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Gordon Stulberg Is
Honored by Tent 25
BEVERLY HILLS. CALIF.—'For dedicated
service to philanthropic endeavors on
on behalf of underprivileged
children."
Gordon .Stulberg.
president and chief
aj-ak I w opcniting officer of
20th C e n t u r y-Fox
Film Corp., was honored
Friday (15) by
Variety Club of
studio executive at a luncheon in the Beverly
Wilshire's Grand Ballroom attended by
over 500 persons from the show business
world.
Monty Hall of the "Let's Make a Deal'"
show served as master of ceremonies.
Luncheon co-chairmen were Peter S. Meyers,
vice-president-domestic distribution for
20th Century-Fox, and Murray Propper.
merchandising executive for Pacific Theatres.
Film and TV luminaries in attendance
included Ernest Borgnine, Timothy Botloms,
Henry Mancini, Cicely Tyson, Kym
Karath, Maureen McGovern, Jesse White
and Tippi Hedren.
Many Dignitaries Attend
Also attending were Los Angeles Mayor
Tom Bradley; Mike J. Frankovich. international
president of Variety Clubs; Robert R.
Hall of Toronto, Ont., VCI vice-president:
Ivor Rowe of London Variety Tent 36;
Clarence Avant of Sussex Records, and theatre
executives Mike Forman of Pacific
Theatres, Ted Mann of Mann Theatres.
Henry G. Plitt of Plitt Theatres, and Fred
Stein
of Century Cinema Circuit.
In Variety Club business, three Sunshine
Coaches were presented to provide transportation
for children to hospitals, schools
and recreational centers. The mini-buses,
donated by the Ladies of Variety Tent 25,
Monty Hall and Sherrill C. Corwin, board
chairman of Metropolitan Theatres Corp.,
went to the Variety Boys Club, 2530 Cincinnati
St„ the Spastic Children's Foundation,
1307 W. 105th St., and the Vista Del
Mar Child Care Service. 3200 Motor Ave.
Sinay also reported on plans for the Variety
Telethon 74 to be held April 20-21
over KTLA, with hundreds of filmland and
TV personalities scheduled to participate in
the organization's major fund-raising drive
of the year. Bob Wynn of Burbank-headquartered
Mellodan Productions will produce
the telethon, of which Tom Fenno is
general chairman. Monty Hall and actress
Binnie Barnes Frankovich are honorary
chairmen of the video marathon.
Frankovich spoke about the VCI convention
to be held May 28-31 in San Francisco
and urged the sending of a large representation
from Tent 25.
Locally, Variety Club Tent 25 supports
ihc Variety Boys Club, the James H. Nicholson
Children's Heart Clinic at the UCLA
Medical Center, an electronic limb bank at
the Child Amputee Prosthetics Project (also
at UCLA), the William H. Thedford Scholarship
Fund, a pediatric research project at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a Sunshine
Coach program which annually donates approximately
12 to 16 coaches to hospitals,
schools and organizations serving underprivileged
youngsters.
Utah NATO Releases
Convention Agenda
SALT LAKE CITY—NATO of
Southern California
Tent 25. Joseph Sinay.
„ . „^ chief barker. present-
,.
Gordon Stulberg , , ,
* ed an engraved plaque
which will hold its
10-11 at the Travelodgc
Utah,
1974 convention April
Hotel here, has
bearing the message to the motion picture announced the following schedule of events:
TUESDAY. APRIL 9
6-S p.m.— Hospitality: Get-acquainted
social
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10
9 a.m. -5 p.m.— Registration
12 noon—Kickoff Luncheon
2-4:30 p.m.—^Display of new products
and product reels
Evening—Free time, with choice of free
passes to all movies and events
around the city
THURSDAY, APRIL II
9-11 a.m.—Continental breakfast
9:30 a.m. -I 2 noon—Seminar workshop:
Concessions
12 noon—Membership luncheon directly
after screening for NATO
members and a ladies' luncheon
and fashion show at Makeoff's
2-4 p.m.—Seminars for advertising, fourwalling,
security, etc.. and
panel discussions
6:30-7:30 p.m.—President's Banquet, with
Paul Roth, national
NATO president, and
George Roscoe, national
NATO director of public
relations, as guests
The WOMPI Club of Salt
Lake City will
be in charge of registration for guests attendine
the N.ATO of Utah convention.
Pussycat Circuit Honored
HOLL'V'WOOD—Pussycat Theatres received
a plaque and letter of commendation
from the prisoners of the Federal Correctional
Institute at Lompoc, Calif. Citing the
circuit for its continuing concern in providing
film fare for prisoners, the plaque is "a
small token of appreciation," according to
E. C. Wolhan, supervisor of recreation.
4-Plex Plans Approved
CARLSBAD. CALIF. — The planning
commision has approved the conversion of
the Cinema Plaza Theatre from one 640-
seat auditorium to a quadplex. The remodeling
will create four theatres with a total of
1.420 seats.
Oscar Studio Complex
Is Planned in Hawaii
By SYD CA.SSYD
HOLLYWOOD—A five-column feature
spread by Carol Costa which appeared in
Honolulu's Sun Press announced the development
of Oscar Studio City on the island,
with the projected $20,000,000 facility
located in the K.uliou.sou Valley a short distance
from this fast-growing city. Discussing
the project here with Oscar Nichols, president,
and Harry Hope, senior vice-president,
ii was learned that the complex goes beyond
just an ordinary rental facility for TV
and feature production and will include a
tourist and cultural aspect, planned to benefit
the economy of the local merchants,
"It has been Oscar Nichols' brainchild
for the past eight years and it's now under
way," said Hope, outlining the plans.
Nine Acres Purchased
Nichols purchased nine acres of feesimple
land from Financial Consultants.
The property is zoned as residential and
will require a conditional use permit, which
Oscar Studios presently is seeking.
In the artist's projection of the studio,
there will be a fully automated sound stage
with a glass-enclosed visitor's gallery. In
cooperation with local bus companies,
which offer tours of the islands, the studio
will
charge a fee to observe in-progress production.
Hope and Nichols estimate that
there is a potential revenue from this source
which could approximate that of rental
facilities.
William Pereira, architect, whose designs
are famous, has been engaged for the
project, with Frederick K. F. Lee from
Pereira's firm meeting with city authorities
to fit the development into the master
plan for the Kuliousou Valley Park. According
to Nichols, the studio will spend
$700,000 to develop a ten-acre state park
across from the studio. This will be dedicated
to the city.
Automated Sound Stages
Hope disclosed that the sound stages will
be fully automated, once the lighting positions
have been fed into a computer bank,
and are based on a major studio in Japan
utilizing this system. Both executives visited
many studios throughout the world to acquaint
themselves with new technologies
and decided that the Japanese models were
the best, particularly those at the Ryudensha
Studios. NKH of Japan is using these and
may be one of the key rental firms for
the Honolulu complex.
A revolving production fund will be used
for tho.se outside producers who work
through the O.scar Studio to facilitate production.
The company plans four major
feature films per year, plus some TV shows.
Because of the location of the Pacific
island, now being serviced by communications
satellites positioned above the
equator and already serving the area, the
studio could become one of the major
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