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^'ol. 103 No. 17
FROM
ON THE 'FIRING LINE'
time to time, we have used the
phrase, "seHing two tickets where
only one has been sold before." That admonition
belongs to all three key elements
of this business, individually and
jointly—and we might add, "constantly."
That's the way it was, from the very
beginning days of making and marketing
films. In fact, It has never ceased
altogether. But, of late, there appears
to have been a division in the ranks that
should be continuously joined in this indispensable
effort.
Recognition of the values inherent
therein have been pointed up from time
to time on this page on which the discussion
last week was on the need for greater
cooperative effort on the part of the
industry and the newspress in particular,
but not overlooking the visual and audio
media, respectively, of television and
radio. Much of this is on the national
scale, but the focus has to be on the local
level to achieve the desired objective of
"two tickets where only one was sold
before."
There has been some considerable laxity
thereon, resulting from changes effected
as a result of the unsteady flow of
merchandiseable product, as well as of
the "tools" with which to work. This
wasn't just discovered. Unfortunately, it
has been building up for some time and
now has reached a point that calls for
ACTION that will be applied with the
necessary constancy to "permanize," so
to speak, its desired effects.
The editorial on this page in our issue
of July 30, titled "Mutuality of Interests,"
brought out some of the salient
factors in the efforts undertaken by the
National Ass'n of Theatre Owners, in
consonance with the American Newspaper
Publishers' Ass'n, to work together
for a reciprocal objective. Meanwhile,
there is much that this industry itself
can do, a "guideline" to which is contained
in the following letter from Robert
Klinge, manager of Dickinson Theatres'
Northpark Cinema 1 & 2 in Joplin, Mo.
I have just read youi' editorial in the July 30
issue on 'Mutuality of Interests' and was very
much impressed by It. The motion picture market
in most instances today, particularly in key
situations, evidences the lack of advance publicity
on product, with the exception of a few
roadshow releases. How can we get the word to
the public? All key cities have newspapers, radio
and television. All that is really needed is good
public relations with these media.
If you have a Sunday paper, the chances are
it has a Sunday magazine section editor. If so,
there is usually a need for an eye-catching cover.
Get with youi- Sunday magazine section editor
. . . take him out to lunch or even for a cocktail.
Have a pictm-e in mind that you want to use. a
few choice stills and thiee or foui- news releases
on the picture. You will find that, in nearly every
case, he is ready to listen to ideas that benefit
his readers. You also will find that readers in
general are more interested in articles pertaining
to motion pictui'es than any other me(iia
when scanning the magazine section. I have
used the magazine cover in some 30 or 40 instances
to gi-eat success.
Television is another tremendous avenue for
free publicity. If you have a 'lady's talk show'
on yom- station in the A.M. or noon time, talk
to the show producer about the possibility of a
movie reviewer or critic to foster the show.
In my situation I have a movie critic on a
woman's morning show once a week, usually on
Thui-sday, and by viewing om- Wednesday night
opening, his comments are fresh from being
seen the night before. In many cases where I get
bookings far enough in advance, I am able to
obtain 16mm featurettes of five to ten minutes
in length for him to use on his portion of the
show. These have a tremendous impact on the
viewers.
Radio is a comparatively easy communication
to capture. This can be handled by the manager
or an announcer as an interview on a particular
film a question-and-answer spot on moviegoing
habits of today, or a lobby interview with 'firstnighters.'
In most cases, 'first-nighter' interviews
are taped and can be edited if necessary.
Don't underestimate the power of the press,
especially the people you become involved with.
They are himian just like you and are always
on the lookout for something to interest their
readers, viewers and listeners.
Tiy It.-You'll Uke It.
To be of service to exhibitors, Boxoffice
regularly publishes articles in its
Showmandiser Section that report on
promotional activities of showmen from
around the country. The three pages in
this issue give accent to tie-up campaigns
effected at the local level at little
or no cost to the theatremen.
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20lh-Fox Profits Up
In Half Year, Quarter
HOLLYWOOD—Greater profits at 20th
Century-Fox have been reported, due chief-
For the second quarter of 1973 the
company reported that earnings before
extraordinary items were $2,617,000, or
48 per cent higher than the $1,769,000 in
the same period a year ago. Earnings per
share were 30 cents, compared with 21
cents a share for the second quarter of
1972. Net earnings (after extraordinary
items) for the second quarter of 1973
were $8,493,000, or 99 cents a share, compared
with $5,343,000, or 62 cents a share
for the similar 1972 period. Earnings per
share have all been stated on a primary
basis.
The 1973 results include the effect of
new accounting policies adopted by the accounting
profession for the motion picture
industry in June 1973. These changes had
the effect of increasing earnings before
extraordinary items by 1
cent and net earnings
by 2 cents per share.
Dennis C. Stanfill, chairman of the board
and chief executive officer, and Gordon
Stulberg, president and chief operating
officer, noted that: "The favorable results
for the second quarter reflect the strong
business of our very successful joint venture
production, The Poseidon Adventure,' and
other features as well as earnings gains of
our film laboratory, foreign theatres and
television station."
A quarterly cash dividend of 5 cents
was declared July 26 payable September
14 to shareholders of record as of August
24. Previously this year, the company resumed
payment of a quarterly cash dividend
at the rate of 5 cents per share.
20th-Fox Agrees to Repurchase
Land It Had Sold to Alcoa
LOS ANGELES - Twentieth Century-
Fox, which had been leasmg its 76-acre
studio and headquarters site, said it signed
an agreement to repurchase the property
from Aluminum Co. of America for $21
million.
In 1961, 20th-Fox sold its 280-acre
portion of land in west Los Angeles to
Alcoa for $43 million, and at the same
irne leased back its 76-acre studio and head-
/.iuers site. Since then, 20th-Fox occupied
ifi site on a 99-year lease from Alcoa that
called for an annual rental of $1.5 million.
The agreement, according to 20th-Fox,
also gives Alcoa a ten-year option to repurchase
from 20th-Fox about 17.5 acres
along the main street in the area—Avenue
of the Stars. A repurchase by Alcoa would
Plans currently call for keeping the
headquarters offices at the Century City site.
Wolff said.
Gen'l Cinema Agrees
To Sell 22 Theatres
BOSTON — General Cinema Corp. has
agreed to sell 25 motion picture theatres to
Century Cinema Circuit, Inc.. a privately
held Los Angeles company, for more than
$6,000,000.
The theatres are part of a package of
48 motion picture theatres General Cinema
acquired last year from the Loew's Theatres
unit of Loews Corp. Of the theatres General
Cinema is selling, 22 are in the Los Angeles
area and three are in Arizona, GCC executives
reported.
General Cinema decided to sell the theatres,
according to a GCC official, because
they tended to be older neighborhood-type
theatres, and General Cinema is trying to
limit itself to newer shopping-center-type
Newspaper Ad Parley
On NATO's Agenda
NEW YORK—Six of the most prominent
newspaper advertising executives in
the United States will take part in a "Meet
the symposium annual convention
leave 20th-Fox with 55 acres to develop.
improved film operations, flourishmg
at
ly to
foreign
cessing
of the National Ass'n of Theatre
the Press"
theatres and domestic film pro-
Lewis N. Wolff, president of 20th Century-Fox
Realty & Development Co., said
laboratory activities.
Owners. The largest exhibitor conclave in
For the first half of 1973, earnings before
20th-Fox plans to develop its 76-acre studio
the nation will be held September 17-20 at
items were $5,070,000, property into a phased plan of luxury townhouses
the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco.
extraordinary
or 59 cents a share, compared with $3,945,-
and condominiums and commercial
The newspaper officials will disclose the
000. or 46 cents a share for the same period areas. Wolff said that construction
last year, a gain of 29 per cent. Net earnings
begin on the luxury townhouses in
will
1974,
findings of several research studies relating
to moviegoer attitudes in a 20-minute presentation
the on of 17.
morning September the studio operations will remain
but that
(after extraordinary items) for the
on the property for at least five years.
meet
They also will discuss ways in which exhibitors
$8,493,000, or 99 cents a
first half were
share, compared with $5,343,000, or 62 Eventually, he said, 20th-Fox will
can more effectively utilize news-
its studio needs by leasing other companies'
papers to stimulate theatre attendance, as
cents a share, in the same period of 1972.
studios, by joint operation of another studio,
well as suggest creative approaches for
promoting motion pictures to the community.
or by building another studio in an area
in which the land is less valuable.
A question-and-answer period
will
Fred Stein is chairman of the board of
Century Cinema Circuit, Inc., and his son
Robert, 39. is president and chief operating
officer. An interesting facet of C€ntury's acquirement
of the 25 theatres from General
Cinema is that these same units were part
of a 31 -theatre package sold by Century to
Loews' Theatres about a year ago.
Robert Stein said that all present operating
staffs at these theatres will be retained
follow the presentation.
Participating in the seminar will be Jack
Kauffman, president of the Newspaper
Advertising Bureau of the American Newspaper
Publishers Ass'n; Richard W. Carpenter,
vice-president for marketing of the
Philadelphia Bulletin: Thomas K. Crowe,
president of the International Newspaper
Advertising Executives organization and advertising
director of the Indianapolis Star
and News; Thomas R. Gormley. executive
vice-president of the Cincinnati Enquirer;
Warren S. Magwood, retail advertising
manager of the Los Angeles Times and W.
W. Meyer, advertising manager of the
Kansas City Star.
Herb Jaffe Organizes
Own Production Firm
HOLLYWOOD — Herb Jaffe. former
head of production for United Artists, has
formed Herb Jaffe Associates, an independent
film company for the production of
features, with headquarters at Goldwyn
Studios.
Jaffe has acquired two properties for
production. One is "The Hot Blue Sea."
a new book about the prohibition era b\
Richard Jessup who wrote "The Cincinnati
Kid" that will be published by Doubleday
in January 1974. The other is "In a Wild
Sanctuary," the William Harrison thriller
novel that has been published by William
Morrow and is currently both in hard cover
and paperback.
Jaffe shortly will announce his production
staff.
but that some executive changes on the circuit
level will be announced soon. He added
Rank Piofit Is Up 38%
that the only major policy innovation contemplated
by Century at this time is to stress
For First Half of Year
LONDON— Fiscal first half prof
conversions to multi-screen theatres.
In addition to the 25 theatres acquired
from General Cinema Corp.. Century already
has added the 980-seat Tustin Theatre
in Orange County.
Century has arranged for 3,000 square
feet of office space on Wilshire Boulevard
in Los Angeles and expects to occupy these
new quarters in eight weeks.
Rank Organization, Ltd.. increased 38 per
company re-
irlier. the cent from a ye.i
ported. For the 28 weeks ended May 22
Rank had a net income equivalent to $43.6
million, or 28 cents a share, an incre.ise
from $41.4 million, or 21 cents a share,
a year earlier.
Sales jumped l'> per cent to $286.6 million
from $241.7 million.
BOXOFFICE :: Angus 1973

Premiere of 'Sanlee'
Held in Houston
HOLLYWOOD—Vagabond
Prcxiuclions'
initial feature motion picture, "Santee." a
Crown International Pictures release, opened
Wednesday (1) in Houston, Tex. Present
for the premiere were Crown International
executive Newton P. "Red" Jacobs and
Mark Tenser, as well as Caruth C. Byrd,
chairman of the board of Vagabond, and
James G. "Skeets" Wilson, president of the
production company.
"Santee," with a cast headed by Glenn
Ford, Michael Burns, Dana Wynter and
Jay Silverheels, was completed for under
52,000,000. Vagabond's next feature, "Reindeer
Smith," about a Texan, is scheduled
for a February start,
Texas has been developing considerable
interest in the motion picture business, with
the governor and various state bodies placing
advertising in the tradepapers encouraging
producers to use the grand sweep of
the state's vast plains and ranches for film
production. Along with this state emphasis,
individuals with their own monetary resources
and an avid interest in the entertainment
world have invested time and
money in the film business on the production
side.
One of these Texans is Caruth C. Byrd.
31, who told the New York Times that he
has two aims, "to make money and to make
Dallas a major motion picture and TV
production center and, perhaps, to win an
Oscar for producing the best movie of the
\ear."
Byrd was described in the Times article
as "a musician, frog farmer, actor, investments
developer, moviemaker, cattleman
and millionaire." He is chairman of the
board and executive officer of the Caruth
C. Byrd Enterprises, Inc., and his father
leadership with whom he grew up.
distribution and exhibition figures, he told
BoxoFFicE that he plans to invest $1,500,-
000 during the next 18 months in from
three to five feature films and he wants to
make at least that number of pictures each
year. His financial commitments to major
film productions already completed or
getting under way in the coming six months
amount to more than $4,000,000, according
to the Times article.
'Mourie' Key Dates, Tours
Set for 4 Major Cities
NEW YORK— With four key dates, including
world premieres set for "Maurie,"
these initial plans will kick off national
playtime, announces Charles Boasberg,
president of National General Pictures
Corp.
World premieres opened in Cincinnati's
Skywalk Theatres on July 30, and Pittsburgh's
Fulton the next day. Following these
playdates, the film opened August I in
two of New York's best theatres, Loew's
State 1 and Loew's Cine. Pacific's Dome
Theatre will be the site for the Los Angeles
opening on August 15.
Douglas Morrow, writer and co-producer
with Frank Ross, and Bernie Casey, star of
the film, have begun an intensive personal
appearance campaign in the New York.
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh areas with TV.
radio, and newspaper interviews. Included
is in the publicity tour Jack Twyman, who
was captain of the Cincinnati Royals and
the man responsible for the rehabilitation
of Maurice Stokes, about whom the film is
based.
The "Maurie" story has created such national
interest that the 17 National Basketball
Ass'n teams are cooperating in their
bailiwicks to give the film local as well as
national attention.
Although sports personalities are lending
themselves for exploitation, "Maurie"
is not a sports story, but a narrative how
Twyman adopted Maurie who suffered a
serious head injury.
In the world premiere cities much fanfare
is planned with bands, parades, spwrts
luminaries, dignitaries, cast and producers.
In Cincinnati, the mayor has declared a
"Jack Twyman Day." for its opening. These
locales were chosen because these cities
were the homesites for the "real" stars of
the "Maurie" story.
is a first cousin of the late Adm. Richard
Expect Columbia to Report
E. Byrd and established the aircraft company
that grew into Ling-Temco-Vought.
Bvrd's reported wealth, says the Times, is
Loss for Its Fiscal Year
570,000,000.
NEW YORK—Columbia Pictures Industries
Byrd became a feature movie producer
announced that it expects to report a
when he was offered a role in a film some substantial loss for its fiscal year which
months ago. The result was the creation of
Vagabond Productions of California, which
ended
result
June
from
30.
several
The
factors.
prospective loss will
There will be
he heads. Operating from a suite at Dallas' a loss from operations for the fourth quarter.
most prestigious address, 1 Main Place,
Byrd says his innovative and sometimes Another major factor will be the adoption
unorthodox business interests have not of new industry accounting procedures
changed his relationship with the more promulgated by the American Institute of
traditional-minded members of the city's
Certified Public Accountants in late June
1973. which change certain of the com-
During the Variety Club Tent 25 salute pany's long established and accepted accounting
methods. As recommended by the
to Walt Disney Productions, where Byrd
met many of the film capital's production, AICPA. the new procedures will be applied
BOXOmCE :: August 6, 1973
retroactively. To a considerable extent, the
effect of the new rules will be to defer to
the fi.scal year now in progress and subsequent
periods the recognition of income
previously reported for the first three quarters
of fiscal 1973.
Also, the company indicated that its
board of directors is in the process of reviewing
certain inventory and other asset
values.
MGM Intl Is Lensing
Four Films Overseas
By SYD CASSYD
HOLLYWOOD — Has there been a
change in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor International's
approach to content since the U.S.
Supreme Court obscenity ruling, which has
clouded the production schedules of many
majors? Andre Pieterse, executive vicepresident
of the overseas production operation
of the company, told Boxoffice that
since the company pwlicy always rejected X
pictures, they are continuing with the production
of four films already scheduled
which he labeled "action-adventure" films.
Starting this month the company is making
"S.A.S. in Kabul." which Pieterse described
as a James Bond-type film to be
produced on location in Afghanistan. Along
with this in that area of the world, a documentary-type
feature which was described
as a "Mondo Cane" epic produced by Folce
Quillici. an associate of Jacopetti, with the
same brutal force of the original, is being
lensed in under-developed countries. The
title is "God Under the Skin,"
Italy is the locale for a chase-type picture
called, "Mussolini, the Last Four
Days," which is about the chase from Rome
to the north where the originator of the
Fascist salute came to the end of his days
hanging upside down when the local citizenry
caught him. Filming starts this month.
MGM International has filmed 15 pictures
in the two years of its existence, and
the schedule this year calls for six including
one other titled "Johnny Velvet," with
the final script from Richard Patterson in
October.
Discussing violence in relation to films
and the acceptance overseas, it was recalled
that British Lord Trevelyan, now retired,
frequently states that England would accept
sex but not violence. Pieterse said that, in
his view. Britain has objected to too many
bullets being poured into any victim, though
a few don't seem out of line.
"We are aware of the new guidelines."
said Pieterse "but they will make little difference
in our company policy."
Charles Bronson to Star
In UA's 'Mr. Majestyk'
NEW YORK—Charles Bronson has been
signed to star in "Mr. Majestyk." it was
announced by Walter Mirisch, who will
produce the film for Mirisch Productions,
Inc., and United Artists release.
Bronson will play the title role in the
original Elmore Leonard screenplay. It is
the story of a melodramatic chase for an
escaped killer. Mirisch will begin the picture
in September on locations in the United
States.
"Mr. Majestyk" marks the second consecutive
UA film for Bronson, who previously
appeared in "The Mechanic." Bronson
rose to prominence earlier in the Mirisch
film, "The Magnificent Seven." also released
bv United Artists.

Sandy Howard Makes
Extensive U.S. Tour
By JOHN COCCHI
NEW YORK—Producer Sandy Howard
believes in selling his films. In the course
of promoting the 20th Century-Fox release
•The Neptune Factor." he personally visited
more than 60 cities throughout the country.
His radio and television appearances and
newspaper and magazine interviews have
paid off. since "Neptune" is one of the biggest
hits of a not very exciting summer.
The producer feels that promotion is part
of the job of making movies and emphasizes
that showmanship is the only way to get the
business back on a profitable basis. Except
for large cities like New York and Los Angeles,
there is no problem in getting interviews
with any local media. As a producer.
Howard considers himself a non-celebrity,
but states that virtually any city he visited
was anxious to hear him speak. In other
words, the public is still fascinated by those
connected with the glamorous business of
motion pictures.
Of course, the stars are the most influential
when it comes to selling a film. Howard
says that any film star should actively participate
in the promotion, whether or not he
owns a piece of the profits. The producer
has high praise for Richard Harris, star
of Howard's production of "Man in the
Wilderness" for Warner Bros., and for
Ernest Borgnine, featured in "The Neptune
Factor." Both men, he said, become
a vital part in selling any film in which
they appear. Borgnine, said Howard, deserves
an award for his recent tour on
behalf of "Neptune" and another Fox release,
"Emperor of the North."
Communication is important all the way
down the line, Howard emphasizes. While
it's essential to bring the message to the
public, it's just as vital to give the exhibitor
the tools he needs to sell the film. Preview
screenings and press material, especially the
latter, are absolutely necessary, he feels.
Howard has admiration for 20th Century-
Fox's sales department and for the seminars
held by the company earlier in the year to
acquaint the exhibitors with summer product.
"The Neptune Factor—An Undersea Odys,sey"
opened at New York showcase theatres
on Friday (3). Daniel Petrie directed
the Sanford Howard Production in Panavision
and DcLuxc Color on location in Canada
and in the Bahamas. The cast is headed
by Ben Gazzara, Yvette Mimieux, Walter
Pidgeon and Ernest Borgnine.
Kathleen Freeman Signed
For 'Benji' Appearance
DALLAS—Kathleen Freeman has been
signed for a special guest appearance in
Mulberry Square's motion picture production
entitled "Benji," it was announced
by Joe Camp. Miss Freeman was most
.-ecently a regular on "The Sandy Duncan
Jl ov/" and this fall will co-star with Dom
D'jLuise
on NBC's "Lotsa Luck."
PROMOTE CLEANER AIR —
Representing the Will Rogers Memorial
Fund and the entire entertainment
communications industry, a number of
industry leaders presented a special
anti-air pollution petition to Governor
Rockefeller of New York. It was accepted
on behalf of the governor by
Henry Diamond, left. New York state
commissioner of environmental conservation.
At the right is Engene Picker,
president of Trans-Lux Theatres and
treasurer of the fund-raising committee
of the Will Rogers Hospital and Research
Center, who was among those
attending the ceremony.
Para. Sales Heads Hold
Merchandising Meeting
LOS ANGELES—Paramount Pictures
division and district managers met in Los
Angeles July 31, August 1, 2, and 3 for a
sales and merchandising conference on
forthcoming Paramount films. Norman
Weitman, vice-president-sales, chaired the
conference.
In attendance from New York were
Barry Reardon, vice-president administration;
Jack Perley, manager of the playdate
department; Gino Campagnola, manager of
the contract department; Joseph Moscaret,
director of non-theatrical and 16mm sales,
and Nat Stern, New York division manager.
Division managers attending were Martin
Kutner, East; Fred Mathis, South; Howard
Ross, Midwest, and assistant general sales
manager Ted Zephro, West.
District managers attending were Jack
Kcegan, Boston; Joe Cutrell, Charlotte;
Frank Carbone, Dallas, and Harry Block,
San Francisco.
Films discussed at the conference included
"Hit!," "Bang the Drum Slowly," "Scalawag,"
"Save the Children," "Ash Wednesday,"
"The Conversation," "Phase IV,"
"Don't Look Now," "Jonathan Livingston
.Seagull," "Serpico," "The White Dawn,"
"The Parallax View," "The Little Prince,"
"The Man on the Swing," "The Great Gatsby,"
and "Godfather II."
In addition to discussing and setting distribution
plans for these films, an advertising
and promotion seminar was held under
the direction of Charles O. Glenn, vicepresident-advertising,
publicity and promotion.
Glenn will be assisted by Gordon
Weaver, executive director of national publicity,
and Michael Beinncr, director of field
advertising and publicity.
CVD's 'O'Toole' Film
Scoring in Test Runs
DENVER—Charles E. Sellier jr., president
of CVD Studios, a subsidiary of
American National Enterprises, Salt Lake
City, is enthusiastic over the business being
racked up in test runs by "The Brothers
OToole," the firm's initial effort in motion
picture production. At the Paramount,
Denver, where the world premiere was
staged, the gross ran to a strong 160 per
cent, especially good for that time of the
year, and in Richmond, Va., in a fourwall
test, the gross in a small group of
theatres was over 150 per cent in the first
week of a two-week run.
Expects to Exceed Previous Hits
R. V. "Rip" Coalson, chairman of ANE,
says the company has been working on the
summer distribution concept for more than
a year. Based on the first week in Richmond.
Coalson expects "The Brothers
O'Toole" business to exceed the two previous
Richmond four-wall winter grosses recorded
by other releases of the firm, such
as "Cougar Country" and "North Country."
The summer four-wall promotion differs
substantially from the winter four-wall plan
in that the TV, radio and newspaper advertising
models and the respective expenditures
are mixed differently and stress markedly
different socio-economic theatre attendance
profiles.
Coalson stated, "While testing is not yet
completed, we believe the Richmond run
proves our theories. We now will confine
ourselves to refining the plan with a look
toward even higher theatre attendance."
Of particular interest to theatremen was
the dramatic increase in concession sales.
Sam Bendheim of Neighborhood Theatres,
Richmond, and Mort Gerber of District
Theatres. Washington. D.C., reported sharp
increases in concession sales as compared
to sales with other films played this summer.
Bendheim commented that "in a summer
that has produced good business, 'The
Brothers O'Toole' run has been outstanding.
We seldom experience standing ovations
by the audience as we did with 'O'Toole'
and, particularly, running out of concessions
as we did at the Westover Theatre."
While ANE does not share in the concession
business, Coalson stated: "We arc
extremely pleased with the high concession
sales, as they are an important part of
our relations with exhibitors."
Plan Five G Films Yearly
ANE previously has reported the goal of
establishing year-round distribution of features.
According to company spokesmen,
the goal is a reality since ANE now has the
capability to distribute films on this b.isis.
having established five exchanges around
the country. CVD Studios plans to deliver
at least five G-rated films a year to meet
ANE requirements. Presently being readied
for production are "Pieces of Eight," "Wellspring"
and "Futures," with Norman Tokar
having been signed to direct the latter.
BOXOFFICE ;: August 6, 1973

'Operation Sixteen' Formed
In Boston by Leo Meady
BOSTON—Leo F. Mcaily. president o\
Show Time ("inemas. Inc.. based here,
aggressively is promoting
16mm exhibition,
although he is
head of a traditional
35mm circuit.
Meady
Recently
organized "Operation
Sixteen." a company
planned for the promotion,
production
and distribution of
"n o n - ', e x" 1
6mm
I eo Meadv
films. The firm also
the construction and
acts as consultant in
remodeling of mini-theatres with full automated
16mm equipment.
Meady made this comment: "No one
should form the impression that I'm opposed
to 35mm theatres. Quite the contrary.
Show/Time Cinemas is actively seeking
prospective franchises throughout the country.
We expect to build and franchise scores
of 35mm houses in the next five years.
However, there are many locations where
such a theatre would be a marginal operation,
at best. Towns with only 1,500 to
15.000 population, for instance. Or neighborhood
shopping centers facing heavy
competition from the big city chains in
other parts of the same city; while, of
course, a real potential exists for certain
theatres now struggling in downtown areas."
The company carried a series of classified
ads in BoxoFFiCE and the response
was overwhelming. Many persons offered
new product and others showed great enthusiasm
for the suggestion that an organization
be formed to advance the production
and showing of 16mm films,
Meady emphasized, "16mm product may
very well be the answer to the problems
now facing small exhibitors. The creative
manager can do much more with 16. He
can vary his choice of movies, he can save
money in his operation and he can begin
to recoup some of the losses he may have
sustained the.se past two or three years."
Gilbert Roland Marks 46
Yrs. in Motion Pictures
GRAND JUNCTION.
COLO.—Gilbert
Roland made his film debut opposite Norma
Talmadge in "Camille." The year was 1927.
Now, 46 years later, the long-reigning star
has just completed his 90th motion picture.
"Running Wild."
Roland portrays an Indian chief who
collaborates with a woman photographerreporter
and two young boys to save a band
of wild horses from destruction.
Starring with Roland are Lloyd Bridges,
Dina Merrill, Pat Hingle and Morgan
Woodward.
"Running Wild," an adventure of our
modern West, had its world premiere .luly
31 in Grand Junction, one of the locales
where it was filmed.
'ROBIN HOOD' TO MUSIC HALL
Chorles R. Hacker, left, executive vicepresident
and chief operating officer the of
Radio City Music HotI, and Irving H. Ludwig,
right, president of Bucno Vista Distribution
Co., sign controcts announcing Wolt Disney
Productions' oil-new animated feature, "Robin
Hood," OS the Holl's 1973 Thanksgiving Day-
Christmas holiday attraction.
Watching with obvious approvol are two of
Sherwood Forest's leoding citizens— Little
John, Robin's bearish side-kick, ond Robin
Hood himself, who can't woit to get his paws
on the contract!
The lovish cartoon musical-adventure was
produced and directed by Wolfgong Reithermon.
"Robin Hood" is the 17th Disney film to
ploy the Music Hall—the third this year.
AMC Names Phillip Batton
Director, Engineering
KANSAS CITY— Stanley H. Durwood,
president of American Multi Cinema, announced
the appointment of Phillip Batton
as director, corporate engineering.
Batton's primary responsibility. Durwood
said, is to supervise all new construction
and make recommendations on the maintenance
of all existing property. Batton also
will be working with AMC's real estate
department as a consultant during the
negotiations for new locations.
Batton comes to American Multi Cinema
after seven years with the Sinclair Oil
Corp./Atlantic Richfield Co. His most
recent position with that company was
operations manager. Kansas City region,
where he was responsible for real estate,
construction, engineering, maintenance and
petroleum product distribution in a fourstate
area. Previously, he had been con-
.struction superintendent then maintenance
supervisor for the St. Louis region.
A native of Springfield, Mo., Batton received
his bachelor of science degree in
civil engineering from the University of
Missouri-Columbia, in 1956, and his master
of science in engineering management from
the University of Missouri— Rolla in 1971.
CORRECnON
HOLLYWOOD — "Schlock" is
not a Jack
H. Harris production as incorrectly printed
in BoxoFF-icE July 23. It is a Gazotskie
Film, Inc. production, produced by James
C. 0"Rourke and being distributed by Jack
H. Harris Enterprises, according to John
Landis. who wrote and directed the film.
".Schlock" won first prize at the 11th annual
Science-Fiction Film Festival in Trieste.
Italy.
Amicus Moving Forward
On Production Plans
LONDON— .Max J. Rosenberg. New
ork-based .Amicus producer, in London
\
lor final work with co-producer Milton
Subotsky on their two recently completed
films, "The Revenge of Dr. Death" and
Tales From Beyond the Grave," feels that
Amicus is moving forward.
With their third film this year, "The
Be.ist Must Die" now on the floor at
Shepperton Studios, all under the direct
supervision of associate producer John
Dark, Rosenberg details the company's
plans for the next 12 months. He said
th.it in the immediate future the company
will produce what is perhaps its most ambitious
undertaking— a film based on Edgar
Rice Burrough's "The Land That Time
Forgot."
Following closely will be another multistory
film, "Tales of the Incredible," based
on the famous E. C. Comic Books that
were the basis for the very successful "Tales
From the Crypt" and "The Vault of Horror."
The new film will deal more with
the realm of fantasy and science-fiction,
plus the addition of 3-D.
With the definite trend toward sciencefiction
fantasy, on the Amicus production
roster are a science-fiction western, "Blood
City," and an ecological science-fiction
thriller, "The Clone." At longer planning
range are six other projects already scripted,
plus five others to be written.
Lew Grade, Blake Edwards
Plan More Films Jointly
LONDON—Sir Lew Grade and Blake
Edwards are negotiating for an expansion of
the motion picture and TV activities of
Grade's ITC Productions, with a new deal
for features and selected TV projects for
Blake Edwards Productions.
Edwards is the innovator who chalked up
the successful "Peter Gunn." "Mr. Lucky"
and "Richard Diamond" series on American
networks before turning to features.
His current film. "The Tamarind Seed,"
starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif,
produced by Ken Wales for ITC and directed
by Blake Edwards from his screenplay
of the novel by Evelyn Anthony, is
currently in post-production in London.
Carole Sutter Named BV
Milwaukee Branch Mgr.
NEW YORK— rhe appointment of Carole
Sutter .IS manager o( the Milwaukee
branch of Bucna Vista, Walt Disney Productions'
wholly owned distribution subsidiary,
was announced by Irving H. Ludwig,
president. The appointment, effective
July 30, marks the first time a woman has
served as a branch manager for Buena
Vista.
Carole Sutter began her career with BV
as a secretar\' in 1967. was promoted to
booker in 1969 and became a booker-sales
representative in May 1973.
She will report to Lee Heidingsifeld.
BV's Midwestern district manager, headquartering
in Chicago.
BOXOFFICE :: August 6, 1973

Expect Over 2,000 Entries
For Atlanta Film Festival
ATLANTA—The sixth annual Atlanta
International Film Festival, to be held
September 7-15, is receiving entries at a
new record rate. Festival director J. Hunter
Todd expects total domestic and international
entries to top the 2,000 figure. The
Atlanta event, now the largest film competition
in the world, is attracting foreign
entries from Italy, England, France, Israel,
Canada, Russia, Yugoslavia, South Africa.
Poland, Hungary, Sweden, Brazil and Gerinany.
More than 40 nations will participate
in the festival.
The development of the International
Film Market has met with astounding success.
Hundreds of features, short films
and documentaries have requested participation
in this rapidly developing market.
Representatives from major and independent
distributors, both domestic and international
will attend the Festival Market. All
films are eligible for participation in the
market and will receive listing in the Film
Market program, and screening in the
market theatre. Distributors have hailed
this new addition as a welcome development.
All screenings, both competition and
market are open to members of the film
industry, students, and the public. Special
seminars are being scheduled each morning
of the Festival with top directors, producers,
writers, distributors and technical experts.
Filmmakers and students will participate
in these open symposiums.
Members of the Festival staff including
Todd and assistant director Rikki Kipple
will fly to London, New York, and Los
Angeles in the next few weeks to negotiate
with major distribution companies of top
world premiere features. Last year's major
features at the Atlantic Festival included
Warner Bros.' "Deliverance" and 20th Century-Fox's
"Sounder," and AIP'S "Slaughter."
For any information concerning the
Festival or Film Market, along with the
entry kits and Peter Max Festival poster,
contact J. Hunter Todd. Director and
Founder, Atlanta International Film Festival,
P.O. Drawer 13258K, Atlanta, Ga.
.30324.
'The Naked Ape' to Debut
August 16 in Los Angeles
HOLLYWOOD—The invitational world
premiere of "The Naked Ape," a Universal/Playboy
film, will be held Thursday
evening (16). at the Regent Theatre in
Westwood, with an exclusive Los Angeles
engagement to begin at the Regent the following
day.
The stars of the part anunation, part
live-action screen version of Desmond Morri.s'
book, producer Zev Bufman. directorscreenplay
writer Donald Driver, and executive
producer Hugh M. Hefner will attend
the
event.
Life-size prehistoric figures tracing the
levelopment of man from his prehistoric
days will be on display in the lobby.
CALENDAR If EVENTS
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AUGUST
NATO of New York State
:ord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake,
SEPTEMBER
6-9, The Women of the Motion Picture Industry,
nual Atlanta Film Festi
16-20, Notional Ass'n of Theatre Owners, National
Ass'n of Concessionaires and Theatre Equipment
Ass'n annual convention and tradeshow, Hilton
Hotel, San Francisco.
NOVEMBER
4-6, Theatre Owners of Arkansas, Mississippi, Bootheel
Missouri, Tennessee, port of Kentucky/Alabama
(formerly Tri-State Theatre Owners Ass'n)
annual convention. Downtowner Motor Inn, Memphis,
Tenn.
Hortense Schorr Leaves
Columbia to Be on Own
NEW YORK— Hortense Schorr, publicity
manager for Columbia Pictures since
'
-^f- ^^ '
its inception and pubc
i t y coordinator
since 1962, has left
the company. She will
continue as a consultant
to stars, directors
and producers and in
the special promotion
of films.
During her association
with Columbia,
Hortense Schorr
she was responsible
for publicity surrounding
many of Cokmnbia's stars, directors
and producers, including Frank Capra.
Cary Grant, Rita Hayworth, William Holden,
Glenn Ford, Judy Holliday, Goldie
Hawn, Dyan Cannon, Grace Moore, Jack
Nicholson, Sidney Poiticr. Rosalind Russell.
George Segal, Sam Spiegel. Cliff Robertson.
Susannah York and Fred Zinnemann.
Among the all-time successful films she
publicized were "It Happened One Night,"
"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," "Mr. Smith
Goes to Washington," "Born Yesterday,"
"From Here to Eternity," "The Bridge on
the River Kwai," "To Sir With Love," "A
Man for All Seasons," "On the Waterfront,"
"Easy Rider," "Buck and the Preacher,"
"The Last Picture Show," "Born Free,"
"Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" and "Butterflies
Are Free."
One of Miss Schorr's campaigns was the
subject of the Jed Harris play, "Wonder
Boy," while Paddy Chayefsky used her
experiences in handling female stars as the
basis for his film production of "The
Cioddess,"
Pete Latsis Joins AIP
As Field Publicist
HOLLYWOOD— Milton I. Moritz, vicepresident
of advertising and publicity for
American International
Pictures, has announced
the appointment
of Pete Latsis
as home office special
field publicity
representative.
Latsis, who resigned
as press relations
director for National
General Theatres
(now Mann Theatres)
to accept the new
post, started his career with the Los Angeles-based
circuit in 1945 as a theatre manager
and in 1946 was promoted to the advertising
and publicity department.
During this period, he had a key role in
handling the opening of over 40 new theatres
for the company throughout the country,
including the de luxe National Theatre
in New York's Times Square last December.
He is a member of the Los Angeles
and Hollywood Press Clubs and the Variety
Club of Southern California, showmen's
organization devoted to aiding needy children.
Pete Latsis
To Award Courtesy Books
In Will Rogers Sales
NEW YORK—The Will Rogers Memorial
Fund announces that every person
selling 25 or more books of annual drawing
tickets will be awarded a courtesy book of
1 1 tickets for their use. by way of a special
thank you.
The annual drawing, scheduled now for
October 15, lists a total of 73 outstanding
prizes . . . including three cars and two
television
sets.
Tickets are readily available from all
branch offices of the major motion picture
distribution companies. lATSE locals and
the Will Rogers national office (250 W.
57th St.. New York City 10019).
It is strongly urged that all members of
the entertainment-communications industry
cooperate in making this special fundraising
event the success it must be. thereby
helping everv member of our industrv.
Actor Lee Majors Marries
Actress Farah Fawcett
NEW YORK.— AL-lor Ice Majors was
married July 28 to actress Farah Fawcett
at the Bel-Air Hotel in West Los Angeles,
Calif. Best man was the groom's father.
Harvey Majors of Middleboro, Ky., and
matron of honor was the bride's sister, Diane
Walls.
Costume designer Theadora Van Runkle
created original wedding outfits for the entire
bridal party at the garden wedding.
Rev. Dave Reese of the Beverly Hills Episcopal
Church officiated at the wedding, attended
by approximately 150 people.
Majors will be seen in the fall on ABCrV's
once-a-month series, "Cyborg: Six
Million Dollar Man."
BOXOFFICE :: August 6, 1973

—
YWOOD
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LETTERS
To BoxoFFicii:
All the big boys in our business, i.e. those
who sell equipment, distribute the film, etc.,
point is that it is time for theatres to start
"throwing out some of that lip" too. For
example; the film cans are the same today
as they were 60 years ago—even if you
are automated! So, how about you "big
guys" giving us theatre exhibitors a break
. . . start by shipping the film to the theatres
that are automated or semi-automated,
on 24" or 26" reels . . . one reel to a can
equals the 3-reel cans presently being used.
This would eliminate all that splicing to
detatch and attach the leaders and ends of
each reel . . . and one of the biggest improvements
would be to eliminate the film
coming in with Reel 2 having a Reel 3
leader and possibly the end of Reel 5,
etc. Even to the most qualified operator,
under these circumstances, it is very hard
to put a film, never seen on the screen, in
it's proper order.
a
So, how about you big guys giving us
break?
Winco"s Little Theatre,
Bamberg, S. C.
DON R. COLE
Second Radnitz-Mattel Film
Is Set for UA Release
NEW YORK.—Robert B. Radnitz. president
of Radnitz/ Mattel Productions, and
United Artists have concluded a worldwide
distribution deal on the second R/M project,
"Where the Lilies Bloom." it was announced
by David V. Picker, president of
United Artists.
Produced by Radnitz and directed by
William Graham, the film was shot entirely
on location in North Carolina and details
the contemporary story of four Appalachian
children who endeavor to stay
family after being orphaned.
together as a
Like "Sounder." "Lilies" was completely
financed by Radnitz/ Mattel.
'Scream, Blacula, Scream'
Scoring Record Grosses
HOLLYWOOD—American
International's
"Scream. Blacula, Scream" openings
around the country are scoring records. The
Loew's Grand in Atlanta took in $73,3.59 in
26 days. Michael Todd in Chicago had
$95,168 in 25 days. A multiple run in
Kansas City showed $17,975 in five days,
and the Criterion in New York $32,606 in
five days. The Denver II in Denver had
$5,717 for the first three days, and the
Majestic in Houston $14,083 for five days.
The Fox in St. Louis had a three-day total
of $13,218.
The film is being held over in all of the
above and many other situations.
Demolition Now Under Way
At Academy Building Site
HO! I Dciiiolilion o\ ok!
Iniiklings on Wilshire lioulev.ird. Mcvcrh
Hills, started Thursday, July 26, at the site
where the $3,000,000 Academy of Motion
BOXOFHCE :: August 6. 1973
are always harping to the theatreman to
Picture Arts and Sciences building is to be
"up-date your theatre—install new sound
erected. Final clearance for the project
new screens—automate, and so on." came from the Beverly Hills city administration
following controversy over the We have done this many times! Now, my
parking
situation.
No announcement was made concerning
the status of the building on Melrose Avenue
presently occupied by the Academy, a
theatre converted for its use some years ago.
Some Academy officials note that the
Oscar presentations will continue to be held
at the downtown Los Angeles Music Center
complex, but that the possibility exists that
next year the Academy's 3,000 regular members
may be able to participate in the dinner
and celebration following the awards, as
they did 40 years ago when the Academy
first was formed. Lately, only nominees,
winners, board members and branch heads
of the group have attended the Governors'
Dinner. This expanded participation would
be contingent on arrangements for appropriate
accommodations.
Bruce Lee's Widow Says
3 Doctors Made Autopsy
HOLLYWOOD — Bruce Lees widow.
Mrs. Linda Lee, and those who came in
contact with the young star who died of
a seizure in Hong Kong on the eve of
distribution of the Robert Clouse-directed
"Enter the Dragon," is reported to have
sent three doctors to Hong Kong to perform
the autopsy. The mysterious circumstances
of his demise shocked the film
community, for the young Chinese star,
who is now featured in three major motion
pictures, including the Warner Bros.
release already was commanding $750,000
for his next picture, and he had achieved
stardom, and was a likeable, popular star.
James J. Jordan. Former
Univ. Executive, Dies
YONKERS, N.Y.—James J. Jordan, 68,
retired former assistant to the general sales
manager of Universal Pictures and a vicepresident
of Universal Film Exchanges,
died July 26 following an accidental fall
in his home here.
Jordan joined Universal Pictures in 1926
and remained with the company 44 years,
retiring in June 1970. He alternately held
positions as head of the contract department
and circuit sales manager. He is survived
by his wife Kay and a son James.
Max Kahn
NEW YORK— Max Kahn, 75, father of
Richard Kahn, vice-president and national
director of advertising, publicity and exploitation,
of Columbia Pictures, died July
26 in New Rochelle. N.Y., following a
short illness. He also leaves his wife, Fannie
Hock Kahn: two sisters. Mrs. Harry Eisenberg
and Sadie Kahn. and two grandchildren.
MOTION PICTURES RATED
BY THE CODE & RATING
ADMINISTRATION
The followmg feature-length motion pictures
have been reviewed and rated by the
Code and Rating Administration pursuant
Title Distributor Rating
Behind Locked Doors ( Boxof f ice Int'l [r]
The Blood Cult of Shangri-La ( .Vlitam ) PG
The Body Stealers (formerly titled
"Invasion of the Body Stealers")
(' ) (Geneni Film) PG
Cops and Robbers (UA)
PG
Detroit 9000 (General Film)
[r]
The Girls of 42nd Street
(William Mishkin) [rJ
I Am Curious (Yellow) (Grove Press) (x;
M*A*S*H (**) (20th-Fox) PG
The Midnight Man (Universal) \r\
Romeo & Juliet (reissue) (Paramount) PG
The .Slams (MGM) [g
The Swingin' Pussycats (Hemisphere) [r]
The Swingin" Stewardesses (Hemisphere) JR]
Turn to Love (K-B) [r]
CORRECTION
In Bulletin No. 246 the distributor of "GATOR
BAIT" (Sebastian Films—R) was
OS Dimension Pictures.
'Bang the Drum Slowly'
Theme on Para. Disc
NEW YORK—Paramount Records has
to the Motion Picture Code and Rating Program.
released Bobby Gosh's 45rpm single recording
of "The Theme from "Bang the Drum
Slowly' " from the Paramount film. With
by Bruce Hart and music by Stephen
lyrics
Lawrence, the theme is being published by
Famous Music Corp.
Singer-composer Gosh has written for
Mabel Mercer, Ray Charles and Englebert
Humperdinck. His first album for Paramount
Records. "Sittin" in the Quiet," is
scheduled for .September release and will
include "The Theme from "Bang the Drum
Slowly.' "
The film stars Michael Moriarty. Robert
De Niro and Vincent Gardenia and is a
Rosen field Production from ANJ.'K Films.
John Hancock directed and Mark Harris
wrote the screenplay from his novel. It is a
story of personal courage and friendship
against the setting of professional baseball.
Sol Lomita Will Head
Film Services at UA
Nl AV YORK— Sol Lomita has been appointed
United Artists director of film services,
foreign and domestic, effective August
1, 1973. reporting to Robert Schwartz, vicepresident,
administration.
Lomita joined UA in 1965 and h.is held
.1 series of positions of increasing importance
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NATO of NY to Honor
Shugrue and Herman
BUFFALO—J. Edward Shugriio. executive
director of the Will Rogers Memorial
Fund, and Howard Herman, past president
J. £. Shugrue Howard Herman
of NATO of New Jersey, will be honored
at the annual convention of NATO of New
York State to be held Monday (13) through
Thursday (16) at the Concord Hotel at Lake
Kiamesha in the Catskills. according to an
announcement by Sidney J. Cohen, president
of the state exhibitor body.
The convention will be packed with
events, in addition to the business meetings.
Board and special meetings will be held at
hours that will not interefere with fun in
the sun. says Cohen. There will be a business-building
showmanship conference, a
big golf tournament and exhibitors will have
an opportunity to meet general sales managers
and presidents of distribution.
David J. Connors, director of the theatre
division of Carrols Development Corp.. will
be honorary chairman.
The board of directors of New York
NATO met Tuesday. July 31, in the Motion
Picture Projectionists Union room at 498
Pearl St. The board named the following
directors for 1973-74 and these exhibitors
will name the new state officers for the ensuing
year at the Concord convention: Albany—Ben
Resnik, Ray Smith. Sarto Smaldone.
Thomas TTiornton and Alan Iselin.
Buffalo—Sidney J. Cohen. Dewey Michaels.
John Martina. Sydney Kallet. Nino Bordonaro.
Richard Atlas. Vincent Martina, Manny
Brown, William Dipson. Al Wright. Pat
Mendola, Conrad Zurich. Sol Sorkin. David
Connor, Jack Blatt. Paul Grossman and Al
Kayton Theatre Is Sold
FRANKLIN. PA.—The Kayton Theatre
here, owned by DeMarsh Theatres, has been
sold to John H. Hook and this fall will
become the new home of the Re-Arm
Sports Center. Purchase price was not disclosed.
Building Permit Is Denied
STATEN ISLAND. N.Y.—The board of
standards and appeals has refused to grant
Adolph Freeman permission to erect a
three-building structure on a tract bounded
by Hylan Boulevard and Raritan, Laconia
and Delaware avenues. Freeman had
planned a restaurant, movie theatre and
banking office at the site.
Last Tango' Rounds Out 6th Month
In NY With 520, Good for Top Spot
NEW YORK — "Last Tango in Parispassed
the sixth month (26th week) at Trans- Westview II Paper Moon (Para), 6th wk 200
Three theatres Jesus Christ Superstar (Univ),
4th wk 300
Westview IV, Liberty Lux East with a 520
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percentage to retain (CRC), 2nd wk 125
its No. 1 Barometer position. Again second,
A Touch of Class" maintained last week's
'Legend of Boggy Creek'
385 score for the sixth round at the Baronet.
Sturdy 200 in Buffalo
High Rise" was third with 380 in its 18th
BUFFALO— The Legend of Boggy
frame at the World, its improvement no
Creek" lured patrons in droves to the Holiday
4. Cinema 2 and Boulevard Mall thea-
doubt helped by the raids conducted the
previous week on pornographic films.
tres and recorded 200. a figure rarely attained
here in a normal, nonholiday week. The
Fourth. "Paper Moon" earned 325 in the
tenth stanza at the Coronet. The long-winded
"I Could Never Have Sex With any Man
Who Has So Little Regard for My Husband"
debuted at the Beekman with a 245
opening round, to take fifth place. "The
Last of Sheila" came back, capturing the
sixth spot on basis of a steady 235 in its
seventh Sutton frame.
"The Mackintosh Man." new Paul Newman-John
Huston thriller, opened just below
the golden circle with an average of 225 at
the Orpheum (215) and State II (235).
On showcase, "Badge 373" and "Karado,
The Hong Kong Cat" were leaders in their
first week at local houses.
(Average Is 100)
Baronet A Touch of Ctoss (Emb), 6th wk 385
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J^AURIE." the story of basketball star
Maurice Stokes" battle to regain his
power after a crippling brain injury, opened
Wednesday (1) at Loews" State I and Loews'
Cine. Star Bernie Casey and scenarist-coproducer
Douglas Morrow made personal
appearances at both theatres on opening day
and free copies of the Tempo Books" story
were given to patrons.
At a press luncheon recently, Morrow
revealed that a large number of public previews
had been scheduled to build word of
mouth. He said that audience reaction was
overwhelmingly enthusiastic. In attendance
at the luncheon were Casey. Jack Twyman
and Ira Teller. Eastern director of advertising
and publicity for distributor National
General Pictures. Twyman. portrayed in the
film by Bo Svenson. was Stokes" teammate
and best friend and for 12 years helped the
injured man regain use of his faculties.
Reflecting the film's promotion campaign.
Teller used the phrase, "We're going to give
it everything we have and follow with
more." Casey. Morrow and Twyman have
been touring on behalf of the film and
attended the world premieres at Cincinnati's
Skywalk Theatre Monday. July 30. and at
Pittsburgh's Fulton Theatre the next day.
A special benefit showing will be held on
Tuesday (7) at The Basketball Hall of Fame
in Springfield. Mass.: that institution recently
opened a Maurice Stokes Room in memory
of the late athlete. On August 15, the
film debuts at the Cinerama Dome Theatre
in Los Angeles.
"Maurie" was directed by Daniel Mann,
produced by Frank Ross and Douglas Morrow
and co-stars Janet MacLachlan as
Stokes' girl friend and Stephanie Edwards
Mrs. Twyman.
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Deepest sympathy to Neil Sullivan, independent
filmmaker, on the loss of his mother
Monday, July 30. Mrs. Sullivan, who had
been ill for several months, was given a
funeral mass on Thursday (2) in Yonkers.
Condolences also to Dick Kahn, Columbia
Pictures vice-president, whose father
Max died July 26 at New Rochelle Hospital.
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attractions: "Lady Ice"; "Kung-Fu, The
Invisible Fist,"" and UniversaKs horror bill.
"Ssssssss"' and "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf."
"The Neptune Factor"" opened on showcase
Friday (3). "The Emperor of the North
(Pole)."' is due Wednesday (8) on showcase.
•
Robert Conkey has been named assistant
sales manager at Europix International. The
company is headed by Herb Schimmel.
president.
•
David Emanuel, president and general
sales manager of Phase One Films, leaves
for Los Angeles Monday (6). At the Beverly
Wilshire Hotel Emanuel will be meeting
with producers of upcoming productions
as well as with circuit exhibitors. Phase
One Films presently has in release "The
Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave."
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Ely Landau, president of the American
Film Theatre, flew to Los Angeles for the
completion of photography on "Lost in the
Stars," the last production in the AFT's
premiere season. Accompanying Landau are
wife Edylhc. executive vice-president of the
company, aud Joseph Friedman, vice-president
of public rehuions.
On the Coast. Landau hosted a preview
of .selected .scenes from the eight AFT films
for exhibitors, group sales representatives
and selected media personnel. The executives
then flew to Chicago for a similar preview
and press interviews.
•
"Bang the Drum Slowly" will begin its
world premiere engagement Wednesday
(29) at the Cinema I here, it has been announced
by Norman Weitman, vice-president
of sales for Paramount Pictures. The
film previously had been scheduled to open
August 22 at the Baronet and Paramount
Theatres.
Set against a background of professional
baseball, the Rosenfield/ ANJA Films production
was directed by John Hancock and
stars Michael Moriarty, Robert De Niro.
Vincent Gardenia and Heather MacRae.
•
"Gordon's War" starts its world premiere
run Wednesday (8) at the National Theatre
and five other .select theatres in the metropolitan
area: the Victoria, 125th Street.
Manhattan; the Alden, Jamaica; Metropolitan,
Brooklyn; Calveron, Hempstead,
/.; L. and the State, Newark.
Os.sie Davis directed the Palomar Pictures
International production, which stius Paul
Winfield and was shot entirely in Harlem
and other areas throughout the city. The
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HI Anscombe, past chief barker. Variety
Club Tent 7, was shown in the Amherst
Senior Citizens Center, which is to be
buiit on Union Road near Main Street.
Anscombe now is interested in many Amherst
activities . . . Lockporfs famous old
newspaper, the Union Sun & Journal, which
dates back to 1921. has been purchased by
RHP Newspapers of Ithaca. Also included
in the purchase was the Tri-County News.
a weekly paper. The Union Sun & Journal
is
the sixth oldest paper in the state.
The Eastman Kodak Co. in Rochester has
announced a 34 per cent increase in net
profits the first during half of the year and
also has announced its new sound motion
picture system, which costs approximately
$595 for the fancier models with desirable
extra features.
William W. Irwin has been appointed
general manager of WGR and WGRQ. succeeding
Leon A. Lowenthal, who has been
transferred to Cincinnati to manage two
Taft Broadcasting stations there. Irwin has
been an account executive and general sales
manager at the station since 1936 . . .
••Dist. Atty. Michael F. Dillon has taken a
mature and sensible position on the Supreme
Court's obscenity ruling, saying that
he plans no 'flamboyant' crackdown on
pornography but will merely take 'full advantage'
of the new guidelines setting up
contemporary community standards,' " said
the Courier-Express editorially. "While
most Buffalonians are increasingly repelled
by the unbridled proliferation of material
unleased by the floodgates of 'utterly without
redeeming social value,' few of them
want to regress to the puritanical standards
of the 1930s," the editorial continued. "The
search now should be for the middleground.
pulling away from the rampant garbage now
pouring into many theatres and bookstores
but salvaging the 'new freedom' which made
possible films like 'Cabaret' and 'Midnight
Cowboy' and the availability of the works
of D. H. Lawrence. And, as the district
attorney sagely noted, an "overreaction' to
the court's decision probably would be
counter-productive, perhaps even causing
reversal of the decision. For purposes of
tactics alone, prudence is called for." the
editorial warned.
So successful have been the special Friday
midnight shows at Holiday 1 in Cheektowaga
that general manager Joseph P.
Garvey is continuing them. A recent bill
was "Two Thousand Maniacs." for which
he sold tickets in advance—and how the
boxoffice smiled! . . . 'Vincent F. Seale,
director of development for Channel 17.
has been named the executive vice-president
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Welles V. Moot jr.. who has been elected
board vice-chairman. In a brief orientation
session for the new board members. Nea!
DuBrock, executive producer, noted the
theatre's special role in the community.
William Abrams, manager of the
United
Artists e.xchange. invited exhibitors to a
screening in the operators' hall July 27 to
see "Electra Glide in Blue," starring Robert
Blake and Bill Bush.
Bruce F. Becker has been appointed by
Rochester's Eastman Kodak as coordinator
of special staff studies in the controller's
division of the finance and administration
division. Becker of Pittsford joined Kodak
in 1955.
This is the latest explosion by barkei
Mike Ellis, father of Mickey Ellis, past
chief barker of Variety Club Tent 7, as
published in the Evening News' "Everybody's
Column":
"Your Iamb stew,"
Said the glutton,
"Is really much
Ado about mutton."
Columbia Pictures' presentation of a
Metromedia Producers Corp. production,
"Let the Good Times Roll." opened
Wednesday (1) at the North Park and the
Boulevard and Seneca Mall cinemas. It is a
full-length feature recreating the '50s . . .
This city's own Bob Smith of "Howdy
Doody" fame will appear at the Erie County
Fair & Exposition Sunday and Monday (19.
20). The fair opens Friday (17) and continues
until Saturday (25).
Sue Huntz, secretary to Bill Hebert of
Frontier Amusement Corp. is resigning
September 3 and will be succeeded by Rose
Wagner.
Jacob Slefanon, owner of the Silver Lake
Drive-In. Perry, and chairman of the Sea
Serpent Festival in
that town, kicked off the
celebration with a big parade of more than
25 units. Twenty-two young women were in
the competition for festival queen. Jake appeared
on many radio stations in our town,
Rochester and Warsaw promoting the festival
... A "nice, peaceful crowd" of some
125.000 young persons gathered in Watkins
Glen for the Summer Jam (rock music)
Festival, while state police requested that
those who did not have tickets "stay away."
The festival started July 28. Troopers said
150.000 tickets had been sold and the event
was a sellout.
Casting is currently underway for "The
Legend of Stagolec."
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Hotel, lists officers and crew as follows:
James M. Ecker. chief barker; Ross
and George Werl, as well as past chief
barkers Nathan H. Kaufman. George Tice,
Bob Prince, Jack Van Lloyd and Edward
C. Boyle. Exhibitors and other members of
the motion picture industry are invited to
make application for membership.
Sam Fleishman is back on the job at the
Regent Square Theatre after surgery at
Montefiore Hospital. His sister-in-law Mrs.
Norman Fleishman was expected home
The Guild put in
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Cinemette made these managerial
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Frank Zuraw. Stanley; Roland Jiustini.
North Hills: Jerry Poro, South Hills Vil-
Harris, first assistant: Bert Sokol, second assistant:
Chester E. Walters, dough guy; Ben lage: Mike Doyle. Cinema 22. and Marie
Canter, property master, and crew members Cain. Hollywood, Continuing at the Squirrel
Paul Grossman, Gary Popkins. George Hill is Bernie Elinoff . . . Gary Goerk, former
Cinema 22 manager, is district super-
Stern. A. W. Stevenson. George Thomas
visor for Cinemette's five Monroeville thea-
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tres, including the two to be opened in a
few weeks ... Ed McGlone. who directed
the former RKO-SW circuit from this city,
continues with this firm in Cincinnati.
Reunion: Five generations of relatives
were in Hendersonville, N.C., for a get-together
with the 93-year-old mother of
George Tice, NATO head here, the youngest
being a one-year-old great-grandchild of
the exhibitor leader.
Beth Correnti is the new press agent for
the Playhouse, succeeding Sandy Mellen.
There will be no children's summer theatre
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Charles C. Sords of this city writes that
the puritanical always are the most vocal on
the matters of censorship, etc.. stating in
part, "I do not recall any law having been
passed against mediocrity. Were there such
a law, the cerebral capacities of many of
those blue-noses might well be subject to
indictment."
The Shadyside opens "Rainbow Bridge"
Wednesday (8) Lou Rothenstein, former
veteran Cambridge Springs exhibitor, is
. . .
employed by the Commonwealth as a school
inspector . . . The Gateway and Fulton featured
sneak previews during the July 28
weekend.
Jim Cawley was named by Associated
Associated Theatres and Daily Orange
Theatres as manager of the newly opened Pat Boone's special benefit show at the
Juice had a number of orange juice stands,
Cinema World complex on Route 51. Dave Holiday House raised $10,000 for the Variety
Center at St. Francis Hospital . . .
manned by children, throughout the Golden
Klickovich has succeeded him as manager
Triangle July 30, with all returns going to
of the Denis and Encore. Tom Bryant, "Couple Night" is Wednesday at the Parkway
Theatre, West Park, the admission be-
the Variety charities, particularly Camp Variety.
This circuit's Regent, Strand, Monroe,
downtown manager, is being assisted by
Steve Devenyi and Patricia Webber at the ing $2 ... A line or two was dropped
Eastland, McKnight, Denis and Forum, also
Gateway; Jim Worth and Ron Fehl at the in a recent issue and a picture was named
in a tie-up with Daily's and KDKA Radio,
Fulton, and Darcy Betl and Mary Jean as the Associated circuit's tenth anniversary
showed "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate
Kronz at the Fiesta. Managers include offering but it was just the tenth anniversary
Factory" Wednesday and Thursday (1, 2) at
Joanie Heyman at the Manor; Mickey of the Forum in Squirrel Hill.
no admission but a voluntary contribution
Noakes. Strand; Ray Crider. Monroe; Don
was expected—'a nickel, d'me, quarter, anything—this
also going to the Camp Variety.
ago in Philadelphia, a retired veteran with
Jack Minsky, 85. who died several weeks
Lucas. Regent, and Dave Matter. Bellevue.
Paul Simendinger. supervisor of Associated's
SWT. was the father of former local fihn
indoor theatres, announced these appointments.
salesman and now film producer Howard
Minsky; Ted Minsky, Pacific Theatres film
buyer, and Mrs. Harold Marshall.
"The Cheerleaders" was on screen at the
Mini .
Stanley showed "Super Fly
T.N.T." . . . Variety Tent 1 held a July 31
noon luncheon for Bernie Casey and Jack
Twyman. with local sports figures in attendance
... The Shadyside and Whitehall
showed "The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing,"
along with 15 area theatres ... "Deep
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Nine theatres participated in the initial
showing hereabouts of "Godspell"
American International Pictures' "Heavy
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Stanley has on screen "Cleopatra
Jones" "Romeo and Juliet."
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States Marshal" and "Emperior of the
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WASHINGTON
2^orton G. Thalhimer jr., president of
Neighborhood Theatres, who was elected
president of NATO of Virginia, will preside
at the Mid-Atlantic NATO convention
next year when it convenes again at the
Homestead in Hot Springs, Va. Paul Roth.
Roth Theatres president, the outgoing president
of NATO of Virginia, became chairman
of the board. Wade Pearson. Neighborhood
Theatres Northern division manager.
is highly pleased with the splendid programs
and cooperation of everyone. Speakers at
the recent Mid-Atlantic NATO confab included
Roy White, president of national
NATO; James Velde. United Artists vicepresident:
Barbara Scott. MPAA. and Martin
Newman. NATO attorney. Among the
tournament winners were: Mrs. Ross Wheeler,
Wheeler Films, ladies' golf: Leonard
Gordon. Gordon Enterprises. Newport
News, low gross, and C. P. Freeman. ABC
Southeastern Theatres of Charlotte. low net.
Edward Sniderman, Philadelphia-based
division manager, RKO-Stanley Warner,
has had his duties expanded to include the
exchange here since Jerry Baker resigned.
Rodney Collier continues as district manager,
according to Claude Land. RKO-SW
Keith's house manager.
Don Sehain, partner in Derio Productions,
was here from the West Coast with
David Horowitz of Solters/Sabinson/Roskin.
Los Angeles, Wednesday through Friday
(1-3). He is particularly interested in
legislation being considered by Sen. Alan
Cranston's Senate Judiciary Committee
dealing a with revision of the Criminal
Code, specifically proposals regarding obscenity
and pornography in
films.
Peter Boyko, locally based president of
Capital Film Laboratories, was re-elected
president at the company's annual meeting
July 20. Other officers re-elected were: F.
Elwood Davis, chairman of the board;
Robert G. Crane, executive vice-president;
William N. Brooks, vice-president and assistant
secretary; James D. Caron, vice-president,
and Betty L. vSeabolt. treasurer. Capital
Film, a motion picture laboratory, operates
.Super 8 here and has a facility in
Miami, Fla. It is publicly held and its slock
is traded in the over-the-counter market.
Uonna Littman, National General branch
manager, invited exhibitors to a tradescreening
of "Maurie" at MPAA Friday (3).
Sandy Howard, producer-director of "The
Neptune Factor." which is on screen in
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how eels, seahorses and kissing-fish were
trained to provide "good old-fashioned entertainment."
The science/ fact/ fiction motion
picture was partly financed by the
Canadian Film Development Corp.
Jacqueline Susann, author of the best-selling
novel "Once Is Not Enough." while
passing through on a promotional tour, said
Paramount has bought the filming rights to
her book and added that the orgy scene
"isn't prurient." She believes the U.S. Supreme
Court has "opened up a can of
worms."
Louis Nizer, MPAA lawyer, besides being
an illustrious New York trial attorney, has
gone forward as an artist. He had his first
one-man show, starting July 24 at Hammer
Galleries in New York, which featured
colorful still-life and scenes from continental
Europe's resorts.
BALTIMORE
Oobert Levine, Philadelphia-based National
Screen Service branch manager, visited
exhibitors in this area July 24-26. according
to Leon B. Back, general manager of Rome
Theatres and president of NATO of Maryland.
Levine was busy marketing Christmas
trailers, advertising books, etc. . . . Sam
Bisesi. manager of Rome's Broadway Theatre,
returned from a week's vacation
Wednesday (1).
Irwin Cohen, head of R/C Theatres, and
Mrs. Cohen returned from the Homestead
in Hot Springs. Va.. July 25. where they
had attended the Mid-Atliintic NATO convention
. . . Fred Sullivan. R/C City manager
in Fredericksburg. Va.. currently is on
vacation.
John Nethen, secretary-treasurer, Claude
Neon Signs, returned to work July 30 after
successful minor chest surgery at Sinai Hospital.
Approximately 125 members, guests and
friends attended the installation-of-officers
luncheon and auction held by Women's Variety
Club Tent 19 held at the Summit
Country Club. The group made a net profit
of $500. which was turned over to the fund
for the purchase of Sunshine Coaches for
disabled children. Starting at 1 1 a.m.. the
affair began with luncheon, followed by
the installation of the following 1973-74
officers: president, Charlotte Snyder; first
vice-president. Ruth Seidman; second vicepresident.
Helen Jacobs: recording secretary.
Bcrnice Cohen: financial secretary. Dorothy
Wiseman: corresponding secretary. Jane
Rothschild, and treasurer. Rosa Schevker.
The auction followed, with varied and interesting
items contributed by over 100 business
people and members of Women of
Variety. It was a fabulous time for those
who combined bargains with charity. There
wltc beautiful and functional things galore
to he hill on and purchased. The hard-working
committee responsible for this very successful
event were: chairman, Edith Garfink
(member of the board of Woman of Variety),
and her co-chairmen Rosa Schevker and
Mrs. Charles Snyder.
Mike Phillips, salesman, who started several
months ago with the local NTS branch
and whose father Dean is vice-president of
NTS. with offices in New York, has been
transferred to Dallas, where he also will be
a salesman in the NTS office. A successor
has not yet been appointed in the local
office.
Robert Rappaport, Rappaport Theatres,
reports that his new triplex in Glen Bumie.
the Ritchie III cinemas, will make their bow
in October. Rappaport says. "There will be
1.100 seats altogether. Ballantyne equipment
the booth, seats by American Seating Co..
in
Monarch carpeting, one lobby, one boxoffice
and the projection will be automated.
A good friend apparently is not hard to
find, where Roland Bruscup. president.
MPMO Local 18L is concerned. When he
leaves his post as projectionist at the Playhouse
Theatre (Schwaber World-Fare Theatres)
for his vacation. Walter Rohoblt will
immediately step in to pinch-hit for him
while he's away with Mrs. Bruscup. Walter
is general relief boothman for numerous
exhibitors in this area and also is on the
executive board of MPMO Local 181.
Hybla Valley Duo Is
Opened by Showcase
RICHMOND. VA.—Showcase Theatres'
Hybla Valley Twin was opened Wednesday,
July 25. in Fairfax County. Va, Equipment
for the dualer was installed by George F.
Eitel, Baltimore branch manager, National
Theatre Supply Co.
Each auditorium has 400 seats and the
booth features a Christie platter .system.
Simplex projectors and Christie xenon
lamphouses.
Wilder Will Continue X
Films in Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS. VA.—Sidney
Bowden,
vice-president of Wilder Amusements.
Norfolk. Va.. owners of the Warwick Theatre
on Washington .Avenue here, announced
that the movie house will continue to exhibit
X-rated films. He said executives of
the company had not seen a copy of the
U.S. Supreme Court decision dealing with
obscenity and would adopt a wait-and-see
attitude until they had a chance to study it.
Bowden pointed out that Wilder Amusements
never has shown what is categorized
as "hard-core" films and that their policies
have followed Virginia guidelines, which he
said were among the strictest in the nation.
Holiday Cinema Under Way
BRI.STOL. V.A.—Construction has begun
on thj $100,000 Holiday Cinema, located
in the Parkway Plaza .Shopping Center on
Volunteer Parkway. To be owned and oivrated
by I'oni Curlin. the 300-seater is lentaliveU'
slated tn open Kiter this month.
BOXOFFICE :: August 6, 1973

NEWS
Peck Prior President
Of Vidlronics Co.
HOLLYWOOD— Peck Prior has been
named president and chief operating officer
of the Vidtronics Co., Hollywood-headquartered
videotape, production, post-production
and distribution company, it was
announced by Harold Goldman, chairman
of the board and chief executive officer.
Goldman said that Prior's appointment was
in line with Vidtronic's current expansion
program.
Formerly president of VPI, a company
founded in 1963 which became the largest
commercial producer in the world. Prior
most recently headed Peck Prior Associates,
a commercial distribution and production
company. Earlier he served as vice-president
and general manager of Don Fedderson
Productions in Hollywood.
He also was vice-president in charge of
programing and production for Campbell
Ewald in California and director of production
for Chevrolet at Campbell Ewald,
New York. He was a film producer at
Young & Rubicam and McCann Erickson.
WOMPI Club Holds First
Business Session of Term
HOLLYWOOD — The
Hollywood/ Los
Angeles WOMPIs held their first business
meeting of the new term Tuesday, July 24,
with president Mrs. Susan Gottlieb presiding.
First order of business was the election
of a delegate and two alternate delegates
to the annual WOMPI International convention
to be held in Kansas City September
6-9. President Gottlieb automatically is
The new officers and board of directors
were introduced to the membership and
reports were given by each chairman of
the various upcoming activities of her specific
committee. President Gottlieb announced
that WOMPI was assisting the
d Office—6425 Hollywood Blvd.. 465-nShi
Permanent Charities Committee in its annual
drive and that, for the first time,
there is a women's auxiliary for PCC.
Mrs. Gottlieb also has announced the
appointment of the following members to
chair standing committees: community service,
Mrs. Lili Beaudin (20th-Fox); industry
service, Mrs. Jane Statham (MGM); waysand-means.
Mrs. LaVinia White (Sign Products);
publicity associate. Miss Shirley Hollingsworth
(Abajian Associates) and Mrs.
Elena K. Vassar (20th-Fox); bulletin. Miss
Shirley Lutes (20th-Fox); bylaws. Miss
Iris Ross (20th-Fox), and Will Rogers Hospital,
Miss Sylvia Filipas (MGM).
Mrs. Marjorie Karl of 20th-Fox, first
vice-president, also serves as program chairman,
while Miss Evelyn Gordon, second
vice-president, also of 20th-Fox, serves as
membership chairman.
Over half the entire membership of the
Hollywood/ Los Angeles WOMPI Club is
from MGM and 20th-Fox. Membership
chairman Gordon is working toward higher
representation from the other studios and.
in this connection, is assisting in the planning
of a "meet-and-greet" champagne party
this month to introduce prospective new
members.
Tronsvue Planning Sept. 1
Move to Larger Quarters
HOLLYWOOD— Herbert B. Schlosberg.
president of Transvue Pictures Corp.. announced
that the company will be moving
to larger quarters, effective September
1. Transvue will be located in Suite 909.
Certified Life Tower, 14724 Ventura Blvd..
.Sherman Oaks, CaliL 91403.
Following receipt of reports of the circulation
of unofficial prints of "Rainbow
the while the second delegate
first delegate, Bridge," the Jimi Hendrix starrer, Schlosberg
emphasizes that Transvue is the sole
is Miss Iris Ross (20th-Fox). Alter-
nates are Miss Evelyn Gordon (20th-Fox) and exclusive theatrical distributor of the
and Miss Elizabeth Cianfarani (MGM). motion picture in all widths, including
Eleven new members were accepted 16mm prints.
into
the club: Gerda Steinkuhler (20th-Fox);
Valeria Davidson, Lydua Telo, Arline
Movie House in Palo Alto
Thompson. Sydell Klab and Dorothy Klinger,
all of 20th-Fox; Frances Grant of Is Sold for $175,000
King International; Grace O'Donnell, PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Richard T.
MGM; May Hoffman, Motion Picture & Pecry and John Arrillaga, both of Palo Alto,
Television Fund; Cheryal Kearney, freelance
have purchased the Standard Theatre, 211
set decorator, and Lillian Korobow, University Ave., from the Arkush family
retired from MGM.
of Costa Mesa and Hillsborough, Calif. The
acquisition price was reported to be $175,-
000.
Peery and Arrillaga have not disclosed
plans for the theatre. The movie house had
been leased to National General Corp.. with
a 1974 expiration date.
PRODUCTION
CENTER
Larger House Needed
For AIP's 'Dillinger'
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF —Tremendous
audience response to "Dillinger" and
a first in exhibitor-distributor cooperation
resulted in American International Pictures
moving its new gangster hit Wednesday (1)
from General Cinema's 424-seat Avco Cinema
Center Theatre to United Artists' 650-
seat Cinema Theatre, also in Westwood.
Arthur Sibler, an executive for General
Cinema, in approving the moveover, stated
he realized the boxoffice potential of "Dillinger,"
based on the excellent results in
the Avco Cinema Center Theatre, and believes
the move will be beneficial to AIP.
In a further demonstration of cooperation
General Cinema will continue to help advertise
"Dillinger." not only by crossplugging
it with teaser trailers in its 40
theatres throughout Southern California,
but will plug "Dillinger" on the marquee of
its Avco Westwood Theatre by saying it
now is playing at the UA Cinema Center.
Sibler stressed that cross-plugging eventually
will enhance engagements of "Dillinger"
when the film is shown in other General
Cinema houses at the time of its multiple
opening.
Leon P. Blender, AIP's executive vicepresident
in charge of sales and distribution,
pleased with General Cinema's allout cooperation,
said, "United efforts between
exhibitors and distributors along these lines
certainly will
point the way toward progress
that will benefit the entire industry as well
as the moviegoing public. We are delighted
to see such cooperation and we hope it
spreads."
Warren Oates stars in the title role in
"Dillinger." Other stellar roles are enacted
by Academy Award winners Ben Johnson
and Cloris Leachman and newcomer Michelle
Phillips. It was written and directed
by John Milius and produced by Buzz
Feitshans. Executive producers were Samuel
Z. Arkoff and Lawrence A. Gordon.
$3,000 Cash Taken by 3
Men at Waialae Ozoner
HONOLULU— Three men robbed the
boxoffice of the Waialae Drive-In on a
recent weekend and drove away with approximately
$3,000 in cash. Driving up to
the ticket office, one of the men pointed
a gun at the cashier and demanded the
night's
receipts.
BOXOFFICE :: August 6, 1973 W-l

Hollywood
THE NATIONAL BOARD of directors of
the Screen Actors Guild has elected
nominating committees for the annual election
of officers and members of the board
of directors. By September 1 the committees
must file their nominating reports. Another
method of being nominated is to file a nominating
petition signed by 35 members in
good standing. Such petitions must be filed
wiht the recording secretary not later than
September 20.
Cloris Leachman, who stars as the Lady
in Red in American International Pictures'
"Diilinger," was seen on NBC-TVs "The
Tonight Show" Wednesday. July 25. discussing
the film. Michelle Phillips, another
"Diilinger" star, was simultaneously on "The
Merv Griffin Show" on Channel 1 1 here.
*
Harry Belafonte opened at Universal's
outdoor Amphitheatre Sunday (5). Joining
him in concert is South African singer Letta
Mbula and guitarist Sivuca. Following Belafonte
will be the Carpenters, War. the Fifth
Dimension and Blood, Sweat & Tears and
Bette Midler.
*
Producer Monroe Sachson and actress
Pam Grier will be filmed by TV News. Inc.,
separately, discussing "New Trends and
New Personalities on the Screen." Interviews
will be supolied to various TV stations
throughout the U. S. and on tape and film
to 86 other countries through Visnews in
Europe.
•
Susan Schocnfeld, coordinator of the
California Center of Films for Children,
at represented the center the Moscow Film
Festival and general assembly of the International
Center of Films for Children. She
is investigating children's films for possible
inclusion in the fourth International Children's
Film Festival to take place here
September 22-October 13.
*
The achievements of veteran producerdirector
Mervyn LeRoy have been praised
in the U.S. House of Representatives by the
Hon. Thomas M. Rees (D-Calif.).
•
The Film Society will present the fifth
program in a major retrospective tribute to
American Vincente Minnelli and Stanley
Donen Wednesday and Thursday (8. 9) at
the Theatre Vanguard, 9014 Melrose Ave.,
Hollywood. This program includes "Bedazzles,"
directed by Donen (1967), and
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For tickets one should write to the Film
Society, P.O. Box 69673, Hollywood, Calif.
90069.
•
Peter Dunne has been appointed director
of development for Spelling/ Goldberg Productions,
it was announced by Aaron Spelling
and Leonard Goldberg. He formerly
was associate producer of the company's
"Movie of the Week."
•
William O'Driscoll has joined the staff of
Central Casting Corp. as casting director,
it was announced by Billy H. Hunt, CCC
president. Central Casting is a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Ass'n of Motion Picture
and Television Producers.
•
Leonard Forman, vice-president of Simon
& Schuster, Pocket Books Division, announced
the acquisition of paperback rights
to "Papillon," the best-seller by Henri Charriere.
A softcover will be published at the
end of this year in conjunction with the
theatrical release of the film.
•
The Oslo Philharmonic will perform for
the first time in Los Angeles at Royce Hall.
UCLA, March 1, 1974.
•
Steve Allen was master of ceremonies for
the Athletes Hall of Fame Monday, July
30, at the California Museum of Science
& Industry.
•
The annual Directors Guild of America
day at Disneyland has been set for September
15. Special family discount tickets are
available to guild members at DGA headquarters.
Woody Herman and his orchestra
will be showcasing at Disneyland Sunday
(12) through Saturday (25). At the same
time Bill Medley will be on Disneyland's
Tomorrowland stage.
•
Gus Productions has been elected to
membership in the Ass'n of Motion Picture
and Television Producers. Alan J. Pakula
is president of Gus.
•
Peter Ustinov is in Scotland to direct a
new version of the opera "Don Giovanni,"
to premiere at the Edinburgh Festival in
l.ate August and September.
•
The New York City Ballet returns to
the Greek Theatre Monday (13) after a
nine- year absence from the West Coast.
The program is being choreographed by
George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and
John Taras.
*
"The Tamarind Seed," a Blake Edwards
film currently shooting in London, will
have a paperback edition published early
in '74 to coincide with the release of the
feature. The hardcover edition was published
by Coward-McCann-Gahagan.
Pussycat Closing Decried
By San Jose Moviegoer
S.A.N JOSE, CALIF.—A reader of the
San Jose News, John D. Lytle, in a letter
to the editor commented on official action
against the Pussycat Theatre here, calling
it "a ludicrous attack on victimless crime."
Said Lytle: "Here we go again! Judge
Bruno is locking the doors of the Pussycat
Theatre and the exploits of Linda Lovelace
will be lost forever to the people of
San Jose. And if the 'Red Light Abatement
Act' (enacted about the time the kind
judge was born) weren't handy to the purpose,
one can be sure that the theatre
could certainly be found in violation of
some fire safety ordinance or a similar
available catch-all.
"Having seen the movie myself, I would
be the first to admit that it probably won't
be nominated for an Academy Award.
"Deep Throat' has not been playing at a
financial loss to the proprietors due to
meager attendance for the many weeks it
has been showing. What's all this stuff
about contemporary community standards?
All those thousands of people are coming
from somewhere! And as for improper
conduct on the part of the patrons being
offensive, I can recall the same sort of
thing occurring in the rear of the theatre
during 'The Ten Commandments' during
the early '60s.
"In a serious vein, I have been fondly
hoping that it might be possible to rear my
children in a sexually healthy society, free
from the hangups that have characterized
this country as a sensual desert since its
earliest days. Judge Bruno's actions and
similar ones by other 'civic leaders' remind
me that I am dreaming.
"In a time when life in our society is
becoming frighteningly complex, it is especially
important that our justice system
be simplified and streamlined lest it collapse
altogether. 'Victimless crime' statutes
such as the ludicrous 'Red Light Abatement
Act' have no place in such an enlightened
body of law."
SAN FRANCISCO
goots Rule has been appointed media m;inager
for Jack Wodcll Associates' office
here, it was announced by Nancy Thomsen,
JWA media director. Ms. Rule succeeds
Terry Zach. who has resigned to go
into private business. It also was announced
that Michelle Marquart has been added to
the JWA media staff as a media buyer.
Theatre Sign Approved
ISCONOIDO, CAl II".—The city council,
by a 4-1 vote, has agreed to grant a
"compromi.se variance" to Beneficial Standard
Properties for a 210-square-foot freestanding
sign for the proposed Cinema 1
and 2 in the Escandido Village Mall. The
firm had appealed from the planning commission's
denial of a request to install a
270-square-foot sign in the mall parking
lot
area.
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LOS ANGELES^Robust percentages
popped up all up and down the LA Barometer
listings, as business reports flowed
in from area theatres, but the heartiest percentage
of all again went to "A Touch of
Class," 915 in a fourth week at Avco Cine
ma Center 3. "Blume in Love" attracted
much public support and garnered an excellent
345 fifth week on the Bruin screen
Also attaining the 300 class were such reli
ables as "Paper Moon," "Last Tango ii
Paris" and "The Devil in Miss Jones,
while newcomer "Jesus Christ Superstar'
just missed the 300 level with 290 at ABC
Century City 2 and Hollywood Pacific. Another
new picture. "Dillinger." ranked close
to this group with 280 at Avco Cinema
Center 2 and Pantages.
(Average Is 100)
ABC Century City Emperor 1
of the North
(20th-Fox), 4th wk 130
ABC Century City 2, Hollywood Pacific
Jesus Christ Superstar (Univ) 290
Avco Cinema Center 1, Hollywood Cinema
40 Corots (Col), 4th wk 100
Avco Cinemo Center 2, Pantages Dillinger
(AlP) 280
Avco Cinema Center 3 A Touch of Class (Emb),
ega—The Devil
Happened in Hollywood (SR),
12th
Cinerama Dome- ^tiie boy of the Jackal (Univ
10th wk
Crest O Lucky Man (WB), 4th wk I7C
Egyptian 3 ShoH in Africo (MGM) IlC
Fine Arts Lost Tango in Poris (UA), 1 9th wk. . 30C
Four theatres The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
(Univ
Fox
2nd
Doll's House (Para), 4th wk.
National— The Lost ot Sheilo (WB) 5th wk.
New Pix— SuDcr Fly T. N. T. (Para), 2nd wk.
Plaza—The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Paro) .
UA Cinema Center Godspell (Col), 9th wk
UA Cmema 1
Center 2 State of Siege (SR),
10th .105
UA Cinema Center 3 Love and Poin (a
Whole Domn Thing) (Col), 5th wk 120
UA Westwood The Man Who Loved Cot Doncing
i(MGM), 4th wk 195
Village Paper Moon (Para), 6th wk 300
Tom Sawyer' Three Times
Average in Denver 5th
DENVER—Of the available grossing percentages,
300 ruled supreme and six films
grossed in the 200s. "Tom Sawyer," fifth
week at the Continental, outlegged all rivals
to claim that 300 top figure, while 250
represented the peak efforts of three runners-up:
"A Touch of Class," "Paper Moon"
and "The Day of the Jackal."
Aloddin Lost Tongo in Paris (UA), 13th wk. ..200
Center Cohill, United Stotes Marshal (WB),
3rd wk 100
Century 21 Scarecrow (WB), 5th wk 210
Cherry Creek, Villo Italia Paper Moon (Pora) . .250
Colorado 1, 2 The Doy of the Jackal (Univ),
4th wk 250
Colorado 3 The Man Who Loved Cot Dancing
(MGM), 4th wk Not Avoiloble
Continental Tom Sawyer (UA), 5th wk 300
Cooper Jesus Christ Superstor (Univ), 4th wk. ..185
Crest A Worm December (NGP), 5th wk 100
Denham Deep Thrust—The Hond of Death
(AlP), 2nd wk 65
Denver 1, Lakeside, Village Square Live and
Let Die (UA), 4th wk 150
Denver 2 Scream, Bloculo, Screom (AlP) 225
Esquire A Touch of Class (Emb), 4th wk 250
Five theotres The Daring Dobermans (SR) ....135
Five theatres Showdown (Univ) Not Available
Flick Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me
(Col), 2nd wk 125
Monaco Shaft in Africo (MGM),
2nd wk Not Available
Paramount The Chinese Connection (NGP),
2nd wk 95
LOS ANGELES
^merican International's "Heavy Traffic"
has been booked to open a special engagement
Friday (10) at the United Artists
Westwood, Pacific's Vine and Pacific's
South Gate Drive-In. "Heavy Traffic" is a
blending of animation and live action with
a story of human characters and emotions
set in live backgrounds using an unprecedented
merging of surrealism and realism.
Producer Robert Radnitz will visit London,
Paris and Rome in behalf of "Sounder"
after attending the out-of-competiiton showing
of the Radnitz/ Mattel picture at the
Moscow Film Festival. He will promote the
European openings of the 20th-Fox release.
Universal's "American Graffiti," a Lucasfilm/Coppola
Co. production, opened an e.xclusive
first-run Los Angeles engagement
Wednesday (1) at the Avco Cinema Center
3 in the Westwood area.
The 20th-Fox release of the late James
H. Nicholson's Academy Pictures production
"Legend of Hell House," a drama of
psychic warfare in an English mansion possessed
by "supernormal" forces, opened July
25 in multiple-theatre bookings throughout
the Los Angeles area.
Roger Cornian, president of New World
Pictures, announced that Ingmar Bergman's
"Cries and Whispers" has passed the
$2,000,000 mark in domestic film rentals,
making the picture the most successful in
Bergman's career. He also announced that
Films, Inc.. will be handling the nontheatrical
distribution of the film after putting up
the largest cash advance in that company's
history.
Jerry Fairbanks, president of the Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce, announced
that the contract for the restoration of the
Hollywood sign has been awarded to Neon
Products Signs. Facelifting began Wednesday
(1) and is expected to take five or six
weeks . . . "Jacques Brel Is Alive & Well
& Living in Paris" is returning to Los Angeles
Tuesday (7) for a limited four-week engagement
at the new Classic, formerly the
Classic Cat, 8844 Sunset.
Owner, Manager Arrested
At Tucson's Cine Plaza
TUCSON. ARIZ.—William B. Stidham.
president of Cinema Corp. of America,
owner of the Cine Plaza, and John A.
Jacobs, manager of the "adult theatre for
the discriminating," have been arrested on
charges of "interstate transportation of obscene
material." Both were freed on bond
pending arraignment before U.S. Magistrate
Raymond T. Terlizzi.
The film in question, "Deep Throat,"
continues on screen at the Cine Plaza, located
at 318 Congress. Judge Terlizzi had
ruled June 13 that, after a second print of
the movie was ordered seized for evidence,
"the film probably is obscene under legal
guidelines."
The Cine Plaza is the one-time showplace
of the Southwest, the former Paramount
Theatre. It was renamed Cine Plaza
after a short run as a Spanish-language
house.
Adult House to Stay Open
CALDWELL, IDA.—Bob Loya, who
took over the management of the Top
Theatre from Joe and Betty Osco early last
month, said the adult movie house would
"definitely stay open" despite the new Idaho
anti-obscenity law which went into effect
July I. He indicated that he felt the existence
of a well-patronized "triple-X" movie
house such as the Top shows that it is
part of the community standards, inasmuch
as no effort ever had been made "to offend
anyone through blatant advertising or display."
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Lippert Is Confident
Of Industry Uptrend
DENVER—Denver Post film columnist
and critic Barry Morrison, in a feature
headlined "Theatres Go Up While Production
Slips," commented on the fact that a
first run in this city was closing because
of slipping patronage. Portions of his
comprehensive column follow;
One of those questions that's hard to
answer: "Why, when film production is
nearly at an all-time low. are new theatres
being built at an unprecedented rate?"
Looking at it from the local level, five
years ago there were approximately 40
movie screens in Denver. Now, there are 79
in the metropolitan area. And five more
will appear later this year. This doesn't
take into consideration the dozen so-called
pornographic houses, because they do not
compete for the same films.
At the same time this expansion is taking
place, the Towne Theatre, 1530 Welton St.,
downtown, closed its doors after trying
everything short of giving tickets away to
bolster its boxoffice.
Continuing to build theatres to meet
markets in the burgeoning suburbs might
be a fine idea but where do you get the
film product to put on the screen without
reverting to playing something that's been
seen on TV? There are a few answers,
some of them slightly encouraging.
Robert H. Lippert, a man of vast theatrical
knowledge, was in Denver recently
for the opening of his newest film house,
what is known in the trade as a "four-top,"
the Colorado 4 Cinema. He also operates
the Brentwood Cinema, also a four-top.
Lippert is recognized as the inventor of
the multitheatre under one roof. Advantages
of such an operation are several, including
economy of operation by needing only one
staff for all auditoriums. Lippert owns 112
theatres, mostly in California. It is Lipperfs
contention that the current theatre-building
boom has crested and will slow down,
perhaps even stop. "The only reason I
built Colorado 4 Cinema was because of
the heavy population in that area. It seemed
to me that the area was really in need of
one more unit."
In answer to where the product was coming
from, Lippert had two answers. "For
one thing, more outside industry is getting
into the picture business. One of the most
recent examples of that is Faberge, the
cosmetics firm, which has financed the
comedy "A Touch of Class."
Lippert also said that there is a plan be-
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we could help, he said. Lippert estimated
that, of the present 52 film-showing weeks,
worthy products are being shown 46 weeks.
Running films longer, according to Tom
Smiley, president and general manager of
Wolfberg Theatres, is just a new way of
doing business. While Smiley agreed with
Lippert that theatre building probably
would slow within the next 12 months, he
said the emphasis on film product is being
placed more on quality than on quantity,
because audiences seem to indicate they
would rather see one good film, even several
times, than view several of lesser quality.
"This is even proving out in the driveins,"
Smiley said. "We formerly played a
good picture off in seven days. And now
it is not unusual to play one for up to 21
days."
Smiley noted that in the Wolfberg Paramount
a year ago, two films, "Dirty Harry"
and "The French Connection," played 25
weeks. "When films hold up that long
you don't need so much product," Smiley
continued. He said the new film outlook
should be improved by a constant flow of
independent product. Smiley thinks that
outside industry or conglomerates are either
getting into the filmmaking business or are
thinking about it.
As to exhibitors getting into the filmmaking
business, Smiley was doubtful. He
also said that such a move would have to
be approached carefully so as to be sure
not to violate the federal consent decree of
some years ago which separated theatre
circuits from film studios.
Bernalillo County Plans
Tough Obscenity Measure
ALBUQUERQUE — Bernalillo County
(Albuquerque) Commission Chairman
James "Corky" Morris said here that he
and the board hopes to proceed shortly
with plans for a tough new obscenity ordinance.
His statement came after Dave Norvell,
New Mexico attorney general, said
July 26 that the county can make a pornography
ordinance applying only to adults.
The state attorney general said, in his
opinion, the county or any other body in
the state cannot make ordinances applying
to minors, since the legislature passed
one which went into effect July 1 that ruled
against alleged pornographic materials
"harmful to minors." The state law had no
mention in it of adults and was intended
for children under age 18.
Morris' proposed county ordinance,
originally .scheduled for a final public hearing
Tuesday (7), applies to both minors
and adults.
"There is a possibility that we may have
to postpone the hearing in order to obtain
time to revise it," Morris said.
Morris stated that he has received approximately
50 cards and letters favoring
the ordinance and only two against it.
300-Car Lamar Ozoner
Opened by Evergreen
LAMAR, COLO.—Evergreen Theatres
of Colorado, headquartered in Loveland,
Colo., recently opened a new 300-car
ozoner on Highway 50 on the western edge
of Lamar. Named the Arrow Drive-In, the
theatre is operated by Vern Peterson and
John Lindsay and will operate on a twochange-a-week,
split-week policy.
Evergreen also operates theatres in Ogallala.
Neb., and Loveland, Colo., in addition
to the Lamar facility.
DENVER
por the second time in the past year, Jay
O'Malin and the O'Malin Organization
has moved into different quarters. Increased
business and an increase in staff personnel
necessitated larger quarters. The O'Malin
Organization is now located in Suite 409
in the Lincoln Towers Building and the
telephone number remains the same—(303)
573-0271.
In town to set datings were Paul Cory,
Fox Theatre, Sterling; Dick Klein, Trojan
Theatre, Longmont; Don Monson and his
daughter from the Ute Theatre, Rifle, and
Harold McCormick, Skyline Theatre, Canon
City.
Jack Marshall, managing director of the
Cooper Theatre, took a three-column, nineinch
ad in the Post for the current attraction,
"Jesus Christ Superstar." Marshall
said: "Should any person feel this picture
not worth the admission, we will cheerfully
give them a 'rain check' for a future movie."
The advertisement pointed to the excellent
reviews which have been given to the picture
and stressed its G rating.
ALBUQUERQUE
pour persons attending the Silver Dollar
Drive-In here during the last weekend
of July reported to police that someone
shooting a BB or pellet gun broke the rear
windows out of their cars as they left the
theatre. Police report that no one was apprehended.
On screen at the Silver Dollar
was "The Getaway."
Actor Sal Mineo has been set as guest
star for "Butterflies Are Free," the opening
production of the new season at the Little
Theatre. The play opens September 7 for
1 6 performances.
Three fires, one of which forced the evacuation
of the State Theatre here Monday,
July 23. were set in the house by hoodlums.
Two of the fires in the downtown theatre
were in seats and were extinguished by employees.
The third blaze, put out by the city
lire department, was reported about an hour
later in a theatre storage room. All three
blazes were listed by fire officials as minor,
however.
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HONOLULU
Qordon Raymond Andrade, in less than
four years with Royal Theatres of
Honolulu, has worked his way up from
ticket-taker to house manager. Andrade was
appointed manager of the Theatre at King's
Alley exactly a year after the 195-seater on
the third level of the King's Alley shopping
complex opened in Waikiki. .Andrade started
at the door of the New Royal Theatre, just
a block up from the Theatre at King's Alley,
in 1969. A year later, he was transferred
to the downtown King Theatre, where he
received most of his training as a manager
under city manager Al Silva's supervision.
A former Kalani High School and presently
a University of Hawaii student. Andrade
succeeds Patty Ann Tampos. coincidentally
originally from the downtown theatre, too.
Thelma Silva had been the interim manager
before the change was made. Barbara Mariano
is filling in as staff supervisor at the
New Royal during the absence of Jo Ann
Tavares, who flew to the West Coast on
special leave.
The downtown Hawaii is now showing
another of those popular Toei (Japan) sexploitation
productions. "Queen of the Turkish
Baths" (Toruko no Joo). It is doublebilled
with General Film's "The Room-
Mates." These Japanese pictures, released
locally on a frequent basis, already are
drawing heavy adults-only audiences. Even
with Tokyo's strict censor boards carefully
and watchfully limiting the presence of
sexual matters in filmed productions, these
films are literally and visually crammed with
juicy morsels without the hard-core. The restrictive
measures of the censor board,
therefore, unintentionally forced the makers
of "porno" films into a whole new area,
porno comedies in all shapes, sizes, forms,
with yards of nudity, crammed with slapstick,
sight gags and double-entendre situations
and dialogs.
Walt Disney Productions' "Paniolo (Hawaiian
for cowboy) will begin shooting on
"
the island of Kauai in the near future, with
a cast headed by James Garner and many
from Honolulu in supporting roles. Advance
crews already are checking out the various
location sites on the "Garden Isle," as the
green island is called. Of all the islands in
the Hawaiian chain, this island truly can
"Girls, Girls, Girls"; Columbia's "Sadie
Thompson," "Caine Mutiny" and "From
Here to Eternity"; MGM's "Pagan Love
•Song," and John Ford's "Donovan's Reef"
come to mind immediately, not to mention
the many TV productions that went on location
in Kauai.
Mark Lester (known mostly for his
starring
role in "Oliver!") is the star of "Little
Adventurer." a Toho (of Japan) production
filmed in England, Hong Kong and Japan.
Opening soon at the Toho Theatre, the picture
co-stars Chen Chen and Takako
Yamazoe.
SALT LAKE CITY
Leon Morris of the Starlight and Sunset
drive-ins in Pocatello was in town on business
. . . Bob Baker, Midwest purchasing
agent for Mann Theatres (formerly National
General Theatres), was in town on
business.
Frank Smith, manager of Highland
Drive-In Theatres, suffered a heart attack
and is now reported recuperating in St.
Marks Hospital. Industryites send best
wishes for a speedy recovery.
Gary Rushton, vice-president of finance.
Universal Theatre Supply, spent a week in
Los Angeles with his family, visiting such
places as Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm
and Universal
Studios.
Tony Rudman announces that Westates
Booking has moved its offices to a new location.
1243 East 2100 South. Suite 200, Salt
Lake City 84106.
First-run product was being shown on 38
screens in the metropolitan area. Twentynine-
conventional theatres and nine driveins
were participating in the runs. Twenty
different feature releases were set against
boast its claim as the "movie studio of the
each other in the booking. Thirteen of the
mid-Pacific." Production companies from
exclusive-run or
Hollywood, Asia and Europe have
"cranked" their cameras on Kauai in the
features were set on an
single-screen basis, while the balance of the
pictures were set in multiple or morc-than-
past years. Hal Wallis' "Blue Hawaii" and
one-screen basis.
operations approximately two years ago.
The Nikkatsu Co., after a major reorganization,
is now back in production with sex
films.
Mitsuyoshi Matsuda continues his position
with the new Pacific Motion Picture
Co., also acting as liaison between this
Honolulu company and Sho-Tokyo Gekijo
of Los Angeles, which distributes products
initially screened at the New Kokusai here.
Yoshinori Takamine heads the Los Angeles
office, while Hiroo Hirano is the general
manager of the Honolulu company.
Matsy Takabuki of Honolulu is the second
largest shareholder of this new organization,
while Muneo Kimura, the former
head of Kokusai (and one of the original
"benshi" of Hawaii, the off-stage narrator
of silent films), retains a small portion of
the new company's stock.
Hugie Nardoni, general manager, Sero
The New Kokusai's first-run pictures
Amusement, recently returned from a
Las Vegas.
come from the Toei Co. (Japan) and the
visit to his theatres in
weekly change of programs is augmented
Keith Pack, who recently retired from
by showing rereleases of Daiei products.
Recently, the Kokusai played a couple of
20th Century-Fox, was given a retirement
luncheon at the Towne House Athletic Club
Chinese-language kung fu/karate films.
and was warmly greeted by his many friends.
He was, at this time, presented with a nice
retirement gift.
New Management, Policy
At New Kokusai Theatre
HONOLULU—The New Kokusai Theatre
in downtown Honolulu, which opened
in 1964 as the exclusive outlet for the
Daiei (Japan) Motion Picture Co. productions,
now is operating under new management
and a new picture policy. Daiei
is one of the two major production/distributing
studios in Japan that suspended
Esquire Theatre Is Site
Of an Attempted Robbery
SALT LAKE CITY—A 21 -year-old
transient was charged Wednesday, July 25,
with attempted robbery in connection with
an incident at the Esquire Theatre, 228
South State St. Named in a complaint signed
before City Judge Maurice D. Jones was
Dennis Wayne Ware. Bail of $1,500 was
set by the judge and Ware remained in
the Salt Lake City-County jail.
When police answered the call Tuesday,
July 24, they found the theatre manager,
Howard Richards, holding a .32-caliber revolver
on a suspect, who was sitting on
his suitcase in front of the ticket booth.
According to Richards, he was standing
in the theatre lobby when he noticed a
man at the ticket window. He said he
couldn't hear what the man was saying to
the clerk, Dyanne Hayes, but he felt something
was wrong because of the clerk's
reaction.
Richards removed his pistol from behind
the candy counter and asked the man to
"move back against the wall." Richards
advi.sed the police the clerk told him the
man said: "Give me all your money."
Karl Heyl Fatally Shot
During Theatre Holdup
From Central Edition
CHICAGO-Karl E. Hcyl. 61, manager
of the Evergreen theatres 1 and 2, was fatally
shot during a robbery at the suburban
showhouse. Hey! was in his office when the
tragic incident occurred. One man was arrested
by Chicago police and a search continues
for a second suspect.
Heyl. who had been in theatre management
for 36 years, was general manager of
Standard Theatres until he took over the
management of the Evergreen properties.
He is survived by his wife Blanche; two
sons. Robert and Kurt, and a daughter, Mrs.
Jacqueline Milolalis.
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CHICAGO — "Cleopatra Jonos" repcatoii
its first week's 400 in a second frame at the
Roosevelt, easily maintaining its hold on this
area's top grossing spot. Tied at 350. thirdweek
"A Touch of Class" continued its successful
engagement at the Carnegie Theatre
and second-week "Dillinger" moved merrily
along at the State Lake Theatre.
(Average Is 100)
Cornegie— A Touch of Closs lEmb), 3rd wk.
. . .350
Chicago Jesus Christ Superstor [Univ) 275
Cinema Money, Money, Money (CRC) 150
Esquire 40 Carats (Col), 5th wk
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Qalvin/Farris/Ross Advertising Agency
has been appointed to handle promotion
and publicity for all Warner Bros, films
in the Kansas City-Des Moines-Omaha territories.
Dan Meyers, veteran advertising
executive, will supervise and handle the account,
with the assistance of Pete Renfrew
and Steve Hix. Advertising and publicity
materials are now available at the Galvin/
Farris/Ross agency.
Renfrow is presently assistant account
executive. He has been with the firm for
three years, is married and has two children.
Hix is a graduate from the Kansas University
School of Journalism. He is administrative
assistant to Meyers and a copywriter.
He is married.
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3:30 p.m. in the office of United National
Films Midwest, Inc.. and Robert Buscher.
booking and buying consultant, 1703 Wyandotte,
Suite 212, Kansas City.
This is your invitation to meet "Tony"
and his mother Nina, wish Steve a happy
birthday and welcome Bob and Shirley to
Filmrow. Come and have fun!
A WOMPI meeting concerning the upcoming
international convention September
6-9 at the Alameda Plaza Hotel was held
Monday evening. July 30. at the home of
Mary Hayslip. international convention
chairman. Plans for convention activities,
both business and social, are jelling. All
WOMPI members are urged to register on
or before Monday (20), at which time registration
closes.
Bev Miller, Mercury Film head, entered
Baptist Memorial Hospital Sunday, July 29,
for tests. He underwent surgery Tuesday.
July 31, for a bladder infection. Miller is
doing well in his convalescence, looking
forward to getting back on the job. Friends
and well-wishers might like to drop him a
card at Baptist Memorial, Room 509.
Richard Hill, Warner Bros, branch manager,
returned from a division meeting in
San Francisco.
Bill Rice, Midwest Films sales representative,
was in the Lincoln area making calls.
Charlene Ward, Thomas & Shipp Films,
is back at work after recuperating from an
injured arm. She says she has no plans of
giving up Softball, which she was playing
when the accident happened.
John Long, Warner Bros, salesman, vacationed
in Minnesota . Crandal,
National Screen Service warehouseman, returned
from a vacation with his wife Nancy.
William La Velle, Columbia Pictures
field exploiteer out of Dallas, was in Kansas
City last week, visiting old friends at Boxoffice
and on Filmrow.
Screenings at Commonvrealth: "The
Mackintosh Man" (WB). Tuesday. July 31.
and "Traffic" (Col) Wednesday (I). Warners
sneaked "O Lucky Man!" at the Fine
Arts Theatre Friday, July 27 ... At Petite
screening room: "Death Wheelers" (Scotia
Int'l). distributed by Midwest Films, Tuesday,
July 31.
United National will screen two films at
Commonwealth Thursday (9). They arc
Legend of Hillbilly John" (Jack Harris),
starting at 1:30 p.m., and "Run, Virgin.
Run." (IPC), starting at 2:50.
Films, Equipment Seized
At Motel in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY—A videotape player and
three cassette taf)es used to show sexually
oriented movies over television receivers
were seized at Sir Waighfs Court Motel,
10801 East U. S. 50, Raytown, Mo., after
police searched more than 1 1 hours. The
tapes were found in the 22-unit motel hehind
a false wall in the manager's living
quarters.
The films seized were titled ""The Last
Virgin." "The Hungry Hypnotist" and
"Diary of My Secret Life." Signs outside
the motel advertised it as an "X-rated adult
motel." A sign on the office wall indicates
persons must be 18 years of age to enter.
It stated: "Warning—this motel features X-
rated adult entertainment via closed circuit
TV."
Robert Frager. an assistant Jackson
County prosecutor who viewed the movies
and assisted police in the search, said four
were charged with misdemeanor offenses of
exhibiting obscene movies. Charged were
the motel manager. Richard Weisbech and
his wife Ruby, and two employees, Wanda
Sue Perkins and Marcia M. Adams. They
were arraigned before Judge Keith P.
Bondurant of the Jackson County Circuit
Court.
Marion P. Beeler. Raytown police chief,
said he would pursue every legal means
possible to halt the showing of X-rated
movies at the motel. He said individuals and
clubs had objected to the motel's film operation
since it opened about ten days ago.
Books August 16 Hearing
In KC Old Chelsea Case
KANSAS CITY—A hearing has been
scheduled for Thursday (16) in the Kansas
City Municipal Court to decide a case involving
two allegedly obscene films seized
July 25 in a raid at the Old Chelsea Theatre,
downtown adult film theatre. The films
taken were "Massage Anyone?" and "Hungry
Hypnotist."
Judge Thomas E. Sims of Municipal
Court, accompanied by vice squad policemen
and agents of the city liquor and
amusement control department, viewed the
films before the seizure.
Arrested and released on $100 bonds
were Edgar E. Herzmark. president of the
theatre firm, and Sue Robertson, an employee.
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business, with a total take for the week of
$192,059. The pictures are "Dillinger" at
the State Lake Theatre: "Slaughter's Big
Rip-Off at the Oriental; "Coffy" at the
McVickers; "Scream Blacula Scream" at the
Michael Todd, and "Little Cigars" at the
Monroe. Vic Bernstein, manager for AIP in
the Midwest, announced that "Dillinger"
will continue at the State Lake through
Thursday (30). It has been booked multiple
— in 40 theatres—starting Friday (31).
Bob Hudson of the Hudson Theatre.
Richmond. Ind.. was in town to check on
new product.
Now that Buena Vista has the combination
of "The Aristocats" and "Song of the
South" set for statewide bookings beginning
Friday (17) they can begin promotion for
"That Dam Cat." This film. too. will open
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Dave Schatz, president of Chicago Used
Chair Mart, reported they have refurbished
the chairs in the V&N Englewood Theatre,
63rd and Halsted Street. George Nicholopulous,
one of the firm's partners, serves as
manager of this reopened theatre, which has
undergone complete remodeling.
"And Hope to Die" was given a four-star
rating by Gene Siskal. movie critic for the
Tribune. This 20th Century-Fo.x film had a
short run at the Village Theatre with "The
Heartbreak Kid."
Donna Russo of Cinemation Industries
has been vacationing on the East Coast.
Larry Dieckhaus, MGM publicist, and his
assistant Ed Russell were joined by James
Brolin in press sessions in behalf of "Westworld."
The film opens outlying Friday
(17). Brolin's co-star. Richard Benjamin
(and his wife Paula Prentiss), are due here
Thursday (9) for further promotion of the
science-fiction
western.
JMG Film Co. is expanding its operations
to include Minneapolis. Virgil Jones, division
screen, opened for full action July 26.
"Mary Poppins." of one the features offered,
manager here, will head the activity in
is playing the
in conjunction
added territory . . .
with two
Reports from theatres
in Illinois drive-ins—the Robin and River
other area and Wisconsin on "The
Lane.
Student Teachers" are highly encouraging
A print
Moreno, general sales manager
of "Maurie" was screened by for New World Pictures, was here in connection
with fall and winter product.
National General Pictures for members of
ABC Great States Theatre. The film, to
open here in late summer, is the story of Jim MacMillan, Columbia Pictures publicist,
has been vacationing in Seattle and
athlete Maurice Stokes, who was struck
down in the prime of his pro basketball San Francisco . . . Paul Schober of Columbia
career. The screenplay was written by Douglas
Morrow and Daniel Mann was director. Pictures, Milwaukee operations, spent a
few days in the exchange office here.
Apache Films has set up a first run of
"Legend of Hillbilly John" throughout Chicagoland
starting Friday (31). The G-rated
movie stars Susan Strasberg. For Friday
(10) opening, Apache has lined up "Housewife,"
starring Jeannie Berlin (of "The
Heartbreak Kid") in Chicagoland theatres
7 is the date for a break of
"The Best of the New York Erotic Film
Festival."
Eddie Egan, who achieved fame in "The
French Connection," now has a role in
"Badge 373." which Friday (20) started a
run at the United Artists Theatre. Egan costars
with Robert Duvall, Verna Bloom and
Henry Darrow.
Warner Bros, publicist Frank Casey returned
from studio screenings with extra enthusiasm
for Lucille Ball's "Mame" and the
new Clint Eastwood film "Magnum Force."
Personal ads in the classified columns of
this city's four major daily newspapers invited
men who believed they resembled
Dillinger to compete for a $50 cash prize in
a contest held in front of the State Lake
Theatre in connection with the opening of
the movie "Dillinger." Dillinger was shot
fatally by FBI agents 39 years ago as he
exited from the Biograph Theatre on the
city's
north side.
There has been an aura of excitement
about National General's "Executive Action"
since reports were heard about the
CIA's alleged reluctance about the production,
with conjectures of formerly undisclosed
involvements in the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy. It is emphasized
that there are no specifics on any
level— just undefined reports. Robert Ryan
had completed his role in the motion picture
just prior to his death. NGP has made
definite plans to screen one of its newest
films. "Extreme Close-Up," written by Michael
Crichton, who authored "The Andromeda
Strain."
Cinemation Industries is one of the latest
film distributing companies to move to one
of the newer buildings which are dotting the
suburbs rapidly. Jack Eckhardt, in charge
of the Midwest exchange operations, said
they have taken space in the Tri-State
Towers, 9575 West Higgins Rd., Rosemont.
Donna Russo, who joined Cinemation as
secretary, is assisting Eckhardt in the
launching of some new movies, including
"The Sins of Betty Schaffer." "Detective
Geronimo," "Savage Abduction" and
"Hunchback," all of which are set for openings
in this city, Milwaukee and in Minneapolis
area theatres.
Dave Friedman, president of EVI Films,
said during a visit in the Gilbreth Film Co.
offices that his summer release combination
of "The Flesh and Blood Show" and "Bummer!"
has opened to
outstanding grosses in
situations in the state of Massachusetts.
Southern territory theatres and in Denver.
TTie Gilbreth company has lined up September
dates for these pictures on a multiple-release
basis.
When Bill Durante changed the Town
Underground Theatre program policy by
booking general-audience films, the first
feature selected was "The Family," starring
Charlie Bronson. This movie, which had
strong grossing power in its earlier showings
here and in Milwaukee exchange theatres,
is being rebooked in many of these
situations.
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MEMPHIS—"Jesus Christ Superstar"
and "Shaft in Africa," a pair of well patronized
holdovers, shared No. 1 business ranking
here during the report period by each
grossing 250. "Jesus Christ Superstar" at
the Crosstown for secornJ week and
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"Shaft in Africa" at the Maico for a third.
Right on the heels of this fast-stepping duo
came "A Touch of Class." 225 in a fourth
week at the Park Theatre.
(Average Is 100)
Crosstown Jesus Christ Superstor (Univ),
2nd wk 250
Loews' Palace— Live and Let Die (UA), 3rd wk. . . 1 50
Make ShoM in Africo JMGM), 3rd wk 250
Memphian Emperor of the North (20th-Fox),
2nd wk 90
Poromount Scorecrow (WB), 4th wk 100
Dork A Touch of Class (Emb), 4th wk 225
Plaza 1— Poper Moon (Para), 3rd wk 200
Plaza 2 The Last of Sheila (WB), 3rd wk 100
'Jesus Christ Superstar' 750
In New Orleans Second
NEW ORLE,\N.S— -Jesus Christ Superstar,"
in its second week at the Joy Theatre,
was way out front with a grossing percentage
of 750. "Shaft in Africa" closed its run
at the Orpheum Theatre with 400.
Cine Royale Scorecrow (WB), final wk 100
Jesus Christ Superstar (Univ), 2nd wk 750
Joy
Orpheum ShoH In Africa (MGM), final wk 400
E Robert Lee Emperor of the North (20th-Fox),
final wk 100
Chris McGuire Had Gain
In Year's First Quarter
AUGUSTA. GA.—An extraordinary gain
consisting mainly of $317,677 profit from
sale of land near West Palm Beach. Fla.,
gave Chris McGuire. Inc., net income of
$208,368, or 19 cents per share, for the
three months ended March 31, 1973. The
company had a loss before extraordinary
items of $117,914, or 11 cents per share.
President Allen F. Caldwell jr. of the
company formerly headquartered in south
Florida, said in Augusta that a quarterly
10-Q report including these results was
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission July 10 and a report for the
quarter ended June 30, will be filed on a
timely basis, representing progress in the
company's efforts to resume full compliance
with SEC reporting requirements.
Management of Chris McGuire, Inc.,
originally a restaurant franchiser founded
by the singer and her husband Robert
Spain was changed in 1971, and Caldwell,
who also heads CSRA Capital Corp., a
small business investment company doing
business in all the Southeastern states, became
president. The last audited report
showed a loss of $584,859 for the year
ended Dec. 31, 1970.
As the new management sold off unprofitable
operations, there was a loss of
$932,999 in 1971 and 1972 including
extraordinary items, according to unaudited
figures, Caldwell said.
The company is now moving in new
directions, he added, operating under the
trade name of Central Valley Industries.
Its theatre division. Central Valley Theatres,
is headquartered in Rome and operates
1 8 motion picture theatres, with several
Boca Raton, Fla.,
Sixplex Will Be
Built for American Multi Cinema
BOCA RATON, FLA.—Plans have been
announced for a six-theatre complex which
will be located in Boca Raton Mall, a regional
shopping center under construction
here. Announcement of the theatre project
was made jointly by Stanley H. Durwood,
president of American Multi Cinema of
Kansas City, Mo., and Wallace Plapinger,
president of Eastern States Properties of
Trenton, N.J., developer of Boca Raton
Mall.
Boca Raton 6 Theatres will be the name
of the complex, which is to be situated in
the mall of the center on U.S. 1, between
Northeast Second and Northeast Sixth
streets.
Charles Von Stein jr., president of
Charles A. Von Stein, Inc., represented the
developer and Jack Klingel, AMC real estate
supervisor, represented the circuit in
the
lease negotiations.
The Boca Raton complex will be the
ninth AMC location in Florida. The circuit
has three six-theatre complexes in Fort
Lauderdale. St. Petersburg and Merritt
Island; four four-theatre complexes in
Clearwater. Pensacola and Tampa (two)
and a twin theatre in Seminole.
AMC originated the multiple-theatre concept
when it opened the Parkway, the
world's original twin theatre, in Kansas City
in 1962. The Metro Plaza complex, which
AMC opened December 1966 in Kansas
City, was the world's first four-theatre entertainment
situation and the first six-theatre
complex was the one AMC unveiled January
1969 in Omaha, Neb.
others under construction or being planned.
Its publishing subsidiary, Sandlapper
Press in Columbia, S.C, publishes "Sandlapper—the
Magazine of South Carolina"
and books of regional interest. It recently
launched the Southern Heritage Society,
which includes a book club and a collectors
guild.
During the first quarter of 1973, theatres
provided 82 per cent and publishing
15 per cent of operating revenues, Caldwell
said. Completion of the pending sale
of the original Chris McGuire's Pub in
Bradenton, Fla., will get the companv total-
Iv out of the restaurant business, he added.
KC Convention Delegates
Elected in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS— At a closed meeting
of the WOMPIs, July 25 at the Rowntowner
Motel, delegates for the Kansas
City convention, September 6-9, were
selected.
First delegate is Delia Favre, president,
and second delegate, Catherine D'Alfonso
of Warner Bros. First alternate is Marie
Berglund and the second alternate is
Imelda Gessinger.
The Boca Raton 6 will have 1,650 seats,
the two larger auditoriums with 325 seats
each and the other four auditorium with
250 each. TTie six auditoriums are to be
built side-by-side, each with its own entrance
off the main lobby area and provided
with its own identification marquee. They
will share a common boxoffice. lobby, concessions
stand, restroom area and display
space. The theatres will be done predominately
in bright red and gold in the wall
coverings and carpeting. The auditoriums
feature custom-made seats.
The projection equipment has been specially
designed for the use of American
Multi Cinema, Inc.. in these multiple-auditorium
theatres. Cinemecannica in Milan,
Italy, produces the projectors and the xenon
lamphouses. Osram of Holland produces the
xenon bulbs that supply the highly colorcorrected
projection light sources for accurate
and brilliant color presentation.
Construction has begun, completion of
the complex and the mall scheduled for the
fall of 1974. The theatre, covering approximately
19,500 square feet, was designed by
American Multi Cinema's architectural staff
working with Loyd Frank Vann of Miami,
the shopping center architect. The general
contractor is W. G. Lassiter Co.. Inc., Palm
Beach. Fla.
Operation of the complex will be under
the supervision of Gene Jacobs. AMC Eastern
division manager.
DeAngelis Brothers
Open Raleigh Twins
RALEIGH. N.C.—South Hills Cinema
I and South Hills Cinema II were opened
to the public Friday July 20 by owners and
operators Dick and Lou DeAngelis.
A private preopening party for 500
friends of the DeAngelis brothers was held
Wednesday. July 18. at the indoor duo.
Guests were served champagne and hors
d'oeuvres. then enjoyed an advance showing
of "Godspell," which is being well received
by the people of Raleigh.
The DeAngelis brothers are long-time
residents of Raleigh and both attended
North Carolina State University. Both played
football at State and were active in other
campus activities. They still maintain close
relations
with their alma mater.
Following graduation from State, the
brothers entered the restaurant business and
became successful in that field prior to embarking
on their new theatrical careers.
Carolina Booking Service, headquartered
in Charlotte, has the account of the new
Raleigh
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ATLANTA
Jndustryites Walter and Yvonne Walker,
parents of David Walker, returned
from Louisville, Ky., where they were present
July 22 for the ordination of their son
as a minister in a ceremony at the Southern
Baptist TTieological Seminary, where he is a
student. Young Walker now is in the second
year of a three-year course at the seminary
that will lead to his degree in the ministry.
He earned his AE degree as a space engineer
at Georgia Institute of Technology and
went to work for Pratt & Whitney in West
Palm Beach. He became involved in work
with young people in Fort Lauderdale,
stimulating his desire to devote himself fulltime
to Christian work. Last summer he
married Irene Little, a registered nurse of
West Palm Beach, who was working in a
children's hospital. Young Walker is
as assistant associate
serving
pastor of the Jefferson
Street Baptist Chapel in Louisville.
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But Has Two Cherished Assignments
ATLANTA-
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When news got
around that James H.
"Red" Hall, regional
representative of the
.Atlanta-based Coca-
Cola Co., was going
to retire, it prompted
a customer to send
him this note;
"There's only one
•Red' Hall, like there's only one Coca-Cola
and they both are "the real thing!' "
This note epitomizes area feeling for the
Atlantan. who, as another of his friends put
it, "knows more people in the motion picture
industry and film theatre circles than
any other man in the United States."
Hall's title at the time of his retirement
Tuesday, July 31, was regional chain and
convention manager for the Southeast. His
duties, however, took him far afield and
during his career with Coca-Cola, which
started Oct. 30, 1930. he had special assignments
in
every section of the country.
Hall, a native of Newton in Georgia's
Baker County, attended Mercer University
in Macon and established a reputation as a
campus leader, esf>ecially in politics, leading
classmates to predict he would make politics
his career. They were wrong; a job with
Coca-Cola was what he wanted from the
to Shreveport. La., and shortly thereafter to
New Orleans, where he spent "a most interesting"
nine years.
There followed a six-month stint in Tulsa,
when romance entered the picture and Red
returned to Georgia to marry Virginia Mc-
Allister of Fort Gaines, the wedding taking
place June 20, 1940. He took his bride on
his next assignment in the Chicago territory
in March 1941; the next move, while he still
was a salesman, was back to the Southland,
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"the whole darn world." Three years later,
the Halls were transferred to the St. Louis
district; then, at long last, in June 1949. he
got the
longed-for assignment—^Atlanta district
manager. During the last
four years, he
has been Coca-Cola's regional representative
as manager of convention activities and
chain store operations, including variety
store, drug store chains and motion picture
theatre circuits.
Although his work in the Atlanta district
called for much traveling. Red has had the
opportunity to indulge his love of hunting,
fishing and training hunting dogs on a 350-
acre farm he owns in Newton County. He
comes by this interest naturally; one of his
neighbors remembers that "that boy crossed
over every panel of rail fence in the county
carrying either a shotgun or a fishing pole
and followed by a pointer dog."
And he continues to ride his favorite
mount, a 23-year-old strawberry roan
named Dude, over his farm, reliving his
own boyhood days.
Hall has a simple philosophy; "1 am
grateful to Coca-Cola for the opportunities
the company has given me and the thing I
have enjoyed most in my life has been
seeing people I have worked with and who
have worked for me get ahead."
first and he filed his application for such a Atlanta's Tent 21 hosted a "Good Guy"
position July 9, 1930. He only had to sweat cocktail party and buffet supper for Red
out the remainder of that month, August, and his wife Friday (3) in the club headquarters
in the Fox Theatre Building.
September and early October before he was
hired by Harrison Jones, executive vicepresident
of the company.
Although Red has been released from his
regular duties by his retirement, he still has
His first assignment was as a salesman in
two future assignments doing what he likes
Worcester, Mass., "which was a far piece
to do
from Newton
best— preside over Coca-Cola's famed
and Baker County in those
hospitality rooms at conventions. September
days." Hal! recalls. His next assignment was
15-20, he will be in San Francisco for the
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annual convention of the National Ass'n of
Theatre Owners and the National Ass'n of
Concessionaires, where he will meet hundreds
of old friends.
Starting October 14, he will be greeting
more friends in Portland, Ore., when he
presides at the Coca-Cola hospitality room
at the convention of the National Ass'n of
Retail Druggists for the 23rd consecutive
year.
Voyage to Grand Bahamas
Nightmare for Andrews
ATLANTA—Recently, E. William Andrew
jr., president of the Southern Independent
Theatres booking agency, and his
wife Alice booked passage on the Motor
Ship Grand Bahamas to take them from
West Palm Beach to West End, Grand Bahamas,
for a six-day holiday in the plush
Grand Bahamas Hotel. Ihev were accompanied
by their daughter Jone and her fiance
Alan Ackerly. students at Presbyterian Collage
in Clinton, S.C.
Eighty passengers were aboard the 250-
passenger vessel when it left West Palm
for the
five-hour crossing. They were within
15 miles of their destination when the
"Evervbodv knows "Red" Living so close to his native Baker County
ship's engines conked out. The crew worked
didn't last long, since his next assignment
hard and unsuccessfully to repair them but
At least everybody was as manager of the Denver district,
assured the passengers that they had radioed
the U.S. film indus-
which extended from that Colorado city
the U.S. Coast G^uard and the West End
in
down to El Paso and Del Rio in Texas
and which Red declared seemed to him
authorities for help. The Coast Guard told
them they could do nothing for them because
their vessel was in Bahamian waters
and if they did take them off the Grand
Bahamas they would have to return them
West Palm.
to
At 2 a.m.. The Happy Day. a fishing
boat, took the Grand Bahamas in tow and
the latter's passengers felt much better
until their vessel got stuck on a reef within
sight of their destination.
The captain of the fishing vessel endeavored
to pull the larger vessel off the
reef but became enraged when tow ropes
damaged his capstans and deck railings and
finally became entangled in his propellers.
By this time, it was 4 a.m.
In a few minutes the Coast Guard cutter
from West Palm came in sight, then
whizzed right by the disabled vessel and
The Happy Day, going on into West End.
There, Grand Bahamas passengers learned
later, the Coast Guard crew asked permission
to take the passengers off the Grand
Bahamas and bring them to land.
Upon the cutter's return, it was maneuvered
alongside the Grand Bahamas and the
vessels were lashed to one another so the
passengers could be transferred. It was then
that a tropical storm struck, causing huge
waves that made the two vessels rise and
fall, causing many of the women passengers
to refuse to make the leap, which had to be
timed with the up-and-down motion of the
ships. It was dangerous and frightening but
with the assistance and insistence of the
cutter's crew, the transfer was accomplished.
They did it by being firm with the frightened
females.
By this time all of the passengers were
soaking wet and miserably cold. Then the
cutter got stuck!
It was only temporary, however, and in
a short time they landed (about 8 a.m.) and.
despite the fact that they had no luggage,
passengers were made to go through customs.
When they checked into the Grand
Bahamas Hotel, which is air-conditioned,
they again were made uncomfortably cold
because they had nothing dry to wear. They
did not get their baggage until the following
afternoon.
"It was an exciting and somewhat dangerous
experience, especially when the squall
hit," Andrew recalled. "The Bahamians did
all they could to help out; it took everybody
a couple of days to get over it. We finally
got around to enjoying the rest of our trip
but we were pleased the most when we were
told we were going to be flown back to West
Palm instead of returning aboard the M/S
Grand Bahamas. We had enough of thai
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j^onations for the Will Rogers Hospital are
being taken in various industry offices
and theatre collections also are being made.
Please remember that this is OUR hospital,
everyone connected with the film industry
and members of their families being entitled
to go to the Rogers Hospital free. The hospital
is supported through our donations.
The annual Filmrow Golf Tournament is
still a long way off (October 12) but already
it's the talk of the film industry. Many of
the Row's golfers are out practicing regularly
for the Big Day . . . George Byrd.
Universal exchange manager, took a twoday
business trip to Miami and Pat Roberson
came down from Atlanta. Pat is opening
an office for Central Valley Theatres
in
too.
Atlanta and will handle the Florida units,
Universal welcomes Frances Connor to
the staff, Frances replacing Karen Lukaszewski,
who quit to raise the baby she and
her husband are expecting early in Septem-
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and it was good to see her at the recent
WOMPI meeting.
This meeting was held at the Hayden
Burns Library for the purpose of electing
WOMPI delegates and alternates to the
WOMPI International convention to be held
in Kansas City. Mo., next month. Chosen
to represent the Jacksonville club as delegates
were president Wendy Hendrickson,
treasurer Mary Hart and vice-president
Anne Dillon. Also planning to attend from
the club are Betty Healy. and Kitty Dowell,
both of American Multi Cinema, and Ava
Loudermilk. Betty and Kitty plan to visit
the home offices of their circuit while in
Kansas City . discussed at the
WOMPI meeting were projects to raise
money, so be watching for the WOMPI
Basket of Cheer and various products the
girls will be selling. President Hendrickson
also announced her committee chairmen for
the 1973-1974 fiscal year: Bulletin. Marsha
Weaver. Universal; service. Betty Healy.
AMC; Will Rogers committee. Phil Eckert.
Columbia; sunshine. Marsha Weaver; publicity.
Julie Dowell. Universal; finance. Marsha
Weaver; membership and programs,
Anne Dillon.
"Deep Throat" finally reached Jacksonville,
showing at the Astro Art Theatre. The
vice squad promptly raided the theatre.
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seized the film and arrested owner Roger
Thomas on a charge of distributing obscene
material. He was released on bond and
apparently had more than one copy of the
print,
as the show went on again. This poses
a problem for the vice squad detectives,
since they have to view the film each time
it is shown so they can testify in court.
Thomas could be fined $5,000 each day the
film is shown and the trial date probably
will be set for late this month. The price is
$5 (this price is revealed here for the benefit
of readers in this area who may wish to
check out the film themselves as to whether
it is or isn't obscene).
Most all Filmrowers here know owner
Ike Sound of the Sandwich House on Bay
Street, since most industry workers drop
there frequently to eat. They'll be glad to
in
know that Ike. who recently suffered a
heart attack, is gaining strength daily at
Memorial Hospital, where he's still a patient
Hallick. WOMPI secretary, has
been busy as a bee lately. In addition to
her husband just getting out of the hospital
Evelyn also is putting finishing touches
on the WOMPI Yearbook for the WOMPI
International convention.
Eastern Federal Theatres has opened its
new twins in Jacksonville. Northside 1 and
Northside 2. People on the side of town
where these bright new theatres are located
are certainly happy to have such attractive
entertainment centers nearby. In addition
to these twins. EEC's Jacksonville operations
include the Town & Country. University
Drive-In, Fox Drive-ln, Midway Drivein,
Ribault Drive-ln. Cedar Hills and Royal
Palm.
Currently playing at the Jacksonville theatres
is "Tom Sawyer," a delightful movie
to which you can take the whole family.
They call it a musical but don't take it
wrong, because there isn't all that much
music in it. It's a very enjoyable film with
laughter, sadness and suspense. I'm really
looking forward to "Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn," which will be out next summer.
Another new movie on Jacksonville
screens is "Showdown," a story of friends
who grew up together, yet one becomes an
outlaw and the other a sheriff. And, of
course, holdovers such as "Paper Moon,"
"Live and Let Die" and "Walking Tall"
give Jacksonville moviegoers good summer
boxoffice fare.
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prances Wolfson, wife of Mitchell Wolfson.
president of Wometco Enterprises, is a
painter who does delicate Chinese works
and is well known here and in Oriental
countries for her art. Now she is making
news elsewhere: a Canadian newspaper just
did a major feature on her talents while she
was in Canada on a tour with her husband
of their far-flung Wometco projects.
The old prison camp near Florida City
will be used for filming scenes from a feature
movie about Salty the Sea Lion. Sea
Lion Service Associates of Key Biscayne is
making the film and says several scenes will
be shot in Homestead. The company was
looking for a location to film a segment
where a building catches fire and just happened
to come across the old prison farm.
The property snow is owned by the Homestead
Housing Authority, which is going to
erect a migrant labor housing complex there
and all the old buildings must be removed.
HHA director George Eicher agreed to let
the studio use the site for shooting the
scene; in return for which privilege the
moviemakers have agreed to remove the
building—either by fire or by demolition
after filming the scene. "Salty" is to be a
full-length feature and hopefully will be released
in time for Christmas holiday showing
at theatres. It then will be followed by
a TV series about the adventures of a sea
lion.
The Cuban "Memories of Underdevelopment"
will arrive here for a booking soon.
The film, produced, directed and written in
revolutionary Cuba in 1968, will be distributed
here by Gary Crowdus of the Tricontinental
Film Center, who told John
Huddy of the Miami Herald that no trouble
IS expected when the film appears in Miami.
If no incident arises concerning this picture,
it will be first such picture having the remotest
connection with Castro Cuba to escape
harassment here ("Che" is a case in
point. Only three years after its initial U.S.
release did "Che" finally play a south Florida
theatre—and then only in a small grind
house on Miami Beach).
The Grove Cinema, which opened and
filmed "Performance" the week of July 28,
is Coconut Grove's first regular repertory
cinema. It's run by Richard Fendelman and
devotees of the Elgin Cinema in New York
will understand the concept immediately.
Fendelman hopes to show well-done films
from whatever year, from whatever country,
as long as they are "good." For refreshments,
the theatre offers yogurt, carob
candy bars and various organic tidbits. The
house seats only 1 10 patrons and tickets are
$1 each; films are shown on 16mm equipment.
The Grove Cinema is located in the
same building with the Public Trust Theatre
and will use the house on nights that theatre
is not running a production. Other films
Fendelman plans to run include "Slaughterhouse-Five,"
"Catch-22" and "Harold and
Maude." In addition to showing films.
Fendelman plans live contemporary entertainment.
Paul M. Bruun, publisher of the Sun-Reporter
of Miami Beach, received the Footlighters
"Hotfoot" Award at a luncheon in
the cafe of the Thunderbird Motel, Miami
Beach. Footlighters president Eddie Lane
presented the plaque, along with Tony
Adams, Lou Marsh, Leon Fields and others.
Bruun was honored for his "dedication to
improving local tourism, his encouragement
and help to the needy and his support of
entertainers and musicians."
The Gleemer residence on North Bay
Road, Miami Beach, was the scene of a
mass "murder" the other day, as the living
room was used as location for filming
scenes for "Zodiac Murder," in which
Gloria De Haven, Terry Moore and Gary
Merrill have roles.
Jerry Korbin, a staffer with Hank Meyer,
a long-time medium in the encouragement
of Florida movie production, plays a newspaper
editor in "Frazier, the Sensuous
Lion," for which he also wrote the screenplay.
It's about a live lion.
Robert Redford Film Will
Be Shot in Great Bend
From North Central Edition
GREAT BEND, KAS.—This town will
be the location for the filming of "The
Great Waldo Pepper," starring Robert Redford.
Universal is sending a motion picture
crew here in September to film scenes about
a World War I pilot who barnstormed the
Midwest in the 1920s.
The production staff notified the Kansas
Department of Economic Development that
it will concentrate 14 old-time aircraft at
the airport in Great Bend for seven weeks.
Part of the film will be lensed on grass landing
strips around the area, including the
airports at Olmitz, Ellinwood, Little River
and Sterling, Kas,
Redford will play the title role and George
Hill will direct. They are the team that
made "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid."
Midtown Cinema Leasing
Rockville, Conn., Duo
From New England Edition
ROCKVILLE, CONN.— Rockville Center
Associates, owner of the Rockville Shopping
Plaza, has leased the twin cinemas,
previously operated by Ron Goldberg's
Family Theatre group, to Midtown Cinema
Corp., which is headed by William Elliott
and Ronald Parris.
Elliott and Parris, both formerly with
General Cinema Corp., have changed the
name of the complex from Family theatres
MI to Rockville theatres ML One seats
184; tha other, 153.
Wometco OG Salutes
Spradley's 40th Year
ML^MI—Gordon Spradley, assistant to
the general manager of Wometco Enterprises'
Florida theatres,
was honored
with an award for 40
years of service with
the circuit at the 32nd
annual Wometco Old
/W Guard Banquet at the
Carillon Hotel, Miami
Beach, recently.
Spradley also is a
leader in community
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Also honored at the banquet, at which
Wometco president Mitchell Wolfson presided,
were: Henry Simon, Capitol Theatre,
and Tim Tyler, district manager for the
circuit's Miami Beach theatres, each given
35-year service awards; Fred Coney, Mayfair,
and Fernando Crespo, Miami Theatre,
each for 25 years; Gwen Bottere, Carib
Theatre, and Carl Jamroga, district manager,
each for 20 years of service; and for 15
years each—James A. Draughon, 27th Avenue
Drive-In; Leroy Gay, Miami Theatre;
Anne Salpeter, Cameo TTieatre; Nicholas
Stigliano. Davie Boulevard Drive-In, and
Cecil Allen, Park theatres in Winter Park.
Joy N. McGarry is secretary of the
Wometco Old Guard and Boxoffice wishes
to acknowledge indebtedness to her for the
accompanying photo of the banquet's honor
guest.
20th-Fox Names Ouderkirk
Ad-Pub Manager in Canada
From Canadian Edition
TORONTO—Douglas S. Ouderkirk has
joined 20th Century-Fox as Canadian division
publicity-advertising manager, it has
been announced by Jonas Rosenfield jr.,
vice-president,
advertising, publicity.
Ouderkirk, who will be based in Toronto,
formerly was coordinator of advertising and
sales promotion for Prentice-Hall of Canada
and media planner and buyer for a number
of advertising agencies.
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peter Gonzales, a native Texan who attended
Loyola University here last season
and portrayed young Federico Fellini in
"Fellini's Roma." now is a member of the
Mexico film colony. Recently the Mexico
City press announced that Gonzales has
replaced Pedro Armendariz jr. in a principle
role in "El Santo Oficio." which before the
cameras late last month. Gonzales is portraying
the brother of Jorge Luke, the young
Mexican leading man who was part of the
visiting cast delegation during festivities
surrounding the world premiere here of
"The Revengers" last year.
Irene Mexic, Gulf States Advertising and
Star Advertising, is recuperating at home
following minor surgery at Hotel Dieu . . .
Ron Pabst. Blue Ribbon Pictures, visited
exhibitors in the Memphis territory last
week, setting up bookings for fall releases.
Bill Cobb, chief barker of Tent 45, is
setting up an outstanding Variety show to
be held here soon. Bill also is planning to
start monthly theatre-bingo parties at Lakeside
Theatre 1. These will be daytime affairs
at which bingo will be played and a newly
released motion picture will be shown. There
will be a catered luncheon featuring finger
sandwiches, potato salad, chips and other
goodies.
Carole Roussell, Blue Ribbon Pictures,
and her husband Phil celebrated their wed-
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were Carole's mother and Phil's parents,
whose wedding anniversary was July
24.
Variety Notes: Mary Bicknell, president
of Ladies of Variety, reports that there will
be a fall rummage sale. The committee head
is Rose Dobbs . E. Broadhead, Blaise
Marino and Lew Oubre were welcomed as
new members of Tent 45 and Babs Royal.
Jean O'Keefe and Nancy Schmitz as new
Ladies of Variety . August birthday
greetings to barkers Eugene Calongne.
George Faustermann, Charles B. Murphy,
Tommy Turner, Earl Perry sr., Ed Rose,
Phil Sliman, Al Aucoin. Charlie Ost, George
Doody, Maurice Graundy. John W. Zimmer,
Dr. Charles Johnson, Morris Rubenstein
and Ed Finnin.
More Variety News: Harry J. Batt sr. has
become a Patron Life Member . . . Jenny
Tucker fell off a ladder and had to make
a couple of trips to the emergency room at
a hospital . . . Al Backer has been elected
secretary-treasurer of the New Orleans
Food Festival, which was a tremendous success
and the food was delicious . . . Rita
and Michel Vemaci have returned from a
visit with relatives in Houston, Tex. . . .
Harry Thomas is out of the hospital and
feeling fine . . . Ethel Buckley's daughter
Cindy was married July 20. Mary McKenna,
daughter of Ernie and Doris, was in the
wedding party, coming home from California
where she resides.
Norma Hynes reports that theatre parties
have been arranged for several groups to
see "Tom Sawyer"—Little Sisters of the
Poor. Marjorie Walters School for Retarded
Children. Magnolia School. St. Michael's.
Luther Manor. St. Vincent's Unwed Mothers.
Kingsley House, St. Elizabeth's and
several poor families. Holman Center's retarded
children were taken to see "Sleuth"
and "The Sound of Music."
repairs and remodeling . . .
Lloyd Royal jr. has closed the Meridian
Drive-In at Meridian. Miss., for extensive
Welcome to
Yvette Ogden. new employee in Paramount's
booking department. Yvette replaces Beverly
Pagragon. who resigned to become a fullfledged
housewife and mother.
Vacation Notes: Bruce Hirstuis. Paramount,
returned from a trip to Mexico with
his family . . . Clyde Daigle, Paramount,
departed on his vacation . Wade
of Film Inspection Service visited with his
family at Lubbock, Tex., part of his vacation,
then rela.\ed at home for the remainder
of the time .
. . Al Silva of Film Inspection
Service is vacationing . . . Glenda Jatho is
the new employee at Film Inspection Service,
replacing Josie Haas who resigned.
Filmrow friends are delighted to hear that
Al Boykin of Warner Bros, is on the road
to recovery after his recent illness.
Robert K. I.i-e Theatre sneaked "O Lucky
Man," Warner Bros., Friday night July 27.
The next night marked the beginning of
late shows at the theatre, as Jay Cooper,
manager of the house, plans to show rock
features and nostalgic films . . . Seems
as though the water problem follows Jay
Cooper around. As previously reported, the
Robert E. Lee Theatre had trouble with
sewerage backup. Then late last month, just
after new carpets had been installed in the
Cine Royale Theatre (another National
General unit), a sewerage backup occurred
not just once but twice.
"The Godfather" returned to the Robert
E. Lee Theatre and was doing extremely
well as these notes were written. However,
"Romeo and Juliet," which had an extremely
good first run at the Sena Mall Theatre,
opened at the Robert E. Lee Wednesday
(1) for a month's booking . . . Sam
Hart, Atlanta, Southeastern publicity man
for American International Pictures, came
in to meet with Jay Cooper to set up a
campaign for "Heavy Traffic," which is
booked for the Cine Royale.
MEMPHIS
pictures at Memphis first-run houses
ranged from half to eight times above
average business last week as good features
drew well, despite vacations, and possibly
in part because of the excessively hot weath-
Johnnie Gannon, manager of the Park
Theatre, was elated at the success of the
return of "Walking Tall," the R-rated true
life story of sheriff Buford Pusser from West
Tenessee. The picture set a boxoffice record
at the Park last spring, then broke the theatre's
all-time grossing record with 800
(based on 100 average) in the first week
on its
return.
Pusser. who served six violent years as the
crime-busting sheriff of nearby McNairy
County, made a personal appearance on
opening night. There has been a revival of
Pusser books and ballads.
Gannon said he expects "Walking Tall"
to have a long run at the Park. He is running
five shows a day.
At the Sheraton-Peabody Hotel this week,
the second annual Western Film Festival is
featuring old cowboy pictures with such
sturs as Lash LaRue, Johnny Mack Brown
(once an Ail-American football star at Alabama),
Monte Hale, Tex Ritter. Ken Ma>nard
and Bob Steele.
Mil FORD, N.H.—The Milford Drive-In
ran a four-feature show, advertised as
"Dusk-to-Dawn Show," on a recent Tuesday.
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Brazos Twin Drive-In
Makes Angleton Debut
ANGLETON. TEX. — The plush new
Biazos Twin Drivc-In was opened here July
18 by veteran exhibitors Bob Davis and Bob
Milentz. joint owners of the aircr with
Milentz's son Carl, who is managing the
situation located on Highway 288 between
here and Freeport.
The theatre has all modern equipment in
its projection room and a double snack bar.
with the newest in automated food handling
equipment, making the airer a popular entertainment
centre for area residents.
Davis has worked in the film industry
40 years, for the last five of those years
engaged in constructing drive-in theatres, including
the Brazos Twins. He also built the
McLendon Triple in Houston and the Bayou
Theatre in La Marque. At one time he was
a film buyer for 400 theatres and was an
exhibitor in his own right 23 years. He and
his wife Marge reside in Dallas and have
two sons.
Milentz has had 25 years of experience
working in the film industry. His father
A. R. sr. and M. M. Bussey owned several
theatres in the Brazosport area, some being
the Showboat. Port and Ora. Milentz and
his wife Dusty have two sons. Ray and Carl.
The latter represents the fourth generation
of the Milentz family to engage in theatre
work.
Opening movies were Warner Bros.' '"Cahill.
United States Marshal" and Walt Disney's
'"The World's Greatest .-Mhlete." Each
screen plays a single feature each evening,
most bookings running for seven days. Admission
is $1.50 for adults: children 12
years and younger are admitted free when
accompanied by an adult.
Each Monday and Tuesday night is ""bargain
night" at the twins, admission then
being $2 a
car.
'Prelude to Happiness'
Being Filmed in Texas
SAN ANTONIO—A film by Texans in
Texas, "Prelude to Happiness," is being
produced by Robert N. Pinkerton Associates
and Magus Film Group, both of San
Antonio.
A portion of the film was shot in Corpus
Christi at the new Padre South Hotel,
South Padre Island's recently opened highrise
resort hotel. Production schedules
called for scenes starring Rose Petra to be
filmed July 22 through July 24 in the hotel
and along private areas of the beach.
Directed by Gidney Talley the feature
has a planned October release date.
Although Texas is becoming a center for
the production of feature films, this is the
first such project for South Padre Island.
Regal in Breckenridge Is
Reopened by Paul Luther
BRECKENRIDGE. TEX.—Paul
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Luther
reopened the Regal Theatre on a limited
basis of weekends only. Luther, who lives
here and operated the theatre for a short
period in 1969, said he hopes to expand his
schedule in the fall, if this summer's response
to the weekend schedule warrants
added shows.
For his opening program, starting at 7
p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday the first
weekend of operation, Luther showed
"Charley and the Angel" and "Cinderella."
a pair of Disney features, with admissions
at $1.50 for adults. $1 for students and 75
cents for children. A second show began at
9 each evening.
Luther blamed noisy youngsters, who
raced up and down the aisles yelling and
screaming during the screen shows, as the
reason the theatre was shuttered so long,
such behavior having disgusted adults to
the point where they wouldn't buy tickets
any longer. Luther said any such conduct
on the part of noisy youngsters now will not
be tolerated or allowed to interfere with the
pleasure of other ticket buyers.
Corpus Christi
Qurrent marquee titles: "White Lightning."
Centre; "Pippi Longstocking," Ayers;
"Tom Sawyer." Cine 1; "Oklahoma Crude."
Cine 2: "Walking Tall." Cine 3; "Last
Tango in Paris," Cine 4; "The Neptune
Factor," National Twin 1; ""Paper Moon,"
National Twin 2, Cine 1,
Would appreciate everyone connected
with the film industry in this area to relay
news items for this column to your Corpus
Christi correspondent Lew Bray jr., 319
Mesquite—Durham College. Corpus Christi,
Tex. 78401. With a recent compression fracture
of a vertebra, said correspondent isn't
getting around as lively as he'd like to—but
will be again soon!
Rezoning Permit Approved
For San Angelo Theatre
SAN ANGELO. TEX,—A special permit
for a theatre facing Lincoln Street between
Avenue N and Vanderventer will be permitted
under necessary zoning approved by
the city planning commission last month.
The twin-screen, indoor theatre normally
would require C-2 (business district) zoning
but architect Ron Barbutti made the
request
for the theatre permit in the C-1 (neighborhood
retail district).
Request for the zoning change had been
made by the San Angelo Investors group,
consisting of a partnership of four investors.
Fort Worth to Focus
Only on X-Theatres
I OKI WCJRTH— Assistant district attorney
Joe Shannon jr. said that district
attorney Tim Curry will limit his crackdown
against obscene movies to films which
depict obvious hardcore pornography.
Shannon said that there is no intention of
bringing marginal cases to trial and that
officials are not going to seek indictments
because a movie includes a nude scene or
suggestive episode. However the DA's office
does intend to keep working with Fort
Worth police officers in their efforts to stop
X-rated theatres from showing hard-core
pornography.
Shannon said he believes that "Deep
Throat" and three other films, which officers
seized after obtaining orders from
Criminal District Judge Byron Matthews,
fall within this category.
Shannon stated that unless law enforcement
agencies use discretion in enforcement
of obscenity laws they can expect new federal
court decisions restricting their activities.
Curry said that he intends to concentrate
his activities in the obscenity field on X-
rated theatres at present.
New Owners Open Harlem
In East Austin, Tex.
AUSTIN—The Harlem, a familiar entertainment
institution of East Austin shuttered
since late last year, has been reopened
by new management with a screen policy
designed to serve its community. Prior to
reopening the theatre in mid-July, new owners
Dennis D. Baum, John Hutkin and Willie
Winn gave the Harlem a complete renovation.
Winn is serving as manager of the 480-
seat theatre at 1800 East 12th St. and is
supervising operation of a black-oriented
screen policy which opened with "Hit Man."
starring Bernie Casey, former star receiver
of the Los Angeles Rams. The Harlem plays
three films a week, including special midnight
shows Friday and Saturday nights and
family-type offerings Saturday and Sunday.
The first midnight show was "Trick Baby"
and the first regular weekend attractions was
a horror film, "Death Master."
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DALLAS
QJynna Farquhar, newly installed president
of the
Dallas WOMPI Club, and retiring
president Juanita White were elected
delegates to
the WOMPI International convention
in Kansas City. Mo., in September
when the Dallas WOMPIs met for their July
luncheon. Alternates are Betty Owen and
Mable Guinan. each a past president of the
Dallas club.
Dorothy Ruth Diamond, 4265 Abrams.
and James Gerrall Wise were married July
27 at the home of Dorothy's parents Mr.
and Mrs. Irving S. Weisman, 2615 Colonial
Pkwy, Fort Worth. James is the son of Mrs.
Jimmy C. Wise, secretary to Jimmy Prichard
of Starline Pictures, and the late James
Wise, James attended North Texas State
University, while Dorothy attended the University
of Miami at Miami. Fla, The newlyweds
will make their home in Dallas.
Bill Dana, famous for his Jose Jiminez
role as a bellman, was in Dallas to help
raise money for the Mexican-American
scholarship organization in Da Mas Fe.
Dana said here that he plans to bring Jose
out of retirement after four years. His new
album. "Jose Jiminez—Super Sport." has
just been pressed.
Sympathy is extended to Mae and Jack
Loggins in the death of Mrs. R. L. Loggins,
who died in Dallas last week. Mrs. Mae
Loggins is employed at the Village Theatre.
Funeral services were held in Greenville
Monday, July 23. for H. J. "Ted" Malone.
76, long a widely known figure in the Texas
film industry. A Greenville resident at the
time of his death, following a heart attack,
Malone worked many years at RKO. Republic
Pictures and National Screen Service
prior to 1947. April 26 of that year he mar-
ried Harriet Newman of Greenville, moved
to that town and became affiliated with
Union Security Insurance Co., the firm in
which his wife was an officer. He, too, was
a company officer at the time of his death.
Malone, a native of New Britain, Conn.,
and a veteran of World War I. had suffered
for years from emphysema and a heart condition.
Survivors include his wife Harriet.
W. E. "Bill" Finch of Dallas attended the
services and conveyed the sympathy of Dallas
Filmrow friends to Mrs. Malone.
The Rivoli in Houston opened July 26
under the ownership of Fred A. Rhodes jr.,
711 Main St., Suite 101. Houston. Arch
Boardman is buying and booking for
Rhodes and present plans are for a single
change per week, single-bill policy. Seating
capacity of the theatre is 200.
FORT WORTH
jyjid-July may seem a strange time to announce
Christmas film bookings. But.
Bill Ellis of the Cinema Theatres in Fort
Worth decided, with everyone talking about
the heat, he would put a few drops of Christmas
cheer in the air by announcing the Fort
Worth Christmas week schedule. "Jonathan
Livingston Seagull." from Richard Bach's
best-selling book, will be on screens at the
Cinema Opera House and Six Flags Cinema
I come December. The Christmas movie
set exclusively for Seminary South Cinema
II will be "Robin Hood," a new animated
feature due from Disney Productions. "The
Sting." co-starring Robert Redford and Paul
Newman, is set for opening next Christmas
week at Seminary South Cinema I and
Forum 6. Steve McQueen will star in "Papillon,"
to be the Christmas film at the
Richland Plaza Cinema and Six Flags Cinema.
Some of Ellis' spirit of Christmas-in-July
rubbed off on George Pratt, city manager
of ABC Interstate Theatres, who also had
a couple of Christmas bookings to announce.
Already set to open at Fort Worth's Palace
for Christmas, said Pratt, is "Magnum
Force," which will star Clint Eastwood in
a sequel to Eastwood's "Dirty Harry," with
a new Woody Allen film. "Sleeper," to open
Christmas at the Seventh Street.
Lisa Napier, 10, was surrounded by admirers
Saturday morning at the Ridglea
Theatre, where a children's film was shown
free in connection with her "Dear Lisa" preteen
column in the Fort Worth Morning
Star-Telegram. "Willy Wonka" was the
Dear Lisa Festival film Saturday, July 28,
at
the Seventh Street and Arlington theatres.
Leave it to Robert Hartgrove of McLendon
Theatres to think of a dual purpose
campaign to promote a movie and assist the
Carter Blood Bank at the same time. It was
a weird set-up but for a good cause. While
a black vampire called Blacula was fanging
throats on the screen at the Hollywood Theatre,
nurses from the Carter Blood Bank
were taking pints of blood from volunteers
on the theatre's mezzanine floor from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Each person giving a pint
of blood received two free Hollywood Theatre
tickets, good for use then or later. The
new film shown on the Hollywood screen
was "Scream, Blacula, Scream."
MGM Films Will Be Shown
To Guests at TraveLodge
DALLAS—MetroVision, a subsidiary
company of MGM, has concluded negotiations
with TraveLodge for the installation
of a revolutionary videotape and cassette
system in the Dallas and Houston corporateowned
TRI-ARC motor hotels.
The announcement was made jointly by
William Singleton, vice-president in charge
of corporate development for MGM, and
Robert Brush, senior vice-president of
TraveLodge International, Inc.
MetroVision. a new entertainment medium,
enables motel and hotel guests to view,
free of charge, motion pictures from the
large and diversified MGM film library.
The monthly entertainment package includes
two current features, one classic and
a special children's program. The features
are shown on closed circuit television at
preselected times on an open channel of a
standard television set.
The TraveLodge in Dallas is located at
Market Center and in Houston at Houston.
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Glen Theatre Is Closed
GLENDALE. ARIZ.—The 24-year-old
landmark Glen Theatre on 57th Drive has
been closed for repairs, according to the
message on the marquee. Officials of Harry
Nace Theatres, owner of the movie house.
said the Glen would be closed indefinitely
and a reopening date was not indicated.
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"Mr. and Mrs. Sid Shaenfield observed their
fourth wedding anniversary July 26.
Your correspondent has had the pleasure of
their friendship for many years and hopes
for their 50th golden wedding anniversary.
.Sid is manager of the downtown Texas
Theatre and Vivian is secretary to Tom
Powers, city manager of Cinema Arts Theatres
. . . Vivian and her mother later left
to visit relatives over the weekend in Bay
City, Tex.
Hollywood comedian Jack Benny, who
has appeared in a number of films, is coming
to San Antonio in person at Laurie
Auditorium at Trinity University Tuesday
. . . (21) Both the Alameda and Teatro
Nacional will show the latest Cantinflas
film "Don Quijote Cabalga de Neuvo" . . .
Animals have taken over the screens at the
Capitan Drive-In and the Josephine and
one of the screens at Aztec 3. The double
bill consists of "The Pigs" and "The Ani-
Nostalgia buffs were in their glory Tuesday
night. July 31. at the Incarnate Word
College Auditorium when two silent screen
classics and a community sing made up the
oldtime movie show. First offering was
Edwin S. Porter's 1903 film, "The Great
Train Robbery," while the main feature of
the show was the last film made by silent
screen star Rudolph Valentino in "Son of
the Sheik." Made in 1926, it co-stars Vilma
Banky. Providing authentic piano accompaniment
was Marty Marty, who has provided
the background music for silent movies in
other showings in the city.
Walt Disney productions are on the
screens of two local theatres. At Cinema I
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"Charley and the Angel" and "Cinderella"
has been held over; "Mary Poppins" is at
the Cinema II in North Star Mall . . . "The
Sound of Music" will return to the Century
South and the Olmos theatres . . . The closing
notice has been posted for "Last Tango
in Paris" at the Aztec 3. The film is being
shown on a continuous basis with an admission
policy of $2.50, Monday through Friday,
and $3 admission Saturday and Sunday.
New film titles scheduled to light up local
marquees include "The Harrad Experiment"
at the Century South and San Pedro; "The
Navy vs. the Night Monsters." plus "World
of Prehistoric Woman," Texas; "Badge
373," Century South and San Pedro, and
"Camelot." a return engagement at the
Woodlawn.
Mexican Features Stress
Entertainment, Draw Big
HOUSTON — The following article,
"Mexican Films Draw Huge Audiences,"
appeared in the column Espejo, written by
Richard Vara, reporter of the Houston
Post:
What do Jorge Rivero. Maria Felix, Antonio
Anguilar. Blue Demon, Lucha Villa,
Cantinflas, Flor Silvestre. Santo and Vincente
Fernandez have in common?
Most Houstonians can make only a haphazard
guess but Mexican-Americans easily
recognize the names of popular Mexican
movie stars.
And it's that recognition that keeps Al
Zarzana and Ray Hugger in business.
Both men own or manage all the Spanishlanguage
motion picture theatres in Houston.
Zarzana leases the Granada Theatre and
recently bought the Santa Rosa, which he
converted to a peliculas Mexicanas (Mexican
movies) format.
Hugger manages the Ritz Theatre, which
is owned by his aunt, and owns the Epsom
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The Ritz is the grandaddy of them all.
beginning Mexican movies in 1942 when
World War II made it hard to get American
pictures.
Zarzana, former director of Spanish-language
programing for the defunct KVW-
TV. had been in and out of Hispanic movie
house management for several years before
opening the Granada Feb. 1, 1970.
"From the very first day, it was a fantastic
success," he says. "On the first day,
the theatre was full. Hardly a Sunday goes
by when it isn't full."
That's no slight feat considering the Granada
has 1,600 seats.
Hugger reports the same at his theatre.
While neither man is Chicano nor speaks
Spanish fluently, both have a good understanding
of the language, demonstrated
when they recount the numerous plots of
the films they exhibit.
They both have a good knowledge of the
Mexican film industry and are keenly sensitive
to what their predominantly Mexican-
American audiences want on the screen.
Both men point out that the entire Mexican-American
family goes to a motion picture,
so they carefully screen their movies to
avoid extreme violence or unnecessary nudity
or sex scenes in their films.
Although the American film industry
success with violence and sex has had its
effect on the Mexican film industry, Zarzana
points out that Mexican films emphasize
entertainment.
"The Mexican film industry now is like
the American film business was 20 years
ago," says Zarzana.
Although the Mexican film industry offers
little different from their American
counterparts, there are a few unique characteristics.
"Rancheras" are pictures that feature
singing cowboys (charros) and are set in the
Mexican countryside, particularly on large
ranches.
"Rancheras" are the forte of actors such
as Antonio Anguilar. his wife Flor Silvestre,
Locho Villa and the upcoming actor Vincente
Fernandez.
Close to the "rancheras" are movies similar
to American westerns. Jorge Rivero and
the brothers Fernando and Mario Almada
are the names the audiences look for.
Comedies are always popular and it is
here that the biggest boxoffice draw north
or south of the border exists—Mario Moreno
or, as he is
better known, Cantinflas.
"There's the Mexican film industry," says
Hugger, "then there's Cantinflas."
Then there are usually Grade B films featuring
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Qlenn Ford, who was here July 29 on a
promotional visit on behalf of his latest
film "Santee." which had its premiere at
the Windsor Wednesday (1). took time out
during his visit to serve as a judge of the
Miss Texas World Pageant held Saturday
(4) Movie star Tamara Dobson was here
. . .
on a two-day promotional visit on behalf of
her latest film "Cleopatra Jones." current
attraction at the Majestic OST . . . Movie
star Richard Crenna and producer Evan
Loyd were here for three days to discuss
their latest film. " A Man Called Noon."
Gospel singer Bessie Griffin has been
signed to appear in "Church Street Cruisers"
now being filmed in Galveston . . . There
is considerable interest in the Alley Film
Festival booking of the 1934 Busby Berkeley
film. "The Gang's All Here." starring
Carmen Miranda and Alice Faye. and an
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extra Sunday showing has been added
Michael Forrest. London filmman. is in
Houston to make a special for Viceroy . .
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Jorge Rivero appeared in person during the
Mexican Features Stress
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perils their American counterparts have met
and vanquished.
"Santo y Blue Demon Contra Dracula y
El Hombre (Werewolf)" needs little translation.
"It's something else to see the little kids
come to see them wearing masks," muses
Zarzana.
An increasing number of young people
are coming to the theatres, something Zarzana
attributes to the growing pride among
young people in their culture and language.
"There was a fear among some exhibitors
that eventually the third generation Mexican-Americans
would lose the ability to
speak or understand Spanish and not come
to the movies," he says. "But that hasn't
happened."
It is not just the young the films attract.
"For some of the older people, it's their
only contact with their old native country,"
he says. "It's touching to .see some of them
leave with tears in their eyes."
Zarzana recalls one incident involving
actress Lucha Villa which points out how
Chicano audiences here affect even the top
stars.
"She was on a promotional tour and her
contract called for her to sing at least four
songs, but the audience loved her and she
sang and sang and sang. Even the mariachis
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showing of his latest film "Indio" at the
Granada and Santa Rosa theatres.
New titles on Houston marquees: "Badge
373." South Main. Allen Center. East Park
and Southgate; "Fearless Fighters," Post
Oak. Gulfway, McLendon Triple. Market
Street. Thunderbird. Irvington and King
Center; "Let the Good Times Roll." Shamrock
4. Loews' Twin, Northwest 4, Alameda
4; "Cleopatra Jones," Majestic OST; "O
Lucky Man." River Oaks, and "The Hireling."
Tower.
The Gulfgate, Meyerland and Northline
cinema lis. the Parkview, North Shore and
Oak Village are presenting a double Disney
cartoon funfest. The double bill consists of
"The Aristocats" and "Song of the South"
Walt Disney film. "Mary Poppins."
ended a run on screens at the Park
View and Oak Village . . . Johnny Carson,
who has appeared in cameo roles in several
films, appeared at Jones Hall here Friday
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accompanying her ran out of songs and they
replayed songs over again."
Miss Villa may occasionally remember
Houston and the adoring faces of her fans.
But her fans, and the fans of other stars,
seldom forget the stars for the tears and
laughter they bring.
Danny, Sandra Hardwick
Reopen Groesbeck House
GROESBECK. TEX.—Danny and Sandra
Hardwick. who recently purchased the
local Limestone Theatre, received a welcome
boost from the Groesbeck Journal
after they had been operating the house
about a week.
"Danny and Sandra Harwick. new owners
of the Limestone Theatre, have been
pleased for the most part in their operation
of the theatre." said the July 12 Journal,
beginning last Thursday night. They have
been well received and as a whole have been
pleased by the attendance, reporting that
they have had customers from Kose. Thornton,
Mexia and outlying points, as well as
from Groesbeck.
"Of course, they can use and need a
whole lot more business and. from every
indication, they will work very hard to merit
the additional patronage they need to insure
that Groesbeck will still have a theatre. As
most people well know, many towns of far
larger size than Groesbeck no longer have
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"Danny Hardwick pledges to do his utmost
to secure clean-type pictures that can
be enjoyed by the entire family. He is planning
to endeavor to book some of the oldtime
favorites, made back in the days before
the movie producers went haywire on unnecessarily
including so much obscene language
in their pictures.
"The Journal wishes the very best to
Danny and Sandra in their effort to put
the Limestone Theatre back on top."
The theatre has been a town landmark
since 1937. when it was built by Sid Smith.
Part of the renovation carried out by the
Hardwicks involved taking down the theatre's
big sign, which hadn't been moved
since it was installed in 1937. and sending
it to Waco to be repainted and repaired. A
photo appeared in the Atlanta, Tex., Citizens
Journal July 5 showing Smith and his
grandson Chuck watching a crane operator
lower the sign. A second photo in the same
issue of the Citizens Journal showed the repaired
and repainted sign back in place over
the theatre's marque.
Local Community Standard
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SAN ANTONIO—The following editorial,
"What Is Obscenity," appeared in the
San Antonio Light:
The Supreme Court ruling on obscenity
leaves to local communities the decision of
what is obscene and should be banned from
public
perusal.
It is the better part of wisdom that a community
be able to decide for itself and bear
the responsibility for its decision, rather
than have an edict imposed not only from
on high but afar.
Yet, the court was deeply divided, by
5-4. Great concern was expressed by the
dissenting minority that the majority decision
could be damaging to individual
rights, particularly freedom of speech.
It is perhaps a form of obscenity that
something as important as an inalienable
right should be challenged by the sexually
obscene—the Bill of Rights versus sidewalk
graffiti, in a sense.
"Community standards" and what is
"patently offensive" to the average person
are to be used to judge what is obscene and
what isn't. The decision was left, in reality,
to local officials elected by and, therefore,
assumed to reflect the morals of the voters.
This is similar to the situation many
communities found themselves in 15 and
more years ago—a morass of court battles
and unthinking censorship by pressure
groups.
Clearly the intent of the Supreme Court
was not to chain free speech and unchain
censorship. Equally evident, the court expects
local communities to proceed cautiously
so that free speech and artistic expression
are jealously preserved.
No community need to be subject to
more obscenity than it wishes for. under the
ruling. The responsibility is to insure that
no community is less free than it should be.
We will watch with interest how Bc.xar
County district attorney Ted Butler's program
proceeds in his announced crackdown
on porno houses and bookstores.
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pred Mound, United Artists division
manager.
Dallas, was here most of the final
week in July to assist in legal matters for
the company in connection with "Last Tango
in Paris" . . . M. O. "Buddy" Rimmer.
United Artists exchange manager in Oklahoma
City, has resigned.
Don Abemathy, Royal Theatre in Fairview,
and his wife Margaret have been
spending quite a bit of time in Santa Fe.
N. M. One reason is that they have bought
property there and are thinking of possible
retirement in that area. Meanwhile. Don's
parents Roy and Tessie Abernathy still are
going strong at the Royal Theatre. Roy is
doing the projection and Tessie is selling
tickets, as they have done for more than a
half century.
Charles Smith has sold the Corral Drivein
at Wynnewood to Tommye Smith.
Charles has been in exhibition, in many
capacities, for more than 40 years. Before
going to Wynnewood. he ran theatres in
other towns in this exchange area for many
years; he and his brother Bob also had a
poster exchange in Oklahoma City for a
Jake Guiles, Guiles Booking Service and
Continental Pictures, came in to take care
of his own and the company's business.
Because of the worst riot in history at the
Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester.
there will be no movies at the canteen for
a long time. The canteen was burned out
along with many of the other prison
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We were told by phone that authorities
will try to get the prison movies back into
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Dale Smith, Spot Theatre and Movie Park
Drive-In at Siloam Springs. Ark., is very
busy trying to operate these shows and at
the same time complete constructing and
John and Mary NeeSmith, Time Theatre
in Stroud, have not felt the effect at their
boxoffice of the big business boom taking
place there, although they are confident
that they soon will do so. A huge Disneytype
entertainment center is being built
north of Stroud and two of the units are
to be ready for spring openings.
Jay Reynolds, Sequoyah Theatre in
Salli
saw, told us that the run of "White Light
ning" was highly successful. And we've been
getting similar good reports about the pic
ture from other exhibitors in Oklahoma
Texas and Arkansas. The film was made on
location in Arkansas and stars Burt Rey
nolds.
Video Notes: Lt. Col. Mac H. Wood, son
of Video manager Jewell Wood of Mexia.
Tex., was transferred to Seattle, Wash., last
month to be batallion commander of a U.S.
Army hospital—one of only six such jobs in
the entire organization. Mrs. Jewell Wood
visited Mac and his family in Denver in
June, while he still was stationed at a U.S.
Army hospital in the Colorado capital . . .
Ollie Mae Powell, Odessa, Tex., received
her 15-year service recognition from Video
officials and the organization's congratulations.
More Video Notes: August's Around the
Circuit, the company's monthly bulletin prepared
here at the home offices, recalls that
50 years ago this summer "when Thomas
Sanchez came down to open the opera
house (in New Braunfels, Tex.), at five
o'clock Friday morning, he found the building
full of smoke and upon investigating discovered
a fire blazing merrily in the ceiling
to the left of the stage." The opera house
was the first theatre owned by the Griffith
organization, forerunner and parent
company of the present Video circuit. "The
Brauntex Theatre now replaces the opera
house of 50 years ago." noted Around the
long time. Bob still is in the poster business,
operating the Theatre Poster Service in Canton.
build-
Circuit, "but present manager Ed PuUin
calls
equipping his Springs Cinema for a November
1 opening. Knowing Dale, we're confi-
employed with the circuit's operations
to our attention that Tony Sanchez is
still
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dent that he will make the Springs Cinema New Braunfels."
one of the finest shopping theatres anywhere
The August Video Around the Circuit reprints
feature stories, photos and around.
highlights
of the Daily Ardmoreite's coverage of the
"Dillinger" world premiere in Dallas and
the film's opening in the Tivoli Theatre in
Ardmore. More than 200 area people appeared
in the picture, which was shot in Oklahoma
City, Enid and Ardmore.
'Deep Sleep' Destroyed;
Heavy Fines Meted Out
OKLAHOMA CITY— Barferd
New Jersey was fined $4,000. after its
Films of
president
Andrew Muscat pleaded guilty for the
company to a charge of transporting an
allegedly obscene film. "Deep Sleep." to
Oklahoma. Muscat previously had conceded
to U. S.
District Judge Luther Bohanon that
the film was obscene.
Alfred Sole. 29. an interior decorator and
director of the film, earlier had pleaded no
contest to federal charges in connection with
the film. Before Judge Bohanon would accept
Sole's plea, however, he insisted that
Sole tell him whether or not "Deep Sleep"
was obscene. Sole said it was. The judge
then placed him on probation for two years
and fined him $2,500 on each of two
counts.
Muscat was ordered to pay the $4,000
assessed against Barferd Films by August 1.
Before he left the courtroom. Muscat, 31-
year-old certified public accountant from
Patcrson, N.J.. requested that the judge have
the print of "Deep Sleep" burned. Judge
Bohanon agreed and directed that necessary
orders for destruction of the picture be carried
out.
"Deep Sleep" was seized last January
when federal forces raided the Center Theatre.
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'Day of the Jackal'
250 in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS—Each year, this city
becomes preoccupied for a ten-day span in
which a summertime civic festival, the
Aquatennial. is celebrated. This year, thanks
to some heavenly aqua—which damped
both a cluster of Aquatennial events and
the spirit for them—theatre grosses held
generally firm in the face of the distraction.
"The Legend of Hell House," in a 14-
theatre local saturation blast, did solidly
average business at the hardtops involved
while it was notably robust at the outdoor
situations. Aided by a particularly heavy
TV-ad campaign, the terror talc came in
with a nice 135. "Badge 373" drew heavy
fire from local thumbs—downing critics
and it tallied a 130 in its bow at the State.
"The Last American Hero." the Jeff Bridges
racing picture went into a skid at the Skyway
IL coming in with a flat-tired 90.
[Average Is 100)
Academy Lost Tango in Paris (UA), 12th
Cooper The Day of the Jackal (Univ),
9th .250
Gopher Scarecrow (WB), 5th wk
IDS—The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
fMGM). 4th wk 100
Monn— Paper Moon (Para), 6th wk 110
Multiple ;I4 theatres) The Legend of
Hell House (20th-Fox) 135
Orpheum Live and Let Die (UA), 4th wk 185
Park—Tom Sawyer (UA), 5th wk 110
Skyway I Jesus Christ Superstar (Univ). 4th wk. 190
Skyway II The Last American Hero (20th-Fox),
2nd wk 90
Southdale II, Uptown The Lost of Shcilo (WB),
3rd wk 200
State—Badge 373 (Paro) 130
World—Blume in Love (WB), 2nd wk 210
Pussycat Is Found Guilty
In Two Obscenity Cases
LINCOLN—Two juries found the Pussycat
Theatre of Omaha guilty on charges of
obscenity on two consecutive days—July 25
and July 26—in municipal court and district
court hearings. This apparently is the first
obscenity case or cases tried in Nebraska
since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its new
guidelines June 21.
A si.x-man, six-woman district court jury
returned a verdict of guilty July 25 on four
counts of distributing obscene material.
Involved in this case were four magazines
which Omaha vice squad officers said they
purchased at the Pussycat TTieatre in March
1972. The city of Omaha claimed the books
were obscene. Defense attorneys for the
theatre claimed that the books were not
obscene and that the law being tested by the
case was too vague.
District Court Judge Samuel Canaglia
fined the Pussycat owners a total of $4,000
after the jury verdict. Maximum fine for
distributing obscene material is SI.000 for
each conviction.
The municipal court jury of four women
and two men returned the verdict July 26
finding the Pussycat guilty of showing obscene
material May 27. The film in question,
"Deep Throat," was confiscated by
vice squad officers during a private showing.
Municipal Court Judge William Ryan
could not hand out sentencing July 26, since
the defendants were not present when the
verdict was returned.
The "Deep Throat" obscenity hearing
iipcncd July 26 in municipal court after
Judge R\an dismissed motions for dismissal
filed by .-Mbert Feldman, attorney for the
Pussycat Theatre. Feldman claimed the U.S.
Supreme Court decision affecting pornography
was made after the Pussycat was raided
during a showing of "Deep Throat." He also
said the rulling calls for the state to define
specifically the sexual conduct forbidden.
In overruling the defense motions. Judge
Ryan said the U.S. Supreme Court simply
had issued a new interpretation to an existing
law. The judge also held the state obscenity
statutes are sufficiently specific.
Updated Lyric Theatre Is
Reopened in Coon Rapids
COON RAPIDS. IOWA—The Lyric
Theatre in Coon Rapids opened its doors
to the public last month for the first time
since the movie house closed in late 1970.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allen are managing
the showhouse, with Les Blanchard as projectionist.
The premier attraction at the Lyric was
"Kansas City Bomber," starring Raquel
Welch. Other features scheduled included
"Bedknobs and Broomsticks," "Skyjacked,"
"The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean,"
"Will Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"
and "Black Beauty."
Following a remodeling project, the interior
of the Lyric Theatre has taken on
a new appearance. Several rows of seats
in the front of the auditorium were removed
and a new screen installed. Projectors
were moved from the top floor to
the former cryroom. In addition, the heating
system has been updated to permit
year-around operation of the movie house.
Originally, a group of local stockholders
purchased the Lyric from the Rogers estate.
For some time it was operated by Burton
Hood of Council Bluffs, Iowa, then it was
shuttered in 1970. After a period of inactivity,
another loan was obtained and a
group of approximately six started working
nights cleaning the building and remodeling.
Sandy Howard Visits Iowa
To Plug 'Neptune Factor'
DES .MOINES—Producer Sandy Howard,
in town to promote his latest film "The
Neptune Factor," told about his adventures
and misadventures in motion pictures and
TV. "The Neptune Factor." a $2,000,000
production, meant an investment of more
than $100,000 for him, Howard said. To
finish the picture, he stated he had "to hock
part of 'A Man Called Horse." " one of his
successful movies.
Howard said, with an air of confidence,
that he was sure he would get his money
back on the film.
"The Neptune Factor" opened July 18
at the Fleur 4 and Sierra 3 theatres in Des
Moines. An adventure about scientists and
aquanauts conducting research when their
laboratory falls to unexplored depths in the
ocean, much of the movie was filmed off
the coast of Florida and the Bahama Islands
where the depth of the water is 175 feet.
General Cinema Opens
SC Duo in Davenport
DAVLNl'ORJ. IOWA—General Cinema
Corp. opened its Northpark Cinema I and
II in the climate-controlled Northpark Shopping
Center here July 11. Inaugural attractions
for the luxurious theatres were
"The Legend of Boggy Creek" and the
Gene Hackman-AI Pacino starrer, ".Scarecrow."
GCC also owns and operates the Duck
Creek Cinema I and II in the Duck Creek
Plaza. Bettendorf. Iowa. Kurt J. Noack of
Davenport is area manager for Boston-based
GCC. while Mrs. George Hall has been
named assistant manager of the Northpark
twin cinema.
Northpark Cinema I seats 664 patrons
and Cinema II has a capacity of 349. Carpeting
is red and black. A portion of the
lobby walls is paneled, while other walls
are covered in red and blue vinyl. Concession
counters feature white Formica tops
and all equipment and fittings are made of
stainless steel.
The auditoriums feature push-back seats
with white backs and red upholstery. Both
theatres have shadow-box, wall-to-wall
screens.
Northpark Cinema I and II present continous
daily showings, with a $1 bargain
matinee admission price until 2:30 p.m.
daily.
High Winds Smash Screen
At Austin, Minn., Ozoner
AUSTIN, MINN.—High-velocity winds
severely damaged the screen of the Austin
Outdoor Theatre at approximately 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday. July 3, it was reported by Robert
Saaranen, manager. Several sections of the
screen were torn from the center portion of
the tower, causing a two-day shutdown of
the ozoner. Damage was estimated at several
thousand dollars.
Quick work by repair crews had the Austin
Outdoor Theatre back in operation for
the Thursday night, July 5, showing.
Oxford Theatre Renamed
From Mideostern Edition
OXFORD, OHIO—This town of two
colleges will see a merger of the two, the
120-year-old Western College for Women,
a private institution, and its state-supported
neighbor across the street. Miami University,
in the fall of 1974. As a portent of things
to come, this town's only film theatre has
changed its name, shortening it from the
Miami Western to the Miami. The shorter
name fits a new, sleeker marquee. Western
had approximately 350 students and Miami
about 13,000.
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£d Gavin, local office manager for American
International Pictures, hosted a
tradeshowing of "Heavy Traffic" (from the
makers of "Fritz the Cat") Thursday evening.
July 19. at the Centre screening room.
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peter Grafft, ABC of North Central States Kansas City, where the proud parents
film buyer-booker, left on a mini-vacation
for some water-skiing, etc. The et cetera friends and
showed off the new arrival to beaming
relatives.
is open to speculation, since Grafft's destination
was at a spot at Lake Geneva, Wis..
near the famed Playboy Club installation
. . . Exhibitors in both the city and suburbs
were delighted that the annual Aquatennial
celebration failed to have its usual distressing
impact on theatre grosses.
Dean Ziettlow, manager of the Cooper
Theatre, returned from Omaha, where he
attended the wedding of a niece July 21.
One day earlier. Ziettlow had taken a spin
to Lincoln, Neb., to visit the home base of
the Cooper circuit. He left and returned in
the midst of a local dry spell—and reported:
"Nebraska looked lush and green, while
Minnesota appeared parched. And that's an
exact reversal of the way things usually are."
Byron Shapiro, Western division manager
for Columbia Pictures, was in town for
business conferences with key exhibitors
Artists branch chief (and new
daddy) Bob DeJarnette left with his wife
and their baby on a vacation to Missouri
and the Ozarks country. On their agenda:
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in a hop to Chicago by Helen Aga,
branch accountant, and Karen Milkowski,
branch secretary, where they attended a WB
cashiers' meeting and seminars.
Jim Ellis, Cinerama Releasing Corp.
branch manager, broke "The Harrad Experiment"
in its first sub-run Wednesday
(1) with 18 prints working. Meanwhile, a
double debut was set by Ellis for the new
Claude LeLouche comedy, "Money. Money,
Money." which will bow at the Southdale
II and Uptown theatres . . . Karol Hines,
National Theatre Supply branch secretary,
departs the middle of August for a threeweek
Sweden vacation.
The State Theatre in Waseca, long-closed
and damaged by fire at the time of its shuttering,
is being reopened. A trio of Waseca
businessmen are backing the project, with
National Theatre Supply handling the refurbishing
... Pat Wells, Universal branch
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vacation . . . Meanwhile, the new
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Laurie Lindgren, booker-stenographer.
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Waconia Theatre, Waconia, is back from the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester and is on the recovery
trail via a bit of R&R (rest and recuperation).
Corbin Carson, Starbuck Theatre, Starbuck,
was a Filmrow visitor . . . Howard
Ross. Paramount Pictures Midwest division
manager based in Chicago, winged off to
Los Angeles for a huddle of Paramount division
managers. Upon his return. Ross
headed a meeting of Paramount branch
managers, including Forrest Myers of the
local office.
Marlon Brando in Omaha
For a Three-Hour Visit
O.MAHA—Academy Award winner Marlon
Brando's three-hour stay here Saturday,
July 21. appeared to have all the makings
of a "mystery script." according to United
Press International, but without some answers,
of course. Brando, a native of Omaha,
arrived at Eppley Airport in a car rented
in Kansas City, turned in the automobile
at the Avis counter, then took a cab out to
the Hanscom Park area where he was born
and spent the first six years of his life.
The cab driver reports Brando had him
drive past some of the places he remembered
during the 45-minute ride, including
Field Club School, where he attended kindergarten.
He did not stop at the house
where he was born, still standing and occupied
by another family. Returning to Eppley.
Brando had a sandwich at the coffee
shop, came to the rescue of a youngster who
had only 15 cents for a 20-cent piece of pie
and glass of milk. The reason for the threehour
wait by the star of "The Godfather"
appeared soon after the coffee shop incident:
an unidentified woman in a brown
velvet pantsuit. She and Brando then boarded
a flight to Chicago.
The Brando visit prompted the reporting
of another recent Nebraska activity involving
the actor. It seems he is shopping for
a windmill for his home in Tahiti. Keith
Lynch, Dempster Industries official in Beatrice.
Neb., said the actor called the firm
from Los Angeles about buying one. Lynch
said Brando needed a windmill larger than
the Dempster product, wanting to supply a
water s\steni of two or three miles of pipe
on his island.
Marquee Replacement Cost $6,500
Will. MAR. MINN. — Rcpl.icing the
m.iiquce at the Cinema Twins Theatre in
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building project in the city this year
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4 p.m. wedding of Miss Catherine Hallberg
and Howard Ebmeier in Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church Saturday afternoon. July
28. The bride is the daughter of Herman
Hallberg. vice-president of Cooper Theatres.
and Mrs. Hallberg. The bridegroom's parents
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ebmeir also are
Lincolnites. In the wedding party were the
bride's sister Annette and her brothers John
of Atlanta. Ga.. and Jim. After a reception
in the church and a wedding supper at the
Hallberg home, the couple left on a trip to
Canada. They will return to Millard near
Omaha to reside. The bride is a teacher
ding to Dennis Tomassevicz took place at
the same 4 p.m. hour in Sacred Heart
Church in Shelby.
Walt Jancke, retired industryite. celebrated
his July 24 65th birthday twice. The
first event was a surprise dinner party July
22, given by Mrs. Carol See and her daughter
and son Sherry and David. The second
dinner was Tuesday evening. July 24. hosted
by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lang at their home.
Mike Merwick of the Lincoln Fire Department
was a guest at the Plaza theatres
staff meeting Saturday morning, July 28.
Manager Jay Maness said the young fire
prevention expert not only talked on the
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fire extinguishers. The realistic exercise
took place in the adjacent alley where
gasoline provided a
yourself demonstration.
small blaze for the do-it
John Fauss, Cooper/ Lincoln doorman, is
vacationing in Colorado. Manager Randy
Hartman says two of the concession workers
also are missing. Karen Bradley is on a oneweek
vacation and Julie Meyer is on an
enforced one, brought on by illness. Another
vacationing staff member is long-time
custodian Marvin Kitelhut. His work is
being absorbed by other staff members, producing
a little more during the three weeks
Arthur Lapin of the Dubinsky Brothers
home office says he and his wife Bonnie
hope to see their new home at 520 Hazelwood
completed by late October or early
November. They're apartment dwellers with
their two young sons until then . . .
Debi
Barker, Plaza theatres cashier, is summer
vacationing in Boston for two weeks . . .
Lee Levorson. manager at Douglas 3. took
off July 28 to finish a bar in his family
room before carpet installers came July 30.
Services were held July 26 at Sterling for
Eugene R. Lambert. 71. father-in-law of
movie-stage singer Gordon MacRae. Mrs.
MacRae is the former Elizabeth Lambert of
Sterling.
Only nine more hours of credit stand between
Stale Theatre manager Dennis Garrison
and his bachelor's degree in education.
He attended the first University of Nebraska
summer sessions which ended in July
and will attack the nine hours this fall semester.
Meanwhile. Dennis and his wife are
planning a week's vacation Sunday (12)
through Saturday (18). The mountains in
Colorado are their goal but the gasoline
shortage may help them settle for something
like the Black Hills of South Dakota.
"The Sound of Music," in a return engagement
at the State, started out fine, reports
manager Dennis Garrison. He looks
for at least a two-week run. Making room
for "The Sound of Music" July 25 meant
taking "Live and Let Die" off the State
screen after a big final weekend of the threeweek
run. That response prompted Nebraska
Theatre Co. city manager Gene Buhrdorf to
continue showing the James Bond film at
Cinema 1 and 2. It replaces "Tom Sawyer,"
a long-runner. Another long-runner. "Mary
Poppins." ended at Cinema 1 and 2 Wednesday
(1), when "Scarecrow" opened.
.
Bob McGrath, who plays Bob on the educational
Millard schools. Her husband is associated
in the in their paychecks.
TV series "Sesame Street." and
with School District 66 in Omaha.
Industry guests attending included Mr. and Bill Smith, assistant manager at Douglas
three of his own children—^Robbie. Illy and
Mrs. E. N. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. 3. lost his transportation the weekend of
Alison—visited Nebraska's Educational TV
Charles Kroll, Mr. and Mrs. Michael July 28, while Randy Hartman, Cooper/Lincoln
26. They were
Gaughan. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Dubinsky.
manager, acquired some new
facilities in
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city July
family fare Ak-Sar-Ben
Mr. and Mrs. Sarge Dubinsky. Mr. and
show in Omaha the last week in July transportation. Bill reports someone stole
Mrs. Russell Brehm. Leora McGrew. Wenona
his ten-speed racer bicycle. Since that was
dome-like mushroom roof on
Miller and Jay Maness. Mrs. Maness his only transportation, he's riding his room-
It seems
actor
that
Bob Hope's $654,000 dream home
wasn't there because of a conflict in weddings.
mate's bike back and forth to work. Randy's
out at Palm Springs that burned up in late
new vehicle is a bronze-colored Vega, picked
by the internationally-known
It seems Jeanne had to be a bridal
attendant for Amy Zimmerman, whose wed-
up at the showroom July 28.
Omaha firm of Peter Kiewit
July had been constructed
Sons Co. According to a Kiewit spokesman
in Omaha, only the roof had been completed
on the Hope home at the time of the fire,
Kiewit contracted to build the roof but there
had been no firm contract on the house generally,
he said.
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Leonard Horn, who directed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's
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Sweetheart" and "Corky," as well as scores
of TV series segments, has a unique plan for
creating three theatrical features for foreign
On the vacation list at Cinema 1 and 2
exhibition. He has developed a TV series
currently are Cathy Neal and Jacque English,
concession workers. The latter accom-
six 90-minute dramas about an international
format entitled "Si.x," which encompasses
panied her family to California for two crisis.
weeks . . . Mark Feldman's spring-purchased After the segments are shown on a network,
they are paired to make three com-
Gremlin has some scars. The assistant Cinema
1 and 2 manager reports the damage pletely self-contained features for use
occurred when his car and another vehicle abroad.
couldn't quite avoid one another at some "Six" now is being considered by the networks.
street repair barriers.
Branch Expansion Planned
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Film Corp., who, with Dimension Pictures,
operates lour branches throughout the East,
looks for expansion next year into another
seven branches in other areas.
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gam Rich, Columbia branch manager, and
his family vacationed for a week at the
Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri . . . The
WOMPI Club held its monthly meeting
July 18 at Riccelli's Restaurant. Plans were
discussed for the upcoming WOMPI International
convention in Kansas City .
WOMPI president Pauline Moiser and her
husband had quite a vacation. They flew to
Seattle and traveled by bus to Vancouver,
B.C., and from there went to Alaska by
ship. They took several side trips, one into
the gold country.
Iowa United news: Jim Gray, buyer and
booker, reports they are quite happy with
the picture projection now at the Waco
Drive-In. Washington, following the screenpainting
job done by Selby . . . Selby recently
installed a new tower at the underskyer
at Iowa Falls. The previous screen was destroyed
in a storm before July 4 and the
theatre had been closed since that time. It
reopened July 20.
Gary Swift,
18. Washington, an employee
at the Waco Drive-In, died July 10 in a
one-car accident. Our condolences to Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Swift of that city.
David Gold, 20th-Fox branch manager,
reports most exhibitors are excited about
"The Gospel Road," a picture produced by
Johnny Cash. The story of the life of Christ,
told and sung by Cash, "The Gospel Road"
will be released October 1 with tie-ins with
churches and school groups.
Joe Ancher, booker for Warner Bros., underwent
surgery at Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Tuesday, July 24.
Irwin Dubinsky and his son-in-law James
Rodenberg, attorney for Dubinsky Theatres,
were in town recently to look over their
movie houses . . . Don Walls reports "Jesus
Christ Superstar" had a tremendous opening
at the local Riviera Theatre, with patrons
of all ages attending. Don also said that
Allen White, Cinerama Releasing Corp., was
in town recently and remarked that the
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While in Los Angeles, they intend to
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and Sandy Howard.
Don Walls, general manager for Dubinsky-Fridley
Theatres, was quite pleased with
the two rock groups—Framptons Camel and
Jo Jo Gunne—that played to a full house
at the Galaxy Theatre here July
18. He said
the kids loved them and were "wild with
enthusiasm" . . . The Galaxy was filled to
capacity July 21 for the sneak of "White
Lightning." United Artists release starring
Burt Reynolds.
Filmrow visitors:
Carl Schwanebeck, Village
and drive-in theatres, Knoxville; Jack
and Terry March, who have theatres in Le
Mars, Vermillion in South Dakota and
Wayne, Neb., and Frank White, branch
manager for National General, Denver.
Central States news: Garry Hubaker from
the Majestic. Centerville. was in the home
office a few days ago . . . Steve Blank, who
was hospitalized with an ear problem, says
it "wasn't too serious" . . . Madge Fenton.
retired CS employee, is back in the office
helping out for a short period . . . Larrj'
Day reports that the annual fall meeting is
scheduled for October 3-4 in our town . . .
Irv Heller declares that he had to double
kids up in some seats because of the big
turnout at Iowa City for the summer series
at the Englert Theatre . coincidence
but the Iowa, Iowa City, playing "Arnold's
Wrecking Co.." made the front page of the
local paper with a picture of the marquee
with this title on it—and right next door a
wrecking crew knocking down a building
for urban renewal ... It seems it was "class
week" at Mason City, with the drive-in and
the Palace playing "Class of '44" and "Class
of "74" . . . Teachers were admitted free
at the drive-in at Fairfield for the movie
"Student Teachers." All they needed was
proof of occupation. Friday, July 1.3, they
had free pancakes and coffee for all those
still at the drive-in after the third of the
four features . . . Jim McLaughlin, manager
at Ottumwa. received two and a half pages
of local newspaper publicity for the engagement
of "Tom Sawyer" summer
series at Fort Dodge year is spon-
this
sored by the local car dealer. For the past
couple of years it has been Henry's Hamburgers
. Cobb, manager of the Regent,
Cedar Falls, invited all 1944 high
school graduates for a reunion at a showing
of "Class of '44." He served refreshments
of cookies and a drink . . . The Princess
Theatre. Eaale Grove, has a new screen.
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DETROIT—This report week could boast
of a genuine super-percentage: 620 for
"Slaughters Big Rip-Off," making its debut
at the huge Fox Theatre. "Shaft in Africa."
second week at the Grand Circus, also won
strong support and scored a solid 250. Six
other films operated in the above-average
105-180 range and five flopped around in
the lowly 70s. as the report showed widely
contrasted results at Detroit boxoffices.
(Average Is 100)
Americana The Day of the Jockol (Univ),
8th v»k 160
Eight theatres Poper Moon (Poro), 4th wk 105
Eight theatres BofHe for fhe Plonef of fhe Apes
,20th-Fox), 2nd wk 70
Eight theatres Emperor of the Norfh (20th-Fox),
2nd wk 70
15 theatres Live and Lef Die (UA), 2nd wk 160
Four theatres Scarecrow (WB), 3rd wk 160
Four theatres The Lost of Sheila (WB), 2nd wk. 70
Fox—Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (AlP) 620
Grond Circus Shaft in Africa (MGM), 2nd wk. . .250
Nine theatres The Mon Who Loved Cot Doncing
(MGM), 2nd wk 75
Nine theatres—One Little Indion (BV), 2nd wk. . . 70
Six theatres—40 Carats (Col), 2nd wk 70
Six theotres Jesus Christ Superstar (Univ),
2nd wk 175
Studio 8 Lost Tango in Paris (UA), 11th wk. ..180
Jesus Christ Superstar' 500
First Week in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI—Six new films added variety
to first-run products during the recording
week and a newcomer ran off with high
returns for their theatres.
Albee Shaft in Africa (MGM), 3rd wk 100
Ambassador A Touch of Class (Emb), 3rd wk. . .300
Carousel 40 Carats (Col), 3rd wk 250
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Grand Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (AlP), 2nd wk. ..150
International 70 Trader Horn (MGM) 75
Kenwood Ludwig (MGM) 75
Multiple Live and Let Die (UA), 4th wk 250
Place—The Last of Sheila (WB), 4th wk 250
Showcase 1—Jesus Christ Superstar (Univ) 500
Showcase 2—Poper Moon (Para) 200
Showcase 3— Emperor of the North (20th-Fox) ..200
Showcase 4— Dillinger (AlP) 200
Skywolk 1 The Doy of the Jockal (Univ),
8th wk 250
Skywalk 2 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
(MGM), 3rd wk 300
Times Towne Cinema—Scarecrow (UA), 3rd wk. . ,350
Valley—Live ond Let Die (UA), 4th wk 250
'Jesus Christ Superstar'
315 in Cleveland 3rd
CLEVELAND—"Jesus Christ Superstar"
showed a composite 315 grossing percentage
after a third week on three Cleveland
screens, thereby nosing out newcomers "A
Touch of Class" (280) and "The Last of
Sheila" (290) and third-week "Paper Moon"
(280) for the week's best boxoffice business.
Cedor-Lee Stote of Siege (SR), 3rd wk 75
Colony—Lost Tango in Paris (UA), 12th wk 200
RIDE FOR 'DILLINGER'—Joe Kelly, who heads Kili> Ihcatre Service in
Detroit, look time out to drive his pride and joy, a gleaniinj; 1937 Packard, downtown
to give American International Pictures' "Dillinger" a promotional push. In
the back seat of the vintage automobile is Tom CJoldberg, son of Irving (ioldberg,
one of the well-known show business twins.
Four theatres The Lost of Sheila (WB) 290
Four theatres The Legend of Hell House
(20th-Fox) 140
Four theatres Paper Moon (Para), 3rd wk 280
Four theatres Let the Good Times Roll (Col) .... 1 50
Six theatres Live and Let Die (UA), 3rd wk 160
Three theatres Jesus Christ Superstar (Univ),
3rd wk 315
Three theatres Shaft in Africa (MGM) 225
Two theatres The Day of the Jocltol (Univ),
8th wk 120
Two theatres Scarecrow (WB), 3rd wk iso
World East, World West A Touch of Class
(Emb) 280
Nicholas George Is Dead;
Michigan Circuit O'wner
scoring honors for the period. "Jesus Christ
Superstar" rating 500 as it opened at Showcase
1. "Scarecrow" emerged as the No. 2 DETROIT—Funeral services for Nicholas
George were held Thursday (2) at St.
film, thanks to a 350 in its third week at
the Times Towne Cinema, while "A Touch
Clement Church.
of Class." third week. Ambassador, and
16900 Ford Rd..
"The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing." third
Dearborn. Mich.
week at Skywalk 2. each tripled average
George, owner of the
major Michigan theatre
circuit bearing his
name, died Saturday.
July 28.
The Nicholas
George circuit includes
the Americana
Nick George
complex in Southfield,
Mai Kai the in Livonia,
Park I and II. Camelot.
the Allen
Fort George Drive-In. Galaxy Drive-In.
Jolly Roger Drive-In, Michigan Drive-In.
Downtown Detroit Plaza and the Southgate
theatres, all in Michigan. Several additional
theatres are under construction.
He leaves his wife Mary; a son, Lewis;
a daughter Anne (Mrs. Alexander Thomas),
and nine grandchildren.
The family suggests that memorial donations
may be made to St. Clement Church
or to the Variety Club's Growth & Development
Center at Children's Hospital (Suite
A. 132 North Woodward Ave.. Birmingham,
Mich. 48011).
Joan Crawford Attends
Bow of Showcase Quad
CINCINNATI—Veteran actress Joan
Crawford attended a luncheon and evening
preview reception at Redstone's Showcase
cinemas 1-2-3-4 Tuesday. July 10. The quad
is located at the intersection of Route 4
and 1-275.
Miss Crawford, in discussing her film
career, said she considered "Whatever Happened
to Baby Jane" a "tremendous challenge"
and said she really would like a
chance to work with Cary Grant or Gregory
Peck. She said two of the actresses she admires
most are Audrey and Katharine Hepburn.
.'Kn avid TV fan. Miss Crawford admitted
she "would jump at the opportunity" to play
on "The Waltons." Comparing the two entertainment
mediums, she stated, "I hope
TV can teach motion pictures something: to
get rid of the formality."
Miss Crawford, who has appeared in approximately
90 motion pictures, is a member
of the board of directors of Pepsi-Cola
and Frito-Lay; director of the Muscular
Dystrophy Ass'n of America, and chairman
of the board of the American National Theatrical
Academy.
CORRECTION
COLUMBUS—The Ohio House of Representatives,
by a vote of 61-29. concurred
in the passage of Senate Bill 62 to exempt
projectionists from criminal liability for
films "which are obscene or harmful to
minors." The bill was sent to Gov. John J.
Gilligan.
A story printed in the July 23 issue of
Boxoffice incorrectly stated that the Ohio
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after years with the Buttcrfield
circuit, has returned safely from a wonderful
trip to Ireland ... Ed Stuckey, Butlerfield
Theatres, currently has an attractive
retirement home in a new Marine City residence,
having given up his lovely Canadian
property.
June was the month that Sam Barrett of
Cooperative Theatres, previous co-owner of
Schulte Theatre circuit, and Mildred Munz.
long-time bookkeeper/ cashier for Cooperative,
decided "traveling together" was the
thing, tied the knot and took off for the
summer to beautiful Ausable property . . .
Bob Buermele, director of Cooperative Theatres,
and his secretary Arlene Traub also
decided June was the month for a wedding
dale!
Harold Rhodes, cashier/ bookkeeper for
Paramount for many years, suffered a heart
attack July 16 and remains in intensive care
in Monroe Memorial Hospital and is reported
"fair." Harold was to have retired in a
couple of months. At the present lime, his
duties are being handled by Jim Driesbeck,
an old-timer in the industry and formerly
with United Detroit Theatres.
John Dembek of Dembek Cinema Service
was hospitalized July 13 because of angina
pectoris. John returned home for continued
recuperation July 24. His office remains
open under the capable hands of Leo Sanshie,
former Co-operative booker.
Sandy Howard, producer, was interviewed
by the media when he was in town recently.
Howard commented that "there is a trend
toward movies that the entire family may
enjoy together and in which they have a
common interest." He hopes that his latest
film, to be released a few months from now,
may cover such an area of interest. Howard
spoke of his work with sea creatures and
their intelligence in connection with his recent
motion picture "The Neptune Factor."
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Meeting Arthur Treacher was a delight!
The well-known actor and long-time sidekick
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show was in the area on a promotional tour
in behalf of his fish-and-chip establishments.
He has lost no charm and was greeted by
eager autograph seekers and. as well, posed
for camera "bugs."
The world premiere of General Film
Corp.'s "Detroit 9000" will be held Tuesday
(7) at the downtown Madison Theatre here.
The feature, which was shot entirely in this
city, originally was titled "Motown 9000."
Tom Byerle has recovered sufficiently
from a heart attack to return to the golf
course.
July 1 marked the opening of the College
Theatre, Mackinac Island, by owner Jack
Locks of Grand Rapids. Booking agent for
the house is Cooperative . Mini .Art
Theatre, Oscoda, has been renamed the Variety
. . . The Palace Theatre, Charlevoix,
now is known as Cinema 3 . . . The Savoy,
Grand Rapids, has been twinned. The dualer,
still owned by Robert Goodrich, now is
known as Savoy I and II . . . The Midstate,
Westbranch, has changed ownership—from
Triangle Enterprise to C. F. Huddy.
Art I and II Cinema in Ypsilanti opened
"The Devil in Miss Jones" . . . "Let the
Good Times Roll" opened in the Washington
Theatre, Royal Oak. Ballyhoo for the
film in stereophonic sound highlighting the
music of the '50s included a Hula Hoop
in contest front of the movie house. More
than 2.500 nostalgia lovers turned out for
the premiere of the picture, a Columbia
Pictures release starring Chubby Checker,
Bo Diddley, Bill Haley and the Comets and
a host of rock "n' roll stars of two decades
ago.
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Canford Howard, producer, visited this
city
(the 45th in a tour of 75 cities) to promote
his 20th Century-Fox film "The Neptune
Factor." presently showing multiple in
the area. Howard. 46-year-old bachelor, has
been self-employed since he was 18 and
made and lost a million dollars before he
was 30. During his stay here. Howard
whose films include "A Man Called Horse,""
"Man in the Wilderness"" and "Jack of Diamonds""—talked
about his filming of "The
Neptune Factor"" in the Bahamas, where an
18-ton sea lab was sunk 72 feet to the ocean
floor off Freeport. The producer feels that
a personal visit in some cities can raise the
gross on a movie 25 to 50 per cent, thus
accounting for the 75-city tour. Howard"s
latest movie is being filmed in Galveston.
Tex., and concerns a gang of black teenagers
who solve a crime.
Vogcl Theatres, based in Wellsville. is
increasing its Baltimore operations to seven
screens. Planning a Christmas-season opening
is a twin hardtop now under construction
within the new Edgewater shopping
complex near Edgewood. Md. Also under
construction at the new Carollwood Shopping
Center in the Essex area is another
twin cinema, due to open in early spring.
This center is contiguous to VogeKs
Bengies Drive-In. In the same eastern Baltimore
area, Vogel also operates the Aero
and Hiway theatres.
Actor Robert Stack, 57. having shot 79 of
100 targets in the opening round of the U.S.
skeet shooting championship held here at
the Winchester Gun Club, Chadron, abruptly
returned to Los Angeles, having suffered
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once held a world skeet shooting record
with 36 consecutive hits.
A film festival featuring old-time westerns
is under way at Porthouse Theatre,
adjacent to Blossom Music Center. Showings
are on consecutive Mondays and the
Monday (6) program features '"The Covered
Wagon."' with Alan Hale and Lois Wilson;
"The Gold Rush."" with Charlie Chaplin,
and "The Gold Ghost." starring Buster
Keaton. Gary Cooper"s classic film, "The
Virginian."" will be shown Monday (13).
The final program Monday (20) will include
"My Little Chickadee."" with W. C. Fields
and Mae West, and another Fields film.
"The Fatal Glass of Beer."" Between reels,
the summer company at Porthouse entertains
with mock gun battles, barroom
brawls, etc.
CINCINNATI
J^s a memorial for Phil. Hurry and Louis
Chakeres. Chakeres Theatres has inaugurated
a yearly college scholarship program
for children of its employees at Wittenberg
University. Springfield.
Don Benning, Paramount booker, was in
Seattle. Wash., as a delegate at the Fraternal
Order of Eagles convention . . . Debbie
Ruff of C. J. Ruff Film has returned from
a vacation in Canada .
Kinsley.
Bil-Ko Film booker, is spending two weeks
in Tavistock. England.
Barbara Smith, secretary for Cincinnati
Theatres, is back from a vacation at Myrtle
Beach, S.C. . . . Douglas and Pam Sandlin.
Holiday Amusement staffer, plan to spend
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and Italy.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Mutter, managers of
the Melody Drive-In, Springfield, have returned
from a Florida vacation.
The State Theatre, Cambridge, is to reopen
Wednesday (15) after being closed for
some time. Americo Vergari is the owner
and TOC is booker . . . John Tabor, district
manager for the central division, Chakeres
Theatres, formerly located at Urbana, has
purchased a home in Upper Arlington, Columbus.
He has moved into his enlarged
offices in the Holiday Drive-In. Columbus,
where he will supervise the theatres in the
central division.
COLUMBUS
gernard Ginley, operator of the Towne
Cinema, recently passed an examination
conducted by the state real estate board.
He plans to devote part of his time to the
real estate business.
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Local police have been quoted as saying
the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision
in regard to obscenity will have little effect
on what is shown on adult theatre screens
and what is displayed in adult book stores.
Police pointed to one section of the high
court"s ruling which states procedures by
which police officers can make arrests. This
decision may cause nearly 100 cases pending
in courts to be dismissed. This city now has
only three adult film houses operating, compared
with six in past years. One was closed
permanently as a nuisance when police obtained
a court order. Two closed within recent
weeks. City Atty. James Hughes said
he asked the city council if it wished to
enact a city ordinance in conformity with
new U.S. Supreme Court guidelines. He said
he has had no response from city lawmakers.
Hughes stated that existing state laws on
pornography "are good enough.'" He said
the state laws "are restrictive rather and
conservative."' Police Lt. Alex Incze, head
of the vice his squad, said officers have
been enforcing state laws for the past several
years. Hughes pointed out that the procedures
outlined in
the high court's decision
will require vice squad officers to fill out
affidavits after viewing "objectionable"
films and then give the affidavit along with
verbal information to a judge in order to
obtain a search warrant before making arrests.
Police must give theatre operators
time to make or secure a copy of the film
before it can be confiscated or return the
film so that the theatre can continue showings
while the case is in litigation. Hughes
said this provision may cause the dismissal
of the majority of pornography cases pendinu
in various local courts.
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Only Suburban Operation
Sites Interest Redstone
Boston—Sumner Redstone, president
of Boston - headquartered Redstone
Theatres, told the Boston (ilobe in an
inteniew:
"We have no intention of going into
downto\>n areas but will remain in
suburban sites easily accessible to
metropolitan areas."
The independent circuit currently
operates 41 theatres in 12 cities, plus
52 underskyers across the country.
Woburn Showcase 4
Added by Redstone
WOBURN, MASS.—Redstone Theatre
op)ened Showcase cinemas 1, 2, 3 and 4
July 18 at Route 128 and Route 38, Exit
39 and executives of the company described
that site as being as close to the downtown
area as the Boston-based circuit wants to
build.
The four-auditorium complex, a model of
comfortable and luxurious equipment in
each seating area, lobby and restroom, has
a total capacity of 2,440 patrons. As is the
case with all other Redstone Showcase units
in New England and other states, the new
Woburn building has an art gallery that
shows works of local artists. The Woburn
Showcase cinemas also are offered to area
clubs and organizations for their meetings
when the auditoriums are not in use for
film showings.
Other features will be special senior citizen
price matinees and Saturday and Sunday
children's matinee film classics shows.
Redstone Management operates Showcase
cinemas in Worcester, Springfield,
Lawrence. Hartford and Orange in New
England; Pontiac. Mich.; Louisville, Ky.;
Toledo, Ohio, and Milan. 111., in addition to
52 drive-ins. The circuit will open a threeauditorium
complex in Dedham at the junction
of route 128 and 1 in time for Christmas.
NH Flood Exaggeration
Hurting State's Tourism
NORTH WOODSTOCK. NH. — The
head of New Hampshire's largest tourist
business association said that "exaggerated
and overplayed" news accounts of flooding
and the governor's declaration of the state
as a '"disaster area," were costing the summertime
vacation bu.siness $1 million.
Richard Hamilton, executive director of
the White Mountain Attractions Ass'n,
said that his group and Ski 93 and the
Mount Washington Ass'n were placing newspaper
ads in Boston, Providence. Hartford
and Worcester saying, "Everything's open
and operating— and there's plenty of gas!"
Hamilton added; "The way the news
media have played this thing, it makes it
sound like New Hampshire has been washcti
down to the Atlantic Ocean."
NE Authorities Readying Guidelines
For Campaign Against 'Blue
BOSTON—New England states arc banding
together in a crackdown on "blue"
lilms, using the new U. S. Supreme Court's
"local standards" ruling, and each of the
states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Connecticut and Rhode Island has
set up committees in its attorney-general's
oil ice
to issue guidelines.
In Massachusetts, the vice squad of the
Boston police already has begun to act in
confiscating films and arresting theatre
managers.
New Hampshire moved fast with an edict
that as of Wednesday, July 25, all "blue"
films must be out of the theatres of the
state and all "blue" magazines must be off
the racks. This edict was issued by Attorney
General Warren Rudman, who briefed law
enforcement officials on the new Supreme
Court ruling which leaves the definition of
obscenity up to local authorities. Rudman
said a state censorship board to screen films
was not necessary in New Hampshire, ""because
it does not take an expert to know
what hard-core pornography is." He said he
would not use the court's ruling to repress
those things "which may be in questionable
taste."
May Revive Film Boards
However, in Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, exhibitors were alerted that bills are
to be filed to reinstitute the old film review
boards of a decade ago, which screened pictures
for profanity and obscenity, both for
weekday and Sunday showings.
In Boston, where the state has not yet
moved, but the city has. Herbert P. Glcason.
city corporation counsel, said;
"We are not writing off the "combat zone'
(Boston's miniature Times Square). For example,
we are trying very hard to keep peep
shows out of that area. If similar adult
offerings spread out. we'll fight them tooth
and nail."
Ruling Is Key 'Weapon'
Gleason says the new Supreme Court
is ruling a key weapon against the spread
of adult films and magazines into other
areas. He feels the ruling has reversed the
trend of adult films and pornographic bookstores
moving into residential areas.
"They are now afraid they will be con-
seizures have been directed against hardcore
rather than soft-core films.
Lawyers in the office of state .AiiorncN-
General Robert H. Quinn are working to
remove ""nebulous language from the state's
obscenity laws so it will be easier to prosecute
... the so called smut merchants."
In Boston, an all-t>iit attack h;is been
launched encompassing not only films.
Films
books, but also stage shows and night club
acts showing nudity.
While declining to ""propose regulatory
schemes for the states," the U.S. Supreme
Court did give examples, which included
simulated sex acts and "lewd exhibition of
the genitals." James -McDaniels of the attorney
general's staff, said.
Legal circles contend that enforcement
officials will seek to ban nudity as "lewd
exhibition of the genitals." which would
halt nudity in Boston in films, stage shows
and night clubs. .And, as vice squad leader
Lt. Anthony Leon predicts, '"as things get
clarified. I'm sure we'll be moving wider
afield."
Haunted by 'Censorship'
Motion picture exhibitors and distributors
fear, among other "forms of censorship."
that the state may attempt to revive the old
censorship boards, which scanned films
both for weekday and Sunday showings and
which were found unconstitutional after a
long court fight. They are especially concerned
with whether or not contemporary
standards in Boston and other cities, as
interpreted by local officials, will define
nudity (exhibition of the genitals) as lewd.
One exhibitor pointed out that ""practically
every film coming through has nude scenes.
What are we supposed to do. engage in self
censorship, and snip the nude scenes'.'"
Strategy
Coordinators
Coordinating conferences on strategy are
the state attorney-general's office, district
attorney Garrett H. Byrne and the Boston
police vice control squad under the direction
of Lt. Anthony Leone. The vice unit has
already seized five X-rated films from
downtown theatres.
Three films were seized at the Capri and
two others at the Twin X Cinema. Complaints
were obtained against the corporalions
and the managers of the theatres.
Police said the films constitute a milliondollar
business nationwide and police are
probing the corporate structure of the theatres
involved. Complaints for allowing an
immoral film to be shown were issued
against Aristedes Poravas, manager of the
Capri, and Nicholas Caracasis. manager of
the Twin X.
In Boston Municipal Court, their attorney.
Morris Golding argued a motion
victed if they do," he said.
So far in Boston, five films at three adult for return of the films, but Judge Timothy
theatres have been seized. Complaints have Glynn denied the motion. Nightclubs came
been filed against corporation owners and under the wrath of the attack squad and
managers. In these cases, the complaints and Poravas was also charged with allowing an
immoral show to be staged at the 2 O'Clock
Club, where he is also the manager.
Poravas was found guilty later in the day
in the same court of allowing an immoral
show to be staged and was fined $2,000.
He appealed the decision. Detective John
Gillespie of the vice squad testified that he
witnessed an immoral show by a woman at
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Curlesque is back in Boston after 12 years.
Joe Savino. following extensive alterations
that included new decor, reopened the
Pilgrim Theatre on Washington Street with
a regular policy of burlesque featuring headline
stars, bringing back memories of the
old Howard with his slogan "always something
doing from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m."
Tommy Morton, Warner Bros, sales manager,
returned home from a stint in the
hospital and is expected at his desk after a
couple of weeks of recuperation . . . Also
resting at home is Dick Waite, NFB Film
Distributors, who for ten days was a patient
at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dick expects to rejoin Paul Peterson on the
job soon.
Nick Russo's GG Communications had a
half page in the Boston Globe, with the
top story of the week, including a picture of
the star of "Pippi Longstocking," the story
announcing the approaching showing of the
picture in New England theatres.
George Wein, the Newton promoter of
the Newport Jazz Festival, will stage the
complete show at Boston's Fenway Park
on Friday and Saturday evenings for the
remainder of the summer and sellout audiences
are expected for each event. Topping
Fenway for seating capacity. Foxboro's
Schaeffer Stadium will have a series of
concerts featuring top stars of the concert
world sponsored by Costa Do Sol Rose.
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America and his bride Ann are honeymooning
for three weeks in Europe, taking in all
the famous capitals.
Filmmaker Joe Levine says that the Andrew
Wyeth Museum at Cushing. Me., will
reopen this summer as soon as he solves
some operational problems there. "Andrew
and I will take care of that," said Levine,
who established the museum through his
Joseph E. Levine Foundation, "as soon as
we can get together." Levine is so taken
with Andrew Wyeth's paintings that he even
had his hospital room at Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital (where he went for a checkup)
decorated with Wyeth art.
C&F Theatres Opens
Duo in Williamstown
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.—Some three
years after the start of construction. Colonial
cinemas I. II have opened in the Colonial
Shopping Center on State Road.
Originally, the project was to be for Carrol's
Development of Syracuse. N.Y., operators
of fast-food outlets and theatres.
Then, because of financial problems involving
the building contractor, the nearly
completed structure stood idle for two
years.
C&F Theatres, headed by Irwin Cohen,
then acquired the project. Cinema I has
capacity for 175, its sister cinema 186.
Mrs. Blanche Gendron, formerly manager
of the Spring Street Cinema, is managing
the new complex.
VERMONT
Tn an innovational pitch for audiences for a
major reissue attraction, Merrill Jarvis.
independent exhibitor, operating the Flynn
Theatre in downtown Burlington, ran newspaper
ads advising that mail orders for the
July 18-August 31 booking of 20th Century-
Fox's 1965 Academy Award-winning musical,
"The Sound of Music." would assure
guaranteed choice seats.
Paramouiit's "Paper Moon," playing its
Vermont premiere at Cinema 1, Carrols
Plaza I-II, South Burlington, went into a
record-shuttering second month's stay . .
Jarvis Merrill's Showcase I-II complex,
•South Burlington, opened a while back, is
still using miniature maps of the region, in
its daily newspaper ads, to acquaint northern
Vermonters with the twin cinemas' location.
Actor Douglas at Dartmouth
HANOVER, N.H. — Long-time actor
Melvyn Douglas attended a Dartmouth College
arts festival opening of a series of hi.s
motion pictures. Douglas and his wife, former
congrcsswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas,
have a home at nearby Fairlce. Vt.
Pittsfield Mayor Walks
Out on 'Last Tango' Bow
PITTSFIELD. MASS.—A capacity audience
attended the Berkshire regional premiere
of United Artists' "Last Tango in
Paris" at Esquire Theatres of America's
Paris Cinema. Mayor Butler reportedly
walking out about halfway through the film
and commenting. "I don't care for that sort
of thing."
Police chief John J. Killeen said he would
consult with a "team" of citizens and lawenforcement
officials to determine whether
any complaints of obscenity in the film
would be filed by the city.
MAINE
TJichard C. Welsh, projectionist at the
Rockland Strand, and his wife returned
from a tour of Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick in Canada. The Welches left
Bar Harbor on the Canadian National ferry
Bluenose at 8 a.m. Sunday, July 1. and
arrived at Yarmouth, N.S.. at 3 that afternoon.
Staying overnight at Lunenberg. they
motored to Truro the next day. The Welches
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motored to Dorchester. Mass.. for a visit
with their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Solletti. returning home to
Rockland Monday, July 9. Mrs. Welch is a
stitcher at Van Baalen Pacific Corp. in
Rockland and was on vacation the first two
weeks in July. Welch intends to take his
second vacation week as three weekends.
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at his hometown theatre, the Comique in
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BOSTON—Rain throughout Saturday.
July 21. made indoor theatres" bo.xoffices
bloom and grossing percentages shot up
throughout the city, to the delight of exhibitors.
No less than seven first runs attained
the elite 300 class, capped by 375
readings for both "The Friends of Eddie
Coyle." which completed a month's playing
time at the Circle Cinema, and "Paper
Moon." sixth week. Cinema 57 Two.
.300
Charles A Touch of Class (Emb), 5th w
Cheri One— Blume in Love (WB), 2nd wk dUO
Chen Two—The Lost of Sheilo (WB), 5th wk 130
Cheri Three Lost Tongo in Paris (UA), 15th wk. 350
Cinema 57 One—O Lucky Man (WB), 2nd wk. ... 190
Cinema 57 Two Paper Moon (Para), 6th wk. . . .375
-The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1th ,375
Gary Scream, Blacula, Screom (AlP) 300
Loews' Abbey One The Hireling (Col), 4th wk. . . 75
Loews' Abbey Two Pat GarreM and Billy the Kid
(MGM) 70
Music Hall—Live and Let Die (UA), 4th wk. ... 350
Pans Cinema 40 Carots (Col), 2nd wk 140
Pi Alley The Day of the Jackal (Univ), 9th wk. . 195
One Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (AlP),
3rd
Saxon—The Factor (20th-Fox 2nd 125
"The Neptune Factor' Leads
New Haven With 300
NEW HAVEN—"The Neptune Factor"
(300) and "Blume in Love" (275) broke into
the first-run lineup here in grand style, as
though they intend to stay on New Haven
screens for an impressive number of weeks.
Also popular with ticket-buyers in th; re
port week. "The Last of Sheila" grossed 175
and "Last Tango in Paris" was good for a
solid 150 week.
Cinemart— Blume in Love (WB) 275
College, two drive-ins Live and Let Die (UA),
Crown— It Happened in Hollywood (SR); Judy
(SR), 3rd wk
Milford Cinema II Scarecrow (WB), 3rd wk .
Roger Sherman, Summit Super Fly, T. N. T.
(Para), 2nd wk
Showcase Cinema I The Day of the Jackal
(Univ), 4th wk
Showcase Cinema II Paper Moon (Para), 6th wk
Showcase Cinema III Lost Tango in Paris (UA),
Westville, Whitney, North Haven The Neptun
Factor (20th-Fox)
Whalley, Bowl The Last of Sheila (WB), 2nd i
York Square Cinemo A Touch of Closs (Emb),
3rd wk
'Godspeir Quadruples Average
At New Hartford Quadplex
HARTFORD—First week scores al the
newly opened SBC Cinema City quadplex
ran: No. L "Godspell," 400; No. 11. "A
Warm December," 300; No. Ill, "Baxter!",
150, and No. IV, "The Sound of Music,"
75. The SBC complex adds a total of 1,300
scats to the metropolitan area seating capacity.
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Burnside, Cinema Paper Moon (Para), 4th wk. 125
Central, Cine Webb, Moll Cinema— A Touch of
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Cinema II, East Hartford Cinema I The Day of
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Cinema City I—Godspell (Col) 400
Cinema City II, Elm— A Warm December (NGP) .300
Cinema City III— Baxter! (NGP) 150
Cinerama Last Tango in Paris (UA), 9th wk. . . .175
Four theatres The Legend of Hell House
(20th-Fox), 2nd wk 65
Four theatres The Harrad Experiment (CRC),
4th wk 70
Newington— Lost Horizon (Col), 1 0th wk 50
Sh-3Wco;e Cinema I Battle for the Planet of the
Apes (20th Fox), 2nd wk 90
Showca e Cinema II Live and Let Die (UA),
4th wk 125
Showcase Cinema IV Scoreerow (WB), 4th wk. . . 65
Webster Sloughter's Big Rip-Off (AlP) 150
HARTFORD
bedstone Theatres shifted Richard Martin
from the house staff of Showcase cinemas
l-ll. Worcester, to Showcase cinemas
LII-lIl-IV. East Hartford, as house manager,
under resident managing director Carmen
J. Meile. A restaurant just down Silver
Lane from the over-east complex is providing
a nice road-sign touch: "Mr. Steak Restaurant
Welcomes Showcase Cinemas I-IIin-iv!"
Stan Sekula jr. dropped his subsequentrun
and metropolitan Hartford first-run
saturation playoff policy temporarily for a
skinflick policy at the South Windsor Cinema.
The Hartford city council has until August
1 3 to decide whether to put a $25
million bond ordinance before the voters at
November's election; the money would be
Hartford's share of the cost of a massive
plan to rebuild three downtown blocks, the
tract
presently containing commercial properties,
including the Harold Konover firstrun
Strand, a 1,300-seat theatre.
Hartford visitors: Carol Aaron, Redstone
Theatres, Boston; Dick Owens, E.M.
Loew's Theatres, Boston.
Milt Daly, division manager, and -Xndy
Rossetti, resident managing director, UA
Theatres East I-II-IIl, Manchester Shopping
Parkadc, participated with parkade merchants
and businessmen in sponsorship of a
"Carnival of Values" sale, bringing in the
Coleman Bros, shows, with some 25 amusement
rides. Discount tickets were available
at
the complex and parkade stores.
Alexander and Sylvia Slicber of the Avon
Twin cinemas I-II featured Ed and Lorraine
Warren, billed as "Connecticut's ghost-hunters,"
at recent Friday and Saturday midnight
shows. The first evening featured an illustrated
talk on "Haunted Houses &
Ghosts." The following evening had the
lopic. "Wilchcrafl and Demonology." On
ihL- screen: "[he Haunting," MGM 1963
release, co-starring Claire Bloom and Julie
Harris. Admission was SI. 75. "Live" entertainment
coupled with screen fare has been
offered only sporadically at midnight shows
in
the area.
The Harold Konover Strand joined the
increasing roster of 99-cent admission policy
theatres, putting the tab into effect daily.
The Ferguson Webster, Plaza and Kensington
have been charging 99 cents daily for
some time; numerous metropolitan situations
use the policy for Mondays and Tuesdays.
General Cinema Corp.'s Blue Hills
Drive-In charges 99 cents Mondays through
Thursdays and the Roger's Corner Drive-In
Mondays and Tuesdays, in the underskyer
category.
The West Hartford Rotary Club held its
tenth annual horse show at the Farmington
Valley Polo Grounds July 15, for the first
time adding motion picture entertainment.
Buena Vista's "Son of Flubber," a 1963
release, was shown at noon and 3 p.m.
Admission for 1973 was reduced to one
dollar, with children under 12 admitted free.
Andy Rossetti, resident manager, UA
Theatres East I-II-IIL reported a strong response
for a "marathon of fright," charging
two dollars for a midnight-to-dawn horror
show in Cinema I the other Friday. On the
screen: AlP's "The Pit and the Pendulum,"
"The Abominable Dr. Phibes." "Frankenstein
Conquers the World" and "Count
Yorga. Vampire."
For the summer months, the Ferguson
Webster and Plaza are running weekday
2 p.m. matinees in event of rain.
Embassy's "A Touch of Class" got nothing
less than half-page spreads following
California-to-Connecticut phone interviews
lined up with Cary Grant, a member of
the board of directors of Faberge, the multimillion-dollar
cosmetics firm now in the
film business via a new subsidiary. Brut
Productions.
Murry Levine, area franchise holder for
the former Jerry Lewis cinemas, flew to
Chicago for a directors" meeting of Network
Cinema Corp. Then be and the famiU
drove to Cape Cod for a few days of rest.
Perakos Cinema I participated with East
Hartford merchants and businessmen in
promotion of "East Hartford Days," a twoday
merchandising activity stressing availability
of "exceptional values" in the town's
central business district.
H. J. Flint. 93, Dies;
Early-Day Industryman
PROVIDLNCH H.nvcy James I'
93. in the film industr\ two ijeneralions :
died July 17.
He worked for the then-Goldfish
Selwyn filmmaking interests al I'l. 1
N.J..
later marrying actress Raye Cox.
Flint was active in the automotive fi'
cattle breeding. resliULrants. advertising .
investments.
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Odeon Theatres Adds
7 Houses to Circuit
OTTAWA—Odcon Theatres (Canada)
has engaged in an expansion development
for its theatre circuit by acquiring for $1.18
million from Astral Communications. Toronto,
a further 50 per cent interest in
seven theatres in both eastern and western
Canada. It wan indicated that Astral's profit
on the transaction was $644,421. The theatres
are located in Ontario and British Columbia.
Odeon, which is a subsidiary in Canada
of Rank Organization of Britain, has not
revealed any arrangements for the
future of
the Mall Theatre. Ottawa, which was sold
sometime ago to a Toronto development
company for a large business complex on
the downtown site.
At the Mall. Boxoffice was told that no
details regarding plans were known, despite
the fact that adjacent properties were sold
and already vacated for the complex.
Vancouver Sun Approves
Of Alberta's Airer Law
VANCOUVER—An editorial published
in the Vancouver Sun July 7 declared: "The
Alberta government has provided the leadership
for British Columbia and other provinces
by granting municipalities what
amounts to zoning power to run restricted
movies off the screens of drive-in theatres.
"What Alberta is saying is that even in a
permissive society the individual has a right
not to be offended by entertainment to
which he is an involuntary witness.
"Where the screens of drive-in theatres
arc visible to the general public, this right
is violated when pictures are shown which
can give offense. It is not censorship to
order such theatres to either clean up their
shows or build a higher fence."
'Day in the Country' Is
Under Way in Toronto
TORONTO—"A Day in the Country" is
now before the cameras at the Kleinburg
Studios here, being produced by Quadrant
Films with a $200,000 investment provided
by the Canadian Film Development Corp.
Under the direction of John Trent, the film
will co-star Ernest Borgnine and Michael J.
Pollard.
Also in the cast are Louis Zorich, Vladimir
Valenta. Sue Petrie. Al Waxman, Ratch
Wallace, Ralph Endersby, Gary Reineke.
Mark Waller and Mollis McLaren, a 20-
year-old at this year's Shaw Festival at
N iagara-on-the-Lake.
The script is by Trent and his former
partner Robert Maxwell.
350-Seater Nearly Ready
NEW MII.FORD, CONN.—A late August
opening is planned for a 350-seat cinema
under construction in this western Connecticut
town. Restaurateur Walter Buell
will operate the theatre.
Standout Business Week in Winnipeg
Led by Bond Film and Paper Moon
WINNIPEG—Film theatre business rated
near all-time highs here, both on a weekly
at
and year-to-date basis. "Live and Let Die"
and "Paper Moon" were perhaps the actual
dollar leaders for the week, although newcomers
"Cahill, United States Marshal" and
"The Last of Sheila" qualified, too, for an
"excellent" rating, as did holdover "Scarecrow."
"Charlotte's Web" won a "very
good" first-week mark at the Garden City
and Grant Park, indications pointing to even
better business in weeks to come as word-ofmouth
advertising for the picture has time
to become effective.
Capitol The Last of Sheilo (V^'B] Excellent
Garden City, Grant Pork Charlotte's Web
(Astral) Very Good
Garrick Tom Sawyer (UA) Good
Garrick The Day of the Jackal (Univ),
3rd wk Very Good
Metropolitan Cahill, United States Marshal
Excellent
North Star Paper Moon (Para), 3rd wk. .Excellent
Odeon Live and Let Die (UA), 3rd wk Excellent
Park Godspell (Col), 3rd wk Very Good
Polo Park Scarecrow (WB), 3rd wk Excellent
'Live and Let Die' Calgary
Leader in Dual Booking
CALGARY—With only a half-dozen
genuine first-run films available to theatregoers,
it was good to see half of these films
attract "excellent" boxoffice results. "Live
and Let Die," "Sleuth" and "The Day of
the Jackal" all had the screen ingredients
that Calgary entertainment seekers seemed
to want.
Grand One, Grand Two ^Livc and Let Die (UA),
2nd wk Excellent
North Hill Cinerama—Scarecrow (WB), 2nd wk. .Fair
Palace Battle for the Planet of the Apes
(BVFD), 2nd wk Good
Palliser Square 2 Sleuth (BVFD), 8th wk. ..Excellent
Uptown 1 The Day of the Jackol (Univ),
3rd wk Excellent
Uptown 2 Emperor of the North (BVFD),
2nd
.Fair
"The Day of the lackal/ Three
Other Holdovers 'Excellent'
EDMONTON—Four "excellent"
grosses
out of a possible eight made the report week
a significant one for Edmonton exhibitors.
All of these top business marks were garnered
by holdover films — "Sleuth." "Live and
Let Die." "Scarecrow," and "The Day of
the Jackal."
Gorneau Sleuth (BVFD), 4th wk Excellent
Londonderry B, Strand Battle for the Plonet
of the Apes (BVFD), 2nd wk Good
Paramount The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Para) ..Fair
Ploza 1—Trader Horn (MGM) Poor
Rialto—^Livc and Let Die (UA), 2nd wk Excellent
Towne Cinema—Scorecrow (WB), 2nd wk. ..Excellent
Varscona The Doy of the Jackal (Univ),
3rd wk Excellent
Westmount A Paper Moon (Para), 2nd wk. Excellent
'Jesus Christ Superstar' Best
Grossing Film in Vancouver
combination of
VANCOUVER—While a
beach weather and the opening of the annual
Sea Festival spelled doom to grosses at suburban
houses, a surprising number of very
good weekly totals were reported from the
mainstem. Leading the pack was "Jesus
Christ Superstar," third week at the Park,
closely followed by "Live and Let Die,"
third week at the Vogue, and "The Day of
the Jackal." fifth week. Downtown Theatre
— all of these three registering "excellent."
Copitol Poper Moon (Para), 3rd wk Very Good
Coronet—Oklahoma Crude (Col)
Average
Denman Place— Kid Blue (BVFD), 2nd wk Good
Downtown The Day of the Jackal (Univ),
5th wk Excellent
Fine Arts The Harrod Experiment (AFD),
2nd wk
Average
Park Jesus Christ Superstar (Univ),
3rd wk Excellent
Orpheum Cohill, United States Marshal
(WB)
Average
Stanley Scarecrow iWB) Very Good
Vogue-Live and Let Die 'UA), 3rd wk Excellent
Substantial Toronto Week
Paced by 'Last Tango' Mark
TORONTO—While "Last Tango in
Paris"
again set the pace and scored the week's
only "excellent" grossing results, nearly all
other films pJaying here rated either "very
good" or "good." The week's only new
picture, "The Hireling." claimed one of the
"good" marks in its York 2 debut.
Carlton Live and Let Die (UA), 3rd wk. . Good
Coronet, others— Bottle for the Planet of the
Apes (BVFD), 2nd wk Poor
Hollywood (North) Paper Moon (Para),
4th wk Very Good
Hyland The Day of the Jackal (Univ),
1
6th wk Good
Hyland 2 ^Tom Sawyer (UA), 2nd wk
Poor
Imperial 1 Emperor of the North (BVFD),
2nd wk Good
Imperial 2 The Neptune Factor (BVFD),
2nd wk
Good
Imperial 3 Shaft in Africa (MGM), 2nd wk. . . .Good
Imperial 4 The Harrod Experiment (AFD),
2nd wk Good
Imperial 5— Dillinger (Astral), 2nd wk Good
Imperial 6 The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Para),
2nd wk Good
Towne Cinema Lost Tango in Paris (UA),
5th wk Excellent
University Jesus Christ Superstar (Univ),
2nd wk
Very Good
Uptown Scarecrow (WB), 2nd wk
Good
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Uptown 2 O Lucky Man (WB), 2nd wk. .
Good
Uptown 3 Walking Tall (AFD), 8th wk. .
Good
Yonge The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (MGM),
2nd wk
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York 40 Carats (Col), 2nd wk.
.Good
York 2—The Hireling (Col)
NFB's 'Balablok' Opens
In Seven NYC Theatres
MONTREAL—"Balablok," winner of
the prestigious Golden Palm award for best
short at this year's Cannes Film Festival,
opened in seven theatres in and around New
York City with the Norman Jewison production,
"Jesus Christ Superstar," Wednesday
(1).
Produced by the National Film Board of
Canada and directed by Bretislav Pojar, the
seven-minute cartoon, which takes a comic
look at the problems of human conflict,
currently is playing in theatres across Canada.
New Early Week Price
BRISTOL, CONN.—Centre Mall cinemas
I-IL operated by the Irwin Cohen
interests, announced a Monday-Tuesday
policy of 99 cents for all seats.
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TORONTO
piliii producer Ely Landau was in town to
explain the operation of the American
Film Theatre, which will move into more
than 500 movie houses on this continent this
fall. This series of quality films aims to
counteract some of the aspects that have
developed in the industry during recent
years. The series will be sold on a subscription
basis, with each of the eight motion
pictures shown for only two days for a total
of eight performances—and a new film released
each month. Here, the films will be
shown at the Westwood. Nortown. Towne
and Countrye. Fairview and Cedarbrae.
Subscriptions will be $28 for evening performances
or $20 for matinees. The series
will be launched October 29 and October
30 and the movies themselves will offer
alternate screen versions of classic and contemporary
plays.
The series includes: "A Delicate Balance,"
with Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield,
Kate Reid, Lee Remick, Joseph Cotten
and Betsy Blair co-starring in Tony
Richardson's film of the Edward Albee
play; "The Iceman Cometh." Eugene
O'Neill's four-hour play, directed for films
by John Frankenheimer. with a
cast including
Fredric March. Lee Marvin, Jeff
Bridges, Bradford Dillman and the late
Robert Ryan; "The Homecoming," Harold
Pinter's sinister comedy directed by Peter
Hall, with most of the original cast from
masterpiece, with Laurence Olivier directing
and taking the role of the doctor.
Ivan Reitnian's locally produced "Cannibal
Girls" could be the first English-language
Canadian feature to turn in a tidy
profit at the boxofficc. Leonard Bernstein,
vice-president and general manager of Premier
Operating, reported that it has done
record business at Ontario drive-ins, as well
as some U.S. drive-ins, even out-pacing "A
Clockwork Orange" and "Deliverance" at a
few locations.
The Canadian film industry was discussed
on "Summer Switchboard." the CBC Radio
Network's open-line show. Although the
program originated in Winnipeg, many in
this area got through to express their opinions,
including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's
Canadian general manager Ron Emilio.
MONTREAL
^he 2Sth anniversary of the Canadian Film
Awards (Palmares du Film Canadien)
will be celebrated this year in this city.
Public screenings of the
past year's productions
from all sectors of the Canadian cinema
industry will be held in the Chevalier
and Pierrot theatres October 8-12. An international
jury will be invited to judge the
entries and the awards presentation will be
held Friday evening. October 12. at the St.
Denis Theatre. The main office of the Canadian
Film Awards is located at 1594 St.
Denis St.. Montreal, and for the convenience
of those located outside of Quebec,
correspondents are based on Front Street
West. Toronto, and 1 195 Richards St.. Vancouver.
Co-chairmen for 1973 are Claude
Godbout of this city; Vic Crone, Toronto,
Mutual Productions discloses that it has
secured the services of director Roger Fournier
to direct a feature-length comedy written
by him under the title of "La Peau
D'Une Jeune Veuve." The script was done
with the collaboration of Dominique Michel
and Andre Dubois.
OTTAWA
Janet Gladish of New York, actress granddaughter
of BoxoFFiCE correspondent
W. M. Gladish. has been busy with Paramount
Pictures making "The Great Gatsby.
" a forthcoming release starring Mia
Farrow, having spent .some time on location
at Newport, R.I., for ballroom .sequences
in the elaborate Rosecliff Mansion
there. Miss Gladish recently toured the
U.S. with a Shakespearean company and
previously made her debut with a Canadian
production of A Street Car Named Desire."
The popular star of the Festival Canada
summer film series here is retired theatre
organist Horace Lapp, who some years ago
played night after night for silent features
at Famous Players units. Lapp has surfaced
once more to provide the accompaniment
for revivals which have been borrowed
from the Canadian Archives, including several
Mary Pickford classics. Lapp gets a
big hand when he appears at the organ of
the Astrolabe Theatre.
CALGARY
Qarney Regan, supervisor for Canadian
Theatres in Edmonton, and his family
are enjoying holidays at the present time.
Their plans include some time spent on the
coast visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Trevor James of the Jubilee
Theatre in Valleyview were called here July
17 by the death of his brother-in-law. Sincere
condolences go to Trevor and the family
from his friends in the movie industry.
Charley Pride, star of stage, screen and
radio, appeared in the Corral here for a onenight
performance July 17. Assisting Charley
berta provincial government. The picture
was judged with other films from all over
North America in the category of public
service information. The film was produced
for the
Alberta government, bureau of public
affairs, by Ron Brown, producer-director;
Earl Peterson, additional direction: Jim
Vincent, writer: Gerry Wilson, editor: Jim
Tustian and Douglass .Allen, cameramen,
and Tommy Banks, music.
Gordon Guiry, branch manager. Astral
lilms. made a weekend business trip to
Vancouver . . . Alberta's own John Scoll
of Strathmore was in town to participate in
the Stampede. He worked three eventswild
cow milking, wild horse riding and the
chuck-wagon races as an outrider. John is a
stock contractor for movie productions as
well as a sluntman and double. He has been
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VANCOUVER
Cacco & Vanzetti," which was forced out
of the Varsity by the International
Film Festival, was moved over to the Dunbar,
while "Sleuth.'" which had enjoyed a
very big 13-week run at the Stanley, was
moved just a few blocks to the Ridge, where
it successfully bucked the heat for a "very
good" week. Elsewhere in the suburbs, except
for the Varsity's festival, business was
brutal, while the metropolitan beaches and
parks were jammed.
A. Mancinella has bought the Capitol.
Princeton, which had been operated by
three generations of the Towriss family
since the silent days. During this period,
starting with grandfather Al. the house has
been in continuous operation except for a
brief period during the depth of the 1930s
depression.
.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Dave Gilfillan is
away on annual holidays. leaving Bernice
McGill in charge Hislop of
Victoria Films left on a tour which will
include the badlands of eastern Oregon. On
his return he welcomes back son Mervyn.
who will take a psychiatric position on the
staff of our local institution for the retarded
at Woodlands. New Westminster.
Mike Radulovich of the Trail Drive-In
was in town and set up bookings through
Vi Hosford and Hosford Equipment until
the end of the season . manager
Gordon Guiry of IFD also was in town
for a day visiting local circuit heads and
independent booking and buying groups,
setting dates on the latest IFD releases.
After 14 years as the doorman at the
Vogue, Walter Overend decided to time his
retirement with the start of the latest lames
Bond film, "Live and Let Die." He just
couldn't face the mobs for another Bond
movie. A wise decision, as the picture turned
out to be a blockbuster!
Jeff Hislop, one of the apostles in "Jesus
Christ Superstar," which is doing near capacity
business at the Park, three weeks ago
noticed that the picture was to have its premiere
and, although tied up with rehearsals
of the "Dames at Sea" production at the
Cave, decided to catch the opening. He
was rewarded with two passes and a cab to
get him to the theatre on time.
The world's weirdest filmmaker, his press
agent claims, is a Chilean-Ukranian named
Alexandro Jodorowsky. His latest movies,
"El Topo" (The Mole) and "The Holy
Mountain." made in New York, are scheduled
for art house exposure in the fall,
CINERAMA IS IN
SHOW
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BUSINESS IN
HAWAII TOO.
When you come to Waiklki.
don't miss the famous
(^lljgjUijj^
riAWAiii ^°" '~'° Show. . at
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""^I'i'^j Cinerama's Reef Towers Hotel.
according to Odeon's Ron Keillor . . .
Scheduled for early lensing is "The Secret
Life of Christ Filmed by Himself." Alexandro
finds pornography "saintly" and sees
hamburgers as a "religious revelation." He
says. "The Big Mac is the perfect symbol of
God."
Al McGill, local manager of Victoria
Shipping, has a message for numismatists
here. The Canadian mint has issued a coin
commemorating the centenary of the
RCMP, with the obverse showing a Mountie
on a horse, complete with musical ride
lance. Comments horse player Al. "From
the value of the coin it is quite easy to
deduce that he is riding a 'quarterhorse.' "
Big bingo is back in the province. An
advertisement on the theatrical page offered
a $3,000 jackpot, with no limit to the calls,
and $300 individual pots. The event, to be
held in the Coquitlam Mall, is sponsored by
the Coquitlam Chamber of Commerce. Admission
is $3 per car. with two cards per
car. Additional cards were $1.
CALGARY
(Continued from page K-1)
involved in several pictures that were produced
in Canada, including "Little Big
Man," "Prime Cut," "The Naked Man" and
"Alien Thunder." Present plans for Scott
call for a Walt Disney picture, starring
Chief Dan George, that will be shot in the
Rockies. Just prior to coming here for the
Stampede. John had been "working transportation
to Florida" for "Papillon," the
new Steve McQueen-Dustin Hoffman film.
Headquarters for the livestock that Scott
is uses in the films his ranch at Strathmore,
about 30 miles east of this
city. Cattle liners
are used to transport the cattle and horses
to any required location in Canada. But
John is a Stampede enthusiast and reports,
"No matter where I go on these films. I
always try to get back for the Stampede. It
has to be the greatest rodeo in the world!"
And this city always is happy to have John
return.
The Klondike Cinema Theatre in Edmonton
got into the spirit of things during Klondike
Days and gave movie patrons a real
old-fashioned treat. Shown on the screen
were old silent movies with live "honkytonk"
piano accompaniment by Jerome
Martin. There were two performances each
day of the festival and they were shown just
prior to the regular evening shows.
Kdniontonians and Calgarians were treated
to a new type of horror show. Billed as
"Three Super Shock Shows Unlike Anything
You've Ever Seen," the performance
included several on-stage acts and varied in
each city. Shown in the Strand Theatre in
Edmonton lor the first time were "Dr. Evil
and His Terrors of the Unknown." Dr. Evil
was billed as "The Mad Monster Impersonator—
See (iirl's Head Chopped Off Right
Before Your Eyes; Monsters Grab Girls
From Audience! And, In Person, the Mummy—King
Kong Portrayals; Gorilla Grabs
Slave Girl! Living Dead Sit Ne.xt to You!
Free! Win a Real Dead Body to Take Home
With You. Plus Two Horror Movies!" And,
all of this had a family rating! Calgarians
were not given a chance to win a dead body
when the program played in the Palace
Theatre but their special treat was "Culebras
Vivas—Snakes Roam Theatre!" Young
people must have stronger nerves (or none)
these days to enjoy these programs and if
any parents take children to see such a program,
they deserve the nightmares the kids
take home with them.
Mickey Stevenson, general manager of
National General Pictures, flew into town
Thursday (5) from Regina. Sask. Accompanied
by his son, Stevenson, who flies his
own plane, he was here on a combined business-and-pleasure
jaunt. While in town, the
two took in some of the Stampede. Stevenson's
itinerary called for a stop in Lethbridge
and Vancouver before returning to Toronto
Artists' latest James Bond movie,
"Live and Let Die," opened here and in
Edmonton to near record business . . Tou-
.
timage, Edmonton's French Film Club, presented
"La Symphonic Pathetique" at the
auditorium of the College St. Jean Wednesday
(11). The film was produced in Great
Britain in 1970 by Ken Russell. Admission
was 30 cents to club members and $1.50
for nonmembers . Jessie Lynch of
Famous Players spent a two-week vacation
"taking it easy" at home.
Peggy May, who has revised for Paramount
Films for more than 40 years, had the
misfortune to fall and sustain severe injuries
to her right arm. Peggy was lawn-bowling
and slipped on the grass, falling on her right
arm and breaking it in two places between
the shoulder and elbow. Shoulder tendons
also were badly damaged. Peggy was taken
to Holy Cross Hospital for treatment. At
home now, she is wearing an exra-heavy
cast with instructions from the doctor to
walk as much as possible. Her many friends
wish her a speedy recovery and a quick
return to work.
Local movie houses have been chosen
participate in a unique experiment in film
presentations this coming fall. The Brentwood
and the Calgary Place Cinema 2 are
part of a national network of 3.5 theatres in
24 Canadian cities which will present the
American Film Theatre's subscription series
of eight films. The pictures will be premiered
on a monthly basis starting in October
and will be limited to two matinees and
two evening performances. The first engagement
will be October 29-30, with all scats
for all shows being guaranteed but not reserved.
The pictures will be based on successful
London and Broadway plays.
Landau, president of AFT. is producing
the films in collaboration with .^merican
Express Films and in association with Cine-
to
Ely .'\.
vision for rclca.sc in Canada. Now is the
time for all movie buffs and purists to incUule
all eight motion pictures in their "must
see" lisi .ind \o make plans accordingly.
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THE GUIDE TO BETTER BOOKING AND B U S I N E S S B U I L D I N G
EXCITEMENT BUILDS FOR TOM SAWYER'
United Artists' "Tom Sawyer" has been
the object of a great deal of attention of late,
on the national as well as the local front, as
the musical film adaption of Mark Twain's
classic novel continues to gain momentum
with multiple theatre bookings in cities
across the nation.
One month prior to the opening of the
picture at the Jackson Mall Cinema in
Jackson, Miss., manager Charles Comeaux
had a tape cut from the movie's original
soundtrack and played it over the theatre
sound system at all intermissions. An announcement
was made after every other
musical selection on the tape informing
patrons that "Tom Sawyer" would be coming
to the screen at the Jackson Mall Cinema
soon. Comeaux reports that the recording
resulted in numerous telephone inquiries
for more information on the engagement.
Place Mats Distributed Locally
Three weeks before playdate, Comeaux
arranged to have several thousand place
mats printed and distributed in a couple of
popular restaurants in the area. The place
mats provided diners with important playdate
information and individual profiles on
Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm and Jeff
East, stars of the film.
The idea of distributing "Tom Sawyer"
place mats in local restaurants for the
purpose of spreading favorable publicity on
the coming of the film to the area also
proved successful for manager Jules Courville
of the Center Cinema in Lafayette.
La. Courville's mats were decorated with
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As an ill-house display for his theatre's
campaign on behalf of "Tom Sawyer"
manager Charles Comeaux of the Jackson
Mall Cinema, Jackson, Miss., featured
a wooden raft with two mannequins
dressed like Tom and Huck Finn
(above) and a whitewashed fence with
playdate material (lower left). Jules
Courville of the Center Cinema, Lafayette,
La., sponsored a fence-painting
contest.
a picture of Tom, Huck and the River
Queen. The call letters of radio station
IxSMB were printed on the side of the
III. its. KSMB assisted the promotion in the
area by displaying four giant
l(i\20-inch pictures from the movie in its
siiidio.
In addition, for almost a month prior
to its opening, the station aired four
60-second spots daily plugging the film's
upcoming playdate at the Center Cinema.
"Tom Sawyer Fishing Rodeo"
I he song in the movie about living off
the fat of the land inspired Comeaux to
head straight for the Mississippi Fish and
Game Commission to solicit their assistance
in a promotional tie-in with the film. With
the help of Harry Nelson of radio station
WRBC. Comeaux laid the groundwork for
a "Tom Sawyer Fishing Rodeo." The rodeo
was held at Mississippi's famous Ross Harnett
Reservoir on the Saturday morning following
the Thursday opening of the film.
.\\\ the children participating in the fishing
rodeo were given a free McDonalds
hamburger or fish sandwich. Almost 100
kids from all over the area entered the
fishing rodeo, which was divided into five
.separate award categories: First Fish
Caught, Largest Fish Caught. Smallest Fish
Caught, Most Fish Caught according to
weight and Best Sportsmanship. Other
prizes included trophies, rods and reels,
a family pass to see "Tom Sawyer" at the
Jackson Mall Cinema and a free family
Continued on next page
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Cdiitilci clockwise, from upper right:
Jackson Mall manager Charles Comeaux
sponsored a "Tom Sawyer Look-
A-Like Contest." The winner received
a trip to Natchez, Miss., to meet Jeff
East, who played Hiick Finn in "Tom
Sawyer" and plays same and stars in
the forthcoming sequel, "Huckleberry
Finn." Comeaux also sponsored a fishing
rodeo, complete with prizes, and
made arrangements to have place mats
distributed in restaurants in the area.
'Tom Sawyer' —
Continued from preceding page
meal courtesy of McDonalds. The promotion
was further bolstered by nearly $600
worth of radio advertising from McDonalds
and WRBC.
With his Fishing Rodeo barely completed,
Comeaux turned his attention to the second
part of his campaign for the movie. Having
pre-arranged a free trip to Natchez, Miss.,
filming site for the follow-up to "Tom
Sawyer," "Huckleberry Finn," for the winner
of a "Tom Sawyer Look-A-Like Contest,"
Comeaux put together a 40x60-inch
poster announcing the rules and prizes
offered in the contest. The poster was displayed
in the lobby at the Jackson Mall
Cinema two weeks prior to the contest.
Comeaux drove to Natchez, which is only
100 miles from Jackson, to arrange for
the appearance of Jeff East, who played
Huck Finn in "Tom Sawyer" and stars in
the forthcoming sequel. Comeaux changed
the date on the contest, moving it up two
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days to July 4th to coincide with the appearance
of East. East was unable to appear
on the 4th. however, due to the death
of Arthur P. Jacobs, producer of both "Tom
Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn." This
didn't hamper Comeaux, though; he was
instrumental in having Mayor Russell C.
Davis issue a proclamation declaring July
4th as "Tom Sawyer Day" in Jackson.
People came from far and near to enter
the look-a-like contest. Comeaux reports
that upon registering the contestants he
found one as far away as Zachary. La.
The contest was held on the Mall at
the Jackson Mall Shopping Center. A platform
was set up on the Mall so the general
public could attend the judging. For a background.
Comeaux used half of a whitewashed
fence display which he had been
using in the lobby of the theatre. Even
though the Mall was officially closed for
the holiday, several hundred people gathered
for the contest, which consisted of some
34 entrants. TTie event was covered live
by radio station WRBC and filmed for later
use on one of the local TV stations.
The contestants were announced and a
brief statement was made on behalf of each.
The field was narrowed to 10, from which
the winner, a young lad by the name of
Chris Moore, was selected. The proclamation
was read and presented to the winning
entry by the daughter of one of the judges,
who appeared in the image of Becky
Thatcher, Tom Sawyer's girl friend.
As an in-theatre display, Comeaux had
a 14-foot whitewashed fence and a log raft
with two mannequins aboard dressed as Tom
Sawyer and Huck Finn. The display was
furnished free by a local lumber company
and the Woolco store located in the shopping
center.
The engagement for "Tom Sawyer" was
quite successful in Jackson, and Comeaux
has the grosses to prove it. "I floated to the
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bank each day with a broad smile on iii\
lace," Comeaux says.
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'Tom Sawyer'—
Continued from preceding page
Courville also sponsored a look-a-likc
contest at the Center Cinema on behalf ol
the film. Seven contestants participated in
the contest, all dressed like Tom Sawyer.
John Fletcher Hess, a barefoot, curly-haired
youngster, was chosen the winner by a
narrow margin. Hess will travel to Natchez
with his parents to meet Huckleberry Finn
(Jeff East) and have dinner with the stars
and crew.
A proclamation also was is,sued as Mayor
Kenny Bowen proclaimed July 3 as "Tom
Sawyer Day" in Lafayette.
A little less than a month prior to the
opening, Courville sponsored a fence painting
contest for children between the ages
of 6-12. Contributions for each section of
the fence were supplied by local lumber
and hardware concerns. The dealers purchased
spots on radio station KVOL to
advise contestants to register for the contest
at their stores. The paint, bnishes and
paint cans were provided for the contest
courtesy of a local paint store.
Excitement in Missouri
The playdate for "Tom Sawyer" also
stirred quite a bit of excitement in Salisbury,
Mo., a small town located less than
100 miles from Arrow Rock, Mo., where
the picture was filmed. Elmer Bills of Bills
Theatres in Salisbury reports that many people
from the Moberly area (just east of
Salisbury) had been to Arrow Rock to
ple from outside our trade territory," Bills
says. Bills jumped right into the campaign
by offering an advance screening two weeks
prior to playdate. Invitations were extended
to area ministers and their wives, newspaper
editors, city council members and the
Moberly chief of police. Bills reports the
screening was a big success with nearly 85
per cent of those invited attending.
Since there was no advertising budget,
as such, allocated for the picture. Bills contacted
the newspaper and radio station and
worked out a "Tom Sawyer Day" to coincide
with the day the picture opened. The
local newspaper and radio station sold advertising
to the local merchants. Newspaper
ads ranged from a quarter to a full page
in size and fell under the heading, "Tom
Sawyer Day Bargains."
Other events held in conjunction with
the opening festivities included watermelon
eating, frog jumping and fence painting contests
and a human wheel barrow race.
Prizes for each event were furnished by participating
merchants.
The picture was held over a fourth week
and did 25 per cent above average business
during its final week. The film posted a
300 per cent climb the first three weeks.
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1% t^i j'j'if-jljii
Wtiiiict Hi(i\. spi'ii\,'icil (III c.\citing
inuvic sweepstakes to help promote its
tensely siispcnsefid whodunit, "The
Last of Sheila.- First prize was a 1973
Renault R-17 sports coupe. Other
prizes included cameras, projectors,
watches, and stereos. Winners were
determined hv drawing.
Manager Works Car Wash
Bally For WB's 'Scarecrow'
witness part of the filming. "In order for
Manager Joseph P. Garvey of the Holiday
Theatres in Cheektowaga, N.Y., work-
our theatre to get an early date for 'Tom
Sawyer,' we had to book it for three weeks,"
Bills said. Only a few pictures have ever
ed a tie-up with the Delta Sonic (car wash)
Corp. as part of a promotion for the presentation
of Warner Bros.' "Scarecrow" at the
played in the Moberly area for two weeks,
and on 90 per cent of those occasions, the
second week resulted in poor business."
Holiday 2.
"We realized that in order to play a
picture three weeks, we had to draw peo-
Signs like the one pictured above
pecired on the blower nozzles at nine
different car wa.^h locations in the
Cheektowaga, N.Y., area as part of a
publicity effort for the engagement of
"Scarecrow" at the Holiday 2 theatre.
Posters promoting the film were placed
on the blower nozzle in the car wash units.
I hese signs pass "right in front of you as
you pass through in your car," Garvey
explained. The corporation also displayed
one-sheets on the film.
In return for its cooperation in the promotion,
(iarvey gave the corporation :
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certain number of guest tickets to one of
the performances and arranged a sneak preview.
Garvey used posters in the main lobby
and screen advertising to help promote
interest in the picture. All the ads contained
a panel which declared that Pacino and
Hackman were possible owners of the ca.
wash system.
Three-Fold Karate Tie-Up
Executed by Iowa Manager
In lollowiny suit wilii the current karate
craze which has saturated motion picture
exhibition, manager Kurt Noack of the
Duck Creek Cinema I & II in Bettendorf,
Iowa, arranged for and executed a threefold
tie-up with a local school of judo and
karate for his theatre's playdate for "5
Fighters of Death."
Noack reports that the Quint-Cities
.School of Judo & Karate displayed posters
at the school preceding and during the engagement.
The school also provided karate
outfits for the entire theatre staff to wear
prior to and during the film's run.
An attractive young lady from the theatre
staff was dressed in one of these outfits
and handed out flyers at all high-traffic
shopping centers in the area two weeks
preceding the engagement.
Cards good for three free karate lessons
were provided by the school. These cards
were handed out along with the flyers by
the young lady from the staff. "You can
well imagine the surprise of the people being
confronted by an attractive young girl
dressed in a karate outfit handing out flyers
and giving away free karate lessons,"
Noack said.
One week prior to opening, the young
lady a visit to all paid disc jockeys, TV
personalities and newspaper columnists in
the area and invited them to be guests of
the management for a performance of the
film. These people also received three free
karate lessons.
Three weeks prior to the engagemenl.
over 1,000 flyers were distributed to college
campuses and youth hangouts in ih
area in an effort to stir up advance interest
in the film.
On opening night the Quint-Cities School
of Judo & Karate put on a demonstration
of judo and karate skills. The demonstration
was advertised via regular media and, according
to Noack, drew quite a crowd.
Wardrobe From 'Super Fly'
Won in New York Drawing
New York City radio station WBLS recently
held a drawing to give away a complete
men's wardrobe created by Blye International
Ltd. for the film "Super Fly
T.N.T." as part of an area radio promotion
initiated by Paramount Pictures.
The station promoted the drawing via
eight radio spots asking its listeners to
submit postcards with their name, address,
etc.. on it. The retail value of the "Super
Fly T.N.T." wardrobe offered in the contest
was reported to have been in the neighborhood
of $1,800.

BOXOFFICE
BAROMETER
This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in
cities the five 20 key checked. Pictures with fewer than engagements ore not listed. As new runs
are reported, ratings ore added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in
relation to normal grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With per cent
the figures ratings show the gross above or below that mark (Asterisk notes
*
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SI—Gener kudiences; PG— All
persons under 17 not adi
admitted. National Catholic Otti
Patronoge; A2— Unobjectionoble for Adults or Adolesce A3—Unob
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casting and Film Commission, Notional Council of Chur
CHART.
indicated by (b&w) for black & white. Motion Picture Assn IMPAAj ratings:
All ogcs odmitted (porentol guidoncc suggostodj; [R]— Restricted, with
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(92) ® C-D 20th-Fox 5-14-73 PG *
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(87) Ho CRC 5- 7-73 H A3 =t
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