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BUFFALO
garker Jem Edelstein of Variety Club Tent
7, account executive with WADV Radio,
and his wife Emily left for a one-week
vacation in Acapuico, Mexico . . . Bill
Hebert of Frontier Amusement Corp. represented
that company at Show-A-Rama 17
in Kansas City.
Charlie Taylor, veteran showman and
BoxoFFiCE representative here, has returned
home after a long siege in the hospital and
is well on the way to recovery at .^191 Main
St., Buffalo 14214.
Sidney Cohen, president of NATO of
New York State, and his wife attended a
committee meeting at Charlotte, N.C. .
Telethon chairman Fran Maxwell presided
at a "hype-and-gripe"' meeting of his committee
chairmen Tuesday (12) in the Variety
clubrooms. This is an annual mop-up discussion
to compare notes and receive suggestions
for the next telethon.
Roberta Plutzak, Courier-Express reviewer,
called "Three Sisters" one of the
American Film Theatre's "best offerings
and certainly one of the new year's most
compelling films." The AFT series is shown
of motion picture theatres, has been reappointed
to the board of visitors of Roswell
Park Memorial Institute by Gov. Malcolm
Wilson. His new term ends Dec. 31. 1978.
There is no salary.
the plan, a new method of student evaluation
worked out by the principal and four teachers.
More than 40,000 pieces of mail will
be processed and filed.
Jabdor Cinema, operator of the Fine Art
Theatre here, pleaded guilty to two counts
of second-degree promotion of obscenity, a
Class A misdemeanor, and manager Gerald
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Attenson pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted
second-degree promotion of obscenity,
which dropped the original charge
against him to a Class B misdemeanor, before
City Judge Sebastian J. Bellomo. The
judge ordered a probational department investigation
for sentencing April 1. The corporation
and Attenson also had been
charged with a felony in the showing of
obscene films to a minor. Detective Joseph
J. Scinta had charged that January 23 a 16-
year-old boy was found in the audience. The
state penal law makes it a Class E felony
to show an indecent film to minors. Defense
attorney Joseph D. Bermingham jr. obtained
approval of Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Bolm
for dismissal of the felony charge on pleas
of guilty by the corporation to two counts
of the original misdemeanor charges and a
plea to an attempted charge by Attenson.
He said in plea application that Attenson
and the corporation were acting in "good
faith" in operation of the theatre, that
changes in obscenity laws had been occurring
swiftly and that higher-up company
officers determined the choice of films.
Philly Center City Minis
Offering Different Fare
PHILADELPHIA—In spite of all the
fanfare and advance build-up for a 29-seat
theatre in the center city, the Sackett Screening
at the Holiday in Cheektowaga and the
Four Seasons Cinema, Niagara Falls ... A
Room, the initial offering of a 1933 mu-
Patrick's Day telethon victory party was sical, "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum." failed to
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attract sizable audiences. As a result, instead
held Saturday (23) in the Variety clubrooms.
The dinner featured corned beef and cabbage
of the planned artistic, classic and unusual
and tap beer and was held from 6 to offerings, operator Barney Sackett once
8:30 p.m. Dancing and entertainment followed.
again is showing X-rated films— just as he
Hosts and hostesses of the affair did when he operated (until recently) the
were the Walter Cunninghams, Jack Coveys, Aarde directly across the street from his
John McNamaras, Cy Martcrs and William mini-theatre.
However, the Aarde reopened at the same
Shields.
time under the new management of Ralph
Alfred H. Kirchhofer, retired editor of Moore and Barry Hampe, refurbished and
the Evening News and longtime friend with a new name and matching new policy,
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as the Academy Screening Room, offering
"I. F. Stone's Weekly." Moore is film coordinator
for the Walnut Street Theatre and.
after getting off to a good start, Jacques
Tati's "Playtime" is scheduled to follow.
"Our policy," the operators said, "is that
we're a movie house, run by people who
Students of Kenmore West .Senior High,
seeking extra credits for their efforts, have
like films,
volunteered to work on the mop-up committee
of the recent Variety telethon. Ap-
and we'll be running new features
which are entertaining, artistic, or profound
proximately 100 students will take part
—or whatever it takes to make a film important."
in
After two $5 opening performances, the
Academy settled down to a policy of $2.50
Sundays through Thursdays and $3 Fridays
and Saturdays, with a $1.50 ticket for children
at all times. The Academy has 110
seats and was totally renovated by William
K. Becker, noted local architect. The building
housing the Academy is owned by Max
Raab, who produced "A Clockwork Orange"
and "Walkabout."
At the Sackett Screening Room across
PITTSBURGH
Yhe Great Gatsby" comes on the heels of
the area premiere of "Mame" Thursday
(28) at the City Line Center, key neighborhood
house. Budco Theatres opwns
"Gatsby" in center city April 3 at the Midtown
Theatre, in northeast Philadelphia at
the Orleans Theatre and at other area houses
. . . Animation Arts Associates, local film,
TV and sound-and-slide producers, have relocated
their studio at 22nd and Spring Garden
streets.
In a series of interviews with the Pottstown
Mercur in connection with the film's
opening, Alan Green, assistant director for
"The Exorcist," gave a fresh insight into the
movie. He said he couldn't remember a motion
picture receiving the amount of news
coverage that "The Exorcist" has enjoyed.
George and Jack Chartier, who are building
an 88-room Sheraton Motor Inn in
downtown Easton. announced plans for the
building of a twin theatre as part of the motel
project. The duo will seat a total of
1,000. Sameric Theatres has entered into a
contract with the Chartiers to operate the
twin houses on a 25-year-lease.
Industry veteran Meyer Adleman, who
founded the New Jersey Messenger film delivery
service, is serving as honorary chairman
for a dinner-dance marketing the 15th
anniversary of the Harry B. Kellman Academy,
religious day school, at Congregation
Beth El in Cherry Hill, N.J.
Al Baker jr. has just obtained the Apollo
Theatre in Atlantic City, N.J., and will bring
back live burlesque to the resort's Boardwalk.
He formerly presented burlesque
shows at the Capitol, which plans to continue
with the adult-film format on a yearround
basis. In past years the films were
replaced by live burlesque during the summer
season.
The Museum of Art opened its spring
movie festival Saturday (23) in conjunction
with the American Film Institute. First is
a horror series, including such golden oldies
as "The Mystery of the Wax Museum,"
and later a femme fatale series with Rita
Hayworth in "Gilda."
Patron Prefers Petrol
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—It had to
happen! And Al Frank says it happened
a! his Atlantic Drive-In when an excellent
pairing of pictures resulted in a line of
automobiles that reached into the side road
past a marquee that boasts a huge "Atlantic"
sign. When the line moved, one of the waiting
"patrons" approached the cashier and
asked, "Where's the gasoline pumps?"
after ticketing only 60 patrons in
the street,
two weeks, Sackett reopened with "Mother,
Brother and I" on a double bill with "Black
Pines Drive-In Starts Season
LOVELAND, COLO.—The Pines Drive-
Madame."
In, located three miles north of Loveland
on Highway 287, planned to begin its 1974
Martin Poll and Victor Stoloff have season in mid-February. "The Long Goodby,"
ormcd Stoloff-Poll Productions to film
Elliott Gould starrer, was advertised as
rhe Two Worlds of Jim Yoshida."
the premier attraction.
E-4 BOXOFFICE :: March 25, 1974