Boxoffice-August.11.1975

OKLAHOMA CITY
Qharley Hudgens, Starline Pictures, and
and wife Annie are back from a vacation
to Hawaii where Charley confides they
had a "great time." In the future, he says.
he'U travel without so much luggage and
next on the horizon is a voyage in the Caribbean.
A downtown fire in Vinita. which damaged
some buildings, left smoke and fire
damage i.n the Center Theatre. It appears
the fire began in a cafe's electrical wiring
and spread.
Funeral services were conducted July 29
for Mrs. Eunice Pierce, mother-in-law of
Jack Wheliban, American International.
Condolences to daughter Gladys, son Tom
and other survivors.
The thought of going on vacation must
have upset United Artists head booker Peggy
Dillard because she was taken ill with
indigestion just before starting another week
off from the office.
The Cowboy Hall of Fame here is proudly
sihowing off its collection of Walter Brennan
memorabilia. Brennan. who played a
cowpoke in many film westerns as well as
starring in TV series years ago, used to
visit the hall often. The collection was presented
by Brennan's widow Ruth.
In to do film chores: Mike Brewer, Royal
and Brewer's Drive-In, Pauls Valley:
Charles Smith, buyer for Grand Theatre,
Canton, and Corral Drive-In, Wynnewood;
Charles "The Nowata Flash" Townsend,
Res and Skyview Drive-In, Nowata. Townsend
reports he is having a very good year
at the boxoffice.
Visiting the United Artists office last
week was Robert Daetsch. auditor.
Marquee changes: "Six Pack Annie."
May, Sooner Twin, South Park, Hillcrest
and Cinema 70 Drive-In; "Rollerball," Continental
Theatre: "Silent Night. Evil Night,"
Shepherd Twin; "Gone in 60 Seconds."
Northpark: and "Tidal Wave," MacArthur
Park, Southpark, Reding 4. Northwest Highway,
Riviera and Skyview: and "Pippi Goes
on Board." May and Reding 4.
Tulsa marquee changes: "Piippi Goes on
Board." Will Rogers and Fontana: "The
Silent Stranger," Village. Admiral and Bellaire
Drive-In; "Rollerball," Continental;
"Framed," Plaza 3, Spectrum Twin, and
Admiral Twin Drive-In.
MGM Announces Fire Will
Not Delay 'Logan's Run'
CULVER CITY—There wiU be no delay
in production of Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr's
"Logan's Run" because of the predawn fire
Monday morning, July 28, which destroyed
two long-standing sets on L-ot Two close to
where certain exterior and interior filming
currently is taking place on the new Saul
David production, it was announced by
MGM.
The sets destroyed included a girls' school
built for "Forty Little Mothers" in 1940,
used subsequently in several Andy Hardy
films, and a formal stable area first seen
in 1939 in "Stand Up and Fight" and the
following year in "The Philadelphia Story."
Both sets have been used on numerous
films during the ensuing years and. most
recently, just two weeks ago, on "Logan's
Run."
Lot Two was sold by MGM in 1974 to
Mr. and Mrs. Ching C. Lin but still is being
used on occasion by MGM and others.
"Rollerball" has gro,ssed $208,087 in fi
cities.
Deserted Okla. Movie Set
Converted to Youth Camp
CAN.\DI.\N, OKLA.—A one horse town
built on false hopes and bad checks is being
used as a summer youth camp at this
Pittsburgh County community near Lake
Eufaula.
Destined for the silver screen, the "Canadian
Pioneer Town" never quite made it.
Instead it wound up at an auction where
.VIr. and Mrs. Max Winters bid their way
into the camp business.
Mrs. Winters says the movie folks pieced
the town together in 1972, stayed about six
months, before financial problems set in and
"left owing thousands and thousands of
dollars."
They left behind 13 old-timey looking
buildings, the genuine Canadian town jail
and what was left of a general store. Nobody,
says Mrs. Winters, has heard from
them since.
'50s Return to Paris, Ark.,
As Zeilers Mark 25th Year
PARIS. ARK.—Many oldtimers as well
as young film buffs were present last month
to help Mr. and Mrs. Emil Zeiler celebrate
25 years as operators of the Paris Drive-In
here.
The Zeilers treated their neighbors and
friends, many of them young children, to
prices remindscent of the grand opening
June 5. 1950. .Admission was only 50 cents:
popcorn and soft drinks sold for 10 cents.
The two period films shown were both
westerns, "Jesse James," starring Tyrone
Power and Henry Fonda, and "Riders of the
Whistling Pines." with Gene Autry and Patricia
White.
The crowd, said the Zeilers. reminded
them of the old days when "buck night"
was the major attraction and whole families
attended movies each week.
Emile de Antonio to Make
Documentary on CIA
NEW YORK—"Inside the Company." an
expose of the CIA by former agent Phillip
Agee. will be made into a feature film by
Emile de Antonio, heretofore known for his
documentaries. In the filmmaker's view, the
book "really gives a bird's eye view of CI.A
mentality, of how people are programed to
act out fantasies of the cold war and to commit
acts of murder, aggression, torture and
to overthrow governments, along the lines
of the cold war."
De Antonio, the subject of a retrospective
at New York's Museum of Modern Art, was
interviewed recently by Marc N. Weiss for
the July-August issue of Marble Film News
and Comment, a specialized publication.
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