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BROADWAY
J-HE WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL Fund
has announced a rescheduling of the
annual drawing, now set to be held luly
30. This will give all participants an extra
six weeks in which to sell tickets for the
drawing and send in the stubs and money
to the Will Rogers office. Among the 75
prizes to be awarded are four Ford Torinos.
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"Allan Dwan: The Last Pioneer," by
Peter Bogdanoviich, is available from
Praeger Film Library in cloth ($6.95) or
paper ($3,451. The well-illustrated book
examines the career of producer-directorwriter
Dwan. now retired, who was active
from 1911 to 1961. The Museum of
Modem Art's recent retrospective was
instrumental in making the public aware
of his importance as a craftsman. Dwan
directed such stars as Wallace Reid, Lon
Chaney, Norma Talmadge, Douglas Fairhanks,
Ida Lupino, Claire Trevor and Linda
Darnell early in their careers. His films
include "Manhandled" (1924), "Robin
Hood" (1922), "Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm" (1938), "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949)
and "Trail of the Vigilantes" (1940). He
also guided the much-maligned Vera Ralston
in two of her best roles, "Surrender"
(1950) and "Belle Le Grand" (1951). It's
an interesting book, telling of a man whose
career is a history of cinema itself.
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Peter Matz has been signed by producer
Bertram M. Ostrau to compose original
songs and score for "The Wound," a Muttontown
Pictures' production. Directed by
Krishna Shah, who also wrote the screenplay,
the film stars loan Hackett and
Robert Klein. Matz, an Emmy and Grammy
winner, has written for Barbra Streisand.
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Phil Isaacs, vice-president in charge of
marketing for the new GSF Productions.
was in Los Angeles to meet with exhibitors
and distributors.
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The New England Conservatory of
Music has established two annual Freshman
Scholarships named in honor of Paul
Lavalle, musical director of Radio City
Music Hall's Symphony Orchestra. The
scholarships will be presented to two students
in the Ail-American Band, of which
Lavalle is founder and director. The band
is composed of students from high schools
throughout the country. Winners of the
scholarships will be chosen by audition in
New York this November.
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Louis R. Golding and his wife Anna
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Farms in West Orange, N.J., June 13.
Golding retired in 1961 as general manager
of Fabian Theatres. He also had been
a vaudeville manager of RKO Proctor's in
Newark and a division manager of RKO
Theatres.
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"McCabe & Mrs. Miller," starring Warren
Beatty and Julie Christie in the title
roles of Robert Altman's new film for Warner
Bros., will have its world premiere
June 24 in New York at the Criterion Theatre
on Broadway and Loews Cine on Third
Avenue, it was announced by Leo Greenfield,
vice-president and general sales manager
of Warner Bros.
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The Colony Restaurant donated lunch,
including champagne, for the Variety Club
Women at their recent monthly executive
board meeting. The Colony felt that women
devoting their time and energies to such
u charity should be catered to by one of
the city's best restaurants. Lunch was
served in traditional paper bags, since the
ladies usually had their meals that way during
the meetings.
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James L. Shanahan has been named vicepresident
of public relations for Princess
Hotels International, it was announced by
president John Notter. Shanahan formerly
was vice-president and press relations director
for Loews Corp.
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"Dirtymouth," based on the life of Lenny
Bruce, had its world premiere Wednesday
(19). The long-delayed film was reviewed
in Boxoffice, July 6, 1970. Bernie Travis,
who stars as Bruce in the Herbert S. Altman
production, also appears in that role
on the stage, while "Lenny," a play starring
Cliff Gorman as Bruce, opens Wednesday
(26) at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
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Opening: "Escape from the Planet of the
Apes," Friday (28) at the Astor, Juliet II
and 34th Street East theatres; "Daughters
of Darkness," Friday (28) at the Murray
Hill, 72nd Street Playhouse and New
Embassy, and Federico Fellini's "The
Clowns," American premiere June 14 at
the Lincoln Art.
John Wayne's "Big Jake" is a Wednesday
(26) first-run attraction at Flagship
theatres, including the Rivoli, Orpheum
and New Amsterdam.
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On Showcase Wednesday (19): "The Beguiled,"
at 61 RKO and Universal Showcase
theatres; "Charly" and "Jenny" at 14
Blue Ribbon houses; "On a Clear Day You
Can See Forever" and "The Out-of-Towners,"
at 30 Loews and Paramount Presentation
houses, and the return of "200 1; A
Spate Odyssey" at Red Carpet theatres.
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The Museum of Modern Art will honor
Luchino Visconti with a $25-a-ticket preview
of his latest film, "Death in Venice."
Tuesday evening, June 15. Visconti will
be present to address the audience, who
will gather after the screening for a champagne
reception and supper in the Sculpture
Garden.
The Friday (21) issue of Men's Wear
devotes nine pages of fashions to the film.
Costumes were designed by Piero Tosi.
BALTIMORE
fyjaurin- Cohen, father of Irwin Cohen,
head of R/C Theatres, and his wife
Lee have just returned from a ten-day vacation
at Miami Beach, Fla. Cohen owns the
Monocacy Drive-in, Taneytown, and the
State Line Drive-In, State Line. Cohen announces
that Lawrence Cornelison has been
appointed general manager of both these
theatres.
Edgar T. Schaefer, 76. who as a photography
instructor for the Army during World
War I at Eastman Kodak in Rochester,
N.Y., died Thursday (13) at the Greater
Baltimore Medical Center after a brief illness.
He was the last person to operate what
was believed to have been the oldest commercial
photography business in the U.S.
Born in this city, he was the third generation
of a local family to operate the business,
J. H. Schaefer & Son.
Variety Club Women, Tent 19. is sponsoring
a New York trip June 1-2. It includes
bus. hotel, dinner and show (orchestra seats).
as well as the dinner show at the Latin
Casino. No extras and the fee is just $63.50.
Contact Rosa Schevker at 358-1274.
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro III conferred
a certificate of honorary citizenship on actress
Jackie Giroux, one of the stars of
"The Cross and the Switchblade," a story
dealing with drug addiction. The film is now
showing in this city.
Otto Preminger has signed Nina Foch to
join Dyan Cannon, James Coco and Ken
Howard in his film "Such Good Friends,"
based on Lois Gould's novel. The picture, a
Paramount release, will be filmed in New
York this summer by Preminger . . . Members
and guests of the Maryland chapter of
the American Jewish Congress have been invited
to meet with Theodore Bikel, national
vice-president of the organization, co-chairman
of its governing council and founder
of its arts council, following his openingnight
performance in "Fiddler on the Roof"
June 1 at Painters Mill Music Fair. The hit
musical's special opening performance is
sponsored by the Maryland Jewish Congress.
Gov. Marvin Mandel has signed the 4' i
per cent admissions tax bill, turning over
the right of taxation to the various municipalities
in the state of Maryland. Meanwhile,
exhibitors will be relieved of the 4 per cent
Maryland state tax effective July I. with
the .5 per cent tax remaining in effect until
July 1972, at which time there will be no
Maryland state tax on admission.
Bill Brizendine, Schwaber Theatres exec-
May 24. 1971