Previously Schwartz was director 

of the MGM International theatres 

division. 

Lou George, formerly head of the 

16mm 

nontheatrical sales division of MGM. was 

elevated to the post of roadshow and special 

sales director. George also will assist Rodriguez. 

Ramon Nieto has been appointed 

to the post of sales control. Nieto was a 

field representative for the company in 

Argentina before his promotion—his second 

in less than a year. 

All four men will be headquartered at 

the Culver City studio. 

Countryside Circuit Adds One 

NEW YORK Martin Friedman, president 

of New York-based Countrywide Theatres, 

Inc., announced the acquisition of the 

Northside Drive-In in Watertown, N. Y. 

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J)AN1EI. STERN. Warner Bros, vicepresident 

in charge of advertising and 

publicity, was in town from Hollywood, en 

route to Europe. There he's to meet with 

executives on forthcoming WB films and 

view footage from "Death in Venice." 

"Great Medicine Ball Caravan," "A Clockwork 

Orange" and "The Devils." 

• 

Sophia Lorcn is the cover subject of 

Janiiiiry's issue of Ladies Home Journal. 

The Italian star appears opposite Marcello 

Mastroianni for the umpteenth lime in Warners' 

new "The Priest's Wife." 

• 

Theatre, starting Wednesday (6). Both are 

about black detectives but Godfrey Cambridge 

and Raymond St. Jacques play for 

laughs in "Cotton." while Sidiwy Poilier 

reprises Virgil Tibbs from "In the Heat of 

the Night" (1967) in the dramatic "Tibbs" 

• 

Richard Chamberlain, who stars as Pclcr 

Tchaikovsky in Ken Russell's "The Music 

Lovers," arrived in town Friday (8) for 

interviews and appearances in connection 

with the premiere of the United Artists release. 

Besides hosting a special college preview. 

Chamberlain will make the rounds 

of TV talk 

shows. 

• 

Time Magazine's Monday (II) issue has 

"Love Story" star Alt MacGraw on its 

cover. The former model is the subject of 

a story of the return of romanticism in 

nu)vies and is a reminder of "the kind of 

stars that used to glisten in Hollywood." 

Time describes "Love Story" as a phenomenon, 

having the largest opening-week 

grosses in the history of American cinema. 

Over the holidays, the new Gulf & Western 

Huildini;. which hou.'ies Paramount's home 

office, spelled out the film's title by coordinating 

the lights on the upper floors. 

• 

Three .Ô-minuie tilnis made through 

grants troni the American Film Institute 

are being shown at the Whitney Museum 

through ^Vednesday (I.M. "The Father." 

directed by Mark Fine, stars Burgess Meredith 

and Bruce Davison; "Watersmilh," by 

Will Hindle, is a view of the U.S. Olympic 

swimming team, and "Razor Blades," by 

Paul .Sharits, uses two screens and stereophonic 

sound to challenge the mind's hold 

over the senses. 

• 

H'arner Bros, instituted promotumal gimmicks 

on two current allructiiins. Horn & 

Hardart restaurants throughout the metropolitan 

area distributed thou.sands of headed 

headbands to advertise the showca.\e run 

of "Flap," starring Anthony Quinn. A contest 

for patrons of "There Was a Crooked 

Man ." . . at the Trans-Lux East and Trans- 

Lu.x West theatres gave them more than 50 

chances to win a square-meal-for-two at 

La Foiula del Sol Restaurant. 

• 

Leonard Maltin's Signet paperback. 

•Movie Comedy Teams," is highly recommended 

reading for anyone who ever enjoyed 

screen funnymen—and women. Arti- 

the publisher didn't consider the subject big 

enough for a hardcover edition. Introduction 

is by veteran comic Billy Gilbert, who 

worked ^îth most of the teams covered in 

the book. 

• 

Definitely worth having is the David 

Shipman hook. "The Great Movie Stars— 

7/i.' Golden Years," written in England and 

published here by Crown. Some 181 stars 

are covered in detailed biographies and, 

while the author's opinions on the players' 

aptitudes are .generally anuising. sonw seem 

to have had tu) merit at all. Besides the 

"greats" one would expect to find (Wayne, 

Hepburn, Bogart. Garland. Gable. Davis. 

Garbo, etc.), the inclusion of such people 

as Laird Cregar and Frances Farmer, while 

welcome, is open to question. Others are 

virtually unknown outside of England: Will 

Hay. George Formby and Cicely Court 

neidge. Aho. .tince this is from a British 

point of view, there still appears to be room 

for an American hook on the top stars. The 

information included is extremely valuable 

to anyone caring about film history, despite 

an inaccuracy here and there (can any film 

book ever claim to be perfect?). Just to 

give oiw underrated performer his due. 

that's Snub Pollard (with Bud Jamison), 

incorrectly identified as Stan Laurel in a 

photo with Harold Lloyd. Any buff or industrvile 

is guaranteed nuiny pleasant hours 

with this volume. 

• 

For those who didn't gel their fill of 

movie serials in Alan Barbour's Knik. "Da\s 

of Thrills and Adventure." we recommend 

Chapter S of the new Arlington House history 

of the comic book. "All in Color foi 

.1 Dime. " In an article called "The Four 

P.ineled. Sock-Bang-Powie Saturday Afternoon 

Screen." writer-film historian Chris 

Steinbrunner humorously examines the 

serials based on the exploits of popular 

comic heroes. Such comparatively forgotten 

comics as "Radio Patrol" and "Tim 

Tyler's Luck" are explored along with the 

durable "Flash Gordon" and "Superman." 

Dick Lupoff and Don Thompson edited the 

SI 1.95 

publication. 

• 

Dimitri de Grunwald's version of D. H. 

Lawrence's "The Virgin and the Gypsy" 

was .selected as the best picture of 1970 by 

Stuart Klein, film reviewer for Metromedia's 

WNEW-TV. Another Chevron release. 

"Coin Down the Road," also was on 

his top ten list. 

• 

Leonard Kirtman. producer-director who 

heads Kirt Films International, is in Hollywood 

to prepare for the filming of ""The 

Witch" and two other as yet untitled productions. 

According to Kirtman, "the new 

Eric Plcskow, vice-president of United cles on what made each team successful 

are accompanied by checklists of that 

Artists, has been awarded the Gold Medal 

of Honor for services to the city of Vienna. team's films. Included are such fondly remembered 

favorable conditions" in Hollywood in- 

The decoration was bestowed by the unanimous 

comics as Laurel and Hardy, the duced him to produce there and he may 

decision of the provincial government 

Marx Brothers. Olsen and Johnson, the 

set up a California office. Distribution of 

of Vienna. This is the highest civilian Ritz Brothers, Abbott and Costello, Thelma his new horror film, '"Carnival of Blood," 

decoration awarded by the city. Pleskow, Todd and ZaSu Pitts and/or Patsy Kelly, 

will be announced shortly. Kirtman returns 

who was born in Vienna, joined United the Three Stooges, Dean Martin and Jerry 

to his New York headquarters Wednesday 

Artists in I9.'5| and has been vice-president Lewis. Burns and Allen and lesser-known 

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Alan Carney and Tommy Noonan and Pete The Community Film Workshop Council, 

"Cotton Comes to Harlem," one of the Marshall, right up to the current Rowan 

a private nonprofit organization, assists 

year's hif;ge.e,ir-old 

American Lhcatre on Main Street has been 

razed to make way for a new bank building. 

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Canvasmen are Michael Ellis jr.. Myron 

Gross. George Hochreiler. Charles Wesley 

[,ee. Dewey Michaels and Joseph Palanker. 

Women of Variety. Mrs. Joseph .Schacfer. 

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Sharon Askey. Mrs. Samuel Dine. Lucille 

White. Mrs. Herbert Cohen. Mrs. Eugene 

Meade. Mrs. Irving Sanders nad Mrs. Herman 

Messinger. George Hochreiter is chairman 

of the event. 

James J. Haye.s, managing director of the 

downtown Cinema and the Wehrle Drivein 

and permanent chairman of the Variety 

Club Telethon, has been named one of Ihe 

assistants of the Ad Cluh"s President's Ball, 

to be held .Saturday (16) in the Hotel Staller 

. . . Rochester Poster Advertising Co. has 

merged with ()"Mealia Outdoor Advertising 

Corp. of Jersey City. Rochester Poster has 

been a family business since 1884 and is 

owned h\ brothers John and Edward Stahlhrodl. 

Mrs. Kathy Meyers, in making her annual 

report lo the board of governors of the 

Children's Rehabilitation Foundation, a Variety 

Club charity activity, on the summer 

camping program, showed a ten per cent 

increase over the preceding year, with 232 

children participating for a total of 404 

camping weeks in the 17 cooperating area 

camps. This includes the 47 children who 

benefitted from the Schmidt's of Philadelphia 

program. 

The Eastman Kodak Co. of Rochester has 

named new managers of the company's distribution 

centers in Memphis and Seattle. 

Transferred from Rochester to Memphis 

was Ivan B. Berger and transferred from 

Kodak Town lo Seattle was Paul J. Dwyer 

(). Slahl. who began his career 

at Rochester's Eastman Kodak almost 45 

years ago as an a.ssembler in Kodak's cam- 

Chief barker Ben Bush, lent 7. held the 

first meeting of the 1971 Variety Club crew 

Monday night (4) in Ihe clubrooms. Cocktails 

and dinner started at 6:30 p.m. Walter 

yhese new officers of Variety Club Tent R. Milkr ol the Children's Hospital is a 

new member of Tent 7. Past chief barker 

7 will lake the oalh of office at the 

annual combination installation-dinner Saturday 

John .Serfustino will be chairman of the 

evening (23) in the Delaware Avenue annual Variety week. February 14-20. 

headquarters: Ben Bush, chief barker; Richard 

George Hochreiter. chairman of the annual 

Atlas, first assistant; Jerry Edelstein. 

ceremonies and dinner Saturday 

installation 

second assistant; Marc IJppman. property (23) in the clubrooms announces that reservations 

closed at 100. All 1971 officers 

of the club and the Women of Variety will 

take the oath of office at this event ... In 

a farewell word from 1970 chief barker 

John J. Serfustino. he said, in part, to the 

barkers of the Variety Club: "The 1970 

crew thanks everyone for all their fine 

efforts and cooperation during the past year. 

We have accomplished much in the field 

of service to handicapped and needy children, 

with a record-breaking Telethon and 

a new high in our summer camping program." 

Exhibitors saw a trade preview of "Brother 

John" Tuesday (5) in the operators 

screening room as guests of Columbia 

branch manager William Abrams. Abrams 

reports "There's a Girl in My Soup" and 

"The Owl and the Pussycat" arc both turning 

in outstanding business, the former at 

the Cinema downtown and the Amherst at 

the city's Main Street city line and the latter 

at Cinema II on Falls Boulevard and the 

Seneca Mall Cinema. 

Roy Henderson, a native of this city, 

composer and long-lime friend of Jack Yellen 

here, also a famous composer, is dead. 

Josephine Genco, who has been cashier 

at the 20th Century-Fox exchange, resigned 

Friday ( 1 ). A farewell party was given in 

her honor . Tora! Tora!" is breaking 

attendance records . 7 continues 

to turn in fantastic figures Irom the weekly 

bingo games. 

Chosen as ten best films of 1970 by Bob 

.Sokolsky and Courier-Express reviewers 

were: "Diary of a Mad Housewife." "King: 

A Filmed Record . to Memphis." 

"Anne of the Thousand Days." "They 

Shoot Horses, Don't They'.'", "The Milky 

Way." 'Getting Straight, " "Z, " "Lovers and 

Other Strangers," "The Ballad of Cable 

" 

Hogue and "Woodstock"— in that order. 

Coh.-n, president, NATO of N.Y. .State. 

Robert Ryan will have a starring role in 

The Love Machine." 

Guilty Plea Is Entered 

As Judge Reduces Charges 

BUM .\LO Two persons against whom 

ohscenit\ charges had been pending in city 

court for nearly two years have been allowed 

to plead guilty lo reduced charges of 

disorderly conduct before City Judge Theodore 

S. Kasler. The judge suspended imposition 

of sentences against Catherine M. 

Skimski, manager and ticket seller of the 

Allendale Theatre at the time, and Frederick 

W. Howard, projectionist. 

Police of the bureau of vice investigation 

arrested the two Jan. 28, 1969, after four 

plainsclothesmen and Judge Kasler viewed 

a film entitled "Babette in Return of the 

Secret Society " in the theatre at 203 Allen 

St. Judge Kasler at that time singled out 

five portions of the film as violating obscenity 

standards, police said. 

A 15-year-old boy was found in the audience. 

Police charged the pair with disseminating 

indecent material to minors and with 

violating the obscenity section of the state 

penal law. They pleaded innocent. 

Numerous motions to suppress evidence 

were made in the cases but were denied. 

Variety Tent 7 Telethon 

Is Slated for March 6-7 

BUFFALO—John J. Serfustino. president 

of the board of governors of the Children's 

Rehabilitation Foundation of the Variety 

Club of Buffalo has announced the 

ninth annual Telethon of that organization 

will be held Saturday and Sunday. March 

6-7. The facilities of' WKBW-TV (Channel 

7) again will be used and .Serfustino also 

announces that Sam Geffen. 142 Woodmere 

Dr.. town of Tonawanda and a longtime 

Tent 7 member, has been appointed 

general chairman of the 1971 "Telethon. 

Albert J. Pelrella. 364 Parker Ave., a past 

chief barker, has been named first assistant 

chairman. 

Geffen soon will call a meeting to announce 

his various committee chairmen. 

The Children's Rehabilitation Foundation 

and the local Variety Club are dedicated to 

the well-being of handicapped and needy 

children and take pride in the fact that 

monies collected here remain on the Niagara 

Frontier. 

Shuttered Spangler House 

Is Destroyed by Blaze 

SPANGLER. PA. — The long-closed 

Gray-Spangler Theatre was destroyed by fire 

during an I 1-inch snowstorm early New 

Year's Day. Owned and operated for many 

Twin theatres now are being constructed 

in Ihe Chautauqua Mall down in the Jamestown 

district and it is reported that they 

will be operated by General Cinema Corp. 

Ha.h house will have a sealing capacity of 

also reported General Cinema 

era works, has been appointed superintendent, 

*>0. It is that 

operate new huge new 

consumer products assembly, appara- 

years by former member of the Pennsyl- 

will a theatre in the 

shopping plaza on Transit Road near Main 

vania House of Representatives Joseph 

tus division. He succeeds C. Harry Clements, 

who has retired. Succeeding Stahl 

Gray, the Spangler Theatre was one of three 

Street in Clarence. General Cinema operates 

Cinema and 2 in Amherst and the 

as department head, motion picture camera 

buildings destroyed in the blaze which killed 

and projector assenibly in the apparatus department, 

is Ralph J. Rosati. who began his 

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district 

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Vic Gattuso, 

recently conferring 

two volunteer firemen and seriously injured 

two others when a front wall of the twostory 

with managers and employment with Kodak in 1V52 as an instrument 

building in which Ihe fire started col- 

area visiting 

maker apprentice. 

loc;il distributors, as well as Sidney J. 

lapsed. 

The flames spread to the theatre and to 

.mother building, all of which were consumed 

in the five-hour fire. Approximately 

100 volunteers from surrounding Cambria 

Count) communities participated. 

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ârrjl Martin has been very ill in recent 

weeks and has been unable to work. 

He is remembered as the first daily newspaper 

radio editor in the world and columnist 

for many publications. Get well. 

Darryll theatre investors among 

local exhibitors, in addition to Associated 

Iheatres, are Chester DcMarsh and Carl 

Temple. 

The Nixon Theatre established an all-time 

boxoffice record Christmas-New Year's 

week with a complete sellout, every seat 

for every performance, of "Hair." 

A bantam quad is being prepared for 

opening b\ Chester DcMarsh Theatres at 

the Bel-Air .Shopping Plaza. Scalp Avenue. 

Johnstown. The projection room in the middle 

of the one-story building is unautomated 

but has four sets of projectors and sound 

systems. Cinema Consultants of Grove City 

will license for the four theatres. The total 

seating capacity is under 1,000. 

David Shanahan, 56. 

former treasurer of 

the Nixon Theatre, died December 30 in 

Mercy Hospital. Surviving are his wife Rita, 

a daughter, a brother, a sister and a grandson. 

The funeral mass was Saturday (2) at 

the Church of the Resurrection, Brookline, 

with interment at St. MichaeFs Cemetery. 

"Imago," initial feature movie written, 

produced and directed by Ned Bosnick, 33, 

of Penn Hills here, has been released on the 

West Coast and in the Southwest . . . "All 

Quiet on the Western Front," a great antiwar 

film of 40 years ago, returns for a single 

exhibition .Sunday (31) at 7:30 p.m. in 

Carnegie Lecture Hall. Admission is free. 

Lew Ayres. Ben Alexander. Slim Summerville 

and Louis Wolheim are the featured 

actors in this unforgettable Lewis Milestone 

production. 

T. Howard Black, 86. publisher ol the 

old Bulletin-Index for many years and who 

left this city in 1930, died December 29 at 

Pleasantville, 

N.J. 

The long-dark Hollywood Theatre, California, 

was reopened recently in the college 

community by Don Roth, who has been 

identified with business relations at the Playhouse 

here for some time . . . Pennsylvania 

minimum wage will be increased February 

$1.4.5 to $1.60 an hour. 

Jake Pulkowski, National Screen .Service 

depot manager, had a sad Christmas, as his 

sister Mary Mano died jusi before the holidLOHai 

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Hollis 

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at Carnegie Lecture Hall and will discuss 

these productions with the audience: "Surface 

Tension." "Artificial Light" and "Zoms 

Lemma" . Fairmont, W. Va., radio 

personality Chuck Warner, a student pilot, 

recently flew his first solo. -Son of former 

exhibitors Charles and Dale Warner, Chuck 

also keeps busy with his seven-piece band, 

a favorite group in the Mountain State . . . 

"American Wilderness" was in area release 

Theatres forwarded its 1971 

guest pass book to your reporter. 

Art Cinema came up with its most amazing 

offering: "The Amazing Transplant" cobilled 

with "Invitation to Run" . . . Blatt 

Bros. Theatres management for some years 

has planned a second airer on property near 

its Altoona Drive-In but nothing has materialized 

due to blueprints and alternate 

plans submitted by the department of highways. 

Objections arc found and fought by 

opponents as changes arc proposed. Most of 

the alternate highway plans would render 

the proposed ozoner out of bounds, contrary 

to inviting expenditures of money for 

another theatre, actually erasing such investment 

by shutting off entrance-exit roads. A 

decision could be made in this new year 

and BlatI Bros. Theatres officials hope 

somehow lo find encouraging highway planning. 

This city was without a newspaper Monday 

(4), when pressmen took a walk . . . 

The .Shadyside, Regent Square. Squirrel Hill. 

Guild. ForuiTi and Manor theatres participated 

in the "First Baby of 1971" contest 

sponsored by the Squirrel Hill News, each 

giving passes for two to the parents. 

Local critics selected (in no particular order) 

the ten best pictures of the year. Thomas 

Blakley, Press, picked: "Love Story," 

"M*A*S*H," "Calch-22," "Joe," "Woodstock," 

"Lovers and Other Strangers," "Five 

Easy Pieces," "The Twelve Chairs," "Patton" 

and "The Boys in the Band." George 

Anderson, Post-Gazette, named: "Catch-22," 

"They Shoot Horses. Don't They'.'", "Z." 

Patton." "The Damned." 'Little Fauss and 

Big Halsy." "The landlord." "M A'S-H." 

"Love Story" and The Hall.id of Cable 

Hogue." 

Greer Garson Helps High 

School Find Classic Film 

I'l I I SHI Re, H k-.,M k.is|xrko and 

Richard C rosin, both chemislr\ lacully 

members at Montour High School, are 

sponsor and co-sponsor respectively of Future 

.Scientists of America (FSA), a very 

special 

entertainment presented annually for 

students, including honor award winners. 

For this year's show, they decided to exhibit 

a gre.it movie of the past, "Madame Curie." 

in which the gracious Greer Garson enacts 

the exacting role of the world-honored scientist. 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was contacted and 

somehow a false lead was given. The new 

owner-distributor of this 1941 film could 

not be located. Efforts seemed to have failed 

and then Miss Kasperko wrote a letter to 

Miss Garson and was surprised to receive 

an immediate answer from her secretary, 

giving the information and setting up the 

date for the print. This was extraordinary, 

thought the FSA sponsors, other scientists, 

students and faculty members. 

The show was presented most perfectly 

and was a unanimous winner. All was well 

and so far above expectations that the sponsors 

were overwhelmed by the "Madame 

Curie" achievement and the effoits given 

by Miss Garson. 

Then Miss Kasperko received a telephone 

call from Greer Garson, inquiring as to the 

exhibition, how it was received, etc. Richard 

Crosby, in years past an exhibitor at California, 

Pa., a college town, with Jean Kasperko 

and other educators, states that their 

attempts to thank Miss Garson were minimal 

in reflecting their feeling of pride and 

honor for this star"s great talent, effort and 

friendliness. They are going to publish her 

photograph in their FSA News and extend 

their 

love and thanks. 

Fire Destroys Warehouse 

.SI AIL tOLLLGl.. PA.—Carl lemple, 

veteran in exhibition and owner of the 

Temple Drive-In here, sustained a $400,000 

loss in a recent fire which destroyed a warehouse 

where he manufactured mobile 

homes-houses and where he had stored new 

and used theatre equipments and fixtures 

which were lo be installed in a new arena 

complex on Route 322 North on the edge 

of State College. Theatre supplies included 

equipments purchased from the former Orpheum 

Theatre. Connellsville. Cause of the 

fire u.is not determined. 

Silber-Cutler Betrothal 

PHILADELPHI.'V— Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 

Silber of Encino. Calif., announced the engagement 

of their daughter Ellen Jane to 

Melvin Cutler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ely 

Cutler, Bridgewater, N.J. The grandparents 

of the bride to be are Mr. and Mrs. Norman 

Lewis of Sherman Oaks, Calif. A summer 

wedding is planned. 

Sameric Plans 500-Seater 

PHll .\DLLPH1A Samuel Sh.ipiro"s 

.Sameric circuit has announced plans to construct 

a 500-seat theatre at Second and 

Locust streets. The new motion picture 

house is to be named Eric .Society Hill and 

is located in the shopping colony of the 

.Society 

Hill Towers apartment development. 

Zoning Variance Is Pending 

CLIFTON, N.J .—.Still under consideration 

is a request for a variance to permit 

the construction of a covered shopping mall 

on the L. B. Foster tract in Delawanna. A 

600-seat theatre is included in the project 

plans. 

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. . and 

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BALTIMORE 

gUinlc> Baker, prcsidL-nt. Hicks B.ikcr I hcatrcs. 

and Mrs. Baker arc on a safari in 

Kenya. East Africa . the expert, 

capable hands of projectionist Ned Isbcck, 

'The .Song of Norway" had its preholiday 

press premiere at the Hillendale Theatre 

(Grant). The film was a delight in song and 

story and the presentation smooth. This is 

not surprising, since Isbcck. originally from 

Canada, has been a veteran in this field for 

42 years. A technically difficult film to 

project, he came through with flying colors! 

Ciu.s (;. Harris, 50. who started his career 

in the "big band" era in York. Pa., died recently 

at Baltimore City Hospitals after an 

illness of several weeks. He lived in Hast 

Baltimore. 

I'om Patison has joined the staff of Ray 

Ihompson & Associates in the graphics department. 

The firm handles advertising for 

all motion picture theatres and film companies 

in this area except the .Schwaber Theatres. 

Max Cohen, 74. 

long-time show business 

figure here and brother and uncle, respectively, 

of Maurice and Irwin Cohen. R/C 

Theatres, died December 24. Survivors also 

include two sisters, Mrs. E. Miller of New 

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York and Mrs. I.illian B. SilvcrnKin of this 

city. 

It things go accordmg to plan, this city 

should have four mini-theatres. Ihe .Schwaber 

circuit plans to construct twin mini-theatres 

on Reisterstown Road in Pikesville. 

each to seat 150. The other two, also twins, 

are planned by the owners of the Westview 

cinemas I and II. These would be housed 

in what is now the garage under Westview 

Cinema II and each would seat 150 persons. 

George Brehm. Westview manager, 

stated he hoped to open the minis this simimer. 

Tom Laughlin of 1 a> lor-1 aughlin Entertainment 

Investment Corp. will be through 

this city and the Maryland area generally 

in behalf of a still-to-be-named picture 

which his firm has produced. 

Ro.ss Wheeler, Wheeler Film Co., Washington, 

D.C., was very pleased with the performance 

of his new film. "Equinox." and 

so were his customers. The picture is currently 

showing in seven area theatres here. 

The houses are: Broadway (Rome Theatres); 

Governor Ritchie Drive-In (E. M. Locw); 

Timonium (Boston General Cinema); Vilma 

(JF Theatres); Patapsco (Tunick Theatres); 

Carlin's Drive-In (Redstone), and North 

Point Drive-In (F. H. Durkee Enterprises). 

Mike He.ssion and Dave Knight, president 

and general manager and Virginia area district 

manager. respcctiveK. R C Theatres, 

both made a swing to the York Drive-In. 

labb, Va.. and .South Theatre. Emporia. Va. 

are progressing for the erection 

ol R C twin theatres in Fredericksburg, Va.. 

with a late spring opening in the offing, according 

to Irwin Cohen, head of this thea- 

tre circuit l.ouis Azrael. columnist for 

ihc News American, wrote in his column 

Iiiesday, December 29: "Suddenly it pops 

to mind . . . that one of the most pleasant 

Christmas gifts Baltimore received is "No. 

No Nanette.' the musical show at the Mechanic 

Theatre Balfimoreans are 

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Sunday's matinee performance established 

a record for the theatre. Because of the 

way the revived show, first produced in 

1925, has been received here and in two 

other pre-Broadway cities, its advance sale 

in New York is already about SI million." 

Mrs. Morris Mechanic, who is beloved 

in this city for her non-ending aid to talented 

persons, recently made the news when 

she sponsored, at her Mechanic Theatre, 

a two-week art exhibit and sale of Bob 

Yealdhall's pictures, which will benefit the 

Maryland chapter of the Leukemia Society 

of America. It will aid the society's programs 

of leukemia research and patient aid. 

T. Hank Vogel, general manager. Aero 

and Bengies drive-ins, visited his home office 

in Wellesville. Ohio, for four days . . . Leon 

B. Back, general manager, Rome Theatres, 

and president of NATO of Maryland, attended 

the Tuesday (5) meeting of NATO 

of Virginia in Richmond, Va. He is a member 

of the board of directors of this organization 

. . . NATO of Maryland held a meeting 

Wednesday (6) for the purpose of considering 

legislative problems. 

There will be several new varieties of candy 

added to the general 1971 inventory, 

1 particularly in the 5-cent size, at Wolsh 

Theatre -Service, Greater Baltimore Industrial 

Park, Cockcysvillc. according to Mrs. 

Mildred Wolsh. owner here. 

.Stark Films has now opened its new shop 

in the Patterson Village Shopping Center. 

Reisterstown Roud and Patterson Avenue. 

Its advertisement reads: "Your headquarters 

for everything photographic." 

James Morris, a 23-year-old B.iliimorean. 

starred in the role of the king in "Aida" 

when the curtain rose at the Metropolitan 

Opera Thursday (7). His debut not only delighted 

his parents Mr. and Mrs. James D. 

Morris but the great diva, herself. Rosa 

Ponselle, who discovered James at the age 

of 19. In 1965 he entered Peabody, where 

his serious studies started. During that year, 

at an audition. Miss Ponselle discovered 

James" voice. He was a winner in the Carling 

Brewery's vocal competition sponsored 

by the Baltimore Opera Company. Currently 

he is living in Philadelphia and is studying 

at the Academy of Vocal Arts under a 

scholarship. Following his debut at the Met. 

James will return to this city for performances 

as Don Basilio in the Baltimore 

Opera's February production of "The Barber 

of Seville." 

Barbra Streisand and George Segal star 

in "The Owl and the Pussycat." 

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. . MPAA 

WASHINGTON 

paraniuunt's Jack Howe exclaimed "Love 

Story" was breaking boxoffice records 

at the KB Cinema and is being listed in 

movie critics' ten best films of 1970. The 

Star's critic Harry MacArthur's "ten best 

offerings of a fleshy film year." in addition 

to "Love Story " and Paramount's "Catch- 

" 

22. are Univcrsal's "Airport" and "Diary 

of a Mad Hou.scwife": 20th Century-Fox's 

•Patton." "M'A'S'H" and "The Sicilian 

Clan"; Columbia's "Five Easy Pieces"; Cinerama's 

"They Shoot Horses, Don't They'.'" 

and Warner Bros." "Woodstock " . . . The 

Post's movie critic Gary Arnold wrote. "The 

book "l.ovc Story' is economy-sized, Fanny 

Hurst-written in economy-sized Hemingwayese." 

He said, "The movie ... is syntactically 

faithful to the author's prose. 

However, there are some new stumbling 

blocks, which will require redoubled efforts 

at ignoring reality and surrendering to fantasy 

on the part of customers who want 

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their money's worth" . president 

Jack Valenti answered film critic Arnold's 

review in the Friday (1) edition of the Post 

in an article titled "Critics and Movies: A 

Dissenting View." 

Charles Krips, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

sales office chief, tradescreened "Ryan's 

Daughter" MPAA December .^1 . . . 

at 

MGM's "Alex in Wonderland"' was tradescreened 

at the KB screening room the day 

before. 

Charles Denima, K B circuit 

director of 

special events, issued invitations to a preview 

of "Song of Norway"" at the MacArthur 

December 23. 

at 

Seymour Berman screened for exhibitors 

MPAA "Cold Turkey'" December 29 and 

'"The Music Lovers"' Thursday (7). 

Sid Zins, Columbia publicist, invited the 

press, radio and TV representatives to view 

"I Never Sang for My Father"" at MPAA 

Tuesday (12). 

Towers Theatre Premiere 

VINTON. VA.— C harlollc. N.C.-h.ised 

ABC .Southern Theatres" 65()-seal lowers 

Theatre, located in the Towers Shopping 

Center, was slated to open during the holiday 

season. The showhouse. started in July, 

was constructed at a cost of more than 

^200.000. 

Boy Scouts Sponsor 

UA Flagship Premiere 

SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO — United 

Artists Theatre Circuit"s newest flagship, the 

UA Cinema 150. was dramatically launched 

December 23. when the theatre opened with 

a benefit premiere for the Boy Scouts of 

America. Puerto Rico Council. 

The inaugural was under the auspices of 

the Puerto Rico Telephone Co., which arranged 

a gala party in conjunction with the 

initial showing in the Islands of Columbia's 

"Cromwell." Among those attending were 

Puerto Rico Gov. Luis A. Ferre and other 

members of his executive staff. Representing 

the area where the theatre is located, Carolina, 

were Mayor Heriberto Nieves, along 

with Mayor Carlos Romero Barcelo of San 

Juan. Salah Hassanein. vice-president of 

UATC, and other UATC executives were 

present for the occasion. 

The theatre marks the first installation 

Dimension 1.50 in the entire Caribbean 

of 

area and is part of a multimillion-dollar 

shopping complex which includes many 

high-rise condominium apartments known 

as Laguna Gardens, a short distance from 

the Puerto Rico International Airport. 

Buys Ogdensburg Theatre 

OGDEN.SIJLRC. N > -John M. Langford 

has purchased the Strand Theatre here, 

it was announced. A remodeling and renovation 

program is planned. 

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BOXOmCE :: January 11, 1971

I 

NEWS AND VIEWS OF THE PRODUCTION 

Filmmaking Program 

Will Continue in NM 

> Al HLQL I RQLt - New Mexico Gov.- 

elect Bruce King, who will serve a four 

year term under a new stale law instead of 

the previous two-year stint, has pledged a 

development program which will "broaden 

and strengthen the services" of the Film 

Industry Commission. 

.Said King, "Count on it. My administration 

is going all-out to make New Mexico 

location shooting even more desirable than 

before. Gov David Cargo acted with foresight 

and imagination when he created the 

location program in 1967. Under him New 

Mexico became "Hollywood-on-the-Rio 

Grande." I intend to keep it that way." 

He also pledged concentration on researching 

production offices to discover 

how "this first state-funded location program 

in the nation's history may be improved—and 

implementing that research 

with action." 

Gov. Cargo's last month in office saw 

four films under way in New Mexico: 

"Deadhead Miles," a feature for Paramount 

release, produced and directed by Vernon 

Zimmerman: "Cannon," a QM Productions- 

CBS-TV feature with Quinn Martin as 

executive producer: "Black Day," a feature 

under the aegis of Italian producer-director 

Ottavio Oppo's Cinegai SPA. and "Comeback 

Trail." a feature under producer-director 

Harry Hurwitz. To date, under Gov. 

Cargo's stewardship, filming budgeted at 

more than $.S5.000.000 has come to New 

.Mexico. 

Since April 1970, when the governor 

and commission members personally presented 

the state's new location package to 

studio executives, producers and production 

managers and spent a week conferring with 

individuals on potential production, films 

budgeted at more than $15,000,000 have 

been shot in the state of New Mexico. 

Writers' Awards March 18 

At Beverly Hilton Hotel 

HOll.YWOOD—The Writers Guild of 

America, West, headed by Mel Shavelson, 

president, has scheduled its 23rd annual 

awards presentation for March 18 at the 

Beverly Hilton Hotel. Co-producers of the 

entertainment portion of the event are 

Joseph Bigelow and Austin Roy Kalish, 

who state that "this will be a show for 

writers by writers." 

The following day, as if by coincidence. 

ixl ()ffice-~~6425 Hollywood Hlrd.. 465-1 1 S6) 

a retreat is to be held in the mountains at 

lake Arrowhead, where the theme of a 

three-day writers' conference with the 

UCLA theatre arts department will be 

titled "A Writer Speaks." Whether those 

who lost their battle for the awards will use 

Ibis as a forum to announce their feelings 

or seek surcease from their wounds, is 

problematical—but there will be room for 

100 guests. 

Guild statistics published in the WGAW 

News, edited by Allen Rivkin, carries a 

Nov. 20, 1970, enrollment of 1,429 fullvoting-rights 

current membership, 931 

associates and 532 guild members, which 

is the category where members are temporarily 

inactive or out of the countrv. 

Loew's Plans 5-Year 

West Coast Expansion 

HOLLYWOOD — Bernard 

Meyerson, 

Loew's vice-president, on the West Coast 

for the holidays, revealed that the firm's 

present 33 theatres in the West will be 

upped to 100 during the next five years. 

Orville Crouch is in charge of the Wesi: 

Coast operation of the firm, which relocated 

at 292 South La Cicnega Blvd.. 

Beverly Hills, Calif. 

Federal Suit Forces MSI 

To Relinquish a Client 

HOLLYWOOD—Faced with the problem 

of which client to serve, McFadden. Strauss 

& Irwin chose Anthony Quinn and his wholly 

owned corporation, Franlor Co., over 

Four Star International, Frank McFadden, 

one of the officers, told Boxoffice December 

30. Because of a suit filed by Quinn 

against Four Star in federal court, MSI was 

forced to choose between them, as both 

were their customers in the public relations 

area. 

"We had to face up to it and were rather 

sad about it when we went over to Four 

Star, which we represented for the past four 

years, to tell them we could no longer 

handle the account," said McFadden. 

City Is Sued by Pussycat 

NATIONAL CITY, CALIF.—Vincent 

Mirana, owner of the Paris Pussycat Theatre, 

930 National Ave., is suing the city 

for the right to erect a new marquee and 

to obtain a refund of part of a licensing fee 

he paid under protest. The city was scheduled 

to answer charges Thursday (7). 

Xove Story' Breaks 

Records at Village 

LOS ANGLLES — It took Paramount 

Pictures' "Love Story" to break an all-time 

house record in this city. Playing at the 

Village Theatre, a National General Theatres 

house in this unique little Westwood 

Village campus town, the picture grossed 

1,100 (Boxoffice Barometer) during a 

week when the campus was closed. Discussing 

the gross with an NGT executive, 

he pointed to the fact that most great love 

stories come up with remarkable boxoffice 

figures. 

Why the success? The theatreman stated 

that, in his opinion, the tide has turned 

and people want something else than the 

fare they have been given over the past 

five 

years. 

One sidelight of the success was Paramount 

Western manager Irwin Yablans' 

gesture to the theatre manager of the Village 

Theatre. "Since the patio and outside 

courtyard of the theatre are literally paved 

with gold this week and the manager Jim 

Peters is pounding the pavement outside 

there to keep up with the throngs," said 

Yablans, "we have given him a pair of 

crepe-soled shoes, hoping that he will have 

to wear them out during the course of the 

film's 

run." 

Once and for all, the myth has been 

dispelled that Westwood Village, which now 

has eight theatres and several more coming, 

is dependent on the student population 

of 50,000, who attend day, night, regular 

and extension courses at UCLA. 

This was vacation week. As Yablans 

pointed out, the idea which Bob Stein once 

stated by using the term "freeway close," 

is more applicable to this situation. Of 

course, as the NGT executive observed, the 

audiences are looking for something they 

want and when they find it. will pay to 

see 

it. 

Big Boxing Bout Turnout 

SACK AMEN lO. ( Al IF.—Fox 1 heatre 

manager Max Brodie. after scheduling the 

recent video showing of the Clay-Bonavena 

fight, was concerned when only 300 tickets 

had been sold a few hours before the match 

began. However, between 6 and 7 p.m., approximately 

1,100 persons paid $8 and $6 

to see the closed-circuit presentation. Asked 

Brodie, "Isn't that something? We had a 

crowd of better than 1,400." 

January 11, 1971 

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f' 

JOHN CASSAVEIHS bravely faced members 

of the Hollywood Foreign Press 

10 discuss and possibly explain to the 

olher-cultiirc oriented writers his ideas 

which he expressed in "Husbands." At the 

Beverly Hills Hotel, in a special session set 

up for the scribes from all over the world, 

he and Peter Falk went into details of why 

he made this particular film as an expression 

of something he wanted to tell aboul 

men and their lives. Despite the fact that 

he made the film "for himself" and didn't 

worry about audiences, when he was in 

production, he did note that when some of 

the audiences at the San Francisco Film 

Festival walked i)ut on the picture he was 

"scared." 

.Since many of the writers hadn't seen the 

film before the interview but were interested 

in the fact that Cassavetes was an 

unusually frank artist, expressing his opinions 

both on and off the screen with great 

candor, Columbia's foreign department set 

up a screening for them. It was noted that 

"Faces," his other film, which was an artistic 

success, had not been sold overseas but 

had won awards in many countries. Cassavetes 

is expressing the American idiom and 

it is difficult at times for foreign audiences 

to understand that he is truly portraying a 

slice of American life, with which most of 

them were not acquainted. 

Sitting in the screening, it was not difficult 

to compare Cassavetes with in-depth 

writers who suddenly have the chance to 

see their written roles come to life, as viewed 

through a one-way screen used in psychiatric 

studies. One of the correspondents 

asked this American if the three men were 

"typical" Americans and we were forced 

to say that they did represent some men 

who did live in this fraternal fashion. We 

thought that any group of men so disturbed 

by death, who held a wake in a beer saloon, 

would act in this fashion when with other 

men, even to the escapade in the restrooms. 

and that over our lifetime we had viewed 

similar scenes. He was surprised and rather 

disturbed by the Cassavetes' portrayal, 

which is not the typical depiction by filmmakers, 

but more in the style of a Dostoevski 

novel. 

* 

^HII.F THb MAJOR film companies 

have been groaning imder the blots of 

red ink, there are signs on the hori/on that 

the workings of the new young Turks in 

Hollywood are starting to take hold. While 

the budgets are still too high to attract the 

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WITH SYO CASSYDa 

old fast-buck independent producers who 

often try to duplicate projects when the 

majors announce them, they would have 

been taken for a long ride had they tried 

their tactics on Howard Minsky's "Love 

.Story," a Paramount release. 

Following his presentation of the script to 

creative vice-president Peter Bart and 

studio head Robert Evans, there were ten 

revisions of the script during an entire year. 

The major emphasis of many of the characters' 

roles were changed during this period, 

with the resultant success bringing out predictions 

of a possible S.'Ô.OOO.OOO gross 

from the $2,5000,000-budgeted film. 

Charles Champlin. erudite entertainment 

editor and critic of the prestigious Los 

Angeles Times, wrote that a new style of 

filmmaking could result in starting a trend 

for this type of content and structure, similar 

to the craze for the credo of "Eas\ Rider" 

in its field. 

* 

QENE YOUNGBLOOD. who wrote Expanded 

Cinema," a Dutton paperback 

original, turned from journalism to writing 

books after a career as a critic and journalist. 

Going into the aesthetics of films, harking 

back to the great writers of the '20s who 

dissected film art, Youngblood had the distinguished 

R. Buckmister Fuller write the 

introduction. 

Fuller recently gave an interview at 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as they started their 

way-out-in-space series and told of the development 

of his geodesic dome. There is 

no doubt, in toda\'s mobility of film production 

and 8mm projection, that the UJ20 

ideas of Fuller will inevitably base in the 

film 

industry structure. 

* 

IÊMBERS OF THE MEXICAN delegation 

headed by Lie. Rodolfo Echeverria. 

director of the Banco Nacionnal 

Cinematografico. who came here for Dr. 

Jewel! Truex's Aztcca office opening, attended 

a parl\ at the home of Paul Newman, 

who will work in '.Arriero" in Mexico. 

Three stars who have interpreted Emiliano 

Zapata, the great Mexican hero, also 

were at the party. They were Marlon 

Brando. Jaime Fernandez and Antonio 

Aguilar. Other members of the delegation 

were Felipe Mier jr.; Luis ,\nciol.i de la 

Lama, general manager of Cimex. and 

Alfonso .Sanchez Tcllo. 

* 

JHREE-PICTURE DEALS seem to be 

the rage. Frank Perry, who made 

'Diary of a Mad Housewife" for Universal 

and "Doc" for United Artists, will make 

three pictures under his banner of Frank 

Perry Films during the next two years. 

Timothy Dalton. st.ir of .American International's 

"Wuthering Heights." will star in 

two additional films lor .MP when the right 

property comes up. 

Then, there is the matter of the contract 

between Russ Meyer and 20th Century-Fox. 

which will be concluded with the Irving 

Wallace "The Seven Minutes" feature. Russ, 

with a new 17-story building on Hollywood 

Blvd.. probably will move his activity back 

there from the 20th-Fox lot. 

* 

DISCUSSING THE GROSSES of certain 

films in some of the prominent cities, 

both on the West Coast and the 

East Coast, 

particularly in the largest metropolitan 

areas where the product had not been eminently 

successful. Jimmy Nicholson. AIP 

president, expressed regret that these areas 

were a measure of the value of a film. "It's 

a total, not segmented business." he said. 

"If we depended solely on these grosses 

from the larger cities, we would fall into the 

syndrome of the advertising and promotion 

departments of the majors. The type of 

thinking presently prevailing is along negative 

lines. Some of these executives will look 

upon the rest of the country with its majority 

of theatres as a vast wasteland. To 

them, nothing happens west of the Hudson 

River' or conversely, "east of the Los Angeles 

River' (sometimes referred to as east of 

Pasadena')." 

Nicholson declared. 

Spero L. Kontos Elected 

Chief Barker of Tent 25 

LOS ANGELES—Variety Club Tent 25 

announced its newly elected slate of officers 

for 1971. Chief barker is Spero L. 

Kontos, general manager. John P. Filbert 

Co.; first assistant, Bruce C. Corwin. vicepresident 

and general manager. Metropolitan 

Theatres Corp.; second assistant. 

Milton I. Moritz. vice-president. American 

International Pictures: property master. Or- 

\ille Crouch, vice-president and general 

manager, Loew's California Theatres, and 

dough guy, Nat Fellman, president. NGC. 

Can\asmen are: Monty Hall, chairman 

and immediate past chief barker; Ervin 

"Duke" Douglyn, executive. Avco Embassy; 

Thomas Fenno, account executive, 

KPOL Radio; Arthur Gordon, executive 

assistant general manager. Pacific Theatres; 

Joseph Sinay. chairman of the board. R-B 

Industries; William H. Thedford. vicepresident. 

National General Corp.. and 

Fred S. Weimar, branch manager. Nation.il 

Screen Service Corp. 

Re-elected executive secrelars was Miss 

Toni Clevendon. 

Leonard J. Howard Rites; 

Retired FWC Manager 

LUS ANGLl.l S — Requiem mass lor 

Leonard J. Howard. 66. retired theatre 

man.iger for Fox West Coast Theatres, was 

held .Saturday (2) at the Catholic Church 

of the Visitation, with interment at Holy 

Cross Cemetery. 

At one lime with the then-Fox Theatre 

circuit in Milwaukee. Wis.. Howard came 

to Los Angeles in 1942 and managed many 

Southland theatres for Fox West Coast 

Theatres. He retired in 1966. 

Howard is survived by his wife Bernice; 

two sons. Michael and Patrick; a daughter. 

Kathleen, and a granddaughter. Laura Ann 

Howard. 

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Hollywood 

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL Pictures 

purchased the completed film 

"Blood and Lace" from Carlin Co. Productions 

and will release it in the spring of 

1971. The horror-suspense story stars Gloria 

Grahame, Victor Tayback and Melody 

Patterson. Ed Carlin produced and directed 

from a screenplay by Gil Laskv. 

' 

* 

Jack Jones, vice-president-corporate advertising. 

Mattel. Inc.. which is financing 

some features, after ten years with the 

worldwide manufacturer of youth products, 

is resigning effective February 5 to form 

his own youth marketing-communications 

available a scholarship fund to both the 

University of California-Los Angeles and 

the University of Southern California journalism 

department. 

Kris Kristofferson. award-winning singer 

and songwriter who is currently starring in 

the title role of Gerald Ayres' "Dealer" for 

Columbia Pictures, will co-produce Joan 

Hac/\ next album on the Vanguard label. 

Diniitri de Grunwald. who recently resigned 

as chairman of London Screenplays. 

Ltd.. to resume independent production, is 

currently developing several properties for 

filming nc,\t year and is coming to Hollywood 

to complete some major artistic and 

production arrangements. 

• 

Cierd Oswald, producer-director of American 

International's "Bunny O'Hare," and 

co-producer Norman T. Herman have started 

work with film editor Fred Feitshans on 

the completion of this Belte Davis-Ernest 

Horgninc lilni. 

* 

.Stephen (base and a number of others 

will appear in important roles in Roman 

Polanski's "Macbeth," which Polanski is directing 

from a script by himself and Kenneth 

Tynan. This is the first motion picture 

to be produced by Hugh M. Hefner's independent 

film company. Chase hails from the 

Royal Shakespeare Company. 

• 

Manfred .Schul/. a 16-year-old from Richmond. 

B.C.. with acting experience on the 

stage, will make his motion picture debut 

in the Robert Allman picture. "The Presbyterian 

Church Wager." which Altman is 

making ft)r Warner Bros, and which is 

shooting in West Vancouver. 

* 

Joan I.ogue, photographer ami filmmaker. 

Happenings 

joined Tele-Cassette Enterprises, it was announced 

by Rosalind Ross. Miss Logue will 

work with Mike I.ideks. director of creative 

planning. 

* 

Daniel Stern. Warner Bros, vice-president 

in charge of advertising and publicity, is on 

the Continent to view footage on "Death in 

Venice." "Great Medicine Ball Caravan." 

'A Clockwork Orange" and "The Devils"" 

and to meet with executives on the forthcoming 

WB films. 

* 

will head FCP"s new project division to develop 

TV and film properties for the company. 

* 

.Arthur Marks, production head of Cerberus 

Productions, signed a music publishing 

djal between Cerberus Productions and 

Mickey Goldsen"s Criterion Music Corp. for 

the album and single from the feature film 

"Togetherness."' starring George Hamilton 

and Peter Lawford. 

* 

Howard Fabrick. Columbia Pictures" industrial 

relations director, has been appointed 

chairman of the labor law committee 

of the Beverly Hills Bar Ass'n for 1971. 

Serving as co-vice-chairmen arc Billy Hunt 

of Mitchell. Silberberg & Knupp and Tony 

Sauber of the Writers Guild. 

* 

The Hollywood Foreign Press Ass"n held 

its traditional Christmas dinner party at Roy 

Cummings" new place. D'Antan Cinematheque. 

9055 .Santa Monica Blvd.. Los Angeles. 

December 19. The charge was only S4 

per person, with the wine provided by the 

association. A good time was had by all. 

• 

Timothy Dalton. who plays Heathcliff 

in American IntcmationaPs "Wulhering 

Heights."" is currently in California for personal 

appearances and interviews. 

• 

i:ii/.ibeth Montgomery and her producerhusband 

William Asher have been cited in 

the Congressional Record by Congressman 

Thomas M. Rees for "their efforts in encouraging 

students at Thomas Jefferson 

High .School in Los Angeles"" by devoting a 

year to working with the underprivileged 

members of the I:nglish class. 

* 

Ihe educational film division of Hanna- 

Barbera Productions has established a distribution 

system for national marketing ol 

its product, it was announced by William 

Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The compans 

will build a major inventory of learning 

films by acquisition of product from indc 

pendent producers to include with its current 

and future catalog of films. 

• 

The latest report via the Ass"n of Motion 

Picture and Television Producers announcci! 

that Ed Prelock. Disney Productions, w 

elected chairman of the Screen Aî.' 

Guild Pension and Welfare Funds for 1''^ 

with B. J. Ellerbrock continuing as adniii« 

trator of the funds. Director Les Selatui 

was elected chairman of the board of I tun 

tees of the motion picture industry training 

program for second assistant directors for 

1971 and Howard D. Febrick. Columbia, 

was elected 1971 chairman of the Writers 

Pension Plan. The plan's annual report 

from administrator Andrew B. MacDonakt 

ing of a sales and service office at 1 144 

. 

Otto Rauhut. president of Wide Range 

Electronics Corp.. has announced the open- 

firm. 

North Las Palmas Ave.. Hollywood. Harry 

Art Sarno, publicity director for Mirisch L. Bryant has been appointed West Coast lists current assets at $13,335,821. reflected 

Productions for two years, has joined the general manager. 

as an increase of 51.648.148 over the total 

staff of Gershenson & Dingilian Associates. 

* 

reported at the same lime in 1969. 

* 

Bill Perez joins Fred Calvert Productions 

• 

.Anne Archer, daughter of actress Marjorie 

Lord, was named Miss Golden Globe :toryboarding of the animation studio"s 

in an executive capacity, responsible for 

The Screen Writers Guild will present a 

special screening of Fly Landau's awardwinning 

documentary. "King: A Filmed 

for 1971 by the Hollywood Foreign Press "Don Quixote de la Mancha.'" as well as the 

Ass'n. Yani Begakis. president, also announced 

that the association will make 

company"s "Sesame Street"" segments. Perez 

Record . . Montgomery to Memphis."' 

Wednesday night (27) at the Screen Directors 

Guild Theatre. 

• 

Joe Solomon, president of Fanfare Film 

Productions, announced that principal photography 

on "Simon. King of the Witches" 

has been completed and the film is set to 

premiere at the McVickers Theatre in Chicago 

May 19. 

* 

William Fadiman joined Warner Bros, 

a literary consultant, it was announced by 

John Calley. executive vice-president in 

charge of production for the studio. 

• 

The Japanese Film Institute staged a 

king-size Rod Steiger retrospective December 

21 through December 31. while the 

actor was in the city of Tokyo for the Far 

East premiere of "Waterloo." in which he 

plays Napoleon. 

* 

Waldo Salt. Academy .Award-winning 

writer, will research the Italian references 

in "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Str.iighl" 

during a two-week visit to southern It.iK 

during January. The Irwin Winkler-Robcri 

Chartoff-MGM production is scheduled to 

start in March. Salt also is writing the 

screenplay for "Day of the Locust" by Nathaniel 

West. 

Cinerama Releasing Corp. staged crosscountry, 

key city midnight sneaks of "The 

Statue." R-raled comedy starring David 

Niven. Vima I.isi and Robert Vaughn. New 

"Year's Fve. Cities and theatres were scheduled 

by Cinerama's sales department and 

included houses on Hollywood Blvd. and in 

Orange County. The Josef Shaftel production, 

directed by Rod .Amateau. will open 

in New York and Los .Angeles in late January, 

with other key openings following 

shortly thereafter. 

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I 

Lou Gasparini Wins 

NGT Award 3rd Time 

AI.BLQUHRQUK— Fo\-VVinrock I hea 

ire manager Louis C. Gasparini has received 

a "Showman's Award" from National 

General Theatres. The award was presented 

at a meeting of the Mountain division 

of National General at the Denver Hilton 

by Irving H. Levin, president. National 

General is owner of the Fox-Winrock. 

Gasparini, who has won the award for 

three of the past four years, is chairman 

of the New Mexico State Movie Industry 

Promotion Commission and has been active 

in the state's successful drive to lure motion 

picture production since its inception four 

years 

ago. 

Jack McGee Elected Prexy 

Of Rocky Mountain MPA 

1)1 N\l R—The Rocky .\knmlain Mo- 

111)11 I'lcliire Ass'n has elected ils new slate 

of officers. President for 1971 is Jack Mc- 

Gee, general manager of the Mountain- 

Midwest division of National General Theatres. 

Chairman of the board is outgoing 

president Larry Starsmore, Westland Theatres 

general manager. Colorado Springs. 

Colo. Bob Tankersley was elected treasurer, 

while Don Gallagher is the new secretary 

of the association. Both are affiliated with 

Western Theatres Supply. 

Board members elected included: Mrs. 

Vera Cockrill. owner of Denver's Denham 

Theatre: Jack Felix. Four Star-Excelsior: 

Westland Theatres' Howard Campbell: 

Tom Smiley of Wolfberg Theatres, and 

\KrM branch manager Bates Farley. 

Technicolor PR Handled 

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HO ^ WOOD Ihc M.ihonc 

agency now represents Technicolor, Inc., in 

ils public relations activities. Last October 

the account was turned over to this firm 

after MSI had handled it for the past few 

years. 

Announcements of the firm's new policies 

will be forthcoming, when the next meeting 

in February will define the firm's new role. 

One of the subjects reportedly being discussed 

is a possible spinoff of several of the 

subsidiary companies, with financing to be 

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I'HOI NI.X—Hduin (\)opcrsiein was appomied 

general manager of Canyon Films, 

effective Friday (1), it was announced by 

E. L. Barrett, president of Elba Systems 

Corp., owners of the Phoenix-based company. 

Cooperstein joined Canyon Films in 

November as director of sales development. 

Canyon Films is the oldest and one of 

the largest motion picture and audio-visual 

production facilities in the Southwest, having 

been involved since 1953 in the creation 

and production of TV commercials and 

business, industrial and educational films 

for local and national organizations. 

Cooperstein brings to his new position a 

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Officials 

Not Liable 

In Porno Film Raids 

PHOENIX—A U. S. District Court 

judge has ruled that city and county law 

enforcement officials cannot be held liable 

for $100,000 in damages for "antipomographic" 

movie raids in the summer of 1965 

at the Continental Theatre, 142 East Washington. 

Judge Carl A. Muecke said the raids 

and seizure of allegedly "pornographic" 

films were carried out within the framework 

of the defendants' lawful responsibilities and 

there was no evidence that they did not act 

in good faith. 

Jay and Ronald Fineberg, Continental 

heatre owners, who filed a civil suit against 

the defendants in federal court in September 

1965, charged them with illegally entering 

the theatre during May. June and 

.August 1965 and taking the films. It also 

charged that the defendants acted in apparent 

disregard of the plaintiffs' constitutional 

rights. The court was asked to declare the 

state and city anti-obscenity laws unconstitutional 

or rule that the defendants' interpretation 

of the laws was unconstitutional. 

Since those laws already had been upheld, 

after the Continental suit was filed, by 

the Arizona Supreme Court and by a threejudge 

U. S. District Court panel. Judge 

Muecke declined to rule on the law's constitutionality. 

Defendants in the ca.se were Patrick E. 

Ildridge. former deputy county attorney 

iu>w in private practice: Richard Harringlon. 

former captain of the city police de- 

[lartment's special investigation bureau and 

lunv an industrial security guard, and How- 

.ird S. Goldman, police officer with the 

-pecial investigation bureau. 

Police entered the Continental Theatre in 

ihc 1965 raids, confiscated various films and 

.irrosted the owners on charges of "showing 

chscene films." A later ruling by a superior 

court found the owners not guilty of the 

criminal charges and that the films had 

been sei/ed illegally, ordering that the> he 

returned to the owners. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

ôn L rquhart. Four Star-Excelsior Western 

division manager, was elected chief 

barker of Variety Club Tent .^2 at the 

December installation dinner of the club. 

At that time. Women of Variety turned over 

to outgoing chief barker Manuel Levin a 

check for $.33,000. which will be used at 

the Blind Babies Foundation for the care 

and training of blind school children of preschool 

age. Mrs. Gerald Karski. president 

of the women's club, made the presentation. 

Al Gnibstick. Western division manager 

for UMC Pictures, is now headquartered in 

this city and. with the help of secretary 

Ruth Hannon. is handling the local, Portland 

and Seattle territories. 

John Olds has left Tower Films and has 

been appointed district manager for Four 

Star-Excelsior. John will cover the local, 

Portland and .Seattle 

territories. 

Bob Rothwell, National General Theatres 

district manager, returned from vacation . , . 

,\nne Belter, who works with Murry Lafayette 

in the advertising department of United 

.Artists, has returned from a short vacation. 

Sam Feinstein, 72, Dies; 

Lifelong Theatreman 

DENVER— Sam Fcinsicin. 72. veteran 

theatre and film business figure, died December 

18 in Denver. He started in the industry 

as a salesman for a now-extinct 

company, then was branch manager for 

Universal in .Salt Lake City. He later was 

branch manager for RKO in Denver, moving 

from there to Universal as Denver 

branch manager. 

Feinstein first operated theatres in Lusk. 

Wyo., and Harrison. Neb. He later owned 

theatres in Limon. Hugo and Brighton, 

Colo., then remodeled a Denver store into 

the Senate Theatre, later called Tele-News 

and now known as the Towne. He sold the 

Senate when he became subject to the 

draft. 

He leaves his wife Lorene, whom he met 

while operating the Lusk Theatre, and by 

two sisters. Mrs. Ruth Silverman. Denver, 

and Mrs. Fannye Newbcrger of Florida. 

Funeral and burial were in Denver 

Del Rio Theatre Razed 

LOS BAONS. CALIF.— 1 he old Del 

Rio Theatre has been torn down and only 

an empty lot remains where the motion 

picture house once stood. This leaves only 

one theatre in Los Baons. the Crest, a firstrun 

outlet in the center of town. 

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SI LOUIS—The initial list of speakers 

uh,> will participate at the forthcoming 

Mi^lwcstern regional conferences and seminar 

of the National Ass'n of Concessionaires 

at Stouffer's Riverfront Inn, St. 

1 iHiis. Tuesday and Wednesday (26-27) 

has been released by Ronald P. Krueger 

anJ Philip Tomber, conference co-chairmen. 

Heading the list and the subjects they 

\ull cover are: William R. Bowers, manaj. 

retail systems. National Cash Register. 

^ 1 ouis, "Make a Cash Register Work 

^ ou"; Robert Schwartz, manager, Ernst 

\ nst, St. Louis. "Tax Choices in Operaiiny 

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a Concession"; David 

Redmond, 

m.inagcr. management consulting services. 

1 rnsi & Ernst. St. Louis, "Financing Concession 

Equipment"; Gordon & Wilson 

St. Architects, Louis, "Concession Design 

and Traffic Flow"; Don Alrutz, serviceccnier 

manager, the Coca-Cola Co., St. 

louis, "Fuir Profit From Soft Drinks"; 

Richard Wilson, director of food services, 

\ cniure Stores, a division of the May Co. 

ot Si. Louis. "Control Starts at the Garbage 

Can"; H. E. "Ed" Chrisman. president, 

Chrisman Popcorn Co., Murray, Ky., "Why 

Corn Pops—And Why Not"; Mortie Marks, 

concession supervisor. Wehrenberg Theatres. 

St. Louis, "Getting the Extra Dollar 

Through Sales Promotion"; James Voellinger, 

superintendent, loss prevention division. 

Employers Commercial Union Insurance 

Co.. St. Louis, "Loss Prevention"; 

Herb Wollberg, special consultant and 

senior analyst. Dun & Bradstreet, St. Louis, 

"Your Credit," and Richard Haley, Procter 

& Gamble, St. Louis, with visual presentations 

of "Where Do I Go From Here," 

"One Man Key to Profit" and "The Two- 

Headed Coin." 

With the theme of "Profit Power in the 

"TOs," the conference will be attended by 

operators, food service operators 

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Frank M. O'Brien Joins 

NAC Board of Directors 

CHICAGO—Frank M. O'Brien, national 

manager. Institutional Food Sales, Coca- 

Cola USA. a division of the Coca-Cola Co., 

Atlanta, Ga., has been appointed to the 

board of directors of the National Ass'n of 

Concessionaires as a director-at-large, it 

was announced by NAC president Andrew 

S. Berwick jr.. Wright Popcorn & Nut Co., 

San Francisco. He fills the unexpired term 

of an existing vacancy on the NAC board 

of directors. 

O'Brien is a native of Boston, where he 

graduated from Boston University's School 

of Business in 1940. He joined the CocaiContinued 

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Nine New Theatres Will Make 1971 

Memorable for Fort Wayne Patrons 

FORT WAYNE. IND.—This city, with 

a population of approximately 160.000, will 

get nine new theatres in 1971, including a 

triplex 

operation with three theatres operating 

around a single lobby and ticket sales 

facility. To be known as Cinema I, II and 

III, the triplex will be built at the Gateway 

Plaza Shopping Center, it was announced 

by Fred Thacker, local Cinecom manager. 

A fourth theatre will be built by the nationwide 

Cinecom circuit at the Mr. Wiggs 

South discount department store location. 

Cinema I, II and III will accommodate 

from 1,100 to 1,300 persons, while the 

Cinema South facility at the Mr. Wiggs 

site will have 600 or more seats. Thacker 

said. The triplex may be the only one in 

Indiana, he noted. Opening dates for the 

Cinecom houses have not yet been set, 

although Thacker said construction should 

start early in 1971 so that spring openings 

might be 

possible. 

Two Dualers Under Way 

Already under construction are two dualtheatre 

operations, one at the Georgetown 

Shopping Center and the other at the Southtown 

Mall Shopping Center. The dual-theatre 

facilities are designed with one concession 

and ticket-selling area to serve twoauditorium 

operations. 

Tom Jehl, owner of the Georgetown 

Shopping Center and developer of the theatres 

there, said work is expected to begin 

on the twin facility early in 1971, with 

opening planned for July. The undertaking 

will cover 10,000 square feet and will have 

auditoriums capable of seating 350 and 250 

persons. 

Now under construction at Southtown 

Mall Shopping Center is a dual theatre designed 

to serve about 1.100 patrons. It 

will be called Southtown Cinema I and II 

and have auditoriums to seat 400 and 700 

persons each, according to Robert Dietring, 

maintenance manager at the Southtown 

Center. 

Look to Easter Debut 

The Southtown project, to be operated 

by General Cinema Corp. of Boston, also 

will have a single lobby area for the two 

theatres, which probably will be opened 

during the Easter season. 

The ninth new theatre, to be known as 

Cinema I, will be located at 122 West Washington 

Blvd. in a building which is being 

remodeled. It will be operated by America's 

Best Cinema Corp.. headed by William E. 

Dennis. Dennis said the theatre would be 

opened by February 1 and would operate 

on the basis of long-run, top-flight films. 

The house will seat 235 persons and have 

a fully carpeted, plush decor. Operating 

policies have not yet jelled and some 

thought is being given to operation on a 

reserved-seat 

basis. 

Already this city has seven indoor theatres, 

the Holiday I and II, Embassy Theatre, 

Jefferson Theatre, Clyde Theatre, the 

Rialto and Theatre A. When the new houses 

arc in operation, there will be Cinema I, 

II and III at Gateway Plaza; Cinema I and 

II at .Southtown Mall; Cinema South at the 

Mr. Wiggs store, and Cinema I on West 

Washington Blvd. Observers are wondering 

what the twin houses at Georgetown 

Shopping Center will be called. 

Carrol's Twin Under 

Way in Evansville 

EVANSVILLE, IND.—Construction of 

twin 300-scat back-to-back theatres, located 

in Town Center, is under way, according 

to Edgar C. Engelbrecht, whose 

firm has a lease on the site. The showhouses 

will be operated by Carrol's Development 

Corp. of Syracuse, N.Y., it was announced. 

Scheduled for completion in June, the 

twin was designed by Syracuse architects 

Gregory D. Ferrentino & Associates and 

will be It prototype of one of three types 

of theatres planned by Carrol's as part of 

an international expansion program involving 

mini-theatres and restaurants. This is 

the first new motion picture house to be 

constructed in Evunsville since 1949. Plans 

for two others were announced in 1968 

but construction was never started on either 

one. 

Carrol's terms the three types of theatres 

Mod-Min for sophisticated audiences, 

Suburban-Mini for family shows and Plush- 

Mini for the "finest foreign and American 

films." The Evansville twin will be the Suburban-Mini. 

Engelbrecht stated. 

Elk Grove May Get Cinema 

ELK GROVE, ILL.— Park District Commissioner 

Neil Cooney, at a meeting of the 

park board, said a movie theatre may be 

ready for village residents as early as April. 

He said he is aware of an individual with 

plans to construct a 600-seat motion picture 

house in Elk Grove. 

NATO Office Burglarized 

CHICAGO — Jack Clark, president, 

NATO of Illinois, had the task of sorting 

out and straightening up the organization's 

records after the offices were burglarized 

over the Christmas holidays. Fortunately, 

monies had been removed but considerable 

all 

time was needed to mend 

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records. 

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Congratulations to the Wcarys of Highway Beast of the Yellow Night" in April and 

\} Drivc-ln. Henrietta, on the birth "The Big Doll House" in May. 

of a son December 29 at San Janito Methodist 

Hospital. Houston. Tex. The drive-in 

Bob Johns, Universal office manager, will 

De on the road for the company in the near 

entrance sign carried the announcement in 

future and is looking forward to contacting 

large letters as follows: "Grandma and 

area showmen in the territory. He was previously 

with MGM as a salesman in the 

Grandpa Weary announce the birth of Jeffrey 

James to Frank and Pat Weary" . . . 

San Francisco city area. 

Also congratulations to Ray Anderson. National 

Screen Service assistant head shipper. Dave Hudgens is the new head booker at 

After many hurried trips to the hospital, his Universal, having recently transferred from 

wife Karolin gave birth to a girl. Sonya Jo. the Universal Dallas office. He is familiar 

New Year's Day. 

to area exhibitors, however, having served 

with the Kansas City branch before going 

Chuck Elder was quite surprised when 

he woke up New Years Day to find his 

photograph on the front page of the Kansas 

City Times. Apparently some ambitious 

Times photographer decided to catch people 

stocking up on drinks for parties (and avoiding 

a price increase on higher taxes) and 

caught the Paramount salesman unawares. 

Chuck looked happy about the whole thing 

anyway. 

Bev Miller, Mercury Film, reports that 

Jim Travis. Milford. Iowa, and Joella 

Cohen, exhibitors, were in town. Bev visited 

with some of the St. Louis circuits Wednesday 

and Thursday (6-7) and reports that 

he is looking forward to area saturation 

bookings of his two new features, "The 

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Mary Hayslip, Thomas Film, returned 

Monday (4) from an extended holiday vacation. 

She visited friends in San Francisco 

and Vacaville. Calif., and spent some time 

at Lake Tahoe. Mary says that while her 

luck at the casinos was not something to 

brag about, she did enjoy skidding around 

on a snowmobile. She also look in a couple 

ol live shows, including Bobby Darin. 

Bill Williams, Buena Vista branch manager, 

is elated over the continued phenomenal 

grosses of "The Aristocats" in its initial 

city run. All indications point toward 

the equal success of the forthcoming Disney 

action feature, "The Wild Country." which 

recently was screened at a family-nighi 

showing at the Uptown Theatre. 

The new year got off to a rather inauspicious 

start for Becky Linneman, Paramount 

secretary. Her car was struck by another 

the day before New Year's. On Saturday 

(2) someone tried to break into her car but 

was apprehended by a friend. 

Bob krau.se, Warner Bros, office manager, 

reports that the Rose Parade was very 

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BEV. 

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T ou (Mrs. William) Moore, publicity chairman. 

Better Films Council of Greater 

St. Louis, reports the initial meeting of the 

group for the year is set for 10:30 a.m. Friday 

l\5) on the ninth floor of downtown 

Stix, Baer & Fuller department store and 

will feature an address by Rev. Alton O. 

Kaul. pastor, Tyler Place Presbyterian 

Church, whose subject will be "How Films 

Affect Morality." Mrs. Echacl Feinstein will 

preside at the meeting and Mrs. Donald 

Burrus will introduce Rev. Kaul. There will 

be no admission charge and industryites and 

the general public arc invited to attend. 

A phone call late New Year's Day from 

Dell (Mrs. Frank L.) Plumlee. Oklahoma 

City, Okla., carried the news thai shell be 

meeting her son Frank E.. head of the 

Farmington opertions of the E&P circuit, in 

Kansas City in March for .Show-A-Rama 

and will visit here before returning home. 

Al Kiimbera, staff member of the accounting 

division of Arthur Enterprises and 

Si. Louis Amusement Co.. was honored at 

a luncheon at the University Club Wednesday, 

December .30, marking his retirement 

following 40 years of service. Fellow workers 

in attendance gifted Al with a supply 

of fishing equipment. His wife Maddy and 

daughter Suzanne, both of whom had 

worked in the general offices, were special 

guests at the party. 

Tom Edwards, Edwards & Plumlee circuit, 

Farmington, who resides in Fort Lauderdale. 

Fla. (except for the summer season, 

spent operating his theatre and drive-in at 

the Lake of the Ozarks). writes that he keeps 

in touch with friends in this city via Box- 

OKFICL. Tom reports that he and Connie 

had a joyful holiday season with "Chcir 

kids and grandkids," with an added fillip 

10 family fun occasioned by the visit of 

Tom's brother and sister-in-law from Honolulu. 

Tom's prescription for this year'.' "Lots 

of Fun in '71!" 

A note from Marv PohcII. wife of the 

late William T. Powell, for many years division 

manager of General Cinema Corp. 

and vice-president of Missouri-Illinois Theatre 

Owners, sends greetings to her many 

friends here and reports that both son and 

daughter and their families are residing in 

Ormond Beach. Fla., near Mary. Mary 

spent the holiday season with another 

daughter in Alabama. Family news reports 

the oldest grandchild was wed in March 

1969 on the day she received her masters' 

degree. Four other grandchildren are in college 

and three are in high school. Mary invites 

any and all old friends who come to 

Florida to look her up. Son Bill jr. operates 

a drive-in there. 

Pat Dwyer, area publicist for 20th Century-Fox. 

and Jim James, exhibitor, cohosted 

an invitational preview of "Tora! 

Toral Tora!", produced by Elmo Williams 

and recounting the events culminating in 

the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Sunday 

evening, December 20. at Trans-Lux 

Cinerama. The film which details the story 

from both sides was shot on locations in 

Japan, Hawaii and Washington. D.C., with 

the cooperation of both the U.S. and Japanese 

governments. The film has since 

opened and is current at the Trans-Lux Cinerama. 

Arthur Swoboda, brother of Adele Swoboda. 

Bess Schulter's aide and companion, 

died Wednesday, December .30. reportedly 

of cancer. The funeral was from Drchmann- 

Harral Chapel .Saturday morning (2) to Oak 

Grove. Swoboda was a past noble grand of 

St. Louis Lodge No. 5, lOOF. Other survivors 

include his wife Frances; his daughter 

Audrey, and one grandchild. 

Callcrj showings current in area theatres 

include: Magic Lantern Theatre, oils by Betty 

Miceli through January, and paintings 

by Gerri Franklin at the Northwest Plaza 

Cinema. 

Ruddy Ebsen. screen, stage and TV star, 

native of neighboring Belleville. III., will 

open a one-week engagement as the lead in 

•The Apple of His Eye " (light comedy fare), 

starting Monday evening (11) at the American 

Theatre, the first engagement in a 12- 

week, ten-city tour. Ebsen calls his tour a 

"welcome vacation between segments of a 

nine-year stint as Jed Clampett of TVs The 

Beverly Hillbillies,' the series which was 

predicted to have an immediate demise back 

in 1962." Film star Cass Daley also will 

appear in ".^pple." along with Percy Helton 

and Kerry Slattery. 

Mounds Cinema Debuts 

In Anderson, Ind. 

ANDERSON. IND. — Cinecom's 600- 

seat Mounds Cinema, located in the 

Mounds Mall Shopping Center, set its grand 

opening for Christmas Day 1970. The first 

attraction booked for the new showhousc 

was 20th Century-Fox's "Tora! Tora! 

Tora!" Preceding the public opening was a 

special ribbon-cutting ceremony dedicated 

to the late Theodore S. Dariotis. who created 

the Cinecom prototype theatre. 

Featuring "living room" comfort and the 

latest in projection equipment, the Mounds 

Cinema will open. Monday through Friday, 

at 6:30 p.m., with showtimes at 7 

and 9 p.m. Weekend showings will be continuous 

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Frestle Chenoweth Named 

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Chenoweth. manager of Kerasotes' Home 

and Rantoul drive-ins in Rantoul. 111., for 

the past 15 months, has been transferred 

to the post of city manager for Kerasotes' 

Rialto and Broadway theatres in Cape Girardeau, 

Mo. 

Chenoweth formerly was with Frisina 

Enterprises at the Capitol Theatre, Taylorville. 

111., and prior to that was manager 

of Kerr Theatre, located in Bethany, Mo, 

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Frank Koedam, 68. Dies 

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pTerschel Lewis, hoad of Creative Communications, 

hc.irlcned by the applause Chairs." at the near north Cinema, by Davie 

by Richard Christiansen, and "The Twelve 

which is being given to his "The Wizard Hlliolt. 

of Gore," is eager to start production of 

his feature-length film "The Year of the 

Yahoo." Shooting starts this month and 

the location is southwest Texas. Lewis said 

release prints for "This Stuff'll Kill Ya!" 

will 

be ready soon. 

Pal Wheeler of the .S. B. Greiver organization 

is vacationing in California . . . Kim 

Novak spent the holidays with her family 

here . . . Also home for the Yule season 

was Karen Black, just named by New York 

Film Critics as Best Supporting Actress for 

her role in "Five Easy Pieces." 

Michael J. Kutza, director of Chicago's 

International Film Festival, reported that 

the figures for his sixth festival show a deficit 

of SKO.OOO. However, he has been more 

optimistic since the response from patrons 

during the last festival in November appeared 

to be much more encouraging. He is 

now starting plans for the seventh festival, 

vchedulcd for November IV7I. 

All outstanding winner for the week was 

".Scrooge," which is drawing crowds at Chicagoland 

theatres. Boxoffice receipts prove 

that the movie fits, even though Christmas 

is over . 

simultaneous special fulllength 

reviews in the panorama edition of 

the Daily News were "Where's Poppa?", 

showing at the Woods, by critic .Sam Lesncr: 

'Brewster McCloud," at the United Artists. 

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Bob Rehnic succeeds Bill Lange. who resigned 

as Midwest division manager for 

Paramount Pictures . . John litis, in town 

. 

for the holidays, said his resignation as head 

of Universal's press activities was set for the 

end of the year. He plans to remain in New 

York as a freelance cxploitecr . . . While 

"Ryan's Daughter" is showing at the Michael 

Todd Theatre on a no-scats-reserved 

basis, no one is admitted after the start of 

the three daily showings at I. ."> 

and 9 p.m. 

Ted Boisumeaii, manager of the Chicago 

Theatre, had his hours extended far beyond 

the usual schedule with the opening of 

"Love Story." To accommodate record 

crowds, midnight and l:4.S a.m. showings 

were added. 

"Love Story" was Ihe inaugural attraction 

at ABC-Great Slates" newest theatre, 

the Marquette, Michigan City. Ind. The 

Marquette's manager. Gary Lancaster, is 

being 

joshed for catching the ""love bug" as a 

result of the movie. He will shortly mari7 

Jill Lancaster of .South Bend. The sameness 

of last names is one of those rare coincidences, 

where there is no relationship. Lancaster. 

24. is one of the youngest managers 

with Ihe ABC-Great States circuit. He was 

bom and reared in Peoria. He attended 

Northern Illinois University and worked 

part-time in Ihe theatre field before taking a 

full-time job with the ABC circuit as man- 

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ager of the Hillcrest. Joliet. and most recenth 

at Ihe lown and Country in Mishawaka. 

new theatre also brings a 

Ind. 

second showman to Michigan City. He is 

Richard Rodems. who will supervise the 

Marquette in his capacity as division manager 

of the ABC-CJreal States Of)erations in 

northern Indiana. For ten yeai^ prior to his 

promotion. Rodems managed the Paramounl 

in Hammond. 

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censor board reviewed 33 films, two of 

which were rejected. In the group of 1 1 foreign 

movies, four were Greek, six Mexican 

and one French . Stern is on a 

holiday in Mexico . Good, district 

manager for Buena Vista in this area, 

is back from a short visit with family members 

in Council Bluffs and Red Oak, Iowa. 

On his return, he was greeted with the news 

about exceptional business which "The 

Aristocats" has been doing 25 Chicago- 

in 

land and downslate theatres. 

The M&R Oriental Theatre staffers are 

ready to welcome "Threesome" for its first 

showing there Friday (15). Meanwhile. "Rio 

l.obo" has done a lively business there. 

"Relations," a Cambist release being distributed 

in this area by Teitel Film Corp.. 

is set to open in ;i number of first-run theatres 

shortly. 

Bob Allen, who some time ago retired 

play golf, etc., returned to the business just 

as if he had never left it. He was pinchhitting 

at U-M Film Distributors while Kermit 

Russell, head of the operations in this 

.irea. was in the hospital for a checkup. He 

is staying on for a while in view of the 

heavy activity brought on by the smash 

opening of "The Twelve Chairs" at the near 

north Cinema Theatre. General Cinema has 

booked the film for the Brookfield Square 

in Milwaukee, as well as the Varsity and 

Westgate in Minneapolis. 

paper and TV spot schedules. "Trail of the 

Hunter" was produced by a local man, Ned 

Payne. Victor Jory. who narrates the film. 

is due here prior to opening for promotional 

.iclivilies. 

When "Monterey Pop" was first shown at 

the Playboy Theatre some five months ago. 

It broke house records. Since its return to 

the Playboy Saturday (2). it again has been 

doing SRO business. 

Al k(>lknu-\er, regional 

to 

manager lor Universal 

Pictures, was in Milwaukee to join 

sales representative Pat Halloran in setting 

up forthcoming openings of "I l.ove My 

Wife." The movie bows here Thursday (14) 

at the United Artists Theatre in the I oop 

"love Story" doing such great 

business at the Chicago Theatre, the combination 

showing of "Thunderball" and 

"You Only Live Twice" al the Woods came 

in for special comment. The reissues racked 

up hefty grosses at the Woods boxoffice. 

United Artists staffers reluctantly said 

farewell to Cynthia Fernandez, who has 

been serving as assistant to cashier Henrietta 

Koncssky. Cynthia is starting a teaching career 

later this month. 

Emma Urgangen, United Artists' office 

manager, entertained her daughter, son-inlaw 

and granddaughter over the holidays 

branch manager Louis Aurelio 

had the time of his life vacationing right 

in nearby McHenry. His son-in-law introduced 

him to the growing sport of snowmohiling. 

Dave Schatz, president of Chicago Used 

Chair Mart, said his crew reupholstered the 

chairs in William Mailers' Holiday Theatre. 

Park Forest. 

John Butkovich, publicist for National 

General Pictures Corp.. hosted a special 

screening of "Darker Than Amber" prior 

to its opening in first-run neighborhood and 

suburban theatres here Friday (8). 

Vie Bernstein, head of American International 

Pictures operations in this area, has 

been appointed chairman of the premiere 

film presentation of "Wuthering Heights." 

Proceeds from the event will benefit Tent 

26 children's charities. Date and place will 

be announced shortly. 

Fori Theatre Becomes 

will be a first-run, family-type film theatre. 

"We have no intention of becoming an 

exploitation film house," he said. 

While no changes are expected immediately, 

Peaslee indicated that the Fort might 

be converted into a twin operation in the 

foreseeable future by closing off the balcony 

of the 1.700-seat house. Both auditoriums 

would he served by a single new 

projection 

booth. 

The Fort becomes the first of six theatres 

in the St. Croix circuit. Leases are being 

negotiated for four movie houses in San 

Francisco and one theatre is projected for 

Milwaukee, Peaslee said. 

Other officers of St. Croix Amusement 

are E. L. Peaslee, father of the firm's president, 

as vice-president, and Herbert Rottger, 

secretary-treasurer. Dennis Slusher is theatix; 

operations manager. Peaslee formerly 

was president of Stillwater Amusements Co. 

T. R, Baskin' Rolls 

In Chicago Feb. 15 

CHICAGO—Starimg February 15, the 

filming of "T. R. Baskin" will be done in 

Chicago. Peter Bo\le. who once was a 

member of the Second City cast here, will 

co-star with Candice Bergen. 

According to reports, former Chicagoan 

Peter Hyams is spending 5800,000 for the 

film during a 40-day shooting schedule. 

Sites mentioned for the shooting are the 

First National Bank, Rush Street, Old 

Town, Butch McGuire's saloon, O'Hare 

.Virpori, the Civic Center and a State Street 

department store, Carson. Pirie Scott & Co. 

Ever since the old Essanay Studio days, 

where Gloria Swanson, Wallace Beeiy and 

many other old-timers made silent movies, 

attempts have been made to shoot movies 

here, if only in part. Now, according to 

Jack Bowen. Mayor Richard Daley's assistant 

director of public relations, moviemakers 

arc being invited to return. Bowen, 

acting as the mayor's liaison officer with 

movie people, said when someone wants 

to make a movie in Chicago, they deal with 

him rather than going "though 13 departments 

to get the right permits." 

In 1965. Arthur Penn shot "Mickey One" 

here. In 1968. Haskel Wexler shot "Medium 

Cool" in Chicago. Several Chicago sites 

were used for scenes in "Gaily, Gaily" and 

A Dream of Kings." Universal's "Year 

One" and "The Steagles" just finished 

shooting here. 

Frank M. O'Brien Joins 

NAC Board of Directors 

K xnimiicd Ironi p.igc ( -I) 

Teitel Film Corp. is releasing "Trail ol 

Cola Bottling Co. of Boston as a route 

St. Croix's Flagship 

salesman the same year and held a number 

the Hunter" Friday (15) to 45 Chicagoland 

theatres. This includes the entire metropolitan 

area plus theatres in Waukegan. Joliet. 

of positions with the Coca-Cola Bottling 

KOC K ISI AM). II I ABtMid\scst 

Kankakee. Aurora and Carpentersville. This, of Des Moines ceased operation of the Fort Co. of Boston before being appointed 

according to records, is the largest number Theatre in Rock Island after the evening manager of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of 

performance December 31. The Fort reopened 

New Bedford, Mass., in 1955. 

of movie houses ever to play a film in the 

sports and hunting category. The amount 

New Year's Day as the flagship In April 1956. O'Brien joined the bottler 

department of the Coca-Cola Co. as 

sales spent for advertising, according to records. of the Stillwater. Minn. -based St. Croix 

Amusement Co., Ernest E. Peaslee presidentland 

a regional representative in the New Eng- 

is the largest ever spent by an independent 

region. He moved to the national sales 

film producer. Some $95,000 was spent for 

the campaign, which included heavy news- 

department in 1962. representing the Coca- 

According to Peaslee, the Fort Theatre 

Cola Co. with the institutional and industrial 

markets. 

Berwick, in commenting on the appointment, 

slated: "We are pleased to welcome 

O'Brien as a member of the NAC board 

of directors. He is eminently qualified to 

serve the association in the capacity to 

which he has been appointed and I am 

confident that he will contribute a great 

deal to NAC's program in the year ahead." 

Jim Whiteside Joins Cazrol's 

C HICAGO -James Whiteside has 

joined 

the theatre division of Carrol's Development 

Corp. to assist in the booking and 

buying of films as well as the firm's expansion 

programs, according to Carrol's 

executive vice-president .Anthony T. Kolinski, 

head of the Syracuse, N.'V. -based division. 

Whiteside formerly was associated 

with Columbia Pictures for more than 25 

\ears. 

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Memphis Boys Arrested 

For Seeing Adult Movie 

Memphis—l>oiible-barrele(l court action 

came during the week after two 

under-18 youths visited an adult-onlv 

movie— "The Stewardesses" at the 

Studio Theatre. 

Nancy Ruth Hughes. 18, cashier, 

:ind Stephen F. Perrett. 21, doorman, 

wire arrested on a warrant sworn out 

In John McDougal, father of one of 

the boys, and were fined $50 each by 

city Judge Beverly Boushe. 

Ihen the tvvo boys, Allen McDougal, 

17. and Ernest Moore, 16. were arrested 

under a city ordinance which 

make it illegal for persons under 18 to 

M'c adult movies, and sent to juvenile 

court for trial 

later. 

love Story' 800 New 

Memphis Park Record 

MEMPHIS— A boom in theatre attendaiKC, 

which started at first runs Christmas 

D.i\ as the big ones were thrown on the 

screen, has continued well into the New 

^c.ir All-time house records already have 

been broken at the Park by Paramount's 

"love Story," former marks having been 

established first by "The Graduate" then by 

"Airport." "Love Story" grossed eight times 

average in setting up the new Park record. 

Other "hot ones" which arrived Christmas 

include "Tora! Tora! Tora!". 600. first week 

at the Crosstown; "Rio Lobo." 500, Malco; 

"Song of Norway." 400. Paramount Theatre; 

"The Aristocats," 400, Plaza and 

Whitehaven: "Colossus, the Forbin Project." 

500. Village, and "Little Fauss and Big 

Halsy." .^00. Memphian. 

(Average Is 100) 

Crosstown Toro! Toro! Toro! (20th-Fox) 600 

Guild This Mon Must Die (AA) 100 

MqIco— Rio Lobo (NGP) 500 

Memphian Little Fouss ond Big Halsy (Paro) . . .300 

Palace Burn! (UA) 125 

Poromount Song of Norway (CRC) 400 

Pork Love Story (Para) 800 

Plazo, Whitehaven The Aristocats (BV) 400 

Studio The Stewardesses (SR), 5th wk 400 

Village Colossus, the Forbin Protect (Univ) 350 

Award to Joe Gianforte 

For Aid to U.S. Army 

SHREVEPORT — Joe Gianforte, city 

m.inager here for Gulf States Theatres, has 

been honored by the Fourth Recruiting Disiriei. 

U.S. Army, for outstanding support 

(I ihc Army's recruiting programs during 

l''7(). 

1 he award, the highest given a civilian in 

ihis area by the recruiting command, was 

presented by Maj. James G. Coleman, comin.iinling 

officer of the New Orleans main 

iwruiling station, in ceremonies in the Med- 

K.il .Arts Building. 

Recruiting officers said Gianforte has always 

given passes to the Don Theatre to 

enlisted men the night before they leave 

for training, has always opened his programs 

with the National Anthem and has 

played all recruiting film trailers available 

to him. 

June 79-26 Atlanta Film Festival 

Entries Expected to Exceed 7,250 

All AN I A I he hoard ot advisors ol 

the Atlanta International Film Festival has 

set dates for the fourth annual festival as 

Saturday. June 19. through Saturday, June 

lb. according to J. Hunter Todd, founder 

and executive director of the event. 

Also announced was the appointment of 

Jeb Stewart, a native Atlanlan with an extensive 

background in all phases of the 

entertainment industry, as director of public 

relations and publicity for the 1971 festival. 

Stewart is a graduate of the University of 

Georgia and spent several years in New 

York, where he worked in educational development 

with the Metropolitan Opera 

Guild, public relations at the New York 

World's Fair and sales promotion with 

Tahse Corp., producer of the National 

Touring Companies of Broadway Shows. 

He returned to Atlanta as the company 

manager of the Atlanta Municipal Theatre 

and later as production manager of the 

Theatre of the Stars. More recently, he was 

'How to Succeed' Declared 

'Not Obscene' in Atlanta 

ATLANl A— Fulton County Superior 

Court Judge Claude Shaw interrupted his 

string of decisions labeling films obscene 

when he returned "How to Succeed With 

Girls" to circulation in the Atlanta area. 

Judge Shaw's decision was that the picture 

is 

not obscene under the law. 

"It's the only one out of a large number 

I've had that I have not declared obscene." 

the judge observed. "I'm not a censor and 

I've got to gauge these things according to 

law. Unless they're utterly without redeeming 

social value. I've got to let them pass." 

Although the judge could not rule the 

film was obscene, he noted "I found the picture 

personally obnoxious and very distasteful." 

Following the judge's decision, the 1 0th 

Street Art Theatre returned the film to public 

showing. 

Films suspected of being obscene have 

been paraded through Judge Shaw's court 

in recent weeks as a result of a crackdown 

by Fulton solicitor general Hinson McAuliffe's 

office on pornographic movies. 

Manager Carl Santay in Atlanta 

Sentenced for Disobeying Court 

ATLANTA— Judge Jcptha lanksley of 

Fulton County Superior Court sentenced 

the manager of a downtown motion picture 

theatre to 20 days in jail after he refused 

to surrender two films to the court. 

Carl Santay. manager of Flick I and 

Flick II. took the films with him to court 

as he was ordered to do but refused to surrender 

them, according to Tom Moran, assistant 

Fulton .solicitor general. 

Santay had been ordered to take the films 

into court for a hearing to determine if 

they were obscene. Titles were "Suburban 

Swap" and "How to Do It." 

chief aide and advisor to Hall Suit, 

Republican 

candidate for governor. 

Last year more than 1,000 entries were 

received in the various categories, more 

than triple the number exhibited at the 

three-day inaugural festival in 1968. Todd 

said that it's projected that this year's entries 

will pass the 1,250 mark but the expansion 

of the festival to eight days will make 

possible 

the screening of more award nominees 

for the public and members of the film 

industry. 

As in past years the festival screenings 

will be held in the 1,900-seat Symphony 

Hall of the Atlanta Memorial Arts Building. 

Closing dates for entries for the 1971 

festival will be April 15. Inquiries about 

entries and any other phase of the festival 

may be made to J. Hunter Todd, Executive 

Director, Atlanta International Film 

Festival, Atlanta Ga„ U.S.A. 30324. 

Florence, Ala., Has 

New 450-Seat Martin 

FLORENCE, ALA. —Three Martin Theatres 

executives— Bill Toney, Ronnie Otwell 

and Gene Patterson—were on hand for the 

gala unveiling of the 450-seal Martin Theatre 

in Grant Plaza Shopping Center. 

Warren Carswell, Martin city manager 

(the circuit has six theatres in the Muscle 

Shoals area), presented orchids to the first 

250 ladies attending the opening. 

The new Florence Martin is the first 

automated theatre in the area and is equipped 

with the latest developments in sound 

and projection equipment. Complementing 

the contemporary decor of the Martin is a 

brilliant orange and gold color scheme. 

Carpeting throughout the large rectangular 

lobby is orange, contrasting with gold vinyl 

wall covering. The auditorium is furnished 

with orange seats trimmed in gold. Drapes, 

completely covering the walls, are muted 

tones of orange and gold, continuing the 

master color scheme. An ultramodern concessions 

stand is equipped with the latest 

facilities 

to serve each patron as speedily as 

possible in the attractive refreshment area. 

The opening attraction was MGM's 

"Dirty Dingus Magee," to be followed by 

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "A 

Boy Named Charlie Brown" and John 

Wayne's latest, "Rio Lobo." 

Helen Slay, an 1 I -year-employee of the 

circuit, is managing this new Martin. She 

started as a cashier and moved to a ma£agerial 

position in her second year with the 

company. She last served as manager of 

the Tuscumbia Theatre and just before taking 

over at the new Martin she had been 

relief manager for the circuit's Muscle 

Shoals area units. 

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1971 SE-1

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turned from a vacation that included a 

visit with her sister Mrs. Sue Boyd in Colquitt 

. Miller, whose credits include 

some 100 movies, starting with "Casanova 

Brown" in which she appeared as a 

boy baby when she herself was 20 days old) 

revealed that she's thinking of making another 

film. .She was here for a personal appearance 

at the Automobile Show. 

Jack Vaughan of the agency bearing his 

name returned from New Orleans, after 

meeting independent exhibitors and circuit 

officials. His company recently acquired distribution 

rights for Lima Productions' new 

"Pinocchio." 

Pilmrow congratulations were extended to 

Steve Davis, whose appointment as Southern 

division manager of Chevron Pictures became 

effective Monday (4). Steve, associated 

with his father Sam since 1961 in the 

management of Independent Film Distributors, 

with offices in the Bona Allen Building, 

has opened headquarters for Chevron in 

a fourth floor suite in the Atlanta Film 

Building. 161 Spring Street. N.W. In addition 

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the Atlanta Film Building and son-in-law of 

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Craddock. owners of 

Craddock Films, a tenant in the building, 

had a harrowing experience with a young 

gunman during the holidays. The young 

man answered an ad Ashurst was running to 

sell his car. Saying he wanted to buy the 

car, the young man gave Ashurst a check 

for $1,000 and promised to return the next 

morning to close the deal. He did return 

the next day but this time carried a sizeable 

bag and asked Ashurst to drive to his insurance 

agent's office in nearby Conyers so 

they could get back by the time the bank 

opened and they could complete the deal. 

On the way. the young man took a shotgun 

out of the bag and directed Ashurst to drive 

off on a lonely road. Twice the young man 

had Ashurst get out of the car. threatening 

to kill him each time. On the second occasion. 

Ashurst grabbed the gun and the men 

fought over it but neither could wrest it 

from the other. The young man insisted the 

gun wasn't loaded but after a l.'>-minute 

standoff, each man keeping a firm grip on 

the weapon, the abductor pulled the trigger 

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his car, turned on the ignition and drove off 

before the young man could reload the gun. 

Police and sheriff officers at once started a 

search for the gunman, believed to be involved 

in the disappearance of Susan Doty, 

young Girl Scout clothing salesman who 

was last seen alive in the parking lot of a 

department store. Her body had been found 

under a pile of leaves (following a three-day 

search by police and sheriffs deputies) a 

few days before Ashurst was abducted. At 

this writing the gunman who confronted 

Ashurst still had not been arrested. 

Charles Fisher, manager of Martin's Ritz. 

Brownsville. Tcnn.. was passing out cigars 

following the arrival of his fourth son James 

Michael. Lending support to Charles was 

his eldest son SP/4 Charles Ray Fisher, at 

home on leave from Vietnam. 

Screen 'Cougar Country' 

For Gov. Lester Maddox 

ATLANTA—Gov. Lester Garfield Maddox. 

who will become lieutenant governor 

Tuesday (12) when governor-elect Jimmy 

Carter is inaugurated, asked officials of 

Georgia Theatre Co. to set up a special 

screening for him and his staff of American 

National Enterprises' "Cougar Country 

" 

Since Ciovernor Maddox has been a good 

friend of the film industry (he was awarded 

a plaque as "Showman of the Year" at the 

recent Tristates owners convention here), 

the GTC people were happy to comply with 

his request. The screening was held between 

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Johnny Weissniiiller. perhaps Hollywood's 

most lamous 'larzun. was robbed by 

,1 burglar who may have been an old 1 arzan 

I, III At least, to gain entrance to Johnny's 

pcmhouse apartment here, the burglar had 

lo scale a very high wall and pull himself, 

.ii/an-stylc onto a third-story balcony from 

I'lK- just below. Once in the apartment, the 

burglar examined Johnny's Olympic gold 

iiK-dals. a Bahamian coin collection and a 

bi.icclet made of aquamarines, pearls and 

i;ol(.l—the latter 

an heirloom dating back to 

iIk' Napoleonic era and belonging to Mrs. 

\\ cissmuller. Tossing the bracelet on the 

lloor. the burglar departed with the other 

ii^.i,is—worth around $1,000. The bracelet 

he discarded was valued at $50,000. 

Hiial auditions for the Ivan Tors Film 

Actors Lab were conducted at the film studio 

in North Miami Tuesday night (5) under 

ihe direction of Tony Gulliver, adminisir.itive 

director of the workshop classes, 

uhich start Monday (11). Gulliver said that 

icspon.se had been excellent and that Joan 

Murphy, who had a role as a waitress in 

Midnight Cowboy." will be one of the 

students accepted for the course. 

Booking for a motion picture theatre is 

"not for the faint of heart, the prone to 

ulcer, nor for those who worry much about 

job security." Frances Swaebly. Miami Herald 

entertainment writer, said in a recent 

column. In fact, booking is an "extraordinarily 

complex, pressure-ridden job." She 

cited Eddie Stern, who books for Wometco 

Florida and the islands (pointing out that 

in 

of the other major local circuits. ABC- 

Florida State Theatres are booked out of 

Jacksonville and Loew's out of New York). 

Stern. Miss Swaebly says, definitely is concerned 

about the public and frequently goes 

after a film he thinks has merit and pushes 

it hard. Just now he's pushing "The Cross 

and Switchblade." with Pat Boone. It has 

an anti-drug message and Stern feels it's 

an honest film, not syrupy, and believes it 

will set bo.xoffice records here. He is arranging 

for it to be screened for church and 

community leaders, who then will help sell 

it to the public. 

Leon Thaler, assistant to the treasurer of 

Wometco Enterprises, was selected as the 

1970 Records Manager of the Year by the 

Miami chapter of the American Records 

Management Ass'n . . . "Tora! Tora! Tora!", 

the mammoth re-creation of events leading 

up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 

made its debut December 23 at the Beach 

Theatre. The following day it began its 

schedule of two reserved-seat performances 

daily— 2 and Si.lO p.m. 

Emil J. Gould is putting up a movie theatre, 

along with seven stores, in the 9300 

block of Southwest 56th Street, the Miami 

Builders Exchange reported. Miller & Solomon 

is the contractor and the cost is estimated 

at $200,000. Wayne C. Williams did 

the architectural design work: Crain & 

Crousc is performing the engineering duties. 

Industry's No. 1 Problem: Inducing 

People to Attend Theatres Regularly 

MIAMI—Getting patrons back into the 

theatres is the film industry's most formidable 

problem of 1971. John Huddy, Miami 

Herald entertainment editor, declared in a 

front page story in the Lively Arts section 

December 20. 

He wondered in print if the movie habit 

has been lost as far as the general public 

is concerned—whether the moviegoing habit 

can be re-established and whether the current 

abundance of explicit sex and frank 

language have caused the alienation of older 

moviegoers who used to take their family 

to the movies at least once a week. 

The 1970 plaint of many former regular 

patrons. Huddy pointed out, was that they 

were afraid to go to the movies because 

they were likely to run into just about anything 

on the screen—the most vulgar 

language, the rawest sex, the most perverted 

subject matter. And. Huddy commented, 

"If you're a parent and are talking about 

taking your family to the theatre, the 

anxiety is twice as great." 

A counter argument from exhibitors, of 

course, is that when they do book the few 

"clean" movies available, people refuse to 

flock to theatres. The counter-counter argument 

to this exhibitors' plaint is that 

patrons say that by the time an exhibitor 

gets around to booking a "clean" picture, 

the patrons are out of the moviegoing habit 

and mood, due to having been "burnt" so 

many times by encounters with the so-called 

"adult" themes and pictures. 

Huddy agrees with this latter explanation 

Bossier Art Cinema Case 

Taken Under Advisement 

SHREVEPORT—The Bossier Art Cinema 

controversy remains in a state of suspension 

as U.S. District Judge Ben C. 

Dawkins jr. has held the matter under advisement 

after hearing testimony from both 

litigants in the dispute. Nationwide Amusement 

Co. is complainant in the suit aimed 

at five Bossier City officials who allegedly 

denied the theatre a permit for "political" 

reasons. 

A defendant in the $25,000 damage suit. 

Bossier City Mayor George Nattin testified 

in Federal Court here that the permit was 

rejected on the grounds of failure on the 

part of the theatre management to comply 

with the city's zoning requirements. 

Prior to Nattin's appearance on the witness 

stand. Charles Outland. president of 

the amusements firm, told the court that 

city officials had advised him as long as 

they could keep the theatre from opening 

on a legal basis, they would do so. Outland 

said that just before the scheduled opening, 

the building was "arbitrarily condemned 

without benefit of a hearing." 

The French Connection" is based on a 

book by Robin Moore. 

—that people don't respond to family pictures 

simply because they arc out of the 

habit of going to the theatre. Instead of a 

habit of moviegoing, they have substituted 

other habits— perhaps a habit of bowling, 

a habit of TV viewing, a habit of camping 

or fishing, gardening, etc. 

For this year, Huddy predicts a leveling 

off and (hopefully) fewer exercises in bad 

taste and tedium. But, he warned, "Don't 

expect a sudden return to Shirley Temple. 

That won't happen. Sex is with the movies 

to 

stay." 

"If only lo offer a contrast to the mindlessness 

of television. American movies in 

the coming year," Huddy forecast, "will 

become more and more literate: adult 

themes (not necessarily tasteless themes) 

will increase in number." 

Also in the works, he believes, are more 

fantasy pictures, mildly impressionistic 

films, more employment of some of the 

creative techniques first developed by underground 

filmmakers in this country and 

even earlier by European veterans. Huddy 

says tight schedules, more actor-director 

participation in the profit sharing of major 

films, a greater variety of styles, approaches 

and intents will be seen, largely due to the 

continued rise of independent filmmakers 

a development which started late in the 

1960s. 

Then asks Huddy: "But will the movies 

be any good? That's the toughest question 

of 

all." 

NC Courts Reflecting 

U.S. Obscenity Rule 

MOUNT OLIVE. N.C.—The impact of 

a federal court ruling declaring North Carolina's 

obscenity law unconstitutional is already 

being felt in the state's lower courts. 

Wayne County Superior Court Judge Elbert 

Peele dismissed charges against the 

owner and projectionist of the Clear-Vue 

Drive-In here based on the decision. The 

two men had been arrested for showing an 

X-rated film that could allegedly be seen 

from the highway. 

The ruling, written by a special panel of 

the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 

said the state law was not only "unconstitutional 

on its face." but also "beyond redemption." 

Closes in Washington, Ga. 

WASHINGTON. GA.— Pinpointing the 

plight of the small-town theatre is the demise 

of this south Georgia town's Wilkes 

Theatre, which closed its doors in mid-December 

when the Hawkinsville-based 

Thompson circuit found local business so 

bad it no longer could afford to renew the 

lease. 

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JACKSONVILLE 

pd McLaughlin, Columbia manager, 

\ucationcd 

briefly at the yearend and visited 

with relatives in South Carolina . . . 

Sheldon Mandell, owner of the suburban 

Five Points, and his house manager Harley 

Bellamy worked overtime during the Christmas 

and New Year holidays as "'Love 

Story" brought them a record-breaking business 

and full houses every night of the 

week. 

Nine of the first-run Christmas holiday 

films held firm over New Year's and only 

"No Blade of Grass" at the downtown Florida 

fell by the wayside but Al Hildreth. Florida 

manager, spiced his entertainment menu 

with the only indoor New Year's Eve show. 

He offered two performances of Cinerama's 

R-rated "The Statue" . Robinson 

had the longest indoor show in town with 

four complete Clint Eastwood features at 

his suburban Murray Hill to give his patrons 

one performance going from I p.m. to 

midnight . distinction of having the 

longest program was claimed by the Pinecrest 

Drivc-ln with six features going from 

dusk to dawn. 

A Tarzan-like burglar scaled a high outside 

wall to loot the Fort Lauderdale apartment 

of Johnny Weissmuller's former Olympic 

swimmer who became the most famous 

of all the many screen Tarzans. The thief 

stole two of Weissmuller's prized Olympic 

gold medals but discarded a $50,000 bracelet 

belong to Mrs. Weissmuller. 

Beginning Monday (4). the Jacksonville 

Public Library system embarked on four 

series of motion picture presentations. A 

civic organization known as Friends of the 

Public Library is underwriting the cost of 

renting films for Monday night programs 

at the downtown library as special inducement 

a 

to interest more people in the 

free 

screen programs. The series opened with 

"It Happened One Night," starring Clark 

Ciable and Claudette Colbert. In addition 

to this "Cinema Showcase" scries, the downtown 

library auditorium is the scene of 

Wednesday night filmings of travel films 

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Murray Hill branch library which is ne.xt 

door to Emory Robinson's commercial Murray 

Hill Theatre. 

Doroth> Ftheredgv, lornicrU ol the 

Winn-Dixie grocery chains advertising department, 

is the new newspaper ad writer 

in the local home office of ABC-Florida 

State Theatres. She succeeded Lena "Lee" 

Ryan, who was promoted to private secretary 

to Harvey Garland, president of ABC- 

F.ST and vice-president of the ABC Theatre 

Holding Co. 

Bob Jones, former manager of the Florida 

Theatre. Gainesville, who won his discharge 

from the U. S. Army shortly before 

Christmas by serving two consecutive tours 

of duty in Vietnam, has returned to work 

with ABC-FST. this time as .Marty Shearn's 

associate manager at the company's local 

Regency Rocking-Chair Theatre. Bob 

reaped many honors in Vietnam. Prior to 

his discharge as a combat line sergeant, he 

was awarded the Army Commendation 

Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air 

Forces' Air Medal for completing 25 combat 

missions via helicopter airlifts into enemy 

territory, the Vietnam Service Medal 

with two stars, the Good Conduct Medal 

and the Combat Infantryman's Badge. In 

addition, he was twice awarded War Bonds 

as being the Best Soldier of the Month in 

his company, battalion and division, with 

the added honor of serving as aide to the 

division's 

general. 

First screenings of the \ear booked into 

the Preview Theatre for area exhibtors by 

Warren Teal, manager of the ABC-FSt 

facility, were "Relations." a Cambist Films 

product being distributed in this area by 

Vaughn Films; "Madron" from General 

Films; two Universal Marion features for 

Ed Bledsoe. "First Love" and "The Night 

Visitor"; Columbia's "Brother John" and 

Harnell's 'Threesome." 

Patricia Ann Hart, who has been one of 

the local WOMPI group's most loyal supporters 

in numerous service activities for 

the past 15 years, became the bride of 

Robert K. Shaw in an informal wedding 

ceremony. She is the daughter of John E. 

Harl. international chairman of Co- 

WOMPI. and Mary Hart, immediate past 

president of WOMPI International. Mr. 

and Mrs. Shaw were later honored at the 

Han family home on Princess Anne Lane 

at a reception attended by hundreds of wellwishers 

from Filmrow and other areas of 

l.icksonville social and business life. 

.lo .\nna Moore, a member of Charley 

Hiock s anuisemeni pages staff at the Florid. 

i lime^-Union. authored a fine interview 

— Hollywood-Jacksonville — with Cornel 

Wilde, producer-director of "No Blade of 

Cirass," during its first run al ABC-Florida 

State Theatres' downtown Florida Rocking- 

Chair theatre. An ardent believer in the 

warnings to the human race regarding the 

dangers of air. land and water pollution 

which ecologists view as extremely dangerous 

to humanity. Wilde explained that his 

motion picture presents a constructive message 

and should not be confused with the 

celluloid nightmare of a science-fiction fantasy. 

Walt Meier, manager of the four new 

Trans-Lux Inflight theatres in this city 

which had their grand opiening December 

2.^ with "Toral Toral Toral ", reaped newspaper 

and television publicity when he enlisted 

the services of Peggy Moore, holder 

of the Miss Jacksonville of 1971 title, in 

putting up marquee letters prior to the opening. 

Kilmrow is feeling the spread of city governnieni 

since the consolidation of Jacksonville 

and Duval County into one, making 

it the largest .American city in a territorial 

sense. City Hall has spilled over to offices 

in the Florida Theatre Building and to a 

complete occupancy of the MGM Building, 

Ed Dorsey Retires After 

30 Years With ABC-FST 

JACKSONVILLE — Earmon D. "Ed" 

Dorsey was the honor guest at an afternoon 

coffee service in the ABC-Florida State 

Fheatres home office upon his recent retirement 

from responsible duties he had fulfilled 

for }0 years as a sf)ccial courier and 

mail dispatcher for the home office staff. 

On behalf of Harvey Garland, the company 

president, and all members of the 

staff, Dorsey was presented with an engraved 

gold watch and a praiseworthy citation 

in recognition of his long record of 

trusted and meritorious service. He also received 

many gifts of affection from fellow 

staff members. 

Widely known and highly regarded by 

scores of employees and executives along 

Filmrow. Dorsey began work with the company 

June 1. 19.^6. when former office 

manager Kenneth L. Barrett sr. placed him 

in charge of the home office mailroom. He 

had worked for the company continuously 

since then except for four years of service 

with the U. S. Postofficc during World 

War II. 

He was most proud of the fact that he 

was trusted with many confidential duties 

by all five men who have served as presidents 

of the company, including E. J. 

Sparks, Frank Rogers, Leon D. Netter sr., 

Louis J. Finske and Harvey Garland. 

Aside from his official work. Dorsey has 

been a forceful leader in the councils of 

Jacksonville's black community, both as a 

churchman and as a private citizen. He is 

currently a member of the board of directors 

ol the Florida State Theatres Employees 

I'ederal Credit L'nion. representing the compan\'s 

black employees. 

After retirement, Dorsey said that he 

plans to continue active with many church 

and civic activities and, as he had done for 

many years, he intends going to the baseball 

World Series again this year. Succeeding 

him in his post at the ABC-F,ST home office 

is his nephew and namesake Earmon D. 

Dorse\. 

BOXOFFICE :: Januarv 11, 1971

( SPACE CONTRIBUTI 

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still smoking? 

face it. A lot of people aren't any more. 

Then again, some have only cut down. 

(That's better than nothing, Some have 

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switched to a pipe or cigars. (^They're better 

than cigarettes ... if you don't inhale.) Others 

And most people take it all off again anyway.) 

If you'd like to quit but don't know how, 

we have a booklet that will guide you in 

determining what kind of smoker you are and 

what you can do about it. 

have switched to more food. 

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MEMPHIS 

mcnt is entered, the defendants will surrender 

the film to the court for use as evidence 

in any criminal proceedings by the state. 

A circuit court hearing on the movie u.is 

1 he Crosstown I ht-atre kiiinchcil Tiir;i! 

Tennessee Theatre 

canceled December IS when the four theatres 

in Dade County withdrew "Threesome" COLUMBUS, GA.— Martm Iheatres has 

huiil Tora!" with much fanfare, incluiling 

an invitation to each present-day resident 

from their screens. 

announced the purchase of the Village Theatre 

in Cleveland, Tenn., from Atco Cleve- 

of Memphis who lived or was in Pearl Harbor 

at the time of real attack by the Japa- 

Circuit Judge J. Gritz Gordon was told 

by Rivkind that the Riviera and Loew"s land Corp. No purchase price was given in 

nese to attend the first showing. Dozens 

170th Street dropped the film immediately the news release by Frank L. Brady, president 

of Martin Theatres. 

accepted and many interviews were granted 

after the injunction was filed and that the 

to newspaper, radio and TV reporters— resulting 

in a big wave of free publicity mov- 

other two theatres showed it for the last The Village Theatre is located in the Village 

Shopping Center at Cleveland and is a 

time December 18. 

ing through the area for the picture. 

completely automated unit, equipped with 

The Maico Theatre in Aberdeen, Miss., 

Ultra-Vision. The auditorium has continental 

style seating. 

Chattanooga 16mm House 

was closed Friday ( 1 ) and the .Starlitc Drivein 

at Belmont. Miss., the following day. 

Scene of Dynamite Blast No personnel changes are to be made at 

CHATTANOOGA. TENN. — Cinema I the Cleveland theatre, according to Brady, 

Ihc Sunset Drive-In, Hot Springs, Ark., 

and Cinema II, owned and operated b\ Fd who said that the Village will be operated 

has been reopened after a few alterations 

Spann, were heavily damaged by an explosion, 

which investigators estimated was state circuit, which has more than 160 units. 

along the same lines as the rest of the eight- 

210 of them. Vandals cut the wires on 210 

speakers and hauled them off. Manager 

caused by five sticks of dynamite. Authorities 

declined to speculate on a motive for 

Tucker Bowcn came to Memphis for replacements. 

"I cannot imagine what anybody 

would want with them." he said. "They 

the blast. 

United Artists Cuts Out 

At the time of the blast, only Cinema I 

Boston Publicity Staff 

have our name printed on them and it will 

was in operation and the other unit was From New England Edition 

cost a lot of money to have them rewired." 

being prepared for opening. No one was injured 

but first estimates of the damage to licity staffs on Filmrow, United Artists pub- 

BO.STON—In the latest wipcout of pub- 

Watson Davis, publicity and advertising 

manager for Malco Theatres, and Dottie the lobby area, several offices and public licity department, consisting of two men, 

Semora. with Holiday Inns of America, facilities ran as high as 520,000, although was eliminated this week. The two-man 

were married here December 2.^. The wedding 

reception was held at Ihc Holida> Inn The cinemas play Uimm "adult enlerlain- 

Van Leer and John Mansfield. 

Spann said he felt that figure was excessive. staff comprised veteran publicist .^^noId 

Ihealre in Holiday City. 

nicnt" films. 

Van Leer, formerly with Paramount for 

"It was fortunate no one was hurl." said many years and with United Artists for the 

Opening Christmas Day were the Malco Spann. "In a few more minutes, there would past four years, and John Mansfield, son of 

Twin Cinema at Columbus. Miss., and have been a man in there to clean up. Apparently, 

whoever did it knew the routine." Mansfield, were ousted in the sweep which 

the late United Artists press agent, Joe 

Phoenix Village II. Fort Smith. Ark. . . . 

The U-Ark Theatre in Fayetteville. Ark., 

affected United .Artists offices all over the 

has been closed. 

W. Grover Wray. 67, Dies country. 

Four Dade County Houses 

During Memphis Holidays 

Branch manager Arthur Friedman said 

all publicity activity will now be handled 

MIMI'HIS W C.nnci Wr.iv. ., p.irlner 

out of 

Cancel X Film Showings 

New York. The United .Artists paring 

III Exhibitors .Scimccs. u.is slnckcn at his 

was the third such elimination of publicity 

MIAMI—Dade state attorney Richard home in Memphis and licad on arrival at 

offices. Earlier, MGM and Paramount 

Gerstein and Leonard Rivkind, his special Baptist Hospital. 

knocked out their publicity staffs. 

assistant on pornography. December 16 accused 

four Miami theatres of "commercial Filmrowite, in years of service, in Memphis. 

Wray, 67, was believed lo be the oldest 

Only Columbia, with John Markle; 20th 

Century Fox, with Harry Weiss, and Warner 

Bros., with Floyd Fitzsimmons, continue 

exploitation of sex" in showing an X-rated He was with RKO and Paramount many 

film from Denmark. Gerstein and Rivkind years before forming Exhibitors Services 

with press representatives. Other companies 

made the charge as they filed lor a circuit and was a leader in Variety Club affairs and 

cover from Philadelphia and New York 

court injunction; 

Tristate Theatre Owners activities several 

sending up press agents when a campaign 

• Setting a hearing date for a temporary decades. 

is under way. 

restraining order forbidding further showings 

of "Threesome" at the Beach. North- 

his death was unexpected and came as he 

Although he had not been in good health, 

side II. Riviera and Loew's 17()th Street and his wife Beulah were preparing to leave 

Airer Has 2-Day Benefit 

theatres. 

for Shreveport to visit their daughter Mrs. From Midcostcrn EdiTi n 

• Asking permanent restraint from further 

exhibition of the movie upon linal hear- 

on U.S. 60 south of .Ashland, managed by 

Ray Brabham and their grandchildren. 

OHIO Ihc I r.iil Dnve-In 

ing. 

Marvin White, recently staged a two-day 

Madison Jones Applauded 

• Barring the theatre operators from addmg 

to or deleting from the film or sound- 

At 'Walk the Line' Bow 

fluid. All proceeds of the Trail's December 

benefit for the Marshall University benefit 

1 

at the hearing and trial. 

or of the best-selling novel "I Walk the university's fund for the families of tho.se 

• Ordering that in the event final judg- Line" and writer-in-residence at Auburn members of the football team who were 

University, was in the capacity audience that killed in a November 14 jetliner crash at 

enjoyed Columbia's picturization of his Tri-Slale Airport. 

book at its Alabama premiere here in the 

War Eagle Theatre. 

DATE 

Ei?'" ;iTi STRIPS The picture was given a similar ovation 

when the house lights went up at its conclu- 

HOICCS TIERTIE SIPPIT CI. 

Before the showing. Mayor James Haygood 

presented the author with a symbolic HARD-TOP OR DRIVl-IN TKATRES! 

track and ordering the uncut film produced 

key to the city and the packed house greeted 

the ceremony with a round of applau.se. 

AlIU RN. Al A 

SEE 143 FOR EQUIPMENT 

Madison Jones, auth- 

4-1.'! showings rtcre turned over to the 

sion. 

Martin Circuit Buys

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AMC Adding 8 Screens 

To Dallas Operations 

DALLAS— Eight new screens will be 

added here by American Multi Cinema of 

Kansas City, according to Pete Gloroid. 

AMC district manager supervising operations 

in this territory. This will raise to 18 

the number of screens the circuit operates 

here. Already in use are the six screens at 

Northtown Six and those at the Northwood 

Hills Four. 

tiloroid told William A. Payne, amuseiiRiii 

editor of the Dallas Morning News, 

ih.ii he expects one of the new complexes, 

loc;ited in the Golden Triangle Shopping 

(enter at Highway 67 and Polk Street in 

iIk Oak Cliff area, to be ready by early 

ÎMing. The other, in the Western Park 

\i!lage at Cockrell Hill Road and Illinois, 

.iKo in the Oak Cliff area, is being readied 

lor a summer debut. 

"Both of these new theatre groups are 

identical in arrangement and construction 

and are similar to the complex we have 

operating in the Northwood Hills center." 

Gloroid told Payne. "We have plans for 

further growth in Texas and particularly in 

Dallas. We are negotiating on several locations 

at the present time but these deals have 

not progressed to the point that the areas 

under consideration can be pinpointed." 

AMC's Northtown Six was the first 

venture in Texas for the circuit but the 

company now has three complexes in Houston^—one 

of six, two of four screens each 

in addition to those in Dallas. The circuit 

also has expanded into many other sections 

of the country, the six-screen complex it 

opened recently in Florida raising to 100 the 

number of screens operated by the circuit. 

Stanley H. Durwood, MAC president, told 

Payne during a Dallas visit two years ago 

that the circuit's goal is to put 300 screens 

in operation throughout the country. Durwood 

said recently that projects under construction, 

including those here, will add 42 

screens and more than 10,000 seats to AMC 

this 

vear. 

Salah M. Hassanein Is 

Elected to MMPTA Post 

1 Eastern Edition 

NEW YORK— Salah M. Hassanein, vicepi 

csident of United Artists Theatre Circuit, 

uas elected a member of the executive 

committee of the Metropolitan Motion Picture 

Theatres Ass'n at a joint meeting of 

the members and directors at the Hotel St. 

Moritz here in mid-December. The announcement 

was made by Bernard D. Diamond, 

vice-president of Loew's Theatres 

and association president. 

Diamond also revealed the election of 

M. O. Strausberg, president of Interboro 

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Circuit, as treasurer. He filled the vacancy 

caused by the resignation of Sydney M. 

Goldman, who recently quit the post of 

vice-president of Radio City Music Hall. 

Charles R. Hacker, vice-president of 

Radio City Music Hall, was elected as 

assistant treasurer and a director. 

BOXOFFICE :: January 11 1971 

JEXPO '71 Program Accenting Ways, 

Means of Upping Theatre Income 

DALLAS—With the whole pattern ot 

show business changing, TEXPO '71 will 

emphasize ways and means for Texas exhibitors 

to bring their theatre operations upto-date 

throughout the three-day annual 

NATO of Texas convention, according to 

Dale Stewart, registration chairman. 

Convention dates are February 2-4, the 

event to take place at Dallas' Fairmont 

Hotel, and Stewart emphatic in urging 

is 

exhibitors and other film industry people 

to get their reservations in immediately for 

the rewarding program set up by the convention 

committee. Particularly valuable to 

working exhibitors will be these events: 

• Separate demonstrations on how to 

sell specific pictures. 

• Concession ideas expanded to show 

how to make more profit. 

• A demonstration on how to set a 

whole new environment for the lobby, theatre 

front and concessions area. 

• An innovation for the drive-in theatre. 

• A complete session on automation with 

top authorities to tell you about the latest 

equipment. 

• Experts build theatre ads right before 

your eyes and tell how to buy radio time. 

Dallas Majesfic 

• 

I he Show-in-the-Round, the "most 

unique tradeshow ever presented." 

In addition, convention registrants will 

see Sam Arkoff, chairman of the board, 

American International Pictures, receive the 

NATO of Texas Company of the Year 

Award; Ross Hunter receive the NATO Producer 

of the Year Award for "Airport" and 

Dean Jones receive the NATO Star of the 

Year Award for his starring role in Disney 

Pictures. 

Another feature eagerly anticipated by 

Texas exhibitors will be Martin Jurow's discussion 

of the revolutionary film cassettes. 

Jurow, producer of such pictures as "Breakfast 

at Tiffany's," "The Great Race" and 

"Pink Panther." speaks with authority about 

cassettes since he's in charge of the film 

cassette program at 20th Century-Fox. 

Barbara Scott of the Motion Picture Ass'n 

of America also will be on the convention 

platform to tell how films are rated. 

Supplementing all of these attractions, 

there will 

be two luncheons, two continental 

breakfasts, two cocktail parties, a cocktail 

buffet and the President's Banquet and 

dance. Special program events also have 

been set up for the ladies. 

Screening Room Is 

Closed; Ends TMPBR's Long Service 

By MABLE GUINAN 

DALLAS— It was with great reluctance 

that the Texas Motion Picture Board of 

Review found no alternative but to stop its 

services to the subscribers of NATO of 

Texas. PTA groups of Texas, various religious 

and cultural groups. 

Mrs. Roderic B. Thomas, organization 

chairman since 1953. said that the women 

belonging to TMPBR feel keenly about this 

step. It has been their practice to group review 

pictures regularly five days a week in 

the ABC Interstate screening room and pass 

along their ratings for the benefit of Texas 

exhibitors and families interested in a review 

based on fairness, with no pressure by 

any exchange or individual. The ratings 

were not snap judgments since the women 

met regularly and discussed the movies under 

review from all aspects. 

Members of the TMPBR were quite willing 

to accept the fact that in some movies 

the language, though not the most desirable, 

was necessary in presenting the story in 

its true setting. In such cases, members were 

willing to go along with the filmmakers. 

However, when undesirable language or 

scenes were put in the film without adding 

to the value or authenticity of the film, the 

TMPBR was quick to point this out. 

When Karl Hoblitzelle asked these women 

to attend screenings and give their personal 

comments to the Interstate booking depart- 

ment. so the circuit could have the 

benefit of the thinking of persons wishing 

to be entertained as juxtaposed to thinking 

of people looking at the film from a technical 

viewpoint, they were flattered and happy 

to do so. The organization (TMPBR) assigned 

certain days for individual members 

of the to see committee the movies and 

they took their assignments seriously, arranging 

their weekly schedules to make reviewing 

possible. There were always two or 

more board members present for every 

screening and their opinions have been relied 

upon by many mothers of the territory. 

TMPBR ratings did not always agree with 

those of the MPAA: however, their ratings 

were based on their feelings as to the impact 

of each film on Texas homes and on 

the conduct of Texas young people—with 

no thought of the distributor's interest in 

the picture. 

Mrs. Thomas says the group finds it so 

to disband that members plan to 

difficult 

continue to meet and keep up contacts made 

through their film reviewing. After all. a 

program which began as long ago as the 

early '40s and interesting and vital enough 

to continue to the present day. was certam 

to be the basis for forming many friendships 

of lifelong durability among the members. 

Two original members— Mrs. Gus Valjus 

and Mrs. W. S. Morgan—were still active 

(Continued on page SW-4) 

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DALLAS 

fl happ> and prospt-nms Ncv\ Yciir In ;ill 

Boxoilitt readers! And special good 

wishes to Bcnnic lynch, who is seeing a 

dream come true. Bcnnic and Peggy Pearson 

have opened their own film exchange at 500 

South Ervay. Suite 644-A. In addition to 

product. Ihcy will have a booking office to 

assist exhibitors throughout the territory. 

Bennie is widely known here, having been 

head booker at Allied Artists many years 

before going with Whit Boyd and Lyn Harrington 

at Continental Films, the firm she 

left to open her own office Friday (1) with 

Peggy. They would like all their friends to 

call on them for any service they can render 

this year! 

Veteran film induslrynian Wallace Wallhall 

is doing much better (at this writing) as 

a Baylor Hospital patient and the word is 

that he will be transferred soon to a convalescent 

home . Wise returned 

home following major surgery in Houston 

and expressed himself as deeply appreciative 

of all the messages received from his industry 

friends during his illness. 

R. A. "Skeet" Norel of Lamesa. here on 

film business, told of a recent advertising 

campaign used by his manager Johnn> 

Harper—a "Look Alike" contest. "Skeet" 

credited Johnny with the success of the con- 

sa\s ihc iiica was gained through Norel's 

attendance at the 1970 Show-A-Rama in 

Kansas City. Thus exhibitors can realize 

how practical it is to attend such conventions—and 

this reminder: NATO of Texas' 

convention is coming up February 2-4 at 

the Fairmont Hotel. So send in your reservation 

now and get ready to take advantage 

of the hundreds of money-making ideas you 

can pick up right and left during the convention 

sessions and in exchanges of ideas 

with other industry people between sessions. 

Watch, too, for Harper's "Look Alike" 

campaign in a future Showmandiser issue of 

BOXOFFICK. 

WO.VIPI l.aVerne Gordon drove lo Quinlan 

to deliver gifts to the little girl the 

WOMPI Club sponsors at the Bole Orphanage. 

LaVerne took along individual gifts 

from WOMPI to the girl and a nice gift she 

could share with other girls in the school 

Welch, formerly with Trans-Texas 

Theatres, now is booking and buying for 

J. ti. Long Theatres in the Merchandise 

Mart Building. 

Look at the clever man pictured in this 

week's Boxon ici with a "Hatful of Ideas." 

then come to Dallas February 2-4 and get 

showing. Harper collected 825 cans of food 

during the day. Our congratulations to both 

owner "Skeet" Noret and to manager lohnn\ 

Harper for a job well ilone! 

(icm Bum, manager of Sack Amusement 

Enterprises, left Saturday (9) for Los Angeles 

and the Adult Film Convention at the 

Ambassador Hotel January 10-12. Gem 

flew by 747. her first test of this mode of 

transportation. She told us that Sack 

Amusement will have a two-room convention 

suite with posters, pressbooks and other 

advertising material available for display. 

She plans to remain following the convention 

to transact business in Hollywood for a 

couple of days. 

Greenhill School will have its second 

benefit premiere Wednesday, February .1. 

when it sponsors the Dallas debut of •Cromwell" 

at UA Cine 150. Greenhill. a private 

coeducational school north of Dallas with 

around 500 students, will use proceeds from 

the Columbia film's initial showing as part 

of a fund for building of the Barn Theatre 

on its campus. The film, starring Richard 

Harris as Cromwell and Alec Guinness as 

King Charles I, begins its public engagement 

the following day with performances at 2. 5 

and S p.m. While the film has an intermission, 

it will not be shown on a roadshow 

basis. 

HOLLYWOODMore than 45 years of 

memorabilia from 20th Century-Fov mo- 

house. 

Over 1,000 pieces will go on the block 

roe's bed from "Let's Make Love." Yul 

Brynners throne from "The King and 1." 

lery. 

An illustrated catalog, containing detailed 

descriptions of the properties will be 

HOI lYWOOD .Mrs Tome C. Brenner. 

50. president of Rogers. Cowan & 

Brenner. Inc., public relations, died Decem- 

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HOUSTON 

yhe Uelman. showing The Owl and the 

Pussycat," broke its own single day 

grossing mark which had been set by "The 

Valley of the Dolls." This was achieved in 

spite of such unscheduled competition as a 

house burning down in full view of patrons 

wailing in line for one of the showings and 

a power failure during the second show. The 

old record was set three years ago. Ted 

Scman. manager of the Delman. set up a 

midnight showing New Year's Eve to accommodate 

his patrons. 

"Where's Poppa?" did not open at Loews 

.Stale New Year's Day as scheduled. Substi- 

tuted was a James Bond double bill 

"Thunderball" and "You Only Live 

Twice" clips from the NASA 

film of Apollo mission will be used by 

the 

the Houston Grand Opera in its production 

of Carl Orff's "The Moon." to be presented 

Tuesday (12). I riday (l.S) and Sunday (17) 

in Jones Hall. 

Mixed notices have been given to "Brewster 

McCloud." filmed in Houston and 

at the Astrodome and which had its world 

premiere at the Astrodome before the largest 

crowd to ever witness a world premiere. 

The film is in its third week at the Houston 

Village at this writing . Rex Cinema 

Art Theatre, as a promotion, is asking patrons 

to check their admission tickets. If a 

star appears on the ticket, admission is free 

XX, showing only adult films, 

has been reopened under new management. 

Former Hollywood actress Dcbra Paget 

now Houston housewife Mrs. L. C. 

is 

Kung. Xavier Martinez, manager of El Chico, 

played a small part in Mrs. Kung's starring 

film, "White Feather." filmed in Durango 

in 1954 . Hamilton was 

scheduled here Friday (8) and Saturday for 

the Auto Thrill Show in the Astrodome, his 

purpose being (o watch motorcycle stuntman 

Evcl Knievel in action. Hamilton will 

portray Knievel in a forthcoming biographical 

film. 

C'oncreeation Beth Yeshurun Men's Club 

sponsored the opening night perlormance ot 

.Song of Norway" at the Windsor Theatre 

DATE 

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December 23. The December 28 performance 

also was a benefit showing for the 

Marian High School PTA and Booster Club. 

Readers of Zest, the Houston Chronicle's 

magazine of people, places and pleasures, 

were invited by Jeff Millar, columnist of 

"Looping the Films, " to send in lists of 

their ten favorite pictures of 1970. The best 

lists are to be published in Millar's column. 

Michael Moriarty, cast in the title role in 

"The Night Thoreau -Spent in Jail," the ne.xt 

Alley Theatre stage offering which will 

make its debut Thursday (14). has his first 

movie role in "The Old Man's Place," a 

soon-to-be-released Cinerama film . . . 

Couples are admitted at half price to see 

"Sexual Freedom in Denmark" at the Alray 

Theatre ... A total of 1 1 new films made 

their appearance here during the 

holidays. 

Robert Thetford Sought 

After Not Posting Bond 

HOLS ION— Robert I hellord, president 

of B&R Enterprises of Dallas and who operates 

a circuit of 22 adult movie theatres 

in Texas, was being sought by Houston police 

after he failed to post a $100,000 peace 

bond resulting from action by Houston attorney 

Mel Friedman. 

Justice of the Peace Richard Millard ordered 

the high bond on Thetford during a 

special hearing held here. 

Friedman claimed that the Dallas underground 

film distributor and theatre owner 

has refused to pay legal fees due him for 

work in a number of obscenity trials held 

in 

various Texas cities. 

It was contended by Friedman that Thetford 

had hired two other Dallas men, Jimmy 

Earl Sharp and Bobby Dean Clardy, to 

kill him. 

Judge Millard declined to set peace bonds 

on Sharp and Clardy. who are already out 

on bond here from arrests for carrying prohibited 

weapons. 

Chuck Tones Is Presented 

CCFC's Award of Merit 

' 

CÎLVER CITY^Triple Oscar winner 

C buck Jones, producer 'director of MGM's 

'Ihe Phantom Tollbooth." has been presented 

with the first Award of Merit to be 

given by the California Center of Films for 

Children, a UNE.SCO affiliate. 

In making the presentation. Richard S. 

Harmet/. president of the center, said the 

.iwards were given to commend those 

siudios and producers who attempt to cre- 

.iie motion pictures suitable for families. 

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Closing Stops TMPBR 

(Continued from page SW-ll 

up to the end ol the program. 

Even though the screening room at Interstate 

was closed Monday (4). bringing 

about the necessity of disbanding the review 

group, the women hope the film exchanges 

here will place their names on their screenings 

lists, enabling them to continue their 

work. The group, having no funds with 

which to operate, was able to exist only because 

Interstate's invitation, as issued by 

Hoblitzelle, enabled them to attend regular 

screening sessions. So the members now arc 

anxious to try to continue the work through 

the regular exchanges if given invitations 

to do so. 

.Mrs. Thomas was active in bringing about 

the successful Dallas Youth Film Forum, 

which brought Dallas high school and college 

students into screening sessions to review 

films from their viewpoint. 

While it remains to be seen what the outcome 

will be, Mrs. Thomas and other members 

of the TMPBR board want it clearly 

understood their disbandment was not due 

to lack of interest on their part, but due only 

to necessity when the screening room at 

the 

Majestic Theatre was closed. Since Interstate 

bookers will be attending screenings 

at the various Dallas exchanges, it's hoped 

these women will be included on the exchanges' 

invitation 

lists. 

The last seven pictures screened were 

rated by the TMPBR: "Burn!", United Artists, 

GP: "Confession," Paramount, CiP; 

"Husbands."' Columbia, GP: "The Pursuit 

of Happiness." Columbia. CiP: "There's a 

Girl in My Soup," Columbia. R: ""When 

Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth," Warner Bros.. 

Ci. and "Where's Poppa'.'". United Artists, 

R. 

Trial Publicity Returns 

AA Film to NY Theatres 

From Eostern 

Edition 

NFW YORK— Renewed interest in Allied 

Artists' "Battle of Algiers" because of 

its use as evidence in the trial of 1 y Black 

Panthers in New York Supreme Court 

spurred return engagements in five theatres 

in the New York area. The picture opened 

at the Cinema, Manhattan: Biltmorc. 

Brooklyn: Village. East Sctauket. Suffolk: 

Roslyn. Nassau, and Orangeburg. Rockland 

County. 

On trial on charges of conspiring to bomb 

police stations and public buildings, it had 

been alleged by the prosecution that the 

Panthers used the picture as a training film, 

making it required viewing for inductees. 

It was shown to the jury and attorneys, as 

well as Supreme Court Justice John Miirlagh, 

who presided at the trial. 

"Battle of .Mgiers" depicts the struggle 

of the Algerian underground against the 

I lench colonial rule in the city of Algiers. 

die Hawn appears opposite Peter .Sel- 

"1 here's a Ciirl in My .Soup." 

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Josephine Theatre, is recovering nicely at 

Bexar County Hospital, where he has been 

a patient since he accidentally shot himself 

at the theatre. .Stoffle. after showing acquaintances 

a revolver he keeps in his desk, 

returned it to the drawer: then, a further 

Personable Ben I'erso is the assistant 

manager of the San Pedro Outdoor Theatres, 

a three-screen complex operated by 

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Word is out here that another film, a 

low-budget picture by an mdependent company, 

will be shot hereabouts. It's said to be 

about a country singer who goes into poli- 

point arising about the weapon's make or 

tics. .Several San Antonio actors have been 

slruclure. he drew it from the drawer again 

contacted and auditioned . said to 

and it went off. The bullet struck Stoffle in 

he in the works is the shooting of several 

the head. 

more films at Happy Shahan's Brackettville 

ranch, where John Wayne's "The Alamo" 

and other movies were made. 

Radio station KEXL-FM is offering a 

pair of passes to persons signing up for 

membership in the KEXL Theatre Club. 

Members are invited to special film previews, 

and get special rates for theatres and 

Bob Polunsky airs 

other attractions . . . 

•Flicker Footnotes" each day at 12:05 p.m. 

on KFXl.-FM. reviewing new and current 

tilnis :\m\ commenting on pictures in i:cneral. 

Leon Oehler is manager of the Internaiional 

Theatre, leased to Piccadilly Films 

International for presentation of classical 

films on weekends as a three-month experiment. 

The city, operator ol HemisFair 

Plaza, where the International Theatre Is 

Tom Powers, cil;. nianiigcr ot Cinema Arts 

situated, will receive 20 per cent of the 

gross and the firm will have a one-year 

last name came mil wiih .in "n." making it 

Theatres, has recovered from his recent Person." Were sorry! . . . KI.RN-TV. the 

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out sufficiently profitable. More than 100 

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youths, youth council training specialists 

the suburban Josephine. Laurel and Woodlawn 

theatres . . . We also are happy to l():.^0 p.m. The scries offers late movies 

Ihe Toy That Grew Up" each Sunday at 

under the direction of H. L. Green in the 

Youth Development Project (SANYO), were 

guests for a showing of "Gunga Din." then 

silent their entirety films shown in and featuring 

report that Stoffle. David of the 

manager 

saw "Oliver Twist" at ihe International 

such stars as Lon Chancy. Charlie 

Chaplin. Ben Turpin and Rin Tin Tin. 

December 26 and 27. 

ABC Interstate ottered its patrons an 

early Christmas present: Wednesday (2.^) 

and Thursday "Around the World in 80 

" 

Days was booked into the Majestic. Wonder 

and Broadway at a special price of 50 

cents to anyone aged 6 to 60 ... A special 

showing of Disney's "The Wild Countiy" 

was held at the Cinema II in North Star 

Mall. 

Mrs. Frances IVIooney, Woodlawn tickettaker, 

observed another birthday during the 

last week. During the holidays, she had as 

her house guests her son Bucky Mooney. his 

wife and daughter Tamatha and son Tim. 

street, assistant manager of the Woodlawn, 

celebrated the Christmas holidays with her 

children who visited her from Fort Worth. 

Ihey were Mr. and Mrs. Keith Overstreet 

and their children. 

Admission was half-price 

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For Texas Cinema at 2'Day Seminar 

KNMS, TEX.—Yf Oldc Inn was the 

setting lor a two-day meeting in mid-Decemher 

of 24 Texas Cinema managers and 

key home office personnel, the circuit's annual 

managers" seminar. 

The general session Tuesday morning, 

December 15. began with a speech on 

'Management Motivation" presented by 

John Brinkman of Success Motivation. 

After his talk, the remainder of the morn- 

business was devoted to the advertising 

ing's 

and promotional phases of the circuits 

operations. 

Bob .Stewart, director of operations, presided 

over the afternoon .session—an open 

discussion covering the various aspects and 

problems of theatre management. The first 

day of business was concluded by Frank 

l.iberto of Liberto Specialties Co.. .San Antonio, 

who presented a most enjoyable and 

informative talk on concessions. 

The managers reconvened on the second 

d.iy in Dallas at the Bruton Terrace IV. 

Texas Cinemas latest addition, where Dick 

Higgins. TCC director of advertising, was 

in charge of the morning session covering 

H. A. Worlham and Bob .Stewart. 

Others in attendance: Bud Prettyman. 

Village, Ennis; Ray Callus. Main, Nacogdoches; 

Ron Douglas. K. Triple E Radio. 

Nacogdoches: Tommy Taylor. Showtown. 

U.S.A.. Temple: Dick Higgins. Bruton Terrace 

IV. Dallas; Berto Guerra. Cinema I 

and Cinema II. Kingsvjile; l.arry Moore, 

Kings Drive-in. Kingsviile: K. ( . I.eileste, 

Rancho, Denton: Curtis Decheri. Majestic. 

Stephenville: John McNutt. I.onghorn, Austin; 

Robin Watkins. Holiday. San Marcos; 

Walter Gilleland, Plaza, Ennis; John Brinkman, 

Success Motivation; Harold Griesenbeck 

and Jerry Clark. United Fidelity Life 

Insurance Co., and Frank Liberto. Liberto 

Specialties, 

San Antonio. 

Unveil Cooper 3-Plex 

In Colorado Springs 

From Western 

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COLORADO SPRINGS. COLO.— I he 

first triplex in the state of Colorado. Cooper 

Theatres' Cooper 1-2-.^. made its debut 

Christmas Day 1970. Designed by Mel C. 

Glatz of Denver for Myron Stratton Home 

(leasor) and Cooper Theatres (leasee), the 

de luxe showhouses are located at 17 South 

Nevada Ave. in downtown Colorado 

Springs. Inaugural offerings were "Tora! 

Tora! Toral". "Catch-22" and "I Love My 

Wife." Continuous performances are scheduled 

daily, beginning at approximately I 

honored manager Sid Sheanfield and assistant 

special promotions and co-op advertising. 

manager Mrs. Margie Overstreet with 

Viewing of 1971 product followed. 

a buffet Christmas dinner and party. Female 

p.m.. at all three theatres. 

lee Roy Mitchell, circuit president, declared 

The triplex has a total capacity of 1,662. members of the staff served as hostesses and 

that the two-day seminar was "most Cooper 1 seats 8.^2. Cooper 2 seats 406 and 

Cooper 424 

successful and much was accomplished." 

!? has scats. Cooper 1 is 

dispensing machines serves all three auditoriums. 

Plans lor a new office building to house equipped with 70 and 35mm projectors, 

TCC headquarters, including a spacious while Cooper 2 and .3 are completely automated 

and feature a single projection sys- 

party, which included an exchange of gifts. 

conference room for future seminars, were 

announced by the president. 

Your correspondent (Gladys Candy) got 

tem. 

Home office personnel .mending the 

the nicest Christmas present of A common 

all—new 

boxoffice with three ticket 

seminar: Mitchell, Jerry King, Rebecca 

granddaughter Jennifer Candy, approximately 

Roberts. Manne McDowal. Annie Lanier, 

A new 

8 pounds, born December 24. The parents 

semicircular concession 

are Barry S. of 

Mr. and Mrs. Candy 

stand located in the center of the foyer of 

Houston. Like all Candvs. the baby has red 

Cooper 2 and 3 will serve these theatres. 

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Also, there are two complete men's and 

ladies' restrooms located at opposite ends of 

the foyer for the patrons' convenience. 

Cooper Theatre I (formerly Cooper 70) has 

separate and complete facilities. 

Cooper 2 and .3 auditoriums feature 

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\rncrlcan Standard de luxe loge seats in 

gold and bittersweet orange. Blue wall fabric 

predominates in one auditorium and red in 

the other, highlighted by gold screen draperies. 

A brilliant red-hued carpet is used 

throughout the two auditoriums and foyer 

as well as the stairway leading from the 

lobby. Furnishings in Cooper 1 were not 

changed. 

Larry Louis, city manager lor the circuit's 

Colorado Springs theatres, will continue 

in that position with offices in the 

triplex. Manager of the Cooper 1-2-.^ is 

Carl Rolfes. The Cooper circuit operates a 

total of 16 theatres in Colorado, Nebraska 

:ind Minnesota. 

SAN ANTONIO 

(Contmued Irom page SW-f>) 

the holiday week engagement of "Goodbye, 

Mr. Chips" and "The Circus " at the Cinematex 

in Colonies North Mall as a present 

from manager Tommy Reynolds to his customers 

. . . Piporro appeared in person in 

the Alameda lobby New Year's Day to greet 

patrons coming in to see his film. "El 

Pocho" . Theatre staffers 

the smorgasbord was delicious, as your 

correspondent can testify. We're looking 

forward to viewing movies taken at the 

hair. 

Arizona Court Defers 

Action in Film Seizure 

From WcsTern Edition 

PHOENIX—The state court of appeals 

has taken under advisement a motion to 

halt a lower court case concerning an allegedly 

"obscene" movie. A special action 

was filed in the appellate court by Richard 

Hcrtzberg. attorney for the owners of the 

I'.iris Theatre, ?15 Last Washington, contending 

Maricopa County Superior Court 

Judge Howard Peterson's handling of the 

CISC was incorrect. 

Peterson issued an order that the film 

couldn't be taken from the state pending 

the outcome of the case. Hertzbcrg maintains 

this order was unconstitutional. The 

owners of the Paris, he said, had .^4 other 

showhouses and only a limited supply of 

films to service them. Peterson began an 

adversary hearing to determine if the film 

was "obscene" and if it should be seized. 

The case will not continue until the Arizona 

Court of Appeals makes its ruling. 

Hertzberg claims there is no legal basis for 

the hearing luuler existing laws.

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Cooper Gives Omaha's 

State Theatre to NU 

LINCOLN—The Christmas-New Year 

week was anything but uneventful lor the 

Cooper Foundation and Cooper Theatre 

Enterprises, as the former gave its State 

Theatre building and property in downtown 

Omaha to the University of Nebraska and 

the Cooper operating group opened its newest 

theatre and Colorado's first triplex 

house in Colorado Springs. Charles Kroll. 

assistant vice-president in charge of theatre 

operations, represented the Lincoln headquarters 

executives at the Christmas Day 

opening of the Cooper 1-2-3 in Colorado 

Springs. 

Cooper president E. N. Thompson and 

Cooper Foundation board chairman Ted 

Sick, both of Lincoln, announced the State 

Theatre gift to NU through the University 

of Nebraska Foundation. 

In 1965 the State Theatre building, all 

equipment and the 66x1 32-foot land at 

1412-24 Farnam St. was appraised at $270,- 

000. The 750-seat theatre was acquired by 

Cooper in 19.58 and operated by the circuit 

iinlil Sept. 4. 1969. 

Admission Once 10 Cents 

Varncr noted a recently completed study 

by a citizens' committee, headed by Willis 

Strauss (Northern Natural Gas Co. executive), 

recommended that UN-O give serious 

consideration to offering some of its programs 

in the downtown area. "It is our 

hope that this facility will contribute significantly 

to realizing this objective." he continued, 

in expressing NU gratitude to the 

Cooper Foundation "for its thoughtfulness 

and generosity." 

Cooper chairman Ted Sick said the foundation's 

record of making the university its 

largest single recipient of funds is evidence 

of "our great faith in the contribution that 

NU can make to the future of Nebraska." 

President Thompson said more than 

$2,000,000 has been granted by the Cooper 

Foundation in gifts to educational and charitable 

institutions to date. 

MINNEAPOLIS 

P^s 1970 drew to a close, most lilmrow 

observers painted it as an "average" 

year. With so many other businesses down, 

theatremen on the average felt they came 

through the agonizing economic readjustment 

period in relatively good shape. But 

as in the case of supermarkets crowding out 

the "mama-poppa" neighborhood grocery 

stores, the larger circuits were able to stand 

the buffeting much better than the little 

theatres, many of which were badly hurt. 

There were fewer pictures, longer runs in 

first-runs (leaving less for the subsequent 

runs), terms became increasingly difficult 

and the help-wage problem increased. The 

same observers were unanimous in hoping 

the corner will be turned economically in 

1971. 

Two films dominated post-Christmas 

weekend gab along Filmrow — "Love Story" 

and ".Song of Norway." One was a breathtaking 

success—the other was surprisingly 

weak. "Love Story" stands to emerge with 

the biggest opening-week gross ever in 

downtown movie history here. Since its 

opening at the State Theatre, it's hardly 

played to anything but lineup crowds. "Joe" 

. 

This is a house where the admission once at the Academy was riding with a 210 in its 

was ten cents—when it opened Thanksgiving 

Day in 1916 as the Sun and featured "Song of Norway." which then scored only 

ninth week when it had to step aside for 

"In the Dark Silence" with Clara Kimball 200 in its debut. It had been expected to 

Young. At that time it held the spotlight in 

the early entertainment life of eastern Nebraska 

"crock 'em." 

Ev Seibel, veteran advertising and publicity 

and western Iowa. It was heralded 

director of ABC of North Central 

as a paragon of modern theatre construction 

States, was feted at a retirement party held 

and design, featuring a projection booth 

in the Hyatt Lodge, formerly the Inn 

with relatively new stereopticon equipment 

Towne. The popular, colorful Seibel is 

as well as projectors for "movies" and floodlighting 

known all across the territory and Filmrow 

for stage entertainment. The base- 

ment originally was operated as a billiard 

parlor. Release bars for the doors, called 

turned out en masse for the event. He was 

presented with a plaque on behalf of Variety 

of the Northwest Tent 12 and was 

"panic bars." were installed as the newest 

gifted with a handsome traveling bag 

safety equipment of the day. 

In accepting the theatre gift. NU chancellor 

Bob DeJamette, United Artists branch manager, 

was in the hospital briefly for a routine 

D. B. Varncr said it will be a valuable 

checkup. 

addition to the facilities of the University of 

Nebraska at Omaha in "furthering our Saturday afternoon bowling has become 

commitments to serving the LIN-O community." 

a league ritual for these Filmrow figures: 

Forrest Myers, Dean Lutz, Harold Lund- 

Wants Downtown Programs 

Mike Mihalich, Denny Lutz and Jack 

quist, 

Kelvie. Don Palmquist of the 20th Century- 

Fox branch also shows up. He plays "audience" 

. . . Janet Graham, secretary to National 

Screen Service branch manager Paul 

Ayotte, took a little vacation time over the 

holidays to visit her folks in Tintah. Janet's 

husband accompanied her . . . Judy Pender, 

secretary to Bob DeJamette, UA branch 

boss, vacationed in Black River Falls. Wis. 

Mike Mihalich, Warner Bros, branch 

manager, visited during the holidays with 

his mother, father and family who reside 

. . . Filmrow 

in the St. Louis. Mo. area 

visitors included Joe Matuska, State Theatre. 

Jackson; Charles Stuerwald, State, 

Huron, S.D.. and Dick Sager, Gem, New 

Richmond, Wis. 

Two-car families are no longer a rarity in 

our affluent society. But in this neck of the 

snowy woods, we're beginning to see twosnowmobile 

families! The latest to join the 

elite circle is Priscilla Nayes, 

husband with a Christmas 

gifted by her 

surprise—her 

own snowmobile. And just in time for a 

week's vacation spent snowmobiling (what 

else?) at Boyd, Wis., in 

the Eau Claire, Wis., 

area. Priscilla is secretary to Dean Lutz. 

National General Pictures branch manager. 

Harold Lundquist, Cinerama Releasing 

Corp. branch boss, reports high expectations 

for "The Fools," forthcoming Katharine 

Ross-Jason Robards co-starrer. Prints of the 

picture have arrived and dating of the film 

Paramount branch salesman 

Joe Rosen and his wife were honored by 

their three children—Mark, Barbara and 

Gwen—with a party Saturday (9). 

While business was hot over the holiday 

period, things were exactly the opposite at 

the Universal branch offices the first working 

day of the new year, Monday (4). Hard 

on the heels of a blizzard and with the 

mercury outdoors flirting with the ten degree 

mark, the heating apparatus in the 

Universal branch building went on the 

"fritz." Shortly, the temperature indoors 

stood at 50 degrees. Girls in the office were 

excused first, while the males braved it for 

a time with hats, coats and even overshoes. 

Directors of NATO of North Central 

States were to meet downtown Tuesday (5) 

at the Poodle. On the agenda: Election of 

officers for the new year and the unreeling 

of two films by junior and senior high 

school students working under the auspices 

of the Midwest Film Academy. Miss Susan 

Anderson of the St. Paul Council of the 

Arts and Sciences showed the films . . . 

The United Artists branch gang is eagerly 

awaiting "Cold Turkey," upcoming Dick 

Van Dyke picture. Filmed in part on location 

in Iowa, the movie was screened there 

over the holidays in a small community in 

the Des Moines area—and audience reaction 

was extremely favorable. 

Ever seen "diamonds in the snow?"—the 

sparkling surface of a newly fallen snow? 

The Columbia branch here had its own 

Diamond in the snow, its new salesman 

Mark Diamond. En route from Chicago, 

Diamond was caught up in the grip of a 

massive blizzard Sunday (3) and went off 

a slippery highway into a ditch at Black 

River Falls, Wis. That area was counting 

between ten and 12 inches of new snow at 

the time. Columbia branch manager Roger 

Dietz is expecting Diamond—about April 

Zanotti. Universal branch chief, 

returned from a holiday-week visit with his 

family in Des Moines. 

Paramount Pictures, following an appeal 

by NATO of North Central States president 

Ray Vonderhaar, has announced it will 

rescind its $50 minimum rental policy pending 

a three-month review in depth. In a wire 

to Frank Yablans, Vonderhaar had pre- 

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MILWAUKEE 

Maiional and luCal entertainment ligurcs 

are expected to appear on the torlheoming 

Variety Cluh-sponsored telecast here 

February 6-7 over Channel IS. The benefit 

marathon, which has become an annual 

event, last year drew a total of S30.000 in 

pledges. All proceeds arc earmarked for the 

Variety Club Epilepsy Clinic at Mount .Sinai 

Hospital, toward which close to a half-million 

dollars already has been contributed. 

The pledge is SI 00.000 a year, drawn from 

funds emanating from telecasts, the Foote 

System, theatre contributions, premieres, the 

golf outing and many other special events. 

Heading the committee officials for the 

telecast this year is Lee Rothman. executive 

director of Talent Central and president of 

Rothman Productions, having been named 

executive chairman. He is a past chief 

barker. 

Ben Marcus is in the news again. This 

lime it is in connection with a report to the 

effect that he is negotiating to purchase the 

Sheraton-.Schroeder Hotel here, valued at 

about $7,000,000. He's head of Marcus 

Theatres Management Corp. {M theatres), 

the Pfister Hotel. Guest House Inns, motor 

hotels and the chain of Marc's Big Boy 

Restaurants, in addition to serving on a 

number of boards. Exhibitors always wonder 

how he finds time to handle all those 

interests. 

Wally Meyer, former city editor lor 

Metro News here, has severed connections 

with the paper and says he will announce 

his intentions shortly. Wally always could 

be depended on to cover theatre and Variety 

Club activities. He was back at his old 

hobby when he led children in a singalong 

at the annual Press Club's children's party. 

He has conducted more people in community 

singing in more countries of the world 

(60) than any other single entertainer—and 

in more than 20 different languages. He also 

was Santa at the Variety Clubs Christmas 

parly, held at the Varsity Theatre last year. 

We think you'll be hearing more about 

Wally shortly. 

.\rea exhibitors are wailing to note what 

el led Ihe CATV business will have on their 

boxoffices. The common council December 

29 voted 15-} to award the city's first cable 

TV franchise to Time-Life Broadcast. The 

ordinance requires a CATV operator to pay 

the city ten per cent of its gross annual income 

and requires the firm to meet all state 

and feileral requirements. Time-Life said it 

would use Wisconsin Telephone Co. wires 

•rimim 

lo bring I V programs from local .ind Chicago 

stations into homes in this city. The 

fee would be SI.*; for installation of the 

receiver on the subscriber's TV set and 

S5.95 a month for service. Channels will be 

provided for major events, sports, weather, 

news, educational programs and movies. On 

the heels of this news comes the announcement 

that three other firms will file applications 

for a 

franchise. 

Charlie Hacker was in town recently, renewing 

long-standing friendships with veteran 

showmen in this area. Hacker recently 

was appointed executive manager of Radio 

City Music Hall in New York City. A 

native of this city, following service as an 

Air Force navigator in World War IL in 

which he earned the Air Medal with five 

Oak Leaf clusters and five battle stars, he 

returned here to manage the Palace. Wisconsin 

and Strand theatres before being 

named district manager for Standard Theatres. 

He joined the Radio City Music Hall 

staff in 1948 as an administrative assistant. 

In 19.'i2 he was named manager of operations 

and in 19.*i7 was appointed assistant 

to the president. He has been a vice-president 

since 1964. His mother Mrs. Lillian 

Hacker lives at 2.^24 West Wisconsin Ave. 

here. 

After a number of changes over the past 

few months, the United Artists Theatres 

Circuit of 2} theatres shows the roster as 

follows: Managers—Cinema I and II. Jerry 

Siegel; Riverside. John McKay; Mayfair. 

Jane Immler; Southgale. Gary Harrer; 

Ruby Isle. Doug Fish; Tower. Dennis 

Prahl; Oriental. "Jay" Massoud; Uptown. 

Bob Stumpf: Modjeska. Ray Olszewski; 

Paradise. Marie Barske: Princess, Bob 

Destache; Layton. Ben Krawczyk; Marina. 

Bill Gartlay; Cinema 150. Bill Gartlay; 

Jeffris. Bill Lalor; Myers. Maggie Gardner; 

Hi-Way 26. Bill Lalor; Fo.x, Louis Lutz; 

Orpheum, Leo Schuessler; Wausau, Bob 

Frahm, and Green Bay's Starlite, Betty 

Hirn. Dale McFarland is general manager; 

Lcn Schulzc, district manager, and Milt 

Harman, director of advertising and publicity. 

Office staff; Joyce Lindberg, Mary 

Crowe and Leila Klapproth. with George 

Halislreri still in charge of maintenance. 

MINNEAPOLIS 

IC onlinued Ironi preceding page) 

dieted that such a policy would cut Paramount's 

shipments in Ihe Midwest by 40 to 

.Ô per cent. Vonderhaar added that if all 

film companies took similar action, at least 

100 Midwest theatres would be shuttered 

within a month. 

to David Lippitt here. The reception was 

held at the new Radisson South Hotel. 

NATO of North Central has offered 

the 

use of its office here, located .it 1201 

Hennepin Ave., as a "clearing house free 

of any charge for individuals seeking to become 

theatre managers and for exhibitors 

seeking managers . delivery is a 

major problem in both North Dakota and 

South Dakota. George Carisch. NATO ol 

North Central vice-president, reports. He 

cited carelessness on the part of both the 

exhibitors and the truck drivers as the 

culprit and urged use of a uniform address 

label. 

Mini-16 Theatres Still 

Controversial in Iowa 

CEDAR RAPIDS. IOWA—Court action 

by Mini-16 to force the city of Cedar 

Rapids to permit the opening of a theatre 

here has resulted in two adverse rulings. 

Judge Robert Osmundson denied Mini-16's 

demand for an immediate trial on the question 

of whether the city should be forced 

to issue a theatre license to the company. 

He also denied a request that would have 

allowed Mini-16 to remodel premises at 411 

Second Ave. .SE without a building permit 

until a decision is made on whether the city 

should be forced to issue such a permit. 

Richard L. Davis jr.. Des Moines, president 

of the corporation, has testified that 

Mini-16 is losing approximately SIOO cacTi 

day the theatre is not in operation. 

At Clinton. Iowa, the city council was 

advised by City Atty. Warren Johnson to 

consider immediate repeal of its theatre licensing 

ordinance and to weigh carefully 

any further action on attempting to exercise 

control over the so-called ""adult" films. 

Mini-16 has asked for a license for the 

Clinton Mini-16 Theatre in a rebuilt downtown 

store and filed suit against the city 

when the license was not forthcoming. A 

hearing was scheduled in district court. 

In recommending repeal of Clinton's seattaxing 

Ordinance 901. which has not been 

enforced for years against the four existing 

showhouses. Johnson wrote. ""It is clear from 

the experiences in Waterloo, with a much 

stronger ordinance than Clinton's, and in 

other communities throughout the nation, 

that such an ordinance cannot be used to 

deny the opening of the business." 

Meanwhile, the Waterloo Courier published 

letters of protest from residents, one 

of which stated in part: ""The majority of 

our citizens disapprove of this sort of entertainment 

(referring to "triple-X" movies 

at the Mini Cinema 16 Theatre), yet the 

shows go on. I feel we must act now in 

order to rid our society of this pollutant." 

Revamp Md. Censor Board 

From Eostcrn Editi^^^n 

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Censor 

Board has been reorganized. They now oper- 

Ren Weinbeck, owner of the Winsted 

Iheaire at Winsted. has now assumed operation 

of Ihe showhouse . Vondaarhagen 

ate via a management set up by John R. 

is the new owner-operator of the Jewell, former Maryland Commissioner of 

Linda Campbell, 

Motor Vehicles, who presently is in charge 

Roxy Theatre. Bird Island . . . 

daughter of Paramount branch booker of administration of government state of- 

Lee Campbell, was married .Saturday (2) fices. 

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Quality Theatre Supply Co. 

1515 Davenport St. 

Omaha, Nebraska 68102 

Harry Melcher Enterprises 

3238 West Fond Du Lac Ave. 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53210 

Des Moines Theatre Supply Co. 

1121 High St. 

Des Moines, Iowa 50309 

Minneapolis Theatre Supply Co. 

51 Glenwood Ave. 

Minneapolis, Minnetoto 55403 

January 11. 1971 

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People Living Near Airer Complain 

Adult Movies Are Forced Upon Them 

By BILL NICHOL 

MILWAUKEE—Drivc-in Ihcatres in this 

area have been receiving complaints involving 

"adults only" movies. The most recent 

charge emanates from a group of homeowners 

residing on the fringes of the Victory 

Drivc-ln on the outskirts of Milwaukee. 

They complain that the X-rated films are 

lorcfcl upon them and their children. According 

to the record, members of the group 

have homes with windows that face the 

theatre's screen. 

The matter has been given to Menomonee 

Falls' Village Board Committee on Protection 

and Property. The chairman of the 

committee has announced that he hasn't had 

time to investigate the situation. 

The subject has been a thorn in the side 

for most drivc-in owners in recent years. At 

theatre owner conventions, the other side of 

Ihe controversy comes out this way: 

"Strange, we never hear from them when 

we run a good family picture." Also, that 

"We were there first!" 

It seems that the Victory Theatre triplefeatured 

"Nature in the Raw," "Prehistoric 

Women" and "Women Unchained" on a 

weekend and such billings in the past five 

years have led lo innumerable nuisances, 

according to the homeowners. These have 

included lovers parking in driveways, peeping 

toms and embarrassing debris left in 

backyards that face the movie screen. 

"We went to the village hall, hat in 

hand," said the spokesman for the group. 

"We didn't know what we could do. Wc 

simply asked for help." He told the commit 

tee that most of the homes have school children 

and the movie speakers hanging on 

open car windows "can be heard clearly in 

summer." 

"Even in winter," he continued, "it's not 

unusual during sex films to sec two or three 

cars parked in the neighborhood viewing the 

show for free. I'm frankly near contacting 

my attorney and suing for invasion of privacy." 

In the next breath he said, "We've been 

reading everything we can on censorship 

and it appears our hands are tied in that 

direction. Sometimes our two 1 .^-year-old 

boys take an interest in the films instead of 

their homework. (Their dining room windows 

face the theatre screen.) We could 

have Ihe priest from the local parish over 

tor dinner and he'd see nothing but naked 

women in front of him. We've got friends 

aioHa! 

EXHIBITORS! 

IN HONOLULU . 


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INDUSTRY'S 

"OWN" 

who are nuns. Can you picture us inviting 

them over for a barbecue? We could win 

that case (invasion of privacy) easily if we 

could get a jury of old biddies, invite them 

to dinner and open the drapes." he said. 

Responding to the complaints, a committee 

member explained that it would be a 

matter lor the police or local attorney. Then 

the spokesman added, "Something better 

happen. It's been pretty raw lately." Only 

recently a .10-year-old couple were having 

intercourse in a car in his driveway, he said. 

"When I pounded on the roof and told them 

to leave, the man threatened me." 

.Some sort of relief, however, appears in 

the offing, as he intimated that Ihe cold 

weather had cut down somewhat "on the 

peepers and backyard eavesdroppers." 

When this problem, among others, came 

up for discussion at the recent NATO of 

Wisconsin and Upper Michigan annual convention, 

it was agreed that when drive-in 

theatres were first erected there were no 

homes in the immediate vicinity. 

"The problem only began when people 

began building near our fences," said one 

exhibitor. "Naturally, they can see our pictures 

free of charge, which I have been told 

has been a talking point involving the sale 

of the property. But I can't be held accountable 

for their actions, since they haven't 

paid to see our performances. Sure. I'll put 

up a bigger fence— if the town wants to 

pay for it." 

Propose Omaha Ordinance 

To Screen Cinema Permits 

OMAHA—The growing number of small 

Uimm theatres showing "sex movies" in 

Omaha has prompted Arthur D. Bradley jr.. 

councilman, to propose an ordinance that 

would require public hearings before issuance 

of licenses to theatres suspected of 

planning to show "lewd or obscene" films. 

Currently under construction and slated for 

opening in the near future are two minithealres. 

one seating 135 and the other 14.1. 

reportedly for Global Leasing Co. 

Cieorge Michael Thevis jr.. Atlanta, Ga.. 

speaking for Global Leasing, said he 

"wouldn't be surprised" if exploitation films 

are shown in these theatres. 

A spokesman for American Theatre Corp. 

of Atlanta, which will operate the theatres, 

said they will show films competitive with 

the "mild girlie films" which he said are 

shown at other Omaha and Council Bluffs 

iheaires but not "pornographic" films, bec.iuse 

ih.ii is an "illegal" field. 

Xove Story' Lofly 

BOO in Minneapolis 

.MlNNLAl'OLLS— Love Story." "Love 

Story." 'Love Story. " It was as if film fans 

had been caged up till Christmas Day, the 

opening of "Love Story" at the State, the 

signal for their release and their ultimate 

goal. The Stale was literally (not figuratively) 

engulfed by throngs and the first-week 

figure smashed through all existing house 

records. Furthermore, "Love Story" may 

end up notching the biggest opening week 

ever for any downtown .Minneapolis theatre. 

The honor currently is held by "Thunderball." 

established three years ago at the 

Orpheum. And the final tally for the 

Yuletide holidays saw bustling times at several 

other first-run situations, too. "Tora! 

Toral Toral" at the Cooper Cinerama 

packed 'cm in and kicked off with a superb 

53.S. It and "Love Story" were by far the 

fan favorites. "The Owl and the Pussycat" 

broke fast with a robust 350 at the Gopher, 

thus ending the customer drouth there. And 

despite the competition of every first-run 

house except one opening with a fresh attraction. 

"Ryan's Daughter" romped in with 

a healthy 300 at the Mann. 

"There's a Girl in My .Soup"—in its bow 

at the Orpheum—clocked a solid 250. 

"Finders Keepers. Lovers Weepers"—a sex 

offering—was the strongest of its kind in 

recent weeks, posting 250 at the Suburban 

World. Of course, "recent weeks " haven't 

" 

been the holiday week. "Rio Lobo brought 

home the bacon at the Lyric with a nifty 

250 and "The Great White Hope" was a 

nice 225 in a dual bow at the Cinema II 

and the Uptown. 

(Averoge Is 100) 

Acodemv 

Cinema 

Song o» Norway (CRC) 200 

(20th-Fox) 

Cooper Cincramo—Tora! 

225 

535 

Tora! Toro! ,20th-Fox) 

Gopher Tho Owl and the Pusjycof iCon 350 

(NGP) Rio Lobo 250 

Lyric 

Monn— Ryon'l Daughter MGMi 300 

Orpheum— There's a Girl in My Soup C:.!' 250 

St, Louis Park— I Love My Wite Umv, 200 

State—LoYO Story iPoro) 600 

Suburban World Finders Keepers, Lovers 

Weepers (SR) 250 

World LiHIe Fauss and Big Halsy (Para), 

wk 6th 130 

Bracken Company Acquires 

Fla. Disposable Services 

From Southeastern 

Edition 

MIAMI—Bracken Ventures, through its 

wholly owned subsidiary, Eddie Bracken 

Ventures of Florida, has acquired 80 per 

cent of Disposable Services Corp., a company 

traded over-the-counter. As a result 

of the transaction. Disposable Services Corp. 

will be renamed Eddie Bracken Ventures of 

Florida and, as owner of the Coconut Grove 

Playhouse in Miami, will conduct the theatrical 

business of Eddie Bracken Ventures 

in Florida. 

2 Theatres Seek Zoning Okay 

f' ... EG-.t,-.n E.lit.on 

Eddie Bracken Ventures is engaged in the 

UAI.IIM()RL~lnIroducod in the Haiti recreation, leisure-time and entertainment 

more City Council were two new ordinances fields. Its activities include areas of theatrical 

and motion picture production, owner- 

lo /one for two possible motion picture theatres 

In different locations, if there are no ship and operation of legitimate theatres, 

objections to the requests. One was asked broadcasting, CATV programs, golf course 

for 17 West Mount Royal Ave 

and restaurant ownership. 

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800 in Cincinnati 

CINCINNATI—Twelve new products 

opened at first-run theatres Christmas weeic 

as "Love Story" ran away with top grossing 

honors, thanks to 800 at the Kenwood. 

Three films registered 500 each for their 

first frames—"The Great White Hope," 

Ambassador; "Song of Norway." Cine 

Carousel, and "Little Fauss and Big Halsy." 

Times Towne Cinema. "Tora! lora! Tora!" 

grossed 450 at the International 70 while 

"I Love My Wife" was worth 400 at the 

Pkicc to round out the top division among 

the new pictures. 


Albcc—There Was o Crooked Mon (WB) 250 

Alpho VI— The Twelve Chairs iSR) 250 

Ambassador— The Greot White Hope (20th-Fox) .500 

Beocon Hill Covcdalc The Private Life of 

Sherlocit Holmes (UA) 75 

Cine Carousel—Song of Norwoy (CRC) 500 

Grand, Princeton, Valley The Owl and the 

Pussyiot (Col) 300 

Hollywood Cinema North, Moriemont Cinema 

Eost, Western Woods The Aristocats (BV) ..800 

International 70 Toro! Toro! Toro! (20th-Fox) .450 

. 

Kenwood Love Story (Para) 800 

Place— 

I Love My Wife (Univ) 400 

Studio Cinemas—Where's Poppa? (UA) 200 

Times Towne Cinema Little Fauss and Big 

Holsy (Para) 500 

'Airport' Up Front 

In Detroit With 230 

DLTROIT— Inclement weather condilunis. 

inconsistent and unpredictahle like 

heavy .snow then thaws, has not been conducive 

to good business, theatrical or otherwise. 

This, plus strike factors, have hurt 

business in general. "Airport." suburban 

in 

Detroit-Northland Theatre, came in with 

a 270 point landing to hold first-place 

honors, in the .^9th week. The neighboring 

Americana slid quietly into a second place 

niche with 190 for the 12th week showing 

of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever." 

Third place was taken by a newcomer, 

the first-week multiple run of "No 

Blade of Grass" scoring 150. 

Americana On a Clear Day (Pare), 12th wk. ..190 

Little 

Foirlane. Studio 8, Vogue 

Fouss and 

Big Halsy (Para), 5th wk 80 

Fox— Five Bloody Graves (SR) 95 

Mercury Tora! Toro! Tora! (20th-Fox), 9th wk. .130 

Northland- Airport (Univ), 39th wk 230 

Seven theatres Scrooge (NGP), 4th wk 95 

Six theatres— No Blade of Gross (MGM) 150 

5 Per Cent Admissions 

Tax Levied by Ohio City 

AURORA, OHIO—Sea World, a $.^.7 

million aquatic attraction nestled in the 

village of Aurora, near both Cleveland and 

Akron, is griping because village officials 

have enacted a five per cent entertainment 

admission tax. which they consider too high 

and unjust. Both the Akron Area Progress 

Board and the Greater Cleveland Growth 

Ass"n agree with the Sea World management 

that the tax will hurt business. They 

are gathering information to support Sea 

World's complaint. Carl Adrian, counsel 

for Sea World, said his clients have been 

thinking about filing a lawsuit to get the 

tax reduced. 

Mayor George Hettinger originally said 

the revenues would be used "solely for 

recreational programs" but more recently 

he said the tax would be kept as "a hedge 

against having Cleveland end lis prescnl 

income ta,\ reciprocity plan." The village's 

1971 budget is around $1 million and the 

admissions tax, if it had been operative during 

the 1970 (initial) season for Sea World. 

would have raised almost ten per cent of 

the village's entire tax revenue. The tax 

was approved last spring by the village 

council, which later deferred collection until 

October 1, after Sea World closed for 

the year. 

Douglas Marsh, executive for the Greater 

Cleveland Growth Ass'n, said he was disturbed 

because the tax was an indication 

of an attitude among Aurora officials that 

they didn't want to see their area grow. He 

said he personally would not recommend 

the Aurora location to companies looking 

for new sites, if such an attitude exists 

there. 

Aurora film houses and drive-ins also 

have to collect the five per cent tax, an 

observed pointed out. Not since World War 

II have municipalities levied an admissions 

C. W. Deibel Dead at 96; 

Pioneer Ohio Theatreman 

YOUNG.STOWN, OHIO — Christopher 

W. Deibel, 96, died December 17 in St. 

Flizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, of an apparent 

heart attack. In the early 1900s, 

with his brother-in-law Emil A. Renner, he 

went into the motion picture theatre business. 

They built the Dome and Liberty theatres, 

the latter now known as the Paramount. 

He retired in 1936. 

Deibel also won fame as a golfer, having 

won the U.S. senior championship several 

times, winning more than 125 trophies. 

One of the special things Deibel did 

when he owned the Liberty Theatre was to 

make movies of the South-Rayen High 

School football games and show them the 

following day to SRO crowds of fans. He 

had a life-long interest in the theatre, bringing 

many old-time film stars to Youngstown, 

including Thomas Meighan, Clara 

Kimball Young, Fatty Arbuckle and Theda 

Bara. 

A son, J. C. Deibel, and three daughters 

survive, as well as numerous grandchildren 

and great-grandchildren. 

Cincy Man Files $100,000 

Suit Against Mid-States 

CINClNNATI~Mid-States Theatres 

has 

been sued for $100,000 by a Cincinnati 

man who took his three children to a general 

audience movie at the Beacon Hills 

Cinema November 2. He alleges that previews 

of a restricted film were shown along 

with the G-rated feature "Cougar Coun 

try." 

The suit was filed by Charles Wheatley 

in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, 

claiming that he and the children suffered 

"extreme embarrassment, mental pain and 

cruelty" when, he said, scenes from "Woodstock" 

were shown. He stated that the previews 

showed f>eople who were nude and 

who engaged in "various lewd and lascivious 

acts." 

Film License Fee Is 

Proposed in Toledo 

TOLLDO, OHIO— Ihe city council has 

been asked to "get in the frontline trenches" 

against increasing "pornography" and 

"smut" problems involving Toledo by Councilman 

Andy Douglas, who offered to buy 

tickets to an X-rated film. "The Stewardesses." 

all 

for council members who would 

view the film at the Westwood Art Theatre. 

He said the council could see for themselves 

"what is happening in Toledo." 

This action allegedly stemmed from telephoned 

complaints by citizens who had 

seen the film. Douglas also said that in addition 

to seeing the film, the council could 

join him to "tour a couple of book stores." 

Mayor William Ensign said he would 

hesitate to go to the film, because he considered 

it "a very degrading experience." 

Douglas noted that councilmen sometimes 

have to do things they don't want to do. 

"I'm not anxious to go either," he said. 

Douglas recommended that the council 

form a committee to explore the "obscenity 

problem." At least one member of the council. 

Mrs. Carol Pietrykowski. felt that the 

city could do more to "control the viewing 

of X-rated films" under existing statutes. 

She complained particularly about previews 

of X-rated films before the showing of main 

features rated acceptable for family audiences 

and checking ages of persons attending 

films designed for adult-only audiences. 

Councilman Ray Nies has proposed that 

imposing a high license fee on theatre operators 

who show films rated "not fit for 

juveniles" might discourage local theatres 

from booking such films. Calling the suggestion 

a new approach in fighting "pornography." 

Nies said that if the fee were high 

enough—say $5.000—it might stop the 

showing of such films. He said a new approach 

is needed, because taking an operator 

to court is time-consuming and "all 

we do is boost business for him while the 

film is here." He suggested a high fee for 

dealers in "pornographic" books and magazines. 

Councilwoman Mrs. Maude Shapiro, who 

had served on state and local PTA committees 

studying the problem, said, "We 

would be knocking our heads against a 

brick wall to attempt to legislate in such 

areas ... In five years of work (with PTA 

committees) we got nowhere. You can't 

close the shows and you can't stop the 

Appealing Theatre Permit 

ATHENS. OHIO—City Solicitor Gerald 

Mollica said he was preparing a notice of 

appeal of a variance granted by the city 

zoning board of appeals for construction 

of a twin theatre at 21 West Union St. 

The action was being taken at the request 

of Mayor Raymond Shepard. who is a 

member of the planning commission. The 

theatre has been opposed by the commission 

on the grounds that it would cause 

difficulty for certain types of traffic in 

the 

area. 

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CATV Being Studied 

In Youngstown, Ohio 

VCJUNGSTOWN. OHIO—The city law 

dcparlment here is considering a proposal 

for a CATV system planned by the Mahoning 

Valley Cablevision Co., represented 

by Richard McLaughlin, a local attorney. 

Other principals in the firm, besides Mc- 

Laughlin, include Robert Fclder. Akron, 

general manager of Akron Cablevision Co.. 

and Bruce T. Ferris. Cleveland, a stockbroker. 

I he proposed franchise ordinance includes 

a nonexclusive clause so that other 

firms also could be franchiscd for the same 

type of service. McLaughlin said the firm 

would expect to service up to 20.000 homes 

within two years. Two other unnamed 

prominent Youngstown residents were reported 

interested in the venture. 

1 he city council five years ago (December 

196.5) had awarded a CATV franchise 

to the Youngstown Cable TV Co.. Hollidaysburg. 

Pa., after a long and bitter controversy. 

Then-Mayor Anthony B. Flask vetoed 

the ordinance a week later. It was 

learned still later that a principal in the 

Youngstown Cable TV was a convictetl 

gambler. The veto stood and this city has 

not considered any other proposals until 

now. 

One council member. Emanuel Catsoules. 

pointed out that while CATV is controversial, 

the subject "will get to us sooner 

or later" and it should be studied. He offered 

to sponsor legislation for CATV after 

Nicholas Manos. law director, suggesled 

that possibly the service ought to be made 

into a proposal for a competitive bidding. 

McLaughlin, besides being a principal in 

the CATV firm, is a legal aide to the city 

on environmental problems but said he saw 

no conflict of interest in his effort to obtain 

a franchise. He said if his firm had a franchise, 

he would resign his city post. 

2 CATV Franchises Being 

Considered in Ohio City 

I AIRBORN, OHIO—The Fairborn City 

Council is considering two franchise applications 

for CATV, both by companies 

which are installing systems in the Daylon 

.irea. Both are trying to line up new municipal 

franchises. The two companies are 

Coaxial Communications Co.. Gainesville. 

Fla.. and Continental Cablevision. Fostoria. 

Ohio. 

Both companies are offering this city 

near Dayton a variety of free services 

which could vastly improve communications 

Mnjm 

between city facilities and aid police and 

fire department communications. However. 

Mayor Ed Duncan said the most beneficial 

spinoff of the deal would be a channel for 

instructional TV programing for city 

schools, including two-way lines between 

the schools and a central programing center. 

Other benefits both companies are offering 

include: Allocation of a channel for city 

use. with a closed-circuit connection at each 

municipal building; several megacycles of 

bandwidth reserved for city use for two-way 

voice and data transmission, and a local 

studio established to 

provide news coverage 

of local events and emergency broadcasts. 

Mayor Duncan said he would ask the 

council to delay any action on a franchise 

until April, pending completion of a study 

on cable TV undertaken by the Council of 

Governments. The study was begun after 

several cities (including Dayton and Oakwood) 

received franchise requests. 

The hookup fee reportedly was $10, with 

monthly charges of $5. Cable TV is now 

being installed in nearby Xenia. Ohio. 

CLEVELAND 

^Îth the heclnning of 1971, the holida\ 

season has passed and the parties are 

over for the various exchanges and the Film 

Building group . . . Receiving the nicest 

gift of all were Jack and Mickey Kaufman 

—another grandson. He was born at .St. 

Peter's Hospital in Albany and weighed in 

at seven pound, two ounces. He's been 

named Adam Kyle. Grandpa Jack is Buena 

Vista exchange manager, 2108 Payne Ave. 

Dement, Universal, had a small 

family gathering at her home iluring the 

festive 

season. 

iVlaruc Bartko, Paramount, was married 

to Rev. Luther Norris of Parma Heights 

Baptist Church a couple of days before 

Christmas. The bride is well known in the 

industry as a former MGM and AlP staffer. 

Mrs. Joe (Peg) Steiner, American International 

Pictures, celebrated her birthday 

December 26 with her family. It was quite a 

celebration, since 

Peg. her husband and her 

brother George were all together— and out 

of the various hospit.ds. 1 he> had .i quite 

strenuous summer ami I. ill. si> this is .ill 

good news. 

.\ll the parties were delightful, with ver\ 

good refreshments of all types. The favorite 

entertainment was a revival of "cat's cradle." 

It's not a quiet game but all participants 

seemed to be having a very happy time. It 

was a testimonial to just how much fun a 

grownup " 

can have with a couple of yards 

of string—and everybody was trying to 

prove 

it! 

'Devil Rider' to Goldstone 

Fxim Eoslcrn Edition 

NEW YORK—Harry Goldstone, president 

of Goldstone Film Enterprises, Inc., 

has concluded a deal with Brad F. Grinter 

of Freedom Co.. Inc. for worldwide distribution 

of "Devil Rider." 

CINCINNATI 

l/tye Storj." 

which opened Christmas Day 

in seven area theatres, including the 

Kenwood here, broke attendance records 

in all the houses during opening week . 

Times Towne Cinema celebrated its annual 

24-hour around-the-clock hoopla New 

Year's Eve, playing "Little Fauss and Big 

Halsy." 

Louis Marcks. General Cinemas division 

manager, died December 29 from pneumonia 

and other complications following 

heart surgery. Condolences are extended to 

his wife Edith Marcks: his sons Major and 

Baron, and four sisters. 

Karen Room. Tri-Slale Theatre Services 

secretary, and Jack Rowckamp announced 

their engagement Christmas Day. 

Oliver Nicklas, 75. 

manager of Chakeres' 

State Theatre. Springfield, and his wife 

Cotta M. Nicklas. 72. were killed in a 

traffic accident near Marysvillc Sunday, December 

20. Nicklas, organist and manager 

for the Chakeres circuit for 50 years, was 

honored on his 75th birthday Friday, December 

1 8, by the Chakeres management. 

Later that same evening, he was honored 

by his fellow employees. Mr. and Mrs. 

Nicklas were charter members of the Grace 

Lutheran Church and members of the Norris 

chapter. Eastern Star, where Nicklas 

was organist for eight years. 

Rigney Isaac is the new operator of the 

Elaine Theatre. Whitesburg. Ky. . . . Fred 

Baum. operator of Alpha VI. is the new 

iiperalor of the Hiland Theatre. Fort Thom- 

.is. Ky.. formerly operated by Frank Huss 

jr. of Associated Theatres. The house, which 

has been closed for some time, will reopen 

after renovation. 

N'acationers during the holiday season included 

A. R. Durcn, Warner Bros, division 

manager: Charles Schroedcr, United Artists 

sales: Mort Pcrlman and Charles .Schwartzman. 

Columbia salesmen, and Lee Robb, 

Interstate Theatre Services secretary. 

Exhibitors in town included Frank Linkcndorfer. 

Lebanon; Mrs. Fred May. Dry 

Ridge. K\.. and Dan Krueger. Dansville, 

K\.' 

Don E. Bohatka to Post 

With Mid-America Cinema 

From North Control Edit. on 

RACINE. WIS.—Donald E. Bohatka has 

joined Mid-America Cinema, operators of 

the Rialto and Capitol theatres in Racine 

and the Roosevelt in Kenosha, it was announced 

by Theodore F. Witheril, Mid- 

.\merica Cinema president. Bohatka most 

recently has been manager of Cinema I and 

II. 5I(X) Washington Ave., operated by Boston-based 

General Cinema Corp. 

Bohatka will manage the Rialto and also 

serve as advertising director for all Mid- 

.'\merica Cinema theatres, according to 

Witheril, 

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Brown 

Lloyd 

DETROIT 

yhe WOMPl club held its recent annual 

Christmas party early so that it might 

include the actual birthday of Gale Fanning, 

president. The event was well attended 

and everyone enjoyed themselves, 

thanks to the hospitality of WOMPl June 

Parent, who opened her home for the festive 

occasion. 

Your scribe sends greetings lo 

Herb Eschbach, 

who managed sundry theatres as well 

as heading the theatre directory advertising 

at the News for years—and thanks him for 

the ever-useful combination ruler-calendar 

sent with his season's greetings . 

COLUMBUS 

Qhakeres Theatres of Springfield has taken 

over the operation of Miles' North 

High Auto Theatre. The Chakeres circuit 

recently acquired the National Drive-In 

from Academy Theatres. Miles Theatres 

will continue to operate the East Main Auto 

Theatre and Garden hardtop. 

The drive to raise $2.5 million to "save 

the Ohio Theatre" is $640,000 short of its 

goal but the drive deadline has been extended 

to March 31. If the full amount is 

pledged by that time the theatre will continue 

in operation. A "substantial gift" from 

Jeffrey Galion in the closing days of the 

drive added ciunigh to bring pledges lo 

$l.«60.0()0. 

Downtown theatre operators will be 

watching with interest the audience response 

to a series of Thursday morning lectures to 

be presented by promoter Danny Deeds at 

the Ohio Theatre starting February 4 with 

Art Linkletter as the first lecturer. Matinee 

audiences have been sparse in recent years. 

Following lecturers include Virginia Graham. 

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and NBC 

news commentator David Brinkley Each 

lecture will start at I 1 a.m. 

Mayor Waiter Siemer of suburban Whitehall 

vetoed two CATV ordinances because 

he says ihey restrict the city's right lo 

make future changes. The first established 

a new chapter to the city code, setting regulations 

under which permits could be issued 

to CATV firms. The second was. in effect. 

a permit franchising Coaxial Communications 

of Whitehall to operate service. Siemer 

said he believes in the concept of CATV 

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. . Gertrude 

and Bernadette Schneider, who formerly 

ran the .Stratford Theatre, arc well 

stocked with a big woodpile and a 100-foot 

snow fence for the blizzards at their summer-winter 

home al Amherstburg. right on 

Lake Erie . A. Turel. long-time 

operator at the Norwest Theatre as well as 

film booker and man of many activities, 

sent a neat "plan within the play" message 

you to all the friends who wrote 

us. including Daniel J. Lewis and Rebecca. 

Sherman Oaks. Calif., formerly Wisper & 

Wetsman chief booker; Dorothy and Joseph 

J. Lee. at home in Miami. Fla., after years 

of heading 20th Century-Fox here, and Tom 

McGuire, who held many managerial posts 

in 40 years and who sent the jolliest Santa 

Claus! 

Ru.ss Barnett is managing the Studio 4 

Theatre in Birmingham, which opened recently 

with "Five Easy Pieces" as the first 

attraction. 

;irHl "will welcome" new ordinances which 

will correct the deficiencies of the two 

ordinances. Whitehall City Council is expected 

to draft new ordinances. 

Two downtown sites, adjacent to the 

theatre anti business areas, have been mentioned 

as possible locations for the proposed 

Expo '92. world's fair in 1992 to celebrate 

the 500th anniversary of Columbus discovering 

America. One is at the confluence of 

the Scioto and Olentangy rivers. The other 

is in the near west side area, just south of 

West Broad Street. The present 4.000-seat 

Veterans Memorial is directly across Broad 

Street from the latter site. This is the largest 

city in the world named for the explorer. 

Women's Labor Laws Are 

Ruled Illegal in Ohio 

COI IMIU S Ih,' Ohio l.ibor l.iws affecting 

women 1ki\c been ruled illegal, 

which means that laws preventing women 

from working in jobs more than 48 hours 

in a six-day week and working longer than 

five hours without a meal period are not 

going to be enforced, because they are "discriminatory" 

and contrary to the Fetlera! 

Civil Rights Act of 1964.' 

In .1 landmark decision receniK h> 

Iranklin County Common Pleas C ouri 

Judge Frederick T. Williams in Columbus, 

the judge said. "The Civil Rights Act of 

1964 in effect abolished the sections of the 

Ohio code commonly known as the female 

protective statutes, thereby making it legal 

for any woman to hold a job for which she 

might otherwise be qualified but to this 

point being disqualified by the mere fact 

of being a woman." 

He said most of the statutes in Ohio were 

enacted in the 189()s to combat "sweat 

shop" conditions. The judge issued a permanent 

injunction against the Ohio Department 

of Industrial Relations: the Ohio Division 

of Wages and Hours of Women and 

Minors; the Ohio Division of Workshops 

and Factories, and Ohio Atty. Cien. Paul 

to prevent them from enforcing 

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female protective statutes. 

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Judge Williams said the statutes under 

question are not concerned with whether 

women can perform specific jobs or work 

specific hours or whether men can perform 

specific jobs (which might require lifting 

weights in excess of those prescribed), so 

that "consequently, these statutes discriminate 

against women as a class in an arbitrary 

and capricious manner, in direct conflict" 

with the Civil Rights Act. 

Williams declared that if the Ohio female 

employee laws are found to be bona fide 

occupational disqualifications, discrimination 

by class would be perpetuated rather 

than eliminated. Among the laws Williams 

found invalid was one that required that "a 

suitable seat must be provided for each female, 

to be used by women not necessarily 

engaged in active duties for which they 

were employed." 

Injecting a personal note, the judge said. 

"This court wishes to point out at this time 

that it personally still holds a chivalrous 

and paternalistic attitude toward women 

and does, on rare occasions, still open and 

close the automobile door for his wife and 

several daughters. Fortunately, such courtesies 

have neither been required nor prohibited 

by federal or state statutes." 

Manager Denies Imminent 

Closing of Showhouse 

MUSKEGON. MICH.— Paul Oplinger, 

manager of the Michigan and Regent theatres 

here, has denied reports that the closing 

of the Regent is imminent. Principal 

stockholder is the Greater Muskegon 

Broadcasting Co. (owners of WMUS 

Radio) and the Paul J. Schlossman estate. 

Oplinger is executive vice-president of the 

corporation. 

"We've been lucky—very lucky," Oplinger 

said regarding the two theatres. He 

booked three films for January in the 

Regent so that there would not be a last 

minute scramble for product. 

The Regent, which lies in the path of 

urban renewal, is scheduled for demolition 

between the fall of 1971 and spring 1972. 

This move will leave only one major downtown 

theatre. However, there are tentative 

plans for building a new theatre when the 

Rcycnl is i.i/cd, 

Dayton's State Theatre 

Slated for Demolition 

DA> ION. OHIO Ihc Si.ite Theatre in 

downtown Day Ion is slated lor demolition 

and city crews have welded most of the 

doors shut to keep out vandals. Called a 

public hazard, the darkened theatre is in 

the midtown urban renewal area. 

Before last December, the Dayton Community 

Theatre offered several slagcplays 

in the house. The closing drama was "Wonderful 

Town." 

Bob Baker, city demolition director, said. 

"I've never seen an urban renewal program 

yet where, when buildings have to go. somebody 

doesn't feel an emotional pain." 

The theatre was opened originally in 

February 1867 but in 1918 a fire heavily 

damaged the auditorium. It was rebuilt at a 

cost of S.^50.000 and leased lo the RKO 

circuit as the Slate for .31 years. 

ME-4 Januan II. 1971

I ARMINCilON. 

— 

Bob Kurzon Unveils 

Newport, Vl., Cinema 

\1 WPORT. VT.— Billed as •the most 

iiuhIlmii and luxurious theatre" northern 

in 

\iiiiunit, the new Newport Cinema— repi 

i.oment for this town's old Burns 1 heatre 

h.iv been placed in operation by Robert 

km/on of Ciraphic Theatres. 

Newport Cinema is equipped with deepciishltMied 

seats, each installed to assure perkxi 

vision and sight lines. The lobby and 

.imliiorium are decorated in red and blue. 

,1 combination used with effectiveness in 

si.\Lr.il new cinemas in New England cities. 

\\ ,ill-to-walI carpeting harmonizes with the 

spcci.d decor. Modern restrooms include 

u.ill-to-wall 

mirrors, combined with colorful 

cer.niiic tile construction. The concessions 

si.inJ is provided with the latest equipment 

fcM rapid serving of popcorn, soft drinks 

.iml confectionary items. Also of latest desp-'ii 

.md development are items of booth 

.iiul sound systems. The new brick front 

,iiul special panel attraction light up the 

entire block on Main .Street and should be 

an inspiration to nearby property owners 

to modernize their own buildings. 

Arthur Winebaum of Boston, one of the 

country's leading theatre architects, was in 

charge of the Newport Cinema project. 

Crary Crowe, manager of the Burns Theaii\ 

tor the Graphic Theatres of Boston, is 

iii.in.iging the Newport Cinema and retains 

his Burns staff to operate the new theatre. 

General Alarm Fire Final 

Blow for Keith in Lowell 

l.OWEI 1.. MA.SS.—The Keith I heatre. 

o|icned in 1911 but closed for many years. 

u.is destroyed in a general alarm fire in 

niKi-Decembcr. The fire was believed to 

ha\e been started by vandals or vagrants. 

Once the home of many performances. 

the theatre was owned for many years by 

the- .irchdiocese of Boston but the most re- 

Lcni owner was Esquire Theatres of Americi. 

a Boston-based circuit. The big attraction 

at the Keith in the early days was 

v.ukleville and the house earned the reputation 

as being one of the "roughest and 

loiiyhest" vaudeville centers in the country. 

I Jiiie Cantor once remarked. "If you can 

m.ikc it in Lowell with vaudeville, you can 

m.ikc it anywhere." 

I he theatre was last operated as a film 

house in the late I95()s. 

Reject Proposed Theatres 

For Farmington SC Mall 

CONN. -Ihe town 

pi, in and zoning commission has rejected 

the proposed multi-million dollar Farmington 

Shopping Mall in this Hartford suburb. 

1 he developers. Connecticut General 

I lie Insurance Co.. Monumental Properties 

Inc of Baltimore and the David C. Ma- 

Iv.ncv Realty Co. of West Hartford, had 

inLlialcd a twin motion picture theatre compk 

\ in the planning. 

Snooping Helicopter Is 

New Problem for Manager 

MON I Vll.l I-.. CONN.— What does ,i 

theatre manager do when he sees a helicopter 

hovering overhead while the show's 

on the screen? 

Bruno Weingarten of E.M. I.oew's Norwich-New 

London Drive-In had this problem 

the other night while screening four 

X-rated "nudies." 

"They sneak in here in trimks of cars 

and climb over fences." said Weingarten. 

•'but this something entirely new. That 

is 

guy had the best seat in the house!" 

New West Springfield 

Units for 2 Circuiis 

WEST SPRINGI lEI D. MASS.— E. M. 

in use seat 2,800. 

E. M. Loew's Palace Cinema is on company 

land which also contains the Riverdale 

Drive-In. operated by E. M. Loew. 

Irving Ludwig at Screening 

ORANGE. CONN.— Irving H. Ludwig 

of Buena Vista attended an invitational 

screening of "The Wild Country," at Redstone 

Showcase Cinema III. hosted by Robert 

Butler, resident managing director for 

the Redstone triple-theatre complex here. 

Aid From Highway Exit 

PLAINVILLE. CONN.—The Perakos 

Plainville Drive-In is reaping the benefit of 

a new exit—number .U—off Interstate 84. 

The ramp takes cars directly by the drive-in 

entrance. 

American Testing Lower 

Prices Monday, Tuesday 

Boston An admission price rediicion 

to $1 went into effect Monday 

• 

(4) at four units of American Theatres, 

the lower price to prevail regularly on 

Monday and luesday, unless a holiday 

should fall on cither day. Theatres 

sharing in the price reduction arc the 

Oriental, Mattapan; Rialto, Roslindalc; 

Embassy. Waltham. and Village Cinema, 

West Roxbury. 

Ihe reduction by the American units 

follows the pattern set by other suburban 

theatres in recent months. Reports 

from other theatres trying the 

plan is that grosses improve on days 

when lower admission is in effect. 

New Englanders Raise 

$772,640 for Jimmy 

BOSTON—Last year was the most successful 

in history for the Jimmy Fund as 

$772,640 was raised to combat cancer in 

children. Helping accumulate this big fund 

were New England's exhibitors and distributors, 

police, sports players and sports 

teams, the news media and the general 

public. 

Expressing gratitude to all these people, 

Thomas A. 'Yawley. chairman of the Jimmy 

Fund board, and William S. Koster, the 

fund's administrative vice-president, declared 

in a joint statement that New Englanders 

continued to show their concern and 

interest in this great cause. 

Chairman Ken Coleman, Carl "Vastrzemski 

and James Mahoney highlighted a few 

I.oew's Theatres has announced plans for 

of the many events which brought in 

constructing another unit to adjoin the circuit's 

Palace Cinema on Riverdale Street. 

money for the fund; audience collections in 

more than 600 New England theatres, the 

The addition will seat ."iSO while the present 

Northeast Airlines' Jimmy Fund airlift, 

Palace accommodates 1.000 patrons. 

money raised by the faculty and students of 

At the same time, Redstone Theatres has 

the Greater Boston Academy in Stoneham, 

begun work on the previously announced 

the F&M Schaefer Brewing Co., which contributed 

cinemas IV and V, joining cinemas I, II 

home run hit by a 

money 

and III, across the street from the E. M. 

Red .So.x 

for 

player, 

each 

the World Champion 

Loew's Palace Cinema. 

Olympic Figure Skaters' "An Evening With 

When completed, the five Redstone cinemas 

Champions," untiring efforts of Red Sox 

will seat 4,200. The three units already 

baseball players who voted a full share of 

their World .Series money to the Jimmy 

Fund in addition to aiding with innumerable 

public appearances, police (in particular the 

Police Chiefs Ass'n of New England) and 

Big and Little Leaguers. 

The money will be put to use immediately 

to help further research at the Children's 

Cancer Research Foundation. 

'Antigone' Distribution 

Goes to Fleetwood Films 

NEW BRITAIN. CONN. — Norma 

Film Productions, independent firm headed 

by Sperie P. Perakos. has completed negotiations 

with Fleetwood Films, Mount Vernon, 

N.Y., a division of Crowell-Collier Publications, 

for both 3.*>mm and 16mm distribution 

of Norma's "Antigone." starring 

Irene Papas and filmed in 1962. 

The picture previously was handled by 

Ellis Films of New York. 

Sperie Perakos is vice-president and general 

manager of the New Britain-based 

Perakos Theatres Associates, an independent 

circuit. 

David Landau Connecticut 

Representative for AIP 

HARIFORD — American international 

New England division sales manager Harvey 

Appell has announced the appointment of 

David Landau as Connecticut sales representative, 

working temporarily out of the 

division office in Boston. 

The post had been vacant in recent 

months. 

Landau had been on the Boston staff for 

the past several years. 

L 

BOXOFFICE January 1 1971 

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Tremendous hOOO love Story' Bow 

Highlighfs Boston Holiday Season 

BOSTON — 'Love Slory." lilmed. as every 

movie Ian in this area knows, on the 

Radclilfc and Harvard campuses, hit with 

the impact of a sonic boom as a holiday 

opener at the Circle Cinema, grossing 1,000. 

And who can recall when a picture last 

grossed ten times average in Boston? 

Even more remarkable is this performance 

when one considers the weather conditions 

prevailing during the first week of 

"Love Story": the worst snowstorm in 25 

years, continuing four successive days and 

not clearing until Saturday night, followed 

by a sunny Sunday—these final two days 

enabling the big new films to bail out with 

impressive figures: 850 for "The Great 

White Hope." 500 for "Song of Norway." 

450s for "Ryan's Daughter." "There Was 

a Crooked Man." 400s for "There's a Girl 

in My .Soup" and "Where's Poppa?" 


Astor—The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 

(UA) 120 

Chorlcs— Ryon'l Daughter MGM) 450 

Cherr One— There's a Girl in My Soup 400 

(Col) 

Ciiori Two— Where's Poppa? UA), 2nd wl< 400 

Chen Three— I Never Sang for My Fother (Col), 

2nd wk 190 

Cinema 

Circle 

Love Story (Para) 1,000 

Exeter Quockser Fortune Hos a Cousin in the 

120 

Gary— I Love My Wife (Univ) 

Locw's Abbey One The Owl ond the Pussycat 

(Col). 7lh wk 

Two— 

.200 

Loew's Abbey Five Easy Pieces (Col), 

mil wk 220 

Music HoII—The Greet White Hope (20th-Fox), 

2nd wk 850 

Orpheum The Aristocots (BV) 220 

Paramount- Brewster McCloud (MGM) 220 

Pans Cinema Trash (SR), 2nd wk 300 

Pi Alley- Cromwell (Col), 2nd wk 300 

Savoy— There Was o Crooked Mon (WB) 450 

Soxon—Song of Norwoy (CRC), 2nd wk 500 

- (SR), 

West End Cincmo Tropicol Ecstasy 

4th wk 125 

'He and She' New Haven 

Topper With Average 100 

NEW HAVEN— In keeping with the traditional 

pre-holiday season lull, only one 

major release—Warner Bros.' "Flap" 

bowed in the area and that was in a drivein 

(Bowl) on an exclusive basis. Otherwise, 

the scene here was holdover-reissue, the 

general business skimpy at best. 

Bowl— Flap (WB) 75 

Cinemari— Lovers and Other Strangers (CRC), 

Jlh wk 60 

(SR), 

i^ruj/,h.nn.h 

BBoa 

College Street Cmemo He and She ;SR), 3rd wk 100 

iSR); Curse of 

Milford— Beast of Blood 

the Vampires (SRJ; Taste of Blood 

Princess— 7 Consenting Adults (SR;, 2nd 

SR) 

wk 

70 

90 

Roger Sherman Diory of o Mod Housewife 

wk (Univ), 10th 50 

Showcase Cinema .. Scrooge INGPI, 5th wk. 60 

Whollcv- Five Easy Pieces Con, 8th wk 75 

"o.k.a. Cassius Clay' 125 

Best Grosser in Hartford 

HARTFORD—The report week brought 

in probably the poorest over-all grosses of 

the year, only one screen program appealing 

to patrons enough to attract above-average 

business. That was the Meadows' double 

billing of "a.k.a. Cassius Clay" and "Cannon 

for Cordoba." which came up with a 

125 first-week rating. 

Art Cinemo—Censorship in Denmark (SR), 3rd wk, 80 

Cinemo I—Scrooge (NGPl, 5th wk 50 

Cine Webb— Burn! (UA) 70 

Meadows—a.k.a. Cassius Cloy lUA); Cannon 

for Cordoba (UA) 125 

Newington—The McKeniie Break (UA), 4th wk. 50 

Paris Cinema I— Lovers ond Other Strangers 

(CRC), 9th wk 60 

Pons Cinemo II, UA Theatre East—Five Easy 

Pieces (Col), 7th wk 90 

Rivoli—The Lickerish Quartet (SR), 5th wk 65 

Strand— Man and Wife (SR), 3rd wk 80 

Webster— Flop (WB), 2nd wk 50 

'Medium Cool' Poster Is 

Confiscated in Rutland 

RUTLAND. VT.— Police confiscated 

three movie posters for "Medium Cool" at 

the Movieland Theatre the evening of December 

23 after patrolman William Chapleau 

didn't like what he saw in the attractions 

case. 

Chapleau told Movieland manager Robert 

Shannon that from across the street he 

had observed that the poster in the showcase 

pictured two naked people on a bed 

stretched across the U.S. flag. Chapleau 

added that the Statue of Liberty, also in the 

poster, appeared from across the street to be 

a pillow under the heads of the naked 

couple. 

After observing the poster from this 

vantage of 25 to 30 feet from the showcase, 

the patrolman prepared an affidavit, on 

basis of the affidavit Robert I. Tepper. 

state's attorney, recommended to District 

Court Judge Edward G. McCallcn that he 

issue a search warrant for the Movieland 

Theatre. Patrolman Chapleau then went to 

the Movieland and picked up the posters, 

which Shannon had rented from National 

Screen Service in Boston. 

After Chapleau left, Shannon commented 

ii> Cilenn Ciershaneck of the Rutland Daily 

Hcr.iid on the .iclion: "If he's trying to hurl 

tin business. 1 don't think the public will 

l.ill 

lor it." 

Sh.innon I. 'Id CIcrsh.uieck he never had 

an X-rated picture at his theatre, since he 

has a family ptilicy. "Medium Cool." he told 

the reporter, had an R rating and. as far as 

he knew, had met no similar reaction anywhere 

it had been shown in New England. 

In this he was backed up by Herbert Higgings. 

his Boston booking agent. 

"It's the first complaint of any way, 

shape or form about the picture." Higgins 

told Gershaneck. when the Rutland reporter 

called his Boston office. 'I've been in the 

business 50 years. This is small town stuff." 

Shannon had planned an employees' 

Christmas party after the second show the 

evening the posters were removed. However, 

after Chapleau took away his posters 

during the 7 p.m. showing. Shannon decided 

to close at nine and then took his staff to 

his new Showcase East in the Killington 

Ski Area at Shelbume for an all-day celebration 

the ne.xt day. 

York Square Opened 

By Sampson, Spodick 

NLW H.W EN— Independent Connecticut 

exhibitors Leonard Sampson and Robert 

Spodick have opened their latest unit, the 

newly constructed. 550-seat York Square 

Cinema, New Haven. 

The two are developing plans for a twin, 

in association with William Rosen, in the 

Groton Shopping Plaza. 

NEW BRITAIN 

phree area theatre situations participated in 

a half-page newspaper cooperative ad 

pointing up the advantages of "shopping, 

fun and every possible service for the entire 

family" on the Berlin Turnpike. The independent 

Berlin Drive-In. E.M. Loew's Hartford 

Drive-In and Menschell Bros." Berlin 

Cine III complex had ads. 

Seasonal note: The RKO-Stanley Warner 

Strand marquee advertised Paramount's "On 

a Clear Day You Can See Forever" on a 

recent Saturday, a day of heavy snow and 

low visibility. The contrast was sufficiently 

appealing to the New Britain Herald for a 

Page One mention. 

Perakos Theatres Associates. New Britainbased 

independent circuit, is reported negotiating 

with the New Britain Development 

Commission for inclusion of a 650-seat 

theatre in a downtown redevelopment area. 

The circuit operates the y50-seat first-run 

Palace on Main Street. Spcrie P. Perakos. 

PTA vice-president and general manager. 

was .1 New York business visitor. 

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BOSTON 

gnston's college lacilitics arc due lur more 

moviemaking as Warner Bros, plans an 

early start on filming "Dealing, or the 

Berkeley-to-Boston 40-Brick Lost Bag 

Blues," which will star Gregory Peck, Major 

scenes are to be filmed on the Harvard 

campus and at the University of California 

in Berkeley. Currently on the nations 

screens is "Love Story." filmed last year on 

the Harvard and Radcliffc campuses. 

Phil and Edie Scott hosted a Christmas 

party for their Pembroke Cinema and Loring 

Hall Cinema employees Monday evening, 

December 21. at the Pembroke. 

Around 50 persons enjoyed the fun-filled 

evening and participated in a grab-bag exchange 

of gifts. Causing the most commotion 

was a three-poster sheet picture of 

Raquel Welch and the person who drew 

it out of the grab-bag received plenty of 

offers during the evening for his prize. 

Refreshments served by a local caterer augmented 

an open bar. 

John Wayne will be toastmaster at the 

All-Star National Hockey League's 24th 

annual banquet Monday (18) in the Imperial 

Ballroom of Hotel Statler-Hilton. 

Beneficiary of the glittering affair, which 

will see SO hockey stars and personalities 

at the head table, will be the Jimmy Fund, 

selected by the Boston Bruin's boss Weston 

Adams to receive the dinner proceeds. Bill 

Koster, executive director of the fund, 

hoped that the stolen Stanley Cup will be 

back in time to be placed on display and 

announced that tickets still are avaihiblc at 

the Variety Club quarters on ihc foiirih 

NEW HAMPSHIRE 

phi- ( liristinas l)a> cd lion ol the Manchester 

Union Lcider included a threecolumn 

picture of one of the scenes in 

Tora! Tora! Tora!". which was being 

shown at Cinema II in Bedford. It was described 

as "a remarkable film which is the 

product of collaborative efforts by .Americans 

and Japanese." The Union Leader 

added: "By reconstructing the chain of 

events, decisions and miscalculations of political 

and military leaders in the U.S. and 

Japan a generation ago. it depicts how the 

two nations were plunged into the bitterest 

conflict each has ever known." 

It was not a very merry C hristmas lor 

theatre managers throughout New Hampshire, 

which was digging its way out of a 

massive snowstorm that made driving .i 

nightmare. Ihcre was about a foot of snow 

in the Manchester area and about twice that 

amoimt in Pinkham Notch. 

At present. New Hampshire is the only 

slate in the nation without either a sales or 

income tax but there is plenty of controversy 

over Ciov. Waller Peterson's new business 

profits tax. which affects theatre operators. 

floor of the Statler-Hilton (hut not too 

many left at this writing) . . Bill Koster 

. 

was presented two color TV sets by the 

Masonic Masters of Greater Boston to 

place in the recreation rooms of the Children's 

Cancer Research Center in Brookline. 

New theatre openings during the holidays: 

Esquire's North Station Cinema, December 

21; Carrol Corp. Plaza Twin Cinema I and 

Cinema 11. Braintree. December 25; Dan 

Shea's 733 Cinema. Boston. December 25; 

Irwin Cohen's Cinema I (".Scrooge") and 

Cinema II "M A*S H ( ") at Norwood; Gordon 

& Lockwood's Cinema I (".Scrooge") 

and Cinema II ("The Owl and the Pussy- 

cat"") at Scituate; E. M. Loews Fine Arts 

Cinema I C'There's a Girl in My Soup") 

and Cinema II ("'Little Fauss and Big Hal- 

Ray Feely reopened his Milton 

Cinema with "Hello. Dolly!" 

Mrs. Bob McNuity. Warwick Theatre. 

Marblehead. saw her son Tom off on a 

two-year hitch in the U.S. Army, Tom is 

named for his grandfather, one of Boston's 

most popular movie industrymen of the 

|y30s. 

Pat Brown, executive secretary to Mel 

Safner and Marty Berman at Ruff Associates, 

has announced that she is expecting 

and her office associates are more excited 

than she is . . . Herb Baker, sales representative 

at Avco Embassy, resigned to join 

Paramount's Boston office as assistant 

manager. Harold Block being transferred to 

Washington. Good luck. Herb, and congratulations! 

.IS well as other busincssinen .ind nianulacluiers. 

There have been indications that 

the profits levy is not raising the anticipated 

revenue and imposition of a sales or income 

tax is considereil a possibilit\ by many 

observers. 

Cinema I and II at the Bedford Mall 

presented The Incredible Mr. Limpet" as 

the "Children's Movie of the Month," .Saturday 

morning. December 12. with all seats 

selling for 75 cents. These twin theatres 

were also having a sixth week run for 

"Lovers and Other Strangers." 

"(Mild DliiKiTs of \^)^y^ was the Fine 

I ilm .Societv's screen attraction at Keene 

State College December 16. I he film was 

shown in the Waltz Lecture Hall of the 

Science Center with a 75-cent ailmission 

ch.,rgc 

Adopts S4 a Carload Policy 

Ml OLORD. MA.SS. — The Medford 

luin Drive-In has adopted :i S4-a-carload 

policy lor the winter months. Ihc charge 

applies to each vehicle, reganlless of the 

number of passengers. 

I rank Sinatra has withdrawn from his 

role in Warner Bros.' "Dirty Harry " 

Jerry Lewis Cinemas 

For Agawam, Mass. 

AGAWAM, MA.SS.—This town, which 

does not have a motion picture theatre, 

soon will have. Under construction is a 

Jerry Lewis twin in the new Southgate 

Shopping Center, the first of 20 such theatres 

planned for western Massachusetts by 

BBL Corp., area franchise holder for Jerry 

Lewis Cinemas. 

Lease negotiations are in progress in 

Springfield. Holyoke. Ludlow. Palmer and 

North Adams for sites for these theatres, 

according to Victor Baker. BBL Corp. president. 

Baker has been the area director for 

the past year for Network Cinema, which 

has 750 Jerry Lewis cinemas under contract 

nationally. Associated with Baker in 

BBL Corp. are Leonard N. Bernechc. a 

builder from Chicopce. and Lawrence Le- 

Mire of Hartford. Conn. 

Max Gitbcrg Associates is architect for 

the new Agawam twin, each unit of which 

will seat 350 patrons. 

SPRINGFIELD 

yhc four-day work week has reached Western 

Massachusetts. Production workers 

at Stonington Paper Tube Co.. Easthampton 

(suburban Springfield), are now on the job 

ten hours Mondays through Thursdays, allowing 

for a ihree-day-weckend schedule. 

Buffalo Location Sought 

For Glen Art Theatre 

Eos- Edit 

BUFFALO— P.iul Keller, m.inager of the 

Glen An Theatre in Williamsvillc. which 

was destroyed by fire recently, has announced 

the theatre's intention to relocate. 

"We are looking around Buffalo for another 

theatre now vacant and we are hoping 

to find an appropriate site." said Keller. 

A primary consideration in finding a 

location is closeness to the New York State 

University at Buffalo. 

The Glen .Vrt Book Store, located next 

door to the theatre, while not touched by 

the fire, was severely damaged by water 

and smoke. "The ceiling is about ready to 

cave in and the plaster is crumbling, so we 

won't be able to reopen there, either." Keller 

said. The theatre and book store h.id 

been leased from the Dykstra family by 

Fred Keller, who is now in Europe seeking 

some unusal film product. 

Mary Bickford to Manage 

Warner Bros.' NY Office 

Fr r,, Eastern EJiti .n 

NEW YORK -Mary Bickford has been 

appointed office manager of Warner Bros." 

New York headquarters. 66h Fifth Ave. 

Mrs. Bickford previously was the he.id ol 

Warners' New York personnel departnK-ni 

.md office manager of the former accounting 

and data processing offices at 841 

Broadwav. 

NE-4 BOXOFFICE January II, 1

Cinecom to Construct 

Springfield Theatre 

SPRINGFIKI.D. MASS. — A zoning 

change last month made possible an immediate 

construction start on twin cinemas 

on the Albano tract bounded by Cooley and 

Allen streets and Outer Belt Highway. 

An agreement with Cinecom Corp. to 

build a theatre was completed months ago 

but construction awaited a required zoning 

change that would permit building of a 

shopping center on Mall Street. Cinecom's 

agreement is with a group of savings banks 

financing the mall project. Also signed as 

tenants in the mall are F. W. Woolworth 

and W. T. Grant Co. 

Flu Epidemic in '18 Led 

To Early Outdoor Theatre 

1 A( ()M A. \.H. I'rob.ihK one of the 

country's tirsl outdoor theatres was opened 

as a project of the Armed Forces at Charleston. 

S.C. by George W. Berry, now 82 and 

for several months a patient in a I.aconia 

nursing home. Berry opened the outdoor 

theatre during the severe World War I llu 

epidemic in 1918. 

A unique idea conceived by Berry, then 

a machinisfs mate, first class, in the Naval 

Aviation service, shifted film shows out of 

doors with "a lot of doing" to keep the 

servicemen apart during the deadly epidemic. 

Berry recalls that indoor movies 

had to be discontinued bccau.se the disease 

was "running wild" and "'men just dropped 

in their tracks." 

Although the project was regarded as 

impossible. Berry persisted in launching it 

and he finally won approval for erecting a 

small shack to house the projection equipment. 

Planks were placed on the ground for the 

men to sit on and were spaced so that base 

personnel sat three feet apart to lessen the 

danger of contracting the flu germs. 

Berry was the projectionist and Norman 

Rockwell, then only 22 and later to become 

the famous artist, provided stereoptican 

views which were shown between motion 

picture reels. One of Rockwell's slides emphasized 

the need for the men to keep a 

safe distance from each other. It was shown 

at the beginning of a show and again during 

the program as a reminder of flu contagion. 

Berry recalls: 

"Rockwell was then in what we called 

'detention.' better known as 'isolation.' where 

the new recruits were kept for a while to 

make sure they had brought no disease with 

them." 

Berry, who has been at the Castle Nurs- 

VERMONT 

•phc SVMe Theatre in Burlington had a 

"special treat" for youngsters December 

5 and 6. with a total of five matinees 

featuring "Santa Claus." which the management 

advertised as "a magnificent fulllength 

movie especially lor the kids-froni 

2 to 92!" 

The last show of the year was held at the 

Mountain View Drive-In in Winooski, December 

4. when the screen attractions were 

"The Student Nurses" and "Slaves." with a 

$2 admission charge for adults and free admission 

lor children under 12 years old. 

(;«v. Deaiie C Davi.s. who supported 

Vermont's .^ per cent sales tax. which applies 

to theatre admission tickets, has denied 

an editorial -prediction in the St. Johnsbury 

Caledonian-Record that "there will be an attempt 

to raise the rate of the Vermont sales 

lax during the next legislature." The governor 

branded the editorial as "not true" 

and declared he "definitely will not ask for 

an increa.se in the sales ta.x on the basis of 

everything we have seen at the moment." 

Baroness Maria Von Trapp, head of the 

famed Trapp Family Singers whose career 

once to New York and secure a gilt frame 

for the oil painting. And the "skipper" let 

him go, the first man to be discharged 

from our station."" 

Berry gained his first knowledge of 

movie projecting as a Marlborough High 

School student, when he served as electrician 

for a traveling show in his home community. 

Later, following release from the 

armed services, he sold motion picture projection 

equipment. He also developed a 

fireproof 

system for a motion picture screen 

when sound movies first appeared some 40 

years ago. 

'Terrors of the Screen' 

Up for Big Book Prize 

BURLINGTON. VT.—"Terrors of the 

Screen." the fourth book on the motion 

picture industry written by Prof. Frank 

Manchel of the University of Vermont, has 

been nominated by the publisher. Prentice- 

Hall, for the National Book Award. 

The book describes the use of terror in 

fantasy films produced down through the 

years and includes photographs and anecdotes 

in the careers of such famed "terrorists" 

as Bela Lugosi and Lon Chancy. 

Professor Manchel's earlier books were 

"Movies and How They Are Made." "When 

Pictures Began to Move" and "When 

ing Home here for the past month, recovering 

Movies Began to .Speak.'" His fifth book. 

from illness, said Rockwell "pulled a 

"Cameras West," dealing with western 

fast one" to gain early release from the 

films, is scheduled for publication in the 

service after the 1918 Armistice was signed. 

spring. 

He had made a life-sized painting of the 

"skipper." Capt. Mark St. Clair Fills, and 

according to Berry: 

"When word of the signing reached us. 

'Postgraduate' Premiere 

DERRY. N.H.-Thc Plaza Cinema hosted 

Rocky" told the captain that if he. Rockwell, 

New England premiere of states-rights 

"The Postgraduate." 

could be released, he would go at release. 

inspired the movie and Broadway hit "The 

•Sound of Music." appeared December 15 on 

Vermont's Educational Television. She 

brought ".Sound of Music" fans up to date 

on the current activities of her sons and 

daughters, the Christmas concerts given 

regularly by the singing family and the importance 

of religion to them. The baroness 

now operates a resort establishment in the 

Stowe ski area of Vermont. 

Rev. Adrien Rene Aeschinian, a 

minister 

in C raftsbury whose earlier career included 

being a movie extra in "Ben Hur." has 

written a book. "Bundle of Living." which 

is biographical in nature. The parsonage in 

which the mini.ster lives was the house seen 

in Alfred Hitchcock's movie "The Trouble 

With Harry." 

Cinemas I and II at the Burlington Plaza 

presented a college students' matinee December 

17 with a one dollar admission 

charge. 

Movie theatre attendance continued a 

nose dive when the second consecutive 

weekend snowstorm added another four 

inches to an already snow-covered state 

December 1.^. 

Carrots Signs Lease 

For Burlington Minis 

BURLINGTON. VT.—A lease has been 

signed on the five-acre tract of the Merlin 

Corp.. owner of the Howard Johnson Restaurant 

chain, for construction of twin minitheatres 

on Dorset Street. South Burlington, 

opposite the new Zayre Department Store. 

Anthony T. Kolinski. executive vicepresident 

of the Carrols Development 

Corp., .said "the theatre in South Burlington 

will offer the latest in the 'intimate-type' 

motion picture theatre concept, including 

rocking chair-type .seating." 

"The new mini-theatres," Kolinski added, 

"will each have 350 seats and are the latest 

in 12 such theatre complexes in the Northeast." 

Meanwhile, during the holidays. Carrols 

opened the Plaza I and Plaza II complex 

in Braintree. Mass. Plaza I"s initial feature 

was "The Bird With the Crystal Plumage,"" 

while "Airport"" was first on the screen of 

Plaza II. Rocking-chair seats are featured 

in both auditoriums. 

Reopen Enderlin Theatre 

From North Central Edition 

ENDERLIN. N.D.—The Grand Theatre 

in Enderlin was reopened recently under the 

sponsorship of the Enderlin Jaycces. Weekend 

showings are planned. 

High Unemployment Mark 

NEW HAVEN—Ihe .State Labor Department 

reported that metropolitan New 

Haven unemployment is at its highest level 

since the 1958 recession. 

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ROUNDABOUT NEW ENGLAND 

-By ALLEN M. WIDEM- 

OJ^t a lamentable enough time in this business 

of motion picture exhibition, when 

too many people who 

should know better 

are retrenching, are 

voicing downbeat 

^^^ .^gm 'W^ ideas and are. in ef- 

/ fli W^"* Â' tect, merely sitting 

jyy ^5 yM back and saying that 

^Hl^^B .^ there's no new world 

*"*^^^^^^^/ to conquer— it's pleas- 

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urable indeed to point 

'^^ '^'-' dramatic, dynamic 

drive of a ten- 

^^f^Jir 

Allen .VI. Widen. „ ^ , , I ,, ^, ^. p ^. ^ ^,. 

ent Connecticut circuit. 

If anything, everything is looking up 

within the corporate sphere-and-scope of 

Perakos Theatres Associates, helmed these 

64 years no less by Connecticut industry 

pioneer Peter G. Perakos sr.. now .S2. 

PTA is a unique combination: ll has 

supcr-de luxe showcases, small-town theatres 

and several drive-ins. It's aggressively 

seeking new theatre sites. It's looking into 

to the states at the age of 15 and started his 

exhibition career with the acquisition of the 

Bijou, a 195-seat nickelodeon in New 

Britain. 

In the intervening years. "Mr. Dad" has 

weathered economic fluctuations, product 

shortage and lively competition. His interests 

in exhibition have numbered as high as 

100 theatres in the Northeastern stales but. 

in recent years, he has been content to 

concentrate on Connecticut. Not because 

of advancing age but because he knows 

Connecticut, likes Connecticut and feels he 

and his company can do its best job in 

Connecticut. He remarks that if more inde- 

(jendent circuits concerned themselves with 

the region in which they're best at home, 

their boxoffice response would be better. 

He's not a "loner." He has sought out 

opinions, observations and outlook from 

fellow exhibitors throughout the Northeastern 

states because he has long felt that the 

exhibitor who. in effect, lives a hermit's 

existence, simply cannot adjust to drastic 

changes that confront exhibition. 

He lives on a 40-acre mountain retreat. 

called "Douralie." after his birthplace. He 

is acknowledged as a top philanthropist, 

church worker, city official and sports fan. 

holds citations and awards by the score 

not necessarily within the confines of motion 

picture exhibition, either. He believed 

in community involvement long before the 

phrase became popular with the political 

pundits. 

He told us .^0 years ago. when we were 

first writing for Boxoffice. that the exhibi- 

the possibility of adding more drive-ins. But. tor who thinks he can "go it alone" and not 

above all. mind you. PTA is in an enthusiastic 

get concerned with happenings in the town 

from which he draws his living is the exhibitor 

mood, attributable to the company 

executive echelon's insistence that tomorrow's 

who has no vision, no vitality, no 

business belongs to the circuit actively vigor. 

seeking it— no more, no less. 

As dul\ reported on these pages. I'T 

"Mr. Dad." as he's fondly known across opened its latest unit, the 6.5()-seat Mall 

the length and breadth of New England Cinema in the Beckenstein Bros." Wintonbury 

exhibition, was born in Greece. He came 

.Shopping Mall. Bloomfield (a Hartford 

suburb) some weeks ago. 

"Mr. Dad" went on record at the time 

as asserting that PTA would be spending 

"a lot of money" expansion, in circuit both 

in remodeling and construction. He paid 

tribute at the time. too. to the managers 

who have "grown up in the ranks" with 

PTA and said that PTA never could have 

attained its high levels of performance, let 

alone profitability, without the dedication 

and drive of the men in the field, those 

managers who have long forgotten to look 

.ll the clock and. instead, have turned attention, 

increasingly, to selling, first, the 

Perakos theatre in their town, and to pitching 

the motion picture screen as the finest 

element of entertainment for the mass market. 

He's 82 but his 

schedule would do credit 

to a man half his age. He checks into the 

office, on the second floor of the Palace 

Theatre building in downtown New Britain, 

regularly, and sits with sons .Sperie P.. vicepresident 

and general manager: John, assistant 

general manager, and Peter G. jr., 

treasurer, on company matters. He consults 

with son Steve on legal matters. And he 

takes the time to "trade cigars with son 

" 

Dr. George. (A family tradition has "Mr. 

" 

Dad giving Dr. Cieorge a cigar and Dr. 

George, in turn, giving "Mr. Dad" a panetella). 

Puzzled by Apathy 

He cannot comprehend the apathy in 

certain exhibition quarters. He cannot accept 

skimpy grosses. He cannot "buy" adverse 

industry comment. He's an industry 

booster and. if he had his way. he'd teU 

industry leaders to their collective face that 

the man who has lost his vision is the man 

who needs esprit de corps. 

He can easily remember the not-so-long 

ago days when television captured the nation's 

imagination and he can easily remember 

how sons Sperie. John and Peter 

jr. and he sat down, put their heads together 

and came up with a series of newspaper ads 

— in New Britain. Hartford. Bridgeport, 

elsewhere across the slate—expounding on 

the merits of motion picture entertainment. 

"What is a business," he asked the other 

afternoon, "that has no problems? Anything 

that means money has to attract competition 

and it follows that the smart man who 

does a little bit more than his opposition 

every day has to come out ahead. There's 

no room, no time, for defeatist talk and the 

man who thinks there's no more future in 

motion picture evhibition because of product 

shortage isn't an understanding man. 

Relies on BOXOFFICE 

"He has only to browse through the 

product charts that appear regularly in BoxtiiiKF 

and find relea.ses that haven't been 

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pl.i\ed in his immediate region, get an indcpih 

promotion campaign in the works. 

Hui if he doesn't have faith in his business, 

he doesn't lake the effort to read Boxni 

1 1( I .And 

. BoxDi Fic F is the best 'assistant' 

"c can find in the business." 

He assured that Peter G. Perakos sr. at 

.S2 IS not given to idle chatter. "There's no 

lime to just chat about what we'd do given 

the right circumstances of. say, product 

availability. Hverybody. certainly, would 

like a guarantee of something like "The 

-Sound of Music' (the 20ih Century-Fox 

release holds the all-time boxoffice performance 

record for metropolitan Hartford 

after an unprecedented engagement at the 

de luxe Elm. West Hartford, a Perakos 

showcase) but there simply isn't the talent 

in motion pictures, now or in the foreseeable 

future, to come up with films of this 

calibre. 

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NE-6 BOXOFFICE u\ 1 1971

The college 

contribution 

There are two ways to look at it. 

There's the contribution the colleges 

make to business. 

That's crucial. 

Business employs about 42% of all college 

educated people. It uses their brainpower 

and skill in developing new products 

and methods. It fills management posts. 

In the other direction, there's the 

contribution business makes to colleges. 

The colleges welcome it. They need all 

the funds they can get. They're helping 

to prepare leaders for management, 

but the cost of this preparation— the whole 

cost of education— is going up sharply. 

If business wants college talent, it must 

keep colleges in business. It can help 

finance their need for classrooms, 

facilities and especially teachers. 

In this light, your aid-to-education 

program is an aid to your company. 

SPECIAL TO MANAEEMENT-A new booklet 

of particular interest if your company has 

not yet established an aid-to-education 

is a twoway 

street 

Write for "THE RATIONALE OF CORPO- 

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New York, NY. 10036. 

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HARTFORD 

JuL'kie Keppiier, son of the Morris Rcppncrs 

of Iho Burnside, East Hartford, has 

opened his own firm, a retail tire company, 

in .suburban Vernon. F'rcviously with the 

State Transportation Department, young 

Kcppner was an aide to the late Fred R. 

Green way at Loews Palace and I.ou Cohen 

at Loew's Poli some years ago. 

ABC Eastern Theatres, affiliate of American 

Broadcasting Cos.. reopened the 850- 

seat Central. West Hartford, following extensive 

remodeling, including new scats. 

The theatre, supervised hy area representative 

Ray McNainara. is a first run in metropolitan 

Hartford. 

Hartford native Harold "Bud" Rose, 

long-time film promotion man. writes that 

he has checked out of the hospital and is 

resuming his free-lance p.r. work in the 

Miami Beach. Fla. area. He'd like to hear 

from area pals: 1740 Polk St.. Hollywood. 

Fla. ^M)20. 

Murry Lip.son, resident manager at General 

Cinema Corp.'s cinemas l-II complex, 

hosted an invitational preview showing of 

Buena Vista's "The Wild Country" in Cinema 

I. l.t. Gov. Frassinnelli headed the state 

delegation. The film will open its regular 

engagement early this year. 

Bemie Menschell tells us that members 

of the Pennsylvania Firebirds, in town to 

play the Hartford Knights in an Atlantic 

Coast Football League game, were unanimous 

in wanting to see "Joe" at the MendLOHa! 

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attended. 

E.M. Loew passed through, meeting with 

Dick Buzzell. Hartford Drive-ln, and Hector 

Frascadore. Farmington Drive-In. 

George E. Landers, manager of the downtown 

E.M. Loew's for 40 years, is now 

aiding Buzzell and Frascadore. The downtown 

theatre has been demolished to make 

way for the Trumbull Civic Center. 

Signs of the times: .Suburban West Hartford, 

which has 75.000 population, reports 

average family income in 1969 was $18,000. 

A report by the town department of finance 

estimated per capita income at $6,264. one 

of the highest such figures in the nation. 

West Hartford has two theatres—the 

Perakos Elm and ABC's Central. 

WHNB-TV. the NBC affiliate, hosted 

.irca senior citizens, totaling .^.000. at daylong 

showings of 20th Century-Fox's 

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." at 

the Perakos Elm. marking the tenth consecutive 

year the television station has 

sponsored such entertainment. 

A check for $46,556.21. representing 

statewide collections for the Jimmy Fund, 

has been presented to Governor Dcmpsey 

by the Connecticut Chiefs of Police Ass'n. 

The Jimmy Fund, co-sponsored by the Variety 

Club of New England and the Boston 

Red .Sox baseball team, supports the Children's 

Cancer Research Foundation of 

Boston. 

Exhibitors Must Make Own 

Opportunities: Perakos 

(Continued from page NE-6) 

"So we have to use our imagination. 

That's not tough on the man who thrives 

on activity, who has a liking for exhibition. 

He can sell kiddies shows to the merchants. 

He can line up Christmas performances 

months ahead with business in the individual 

community picking up the tab. 

.Above all, I'm certain that we in exhibi- 

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tion have to make our presence felt in the 

community. We have to get active, both in 

charitable and civic endeavors, keeping the 

name of our theatre prominent in everything 

we do. People's loyalty to a single 

theatre can be developed. But it takes planning, 

it lakes push, it takes principle. We 

just can't sit back and say we are tired and 

don't want to do anything anymore." 

That his philosophy is workable can be 

seen in the flourishing trade at the Elm. 

West Hartford: Cinema I. East Hartford; 

Palace. New Britain: Hi-Way and Beverly. 

Bridgeport; Mall Cinema. Bloomfield; Enfield 

Cinema. Thompsonville. and the 

Perakos drive-ins. He sits with the managers 

as they meet regularly at the New 

Britain home office. There's no "You do 

this . . ." talk. There's "Let's try this . . 

discussion. 

He has trained his sons—and his managers— 

in the thinking of upbeat activity: 

Selling the theatre as a community center 

of entertainment. Instituting reduced prices 

for senior citizens. Inviting industry pacemakers 

to tour the Connecticut Perakos 

theatres so ideas may be exchanged. 

As he makes his rounds across the state, 

accompanied by Sperie or John or Peter G. 

jr.. he speaks softly, yet persuasively, of the 

need to push, push and push some more on 

individual film promotion. 

"The future belongs to the man who prepares 

for it is something that has been 

drummed into the heads of the marketing 

executives." he observed. "It's as applicable 

to motion pictures as it is to metal trades. 

The sorry fact about exhibition is that too 

many people have paid only lip-service to 

this phrase. 

"We're going ahead. We're spending 

more money on expansion. But we're not 

going wild. We're proceeding methodically 

and. above all. we're dedicated to the promise 

that motion pictures are the best entertainment!" 

Schwaber Gets Approval 

For Two Mini-Theatres 

From Eoslcrn Ed.t.rn 

BALTlMORi; Ih.- dopul\ zoning commissioner 

of Baltimore County has granted 

permission for the construction of two minitheatres 

on Reisterstown Road near Sudbrook 

Lane. In a decision handed down 

recently, S. Eric Di Nenna ruled that 

the special exception granted the Dun- 

be 

dalk Holding Co. (Schwaber circuit) for 

consiruction of the two theatres in the same 

building. 

At an earlier hearing, several residents 

of the west Baltimore County neighborhood 

stated the movie houses would add to the 

already heavily congested Reisterstown 

Road traffic. 

In his written decision, the deputy said 

that traffic from the two 150-seat facilities 

would he largely after 10 p.m. and therefi>re 

would not affect the highway during 

its peak hours. The area where the theatres 

will lie built is currenth zoned for light 

business and an area behind the proposed 

building that will be used for parking lots 

IS currenth zoned for residential use. 

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Tent 47 Hosts Party 

For the Handicapped 

VANCOUVER—Western Canada Variety 

Tent 47"s annual Christmas party, chaired 

by Doug Isman of Canfihns. again played 

to a capacity crowd in the Cave Supper 

Club. Ken .Stautfer gave the Variety Club 

the use of the Cave. Head chef George 

Easton headed a crew of Cave waiters and 

kitchen staff, who came down to dress the 

house, run the lights, the sound equipment 

and clean up when it was all over—their 

donation to the success of the affair. 

Barker Benny Kopelow booked and ran 

the stageshow. also donated (or as Benn\ 

says, "donated" may not be the right word, 

as entertainers hound him to make sure 

they are on the show). Duke Ellington alumnus 

Clarence "Big" Miller, who was playing 

an engagement at Port Alberni. closed 

the show there at 2 a.m.. caught a bus at 

7 a.m. and arrived at the Cave just in time 

to close the show. He was surrounded by 

literally hundreds of crippled and retarded 

kids who look forward to his 

yearly appearance, 

as does he. So Miller. Woo Woo and 

the Clowns, the Jerichos. the Heartache 

Razz Band. Lorraine Butler. Brenda Lewis. 

Garfield White. Tom Hawkins ,ind "Santa" 

Ma.x Melgrim performed their labor of love 

for almost two hours. 

In 

between and during the entertainment. 

the children gorged themselves on hot dogs, 

oranges, potato chips and orange drinks 

(literally gallons of it). Thousands of balloons 

escaped from unsure hands to float 

up to the ceiling, to explode there in one 

heart-stopping pop. 

When the parts ended, each youngster 

received a grab-bag of goodies, packed by 

the CGIT group of .St. James United 

Church. Everybody got a selection of comic 

books, coloring books, records and more 

balloons and candy. 

IFD Transfers Mariiimes 

Operation to Montreal 

SAINT JOHN. N.B.—International Film 

Distributors has transferred its headquarters 

to Montreal and all Maritime operations will 

be handled from that branch. This company 

has served the exhibitors in the Maritimes 

for a period of approximately 25 years and. 

from its inception. IFD developed into one 

of the major distributors. Included among 

the boxoffice attractions distributed in recent 

years by IFD were "The Clradiiate. " 

"Charly." "Candy." "Joe." etc. 

The Saint John branch managers during 

this 25-year period included John March. 

Jack Bellamy. Gordon Stults. Frank Murphy. 

Lou McKenzie. David Brager. Louis 

Michelson. Gerald Hoyt. Delbert Buckley. 

Norman Simpson. Leonard Herberman and 

Miss Kay Ryan. 

Mi.ss Ryan workeil with ihese managers 

until 1962. when she assumed the position 

of IFD branch manager until its closing. 

Miss Ryan assumes a new position wilh 

Universal 16 effective this month. 

'Cromwell' Excellent' in Toronto 

Debut; Tive Easy Pieces Also A-l 

TORONTO — 

I 

he pre-Chrislmas shopping 

season took its usual toll at boxoffices. 

although many bookings stood remarkabh 

well. "Cromwell" had a strong opening at 

the Carlton, while "Five Easy Pieces" remained 

a big grosser in its 1 th week at 

1 

York One. ".Soldier Blue" had a good single 

week at the Imperial and other houses, while 

long-term good business for "Joe." 17th 

week at Uptown Three, and "M*A'.S*H." 

.16th week at the Hollywood, was recorded. 

Capitol Fine Art— Till Deoth Do Us Port 

(IFD), 6th wk Poor 

Capri^ The Sicilian Clan (20th Fox); Beyond the 

Valley of the Dolls (20th-Fox) Poor 

Carlton—Cromwell (Col) Excellent 

Downtown The Gamblers (IFD) Poor 

(IFD); Plucked 

Scrooge (Emp), 4th wk Good 

Eglinton 

Glendale Song of Norway (IFD), 6th wk Foir 

M*A*S*H (20th-Fox), 

Hollywood (North) 

38th wk Good 

Hylond Diary of a Mad Housewife (Univ), 

Imperial, others Soldier BJue (IFD) Good 

International Cmemo Tristono (IFD), 7th wk Poor 

Towne Cinema The Bird With the Crystal 

Plumage (IFD), 5th wk Poor 

University Tora! Toro! Tora! (20th Fox), 

Uptown 2— No Blode of Grass (MGM)! '2nd wk, ' 

. Foir 

Uptown 3—Joe (IFD), 17th wk Good 

Uptown Bockstoge 1— Woodstock (WB), 

38th wk Good 

Uptown Backstage 2— The Troveling Executioner 

(Col), 6th wk P>.: 

Yonge Cannon for Cordoba [UA; Some Girls Do 

Five Easy Piece 

Preholiday Weather Hcrmpers 

Business at Montreal Houses 

MONTREAL — Attendance at leading 

Montreal houses was somewhat restricted 

by unpleasant weather—extremely cold and 

stormy. Available product didn't offer sufficient 

inducement to counteract the weather, 

so most exhibitors were merely marking 

lime until their holiday bookings opened. 

Alouette— How Do I Love Thee (IFD) Fair 

Atwater Cinemo I Underground (UA) ...Fair 

Avenue Paddy (IFD), 3rdwk Foii 

Cinema Ploce du Canoda Mochine Gun McCain 

(Col) 

Fair 

Cinema Ploce Ville Mane Joe (IFD), 9th wk. ..Fair 

Cinema Westmount Square—M'A'S'H (20th-Fox), 

38th wk Foir 

Elysee (Resnais)— Les Choses de la Vie (Col), 

7th wk Fair 

Loews Lovers and Other Strangers (IFD), 

4th wk Fair 

Poloce A Toste of Blood (SR) Fair 

Porisien L'Amour Humoin (SR), 1 1 th wk Fair 

Seville Scrooge (Emp), 4th wk Fair 

Snowdon Two Roses and a Golden Rod (SR), 

5th wk Foir 

Vendome L'Aveu (Para) Fair 

Westmount— Sunflower (IFD), 6th wk Fair 

York — Song of Norway (IFD) Fair 

'Joe' Winnipeg Grossing Star 

In Slow Preholiday Week 

WINNIPEG — C>rosses were (iboul (he 

same as those of the preceding week, low 

but on a par with the previous pre-Christmas 

weeks. The only situation doing any 

decent business was the Gaiety, thanks to 

"Joe." Four holdovers— "WUSA." "Lovers 

and Other Strangers." "Act of the Heart" 

and "M"A'S"H"—were better than average. 

Copitol. Gorden City WUSA {Poro: 

Goiety Joe (IFD), 6th wk 

Grant Park, North Stor I— How Do 

IIFD) 

2nd wk 

Love Thee 

'Song of Norway,' 'No Blade 

Of Grass' Big in Vancouver 

VANCOUVER ~ While the pre-Christmas 

week registered predictable lows in 

many situations, at least two openings garnered 

"excellent" figures. "Song of Norway," 

new as a roadshow feature at the 

Ridge, and "No Blade of Grass," the Capitol's 

screen fare, were the two big moneymakers. 

Capitol— No Blade of Grass IMGM) Excellent 

Coronet—Saboto (UA), Hell Boots (UA), 2nd wk. Slow 

Denmon Place Scrooge (Emp), 4th wk Good 

Downtown Lovers and Other Strangers (IFD), 

7th wk Foir 

Odeon Diary of Housewife (Univ), 

10th 

Orpheum Female Animal (SR); The Mon From 

O.R.G.Y. (SR), 2nd wk Fair 

Pork M'A'S'H (20th-Fox), 38fh wk Fair 

R.dge Song of Norwoy (IFD) Excellent 

Stanley Dorian Gray (Astrol) Fair 

Studio— Joe (IFD), 10th wk Average 

Vogue— Doctor in Trouble (20th-Fox), 2nd wk. . Slow 

MCA Canada Formed 

By Subsidiary Merger 

TORONTO — MCA president Lew R. 

Wasserman has announced the amalgamation 

of all MCA subsidiaries in Canada into 

the newly formed company MCA Canada, 

Ltd. Effective immediately Herbert S. 

Stewart is appointed president and general 

manager: W. T. Bailey Bird, vice-president, 

responsible for published music operations, 

and R. A. Chislett, vice-president, responsible 

for recorded music operations. 

The amalgamated operations include Universal 

Films (Canada), responsible for production 

and distribution 

of motion pictures: 

MCA TV (Canada), responsible for production 

and distribution of TV programing; 

MCA Records (Canada), responsible for 

production and distribution of recorded music: 

Leeds Music (Canada) and Manitou Music, 

responsible for publication and distribution 

of sheet music, and Universal Education 

and Visual Arts (Canada), responsible 

for production and distribution of audio-visual 

materials for schools and industry. 

"Ma 

\'ale 

March of Dimes Motion Picture 

.if the Year" award went to Jack 

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TORONTO 

yhc relationship 

between TV broadcasters, 

cable systems and film producers and 

suppliers is likely to change drastically as a 

result of a court case in Winnipeg. Warner 

Bros, of (his city and New York, one of 

about .15 TV film distributors in Canada, 

has sued for infringement of copyright laws. 

CESM-TV of Thompson. Man., a cable system 

which tapes TV signals in Winnipeg 

and distributes them to subscribers later in 

Thompson, 400 miles north of Winnipeg, 

was the defendant in the action. Warner 

Bros, said at the trial that CESM-TV "originates" 

the TV signals (because of the delay 

in showing the material) and therefore 

is a broadcaster liable to the copyright laws. 

CESM-TV maintained that the Thompson 

station is not really a broadcaster, because it 

relays the original broadcast material to its 

subscribers, as do the conveniional cable 

systems. 

Refilled "Dr. Frankenstein on Campus," 

the locally made "Flick" was shown in New 

York as the bottom half of a double bill. 

Two other Canadian films had New York 

first-run screenings at the same time. "Goin" 

Down the Road" and "The Act of the 

Heart" . . . With pre-Christmas receipts sagging, 

a "Distributor's Night" was held, with 

admission pegged at 50 cents at most Famous 

Players theatres in this area ... A 

rock festival was held at the Imperial recently 

and less damage was reported than 

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a 20-cent Christmas ornament was broken, 

said manager Phil Traymore. 

Ron Danziel, now assistant manager at 

the Odeon Humber. outlined the extensive 

promotion planned for "Lovers and Other 

Strangers, " which had a pre-Christmas opening 

at the Humber, moving there from its 

tremendously successful downtown run at 

the Carlton. A "wedding" motif was used 

for the entire campaign and during a weekend, 

a ""bride and groom'" were driven 

around many districts of the city in a chauffeured 

limousine. A wedding cake dominated 

the theatre's marquee and a wedding table 

setting was displayed in the lobby. These 

displays were changed as the playdate advanced 

and many merchants in the area 

participated in the promotion. 

Details of the very successful "Carry on 

Camping" campaign planned by manager 

Newman McNeil at the Casino Theatre in 

the Wooico department store and the Coleman 

Co. of Canada, a contest was arranged, 

with Coleman products as prizes. The con- 

Filmmaker I.arry I uckcr was a recent 

Halifax were reported. With CHNC Radio, 

visitor in this city to publicize his newest 

film. "Ale.x in Wonderland." which opened 

Christmas Day at the Townc Cinema here 

Veteran actress I.iilian Gish is coming 

. . . 

drew over 4,000 ballots during the 

test 

here soon to give two lectures at York University. 

three-week engagement and tied in well with 

the fall and winter Coleman advertising 

theme. 

Cordon Sinclair was hospitalized briefly 

but was home in time to participate in the 

traditional Sinclair Christmas festivities as 

described in the Star. His "Show Business"' 

and other daily stints on CFRB were handled 

by several other staff members. 

The dispute which closed two indoor theatres 

in Guclph and one in Kitchener last 

October 17 has ended, with five projectionists 

returning to work in time for Christmas 

business. However, a drive-in near Kitchener, 

also closed by the strike, will not reopen 

until next season. 

I wo local Warner Bros, transactions were 

reported in the press recently. As a chief 

investor in the new Canadian film, ""A Fan"s 

Notes." WB allegedly wanted to drop this 

commitment. 1 he film is being directed by 

Eric Till and the difficulty reportedK developed 

when production was halted for a 

day because Till had to fly to Hollywood 

to discuss problems raised by WB studio 

executives who had seen the rushes. Previously. 

WB had hailed this project twice 

before shooting began. The budget for the 

film is SWO.OOO. with Warner Bros, investing 

S6()0,0()0. A maximum of S.IOO.OOO is 

coming from the Canadian Film Development 

Corp. Production was scheduled to 

resume Monday (4) . . . WB is financing 

its third Canadian-made film in an 18- 

nionth period, starting in February. "Dealing."" 

which is to star Barbara Hershey and 

an all-U.S. cast, will roll here. Budget for 

the picture is set at $2,000,000, with eight 

of the 14 weeks of filming being done on 

loc.ition thnnighoul this city. '"The main 

re.ison we"re coming to Toronto is cost." 

co-producer I'd Pressman said. "Dealing"' is 

to be totally financed bv WB. 

Jiri Weiss to Direct 

'Humback' for Kino 

MOM RHAL—Czech director Jin Weiss 

has been engaged by Productions Kino 

Montreal, a new company in the feature 

film industry, to direct its first production. 

The picture will be based on "The Humback,' 

a novel written by Mori Forer of 

Toronto. The announcement was made at 

the Cinematheque Canadienne here, where 

a screening of Weiss' "Murder Czech Style" 

was held. 

Weiss, with Forer, just completed the 

screenplay of "The Man of St. Therese" 

(working title) about a Metis in a small community 

in eastern Manitoba. Casting will 

begin early this year, with production starting 

in the spring on location in Manitoba. 

Harry Gulkin. president of Productions 

Kino, which was incorporated last year, said 

the announcement of the company's plans 

had been held back until now because, he 

stated, "'We've understood from the outset 

the importance of having a good screenplay 

and moving from there. There have been too 

many disastrous results when projects have 

not been properly prepared. Consequently, 

time and money have been devoted primarily 

to identifying and acquiring the rights to 

a screenplay which we consider will produce 

a good film that is commercially viable." 

The Canadian Film Development Corp. 

also has encouraged Kino and has indicated 

it will assist in the funding of "The Humback." 

Other productions planned by Kino include: 

Fall and winter shooting for '"Lies 

My Father Told Me" by Ted Allan, Lon- ,1 

don, who scripted "Oh! What a Lovely J 

War." Howard Da Silva, the U.S. actor-di- 1 

rector, has agreed to star in and direct the 

film which takes place close to Old Montreal: 

a long-term project and high-budget 

production of "epic porportion" on Louis i 

Riel. The screen treatment has been com- I 

pleted but the firm will not move into pro- I 

duction for about 18 months, and more immediate, 

an occult, pseudo-rock documentary 

experimental musical written by Bruce 

McKay and to be directed by Denis Miller. j 

This will be an all-Canadian effort and Kino 

is now negotiating with the Canadian Broadcasting 

Corp. for TV release in Canada and 

theatrical releases elsewhere in the world. 

MONTREAL 

P^ftcr a run of nearly 15 years. "Cinerama '" 

has been dropped from the name of 

the Imperial Theatre on Bleury Street because 

of a lack of new product. The large 

movie house will continue to operate as a 

straight motion picture theatre under the 

banner of .Secure Theatre Investments, operators 

of the Eleclra Theatre at Si. Catherine 

and .Amherst streets and the Tracy 

Theatre in Tracy, near Sorel. Policy is continuous 

showing of French-language films. 

To kick off the new policy at the Imperial, 

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. . The 

07 J AW A 

faking the cue from the recent annual convention 

of the Motion Picture Assns 

of Canada, where increased information on 

censorship regulations for the guidance of 

VANCOUVER 

0"t" Bird, who had been hospitalized lor 

three weeks, was welcomed back to 

desk at West Coast Theatres Associates. 

his 

Paramount welcomed a new manager for 

the territory when Chris Sullivan arrived. 

He will be located at their new offices at 

S2.1 Clarke Dr. . new Sunday opening 

laws are proving a boon to the suburban 

matinee business. Famous Players revived 

"Jumbo" in the Park Royal. West Vancouver. 

Richmond .Square. Cinema I. Fougheed 

Mall and Guildford Towne Centre for S.ilurday 

and Sunday showings ai 2 |i.in All 

houses reported brisk business. 

Show basinevs workers spotted at the lent 

47 Christmas party for retarded children 

at the Cave .Supper Club: Abe and Mrs. 

Feinslein. Astral; Jack .Senior. Harlan Fairbanks; 

Vi Hosford. West Coast Theatres 

Associates; Hill (iiglio. Theatre Conlections 

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EXHIBITORS! 

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and Britannia—onl\ to run into a bliz/aril 

... In order to provide something of a 

holiday for employees so that they could be 

with their families, there were no matinees 

Nal levant. Columbia; Harry Woolfe and 

Bryan Rudston-Brovvn. Unisersal; Bob 

Shields. United Artists, and Jimmy Davie. 

Victoria Shipping, who handled transportation, 

supervised the seating and took care 

of other general duties of the maitre de. 

plus making sure none of the kids got lost 

during the exodus. 

SAINT JOHN 

J^ 

record snowfall of S>;.s inches w.is reported 

to have fallen in the Atlanlic 

provinces during the Christmas holiday season. 

This greatly reduced the theatre atlendance. 

result in disappointing grosses at 

many showhouses. 

I'he industry lost another veteran in the 

death of Ciordon Simmons at Salt Spring |'he annual Christmas lilni industry par- 

Island recently. Associated with motion piclures 

for almost 50 years. Gordon had managed 

the local MGM branch, the Winnipeg 

Warner Hros. branch and. in later years, served, followed bv dancing. Music was 

had been associated with Umim exhibition supplieil h\ The Warlocks. 

and sales. 

ty was held at the Admiral Beatty Hotel 

December IS. with approximately S.S members 

in attendance. A buffet luncheon was 

Congratulations go oul to Patrick J. Hogan 

ol this city from his many friends in 

ihe film business. Hogan celebrated ."iO years 

in the film business Wednesday (6). having 

joined the company then known as F. P. 

I.asky Corp. in New York City Jan. 6. 

1921. This company later became known 

as Paramount Pictures Corp.. with Hogan 

assuming the duties of .Saint John branch 

manager for many years. 

DAVENPORT. IOWA—The Capiiol 

Theatre in downtown Davenport marked its 

."iOlh anniversary Christmas Day IV7(). I ong 

one of Ihe leading vaudeville and movie 

houses in the Quad-City area, the Capitol 

opened its dot>rs Christmas Dav l'>2(). The 

theatre is 

part of the ABC-Midwesi circuit. 

Ivan Reitman to Advocate 

New Approaches at CFDC 

lOROMO— I 

iliuriuikcr h.in Reitman 

contends that his suilabiliis lor a place on 

an advisory committee to the Canadian Film 

Development Corp. should be judged upon 

his entire record. Reitman and Dan Gold- 

the group's recommendations that he will 

Iransmil to the corporation is that the 

CFDC give outright grants to new filmmakers 

as well as investing in feature films. 

Another concern of the Toronto filmmakers 

involves the Cannes Film Festival. 

Reitman said the festival serves as a marketplace 

in which distributors buy fihiis and 

he will recommend that the corporation or 

some other government agency Ica.sc theaires 

to show the work of Canadian movicrii.ikerv. 

MONTREAL 

(C onlmucd Irom page k-:i 

Cinepix presents the premiere of "Philosophic 

dans le Boudoir."" based on a Marquis 

dc S.ide book. 

"I.es Premieres (>eu>res," li\e productions 

of the National Film Board, will be 

distributed in Canada by the Quebec firm 

of I.es Films Faroun. The productions include 

"Ti-Coeur" by Fernand Belanger; 

"Mon Enfance a Montreal" by Jean Chabot: 

"Questions de Vie" by Andre Theberge; 

"Jean-Francois Xavier de ." . . by Michel 

Audy. and "Un Jour Sans Evidence" by 

Yvan Palry. Produced in Ihe fiction studios 

of the National Film Board. Ihe films were 

made by Jean Pierre I.efebvre. in charge of 

the "Premieres Oeuvres " section 

Arson Suspected in Fire 

From M,Jcaslc-,n Edit, n 

ASHTABLI A. OHIO OtIieiaK have 

dis.-lo>ed that arson is susp.-cted in the fire 

that gutted the Skywa> Drive-ln recently, 

causing Sy."?. ()()() damage. Faulty wiring has 

been ruled out and tests are being made 

for volatile fuels in Ihe building as the 

investigation continues. Reportedly Ihe aircr 

managed by Richard Hershman has had 

trouble with breakins all vear. 

BOXOFFICE 1471

• ADLINES & EXPLOITIPS 

• ALPHABETICAL INDEX 

• EXHIBITOR HAS HIS SAY 

• FEATURE RELEASE CHART 

• FEATURE REVIEW DIGEST 

• SHORTS RELEASE CHART 

• SHORT SUBJECT REVIEWS 

• REVIEWS OF FEATURES 

• SHOWMANDISING 

IDEAS 

THE GUIDE TO BETTER BOOKING AND BUSINESS-BUILDING 

PUBLICITY DEVELOPS IMAGE FOR NORWAY' 

Strategy Pre-Sells Six Full-House Group Benefits Before Christmas 

The results of a tremendously extensive 

publicity campaign arc currently being 

realized as ABC Pictures' "Song of Norway," 

distributed by Cinerama, is shattering 

all first-week boxoffice projections at 

the Glenwood I Theatre, a Dickinson Theatres 

operation. The program was organized 

and instituted by Norman Nielsen, general 

manager of Dickinson, John L. Chambliss, 

director of advertising and publicity and 

Don Carver, manager of the Glenwood 

Theatres. 

Nielsen expressed the strategy behind thj 

campaign as "The publicity was designed 

to develop an image for "Norway' as a 

unique roadshow production, awesome in 

its photography and music and featuring a 

story which is oriented to the entire family. 

We feel that this image has created a market 

awareness and demand for the picture, 

which is now demonstrating itself at the 

boxoffice." 

The campaign was launched with a series 

of screenings of a 42-minute 70mm minifilm 

which highlighted "Norway's" spectacular 

scenic beauty and its many musical 

numbers. Attending these screenings were 

representatives from schools, civic groups, 

fund-raising organizations, business and industry. 

According to Nielsen, "The response 

to the mini-film was excellent and greatly 

contributed to our pre-selling six full-house 

group benefits before Christmas." Following 

the screenings, each representative was 

personally contacted by either Nielsen, 

Chambliss or Carver. 

The response to the musical on the part 

of educators has been enormous. One of 

the most valuable aids in the campaign was 

the National Educators Ass'n which bought 

part of the theatre on December 18 and 

distributed ".Song of Norway" material to 

every school and teacher in the Kansas 

City area, thus reaching a total market of 

2-3,000 teachers and families. 

Chambliss explained that, "The campaign 

was centered around the distribution of information 

through every available media 

which reached the projected markets for 

"Song of Norway." 

An ingenious radio tie-in promotion utilizing 

a 60-second contest spot was set up 

with KMBZ Radio, in the form of a giveaway 

contest, featuring an all-expense paid 

trip on the luxury liner "M.S. Song of Nor- 

A sp.cial i;iifsi at tlic "Son^ of Norway" 

premiere at the Glenwood I and 

II theatres in Kansas City was Frank 

Porretta. left, one of the film's stars, 

seen here with Douglas Lightner. 

chairman of the program committee 

of the Kansas City Motion Picture 

Ass'n. which sponsored the premiere 

for the benefit of the Crippled Children 

Nursery School. The four tittle 

girls modeled styles from the ABC Pictures 

Corp. release in a tie-in with 

Harzfeld's leading women's clothing 

way." Forty-seven other prizes were awiud 

ed. including two free weekends at the 

Glenwood Manor Motor Inn (a Dickinson 

operation), tickets to a "V.I. P. Press 

Screening." stereophonic sound track albums 

and invitations to the premiere. 

A cooperative publicity campaign was 

arranged with Harzfeld's, one of Kansas 

City's leading retailers in women's clothing. 

Participating in a half-page newspaper 

ad the day preceding the premiere, they 

also staged a fashion show featuring the 

"Norway" line of Joseph Love fashions. 

The campaign was highlighted by the 

personal appearance of Frank Porretta (one 

of "Norway's" stars) at the roadshow's premiere. 

Porretta participated in several radio 

and television interviews, and before leaving, 

recorded a series of commercials. 

BOXOFFICE Showmandis Jan. 1 1971 — 5 — 

thanking Kansas Citians for the enthusiastic 

reception they extended to "Song of Norway." 

Heightening the excitement of the premiere 

activities was full television coverage 

bv KMBC-TV which aired the festiviti:s on 

its 6.00 and 10:00 p.m. news broadcasts. 

In addition, numerous publicity releases 

were distributed to all local and area newspapers 

and magazines. The publications' 

cooperation was unprecedented, resulting 

in maximum reach and exposure ("Norway" 

was featured on the front cover of 

Key Magazine). 

The results of the campaign were staggering. 

The premiere, sponsored by the Motion 

Picture Ass'n of Kansas City for the 

benefit of the Crippled Children's Nursery 

School, was originally set for the 800-seat 

Glenwood 1 Theatre, but as a result of the 

public's enormous response for tickets, the 

twin Glenwood II was added to accommodate 

the first-night audience. 

According to Nielsen. "We have felt all 

along that today's moviegoer is more than 

ready for 'Song of Norway.' The gratifying 

response on the part of many groups in 

Kansas City proves this to be true. It 

proves, moreover, that the promotional enthusiasm 

of a local exhibitor can pay untold 

dividends in contributing to a smash 

opening." 

'Pursuit of Happiness' 

Will Be in Paperback 

Signet Books has prepared a movie paperback 

edition of "The Pursuit of Happiness" 

to coincide with the early 1971 release of 

the David Susskind-Robert Mulligan Production 

for Columbia Pictures. The New 

American Library volume is based on the 

best-selling novel by Thomas Rogers and 

be backed by Signet with a comprehen- 

will 

sive campaign to include display material 

for book stores and paperback outlets. 

The book's lavender and pink cover 

shows stars Barbara Hershey and Michael 

in Sarrazin scene from the film. Mulligan 

a 

directed 

"The Pursuit of Happiness" entirely 

in New York City, with Arthur Hill, E. 

G. Marshall, Robert Klein and the late 

Ruth White in supporting roles. Jon Boothe 

and George L. Sherman wrote the screenplay.

Grassroots Radio Campaign Creates 

Considerable Interest in Tora! 

Don Kisl. manager ol Kcrasolcs' Senate 

Theatre In Springfield. 111., was convinced 

that most people who were around at the 

time of Pearl Harbor woulS remember 

exactly what they were doing when they 

heard the news of the Japanese bomb attack, 

that they would be eager to relate 

their experiences and that in so doing would 

create a real grassroots campaign for "Tora! 

Tora! Tora!" 

Arrangements were made with WTAX, 

the local CBS radio affiliate, to "put the 

question" starting a week in advance of the 

opening and continuing through the first 

days of the run. This coincided ideally with 

the heavy traffic buildup prior to Christmas 

Day, the opening date for the picture. 

Several times during each program day 

after giving the vital information on the 

feature and playdate, listeners were invited 

to call in their experiences and reactions 

to the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack. The 

response was overwhelming. WTAX is one 

of the few downstate Illinois radio stations 

set up to handle multi phone calls on a 

"talk show" basis, and yet, each time the 

lines were opened for the "Tora" question 

the switchboard was jammed. 

As might be imagined, the answers were 

as varied and interesting as the hundreds 

of individuals calling, almost the re-creation 

of an era. 

Rist says he is one of the many showmen 

who are convinced that the "mental picture" 

conjured by the listener in reaction 

to .in interesting radio message is difficult 

to improve upon in selling motion pictures. 

He likes to call it KPS (extra preview service) 

on a campaign such as this where the 

radio audience is "projecting a home pre- 

\ieu on the cranial screen" in response to 

the airwaves stimuli. 

In addition to the tremendous radio response, 

discussions were started all over 

the Springfield area as a result of the "I 

remember exactly what I was doing Dec. 7. 

1941" appeal to each individual. This was 

one of the early midwest openings. Everyone 

knew what "Tora! Tora! Tora!" was 

about in central Illinois, whereas, prior to 

the radio discussions, one farm lad inquired 

about the "Japanese bullfight picture." 

The young people were especially interested 

in tuning in and listening to their 

parents and grandparents reminisce. 

The radio station was more than pleased 

with the increased exposure as listeners 

stayed with them from sign-on to sign-off 

waiting for their chance to call in. The 

listeners enjoyed it tremendously, even 

though some of the recollections were 

painful, and the whole town reminisced. 

The theatre had a tremendous "no-cost" 

promotion and some extra ticket sales 

were the result. 

'Back-to-School' Matinee 

Packs Canadian Theatre 

When ni.in.iyer Noel I r,i\ nc rented the 

Richmond Square Twins in Richmond, 

B. C, to a nearby store for a "back-toschool" 

cartoon matinee, the promotion 

grew to larger proportions when, tying in 

with the store's summer-end sale, a confection 

bar sales promotion was included. 

Free tickets to the matinee were attached 

to many popcorn boxes sold prior to the 

event, and a contest for a free bicycle was 

an added attraction which brought children 

out in larue numbers. 

Kiddie Matinee Aids 

The Underprivileged 

Tommy Carter, manager of the Village 

Theatre in Carrollton, Ga., added a new 

twist to one of his recent kiddie matinees. 

Showing "The Man Called Flintstone," Carter 

tied his show in with the local Toys for 

Tots campaign. 

Carter reports an all-around success, due 

especially to the cooperation received locally. 

The Marine Corps recruiter in Carrollton, 

Sgt. Lee White, worked with Carter 

as part of the Corp's annual drive to collect 

toys for underprivileged children. In addition. 

Carter was aided by Cynthia Cowart, 

Anne George, Susan .Schollcnberger, Sandra 

Faglcr. Mary Ann Bowen and Deb Burchcttc, 

all members of Alpha Gamma Delta 

.sorority at West Georgia College, and David 

Knight and Pete Atkinson, members of Sigma 

Nu fraternity. 

,\ll the people involved collected a fine 

bunch of new toys for the underprivileged, 

and the toys were turned over to the Carrollton 

Jaycees for distribution during their 

Empty Stocking drive. Part of the success 

of the campaign, says Carter, is due to "the 

finest bunch of college kids anywhere." 

liroatlway koi its own \qiui,i .' 

. 

loveliesl nirl\ carried /J" (luin'. ,l,n\n 

\1fl lirooks new conwdy. -I he /i.c/i 

Hrnadwiiv. 

,; Jn:,n of the towns 

(liiinializf the moving oj 

the lonini Theatre on 

Unusual Sign Promotes 

'Love Story' Engagement 

Paramount Pictures' "Love Story," which 

is shattering hoxoffice records in its world 

premiere engagement at Loew's State I and 

Tower Hast Theatres, now also is lighting 

up the New York skyline and brightening 

ihc Broadway theatre district. 

.\ large 20 by 50 foot banner, strung 

.leross Broadway at Times Square, reads 

All New York Loves Love Story." The 

h. inner was hung the night of the film's premiere 

at Loew's Stale I and repeated on the 

New Year's weekend. 

P.iramount also utilized the lighted wintiows 

on the east and west sides of the 

(lulf \ Western building to spell "Love 

Mors" on the day after Christmas. 

The individual letters spelling out "Love 

Siorv" were formed by illuminating unobstructed 

windows starting on the 41st floor. 

The rest of the building was blacked out 

to the 25th floor. The display was one of 

the largest lighted "signs" in the world 

measuring 20,850 square feel. 

— 6 — BOXOFTICE Showmandiser :: Jan 11, 1971

. David 

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. Edith 

Roy 

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. Geoffrey 

. Gordon 

Helena 

'Scrooge' (NGP) Is 

Acclaimed 

December's Blue Ribbon Winner 

By MARY JO GORMAN 

QINKMA CKNTER FILMS' "Scrooge." appropriately released during the Christmas 

season, was selected by National Screen Council members to receive the Blue 

Ribbon Award for December. The musical fantasy, based on Charles Dickens' "A 

Christmas Carol," stars Albert Finney in the title role, ably supported by Alec Guinness, 

Dame Edith Evans and Kenneth More. The National General Pictures release, 

which has acquired a Barometer figure of 186 per cent of average business in key 

bookings, was rated "G" by the MPAA and Al by the NCO. 

In its issue of November 16. the Box- Denver . . . Albert Finney gives an Oscar- 

OFFICE review stated, in part: "The latest 

in the large number of film and television 

adaptations of Charles Dickens' classic 

tale, this is the first film version to be in 

color as well as have an extensive musical 

score, and it also adds more of Dickens' 

special effects than is customary. Lavish 

in layout and boasting a large number of 

England's better known and just plain 

better performers, the film, while without 

any true star backing, should still be a 

sure thing for the Christmas season. Albert 

Finney is quite acceptable (if occasionally 

exaggerated) in the title role, 

while Alec Guinness merrily camps the 

somewhat enlarged role of Finney's ghostly 

late business partner. Leslie Bricusse's 

score is aimed mostly toward fitting the 

plot requirements, which it neatly does, 

even if the mood is not very Dickensian 

and no one song truly stands out 

Producer Robert Solo has added to the 

film's production values with lavish and 

sometimes truly wondrous sets, some of 

which are on view for only a moment or 

two. These give the story more of a fairy 

tale air than usual, a fact which should 

delight the kids." 

On their ballots, NSC members made 

the following comments: 

A Perfect Family Film 

Never have I received such heart-warming 

comments from so many pleased customers. 

A perfect family film in every 

way.—Andv Lewis. Westland Cinema. 

wmnmg performance in a superb telling 

of the Dickens' Christmas classic in 

"Scrooge."—William A. Payne. Dallas 

News . . . Dickens would have been 

pleased.—Bob Barnett, KNCK Radio. 

Eureka. Calif. ... A bouquet to the 

British for "Scrooge," an inspired combination 

of talent and wit and a memorable 

gift of entertainment for the whole family 

for the Christmas season.— Mrs. Douglas 

Godfrey. Marin MP&TVC. San Rafael. 

Calif. ... A fine Christmas carol for 

young and older than young. Made by 

people who obviously love Dickens.—Ted 

Mahar. Oregonian. Portland. 

Delightful. Worth seeing for all 

Scrooges.—David S. Calef. WKVT Radio. 

Brattleboro. Vt. . . . What could be more 

appropriate for the holiday season than 

Dickens' cherished story?— Myrtle Parker. 

WOMPI. Charlotte ... One of the 

best family-oriented films of 1970.—Allen 

M. Widem. Hartford Times . . . There 

have been many film and television adaptations 

of the classic, but color, musical 

score and fine performers contribute to a 

different version, a smooth and lavish 

adaptation, truly a musical fantasy.—Mrs. 

C. M. Stewart. Soroptimist Club of Lincoln 

. . . Finney's superb. Guinness shows 

more of his genius. More is. as usual, 

wonderful. The music's delightful. What 

more could you want in a motion 

ture? "Scrooge" is for everybody!—Walt 

pic- 

Reno. KSO Radio. Des Moines. 

ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. A REFORMED SCROOGE 

(ALBERT FINNEY) PAUSES TO PLAY IN THE SNOW 

The Cast 

. 

. 

Scrooge 

Albert Finney 

Marley's Ghost Alec Guinness 

Ghost of Christmas Past . Evans 

Ghost of Christinas 

Present 

Kenneth More 

Fezziwig Laurence Naismitii 

Nephew Michael Medwin 

Boh Cratchit D.wm Collings 

Tom Jenkins 

Anton Rodgers 

Isabel 

Suzanne Neve 

Mrs. Cratchit Frances Cuka 

First Portly Gentleman Francis 

Second Portly Gentleman Kinniar 

. 

. 

Nephew's H'ife .... Mary Peach 

Ghost of Christmas 

Yet to Come Paddy Stone 

Mrs. Fezziwig Kay Walsh 

Nephew's Friend Jackson 

77/iv Tim Richard Beaumont 

Toy Shop Owner . Bayldon 

First Woman Debtor .... Molly Weir 

Second Woman Debtor Gloag 

Punch and Judy Man Reg Lever 

Well Wisher KeiTH March 

Parly Guest Marianne Stone 

. 

Production Staff 

Producer Robert H. Solo Music Conducted and 

Director Ronald Neame Supervised by Ian Eraser 

Associate Producer W. Orton Director of 

Assistant Director Ted Sturgis 

Screenplay. Music and 

Photography Oswald Morris 

Lyrics by Leslie Bricussf 

/•(//); Editor Peter Weatherly 

Based on "A Christmas Carol" 

Filmed in Panavision 

by 

Charles Dickens Color by TECHNICOLOR 

BOXOFFICE Showmandiser Jan. — 7 — 

This award is given each month by the Na. 

tional Screen Council on the basis of outstanding 

merit and suitability for family entertainment. 

Council membershJD comprises motion 

picture editors, radio and TV film commentators, 

representatives of better films councils, 

civic, educational and exhibitor organizations.

BOXOFFICE 

BAROMETER 

This chart records the performance of current Bttractions in the opening week of their first runs in 

listed. the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements are not As new runs 

arc reported, ratings are odded and averages revised. Computation terms percentage in of is in 

relation to normal grosses as determined by the theatre monogcrs. With 100 per cent as "normal," K''*! 

the figure? show the gross ratings above or below that mark (Asterisk * denotes combinotUn bills.) ^'' 

Adam at 6 AM. (NGP)

Para 

. NGP 

. CineWorld 

. . Maron 

. Univ 

. . UA 

, . . 

UA 

. .AlP 

u^ BOXOFFICE 

O O K I N G U I I 

An interpretive analysis at lay and tradeprcss reviews. Running time is in parentheses. Th« plus and minus 

signs indicate degree of merit. Listings cover current reviews regularly, ic is for CinemoScope; (f) Panavlsion; 

T Tectinirama; ^Si Other anomorphic processes. Symbol U denotes BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award; O Color 

Photogrophy. Motion Picture Ass'n (MPA) ratings; [a] —-Gene 

General Audiences; GP—All ages odmitted (parentol 

'ith persons under 16 not admitted unlcs ompanicd by parent or 

adult guardia'n; X— Persons under 16 not admiHed. National Catholic Office (NCO) 

jcctionable tor Gcnerol Patronage; A2—Unobjectionable for Adults or Adolescents; A3— Unobjectionoble for 

Adults; A4—Morally Unobjectionable tor Adults, with Reservations; B—Objectionable in Port for Alt; C 

Condemned. For listings by compony in the order of rclcosc, sec FEATURE CHART. 

/Review digest 

AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX 

Very Good; i Good; - Foir; - Poor; = Very Poor. is rated 2 pluses, ~ as 2 minuses. 

i-sJ 

£l 

SI 

lliij.î:|i 

JJ27 CjAct ol the Heart. The 

4320OAniiel Unchamsd (90) Cycle ..AlP S-24-70 GP A3 ff =t 

4311 OAnn and Eve (S9) Sex D ..Chevron 7-27-70 ^ C ± ± 

. . 

—8— 

Bl ff 4347 ©Aristocats. The (78) An MC BV 12- 7-70 Al H 

4332 ©Baby Maker, The (109) D ..NGP 10-12-70 [S B -f i: 

©Baltic Traoedy. A (Baltutlamninoen) (108) 

Semi-Doc ...Svensk Filmindustri 1-4-71 + 

©Bang Bang Gang, 

The 

(93) Sex D Eden Infl 9-14-70 2: - 

Barbara (91) Sex D Olymoia 9-14-70 ± = 

4317 ©Beast of Blood (90) Ho Hemisphere 8-17-70 GP B + 

4349 ©Beyond Control (89) Melo Mishkin 12-14-70 ® -f 

4306 ©Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 

(109) (g Sex D 20th.Fox 7-6-70 ®C + = 

4314 ©Bird With the Crystal Plumage. The 

(98) ® Sus UMC 8- 3-70 GP A3 -(- 

H 

4325 ©Blood Rose, The (92) Ho ....AA 9-14-70 B ± 

4346 ©Bombay Talkie (110) ® D ..Dia 11-30-70 GP A3 ± zt 

4320 ©Borsalino (123) Cr Para 8-24-70 GP A3 H ± 

(87) Satire 4307 ©Brand X C.M.B. Films 7-13-70 C + = 

4351 ©Brewster McCloud 

(101) P Satire MGM 12-21-70 E -f ff 

for 4309 ©Bullet Pretty Boy, A 

Ci (91) AlP 7-20-70 GP A3 -f ± 

4345 ©Burn! (112) D UA 11-30-70 GP A3 + ± 

Bwana Toshi (98) Melo Brandon 1- 4-71 ± 

4329 ©Cannon for Cordoba 

©Carmen (167) Opera Beta 8-31-70 + ± 

Carry It On (80) Doc Maron 8-17-70 GP A3 

-f- + 

4336 ©C.C. and Company 

(94) Cycle Melo Emb 10-26-70 [SB -i- 

- 

Chikamatzu 

Monogatari 

(100) Melo New Line 11-23-70 -f 

4349 ©Confession. The (138) Para 12-14-70 GP A3 4 

4347 ©Cougar Country 

(106) Nature Doc ... Am NafI 12- 7-70 SI -f 

4300 ©Count Yorga Vampire 

(91) Ho 

©Cover Me 

AlP 

?Oth-Fox 

6-22-70 GP A3 

10-12-70 DC 

+ 

+ 

-f 

= 

4332 Babe (89) ® 

©Creature Called Man, The 

(91) Sus Toho 11-16-70 -f 

4340 ©Cromwell (139) ® Hi Col 11- 9-70 Bl Al ft H 

4345 ©Cry Blood, Apache 

(82) W Golden Eagle 11-30-70 H ± 

4315©Cry of the Banshee (87) Ho -AlP 8-10-70 GP B + + 

4346 ©Curious Female, The 

(87) Sex C Fanfare 11-30-70 e C + 

4317 OCurse of the Vampires 

(90) Ho Hemisphere 8-17-70 GP A2 + 

—0— 

4318 ©Darker Than Amber (97) Ad NGP 8-17-70 B) B -|- - 

©Dark Side of Tomorrow. The 

(84) Sex Able 9-14-70 B) :!: 2: 

4306 ©Darling Lili (136) ® MC . 7- 6-70 HI A3 -|- ± 

4316 ©Diary of a Mad Housewife 

(94) ® CD Univ 8-10-70 g] A4 -|- -|- 

5+1.. 

1+ 

4-fl- 

3+1- 

3+1- 

6+1- 

6+2- 

3+5- 

4+2- 

2+3- 

1+3- 

1+ 

1+1- 

3+2- 

2+3- 

4+1- 

4+3- 

5+1- 

1+1- 

Eldridge Cleaver (75) Doc .Cinema V 10- 5-70 A4 H 

4348 ©Elephant Called Slowly, An 

(97) Ad Confl 12- 7-70 gS t 

4348 ©Elvis—That's the Way It Is 

(108) 'P Doc MGM 12- 7-70 SI A2 , 

4307 ©Entertaining Mr. Sloane 

(94) D Confl 7-13-70 A4 ±. 

4317 ©Erikas Hot Summer 

(81) Sex Melo . 

. . Boxoffice Infl 8-17-70 (Bl + 

4320 ©Eugenie ... The Story of Her Journoy Into Perversion 

(91) .S) Sex D Distinction 8-24-70 C + 

©Events (84) Sex D Grove 8- 3-70 C + 

4334 ©First Love (90) D UMC 10-19-70 IBJ A3 + 

4328 ©Five Easy Pieces (96) D ...Col 9-28-70 (bJ A4 ft 

4337 ©Flap (105) ® CD WB 11- 2-70 GP A3 + 

4340 ©Flesh Feast (72) Ho 11- 9-70 H + 

4353 ©Fools (97) Melo CRC 1- 4-71 GP B + 

Front Lumiere to Langlois (135) Silent Doc. . 

Langlois / Cinematheque Francaise 11- 2-70 ft 

Funeral Parade of Roses 

(105) Melo 

—G— 

Matsumoto 12-21-70 it 

©GAS- S-S-S! (80) AlP 8-31-70 ±. 

4321 C GP A3 

©Gimme Shelter (91) Doc Cinema V L2-21-70 H + 

Girl With the Hat Box, The 

+ 

(67) Silent C Artkino 12-21-70 

4334©Give Her the Moon (92) C 10-19-70 Bj A2 ff 

4329 ©Goin^ Down the Road 

(90) D Chevron 10- 5-70 El A3 + 

4328 ©Goodbye Gemini (89) D .CRC 9-28-70 H C S: 

4334 ©Great White Hope, The 

2+ 

4+1- 

9+ 

3+2- 

1+ 

l+Z- 

1+3- 

2+3- 

1+ 

3+4- 

(103) (8 D 20th-Fox 10-19-70 GP A3 ft 

©Groupies (92) Rock Doc 11- 9-70 B + 

Harry Munter (101) D ...Sandrews 12- 7-70 + 

4345©Hell Boats (95) War UA 11-30-70 GP A3 ± 

4310 ©Hello-Goodbye (107) Melo 20th-Fox 7-20-70 GP B + 

©Her and She and Him 

(88) Sex D Audubon 11- 9-70 ® C + 

4330 ©Homer (90) D NGP 10- 5-70 GP A3 + 

4324 ©Hornets' Nest (110) War . 

9- 7-70 GP B ft 

4326 House in Naples, A (96) D. ...UMC 9-14-70 ® ± 

4326 ©House of Dark Shadows 

(96) Ho MGM 9-14-70 GP A3 + 

4333 ©How Do I Love Thee 

(109) C CRC 10-19-70 GP B + 

4350 ©Husbands (138) CD 

—I— 

Col 12-14-70 GP ft 

©I Am Curious—Tahiti 

+ 

(65) Sex C Hollywood Infl 12-14-70 

4321 ©I, a Woman Part 111 (The Daughter) 

(S5) Sex D Chevron 8-31-70 ® C ± 

4352 ©I Love My Wife (95) CD , 

12-21-70 Bl B + 

©Imago (88) © Sex D ...Emerson 10-12-70 + 

4350 ©I Never Sang for My Father 

(104) D .Col 12-14-70 GP A3 ft 

Infrasexum 

(96) Sex D .... Hollywood Infl 10-19-70 (§ =t 

4351 ©Interplay (97) Sex D ..Times Film 12-21-70 ® C ± 

4332 ©I Walk the Line (95) (B D Col 10-12-70 GP A3 ft 

4312©Joe (107) D Cannon 7-27-70 [B A4 + 

2+ 

1+1- 

1+ 

+ ft + 6+t- 

± ± 5+3- 

1+3- 

i: + + 5+3- 

2+3- 

++ 7+ 

3+3- 

3+2- 

3+2- 

1+1- 

1+3- 

6+2- 

4340 ©Dirty Dingus Magee 

(91) IP WC MGM 11- 9-70 GP A3 + 4- 

4333 ©Dirty Heroes, The 

(105) War Golden Eagle 10-19-70 Bl -f 

4305 ©Dirtymouth (102) D Budco 7-6-70 + + 

©Discovery of Ameriu, The 

(S3) Sex D Barrios Films 7-27-70 ± = 

43390Dorian Gray (95) Sex D ..AlP 11- 9-70 m * ± 

ODouble Initiation 

(96) Sex Melo ..Hollywood Int'l 11- 2-70 + it 

4343 ©Drama of Jealousy (and other things), A 

(••The Pizza Triangle^) (99) C WB 12-21-70 m A3 4 

431S ©Dreams of 

Glass 

(S3) D Univ 8-17-70 GP A3 ± 

4354 ©Dr. Frankenstein on Campus 

(gj (S3) Ho Medford 1- 4-71 C ± 

1+ 

3+2- 

2+2- 

4+1- 

3+2- 

1+1- 

Joyful Wisdom (Le Gai Savoir) 

(91) D EYR Productions 7- 6-70 + 

4309 ©Julius Caesar (117) (©Hi ... .AlP 7-20-70 Bl A2 + 

—K— 

©Kama Sutra (85) Sex Doc 12-14-70 ® ± 

4331 ©Kcs (112) D UA 10-12-70 GP A3 + 

4326 ©Kill Them All and Come Back Alone 

(97) W Fanfare 9-14-70 H B + 

King: A Filmed Record . . . Montgomery 

to Memphis 

—L— 

(1S2) Doc Maron 8- 3-70 ft 

©Langlois 

+ 

(52) Doc Hershon-Guerra 11- 2-70 

©Le Boucher 

+ 

(92) Sus Films '.a Beetle 11-30-70 

4336 ©Lickerish Quartet, The 

(90) Sex D Audubon 10-26-70 CS C ± 

3+3- 

BOXOFTICE BooHnGuide :: Jan. II. 1Q7I 

5

Klaus 

Chevron 

. Emb 

REVIEW DIGEST 

AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX very Good. Good, Fo,. IS rated 2 pluses. 

|l ill Hit; I 

Lile 01 Mourt. Tht 

(145) Doc Connoisseur U- 2-70 

4352 ©Little 8ig Man 

(150) P W Satire NGP 12-21-70 GP 

4335 OLiltle Fauss and Big Halsy 

(99) Monster Zero (92) S) Ho Maron 11- 2-70 W AI 

43310Monle Walsh (98) t W NGP 10-12-70 GP A3 

4315 ©Moonshine War. The 

(101) ® Melo MGM 8-10-70 GP A3 

4313(SMovc (90) ® C 20th-Foi 8- 3-70 |BI C 

4308 ©Myra Breckinridge 

(94) ® CO 20lh-Fox 7-13-70 ® C 

—N— 

©New Life Style. The 

(91) Sex D Dot 8-31-70 C 

4354 ©Night of the Witches 

(78) Ho C Medlord 1- 4-71 GP 8 

4346 ©No Blade of Grass 

(97) P D MGM 11-30-70 !R B 

—0— 

©Olympics in Mexico. The 

(110) 3) Sports D« Col 7-20-70 ffil 

©Othon (84) Melo . 

4341 ©Onl and the Pussycat, The 

Hellwig 11-23-70 

(95) p C Col 11-16-70 m B 

9+ 

5t2- 

5+2- 

1-1-4- 

3-1-4- 

l-t- 

l-^3- 

3 1- 

2-1- 

2: H H 7-1-1- 

H- 

2-r 

++ -f ^1- 

- 

©Passion of Anna. The (99) D UA 7-13-70 IB A3 

4315 ©People Next Door, The 

(93) D Emh 8-10-70 HI C 

4343 ©Perfect Friday (94) Cr C Chevron 11-23-70 [« B 

4316 ©Performance (106) D WB 8-10-70 Igl C 

4336 ©Phantom Tollboolh, The 

(90) An F MGM 10-26-70 US) Al 

4322 ©Pieces of Dreams (100) D UA 8-31-70 GP A4 

©Politicians. 

The 

(82) Sex Melo Ellman 10-19-70 fflD 

©Pornography: Copenhagen 1970 

(102) Sex Doc Signature 8- 3-70 

QPostgraduite, 

(75) Sex Doc . 

The 

Kariofilms 11-16-70 

4322 ©Pound (92) Allegory UA 8-31-70 5C C 

4338 ©Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. The 

(125) P: C-Melo UA 11- 2-70 GP A3 

4319 ©Psycho Lover. The (75) Ho Medford S-24-70 H 

4342©Puizle of a Downfall Child 

(104) Univ 11-16-70 HI A3 

—Q— 

4311 ©Quickser Fortune Has a Cousin in thi Bronx 

(90) C UMC 7-27-70 Q A3 

Quiet Days In Clichy 

(90) C Grove 10-19-70 i» C 

4323 ©Quiet Place in the Country. A 

(106) Lopert 9- 7-70 (H B 

4341 ©Rabbit. Run (94) ip WB 1116-70 [R) B 

Raven's End (100) Nrw Yorker 8-17-70 

©RelatloM (91) S«x D Cambist g-17-70 X 

O05 ©Revolutionary. The (101) UA 7- 6-70 GP AJ 

4349ORI0 Lobo (114) W NGP 1214-70 A3 

^ ig 

432SOR.P.M.' (92) Col 9-14-70 (H A4 

4343 ©Ryan's Daughter 

(194) P Mrlo MGM 11.23-70 GP A3 

B

Feotura productions by company in ofrfcr of rclcosc. Running time in parentheses, c) is tor CincmoScopc; 

(Pi Ponovision;

; 

(Anj 

FEATURE 

CHART 

y to letters ond combino 

Animated-Action; 

(Doc) DoeumcntorY; D Di 

icncc Fiction; iSpy; Spy Dri 

; 

(Sus) Suspense Dromo; V 

W) Westcn 

(Ad) Adventure Oron 

COLUMBIA 1 £5

FEATURE 

CHART 

PARAMOUNT 

I ti

D 

a 

CHEVRON PICTURB 

Ol. a Woman Part III (The 

Daughter) (85) Sex D Aug 70 

In((cr Riiryfti, Torn Volt 

©The Virgin and the Gypsy 

(92) D Aug 70 

Joanna Rilmkuti. Francn Nero 

)Goin' Down the Road 

(»7) Oct 70 

HoiiB McCra'h. Paul BracOcy 

©Cactus in the Snow (89) Dec 70 

Richard Ttinma^. Marv (.avnc 

©Perfect Friday (94) Sus C Jan 71 

rr'oita Andrrî. Stanley Bakrr 

CINAR PICTURES 

©The Bittersweet Night 

(75) Melo Oct 70 

Nli-k llarrv, Rllsahoth Hark 

©Sign of Acquarlus 

(95) 

Oct 70 

F1II..I 

CINEMA V 

Eldridge Cleaver (75) Doc Oct 70 

(French) 

©Trash (lOJ) CD 70 Oct 

Jo. DallMandrn Holly Hoodlairn 

©Gimme Shelter (91) Dot Dec 70 

MISCELLANEOUS 

©The Rage Within 

KARIFILMS, INC. 

(95) Feb 71 ©The Postgraduate 

Anna Oaol. Roberto BIsaceo 

(75) Sex Doc Oct 70 

©I Kill for Kicks (83) ..0. Mar 71 Jiibn Iiiisan. Bert l«»ison 

AQUARIUS 

Robert Horrmin. Ltsi Outnnl 

OWoman and Lover 

©Wake Up and Die 

MANSON DISTRIBUTING 

Rotwrt Hoffman, lis* f^nonl 

Love Blackmailer (84) Oct 70 

Jean (Tirlitopher. Bruce Gray 

CROV^N INTERNATIONAL 

©Africa Erotica (101) Nov 70 

AUDUBON 

I'arr 

©Weekend With the 

Poran, Carrie Roehelle 

QHtr and She and Him 

Babysitter (84) D Jul 70 ©Nine Ages of Nakedness 

(88) D. Oct 70 (Iwirte E Carey, Susan Romen 

(90) Dec 70 

Astrld Frank. Nicole Debonne 

Harrison Marks 

©Blood Mania (93) . Ho Oct 70 

OThe Lickerish Quartet 

Peter rariicnier, Marie Fie Araeon 

(90) Sex 0.. Oct 70 

©Noon 

Rlltsna Venliirrlll. Fruik Wnlr( 

Sunday Jan 71 

Mark l.onard. I.lridji A.ery 

to Memphis 

©Rush Hour (95) So 

(182) 

Doc Sep 70 

1 Krtstln.1 'Frank nraiibrechl 

EDEN INTERNATIONAL FILMS Carry It On (80) Doc Sep 70 

Joan Rael, Haild ILarrls 

OThe Bang Bang Gang (formerly 

©Tristana (99) Oct 70 

"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang") 

Calherlrve Peneuve, Franco N-ro 

(93) Sex D Oct 70 

(Spanish) 

Joe Miller, Michael Klrkwood ©War of the Gargantuas 

(93) (S) Ho. Oct 70 

EMERSON FILMS 

Russ Tamblyn, Knml Mlzuno 

©Imago (88) Sex D. Sep 70 (In combination «rlth) 

Satire Sep 70 

Barbara Ilimulas, Moritan Rans ©Monster Zero (92) (S) Ho Oct 70 

Shea, Kellh Mrronnrll 

©Marigold Man (90) .0. Oct 70 Nick Adams. Kuml Mliunn 

OMachismo—40 Guns (or 40 

firen Mullavey, Harry fohr 

©Groupies (92) Doc Nov 70 

Graves (94) Ac Dec 70 

Joe Cocker. Ten Yean After 

Stanley Adams, Bob Tadllla FANFARE FILMS 

OSouthern Comlorts 

(87) Sex C Dec 70 ©Kill Tliem All tnd Cami 

Johnny Koofn. Mebhir nslmme 

Back Alone (97) W Oct 70 

C Aug 70 

Cliiick Connors, Fr,ink Wnlff 

OMidnijht Plowboy 

(85) Sex C Jan 71 

Inhn Tlill. nebblr Osbomf 

FILMVIDEO RELEASING 

ODr. Frankenste Campus 

©The Toy Box 

Rebel Priest (80) « Hi Oct 70 (83) 

Ho Aug 70 

(85) Sex-Ho F Jan 71 Rjvenc KIneofcr 

HobIn Ward Kathle Ranrcr 

Ann MviTs, Scan Kenncy 

©The Psycho Lover 

©Country Cunins 

FOUR STAR-EXCEUIOR 

(75) 

Sep 70 

(90) Sex C Feb 71 

I.awrence Montaigne. Joanne 

"iSweet Dreams ( ) Sep 70 

John TiiII, Judy 

Meredith 

Ancel 

Bob Rmd)'. Nancy ffaimon 

©Ifs Your Thing (120) M Oct 70 

'^The Sun Is Up (85) D Sep 70 

Isley Rrolhers, "Mo^^:" Mablev 

llino Martin Ir , Atrlon FVoroan 

"iThe Victims ( ) . D Oct 70 WILLIAM MISHKIN 

Marlsa Mcll, Phniipe LeRoy ©Beyond Control 

Madron (92) W Nov 70 (89) Melo Nov 70 

CANNON RCL. 

Klchiird lloonf. l/iille C^ron 

William Bercer. Anthonv Baker 

©Joe (107) Sitke.AiuTO ©Tonight You Sleep Dec 70 ©Sexual Practices in Denmark 

Peter Boyle. Douita Patrtrt ©One Day in Eden 

(79) Sex Doc 

©The White Whore and the 

Joseph rotten. James B«rl Jones 

Bit Player (100) . Nov 70 ©Sweet Dreams Dec 70 NEW WORLD PICTURES 

Marti-Ielne U Roux, Marda Mnhr Rob Brady. Nancy Salmon 

©The Student Nurses 

©Guess What We Learneij 

(85) Melo. Aug 70 

in School Today? 

G. G, PRODUCTIONS 

Klalne Glftns. Karen Carlson 

(100) C. Dec 70 ©Candidate (or a Killing Oct 70 ©Angels Die Hard! 

Richard Carhallo. Zarhary Ilalnos Anita F.kberi! 

(86) Cycle Dec 70 

OM.iid in Sweden (90) D Jan 71 ©The Exquisite Cadaver Oct 70 Tom Raker. Wllllnm Smith 

^llnl l.lndherc. Monlka Bckm.in Capiiclne 

All Tooelher Now OLYMPIA FILMS 

(78) Sex D OHead of the Family (78) D 

'\>- FÎ.ir, TImmas Baker 

Ixalle (Von, Nino Manfrcdl 

Barbara (91) 

Sex D Sep 70 

(Sn.' 

Jack llader, Nancy 

(100) 

CD GOLDEN EAGLE FILMS 

PLAZA PICTURES 

Vhtida Bardan. Arlnima 

©Cry Blood Apache 

OMargo (90) 

(82) W-Ho Sep 70 

.lody Mcfrca, Joel McCrea 

©The Dirty Heroes 

(105) War Oct 70 

Frederick Stafford n.inlela BlancM 

GOLDSTONE FILMS 

OThe Ruthless Four (96) W Feb 70 

\-.iM ll.-nin, Cilbcrt Roland 

©Devil Rider (75) 

l.l;ely 

Malmi 

GROVE PRESS 

©Winter Wind (BO) 

(Krrwtll 

Events (84) D Jul 70 

Rvnn Mstman Joy Werner 

Quiet Days in Cllchy 

(90) C Sep 70 

Paul Val)e«n. Wayne Rndda 

John 

Danish Blue (70) Sex C Nov 70 

OiirM Taachner. Anne Marie Poiilseji 

HALLMARK OF HOLLYWOOD 

©Uncle Tom's Cabin 

(118) r- D 

Herbert Urn John Kltamlller 

©Walk the Walk (991 (» Jul 70 

Remle 

Hamlltan 

Isabel S.irll, Arman Bo 

HEMISPHERE PICTURES 

'^Beall of Blood (90) Ho Aug 70 

John \Mrj. CtlmU TanuO 

©Curse of the Vamplrti 

Mick Ja«rr and the Rollinc R'o'i'- 

(90) Ho Aug 70 

CINEMATION INDUSTRIES 

Amalla Poentei, BiMla Ovet* 

HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL 

©Africa Blood and Guli 

S) -S D Set 70 

©The Coffin (92) * Ho Oct. 70 ©Double Initiation 

(96) Miio Oct 70 

Nicole KeBonnc. Panlcrc Arfeeire 

(French! 

Janet Waaii. Carlos Tnhallna 

©Tlia Stducia (86) -moiir 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE 

FEATURE REVIEWS 

r-n .- \iT J Jaaanese dialog Melodrama 

Heating Weeds 

' 

^„^^,^^ ,i„„' 

Altura Films 119 Minutes Rel. Dec. '7ft 

Ya.sujiio Ozu. the gifted Japanese director 'he 

turned out some properties from 1923 until his 

death seven vears agoi. has a considerable stateside 

following, attributable to a particularly individualistic 

approach to character study and in his 

1959 effort. "Floating Weeds." just now reaching 

the U,S, market, he displays a grasp of the human 

mores that stands out as distinctive and dramatically 

sound. The script, credited to himself and 

Kogo Noda 'based on an original Ozu story, is 

concerned straightaway with an actors' troupe and 

its effect on a small Japanese seaside to\m. Its 

leading plaver. Ganjiro Nakamura, is father of a 

son. by his" foi-mer mistress iHaruko Sugimura>; 

the lad. now grown, knows the elder only as "Uncle." 

When Nakamura 's present mistress (Machiko 

Kyoi learns of the boy's presence, she schemes to 

have their ingenue 'Ayako Wakaoi seduce the impressionable 

youth. When this happens. Najamura 

appears, ashamed, before the boy. and then blithefully. 

even boldly, leaves the scene again. This is a 

Daiei production, 

Ganjiro Nakamura. Haruko Sugimura. Hiroshi 

Kawasruchi, Machiko Kyo. 

When You Make Love. 

-, , , - 

How Much Love? 

^ English- ,'!!l'n",,s.H Dubbed T' © 

Minutes Rel. Jan. '71 

Clesi Cinematografica 90 

Catherine Spaak— whose lithesome loveliness has 

graced some of the best-grossing European imports 

in recent years—toplines this Silvio Clementelliproduced 

and Pasquale Pesta Campanile -directed 

drama, considerably enhanced and embellished by 

striking Technicolor tones, and. coupled with an 

intriguinglv-worded title, should "go" for considerable 

impact in the bigger cities—over and beyond 

the traditional art and or skinflick situations. The 

Ottavio Jemma shooting script pointedly, poignantly 

revolves around a three-sided love affair— 

married woman 'Mile. Spaaki: her husband 

Claude Rich' and the latter's "best friend" 'Lou 

Casteli Mi.ss Spaak Ls a poised perfoi-mer of the 

first rank: she brings a full-dimensioned portrayal 

to the central character. 

Catherine Spaak. Claude Rich, Lou Castel. 

Heaven and Hell 

Melodrama 

Scandinavian. 

English-Dubbed © 

Nordisk Films Kompagni 95 Minutes Rel. Jan. '71 

Coming into the American market at a time 

when drug addiction, the hippie movement and the 

generation gap are very much encompassed in mass 

media headline-and-bulletin consideration, this Copenhagen 

import, directed by Oyvind Vennerod. 

working from a script by himself and Victor Borg 

mot to be confused with the Scandinavian native 

who went on to international performing famei. 

is very much-with-it. zeroing in on a young girl's 

sordid Introduction to drugs, eventual prostitution, 

and. finally, madness. Sigrld Huun. the leading 

ladv, brings credibility to the demanding part, 

a 

Thi.-^ in Eastman Color and should account well 

i.s 

indeed for it.sclf. rspt^cially in major markets, 

.Sigrid Huun. I.lebjom Nielsen, Per Tofte, Randi 

Borch, CipofE Richter. 

ANIMATED CARTOON FEATURE 

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Santa and the Three Boars g "'"'"J' 

Ellman Enterprises 63 Minutes Rel. Dec. '70 

Producer-director Tony Benedict, working from 

his own .screenplay, has come up with an entertaining 

feature-length study of the two bear cubs who 

adamantly refuse to go into hibernation until 

they've enjoyed their first Christmas. Mom is equally 

adamant that the duo beds down, here and now. 

After their friendly forest ranger 'the setting is 

Yellowstone National Park' unsuccessfully tries to 

soothe ruffled feelings — he's kept from arriving 

freshly dressed as Santa by a blizzard the real 

thing appears. 'Voices are thc'ê of Hal Smith, Jean 

Van Der Pji. Annette Ferra and Bobby Riha. This 

IS a presentation of R

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Prerelease 

Opinions on Current Productions ^£ATUR£ REVIEWS 

Symbol O den c CincmoStopc; p Ponavision; (t Technin ather anomorphjc processes. For story synopsis on each picture, see 

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 

Coliunbi:i 1OI81 114 Ûnutes 

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Rel. Jan. '71 

Already acclaimed abroad. Elio Petri'; Italian-made 

" 

•Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion bound to 

create quite a stir here. Besides being an exciting, above 

average suspense drama, it has the added advantage of 

being highly controversial as it dissects corruption in different 

levels of society. The film won two prizes at the 

Cannes Film Festival and the Italian equivalent of the 

Oscar. Star Gian Maria Volonte won his second Italian 

•Oscar" under Petri for "Investigation," and rightly so. 

iHis chilling portrayal is fascinating, even when his optional 

motives seen mrclear. 1 completely unemotional, 

he creates a complex character entirely dedicated 

to upholding the law and yet capable of using his authority 

to his own ends. In a corrupt world, he's more corrupt 

than anyone else. His performance dominates and 

will attract as much attention as the film itself, which 

appears headed for a big reception here. Other roles are 

secondary, even that of 'Volonte's barely clad mistress, 

Florinda Bolkan. She manages to bring a lot of earthiness 

to an offbeat part. Ruggero Mastroianni's editing 

is excellent. Volonte has appeared in quite a few Italian 

westerns, but can become a star in his own right here. 

Exploitation should center aromid him. English titles. 

Gian IMaria Volonte. Florinda Bolkan. Arturo Dominici. 

EQiiyox 

VIP Distributors 82 Minutes Rel. 

Jack H. Harris is one of the leading independent producers 

of horror films and has "The Blob," "The 4-D 

Man" 'both made in Pennsylvania' and "Dinosaui-us" to 

his credit Since they seem to be in perpetual release, 

his latest, "Equinox," should be a good draw at the boxoffice. 

The special effects range from acceptable to good, 

while the acting and scripting aren't always up to par. 

Despite a feeling of extreme cost-consciousness, this has 

a really far-out plot in which the Devil turns out to be 

the villain. It's largely an outdoor affair, with locations 

at The Big Foot Forest and Griffith Park in California 

being well utilized. Jack Woods was a triple threat as 

writer, director and co-star, a bit like Sterling Hayden 

in the last capacity. Barbara Hewitt, a Rose Parade 

queen, is pretty in her film debut and Robin Christopher 

and Edward Connell register terror well iConnell especially 

in his insane scenes 1. Fritz Leiber. son of the late 

Shakespearean actor and a writer of tales of the supernatural, 

has a small non-speaking part. The effects make 

the monsters less than grotesque and. although there's 

a bit of gore, the GP rating is rather strict. A Tonylyn 

production, based on a story by Mark Thomas McGee. 

Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Jack Woods, Frank 

Boers jr., Robin Christopher. Fritz Leiber. 

BLACK AMGELS ® 

Wotorcyde Drama 

Merrick Infl 92 Minutes Rel. Jan. '71 

Producer-director Laurence Merrick has latched onto 

a prime combination of mass-market boxoffice ingredients—youth, 

motorcycle gangs and racism—and it's a 

foregone conclusion, given aggressive showmanship, the 

Des Roberts-Linda Jackson-John King III starring vehicle 

could shape up as one of the true "sleepers" of early 

1971. Two rival motorcycle gangs finally take on each 

other in a blood bath, much to the consternation of wary 

police. Des Roberts brings to the part of the snarling 

head of the white "choppers" a forcefulness that should 

make him a name of impact to the audience, for which 

the Merrick script has been obviously designed. Bobby 

Johnson rides herd on the rival black "choppers"; in a 

moment of suspenseful climax, John King in. one of 

Roberts' chief lieutenants, is unmasked as a black "chopper" 

passing for white. In Merrick's directorial hands, 

this very topical, very tense study of modern-day American 

emotional elements emerges as a full-blown, compelling 

indictment of moral decay. The events leading to 

the spectacular blood bath are convincing. Color is credited 

to Movielab. Leo Rivers was the producer, A. J. 

Krupsaw the associate producer. Merrick, incidentally, 

was also dii-ector of well-done photography. 

Des Roberts, John King III, Linda Jackson, James 

Young-El, Clancy Syrko, Beverly Gardner. 

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Ellman Enterprises 93 Minutes Rel. Oct. '70 

This Expo '70 Films presentation, distributed in the 

statesrights field by Ellman Enterprises, has as much 

going for it as anything preceding in the admittedly 

appealing European adult romance genre. Photographed 

in Rome

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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adiines for Newspapers and Programj 

THE STORY: "A Woman on Fire" (Ellmuni 

Fiancoise Pievost. unhappily wed to business executive 

Michel Bardinet, strikes up an acquaintance with young 

beach attenciant, Gianni Macchia, at a seaside resort 

center and gives herself to him, experiencing physical 

contentment for the first time in her life. She tries, out 

of a sense of guilt and compassion for her husband, to 

break away from Macchia, but it's not until Bardinet 

comes back, discloses that they're moving to America, 

where new career opportunity awaits, that she does something 

about the situation: She takes a fatal overdose of 

sleeping pills. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Remind cooperative amusements editors that this import, 

which is dubbed for the Western market, fought 

one of the most entangled court battles In the history 

of Italian law. This might lead into a news feature approach 

to film censorship, both on a national and regional 

level. 

(ATCHLINES: 

How Do 'Vou Tell '5four Husband You Have an Emptiness 

Only Another Man Can Pill? . . . Don't Miss the 

Climax of "A Woman on Fire!" Every Body He Laid His 

Hands on Became "A Woman on Fire." 

THE STORY: "Detective Belli" (Plaza) 

Just before Christmas, record promoter Romani is murdered. 

He knew Maurlzio Bonuglia, whose stepmother 

Florinda Bolkan was going to invest in his company. 

Embassy Records. Since Detective Franco Nero has been 

asked to look out for Bonuglia by the boy's father, Adolfo 

Celi, a wealthy lawyer, the corrupt policeman is directly 

involved in the case. Celi wants Nero to get rid of English 

model Delia Boccardo, with whom Bonuglia is in love. 

It's discovered that Romani w-as a blackmailer and a 

headless photo of a nude woman may be a clue to the 

killer. Bonuglia dies after a fight with photographer 

Roberto Bisacco and friends and Boccardo is found murdered. 

The girl in the photo proves to be pop singer 

Susanna Martinkova, a dope addict. Nero tells Bolkan 

that Celi is guilty and intends to kill the male nm-se who 

helped get rid of the first wîfe, Bolkan's sister. When 

Bolkan gives herself away, Nero prepares to arrest her, 

but she shoots him. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Dress men in trench coats and have them pass out appropriate 

handbills. Arrange tie-ins with photographers. 

Have special screenings for law enforcement officers. 

CATCHLINES: 

He Knows All the Heads. He Uses All the Bodies. He's 

a Cop at Work ... He Tears People Apart. He takes Any 

Woman He Wants. He's the Biggest Operator in Town 

But Its Okay. He's a Cop. 

THE STORY: "Investigation of a Citizen" (Col) 

Flormda Bolkan taunts her lover, Gian Maria Volonte, 

with the question, "How will you kill me today?" He replies 

by slitting her throat as they make love, then leaves 

clues to his identity. Foi-merly chief of homicide, Volonte 

taking office as head of Political Intelligence and feels 

is 

confident in his being above suspicion. While holding 

himself above the law, however, he wants to test its 

effectiveness and actively takes a part in the investigation. 

Bolkan's husband. Massimo Foschi, described as a 

homosexual artist, is arrested. Volonte recalls Bolkan's 

phoning him and beginning the affair, her masochistic 

delight in being photographed by him as a murder victim 

and his anger at her taunts. When she ridiculed his 

authority and manhood, he killed her. An Innocent 

plumber. Salvo Randone, becomes a pawn, and Bolkan's 

other lover, political activist-student Sergio Tiamonti, 

proves dangerous. Volonte decides to confess. He Imagines 

how he'll be vindicated as Police Commissioner Gianni 

Santucclo and colleagues arrive at his house. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Mention the film's two prizes at the Cannes Film Festival 

and its David of Donatello Award 'Italy's Oscar' 

as the Best Film of 1969-70. Volonte won the David of 

Donatello Award as Best Actor. 

CATCHLINES: 

Only the Most Corrupt Are Incorruptible . . . Winner 

of Italy's Best Film and Best Actor Awards Now Here. 

THE STORY: "Equinox" (VIP 

Reporter Jim Phillips questions Edward Connell, still 

in shock a year after encountering demons. In flashback, 

Connell gets a call from his geology professor. Dr. Fritz 

Leiber, and goes to his mountain cabin. Accompanied by 

friends Frank Boers jr., Robin Christopher and Barbara 

Hewitt, Connell finds the cabin destroyed and mysterious 

doings elsewhere. In a cave, the four receive an ancient 

book of formulas and information on devil worship. Leiber 

suddenly appears to grab the book, dies when Connell 

tackles him and then disappears again. Hewitt becomes 

possessed and tuins on Christopher in vampire 

fashion. Ranger Asmodeus 'Jack Woods', who's been 

keeping tabs on the group, proves to be the Devil himself. 

Vanishing into another dimension, he kills Boers 

and takes over his body. Both girls die as monsters are 

called upon by Woods. Although hit by a driverless car. 

Connell survives. As the reporter leaves. Hewitt turns up 

at the hospital to settle Connell's fate. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Merchants will provide good tie-ins with "Monster 

sales. Local experts on the occult and the supernatural 

can be interviewed for radio. TV and newspapers. Stencil 

outlines of monster tracks on the sidewalks. 

CATCHLINES: 

Eiiuinox -Occult Barrier Between Good and Evil . 

The Symbol That Defies the Hosts of Hell . Unleaslied 

Power of the 1.000 Year Old Book. 

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THE STORY; 'Black Aneels" (Merrick Infl) 

Rivalry between the white "Serpents" and the black 

"Choppers" motorcycle gangs has continued fierce, but 

there's a mutual respect between leaders Des RoberUs 

and Bobby Jackson, banded against police intervention. 

A young black militant, newly initiated into Jackson's 

gang, is killed while futilely tiying to match Jackson's 

spectacular motorcycle leap over a 30-foot ravine. The 

police, most especially Lt. Clancy Syrko, are alerted to 

a gang war because of the .voung chopper's death. Roberts' 

slumming debutante girl friend 'Linda Jackson' 

goads Roberts into giving her the rough treatment she 

relishes: he makes love to her on a barroom table. One 

top chieftain of Roberts- John King III— is unmasked as 

" 

a black "chopper for white. The two rival gangs 

ma.'-sacre each other while police watch from a hilltop. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

There are both fiee radio and TV (color) spots, available 

from area National Screen Service branches. Use 

newspaper headlines for appropriate lobby displays. Use 

run-of-paper teaser ads. 

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