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Vol. 106
JANUARY 27,
No. 16
1 975
JUST
HAIL
a year and four months ago, David
Begelman took the reins as president of
Columbia Pictures. Yet, in that short time, he
has achieved a remarkable "turn-around' in
Columbia's production achievements that assuredly
bespeak continuing progress well into
the future. And the basis therefor is, plainly,
a sufficiency of good product geared to wide
public acceptance. |)resented and promoted to
the fullest of its audience appeal and values.
An inquiry on the company's Golden Anniversary
this year, brought the following response
from Mr. Begelman
"When you've got fifty, you'd like to try for
a hundred. Fifty years of moviemaking
hundreds of bread-and-butter pictures, scores of
major boxoffice successes, and more Academy
Award-winning films than any other motion
picture studio. That's Columbia Pictures history.
But, that's history. So, what are they doing for
you lately?
"Since Columbia Pictures' coming of age in
1924, those hundreds of pictures differed as to
budget, from $20,000 to multi-millions; in
length, from less than an hour to three hours;
in language, almost every tongue of the civilized
world; in stark black and white and from the
crudest colors to realistic and beautiful hues, in
quality from the best to the unmentionable.
Yet, each one has had a character of its own,
representing the hopes of some producer and
the combined artistry and talents of creative
men and women both behind and in front of
the camera.
"Recently I reviewed an account from which
I would like to quote. It read: 'Yes, these are
hard times and worries are furrowing every
brow. Slammed home by sheer necessity, every
company in the industry is slashing costs and
the process is not yet ended . . . Bookkeeping
has become a fine art and cutting corners an
expert procedure as matters stand today. A
major studio trims its overhead exactly .S2..500,-
000 in the last year, a national theatre circuit
today operates effectively and with no slackening
of speed, yet all this is being done $300,000
cheaper this September as against last. The
word is out to work more and spend less and
the response is meeting the command. A sign
of temperance in a business that often goes
wild, and a good sign for the future . .
"I would like to quote one further observation
: "One of the outstanding lessons driven
home repeatedly is that the public, no matter
what general conditions may be, will patronize
good pictures. The American people have money
.'
COLUMBIA!
and will spend it. if they are offered great value
for their dollar . .
."
and further ... 'I believe
this coming year will find us in a better position,
both artistically and financially, than ever before
in our history. Fortified by the seasoning
experience of another year catering to the public
taste in entertainment, we are equipped to provide
pictures which will attract to the theatres of
the world an even greater supporting public
than ever before. It is my belief that the year
holds every promise of big success . .
"Now. those quotes—the first in a motion
picture trade publication editorial, and the
second by the head of a motion picture studio
—were made in 19.31 in the midst of this country's
worst depression, the latter remarks by
Joseph Brandt, one of the founders of Columbia
Pictures. I find both observations now as
valid for today and the new year, and Mr.
Brandt s optimism and enthusiasm still appears
to abound at Columbia in these times.''
Columbia can be justifiably proud of its
strides in the short span of a year under Mr.
Begelman's aegis. Diversification is reflected in
Columbia s recent big boxoffice winners among
their bread-and-butter output: "The Way We
Were."' "The Last Detail," "For Pete's Sake,"
"California Split." and the current "The Odessa
File."
What prompts the optimism and enthusiasm
at Columbia is the diversification of their forthcoming
product, representing a well-balanced
schedule of 21 viable films appealing to a wide
spectrum of the inoviegoing public. These productions,
their stars and other pertinent facts will
be highlighted in our next issue.
The strengthening process by which Columbia
has advanced in the past year has taken place
throughout the organization. Production, sales
and merchandising policies are all geared and
meshed to achieve the maximum in helping to
provide the means for rebuilding theatre attendance
to its fullest potential. Indication of accomplishment
of this objective is based in the
fact that David Begelman is dedicated to continuing
the company's growth : to building it into
an even bigger, stronger and more vital factor
in the motion picture industry, all of which is
bound to benefit therefrom.
Hail, the New Columbia
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Peter Traynor Sets Up
Distribution Company
HOLLYWOOD— Peter S. Ira>nor, prcsi-
(Jent of Centaur Films and L-T Films, announces
the organization of a distribution
company for the release of the firm's films.
William A. Madden, former vice-president
and general sales manager of MGM.
who is executive vice-president of L-T
Films, will give special attention to the
operation and expansion of the company.
L-T Films opened its first two regional
sales offices in Atlanta and Boston Monday
(20). Woodrow S. Sherrill, formerly
an MGM executive, has been appointed
regional sales manager in Atlanta, with
Judson Parker set to helm the Boston office.
Madden also announced the appointment
of Judson Moses, recently with MGM, as
executive director of cooperative advertising.
He also will supervise national theatrical
promotion and publicity.
"Bogard," a film of action and adventure
starring Richard Lawson, is the first of six
theatrical features to be released. L-T has
set the picture to open in 25 of the largest
urban markets, including New York, starting
February 12.
"The Ultimate Thrill," a mystery on
skis starring Barry Brown and Britt Ekiand,
is scheduled for release in the New England
and California areas at the end of February.
"Dr. Shagetz," a horror story starring
Dean Jagger, is booked in 100 theatres in
the Miami territory the first week of April.
The film was produced by Peter S. Traynor
and William D. Sklar.
Following "Dr. Shagetz," L-T Films will
release "The Counselor," a Hitchcockian
mystery directed by Traynor and starring
Richard Gilliland and Roger Bowen. It is
slated for bookings in May.
The fifth theatrical feature, "Handful
of Hours," stars Sondra Locke, Colleen
Camp and Seymour Cassel. It is a suspense
thriller produced and directed by Peter
Traynor, with early summer release charted.
"Bogard II," a film loaded with action,
is the sixth of the L-T theatrical features
slated for release. According to Madden, it
will be ready for Labor Day playdates.
In addition to releasing its own product.
L-T will acquire a number of other independent
films for national distribution.
Disney Wins Over U.S.
In Federal Tax Suit
BURBANK, CALIF.—Walt Disney Productions
has announced that the government
has withdrawn its appeal from the
decision of the federal district court for
the central district of California, which held
that Walt Disney Productions is entitled
to an investment tax credit on motion picture
negatives produced and released during
the company's fiscal years, 1963-69.
This has the effect of making final the
judgment against the government in favor
of the company in the amount of $6,629,-
540, plus interest thereon in the approximate
amount of $3,200,000, or a total of
just less than $10,000,000.
Fogelson Is Now Aide to Begelman,
Powell to Ad Helm at Columbia
Norm Weitman Named
As Para. Senior V-P
NEW YORK—Norman Weitman ha,
been promoted to senior vice-president in
charge of domestic
Norman Weitman
distribution for Paramount
Pictures Corp.,
it was announced by
Barry Diller, chairman
and chief executive
officer.
In announcing the
promotion, Diller
stated that Weitman
will continue to be
responsible for all
domestic distribution
activities of Paramount's feature film division.
Weitman was named vice-president-sales
for Paramount in 1972, after having joined
the corporation in 1971 as general sales
manager for the United States and Canada.
Previously, Weitman had been assistant
general sales manager for Columbia Pictures,
a position he attained following his
assignment as that company's supervisor
of roadshow sales. Prior to that he was
vice-president and general sales manager for
Walter Reade/Continental Distributing. He
also held sales positions with United Artists
and Universal Pictures.
Bryanston Resirucluring
Its Sales Organization
HOLLYWOOD— Louis Peraino, president
and chief operating officer of Bryanston
Distributors, announced the restructuring
of the company's sales organization to
allow for the departure of sales vice-president,
Ted Zephro, who resigned this week
in order to pursue independent interests
in the film industry.
The change will, in effect, expand the
duties and responsibilities of each of Bryanston's
four key sales personnel (East Coast
based assistant general sales manager, Michael
Scagluso; Eastern division manager,
Jerry Garfinkeh Midwestern division manager,
Jack Dionne and West Coast division
manager, Fred Kunkel) who now will report
directly to Peraino. Richard Zephro,
brother of Ted, has been promoted from
Los Angeles branch manager to split territorial
responsibilities with Kunkel.
Bryanston's second year of operation, following
their highly successful entry into
the distribution/production field includes
the release of the Sandy Howard/ Bryanston
co-production "The Devil's Rain. " the Edward
Dmytryk directed "The Human Factor,"
the black action drama "Lord Shango,"
the space age adventure "Dark Star" and
the Sandy Howard/ Richard Harris production
"Echoes of a Summer."
HOLLYWOOD—Andrew M. Fogelson,
formerly Columbia Pictures' vice-president
in
charge of worldwide advertising and publicity,
has been promoted to executive vicepresident
and assistant to the president, it
was announced Tuesday (21) by David Begclman,
Columbia president. The heads of
both advertising and publicity and the company's
corporate research departments will
continue to report to Fogelson.
Charles M. Powell Wednesday (22) joined
Columbia Pictures as vice-president of
worldwide advertising, publicity and exploitation.
Most recently with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
as corporate vice-president of
advertising, publicity and exploitation, Powell
rejoins Columbia where he previously
served 12 years in various capacities. He
will report directly to Fogelson.
Powell also spent two years at Paramount
as national advertising and publicity coordinator
and. in addition, was director of advertising
for WNBC Radio and WNBC-TV
Andrew M. Fogelson
in
Charles M. Powell
New York. A governor of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Powell
also is a founder and the current president
of the Synagogue for the Performing Arts
in Los Angeles.
In addition
to handling administrative responsibilities
in his capacity as assistant to
the president, Fogelson will be involved in
coordinating various creative and production
functions in liaison with Peter Guber, executive
vice-president in charge of worldwide
production.
Starting in the film industry in 1968 as
an advertising copywriter with Warner
Bros., Fogelson then became e.xecutive assistant
to the vice-president in charge of advertising
and publicity, director of advertising
and vice-president of marketing services
before joining Columbia in late 1973.
Buddy Young, most recently chief of
West Coast advertising and publicity for
United Artists, has been appointed director
of worldwide advertising, publicity and exploitation
at Columbia. He will report to
Powell, with whom he worked on the
"That's Entertainment!" promotion.
The appointments are part of the continuing
realignments initiated two months
ago when Herman Kass became executive
coordinator of ad-pub activities. Along with
John Flinn and Irv Ivers, national advertising
director, Kass will be part of the
Powell team.
BOXOFHCE :: January 27, 1975

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THE NATO STORY Par. II
PRESIDENT PAUL A. ROTH
By JOHN COCCHI
NEW YORK—Now in his second oneyear
term as president of tlie National Ass'n
of Theatre Owners. Paul A. Roth is also
president of Roth Theatres in Silver Spring,
Md. Born in Asheville, N.C., in 1930, he is
a graduate of the University of North Carolina
and of George Washington University
Law School and served in counter-intelligence
in the U. S. Army. Formerly district
manager of Valley Enterprises, he has been
president of NATO of Virginia and a member
of the executive committee and legislative
chairman of NATO of Metropolitan
Washington. D. C. Roth is married and has
three
children.
Devotes Much of His Time
He devotes some 40 to 65 per cent of
his time to NATO matters, sometimes as
much as 95 per cent, while continuing to
function with Roth Theatres. He sees no
conflict of interest and says he hasn't bought
or booked films for theatres in several years.
An usher, doorman and theatre operator in
succession, Roth comes from a family of
showmen. Although he apologizes for having
been born "'so late." Roth is well-versed
in the motion picture industr>' past and
present.
In the president's column of the current
issue of NATO News. Roth discusses exactly
who votes a NATO president into office.
The board of directors, composed at
the moment of 132 members, handles this
in the following manner:
One representative from every affiliated
state or regional organization is chosen by
his local unit, some being the president of
that unit and others not; there are 39. Officers
on the board number 20: the chairman
(usually the immediate past president),
president,
executive director and vice-president,
treasurer, secretary and 15 vice-presidents
(of the latter, eight are elected regionally
and seven are at-large).
IS Past Presidents on Board
Fifteen past presidents of NATO and its
predecessor organizations have board seats.
also chairman of the
Further, the executive committee has representation
in the form of six local-unit presidents,
one of whom is
Regional Presidents' Committee. 15 members
elected at-large and 30 members atlarge
of the board. A nominating committee
accepts recommendations for various
offices, screens candidates and then reports
to the board. The board may also accept
additional nominations. Majority rules in
the voting.
Referring to George C. Scott's "The
Savage Is Loose" and its being sold directly
to theatres without benefit of distributor.
Roth states he's in favor of more ways of
releasing films. The concept of booking directly
to multiple theatres is valid, but a
workable formula must be instituted, he
PAUL A.
ROTH
feels. As for the ratings. Roth advocates
the "innocent 'till proven guilty" theory of
U. S. law: each film is a potential G until
its content shows otherwise.
There are between 15.000 and 16,000
movie houses in the country, with a $5 billion
investment in theatres, equipment and
land, Roth points out. He states that a boxoffice
revenue of $1.4 billion yearly can be
achieved, equal in volume to network TV.
In the first nine months of 1974, 20 per
cent more people attended movies than did
in the first nine months of 1973. With a
weekly attendance of from 18 million to
20 million, more than most other outlets,
he says emphatically that movies are not
dead.
As a trade association. NATO represents
70 per cent of the theatres in the country,
some large theatre chains being independent,
while small groups of theatres have their
own regional or local organizations. Roth
emphasizes that there is little advantage in
not being affiliated with NATO or, to a
lesser extent, with any of the other associations.
First elected as NATO president in San
Francisco in October 1973. Roth was reelected
at the Atlanta convention a year
later. Talking of dues, which come from
state and regional units, he points out that
national dues are uniform: 5c a seat for
indoor theatres, IVzc a speaker for drive-ins.
.Some states have extremely active NATO
units, and regional dues may vary. Salaries
are budgeted by the finance committee and
approved by the board of directors for national
NATO personnel. However, the president's
expenses are sometimes not reimbursed.
Referring to the Consent Decrees. Roth
states that NATO can't go to court in this
matter inasmuch as the Federal Court
supervises them. In the 22 years since the
last decree, however, no one has ever been
officially adjudged in violation of it. Last
year,
the decrees were modified by permission.
Roth is in favor of all kinds of good
product, distribution and exhibition, while
believing there will always be a "porno"
market. Adults should be free to see whatever
they wish, he feels. As for exhibitors
investing in film production, he's all for
that and was himself a minor investor at
one time. No one has the patent on this
field, however, and he's keeping an open
mind on exhibitor investment as he does
on all NATO matters.
Additional Circuits Join
Film Day Celebration
NEW YORK—Approximately 3,000 theatres
have pledged participation in National
Film Day, which is set for Tuesday,
February 4, according to Roy B. White,
chairman of Film Day and board chairman
of the National Ass'n of Theatre Owners.
New members joining the exhibitors
committee are: P. Harvey Garland and
Bernard Levy, AB-PT Theatres; Thomas
Sawyer, ABC Florida State Theatres; Joe
Jackson, ABC Interstate Theatres: John L.
Huff. ABC Southeastern Theatres; Richard
Orear, Commonwealth Theatres; Louis and
Scott Jablonow, Mid-America Theatres;
Mert Shapiro, Sameric Theatres; Tom
Smiley, Wolfberg Theatres; Charles Paine,
Tercar Theatres; Glen Dickinson jr., Dickinson
Theatres; Donald L. Hill, Wometco
Lathrop Theatres; Jeff Logan, Eldorado
Theatres, and Larry Starsmore. Westland
Theatres.
Rilling. Means Are Named
Regional Mgrs. by Altec
ANAHEIM. CALIF.— Richard J.
Forbes,
national sales manager/ commercial productions
for Altec sound products division, has
announced the appointment of Ronald H.
Means as the firm's regional manager for
the Midwest area, while Gerhard H. Rilling
will assume a similar position in the Mid-
Atlantic area.
Means, now a resident of Kansas City,
prior to joining Altec was a principal of
Amelak Electronics, Macomb, III. -based
firm in the sound contracting and retail
audio sales and service business. Amelak
Electronics is an Altec authorized sound
contractor.
Rilling most recently had been employed
by Maris Equipment Co. and J. H. Sparks.
Inc., of Philadelphia. A member of the
Audio Engineering Society, Rilling resides
in Philadelphia with his wife Elaine and
two children.
Bryanston Film Retitled
HOLLYWOOD— Echoes of a Summer
is the new title for "The Last Castle,"
Sandy Howard Productions feature starring
Richard Harris, Lois Nettleton, Jodie
Foster, Brad Savage, Geraldine Fitzgerald
and William Windom, directed by Don
Taylor and recently completed on location
in Nova Scotia for Bryanston Pictures release.
BOXOFHCE :: January 27. 1975

AIP Reports Highest
Revenues in 20 Years
BEVERLY HILLS— Sanuicl Z. Arkoll.
chairman of the board and president of
American International Pictures, reported
continued record-breaking revenues and net
income for the first nine months of its
1974-75 fiscal year. Arkoff reported the
company is in the best financial condition
of its 20-year history.
Total revenue for the period was $.^7,-
270,000, as compared with $23,412,000 the
same time a year earlier, and per-share
earnings were $2.73. as opposed to 69 cents
for the first nine months of 1973-74.
For the third quarter, ending Nov. 30,
1974, total revenue was $15,621,000, compared
with $9,124,000 Dec. 1, 1973; with
per-share earnings rising to $1.73 over the
25-cent mark the comparable '73
quarter.
U.S. theatrical and television film rentals
were up 59 per cent and 109 per cent,
respectively, over the previous nine months,
with accounting changes resulting from conforming
to the AICPA Industry Accounting
Guide being responsible for 23 per cent
of the increase in theatrical revenue and
for 69 per cent of the increase in television
revenue.
Outstanding returns from "Macon Coimty
Line" and "Born Losers" accounted for
the increase in theatrical film rentals. The
rise in TV revenue was due to collections
from a higher level of television contracts
executed during the current nine months.
The increased net income realized from
the sharp rise in revenue was augmented
by extraordinary income realized in t"ti.
third
quarter.
Filmways Reports Increase
In Quarter Net Income
LOS ANGELES — Richard L. Bloch.
chairman of the board, Filmways, Inc. reported
net income of $476,000 or 24 cents
per share for the three months ended Nov.
30, 1974, compared with net income of
$376,000 or IS cents for the three months
ended Nov. 30. 1973.
Revenues for the first quarter increased
to $24,379,000. up from $15,804,000 for
the first quarter one year ago. The threemonth
figures include results of Grosset
& Dunlap, Inc., from date of acquisition
Oct. 1, 1974: per share data is based on
average shares outstanding after provision
for preferred dividends for the respective
periods.
UA Film Is Retitled
NEW YORK.—"Sharks' Treasure" has
been set as the title for the Cornel Wilde
adventure feature formerly known as "The
Treasure." Written, produced and directed
by Wilde, who also stars in the United
Artists release, the film was shot in the
shark-infested areas of Bonaire, an island
in the Caribbean, and in the Coral Sea.
.Also starring are Yaphet Kotto. John Neilson,
Cliff Osmond, David Canary and
David Gilliam.
Avco Embassy in
Distribution Deal
With Canadian Investment Firm
By
JOHN COCCHI
NEW YORK—Avco Embassy Pictures
has entered into a distribution deal with
a Canadian investment
compan\. Professional
Group Services,
Ltd. of Vancouver,
it was announced
at a press
conference at the
home office here. R.
Edmimd McMullan.
an Irish-born investment
coimsellor and
the head of PG Services,
said that he
R. E. McMiillan
would invest $6 million in three properties,
"Bed Talk," "The Minister and the Choir
Singer" and "The Flamboyant Man," to
be produced by the team of Clarence
Greene and Russell Rouse. At the press
meeting, Avco president William E. Chaikin
introduced McMulhin. Greene and
lawyer Richard Kovy.
In late 1973, McMiillan became interested
in financing motion pictures when
other Canadian investments proved not to
be too profitable. His firm counsels doctors
and professional athletes on investments
and some 50 to 60 of his clients are involved
in the current financial arrangement.
Avco will have no financial investment,
except as distributor. The investors will
pay taxes in Canada on their investment,
while all of the cost of the film may be
deducted at the time of production, according
to a newly revised Canadian law.
McMullan revealed that the Canadian
government has invested $18 million oi
taxpayers" money in a film industry in thai
country, with an 87% loss. It was further
stated that it's virtually impossible for a
Canadian film to break even in its own
coimtry, whereas it can earn ten times
as much in the United States. The government
has invested an average of $200.-
000 in Canadian features, which must
have a Canadian director and are subject
to other regulations. The three films to
be made for Avco will have no stich restrictions
imposed on them.
"The Flamboyant Man," from an original
screenplay by Rouse, will go into pre-production
within the next two months with
a May starting date scheduled. The flamboyant
man of the title is one who is forced
into murder. This is to be shot in Los
Angeles, as will be "Bed Talk," a modern
comedy from the woman's point of view.
In 1959, Rouse and Greene were two of
the four winners of an Academy Award
for the story and screenplay to "Pillow
Talk," one of the most successful films of
the 1950s, and it is hoped that a similar
success will occur with the new film. "The
Minister and the Choir Singer." from a
novel by law\er William Kunstler, is based
on the Mills miirder case and will be filmed
in Canada. No particular rating is being
aimed at. but Greene thinks a PG would
be appropriate enough for the trio.
Greene is to begin casting for the films
next month. While he and partner Rouse
arc writers, producers and directors, they
will be seeking help in the making of the
films. Although no plans have been made
for any additional properties, McMullan
hopes to finance other films and continue
a relationship with Avco Embassy.
Buxbaum Is President
Of RKO-SW Chain
NEW YORK— Harry S. Buxbaum has
been appointed president of RKO-Stanley
Warner Theatres, it has been announced bv
Harry S. Buxbaum
Matthew Polon
William R. Forman, chairman of the board
of Cinerama, Inc., parent company. Buxbaum
succeeds Matthew Polon, who retired
last week after being in that post since 1968.
Buxbaum's most recent assignments were
with the Pacific Theatres as Forman's representative
in Europe. Previously he was vicepresident
and general sales manager for
the Cinerama Releasing Organization. He
has been affiliated with major motion picture
companies, including MGM, Paramount,
Universal, 20th Century-Fox, Biiena
Vista and Warner Bros.
Polon had been with RKO Theatres and
RKO-Stanley Warner more than 40 years,
rising from chief film buyer to president.
In March 1966, he was elevated to succeed
Harry Mandel. who resigned as president
of RKO Theatres.
Peter Fleisher Appointed
20th-Fox New York Mgr.
NEW YORK— Peter Fleisher, 28, has
been named branch manager of 20th Century-Fox's
New York exchange, it was announced
by Peter S. Myers, vice-president,
domestic distribution.
Fleisher joined the company June 1970
as an assistant booker in the Boston exchange,
where he later became a salesman.
He then moved on to Pittsburgh where he
was named branch manager. In September
1973 he became sales manager in the Detroit
exchange, later becoming its branch
manager.
A native Bostonian and married, Fleisher
is a graduate of the University of Illinois
where he earned a BA in history.
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United Artists Launches Promotional
Program on Four of Its
NEW YORK—United Artists is launching
1975 with a major, multi-picture promotional
program keyed to four major productions—
"Report to the Commissioner,"
"Mr. Ricco," "Lenny" and "Moonrunners."
The program is being built around wideranging
personal appearance tours of the
stars and other principals associated with
the
films.
'Mr. Ricco' Premiere in Las Vegas
"Mr. Ricco" will be climaxed with the
world premiere of the film in Las Vegas
Tuesday (28). Star Dean Martin will host
a celebrity bash and sitting for interviews
with syndicated writers, columnists, editors
and critics, who will be flown in from New
York, Chicago, Los Angeles and other West
Coast cities. Meanwhile, two of his costars
in the MGM presentation for UA,
Thalmus Rasulala and Denise Nicholas already
have made a personal appearance
tour of Chicago and are now scheduled
to visit San Francisco, where the film was
shot on location.
A crime drama set in the Bay City, "Mr.
Ricco" is a Douglas Netter production produced
by Netter and directed by Paul
Bogart from a screenplay by Roger Hoban
based on a story by Ed Harvey and Francis
Kiernan. The film opens in New York as
a red carpet attraction Wednesday (29).
The "Lenny" campaign is currently being
centered on Valerie Perrine, whose performance
as Honey Bruce already has won
a best actress nomination for the 1975
Golden Globe and a New Film Critics
Award. Miss Perrine was to meet in New
Orleans Sunday and Monday (19, 20) with
television and newspaper reporters from all
over the United States for a round of interviews
on behalf of the widely acclaimed
film, which stars Dustin Hoffman as Lenny
Bruce. "Lenny," now playing in 12 key
situations throughout the United States and
Canada, will open in more than 30 other
cities, including New Orleans, during February
Ȧ Marvin Worth production for United
Artists release, "Lenny" is a Bob Fosse film
directed by Fosse from a screenplay by
Julian Barry. Worth was the producer and
David V. Picker was the executive producer.
Other Stars Going on Tours
Susan Blakely, star in the Frankovich
production, "Report to the Commissioner."
who plays an undercover policewoman in
the drama, soon will be hitting the road
and visiting New York and other cities.
She will be introduced to the press and
television media following a series of local
previews to be set for the film. Based on
the James Mills best-seller, "Report to the
Commissioner" also stars Michael Moriarty,
Yaphet Kotto. Hector Elizondo and Tony
King. Meanwhile, plans also are being
firmed for personal appearances by Kotto.
who plays a tough, black New York detective.
Kotto is no stranger to film promotion,
which he previously did for "Across
Major Films
110th Street" and "Live and Let Die,"
both UA releases.
Novelist Mills is about to take off on a
cross-country tour on behalf of his new
book, "Just One Man," published by Simon
and Schuster. He also will talk about the
film version of "Report to the Commissioner."
Star James Mitchum and technical adviser
Jerry Rushing last week wrapped up
the second leg of their personal appearance
tour of the south on behalf of "Moonrunners,"
an action drama of moonshiners
and their women. Their itinerary included
Memphis, Little Rock, Baton Rouge and
New Orleans. They previously visited the
Charlotte—.Atlanta territory. "Moonrunners"
opened in the Memphis-New Orleans
territory Friday (24) in some 234 theatres.
"Moonrunners" stars Mitchum, Kiel Martin
and Arthur Hunnicutt. The setting for
this wild folk tale is the Carolinas, particularly
the rugged mountain area, where
moonshining has been a way of life for
generations.
Sands Co. to Distribute
'House of the Damned'
NEW YORK—The U.S., and Canadian
rights to the Spanish-British co-production,
"The House of the Damned," has
been sold to the Sands Co., it was announced
by Munio Podhorzer, president of
United Film Enterprises, Inc., acting on
behalf of the producer Andres Vincente
Gomez.
Directed by Gonzalo Suarez, the film
features Carmen Sevilla, Donald Pleasence
and the late Michael Dunn.
HowfarshouldaTeachergo
to protect her stude" "
PROMOTION TALKS—"Trip With
the Teacher" poster art backs up stars
Zainian King; Brenda Fogarty, left, and
Cathy Worthington, right, at Crown International
Pictures' home office in
Beverly Hills. They were at the company's
headquarters recently to discuss
promotional tours for the Crown International
February release. "Trip with
the Teacher" is an action-filled story
on the happenings of an attractive
young teacher and her young students
while on a field trip through the California
desert.
General Cinema's Net
For Year Is Up 20%
BOSTON—Record revenues of $299,-
514,000 and record net operating income
of $10,589,000 were reported by General
Cinema Corp. for the vear ended Oct. 3L
1974.
Richard A. Smith, president, indicated
that the audited figures represent a new
high of $1.93 in operating net income per
share, or 22 per cent greater than the $1.58
a share earned a year ago. Revenues exceeded
by 22 per cent the $244,877,000
posted a year ago, while net operating income
was 20 per cent better than the $8,-
846,000 in the prior year.
Total net income of $11,057,000, equal
to $2.01 a share, included an extraordinary
000, equal to 1 1 cents a share.
"Theatre attendance was strong,"
gain of $468,000, equal to 8 cents per share,
attributable to tax-loss, carryforwards, compared
to total net income in the prior year
of $9,442,000, equal to $1.69 a share and
including an extraordinary gain of $596,-
according
to Smith, "and up substantially on a
comparative basis—about 8 per cent for
the year. Total theatre revenues were $142,-
873,000, a 22 per cent gain over last year
and operating profits (pre-tax, pre-interest)
in the division advanced about 5 per cent.
Increases in theatre revenues were due to
a significant rise in attendance and our
continued expansion program, which
brought 89 new shopping center theatres
on stream, as well as from modest admission
price increases. Earnings increased
slightly in the theatre division, reflecting
higher volume modified by a decrease in
operating margins due primarily to higher
film costs."
The company operates 564 theatres, primarily
in shopping centers.
U.S. Court Holds Hearing
On Antitrust Judgment
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As scheduled,
a hearing was held Wednesday (8) concerning
the antitrust judgment in favor of
Ernest H. Price's Azalia and Twin drive-ins,
Virginia corporations. In a suit against
Sargoy, Stein & Hanft and nine major film
distributors, the plaintiff earlier was
awarded $300,000 damages.
Chief Judge Richard B. Kellam, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia at Norfolk, presided at the Wednesday
(8) session, when legal arguments
were heard on the defendants' motion to
set aside that triple-damage judgment.
Throughout these proceedings and
through the trial itself, the defendants were
represented by an area law firm. After the
judgment against them, Sargoy, et al, have
retained the New York law firm of Phillips,
Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon as additional
counsel. Stanley E. Sacks of the local
law offices of Sacks, Sacks & Tavss continues
to represent exhibitor Price.
The court had not announced its decision
as
of press time.
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BOXOFTICE :: January 27, 1975

After 4 weeks and 4 days in New York
After 3 weeks and 5 days in 157 situations
After 2 weeks and 5 days in 284
additionai situations
TOTAL GROSS TO DATE:

M. B. Smith Dies at 65;
Veteran KC Showman
KANSAS CITY—Maurice B. Smith, 65.
industry veteran, died Thursday (16) at
Shawnee Mission
Hospital. Services
were held Monday
morning (20) at the
Newcomer Chape! in
Overland Park. Kas.
Private burial was in
Johnson County Memorial
Gardens
Cemetery.
Smith retired from
Commonwealth Theatres
Feb. 1, 1972, as
M. B. Smith
vice-president in charge of publicity and
public relations after more than 40 years
with the company in various capacities.
He was one of the organizers of Show-A-
Rama, exhibitor national convention, sponsored
annually by the United Motion Picture
Ass'n. On April 3, 1972, he was honored
by the Motion Picture Ass'n of Greater
Kansas City as Pioneer of the Year. His
famous "shirt-sleeve copy" was used by
many exhibitors and he soon garnered a
national reputation. Occasionally he wrote
guest editorials for Boxoffice on the subject
of advertising and promotion, in which
he was a strong believer.
Smith started in the film business as a
projectionist in the 1920s at various Kansas
theatres while in high school. In the summer
of 1930, he worked for Jay Wooten
as a boothman for the Fox theatres in
Liberal, Kas.
After graduating from the state college
in Hays, Kas., Smith managed theatres in
Hoisington, Norton and Garden City for
O. K. Mason before Mason merged his
theatres with Commonwealth. Smith progressed
rapidly with the company and came
to Kansas City in 1939 to create the circuit's
first district. After service in the
Navy during World War II, he returned
to Commonwealth in 1946 and later was
promoted to handle advertising. He also
edited the company's house organ called
the Messenger and later the Bright Side.
He leaves a son Maurice M. of Lcnexa
and a daughter Marcia of Estes Park. Colo.,
and three grandchildren. His wife died May
18, 1970. The family suggests contributions
to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital in
"Smitty's" memory.
'Digby' Grosses $58,514,
54 Matinee Playdates
CLEVELAND — "Digby—The
Biggest
Dog in the World," returning to cities for
special Saturday-Sunday matinee engagements,
grossed $58,514 in the first 54 dates
in the Cleveland-Toledo-Akron-Youngstown
area during the Saturday (11) week
end. Presented by City Investing Co., the
Walter Shenson production is distributed by
Cinerama Releasing through American International
Pictures.
"Digby," starring Jim Dale, was directed
by Joseph McGrath.
MOTION PICTURES RATED
BY THE CODE & RATING
ADMINISTRATION
Title
The following feature-length motion pictures
have been reviewed and rated by the
Code and Rating Administration pursuant
to the Motion Picture Code and Rating
Program.
Dittiibutor
Capone (20th-Fox)
Challenge to White Fang
(Sierra Associates)
Country Blue (General Film Corp.
Echoes of a Summer (Bryanston)
Guitar Picks and Roach Clips
(Sunshine Unlimited)
Yessongs (Ellman)
Rotino
El
PG
m
PG
PG
Charles Moskowitz
Charles Moskowitz, Early
MGM Chief, Dies in NY
NEW YORK—Charles C. Moskowitz.
82, former chief executive of Metro-Goldwyn
-Mayer, died
Saturday (18) at University
Hospital.
Moskowitz began
his career as a bookkeeper
at an early
theatre soon after he
was graduated from
New York University's
School of Commerce
in 1914. He
later joined Marcus
Loew and Nicholas
M. Schenck in developing the world's largest
motion picture organization.
Moskowitz also was a former president
of the Robbins Music Corp., and of other
music companies associated with it. He re
tired in 1958.
Funeral services were Sunday (19).
Films, Inc. Charts Contest
For College Marketing
NEW YORK—Seth Willenson, director
of college marketing for Films, Inc., has
announced a promotion contest to develop
professional approaches and skills in campus
film exhibition. Twenty cash awards, for
a total of $2,000, will be presented, including
four first prizes of $250 each. Participating
distribution companies have contributed
movie T-shirts as additional premiums
for entering the contest.
Prizes will be awarded on a basis of
innovative approach and total concept of
the promotion and advertising and results,
taking into consideration the potential market
and resources. Entries will be accepted
on a regional basis: Northeast, South, Midwest
and West. The finalists will be evalii
ated by a professional committee consisting
of Al Newman, MGM; Tony Hoffman
Paramount Pictures; Hal Sherman, 20th
Century-Fox; John Van Hammersveld, a
West Coast designer, and Willenson.
For details, contact Willenson at Films,
Inc.. 440 Park Ave. South. New York, N.Y.
10016.
'Fantastic Planet' Acquired
By April Fools Films
NEW YORK—April Fools Films has
acquired national distribution rights to the
French animated cartoon, "Fantastic Planet,"
previously distributed by Roger Corman's
New World Films. They will launch
their 1975 distribution program with an
85-theatre two-market saturation for the
sci-fi adventure drama.
The initial opening was Wednesday (15)
in 60 theatres in the Indianapolis-Ft. Wayne-
Terre Haute markets backed by a $20,000
television advertising campaign. In addition
April Fools Films has allocated $5,000 for
radio spots and more than $5,000 for newspaper
advertising. A week later the film
opened in 25 theatres in the Huntingdon-
Charleston, West Virginia market with AFF
budgeting $15,000 for TV, radio and newspaper
ads.
Chief executive of the company. Bob
Rehme said that "in addition to our new
marketing campaign, we are also making
available to theatres two new trailers which
have all the sell and appeal for the vast
science-fiction audience for which we feel
there is no age limit."
'Waldo Pepper' to Premiere
In New York March 12
NEW YORK— Universals "The Great
Waldo Pepper," a George Roy Hill film
starring Robert Redford, will have its world
premiere Wednesday, March 12, at the
Rivoli Theatre, in New York, in a benefit
performance sponsored by Friends of CAN,
the non-profit educational arm of Consumer
Action Now, in conjimction with the Smithsonian
Institution and Concern, Inc. in
Washington, D.C.
Proceeds from the benefit performance
of the film, which was written by William
Goldman, and the special "citified country
picnic" which will follow at New York's
famed Rainbow Room, will go toward a
Sun Fund to educate the public to the safe
and nonpolluting alternatives to nuclear
energy.
Tickets to the special evening are $25
for the film only and $100 for the film and
picnic. Inquiries may be sent with a selfaddressed
envelope to Friends of CAN, 30
East 68th St., New York, N.Y. 10021.
Cinema-Vu Planning April
Release for 'Tarantula'
CINCINNATI—Filming has been completed
on "Kiss of the Tarantula," Cinema-
Vu Productions suspense-horror-love story
filmed on location in Columbus, Ga. The
feature, produced by Daniel B. Cady with
Curt Drady and John Holokan as executive
producers, is now being edited for
April release. It is anticipated that the Eric
Mason-Suzanne Ling starrer will receive a
PG rating.
"Kiss of the Tarantula" will be distributed
nationally by Cinema-Vu Distributors of
Cincinnati through six regional offices.
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Universal, Pan Arts Sign
New Production Pact
Universal Pictures and Pan Arts Productions
Corp. have entered into a new exclusive,
five-year, multi-faceted production
agreement, it was announced by Sid Sheinberg,
president and chief operating officer
of MCA, and Patrick Kelley, new president
of the restructured Pan Arts Corp. of which
George Roy Hill is chairman of the board.
Simultaneously it was announced that Kelley
has resigned as chairman of the board
of First Artists, a position he has held
since the inception of the company four
and one-half years ago, to head up Pan
Arts. The new agreement calls for an expanded
Pan Arts slate of theatrical motion
pictures to be made within five years, three
of which personally will be produced and
directed by George Roy Hill under the terms
of a previous exclusive agreement entered
into with Universal last August. Universal
vice-president Jennings Lang will be the
executive liaison between the studio and
Pan Arts. Although Hill will serve as producer
or director or both on other Pan
Arts films, it is expected that other filmmakers
will share in the company's program,
including Robert L. Crawford, a Hill
associate and associate producer of "The
Sting" and "The Great Waldo Pepper." The
first Pan Arts film under the new Universal
contract will be announced in the near
future. Hill's immensely popular and critically
acclaimed films include, in addition
to the Academy Awards seven-time winner
"The Sting," the recent "Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid," "Hawaii" and "Thoroughly
Modern Millie" . . . Lawrence Turman
has announced that he has acquired
film rights to the Edward Van Deusen book
"Contract Co-Habitation," which he will
produce under his multi-picture deal with
United Artists. The project is the real life
story of a man who rents a wife. Negotiations
are under way for a writer.
Planning 'Mr. Bojangles/
Bill Robinson Biofilm
Bill Robinson, "Mr. Bojangles," was one
of the first black men to "open the doors
to respectable roles in movies," says Marc
Gordon, manager of the Fifth Dimension
and producer of a soon-to-be lensed biographical
picture of the entertainer. Coproducing
are Al Wilson and Thelma Houston.
Budget is set at $3 million and part
of this is coming from black businessmen
in Atlanta. Marshall Williams is doing the
screenplay based on research by Ron Collier
and Tad Bohannon. The film will have
mostly original music and some pieces Robinson
performed. Gordon is talking with
Ben Vereen for the title role and Marilyn
McCoo of the Fifth Dimension is also likely
to be cast in a leading role. The film goes
before the camera in September on location
in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New
Orleans and New York . . . "The Kickback"
(temporary title) starring Ava Gardner,
Dirk Bogarde, Bekim Fchmiu, Timothy
Dalton and French actress Nicole Calfan
has begun production under the direction
of Cyril Frankcl in Vienna. Produced by
Paul Mills, 'The Kickback" is a modern
psychological drama about the violent moral
pressures brought to bear on people in order
to force a political cover-up. Screenplay
is by Robin Estridge from his own novel.
The film is a Sascha-Films GMBH production
for worldwide release outside the U.S.
and Canada by Warner Bros. . . . John
Kcnieny, producer of the critically acclaimed
"The Apprenticeship of Duddy
Kravitz," has added two new films to a
three-picture production slate for 1975-76.
To be produced under his independent banner
of International Cinemedia Center, Ltd.,
the newly acquired story properties are "The
Captors," a suspense drama with John Paris
signed to write the screenplay based on his
own novel of the same name, and "Davie
and the Last Day of Summer," an original
screenplay by Len McCall based partly on
the turn of the century and contemporary
America in drama form. The program will
tee off early next month with "White Lino
Fever," which Kemeny will produce for
Columbia Pictures release. Jonathan Kaplan
will direct the action-adventure drama
with the screenplay by Kaplan and Ken
Friedman.
Supervising Final Editing
Of 'View From the Loft'
Maurice A. Krowitz, president of IDEA,
Hollywood production company presently
based in Munich, has left for Zagrab, Yugoslavia,
to supervise final editing of "View
From the Loft." While in Europe Krowitz
plans to sneak preview his film in leading
capital theatres . . . The Andre Pieterse production
"e'Lollipop," is now in its editing
stage and will be ready for international
release early this year. The film stars Academy
Award winner Jose Ferrer and Emmy
Award winner Karen Valentine. Filmed in
South Africa, the story deals with a close
friendship between a white orphan boy Jannie,
brought up on a mission in the kingdom
of Lesotho and a black Basuto herdboy.
The budget exceeded one million dollars
. . . Phil
Norman & Co. has been
signed to design main titles for "The Yakuza"
and "Rafferty and the Gold Dust
Twins," both for Warner Bros, release . . .
Dale Durda will create an original score for
API's "Good Country People," based on
the Plannery O'Connor story . . . Animation
sequences for the main titles of Blake Edwards'
"The Return of the Pink Panther"
has been completed by award-winning artist
Richard Williams . . . John Cacavas has
been signed by producer Michael Leighton
to write the musical score for Devi's "The
Killer Inside Me," starring Stacy Keach
and Susan Tyrell . . . Jack Donahue has
been signed by Robert McCahon and Brian
Garfield to write the screenplay for "What
of Terry Conniston?" a feature based on
Garfield's novel.
Misty Rowe Is Assigned
Marilyn Monroe Role
Misty Rowe, a 19-year-old San Gabriel
native, has been signed by producer-director
Larry Buchanan to play the title role
in "Goodbye, Norma Jean," an Austamerican
Productions film based on the teenage
life of the late Marilyn Monroe. Currently
appearing on ABC-TV's "Happy Days," Ms.
Rowe won over three other women screentested
for the role of the tragic sex symbol.
Executive producer Aniadeo C. Curcio announced
that production began Monday
(20) at the Studio Club in Hollywood
where Marilyn lived when she was an aspiring
actress . . . Joan Prather, who recently
co-starred with Bruce Dern in "Smile," has
been signed by producers Jim Cullen and
Mike Glick for her second major motion
picture, "The Devil's Rain," Sandy Howard
Productions' occult suspense thriller which
director Robert Fuest put before the
cameras on Monday (27) on location in
Durango, Mexico. Lisa Todd also has been
added to the cast, which already stars Ernest
Borgnine, Eddie Albert, William Shatncr
and Ida Lupino . . . George Kennedy will
star for producer Frank Avaincia in "The
Human Factor," directed by Edward Dmytryk.
The film is scheduled to get under way
in March and will be shot on location in
Naples, Rome, London and the Isle of
Capri . . . Ross Martin has been signed
for the title role in "Abdullah," TIP-GM
production which began Friday (24) in
Iran. The script is by director George Marzbetuny
. . . Ernest Gold, Academy-Awardwinning
screen composer, returns to film
scoring following a .self-imposed two year
. .
leave with his assignment as scorer for "J.J.
McCuUoch," feature written, directed and
produced by Max Baer jr. and starring
Composer
Forrest Tucker and Julie Adams .
Billy Goldenberg has been signed by
producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler
to write the score for the Michael Caine-
Natalie Wood starrer "Fat Chance," directed
by Peter Heims for 20th Century-Fox release.
Columbia Will Co-Produce
Film With Raquel Welch
Columbia Pictures announces entry into
a joint production venture with Monroe
Sachson Productions in association with
Raquel Welch Productions to bring to the
screen "Chu Chu and the Philly Flash,"
which will star Miss Welch, it was announced
by Peter Guber, executive vicepresident
in charge of worldwide production.
Ronald Talsky will produce the motion
picture from an original screenplay by
Robert Merrill. Sachson will serve as executive
producer. In this film comedy, the
actress is cast as a lady of questionable
virtue who becomes involved with an exprofessional
athlete in a hilarious moneymaking
caper.
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'Challenge in the Earth'
Available From Sterling
NEW YORK.—"Challenge in the Earth,"
an II -minute short which recently won the
Grand Award of the 17th International
Film and TV Festival here, is available to
theatres free through Association-Sterling
Films' regional booking services. Produced
and directed by Julius Potocsny for Interfilms,
Ltd., and sponsored by the American
Smelting and Refining Co., the film combines
lavish historical reenactments, old
film footage and spectacular modern sequences
to show how mining has helped
America grow since the 1890s.
Robert Finehout, president of Association-Sterling,
states, "Audiences will share
the excitement of discovery that early
prospectors and developers did as they
helped forge a nation from the metals beneath
the earth. It's a very big film, as is
the story it tells."
Original music and ballads have been
created for the film, which was photographed
on location in mining sections
throughout the country. Theatres showing
the short will receive a colorful one-sheet
poster for lobby display before and during
the run.
Holiday bookings in the New York metropolitan
area indicate that the film will be
one of the most widely seen shorts in the
past few years.
Charlton Heston Narrates
Physical Fitness Film
NEW YORK—Charlton Heston, film
star, narrates and stars in a new 16mm
sound and color motion picture entitled
"The Fun of Your Life." The 14-minute
film, presented by Montgomery Ward &
Co., explains the importance of physical
fitness for adults and describes a new program
called the Presidential Sports Award.
Distribution is being made by the libraries
of Modern Talking Picture Service.
"The Fun of Your Life" begins with an
introduction by President Gerald Ford. The
film dramatically shows, as Heston explains,
the dangers of not getting enough exercise.
The actor then introduces the new program
condircted by the President's Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports, covering
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Hfter several months of quietude, NSC
members came to life in their response
to November's Blue Ribbon ballot. They
were virtually agreed about the specialeffects
merits of the winner, "Earthquake"
(Univ), decidedly divided about runnerup.
"The Trial of Billy Jack" (Taylor-Laughlin)
and relatively content with the honorablemention
ties, "The Dove" (Tara) and
"Scenes From a Marriage" (Cinema 5).
As proof, excerpts from their ballots follow:
"Earthquake"
Old-fashioned showmanship, marked by
the return of Ava Gardner. A poor script,
but a lively show.—Mai Vincent, Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot . . . Too bad about Ava.
Noone took time to direct HER!—John
Anthony, WITI-TV, Milwaukee . . . The
way the kids buy it—bring back the '30s!
Fred Souttar, independent, Shawnee Mission,
Kas. ... An unusual event— you'll
feel it as well as see it. Has visual effects
you'll not soon forget.—Mrs. Claude Franklin,
Indianapolis NSC group at
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its highest.—Donna F. Deaton, Tudor
Amusement Corp., Indianapolis.
"Earthquake" is a fun film because of
Sensurround. It possibly would be a dud
without the gimmick. Theatres not installing
Sensurround would be cheating their customers.—^Kim
Larsen. Billings Gazette . . .
It is an e.xciting movie that will keep the
whole family on the edge of their seats.
Mrs. John A. Dobbins, San Antonio MFC.
The most entertaining movie for the
whole family— // the theatre is equipped for
Sensurround. The amazing sonic and visual
effects make a genuine— if gimmicky
shocker out of what otherwise would be
just another celebrity-laden soap opera.
David Reime. B.A.C. Theatres, Belleville,
III. ... In "Earthquake," Universal has introduced
viewing with a new sensation
and it's felt through a sense, rather than
the eyes and ears. The special effects make
it all worthwhile.—Lois Baumoel. Cleveland
MFC.
While "Scenes From a Marriage" is one
of the greatest works of art the medium
has ever known, our vote for family film
of the month must go to "Earthquake." It's
a big, rousing combination of superstars
and special effects that makes two hours
fly by.—^William J. Knittle jr., Columbia
Magazine, KXLU-FM, syndicated columnist;
Venice, Ca.
"The Trial of Billy Jack"
"The Trial of Billy Jack" is a good film
because it honestly shows how corrupt businessmen
and government are. It also is entertaining.—Kim
Larsen, Billings Gazette
. . . Propaganda: Anti-Ni.xon, Wounded
Knee, Kent U. and Watergate. Also pacifist
first-class. Will do business, regardless.
Leon Averitt, Don Theatre, Alexandria, La.
"Trial of Billy Jack"—zilch!—Olga Pottker,
News-Sun, Waukegan . . . Other than
being a big boxoffice pix, Tom Laughlin
has put beautiful, organic work out for
everyone to enjoy, plus the genuine feeling
given by Delores Taylor. Let's hear it for
good craftsmanship!—Dennis Williams,
Two very good films on this list.
Both
"Earthquake" and "The Trial of
Billy Jack" are doing fantastic business
at the boxoffice. It should be a close
race for the Blue Ribbon Award.
Angelo J. Mangialetta, WAGA-TV, Atlanta.
"Gold" rates a slight edge over
"Scenes From a Marriage" and "Earthquake"
of the films listed on the ballot,
but I'm voting for all three. Hollywood
is getting back on the map with SOLID
entertainment once again, but the playoffs
are much too slow and this is the
real problem that faces us.—Don Leigh
McCuIty, W. Va. Theatre Booking
Agency, Clarksburg.
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Even though Ingmar Bergman's
"Scenes From a Marriage" is not for
a family audience, I must vote for it.
It is a beautiful, profound motion picture,
which makes the other films on
the list seem totally unworthy. If
"Scenes" was not on the list, I would
vote for "Earthquake," which is resounding
entertainment.—F. Anthony
Macklin, Dayton Journal Herald.
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"Earthquake" for cinema achievements;
but "The Dove," despite flaws,
has a fine moral.—Joan E. Vadeboncoeur,
Syracuse Herald-Journal & Herald-American.
"The Trial of Billy Jack" and "Gold"
are both excellent. I'D take "Trial" because
of its message. STRONG movie
fare.—Walt Reno, KORK Radio, Las
Vegas.
SAG, AGVA. AFTRA; Hollywood.
Give people what they want to see and
when they want to see it
most important
and you have a sure winner. Many outstanding
pictures are never viewed by the public,
because they aren't available when the public
wants to see them.—Janice Hanson, ex-
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hibitor, Rockwell City, la.
One of the worst pictures I've ever seen.
—Larry Thomas, exhibitor, Beckley, W. Va.
... To see America's most beautiful locations,
see "The Trial of Billy Jack." Also
a great entertainment.—Mrs. Henry Augustine,
Sheboygan BFC ... A young-adult
crowd-pleaser, distinctively developed.
Allen M. Widem, Hartford Times.
Although with many flaws, proof that
our industry is alive and well.—R.J. Lapointe.
Interstate Theatres, Hagerstown,
Md. . . It's a sleeper in a hot market.
Frank R. Weirich, News-Sentinel, Knoxville
. . . Should be the runnerup as a well-made
sequel.— -Bruce L. Nutter, B. L. Nutter Theatres.
Putnam, Cn.
"The Dove"
A superb action-adventure for all ages.
Nevart Apikian, Syracuse Post-Standard . . .
Beautifully photographed and—as a truelife
adventure—inspiring for young and
old.—Sumner Rand, Orlando Sentinel Star
. . . This real-life story of a 16-year-old lad
that sails around the world by himself is a
fine geographical gem of an adventure. The
many ports he pulled into made me feel I
had actually been there.—Mrs. Paul Gebhart,
Cleveland WOMPI . . . Refreshing adventure!—Bruce
L. Nutter, B.L. Nutter Theatres,
Putnam, Cn.
It was easy to sell "The Dove" to the
public. A good story, beautiful photography,
no violence and a happy ending. A
most enjoyable combination.—^Bruce W.
Harmon, Cooper Theatres, Inc., Lincoln . . .
"TTie Dove" struck me as an unusually
beautiful film and without a lot of preachiness.—^Doug
Smith, Buffalo Courier-Express
. . . Not just a travelog, but a thoughtful
examination of how goals can become
obsessions if we lose our perspective.-—Alvin
Easter, Cinema Magazine, Minneapohs.
"Scenes From a Marriage"
Not so much shocking as refreshing in
its neo-documentary approach. Bergman,
too, is less obtuse here than in the past.-
Evening Independent,
Fred W. Wright jr..
St. Petersburg . . . Despite heavy editing,
Bergman's shift from allegory to hard realism
is an unqualified success.—Randy Weddington,
The Grapevine, Fayetteville, Ark.
. . . This PG-rated film is hardly one the
whole family will appreciate, but it's the
best of this month's lot.—Edward L. Blank,
Pittsburgh Press. . . The best of a strong
list for this month.—Marvin A. Brock,
Too
Texas Tech alumnus, Lubbock . . .
good even to be listed with the others.-
Joyce J. Persico, Trenton Times.
Simply a superb movie.—^Dan Meyers,
Star-News, Pasadena . . . Sometimes tedious,
but always poignant.—Todd Selbert,
New Yorker Magazine. N.Y.C. ... A work
of true genius.—John Crittenden, The Record,
Hackensack . . . Everybody must feel
as if it was flashbacks of one's own marriage.
It really puts relationships under the
gun.—Barbara Warren, General Cinema,
Brookline, Mass.
Miscellaneous
(Listed in order of votes received)
Journey Back to Oz: Could have been
good, but it looked too much like a Saturday
morning TV cartoon.—Larry Thomas, ex-
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hibitor, Beckley, W. Va. . . . It's most suitable
for children to see.—Richard L. Cosby,
Tudor Amusement, Indianapolis . . . Poor
boxoffice, but well-made family fare that
Walt Disney would have been proud to have
made. It only needed his name to be a success.—Bruce
L. Nutter, B.L. Nutter Theatres,
Putnam, Cn.
The Abdication: An edifying chapter of
history, memorably presented on the screen.
—Aileen Kandyba, Legion of Mary, Kansas
City, Kas. . "The Abdication" should
have been drawn from history, rather than
a play. But it was well-done.—Dr. Robert
Steele. Boston U. . . . "The Abdication" is
proof that great films are still in the making.
Thank you, Anthony Harvey.—Joe A.
Ortega, Bank of Calif., Seattle . . . Liv Ullmann
is always special and, teamed with
Peter Finch, it is a motion picture experience.—Nancy
Nelson, WTCN-TV, Minneapolis
. . . "The Abdication" is not a family
picture, but it is well-done and entertaining,
with good scenery.—Mrs. Shirley H. Gun-
GFWC, Fowler, Ind.
nels,
Gold: A natural; it has everything—adventure,
excitement, romance, plus a fine
cast, seat-clinging suspense and a pleasing
love story. Expertly done.—^Bruce L. Nutter,
B.L. Nutter TTieatres, Putnam, Cn.
14 BOXOFnCE :: January 27, 1975

Geo. Tice Announces
Management School
I'lMSBLKC.H Cicorgc I icc. president
of NATO of Western Pennsylvania, announced
that the exhibitor organizations
theatre management school, to be operated
in cooperation with Pennsylvania State
University, will begin holding sessions June
5. .Sixteen weeks of two-hour classes have
been scheduled every Thursday from I0:.^()
a.m. to 12:.^0 p.m. at Cinemette"s Fulton
Mini Theatre in downtown Pittsburgh.
Classes for eight of the 16 weeks will
he conducted by the staff of PSU and the
remaining eight b> local members of the
theatre industry. Cost will be appro\imatel\
$50 for the course, which will be available
to anyone who is interested.
The program, according to Tice, is designed
to develop "the theatre manager and
potential manager's knowledge, understanding
and skill in supervision and theatre
operation, which should result in greater
and more efficient performance in their
work." The course will employ a four-
'Adge continuous cycle, with all sessions and
exercises designed to provide the participants
with situations in which they can
practice and improve their skills and competency.
The program content will comprise the
following: The nature and functions of
management; management rights and responsibilities;
increasing communication effectiveness;
improving customer relations;
supervising
the younger employee and parttime
personnel; understanding labor relations;
motivation, and handling problem
employees and discipline situations.
George Anderson, drama editor of the
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, will discuss "The
Film Critic— Friend or Foe?", while George
Pappas, general manager of Morgan-
American Management Corp., will focus
on "Theatre and Trends." "Drive-In Theatres"
will be the subject of Paul Vogel and
Jack Vogel, with Joe Bugala (Manos Theatres),
Frank Lewis (Blatt Theatres) and
George Stern (Stern Enterprises) helming
"Film Buying, Booking and Distribution."
"Advertising. Publicity and Promotion"
will be taught b> Jacques Kahn, president,
Feldman & Kahn; Mel Katz of Cinemettc
Theatres and Knute Boyle of Theatre
Candy Co. will concentrate on "Concessions,"
and "Technical Advances" will be
covered by Joe Fornelli of Cinemette Theatres
and James Biggard of National Theatre
Supply Co.
George Tice, president of NATO of
Western Pennsylvania, will instruct students
on "Finding New Audiences and Theatre
Uses."
Cinema Opening Delayed
NEW MILFORD, CONN.—Construction
delay has pushed back opening of a
350-seat Jerry Lewis Cinema here to earh
spring. The project, situated in the Plaza
Seven shopping mall, will be operated b\
Walter Buel.
loe Galante Is Variety 7
Telethon Gen'l Chairman
lU I I MO -Four promuieni local busi
nessmen, all nienihers of the Variets Club,
have been named co-chairmen of the 1*^)75
telethon of Tent 7. Ihey are Jerry Edelstein,
Frank W. Lauber, Thomas Million
and William Shields.
Ihe telethon will be seen on WKBW-TV
Saturday, March 1, starting at 10 p.m., and
will continue until 6 p.m. Sunday, March
2. through the cooperation of Lawrence
Pollock, vice-president and general manager
of WKBW-TV.
Joseph Galante is the general chairman
and special offices have been opened in
the Towne House at 999 Main St., where
the phone number is 885-5900.
Fdelstein has been named publicity manager.
He is an account executive of WADV.
In a letter to barkers and barkerettes ol
lent 7. Galante said; "I am honored and
proud that the board of directors has chosen
me as the telethon chairman for 1975.
Many workers are needed in order to make
Ihe telethon a big success again this year."
The telethon will be the 13th annual
one for the Children's Rehabilitation Foundation
of the Children's Hospital. The
foundation is dedicated to the well-being
of handicapped and needy children and
takes pride in the fact that all monies collected
remain on the Niagara Frontier. Last
year's event collected $400,000.
'Report to Commissioner'
Debuts in NY Feb. 5
NEW YORK— "Report to the Commissioner,"
which stars Michael Moriarty, Yaphet
Kotto, Susan Blakely, Hector Elizondo
and Tony King in a Frankovich production
based on James Mills' best-selling novel,
will have its New York opening February
5 at the Criterion, 86th Street East, and
UA Cinema East Theatres. The United
Artists release was directed by Milton
Katselas and produced by M. J. Frankovich,
from a screenplay by Abby Mann and
Ernest Tidyman,
The story of young people in the treacherous
cross-currents of police work and underground
connections, "Report to the Commissioner"
was filmed in New York City.
Highlights of the film include an unusual
cross-town chase between Moriarty and
King and an explosive climax in the posh
Saks Fifth Avenue department store.
Moriarty stars as Bo Lockley, a young
detective in the jungle of Times Square
at
night.
'Creative' Films for Prison?
PHILADELPHIA—The board of
prison
inspectors announced that motion pictures
will be brought to the Montgomery County
Prison in suburban Wyndmoor to provide
inmates with a new form of recreational
enjoyment. While the program was hailed
as a step in the right direction, the opening
attraction was an eye-opener. The kickoff
feature of the new program was "Bonnie
and Clyde." Quipped a board member.
"What's the next one— 'The Great Escape'.'"
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Philly's Bandbox Is
Saved by Film Buffs
PHILADELPHIA- -With the rallying of
movie buffs and benefit shows by competitors.
Art Carduner was able to reopen his
Bandbox Theatre, repertory and art cinema
house in the Germantown section of the
city. Receiving more than $4,000 collected
by the many fans who, with the added
sLipport of all the newspaper movie critics,
wanted to sec the house open, Carduner
was able to pay critical bills and reopened
with a week of "Animal Crackers," the
Marx brothers' classic.
Benefit shows were staged by two center
city art theatres at the Academy Screening
Room and at the TIA (Theatre of the Living
Arts) Cinema. With the $4,000 collection,
electricity was turned on again and
the telephone service resumed—and "with
a little bit of luck" Carduner hopes to attract
enough fans to keep the Band Box
lit at all times.
With the reopening of the Bandbox.
Carduner finds himself with a second theatre
to handle. As a result of the publicity
about the collapse of the Bandbox, Carduner
now finds himself also serving as manager
of the suburban Huntingdon Valley Cinema.
"Some stranger called me up," Carduner
related, and said, "1 just read about how
you ran your own theatre into the ground.
Now would you try to do the same with
ours'.'" As a result, Carduner will operate
the Htmtingdon Valley Cinema along with
his Bandbox Theatre, shuttling programs
back and forth between the two houses.
As Carduner himself points out, the reopening
of the Bandbox "is little short of
a miracle." Movie houses that close, he
added, just don't fade away. They become
auto showrooms or outlets for the sale of
backyard swimming pools. The urban landscape,
he continued, is dotted with former
neighborhood movie houses that have become,
in other instances, bowling alleys.
But now that the Bandbox is back, perhaps,
said Carduner, "art can triumph where porn
has
failed."
Student Cards Available
For Cinemette's Houses
OIL CITY. PA.—Cinemette Corp. of
.America's Drake Cinema here and the Garby
and Orpheum theatres in Clarion, Pa.,
are offering reduced admission prices to
area students 12 to 17 years of age. The
circuit's "Red Carpet Cards" entitle students
to 75 cents off the regular adult admission
prices at any area Cinemette theatre.
.Applications are available at circuit
houses and they must be returned to any of
the participating theatres with a recent headshot
photo, along with a stamped self-addressed
envelope. The discount cards are
forwarded to applicants promptly.
Columbia Pictures" "The Odessa File" has
opened in key overseas markets to outstanding
boxoffice returns.
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B R O A D W Ay
THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER," a
Universal
release starring Robert Redford.
will have its world premiere March 12 at
the Rivoli Theatre as a benefit for a Sun
Fund which will be used to educate the
public to safe and nonpolluting alternatives
to nuclear energy. Tickets will be $25 and
$100, the latter to include a "picnic" ai
the Rainbow Room. Sponsors of the premiere
will be Friends of CAN, a nonprofit
educational arm of Consumer Action Now.
as well as the Smithsonian Institute and
Concern, Inc., of Washington, D.C.
Celebrities expected to attend include
Redford, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward.
Dustin Hoffman, John Lindsay, John Denver,
Betty Fumess, Dick Cavett, Dave De-
Busschere and George Roy Hill, who directed
"The Great Waldo Pepper."
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"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" will
open Wednesday (29) at the Sutton, rather
than Sunday (26) at the Plaza Theatre, as
had been announced. The .succe.ts of Fellini's
"Ainarcord" at the Plaza, now in its
19th week there, was cause for the switch.
Star Ellen Burstyn. director Martin
Scorsese and associate producer Sandra
Weintraub all have arrived in town from
Los Angeles in connection with the opening.
Produced by David Susskind and
Audrey Maas from a screenplay by Robert
Getchell, "Alice" also stars Kris Kristoffeison
and is a Warner Bros, release.
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Jo Ann Geffen is back in the public
relations field after a three-year gap, during
which time she married, gave birth to
a son and was divorced. She has handled
several film accounts in the past and is
currently doing PR work for International
Theatrical Innovations, with a video production
studio at the Factoria Restaurant
and in addition, Carlos' Seafood Restaurant,
new eatery in the theatre district.
•
"The Little Prince," Stanley Donen's film
of the Lerner and Loewe adaptation of the
Antoine de Saint Exupery classic, grossed
over $2 million in its ten-week world premiere
engagement as the Thanksgiving-
Christma.s-New Year's attraction at Radio
City Music Hall. The Paramount release
stars Richard Kiley. six-year-old Steven
Warner as the prince. Gene Wilder and Boh
Fosse.
The Hall will house the second annual
New York Art Deco Exposition Tuesday
night (28) through February 2. On sale
will be items from 60 of the country's
leading Art Deco dealers. Special exhibits
will feature complete period room settings
and a 3-D World's Fair display. A limited
edition catalog and poster will he on sale,
the catalog covering selected furnishings,
objects, jewelry and graphics on exhibit.
Screen attractions will commence with an
opening-night presentation of Fritz Lang''
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Pamela Mann' Hits
525 in New York 4lh
NEW YORK—"The Private
Alternoons
of Pamela Mann" regained number one spot
in its 4th week at the World with a 560.
Close behind at 525 was last week's winner.
"Defiance," averaging out at that figure in
the second round at Cine Lido (350) and
Lido East (700). "Stavisky" moved up one
rung to third spot, doing 490 business for
the fourth Cinema II week.
"Emmanuelle" dropped one place to
fourth, earning 475 for the fifth week at the
Paris. A new male film. "That Boy," scored
in fifth spot with a 415 opening at the 55th
.Street Playhouse. Down one notch to sixth
place. "Young Frankenstein" averaged 393
for the fourth week at the Murray Hill
(405). Paramount (340) and the .Sutton
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(440).
(Average Is 100)
Beekman Freebie and the Bean (WB), 4fh wk.
Cine The Godfather, Part II (Para), 6th wk
80
275
Cinema ^Lenny (UA), 10th wk 330
Cinema II Stavisky (Cinemation), 41-h wk 490
Cine Lido Defiance (Stu Segall), 2nd wk 350
Columbia I A Womon Under the Influence
(Faces Int'l), 9-th wk 270
Columbia II A Woman Under the Influence
(Faces Int'l), 9th wk 220
Coronet The Front Poge (Univ), 5th wk 195
Criterion Freebie and the Bean (WB), 4th wk.
Eastside Cinema Steppenwolf (D/R Films),
5th wk 135
86th Street East Freebie and the Bean (WB),
4th wk 105
55th Street Playhouse That Boy (Hand in
Hand Films) 415
Lido East Defiance (Stu Segall), 2nd wk 700
Little Carnegie The Front Page (Univ), 5th wk .135
Murray Hill Young Frankenstein (20ttn-Fox),
4th wk 405
Orpheum^ ^The Godfather, Part 11 (Para),
6th wk
Paramount Young Frankenstein (20th-Fox),
160
4th wk 340
Paris Emmanuelle (Col), 5th wk 475
Penthouse Abby (AlP), 4th wk 275
Ploza Amarcord (New World), 18th wk 280
Regency ^Les Violons du Bal (Levitt-Pickman),
51h wk
RKO
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wk. 86th Street Twin Abby (AlP), 4th
250
.290
68th Street Playhouse ^Lacombe, Lucien
(20th-Fox), 15th wk
state The Godfother, Part II (Para), 6th wk.
125
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4th wk. .440
Sutton Young Frankenstein (20th-Fox),
Stote The Godfather, Port II (Para), 6th wk.
Tower East The Godfather, Part II (Para),
6th wk
World The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann
275
(Hudson Valley), 4th wk 560
"Lenny" Maintains Baltimore
Lead of 1000; 'Inferno' 775
BALTIMORE—"Lenny" held on to first
place with 1000 in a fifth week at Cinema
I. "Wonder of It All" debuted at two theatres
with a strong 590. "The Towering Inferno."
in a fifth week, captured second
place with 775. and "The Man With the
Golden Gun" dropped to 485. fifth frame.
Cinema 1 Lenny (UA), 5th wk 1000
Cinema II, Liberty II The Man With the Golden
Gun (UA), 5th wk 485
Liberty Earthquake (Univl, 5th wk
250
Paramount, Mini Flick I Wonder of It All (SR) 590
Three theatres The Towering Inferno
(WB/20th-Fox), 5th wk
775
Towson, Glen Burnie Mall The Front Poge
(Univ), 5th wk
Westview I The Godfather, Port II (Para)
5th wk
120
Westview I III— Birth of a Legend (ANE)
100
Westview IV—The Devil's Triangle (SR)
120
NORTH JERSEY
The New Jersey premiere of the film "Hang
Up" was held recently at Tom Adams'
Ormont Theatre in East Orange. Parts of
the motion picture had been filmed in nearby
Newark. Opening-night festivities began
with a champagne party at East Orange City
Hall, hosted by Mayor William S. Hart sr..
who also attended the showing at the Ormont.
Also on hand at the East Orange
showplace was Bill Elliott, star of "Hang
Up." Opening night at the Ormont reportedly
was soldout and several hundred people
were turned away. During the first weekend
of the showing. Brut Productions, distributor
of "Hang Up," took ads in the local
newspapers "apologizing" to those who were
unable to gain admission on opening night
and advising them that extra performances
were being scheduled to accommodate all
those who wished to see the film. Prior to
its opening at the Ormont. "Hang Up" had
a special one-night preview showing, by invitation
only, at Newark's Symphony Hall
(formerly the Mosque Theatre), which was
attended by an overflow crowd of more
than 3,500. Among that crowd were many
celebrities, including Newark Mayor Kenneth
A. Gibson, comedian Godfrey Cambridge,
Newark actress Gloria Hendry,
dancer Lola Falana. gospel singer Cissy
Houston, the cast of "Don't Bother Me, I
Can't Cope" and many others.
The first of five offerings from the American
Film Theatre series opens today (27) at
more than 20 North Jersey locations. "Galileo,"
the first film of the AFT's second
season, will be shown at both matinee and
evening performances today (27) and tomorrow
(28) only. The other four attractions
are scheduled as follows; February 24 and
25. "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and
Living In Paris"; March 17 and 18. "In
Celebration"; April 21 and 22, "The
Maids," and May 19 and 20, "The Man in
a Glass Booth." This year, an extra showing
designed to accommodate student groups
will be presented each Wednesday morning
following the regular Monday and Tuesday
dates.
Two X-rated films were stolen recently
from the Treat Theatre in Newark. Police
theorize the burglars apparently remained
in the theatre after it had closed and then
took the films from the projection booth.
A third film, also rated X, immediately was
pressed into service by Hamar Theatres,
owners of the Treat.
The New Jersey minimum wage rate
rose
from $2 per hour to $2.20 per hour, effective
January 1. marking the third increase
in minimum wages in the state during
the past 12 months. January 1. 1974.
the minimum rate had been increased by 15
cents to $1.75 per hour. Federal regulations
boosted it to $1.90 per hour in May. This
was followed by another state increase to
$2 per hour last August, which remained in
effect until the recent increase.
A lone gunman held up the cashier at the
independent Meadtown Theatre in Kinnelon
on a recent Tuesday night and escaped with
$81 in cash. The week before, another thief,
also brandishing a gun, had held up the
cashier of the independent Center in Bloomfield,
escaping with an undetermined
amount of cash. Police stated there was no
reason to believe the two robberies were in
any way connected.
"The Best of Gold," featuring top rock 'n'
roll recording artists from the 1950s and
'60s. was presented onstage on a recent
Friday and Saturday at the Carlton in Red
Bank. Headlining the show was Tommy
James and the Shondells and Jackie Wilson.
Tickets were priced at $5.50 and $6.50. The
Carlton, a former Walter Reade operation,
has been closed for nearly two years and
. . .
has been opened only for special events,
such as the rock stageshow Joe Walsh
and Barnstorm will be the star attraction this
Thursday (31) at John Scher's Capitol in
Passaic, as that theatre continues its regular
series of rock stageshows. Upcoming inperson
shows include Leonard Cohen February
1 and Linda Ronstadt February 2.
BUFFALO
Du SRO crowd of Variety Club barkers
and barkerettes turned out Saturday
(25) for the testimonial dinner in 'the Statler-
Hilton honoring Clint LaFlamme. who has
been the steward for 40 years. Clint was
presented a handsome plaque referring to his
long and faithful service. It was presented
by chief barker Adolph "Cy" Marter of
Tent 7. who spoke about Clint. On hand to
enjoy the honor to Clint was his wife Dorothy
and his two children.
Courier Cable Co. has asked the common
council for more time to complete wiring of
the city for CATV. By terms of the exclusive
city franchise. Courier Cable has until
February 15 to finish but general manager
Cy B. King has told the council that the
deadline will not be met. King said there
is "every prospect" that a full wiring job
can be done "in a matter of a few months."
His letter for the council agenda asked for
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a time extension but did not say how much
time. There are 400 miles of cable in service.
King said. When the council gave Courier
its original franchise in 1971. a three-year
period was allowed for wiring the city. Later
the time was extended a year.
The downtown Palace at 2 East Main.
Lockport. now has an admission charge of
$1 anytime and is putting on boxofficecharging
promotion stunts ever and anon.
The Palace has been an entertainment headquarters
for many moons and now is attracting
more customers than ever. Dennis Harrison
is the manager.
Agatha Chri.stic's "Murder on the Orient
Express." a Paramount release, is being
shown at the Boulevard Mall Cinema 1 and
Holiday 5 theatres. Soundtrack albums are
available on Capitol Records ... An evening
with the mighty Wurlitzer organ was
presented Wednesdas (15) at the Riviera in
North Tonawanda. when Jack Doll was the
featured artist. A silent film comedy, Laurel
and Hardy in "The Finishing Touch," was
shown. The show attracted an excellent audience.
Maurice Lutwack, a member of Variety
Club Tent 7. has flown to Turkey for a
two-month tour. He will visit Israel and
the Middle East. Maurice resides at 200 Bidwell
Pkwy . Berman. former chief
barker of Tent 7 and now vice-president of
Ogdcn Food .Service Corp. in Philadelphia,
tells local industryites that business is good.
William Katz represents the corporation in
this area, with headquarters at 254 Franklin
.St.
O. J. Simpson, one of the stars of "The
Towering Inferno." exclusive at Holiday 2.
has been named honorary chairman of the
American Cancer Society's Erie County and
state of New York 1975 fund-raising drive.
O. J. is a member of the Buffalo Bills football
team.
Michael F. Elli.s, father of Mickey Ellis
and past chief barker of Variety Club Tent
7, authored the following which was published
in "Faces and Places" in the Evening
News:
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Three free films on art were shown Sunday
(19) at the Albright .Art Gallery. They
were "DeKooning at the Modern." "The
Mayan Heritage" and "Sentinels of Silence"
. . . WY.SL-AM-FM and Harvey & Corky
presented John Prime and David Bromberg
in person at the Century on Main Sunday
(25) at 7:30 p.m. The same duo will offer
Lynard Skynard in the same spot Saturday.
When the late Jack Benny
February 1 . . .
appeared for the first time at Melody Fair
in North Tonawanda. he phoned Tony
Wrobna in Cheektowaga and told him that
he needed some work done on his violin
pronto. Tony fixed it and thus began a long
and intimate friendship.
In Latin American "The Odessa File" was
a boxoffice winner in its first two Spanishlanguage
engagements.
PITTSBURGH
John Cilaus is handling "Child Under a
Leaf" in this territory . . . According
. . .
to Dave Silverman, American International
Pictures' "Abby" is very much in demand
"Funny Lady" opens March 12 at the
Warner . . . "Hansel and Gretel" was the
attraction at kiddies matinees in local theatres
Saturday and Sunday (18, 19) . . .
"Harry & Tonto" is in its 15th week on city
screens.
The Guild combined "Juggernaut" and
"The Taking of I'clham One Two I hrce."
while the Art Cinema held over "Happy
Days" and "Birds and the Beads" . . . Area
theatres for the second year will participate
in National Film Day February 4.
In areas relea.se are such features as
"Rape Squad," "Swedish Vice Girl." "Law
and Disorder," "Horror High." "Point of
Terror," "The Longest Yard," "Airport
1975," "Soldier Blue," "The Night Porter."
"Love Bus." "Red Sun." "Nightmare in
Wax," "Blood on Dracula's Castle" and
"Sam Whiskey."
The Stanley comes up with "Rock 'n' Roll
Your Eyes" and then consecutively will
offer "Mr. Ricco." ""Phantom of the Paradise"
and "Abby" . . . Federico Fellini's acclaimed
"Amarcord" opened Wednesday
(22) at the Manor.
George Josack, former member of the
film industry, died Thursday (16), Well remembered
as a film salesman and a theatrechecking
supervisor, he is survived by his
wife Margaret; three sisters, Victoria Miller
of California, Pauline Hipwell of Florida
and Emly Nestor, also of Florida, and three
brothers. Emil and Vincent Josack of California
and Val of this city.
This city's shoppers led the nation in
spending power in 1974.
Martin Terner, 81. died Friday (17) in
Montefiore Hospital. Founder and president
of American Drapery & Decorating Co., on
Forbes Avenue across the street from Atlas
Theatre Supply, Marty's original trade name
was American Theatrical Valance Co. He
continued active through the years at his
shop, with his son Allan as assistant. He also
leaves his wife Esther, two sisters, two
brothers and two grandchildren.
The Hollywood, Dormont. exhibited "The
Trial of Billy Jack" for a week at $1 admission
. . . John Burchfield, movie reviewer
for By-Llne Pittsburgh, gets his name in
. . .
type much larger than any other critic in
this area Beekman Cottrcll and W. J.
McTaggart, Forum film critics, write in
their weekly columns that they pay to enter
local theatres to review the movies.
Mrs. Barbara Ireton, 73, who died here
Saturday (18), in the early 1920s appeared
in silent films produced in New York. She
used her maiden name, Barbara Marsh, in
movies, vaudeville and in
musical comedies.
Martin Rothenstein, in years past a Baden
exhibitor, is in the clothing manufacturing
business at Reading and brother Louis Rothenstein
is the veteran owner-operator of the
Rose Theatre, Cambridge Springs. Their
father was a pioneer Brooklyn and local
area exhibitor, the late Samuel Rothenstein.
Their brother Abe, city exhibitor, is long
deceased.
Kaspar Monahan, retired I'ress drama
editor, who was the subject of a Press "Out
of the Limelight" interview Monday (13) by
Ann Butler, is seldom seen by members of
the theatre industry, as he spends most of
his time on a farm near Slippery Rock. The
one-half-page (with new photo) interview
showed that the "old wit" still shines but
little was added that is not known about
Kap, except that Kaspar is not his name.
He was christened Frederick—but that was
not a part of the article. The only member
of the industry who sees Kap from time to
time is Frank Jay "Bud" Thomas, who resides
in Grove City and manages Cinema
356 at Sarver. Monahan was Press drama
editor for 36 years.
Eight new registered members of lATSE
Local 171 were scheduled to take obligations
at a meeting Monday (20) at the Viking
prior to a winter breakfast. They are
replacing retirees. Local 171 has taken in
26 new members in the past two years.
The Green Tab weekly again conducted a
""first baby of 1975" contest in which east
suburban theatres cooperated with ads and
free passes for parents . . . Carl Rogal, pro-
. . Fairground
jection maintenance expert, again is inactive
because of health problems .
Drive-In was having replacement installations
in its booth.
Andy Warhol's "Dracula" is onscreen at
. .
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the Kings Court and this will be followed by
"Young Frankenstein" . "Murder on the
Orient Express" is heading for the Fiesta
"Emmanuel le" will
early in February . . .
turn up at the Fulton Mini in
the South Seas" was the feature for area
kiddies matinees Saturday and Sunday (II,
12).
. . The
Orson Welles' "Magnificent Ambersons"
(1942) will be seen February 9 at 7:30 p.m.
in the free "History of Film" series in Carnegie
Lecture Hall . Price comes
to Sewickley Academy's Rea Auditorium
February 8 at 8:15 p.m. to give his lecture
on "The Villains Still Pursue Me" .
rock films "Pink Floyd" and "Gimme Shelter"
played midnight shows Friday (17)-
Saturday (18) at the Stanley. Admission was
$1.
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PHILADELPHIA
J^avid Holtzman, local artist, was commissioned
to paint the Hollywood nostalgia
mural in the lobby of the newly refurbished
Eric's Place, midtown Sameric Theatres
house, which was formerly the Trans-Lux
Theatre . . . Art Cardu-cr. now that he ha-,
his Bandbox Theatre open again, has taken
over active management of the suburban
Huntingdon Valley Cinema in the Huntingdon
Valley Shopping Center. Replacing the
former porno policy. Carduner introduces
his film repertory policy with the four and
one-half hour film "The .Sorrow and the
Pity."
Community College of Philadelphia has
introduced a course of study for the beginning
filmmaker who has not necessarily had
any previous photography experience. The
course, "Motion Picture Production Techniques,"
conducted by John Spielberg, will
teach the documentary approach to filmmaking
and deal with composition, lighting.
sound and film techniques. Unique, loo. -,
the fact that the college provides all the
equipment and materials.
Joe Masiell, starring in the film version
of "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and
Living in Paris," opens an engagement
February 5 at the Cafe Lafitte here.
A Monday evening film series, "The Jew
in Modern Film." opened at the YM-
YWHA with "Bye Bye Braverman," followed
by a coupling of "The Bespoke Overcoat"
and "A Kid for Two Farthings,"
concluding with "Before Winter Comes."
All showings take a $2 ticket with $1 for
students and senior adults ... "I Love You
Rosa" opens the fifth annual film festival
of the Alumni Ass'n of Gratz College in
. . . Jewish
cooperation with the audio-visual and adult
education departments
Community
Relations Council is making two
fOms available for screening by area synagogues
and Jewish organizations— "Let My
People Go" and "A People Chosen."
The award-winning art series, "Civilisation,"
which had been shown on TV, is being
offered for free showing on a bigger
screen. The 13-week film series, narrated by
art historian Lord Kenneth Clark, is being
screened Tuesday nights at the Philadelphia
Museum of Art.
Linda Goldenberg, publicity and promotion
chief for Budco Theatres, arranged for
a tradeshowing of "Wet Rainbow" at The
Top of the Fox, private screening room.
The Lane Theatre, once a class art film
house operated by Stanley-Warner Theatres
but dark in recent years, reopens in the Oak
Lane section of the city with a double-feature
X-rated film policy coupled with live
burlesque shows on the stage.
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Film Transportation Case
Brings Sentence and Fine
PITTSBURGH Michiicl Kiitkr, 34, ol
Cleveland, Ohio, convicted Nov. 19, l')74,
in local federal district court of interstate
transportation of pornographic films, 1 hiiis
day (16) was fined $5,000 and sentenced
to six months in prison. The U.S. Third
Circuit Court of Appeals, however, stayed
his incarceration pending a hearing in
Philadelphia. Local Judge Barron P. Mc-
Cime had denied Kutler's motion for an
appeal bond.
A former manager of the Libert) I heatre,
convicted with Kiitler several months
ago in the transportation issue, as exposed
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
was given a suspended sentence and fined
$500,
The court believed that Kuller. in Cleveland,
used a bus to forward two films to
Pittsburgh, which the manager picked up.
These films were identified as obscene b>
a jury which viewed them, along with
others, in court. They had been exhibited
at the Liberty for a week before they were
seized by federal agents last summer.
Jay C. Waldman, assistant U.S. Attorney,
said that Kutler owned the business o!
the Liberty and Penthouse 1 and 2 dovvntown
and the Casino, north side. Judge
McCune noted that the local exhibitor had
not heeded the court's admonition to "get
out of the pornography business."
Combined Theatre Owners'
Meeting to Be March 18
PIIISBURGH — NATO of Westerr,
Pennsylvania will hold a combined general
membership luncheon meeting Tuesdas,
March 18, at the William Penn Hotel,
this to feature election of officers of the
local NATO unit and of the Tri-State Drive
In Theatres Ass'n. Later that evening there
will be a cocktail party, dinner and shovv
at the Holiday House.
General chairman is Paul Vogel. Committee
members include George Tice,
president of NATO of Western Pennsylvania;
Steve Cray jr., president of the
ozoner group; Steve Rodnok, NATO of
Western Pennsylvania board chairman, and
Mrs. Meercy B. Weiner, executive secretarv.
Jorgen Nielsen Will Head
Columbia-Fox. Denmark
HOLLYWOOD — Jorgen Neilsen has
been appointed manager of Columbia-Fo\
for Denmark to succeed the late John
Aarshoj, it was jointly announced by David
Raphel, president of 20th Century-Fox
International, and Pat Williamson, vicepresident
in charge of foreign distribution,
Columbia Pictures International.
Nielsen, 47, is a well-known figure in
the Danish film industry with wide experience
in both the exhibition and distribution
fields. Prior to joining Columbia-Fox,
Nielsen was manager of the Danish Dagmav
Theatre. Previously, he had been in charge
of the country's Imperial Theatre after
being manager for United Artists.
BALTIMORE
^r. and Mrs. Phil Gla/er (Associated Pictures
Co.) and son Charles just returned
from a two-week cruise in the Caribbean
aboard the Sea Venture. They left from
New York December 20 and returned here
Saturday (4), "The entire family had a delightful
time and we are looking forward to
another cruise, possibly in the near future,"
stated Phil . . . Glazer announced that Hemisphere
Pictures' new R-rated "Campus Pussycats"
will be available on a territorial
break March 19. This will be followed with
a drivc-in release of Independent International's
"Girls for Rent," starring Gcorgina
Spelvin, and "Women for Sale." This lineup
will be followed by a May 14 territorial
break of Hemisphere Pictures' new R-ratcd
"Swinging Swappers" . . . Glazer disclosed
that "Hot Times," rated R, opened very
strong at the Biograph, Richmond, Va.,
Wednesday (15). "Opening grosses indicate
a minimum four-week engagement," Glazer
stated,
Elaine Stein of this city's "The Performing
Arts" program interviewed actor Robert
Stack on WCBM Sunday night (19) from
1 to 1 1 p.m.
Morton Cerber, president of District Theatres,
Washington, D.C., who died Monday
(13), at one time was active in the operation
of two theatres here—the Royal and the
Cherry Hill, since discontinued.
"The Life and Times . .
." opened
Wednesday (22) at the Charles Northway
and Mini-Flick I theatres. Distributor Phil
Glazer said the picture, to date, has grossed
over $180,000 in the Washington, D.C., exchange
area, with only eight engagements
, , , Charles Glazer, ten-year-old son of
Phil Glazer, has come up with a real winning
ozoner combination for this summer,
according to his father. He calls it: "Shake
and Bake"—and it's a double bill of "Earthquake"
and "The Towering Inferno."
A special showing of a picture titled
R. Rothschild, local movie producer, was
"Nana, Mama and Me," produced by Amalie
shown at the Suburban Club before an audience
of 100 Tuesday (14), according to
Leon B. Back, general manager of Rome
Theatres and president of NATO of Maryland,
who is a longtime member of this club.
He added that the film has won some
awards. It has been shown at the Whitney
and Smithsonian museums. Tickets for the
showing were $2.50.
Allen Thomas has started the "Movie
House" at Towson State College. Films are
shown Friday and Saturday, featuring fare
from the New York Film Festival. Tickets
at the door are $2, while a subscription for
seven shows costs $10 . . . When the film
"Z" was released in 1969, it was banned by
the military junta then ruling Grece. It
now
is playing here for the first time and its
showing has become one of the most popular—and
controversial—events since the
restoration of democracy almost six months
ago . Edith (Archie) Bunker, jean
Staplcton in real life, will be honored March
8 as "The Outstanding TV Personality of
1 974" by the Advertising Club of Baltimore
at its 67th annual banquet.
Celeste Holm, actress, was one of the
guests on WJZ's "Impact: Women Together"
special, which aired at 7:30 p.m.
Dustin Hoffman in
Wednesday (22) . . .
"Lenny" is being held over for the fifth
smash week at the Rcisterstown Plaza and
Cinema 1.
"Airport 1975" is being held over here
at the Campus Hills Cinema, Carlton and
Jumpers theatres . . . Another holdover, the
fourth frame for this one, is "The Longest
Yard," starring Burt Reynolds, at Jumpers
Cinema, Paramount, Bel Air, Pikes and
Edgewater.
Margaret Hamilton, who became famous
as the Wicked Witch of the West in "The
Wizard of Oz" (1939), is in town appearing
in "A Little Night Music," Corinne F. Hammett,
film critic for the News American,
interviewed her. Portions of the feature follow:
"She got a lot of offers to do witches
and she did do some witch-like parts in
films, TV shows and plays. "But I've turned
down a lot of offers that would have taken
the witch out of Oz ... I believe she belongs
where she is. I couldn't think of taking
her away from all those people,' she explained.
"Her career started in 1939 at the Cleveland
Play House and, after 45 years, Margaret
Hamilton has some firm opinions
about acting: 'I've learned never to turn
down an audition ... I rarely refuse a role.
That's how I've kept so busy.' She didn't
think she was right for her role in 'A Little
Night Music' but she got it anyway, just
as she was boarding a
plane bound for Ceylon
to visit her son and grandchildren.
"
Unemployment isn't something actors
fear or dread. You get used to it. You're
almost always out of a job or you can have
30 or 40 employers a year. I've never
thought I wouldn't get something. On stage
your part is yours, no matter how small, unless
the leading lady stands on her head
while it's your scene. But in movies it's 90
per cent somebody else. You'll never know
if you'll get the back of your head in or if
your best scene will
be on the floor of that
famous cutting room—and it often is. I
think you can get better with more movies
and TV but I prefer the stage.' "
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Tack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture
Ass'n of America, spoke before
members of the American Film Institute
Friday (17) during AFI's "Sensuality in the
Cinema" series. His illustrated lecture included
film e.xcerpts which pointed up ways
in which the content of American films has
changed over the last two decades. Valenti
spoke of the importance of the rating system
to filmmakers as well as its usefulness
for patrons. A question-and-answer period
concluded his presentation.
The AFI's Life Achievement Award dinner
again this year will be hosted by Frank
Sinatra. The event will be held February 9
at the Century Plaza Hotel, Century City,
Calif., and will honor Orson Welles. The
tribute will be taped as a CBS-TV special,
to be broadcast February 17. Paul Keyes is
chief writer and producer of the telecast,
according to the AFI's Mel Konecoff. Proceeds
from the award dinner go toward
supporting the AFI ... A substantial portion
of boxoffice receipts on National Film
Day, February 4, will be donated to AFI.
Participating theatre owners and film companies
agree that 50 per cent of the receipts
on NFD go to the organization dedicated
to preserving the U.S. film heritage. Roy
B. White, national NATO board chairman
and NFD chairman, estimates that 3,000
theatres and seven of the nine major film
distributors thus far have pledged participation
in NFD.
J. J. Proferes, president of Galaxy Management
& Investment Co., at 52 has been
designated the "sultan of an X-rated empire"
by the Post's Emily Fisher. As the
dominant theatre owner in the area's sexploitation
field, she says "he is as deft as
an artist on the balance beam in a business
that thrives at the edge of the law." Proferes'
circuit includes two theatres currently
showing the uncut version of "Deep Throat,"
Mark II in midtown and the Beacon in
Hopewell, Va. His Luray Drive-In and
Page Theatre in Luray, Va., are "straight,"
except the latter plays "adult" films on
weekends at midnight. His future plans include
another Mark Il-type combination
theatre and singles bar. Proferes owns the
Metropole, a gay, hard-core, 88-seat theatre
which he operates as a legal film club away
from the lower 14th Street sexploitation
strip.
.Author Steve Zito is quoted as saying;
"Owning the Metropole alone is enough to
make one king of the business in this city."
He observes the faith of his parents—Greek
Orthodox. Proferes says he is bored with
much of the film fare he markets but considers
the motion picture which he scripted
and produced, "Sexualis USA." the most
popular sexploitation picture in town. The
multitalented Proferes. whose writing has
been compared to Hemingway's, hopes
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affluent big house and locate along the
Kevs and write "seriously."
Kenneth Clark, executive vice-president
of MPAA, is back at
his office after surgery
which kept him away for nearly a month.
He said his recovery is complete.
Harry Howar, Buena Vista
branch manager,
said Kurt Russell will be here for
media exposure Wednesday (29) promoting
"The Strongest Man in the World." which
will open here February 14.
Seymour Hoffman, District Theatres'
Richmond. Va., division manager, is assuming
the duties of the late revered and loved
Morton Gerber, president of the circuit.
Ted Goldberg, American International
Pictures salesman, said the total three-week
gross on "Abby" at the Town and Lincoln
amounted to $154,159 . the
Surf" will have a wide multiple opening
March 26.
Richard C. Levy Named
To Film Post by USIA
WASHINGTON—Film producer Richard
C. Levy has accepted an appointment
with the Motion Picture and Television
Service of the United States Information
Agency as foreign affairs specialist in
charge of program affairs for Latin America.
He will be based in Washington, D.C.
During the past four years. Levy, who
is fluent in six languages, has been an independent
co-production specialist, stimulating
cooperative associations between international
producers, foreign governments, and
private business around the world. Prior to
this he served as director of foreign ad
vertising and publicity for Avco Embassy
Pictures, New York City, and director of
Central American advertising and publicity
for Paramount Films of Panama, Panama
City, R.P. He has also worked for the
Paramount international sales operation in
New York and Madrid, Spain.
Kevin Hyson to Manage
CIC Sanlo Domingo Unit
NEW YORK — Cinema
International
Corp., headquartered in Amsterdam, Holland,
has announced that Kevin Hyson has
been appointed manager of the new CIC
subsidiary now being formed in Santo Domingo.
He previously worked at the CIC
offices in London and Madrid.
It was also announced that Peter Keledy
has replaced Fritz Reimert, who has resigned
as CIC representative for Venezuela.
Keledy was formerly the industry representative
in Caracas.
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Kiddies Party Televised
BROOKLYN. N.Y.—In an unusual development.
WNEW-TV provided coverage
of a recent 81st Police Precinct-sponsored
kiddies party at Loews' Gates Theatre, promoted
by manager Marty Brunner.
E-8 BOXOFFICE :: January 27, 1975

Sen. Robbins Elected
Head of Calif. MPDC
BURBANK.—The newly created California
Motion Picture Development Council
held its first meeting Friday (17) at
the Burbank Studios. Elected as chairman
was Sen. Alan Robbins (D-Van Nuys), who
was instnmiental in passage last summer of
Senate Bill 1823 which established the
council as a unit of the California Department
of Commerce.
Elected vice-chairmen were Robert K.
Hagel, president of the Burbank Studios,
and' Chester L. Migden, national executive
secretary of the Screen Actors Guild.
Initial goals were set as the establishment
of a one-stop statewide permit procedure
to facilitate film production in all
parts of California. Other projects are examination
of ways to eliminate a variety of
location production problems including
restrictive state and local legislation, setting
up a "forum" for industry personnel concerned
with location problems, establishment
of a Southern California liaison office
and preparation of a location-site information
file for use by in-state and out-ofstate
producers and location scouts.
Council members also will establish liaison
with local municipalities, various government
offices and existing film councils
and commissions in order to expedite filming
and to halt runaway production. California
localities lose considerable dollars
and jobs each year to out-of-state locations,
according to council research.
Additional council members participating
in the meeting were Howard D. Fabrick,
vice-president of the AMPTP: George J.
Flaherty, first vice-president, lATSE; Albert
Dorskind, corporate vice-president, MCA,
Anthony J. Hope, attorney, and Robert C.
Peters, vice-president, communications and
educational services division. Paramount
Pictures.
Also attending were state Department of
Commerce representatives Fred Ricci,
manager of the Division of Business and
Industry Development, and Liz Brady,
information officer.
The council's next meeting is scheduled
for February 21 in Hollywood.
Actress Joan Prather Set
For 'Devil's Rain' Role
HOLLYWOOD—Joan Prather, who recently
co-starred with Bruce Dern in the
soon-to-be-released feature "Smile," has
been signed by producers Jim Cullen and
Mike Glick for her second major motion
picture, "The Devil's Rain," Sandy Howard
Productions' occult suspense thriller which
director Robert Fuest puts before the
cameras Monday (27) on location in Durango,
Mexico.
Rain," a Bryanston Pictures
"The Devil's
release, stars Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert,
William Shatner, Ida Lupino, Keenar;
Wynn and Tom Skerritt and features John
Travolta. Anton LaVey, founder of San
Francisco's Satanist Church, is technical
adviser.
Massey Seating Appoints
Epifanio to Sales Post
l.OS .\NGEI.ES—John Dawsey, vicepresident
in charge of sales for Massey
Seating Co., Nashville,
Tenn.-based
manufacturer of theatre
and auditorium
seating, announced
that Ben Epifanio
had joined the company
as Western regional
sales manager.
According to Dawsey,
"The position is
a new one and is necessitated
by expand-
Ben Epifanio
ed company sales volume in the western
U.S. Epilanio's broad background in seating
sales and design will enable him to
develop closer liaison with our Western
distributors and provide personal attention
and assistance to the growing number of
special project installations we have developing
in the area."
Epifanio comes to Massey from American
Seating where, for the past 1 1 years,
he has specialized in seating sales to the
theatre, civic and convention center and
stadium and auditorium markets. A native
of St. Louis, Epifanio studied business administration
at Washington University. In
addition to his sales and business background,
Epifanio has worked extensively in
seat and chair design as well as theatre layout.
He will continue to operate from his
St. Louis office.
Frank Sinatra Will Host
Welles Award Dinner
BEVERLY HILLS—Frank Sinatra will
host the American Film Institute's third
annual Life Achievement Award dinner,
honoring Orson Welles, it has been announced
by George Stevens jr., AFI director.
Slated for February 9 at the Century
Plaza Hotel here, the tribute will be taped
and aired as a CBS-TV special February
17. Producer-director Howard W. Koch is
chairman of the dinner committee, while
Paul Keyes will function as producer and
chief writer.
In March 1974 Sinatra hosted the AFI
tribute to
James Cagney. As a CBS special,
it was the third highest-rated show of its
kind that season.
Gil Lane Jr. Is Elected
President of Local 504
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Santa Ana
lATSE Local 504 has elected the following
officers to two-year terms (January
1975 through January 1977): Gil Lane jr.,
president; Jack Payne, vice-president; Ray
Poppa, business representative; George
Short, secretary, and B. Hanson, treasurer.
Local 504's executive board members are
D. Beilfuss, V. Harmon, B. Miller and F.
Smith.
The local prexy is the son of Gilbert J.
Lane sr., member of lATSE Locals 199 and
504.
Landfield Will Chair
Key ShoWesT Seminar
LOS ANGELES—Jules Landfield, general
manager of American Multi Cinema
theatres in Southern California, has accepted
a key chairmanship for ShoWesT
'75, first jointly sponsored exhibitor convention
and tradeshow for Western States
NATO and NAC, the National Ass'n of
Concessionaires.
Landfield will head the advertising-publicily-promotion
seminars, serving as moderator
as well as participating in the sessions,
which will bring exhibitors together with
key ad-publicity-promotion executives in
production and distribution. Another key
member of the panel will be veteran exhibitor
Max Laemmie, considered by West
Coast exhibitors and distributors alike to
be one of the nation's top merchandising
authorities on specialty and foreign films.
Meanwhile in San Diego, ShoWesT '75
coordinator George M. Aurelius and a large
committee are working out details for a
separate ladies' program, which will include
an all-day trip to Mexico.
ShoWesT '75 is being presented February
24, 25 and 26 at the Sheraton-Harbor
Island Hotel in San Diego, with a preset
attendance limit of 600. It was organized as
by a NATO-NAC blue
a West Coast "first"
ribbon committee of 100. Seattle showman
Fredric A. Danz, head of Sterling Recreation
Organization, Seattle, and Al Lapidus,
prominent Los Angeles concessions leader,
are ShoWesT "75 co-chairmen.
Hollywood CofC Receives
LA's Film Collection
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Recreation
and Parks Commission has voted to
turn over its $2,000,000 collection of motion
picture and TV artifacts to the Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce, bringing the
establishment of a Hollywood Museum
much closer to realization. The commissioners
voted 3 to 1, approving a 25-year loan
agreement with the chamber of commerce
in Hollywood and allowing the chamber to
find a home for the artifacts. The Masonic
Temple is the contemplated location.
The commission's action removed the
possibility of the artifacts going to the Inter-
Universal City.
Guild Council's museum in
This museum had the backing and financial
support of MCA-Universal.
The city council and the mayor now must
approve the commission's action before the
Hollywood Museum is well under way.
Bill Shields Will Join
Mann Theatres in LA
LOS ANGELES — Bill Shields, former
district manager for 20th Century-Fox in
New York, will join Mann Theatres' film
buying department in Los Angeles February
1. Announcement of the appointment was
made by Ted Mann, the circuit's president.
Shields will be assistant to Dan Poller,
vice-president in
charge of film buying.
BOXOFHCE :: January 27, 1975 W-1

Hollywood
JOEL HOCHDORF, director of creative
affairs for Devi Productions, has been
appointed a vice-president and member of
the board of directors of Devi, it was announced
by Michael Leighton, board chairman.
•
Henry C. Rogers, founder and chairman
of the board of Rogers & Cowan, has been
elected to the Salk Institute for Biological
Studies' national council. Located in La
Jolla, the institute does work in bio-medical
areas.
•
Phillip M. Dezen has been appointed to
the position of assistant director of industrial
relations for MCA, Inc., effective immediately.
•
The late actor-comic Billy De Wolfe's
personal collection of stage, screen and TV
memorabilia has been donated to the University
of Southern California by his sister
Mrs. Robert G. Jones of Massachusetts.
*
"These Are the Films That Were," a
sampler of 52 vintage comedy, mystery and
musical films of more than 25 years ago,
has been selected from the extensive National
Telefilm Associates library
for distribution.
•
Rudy Petersdorf, a vice-president of Universal
Pictures, has been assigned special
responsibilities in connection with films to
be made by Billy Friedkin, the Mirisch Co.
and Zanuck/ Brown, it was announced by
Sid Sheinberg, president and chief operating
officer of MCA.
•
Leo Wenzle and his famous Canyon
Country Gunfighters are staging regular
shootouts on weekends at the Tropico Gold
Mine, Mill and Goldcamp in Rosamond.
•
A black comedy film, "Field of Honour,"
made by USC students, took a clean sweep
of honors at the 36th Scottish International
Amateur Film Festival held recently in
Glasgow. Written and directed by Robert
Zemeckis of Burbank, the 15-minute satire
tells the story of a young man released from
a mental institution who gets involved in a
shootout, a robbery and a riot, all on the
way home to his raving-mad family.
•
Entertainer Buddy Hackett will be honored
March 9 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
at the entertainment industry's inaugural
State of Israel Dinner. Special arrangements
have been made with the Sahara
Hotel in Las Vegas so the comedian can
be free to attend, according to Michael
Arnon, national Israel Bond president. Currently,
Hackett and his family are touring
Israel.
•
"The Rise and Fall of the American
Silent Film" is being traced in a UCLA
Happenings
extension course under the direction of
Herbert S. Nusbaum, a member of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer legal department.
•
Roger Goimbault, Warner Bros. -Columbia
general manager in France, has been
named a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur.
•
Harold Robbins" "The Pirate." upcoming
Warner Bros, film, has been translated into
15 different languages overseas, it was announced
by Leonard Forman, vice-president
of Simon & Schuster, publishers.
•
John W. Findlater, MCA vice-president
and also president of MCA Disco-Vision,
and Robert B. Pfannkuch. Bell & Howell
vice-president of communications, discussed
the subject "Update on Video Disc Technology"
during the 36th annual National
Audio-Visual convention and exhibit at the
Las Vegas Hilton. Findlater also fulfilled
a speaking engagement at the 1975 Winter
Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago,
where he addressed the video executives on
the outlook for '75 video systems.
John Cassavetes,
*
whose "A Woman Under
the Influence" already has won several
nominations and is grossing over 300 per
cent in its Los Angeles special showcase
and in New York, said he wants $3,500,000
for world rights to the picture. Despite the
fact that his great work of art is a general
release film, he calls it an "art" film. When
questioned about the title, he said he liked
it and didn't see that it was misleading. At
the preview here, the applause was deafening.
Under Esme Chandler's direction, Cassavetes'
coverage in the news media has
been in great depth, with appearances on
many national programs. If no major deal
under his terms come through, Cassavetes
will handle distribution himself, although he
doesn't want to do this. Golden Globe and
Oscar nominations will be an important element
in decisions.
•
Producer Daniel B. Cady reports that
principal photography has been completed
on "Tarantula."
•
"Amarcord" has won the coveted best
foreign film of the year Moussinac award
for 1974 in France. The award is given by
the Ass'n of French Cinema Critics.
•
Post-production sound facilities at the
Burbank Studios are being utilized to full
capacity now with scoring and dubbing sessions
for "Bite the Bullet," "Breakout" and
"The Black Bird (. . . Or the Maltese Falcon
Flies, Again!)."
•
Herb Hauser, chairman of the board of
Diener/Hauser/Greenthal, largest advertising
agency specializing in motion pictures,
was guest speaker at Arthur Knight's film
class at USC Thursday (16).
Phil Feldman Heads
First Artists Films
HOLLYWOOD — Phil Feldman has
moved into the presidency of First Artists
Productions, succeeding Jay Kanter, who
resigned last November. Patrick Kelly continues
as board chairman of the company,
while Feldman also takes over as chief
executive officer and treasurer.
In a press conference Monday (13)
Feldman said he had a "firm" two-year
contract and he expects to beef-up production
and profits for First Artists.
Commitment to Warners
The company has a commitment to deliver
to Warner Bros, by June 30 a yet-tobe-designated
film and WB has first option
on a number of projects FAP is developing.
WB will provide two-thirds of the
financing and FAP will furnish the rest,
including costs over budget. Dramas are
budgeted at $3 million tops, while musicals
can cost as much as $5 million.
Upcoming projects include Dustin Hoffman's
first starring feature for First Artists,
Edmund Bunker's autobiographical novel
about a man's problems adjusting to society
after spending most of his life in
prison. Alvin Sargent has done the screenplay.
"Gift Shop" has been acquired by First
Artists as a property for Barbra Streisand
who, with Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier,
began the company. "Gift Shop" is a
suspense drama based on a novel by Charlotte
Armstrong and scripted by Robert
Benton and David Newman. It's set to
roll after "Rainbow Road," the remake of
"Star Is Born," starring Barbra Streisand.
A new script has been developed by Bob
and Laurie Dillon with consultation from
director Jon Peters.
Also on the First Artists schedule is
"Fancy Hardware," the second of three
Steve McQueen commitments. Based on an
original story by A. I. Carrothers, "Hardware"
is a romantic comedy about a barnstorming
pilot in the '40s.
Poitier will contribute his third project,
which he will star in and direct, in March.
It's titled "You Better Believe."
Had Headed Own Company
Prior to assuming the presidency, Feldman
headed his own production company.
Phil Feldman Productions, and produced
Francis Ford Coppola's "You're a Big Boy
Now," Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch"
and "The Ballad of Cable Hogue." Most
recently he was executive producer of Paramount's
"Posse," co-starring Kirk Douglas
and Bruce Dern and directed by Douglas.
From 1972 to 1973, Feldman was executive
vice-president of Rastar Productions
and executive producer on three Columbia
"The Way We Were," "For Pete's
features,
Sake" and "Summer Wishes, Winter
Dreams." He began in Hollywood as a
lawyer for Famous Artists and Charles K.
Feldman Productions.
Feldman also announced plans for First
Artists to produce TV "movies-of-the-week,"
beginning with one for NBC.
I
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700 Attend Tent 25 Fete for Joseph Sinay
Joseph Sinay, left, retiring chief barker of Variety Club
of Southern California Tent 25, turns over gavel to newly
installed chief barker Milton I. Moritz at luncheon ceremonies
held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Hal Kanter was emcee of the event which drew over 700 persons.
Dais guests included Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley,
Los Angeles City Atty. Burt Pines, Congressman Thomas M.
Rees and TV personality and past chief barker Monty Hall.
LOS ANGELES
Mewly elected officers of the Variety Club
of Southern California Tent 25 will be
honored Tuesday (28) at a noon luncheon
at the UCLA Medical Center, it was announced
by Dr. Sherman M. Mellinkoff,
dean of the UCLA School of Medicine.
Taking part in the program with Dr. Mellinkoff
will be Dr. Forrest Adams, director of
the James H. Nicholson Variety Children's
Heart Center; Dr. Yoshio Setoguchi. director
of the Variety Club-supported child prosthetics
electro-limb project at UCLA, and
Milton I. Moritz, Tent 25 chief barker. Following
the luncheon, the group will make a
tour of the facilities.
Tent 25 past chief barker Monty Hall,
along with Jesse White and Peter Palmer,
will appear at "An Evening of Entertainment."
to be presented for the benefit of the
Congregation Mishkan Israel of North Hollywood
at 7 p.m. February 2 in the Westside
Room at the Century Plaza Hotel, according
to Rabbi Norman Pauker. Music will be
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Tent 50, and Samuel Z. Arkoff, chairman of the board and president
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vice-president.
The Royal Theatre opens Wednesday (29)
with Michel Drach's "Les Violons du Bal"
in an e.\clusive Los Angeles engagement.
The Fifth annual Shakespeare Film Festival
begins Saturday and Sunday mornings in
March at three Laemmle theatres—the Los
Feliz. Esquire in Pasadena and the Royal.
Al Simms, president of the Motion Picture,
TV, Radio & Recording Industries
Communion Breakfast Committee, announced
that the Silver Anniversary Communion
Breakfast will be held March 9 at
the Beverly Hilton Hotel and for the first
time mass will be celebrated at the hotel
prior to breakfast.
Ron Mitchell has been named vice-president
in charge of domestic sales for Indepix
Releasing, it was announced by president
Alan Roberts. Indepi.x has just acquired distribution
rights to Mark L. Lester's latest
film, "White House Madness," a political
satire.
Bill Shields, former district manager for
20th Century-Fox in New York, will join
Mann Theatres' film buying department in
Los Angeles February 1, president Ted
Mann announced. Shields will be assistant
to Dan Poller, vice-president in charge of
film buying.
The Frankovich production of James
Mills' best-selling novel "Report to the Commissioner,"
released by United Artists, opens
a world-premiere engagement Wednesday
(29) at Pacific's Cinerama Dome , , . "The
Towering Inferno" has broken the all-time
house record at the Egyptian Theatre with
its second-week gross, it was reported by
Roy F. Evans, Southern division manager
for the United Artists Theatre Circuit,
Two of 20th-Fox's all-time action hits,
"The French Connection" and "The Seven
Ups" opened in tandem Wednesday (22) in
selected area theatres for an indefinite engagement
. , . "Law and Disorder," from
Columbia, is playing in multiples in 60
Southland communities.
U.S. and Canadian theatrical and TV
rights to "Death of a Stranger," spy feature
starring Jason Robards, has been acquired
by Mardi Rustam's International Producers
Corp. Film opening dates are set for Atlanta,
New York, Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati
and Philadelphia in early February.
American Films, Ltd., has acquired "The
Second Gun," an exhaustive probe into the
Robert F. Kennedy assassination, produced
and directed by Theodore Charach and Gerard
Alcan, The film charges that evidence
was covered up and that the real killer is
still at large, American Films vice-president
Ray Axelrod says.
Samuel Comer Is Dead
HOLLYWOOD—Samuel M. Comer,
former head of Paramount Pictures' art and
interior decorating department, died in late
December in La Jolla. Calif., after a long
illness. He was 81. Comer had won Oscars
for set decorations for "Frenchman's
Creek," "Samson and Delilah," "Sunset
Boulevard" and "The Rose Tattoo."
W-4 BOXOFnCE :: January 27, 1975

'Earthquake' Strong
In LA Tenth at 580
l.OS ANGELES— -Earthquake" in a
tenth week proved its pulling power was
superior to other first runs here with a
strong 580. "The Towering Inferno" was
second in the standings with 445, followed
by "Scenes From a Marriage" with 400 in
an eleventh week. Also reporting in at the
same score was "The Life and Times of
. .
." in its flashy debut. "Murder on the
Orient E.xpress" was 345 in a fourth frame
at two theatres.
(Average Is 100)
Avco Cinema Center 1, Egyptian—The Towering
Inferno (WB/20th-Fox), 5th wk 445
Avco Cinema Center 2, Vogue—Young
Fronkenitein (20th-Fox), 5th wk 310
Avco Cinema Center 3—The Front Poge (Univ),
5th wk 145
Bruin, Pontages—^The Godfather, Port II (Poro),
5th wk 310
Chinese—Earthquake (Univ), 1 0th wk 580
Cineroma Dome—The Little Prince (Para),
5th wk 125
Crest, Paramount—Murder on the Orient Express
(Para), 4th wk 345
Fox Wilshire—A Woman Under the Influence
i(SR), 6th wk 295
Hollywood—Dark Star (SR) 75
Los feliz—The Widow Couderc (SR), 3rd wk 90
Mayan—Sexuol Ecstasy of the Macumbo (SR),
3rd wk 130
Music Hall—Scenes From a Marriage (SR),
1 1th wk 400
Pacific Hollywood, Picwood—The Man With the
Golden Gun (UA), 5th wk 85
Plaza— Lenny (UA), 10th wk 220
Plitt Century City 2—The Island ot the Top of
the World (BV), 5th wk 65
Pussycat—The Life and Times . . . (SR) 400
Village— Freebie and the Bean (WB), 4th wk. . . . 245
Weitwood—Steppenwolf (SR), 5th wk 135
'Young Frankenstein' Grosses 325
In First-Place Tie With "Inlerno'
DENVER — "Young Frankenstein" and
"The Towering Inferno." both in the fourth
week of screenings, grossed 325 each for a
first-place tie. "Earthquake" in a ninth week
rumbled at the Aladdin to a 300 spot. "The
Savage Is Loose" commanded 250 in a third
-stanza and "The Front Page" rated 220 in
a fourth week. "The Godfather, Part 11"
tied with "Harry & Tonto," long-running
attraction at University Hills, at 200.
Aladdin—Earthquake (Univ), 9th wk 300
Center— Freebie and the Bean (WB), 3rd wk 190
Century 21 —The Little Prince (Para), 3rd wk. ... 80
Colorado I—The Odesso File (Col), 13th wk 110
Colorado II—Young Frankenstein (20th-Fox),
4th wk 325
Colorado 111, Buckingham—The Savoge Is Loose
(Scott), 3rd wk 250
Colorado IV—^Turkish Delight (SR),
3rd wk
Not Availoble
Continental—The Towering Inferno (WB/20th-Fox),
4th wk 325
Cooper—The Front Page (Univ), 4th wk 220
Eight theatres—The Life and Times of Grizzly
Adams (SR)
Not Available
Esquire—The Night Porter (Emb), 4th wk 100
Four theatres—The Mon With the Golden Gun
(UA), 4th wk 135
Four theatres—The Island ot the Top of the World
(BV), 4th wk 150
Paramount—Airport 1975 (Univ), 4th wk 135
Three theatres-—The Godfather, Port II (Para),
4th wk 200
University Hills—Harry & Tonto (20th-Fox),
1 3th wk 200
SAN FRANCISCO
^he new "gal Friday" at American International
Pictures is Gwen Bitondo . . .
The Berkeley Film Institute, loaded in new
and larger facilities at 2741 8th St. in Berkeley,
has begun its winter classes in 16mm
and Super 8 production, .screenwriting, lighting,
sound and editing. For information call
(415) 843-9271.
Three new films opened Wednesday (22):
Sydney Lumct's "Murder on the Orient Express,"
based on the Aga'tha Christie mystery
novel and starring Albert Finney as
Detective Poirot, at the Regency II and the
UA Stonestown: "Nothing by Chance,"
about a group of barnstorming pilots in the
Midwest (led by Richard Bach, author of
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull") and their
'Uptown' Wins Image
Award As Best Film
HOLLYWOOD — "Uptown Saturday
Night" and "Claudine" took three awards
each Saturday night (18) when the eighth
annual Image Awards of the Hollywood-
Beverly Hills chapter of the NAACP were
presented.
Will Chappell, new president of the
organization, called for a new drive to place
blacks in decision-making positions in the
industry, specifically as producers, and
asked for "one good black picture to offset
three or four blaxploitation films." This was
seen as a new attitude toward pictures which
do not uplift the image of black people, a
more moderate one which, hopefully, all
members of the chapter can live with.
Previously, the NAACP chapter had been
split over what to do with blaxploitation
product.
Chappell said meetings had been held
with "a few major motion picture companies"
to work out an acceptable ratio
WE'VE NEVER MISSED AN OPENING
Great American Flying Circus, narrated by
Hugh Downs, at the Music Hall, and Michel
Orach's "Les Violons du Bal," with
Marie-Josee Nat (Mrs. Drach) and son
David Drach starring in a drama about a
Jewish family fleeing German-occupied
France, at the Cannery Cinema.
Five members were elected to the nominating
committee at the January WOMPI
business meeting Thursday

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SEATTLE
^^alt von Hauffe, United Artists' Pacific
Northwest publicist, was in town
Wednesday through Friday (22-24) working
on "Lenny" and other forthcoming UA releases
Current weather is the exact opposite
. . . of a week ago, when it was threatening
snow and there was some ice in the suburbs.
Now it is in the mid-50s, with offagain,
on-again showers.
Recent managerial changes by General
Cinema Corp.: Ed O'Neill moved from the
Bellevue Overlake cinemas to manage the
Tacoma Villa Plaza cinemas. Jack Dolan,
who was assistant manager at the Aurora
cinemas, is the new manager at the Bellevue
Overlake cinemas. O'Neill and Dolan accompanied
Ralph Osgood, manager of the
Renton Village cinemas; Mike Koontz, manager
of the Aurora cinemas, and Robert
McKinney, manager of the Everett Mall triplex,
to a division meeting held by Bob
Painter Tuesday through Thursday (21-23)
in the Bay area.
. . . Universal
American International Pictures screened
"The Reincarnation of Peter Proud" for exhibitors
Tuesday night (21) at the Jewel Box
screening room
screened its "The
Pictures
Ra Expeditions" in the
same spot Tuesday afternoon (21) and
Thursday night (23) Columbia screened
"Stardust" at the Jewel Box. Local and Portland
branch manager Al Boodman was in
both cities the last few days arranging for
upcoming Columbia releases.
Tickets for the second season of the
American Film Theatre are being sold
through the Bon Marche Ticket Office. This
is one of the major department stores in the
metrofwlitan area, with branch stores in
many outlying shopping centers. AFT films
may be seen at the Uptown Theatre, Crossroads
Theatre (Bellevue), Lynn-Twin (Lynnwood),
and Burien Theatre, Burien. The first
film, "The Maids," will be exhibited Monday
and Tuesday (27. 28) . . . Robert Enders,
producer of "The Maids," was in town meeting
various media along with his wife. Dorothy
Matin of the Dorothy Matin Agency
acted as his host.
Lou Kahn, Warner Bros, branch manager.
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was out of town Wednesday (22) on business
throughout his territory . . . WB sneaked
"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" at the
Cinerama Friday (17) and "The Yakuza"
Friday (24).
'^Earthquake," which originally opened
November 15, was still crocking them at
both the Renton Village Cinema and the
King downtown; "The Godfather, Part II,"
also was at the Everett Mall and the Tacoma
Villa Plaza; "Law and Disorder" continued
in the Aurora Cinema, Overlake
Cinema, and Everett Mall Cinema, and "The
Island at the Top of the World" was still
going strong in the Aurora Cinema, Everett
Mall Cinema, Renton Village Cinema, and
the Bellevue Overlake Cinema.
"Airport 1975" is having a healthy run
in the Bellevue National Cinema Crossroads
1; likewise with "The Front Page" at the
5th Avenue; "Amarcord" continues in the
Varsity Theatre, and, of course, doing so
very well is "The Towering Inferno" at the
Coliseum.
Nanette Fabray had the lead in Neil
Simon's "Plaza Suite" at Gene Keene's Cirque
Dinner Theatre and this correspondent,
Stu Goldman, not only had the pleasure of
seeing this gem of a performance but of
interviewing this lovely lady for over an
hour. Keene by the way was celebrating the
25th year of the Cirque Dinner Theatre
Sunday (12).
Sterling Recreation Organization had a
coloring contest going for movie buffs to
pick up blanks at various Skipper's Fish &
Chips Chowder Houses. Advertising director
Tom Stanford initiated the arrangements.
The contest was in conjunction with
"Pippi in the South Seas" at SRO's Lewis
& Clark, Northgate, John Danz, Admiral 1,
Burien and Lynn 1 theatres, matinees only,
Saturday and Sunday (II, 12), with showings
at 1 and 3 p.m.
"The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams"
went first run into the Lake City, John
Danz, Lynn 1, and Lewis and Clark theatres
Wednesday (15). It's a Sun Internation-
. . . "Turkish
al Pictures release. Branch manager in these
parts is "Rich" Richardson
Delight" was the new product on the screen
of the Seattle 7th Avenue.
Sturdivant Is Re-Elected
Prexy of Arizona NATO
PHOENIX—B. V. Sturdivant of Yuma,
Ariz,,
was unanimously re-elected president
of NATO of Arizona at a meeting of the
organization held Wednesday (15). John
Louis of the Harry Nace Co. will serve as
vice-president of the association.
Ewart Edwards was re-elected secretary
and Hargis Arnette will serve as treasurer
of NATO of Arizona.
The board of directors also was elected
Wednesday (15).
NM Film Group Director
Ruth Armstrong Resigns
ALBUQUERQUE— Mrs. Ruth Armstrong,
director of the New Mexico Movie
Commission, announced that she has submitted
her resignation effective February 1
She quit the post after meeting with the
newly elected governor, Jerry Apodaca,
who said he was "not satisfied with the
film commission and that he wanted to
make some changes."
Mrs. Armstrong also said Apodaca indicated
he may remove Fred Banker from
his position as New Mexico's West Coast
liaison man and that he may make some
changes in the board makeup.
Mrs. Armstrong had been director of
the state board for the past two years and
was considered one of the top experts in
the field of motion picture contact work
in New Mexico. Prior to being named to
the full-time post, she served as a member
of the state commission and was employed
by the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
in connection with movie contact
work and tourism.
Banker, a Hollywood public relations
man, has been retained by the state to make
contact for potential location shooting for
approximately five years. He is paid a
monthly retainer.
The governor currently is interviewing
prospects for the Armstrong post. He has
indicated that he feels the commission
should be reorganized "with a strong director
who can travel out of state extensively."
New Mexico started wooing motion picture
production in 1968 under a program
started by Gov. David Cargo. It was continued
under his successor Bruce King, who
reshuffled the board, naming himself as
chairman.
King appointed Mrs. Armstrong to the
director's job in early 1973.
In the seven years that the commission
has been organized, productions with total
budgets of .$96,000,000 have been shot in
the state, with approximately $23,000,000
spent directly in New Mexico for various
services.
Apodaca's office reported that the new
governor does not plan to assume the chairmanship
of the commission, as was done
by his predecessor. King.
Lou Gasparini, manager of Albuquerque's
Fox Winrock Theatre, was one of the
founders of the state movie-attracting effort
and has served continuously on the board.
He was chairman until King took over that
post. Since then, he has been vice-chairman
of the commission.
C'wealth Managerial Changes
ALBUQUERQUE—T h r e e
personnel
changes have been announced by Kansas
City-based Commonwealth Theatres. At
Carlsbad, N.M., Gerald Faulkner has been
named manager of the Big Sky Drive-In,
while at Deming, Jerry Pierce has succeeded
Robert Long at the El Rancho. New manager
at the Flamingo, Hobbs, is Ray Betzen,
succeeding Richard Crosby.
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TUCSON
The Midway Drive-In doubles on Saturday
and Sunday mornings as a location for
popular swap meets, with parking spaces
rented for a nominal amount. Folks meet,
swap and sell household goods, antiques, Indian
jewelry, etc.
The Apache Drive-In opened "The Horrible
House on the Hill" in early January,
with the ad advising: "If you get scared,
try telling yourself "it can't happen to me.' "
a lot of Tucsonans did just that, judging by
the car-packed Screen 1 area.
Actor Robert Stack will compete in the
American Airlines Tennis Tournament here,
to be held during March.
With Arizona becoming more and more a
favorite location for filmmaking, Boxoffice
has added correspondents here and in Phoenix.
Locally, Gib Clark can be contacted at
433 North Grande, Apt. 5. The phone number
is (602) 622-6530.
Short takes from Old Tucson: She! Shrager,
production manager for Columbia Pictures,
was in Old Tucson to prepare for the
production of "White Line Fever," in which
trucks play a big part. He came to the right
place, since this city is a major trucking
center—there're almost as many trucks here
as horses! Producer is John Kemeny and the
director is Jonathon Kaplan. Reportedly,
the picture will start shooting here during
mid-February ... A first for Old Tucson:
"Death Wish" and "The Trial of Billy Jack"
both were filmed here and are two of three
top grossers of the past several weeks. The
courtroom scene in "The Trial of Billy Jack"
was filmed in Old Tucson's big sound stage
. . . Old Tucson board of directors members
unanimously re-elected recently were Robert
Shelton, chairman (and president of Old
Tucson), John K. Goodman, John R. Stilb,
Ronald C. Janoff and Albert W. Rohde, all
for three-year terms. Elected for one-year
terms were James H. Click jr., Floyd W.
Dedlmayr jr. and Samuel J. Campbell.
Dale Robertson and his wife Lou are likely
to be around town a lot now. They're
moving to an 800-acre ranch around Rio
Rico, not far from here . . . Mitch Ryan and
wife Linda were in town over the holidays
visiting family and friends. They met at Old
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Tucson during filming of "Monte Walsh"
and later married.
"The Little Prince" charmed patrons of
La Placita Cinema 3 over the holidays and
beyond . . . "The Island at the Top of the
World" is still tops on Screen 1 and Screen
"Challenge to
2 at Cinerama 4 cinemas . . .
Be Free" is on two screens at Cinerama 4
cinemas and Apache Drive-in's Screen 2
and making folks think about Alaska . . .
"The Groove Tube" keeps on "grooving" at
Tucson 4 with an exclusive engagement.
SALT LAKE CITY
& mbassador Releasing proudly announces
the formation of the "Brown Bag
Executive Action Chess Tournament." Participants
are: Tom Bullock, Rick Palosky,
Tom O'Toole, Alan Burgess and Bob Warrick.
Participants meet daily and exchange
views and food during the hotly contested
action. Ambassador Releasing challenges
any and all motion picture people to participate
in this splendid lunchtime activity.
For further information, please contact
Tom Bullock at Ambassador.
The American Film Theatre series starts
Monday and Tuesday (27, 28) at the Southeast
and Rialto theatres here. The movies
play once a month, two days and two nights.
First offering in the series is "The Maids."
Fox Cottonwood Mall Theatre opened
"Birth of a Legend" Wednesday (22), with
the animals appearing in the picture, with
their trainers, making a personal appearance
Saturday (25) . . . Layne Proctor of Utah
State University-UC visited the NSS office
in Denver over the Christmas holiday.
Marcia Smith, secretary at Universal
Theatre Supply's home office in this city,
announced her upcoming marriage to
Stephen Phillips, also of this city. The
couple will be married Friday (31) at the
Lion House Reception Social Center at 6
p.m. A reception will follow at the Lion
House Reception Center between the hours
of 7:30 and 10 p.m. The couple will be
sf>ending their honeymoon at the Brighton
Ski Resort, where they will be staying in
Marcia's cabin. They plan to make their
home in Salt Lake City. Steve and Marcia
both graduated from Skyline High School.
Steve is working at Arthur G. McKee as a
technical engineer.
The editing of United Artists' "Rollerball"
follows 17 weeks of location filming
in Munich, England and Switzerland.
Frank Sinatra Named As
Emcee for Oscar Show
HOLLYWOOD—Frank
Sinatra will
serve as a master of ceremonies for the
47th annual Oscar show of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it was
announced by Howard W. Koch, producer
of the program. He joins previously announced
Bob Hope and Sammy Davis jr.
on the program, with one more emcee still
to be named.
This marks Sinatra's ninth appearance on
the Oscar show and his second in the role
of emcee.
Oscars for outstanding film achievements
of 1974 will be presented April 8 at the
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles
live
Music Center. The show will be telecast
by the NBC-TV network.
PHOENIX
\X7ith top-quality product playing in this
area, the holdover list is a long one.
"The Godfather, Part 11" has broken innumerable
records at the Cine Capri and
"The Towering Inferno" has done likewise
at the UA ChrisTown and Thomas Mall
. . . "Phantom of the Paradise" is in its
third big week at the University 2 and UA
ChrisTown. while "Earthquake" keeps
rocking away with an extended stay predicted
at the Bethany . . . "The Front Page"
is at the Camelback Mall, while "Airport
1975" continues to thrill viewers at the
Hayden East.
New in town and scheduled for a oneweek
stay is "Challenge to Be Free," playing
at several locations.
Your correspondent Thursday (9) attended
a press luncheon in Los Angeles at which
Tele-View of California introduced its "In-
Home Movie Channel," a closed-circuit TV
system which will bring current movies and
selected short subjects directly to apartment
dwellers' TV sets at the Somerset Villa
Apartments in Phoenix. Tele-View has
achieved considerable success in the Los
Angeles area and here will offer viewers an
uncut version of major films, with most
major studios represented as well as a few
smaller companies. Subscribers will pay $12
per month to view eight movies, with two
shown each week.
Ticket sales for the American Film Theatre's
season are well under way. UA Chris-
Town 6 manager Larry Weatherman reports
that sales are brisk and he expects good
patronage for AFT's first presentation, "The
Maids." Dwight Harkins' Camelview theatres
in Scottsdale also will be presenting the
AFT series.
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'Grizzly Adams' Is
in KG Debut
KANSAS CITY — -The Life and Times
of Grizzly Adams," Sun International Production,
took the city by storm with 680
in a debut at eight theatres. "The Towering
Inferno" registered at 300 and "Freebie and
the Bean" beat that with 335. "The Godfather.
Part 11" reported 260 in a fourth
week, followed by 'Earthquake" with 240
in a ninth week.
(Average Is 100)
Brywood 1, Ranchmarf 3—Freebie ond the Beon
(WB), 3rd wk 335
Brywood 4, Ronchmort 4— The Longest Yard
(Pora), 16th wk 230
The Life ond Times ot
Eight Theotres
Grizzly Adorns iSR) 680
Embassy 1, 2—The Front Poge Univ), 4th wk. ..185
Empire I, Glenwood —The Godfother, Port 1 11
(Pore), 4th wk 260
Festival Turkish Delight (SR) 100
Fine Arts—The Night Porter !Emb), 4th wk 70
Four Theatres—The Mon With the Golden Gun
(UA), 4th wk 100
Glenwood 2—The Little Prince (Para), 3rd wk.
. . 75
Midland—Eorthquoke Univ), 9th wk 240
Plaza—The Towering Inferno ;WB/20th-Fox),
4th wk 300
Six Theatres—Gone in 60 Seconds (SR), 3rd wk. .175
.
Six theatres—The Island of the Top of the World
(BV), 4fh wk 110
Three theatres The Devil's Triongle (SR),
2nd wk 110
Watts Mill 4 Flesh Gordon (SR), 4th wk 165
"Inlemo' Leading in
Chicago;
'Abby,' "Lenny' Tied at 325
CHICAGO— The Towering Inferno" led
in a fourth week at 'the Chicago Theatre
with 350. Not far behind were "Lenny,"
325 in a fifth week, and "Abby" in a fourth
week. "The Godfather, Part 11" rated a
strong 300 as did "Young Frankenstein."
Carnegie—Young Fronkenstein 20th-Fox),
4th wk 300
Chicago The Towering Inferno (WB/20th-Fox),
4th wk 350
McClurg Court—Lenny (UA), 5th wk 325
Oriental—The Dragon Dies Hord (SR), 4th wk. .250
Roosevelt—Abby lAlP), 4th wk 325
State Lake—The Godfother, Port II (Para),
4th wk 300
United Artists Eorthquoke (Univ), 6th wk 200
Woods—The Mon With the Golden Gun (UA),
4th wk 200
ST. LOUIS
VTid-America Theatres is enjoying excellent
response for "Freebie and the Bean"
at Esquire 1 and "The Man With the Golden
Gun" at the Crestwood, Village and 4 Seasons
. . . All of the holiday season top films
are continuing to do good business in the
area . . . Arthur Theatres" Shady Oak, in an
exclusive run, is showing Gregory Peck's
"The Dove."'
Ed Arthur of Arthur Enterprises has
pledged his circuit"s participation in the
celebration of National Film Day February
4. George Kerasotes also will have his theatres
cooperating in the effort to bring the
importance of motion pictures to the attention
of the general public. Their participation
includes donating 50 per cent of all
boxoffice receipts on the big day to the
American Film Institute. Ron Krueger of
Wehrenberg Theatres has also pledged his
support.
Walter Orthwein, Globe Democrat staff
writer, reports that Virginia Mayo, born
and raised here and a member of the Muny
Opera cast while in her teens, has been touring
the South and appearing at dinner theatres.
She completed a six-week run of "Butterflies
Arc Free"" at the Beverly Theatre
in Shreveport, La. Born Virginia Clara
Jones, she attended Beaumont and Soldan
High schools. Her father for 21 years was
a Globe Democrat advertising representative.
Miss Mayo has appeared in 40 movies
(also in "Forty Carats,'" which kept her
busy for 22 weeks on tour). Her first starring
movie role was opposite Bob Hope in
"The Princess and the Pirate.'" Other leadins
men included Danny Kayo, Rex Harrison,
Gregory Peck, Paul Newman, Burt
Lancaster, Chuck Connors. Robert Ryan and
the late George Sanders. In 1964 she was
voted Municipal Opera's "Most Distinguished
Alumnus" and in 1971 toured the
state promoting the Stedalia fair at the request
of then Gov. Warren E. Hearnes.
Fifty years ago this
month, Rafael Sabatini,
for his novel "Scaramouche," received
a $10,000 prize, given to the writer whose
novel or play made the best movie of the
year. The prize, an annual award, was
offered by Adolph Zukor at the first International
Congress of Motion Picture Arts.
Gala Dinner to Kick Off
Variety Tent 4 Telethon
ST. LOUIS—Plans for Variety Club
Tent 4's ninth annual Telethon Crusade for
Forgotten Children, set for the February
15-16 weekend and to be aired over KPLR-
TV, Channel 1 1
, have been announced by
chief barker John H, Londoff. The 20-hourlong
entertainment extravaganza will be preceded
by a $100-per-pcrson black-tie "Dinner
With the Stars" in the plush Khorassan
Room of the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel. It will
feature an hour-long show spotlighting the
national .stars, after which the telethon will
begin before the eyes of the dinner audience.
The telethon officially will begin at
10 p.m. Saturday, February 15, and run
continuously until its dramatic conclusion
at 6 p.m. Sunday. February 16.
The Variety Club's main charity project,
the Child Center of Our Lady of Grace,
Normandy, Mo., will receive a substantial
gift and more than 50 other local children's
agencies will share in
the proceeds.
Further details will be announced later
but tickets are on sale now for the dinner
and may be purchased by calling 878-4222
or 367-5437. Tent 4 members also are selling
tickets.
Harold Walton Promotes Two Films
INDIANAPOLIS — Harold Walton of
Loews Theatres promoted space on the back
page of the WIFE Radio flyer to boost the
playdates of UA's "The Man With The
Golden Gun" and Paramount's "The Godfather,
Part II." Circulation is estimated at
over the 50.000 mark.
Warner Brothers' "Barry Lyndon" was
written, produced and directed by Stanley
Kubrick, his first film since "A Clockwork
Orange."
Drear Is Chief Barker
Of Variety Tent 8
KANSAS CITY—Richard H. Orear was
elected chief barker of Variety Tent 8 at a
dinner meeting Tuesday evening (21) at the
Richard H. Orear
Richard M. Durwood
Indian Hills Country Club. Orear, president
of Commonwealth Theatres, succeeds Richard
M. Durwood, who becomes board chairman
of the local Variety tent, which was
reactivated after more than 30 years and
given its charter last May at the Variety
Clubs International convention in San Francisco.
Other newly elected officers are Glen W.
Dickinson jr., first assistant chief barker;
John Shipp, second assistant chief barker;
Abbott Sher, property master, and Douglas
Lightner, dough guy. All were elected by
the following board members: Dickinson,
Chet Francis, Richard Hill, Douglas Lightner,
Dan Myers, Norman Nielsen, Shipp,
Martin Stone, Wesley St. Clair and Orear.
Durwood presented an official check in
the amount of $15,000 to Bud Mackey,
board chairman of the Crippled Children's
Nursery School. The contribution was from
the proceeds of the benefit showing of "The
Towering Inferno" December 18 at the
Plaza Theatre. Durwood introduced Dr.
Richard Dreher, medical director of the
school and executive director of Mercy Hospital,
and Dorothy Moore, director of the
school.
Contribution by Ben Shlyen of Boxoffice
toward the purchase of a sunshine coach
was announced at the dinner by Durwood.
M. J. (Mike) Frankovich. international chief
barker and independent film producer, then
spoke and said he will keep his promise
that Sunshine coach contributions be matched
by VCI. He had made that statement
last May at the VCI convention in San Francisco,
and previously in Kansas City at
Show-A-Rama in March.
its
Frankovich commended the new tent
for
progressive start and told of the outstanding
philanthropic endeavors by VCI tents
throughout the U.S., and even in Tel Aviv,
IsraeC where $240,000 was raised for a rehabilitation
center. He urged the women
here to become active in Variety as in
many other cities.
Nat Nathanson, VCI ambassador from
Chicago, also attended the meeting. He is
Central division manager for Allied Artists,
headquartering in Chicago.
in
Ray McKitrick and Norman Nielsen were
charge of tickets for the dinner.
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CHICAGO
Paramount Pictures' "Murder on the Orient
Express" continues to receive rave reviews
in areas where the film already has
opened. Grosses for its limited multiple run
here will be available after its Chicagoland
opening Friday (17).
The Adelphi Theatre, which has been
successful in presenting film festivals,
opened with a week of films by Francois
Truffaut. Following this festival, the Adelphi
has booked the first local showing of
"Dodef Ka-Den," a color film by Ahira
Kurosawa, noted Japanese producer.
Avco Embassy's "The Night Porter." said
to have caused some controversy, is set for
a limited multiple run here.
Max Roos, formerly with American
Ticket Co. and now with Ansel Simple.^,
celebrated his 80th birthday.
Kohlberg Theatres took over the Today
Theatre on Madison Street in the Loop. The
policy of showing X-rated films will continue
. . . The Parkland Twin, a new Kohlberg
circuit property in Muskego. Wis.,
will present first-run movies. Don Baier was
appointed manager of this new twin. Another
Kohlberg property, the Point Triplex
in the Milwaukee area, has been doing exceptional
business since two auditoriums
were added to the original theatre.
It was interesting to note that the title of
a new movie at the Oriental Theatre was
not acceptable in the Tribune advertising
section but the Sun-Times and Daily News
used the title "Rape Squad" in bold type.
Bea Hart, Paramount Pictures cashier in
Detroit, will be assisting in the office here
while Dorothy Jacisin is hospitalized for
knee surgery.
Joan Braver of the
H&E Balaban organization
is back from a winter holiday in
Nassau . have set Tuesday,
April 1, as the date for the "Man of the
Year" luncheon. It will be held in the Guild
Hall at the Ambassador West Hotel. Everyone
should be prepared to buy raffle tickets.
They will cost 50 cents and all WOMPI
Club members will have them available for
purchase. A $100 U.S. Savings Bond will
be the top prize, followed by a "Basket of
Cheer" and a $25 U.S. Savings Bond.
. . . Chicago Used Chair
Ira Kutok of the Wolk Co. is recuperating
from surgery at his home, 4357 Kirk St.,
Skokie 60076
Mart president Dave Schatz said his comm/CEST?
pany had just finished a chair refurbishing
job for Jerry VogeTs River Park Theatre
in South Bend, Ind. They also provided seat
covers for chairs in the Brotman & Sherman
Howard Theatre and the V&N Olympic
Theatre.
In commenting on a continuance of gratifying
grosses for the holiday openers. Ed
Seguin. in charge of Plitt Theatres advertising
and publicity, said it seems certain that
. . .
. . .
a number of top grossers will remain in
their present situations through February
New arrivals include "Emmanuelie."
the French-made film being distributed by
Columbia Pictures, which arrives at the
Michael Todd Theatre Friday (31). March
21, the first day of spring, another new
Columbia picture, "Tommy," a rock opera,
opens at the State Lake Theatre in the Loop
Fox publicist Larry Dieckhaus was on
the West Coast for a sales and advertising
meeting. Included in the new product discussions
were "W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings."
"Fat Chance" and "At Long Last
Love."
"The Towering Inferno" starts its first
outlying run. for a period of 12 weeks, in
nine Chicagoland theatres Febmary 13.
According to
a study by the Chicago Reporter,
black-oriented films accounted for
41 per cent of the total boxoffice receipts
at eight Loop movie theatres. The study also
showed that "Claudine" was the highest
grosser with $675,000 in boxoffice receipts
and "Uptown Saturday Night" followed
with $607,500.
"Walking Tall" popularity at this point
shows little or no sign of waning. Don
Buhrmester. who has been planting advance
publicity for openings around the Midwest,
has just returned from promotional tours in
Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, North and
South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Grosses
continue to be sound for this rerelease in
all areas. On Buhrmester's return, he joined
JMG Film Co. division manager Virgil
Jones for campaign effort in behalf of
"TNT Jackson," set for a first opening at
the Essaness Woods theatre in the Loop.
Stan Shaw, star of the film, will stop here
during his promotional tour.
Some interesting notes from the observing
Ed Seguin, head of publicity and advertising
for Plitt Theatres: It was 72 years
ago this month that the first commercial
movie theatre, the Electric in Los Angeles,
opened its doors . Roth, president
of the National Ass'n of Theatre Owners,
sent word that President Ford granted an
unconditional pardon to Jimmy the Greek,
handicapped by an old gambling rap still on
his record. Quoting Roth: 'The odds are 1
to 2 that Jimmy votes Republican in '76"
. . . Local filmmaker Irving Mack, chairman
of Filmack Corp.. says there are three
signs of old age: one is the loss of memory.
He can"t remember the other two .
Montague notes that Henry Fonda returns
to the Studebaker April 7 for two weeks
with his one-man show, "Clarence Darrow,"
before going on to London.
Joe Feulner of the H&E Balaban organization
is trying his fishing skill in Florida
waters for three weeks ... As members of
the Buena Vista staff watched grosses soar
for "The Island at the Top of the World,"
further promotional effort is supporting the
arrival of "The Strongest Man in the
World." Eve Arden, one of the film's stars,
due here for rehearsing a play at Drury
Lane, may make some guest appearances
prior to the opening of the new BV film
February 7.
Newburgh Cinema
Bows With G Films
EVANSVILLE. IND. — The 389-seat
Newburgh Cinema has opened in the Newburgh
Plaza South, situated on Indiana
Route 261. Owners Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Enlow stated that the cinema is and will remain
somewhat of a neighborhood, family
theatre if area families continue to support
it.
Inaugural attractions in the new movie
house were "The Shaggy Dog" and "The
Bears and I," with "The Trial of Billy Jack"
slated
as the next presentation.
With theme colors of red and blue, the
Newburgh Cinema has a landscaped front
area, extra-large screen and a concession
stand with what Mrs. Enlow termed "competitive
prices." Construction of the theatre
began in August 1974.
Adult Film Ozoner Termed
'Nuisance' by Mo. Judge
CLAYTON, MO.—The Olympic Drivein
in nearby Pagedale, charged with being
a public nuisance because its screen can be
seen from neighboring homes, has been ruled
guilty as charged by Judge Orville Richardson.
The ozoner has exhibited adult films
in the past.
While agreeing that the theatre is a nuisance.
Judge Richardson said he "couldn't
do anything about it." Restraining the operation
of the underskyer. the judge stated,
would violate the theatre owner's right of
freedom of expression.
Judge Richardson noted that the theatre
had exploited and pandered the sexual contents
of its film fare in advertisements but
remarked that none of the issues in the case
involved obscenitv.
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KANSAS
City in 1938. He leaves a daughter Peggy.
CITY
Forty years ago, according to the Kansas
City Times of Monday (20), Ann Harding
The Motion Picture Ass'n of Greater riety Club meeting and dinner-dance Tuesday
evening (21).
phy of a Bachelor Girl" on the Loew's
and Robert Montgomery starred in "Biogra-
Kansas City board of directors met at
the Hereford House Restaurant and elected
Midland screen. "I've Been Around," with
Commonwealth Theatres held a district
new officers. Elected were John Shipp of
Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson and Ralph
managers' meeting at the home office on
Thomas-Shipp Films, president; Darrell
Morgan, was at the Tower.
Filmrow Wednesday (22). Attending were:
Shelton, Petite Amusement, first vice-president:
Bill Davis, Mid-Continent Theatre
Bert English, Dallas; Phil Blakey, Albuquerque;
Frank Jones, Springfield; Bruce Young, wood in her bereavement. Her father of
Sympathy to Mrs. Dick (Maureen) Dur-
Supply, second vice-president; Ralph Weber,
Denver, and Danny Smart and Darrel! Providence, R. I., died at Fort Lauderdale,
Dickinson Theatres, treasurer, and Don
Manes, Kansas City. Dale Stewart, Dallas Fla., of a heart attack while vacationing.
Carver, Glenwood theatres, secretary. Danny
Smart of Commonwealth is the outgoing
division manager, also was on hand.
president.
The WOMPIs Rivoli Theatre
held a board meeting
Shutters;
at
the home of Mary Hayslip Monday (20). Complex Problems Citeci
Stan Durwood. president of American
Members are reminded that the regular
Multi Cinema, and Ron Leslie, vice-president
in charge of operations, attended a
INDIANAPOLIS — The 47-year-old
monthly meeting will be held Tuesday (21) Rivoli Theatre, a 1.200-,seat neighborhood
at Patty Poessiger's home. Members also
meeting with division operation managers
house, has shuttered with plans to permit
should bring their "Trash for Cash" if they
in St. Petersburg, Fla. Bert Winemiller of
the building to remain vacant in the hope
have any.
the Midwest division attended from Kansas
that a tenant will appear. Tom Ferree,
City.
American
manager of the theatre since
International held
1969, who
a
had
special
revived interest in silent films in this city,
tradescreening of "The Land That Time
Frank Rutkowski, American Multi Cinema
executive controller, returned suntanned
ness, a lousy
said, "We're closing because
Forgot" at the Watts Mill Cinema Saturday
of no busi-
(25). The film is based on the book by
neighborhood, vandalism, the
the
and smiling from a week's vacation in Hawaii.
high costs."
fact that
great popular American writer, Edgar
we can't get films
Rice
anymore and
Burroughs, creator of Tarzan and John
A tenth-hour effort to rescue the theatre
Carter of Mars.
Kirk Heeringa, manager of American
and its 1,247-pipe organ collapsed when
Multi Cinema's Embassy theatres on the Screenings at Commonwealth: "High the board of the Theatre Organ Society
Country Club Plaza, has been appointed to School Fantasies," distributed by United of Indianapolis voted down a proposal to
take over AMC's new Conestoga 4 theatres National, Tuesday (21); "Stardust" (Col), try to raise some $75,000 to buy the building
and the organ.
in Grand Island. Neb., in the spring. Heeringa
has been with the circuit for three bist), distributed by TTiomas-Shipp, Friday, The theatre needed to attract 1,000 pa-
Wednesday (22), and "Vampyres" (Cam-
years. Mike Forsyth, currently assistant (24).
trons a week during its four-night week to
manager at the Brywood 6 theatres, will
break even, said Ferree, who had been
take over at the Embassy 1 and 2.
Joan Wade, Universal Pictures general
offering silent and foreign films. "Quite
clerk, underwent surgery Tuesday (21) at
often there weren't more than a handfu
Fran Frame and Ruby Sliultz, WOMPI Bethany Hospital, where she is currently
of people in the theatre," he said. Asked
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why he did not turn to exploitation or sex
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Ferree also said he had a problem because
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^Kansas City (816) 842-«580 Midland Station years, died Wednesday (15) at his home He added, "They want $3,000 just to rent
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We can't afford that." Ferre.-
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Entertainment!" MGM had stopped the r:
lease of its old musicals. "They're just no:
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available," he emphasized.
Besides his problems with distributors,
Ferree said, "We had so many break-ip'
of cars around here. Batteries were stol'- -
out of cars and gasoline was siphoned out.
As long as the public tolerates letting people
arrested for that kind of thing come
right back out on the street, a business
like mine won't be able to make it. We
simply didn't have the funds to buy new
parking space and fence it and light it."
After the last show, Ferree said, "I locked
the front doors and cried a lot."
The final screen attraction at the Rivoli
was "Fantasia."
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has returned from Beverly Hills
where he attended sales seminars on future
releases. Mel Brooks, director of "Young
Frankenstein."' was one of the speakers and
revealed he has agreed to film three more
pictures for the studio, .\nother speaker was
Peter Bogdanovich. whose new release "At
Long Last Love." starring Burt Reynold.s
and Cybiil Shepherd, is now being scored.
Buring was accompanied by his aide. Dave
Trihblc. South..Mstern territory publicity representative.
The duo also revealed that
"W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings." starring
Burt Reynolds, will premiere in Nashville.
Tenn., where it was filmed. It will play at
ABC Southeastern's Phipps Plaza here.
Tradepress screenings last week at 20th
Century-Fox' Filmrow Playhouse included
"Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins." Warners
Bros.: "Sheba. Baby." American International
Pictures; "Stardust." distributed by
Bradley Films: "Lenny." United .^rtists. and
"This Time I'll Make You Rich," Avco
Embassy.
Filmrow personnel were celebrating the
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by the lATSE for their ranks
Michael Kelly. United Artists sales manager,
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chapter are devoting numerous hours assisting
workers in the Easter Seal campaign . . .
Board of Directors' next meeting is set for
February 5 . . . Len Norris. United Artists'
staffer who is WOMPI vice-president and
program chairman, promises a "fashion and
charm" treat for the regular luncheon meeting
Wednesday (19) when Gwen McMillan
will be the speaker at the Diplomat Restau-
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rant . . .
for March 19 will be at the Playboy
Club Day will be observed
Ma\ 21 at a luncheon meeting
.April meeting will be something different,
a suppertime gathering, the place to be announced
. the new officers will be
installed at the June meeting.
Jim Whaley, host of Cinema Showcase, a
feature of WETV. Atlanta's public service
station, which feeds the program to 100
Southeastern affiliates, has revealed his list
of "Best Films of 1974." The films, in order
of preference, are 1) "The Little Prince"
and "That's Entertainment!" 2) "The Odessa
File" 3) "Amarcord" 4) "Murder on the
Orient Express" 5) "Young Frankenstein"
6) "The Towering Inferno" 7) "The Tamarind
Seed" 8) "The Island at the Top of the
World" 9) "Huckleberry Finn" 10) "The
Three Musketeers." Performances of the
year: best actress. Magali Noel in "Amarcord":
best actor. Dirk Bogarde in "The
Night Porter": best supporting actress.
Madeline Kahn in "Young Frankenstein":
best supporting actor. Gene Wilder in "The
Little Prince"; best director. Stanley Donen.
"The Little Prince."
Filmrow friends were shocked to
hear of
the death of Samuel Webster Kane, affectionately
known as the "Mayor of Peachtree
Street," a title bestowed on him when he
was manager of the old Paramount and
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after a heart attack Friday (17) and was
buried Monday (20). He numbered among
his friends many movie stars, orchestra
leaders and top-name vaudeville performers
during the 1930s and 1940s when the theatres
operated on the vaudeville circuit. During
a campaign to select a "Mayor of Peachtree
Street," on which the Paramount and
Roxy were then located, all of the nominees
withdrew and conceded the title to "Uncle
Sam." During the 1950s he moved from
theatre management to advertising sales and
represented radio stations WATL. WGLS
and WYZE before retiring. He was a member
of .Atlanta Tent 21. VCI. and also belonged
to the High Museum of Art. Survivors
include his wife and his stepmother
Mrs. Gertrude Kane of Santa Monica. Calif.
Donn Davison, president of Lion Dog
Films, sent a postcard from New York,
advising he is seeking new product for distribution.
Adding that the Northeast weather
is abominable, Davison wrote that he can't
wait to get to back to sunny Atlanta.
Future films around the city: at the
downtown public library. "Inflation." documentary
on the economy. February 3: "Got
to Tell It: A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson."
February 10: at the central library, "Intolerance,"
February 19: "Ten Days That
Shook the World," February 26; "M,"
March 5; "The 39 Steps." March 12; "Le
Chien Andalou." "Dance Squared," "Begone
Dull Care," and "Why Man Creates," all
March 19.
Walter Hill auditorium in the Memorial
Arts Center Saturday (11) was the setting
for a double feature program, "Tlie Adventures
of Sherlock Holmes." starring Basil
Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, and "They
Might Be Giants." starring Joanne Woodward
and George C. Scott in a comedy
about a man who believes he is Sherlock
Holmes. The phenomenon of revived interest
in Holmes books, films and merchandise
has been noted across the country as a new
cult seems to have sprung up.
Adult Film Ass'n Meets
NEW ORLEANS—The .\dult Film Ass'n
of .America convened its annual meeting
Thursday (23) at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
here. Speakers from the industry included
Molly Haskell, reviewer; Roger Ebert, Chicago
reviewer; Arthur Knight, author: Kevin
Thomas, journalist: Bruce Williamson of
Playboy and the Rev. Malcolm Boyd. The
Ass'n continued to meet until Sunday (26).
Films created by George Melies of France
in 1896 were first to try to tell a real story
on the screen.
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J^ovie time almost stood still in Jacksonville
until "Wonder of It AH" became
the first new motion picture to surface its
way up among the wonderful Christmas-
New Year's screen attractions opening nearly
a month ago. This fascinating wildlife
documentary wiped out 1974 holdovers at
Emory Robinson's Murray Hill Theatre and
three units of Eastern Federal Theatres.
Town & Country. Northside I and Royal
Palm II . . . Local newspapers censored out
the advertising privileges of Gene Hernandez'
Arlington Theatre as he brought back
X-rated "Flesh Gordon."
Ralph L. Puckhaber, ABC Florida State
Theatres advertising executive who is also
president of the firm's statewide Federal
credit union, invited all credit union members
to attend an annual gathering set for
February 8 in the ABC FST Preview Theatre.
The program will include annual reports
from last year's officers, a guest
speaker, door prizes, refreshments and an
announcement of the rate of dividends to
be paid members on their 1974 deposits.
Bolivar Hyde, manager of Kent's Plaza
Rocking Chair Theatre, extended a helping
hand to the merchants of Phillips Mall
where the Plaza is located by presenting
a Tuesday morning performance of "The
Great Waltz" as a bonus prize to mall
patrons who fanned out in the area for
special store sales and free sweepstakes
prizes.
Gordon Craddock, Atlanta film distributor,
exhibited two new screen offerings
"Beyond the Door" and "Paperback Hero"
— to Florida film buyers and bookers in
the ABC FST Preview Theatre . . . Also
shown in the Preview for exhibitors was
"Sheba, Baby" from Richard Lewis, AlP
manager, reported Vivian Ganas. manager
of the Preview.
Marvin Skinner, Horizon Films distributor,
combined a business trip to Miami,
with a brief vacation period there for Mrs.
Skinner and their two children when the
k'ds had a windfall of two school holidays.
WOMPl members and their many loyal
friends along Filmrow pooled their joint
efforts in an amazing show of strength to
give WOMPI first place against 39 other
feminine organizations of the city in the
first coupon collection of the 1975 Community
Club Awards sponsored by Radio
Station WAPE on behalf of a large group
of advertisers.
The 1974 contest ended with
WOMPI in first place and Marsha Weaver,
young and enthusiastic WOMPI president,
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start on preparing for the annual WOMPI
banquet and installation of officers scheduled
for June . Conner. WOMPI
community service chairman, and several
other WOMPIs conducted an arts and crafts
session for mentally retarded teenagers at
Woodstock Park . has scheduled
a February 15 Valentine's party for
senior citizens at the Catholic All Saints
Home for the Aged in Riverside .
. . Wendy
Small, ex-president of WOMPI, and her
husband entertained Wendy's brother, a
visitor from Dallas.
Belton Clark, second-in-command at the
Clark Film Releasing Co.. said his older
brother Harry, who heads the firm, is
scheduled to attend a Crown International
home office gathering in Hollywood, during
February.
Charles Brock, Florida Times-Union entertainment
editor, admitted he was stymied
by the screen blockbusters having such success
at local first-run houses that none of
the pre-Christmas openings had fallen by
the wayside the second week in January. It
left him without any new films to review a
second week in a row. "for the first time in
nearly 20 years of conducting the amusement
pages." he reported . an editor
has to do something, so he threw in some
good words to whet movie fans appetites
for two coming attractions. "The Front
Page" and "Murder on the Orient Express."
A notable entertainment opening and a
direct descendant of Walt Disney screen
cartoons came with splashy ceremonies as
Walt Disney World near Orlando opened its
Space Mountain and Tomorrowland as part
of the Magic Kingdom with several former
astronauts attending the opening events
highlighted by a giant X-15 rocket providing
space thrills on an elevated Monorail
going around the mountain.
Here en the opening leg of an 1 1 -month
national tour, the Ringling Bros, and
Earnum & Bailey Circus embarked on its
105th year of sawdust entertainment at the
Veterans Memorial Coliseum . Kent
indoor houses, the St. Johns and Neptune,
and ABC Florida State Theatres' Regency
II came on strong with patron appeal for
"Swiss Family Robinson." Walt Disney's
classic adventure story.
Ralph Puckhaber, ABC FST advertising
executive, addressed the student body of
Orange Park High School on recent trends
in motion picture production, distribution
and exhibition at the G-rated, PG-rated and
R-rated levels for children, teenagers and
adults.
The flu bug felled Dixon Regan. AIP
salesman, and kept him at home on the
sidelines for a week, while Richard Lewis.
AIP branch manager, journeyed to Orlando
for sessions with Harold Spears, Floyd Enterprises
executive ... In the St. Petersburg
area for a few days was Dick Vollbcrg.
American MultiCinema executive, who went
there to confer with other company officials.
A general WOMPI membership meeting
is scheduled Tuesday (28) in an auditorium
of the Downtown Library for a new annual
slate of officers to be presented to the nominating
committee.
Preview Theatre advance screenings picked
up momentum again after year-end
doldrums and Vivian Ganas, ABC FST
manager of the miniature theatre, scheduled
for Columbia, "The Lords of Flatbush,"
"Probability Zero" and one reel of "A Midsummer
Night's Dream" for Bob Capps jr.
of Southeastern Entertainment; "Ten Little
Indians," Avco Embassy; "Confessions
of a Window Cleaner," Columbia; "Young
Frankenstein" and a trailer for "At Long
Last Love." 20th Century-Fox; "Sunburst,"
Bradley; and "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore."
Warner Bros.
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members of the Screen Actors Guild
were advised that a state meeting was slated
in Orlando as a convenient central point for
members over the state. Items on the agenda
included the recent advent of increased film
production in Florida—cited as the main
purpose of the meeting—and providing SAG
numbers with information of their responsibilities
and details of the protection clauses
in their contracts with film producers.
ABC FST advertising leaders are conducting—via
newspaper ad layouts—a campaign
to educate the public to an understanding
that "your best entertainment buy is at the
movies" . five 1975 screen classics
of the American Film Theatre will be
shown, beginning Monday (27), at the Capri
Theatre in Arlington and the Royal Palm
at Atlantic Beach, both units of Eastern
Federal Theatres.
MEMPHIS
JJIvis Presley, Memphis movie star, announced
he would give a benefit performance
for McComb, Miss., tornado victims
at Jackson, Miss.. May 5. Col. Tom
Parker, his manager, said it would be a
single performance at the 10.000-seat Coliseum.
Jackson. Seven were killed and 100
injured in the tornado. Many homes and
businesses were damaged.
United Artists Theatre Circuit has closed
the 65 Drive-In at Conway, Ark., for the
season.
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SE-5

Nickel Shows, Live
Music, Tents:
Miami's Early Film Days Recalled
MIAMI— "Nickel and 15-cent movie
houses, after all, were the most popular
family entertainment in town in the era of
Mary Pickford. Charlie Chaplin and "The
Perils of Pauline," " writes Charles Whited
in the Miami News.
Whited, reviewing a story by Dr. Thelma
Peters in "Update," the magazine of the
Historical Association of Southern Florida,
recalled the days of the first theatres.
His article follows:
"There weren't any X-rated movies in
those days. You took your chances without
ratings.
"People drank Chero-Cola and Royal
Palm Beer. They used Herbine for torpid
liver and Tiz for tired feet. A set of false
teeth cost $5, a corner lot on Alton Road
$1,000.
"And the big news in that fall of 1915
was the showing of the new silent film 'Spartacus"
at Miami's Hippodrome Theatre.
" 'Massively magnificent.' exulted the
management. 'A cast of 7,500 and dozens
of wild beasts.' For the special week-long
engagement, they boosted admission to 2.5
cents.
"Despite such an outrageous price, the
crowds flocked in.
"Miami's nickel and 15-cent movie
houses, after all, were the most popular family
entertainment in town in that era of
Mary Pickford. Charlie Chaplin and "The
Perils of Pauline."
'"
'You could spend a quarter, part for
admission and part for candy," Miami's Dr.
Thelma Peters recalled recently, 'and have
a great afternoon.'
"Theatres such as the Hippodrome, the
Strand, the Fotoshow ard the Wigwam not
only ran the latest hit comedies and melodramas,
they threw in live music and stage
shows too.
"For Thelma, it was worth the trip down
WE'VE NEVER MISSED AN OPENING"
from the family farm (at present-day Miami
Shores) in a Model T to see a Saturday
show. 'One theatre downtown had a three-
,piece orchestra. It was a divine moment
when they started to play.'
"Dr. Peters,
Miami pioneer, historian and
educator, takes a look at early movie houses
in "'Update," the publication of the Historical
Association of Southern Florida.
"They ranged from the town's first theatre,
Kelly's in 1906, to the grandest of the
grand, the Olympia of the Roaring '20s. Today,
of course, the Olympia survives Gusman
Hall.
""
'Miami"s pre-boom days were glorious
for moviegoers." she remembers, 'and that
included everybody. Families flocked to the
movies night after night."
"The theatres also brought special innovations
to Miami.
"The first air conditioner of record was
at the Alcazar in 1907. Co-owner W. F.
Miller, worried about his sweltering patrons,
bored holes in the floor, put a ton of ice
under the building and blew up the cool air
with an electric fan.
"Moviegoers fanned their faces and froze
their feet.
'"Years later, the Air-dome—which stood
on the site of the Olympia—had a canvas
roof that could be rolled up to permit moviewatching
under the stars. Unfortunately, it
leaked in the rain.
"Movie nostalgia has a powerful hold on
some people. And there are those who carry
it
to elaborate lengths.
"A Miami contractor, Robert K. Andre,
54, was so captivated by his childhood Saturdays
at the Olympia that he has been
building an ornate self-scale replica of the
theatre— plaster scrollwork, statuary and
all—in a two-story building off Bird Road.
"The Andre theatre is complete with a
magnificent console organ salvaged from a
Jacksonville movie theatre. Ultimately the
organ will have 2,000 pipes.
"The project has been a labor of longstanding
for Andre and his wife Vivian.
'It may take us 10 years to complete,' he
said recently, 'but I've got the time.'
"Part of the appeal, of course, is bygone
simplicity. 'There were no film ratings,' observed
Dr. Peters, 'and no psychological
studies of the effects of movie-going.'
"People just had fun."
425-Seat Crown Cinema
To Debut in Lancaster
LANCASTER, S.C—The Crown Theatre,
a 425-seat cinema, will open here in
early spring.
The theatre, under construction in Westgate
Shopping Center, will be one of the
most modern in concept, Fairlane Litchfield
Co. representatives said. The Easleybased
circuit has installed automated projection
equipment, lighting and .screens for
the first-rate movie house. No X-rated films
are planned, representatives Fred Curdts
and K.M. Williams added.
The firm operates five other houses,
twins at Lenoir and Hickory and a recent
addition at Lumberton.
UA Saturating Carolinas
With 'White Lightning'
CHARLOTTE—Burt Reynold's "White
Lightning"' began a saturation engagement
in the Carolinas Tuesday (14) in more than
160 theatres. A boxoffice hit the first time
around, "White Lightning" fwrtrays Reynolds
as a hard- driving hot rodder who
transports moonshine whiskey in the Ozarks.
Filmed on location in the rural and hill
coimtry outside of Little Rock, Ark., "White
Lightning" is a Levy-Gardner-Laven presentation
for release by United Artists. Co-stars
include Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo
Hopkins and Matt Clark.
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from ABC Theatres
to accept a position with Consolidated
Theatres . . . Doc Theimer attended
the Orange Bowl game in Miami . . . Sam
Cloniger of Eastern Federal plans a trip to
Jacksonville, Fla., to set up bookings in the
Florida area.
Screenings at Eastern Federal: "Here All
in the Family," Premiere; "Sheila Levine is
Dead and Living in New York," Paramount.
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Cobb Planning Screens
In Selma, Alabama Area
SELMA—Cobb Ihcatrcs plans to locate
a twin cinema in North Selma and possibly
a single-screen unit downtown.
The annoiinccnient, printed in the Selma
Times Journal, confirmed plans by the
circuit to locate in the city. 1 he circuit
currently operates 70 movie houses in the
Southeast.
"We think Selma has a bright outlook
for our next expansion," R. C. Cobb,
president of the circuit, said. "We consider
the market in Selma as excellent. With the
continued expansion of Wallace State Community
College, more personnel at Craig
field and the real need for a theatre to
show first-nm movies in this area, Selma
is our next choice for a location."
Negotiations with developers of several
shopping centers are under way with a
possibility that vacant buildings in the centers
may be utilized for a multiple operation.
A decision on site plans is expected shortly.
"We maintain our booking office in
Atlanta and we feel we can offer first-nm
films to Selma so local people will not have
to go Montgomery and other cities to see
the latest movies," Cobb said. "Our family
has managed theatres for four generations
and our organization is dedicated to expansion.
We have not been affected by
present economic conditions and expect to
operate over 100 theatres by the end of
1976."
Westamerica Gets Rights
To Bill Rebane Feature
From North Central Edition
MILWAUKEE—Bill Rebane, producerdirector
of North Star Commimications,
theatrical film production company located
in Gleason, Wis., has assigned North American
distribution rights for its science-fiction
feature, "Invasion From Inner Earth," to
Westamerica of Denver. The film has been
"doing extremely well since its first multiple
break in the Florida area," Rebane told
BOXOFFICE.
He added that he has scheduled three
feature films for production during the
next 18 months. Another science-fiction
thriller, as yet untitled, will begin shooting
in March. It will be followed by a
tragi-comedy entitled "Oh No," to be filmed
in Belgium and Germany. This will be coproduced
with Studio Film GMBH of
Bendestrof, Germany.
The third motion picture, like Rebane's
first one, will be produced entirely in Wisconsin.
It is a love story entitled "Last
Winter" and shooting is slated for November
1975.
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\^hilc in Miami for the Orange Bowl festivities,
Walter Vlatthau wrestled with
the problem of finding a replacement for
Jack Benny in the film version of "The
Sunshine Boys" and finally picked up the
phone and called SO-\ear-old George Burns
in California. Burns, reportedly choking
back the tears, agreed to take the part. He
recalled he had been offered the role first,
only to suffer a heart attack. Then the part
went to his best friend Jack Benny. The
press reported the conversation ended with
a typically Matthau twist: years ago, during
the run of the "Burns and .'\llen" television
show, a then-struggling Matthau was offered
a regular part for $750 a week. He refused,
holding out for $900 a week, and lost the
job. When Matthau and Burns completed
their recent deal, Matthau cracked: "And
remember, George, you don't get a penny
more than $750."
Enterprises,
Mitchell Wolf.son, president of Wometco
and Mrs. Wolfson brought Jennings
Lang and wife Monica Lewis to the
Calder race course here recently. Lang is
senior vice-president of Universal pictures
and e.xecutive producer of boxoffice hits
"Earthquake" and "The Front Page." Monica
is a TV and supper club personality.
"Our World" series was screened at the
Main library and three branches of the
Miami-Dade Public Library in January. The
films screened included "Madrid, La Puerta
Mas Cordial," and "Cruising Island-Timeless
Seas," which picture a vacation aboard
a luxurious cniise ship on a round-the-world
tour. The program was free.
John Huddy's top ten films of the year
included such memorable hits as "Harry &
Tonto," "The Apprenticeship of Duddy
Kravitz," "Amarcord," "The Three Musketeers,"
"The Sugarland Express," "The
Conversation," "Badlands," "Scenes From
a Marriage," "Murder on the Orient Express"
and/or "That's Entertainment!" and
"The Godfather. Part II." Huddy. critic for
the Miami Herald, gave the selection a huge
two-page spread in the Sunday (5) issue.
"In better theatres—and in unprecedented
numbers—we saw film that ranged from the
worthwhile to the elegant and excellent,"
Huddy wrote. "American films gave us
lush, often breathtaking craftsmanship, tempo
and pace to fit the accelerated times,
wit and humor to match the psychology of
the era." It was a good year. too. at the
boxoffice. Huddy reported, with theatre
attendance up by 19 per cent.
Faye Dunaway, recovered from the exhaustion
which caused her to drop out of
'The Wind and the Lion," is back working
in "Three Days of the Condor," which
also stars Robert Redford. Both were
named Boxoffice's top stars in the 38th
annual All-American Screen Favorites Poll.
Jim Cody of Wometco's Ocala Cinema is
constantly on the move with promotions. A
recent one tied up with the Ocala Pet Center
on "The Bears and I." Winner of a
coloring contest, plugged by the center, got
a big shaggy dog. (Co-hit was Buena Vista's
release "The Shaggy Dog.") Albert Cervcllera
contributed display signs as part of his
job as Cody's assistant.
Cinemas to Pay Receipts
From Porno Film to Court
MIAMI—The owners of two theatres
in
the area that screened "The Devil in Miss
Jones" will have to pay the state all receipts
from the film.
Circuit Judge Shelby Highsmith ruled
that the "law does not permit a wrongdoer
to profit from his own wrongs." Highsmith
ordered the corporations which operated the
Little
Beaver Theatre and King Art Cinema
to produce a full accounting of boxoffice
receipts during the weeks the film was
shown.
Prosecutors in State Attorney Richard
Gerstein's office believe the decision on the
film, if it survives appeals, will be a deterrent
to the screening of pornographic films.
The film had been declared obscene here.
Ringling Museum Slates
Series of Film Classics
SARASOTA, FLA.—The Ringling Museum
is scheduling a mid-February start of
a series of film classics, to be screened in
the Asolo Theatre, Monday afternoons and
evenings, with a $1 admission policy in
effect.
To be seen are "Satyricon," "At the
Circus," "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie,"
"The Magic Christian," 'Henry
V," "Sleeper," "King Kong," "Ulysses,"
"The King of Marvin Gardens," "Genevieve"
and "Faces."
Loop has closed.
Clark Theatre Shutters
From Central Edition
CHICAGO—The Clark Theatre in the
Owned by Kohlberg Theatres
since 1970, the Clark has featured
adult films. The showhouse is located in
the Planters Hotel Building, which is being
razed.
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BOXOFFICE :: Januai^ 27, 1975 SE-7

Cinerama's
NEW ORLEANS
J^ddie Addison, United Artists public relations
representative, lined up several
movie stars for personal appearances here.
In town was Denise Nicholas, co-starring
with Dean Martin in "Mr. Ricco." opening
at Loew's State Friday (31). Jim Mitchum
plugged "Moonrunncrs" Friday (17) before
its opening in 350 theatres Friday (24) and
Valerie Perrine. co-star with Dustin Hoffman
in "Lenny." arrived in town Sunday
(19). Addison also invited approximately
100 of the nation's top critics to meet and
interview the actress who is winning raves
in the film. The day included a 6 p.m.
screening which was followed by an 8:30
p.m. dinner at the Commander's Palace.
Interviews continued through last week.
Screenings: in the ABC room. "Sheila
Levine Is Dead and Living in New York."
Thursday (9); "Rafferty and the Gold Dust
Twins," Friday (10) in Sena Mall; "Young
Frankenstein." Wednesday (15), Gulf States;
"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," Friday
(17) at the Saenger-Orleans.
Christmas notes: Joy Theatre employees
had their annual Christmas party Thursday.
December 18. hosted by the Montgomerys.
There was 100 per cent attendance and after
Santa delivered gifts and bonuses, guests
helped themselves to a holiday dinner.
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Lou Dwyer, Gulf States Theatre booker,
enjoyed a visit with his daughter, her husband
and grandchildren who reside in South
Carolina.
A survey of experimental films ranging
from the early part of the century to the
present has been slated on four consecutive
Fridays, beginning last week at the public
library. Programs will be introduced by
Jon Newlin. Titles are "Historical Experimental
Films," "Animators. Abstractionists,
and Tricksters," "Films of Kenneth Anger"
and "Technical Approaches and the West
Coast School."
Comments on the rash of disaster movies
from Frank Gagnard of the Times-Picayune:
" 'Earthquake' is all "505 and '605
science fiction film. We've been through it
before, though with monsters and destructive
forces from outer s,pace, not nature's
own domestic disasters." And Gagnard
quipped about Irwin Allen, producer
ci "The Towering Inferno" and director of
the action scenes, ".'\llen probably has volunteered
his services for the end of the
world. He'll put on a good show."
Spectator Theatre Bow Set
From Mideastern Edition
FORT WAYNE. IND.—Joe Wood and
Greg Jacobs have purchased the assets from
the former operators of the Silver Screen
Theatre, 116 West Columbia St., Fort
Wayne, and have installed new 35mm projection
equipment. The name of the theatre
has been changed to the Spectator Theatre
and the new owners planned a December
26 opening. No X-rated films will be shown.
Roger Goimbault. Warner Bros.-Columbia
general manager in France, has been
named a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur.
'Ricco' Star Interested
In Filming New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — Actress Denise
Nicholas, in the city for a promotional tour
for "Mr. Ricco," in which she stars, confessed
that life in New Orleans had not
always been so plush.
From 1964 to 1966, she and her first
husband, Gilbert Moses, lived in the city.
Ms. Nicholas was a founding member of
the Free Southern Theatre and lived on the
mere sum of $35 a week.
Professional matters have improved since
then, and after five years on a television
series and two films, Denise Nicholas feels
her image as well as bank account has
changed. She said she's ready for work,
especially a play, and emphasized she was
changing agents for that reason.
Also on her mind is the fact that New
Orleans is a perfect setting for film production.
"I've set up a production company,"
she explained in a Times-Picayune
interview, "and I want very much to do
something on New Orleans. That's my
dream. When I get back (to Los Angeles)
I'm going to start working on it."
She recalled walking around the French
Quarter in the '60s and visiting the Jazz
Museum and stopping to look at Tennessee
Williams' house around the corner. "This
city is ... I don't know ... it feeds people
spiritually and culturally. Especially
creative people."
Since working on "Mr. Ricco," in which
she stars with Dean Martin, Ms. Nicholas
has been busy with commercials, a Los
Angeles talk show and a song featured on
her last husband Bill Wither's albimi.
The Times-Picayune's Frank Gagnard,
calling her "an ethnic variation" of the
sophisticated comedy of the "Kay Kendall-
Carol Lombard-Paula Prentiss line," said
the public would be "well served if she
also would get to work on finding another
good film part."
Francis Thompson to Make
IMAX Bicentennial Film
From Eastern Edition
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia '76
Corp., the city's official planning agency
for the bicentennial celebration, has selected
Francis Thompson, Inc., one of the nation's
leading film producers of documentary
spectaculars, as producer of the giant-sized
IMAX motion picture planned as the centerpiece
of the 1976 celebration here. At
a meeting of the Philadelphia '76 board,
its steering committee presented its selection
of film treatments for a 45-minute,
$2 million motion picture depicting and
interpreting the 200-year sweep of American
history.
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SE-8 BOXOFFICE :: January 27. 1975

Mark Miller Plans
Second Family Film
DALLAS—Filmmaker Mark Miller will
produce a new film, "Savannah Smiles," this
spring with a focus on the family-film market.
Miller, producer-actor of "Ginger in the
Morning," said he is not discouraged that
the first film never was distributed widely.
"The distributors fee! these films are the
kind you can see on TV. There's no se.x, or
nudity or bad language. But I think you can
look to Mulberry Square here in Dallas,"
he pointed out. "They have proved with
'Benji' you can attract an audience and
make money with this kind of film."
Miller's second production is described
as a "bizarre comedy love story," starring
Leigh Taylor-Young, Slim Pickens and Ed
Asner. The men play a couple of bums who
get involved with a little girl, played by
Miller's daughter, who transforms their
characters. "I don't think there's been anything
quite like it since 'The Champ' and
'Skippy,' " said Miller.
"I'm convinced there is a big, tremendous
audience for this type of entertainment if
you handle it correctly. You have to do the
right promotion. It's the only way to get to
the heartland of this country and regain
the
family audience. Since Disney died, his
studio has been concentrating on cutesville,"
Miller commented. "TTie old pictures also
had a strong moral theme. We have that in
'Savannah Smiles.' It is funny but it also
has meaning."
Miller said Martin Jurow is co-producer
with him and shooting will begin this spring.
ABC Officials Open Waco Twin
WW^
Rites for H.C. Vogelpohl,
WB's Manager in Dallas
DALLAS—^Funeral services were Friday
(17) for H. C. (Cotton) Vogelpohl, 63, longtime
Warner Bros, manager, who died
Wednesday (15) at his home in Dallas.
Services were conducted at the Rcstland
Memorial Park in Dallas.
Vogelpohl, a graduate of the University
of Alabama, joined Warners in Kansas City
H.C. VogeipoU
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Tent 17.
in 1938. He later
joined the staff in
Dallas, where he
served the longest of
any employee. H e
held the post of exchange
manager for
20 years.
A veteran of World
War II, he was a
member of St. James
Episcopal Church and
Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. Peggy
Orf, of Denton; brother Lewis of Nashville,
111.; two sisters, Mrs. Esther Visey of
Nashville and Mrs. Florence Luce of Long
Beach, Calif.

TEXPO '75: Forum
For Industry Issues
(Continued from page SW-1)
Round, Regency Ballroom East
Noon—Luncheon, Regency Ballroom West
Host: Taylor-Laughlin Distributing Co.;
Toastmaster; William C. GehrLng, Gulf
States Theatres, New Orleans; Speaker:
John Rubel. Chief Executive Officer,
Taylor-Laughlin Distributing Co.
Presentation of Boxoffice Champion
Award
Resiponse: Tom Laughlin
Presentation of Stars of Tomorrow
Awards
Response: Alison Benkle, Russell Lane,
Geo Anne Sosa and Michelle Wilson
2 p.m. — Showmaker Screening, Regency
Ballroom West
Moderator: Leon Hoofnagle, McLendon
Theatres, Dallas
3 p.m.—Showmaker Business Session—Special
Exploitation session featuring
World Wide Films Corp. speaker
Chuck Hamilton, chief executive officer
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4 p.m.—Show-In-The-Round, Regency Ballroom
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6:30 p.m.—^Reception in Show-In-The-
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8:15 a.m.—^Buffet Breakfast, Regency Ballroom
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Toastmaster: Tom Bridge, American
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9:30 a.m. — Showmaker Business Session,
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Moderator: John Treadwell, United
Artists Theatre Circuit. Dallas
Program— "Major Legal Decisions Affecting
Motion Pictures," Barbara
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Ass'n of America, New York.
"Lower Insurance Rates TTirough Your
Association"—Ted Ferguson, regional
marketing manager, Total Insurance
Planning System, Dallas. "New Trends
in Film Distribution."—James McKenna.
Family Theatres, Tulsa, Okla.
1 1 a.m. — Show-In-The-Round, Regency
Ballroom East
Noon—Luncheon, Regency Ballroom West
Host: Universal Theatres; Toastmaster:
Bill Slaughter, Val Verde Theatres,
Dallas; Speaker: Paul Roth, president,
National NATO, Silver Spring,
Md.;
Presentation of the Company of the
Year Award
Response: Robert Carpenter, vice-president
and general sales manager. Universal
Film Exchanges. New York
Presentation of the Showmaker of the
Year Award
Response: H.H. Martin, president, Universal
Film Exchanges, New York
2 p.m. — Showmaker Screening, Regency
Ballroom West
Moderator: Warren Teal, ABC Interstate
Theatres, Dallas
3 p.m.—Showmaker Business Session, Regency
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Moderator: John Telia, Mann Theatres,
Dallas
Program—"How I Would Sell 'W.W.
and the Dixie Dancekings' ", Guy V.
Speck, promotion director, Noret Theatres,
San Marcos "Sound Merchandising
of Soft Drinks," B.G. Johnson,
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3 p.m.—Spanish Language Exhibitor Ass'n
board of directors meeting, French
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4 p.m.—^Show-In-The-Round. Regency Ballroom
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6:30 p.m.— "The Wild Party" reception,
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Hosts: American International Pictures
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THURSDAY (30)
8:15 a.m.—Continental Breakfast, Regency
Ballroom West
Host: Pacific International Enterprises
Toastmaster: Dale Stewart, Commonwealth
Theatres, Dallas
9:15 a.m.—Showmaker Business Session,
Regency Ballroom West
Moderator: Bert English, Commonwealth
Theatres, Dallas
Program— "Guide to Film Buying and
Booking," Nat Fellman, president. Exhibitor
Relations Co., consultant to exhibitors,
Los Angeles
"Woman Power Development"—Ms.
Mae Jensen, Tercar Theatres, Rosenberg
"Problems in Co-op Advertising"—Dan
Goodwin, Texas Cinema Theatres,
Ennis
10:30 a.m.—Showmaker Screening, Regency
Ballroom West
Moderator: Allen Dillon, United Artists
Theatre Circuit, Dallas
11:30 a.m.—Show-In-The-Round, Regency
Ballroom East
Noon—Snacks with concessionaires in
Show-In-The-Round, Regency Ballroom
East
2 p.m.—NATO of Texas membership meeting.
State Room, Mezzanine, Center
Lobby
3 p.m.—NATO of Texas board of directors
meeting. State Room, Mezzanine.
Center Lobby
6:30 p.m.—Reception. Regency Ballroom
East
Hosts: Associated Popcorn Distributing
Co. and Sun International Pictures
7:30 p.m.—Presidential Banquet, Regency
Ballroom West
Hosts: Coca-Cola USA and World
Wide Film Corp.
Toastmaster: John Rowley, United
Artists Theatre Circuit. Dallas
Presentation of Special Award
Response: George Roscoe, retired National
NATO exhibitor relations director,
Seguin
Presentation of Female Star of the
Year Award
Response: Jennifer O'Neill
Presentation of Male Star of the Year
Award
Response: Richard Chamberlain
Entertainment by Tim Easley and the
Gentleman, Dance Music by Mike
Lawler
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and "a look into the Nickelodeon Era."
WEDNESDAY (29)
10 a.m.— "Nostalgia Scene" in State Room
1 a.m.—Champagne Party in "Nostalgia
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Host: Modern Sales and Service. Dallas
2:30 p.m.— "Nostalgia Scene" State Room
THURSDAY (30)
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Avenue entrance, for Olla Podrida and
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11:50 a.m.—Bloody Mary Party and door
prizes sponsored by Charles E. Darden
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12:30 p.m.—Buffet luncheon and special
informal revue, starring Donald O'Connor
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one of the hostesses in the "Nostalgia
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DALLAS
pebruary seems to
be a month for birthday
greetings. Leroy Whitington, retired
head boolcer for MGM, will celebrate his
birthday February 3 at his home, 9034 Angora.
Dallas. 75218. R.I. Payne, retired
from Commonwealth Theatres, is enjoying
his birthday plans for February 5 at his
home, 4524 Rawlins. Dallas, 75219. Boxoffice
readers extend best wishes to both
men.
Lou Walters, former owner of Lou Walters
Sales and Service, and his wife were in
the city for a few days visiting their friends.
Walters paid a visit to Pinkston Sales and
Service, which formerly was Walters' firm
before he sold it to the Pinkstons. The couple
left Arizona Saturday (4) and traveled
on to Florida, Mississippi and Texas, a total
of 3,750 miles. The Walters had a hairraising
experience when a tire fell off an
over-loaded truck and shattered their windshield.
But they recovered, along with their
little dog, and set off again for more travels.
They live in the retirement community of
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Sun City.
Eric Distributing Co. trade screened
"Fright Mare" Tuesday (14) in the ABC Interstate
screening room. Friday (17) "To
Love, Perhaps to Die," starring Sue Lyon
and Chris Mitchum, was shown. Tuesday
(21) "Counselor at Crime" with Martin Balsam
was screened.
Producer Mike Frankovich has flashed
word from the West Coast that he may be
coming to Dallas shortly to test audience
reaction in the final editing stages of his
new film. "Report to the Commissioner."
based on the best-seller of the same name.
The test preview method has become popular
recently with Dallas audiences rated as
valuable gauge as to how the film will be
viewed in the Midwest. As is the custom,
Frankovich himself will be personally checking
reaction at the theatre. Cast in the lead
of the film is young actor Michael Moriarty.
The book by James Mill is a story of young
people who meet in the treacherous crosscurrents
of police work and undercover
operations. Moriarty plays the son of a
policeman who is intimidated into joining
the force when his brother is killed in Vietnam.
Yaphet Kotto and Susan Blakely are
also cast in the film, directed by Milton Katselas,
who was a visitor here last summer
for a university film seminar.
Best wishes are in order for Cy Lloyd, the
effervescent manager of the Capri Theatre
for a number of years. Lloyd is leaving Mc-
Lendon Theatre circuit to open the Savannah
House on Stemmons Expressway and
R;cord Crossing. The restaurant will include
a small private club. Cy, who says he
can't resist the tempting buffet goodies, will
start in his new position February 1. He had
been with the circuit since 1958, operating
a small theatre and later serving as manager
of each of the Dallas houses. He will
be greatly missed by those in the industry
but Filmrow will know Cy has found another
outlet for his outgoing piersonality.
For Sugar Tyra, granddaughter of theatre
broker Joe Joseph, the opening of school
after the year-end holidays was a great day.
Fifteen-year-old Sugar had been out of the
Richardson Public School since October
due to a bout with mononucleosis and hepatitis.
The illness prevented her from competing
for the title of Miss Teenage Dallas,
after she had been named a finalist in the
pageant. With the aid of the Homebound
Teacher program, she kept up with her
school work and learned to study at home.
As an honor roll student, the prospect of
getting behind in her studies was discouraging,
more so than missing the beauty
pageant. A member of the Sanger-Harris
Model Teenboard for four years. Sugar will
surely be back in the pageant next year and
we in the industry wish her luck in the
future.
Claude Verble Rites
DALLAS—Funeral services were conducted
here Saturday (4) for Claude L
Verble of 203 Vicky Drive, Richardson.
Verble had been associated with ABC Interstate
Theatres for years as an engineer and
was chief engineer for the last 20 years. He
retired last year. Survivors include two
daughters, six grandchildren, six greatgrandchildren,
two brothers and two sisters.
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HOUSTON
gill Roland, the motion picture producer, is
due in the city on a promotional visit
on behalf of "Lone Exorcist." During his
stay in Houston Roland is expected to shoot
"Funny Lady," the sequel to
a film . . .
Barbra Streisand's "Funny Girl," has been
booked by the Loew's circuit for showing
March 12.
The Houston Audubon Society has announced
it will give free tickets for a series
of wildlife films—including a winner at the
Cannes Film Festival—^to organized groups
of young people, church members and senior
citizens. Charles P. Merrill, the film series
director, said the ticket giveaway is an educational
effort to acquaint the public, particularly
the young, with environmental and
conservation problems. Tickets to the wildlife
films are normally $2 for society members
and the public-at-large. Merrill said
blocks of free tickets to
the remaining three
shows in the 1974-75 film series will be
given to school science classes. Scouts,
Campfire Girls, YMCA Indian Guides,
church organizations and senior citizen
groups of 10 or more. All film showings are
at the Houston Music Hall.
Andy Warhol's "Dracula" opens at the
. . "Wildlife by Day and
Cinema Galleria .
Night," a nature film that depicts the ceaseless
game of survival, has been booked for
a one-night showing at the Music Hall . . .
Films to be screened at the Rice Media
Center this week include Jean Renoir's
"Rules of the Game"; Thomas Mann's
story, "Tonio Kroger"; Lubitsch's "Ninotchka"
with Garbo; "To Be Or Not To Be"
with Carole Lombard and "Late Spring" by
Japan's Ozu.
Corpus Christi
^I Marsden, longtime manager at Downtown
Centre, is now at Cine 4. replacing
Bill Minnich who retired . . . The Downtown
Centre and Neighborhood Movies 1
and 2 are the only houses running daily
matinees . . . The Surf Drive-In recently
changed to a Friday-Monday operation.
The second season of the American Film
Theatre debuted here at Cine West and continues
on selected dates through May . . .
The Texas Art Museum is showing monthly
Lew Bray jr., former correspondent
art films . . .
for BoxoFFiCE, is now selling com-
mercial sound and projection equipment
here . . Oldtimer Eddie Hull passed away
.
recently at his home in Atlanta, Tex.
Mel Richmond has been engaged by Columbia
Pictures to coordinate promotion
campaigns in Los Angeles.
Windsor Theatre Manager
Slain; 2nd Suspect Sought
HOUSTON—Police were seeking a second
suspect in the attempted robbery and
death of Windsor Theatre manager George
W. Gulledge here Sunday (12). A first suspect
was apparently fatally wounded during
the shootout which took the life of Gulledge
late Sunday in his theatre office.
Police said the suspect, identified as Owen
Wayn Cook, and another man fled from the
scene by car but their vehicle struck another
car. Cook fell out and the other man
escaped.
The shootout began when Gulledge heard
a disturbance in front of his office and investigated
with a small weapon. He was
shot, police said, and found slumped on an
office couch.
'Benji' Wins Praise
From Southeastern Edition
PANAMA CITY, FLA.—Kind words
were said
for family film "Benji" during its
run at Martin's Capri Theatre here. The
Bay County Journal columnist who reviews
films wrote, in part: "No matter what age
they are, your children will understand
what's going on, without a thought, of
course, to photography, direction, or acting
abilities. Nevertheless, they'll be soaking up
all those examples of the quality of love,
fear, courage, freedom and responsibility
from Benji—without a word." The film reviews
appear Thursdays in the weekly paper,
which coincides with the last day features
appear and frequently aids in turning them
into holdovers.
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ROCKDALE, TEX.—Charles W. Matson,
veteran showman, died at the age of 89
Thursday (2). He had been in the theatre
business since 1921, when he opened his
first theatre here, and later e.xpanded the
circuit to theatres in Caldwell. Giddings,
Thorndale, Somerville and Madisonville.
For many years he was aided in the business
by his wife Belle and two daughters, Dorothy
and Gladys. After their deaths, Matson
continued the business until health forced
him to retire. Survivors include a granddaughter,
Dorothy Ann Wallis, of Rockdale.
Burial was in Dallas Wednesday (4).
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SW-9

FORT WORTH
Mew places but the same faces was the rule
of the day in Fort Worth. Youthful
Paul Carter, 23, took over at Seminary
South headquarters, replacing Bill Forsyth.
Carter had been managing the Six Flags
Cinema. New boss at Six Flags is James
Mathis, with Ira Goerty and Dale Rushing
moving over to Seminary South.
At ABC Interstate, Benny McCormick
departed the Wedgewood Theatre Friday
(17) to take over the circuit's two screens in
College Station. Jean Harrell replaced him
at the Wedgewood Theatre and Mrs. Harrell's
position at the Seventh Street was
taken over by ex-Ridglea manager Ed Durham.
The Ridglea is now managed by Interstate
publicity director Walter Littlejohn.
who will wear both hats for awhile.
"The Towering Inferno" has broken all
attendance records at the Wedgewood theatre.
The crowds line up for it nightly as do
patrons at "The Godfather, Part II," Seminary
South cinema.
Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of late comic
Lenny Bruce will be seen in "Lenny," to
0{>en at the Seventh Street Theatre in late
February.
Perry Stewart of the Star-Telegram had a
few movies to add to the list of ten top
films. His preferences, in order, were
"Chinatown," "Images," "The Conversation,"
"Fantastic Planet." "Zardoz," "The
Godfather, Part II," "The Towering Inferno,"
"Badlands," "Cinderella Liberty,"
and "Don't Look Now." Most under-rated
films of 1974 were "The Great Gatsby,"
"Daisy Miller," "The Outfit" and "Triple
Echo." Most outrageous film was "The
Groove Tube," commented Stewart.
Atlanta Festival Starts
Awards for Techniques
ATLANTA—The eighth annual Atlanta
International Film Festival begins a new
tradition with the selection of awards foi
technical achievement during the past year.
Winner of a Gold Medal award was
Showchron America Corp., which developed
a unique expandable, modular editing console.
This highly advanced horizontal editing
system is honored for its imusual
achievement in development of a system
which incorporates ten exclusive features,
marking a major step forward in motion
picture process.
A Silver Medal for technical excellence
has been awarded to the Eastman Kodak
Co. for the development of 16mm negative
color stock. This remarkable new film
brings 35mm quality and latitude to 16mni
for the first time. The festival's technical
jury, according to founder and director J.
Hunter Todd, decided this development was
a paramount contribution to films with an
impact that will be realized in the future.
Nominations and suggestions from the industry
will be encouraged by the festival.
For further information, contact J. Hunter
Todd, director, Atlanta International Film
Festival, P.O. Drawer 13258K, Atlanta,
30324.
Avco Embassy Gets Rights
To 'Ten Little Indians'
NEW YORK—Continuing the current
vogue for Agatha Christie mystery thrillers
on the screen, started by Paramount's current
"Murder on the Orient Express," is
yet another film version of the Christie
classic, "Ten Little Indians." Avco-Embassy
has picked up the U.S. rights for this version
from Films Around the World. Irwin
Shapiro, president of Films Around the
World, closed the deal with William Chaikin,
president of Avco-Embassy.
Christie's classic novel of ten people
slowly being murdered in an unreachable
mansion was filmed once in the '40s by
Rene Clair as "And Then There Were
None" and once in the late '60s under its
current title. The current version was directed
by Peter Collinson and stars Oliver
Reed, Richard Attenborough, EIke Sommer,
Gert Frobe, Charles Aznavour and Herbert
Lom.
Avco Embassy Pictures also announced
the acquisition of U.S. and Canadian distribution
rights to Elizabeth Taylor's newest
starring vehicle, "The Driver's Seat." Also
starring Ian Bannen and Guido Mannari,
and with a special guest performance by
Andy Warhol. "The Driver's Seat," based
on the novel by Muriel Spark, is a psychological
drama of a woman obsessed with
her own murder.
Richland Mall II Bows
From Southeastern Edition
COLUMBIA, S.C—ABC Southeastern
opened a third indoor theatre here with the
debut of the Richland Mall II December 25.
The new theatre, which seats 500, was built
adjacent to the original Richland Mall. "The
Front Page" was the opening attraction
Christmas Day, manager Kerr McBridge
said. Another twin theatre in the Dutch
Square area is contemplated.
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Vera Cockrill Saddened by Fate
Of Denham, Denver's Showhouse
DENVER— Mrs. Vera L. Cockrill, who
for almost four decades has been connected
with the Denham Theatre, shed a few tears
when she was told that the showhouse
was to he demolished. Her late husband
Dave came here, bought the theatre and
it became the first-run outlet for Paramount
Pictures for many years.
Mrs. Cockrill told of some of her experiences
while running the theatre in an
interview
with Willard Haselbush, financial
editor of the Denver Post. Portions of his
story follow:
"Mrs. Vera L. Cockrill says she's 'just
as sad as I know many others must be'
that the Denham is empty and soon will
vanish to make way for new construction.
'But 1 remain very busy—and 1 have memories.'
"The greatest of these, she said, involve
movie 'Ben-Hur," the men who made it
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personal visits in her office by DeMille
and friends including Bob Hope, Yul Brynner
and James Stewart. 'DeMille was a
tremendous man and producer and a wonderful
human being. Everyone knows Bob
Hope is a tremendous person and I rate
him with Yul Brynner, who was almost
hLmible when he came to the Denham ti
accept an award for DeMille— and seemed
surprised that people loved him so.'
"Mrs. Cockrill is still a motion picture
theatre owner—one who has thought about
today's brand of movies, she hopes the in
dustry will note. She is co-owner with
Charles Reagan of New York, former vicepresident
of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and
longtime friend of her late husband, of the
Havana and Wadsworth drive-ins and thj
Arvada Plaza Theatre, managed by Wolfberg
Theatres of Denver.
"She also is a firm believer that the rash
of X-rated movies which have been produced
aren't necessary and shouldn't have
happened. 'The movies have greater potential
than ever now,' she said. "They shouki
show the masses the great talent, the great
beauty that exists in this country. Motion
pictures can be more sophisticated than
those X-rated productions and still be wonderful
and something in which to take
pride.' "
Lions Used in Promo
From Southeastern Edition
ATLANTA—In an effort to interest
viewers of "Animal Crackers." Willie
Clark, manager of Martin's Georgia Cinerama,
dressed up three men as the Marx
brothers. The concession stand, ticket booth
and light fixtures were decorated and the
theatre's
showing was advertised on WGST
and in "Creative Loafing" magazine. A
drawing selected three families to spend a
day. free, at the Lion County Safari. Two
Rangerettes from the Safari were present
on opening night, accompanied by two lion
cubs.
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Parents Urged by Critic:
Select Films Carefully
DENVER— Denver Post critic
Rena Andrews
says "let's give the youngsters a break
and take them to a fihii that should have
appeal tor them." Ms. Andrews makes the
point parents and/or guardians (presumably)
insist on accompanying yoimgsters to
R-rated films which do not interest the
younger set—and they spoil the viewing
pleasure of other patrons.
She cited examples in a recent article,
which is quoted in part: "Having been
bothered by screaming, kicking and popcorn-tossing
children and bewildered that
their parents would bring them to violent
and often R-rated films for some time
now, in the interests of all concerned, I
scanned the movie playbills for fare better
tailored to the tastes of yoimgsters. Believe
it or not, little kids have been taken to
The Exorcist' . . . and 'Bring Me the Hcaii
of Alfredo Garcia' ... as well as "The Taking
of Belham One Two Three.'
"The little kids . . . were particiilarl)
noisy and restless. After so many screams
from them and so much loud slurping ol
their Cokes or trips to the bathroom, a
male moviegoer bellowed to the grandfather:
"Take those poor little kids out of
here. They shouldn't be here in the first
place.'
"Theatre people say they cant tell the
parents not to bring the youngsters. The
Motion Picture Ass'n of America's ratings,
after all, read 'Parental Guidance' for PG
and 'Restricted to Persons Under 17 Unless
Accompanied by Adult' for R. So invariably
there will be a youngster or two and perhaps
a baby in the movie theatre and if
you are as imlucky as I am it will be sitting
right behind you or even next to you.
"So, let's give the youngsters a break
and take them to a film that should have
appeal for them . . Luckily, the family-
.
oriented movies around will not bore the
adult viewer who wishes to accompany ;i
child."
Ms. Andrews observed that motion pictures
playing the area during the receni
holiday season included "The Island at the
Top of the World," "Winnie the Pooh and
Tigger Too," "The Little Prince" and
"Yoimg Frankenstein."
She continued: "Some of the 'crisis' pic-
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even though parental guidance is recommended.
One nine-year-old of my acquaintance
who saw 'Earthquake' with his father
reported that he loved the film but that
the special effects (Scnsurroiuid ) were
exciting but a little terrif\ing. The same
should apply to 'The Towering Inferno.' A
number of films in neighborhood theatres
on encore runs are fine movie fare. Look
for The Dove,' some Woody Allen films,
reruns of 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' '2001
: A
Space Odyssey"
and others."
'Temple of the Ravens' Is
Lensing in Buenos Aires
HOLL\'WOOD~-"Temple ol the Ravens,"
suspense feature starring
Mala Powers,
lippi Hedren and John Russell, was slated
to go before the cameras in Buenos Aires
Friday (17), directed by Ray Finley.
A General Film Corp. of Buenos Aires
release, with Pino Farina as executive producer,
the feature is to be produced in
Panavision and color by Enrique Torres,
who also collaborated on the screenplay.
Filmed in English, the picture will he dub
bed into Spanish for the Latin American
markets.
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1975
Nelson Rockefellers Named
For 'Funny Lady' Benefit
NEW YORK—Vice-President and Mrs.
Nelson A. Rockefeller are the honorary
chairmen of the benefit committee for the
Hospital for Special Surgery, which will
sponsor the New York premiere of "Funny
Lady" on Tuesday evening, March 1 1 at
Loews Astor Plaza Iheatre. Co-chairwomen
of the benefit committee are Mrs.
Harcourt Amory jr. and Mrs. Edwin L
Hilson.
The Hospital for Special Surgery is the
oldest orthopedic hospital in the country,
having been founded in 1863. It specializes
in orthopedic and rheumatic disease through
patient care, teaching and research.
A Columbia Pictures and Rastar production,
"Funny Lady" stars Barbra Streisand,
James Caan and Omar Sharif in a
Herb Ross film. Co-starring are Roddy
McDowall, Ben Vereen and Carole Wells.
'Horror High' Premieres
HARTFORD—Crown International
Pictures
scheduled the Connecticut premiere of
"Horror High" for day-and-date openings
at the suburban E.M. Loew's Hartford and
Farmington drive-in.s and SBC Management
Corp.'s East Windsor underskyer.
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SAN ANTONIO
The downtown Texas, managed by Sid
Shaenfield, is now showing three big
action movies with opening time at 11:15
a.m. Special matinee admission until 2 p.m.
every day is $1 with children being admitted
for 50 cents at all times .Woody Allen's
hilarious trio. Sleeper."
. .
'Everything You
Always Wanted to Know About Se.x But
Were Afraid to Ask," and "Bananas" is on
screen at the San Pedro Triple Screen Outdoor
Theatre.
'The Stepford Wives." a modern supernatural
drama, opens at the Century South,
the first New Year major release in San
Antonio. Meanwhile, the adventure stories
that closed out 'the year continue at various
theatres. Also opening is a triple bill at the
Laurel Theatre, "Bambi Meets Godzilla,"
"Thank You, Mask Man" and "King of
Hearts." "Flesh Gordon" bows at the Olmos.
and "Girls in Trouble" at the Fredericksburg
Road Drive-In. Trail Drive-In and Town
Twin Drive-In.
Film series
have been popping up everywhere.
At San Antonio College. Don Drummond,
film selections chairman, said the
Marx brothers' 1932 comedy "Horse Feathers"
was screened on two days as part of
the college's Special Events series. The San
Antonio Library screened last week "Dough
and Dynamite," a silent film; "Island of
Eden," "Anatomy of a Triumph" and "Journey
North." At Trinity Univeirsity a number
of films were shown at Coates Center West
Wing. They included "Dr. Strangelove,"
"Visions of Eight," "Energy: Alternate
Sources" and "A Clockwork Orange."
The San Antonio Symphony presented
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movie matinee Sunday (19) at the Theatre
for the Performing Arts. Vasilios Priakos
conducted the orchestra in film scores accompanied
by film clips. David Raskin conducted
his own scores of "Laura" and "Forever
Amber." Bill Austin was at the console
of the Baldwin Theatre organ, playing background
music for the silent film clips, and
Sue Garza played the Steinway.
Being upstaged by an animal can be upsetting
for an actor. And Te.xan Big John
Hamilton knows what that feels like. The
San Antonio restaurateur, a colorful character,
has his first starring role in "Ride in
a Pink Car," which appeared here recently.
"After 20 years of bit parts I get my first
starring role and I'm being upstaged by a
poodle." The poodle is his own—although
Hamilton, a large, outdoorsy. Westernoriented
man, might seem more likely to
have a large hunting dog or bo.xer. But
Hamilton and the poodle named Buck have
been together for 1 1 years. As a small town
sheriff in the adventure film, Hamilton used
his own wardrobe, "a couple of thousand
dollars worth of silver trimmings that have
B.J. on them." Friend of such well-known
Western cowboys as John Wayne and Jimmy
Stewart, Hamilton is content to throw
parties and invite them all. And Buck gets
in on the action by biting them on the
ankles, in jest, of course.
Boosts 'Amazing Grace'
SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Mel Messenger of
Loews Theatres planted large-scale art
breaks in the Syracuse Post-Standard for
UA's "Amazing Grace."
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Arrested by Citizen
OKLAHOMA CITY—Operator of the
77 Drive-In, which often shows X-rated
films, was arrested by a citizen here Tuesday
(14) on charges of exhibiting obscene
material.
The citizen, irate because his children can
view the movies from their bedroom windows,
made the arrest after complaining to
Councilman John Smith about the
Ward 5
theatre. Smith and police detectives joined
James E. Lawson jr., 9501 S. Shields, in
arresting the manager at the drive-in, adjacent
to Lawson's home.
The manager, Joseph Anthony Simone
jr., 46, Moore, was also booked on possession
of a concealed weapon after they reportedly
found a pistol inside the projection
booth.
Playing that night was a double bill of
"Drop Out, Screen Test Girls," and "Terror
at Orgy Castle," which featured scenes of
nudity and simulated se.xual acts, police
said. Vice officers said the complaint would
be presented to the Cleveland County district
attorney's office. The theatre is located
inside city limits, but outside Oklahoma
County's borders.
Smith said he had told Lawson and other
callers "to either put up or shut up" about
the theatre. A number of citizens had complained
because the movies are visible from
the windows of their homes.
Give Price Break to Teens,
Micani Editorial Suggests
MIAMI—A reader of the Miami News
has complained that it's not fair for movie
theatres to charge adult rates to teenagers
who are not permitted to see many of the
films available.
The newspaper answered in an editorial
agreeing with the teenager. It pointed out
that youngsters in the 12-18 age bracket
typically can not afford a $3 admission
charge yet are the one group likely to form
movie-going habits that the industry hopes
will last a lifetime.
The paper's editorial suggested a price
break for young adults, as well as senior
citizens on fixed incomes, would be wise.
The groups could help flesh out sparse audiences
during slow showings, the editorial
said.
C'wealth Managerial Changes
KANSAS CITY—Mike Davis has succeeded
Don Mohr at the Cinema in Columbia,
Mo., it was announced by Commonwealth
Theatres. At the Crest in Joplin.
Mo., Roger Wright has succeeded Ron Gilliland
as manager.
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We therefore join members of the American business community in
agreement that:
1. Our employees' job and career opportunities will not be limited or
reduced because of their service in the Guard or Reserve;
2. Our employees will be granted leaves of absence for military training
in the Guard or Reserve without sacrifice of vacation time; and
3. This agreement and the resultant policies will be made known throughout
the organization and announced in publications and through
other existing means of communication.
Chairman
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ot the Guard and Reserve
Title:.
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Sign the Statement of Support for the Guard and
Because— Guard and Reserve service permits normal
life as a citizen and member of the military.
Reserve.
Many employers have already pledged themselves
Because— it gives your employees an attractive retirement
program complete with medical and other
to encourage their employees to become members in the
National Guard and Reserve units.
benefits.
And, in so doing, they are supporting . .
Because— it provides them with e.xtra income.
The President's Strategy for Peace.
As Americans, we all share the President's hope
and objective: a "Generation of Peace." To help attain
it, our nation must remain militarily strong for deterrent
and defensive purposes.
But without a draft, how will we meet our military
manpower needs ?
In the President's strategy for peace, our nation
will have an All-Volunteer military. A smaller active
force augmented by a strong, well-equipped, highlytrained
Guard and Reserve. . .all volunteers.
Together, Guard plus Reserve plus active force,
add up to the Total Force necessary to give our nation
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The Strategy is Sound—for our Country.
Because the cost of maintaining a Guard or Reserve
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Because—today's Guard and Reserve, in training
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Jack Bracken Busy Writing Script,
Working on Film Financing Plans
OKLAHOMA CITY— Actor Jack Bracken
says Oklahoma is a special place for him.
It was in Oklahoma during the "30s that
Bracken ran out of money while hitchhiking
from New York to California. "I was a
little boy starving to death and was driven
to knocking on the back door of a home in
Shamrock." he recalled recently, "and begging
for food. They were having a wedding
feast and all that food I had to eat was
like being in heaven. The people were so
nice to me I brought them out to Hollywood
as my guests many years later after I
became a star."
Bracken has been working on stage for
the last 17 years after leaving Hollywood,
where he was the star of numerous films.
He visited this city recently as the first star
in the Lincoln Plaza Playhouse's entertainer
series in "Don't Drink the Water."
"I am in the process of getting in the
film business in a big way." Bracken said.
"I am setting up a plan to finance films
without owning sets, lots or studios. I want
to build up a star system like they had in
the old days. There are plenty of studios
available that aren't being used because nobody
wants to put up money to make films
anymore."
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A writer and producer as well. Bracken
said he currently is working on a film
script. "I've been researching a story about
Benedict .Arnold. I'm going to keep it honest,"
he added. "I don't think I have to invent
anything for this story. He has been
erased from history because he was a traitor.
"When you think about it, every one involved
in the American Revolution was a
traitor to England. Eighty per cent of them
were fighting for principle rather than country.
Most of them originally wanted to win
the fight and go back to England.
"Arnold was one of the greatest heroes
in the war." Bracken explained. "He would
be more so than Washington if he hadn't
done what he did. I'm not forgiving him in
any way. The story will tell why he did what
he did."
Bracken said the drama may be ready
by 1981, 200 years after the date of Arnold's
treason. He had originally intended
to finish it for the Bicentennial Celebration
but has been too busy with other activities
on the stage.
Partner with Fred Nahas in a thriving
Houston-based advertising agency, Bracken
at age 60 can afford not to work the dinner
theatre circuit or not to write. But he explained.
"I like playing dinner theatre circuits.
You stay long enough in town to make
new friends." And he adds. "Advertising
is creative like the theatre. Even when I am
on the road I dash back on weekends to tend
to that business."
Duslin Hoffman is London bound for interviews
and personal appearances in connection
with his film. "Lenny."
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Tucson, Ariz., Citizens
TUCSON—The shuttered downtown Fox
Theatre continues to serve the city. Its neonlighted
marquee has been utilized in civic
promotion, advertising the Arizona Civic
Theatre's production of "Sherlock Holmes"
at the Tucson Community Center. The fate
of the Fox. however, is still undetermined.
At one time, consideration was given to
opening its boarded front in order to convert
the lobby into a waiting room for patrons
of the city transit system. Now, the sidewalk
congestion has been eased through the
transfer of several bus route loading zones
to another location and the waiting-room
proposal apparently has been pigeon-holed.
The closing of the Fox leaves only one
downtown movie house, the "adult" Cine
Plaza on upper East Congress Street.
OKLAHOMA CITY
gneak previews here included "Sheba.
Baby," from American International
Pictures, at the Villa; "The Reincarnation of
Peter Proud," from AIP at McArthur Park
and "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore."
Warner Bros, at North Park.
In to book and buy were John Hickman.
Wigwam Theatre, Coalgate; Jerry Marshall.
Circle Theatre, Waynoka: Johnny and Donna
Jones, Rialto and Stadium Drive-In. Alva;
Charles Smith, buyer for Grand Theatre,
Canton, and Corral Drive-In. Wynnewood.
Bob Cuniniings, who has appeared in 111
movies and several TV series, was in town
to star in "Marriage-Go-Round" at the Lincoln
Playhouse.
Funeral services were held here Tuesday
(21) for Irwin Tucker, who at one time
owned and operated the Sun Theatres in
Pauls Valley and Wynnewood. A brother.
Dudley, is a retired Columbia salesman.
Funeral services were also Tuesday (21) for
Glen Alt, former Republic manager. This
correspondent worked with Alt during the
'30s and '40s at Republic. Condolences to
his wife Maybelle and son G.A. Alt.
"Going My Way" with
Thirty years ago:
Bing Crosby as a singing priest was chosen
1944's Best Picture hy critics and reviewers
of Film Daily paper. The actor also won
honors from the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences for his role.
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for all seats at all showings.
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'Abby' Warm 110
In Blizzard Debut
MINNEAPOLIS—A killer blizzard,
slashing its way across the territory, murdered
grosses here during the key weekend
period Friday (10) to Sunday (12). While
many businesses closed for the day (II),
theatres in the city generally bucked the
trend and stayed open as a refuge for
stranded residents. Outstatc theatres in key
situations closed for the first time within
memory on a vital Saturday night. Some
had no choice; power was out in many
communities for as long as 48 hours.
Despite the odds against it, a lone fresh
lace did do business: "Abby" at the Gopher
posted a solid 1 10 in an extraordinary week.
A few other films already had grossed
enough to reach the 100 mark without
weekend boxoffice receipts or rallied quickly
later. "Young Frankenstein" came in
with a rousing 140 at the World. "The
Towering Inferno" managed 115; "Freebie
and the Bean" and "Earthquake" held on
to strong 90 readings.
(Average Is 100)
Academy, State The Godfother, Port II (Para),
4th wk 65
Cooper The Front Page (Univ), 4th wk 60
Gopher—Abby (AlP) MO
IDS—Phontom of the Paradise (20th-Fox),
4th wk 40
Monn— Freebie and the Bean (WB), 3rd wk 90
Orpheum The Man With the Golden Gun (UA),
4th wk 40
Pork ^The LiMIe Prince (Para), 3rd wk 25
Skyway The Towering Inferno (WB/20th-f ox),
9th wk 110
Skyway II—Eorthquoke (Univ), 9th wk 90
World^Young Frankenstein (20th-Fox), 4th wk. .140
MINNEAPOLIS
I've never seen anything like it before!"
exclaimed Forrie Myers, Paramount
branch manager. And he wasn't the only
one with such words. A raging blizzard,
the worst to hit this area in a quarter of
a century, found grosses sagging like the
temperatures (25 below zero outstate) and
— for the first time anyone could recall
outstate theatres in key areas such as Fargo,
N.D.; Moorhead; Grand Forks, N.D.; Sioux
Falls, S.D., and others closing on the usually
vital Saturday (1 1) night.
Alan Cordover, general manager of K-Tel
Productions, flew to New York City Tuesday
(14) on film business and then on to
Miami, where he huddled with Kermit
Shafer, producer of "Pardon My Blooper."
"Blooper" was released through K-Tel and
Cordover was to confer with Schafer on a
new attraction, not necessarily a sequel.
Jim Payne, head of Midwest Entertainment,
returned from a Palm Springs, Calif.,
vacation just in time to walk smack into
that fierce blizzard mentioned earlier! . . .
And Don Palmquist, 20th Century-Fox office
manager, couldn't wait for a king-sized
storm. He took a tumble on some ice just
before the blizzard hit. He came up with
a chipped bone in his elbow and a hairline
crack in his collarbone. "But I didn't miss
a single day's work!" Palmquist boasts.
Of course, he didn't miss the pavement,
either.
Pat Provo, husband of Universal's Barb
Provo, is recovering from his recent snowmobile
accident in which he and a car collided
head-on. Provo was snowmobiling in
a proper manner when an auto cut a corner
too sharply. In the split-second before his
vehicle and the car met, Provo decided
that he'd end up in the grille of the anto
or (even worse) be mashed in under the
car. Thinking that quickly, he jumped to
his
feet on the snowmobile—and as a result
his legs and hands took the worst of it,
Provo sustaining deep cuts in his legs, severe
bruises and scraped hands but no fractures.
He must be better, reports Barb,
secretary to Universal branch manager
Frank Zanotti, "because he's already picked
out a new snowmobile to replace the battered
one!"
Bill Docbel, United Artists branch chief,
has set a February 14 sub-break for "The
Man With the Golden Gun." Meanwhile,
Doebel has day-and-dated "Lenny" for a
February 27 bow at the Terrace Theatre
here and at the Grandview Fine Arts in
St. Paul. "Lenny" was tradcscreened with
solid reaction Thursday (16) at the Plitt
screening room here. The "Lenny" Terrace
booking is looked upon as a plum by local
film circles: the house has been a "hot"
grosser.
Who on Filmrow has Chet LeVoirs putter,
ummm? The United Artists branch
salesman is laughing about the absent club
now—with snow a
foot deep on the links
but wait till the robins sing. And who has
LeVoir's putter? Maybe not even "The
Shadow" knows!
No changes are anticipated at the Cooi>er
Theatre here, one of the Cooper Theatres
houses sold to Cooper-Highland. Dean
Ziettlow manages the posh installation,
which is viewed as an almost-certain moneyin-the-bank
situation by local bookers.
(Continued on page NC-2)
NAC Regional Confab
Feb. 3-4 in Mill City
CHICAGO—The list of speakers who
will participate at the North Central regional
convention of the National Ass'n of
Concessionaires at the Minneapolis Convention
Center February 3-4 has been released
by NAC regional vice-president
Douglas E. Larson. Delegates will begin
arriving February 3 and immediately following
the close of registration an NAC
president's reception will be held at 6 p.m.
in the Plaza Room of the Convention Center.
After a continental breakfast the following
day, the convention will open officially.
NAC president Al Lapidus, Lapidus
Popcorn, Los Angeles, will welcome delegates
and discuss the "future of the conces--
sion industry."
Heading the list of speakers and the subjects
they will cover are:
Winston R. Wallin, vice-president and
general manager, Agri-Products division of
the Pillsbury Co., Minneapolis, "What's
Happening to Commodity Markets?"
Among the commodities that will be discussed
by Wallin are popcorn, vegetable
oils and sugar; Michael Mason, director of
food service. Worlds of Fun, Kansas City,
"Food Promotions and Menu Pricing," and
Aurel Stuart, manager of field sales program
development, Coca-Cola USA, Atlanta,
"Pricing and Promotional Strategies."
Starting at 1 1 a.m., a panel of concession
experts will conduct an informative question-and-answer
session with various questions
and problems being directed to the
panel from the audience.
Moderator for the business session will
be J. C. Evans, vice-president of Gold
Medal Products, Cincinnati. Among the
panel of concession experts, in addition to
Wallin, Mason and Stuart, will be Paul J.
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"Mr. Ricco," starring Dean Martin, has
been set for a Friday (31) Twin Cities bow,
the MGM attraction being handled by the
local United Artists branch. In Minneapolis,
'"Ricco" will play the Orpheum Theatre,
while in St. Paul it will go multiple with
openings at the South II, "The Movies" at
Maplewood and the Highland theatres.
Joe Rosen, Paramount branch salesman,
was laid low Monday (13) with the flu
. . . Jim Ellis, AIP branch executive,
screened "The Reincarnation of Peter
Proud" at the Yorktown Theatre Monday
(20), the Bing Crosby Productions attraction
getting a warm response. Michael Sarrazin
and Jennifer O'Neill co-star.
AIP and Jim Ellis also have set "The
Chase for the Golden Needles"—a movie
dealing with acupuncture—for a statewide
March 14 break. Joe Don ("Walking Tall")
Baker stars. Ellis is expecting that as many
as 100 prints will be working the territory
—and bookings are being taken now.
Columbia's "Funny Lady" will break
March 12, day-and-date, at General Cinema's
Mann Theatre here and at Plitt's Norstar
in St. Paul. That's mighty good news
for St. Paul fans since the original, "Funny
Girl," didn't play the capital city until a
year after it bowed here on a roadshow
basis. Such situations really cause St. Paul
screen patrons to do a bum, especially when
civic pride burns brightly in each city and
when their city halls are only 15 minutes
apart.
Roy Smith, branch manager of the Lange
Distributing Co., escorted James Polakof,
president and chairman of the board of
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Cities promotional and publicity tour Monday
and Tuesday (13, 14). Polakof was tubthumping
"Memory of Us." which bowed
Friday (17) at four local and three St. Paul
houses. CFA is the releasing corporation for
"Memory of Us."
MILWAUKEE
Twentieth Century-Fox's "The Mad Adventures
of "Rabbi' Jacob," for which
Marge Ondrejka hosted a tradescreening
here several months ago, finally has made
it to local screens. The picture is being
presented at the Fox Bay, Southridge, Ruby
Isle and Times theatres. Movie critic Ben
Waxse observed: "The G-rated film is truly
in the slapstick tradition of Laurel and
Hardy and the Marx brothers. You'll laugh
and laugh."
Variety Club Tent 14 was slated to hold
an art auction at the Milwaukee Art Center
Friday evening (24) as a fund-raising project.
Art Heling, local branch office manager
for American International Pictures, chose
the Southtown Theatre II, located at 2906
South 108th St.. for a special tradescreening
Saturday morning (18) of Edgar Rice
Burroughs' "The Land That Time Forgot."
Invitations included family members . . .
AIP and United Artists Corp. shared the
Centre screening room, 212 West Wisconsin
Ave., Tuesday (14) for a couple of
tradeshowings. AIP's Pam Grier starrer.
'"Sheba, Baby," was shown at 1:30 p.m.,
while UA's ""Lenny," starring Dustin Hoffman,
was unreeled during the evening
hours.
In this city, the Zembellin Shriners and
Blackhawk Industries co-sponsored four
children's Christmas parties at the Centre
twins Saturday morning, December 21. The
shows were at 8 and 10 a.m.
Oconomowoc area residents have been
scouting around for showings of the movie
""C. C. and Company" ever since it was revealed
recently that a local man worked
in it as a stand-in for Joe Namath, who
starred in the picture. This man, Roger
Schwenke, was employed at the Hilton Hotel
in Tucson, Ariz., at the time the picture
was made. Many of the hotel employees
were used as extras during the time the
film's cast and crew stayed there. One day
Namath took a nasty spill on his motorcycle
and it was decided thereafter to have him
ride as little
as possible. Schwenke was hired
to ride during the rehearsals and in all
scenes in which the cycle was shown going
away from the camera. ""You really can't
recognize me," Schwenke stated. "I was
wearing a plastic nose and a navy beanie."
.-Xt one point in the action, his cycle hit a
sand pit. a wheel flew off, the cycle overturned
and Schwenke was spilled into a bale
of hay. The crash took place during the
filming of a race and had not been planned
that way. However, it was left in the feature.
Central State Plans
Twin in Green Bay
MILWAUKEE—Anthony T. Kolinsky,
president of Central State Cinema, announced
that construction of a twin theatre
in the downtown Port Plaza Mall, Green
Bay, Wis., will get under way in April or
May.
Jim Weimerskirch, manager of CSC's
Stadium Cinema 1 and 2 in Green Bay,
told BoxoFFicE that other movie houses
belonging to the circuit now include
Campus Cinema in Stevens Point, Wis.,
and two in Wausau, Wis.
NAC Regional Confab
Feb. 3-4 in Mill City
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Hecker, president of Cafe Brauer, Chicago;
Pete Daly, manager of food system applications,
Litton Microwave Cooking Products,
Minneapolis, and Harold Okinow, vicepresident.
Carousel Snack Bars, Minneapolis.
A luncheon, following a cocktail reception,
will be held Tuesday afternoon, February
4, at the Convention Center. Delegates
then will tour the Upper Midwest Hospitality
Show, which also is being held at the
Minneapolis Convention Center.
Advance registration fees of $12.50 per
person, which include the luncheon and
cocktail receptions, are now being accepted
at the NAC Convention Committee Headquarters,
c/o Midland Products Co., 67
Eighth Ave. N.E., Minneapolis, Minn.
55413. Delegates requiring rooms are urged
to send requests for reservations direct to
Ed Mahoney, Holiday Inn Central, 1313
Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. 55403.
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Among the sponsoring firms are:
Paper Co.. Bennett Sales Co., J. G. Clark
Co.. Condon's Supply Co., Cramore Products,
Crathco, Cretors & Co., Food Producers.
Gold Medal Products Co., Lou Ana
Foods, Midland Products Co., Quinn Popcorn
Co., Sweetheart Cup Co., TV Time
Foods, Vogel Popcorn and Weaver Popcorn
Co.
The convention, with the theme of "Impulse
Snacks for Profit," will be attended
by food service-vending operators, theatre
owners, restaurant and resort managers in
the leisure-time field from the entire Midwest
region.
Tent 14 Telethon Will Be
Telecast From Ice Chalet
MILWAUKEE—The Mayfair Mall's Ice
Chalet has been selected as the site of the
1975 'Variety Club Tent 14 telethon, to be
aired via WVTV, Channel 18, Saturday and
Sunday, February 1-2. The entire production,
to be emceed once again by comedian
Arte Johnson, will be set up in the Ice
Chalet with approximately 800 volunteers
participating in the 19-hour telecast.
Spike Jones jr., son of the late bandleader,
also will assist, as will ""The Crusher,"
local south side wrestler, and Ronald Mc-
Donald.
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LINCOLN
J^ussell Brehm of Douglas Theatres, who is house and built with the elegant decor in
president of NATO of Nebraska, is in vogue earlier in this century, now belongs
Dallas today (27) for a meeting of state to the city and has been designated as Omaha's
city performing arts center. A country
NATO presidents called by the national association.
A year ago Brehm's Dallas destination
would have meant a visit with daugh-
opening.
music festival Saturday (18) followed the
ter Debbie. However, Debbie is back in our
town teaching at Robin Mickle Junior High Arthur Lapin, Dubinsky circuit executive,
instead of in the Dallas school system. Before
heading for Texas. Brehm presided at Andrew, stayed longer with the boys' pa-
with Mrs. Lapin and their sons Jeffrey and
a meeting of his own Nebraska NATO ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lapin,
Kansas City, than anticipated. The new
board here TTiursday (23). He reports planning
for the annual May convention in this
snow delayed their return to this city Sunday
city was the main topic of discussion.
night (19) for a day or so. The family drove
south Thursday (16) . . . Mike McLaughlin,
Local industry members gathered Thursday
(16) at the University Club for lunch with a case of suspected flu. Keeping Doug-
assistant manager, went home Saturday (18)
with Disney representatives Charles Good las 1, 2 and 3 going were assistant manager
of Los Angeles, sales, and John Pilmaier of Jim Veline and Paul Ellsberry, 84th and O
Chicago, division manager. Irwin Dubinsky, Drive-In manager, who is filling in while
with Dubinsky circuit vice-president Sarge manager Lee Levorson and his wife vacation
Dubinsky and legal counsel Jim Rodenberg, in California. They're due back Thursday
spent Friday (17) and Saturday (18) in Des (30). Veline says new employees hired during
the week ending Saturday (18) include
Moines conferring with managing staffs of
their big circuit operations in that area. three new concessionaires: Marilyn Corning
Dubinsky ref>orts they found Jay Maness, and Lynn Price, both of Lincoln Northeast
Des Moines city manager, was felled Thursday
(16) with a good case of the alleged flu. reported Saturday (18) that both auditor-
High, and Sheri Oziah, Lincoln High. Veline
Jay formerly was a member of the industry iums showing "The Towering Inferno" were
in this city . . . The Jim Rodenberg family sold out—and "Pardon My Blooper" filled
of four hopes to move into their new home the other auditorium . Draney,
in the southeast section of the city next assistant manager at Cinema 1 and 2, said
month—if indoor carpenters get their job that the pre-Christmas "Airport 1975" is still
done on time.
going strong. He also observed that "Flesh
Gordon," which opened for Saturday (18)
U. S. Sen. Roman Hniska and Lincolnite weekend patrons, may be an X-rated film
Russell Brehm, partners in the Douglas but it certainly drew substantial audiences.
Theatre Co. operation here and in Omaha,
were among those attending the opening of Dennis Garrison, State manager, took
the renovated Orpheum Theatre in downtown
Omaha Friday (17). Also on hand the University of Nebraska-Kansas State
time out Saturday afternoon (18) to attend
were U.S. Sen. Carl Curtis of Nebraska, basketball game on campus, won by NU
Gov. J. J. Exon and Omaha Mayor Edward with a 74-61 score. He reports "The Island
Zorinsky, plus comedian Red Skelton, who at the Top of the World" at the State should
presented the program for the 2,709-seat remain there another week. The Disney film
sellout, and native Omahan Henry Fonda. opened before Christmas.
A cocktail party for 400 holders of $100
first-night tickets preceded the Skelton performance.
The Orpheum, once a movie ager, Thursday (16) accompanied several
Michael Gaughan, Cooper district man-
friends to Keystone and several other Colorado
snow spots for a long weekend of
skiing, returning to work Monday (20) . . .
Cooper Plaza manager Bruce Harmon reports
that Alan Shaw is back on the job as
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E. N. "Jack" Thompson, former Cooper
Theatres president, until the sale of the theatre
business to the Cooper-Highland circuit
of Cheyenne, Wyo., and his wife have gone
to Africa on a five or six-week tour. The
couple left Wednesday (8) following announcement
of the sale of the theatre circuit
business. Thompson remains president of
the Cooper Foundation and will be a parttime
consultant to Carlin, Marshall and
Bradford Smith of Cooper-Highland on his
return.
Stuart Theatre manager Al Schulter says
a holiday gift package of a season ticket to
the 1975 American Film Theatre series of
five theatre-on-film motion pictures went
quite well here. The series, made from four
plays and one musical, begins locally February
11. There are other kickoff dates at
the Capitol in Grand Island and the Dundee
and Gemini Twin in Omaha. All but the
Dundee are Dubinsky theatres. Capitol and
Stuart runs will be one day, afternoon and
evening . . . And among other things,
Schulter and other theatre managers such
as Randy Hartman of the Cooper/ Lincohi,
Bruce Harmon of the downtown Plaza and
Dennis Garrison of the State reported business
getting back to normal by Sunday (12)
. . .Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney received
a memorial gift of $6,900 to buy a
second fetal monitoring unit. It was given
by the United Cerebral Palsy chapter of
southeast Nebraska in honor of Kearney
residents Tom Howard and Dale McDowell,
killed in the crash of a light aircraft as
they were flying Gloria DeHaven's musical
accompanist back to Omaha after his participation
in a telethon benefit.
Classic Film Series Set
GRAND ISLAND, NEB.—The "History
of the American Film" series at the Stuhr
Museum this season was kicked off with
two screenings of the classic John Forddirected
motion picture "Stagecoach," the
film generally credited with skyrocketing
John Wayne to stardom. Other movies
scheduled were "Singing in the Rain," "San
Francisco," "The Grapes of Wrath," "The
General" and "Tumbleweeds."
AFT Series Bow Slated
MILWAUKEE—The first
offering of the
American Film Theatre's second season,
"The Man in the Glass Booth," is to be
screened Monday and Tuesday (27, 28) at
the Northridge, Spring Mall, Fox Bay and
Ruby Isle theatres.
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'Quake' Jolts Cincy
With 1000 in 3rd
CINCINNATI — "Earthquake"
topped
the 1000 mark in a third week at Carousel
1, sending its competition into a race for
second in the boxoffice grosses. Two films
tied at 750 for their third frames: "The
Towering Inferno" at Showcase 1 and "The
Man With the Golden Gun" at Times
Townc Cinema. "Freebie and the Bean"
pulled 600 at three theatres and "The Island
at the Top of the World" at five theatres
drew 550. "The Godfather. Part 11" at
Showcase 2 rated 500 for a third stanza.
.
(Average Is 100)
Ambassador Amorcord (SR), 2nd wk 350
Eorthquoke (Univ), 3rd wk 1000
Carousel 1
Five theatres The Islond at the Top of the World
(BV), 3rd wk 550
Grand Boss Nigger (SR) 250
International 70— Abby :AIP), 2nd wk 300
Kenwood The Front Poge (Univ), 3rd wk 300
Place ^Phontom of the Porodise (20th-Fox),
3rd wk 200
Showcase 1 The Towering Inferno
(WB/20th-Fox), 3rd wk 200
Showcase 2 The Godfother, Port II (Pora),
3rd wk 750
Showcose 3 The Longest Yard (Pora), 10th wk. 275
Showcase 4— Young Frankenstein (20tn-Fox),
3rd wk 300
.200
Showcase 5 The Little Prince (Para), 2nd wk.
Three theatres Freebie and the Bean (WB),
2nd wk 600
Times Towne Cinema The Man With the
Golden Gun (UA), 3rd wk 750
20th Century Let's Go for Broke (SR), 2nd wk.
Volley Airport 1975 (Univ), I 2th wk
. . 150
400
'Godfather, Part 11' Hefty 565
In Cleveland; 'Earthquake' 545
CLEVELAND — "The Godfather,
Part
11" commanded a hefty 565 in a third week
at four theatres. "Earthquake" was close
behind with 545 at two theatres in an eighth
frame. Another disaster film, "The Towering
Inferno," rated a strong 460 at six theatres.
Cedar. Lee, Variety The Little Prince (Para),
2nd wk 125
Four theatres ^The Godfather, Part II (Paro),
3rd wk
Four theatres
565
.250
The Front Page lUniv), 3rd wk. .
Five theatres ^Freebie and the Bean (WB),
2nd wk 370
Heights, Westwood Flesh Gordon (SR), 2nd wk.
Seven theatres The Mon With the Golden Gun
325
(UA), 3rd wk 140
Seven theatres The Island at the Top of the
World (BV), 3rd wk 195
Six theotres The Towering Inferno
(WB/20th-Fox), 3rd wk 460
Three theotres Abby (AlP), 2nd wk 270
Two theatres Eorthquoke (Univ), 8th wk 545
World East, World West ^The Rolling Stones
((SR), 2nd wk 110
bracket was "Lenny" at Towne 1 with 335.
Eight theatres The Triol of Billy Jock (T-L),
6th wk 55
Eight Theatres The Godfather, Port II (Pora) . .450
Eight theatres The Towering Inferno
(WB/20th-Fox) 480
Five theatres Earthquake (Univ), 6th wk 390
Seven theatres Centerfold Girls (SR) 60
Six theatres The Front Page (Univ) 155
Six theatres Young Fronkenstein (20th-Fox) . . . .285
Studio IV Amorcord (SR), 6th wk 80
Ten theatres. The Island ot the Top of the World
(BV) 175
Three theotres ^Flesh Gordon (SR), 5th wk 60
Towne 1 ^Lenny (UA), 2nd wk 335
12 theatres The Man With the Golden Gun (UA) 90
Two theatres The Longest Yard (Pora), 13th wk. 70
Two theatres ^The Odessa File (Col), 10th wk . . 60
Two theatres The Mofio Wonts Blood (SR) .... 90
CLEVELAND
^he Scrumpy-Dump Theatre has been
'Towering Inferno' 480 in Detroit;
'Godfather, Part H' Hits 450
DETROIT—With boxoffice cash registers
ringing to the tune of "Jingle Bells," it was
a merry holiday week for exhibitors. "The
Towering Inferno" in eight situations towered
aloft with 480. "The Godfather, Part
II." also opening in eight houses, brought
in 450. "Earthquake" shook five cinemas
for 390 in a sixth week. Also in the 300-
trying
multiple ways to attract additional
patrons. The management has reduced admission
prices, scheduled ladies' day specials
two days a week and offers small gifts for
small fry . . . Joanne Ross is the pleasant
new secretary who will greet you at Motion
Picture Sound.
Cecile (Cele) Mishkind is filling in as secretary
at husband Leonard's General Theatres
office . . . Eve Cohn, Associate Theatres
secretary, recently returned from Tucson,
Ariz. She reported that it was the coldest
two and a half weeks she ever has spent
in Arizona. Boss Leroy Kendis returns from
his winter home in Tucson to spend a few
days here in early February . . . The Cleveland
Grays will present two silent film classics.
"Two Tars" and "Big Business," Saturday.
February 8, at 8 p.m.
Kathy Baumann of nearby Independence,
former Miss Ohio and runner-up for Miss
America, was here Friday (17) through
Tuesday (21) promoting her most recent
film. "Sunburst." There was a sneak preview
Tuesday evening (21) at Parmatown
Cinema III. with Miss Baumann making an
in-person appearance. Local columnists gave
a lot of publicity to the fact that Kathy
insists on an antinudity clause in her movie
contracts, which she publicizes. Still, she
appears in a semi-buff photo in the January
issue of Playboy,
Joyce Caldwell is the new secretary to
. .
American International Pictures district
"Rhythmetron."
manager Pat Mooney .
a movie about modem dance featuring Arthur
Mitchell and the Dance TTieatre of
Harlem, was presented by the Area Arts
Council at 7 p.m. Friday (24) in the John
F. Kennedy Recreation Center. A master
class of modem dance was held following
the showing of the film.
A benefit for the Apostolate for the Deaf
was held Friday (10) with the showing of
Charlie Chaplin in "The Rink" at the Tremont
Coffee House. The $1 admission
charge included free popcorn.
The Hanna Theatre has a new stage! During
the recent world premiere of "Odyssey,"
a 25-foot hole was cut in the floor to allow
the mythical character Cyclops to disappear
at each performance. According to manager
Milt Krantz. repairing the stage before the
arrival of the current musical show, "Pippin,"
was more complicated than building a
new one.
Mrs. Paul Zindel, the former Bonnie
Jacobs, who was the public relations girl for
the Play House several seasons ago, recently
gave birth to a son. Zindel is the Pulitzer
Prize-winning dramatist who wrote "The
Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon
Marigolds."
During the showuig of "Life and Times
of the King Dragon," Jack Coleman, Embassy
Theatre manager, had a small handmade
sign placed in the boxoffice window
which read: "Misprint in paper. This is not
a Bruce Lee movie." The difficulty stemmed
from a two-column, seven-inch newspaper
advertisement saying "Bruce Lee: Is He
Alive or Dead? What Really Happened?
Where? How? Why?" Though the ad said
nothing about Bruce Lee being in the movie,
the manager, knowing many Lee fans patronized
his house, thought it better to make
it clear to his potential audience. Coleman
had a policeman standing by in case there
were those who couldn't read and were disappointed
at not seeing their karate hero.
Actor Joe A. Calloway presented a dramatic
program of vignettes concerning the
principles on which this country was founded.
The program, in celebration of the nation's
bicentennial, included the wit and wisdom
of such greats as Washington. Franklin,
Adams, Madison and Jefferson. It was
seen Wednesday (22) as part of the Town
Hall series at the Higbcc Auditorium . . .
Irene Kampen, who has eight best-selling
books of humor to her credit, will talk on
"Of Cabbages and Kings and Things" February
5, also as part of the Town Hall series.
Miss Kampen's first book, "Life Without
George," was the plot for the long-running
"Lucy Show" on TV, which starred Lucille
Ball.
Hersha Parady, who is making a name for
herself in Hollywood, was in town recently
visiting family members. Local friends and
Lakewood Little Theatre and Playhouse
patrons likely will remember her as Betty
Sandhoff, the name she grew up with and
used in local theatre work. She went to the
West Coast three years ago to concentrate
on films and TV work. Miss Parady recently
played opposite Jon Voight in the roadshow
of "A Streetcar Named Desire." The actress
enjoyed it but is convinced her future lies in
films and TV.
The remaining films in the John Carroll
University Film Society series are: "A
Clockwork Orange," February 9: "Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," February
23; "Pa.per Moon," March 16; "Camelot,"
April 6; "Straw Dogs." April 20, and "Billy
Jack," May 4. "The Candidate." Robert
Redford starrer, was shown Sunday (26).
Science-Fiction, Fantasy
Horror Films Awarded
From Western Edition
HOLL'nVOOD — "The Exorcist" was
named best horror film of 1973-74 by the
Academy of Science-Fiction, Fantasy and
Horror Films, according to Academy president
Dr. Donald A. Reed. "Soylent Green"
got best science-fiction honors and "The
Golden Voyage of Sinbad" won best fantasy
film.
At the awards ceremony George Pal
was presented the Golden Scroll award
recognition of his films. Charlton Heston,
Gloria Swanson and Fay Wray were also
recipients of Golden Scrolls.
BOXOFnCE :: Januaiy 27, 1975 ME-1

DETROIT
gob Allison of Channel 4, according to the
Free Press, might be the luckiest man in
town! A member of Variety Club Tent 5,
Allison last year won an automobile during
a raffle in connection with the 1974 golf
outing. Tent 5, of course, holds monthly
luncheons and a small TV is given away via
raffle at each get-together. In 1974 Allison
won four sets and, at the club's first meeting
of 1975, he won another TV!
The January meeting of the Greater Detroit
Motion Picture Council was held
Wednesday (22) at the Northland Theatre,
with "Scholarships" the theme of the day.
Mrs. George Zacharias chaired the meeting.
Founded in 1936, the GDMPC's slogan is
"Support the Best, Forget the Rest" and one
of its many functions is the awarding of
scholarships to creative scenario writers at
Wayne State University.
Arden Rynew's "I Seem to Be a Verb"
was screened last month as part of the
"Independent Cinema Lives!" program, a
benefit by and for the Ass'n of Independent
Video and Filmmakers. Arden last year was
awarded a grant by the Canadian government
for the making of a feature. "I Seem to
Be a Verb" is a story about Buckminster
Fuller. Arden's mother is publicist for the
Greater Detroit Motion Picture Council.
First-run films on local marquees: "Abby,"
"The Seduction of Mimi," "Lenny,"
"Freebie and the Bean," "The Little Prince,"
"The Godfather, Part II," "The Man With
the Golden Gun," "Young Frankenstein,"
"The Towering Inferno," "The Front Page,"
"The Island at the Top of the World,"
"Phantom of the Paradise," "Harry & Tonto,"
"Amarcord" and "Earthquake." Rereleases
which were packing 'em in included:
"Blume in Love," "The Taking of Pelham
One Two Three," "Blazing Saddles," "American
Graffiti" and "Thieves Like Us" . . .
The Detroit Film Theatre launched its third
season with "The Little Theatre of Jean
Renoir."
Film stars Jane Powell, Hans Conreid and
Patsy Kelly are appearing in the musical
"Irene" at the Fisher Theatre. The attraction
opened Wednesday (15) and wall play
through February 15.
Suzanna Fields, who stars in the popular
X-rated spoof "Flesh Gordon," currently
playing at the Dearborn, Harper, New Center
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Suzanna is 23 and says she "loves horses
and going fishing." The actress, who allegedly
was "discovered while working in
Schwabb's Drugstore," plays the role of
Dale Ardor in the adult, se.xually oriented
comedy, which she says she "in no way sees
as a pornographic film." She observes that if
the public is led to believe that "Flesh
Gordon" is pornographic, "there'll be a lot
of disappointed jwrno fans." Suzanna says
she would do a porno film "if there was
enough money" connected with the project.
Other acting efforts included a tryout for a
role as fairy godmother in a children's film.
The production, however, did not "get off
the ground," a fact which caused her much
disappointment, she commented.
Harnell Views '75 Films
As Best in Firm's History
From Southeastern Edition
ATLANTA—Stewart D. Harnell, president
of Harnell Independent Productions,
has been speculating about "the state of the
industry" in 1975.
Harnell, recovering from shoulder surgery
"for an old sporting accident," utilized
his recovery period to talk about 1975's
prospects with Boxoffice, which he has
done in past years.
"Even though 1974 was not as great a
year as we expected, it certainly was a
tremendous improvement over 1973," the
filmmaker pointed out. "But, never in the
history of our company, which is now five
years old, have we looked forward to such
great prospects as 1975 holds for us."
Harnell said the company "has some outstanding
films for release this year." The
films are: "The Happy Hooker," "The No
Mercy Man," "Challenge of the Dragon,"
"Naughty Lives," "Linda Lovelace for
President," "Country Blue," "A Woman for
All Men," "The Corpse Eaters," "Things
From the Grave," "It Happened at Nightmare
Inn," "Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf,"
"Lorelei's Grasp," "The Streak Car Company,"
"Alvin Purple" and "The Games
Girls Play—^The Games Guys Play."
Walter Powell, Hamell's associate, has
been spending quite a bit of time in Charlotte,
S.C., setting up dates and distribution
of new E.O. Productions' release, "The
Brass Ring," Harnell said.
Editorial Lauds Theatre
From North Central Edition
WALWORTH, WIS.—The
management
of the Walworth Theatre here got an editorial
pat on the back on the front page of a
recent issue of the Times, which is published
in that city. The newspaper noted:
"Many favorable comments from parents
and children aUke have been heard concerning
the excellent movies shown at the
Walworth Theatre and sponsored by the
Big Foot Area Chamber of Commerce.
The quality of this year's free movies was
outstanding."
Tent 6 Agenda Is Set
For Variety Week 75
CLEVELAND—A "Las Vegas Night" at
the Celebrity Room, 1411 SOM Center Rd.,
Mayfield Heights, set for 9 p.m. February
8, will be the kickoff event of Tent 6's
Variety Week activities. The cost is $18 per
couple. All prizes are to be sent to Bill
Kohagen.
Thursday, February 13, a Media Appreciation
luncheon will be held ait noon at the
HoUendon House, with reservations to be
made through Tony Graydon and Dick Bellamy.
At 10 a.m. Saturday, February 15, a
free show for handicapped children will be
held at the Hippodrome Theatre, with arrangements
by Jack Kaufman.
A brunch will be held at Ohio Boys Town
Sunday, February 16. Reservations will be
handled by Tom Gill.
Ken Water is Variety Club Tent 6's Variety
Week chairman.
Philadelphia Groups Move
To Save Bandbox Theatre
From Eastern Edition
PHILADELPHIA—The plea of motion
picture theatre owner Art Carudner to save
his financially stricken Bandbox Theatre,
repertory film theatre in the Germantown
section of the city, has found support
among the local movie buffs and other cultural
groups. Outright donations have
topped $1,000 and various groups have
offered their services in benefit performances.
The Society Hill Playhouse presented a
special performance of "The Changing
Room" stage play with a $5 admission
ticket. The Germantown Theatre Guild
scheduled two performances of the children's
play "The Mystery of the Blue
Pouch" and the center-city Academy Screening
Room stated it would solicit a voluntary
surtax on all ticket sales during its screening
of "The Mother and the Whore." The Theatre
of the Living Arts Cinema, close to center
city, also planned a vast benefit screen
show for the Bandbox Theatre.
FBI Agents' Plans Upset
By Cedar Rapids Statute
From North Central Edition
GRAND RAPIDS, IOWA—A city
ordinance
designed to prevent the exhibition of
pornographic movies in bars recently
blocked FBI agents from showing training
slides here. In order to present a training
course for law enforcement officers, FBI
agents had to resort to chalkboard drawings
instead of using prepared slides because
the manager of the Holiday Inn
where the seminar was held was afraid hv;
might lose his liquor license.
The three-year-old Cedar Rapids ordinance
prohibits projected images in places
holding liquor permits. It was passed because
city officials believed some taverns
might start screening pornographic films.
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COLUMBUS
The city council authorized the city's three
cable TV firms to raise their monthly
customer rates to $6.50 and installation fees
to $18 in amended legislation. The rate hike
will cost some 55,000 area cable customers
up to $1.50 per month. The council directed
City Utilities Director Robert Newlon to
determine if the increase is sufficient to meet
the financial needs of the cable companies
and report his findings to Council in six
months . . . The Ohio Lottery Commission
ventured into show business by presenting
singer Roger Miller and comedian Ronnie
Schell at the "Millionaire's Drawing" at
Veterans Memorial. Budget for the show's
talent was $17,500.
Gary Cheses, president of Entertainment
Services, hopes to revive his Musicpark rock
concerts at Beulah Park, race track in Grove
City. Community opposition forced cancellation
of a July 4 concert last year . . . Plans
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this time," he said . . . "Ask Helene," new
show business column, has begun in the Sunday
Dispatch entertainment section and also
will be published each Friday. It is written
by Helene Goodfleisch, central Ohio resident.
She will answer questions from readers.
CINCINNATI
^ri-State is booking and buying for the
Camclot Cinema, Loveland; Act 1,
Sharonville, and the Beacon Hill in
this city
for owner Mark Segal. The three theatres
formerly were booked by Interstate Theatre
Services.
Inter-
Mike Wolber, assistant manager at
national 70, has resigned to join the Navy.
Recent visitors in town included Wally
Allen. Bill Glosinger, Grant Frazee, John
Tabor and Rick Newman, all from Chakeres
Theatres.
Eugene Tunick announced his resignation
from Mid States Theatres, effective Friday
(17). Tunick, former vice-president and gen-
eral sales manager for National General,
worked in a booking and buying capacity at
Mid States. Tunick will join Northeast
Theatre Corp., headquartered in Boston.
Chicago Officials Zero
In on 2 Loop Theatres
From Central Edition
CHICAGO—Seldom-heard-from city inspectors
have been in the news recently.
One, who attended a showing of "Earthquake,"
questioned the stability of the
United Artists Theatre in relation to the
Sensurround audio system. The theatre was
not closed but the
film was exhibited without
Sensurround for a couple of days. In
short,
the structure was found to be sufficiently
durable to withstand the "quake" effects
of Sensurround.
The Woods Theatre was closed for approximately
seven hours after the city
building commissioner's office cited "flagrant
violations" of the building code. The
Woods, showing "The Man With the Golden
Gun," went dark after a 12:10 p.m.
screening for a routine inspection by the
Chicago Fire Department. The theatre reopened
after a number of electrical repairs
were made and another inspection made by
fire department and building department
personnel, according to Jack Belasco, managing
director for the Essaness circuit, owner
of the Woods.
"TTiis entire matter has been blown all
out of proportion," Belasco said. "It all was
a misunderstanding."
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Here for 'Stardust'
BOSTON—Sack Theatres will host the
American premiere of "Stardust" Friday
(31) at the Cheri complex with rock star
David Essex arriving from London for the
opening.
Essex and actor Keith Moon, also in the
film about the rise and fall of a '60s rock
group, will fly in to Boston for interviews
with the media Tuesday (28). Three days
of promotion are planned by the circuit
with area disc jockeys, rock groups and
public officials expected to participate.
Special sound equipment is being installed
at the Cheri to enhance the quality of
the Dolby sound track in the firm, circuit
officials said. Elaborate plans for the Friday
evening premiere include a sjjecial colorful
effect by tossing multi-colored "confetti"
over the high marquee and letting it shine
in the beams created by kleig lights and
spotlights.
Directed by Michael Apted, co-produced
by David Putnam and Sandy Lieberman,
the Columbia release is termed definitive of
the creation, rise and fall of rock musicians
in the '60s. Essex, the top recording artist
in England, heads a cast including Adam
Faith, Keith Moon, Larry Hadman and
French actress Ines des Longchamps.
Columbia Records will release this month
the "Stardust" sound track album, featuring
six new songs by David Essex.
Willicon Romanoff Dies;
GCC Division Manager
PORTLAND, ME.—Funeral services
were Wednesday (15) in St. Dominic's
Church here for William H. Romanoff,
General Cinema Corp. executive, of Beverly,
Mass.. who died Saturday (11).
Romanoff, 57, was fatally stricken at
his residence. A division manager for GCC,
he had worked for the company 12 years,
eight in his last position. A native of New
Haven, Conn., he was graduated from
Portland High School here. He was a Navy
veteran of World War II and a member
of the American Legion.
Survivors include his wife Florence of
the home; a son William of Somerville;
three daughters, Beverly DesVeaux of Essex,
Dianne Duggan of Billerica and Sharon
Bennett of Reading; a brother Charles of
Portland, and five grandchildren.
Burial was in Calvary Cemetery here.
Bob Schweck to Manage
Showcase Cinemas V
NEW HAVEN—Jim Murray, division
manager, Redstone Theatres, has announced
promotion of Robert Schweck from the
Sunrise Drive-In, Valley Stream, Long
Island, to managing director, Showcase
Cinemas V, largest complex in Connecticut.
Schweck succeeds Al Palance who resigned.
Palance, who had managed the complex
for the past year, did not disclose
future
plans.
'Godfather, Part II'
Over Hub With 825 in
Hub for a
BOSTON—Casting its spell across the
fourth straight week, "The Godfather.
Part 11" entranced viewers for a
dazzling 825 average. The biggest averages
of 1974 year were still soaring in the postholiday
fH;riod. marking the best year recorded
here since the advent of movies on
TV. Leading a healthy boxoffice. in addition
to "The Godfather" sequel, were "The
Towering Inferno" with 430 at two theatres
and "Young Frankenstein" with 440 at the
Pi Alley. "Amarcord" in a fourth week at
Cheri Two rated a strong 425 while "Lenny"
next door pulled 415. "The Man With
the Golden Gun" commanded 380. "Earthquake"
in a ninth suburban week edged out
downtown "Abby" 365 to 360.
(Average Is 100)
A'tor—Abby (AlP) 360
Beacon Hill, Cinema 57 One The Towering
Inferno (WB/20th-Fox), 4th wk 430
.
Charles ^Airport 1975 (Univ), 2nd wk 130
Chorles East Andy Worhol's Droculo (SR),
4th wk 115
Charles West Locombe, Lucien (20th-Fox),
6th wk 15S
Cheri
Cheri
One
Two
^Lenny (UA), 5th wk
Amarcord ISR), 4fh wk
415
425
Cheri Three Phontom of the Paradise
(20th-Fox), 4th wk 105
Cinema 57 Two ^Freeble and the Bean (WB),
3rd wk 220
Gary The Little Prince (Para), 3rd wk 105
Music Hall^ The Man With the Golden Gun
(UA), 3rd wk 380
Paris Cinema Steppenwolf (SR), 8th wk 135
Pi Alley Young Frankenstein (20th-Fox),
4th wk 440
Savoy The Godfather, Port II (Para), 4th wk. ..825
.185
Exeter ^Scenes From a Morrioge (SR), 12th wk.
Framingham Cinema One ^Earthquake (Univ),
9th wk 365
'Godfather,
Part W Maintains
Hartford Lead; "Inferno' 350
HARTFORD—"The Godfather, Part 11"
continued to dominate first runs here in a
fourth week with 375. "The Towering Inferno,"
disaster-themed production of Warners
and 20th Century-Fox, rated a high
350 for second place. "The Man With the
Golden Gun" drew 300 in a fourth week.
New World Pictures
Opens Boston Branch
BOSTON—New World Pictures has
opened a branch here to serve New England
exhibitors. Area distributors are
Arthur Friedman and Roger A. Lockwood,
430 Park Square Building.
Friedman and Lockwood said they will
be screening and licensing 1975 product
shortly. The New World releases include
award-winning "Amarcord."
A statement released by the two added:
"During New World Pictures' five year
history, Roger Corman has developed this
company into the most consistently successful
'independent' in the business. Grosses
on such films as "Cries and Whispers,"
"Big Bad Mama." "The Harder They
Come," "Fantastic Planet," as well as
"Caged Heat" and "Candy Stripe Nurses"
have made New World an extremely important
source of supply to exhibitors
throughout the country."
The two said they would begin distribu-
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"Earthquake"
1975" 250.
4th Week
scored 275 and "Airport
Art Cinema Sweet and Sour (SR); Sunset Strip
(SR) 225
Avon Park North Horry & Tonto (20th-Fox),
1 2th wk 50
Burnside, Cinema I The Godfather, Part II
(Para), 4th wk 375
Central Steppenwolf (SR), 3rd wk 60
Cinema City Amarcord iSR), 4th wk 100
Cinemo City II' The Savage Is Loose (Campbell-
Devon), 9th wk 90
Cinemo City III— King of Hearts (SR), 6th wk. ... 50
Five theatres The Trial of Billy Jock (WB),
9th wk 125
Four theatres Airport 1975 (Univ), 4th wk 250
Four theatres The Island at the Top of the
World (BV), 4th wk 175
Rivoli—The Minor's Wife (SR), 1001 Danish
Delights (SR), 3rd wk 150
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Showcase Cinema Earthquake (Univ), 4th wk, .275
Showcase Cinema The Towering inferno
II
(WB/20th-Fox), 4th wk 350
Showcase Cinema III Freebie and the Bean
(WB), 3rd wk 225
Showcase Cinema IV ^The Man With The Golden
Gun (UA), 4th wk 300
'Godfather, Part 11' Ahead
In New Haven With 350 Gross
NEW HAVEN—"The Godfather, Part
11" in a fourth week soared to 350 for a
strong lead here. "The Towering Inferno"
at 275 joined other disaster films for top
spots in the standings. "Airport 1975" was
250 and "Earthquake" 175. "The Man With
the Golden Gun" pulled in 200 for a fourth
week to tie with "Freebie and the Bean" in
a third week.
Bowl The Models (SR); The Runaways (SR) ...125
Cinemart, Miltord Cinema I The Island at the
Top of the World (BV), 4th wk ISO
College, Milford Cinema II— Freebie ond the
Bean (WB), 3rd wk 200
Crown Fulfillment (SR); Passion Seekers (SR) ...175
Lincoln The Seduction of Mimi (SR), 3rd wk, ... 1 30
Roger Sherman Abby (AlP), 3rd wk 150
Showcase Cinema I The Godfather, Part II
(Para), 4th wk 175
Showcase Cinema II Earthquake (Univ),
4th wk 175
Showcase Cinema III The Man With the
Golden Gun (UA), 4th wk 200
Show'cose Cinema IV Airport 1975 (Univ),
4th wk 250
Showcase Cinema V The Towering Inferno
(WB/20th-Fox), 4th wk 275
York Square Cinema Scenes From a Marriage
(SR), 4th wk 100
tion of "Amarcord" to New England theatres
March 1. The firm's phone is (617)
482-4098. Shipping room service will be
provided by Motion Picture Shipping &
Screening Co. here and New Haven Film
Service. New Haven, Conn.
CATO Meeting Planned
HARTFORD—A mid-winter meeting of
Connecticut Ass'n of Theatre Owners, the
regional affiliate of National Ass'n of Theatre
Owners, is being planned for February
at the Hawthorne Inn on the Berlin turnpike,
a mid-point between Hartford and
New Haven, the state's two largest cities.
Bernie Menschell, head of Menschell Bros.
Theatres, and CATO president, was to meet
with his executive committee to firm the
luncheon meeting date, Boxoffice learned.
'Most Beautiful Theatre' Promo
SPRINGFIELD—E. M. Loews Palace
Cinema is not a showplace to advertise in
modest motif. The cinema runs this line
above its logo: "The Most Beautiful Theatre
in Western Massachusetts!"
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BOSTON
T eo Ajamian, Walter Reade Theatres, is
convalescing after his recent illness.
He has been told by his physician to diet
off 20 pounds before taking a vacation to
Florida. Leo has passed the word that he
must forego industry luncheons for the
present and will listen only to after-dinner
speakers . . . Bert Topal, Eastern division
manager, was in from New York for discussions
with an old friend, branch manager
Joe Griffin, and he stopped to greet numerous
Filmrow personnel in the Park Square
Building lobby.
Nat Buckman, general manager of Drivein
Concessions at 90 Broadway, was host
at the second annual cocktail hour and
dinner for employees and supervisors. The
event Friday (10) took place at the 57
restaurant with lots of fun and laughter.
Leo Incerpi, district supervisor, was named
"Man of the Year" and received a color TV
set. By unanimous acclaim, genial Fred
Falbusch was voted "Life of the Party."
Staffers from New England. New York
and Pennsylvania were present.
Tom O'Brien, branch manager at Columbia,
greeted exhibitors and bookers at the
Parker Square screening room Tuesday
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is
(14), for the release of "Emmanuelle," rated
X and starring Alain Cuny and Sylvia Cristel.
currently
showing a series of old Westerns celebrating
heroes of the past. Films include
"Stage Coach," "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,"
"My Darling Clementine" and "The
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Great Train Robbery." The series "The
Legendary West" is a project of the museum's
movie division.
"The Towering Inferno" press book here
features a bright red firefighter's hat as an
advertising gimmick for advance publicity.
Bob Cheren at 20th-Century-Fox has been
busy passing out samples to exhibitors and
managers who want the hats for excited
children and grandchildren.
Kathy White, secretary for the New England
Motion Picture Club, has forwarded
membership cards to 87 Tuesday (7). Expectations
are that there will be additional
members added at the Valentine luncheon
Friday, February 14. Co-chairmen Paul Peterson
and Dave Titleman say they have
some spectacular surprises for the "sweethearts"
of the district. The word is also out
that the St. Patrick's Day luncheon will be
a real "Erin Go Brah," with all the women
as
co-chairpersons.
According to the Boston critics, everyone
around town is talking about the hilarious,
if not describable, automobile scene in Fellini's
"Amarcord" at the Cheri Cinema. The
film has won the New York Film Critics'
awards for Best Picture and Best Director
of 1974.
Sack Theatres' Hope Miller lined up
sneak previews for Warner Bros, release
"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" at the
Music Hall Friday (17) and "The Yakusa"
Friday (24), in addition to the current "The
Man With the Golden Gun" ... A special
gala premiere is being prepared for "Funny
Lady" which opens March 9. Barbra Streisand
returns in an older version of Fanny
Brice.
"Murder on the Orient Express" opened
at the Sack 57 Cinema Friday (17) for what
appears to be a long run . . . "Stardust" bows
Friday (31) for an indefinite run and
"Earthquake" arrives in the city proper February
14 at the Gary. It has been playing
for three months in suburban Framingham
and rocking the area with high grosses.
Pete Fleisher, well known on Filmrow
here, has been named manager of 20th
Century-Fox's New York office. He started
out at the Boston office, then moved to
Pittsburgh as branch manager and then on
to Detroit .
. . American International
Pictures manager Harvey Appell is
happily
spreading the word that his son Stephen has
passed all examinations for admission as a
Boston College student.
Dave Fedorchak, Littleton Cinemas as-
.
sistant operator, passed his test for a license
with flying colors last week at the State
House Fox and Irving Mendelsohn,
Wall Street boys of the Pikers Club,
were sitting on the top of the world this
week with the rise of the stock market.
They're just full of suggestions on the
economy.
Bob Cheren, branch manager of 20th
Century-Fox, greeted exhibitors at the
Parker Pre-Vue room Friday (10) during
the screening of "Sheila Levine Is Dead
and Living in New York." In the evening
there was a sneak preview of "Rafferty and
the Gold Dust Twins" at the Sack 57 Cinema,
shown before the screening of "Freebie
and the Bean." It was a capacity audience
and judging by the laughter, they thoroughly
enjoyed both hits . . . Jack Keegan,
Paramount district manager, passed the
word that Friday (10) was his 39th birthday.
Some of the boys took him over to the
57 Lounge for a cocktail hour and it turned
out to be quite a celebration.
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PROVIDENCE—The Shipyard Drive-In.
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seek a new location.
The property, owned by the Berry Hall
Corp.. has been sold for $750,000 to PM
Industries of Providence, headed by David
Friedman, with long-range plans calling for
an industrial development.
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drive-in operations.
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may be.
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depend as much on
the quality of the projection as on the picture itself.
Ensure the success of your theatre operation with
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HARTFORD
Tn a rare development for a
Hartford suburb,
the West Hartford Chamber of
Commerce has earmarked upwards of
$100,000 to bolster trade in the central business
district, which contains the first-run
Central (part of Esquire Theatres of America).
The move is directly tied to the recent
opening of the $100-million Westfarms
Mall, on the West Hartford/Farmington
town line, largest shopping mall in Connecticut.
The latter contains the Westfarms
Movies I-Il-III, operated by United Artists
and Taubman Theatres. Westfarms was
developed by Joseph Vetrano. Businesses
and property owners in West Hartford's central
business district are participating in the
new promotion campaign funding.
For a change-of-pace booking, the SBC
Cine Webb offered a "live" Sunday matinee
(1:30 and 3:30 performances), featuring
magician Richard Volcane. One free "live"
baby rabbit was given away at each show.
Admission was 99 cents for youngsters,
$1.50 for students and adults.
. . . Robin
Nick Langston, Northeastern-Canadian
field promotion man for UA, contacted the
area press ahead of "Lenny"
Rushon, daughter of Audrey Rushon of
SBC, performed in a recent show at the
Holyoke Veterans' Hospital . . . Palma-
Elliott's Rockville Theatres I-II-III offered
three adult films on a single program, and,
for good measure, charged 99 cents admission.
In the norm, most regional adult film
situations play double bills and the admission
is $2 plus. The three films were states
rights' "Love Therapy," "Apartment Dwellers"
and "Bewitched."
Richard Chamberlain, interviewed by the
Connecticut press as part of a national
promotion tour for "The Towering Inferno,"
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Century-Fo.\, was asked if so-called "disaster"
films filled a public need. "Yes," he
said, "especially if the audiences are depressed,
they seem to enjoy the despair of
others."
The power of positive thinking: John P.
Lowe, Western New England division manager,
Redstone Theatres, arrived at the circuit's
Showcase Cinemas IV, East Hartford,
on a recent Friday morning in bitterly cold
weather, and found upwards of 150 cars
parked adjacent to the complex for first
showings of "The Towering Inferno" (WB/
20th-Fox); "Earthquake" (Univ); "Freebie
and the Bean" (WB) and "The Man With
the Golden Gun" (UA). "If we can get
audiences out in this kind of weather,"
Lowe enthused to Boxoffice, "it proves
there's a mighty pleasant future ahead for
exhibition!"
NEW HAVEN
The John Aheam New Centre Cinema,
Wallingford, announced an "Inflation
Beating Admission—Only 99 Cents!" for a
double bill comprised of 20th Century-Fox'
"The Culpepper Cattle Co." (1972) and
"Concert for Bangladesh" (also 1972).
A Shirley Temple 20th-Fox 1937 film,
"Heidi," was shown at New Haven's Fair
Haven Library on a recent afternoon at
1:30. Admission was free.
Cinemas in suburban Hamden are benefiting
from a newly-launched "Shop Hamden!"
campaign backed by the local Chamber of
Commerce. The drive points up that "it
makes good sense for Hamdenites to shop
and buy with the business people who contribute
so much to the town." Franklin E.
Ferguson operates the Strand in Hamden.
A special showing of Warner Bros.'
"Freebie and the Bean" was sponsored by
Loews' College, WNHC-Radio and Herbert's
Warehouse Outlet, West Haven, on a
recent Saturday morning. Admission was
free.
MAINE
lyTaine exhibition interests reported that
other titles,
bo.xoffice responses for such current
product as "Airport 1975," "The Man With
The Golden Gun," "The Towering Inferno,"
and "The Godfather, Part II," among
have far exceeded "fondest expectations."
The Cinema, Bangor, and Cinema, Brewer,
ran free Christmas shows at 9 a.m., December
24, advertising the program, comprised
of a feature and cartoons, as "Our
Christmas Present to You!" TTie Brewer
showplace, incidentally, launched extensive
pre-opening advertising for the 1975 American
Film Theatre series, opening today.
Season tickets were sold for $20 (evenings)
and $12.50 (matinees), with senior citizen
and student matinee tab $10.
The Cinema, Bangor, also brought back
"Gone With the Wind," the 1939 release,
for an extended run. There was a $1 admission
price in effect for the MGM-UA release.
Two Cinemette Theatres situations^the
Cinema I, Old Town, and Cinema I, Ells-
. . . "Buck
worth—^double billed 20th Century-Fox reruns,
"The French Connection" (1971) and
"The Seven Ups" (1974), advertising, "Back
to Back . to Chase!"
Night" ($1 admission for all patrons for
all seats) is now in effect Mondays through
Thursdays, at Cinemas I-II, Old Town;
Mall. Orono: and Cinemas I-II, Ellsworth.
RI Bill Would Penalize
Ozoners Showing X-Films
PROVIDENCE—A bill proposed in the
Rhode Island Legislature by two senators
would provide fines and jail terms for owners
of drive-ins showing X-rated films that
can be viewed from public highways.
The bill, S-37, was sponsored by Sen.
Louis H. Pastore jr., D-Providence, and
Guido J. Canulla, D-Tiverton. It would
subject theatre owners to fines of up to
$500 and jail terms of up to one year.
"I think it is disgraceful," Pastore declared,
"that drive-in theatres with screens
which can be seen from the roadways are
permitted to show these pornographic films
in full view of passersby, many of whom
are children. I can see no reason why people
who just happen to be driving or walking
by such a theatre should be forced to
look at this type of filth."
He added that the showing of such films
in drive-ins constitutes a public safety hazard.
DiBona Faces Film Charge
PROVIDENCE—Anthony J.
DiBona has
been arrested by Providence police at his
Gemini Enterprises, Inc., offices, 1 Pomfret
St., on charges of possession of obscene
films. Bail Commissioner Vincent Kane released
DiBona on his own recognizance for
arraignment in District Court. Police said
several pornographic films and projectors
used in so-called "peep" shows were seized.
New Haven Firm to
Dissolve
NEW HAVEN—Poco Productions, Inc.,
filed a certificate-of-dissolution with the
Connecticut Secretary of State's office, with
creditors asked to submit claims on or
before May 15 to Winnick, Resnik, Skolnick
& Auerbach, 110 Whitney Ave., New
Haven 06510.
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PROMOTION A V\ A R D—Larry
Becker, left, winner of (he national
contest for promotion of "Westworld,"
and Mrs. Becker smile as they are
awarded a check by George Destounis,
right, president of Famous Players, at
a regional luncheon held in Edmonton,
Alta. Becker, who manages the Palace
Theatre in Calgary, also won an expense-paid
vacation (one week) at the
MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, the
latter furnished by Metro-Goldwyn-
Maycr.
Government Avoids Action
On Film Policy Proposals
TORONTO—Two key
recommendations
in a film policy approved in late 1973 by
State Secretary Hugh Faulkner's department
called for a quota on non-Canadian movies
shown in Canada and authority for the
Canadian Film Development Corp. to invest
in shorts and documentaries. The policies,
however, still languish on the drawing
boards and there is no indication when they
will be instituted.
Ottawa recently confirmed details of the
proposals which were revealed in the Montreal
daily Le Devoir (and previously not
reported by newspapers outside Quebec) and
also another of Le Devoir's findings, that
the CFDC's advisory body has been
scrapped after three years because its work
has been of no use, according to the Toronto
Star.
The advisory
body was composed of exhibitors,
distributors and one or two producers.
The policy recommends extra government
money for automatic subtitling of
all films made in Canada in both its official
languages, English and French; establishment
of a filmmakers' training program under
National Film Board auspices rather
than creation of a National Film School,
and special grants for film magazines.
The CFDC had requested an extra $5,-
000,000 a year to allow it to fund shorts
and documentaries that could be shown on
TV. Now, its regulations permit it only to
finance production of feature movies.
The policy would initiate better contact
between the CFDC and Canadian owners
of movie houses aimed at obtaining better
distribution for native features and would
insist that in all film budgets a separate
amount be set aside for their promotion.
(Continued on page K-2)
Comedy, Adventure, Disaster Films
Draw 'Excellent'
TORONTO—Six films ranging from disaster
themes to Italian comedy scored "excellent"
at the boxoffices here in holdover
stanzas. The films were "Amarcord," "The
Little Prince," "The Towering Infcrn.\"
"The Godfather, Part IL" "The Man W th
the Golden Gun," and "The Island at the
Top of the World." A third week of "Emmanuclle"
was "very good" as well as
"Young Frankenstein" in a third week.
"Lenny" and "The Front Page" both scored
"very good" in a third outing.
Capitol Fine Arts Amarcord (IFD), 2nd wk. Excellent
Coronet Dr. Feelgood's Sex Clinic (Donton);
School of Erotic Enjoyment (Danton),
3rd wk Foirly Good
Eglinton The Little Prince (Para), 2nd wk. Excellent
Fairlawn Earthquake iUniv), 8th wk Very Good
Five theatres The Godfother, Port II (Para),
3rd wk Excellent
Hyland The 1 Front Page (Univ), 3rd wk. Excellent
Hylond 2 Young Frankenstein (BVFD),
3rd wk . Very Good
International Cinema Phantom de la Liberte
(BVFD), 2nd wk Good
Six theotres The Towering Inferno (WB/BVFD),
3rd wk Very Good
Three theatres The Mon With the Golden Gun
(UA), 2nd wk Excellent
Towne Cinema Freebie and the Bean (WB),
2nd wk Good
Uptown ^Phontom of the Porodise (BVPD),
3rd wk Good
Yonge The Green Klornet (AFD), 2nd wk Fair
York I Lenny (UA), 3rd wk Very Good
York 2 Emmanuelle (Col), 3rd wk Very Good
Yorkdale ^The Island ot the Top of the World
(BV), 2nd wk Excellent
Five Films Debut in "Excellent'
Category at Calgary Houses
C.\LGARY—Almost all films scored
"excellent" in runs here, with many films
held over for a second week. Opening with
the high mark were "The Savage Is Loose,"
"The Towering Inferno," "Freebie and the
Bean," "Don't Lie There, Say Something,"
and "Phantom of the Paradise." "Op;n
Season" and "The Little Prince" were "very
good" in their debuts. An eleventh week of
".Airport 1975" maintained an "excellent"
standing.
Brentwood Where the Red Fern Grows
(Doty-Dayton), 2nd wk Excellent
Calgary Place The 1
Little Prince (Para) .Very Good
Calgary Place 2 Airport 1975 (Univ),
nth wk Excellent
Chinook The Island ot the Top of the World
(BV), 2nd wk Excellent
Grond 1 The Mon With the Golden Gun (UA),
2nd wk
Excellent
North Hill The Savage Is Loose (Astral) ..Excellent
Odeon Earthquake (Univ), 2nd wk Excellent
Peace The Godfother, Part II (Para),
2nd wk Excellent
Palliser Square I The Towering Inferno
(WB/BVFD)
Excellent
Palliser Square 2 Freebie and the Bean
(WB)
Excellent
Towne Blue Don't Lie There, Soy Something
(Astral)
Excellent
Towne Red Where the Red Fern Grows
(Doty-Dayton), 2nd wk Excellent
Uptown 1 Phantom of the Porodise
(BVFD)
Excellent
Uptown 2 ^Emmanuelle (Astral), 2nd wk. ..Excellent
Westbrook 1 Open Season (Astral) Very Good
Westbrook 3 Where the Red Fern Grows
(Doty-Doyton), 2nd wk Excellent
'Godfather, Part II' Leading
'Excellent' Ranks in Vancouver
V.ANCOUVER—In a week of holdovers,
all pictures playing rated "excellent." with
"The Godfather, Part 11" maintaining a
lead in its third week at the Orpheum. Films
ranging from "Emmanuelle" to "The Front
Page" to children's fare such as "The Island
at the Top of the World" garnered the high
mark at the boxoffices.
Toronto Grosses
Bay— The Front Page (Univ), 2nd wk Excellent
Coronet Phantom of the Porodise (BVFD),
3rd wk Excellent
Denman Place The Rolling Stones (Astral),
2nd wk Excellent
Downtowr* ^Freebie and the Bean (WB),
2nd wk Excellent
Dunbar The Seduction of Mimi (PR),
3rd wk Excellent
Fine Art^ The Sovoge Is Loose (WB),
2nd wk Excellent
Odeon Emmonuelle (Col), 3rd wk Excellent
Orpheum The Godfother, Part II (Para),
3rd wk
Excellent
Pork— Earthquake (Univ), 8th wk Excellent
Park Royal The Island at the Top of the World
(BV), 3rd wk Excellent
Ridge The Little .Excellent
Prince (Poro), 2nd wk. . .
Stanley The Towering Inferno (WB/BVFO),
3rd wk Excellent
Varsity Amarcord (PR), 3rd wk Excellent
Seven Films in Winnipeg
Rate 'Excellent' in Gross
WINNIPEG—Business was down at two
features, but the rest of the screens were
strong in the after-holiday week. There
were seven excellent ratings from "The Man
With the Golden Gun" to "Phantom of the
Paradise" to "The Towering Inferno."
Capitol The Man With the Golden Gun (UA),
3rd wk Excellent
Eve Erotio Dreoms (C-P); The Voluptuory (C-P),
2nd wk Good
Garden City Earthquake (Univ), 3rd wk.
Garrick The Front Poge (Univ), 3rd wk
. . .Excellent
Good
Garrick II— Phantom of the Paradise (BVFD),
2nd wk Excellent
Grant Park The Savage Is Loose (Astral),
2nd wk
Average
Kings The Odessa File (Col), 2nd wk Excellent
Metropolitan The Godfother, Part II (Poro),
2nd wk Good
NorthStor The Island ot the Top of the World
(BV), 3rd wk Good
NorthStar The Little Prince (Para), 2nd wk. .Good
Odeon
II
The Towering Inferno (WB/BVFD),
2nd wk Excellent
Polo Park -Freebie and the Beon (WB),
2nd wk Excellent
Eight Films Debut in Edmonton;
4 'Very Good,' 4 'Excellent'
debuted here
EDMONTON—Four films
with "excellent" grosses reported at the
boxoffice. The films were "The Towering
Inferno," "Freebie and the Bean," "Don't
Lie There, Say Something" and "The Night
Porter." Also opening in the "very good"
category were "Phantom of the Paradise."
"Open Season," "The Savage Is Loose"
and "The Little Prince." Seven films maintained
an "excellent" score in holdover engagements.
Avenue Eorthquoke (Univ), 2nd wk Excellent
Garneau The Little Prince (Para) Very Good
Jasper Red, Klondike Where the Red Fern Grows
(Doty-Dayton), 2nd wk Excellent
Londonderry A— The Island at the Top of the
World (BV), 2nd wk Excellent
Londonderry B Airport 197S (Univ),
nth wk Excellent
Meadowlark The Savage Is Loose
(Astral) Very Good
Odeon 1 Emmonuelle (Astral), 2nd wk. ...Excellent
Odeon 2 The Night Porter (Astral)
Excellent
Paramount ^The Godfather, Part II (Para),
2nd wk Excellent
Plaza 1 Open Season (Astral)
Very Good
Rjalto The Man With the Golden Gun (UA),
1
2nd wk Excellent
Riolto 2 Flesh Gordon (Donton), 2nd wk. .Very Good
Towne Cinema Don't Lie There, Soy Something
(Astral)
Excellent
Vorscona Phantom of the Porodise
(BVFD)
Very Good
Westmount A The Towering Inferno
(WB/BVFD)
Excellent
Westmount B Freebie and the Bean (WB) Excellent
Adult Films Premiere in Montreal
MONTREAL—The Eros Cinema, 59 St.
Catherine East, hosted the Canadian premiere
of two adult film releases. "Sex and
the Single Lemon" and "Drop-Out Wife."
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CALGARY
The October Crisis of 1970" was shown in
the Edmonton Public Library Wednesday
(8). One of the most important film
documentaries ever released in this country,
"The October Crisis of 1970" is made up of
newsreel clips and TV interviews. It examines
the background of the crisis caused
by labor unrest in Quebec from the "40s to
October 1970. Also included in this film is
the murder of Pierre Laporte and changes
in the War Measures Act. The general public
was invited to view this picture at no
admission
charge.
"Earthquake" has shattered house records
in its opening week in both the Odeon
Theatre here and the Avenue Theatre in
Edmonton, according to Albert Genaske,
Universal Films branch manager. From all
reports, this blockbuster is settling in for
extended runs in both situations . . The
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Medicine Hat News is running its annual
News Birthday Club drive for members. The
club is open to residents six to ten years of
age. Upon application, each youngster receives
a membership badge and card; a free
pass to the Towne Theatre for a Saturday
matinee on his or her birthday and an invitation
to a special Christmas theatre party.
The Roxy Theatre in Edmonton has begun
a film festival presentation known as
"Critic's Choice." The initial offering Sunday
afternoon (5) was "The Effect of Gamma
Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds."
Half of Red Deer's first twin theatre
opened Saturday (4) to enthusiastic acclaim
by moviegoers. Christening the Paramount
Two was the Universal feature "Airport
1975," which has been playing to full
houses every night. Opening date for Paramount
One originally was set for Friday
(10) but was postponed due to delays in
drywall installation and painting. Booked
to open the second auditorium is "The
Tamarind Seed."
The Edmonton Fibn Society showed a
Polish film in its "International Series," a
picture titled "Hunting Flies." This picture
was directed by Andrezej Wadja and it was
shown in the Student Union Building on
the University of Alberta campus. Season
tickets were available at the door and admission
was by membership only . . . New
tenants have been noted in the Film Exchange
Building—or perhaps they are oldtimers
who have moved upstairs. Their business
obviously is lucrative, as all wear fur
coats. This is only natural because they are,
after all, mice! . . . The Christmas-New
Year's holiday week was a record-breaker in
this city and in Edmonton. House marks fell
as a record gross of over $500,000 was
reported by the two Alberta cities.
New Year's, at least here, was a comparatively
quite affair, with house parties
being the most popular form of celebration.
It may have been the combined effects of
higher prices, depression talk, check stops
by the police or a midweek holiday—but
whatever the reason, it certainly was more
sedate than most holidays. Some of the
most inveterate revelers were known to have
stayed sober long enough to sing "Auld
Lang Syne."
Tom Fowler, exhibitor from Edson, was
an exchange visitor Monday (6) doing some
buying and booking for his cinemas. Tom
just recently has reassumed these duties for
his houses and Filmrow can look forward to
seeing him from time to
time.
Miss Lisa Jayne Reimer's picture (along
with her mother) appeared on the front page
of the Medicine Hat News Thursday (2).
Lisa, daughter—and first born—of Mr. and
Mrs. Dales Reimer, was Medicine Hat's New
Year's baby! The charming miss, whose
father is manager of Famous Players' Monarch
Theatre, weighed in at eight pounds,
13 ounces. Local merchants and businessmen
presented a variety of gifts to the lucky
baby and her proud parents. Included in the
list: baby furniture, stroller, free dinners,
baby food, credit notes, cash, savings account,
flowers, clothes and (you've heard
of coals to Newcastle?) two double guest
tickets to the Monarch Theatre! Congratulations
and best wishes to Dale, Laura and
Lisa from everyone in the industry.
VANCOUVER
Two visitors arrived
on Filmrow from the
frigid East only to run into this city's
first real touch of winter. In spite of this,
Cy Davies, International Film Distributors,
Calgary, and Gordon Guiry, Saguenay, Toronto,
said that the weather here was a
"distinct improvement." Odeon thought so,
too. and opened the Westminster Drive-In
for the 1975 season Friday (10) under a
slightly frosty but clear sky.
Ellen Sawchuk of Buena Vista came back
from a Yuletide holiday that was highlighted
by many alohas and mahalas, as well as
frangipani blossoms instead of mistletoe.
She had been luxuriating, of course, in
sunny Honolulu . . . Retired United Artists
manager Harry Wollfe bundled up his family
and took off for an extended holiday
in the Sandwich Islands . . . Warner Bros.'
Roly Rickard reports that the opening week
of "Freebie and the Bean" in the Downtown
set a new house record but that, in all
honesty, he also must report that Universal's
"Earthquake" topped the previous house
record in the Park in its eighth week,
Columbia's matinee package, which included
"The Man Called Flintstone" and
"Hey There, It's Yogi Bear," played a fourhouse
multiple—Eraser, Dunbar, Totem
and Clova. Saturday (11) Prima had "Pippi
in the South Seas" in a ten-theatre multiple
which included the above situations, plus
Odeon 1, Victoria; Odeon, Duncan; Haida,
Vancouver; Fiesta, Nanaimo; Paramount,
Port Alberni, and Odeon, New Westminster.
Services for Roy McLeod,
Show Business Veteran
VANCOUVER—Funeral services were
held Friday (10) for Roy McLeod, retired
veteran theatreman. He was 82.
McLeod began his show business career
at the Avenue Theatre, located at Main and
Georgia, where he came to know touring
vaudevillians and theatrical companies.
From there he returned to Winnipeg, his
hometown, where he worked in the boxoffice
of the Orpheum Theatre. It was in this
position that he first saw and met Fred
Astaire and his dancing sister Adele.
After a show business stint in Calgary,
McLeod returned to Vancouver, where he
worked at the Empress, located at Hastings
and Gore. He later was employed at the old
Orpheimi and, as well, managed the present
Orpheum. He then moved to the Beacon
Theatre on Hastings Street as manager,
with vaudeville and live stageshows presented
five times a day, a post he held for 12
years. Sarah Bernhardt, the Marx brothers,
Jack Benny and others were on McLeod's
payroll and his biggest week of business
was when Texas Guinan played the Beacon,
then was taken ill and died in this city.
McLeod was still at the Beacon when
Odeon Theatres took it over in 1941. In
1947, he moved to the Vogue and three
years later introduced stageshows to the
renovated Beacon, then called the Odeon
Hastings. In 1955 he became manager of
the Plaza and was there until 1963, when
it became the Odeon.
McLeod moved to the Hyland and finally
the Dunbar Theatre, from which he retired
in 1968.
He is survived by one son. Bud, Vancouver,
and a daughter, Tish, at one time a
popular dancer here and now Mrs. Kenneth
Murton of London, England, and three
grandchildren.
Government Avoids Action
On Film Policy Proposals
(Continued from page K-1)
Under the policy's terms, there would be
grants to distributors of noncommercial
films, abolition of steep postal rates for
films and a joint provincial-federal plan to
encourage and finance Canadian film festivals.
Faulkner's department, the CFDC and
the department of industry, trade and commerce
would be responsible for inviting the
world's major producers to these festivals
to view Canadian films. No financial figure
was attached to the recommendations.
NFB Contracting More Films
MONTREAL—The National Film Board
of Canada announced late last month that
it had increased its support of private film
industry by contracting out a larger percentage
of money received from government
departments for the production of
films. In the 1973-74 fiscal year, the NFB
assigned 50 per cent of such funds to the
private industry, compared with 10 per cent
three years ago.
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Hong Kong Film Giant's Success
Leads to Debut of Theatre in B.C.
Raymond Chow's
wife been the jealous type, he'd probably
still be in the newspaper business, the world
might never have heard of Bruce Lee and
certainly Vancouver wouldn't have a new
Chinese movie theatre, the Sun's Les Wedman
commented in a recent column.
Wedman's article, headlined "Meet Mr.
VANCOUVER—Had
Chow," follows (in part):
Chow, head of Golden Harvest Films,
second biggest moviemaker in Hong Kong,
recalled the start of his career while here
looking over his 750-seat Main Street movie
He had
house which opened November 30.
graduated from a university as a journalist
and because he liked movies so much he
joined Run Run Shaw's film organization
as advertising and publicity manager with
no experience whatsoever. That was in 1958
and Chow had been married about a year.
One day Run Run Shaw screened some
of his movies and Chow sat in the screening
room long after everyone else had left "not
knowing what to do."
"I couldn't imagine any movies worse
than what I'd just seen. I couldn't sell those
pictures. I can't sell something I don't believe
in 100 per cent," Chow recalled.
When he told this to Shaw—then and
now No. 1 film tycoon in the Far East—he
was asked whether he'd like to try his hand
at producing films.
Chow
"I'd never even read a film script,"
remembers. "I said it couldn't be worse, so
I'd give it a try."
First he consulted with his wife, reminded
her that film producers are reputed to
have close associations with pretty movie
stars and said if she objected he wouldn't
become a producer. She had no objections
then and has none now that he has left Run
Run Shaw to head a rival organization that
absorbed Cathay Films—another large filmmaking
company in Hong Kong—and
makes 12 to 15 features a year and distributes
hundreds throughout the world.
Chow describes his Golden Harvest operation
as "the stimulant for Shaw's continuous
success." Differences over film production
caused their split after 11 Vi years of
working together "as close as any men
could be."
"Then came a lot of crises," Chow said,
attributing them to Shaw's feeling that the
film industry was coming to an end, while
Chow held opposite views. "I
felt we should
expand. The fewer American and Japanese
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pictures being made, the bigger vacancy
there was for us to fill."
Movies are still the best and cheapest
form of entertainment virtually everyone in
Asia can afford, according to Chow, who
quotes 30,000,000 as the potential Chinese
audience for Chinese movies. Because he
understands there are at least 60,000 Chinese
in Vancouver, he gave the go-ahead
for Golden Harvest's first theatre in North
America and put Albert Wong, his North
American representative, in charge of construction.
The $600,000 Golden Harvest Theatre,
Chow expects, will be the first of many over
here. Toronto, San Francisco, I-os Angeles
and New York are next—cities, incidentally,
where Run Run Shaw already is operating.
It was Raymond Chow who brought
Bruce Lee out of obscurity and made him
. . .
the superstar of the kung fu movies until
his death Run Run Shaw had turned
Lee down before Chow signed him.
In no time Chow was paying Bruce Lee
$500,000 per picture, while Run Run Shaw
made overtures to woo him away. Every
time Shaw agreed to Lee's price, the actor
would up the ante again. Finally he was
demanding $1 million (U.S.) and Shaw was
ready to pay that. But Chow formed a partnership
with Lee and, he said, "no amount
of money in salary can equal 50 per cent
of the profits."
Chow is a believer in action pictures.
"That's what the public likes. Talk slows
down a picture. Action speaks louder than
words." He opened his Golden Harvest Theatre
here with "Back Alley Princess," starring
Shang-Kuan Ling Feng, his newest action
heroine.
Stanley Hanson Named AA
Of Canada General Mgr.
NEW YORK—Stanley Hanson has been
promoted to general manager of Allied
Artists of Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Allied Artists Pictures Corp., it
was announced by Jerry Gruenberg, vicepresident-general
sales of Allied Artists.
Hanson, a 25-year veteran of the motion
picture industry, had served as branch manager
of Allied Artists of Canada since its
formation in November 1973. Prior to joining
Allied Artists, he worked in Toronto as
salesman for MGM and previously as salesman
for National General Pictures.
Hanson and his wife Jessie reside in
Toronto. They are the parents of two sons,
both married.
OTTAWA
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attractions have been held over at Famous
Players theatres. The Little Elgin
and Main Elgin theatres are offering Crawley
Films' "Janis" (billed here as "Janis—
Film") and Roger Moore as James Bond
007 in United Artists' "The Man With the
Golden Gun" . . . The Rideau is packing
in the patrons with kung fu favorite Bruce
Lee in "Return of the Dragon, while
"Earthquake," in Sensurround, is on the
The Place de
screen at the Nelson . . .
Ville cinemas are presenting "Freebie and
the Bean" and the Disney double feature,
"The Island at the Top of the World" and
"Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too." The
Capitol Square triplex is unspooling "The
Godfather, Part 11" in Cinema I and Cinema
II, with "The Little Prince" in Cinema
III.
Odeon Theatres' attractions keep on rolling
with no end in sight. Since Christmas,
"Airport 1975" has been crocking 'em at
the St. Laurent II, while Jack Lemmon and
Waher Matthau keep moviegoers in stitches
in "The Front Page" in St. Laurent I. "The
Towering Inferno" continues to warm up
the Somerset—and the same could be said
for "Emmanuelle" at the Elmdale.
In spite of the recent spring-like weather,
with temperatures in the mid-40s, drive-ins
are still operating on a winter policy . . .
The Mayfair Theatre is presenting the
double feature "Chinatown" and "Paul and
Michelle." The Rialto has "gone to the
devil," offering a triple horror bill composed
of "The Devil's Wedding Night,"
"Cut-Throats" and "Black Belt."
The independent Towne Cinema continues
its festival of classics with "The
Devils" and "Swan Lake," at specially reduced
rates.
In Hull, the other half of Canada's capital,
the Pussy Cat Theatre is featuring
"Mrs. Barrington, the Self-Made Widow."
The Cinema Cartier has the sizzling double
bill of "Astrologie Sexuelle" and "Le Tango
des Matelas," playing in its second week.
One element which this city boasts as a
welcome addition for theatre business is a
TV show known as "Review," which takes
a critical look at entertainment in the city.
Not limited to theatres alone, the show gives
the general public a consumer's look at an
evening on the town. The result is a very
thoroughly informed public which attends
theatres determined to get that for which it
pays. Many comments have been passed
that the movie industry locally is far superior
to that in many other cities simply
because an effort (such as "Review") is
made to inform the public.
TORONTO
The new College Cinema opened with a
festival of films by Charlie Chaplin,
Katharine Hepburn and the Marx brothers.
"We're not going to specialize in any kind
of film," stated Reg Hartt, manager of the
theatre. "There'll be something for everyone,
we hope."
Budge Crawley was interviewed at length
by Betty Kennedy, on her CFRB Radio
show, concerning his difficulties in producing
the film "Janis."
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Elis.ibeth Volk-man
©Vampyres (86) Sex. Ho D .Jan 75
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CAMELOT ENTERTAINMENT
©Catch the Black Sunshine
CANNON
©The Young Playmates
(82)
©The No Mercy Man
Sex C. Sent 74
(91) Ae..0ct74
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©Blood on the Sun ...Ac. Apr 74
©Swinging Cheerleaders. The
(94) C. May 74
©The Girls Who Do. Sex C. Aug 74
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CENTRO DISTRIBUTING
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CINEMA NATIONAL CORP.
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(95) Sus..June 74
Lyle Waggoner, Mary Wlkox
Child Under a Leaf
(93) D..No»74
M.van Cannon
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(89) C. Nov 74
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DRAGON AIRE LTD.
©Ladies and Gentlemen. The
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STUART DUNCAN
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©Captive Female (93) D. .
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3Throw Out the Anchor
(S5) C. Sept 74
ENTERTAINMENT PYRAMID
©Plaything of the Devil
(90) Sex-Ho. .July74
FILM-MAKERS INT'L
©Love Comes Quietly June 74
3You and Me (96) June 74
©A Country Mile Nov 74
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©When Women Lost Their Tails
(95) C. May 74
©Legend of Blood Castle
(85) Ho. May 74
.©Rico (88) Cr.. July 74
Christopher Mltchum, Barbara
Botichet
©Father Jackleg (97) C. Aug 74
Jnok Palance
©Go For Broke (93) ..CW.. Sept 74
Mark Pamon. John Ireland
©Rebel (84) Ac Oct 74
Mnrk Damon
GENERAL FILM CORP.
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©The Centerfold Girls
(92) Sus. Aug 74
Andrew Prlne. Tiffany Boiling
©The Bunny Caper (90) C 74
Christina Hart. Jane Anthony
©The Zebra Killer (90) D. Aug 74
Austin Stoker
©Cactus In the Snow
(90) D. Sept 74
©Showgirl D . . Oct 74
©Friday Foster D.. Dec 74
©A Woman For All Men
(93) Sus.. Jan 75
Keenan Wynn
©Linda Lovelace
(or President C. Feb 75
Linda l^velace
©Ruck Town
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©Ground Zero (90) . . Ac-D. .Feb 74
MeMn Belli. Ron Casteel
STEPHEN GIBSON
©Black Lolita
GOLDSTONE ENTERPRISES
©The Godmothers (80) Jan 74
Mickey Rooney. Frank Fontaine
JERRY GREEN PICTURES
©In the Beginning (84) C. Apr 74
HARNELL INDEPENDENT
PRODUCTIONS
^Runawiy GMl
(94) Sex C. Feb 74
©Ride in a Pink Car
(83) Ac..June74
(Tlenn Corbett. Morgan Woodward
HEAD FILMS
©Pot! Parents! Police!
(89) D. Aug 74
Phil Pine, MadelsT) Keen
©X Rated Super Market
(58) Doc Aug 74
. . ©In Love Again (80) 74
Chuck Roy, Tommy Klrl
©Last Cucaracha in Tijuana
(90) Ho. Dec 74
Ray Molina. Forrest Duke
HEMISPHERE PICTURES
©In the Devil's Garden
(..) Ho..Mar74
©Campus Swingers Apr 74
©Young Seducers Apr 74
©Hay Country Swingers . ..July74
©Campus Pussycats Aug 74
©Bad Companions Sept 74
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©Big Zapper (93) Apr 74
©The Grrove Tube (75) .
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©Super Spook (103) Sept 74
LIMA PRODUCTIONS
©Incest! (97) Sex D. Mar 75
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HOWARD MAHLER
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MANSON DISTRIBUTING
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MONARCH RELEASING
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NEW YORKER FILMS
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©Savage Riders (90) .
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©Death Wheelers (89) Ad.. June 74
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©The Devil'b Triangle Jan 75
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©Dead Man July 75
©The Prometheus Crisis
©Dirty School Girls
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©The Sister-in-Law ...D.. Apr 75
©Trip With the Teacher D .
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©Lulu the Tool Mar 75
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©Shadow Man Apr 75
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©Empress of the Blues
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©The Wicker Man
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GALILEO PG "'^^'"^ °"""
American Film Theatre 145 Minutes Rel. Jan. '75
Second season of the American Mlm Theatre's limited
run subscription series is off to an uncertain start, what
with the company's suit against six of the majors. Only
five new offerings will be presented, including the Joseph
Losey film of Berlolt Brecht's 'Galileo. " The Barbara
Bray-Losey screenplay, based on Charles Laughton's
English version of the 1943 Swiss play, concerns the
middle and late years of the 17th Centuiy mathematician
and astronomer who defied accepted beliefs with his
scientific findings. Israeli star Topol heads an all-British
cast and dominates the production with an authoritative
presence. In one impressive scene the disciples wait for
Galileo's judgment and the use of three youthful singers
to bridge the historical gaps. The script presents a visualization
of the old theory that a little learning is a
dangerous thing, veering into comedy on occasion. Out of
keeping with the rest of the film and, ironically, the best
scene occurs at the beginning of the second half when
Clive Revill and Georgia Brown perform a bawdy ballad
which advocates doing as one pleases. The off-color atmosphere
here accounts for the PG. Produced by Ely
Landau at EMI Studios, London, the Panavision-Eastman
Color release is acceptable.
Topol. Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton,
Georgia Brown, Patrick Magee, Michael Lonsdale.
PAPERBACK HERO
Drama
® ©
Rel. Jan. '75
Rumson Film Distributors 87 Minutes
Hockey and the myth of the star athlete as superhero
are featm'ed in a Canadian-made release from Saul Shiffrin's
Rumson Fibns. Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley
provide the sole marquee bait, while title and theme have
some appeal. Director Peter Pearson, in his feature
debut after a long string of award winning shorts and
documentaries, takes advantage of the fresh locale—Delisle,
Saskatchewan (pop. 700 —and creates a realistic
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background to an unreal story. Les Rose and Barry
Pearson's screenplay is always on the verge of comedy
and Dullea has an unbelievable role as the stud who acts
like a gunfighter of the Old West. A shower scene in
which Dullea and Asliley bare almost everything, a fewnice
touches and the scenery make the film worth seeing
for those seeking something a bit out of the ordinary.
American actor John Beck, sporting a real scar from an
accident on the ice, and Canadian Dayle Haddon are
effective, with Franz Russell most impressive in support.
The Agincourt International presentation, produced by
James Margellos and John P. Bassett, lost six minutes
from its 1973 release in Canada, where the film has been
regarded as something of a classic study. Panavision and
Eastman Color (originally color by Belle vue-Pathe).
Keir Dullea, Elizabeth Ashley, John Beck, Dayle Haddon,
Franz Russell, George R. Robertson, Linda Sorenson.
THE CAT (Le Chat)
Drama in Frencti
©
Joseph Green Pictures 85 Minutes Rel. Jan. '75
Two of France's greatest stars combine their talents in
a character study which paints a bleak pictm'e of middle
aged married life. Jean Gabin and Simone Signoret are
the only reasons for the importation of this 1971 French-
Italian co-production, but seeing them upstaging each
other will attract large numbers of patrons. Based on a
Georges Simenon story with psychological overtones, the
Pierre Granier-Deferre and Pascal Jardin screenplay
shows signs of padding. The stars and the deft touches
of dii'ector Granier-Deferre, however, overcome the slow
pace. The paunchy Gabin is a joy to watch even when
he isn't doing anything and cuts quite a comic figure
with no effort. Signoret has the more dramatic role, a
crippled ex-aerialist who can't understand why her husband
no longer loves her. The cat of the title has little to
do, yet manages to steal an important scene from Mile.
Signoret with a look of defiance. A Lira Pilms/Cinetel/Gafer/Comacico
(Paris) and Unitas film (Rome)
co-production in Eastman Color, 'Cat' is available in
English dubbed and French language-English titled versions.
Produced by Raymond Danon, the film has two
touches of nudity which might affect its rating.
Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annje Cordy, Harry Max, ft cr
Jacques Rispal, Nicole Desailly, Andre Rouyer.
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MOONRUISISERS ^^ Aclion^Comed,
United Artists (7416) 102 Minutes Rel. Apr. '75
A brawling, ethnic slice of rural America is depicted
m this action-comedy about a couple of modern-day
bootleggers operating in the Carolinas. Robert B. Clark
produced and Guy Waldron directed. James Mitchum,
son of Robert Mitchum, and Kiel Martin co-star as two
young daredevilish drivers in charge of transporting
liquor. Cutthioat competition between the patriarch of
the family (Arthm- Hunnicuti and George Ellis is the
result of syndicate pressure on Ellis to take over Hunnicut's
business. A lot of scheming and car chasing are
carried out in a gamely spirit of fun as the youths try
to save Hunnicut's business. The film is about "men of
action." The women have little to do except to look sexy,
but most of the time appear passive. The film will be of
interest to many fans who are spectators of stock car
racing. Former moonshine drivers were hired as actual
stunt di-ivers in the film. One of the exciting climactic
scenes is the blowing up of a cotton gin used as a warehouse
for illegal liquor. Foot-stomping music by Waylon
Jennings is enjoyable. In Color.
James Mitchum, Kiel Martin, Arthur Hunnicut, Chris
Forbes, George ElUs, Pete Munro, Joan Blackman.
MARCO POLO JR.
Solo Cup Co.
85 Minutes
=^ Animated
i ©
Rel. March '75
Recommended for both youngsters and adults by Parents
Magazine, this full-length animated feature is a
delightful story that traces the steps of the 49th descendant
of the original Marco Polo in the fabled city of
Xanadu. It offers a combination of cartoon characters,
laughter, music and adventure. Pop singer Bobby Rydell
provides the voice of Marco Polo. Arnold Stang is the
voice of the delicate dinosam', a loveable character, who
has fallen arches, skinned knees, and ingrown toenails.
Excellent animation was handled by Sheldon Moldoff,
creator of "Batman and Robin," "Com-ageous Cat,"
"Minute Mouse," "Captain Midnight" and "Superman."
It was produced and directed by Eric Porter. In this
decade of few G-rated films, and fewer animated features,
this is the type of product to promote strongly.
The film should please most general audiences as it is
artistically animated and the songs are pleasant to the
ear. It is a worthy debut for the Solo Cup Co. into the
feature distribution field. Filmed In color.
Voices of Bobby Rydell, Arnold Stang, Corie Sims,
Kevin Golsby, Larry Best.
IP POMPEU
Anglo-EMI
90 Minutes
u
Comedy
©
Rel. Nov. '74
Looking very much like a British film in the famous
"Carry On" series, this is a take-off on early Pompeii
in 79 A.D. Ribald humor is the order of the day. Sexual
double-entendres aboimd throughout. The film was made
in 1971, and by today's standards, many of the jokes
are old or juvenile. Nevertheless, an illustrious British
cast works very hard with a clumsy script. Prankie
Howerd makes numerous asides to the audience. Patrick
Cargill is good as the bored Emperor Nero. Michael Hordern
is a familiar face, as he has been in many distinguished
productions like "Cleopatra," "El Cid," "Taming
of the Shrew" and "Anne of a Thousand Days." Julie
Ege plays a character named Voluptua. Bob Kellett directed
the film. Ned Sherrin produced. The screenplay
is by Sid Colin, based on an idea by Talbot Rothwell
(writer of a similar British TV comedy series). This Nat
Cohen presentation has the look of a movie offspring of
a popular TV series. It was lensed in Technicolor. The
comedy is too thin to catch on with discriminating audiences.
Saturation bookings and rapid playoffs appear
to be the best marketing approach.
. DEi
dry Frankie Howerd, Patrick ' Cargill, Michael Hordem,
Barbara Murray, Lance Percival, Julie Ege.
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THE STORY: "Moonrunners" (UA)
Arthur Hunnicut is a down-home type, Bible-loving
old bootlegger who keeps two stills on his property in
rui'al South. Nephew James Mitchmn and his friend
Kiel Martin are employed to transport the uncle's liquor.
Difficulties arise when Hunnicut's old friend and bootlegging
competitor George Ellis falls under the power ^al
of the syndicate, which pressures Ellis to either buy out
Hunnicut's liquor supply or put him out of business.
Hunnicut refuses to be bought: his liquor is "one of a
kind" and he doesn't want it mixed with Ellis' brand. As
pressure on Ellis by the syndicate mounts, he tries desperately
to hijack Hunnicut's liquor, enlisting the help
of the sheriff, who is on Ellis' payroll. Tliis makes for
many lively car chases and schemes for retaliation by
Hunnicut. After one such chase through country backroads,
Hunnicut, having escaped from his pursuers, drops
dead of a heart attack. The nephew and friend then
proceed to burn down Ellis' place. The following morning
they offer to sell Hunnicut's liquor to Ellis, knowing that
now Hunnicut's kind of liquor cannot be mixed.
EXPLOITIPS:
Arrange for an old jalopy with youngsters riding in the
car. Use appropriate signs with such copy as "We are
on our way to see 'Moonrunners' at the Blairk Theatre."
CATCHLINES:
The Story of Southern Moonshiners, Their Fast Cars
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DRIVE-IN
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Best prices. Texas Theatre Supply, 915
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TOP PRICES PAID — for soundheads,
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EQUIPMENT FOR
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35mm PROIECTION BOOTHS FOR THE
ECONOMY MINDED EXHIBITOR. COM-
PLETE. $1,500.00, Boxolfice, 2840.
PHILUPS Arc lamp carbon savers. Ask
your theatre supply dealer.
CENTURY, rebuilt. CC heads, complete
booth, Boxoflice, 3345,
CENTURY "C" projector heads, $1495.00;
Super Simplex Projector heads, $695.00:
E7 Projector heads, $795.00; Send for free
catalog, thousands of items. CINEVISION,
206 14th St., N.W., Atlanta. Georgia 30318.
REBUILT, EXCELLENT condition, reasonable:
XL projector heads, SH 1000 soundheads.
Super Simplex projector, RC.^
9030 soundheads, RCA 1050 soundheads,
5 pt. bases, box bases. Peerless Magnarcs,
B&H 16mm jams. Available package or
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Boston (617) 426-1393, 524-7637.
ALTEC S-I5 3-channel magnetic sound
system, complete. Best offer. Boxoffice,
3352
HARRISON'S REPORTS 1930 to 1947 in
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condition; original subscription price,
$3060 00. Fenyvessy, 85 W. Main, Rochester,
N.Y. 14614.
ONE-TIME OPPORTUNITY! Limited
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complete with 1600 watt horizontal
lamp and power supply, pedestal and
new,
5000 ft. reel capacity. AH brand
latest model. Special price while they
last, $4,200.00 F.O.B. Clifton, N. ]. Regular
price, $6,790.00. Optional installation
extra. Bergen Expo Systems, 1088 Main
Avenue, Clifton, N.J. 07011. (201) 472-1154
or (212) 564-1195.
THEATRE EQUIPMENT and 500 seats. If
interested, write or call for details, Mrs.
Alva Falls (James Theatre), 9 Alta Vista,
Walton, Ky. 41094.
xenon lamp-
I6mm HORTSON projector,
house, power supply, transistorized sound
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HOLMES GP professional booth, I KW
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3-D REELS (20), aluminum, excellent.
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Call (916) 241-5125 after five.
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SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN, main street,
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OWNER LEAVING CODNTHY, MUST
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(Now reduced to $55.0001 Less than value
of building). Adult theatre building In
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conditioning, 700 seats. Midwest Theatres.
8816 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. Calif,
90069 ior information
700 SEATS. Newly remodeled. Top
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(314) 853-5318.
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TWO DRIVE-INS and 7-unit apartment
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or (605) 374-5714.
LAKE CITY, MINNESOTA Complete theatre
operation: building, land, fixtures,
on choice corner in town, 6000 area population.
Owner retiring; will sacrifice,
$32,500 00 (612) 345-3377.
TWIN SCREEN, INDOOR, fully automated,
must sell, other interests. 1 1/2 yr.
old. Located where Dallas and Garland,
Texas city limits meet. $65,000. Call Ward,
(214) 348-8534.
GREENWOOD, TRENTON, N.J. Predominantly
black area. 650 seats, ready to
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ideal location. Can be first run in
area lor all black features. Large parking
lot and manager's apartment included.
Frank Theatre Management (I^o., Box 33,
Pleasantville, N.J. 08232.
730 SEATS. Only theatre in town of 45,-
000. Philadelphia area, $85,000. Box 341,
Weslville, N. J. 08093.
ILLINOIS DRIVE-IN theatre on 10 acres
with 3 bedroom home. Price $60,000.00.
Will finance. C. B. Simmons, 24 McCol
Place, Salem, Ind. 47167 (812) 883-5690.
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Excellent indoor theatre in A-I condition.
30 miles from Cleveland. Telephone (202)
244-1500
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13211. (315) 454-9346.
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