Boxoffice-August.11.1975

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KANSAS CITY
yhe Women of Variety Tent 8 arc now camp out with their children Ted and Lisa.
selling tickets for their first gala affair,
Gaye reported she was looking forward to
a picnic, which will take place Sunday peace, quiet and the wind in the pines.
(17) at Comanche Park in Overland Park,
Jerry Jones, American International
Kas. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2.50
booker, returned from a weekend triip to
for children. All proceeds will be going to
the Crippled Children's Nursery School.
The picnic will begin at 12:30 p.m. and
run until 5 with games and prizes. Catered
refreshments, including ham. beef, assorted
cold cuts, cheeses, breads and beverages,
will be provided. To reserve your tickets for
the whole family, call Melanie at 474-6150
or contact your local Variety girl.
The WOMPI Club has selected
the delegates
and alternates who will attend the
WOMPI International convention in Chicago
in September. Chosen are: JoAnn
Weaver (Warner Bros.) and Fran Frame
(AMC), delegates; Nadine Evans (AMC),
first alternate, and Ruby Shultz (Commonwealth),
second alternate.
Twentieth Century-Fox moved into its
new offices in the renovated VFW Building
Thursday (7), thus marking the passing of
another major film office from Kan.sas
City's downtown Filmrow. New address of
20th-Fox is: 406 West 34th St.. Kansas City,
Mo. The new telephone number is: (816)
531-6211, 6212 or 6213. John Catanzaro.
20th-Fox division manager beadquartered
in Los Angeles, was in Kansas City to visit
the
office.
Chris Lynch, manager of the Dickiimson
circuit's Park Cinema in Overland Park,
Kas., and assistant to Kent Dickinson, is on
vacation in Colorado with his wife. Vern
.Schaliehn, head of the Dickinson accounting
department, also is in Colorado taking
it easy with wife Nancy and their two children.
Rex Hansen of Hansen & Associates,
headquartered in Princeton, 111., was m Kansas
City last week to meet with Steve Durb:n,
president of United National Films,
and to discuss his newest release, "Satan's
Children."
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Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park.
Jerry, his brother Joe and two others made
their annual ascent of Long's Peak, the
highest mountain in the Park. Jerry reports
the weather was surprisingly clear, with
that
none of the usual "surprise" afternoon
storms. The group—none of whom are
under six feet tall—made the trip in a
Plymouth sport Trans Am. Jerry says they
had one or two "tight" situations.
Carol Alt, secretary to Richard Durwood,
American Multi Cinema senior vice-president,
reports that she has had a further
misadventure following the "towering tornado"
affair earlier this summer. On a quiet
Suinday, July 6, Carol and her nine-year-old
son Greg were heading downtown in her
1971 Fiat when their car was struck by a
lady running a red light. Fortunately no
one was seriously hurt but Carol's car was
a total loss (and, she relates ruefully, she
had just purchased four brand new tires).
The story has a happy ending, for Carol
now can be seen driving about in a Triumph
Spitfire.
G.W. "Nick" Carter, manager of the
Cooper circuit's Dodge Theatre, Dodge
City, Kas., had the honor of serving as
parade marshal for the Dodge City Days
celebration July 17. He is very adept at
rope twirling and rope tricks and was recently
asked by Monte Montana to come
to the Calgary festivities to perform with
such celebrities as Gene Autry, Rex Allen
and other western stars. Unfortunately he
was unable to attend. Carter has been in the
theatre business 50 years, working for the
National General and Mann circuits before
joining Cooper Theatres.
Bev Miller, Mercury Film, reports that
he has a new associate in his office. Her
name is "Mabel" and Miller is forced to
admit that she is a plastic sort of person:
Doug IJghtner, vice-president and general
manager of Commonwealth Theatres,
wife Mary and son^ Dave were on a 17-day
trip to Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque
and Las Vegas. They visited Doug jr., wife
,nul two daughters in Carlsbad, where he is
cily manager for Conmionweallh. Visits
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City to see relatives.
Ruby Shultz, Lightner's
secretary, returned last week with her husband
from a vacation at Pomme de Terre.
Screenings at Commonwealth: "Undercovers
Hero" (UA), Tuesday afternoon
(5); "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
(Dimsnsion), distributed by Mercury Film.
Thursday afternoon (7); "Coonskin" (Bryanston),
Friday afternoon (8) . . . At Guy-
Con: "Brother. Can You Spare a Dime?
(Dimension), Monday evening (4).
Warner Bros, held a luncheon, followed
by a screening of "Dog Day Afternoon,"
starring Al Pacino, Wednesday (6) at the
Fine Arts Theatre.
Tom Edwards, former owner and operator
of the Corral Drive-In and Ozark Theatre
in Eldon, dropped by the Universal
branch and had lunch with branch manager
Ray McKitrick, Bob Johns, St. Louis
manager, and Rube Finkelstein, veteran exhibitor.
Edwards is now retired from the
business and living in Florida.
Linda Amacher, daughter of Ralph
Amacher of United National Films, has
joined the Dickinson Theatres booking department.
The Dickinson circuit reports it is quite
pleased with the healthy grosses so far
shown by Paramount's "Nashville," which
currently is playing at the Glenwood Theatre.
John King, Universal shipper, was fishing
in Kansas last week . Pictures
has a new employee. She is Rose Marie
Cutting, a general clerk, who formerly was
with
Columbia Pictures.
Bob Maddex, Garnett. Kas., was among
Filmrow visitors.
ST.
LOUIS
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the staff of 20th-Fox as ad-publicity manager
in this area and in 1965 was transferred
to San Francisco. In 1968 he became
assistant to Marvin Levy, Cinerama Re-
Cinema Service, Inc.
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