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giil Doebel is the new United Artists
branch manager here, succeeding Bob
ucJarnette, who resigned to accept an asct-unannounced
position. Doebel took over
•lie post Monday (18)—and thus completed
:i cycle. He started in the film business here
at
the 20th Century-Fox branch, then tranrferred
to the Omaha 20th-Fo.x branch.
where he was branch manager, his territory
including Des Moines and Milwaukee. Subsequent
to that Doebel became manager for
National General Pictures, his territory this
time encompassing this city. Des Moines
and Omaha. Doebel is married and has four
children . . . Bob DeJarnette was honored
al a going-away party Friday (8) at the
Hyatt Lodge here—and the turnout was
hefty.
North Central Theatres (formerly ABC of
North Central States) has been having rousing
results with a series of Friday-Saturday
midnight shows at four of its area theatres:
the Skyway I. the Brookdale. the Norstar
and the Plaza. Dean Schaff, booker-buyer,
has been slotting such repeats as "The Concert
for Bangladesh"—and the grosses have
been lofty.
Dean Lutz and Forrie Myers, those arch
rivals of the golf links, have taken to battling
in the alleys. But wait. It's bowling
alleys! Lutz. of K-Tel Productions here,
says he might just as well have his paycheck
signed right over to Myers. Paramount
branch chief. For five consecutive Saturdays,
Myers bowled between 590 and 620,
with a better than 180 average per game.
Mourns Lutz: "He's made enough to pay
for his membership in the Minnesota Valley
Bowling League."
Jim Payne, Midwest Entertainment, returned
from the Paramount product convention
in California to report: "The advance
product looked excellent—and the entire
affair was handled beautifully. We saw
'The Great Gatsby,' "The Parallax View'
and "The Little Prince,' among others, and
viewed production reels from 'The God-
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father. Part IF and The Longest Yard.'
starring Burt Reynolds. I do want to congratulate
Paramount Pictures on the way
the entire project was handled—first-class
all the way." Forrie Myers, Paramount
branch boss, also in attendance, returned
brimming with optimism over forthcoming
Paramount product.
Louis Calaniari, circuit head of North
Central Theatres, has moved here, along
with his family, from Chicago. Calamari
has located in the lovely suburban Minnetonka
area . . . "The Exorcist," in its opening
at the Riviera Theatre in downtown St.
Paul, gave Warner Bros, its all-time biggest
downtown St. Paul opening.
Gail Falk, K-Tel Productions branch
cashier, flew off to Hawaii for a two-week
vacation .
. . Alan Boucher, K-Tel's regional
Were." "It's doing particularly well in
sales manager, and Karen Ncuman, K-Tel's
publicity chief, returned from Show-A-
Rama 17 in Kansas City . . . Roger Dietz.
Columbia branch manager, continues to
marvel at the legs of "The Way We
smaller
outstate situations," Dietz says. "But it's
showing those legs everywhere. For example,
it's in an 18th week at the Douglas I Theatre
in Lincoln, Neb."
Denny Lutz of the 20th Century-Fox
branch returned from a golfing vacation in
Arizona—and ran into considerable ribbing.
While Lutz was gone, temperatures here
soared and the sun smiled daily. Lutz. meanwhile,
was being drenched by rare Arizona
rains . . . Jim Ellis, Cinerama Releasing
Corp. branch boss, is all set now with an
"Arnold" second-wave saturation and 50
theatres are set for an .April 10 opening
across the territory.
MILWAUKEE
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with Judith Crist, film reviewer and critic
for New York Magazine, featured as a
lecturer
during the weeklong event . . . Singer
Tony Bennett, who has appeared in films,
will perform here for the first time in 17
years when he appears in a benefit concert
at the Performing Arts Center May .31 -June
1. Tony will be accompanied by a 32-piecc
orchestra and will be singing under the sponsorship
of the Pompeii Men's Club, a nonprofit
Italian-American organization .
When the snowmobile racing film "A Matter
of Winning" was shown at the Rice Lake
Theatre near Spooner. a new Colt 175 Polaris
snowmobile was given away. The Iuck\
winner was Lee Hacker, proprietor of the
County House Motel.
"The Great Gatsby," movie for which this
t.nvn has been eagerly waiting ever since
Frank Yablans. president of Paramount, was
honored with an award last fall during the
Gimbels Fashion Forum dinner and style
show, premieres at three theatres here April
3: Skyway, Capitol Court and Brookfield
Square Cinema. The opening promises to be
a bash at one of the three houses, at least;
namely, the Skyway (located opposite Mitchell
.Air Field) at which the owner of a downtown
restaurant called Gatsby's has purchased
550 tickets in advance. The restaurateur,
Dave Baldwin, got together with the
Jaycees here and out of the huddle came a
plan for a S5 ticket which includes admission
to see the film, two free drinks at
Gatsby's. plus the satisfaction of knowing
that $1 out of each ticket will go to the
National Cystic Fibrosis Ass'n. In addition.
15 antique cars are to be furnished by the
Classic Car Club—but where or how these
will be made available to transport folks to
the movie house has not yet been determined.
When the moviegoers do arrive at the
Skyway, they will be rushed by autographseeking
youngsters (all hired models). Once
inside the theatre they'll see Arthur Murray
dancers performing the dances of that era.
such as the black bottom and the Charleston.
Customers who purchase tickets at the
restaurant are being encouraged to come in
Roaring '20s garb. But Baldwin advises,
"Hippers and machine guns . . they're
.
entirely optional, if you know what I mean."
Following the movie presentation, another
gathering will occur at the restaurant, 119
East Wells St.. where pianist Irish O'Leary
will lead community singing highlighting the
songs of the '20s.
Roger Ward, who formerly was associated
with Walt Disney Productions in Anaheim.
Calif., and Orlando, Fla.. has been named
loss prevention specialist in the risk-management
department of the Credit Union
National .Ass'n in Madison . Mayfair
Theatre, at which "The Exorcist" is in its
ninth record-breaking week, was rented out
for a lecture and church services Saturday
morning (9)
. . . The Miner Theatre in
Ladysmith included a coupon in its newspaper
ad which, when presented with one
paid adult admission, admitted two persons
to "Sweetheart Night" Thursday, February
14. The feature attraction was Dean Jones
in
"Mister Superinvisible."
BUFFALO—The public is invited to attend
an English Film Festival to be presented
April 5 by the Buffalo Cinema Club.
The program, to consist of the best English
amateur films of 1969, will be screened
at 8 p.m. at the Amherst Community
Church, 77 Washington Hwy.
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