Boxoffice-August.11.1975

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'Jaws' Turns in 585;
'Love & Death' 505
KANSAS CITY — -Jaws- unc up the
competition with 5S5 in a sixth week at
Midland I. "Love and Death" scored with
505 at two theatres in its debut. "Nashville"
rang out with a brassy 400 in its opening
at the Glcnwood 1 and "The Rjlurn of the
Pink Panther" pulled 390.
(Average Is 100)
Blue Ridge 4, Ronchrr -Love and Death
Cameo Revolt of the Dragon ;SR)
15 theatres Race With the Devil (20th-Fox)
Four theatres—The Wind and the Lion (UA),
5th wk
ladstone 1, Independence 3 Return to
Macon County ;AIP), 2nd wk
lenwood 1— Noshvillc ;Para)
lenwood 2 Jacqueline Susonn's Once Is
Not Enough (Para), 5th wk
eart, Metro 3 Cornbread, Earl and Me
2nd wk 165
School Teochers {SR) 150
Metcalf—Bite the Bullet (Col), 4th wk 125
Midlond 1—Jows (Univ), 6th wk 585
Park Cinema—And Now My Love (Emb) 75
Plaza The Fortune (Col), 5th wk 70
Six theatres The Apple Dumpling Gong
(BV), 3rd wk 385
13 theotres The Happy Hooker (SR) 250
Three theatres The Drowning Pool (WB),
5th wk 100
Three theatres The Return of the Pink Panther
(UA), 7th wk 390
Valley View 1 The Other Side of the Mountain
(Univ), 10th wk 340
Wotrs Mill 3—A Boy and His Dog (SR), 6th wk. 100
"Cooley High,' "Nashville' at 400;
'laws' Has 350 in Chicago Gth
CHICAGO—"Cooky High" at the Chicago
and "Nashville" at the Esquire tied
with 400 in holdover weeks. "Jaws" gripped
the city with 350 at two theatres in a sixth
week. "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
captured 275 in an eighth week at the Carnegie.
"Bucktown" bowed with a sassy 250
at the Roosevelt.
Carnegie Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(SR), 8th wk 275
Chicago Cooley High (AlP), 5th wk 400
Edens 2 The Wind and the Lion (UA), 5th wk. . .200
Esquire Nashville (Paro), 4th wk 400
Evonston, Starlite Russian Roulette (Emb) ....225
Four theotres Love and Death (UA) 245
Gateway, United Artists Jaws (Univ), 6th wk, . .350
Loop Love in 3-D (SR), 2nd wk 175
McClurg Court Rollerboll (UA), 5th wk. ... .225
Mercury, River Oaks 2 The Fortune (Col) .
Oriental, Portage Sisters SR)
River Oaks 3 The Drowning Pool (WB), 3rd v
Roosevelt Bucktown (AlP)
State Lake Cleopatra Jones and the Casino ol
Gold (WB), 4th wk
Will Rogers One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
(BV), 2nd wk
Wo^dficld Jacqueline Susonn's Once Is Not
Enough 'Pore:, 4th wk.
Illinois Attorney Acting
On Parents' Complaint
CHICAGO — A Chicago-area couple
registered a complaint with the state attorney's
office about nudity in a film allegedly
shown at the 53 Drive-In. located near
suburban Palatine. III. The parents said they
were accompanied by their elementary
school-age children when they drove past the
ozoner and claimed they could see nude persons
engaged in sexual acts on the screen.
As a result of the complaint. State Atty.
Bernard Cary sent an investigator to the
airer. He viewed the film "The Hardy Girls"
from outside the theatre and now Cary has
filed suit in circuit court seeking an injunction
to bar the underskycr from exhibiting
films "depicting performances which can hi;
interpreted as objectionable."
CHECK lOR ( Mil DRKN—The
children's churities of Variety represented
a high point at the Tent 26
"King for a Day" hincheon salute to
past chief barker Vic Bernstein, held
in Chicago. Current chief barker Jack
Greenberg. right, presents a $15,000
check for the Karyn Kupcinet Special
Care Center at Little Citj' Jo Sherni
Abrams, president of the board of affiliates
of Little City, faciUt> in Palatine,
III., for mentally retarded children.
The money was derived from the eighth
annual Varietj Club Celebrity Ball.
David Elliott Selects 14
Films for Columbia Class
CHICAGO—David Elliott,
former movie
critic of the Chicago Daily News, is teaching
a special film class at Columbia College during
the fall term, which begins the week of
September 29. Designating the course as
"Neglected Films: A Critical Choice," Elliott
has selected 14 motion pictures, all
chosen "as personal favorites and as neglected
milestones in the history of movies."
The complete listing of films in the order
in which they will be shown follows: "Love
Me Tonight" (1932), directed by Rouben
Mamouiian: "Fires Were Started" (1943),
directed by Humphrey Jennings; "Family
Portrait" (1951). directed by Humphrey
Jennings; "Monsieur Vincent" (1947), directed
by Maurice Cloche; "In a Lonely
Place" (1950). directed by Nicholas Ray;
•Intruder in the Dust" (1949), directed by
Clarence Brown; "A Man Escaped" (1956),
directed by Robert Bresson; "The Wages of
Fear" (1953), directed by Henri-George
Clouzer; "Princess Yang Kwei Fei" (1955),
directed by Kenji Mizoguchi; "The Ladykillers"
(1956). directed by Alexander Mac-
Kendrick; "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960).
directed by .'Vkira Kurosawa; "The Music
Room" (1959), directed by Satyajit Ray;
"The Trial" (1962), directed by Orson
Welles, and "Memories of Underdevelopment"
(1968), directed bv Tomas Gutierrez
Alea,
Weekly classes will be held from 2 to 5
p.m. on Fridays beginning October 3.
Persons interested in registration and fee
information should contact the admissions
office either by writing Columbia College.
.540 North Lake Shore Dr., Chicago 60611.
or bv phoning 467-0300.
LETTERS
lo HOXOLFICE:
li .lint easy" after all these 16'/2 years,
htii I have finally made an irrevocable deci-
^l,l^ to leave this business called "show
I've enclosed a tear sheet from a Columbia.
Mo., paper (Missourian) giving a few
of the details, but the real purpose of my
letter lo you is to tell you Boxofficf. has
meant so very much to me for so very
many years.
Six of my proudest pos,sessions are my
six Showmandiser Citations from Boxofficf.
My best memories are the literally
dozens of young men I have had the privilege
of training in this great business. I take
with me a lifetime of experiences I wouldn't
trade for anything.
Nevertheless, personal considerations
dictate decisions and this is no exception.
I do look forward to a new challenge and
I do plan to keep in touch.
Many thanks for past favors and weekly
hvpo!
BOB WALTER
Columbia. Mo.
Bob Walter to New Post;
Exits C'wealth Circuit
COLUMBIA. MO.—Bob Walter,
managing
director of the Commonwealth Columbia
a t r e s, has been
med transportation
superintendent for Columbia
effective Monday
(18).
Walter, 54, has been
with Commonwealth
Theatres since 1939
and has managed the
Columbia theatres
since 1966. The opportunity
for "a new
challenge" and a desire
to "serve the community" influenced
Walter's decision to go to work for the city
in the $13,572-per-year post. He has had no
experience in the managememt of transit
systems.
Bob Walter
Public Works Director Ray Beck said
Walter was the unanimous choice for the
position even though he has no experience
with bus operations.
"Frankly, there was some emphasis on a
person who had management and promotion
experience," Beck said. "We also wanted a
community-oriented person who could work
wiDh people .
Walter fits that description."
Mid-October Debut Set
MISHAWAKA, IND.—October 13 is
the target date for the opening of the Town
and Country 2 here. The new auditorium
will accommodate 650 viewers, whereas
Town and Country 1 has 1,100 seats.
"Rollerball" was produced and cirected
bv Norman Jewi.son from a screenplay bv
William Harrison.
BOXOFFICE :: August 1975 C'l