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. . Monroeville
PITTSBURGH
Johnny O. Glaus is area distributor of Omni "The Three Mu.sketeers" . . . Chatham Cinema,
downtown's only independent theatre.
Pictures, now offering "Plaything of
premieres "Mame" Wednesday evening (27).
with Iron & Glass Bank sponsoring the event
for the benefit of Children's Hospital. The
the Devil" and later Omni releases to include
"Black Starlet." "Thunder McCoy."
"King of Spades" and "Teenage Mistress"
. . . Holiday Inns at Ligonier. Johnstown
and West Mifflin are featuring closed-circuit
Inn-Room Movies . . . Perilman Films has
three new Crown International features.
"Horror High." "Policewoman" and "The
Teacher," according to Max Shabason. manager.
Virgil Jones of JMG Film Co..
Chicago.
locally is distributing Hampton International's
"The Blonde Connection" and "Naked
Evil" . . . Film Ventures International's
"The Legend of Blood Castle" and "Rico"
are being handled here and in Cleveland
by Jack Kaufman.
L'Amoure recently co^featured "The
Young Married" and "Three Day Pass" .
Theatre Equipment Service is the area dealer
for the Ballantyne Pro 35 projectionsound
products . Art's new marquee-front
will be installed soon, this time
with six large plastic panels instead of three
giant
panels. The old front recently was destroyed
in a windstorm.
"Madhouse" is the new AIP offering
which Dave Silverman says will be popular
in exhibition . . . Roly J. Noble, manager
of the Avenue Theatre. DuBois, has been
remodeling the auditorium and lobby and
installing a new concession counter and softdrink
machine. Up in the booth, veteran
projectionist Jim Bojalad is back on the job
following a two-month vacation in Florida.
The Stearn-Hanna Co.. operators of DuBois'
two downtown theatres, the Avenue and
Playhouse, are preparing for the new outdoor
season at the Hi-Way Drive-In.
Jules and Gertrude Curley are the film
industry's busiest couple—and best-liked.
They service exhibitors daily with offset
printing of programs, forms, special heralds,
business letterheads, envelopes, tickets, etc..
at their ADV Agency, 415 Van Braam St.
Jules and Gertrude arc veterans in theatre
service and operation, exploitations, theatre
advertising,
radio, etc.
"Funny Car Summer" has been in wide
circulation at area theatres . . . The EPRAD
Cyclops film-handling systems are available
here at Atlas Theatre Supply . . . Chuck
Fleming, who withdrew from exhibition
after many years at St. Marys, continues as
a stale labor and industry inspector for
Clearfield and Elk counties.
The Easter offering at the Stanley will be
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bank gave two $5 premiere tickets free with
each new $250 savings account, etc.
The Cinemette takeover of the Associated
Theatres found both groups listed under the
Cinemette trademark in the city's newspaper
Friday (15) . . . Shadyside. neighborhood
theatre operation of the Chatham Cinema
owners, the day after Oscar night will double-bill
"The Way We Were" and "Summer
Wishes. Winter Dreams."
Milt Gibson and Ben Stahl of Atlas Theatre
Supply didn't get off on a vacation last
year due to the illness of Gordon Gibson
but they expect to get goin' sometime this
summer Drive-In's projection
booth was illegally entered and lenses
.
were stolen ... In one day recently we greeted
exhibitors Tom Hickes. Frank Oglietti
and Tom and George Anas.
Gov. Shapp Is Commended
In Inquirer's Editorial
PHILADELPHIA—The action of Gov.
Milton J. Shapp in vetoing the amtipornography
bill "took courage," said the Philadelphia
Inquirer, morning newspaper, in
commending the governor editorially.
"Afier all," said the editorial, "this is an
election year. Why make waves? Why
offend anyone? Let the courts strike down
the unnatural act, as they most assuredly
would. Shapp chose, instead, to veto the
bill, forthrightly and courageously, and we
congratulate him for doing so."
The newspaper called upon the state
legislature to follow the governor's recommendation
in his veto message to enact
legislation specifically tailored for such purpose
if it wants to control the display of
explicit sexual material. The editorial
pointed our 4hat the bill would have permitted
allegedly obscene material to be
seized without a hearing and destroyed in
one county when it would be perfectly acceptable
in another—creating "67 forms
of liberty or censorship, one for every county
in Pennsylvania."
"To uphold our constitutional rights and
liberries—freedom of speech and of the
press, due process of law and trial by jury
is not to favor hard-core pornography, the
weakening of family life or the moral
destruction of children," the Inquirer stated.
"Whatever the legislature does, however.
it has no business infringing upon ihe
rights free citizens to see and re^id whai
of
thcv
wish."
Canton Theatre Is Closed
Ki:OK.UK. IOWA—The Canton Theatre.
ihc only movie house operating in Lewis
( inmty. has closed. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Irye. owners and operators of the Canton.
said the theatre would remain dark for an
indefinite
period.
Newspaper Says Proposed
Law Was a 'Monstrosity'
PirrSBURGH — The censorship-aniipornography
bill vetoed by Gov. Milton
Shapp. who seeks re-election, had allowed
the absurd situation of grand juries in each
of the commonwealth's 67 counties setting
up iheir own standards for obscenity. Also,
the bill popularly passed by the gener.il
assembly included numerous provisions ol
dubious constitutionality and five that the
state attorney general found "certainly unconstitutional."
The governor states that he supports
legislation to ban obscene advertising and
the display of sexually explicity material
where children might come in contact with
it. A Post-Gazette editorial reported: "This
is a sensible and needed approach to the
only pornography problem that the law
has any business addressing and we join
with the governor in seeking laws that will
protect children from sexually explicit materials
without infringing on the right ol
adults to see and read what they choose.
The editorial termed the bill a "monstrosity."
In Harrisburg. a number of legislators
desire to introduce new antismut bills to
add to the many already on file and buried
in various committees in the 159th regular
session of the general assembly, held over
from the 158th session of 197.3.
Representatives Fred C. Noye. Peter E.
Perry and Stanford I. Lehr got their heads
together and introduced a proposed act prohibiting
X-rated movies "to be shown only
in outdoor theatres and providing penalties."
This is HB-1939 and has just been handed
to the House's law and justice committee.
A year ago, another bill, HB-748, required
X-rated movies to be shown only in indoor
theatres, etc., and there has been no action
on that proposal by the same law and justice
committee since April 9, 1973.
Giddens & Rester Moves
To New Mobile Offices
MOBILE, ALA.—New offices of Giddens
& Rester Theatres are located at the
Bel Air Cinema in the Bel Air Shopping
Center, it was announced here by W, E.
Limmroth, vice-president and general manager
of the circuit. The zip code is 36606.
"Giddens & Rester's new phone number
is (205) 476-1970," said Limmroth. "Our
mailing address will be PO Box 16524, Bel
Air Station, Mobile. Ala. 36616. Special
delivery letters should be sent to Bel Air
Cinema Theatre, Bel Air Shopping Center,
Mobile. Ala. 36606."
Video Remodeling Ozoners
AIBLIQUFRQLIL—Video I heatres currently
is doing construction work at two
circuit drive-ins in Albuquerque. City manager
Paul West said a 14x1 7-foot annex is
being added to the concession stand at the
Tesuque. Also, 600 feet of curbing is being
installed at the .Silver Dollar Drive-In
to beautify the drive and to help with water
control.
BOXOFFICE :: March 25, 1974