Boxoffice-September.06.1976

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Music by Dobie Gray
ICHARD GRAND/LOUIS A. SHAFFNER FILM STARRING RICHARD GRAND .BARBARA GRAHAM
5EPH TURKEL • DIANE MARIE VINCENT • JON IAN JACOBS AND TOM BOWER • PRODUCED BY ELLIOT BRANDES
JECTED BY RICHARD GRAND AND LOUIS A. SHAFFNER A BORDEN FILMS, INC.RELEASE COLOR BY DELUXE' fpQl
AVAILABLE EARLY FALL FOR SELECTED ENGAGEMENTS NATIONWIDE
FROM BORDEN FILMS, INC.
lontact: Larry Toll, Vice President and General Sales Manager, 211 S. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, Cal. 90212 (213) 550-8620

THE NATIONAL FILM WEEKLY
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BEN SHLYEN
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Ladd Named President
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BEVERLY HILLS—Alan Ladd jr., has
been appointed president, teatiire film division,
ot 20th Century-Fox
Film Corp.
Dennis C. Stanfill,
chairman of the
bond, president and
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previouslv senior vicepresident,
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Under Alan
Ladd's expert leadership, we look forward to
many feature films with significant boxoffice
potential," Stanfill said. "He brings to
the position of president outstanding experience
in all facets of motion picture production."
He joined 20th-Fox in 1973 as vice-president,
creative affairs; was promoted to vicepresident,
production, in 1974, and, in early
1975, was advanced to vice-president, worldwide
production, and subsequently senior
vice-president, worldwide production.
Ladd, whose new post is effective immediately,
reports directly to Stanfill. All senior
officers within the company's feature film
division now report to Ladd. Stanfill said
that Ladd's duties include direct responsibility
for the management of the company's
feature film marketing operations.
During his three years with Fox, Ladd
has been responsible for bringing to the
company several highly successful feature
films, including current boxoffice hits "The
Omen," "Silent Movie" and "Mother, Jugs
& Speed."
Ladd joined 20th-Fox after four years as
a partner in Kastner-Ladd-Kanter Productions.
In 1967-68 he was president of London
International Agency, and from 1962-
67 was an executive with Creative Management
Associates.
Spectrum Slates Release
Of 'Academy Awards' Film
NEW YORK—^Spectrum Films has announced
the release of a feature-length film
produced by Robbin Cullinen and Barry
Heller entitled "The Winner of 10 Academy
Awards." Chuck Vincent directed the feature
and the producers wish to point out
that the title is not to be confused with the
Motion Picture Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences Awards.
Described by Cullinen as somewhat like
"an American Monty Python," the film has
an 1< rating and will be available for release
sometime in October.
'Alice' Pulls $30,000 in DC
WASHINGTON—"Alice in Wonderland,"
X-rated film from Bill Osco. opened
with $.10,000 in grosses at two houses here,
the 269-seat Janirs and Ihe 195-seat Cerebus
II.
'Survive!' Is Boxoffice
Magnet in NY Multiple
New York — "Survive!" a Robert
Sti!;wood and Allan Carr presentation
for Paramount Pictures release, has
gro.ssed $1,986,702 during its threeweek
engagement at Flagship theatres
in the Greater New York area.
"Survive!" is based on Clay Blair jr.'s
definitive book of reportage on the
Andes Mountain air crash of Get. 13,
1972. The English adaptation is by
Martin Sherman. The film was produced
by Conacine and Rene Cardona
jr., with direction and original screenplay
by Rene Cardona.
'Papillon/ AA's Top Hit,
Bought by CBS for Airing
NEW YORK—"Papillon," the blockbuster
hit from Allied Artists, has been sold
to CBS-TV Network for airing after December
1978.
The sale was made possible by the settlement
of litigation between Allied, producers
of the film, and other parties, Emanuel L.
Wolf, president and chairman of the board
reported.
"Papillon," which stars Steve McQueen
and Dustin Hoffman, was the highest grossing
film in AA's history, achieving film
rentals in excess of $23,000,000 in the U.S.
and Canada.
CBS also purchased rights to two other
Allied films, "The Internecine Project" and
"And Millions Will Die."
DDP's 'Seven Alone' Now
Being Videocast by ABC
HOLLYWOOD—".Seven Alone," Doty-
Dayton Productions feature, is being shown
as a two part .series on the ABC-TV network.
The first segment was aired Sunday
(5). with the second part scheduled for videocasting
Sunday (12), according to Bill Madden,
senior vice-president and general sales
manager of Doty-Dayton Distribution.
"Since its release two years ago, 'Seven
.Alone' has grossed just under $12 million
in the U.S. and Canada," Madden stated.
"ABC is seriously considering a TV series
based on the adventures of the Sager family
(the family upon whose adventures the film
was based)."
Stewart Petersen, 15, stars in "Seven
Alone," with Dewey Martin, Aklo Ray and
Anne Collinijs co-starred.
AIP Set to Host Opening
NATO Conclave Luncheon
HOLLYWOOD—American
International
will host the opening luncheon of the National
Ass'n of Theatre Owners convention
for the 20th consecutive year October 1 1 in
Anaheim. Calif., it was announced by Samuel
Z. Arkoff. board chairman and president.
The 1976 convention will be held October
11-1.3 at the Disneyland. Sheralon-Anaheim
and Royal Inn hotels.
Pader Co. to
Augment
Local Film Publicity
NEW YORK—The Pader Co., a New
York public relations firm, is establishing a
service to help the nation's exhibitors secure
maximum publicity support from local newspapers
and radio-TV outlets on films they
play. Both circuits and independent theatre
operators will be invited to subscribe to the
new plan.
The firm will contact newspaper editors
and broadcast programing heads in towns
where its theatre clients are located to learn
which types of film publicity material are
most acceptable for use. Special stories and
other items reflecting responses then will be
prepared and forwarded to the media to
employ in connection with film playdates.
The New York operation also will send
theatre managers suggestions for local promotions.
They additionally will be able to
contact the publicity firm by mail or phone
for counsel on any aspect of promotion.
To help ensure year-round media goodwill
for its theatre clients, the Pader Co. will
function as a "motion picture news bureau"
for editors and radio-TV personalities in
towns where its subscribers operate. It will
supply them, on request, with stories and
updated information on hometown people
working in film and allied fields in Hollywood
or New York. It will be made clear
to the media that this free service is provided
as a courtesy of the local theatre.
The new program is expected to have
major usefulness in towns not covered by
distributor publicity representatives and in
situations where the local paper declines to
run pressbook stories, because it has no
amusement page or for other reasons.
The Pader Co. is headed by Norman H.
Pader, director of public relations for the
National Ass'n of Theatre Owners for six
years before starting his firm in April. He
previously was a publicist for MGM and
Columbia, vice-president of Continental
Public Relations and exploitation director
of the National Broadcasting Co. His articles
on movie topics have appeared in prominent
newspapers.
According to Pader, his firm's plan "is
not intended to be a substitute for the excellent
publicity work done by many distributors
and exhibitors. It is aimed primarily
at filling gaps where adequate resources
are not available and professional publicity
help gives theatre operators a better chance
to build profitable grosses."
Full details on the service are available
from the Pader Co. at 261 Madison Ave.,
New York. N.Y. 10016.
MCA Declares Dividend
UNIVERSAL CITY—Lew R. Wasserman.
chairman of the board, MCA, Inc.,
announced that the board of directors at its
August 27 meeting declared a quarterly
dividend of 25 cents per share on MCA common
stock outstanding. The dividend is payable
October 9 to stockholders of record
Mondav (20).
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BOXOFFICE .September 6, 1976

HOWARD
SPARKLES AGAIN!
SPARKLE PHILIP M THOMAS IRENE CARA LOHETTEMcKEE
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Puts A. Stirling Gold in
By JOHN COCCHI
NEW YORK.—Productions costing in
the neighborhood of six million dollars are
rare and it's virtually unheard of for an
independent company to undertake such
expense. Yet, the still-infant A. Stirling
Gold Ltd. has announced that it will begin
filming "Winter Kills" December 20. with a
budget of over $6 million and a cast headed
by Anthony Perkins. John Huston. Jeff
Bridges and Richard Boone. What is even
more incredible is that the money has been
contributed by fewer than ten individuals.
In his offices here, 30-year-old president
Leonard J. Goldberg told the press about his
company and their initial production venture.
Less than two years old, A. Stirling
Gold has been only a distributor until now,
with "Goodbye. Norma Jean." starring
Misty Rowe as a young Marilyn Monroe;
"Burn Out," based on "Journey Into Fear"
and starring Zero Mostel. Vincent Price.
Shelley Winters and Sam Waterston; and the
forthcoming Russian-British co-production
of "Anna Karenina," with Tatyana Samoilova.
Whimsical Name Explained
The company name is a bit of whimsy,
admits Goldberg, deriving from the initial
of a director, with whom he had been connected,
a corruption of partner Robert
Sterling's name and the first part of Goldberg's
name. Although listed as executive
vice-president. Sterling functions as a full
partner and also heads a sub-division. Tellurian
Music, a music publishing firm. Headquartered
in New York. A. Stirling Gold
has branches in San Francisco. Detroit,
Washington, D. C, Boston and Dallas and
expects to add several more eventually. It
releases a minimum of six pictures a year
and can boast that "Goodbye. Norma Jean"
cost only $140,000 to acquire.
Goldberg is frank to admit that business
on the Monroe film has been "sporadic."
great in some locales and poor elsewhere,
but that a profit will be realized. T-shirt
giveaways and trailers run four weeks in
advance of playdates were utilized for the
mixed results. The company has a 60 per
cent sliding scale on grosses, down to a
minimum of 25 per cent. Goldberg said he
planned to avoid the problems of other independents
who became bogged down in dayto-day
operations and neglected their own
productions.
Rights Cost $1 Million
The rights to the novel "Winter Kills"
cost $1 million and author Richard Condon
was asked to do the screenplay. He declined,
because of a crowded schedule, but
agreed to discuss the book with scenaristdirector
William Richert and producer Fred
Caruso. The story is described as a political
Top League
satire revolving around a presidential assassination
and will be filmed in New York,
Los Angeles and Europe by famed cinematographer
Vilmos Zsigmond, who filmed
"Deliverance," "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"
and the current "Obsession."
Caruso was production manager on "The
Godfather," producer of "The Happy Hooker"
and associate producer on "Claudine."
"Law and Disorder." "Network" and Andy
Warhol's "Bad." Richert produced shows
for "60 Minutes" on TV and made the acclaimed
documentary feature "Derby" for
Cinerama. He wrote, produced and directed
the ballet film "First Position" and produced
and co-authored "Law and Disorder."
Three more projects are in development
for Gold, one budgeted at $2 million. Set
for September release are: the Italian sexer
"Black Emmanuelle," first in an X and
then in an R version. On a business level,
Goldberg states that the industry spends too
much money on TV advertising, which is
overrated, in his opinion. Word-of-mouth is
the best way of selling a film, he feels, and
he did not overlook trade advertising as a
selling medium.
MGM's Thriller 'Telefon'
To Team Bronson, Siegel
NEW YORK—Charles Bronson, leading
star in action films today, and Don Siegel,
one of the screen's finest action directors,
will join forces for the first time in Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer's unconventional spy thriller
"Telefon."
"Telefon" will be produced by Martin
Elfand who co-produced the outstanding
boxoffice hit, "Dog Day Afternoon." The
screenplay is by Peter Hyams, adapted from
the Walter Wager novel, a 1975 Literary
Guild selection.
Production on "Telefon" will begin late
this year on location and at the MGM
studios.
Bronson will portray an agent of the
Russian KGB who is dispatched to America
to halt a series of unauthorized Red acts of
sabotage that could trigger World War III.
Siegel last directed the John Wayne film
"The Shootist." which has been hailed by
many critics as a classic western drama.
Acclaimed early in his career for his artistry
with such low-budget films as "Riot in
Cell Block 11" and "Invasion of the Body
Snatchers," Siegel has been responsible for
many films starring Clint Eastwood, such as
"Coogan's Bluff," "Two Mules for Sister
Sara" and "Dirty Harry."
Bronson, who will celebrate his 60th motion
picture appearance in "Telefon," will
remain on the MGM studio lot where he
has just completed his portrayal of Wild
Bill Hickok in "The White Buffalo," a Dino
De Laurentiis western for United Artists.
Bronson also has starred in the soon-to-bcreleased
"From Noon Till Three," a Mike
Frankovich production for United Artists;
and "St. Ives," a J. Lee Thompson film for
Warner Bros.
AIP 'Cave Girl' Plugs
'Earth's Core' Premieres
HOLLYWOOD—American
International
Pictures chose the famed intersection of
Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street to
Actress t oiniie Striikland, allired as
a cave airU passes out rock candy to
amused spectators at the intersection of
Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street,
Hollywood. She is promoting the opening
of AIP's "At the Earth's Core,"
based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs
kick off a promotional campaign for its
newest film "At the Earth's Core."
Appropriately attired as a troglodyte,
voluptuous Connie Strickland presented surprised
passersby with bags of "Earth's Core"
rock candy and handbills August 26. During
the following week she visited the San
Fernando Valley. San Gabriel Valley, Westwood
Village, the South Bay area and
Orange County, meeting the entertainment
media and greeting patrons in shopping
center malls.
"At the Earth's Core" bowed Wednesday
(1) in theatres and drive-ins throughout
Southern California.
Ms. Strickland, a professional model and
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HOLLYWOOD — Dino
De Laurentiis
completed principal photography August
.^1 on his $23,700,000 version of "King
Kong" after an eight-month production
schedule. The picture was lenscd on 107
sets built on Hollywood sound stages and
on location on the north shore of Kauai, I
Hawaii, as well as in New York City, where
some 30,000 spectators were present for the
filming of King Kong's death scene.
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NATO's 76 Encyclopedia
Now Ready for Presses
NEW YORK—The 1976 NATO Encyclopedia
of Exhibition is now in final production
stages and initial distribution will
take place at the national convention to be
held in Anaheim, Calif., October 11-13
NATO has developed a new media vehicle.
a Convention Journal in a brand new foimat.
The encyclopedia is a comprehensi\ c
reference book which includes vital information
for the motion picture industry:
• Invaluable industry statistics.
• A complete directory of all major ami
independent film distributors, with
product listings of present and future
releases.
• A directory of theatre equipment
manufacturers and suppliers.
• A directory of concession manufacturers
and suppliers.
• Special informative features from
some of the industry's most prominent
leaders.
• Other information for exhibitors.
NATO intends to update the encyclopedia
on a periodic basis throughout the year as
additional statistics are developed.
Rastar's 'Casey's Shadow'
Filming for Columbia
NEW YORK—Andrew A. Rubin has
been signed by Rastar Productions to make
his film debut in the major featured role of
"Buddy," Walter Matthau's oldest son in
"Casey's Shadow," a Rastar film for Columbia
Pictures starring Matthau and Alexis
Smith. Martin Ritt will direct on locations
in New Mexico and Louisiana for producer
Ray Stark. Michael Levee is executive producer.
Rubin, a graduate of the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts, most recently completed
guest starring roles on upcoming
television series including "The McLean
Stevenson Show," "Serpico," and "Feather
and Father."
"Casey's Shadow," written by Carol Sobieski,
is a contemporary action-adventure
story about a hardened Cajun quarter-horse
trainer and his pursuit of the world's richest
racing purse, the million dollar American
Futurity. Production is now underway.
'Family Plot' Has Terrific
Openings in Paris, London
LONDON — Alfred Hitchcock's "Family
Plot" is playing to capacity audiences in
opening frames in Paris and London, Cinema
International Corp., overseas distributors
for Universal, has announced.
In a multiple theatre engagement in Paris,
the Universal suspense drama starring Karen
Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris and William
Devane outdistanced "Frenzy" by 40
Surprise
Cake Greets DDP's Dayton
"Baker's Hawk" cast and crew members are shown with producer/director
Lyman Dayton just before the "Happy Birthday" decoration on his cake slid
away. Left to right arc: Hugh Gagnier. cameraman; Jan Williams; Bernie Abramson,
cinematographer; Nick Ahern, cameraman; Barbara Strangeman, teacher;
Dayton (holding cake), and Clint Walker. Next to Dayton, left to right, are Lee
H. Montgomery, Danny Bonaduce, associate producer Rick Thiriot and Brian
Williams.
HOLLYWOOD—Lyman Dayton, president
of Doty-Dayton Productions, had an
unexpected celebration honoring his 35th
birthday the other day while directing his
first film "Baker's Hawk."
Members of the "Baker's Hawk" cast and
crew got word early in the day that it was
Dayton's birthday and asked the caterer to
whip up a cake quickly to honor the producer/director,
which he did. The huge cake
was frosted with butterscotch pudding and
Cool Whip.
As cast and crew member joined in a
loudly sung "Happy Birthday. Lyman,"
'Passover Plot' Promotion
Begins at Atlas Session
HOLLYWOOD—Atlas Films outlined
promotion and advertising plans for "The
Passover Plot," which will bow in October,
to 13 regional distributors August 26-27.
Jack Wodell Associates presented the
advertising,
publicity and promotion concepts
for the national and local levels. Specialists
addressing the industry members were Jim
Cullens, creative director Walt Jansen and
special projects coordinator Mike Hahern.
Atlas officials heading the sessions were
Charles Boasberg, distribution executive
and consultant, and Ward Pennington, vicepresident
in charge of sales.
Distributors attending were Harvey App)ell.
Boston; Ed DeBerry, Dallas; Dennis
Glenn. Detroit; Pat Halloran, Denver; William
Lang, Chicago; Terry Levene, New-
York; Bev Miller, Kansas City; Paul Peter-
per cent in first day grosses.
"Family Plot," Hitchcock's 53rd motion
son, Boston; Wayne Chappell, Atlanta; Leroy
Smith, Minneapolis; Dick Stafford, San
picture, continued to be a boxoffice winner Francisco; Ross Wheeler, Washington,
London's Empire Leicester Square Theatre,
D.C., and Morris Zryl, Cleveland.
at
where a four-day opening week of more
than $32 million was registered.
"The Passover Plot," a dramatic reinterpretation
of Christ and his life, will premiere
Dayton was asked by stillman Don Christie
to lift the cake towards the camera so that
the lettering would show. Dayton complied
and the entire frosting and lettering slid
onto the table, amidst loud cheers and
laughter from all present.
"It just goes to prove," quipped Dayton,
"that when you reach my age you should
let birthdays slip by."
"Baker's Hawk," starring Clint Walker,
Diane Baker, Burl Ives, Alan Young and
Lee H. Montgomery is due for a Christmas
release.
October 27 at the Pacific Beverly Theatre,
Beverly Hills. Starring in the film are Harry
Andrews. Hugh Griffith, Zalman King,
Donald Pleasence and Scott Wilson. Wolf
Schmidt, Atlas president, produced.
Tenth James Bond Feature
Now Under Way in London
LONDON—The tenth
James Bond film.
"The Spy Who Loved Me." based on Ian
Fleming's novel, went before the cameras
August 31 with Roger Moore again starred
as 007. What is reputed to be the world's
largest film set is being constructed at Pinewood
Studios for the film's climax.
Albert R. Broccoli is the producer and
Lewis Gilbert is directing from a screenplay
by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum.
United Artists will release "The Spy
Who Loved Me."
'Lifeguard' at Deauville
DEAUVILLE. FRANCE—"Lifeguard,"
a Ted Mann-Daniel Petrie production for
Paramount, was screened Friday (3) at the
Deauville Film Festival.
September 6. 1976

Women of the Motion Picture Industry
Meet Thursday (9) in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO—Women of the Motion
PictLire Industry will convene for the
23rd year Thursday (9) at the Golden Gateway
Holiday Inn for four days of meetings
and awards.
Pre-convention activities get under way
Wednesday (8) with a session of the international
board of officers. The club presidents"
forum also meets Wednesday (8) with
Mrs. Mary Hart, Jacksonville, as moderator.
Social events highlight Wednesday (8)
evening. San Francisco WOMPIs will be
hostesses at a cocktail party for the international
officers and club presidents. Then
the international officers will attend a dinner
at Nikka's hosted by the Washington
WOMPIs and the club presidents will dine
at Henri's in the Hilton, courtesy of the Atlanta
and Charlotte chapters.
Business sessions open Thursday (9). Included
will be reports on club projects during
the year, recommendations from the
board of directors and committees and action
on amendments to bylaws. WOMPI
continues to support the Will Rogers Institute
as one of its main projects and several
clubs will be recognized for their particular
contributions to
the facility.
WOMPIs in various regions also have
worked at theatre owners conventions, Variety
Club events, telethons, sneak previews
and premieres. Ckib members also participate
in Dimes From Dames, and contributions
of more than $2,000 will now be put
Plan 12
Competitions
For Chicago Festival
CHICAGO—Regulations and entry forms
are now ready for the 12th Chicago International
Film Festival, to be held November
5-18. This year's festival includes 12 separate
competitions ranging from feature, student,
educational and experimental films, as well
as short subjects, animation, entertainment
for children, TV productions, TV commercials,
multimedia presentations and a separate
competition for film posters.
Festival foimder and director Michael J.
Kutza jr. said, "We will be accepting entries
in all competitive categories until Saturday
(25). This year's festival promises to bring
to the U.S. a wider range of quality film
than ever before. Oever 38 nations will be
participating. Four major film tributes and
two retrospectives will take place during the
festival
period."
.Screenings will be held at the Biograph
and the Uptown theatres, the latter a Plitt
property and the largest movie house in
Chicago.
Attendance last year reached an all-time
high, with some 80,000 registered.
Visiting directors, press and filmmakers
coming to Chicago for this year's festival
will stay at the Tremont, designated as the
official festival hotel.
into escrow until the new Will Rogers InstitiUe
is completed and equipment is needed.
According to reports submitted to
WOMPI officials, members have donated
20,208' 2 hours to community service and
more than $10,550.
The international officers end their year's
service at
the convention when new officers
are chosen and installed.
This year's officers
include: Gladys Melson. Kansas City, president;
Lois Ann Boyd, Memphis, vice-president;
Marsha Weaver, Jacksonville, recording
secretary; Mary Hayslip, Kansas City,
corresponding secretary; and Doris Payne,
Chicago, treasurer.
Also on the program schedule is the
presentation of awards and trophies and the
balloting on the 1978 convention site.
Social events include the joint breakfast
session Thursday (9) hosted by San Francisco
WOMPIs for international officers,
committee chairmen, past presidents and
club presidents. Past international presidents
also will be honored at a luncheon Thursday
(9) at Henri's in the Hilton, sponsored
by the Dallas club. That evening WOMPIs
from Des Moines, Hollywood-Los Angeles,
Jacksonville, Kansas City, San Francisco,
New Orleans and Toronto will host a reception
for international officers in the Gold
Rush Room of the hotel. Afterwards NOVO
Airfreight will host a roaring '20s party for
the WOMPIs.
Maurice Singer Exits Col.
To Form Production Firm
BURBANK—Maurice Singer, vice-president
of studio business affairs for Columbia
Pictures, announced his resignation and
the formation of Maurice Singer Productions
Wednesday (1). MSP is a company
with funds available for the development
and production of motion pictures.
With headquarters at the Burbank Studios,
the company now is engaged in the
development of four motion picture projects.
Currently in development is "The Pit," a
screenplay being written by Stephen Bello
from the novel by Conrad Carnes and Gene
Church, with production to begin this year
on location in Canada.
Other projects include "The Nymph and
the Lamp," a love story based on the Thomas
Raddall novel, for which two major stars
will be cast. Filming is tentatively scheduled
for spring 1977. The third project is the
filmization of an untitled novel being written
by Tom Weitzner, a $4 million project
set for photography in New "Vork City following
publication of the novel in 1977.
Fourth on the company's immediate slate of
films is "The Last Day of Winter." an original
screenplay by Barry Schneider.
.Singer, who heads the new production
company, has been a business affairs and
creative affairs executive with Columbia
for the past five years.
20th-Fox Names Immerman
V-P, Business Development
BEVERLY HILLS—William J. Immerhas
been promoted to vice-president,
business development
of 20th Century-Fox,
in addition to his duties
as senior vicepresident,
administration
and worldwide
business affairs of the
Fox feature film division.
The appointment
was announced by
Dennis C. Stanfill,
„,.„. ,
William Immerinaii . . . ,,
chairman ^ u„^,j
of the board,
president and chief executive officer.
Immerman will be involved in 20th-Fox's
studio restructuring as related to development
of studio real estate. He also will work
on negotiations for acquisitions and diversification.
Immerman joined 20th-Fox in
1972 as vice-president, business affairs. He
was promoted to senior vice-president in
February 1975.
Key Int'l's 'King Kong'
Halted Via Court Order
DENVER—Key International Film Distributors
have been ordered by the U.S. District
Court to not distribute or advertise the
release, "The New King Kong."
Alfred A. Arraj, U.S. District Court
judge, signed an order that will stop the
showing of "The New King Kong." The
film, made in Korea, is based on the King
Kong characterization and its theme is similar
to the original RKO Radio production
in 1933.
The original copyright was obtained by
RKO in 1933 and renewed in 1960 and the
company retains the right to license other
producers of "King Kong" films. Arnold
Kaufman, RKO vice-president, reportedly
said the new film "was a 3-D picture . . .
not what you'd term a high-budget picture."
Key Int'l and RKO have agreed to the
order by stipulation.
Pioneers Drive Extended
Through End of Month
NEW YORK—The "Salute to Jim Velde
Membership Drive" has been extended
through Thursday (30), it was announced
by B. V. Sturdivant, national membership
chairman of the Foundation of the Motion
Picture Pioneers. Sturdivant also stated that
since the
inauguration of Velde as president
of the Pioneers, more than 200 industry
veterans have joined the organization. The
goal is 300 new Pioneers by the end of the
drive.
Sturdivant paid special tribute to Arthur
Reiman of United Artists, "who has done
one of the most outstanding jobs in the history
of the Pioneers to enroll new members."
Reiman personally has signed over
100 new members.
The "Pioneer of the Year" dinner will
be held Monday evening, November 22,
at the Waldorf Astoria.
BOXOFFICE September 6, 1976

—
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Omni's 'Swinging Coeds'
Is in National Release
ATl-ANTA—Omni Pictures Corp., Atlanta-based
film prodLietion and distribution
company, has announced the nationwide release
of its latest picture, "Swinging Coeds,"
with openings in the Indianapolis and Cincinnati
territories.
Michael Rothschild, Omni president, added
that multiple bookings throughout the
Midwest have been arranged, to be followed
by saturation bookings in the Southeast territory,
including Atlanta.
"Swinging Coeds" is an R-rated comedy
about students who enjoy themselves while
working their way through college. It is said
to be in the genre of "The Stewardesses"
and "The Pom Pom Girls" and Rothschild
commented, "We anticipate grosses comparable
to each of those films."
Starred in the film are the winners of the
1976 International Swingers competition
Susan Justice, Judy Marlowe, Mandy Chandler,
Bianca Herr and Astrid (Boom Boom)
Blythe.
Atlantans played prominent parts in the
making of the feature, since Candy Clifford
Diehl wrote the screenplay and her husband
William Diehl jr. supervised the production.
Advertising and publicity was created
by Michael Parver Associates, an Atlanta
agency which has the accounts of a
number of major studios.
Ross Meyers directed and Will Hartig
produced "Swinging Coeds."
Athena Films, Ltd., Buys
Rights to Four Features
NEW YORK—Athena Films, Ltd., has
announced the acquisition of four new motion
pictures for national release, "Conspiracy,"
"Between Heaven and Hell," "Sammy
Somebody" and "Impossible Love."
Slated for September release is "Sammy
Somebody," a psychological thriller with a
cast headed by Susan Strasberg, Zalman
King and Jan Sterling. Monarch Films previously
handled this drama.
In October, American premieres will be
given "Conspiracy." an Italian historical
drama on the Inquisition starring Tomas
Milian, and "Between Heaven and Hell,"
romantic drama set in the tropics and starring
John Phillip Law as a priest who becomes
involved with a fallen woman.
Also scheduled for October release is the
historical melodrama "Impossible Love," a
tale of Spanish nobility which topcasts
Stephen Boyd.
Burrows, Berda Buy Screen
Rights to 'Fletch' Novel
NEW YORK — Jonathan Burrows, independent
film producer and owner of New
York City's Fifth Avenue Screening Room,
and Claude Berda of Fred-Roy Productions,
Paris, jointly have purchased the film rights
to Gregory McDonald's novel "Fletch."
Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award as
best suspense novel of 1975, the book was
published in hardcover by Robbs-Merrill
and in paperback by Avon Books. The latter
edition
months
copies.
he best seller list for several
sold approximately 750.000
Novelist McDonald is writing the screenplay.
Burrows and Berda will co-produce.
20th-Fox, DDB Negotiate
Pact for Advertising
HOLLYWOOD — Doyle-Dane-Bernbach
has been named by the film division of
20th Century-Fox as its advertising agency
for domestic and foreign distribution.
The agreement becomes effective October
4, it was announced by Jonas Rosenfield jr..
vice-president of worldwide advertising,
publicity and promotion.
'Bugsy Malone' Premieres
Sept. 15 at Baronet, NYC
NEW YORK—"Bugsy Malone," a Paramount
Pictirres release ol a Rank Organization
presentation of a Goodtimes production,
will begin its American premiere
Wednesday (15) at the Baronet Theatre
here, it was announced by Norman Weitman.
senior vice-president in charge of domestic
distribution. Currently a critical and
boxoffice success in London, "Bugsy Malone"
was this year's official British entry
at the Cannes Film Festival.
Scott Baio, Jodie Foster. Florrie Dugger
and John Cassissi have the leading roles.
It was written and directed by Alan Parker.
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Harry H. Thomas, 84, Dies;
Executive in Distribution
LOS ANGELES—Services were conducted
Friday, August 27, for Harry H.
Thomas, 84, pioneer
career in the film industry
in 1909 when
Harry H. Thomas
he opened Bushwick
Palace Theatre, Brooklyn, and joined Greater
N.Y. Film Co. in 1913. He moved to
General Film Co. and later joined Fox Films
as a special representative.
In 1921 he organized Alexander Film
Co., an independent distributor. He served
with the Merit Film Exchange as vice-president
and general manager in 1925 and later
formed First Division Pictures. He acquired
the Commonwealth Exchange and helped
to form Monogram Pictures in '31.
Thomas was associated with March of
Time Distributors, Mutual Motion Picture
Distributors, Thomasfilms and Merit Pictures
Corp. before returning to Monogram
in 1939 where he became Eastern sales
manager in 1942. He joined PRC as vicepresident
in charge of distribution and sales
in 1945 and was elected president of the
company, which later became Eagle-Lion
Films.
In 1948 he formed Equity Pictures, was
associated with several other firms in the
years following and reactivated First Division
Co. in 1961. He also set up H. H.
Thomas Enterprises and Perpetual Films.
Survivors include a son, Jerry; a daughter,
Sydelle; four grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.
Services were held at Hillside
Memorial Park.
Avco's Richmond to Bally
Four Releases on Tour
NEW YORK—Mel Richmond, director
of promotion and exploitation for Avco
Embassy, has begun an extensive promotional
tour for four Sir Lew Grade's Associated
General Films, which Avco will release.
During a two-month period, Richmond
will visit key press in 50 major markets to
plant advance material on "Voyage of the
Damned," "The Cassandra Crossing," "The
Domino Principle" and "Cross of Iron," all
ITC Entertainment films.
Stuart Rosenberg's "Voyage of the
Damned," the dramatic tale of 937 men
and women trapped on the high seas, unwanted
by the world, stars Faye Dunaway,
Max von Sydow, Oskar Werner, Malcolm
McDowell, Orson Welles, James Mason and
others.
"The Cassandra Crossing," an actionpacked
suspense story of 1,000 passengers
aboard a plague-carrying train which is
racing toward a deadly mountain crossing,
lists celebrities such as Sophia Loren, Richard
Harris, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner,
Martin Sheen. O. J. Simpson, Lee Strasberg
and Ingrid Thulin, and is directed by George
P. Cosmatos.
exhibitor and distributor,
who
Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen,
Edward
Rich-
died August ard Widmark, Mickey Rooney, Al-
25 at the Motion Picture
bert and Eli Wallach star in Stanley Kramer's
"The Domino Principle," a film combining
Country Hosbert
He had been admitted
a love story with the suspense of one
pital. after falling man's fight against insuperable odds in defiance
and breaking his hip
of a massive and powerful organiza-
August 17 and had tion.
undergone surgery. Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron," a gripping
WW II epic which examines the Thomas began his
futility
and agony faced by men in battle.
stars James Coburn, Maximilian Schell and
James Mason.
All films will be released earlv in 1977.
Modern Talking Pictures
Offering 'Bridges' Short
NEW YORK—"Bridges: Memories, Visions,
Dreams," a ten-minute short which
salutes the beauty and visual poetry inherent
in bridges, is available on free loan to theatres
throughout the country by the libraries
of Modern Talking Picture Service. It was
produced for the American Iron & Steel
Institute by Vision Associates, Inc.
The 35mm color film presents a condensed
history of bridges, drawn from paintings,
sketches and live footage. There is
no narrative, the message being communicated
via the relationship of images and a
dynamic musical score. Featured is a dramatic
look at the construction of the New
River Gorge Bridge, the largest main arc
span in the country, an inspiring symbol of
man's creativity and aspirations.
Requests for free loan playdates of
"Bridges: Memories, Visions, Dreams"
should be sent to Modern Talking Picture
Service, 2323 New Hyde Park Rd., New
Hyde Park, N.Y. 11040.
P-T's 'High Seas Hijack'
Now Ready for Release
HOLLYWOOD — Post-production
has
been completed on "High Seas Hijack" by
Pine-Thomas Productions. The film revolves
around the "seajacking" of a huge oil tanker
by a band of terrorists. Peter Graves and
Gigi Perreau head the cast.
The producers are now negotiating for
release of the sea epic.
"Horrible Little Howie." a suspense film
script by Larry Hilbrand, is scheduled to
start rolling in mid-October with Bill
Thomas producing and John Bushelman
directing.
Norman Smith Exits WWF
Gen'l Sales Manager Post
HOLLYWOOD—Norman Smith, general
sales manager for World Wide Films, exited
that post effective August 23, according to
Hamilton, president of WWF. A
Charles L.
successor to Smith will be announced in the
near future, Hamilton stated.
Future plans were not disclosed by Smith.
George H. Corbett
George Corbett Appointed
Product Manager at Bauer
WOODSIDE. N.Y.—Volker W. Bahnenijuii.
\ icc-president and general manager,
Arriflex Co. of America,
has announced
the appointment of
Cicorge H. Corbett,
32, as product manager
of its newly
formed Bauer Theatre
Piojector Systems Division.
"Corbett has a thorough
knowledge of all
"^^"^^ "^ theatre projection
equipment and
this considerable expertise is now available
to all Bauer customers," Bahnemann commented.
After graduating with a B.A. in business
management, Corbett served in the Army
as a communications section chief. For the
past ten years he has been active in sales
and service for Projection Products, New
York, a long-established firm in the motion
picture projector business.
"St. Ives" was produced by Pancho
Kohner and Stan Canter.
CLEARING HOUSE
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Eighteen features went into production in
August—nine each from both majors and
independents. This was a slight increase over
the previous month's 15 starters and a sizable
gain over the ten listed in August "75.
COLUMBIA
Casey's Shadow. Walter Matthau and
Alexis Smith star in this Rastar Productions
film about a hardened Cajun quarterhorse
trainer and his obsession to win the world's
richest racing purse, the million-dollar
American Futurity. Shooting in New Mexico
and Louisiana began August 28 with
Martin Ritt directing. Ray Stark is producing:
Michael Levee is executive producer.
DISNEY
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. Filming
began August 9 in Paris on this continuing
story about the cute Volkswagen that has a
mind of its own, with Dean Jones repeating
his role as the car's owner and driver. This
time he has entered Herbie in the first annual
sports car rally from Paris through
Switzerland to Monte Carlo. Also in the
cast are Julie Sommars, Don Knotts, Jacques
Marin, Xavier St. Macary and Francois
Lalande. Vincent McEveety is directing
from the screenplay by Arthur Alsberg and
Don Nelson.
20TH CENTURY-FOX
The Turning Point. Herbert Ross began
shooting August 6 in New York on this
story about the rekindled rivalry between
two long-time friends who had drifted apart,
one to become a prima ballerina and the
other who chose to sacrifice her career for
a stable family life. Anne Bancroft plays
the ballerina and Shirley MacLaine is her
friend. The film features international ballet
stars Mikhail Baryshnikov and Leslie
Browne, along with Tom Skerritt, Martha
Scott and Antoinette Sibley. New York
shooting wound up August 28, after which
the company moved to Hollywood to continue
filming. Ross is co-producing, as well
as directing. The script was written by coproducer
Arthur Laurents.
UNITED ARTISTS
The Spy Who Loved Me. Albert "Cubby"
Broccoli began principal photography
in Europe August 30 on his latest adventures
of James Bond, with Roger Moore
once again portraying the debonair hero.
Lewis Gilbert is directing from a script by
Richard Maibaum.
Valentino. Shooting began August 9 in
Spain on this biographical film, with Ken
Russell directing his version of the life of
the late movie idol. Ballet star Rudolf
Nureyev plays the title role. Also cast are
Michelle Phillips and Leslie Caron. Robert
Chartoff and Irwin Winkler are producing.
The screenplay was written by Mardek
Martin and John Byrum.
UNIVERSAL
Airport 1977. This Jennings Lang production
about a giant airliner that crashes
into the sea with jet-set passengers and a
cargo of exotic art treasures began shooting
in San Diego on August 9. Filming also
will take place at Palm Beach, Washington,
D. C, Los Angeles and at sea. Jack Lemmon
stars as the pilot of the plane and
James Stewart is the multi-mUlionaire who
charters the jet for the flight. Others in the
cast are Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro, Olivia
de Havilland, Joseph Cotten. Darren Mc-
Gavin, Christopher Lee and Tom Sullivan.
William Frye is producing and Jerry Jameson
is directing from the script by David
Spector and Michael Scheff.
Gray Lady Down. Charlton Heston
stars in this Mirisch Corp. story about a
sunken nuclear submarine, with the title
deriving from the naval code for such a
disaster. Shooting began August 20, with
David Carradine cast in a major role. Walter
Mirisch is producing and David Greene
is directing from a screenplay by James
Whittaker.
The Last Remake of Beau Geste.
Marty Feldman's version of the adventure
classic went into principal photography
August 30 in Ireland, with shooting also
planned for Spain. The film is the first of
five Feldman will make under his contract
with Universal. Starring with him are Ann-
Margret, Michael York, James Earl Jones,
Peter Ustinov, Henry Gibson, Trevor Howard,
Terry-Thomas, Avery Schreiber, Henry
Polic II and Spike Milligan. Feldman is directing
from a script he wrote with C. J.
Allen. William S. Gilmore is producer.
Smokey and the Bandit. Burt Reynolds
and Sally Field co-star in this Rastar production,
a contemporary comedy-adventure
about a car-truck chase through five states
with CB radio playing an extensive part in
the proceedings. Production began August
30 on location in Georgia. Hal Needham is
directing and Mort Engelberg is producing.
The screenplay by James Lee Barrett is
based on an original story by Needham and
Levy.
INDEPENDENTS
Mar Vista Productions
AcAPULCo Gold. Shooting began August
26 on this suspense thriller about an innocent
man caught up in the woridwide narcotics
traffic, with Marjoe Gortner in the
starring role. Initial filming is being done
on the Hawaiian island of Kauai under the
direction of Burt Brinckerhoff, Allan Bodoh
and Bruce Cohn are producers.
Peer J. Oppenheimer Productions
Casanova and Company. Ton>- Curtis,
Ursula Andress and Britt Ekiand star in this
farce based on the memoirs of Casanova
dealing with the embarrassing period in the
lover's life when he becomes temporarily
impotent and must devise a series of
schemes to preserve his reputation. Marisa
Mell and Hugh Griffith also star. Filming
began August 2 in Padua, with shooting
also planned for Venice and Rome. Francois
LeGrand is directing and Peer J. Op-
penheimer, Cari Szokoll and Franz Antel
are producing.
McCullough Productions
Charge of the Model T's. Produced
and directed by Jim McCullough, this comedy
western/spy thriller deals with the first
venture of the Army's cavalry into the
Southwest by motorized units during the
early days of World War I. Shooting began
August 1 on locations in Oklahoma with
Herb Edelman starring as a Mexican bandit.
Artists Producing Corp.
Day of the Animals. Shooting began
August 4 in Sonora, Calif., with Villfam
Girdler producing and directing. Starring are
Christopher George, Lynda Day George,
Leslie Nielsen, Ruth Roman and Michael
Ansara. Edward L. Montoro is co-producer
and the script was written by William Norton
and Eleanor Elias Norton.
Umbrella Entertainment
Jabberwocky. Principal photography has
been under way in London since August 9
on this medieval fairy tale based on the
Lewis Carroll poem. The Michael White
presentation is being produced by Sandy
Lieberson with John Goldstone as executive
producer. Members of the Monty Python
organization play major roles in the film,
with Terry Gilliam co-scripting with Charies
Alverson and also directing and appearing
in the film, along with two other Pythons,
Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
Elliott Kastner/Sascha Wien Films
A Little Night Music. The film version
of the hit Broadway musical stars Elizabeth
Taylor and Diana Rigg and began filming
August 21 with shooting set for London
and Vienna. Also in the cast are Len Cariou,
Hermione Gingold, Lesley-Anne
Down, Lawrence Guittard, Lesley Dunlop,
Christopher Guard and Chloe Franks. Elliott
Kastner is producing and Heinz Lazek
is executive producer. Harold Prince is directing
the script by Hugh Wheeler.
I.T.C. Productions
March or Die. Filming began August 23
on this epic about the French foreign legion
at the close of Worid War I. Max "von
Sydow, Gene Hackman. Terence Hill and
Catherine Deneuve star in Sir Lew Grade's
production. Shooting will be on locations
in Spain, France and Morocco. Dick Richards
is directing from a screenplay by David
Zelag Goodman. Jerry Bruckheimer and
Richards are co-producing.
Rico Lion Productions
Olly Olly O-Xen Free. Katharine Hepburn
stars as a feisty operator of a San
Francisco junkyard who helps two boys repair
a hot air balloon. When their project
succeeds, the trio flies from San Francisco
to Los Angeles. They land in the Hollywood
Bowl during a philharmonic concert. The
boys are played by Kevin McKenzie and
Dennis Dimster. Filming began in San
Francisco August 2 with Richard Colla as
producer-director.
Hermitage Farms Productions
Path of a Snake. Production began August
24 in San Francisco with a cast including
Jimmie DuBose, Jill Whitcomb, Amy
Allen and Joe Osuch. Produced and directed
by Herbert L. Strock.
BOXOFFICE :: September 1976
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This chart records the performance of current ottroctions in the opening week of their first runs in
cities five the 20 key checked Pictures with fewer than engagements are not listed. As new (uns
ore reported ratings are added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in
to relation normal grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as "normal,"
the figures show the gross ratings above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.)
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
EXHIBITOR HAS HIS SAY
FEATURE RELEASE CHART
FEATURE REVIEW DIGEST
SHORTS RELEASE CHART
SHORT SUBJECT REVIEWS
REVIEWS OF FEATURES
SHOWMANDISING IDEAS
THE GUIDE TOMBETTER BOOKING AND B U S I N E S S - B U I L D I N G
Players Pluck Away
1, t\
For Banjoman Run
A banjo-playing marathon, held in conjunction
with radio WKLM, enabled
Stewart & Everett Theatres to generate appreciable
awareness for the "Banjoman" engagement
at its New Centre Cinema 1-2-3
in Wilmington, N.C. Coordinated by city
manager Phil Pierce, the event not only
drew a number of contestants, but also
attracted large crowds to the theatre where
it was staged.
Remote broadcasts from the theatre by
WKLM rendered additional impact as did
the more than 200 spots dee-jays aired
throughout the week before. Station deejays
began broadcasting two hours prior to
the marathon. They continued another two
hours, returning the following morning at
7:00 and staying for four hours. As soon
as the 49-hour marathon had concluded,
station personnel returned to the theatre
interview the winner.
to
WKLM cooperated even further with
Name That Tune contest, wherein 100
a
passes to the film were awarded to listeners
correctly identifying the mystery songs.
WKLM dee-jays and New Centre Cinema staffers judged these Wilmington. N.C,
performers in a marathon set up to tub-thump the "Banjoman" engagement.
Pierce and his staff tied in with another
radio station, as well as local music stores.
In the latter. Pierce arranged that customers
bu\ins an alhimi bv one of the
groups appearing in the film received
theatre passes to screenings. He also set up
posters in the stores and in other theatres to
cross-plug the "Banjoman" run.
Newspaper Section
Touts 'Futureworld'
Tieing in with the August 25 multiple
bow of "Futureworld" in 47 greater Philadelphia
situations, the Philadelphia Daily
News published a special 24-page tabloid
on the AIP release in its August 17 edition.
The section carried feature stories and
photos on the film production as well as
local merchant ads geared to the film's title
theme. Also included in the supplement
were timely news stories that blended well
with the "future" aspect of the film.
For example, one article discussed possible
sources of new energy. Another examined
predictions made by a well-known
psychic, and still another considered advances
to be made in the legitimate theatre.
Motion picture houses received an overrun
of 70,000 copies for distribution.
Additional tie-ins between the paper and
Gillette Razor Co. and local restaurants
centered around prizes awarded through a
paper-sponsored contest. All theatres promoted
the tabloid section and contest with
cross-plug
trailers.
'Futureworld'
Welcoming
BOXOFFICE Showmandiser :: Sept. 6. 1976 — 54 —
Whether in New York City or other situations
around the country. A IP's "Futureworld" is receiving
heavy crowd-gathering promotion. Here,
in front of the RKO Cinerama I Theatre on
Broadway, models costumed to resemble Clark
the Robot and No. 700 Se.x Robots distribute
"Futureworld" buttons to anxious passershy.
They also hit key shopping centers for the 64-
plus theatre opening in the metropolitan area.

—
Donkey, Mule-Masquerading Appaloosa
And 'Gus'
A donkey in Santa Rosa. Calif., an appaloosa
masquerading as a mule in Tucson
and theatre staffers dressed in "Gus" costumes
for appearances at Wometco theatres
in Florida are ways showmen have been
drawing attention to engagements of the
newest Walt Disney production.
Ronald Rhodes, manager of Coddingtown
Cinemas in Santa Rosa, secured the
loan of a donkey through the help of theatre
employee Marie Wilson. Advised by
circuit district manager Henry Lazzarini
on a promotional outline, Rhodes set up a
program whereby his own Gus could be
walked around to generate awareness for
his run. He noted in his Friday newspaper
advertising that Gus would be at the theatre
"'in person" Saturday and Sunday.
The enthusiastic response from the
youngsters that weekend, according to
Rhodes, was as keen as that exhibited
during the Sonoma County Fair when Gus
appeared there. Rhodes and his team of tubthumpers
also walked Gus around the shopping
mall in which the theatres are located.
Rhodes garnered additional promotional
mileage when he dressed his staff in football
imiforms to tic in with the setting of the
film.
Management at the Cineworld Cinemas
1-2-3-4 in Tucson heralded the "Gus" engagement
there by setting up a live ponygo-round
in front of the quadplex. with a
dark brown appaloosa doubling for the mule.
Staged in cooperation with Puppies and
Friends pet shop and Baskin-Robbins ice
cream store, neighboring tenants in the
Monterey Village Shopping Center where
the theatre complex is located, the pony
rides were available to youngsters over a
four-day period. Tickets cost 75 cents at
the boxoffice or were given away free
Costume Prime Disney Film
with
every $5 purchase at the two participatmg
merchants.
The six ponies, including palominos and
sorrels, were outfitted with promotional
"Gus" hats. The appaloosa, meanwhile, wore
a bright red blanket with Gus and 00 appliqued
in white on either side. The horses
came from Rillito River Side Stables at
Horse Haven Ranch.
Theatre staffers at Wometco theatres in
Florida donned "Gus" costumes as part of
the circuit's varied promotional effort for
the Buena Vista release. Whether traveling
through high-traffic areas in
cities or stomping
aroimd shopping centers close to the
theatres, the two-to-a-"Gus" costumes drew
considerable stares. In addition, other employees
wore film-themed T-shirts.
Two imusual aspects of Wometco's campaign
centered around contests and a third
involved mules as a means of transportation.
In the latter, the first 25 persons arriving
at theatres on live mules on opening
day were admitted free to the screening.
The contests included Pin the Tail on
"Gus" and Field Goal Kicking. In the former,
youngsters vied for prizes with the
game set up in theatre lobbies. In the latter.
South Florida Ford dealers tied in for the
fun, awarding the winner with a trip to
California to visit Disneyland and the Disney
studio. Parents were able to go along.
Participating in the contest staged in
various parks around Dade County was
radio WIOD, in which dee-jays bantered
back and forth items about the Disney fun.
On hand to judge the finals was Miami
Dolphins place-kicker Garo Ypremian, who
wore both a "Gus" hat and T-shirt. Ypremian
was chosen in order to generate additional
interest from the press.
l~^^romo
„ THE BAD NEWS
i luaaets
Sponsoring a little league baseball team
and outfitting theatre staffers in semipro
jerseys provided mustachioed managers
Earl Murray, above, and John
below, with tie-ins to prime their
Sittig.
engagements of "The Bad News
Bears." Just as in the film's story line,
the Oklahoma City team that Shepherd
Twin manager Murray sponsors boasts
a female pitcher, and when the team
showed up for a special screening of
the Paramount release, the press was
there to give it ample coverage. Sugarman
Theatres' manager Sittig, meanwhile,
touted the film in Columbus,
Ohio, when he dressed his Cinema
North employees in jerseys, the fronts
of which had been emblazoned with
their first names and Bad News. According
to Siiiig. the unusual garb drew
many a favorable comment.
Horses and a donke\
hi.
of "Gus." Belou iii^hi i\
•hilled iheir services to showmen's lub-lliiiiiipiiii;s
laik blown appaloosa pretending to he "Gus" in
a pony-go-round in front of the Cineworld
quadplex in Tucson. Left are
pictured Coddingtown employee Marie
Wilson, a donkey and manager Ronald
Rhodes and his wife. The group
look their "Gus" around Santa Ro.ui.
Calif., to tout the Disney film.
^S[M^ORtD
Management at the 163rd St. Theatre in
Miami garnered considerable exposure
$4,000 worth of free air time—for "The
Man Who Fell to Earth" with a special midnight
screening sponsored by radio WSHE.
Enhancing the awareness generated by the
radio tie-in were one-sheets displayed in
record stores and distribution of heralds
by staffers dressed as "spacemen." The latter
created appreciable excitement when
they appeared in high-traffic areas, such as
shopping centers, beaches. Dolphins games
and a return-to-school dance on the University
of Miami campus.
— 55- BOXOFFICE Showmandiser :: .Sept. 6, 1976

—
Varieiyl Marks 50ih
Year at Nov. 7 Fele
PITTSBURGH—Variety Club Tent 1
will
mark its first half-century Nov. 7, 1976, at
its 50th annual banquet. All barkers everywhere
are being alerted to the event, according
to the crew.
Located in the William Penn Hotel during
most of its years of existence, past chief
barkers and former crew members—and
others—are asked to encourage officers of
other tents as well as Variety supporters
and entertainers to make reservations for
the banquet. An expanded program book
for the occasion has been planned to commemorate
the 50th anniversary of the original
Variety Club of Pittsburgh, with Donald
L. Ruffing as book chairman.
Tent 1 officers in this bicentennial year
are: Paul E. Grossman, chief barker; Michael
Cardone, first assistant; George Anderson,
second assistant; Chester Walters, dough
guy. and George Werl, property master.
Crew members include James G. Butler,
Thayer H. Christner, Mike Levine, Thomas
McCaffrey, Don Ruffing and Jeffrey Weiss.
Immediate past chief barkers are James
M. Ecker, Nathan H. Kaufman, George
Tice. Bob Prince and Edward C. Boyle.
Handicapped fimd officers are James M.
Ecker, president; Bert Sokol, first vice-president,
and Nathan H. Kaufman, second vicepresident.
The souvenir book will include numerous
historic photos of activities of Variety Tent
1, the II founding members of which were
headed by John H. Harris.
Surviving members of the original clirb,
Dave Brown and John Morin, were pictured
in BoxoFFiCE June 7, 1976.
Film Production Courses
At New York University
NEW YORK—Thirty-two workshops in
film production, photography and video are
being offered starting Monday (20) at New
York University's School of Continuing Education.
Courses may be taken individually
or as part of the 200-hour certificate program
in film production.
Registration begins Tuesday (7). For
further information, write Raymond P.
Zelazny, New York University, School of
Continuing Education. 2 University Place,
Room 21, New York, N.Y. 10003, or call
(212) 598-2373.
Star Lauds Film Critic
PHILADELPHIA—Joe Baltake, movie
editor and reviewer for the Philadelphia
Daily News, won an unsolicited endorsement
from Burt Reynolds, who was hosted
here by Linda Goldenberg, publicity director
for locally based Quality Theatres. During
an impublicized 90-minute TV interview
with Mike Douglas for his syndicated
video show, Reynolds said he rated Baltake
as one of the best film reviewers in the
nation. "I think Joe Baltake is a good critic,"
Reynolds said, "not because he likes me
but because I like him."
NATO of Md, Tun in the Sun Day
Draws Large Turnout From Industry
By KATE SAVAGE
BALTIMORE—The weather cooperated.
It was a bright, dry. sunny day. with gentle
breezes August 17. when NATO of Maryland
held its "Flick Nick Day of Fun in the
Sun," the 22nd annual symposium, at the
Bay Ridge Inn. Annapolis, Md. Practically
the entire film industry—and its various affiliates—throughout
Maryland. Washington.
D.C., Virginia and immediate environs, as
well as guests from as far away as Oregon
and the Deep South, was represented at the
bicentennial seminar. Attendance was reported
to be approximately 225.
A bicentennial atmosphere prevailed in the
banquet room, attractively decorated with
posters reflecting the historical theme. Red.
white and blue pennants, balloons and a replica
of the Declaration of Independence were
behind the podium, which was flanked on
each side by an American and a Maryland
flag, adding to the "Get the Spirit" motif of
the bicentennial while emphasizing the celebration.
Welcomed by Back
George Kelly of Paramount Pictures gave
the invocation after all the guests had been
welcomed by Leon B. Back, general manager
of Rome Theatres and president of
NATO of Maryland. Kelly stressed the philanthropic
work done by the Will Rogers
Memorial Hospital, inasmuch as a donation
to that facility is in the offing— by NATO
of Maryland—after final tabulation of the
symposium.
All segments of the industry were represented,
from delivery to advertising—and
the government as well. The assemblage was,
indeed, the crowning glory of Maryland
NATO's hard work. Its mailing list for 1976
had been increased via full-page advertising
in both BoxoFFiCE and a New York-based
tradepaper—and it was obvious the publicity
was a major factor in the unprecedented
turnout.
Bicentennial
Program
The seminar was chaired by George A.
Brehm of Westview cinemas, with Vera
Wolfe, Maryland NATO executive secretary
and symposium co-chairman, assisting. An
unusual bicentennial program, the largest
ever arranged, was handled by the Arcade
Press. A buffet-luncheon was served at 12:30
p.m., followed by a sit-down dinner at 6:30
p.m.
A new and different attraction was added
to the program this year when film slides
were presented after the luncheon by the
Schroedl Cleaning Service, narrated by president
Jack Matisoff and Mel Goldsfein, who
explained a new system— "MASTER-
CARE"— imported from England by this
firm. It detailed how draperies could be
cleaned—and guaranteed—without removing
them from the movie house.
Subsequent activities consisted of golf and
tennis (both played at the Annapolis Roads
Country Club) swimming, a softball game
between exhibitors and distributors, bingo
and the usual $50 prize for a $1 raffle.
Chairmen of the various committees
created intense interest in activities. Ed
Kimpel jr. of Rome Theatres chaired golf
and had 22 players. Lane Phillips, refreshment
program and manager of Coca-Cola,
received the gold trophy. Attractive prizes
were awarded other players.
William Pacy of F. H. Durkee Enterprises
chaired the tennis tournament—and Kathy
Durkee, wife of Frank Durkee III, became
"Movie Tennis Queen," defeating Ronnie
Greenberg of JF Theatres.
Washington Wins Trophy
The Softball game committee was chaired
by John Recher of J&J Theatres Corp. However,
for the first time in three years, the
trophy returned to Washington, D. C. The
distributors beat the exhibitors 10-5. despite
four hits made by Scott Durkee, 9, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Durkee III. It appeared
that distributor catcher LaVerne Boswell,
20th Century-Fox, had been practicing all
year for this event. The local people, of
course, are hoping the trophy will return to
Baltimore in 1977.
The fine prizes purchased for Maryland
NATO by Abel Caplan of the West way
Theatre were fantastic! Caplan also handled
the exciting bingo game during the afternoon
and. in addition, assisted emcee Fred Sapperstein
of Columbia Pictures in the absence
of Bill Brizendine, retired, who usually
handled this chore.
Maryland Delicacies Abound
Pete Prince of Chestertown. Md.. made
sure the Maryland delicacy—steamed
crabs—was in abundant supply. Meanwhile,
Bill Steele, manager of the Governor Ritchie
Drive-In, was busy as an "all-around assistant"
wherever he was needed, especially
in the area of advertising.
The $50 raffle was won by Dave Coburn
of the Circle Theatre, Annapolis, making
it a red-letter day for him. Dave earlier had
announced that he had become a grandfather
that morning.
During the day, card fans engaged in an
exciting game with Don Burling, Highway
Film, the top winner. John Thompson of
Ray Thompson & Associates presented the
individual golf trophy to Lane Phillips
(Coca-Cola) and the softball trophy to Bill
Zoetis (20th-Fox), who represented the distributors
and who took the coveted prize to
Washington, where it will remain until next
year's symposium. Trophies were donated
as usual by Ray Thompson & Associates.
Distributed to guests were pens and pencils,
as well as calendars, donated by the
National Ticket Co. Pens and marking
crayons were supplied by Schroedl Cleaners.
Reading matter was passed out by Preview
Magazine and Baltimore Film Festival—and
magazines by Gallo Publishing. An interesting
brochure also was given the guests titled
(Continued on page E-7)
BOXOFFICE :: .September 6, 1976

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;
B R O A D W Ay
JJADIO CITY MUSIC HALL has been
saved from permanent closing, for at
least a year, by an agreement of the concerned
unions to take a pay cut. Congratulations
to all who helped preserve the Showplace
of the Nation for the time being
and a bow to publicity director Patricia
Robert who, as spokeswoman for the Hall.
has been referred to constantly as "Roberts."
•
The new address for the Internationa}
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees &
Moving Picture Machine Operators of the
U.S. and Canada, commonly known as
lATSE. is now 1515 Broadway (One Astoi
Plaza). New York City 10036. on the si.xth
floor. After more than 30 years in the
Radio City area, the union decided upon
the move for economic reasons. The previous
address was 1270 Sixth Ave., which
houses the New York Boxoffice office.
advertising and public relations at MGM.
Penny Singleton turned up at the Museum
of Modern Art August 28 at the
showing of the original J 938 "BloruUe."
as part of the iruiseum's American Comedy
Celebrities scheduled for the Labor Day
CineCon convention at the Sheraton Hotel
included Myrna Loy, Madge Evans, the
husband Sidney Kingsley, Joe Bonomo.
latter's
Ruth Donnelly, Jack Dempsey and
singer Wini Shaw, famed for the "Lullaby
of Broadway" number which she introduced
in "Gold Diggers of 1935." Under the aegis
of Herb Graff, the gala weekend was the
latest in a series of film-buff gatherings held
annually in different cities across the country.
Each star was represented by one or
more films and there were dealers' rooms.
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a coffee reception and a banquet for the
gathered throng. Members came from the
New York area and from California and all
parts of Ihe globe.
•
The Second International Festival of
Women's Films, opening here Monday (13)
at the Cinema Studio Theatre, will feature
17 pictures, according to co-directors Kristine
Nordstrom and Leah Laiman. Ten will
be making their U. S. debuts.
The premieres will include "Lumiere."
written by and starring Jeanne Moreau,
who also makes her directorial bow, and
opening the festival Monday (13). Other
new arrivals: "Daguerreotypes." by Agnes
Varda; "Femmes au Soleil," by Liliane
Dreyfus: "Aloise," by Liliane de Kermadec
and starring Delphine Seyrig; "Take It Like
a Man, Madam," by Denmark's Mette
Knudsen, Elisabeth Rygaard and Li Vilstrup;
"Branded for Life," by Brazil's Maria
do Rosario: "Riddance," by Maria Me.\-
Lyricist and author Howard Dietz will be
zaros;
honored for his 80th birthday with a champagne
"Love Under the Crucifix," by Japan's
luncheon at the headquarters of the
Kinuyo Tanaka: "Rising Target," by
America's
American
Barbara Frank,
Society of Composers, Authors
and "The White
Wall," the only entry
and
by a
Publishers Tuesday
male director—
(7). the day before
Bjorkman— and Stig starring Harriet Andersson.
the event. Besides his songwriting accomplishments,
Dietz once was vice-president for
•
Openings: "Edvard Munch," Peter Watkins'
film on the life of the famed Norwegian
painter, begins Sunday (12) at the Festival
Theatre. Geir Westby portrays the title
role, a titan of modern art and a pioneer
with Van Gogh in the field of expressionism.
"Keetje Tippel," an acclaimed Dutch
series. As an actress, .she appeared in all of
the Blondie films he I ween 1938 and J 950.
She took the occasion lo nuike a plea for
film, begins Sunday (26) at the 68th Street
saving Radio City Music Hall, which now
has been accomplished.
Also in town was Buster Crabbe, who
film reunites the team responsible for the
was guest of honor at a nostalgia convention
before heading home to Phoenix. Ariz.,
1973 Oscar nominated "Turkish Delight,"
with No. 1 fan Lou Valentino of Time-Life.
Singer Kate Smith was in Astoria's Boulevard
actress, who is the Netherland's most popular
TV
Hospital for treatment of acute laryn-
and beautiful film, theatre and actress, arrives shortly New York for
in gitis.
promotional
•
activities.
Playhouse. National playdates for the Cinema
National Corp. release will follow. The
star Monique van de Ven, director Paul
Verhoeven and producer Rob Houwer. The
•
"The Turning Point," a Herbert Ross film
dealing with the world of ballet, wrapped up
production here AugiLst 27. with photography
to continue at 20th Century-Fox's
Century City studio. Starring Anne Bancroft.
Shirley MacLaine. Tom Skerritt. Mikhail
Baryshnikov and Leslie Browne, the
Ross-Arthur Lau rents production used such
city locales as the Minskoff Theatre, the
American Ballet Theatre, the Russian Tea
Room, Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan
Museum of A rt.
Film buffs were annoyed lo learn that the
Walt Disney classic "The Three Caballeros"
(1944) had been cut to just 42 minutes
to run as second feature to "Treasure
of Matecumbe" as a Disney Festival program.
About 30 minutes were sliced out of
the feature, which stars Donald Duck and
combines live action and highly skilled animation.
Hopefully, the film will be shown
mlact ui the hUiue. Last program in the
series, the "Best of the Fest. ' was "Peter
Pan" and "Gus,'" running Friday (3)
through Tuesday (7).
•
Last week's BoxoFFICE cover film. "Mad
Dog." a Cinema Shares release starring
Dennis Hopper, was sneak-previewed Wednesday
(1 ) at Loews' Cine. The film won
the John Ford Memorial Bicentennial
Award as best western of this year.
•
Showcases for the first day of September
were led by the arrivals of Warners' "St.
Ives." starring Charles Bronson. and Universal's
new "The Bawdy Adventures of
Tom Jones," starring Nicky Henson and
featuring a large cast including Joan Collins
as bandit Black Bess. Also playing: "The
Shootist." "Survive!" (both from Paramount).
Columbia's "Obsession." UA's Burt
Reynolds film "Gator." 20th Cetury-Fox's
"The Omen" and "Silent Movie." UA's
MGM presentation of "Logan's Run" and
two from American International. "J. D.'s
Revenge" and "At the Earth's Core." On
mini-showcase were two X-rated offerings,
"Alice in Wonderland" and "Baby Rosemary."
'Cousin Cousine' Has
660 Lead in NY 6th
NEW YORK—"Cousin Cousine," the
French import, managed not only to stay
on top in its sixth week at the Paris, but
also to jump to 660 from its 550 average
last week. "FantaSex" moved up one place
to second with a 16th round 355 at Rialto
I. Trading places with it for third spol was
last week's number two, "The Ritz," a close
350 for the third Cinema I romp.
The rest of the field was pure porn: fourth
place belonged to "Baby Rosemary," also
called "Dirty Baby Rosemary," averaging
330 for the first week at Cine Lido (270)
and Lido East (390). Fifth again was "The
Opening of Misty Beethoven," 325 in the \
24th week at the World. Down two rungs
to sixth was "My Erotic Fantasies." a 310
in the ninth Rialto II round.
On showcase, the winners were The
Omen." "Silent Movie." Burt Reyni>lds'
"Gator" and the Disney bill "Treasiue of
Matecumbe" (first run) and "The Three
Caballeros" (reissue).
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in—Face lo Face (Para), 2Isl wk 105
Lido—Baby Rosemary 1
(Scope) 270
I—The Ril2 (WB),'3rd " " " 350
-Obsession (Col), 5lh wk
s—The Clockmaker (Joseph Green)
4th wk.
Globe—Hot Nasties (Troma)
Lido East Baby Rosemary (S:::- }
Little Carnegie Lovers and Other Relatives
(Crystal Pictures), 2nd wk
Orpheum-Drum (UA). 5th wk
Pans Cousin Cousine (Libra Films), bin wk ...
Quad—The Clockmaker (Joseph Green), 4th wk
Radio City Music Hall—Swfashbuckler (Univ),
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IBth wk 355
Rialto II—My Erotic Fantasies (Mishkm),
9th wk .310
68th Street Playhous- My Friends (AA), 6th wk .105
Stale I—Drum (UA), 5ih wk 185
Tower East—Let's Talk About Men (AA),
4th wk 105
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We Think It's About Time
The Exhibitor Got STAR Treatment
Mr. Exhibitor, you may have a tough
time getting STAR treatment in your own
industry, but not from ASC (Altec Service
Corporation).
ASC has been giving STAR
treatment to Exhibitors from coast
to coast, since the 1930's, and the
way we see it, it's a relationship
that has endured and grown,
based on mutual need and respect.
Today, more than ever, it's not
enough just to open your doors.
The exhibitor must compete for
the customer's leisure-time dollars,
and that means providing a professional
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^Japle Forest 1 is featuring "The Bad News
Bears" and "The Sailor Who Fell From
Grace With the Sea" is at the Evans. Maple
Forest 2 is offering Alfred Hitchcock's
"Family Plot." while "The Missouri Breaks
is at the Show Place. Military and Grant,
all at popular prices . . . American International
Pictures' "The Food of the Gods."
based on the H. G. Wells yarn, is playing
the underskyers, with a second feature offered
on the program.
Brigitte Bardot appears in Roger Vadim's
"Don Juan," onscreen at the Valu 5 . . .
The popular "Murder by Death." with a
production starring Ethel Merman and others,
was shown at Shea's Buffalo August
26-28 . . . "Revenge of the Cheerleaders"
was returned by popular demand at the Buffalo
Drive-In 2.
Earl Lynge reports good attendance at
his circuit of theatres in western New York
Rita D. Inda. president of 'Variety
Club Women, says the organization's membership
is growing. "The Man Who Fell to
Earth." the David Bowie starrer, was
awarded "three cheers" by the Courier-
Express reviewer!
Ginger Rogers, onetime top film star, and
Nipsey Russell opened August 30 at Melody
Fair before a sellout house . . . Johnny Cash,
film star and "The Big Man" of coimtry
music, was seen locally on Channel 4 hosting
a new video show.
Tony Mercurio, Paramount branch manager,
is recuperating in Millard Fillmore
Hospital here. Tony has a host of friends,
all of whom wish him the best of luck! . . .
Fran Maxwell, office manager at the United
Artists branch, as well as booker there, is
undergoing tests at Kenmore Mercy Hospi-
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A nostalgic series of musical spectaculars
and detective stories will be featured in this
year's motion picture program at Niagara
County Community College, Sanborn.
Among the oldies on the program are "Shall
We Dance?", "Broadway Melody of 1940."
"Charlie Chan in London," "The Maltese
Falcon" and "The Thin Man."
A spy story, "Bottoms Up." is having its
first run here at the Palace, Main and Tupper
streets . . . "Survive!" has opened at
bell-ringer cast, is at the Eastern Hills Cinema
and Como 6 . and Walter Park and the Buffalo and Sheridan 2 drive-
the downtown Cinema, Park in Orchard
Go to New York" is playing first rim at two ins .. . "St. Ives," starring Charles Bronson,
situations, attracting good audiences, while is featured at the Seneca Mall and Kensington.
Mel Brooks in "Silent Movie" is still packing
'em in in the ninth frame at the Boulevard
Mall and Holiday 6 . . . "There's No Every Monday evening, the Variety Club
is
Business Like Show Business," CinemaScope open for dinner and fun. Members are
urged to utilize their clubhouse—except
for one Monday a month when board members
meet therein.
Johnny Mathis is booked for appearances
at Melody Fair October 8-9, an attraction
that is expected to draw capacity audiences.
Entertainment-seekers are finding the
domed theatre in North Tonawanda a popular
spot. Rich Little is slated to appear there
Monday (13).
Mike Ellis, former chief barker of Variety
Club Tent 7. said in the Evening News
the other day:
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Be false to you!
Doty-Dayton Productions' "Against a
Crooked Sky" is drawing great crowds at
the Seneca Mall Cinema. Richard Boone
and Stewart Petersen star in the G-rated
picture, produced by Doty-Dayton, the company
that specializes in making only family
films—and films which the whole famil\
will
enjoy.
Ad Club members were invited to spend
the noon hour recently at One M&T
Plaza for a special program, which featured
entertainment by a trio and vocalist. The
club president spoke briefly . . . Gregory
Peck and Lee Remick in 'The Omen" may
be seen at the Transit Drive-In . . . The
Erie County Fair & Exposition, the 137th
annual event, is being held in Hamburg.
Gate admission is $2, with children under
12 admitted free of charge. Parking also
is
free for this great affair.
Edward Heiber Dies
PHILADELPHIA—Edward Heiber. 76,
former division manager here of American
International Pictines, died August 18. Diu"-
ing his 50 years in the industry, he also
worked for Universal Pictures, among other
companies. Survived by his wife Selda and
son Louis, he was buried in Baltimore.
Four Fall Movie Series
Are Slated by Temple U.
PHILADELPHIA—With a newly equipped
facility for its screen showings in a new
"Cinematheque Screening Room," Temple
University's center city campus has scheduled
four film series for the fall. In addition
to returning its "Weekend Cinematheque"
and "Film Archives" series, the season will
start Tuesday (14) with a new series,
"Italian Cinema Since World War II: Visconti
to Leone."
The new series will take in 14 works by
14 Italian directors made during the immed-
post-war period.
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Another new series will be "Milestone
Cinema," the schedule to be announced,
with such films as "The Blue Angel," "The
Last Mile," "The Golden Coach." "Zoo in
Budapest," "The Great Garbo," "Rembrandt,"
"The Gold of Naples" and "When
Knights Were Bold."
The "Weekend Cinematheque." offering
a continuing program of memorable feature
films from American studios, will be shown
on Friday and Saturday evenings, with
screenings at 7 and 9:15 p.m. The showings
are all open to the public at moderate prices
with complimentary tea and coffee served.
"Film Archives" will be shown Sunday
evenings at 7 p.m. and Monday evenings at
7:30 p^m.
BALTIMORE
Qharles Glazer, 11 -year-old son of Phil
Glazer, who is head of Associated Pictures
Co., returned from camp at Moose
Cove Lodge in Douglas Hill. Me., after
spending eight weeks involved in varied activities.
It was a short stop for Charles. He
immediately flew (by himself) directly to
Ocean City for a rest, according to his father
. . . Mrs. Joyce Durant. head booker
for Associated, spent a weekend at Ocean
City, N.J., visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Clifton Murray . Pictures is
in the process of mailing out its latest film
directory
for Washington. D.C. Glazer says
that if exhibitors haven't received one, to
contact Associated at once.
Leon B. Back, president of NATO of
Maryland and general manager of Rome
Theatres, announced August 13 that the
NATO symposium was sold out, with over
200 planning to attend the get-together at
Bay Ridge Inn. Annapolis, August 17.
Edward A. Kimpel jr., Rome Theatres
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PHILADELPHIA—A program of
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and Filmmakers is included in the French
Festival of Contemporary Arts, programed
in Paris and coming here in October, as a
salute from the French government to the
U.S. Bicentennial. The festival, to be staged
at the Annenberg Center at the University
of Pennsylvania, also includes theatrical
drama and inusical productions.
Films by Bellon. Bertucelli. Blanc. Comoli.
Costa-Gavras. Duras. Giraud. Malle. Moreau.
Rivette. Robbe-Grillet, Tati. Tavernier
and Techine will be screened October
21-22 at the center's Zellerbach Theatre. In
addition, docimientary films from French
TV will be screened in the center's Studio
Theatre.
PHILADELPHIA
^ubert Smith, a filmmaker whose work has
won him three Golden Eagles from the
Council on International Nontheatrical
Events and other major awards, has joined
the Temple University faculty here as a
visiting lecturer in anthropology. He also
will conduct a graduate seminar in observational
cinema.
Al Baker jr., who operates the Apollo
Theatre on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City,
where film showings are joined by burlesque
theatre, planned to stage a Ms. International
Nude Beauty Pageant at the playhouse during
the Labor Day weekend.
The Motion Picture Associates Foundation
switched its Wednesday (8) testimonial
dinner for Don Hicks from the Bellevue-
Stratford Hotel to the Sheraton Poste Inn
in suburban Cherry Hill, N.J. Hicks is retiring
after 42 years as regional sales manager
for Paramount Pictures here.
For one week only, for the showing of
"Gus" and "Bambi," the Harwan Theatre in
suburban Camden, N.J., made it a "Bargain
Week" with all seats at all times eoinc for
$1.
Kim Hunter, Walter Abel and Yvonne
DeCarlo have been added to the roster of
stars for the 12-week fall season of stage
productions at Bucks County Playhouse.
New Hope, being launched Tuesday (14)
with Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach in "The
House of Leaves." Hunter and Abel will
star in "The Chalk Garden" comedy during
the November 9 week and DeCarlo has been
set for the final show of the season. Noel
Coward's "You Never Know." November
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gill Marshall has been appointed manager
of RKO-SW's Hollywood Theatre in
East Orange, succeeding Ed Wendell who
took over the helm at the circuit's recently
reopened Embassy in Orange. Most recently,
Marshall had been manager of Loews' State
in Newark for the past eight years. Prior to
that, he had been associated with several
theatre circuits in New York City, including
Walter Reade and Skouras Theatres, and is
an industry veteran of 45 years. He is assisted
at the Hollywood by Dan Enger.
A scene from the film sequel to "The
Exorcist." entitled "The Heretic: Exorcist
II," recently was shot at Nework's Penn Sattion.
The sequence included two of the stars
of the film. Richard Burton and Linda Blair.
In the scene. Burton, as a psychologically
troubled priest, is on his way by train to
that fatal house in Georgetown where his
predecessor met his demise in "The Exorcist."
His trip results in a climactic encounter
with the persistent demon. Blair, a
girl in control of herself this time, is trying
to plead with him to let her help him. The
sequence took approximately six hours to
film, which included setting up all the necessary
cameras, lights, etc. Director John
Boorman noted that it probably would re-
in about two minutes of onscreen action.
sult
The trip to Newark was part of two weeks
of shooting being done in the New York
metropolitan area.
"Alice in Wonderland," an X-rated musical
comedy, opened exclusive area engagements
at UA's Teaneck in Teaneck and
Wood Theatres' Jersey in Morristown. Kristine
De Bell, the star of the film, greeted
customers at the Teaneck the night after
the opening.
Reports are that United Artists Theatres'
new twin, adjoining the Cinema 46 in Totowa,
is slated for Wednesday (29) opening.
The premiere attractions for the twin have
not been announced . Return of a
Man Called Horse" completed a five week
exclusive North Jersey engagement at UA's
Bellevue in Upper Montclair and was followed
Wednesday (1) by a special limited
engagement of "Gone With the Wind."
A special sneak-preview showing of "Mad
Dog" was held recently at UA's Cinema 46
in Totowa. The film is scheduled to open
Wednesday (22) at the circuit's Bellevue in
Upper Montclair.
The latest Burt Reynolds starrer. "Gator."
was previewed at several area theatres on a
recent Friday and Saturday night prior to
opening its regular run at those locations
the following Wednesday.
The independent Montaiik Iheatre in
Passaic, managed by Ed Multeni, has initiated
a new policy of continuous performances
daily beginning at 1 2 noon. Doors open
daily at 11:30 a.m. Previously, the Montauk,
which presents X-rated films as a
steady policy, had been continuous from
Fabian in
Paterson presented a live rock stageshow
on a recent Friday night, featuring Billy
Paul plus the New York Sound Band.
Tickets were priced at $5.50 and $6.50.
The Fabian is managed by Bob Osborne.
Peter Firmino, who reopened the Strand
in Seaside Park at the beginning of this
summer, reports that he intends to keep
the 500-seat house open weekends only
after Labor Day. The Strand had been
closed by WRO four years ago. While under
Reade supervision, it had not been open at
all from Labor Day through Memorial Day
weekend.
Among films shown on local UA-Columbia
cable TV during August—for the first
time—were "The Man Who Would Be
King," "The Story of Adele H.." "Love and
Death" and "Jacqueline Susann's Once Is
Not Enough." Encore films included "The
Drowning Pool." "The Longest Yard."
"Murder on the Orient Express" and "The
Reincarnation of Peter Proud."
Toyota Axes Sponsorship
Of 'Godfather IF on TV
CHERRY HILL. N. J.—Joseph Coccia.
president of UNICO National. Ilalian-
American service organization, announced
the group has scored a major victory in its
rtinning battle to keep movies such as "The
Godfather" and "The Godfather. Part 11"
off TV. He announced that Toyota International
has agreed not to sponsor "Godfather,
Part II." which the National Broadcasting
Co. plans to show during prime time
next spring.
Coccia. newly elected president of the
1 2.000-member organization which held its
54th annual convention this year, said that
Toyota not only will refuse sponsorship of
the movie showing but also will take special
steps to see that no Toyota advertisements
are placed on a national or local basis
in connection with the film.
Coccia said UNICO's case in the issue
was presented to Toyota by a membe: from
California, Dom Longo, who is one of the
biggest Toyota dealers in
the U.S.
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The convention center will be under con-
struction before the end of the year if
commonwealth authorities approve final
. . architectural drawings Palisades, Mc-
Keesport, purchased from the state of William
Speney. will be remodeled and updated
and new owner Anton Sporcic says he will
return big bands, boxing and the sports
arena to these enterprises . . . PAT, the bus
organization, wants events at the Civic
Arena ended before midnight so that patrons
are not stranded for want of transportation
. . . "Gone in 60 Seconds" has been
widely advertised in the area.
Cinema V, Buckhannon, W. Va., scheduled
a special matinee showing of "Lipstick"
with a "ladies only" policy and reduced
admission as a promotional stunt for
the Paramount release.
Area tiieatres have been showing "Keep
on Truckin'," "Secrets of Sweet 16," "Shadow
of the Hawk," "Ode to Billy Joe," "The
Omen," "Reefer Madness," "Food of the
Gods," "Manson," "The Divine Obsession,"
"Obsession," "Logan's Run," "Silent Movie,"
"Tunnelvision," "Heavy Traffic," "Drivein,"
"Futureworld" and "Weekend with the
Babysitter."
Two Braxton County teenagers, on their
way to Weston, W. Va., to see "Mysterious
Monsters" at Lovett's Drive-ln, claimed to
have spotted a "bigfoot" creature as they
left 1-79 at the Skin Creek exit. They called
local police and claimed tha the thing was
"ape-like and towered about eight feet tall."
Although booker Gary Barker said he
would like to take credit for such a publicity
stunt, "the theatre management disclaimed
any connection with the incident."
Ciiesty Morgan opens at the Palace Monday
(13) and another special booking will be
the return of the one-and-only Honeysuckle,
starting November 29.
Josepli Bell, veteran -re tired Fayette City
theatre owner-manager for two-score years.
died August 8 after heart attacks and strokes
suffered over the past three and a half years.
Well respected in his hometown. Bell was
a favorite on this city's Old Filmrows, located
on Forbes and on the Boulevard of
the Allies. The Bell Ihcatre, Fayette City,
was established by his father and mother
many years ago and he later took over
management and operation.
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"Dirty Knights' Work" is on screen at the
Kings Court Stanley has Andy
Williams on Tuesday (21) . Pitts-
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burgh politicians are trying to design ordinances
to stop the adult "strip" via special
zoning and the city of Erie also is engaged
in such preparation. At Erie, under such
proposal, adult bookstores, theatres, massage
parlors and other related businesses
would not be permitted to locate within 750
feet of each other or of churches, schools,
playgrounds, parks, libraries and residences.
Wheeler Films here, via Ross Wheeler jr.,
is handling Turtle's "High Velocity." His
father has this action film for the Washington,
D. C, market.
Amusement parks close after Labor Day
or cut back in operation to weekends for a
month or so. With schools reopening, it is
traditional to close regardless of weather
or die . . . Republic Pictures' office, in years
past at the Boulevard of the Allies and Van
Braam Street, is now a restaurant-bar . . .
Steve Dick, WQED-FM film critic, inter-
. . . The
viewed George Anderson, Post Gazette entertainment
editor, on WQED-FM, 89.3,
Monday afternoon, August 30
Fulton screen has "J.D.'s Revenge."
"The Pom Pom Girls" went into release
here in a big way.
Everett W. Hayden, 68, of the east end,
died August 28 in Shadyside Hospital. A
noted organist here and in Boston, he had
been organist for years at the Keith Memorial
Theatre, Boston.
Peter Kolaba, Penthouse manager, reported
back on the job following hospitalization
and surgery.
Mr. and Mrs. George N. Anas, Weirlon,
W. Va., theatre owners, annoimce the engagement
of their daughter Charlotte to
William DuFour jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
William DuFour of Uniontown. The wedding
is planned for next summer.
Amen Corner's annual stag picnic is dated
for Lovuola's Farm, Greentree, Wednesday
(15) . . . Cable TV has been directing a
giant advertising campaign in district newspapers
and on radio stations. Catchlines include:
"Introducing more TV than you've
ever seen before—Get on the Cable. Cable
TV."
Ad art of Hollywood's films and stars,
1931-1950, has been displayed at Showcase
cinemas 1-2-3-4, William Penn Highway,
and as they move out to other of the 140
Redstone Management cinemas, the gallery
space will be devoted to the works of local
artists, professional and amateur . . . Senior
citizens are being issued special Showcase
Cinema "Golden Age ID Cards" which
provide reduced admission at any time.
Reduced rates also are offered to groups
and organizations.
NATOol West Peinisylvania, which sponsored
a theatre management course at
Duquesne University last year, will not repeat
this year . and Encore announced
the showing of "A Slightly Pregnant
Man" . and "Manson"
are new on screen at Showcase cinemas.
The other "obsession," the adult "The Divine
Obsession," is coming to the Art Cinema
screen.
Louis J. Stanson, veteran city area projectionist,
is absent from booth duties at this
time as his advertising business, P.O. Box
241, McKees Rocks 15136, is requiring
almost all of his attention. This was relayed
to us via projectionist Frank Yurkovic of
the Denis, Mount Lebanon. Both are "perfectionist
projectionists" . . . We haven't
heard from Norman J. Rabold in many
months. Norman, then projectionist at the
twin Admiral Palace in Nuernberg, West
Germany, Sept. 29, 1967, was the first projectionist
anywhere to operate an entire film
show automatically via preprograming. He
came here shortly thereafter and has been
busy in theatre management and projection.
Derris Jeffcoat, manager of Theatre
Equipment & Supply, at Theatre Candy
Co., is recuperating very satisfactorily from
a heart attack suffered July 26. He's at
home now and has visited at the northside
plant with Knute Boyle and Grace Showe.
New season of the Book and Author dinners
sponsored by the Post-Gazette and
Home's starts Wednesday (22) and one of
four authors will be actress Ruth Gordon
who will introduce "My Side," her autobiography,
as she approaches her 80th birthdav
anniversary.
Harold Cohen Celebrating
50 Years as an Exhibitor
I.EWISTON, PA.— Harold Cohen, who
owns and operates the two remaining motion
picture theatres here, is marking his
50th year as an exhibitor. His father built
this city's first theatre in 1918 when he
converted his garage into a movie house
that became known as the National Theatre.
Cohen ran the showhouse for his father on
weekends.
The National was torn down in 1932 and
on its site Cohen built the Embassy Theatre,
a de luxe house with organ and a mezzanine,
where catered card parties were held.
After the parties, the players viewed the
film show. In addition to the Embassy,
Cohen also owns and operates the Miller
Theatre here.
In 1948, there were five hardtops in
Lewistown and two drive-ins.
Now 74 years of age and still actively
operating the two houses, Cohen feels the
heyday of movies is yet to come.
Tony Bill served as executive producer of
"Harry and Walter Go to New "Vork."
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velous time spent with his son Charles md
daughter-in-law JoAnne in Anchorags Ak
Just prior to seeing them, they visit(d his
two preteen granddaughters in San Dimo
Calif. Also, there was a visit to his brothti
in-law Dr. Wilson Footer in San Francisco
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patti Fabntio, K-B Theatres' director of
special events, announced attractions
which the circuit has boolced for the fall,
early winter and the Christmas holiday
season. Among them are; "The Belstone
Fox," "Marathon Man." "A Matter of
Time." "The .Seven Percent Solution" and.
for the Yule holidays. "The Last Tycoon."
"The Enforcer." "King Kong" and "The
Silver Streak" . film "Alice in Wonderland,"
during its run at the K-B Janus
and K-B Cerberus, attracted the attention
of the Post's Judith Martin. She wrote: "The
film is subtitled "an X-rated musical comedy'
and features a flashing Mad Hatter, an
impotent Humpty Dumpty and a lesbian
Queen of Hearts . porno fans
won't be able to believe their eyes ... or
their ears . . . Legitimate 'Alice' fans are
going to have an equally bad time of it,
maybe worse. Maybe this film is for people
who read the book and didn't like it."
The House Subconiniittee on Communications,
with Rep. Lionel Van Deerlin presiding,
held public hearings on HB 15268
(Worth, Col.) in the Rayburn House Office
Building Wednesday (1) "to amend the
Communications Act of 1934 to provide
just and reasonable rates, terms and conditions
for the use of certain rights-of-way by
persons desiring to lease space for wire
communication." The subcommittee will
hold additional public hearings in the Rayburn
House Office Building Wednesday
(22) at 10 a.m.. at which time the commissioners
and staff of the Federal Communications
Commission will appear to testify on
the subject of the regulation of CATV.
The House Judiciary Committee August
27 approved major changes in the 67-yearold
copyright law. The Senate passed a
somewhat similar bill in February. The 1909
law was written before commercial radio,
TV and book-copying machines. Among the
important provisions of the bill are that
CATV would have to pay royalties on programs
it transmits to areas beyond its originating
station; it would extend the life of a
copyright from the present 56 years to the
lifetime of the author, plus 50 years, to
protect the rights of the author's children,
and it would write into law the "Fair Use"
doctrine.
"
For exhibiting "Married Woman. "Possessed"
and "Sexmania" at the Mark II 1 heatre
Dec. 12. 1975. the manager and the
corporation which owns the movie house
were sentenced August 25 in District of
Columbia Superior Court to pay $1,800.
James J. Proferes, the manager and president
of the corporation. Galaxy Enterprises,
which owns the Mark IL was ordered by
Superior Judge John F. Doyle to pay $.'?00
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against the manager and three against the
corporation. Obscenity charges for showing
"Bachelor in Distress" and "Bad Black
Beulah" February 10 were dropped when
Proferes pleaded guilty to the December 12
charges.
"Presidents and Their Movies, by Roland
"
Fiamini, an article in the September issue
of the American Film Institute's publication
American Film, is a report on presidential
movie habits—what each President watched
in the White House screening room. The
Fiamini article was reprinted m the August
29 issue of the Post. President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, according to the article, was the
first President to use the White House movie
theatre. President Eisenhower saw more
films in the White House than all other
presidents combined. A White House projectionist
is on duty at all times, according
to Fiamini. who is on the staff of Time
Magazine.
De Luxe College Park
Unit Opened by Roth
WASHINGTON— Roth Theatres added
another unit, its eighth auditorium within
14 months, Wednesday (1) with the opening
of Roth's College Park Theatre in College
Park, Md. It is three blocks from the University
of Maryland on Baltimore Boulevard
at U.S. Route 1.
Randy Kruger, an undergraduate student
at Maryland University, who started with
Roth Theatres four years ago as a trainee,
was named manager of the newest unit in
the rapidly expanding circuit.
The de luxe College Park offers the most
modern in sound, projection and climatecontrol
equipment. Its 375 foam-cushioned
seats are staggered in
a pattern scientifically
designed for optimum viewing and comfort.
Among other features of the luxurious
showhouse are such Roth hallmarks as an
art gallery for community artists' shows and
a refreshment stand where attendants serve
fresh-popped, "piping hot" popcorn. Ample
parking is available adjacent to the theatre.
"Tunnelvision," released locally by David
Levy, was the premier attraction.
Regular programing includes late shows
on Friday and Saturday nights, with weekday
supper shows at a reduced price. Additionally,
special kiddies matinees are to be
presented.
Paul Roth, immediate past president of
the National Ass'n of Theatre Owners, is
president of Roth Enterprises and Ned
Glaser, who supervised the theatre's construction,
is executive vice-president of the
company. Lou Hart serves as director of
community relations.
Twin Theatre Planned
WAYNESBURG. PA.—A modern
twin
automated theatre is planned by Fred
Hughes and architectural designs are now
completed. The facility will adjoin bowling
alleys which Hughes owns here. He also
owns the Triangle Travel Agency of Wayneshurg.
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Denver Likes Comedy,
'By Death' Hits 325
DENVER—Comedy has the slmngcsi
appeal here apparently, with "Murder hy
Death" scoring 325 in its eleventh week at
Colorado 4. The Ingmar Bergman-Liv Ullmann
film, "Face to Face." was another
substantial grosser, coming in at 200. as did
20th-Fox's "The Omen." in its tenth week
at the Aladdin. Only two. "Midway" and
"Survive!", failed to make the average.
(Average Is 100)
Aladdin—The Omen (20th-Fox), 10lh wk 20'
Century 21—Harry and Walter Go To New York
(Col), 5th wk .^- 17S
Cherry Creek—Midway (Univ), 11th wk 80
Colorado 4—Murder by Deolli (Col), 11th wk 325
Colorado 4—The Tenant (Para), 6th wk 135
Continental—The Hetum of a Man Called Horse
(UA), 3rd wk „ 145
Cooper, Lakeridqe—Silent Movie '?'•'. F->:),
9th wk MO
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Cooper, Cameo—Tunnelvision
6th wk 175
Esquire—Face to Face (P:ira,, • 3 ,•. ,: 200
Five theatres—Go For It (World EnteTtainraent) 175
of Treasure Matecumbe (BV),
Four theatres
4th wk 100
Seven theatres—Poor White Trash, Part II (SR) 125
Six theatres—The Gumball Rally (WB), 2nd wk 100
Ten theatres—Survivel (Para), 2Tid wk 65
Ten theatres—The Shootist (Para-) 125
Three theatres—Drum (UA), 2nd wk 120
1, University Hills Villa Italia—Obsession (Col) .150
University Hills 2—The Man Who Fell to Earth
(Cir 5), 3rd 135
Richmond to Head Sacha
Wien Films Production
HOLLYWOOD— Veteran filmmaker Ted
Richmond, who was executive producer on
"Papillon," has been named head of production
for Sacha Wien Films which, with
Elliott Kastner, is making "A Little Night
Music" in Vienna.
Heinz Lazek, managing director of
Sacha Wien, said that in addition to heading
the company's production schedule,
Richmond personally will produce "Behind
the Iron Mask." based on the Alexander
Dumas novel "The Man in the Iron Mask."
Filming is set to begin in Vienna Monday
(27) with Sylvia Cristel starring and Ken
Annakin directing.
Lazek also announced that sales representatives
for Sacha Wien's two films. "A
Little Night Music" and "Behind the Iron
Mask." will be Alain and Raoul Katz's Carlton
Film Export in association with Cinema
Arts Associated Corp.
Col/s 'Obsession' Debuts
At 6 Southland Theatres
HOLLYWOOD—"Obsession," a romantic
suspense drama starring Cliff Robertson,
Genevieve Bujold and newcomer John
LithgOw, opened Wednesday (1) in exclusive
engagements at six Southland theatres—Laemmle's
Plaza in Westwood, the
Pacific in Hollywood, Rosecrans Drive-In,
the Cinedome in Orange, the Harbor Cinema
in Costa Mesa and the Buena Park
Drive-In.
Filrtied on locations in New Orleans, La.,
and Florence, Italy. "Obsession" was directed
by Brian De Palma from a screenplay
by Paul Schrader for Columbia Pictures
release, George Litto and Harry N.
Blum produced.
BOXOFFICE September 6. 1976
Intent of Arts Temple to Be Reality
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The 49-year-old Tucson Temple of Music and Art will have an exterior
facelifting, its original name restored and its original glamor rejuvenated.
By GIB CLARK
we've planned a comprehensive program
TUCSON—Amelita Galli-Curci presided
over ground-breaking ceremonies here nearly
designed to reach everyone," she said.
Films will receive equal billing with the
dance, music programs, development of
49 years ago for the Temple of Music
and Art, hoping the project would evolve ethnic group areas, touring companies, Indian
arts and crafts and displays of Oriental
into a renowned center for the performing
arts. The wish finally will become reality.
art and temple memorabilia. The latter are
In November the elegant two-storied,
white stuccoed, red tile-roofed edifice at
330 South Scott Ave. will be recognized
formally not only as an international center
for the performing arts
but also as an international
film festival center.
Intervening years have seen name changes
and varied uses for the temple: As a home
base for the Tucson Boys Chorus, as a home
for the Saturday Morning Musical Club and
for the last several years as the Cine Azteca.
showing Spanish-language films under Salvadore
and Frances Galvan's management.
By late fall it will become an artistic entity
with the legacy of its original name restored.
The formal grand opening will feature
"Baby Doe." produced by the Tucson
Gilbert & Sullivan Theatre, returning to its
original home, as well the Tucson Little
Theatre which, in the opinion of William
Nicholls. new co-owner with Dan Valdenegro
the sides at balcony level, above the proscenium
and around the auditorium at wall-top,
and Roger Gentry, who will be business will be retained but burnished to reduce
manager, "is the best of its kind in the shine. New aisle carpeting, seat re-upholstering
country."
and exterior painting is about all that's
"This is the fulfillment of my dream," really needed. And money will be no problem
said Nicholls. who holds a master's in thea-
with 'Friends of the Temple' providing
tre management and directing. "It is one of
the finest structurally, the best equipped,
the most beautiful of all cultural centers in
the U.S. There are eight elaborate dressing
rooms for stars, a large chorus dressing
room—all with marble and tile—and the
Green Room is exquisitely appointed. In
November we will make theatre history
again in Tucson."
Nicholls will coordinate productions at
the temple with the assistance of Suzan
Jackson. Valdenegro will handle management
of the motion pictures. Gentry, an
actor, brings to the venture his talents as
director of the Arizona Civic Theatre, director
of the Saguaro Dinner Theatre and producer
for the Gilbert & Sullivan Theatre.
Suzan shares Nicholls' enthusiasm. "We
want our temple to be truly communal, no
one operation taking over. To that end.
being donated by Ernie Hoffman. Plitt Intermountain
Theatres' southern Arizona district
and Tucson city manager.
"Film festivals will be patterned along
the lines of the San Francisco festival,"
said Nicholls. "We currently are continuing
to show Spanish-language films and these
will be augmented in November by film
classics from Germany. France. Japan and
Italy as well as domestic films. Main-auditorium
seating capacity is 929, with the
Little Theatre having its own 100-seat hall."
Special bilingual film programs will be developed
for school children, Nicholls said.
"Renovating and refurbishing the temple
will be minimal," the new co-owner said.
"The acoustic plaster on the auditorium
is walls nonpareil and in excellent condition.
The striking gold leaf effect trimming
the Moorish-style arches and pillars along
financial assistance."
Names celebrated in every field of artistic
endeavor have trod the boards of the 35x
85-foot stage. But dwindling patronage at
Cine Azteca had brought the once proud
temple nearly to its end until Nicholls.
recognizing its potential, decided to do something
about it. "Tucson made theatre history
through the early years of the temple," he
said, "and we fully intend to further theatre
history here in the years ahead."
"Zarkoff Filming Starts Sept. 14
HOLLYWOOD—Principal photography
will start on "Zarkoff-Half Man. Half
Beast" in the Philippines Tuesday (14). The
film, which will be a Dimension Pictures
release, is the third feature to be produced
and directed bv Cirio Santiago for Dimen-

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piNE-THOMAS PRODUCTIONS has
completed post-production on "High
Seas Hijack." starring Peter Graves, and is
seeking a distributor.
•
Variety Ckib Tent 25 has named Ahron
Gersten, president of California Tour Services
and World Travel Express, a vice-president.
Also appointed as interim financial
secretary was Thomas I. Rozsa, vice-president
of commercial lending of Union Bank.
Milton I. Moritz. Tent 25 president, made
the appointments.
•
Atlas Films set "No Way Back," a Po'
Boy production, starring Fred Williamson,
for a multiple rim in 35 hardtops and drivein
in the Dallas and Fort Worth area
September 15.
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"Rolling Thunder," recently completed
by Lawrence Gordon Productions, has been
acquired for worldwide distribution by 2()th
Century-Fo,\. The action-adventure film was
shot on location in San Antonio. Tex., and
stars Willim Devane. Linda Haynes and
Tommy Lee Jones.
Distribution rights to "Bad," produced by
Andy Warhol in association with ,leff Tornberg,
have been sold to Stockholm Film in
Sweden and to Concorde Film in Holland.
*
W. P. "Bill" Donnelly has been named
vice-president and controller of the entertainment
group of 20th Century-Fox Film
Corp. He had been vice-president of plan-
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Merchant Ads Color and B&W
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those responsibilities imtil his successor is
named.
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Artists Creations Productions has completed
principal photography on its first
movie, "Joe Panther," and has moved into
General Service Studios for post-production
work.
•
Warner Bros, has chosen "Greased Lightning"
as the working title for the formerly
untitled biographical film about Wendell
•Scott, the first black champion racing car
driver, which is shooting now in Georgia.
•
Carol Baum has been named story editor
for the Producers Group and will be based
in the firm's New York office. She formerly
worked with Palomar Productions.
•
.leffrey Lane, who recently resigned as
publicity manager in the London office of
Columbia, has been named director of the
motion picture department of the international
division of Rogers & Cowan, public
relations firm. He will headquarter in London
and will work on film publicity.
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Applications for the Jimc 1977 class in
the assistant directors training program will
be accepted until February 1. The course,
sponsored by the Directors Guild of America
and the Ass'n of Motion Picture and TV
Producers, combines on-the-job training
with evening seminars.
•
Barbara Parkins, who stars in American
International's "Shout at the Devil" with
Lee Marvin and Roger Moore, returned
from London stage appearances to begin a
U.S. promotional tour on behalf of the
$9,500,000 AIP adventure film.
•
Shooting resumed August .31 at the 20th-
Fiix studios on the Herbert Ross film "Turning
Point," which had been filming in New
York since August 6.
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Dayton Productions" latest family film
Baker's Hawk."
Four weeks of location shooting took
place in the mountain country of Provo,
Utah, prior to shooting in Burbank.
"Baker's Hawk," which is the story of a
family standing up to the actions of a
vigilante group during the 19th century,
stars Clint Walker, Diane Baker, Burl Ives,
Alan Young and Lee H. Montgomery. DDP
president Lyman Dayton is directing and
producing "Baker's Hawk" with Dan Greer
and Rick Thiriot as associate producers and
Bernie Abramson as cinematographer
LOS ANGELES
^^anier Bro.s.' Charles Bronson starrer,
"St. Ives," opened August 25 at the
Paramount Hollywood and the Avco Westwood,
as well as in 30 other Los Angeles
area theatres. Jacqueline Bisset. John Houseman
and Maximilian Schell also are starred
in the contemporary adventure drama.
UniversaPs "Car Wash" opened Wednesday
(I) at the Vogue, the Avco Center
Cinema I and the Vermont Drive-In. The
film is receiving promotional attention in
Washington, D.C.. where five leading players
are on tour for the comedy. The cast
promoters are Franklyn Ajaye, DeWayne
Jessie. Melanie Mayron, Clarence Muse
and Tracy Reed.
American International's "Fuliueworld"
held over or moved over in 55 of the 68
theatres where it originally opened in the
Southern California area and is a winner
elsewhere. Outstanding grosses have been
reported from Albuquerque; Scottsdale,
Ariz.; Phoenix; New Orleans, and Oklahoma
City.
The Goodman Organization of Hollywood
and the Jan Zones Agency of San
Francisco have established a joint working
arrangement to provide an expanded service
in all areas of the entertainment and related
fields, offering expertise in print advertising,
media buying, promotion and publicity.
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KQED. Interested volunteers should contact
Doris Monzo at Syufy Enterprises.
Two consecutive weeks of tournament
Don Ingebretsen of this city annoimces he
Neil Stolberg, presently serving as assistant
playoffs wrapped up Filmrow's 12-week
manager of the Hayward Auto Movies, has taken over JD Theatre Service
summer bowling league at Downtown Bowl.
has been appointed manager of the UA from John Dahl. Ron has been in the business
ten years. He represents the following
The winning team August 16 included John
cinemas 4 in Fresno. Stolberg succeeds Bill
Combs (Blumenfeld). Carolyn Bergamine
Lewis, who has been appointed manager of distributors locally and in Denver: Seymour
(Westland), Paula Chalmers (Paramount)
the UA Movies, Santa Maria, which are due Borde & Associates, P/M Films, Parliament
and Doris Monzo (Syufy). Second-place pintopplers
open Films, Geneni Distributing Co. and Entertainment
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were Travis Reid (Affiliated), Jan
International. The company name 0' s«''
Steele (Blumenfeld), Robert Lippert III (UA Jackie Hunsicker and Mai Karman held
is High Country Film Distributing. P.O.
Corp.) and Patrice Steele (Pacific Film Enterprises).
party and screening of their documentary Box 5S. Bountiful, Utah 84010. The telephone
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Separate men's and women's
sweepstakes were held August 2.^ with the
films August 30 at the Little Theatre Auditorium,
Fireman's Fund Building. The program
number is (801) 290-0422.
following first-place ballspinners: high
("Dirty Business" and "Northern The first annual post-'bicentennial Salt
series scratch, Dottie Collins and John Dancers") provided glimpses into two national
Lake Picture Club golf tournament was
Combs; high series handicap, Paula Preston
held August 27 at Park City for industryites
pastimes, sex and gambling, while
and Travis Reid; high game scratch, guests were encouraged to partake in two Golf started at 10 a.m., with dinner follow
Erin Diggins and Paul Bobrow, and high
eating and drinking.
ing at the Ce Bon Hotel for participants and
others,
game handicap, Marji Rykowski and Pete
partners. Members of the tournament com
Vigna. "Most Improved" players were Ei-
mittee were Marty Martindale, 20th Cen
tury-Fox; Jim Rogers, Sunn Classic Pictures,
and Ron Rodgers, Multi Video.
leen Rumble and Bruce Seaboch. The .'^6-
week winter league starts Tuesday (7). Any
Filmrowites interested in joining the fun
should contact Dottie Collins at United
Artists Corp.
Columbia division manager Herb Mar-
tinez was in town from Los Angeles to join
branch manager Wayne Case on a round of
Meanwhile, actor
Cliff Robertson was making promotional
appearances for Columbia's "Obsession,"
which opened August 25 at the Alexandria
and other bay area theatres.
Thirteen WOMPIs and friends managed
to raise over $7,000 while answering "Pledge
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TUCSON
Jron Eyes Cody, Cherokee Indian actor with
241 movie credits, we note in a news
release, now has legions of young fans— all
due to a phony tear trickling at the close
of "Keep America Beautiful" TV spots.
Allied Film Artists of Jackson Hole,
Wyo., is filming an educational nature picture
for Encyclopedia Brittanica at the
famed Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum near
this city. AFA head Ronald J. Cohen estimates
over 2,000,000 children and thousands
of adults will view the film at libraries
and social and business clubs meetings.
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weighed in at six poimds, two ounces. Rob
is Sterling Recreation Organization's advertising
director.
The children of Ralph and Fran Osgood
— Ralph jr.. Perry and Robin—arranged a
surprise 25th wedding anniversary party for
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marquee even carried congratulatory wishes
for the couple. Many good film industry iiudwi
friends were present. Ralph is manager of t while"
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Rjnton . Matin of the Dorothy tote tied
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KANSAS CITY—Grosses continue low
here despite summer heat, which one would
expect to entice audiences into cool theatres.
Warner Bros." action drama. "St. Ives,"
culled the largest group at 235, with three
steadies. "Survive!", "The Man Who Fell to
Earth" and "Silent Movie" clocking in at
185. Only five, however, fell below average
of the 72 houses recorded.
4th wk 125
theatres—St. Three Ives Mb 235
oi Three theaiiei— Treasure Matecumbe E/)
3rd wk 115
Valley View 2—Swashbuckler (Umv) 4th wk 100
'Man Called Horse' Races Into
Leatd with 650 in Chicago
CHICAGO— In its second week at two
United Artists' "The Return of a
Man Called Horse" ran away with the lead,
650. Another UA film. "Drum." in
its second week at State Lake followed with
450. while "Murder by Death" (Columbia)
and "Midway" (Universal), each playing two
theatres, tied at 325 in long runs. However.
"The Omen," "The Exorcist," "Cooley
High," "Gus," playing with "Bambi," and
"Robin and Marian," all replacements in
Chicagoland theatres, rated as substantial
grossers during the last week in August.
Carnegie—Silent Movie (20th-Fox), 9th wk 225
Chicago—The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars
S Motor Kings (Umv), 6th wk 275
Cmema—Face to Face (Para), 3rd wk 225
Esquire—The Man Who Fell to Earth (Cmema 5),
S. Bernard Joffee Dies;
Veteran KC Exhibitor
KANSAS CITY—S. Bernard Joffee. veteran
Kansas City showman, died Wednesday
(1) at Trinity Lutheran Hospital after a
long illness.
Joffee. 67, was a native Kansas Citian
and a graduate of Central High School. He
maintained a home at 4 W. Shady Lane.
Kansas City North. Joffee was a veteran of
35 years in show business and an active
member in several industry associations.
He began as an office boy at the Harding
Brothers' Liberty Theatre. 1 1th and Main,
(Average Is 100)
Mill Ridge Watts 2—The Man Who Fell to
wk
Blue 3,
'20s and advanced to the position
in the early
Earth (SR), 4th 185
Embassy 1,2-Silent Movie 185
of house manager for the Uptown
(20th-Fox), 8th wk
Oak Park—The Bingo Long Traveling
All-Stars i Motor Kings (Jniv), 6th wk Theatre when it opened in 1928. In 1934,
Empire.
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Gl^nwood 1—The Omen (20th-Fox),
he opened the Tower Theatre, a vaudeville
Empire 3
9th wk 170
and movie house, formerly the Pantages, as
Fine Arts—Face to Face (Para), 5th wk 130
Five theatres—Futureworld (AIP). 2nd wk 105
managing director.
Four theatres-Drum (UA), 2nd wk - 85
The Tower, under Joffee's management,
Four theatres—Murder by Death (Col), 9th wk 135
theatres-Tunnelvision 4th wk 90
Four (SR),
Glenwood 2—The Bawdy Adventures oi Tom tones
(Univ)
Hawk
developed into a popular showplace in Kansas
Independence
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City, at depression prices, and at a time
when there was little live entertainment west
2nd wk. 55
Midland 1—Midway |Mr ^^ PS
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Plaza—Harry and Waller Go to New York (Col) of Chicago.
6th wk.
Ranchman 2
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Ode to Billy loe (WB ^ n r 125 In 1937, he arranged for his house emcee.
F^al Jack Carson, to have screen tests with all
He
Ranchmart ::- The Tenant 4- 140
Inira-Mon R 100
Seven theat:. —
17 theatres-Survive! F n 185 the major studios. sold his partnership
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in the theatre and left for the West Coast
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-Midway (Umv), 10th wk
-Murder by Death (Col), 9th wk
-The Return of a Man Called Horse
Two Cannon Films to Bow
KANSAS CITY—"Slumber Party '57."
Cannon Group release distributed by Mercury
Film Co., is scheduled to premiere in
five drive-ins and seven hardtops in the
Kansas City metropolitan area Wednesday
(8). The last week of September will bring
the first unreeling of Cannon's "The Jaws of
Death," Richard Jaeckel starrer distributed
by Mercury, in the Greater Kansas City
territory.
"Taxi Driver" has broken two opening
day theatre records in Copenhagen.
to arrange for Carson's establishment in
films as a rising star. Afterwards, in 1939,
Joffee returned to Kansas City where he
took over the Tower management once
again.
He continued there through World War
II and until stage shows ended in the 1940s.
He retired early due to ill health in 1956
from the Hotel Muehlebach where he was
advertising director, booker and supervisor
of the hotel's
talent.
Joffee was a member of the Motion Picture
Ass'n of Kansas City, the Hotel Ass'n
and Congregation B'nai Jehudah Temple.
During the 1930s he handled anntial campaigns
for the Kansas City concert series
and also chaired the Mayor's Christmas tree
trimming for several years.
Survivors include his wife Katherine: a
son. James S., of the home; a daughter. Mrs.
Nancy Levin. Encino. Calif.; a sister. Harriet
Joffee, 5050 Oak St., Kansas City: and
two grandchildren.
$10,000 Reward Offered
By Circuit in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS—United Cinemas of
Indiana, a five-theatre circuit, is offering a
$10,000 reward for information about
vandalism which is causing heavy loss to
the company. In three recent incidents,
damage of $4,500 was estimated by Clifton
H. Bush, general manager. Earlier damage
was pegged in excess of $7,000.
"We want the people who are doing this
and we want them badly," said Bush.
The offer is for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of persons doing
the damage or the persons hiring somebody
else to do it. Bush explained.
"Casey's Shadow" is scheduled to begin
production this month on locations in New
Mexico and Louisiana.
AMC Sets Nov. Debut
For Chicago 6-Plex
CHICAGO—The first sixplex in metropolitan
Chicago will bow Wednesday, November
3, in conjunction with the grand
opening of the Ogden Mall Shopping Center,
located at Naperville Road and Ogden
Avenue in suburban Naperville, III. The
complex was announced jointly by Stanley
H. Durwood, president of American Multi
Cinema, Kansas City, and Jack Jacobs,
chairman of the board of Jack Jacobs &
Co., Chicago, developer of the Ogden Mall
Shopping Center. The facility will be named
Ogden Six theatres.
The lease was negotiated by Herb Garber
of Jack Jacobs & Co., for the developer,
and Joel Resnick, vice-president, development,
and Russ Beckner, director of real
estate development, both of American Multi
Cinema.
The multiple theatre concept was originated
by American Multi Cinema, which
today is operating or building 457 auditoriums
in 68 cities in 25 states.
Built side by side, with each individual
theatre having its own entrance off the main
lobby area and provided with its own identiication
marquee, the theatres will share a
common boxoffice. lobby (which will have
a totally illuminated ceiling), concession
stand, restroom area and display space. The
canopy on the outside of the sixplex will
have radiant heaters for added patron comfort
during cold weather.
The theatres will be done predominately
in neutral earth-tone colors, with the auditoriums
featuring custom-made seats. The
two largest units will have 400 seats each,
two auditoriums will have 350 seats each
and the two smaller auditoriums will have
250 seats each.
Covering approximately 21.600 square
feet, the sixplex was designed by the Ramos
Group of Kansas City, working with American
Multi Cinema's architectural staff.
General contractor is Wil-Freds. Inc.. of
Kansas City.
John Roberts to Regional
Sales Post in KC for DDD
KANSAS CITY—John Roberts has
joined Doty-Dayton Distribution as
regional
sales manager with headquarters in the
Kansas City office, it was announced by
Madden, North Hollywood-based senior
Bill
and general sales manager.
vice-president
Roberts will head the DDD branch, handling
the Midwestern distribution of Doty-
Day^ton Productions releases. The appointment
was effective Wednesday (1).
"We are proud to welcome Roberts to
our work force," Madden stated, "for he
has had years of experience in the field,
even though he is only 33 years old."
Formerly with MGM, United Artists and
Buena Vista. Roberts has served in every
capacity in distribution from booker to
branch manager in the Buffalo, N.Y.; Kansas
City, and St. Louis areas.
BOXOFFICE :
6, 1976
C-1

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KANSAS CITY
^he local AlP office won first place in the
company's 13-week collection drive.
The staffers want to thank all the exhibitors
for their help in making them No. 1 . . .
Eleanora Martin, former AIP cashier, although
enjoying her retirement, was back
working for three days to help the AIP staff
count the money!
As the summer slowly winds down and
temperatures remain high, Filmrowites are
having their last vacation flings. Jerry Jones,
Buena Vista sales representative; his wife
Susan, and 20th Century-Fox booker Charlie
Jarrett are spending ten days wandering
through the mountains in the vicinity of
Jackson Hole, Wyo., and Yellowstone National
Park. They expected to do lots of
hiking, camping and relaxing . . . Jim Han-
Ion. Universal Pictures' St. Louis booker,
Jerry Jeffries, son of Bill Jeffries, Columbia
office manager and owner of the Peppertree
Shop in Raytown, was hospitalized
for surgery. According to reports, he is getting
along fine and expects to be released
from the hospital within the next ten days.
Best wishes to Jamie Hobbs, seven-yearold
daughter of Carol of 20th Century-Fox,
who has spent the last three weeks in the
hospital recovering from complications following
an emergency appendectomy. At last
report, her fever had dropped and she was
totally upset because she couldn't have spaghetti
and a hot-fudge sundae for dinner.
Bev Miller, president of Mercury Film
Co. spent three days in Los Angeles during
the week of August 23. Following a day devoted
to huddles with various distributors,
Bev was among those attending the screening
of Atlas' "The Passover Plot" and "The
Confessional." After another day of conferences
with industry people, he met his
wife Mary-Margaret, who had flown to Las
Vegas, and they proceeded to have a memorable
long week in that entertainment
mecca. Besides seeing the fabulous performance
of 'Wayne Newton at the Sands, the
Millers attended the "Hooray for Hollywood"
show at the MGM Grand Hotel as
well as "Funzapoppin' " at the Frontier.
Among attractions other than the club
shows, Bev observed that the various tun
spots lure customers with money giveaways
and delicious free meals, the philosophy being
that these things will be amply paid for
when the guests visit the casinos—and apparently
that is how (and why) "Fun City
in the Desert" keeps on going around and
around!
Variety Club Tent 8's next monthly kmcheon
will be a poolside buffet Wednesday
(29) at the Breckenridge Inn. Guest speaker
for the event will be Joe Axelson, president
city" (Turtle), August 31, distributed by
Midwest Films; "The Girl From Starship
Venus" (Intercontinental). Wednesday (I),
distributed by Midwest Films, and Thursday
(2), "Mansion of the Doomed" (Group
1), distributed by Thomas & Shipp, and
"Mannequin" (Joseph Brenner), distributed
by Midwest Films.
Randy Schuize, son of hyper-efficient
BoxoFFiCE executive secretary and receptionist
par excellence (as well as Jane-of-alltrades)
Cindy Schuize and her husband Vernon,
was a member of the Starlight Theatre
orchestra which rang down the curtain for
the season Sunday night, August 29. The
final performance of "1776," starring Peter
Graves and Howard Da Silva, was attended
by 3,461 persons. An outstanding bass trombonist
and advanced student at the University
of Missouri-Kansas City, Randy has
demonstrated his musical talents at the outdoor
theatre frequently this season—and
managed to squeeze in a trip to Switzerland
with the UMKC jazz band besides! . . .
Ralph Delmont, Boxoffice editorial staff,
and his wife Bernice returned August 30
after a two-week holiday spent "somewhere
in the Gulf of Mexico."
Forty years ago, according to the column
by that name in the Kansas City Times
August 30, the Plaza Theatre was unreeling
"The Green Pastures," motion picture billed
as "the greatest theatrical attraction of modern
times." At the downtown Mainstreet
Theatre, "Anthony Adverse," best-selling
book of the two previous years (which also
could double as a doorstop or as a formidable
self-defense tool), arrived in its film
version, with Fredric March and Olivia de
Havilland starring. Randolph Scott, Binnie
Barnes and Henry Wilcoxon received top
billing in "The Last of the Mohicans," the
attraction at Loew's Midland.
Tent 8 Benefit Golf
Tourney Sept. 14
also is vacationing.
and general manager of the Kansas City KANSAS CITY — Filmrow golfers will
Bonnie Hillbrand of the American Multi Kings. A special surprise guest also is gather to try out their swings Tuesday (14)
Cinema accoimting department, won a planned, so make a note now as a reminder at the second annual Variety Club Tent 8
record for being the ninth caller on KCMO to attend the late-September meeting.
benefit golf tournament at Meadowbrook
Radio to say "KCMO is where all the good
Country Club. Last year's event was filled
songs have gone."
Jack Steadman, general manager of the
with fun, excitement, prizes and surprises
Kansas City Chiefs, was guest speaker at
and the upcoming tourney promises to be
Personnel changes: Jerry Stella will be exiting
his sales position at Paramount Picmeeting
held August 25 in the Crystal
the Variety Club Tent 8 monthly luncheon-
even better! The benefit is expected to attract
a lot of members and nonmembers.
tures to become assistant buyer for General Room at Glenwood Manor. Approximately
Cinema, reporting Monday (13) to Jacksonville,
Fla. His successor Richard Stouts
(10). The tournament fee will be $8 and a
50 members of the tent attended.
Registration for the event closes Friday
comes from the booking department
Screenings at Commonwealth: "The place at the awards dinner is only SIO. Golf
in
Paramount's San Francisco exchange,
Front" (Col), August 25; "The Way He carts will be available at Meadowbrook.
reporting
Tuesday (7) . . . Laurie Hansen has Was" (Goldenwest). August 26, distributed which is located in Overland Park, Kas.
left AMC to become a secretary for New by Key International Releasing; "High Velo-
Those less inclined to "swing" will be able
World Pictures.
to join in on the fun at the tables with gin
rummy games starting at 2 p.m. (no entries
after 5:30 p.m.). Also, tennis enthusiasts
should bring rackets and sign up for this
added attraction. A cash bar will be open
from 1 to 7:30 p.m., at which time the
awards dinner will begin.
Further details and tickets are available
from Bud Truog, 471-1 123; Saul Dirmantas,
561-3021; Lee Joehnck, 471-2390, or Gene
Snitz, 432-4072.
'Tarz & Jane' Film Clicks
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SI. LOUIS—"Tarz & Jane, Boy &
Cheetah," which was a hit in its drive-in
engagement in the Kansas City area, scored
a repeat of that success—and then some
in a five-ozoner multiple in this territory,
according to Mid-America Theatres.
The Mercury Film Co. -distributed release's
performance has resulted in the feature
being booked in seven MAT drive-in
situations for the second week of the playdate.
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Revivals were popular in ihcalic programing
during the past week and, on the
whole, the return of previously shown
movies has been a profitable venture. The
Biograph Theatre brought back "It Happened
One Night" and "Twentieth Century."
The Film Center at the Art Institute
presented seven of Otto Messmer's Felix the
Cat cartoons made between 1921 and 1928.
Facets Multimedia, 555 West Beidcn Ave.,
is showing Hitchcock films, including "Jamaica
Inn" (1939), starring Charles Laughton,
and "Spellbound" (1945), starring
Gregory Peck.
Allan Carr, former Chicagoan who is now
one of the top Hollywood agents and producers,
was in town in connection with the
opening of "Survive!" Also here was Clay
Blair jr., author of the story. With reports
showing that the movie version of "Survive!"
already has grossed $8 million in four weeks,
it appeared the film would have ready acceptance
here when it opened Friday (3).
The story is based on fact—about people
who were stranded in the Andes Moimtains
when their plane crashed.
Cook County Assessor Thomas M. Tully,
general chairman of the fourth annual Irv
kupcinet Open, announced that all arrangements
are set for this event, which takes
place at the Evanston Golf Club Monday
(13). Entry fee for the tournament is $500,
with the net proceeds going towards the
construction of the Karyn Kupcinet Center
for Special at Little Children City. According
to Hal Miller, head pro at Evanston
Golf Club, over 120 players will vie for
in prizes the four-man (three amateurs and
one celebrity) best-ball tournament.
Among the celebrities and sports stars
who have accepted to attend are Bob Hope,
Blackhawk superstar Bobby Orr, Darcy
Rota, Coach Bill Reay, former Cub star
Ron Santo, Chicago Bear quarterback Bob
Avellini, former Bear Hall of Fame mem-
as toastmaster, will conclude the tournament
event.
Joan Stockhoss has joined Brolman &
Sherman as receptionist.
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A number of exhibitors have indicated
they are looking forward to booking "The
Front," one of Columbia Pictures" newest
movies. It deals with a very interesting
period in Hollywood in the early 1950s,
when blacklisting of film industry people
made headlines. Martin Ritt, director of
"The Front"; Walter Bernstein, writer, and
Woody Allen and Zero Mostel, both in the
film, were among the blacklisted individuals.
The full advance-screening audience sat
through the credits and listing of the various
people associated with "The Front."
According to reports, Delia Gallo, head of
Independent Theatres Service, will be booking
the Geneva Theatre, now owned by
Richard Curtis.
When reporting that Cinema 1 and 2,
Galesburg, and Cinema 1 and 2, Macomb,
were being booked by Aaron Shlesman,
Allied Theatres Film Buying & Booking,
we had not been informed that the properties
are now owned by Dubinsky Bros.
Theatres of Lincoln. Neb. Allied also is
handling the booking for the Granada Theatre
on this city"s far north side.
With no break in an active summer schedule,
JMG Film Co. starts out a busy fall
with "Devil Woman" and "Dragons Never
Die." JMG has set up a wide multiple of
"Nurses for Sale" starting Friday (17) . . .
Some 55 theatres are participating in the
first showing in this area of "The Pom Pom
Girls."
Brotman & Sherman have arranged for
the opening of "The Spook Who Sat by the
Door" in its Loop Theatre in the Loop.
Lawrence Cook and Sam Greenlee of this
film released by American Transcontinental
were on hand for a personal appearance.
Vic Bernstein, Midwest manager for
American International Pictures, sent out
invitations for a special showing of "Shout
at the Devil" at the Old Orchard Theatre
ST. LOUIS
Mid-A I's Brentwood is enjoying "fun
tmie with the exclusive showing of
"Harry and Walter Go to New York" starring
James Caan. Michael Cainc, Elliott
Gould and Diane Keaton. Caan and Gould
portray vaudevillians who also do a bit of
stealing on the side. Lesley Ann Warren is
cast as a singer and song writers for the
film include David Shire and the Bergmans.
The Shady Oak has "Cher Victor" hailed
as a sly Gallic comedy with reminders of
"The Odd Couple" and "The Simshine
Boys" as sixtyish Jacques Dufilho and tidy
housekeeper Bernard Blier are roommates i
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mainly through economic necessity. Many
patrons will be pleased to see co-star Alida
Valli who has appeared in both foreign and
American films in the past forty years. The
feature was presented at both the Cannes
and San Francisco film festivals in 1975.
Neil Simon's "Murder by Death" has
gone into multiple release including the
Skyvue Drive-In at De Soto, Mo., after a
successful rim at Westport Cine where it
opened June 25.
Jerry Lewis' annual muscular dystrophy
telethon will be aired over the Labor Day
weekend by KSD-TV with many local performers
and behind-the-scenes volunteers
contributing their services . . . The Arthur
Murray Dance Studio in Clayton put on a
"Disco Party, Freestyle Dance Contest for
eight consecutive hours recently to raise
money for the MD Foundation. All of the
Murray studios participated in the program
last year, raising $250,000.
The highlight of Kirkwood's annual Green
Tree Festival to be held for ten days beginning
Friday (10) and ending Sunday (19)
will be the crowning of the local winner of
the "Junior Miss" contest at the Kirkwood
Theatre Friday (17). All girls in the R-7
school district who will be seniors in high
school are eligible. They will be judged on
scholastic achievement, talent, self-development
and community activities with many
valuable scholarships to be awarded.
Local winners will advance to the state
competition which will determine Missouri's
representative in the "Junior Miss" finals
in Mobile, Alabama.
Speaking of winners, we may just be
grooming another Chris Evert here in the
person of teen-ager Jill Jablonow, daughter
of Mid-America Theatres' vice-president
Jules Jablonow. Jill was a member of the
six-girl team which made an impressive
showing in the National City Team Tennis
Tournament held recently in Kansas City.
She played both singles and doubles
matches. The St. Louis squad with 47 points
finished third in the eight-team National
Phil Donahue, WBBM's Walter Jacobson,
Bruce Roberts and columnist Mort Edel-
ber George Connor, WGN's Wally Phillips, Friday (10). The film is based on an actual
act, the destruction of a camouflaged German
Tournament, finishing behind champion
battleship when it was temporarily dis-
Sacramento, Calif., and Washington, D.C.
abled and "hiding out" on a river in Africa
teammates Maria Rothschild
Jill, along with Each player and his lady will be the
stein.
guests of Arnold Morton on Sunday evening
during World War II. "Shout at the Devil"
and Lori Oberheide, has also scored
victories in state qualifying matches at the
(12) for precelebration festivities at his
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Arnie's Restaurant. A banquet, with Bob Moore and Barbara Parkins.
Crestwood Racquet Club here and the three
Hope heading the festivities and Tom Tully
will represent Missouri in the Seventeen
Magazine national tennis tournament to be
held in Los Angeles next May.
The Covenant House Senior Center opens
its fall season Tuesday (7) with a double
feature, "The Aging of Lakes" and "Ali
Baba and the Forty Thieves."
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week at one house. 20th Century-Fox's "Silent
Movie" places a distant second at 570,
with "Gus." Buena Vista's family film, a
close third at 565 in three theatres. "The
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ATLANTA
^^here have all the children gone?" is a
query heard on all sides as exhibitors
survey the empty theatre seats and the
plunging boxoffice figures after Labor Day
has come and gone. In the Metro Atlanta
area roughly half a million youngsters are
facing up to nine months of school days
(excluding Saturdays and Sundays). The
wail goes up as usual: "It looks like the Pied
Piper comes through here about this time
every year . . . and, boy, do we feel it!"
Margaret Hilley rounded out more than
30 years of service in the film distribution
field and retired Friday (3). Her associates
at 20th Century-Fox surprised her with a
luncheon August 27 at Swain's Restaurant
on Peactree Road and presented her with
gifts. Mrs. Hilley, a popular figure on Filmrow
throughout her long tenure in the business,
has been a witness and participant in
the "golden days" of Atlanta's Filmrow and
also was involved in the last vestiges of the
"flight" from that area when 20th-Fox left
its home at 197 Walton Street just days before
their building was demolished to make
way for a street extension. She got to enjoy
her new surroundings for less than a month,
but says she is looking forward to a chance
to rest for a while before facing a decision
about her future. Margaret takes with her
the best wishes of her many friends on
Filmrow and a wide circle in the industry
as
well.
Clyde Beavers, assistant to Kip Smiley,
Georgia Theatre Co's film buyer and booker,
and his wife and new baby are spending
their vacation at St. Simon Island . . . Dennis
Merton, who resigned from GTC to accept
a position with the Atlanta Newspapers
business office, has "repented" and returned
to his former position in the GTC fiscal
department.
Capital City Supply
Southeastern Independent Theatres
(SITE) president Floyd Hall has called a
luncheon meeting for Wednesday (22) 10:30
a.m. at the Atlanta American Hotel at which
time new officers will be elected. National
Independent Theatres (NITE) president Tom
Patterson will attend and bring the membership
up to date on developments in Congress
and the Department of Justice pertaining
to the interests of the independents.
Marquee changes: Belmont, Westgate,
Village. Parkaire Twin and five Georgia
Theatre drive-ins, "At the Earth's Core";
Belmont Hills, Greenbriar. Hammond
Square. Lakewood, Old Dixie, Roswell Village.
Strand and Suburban Plaza, "Ode to
Billy Joe": South DeKalb and Westgate,
"Logan's Run"; Loews" Grand. "Tender
Flesh"; Cobb Center. Omni Center. Tower
Place. Northlake. Arrowhead and Perimeter.
"Go For It"; Lenox Square and Cobb Center.
"It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the
Time": Westgate. Suburban Plaza. Village
and Strand. "To the Devil—a Daughter":
Cinema 75. Lakewood 2, Phipps Plaza, Lawrenceville
Mall and Mableton Twin. "Billy
Jack"; Loews' Tara. National Triple, Northlake,
Perimeter Mall and Town & Country,
"Obsession"; Buford Highway, "Fun and
Games."
Joel Poss, whose ad/ promo agency represents
Columbia Pictures in the Southeast,
and his new bride. Gail, have returned from
their honeymoon in Las Vegas after a side
trip to Los Angeles, where Poss made some
business calls. He conferred with Barry
Lorie, Columbia's national advertising and
promotion chief, and Universal executive
Charles M. Powell. Poss for many years
represented Columbia as director of publicity
and advertising in the Southeast before
the company phased out those positions.
Friends of freelance advertising and pubicist
Leonard Allen will be pleased to know
hat he has been discharged from the Dougas
General Hospital where he was taken
for treatment when it was feared that he
had suffered a sunstroke while working in
his \ard. He was kept under observation
and v\as given permission to leave the hospital
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Schreiber, cast as the swashbuckling
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"Swashbuckler," demonstrates his famous
TV commercial "crunch" with
Freddy Fernandez, niaitre d' of the
Gigi Room in the Fontainebleau Hotel,
Miami Beach. Schreiber paused in Miami
for a weekend of stumping with
Universal's Atlanta public relations director,
Robert Sherwood.
Redd Foxx, co-star with Pearl Bailey in
"Norman ... Is that You?", scheduled for
release Wednesday (29), claims he shed 25
pounds for this role. It is a comedy in which
Foxx has family problems, when his wife
(Bailey) elopes to Mexico with his business
partner and he goes to Los Angeles to get
help from his son. only to discover that
Norman (Michael Warren) is busy with
his homosexual love life.
One day after Sandy Harrison reported
for duty as secretary to Cine Artists branch
manager Henry Harrell. she received the
sad news that her mother, who lives in
Knoxville. Tenn.. had suffered a stroke that
proved fatal. She returned to duty August
23 Harrison had worked for Harrell as
his secretary when he was National General's
branch manager in Atlanta. When
Marjorie Roberson resigned and returned
to 20th Century-Fox. her booking post was
taken over by Mary Lou Lanaux. who had
been serving as secretary to Harrell.
An agreement was reached between Theatres
Service Co. and their striking dock
workers that ended the walkout, which had
caused considerable disruption in film deliveries
in this area when other dock workers
refused to cross picket lines. Some circuits
set up their own delivery routes and
some of them decided to continue making
their own deliveries.
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If It's Not Bingo, Then
It's Zingo ... in Ohio
COLUMBUS—Zingo, the kissing-cousin
of the now-illegal for commercial profit
game bingo, has sprung up in three Ohio
cities but the attorney general promises to
shut it down.
Zingo is said to be the brainchild of
Rev. Hugh J. Clippinger, Newark, who obtained
a mail order minister's degree to run
operation.
Rev. Clippinger has been operating zingo
games in Newark; Rev. Harry Eaches runs
a game at Reynoldsburg, and Rev. George
Tuck runs one in Dayton. All three have
been going since June.
The state has obtained a temporary injunction
banning the games but the problems
lies in the wording of the anti-bingo
law, which technically zingo does not violate.
Rev. Clippinger skirted the law by
changing the name, removing the free space
and putting 76 numbers in the hopper.
MEMPHIS
^^OMPI members gathered for their August
meeting at the home of Lois Evans,
president, who already is making plans for
the 1977 WOMPI international convention
in this city. Lois moved recently into a new
home at 3805 .Spiegel,
Frank Heard and son Richard met here
with Tim Hendricks and Charles Arendall
to set up plans for the Theatre Owners"
the game under the auspices of the Christian
Charities Church. He and two other ministers
with zingo congregations in Columbus convention October 24-26. They are expecting
and Dayton all received their doctor of
a record crowd here for the con-
divinity degrees from the Church of Gospel clave. The Heards are owners of a Mississippi
Ministry of Chula Vista, Calif., a mail-order
circuit. Charlie Craig, UA salesman.
again will be in charge of the golf tournament
beginning Monday, October 25.
Variety Club Tent 20 has resumed the
Friday night bingo parties, with guests bringing
a favorite covered dish for their opening
game August 27.
Sympathy goes to the family of Carl Burton
who died August 23. Burton owned the
22 Drive-In, Fort Smith. Ark.
United Artists Theatre Circuit took over
the 67 Twin Theatre. Arkadelphia. Ark.,
Wednesday (1). The name is changed to UA
Cinema 1-2. The Royal Theatre in Arkadelphia
closed Wednesday (1).
Another house closing is the Cinema Theatre,
Indianola, Miss., shutting its doors
after the Wednesday (1) playdate, according
to Charles Arendall, who does the booking
for Temple, Leland,
Miss.
Larry Vinson of Tri-State Booking Service
is handling the account now of J. A, Lundborg.
owner of the Buffalo Theatre, Jasper,
Ark.
Joe Smith, Mayfield. became the new
owner of the Cardinal Drive-In. Mayfield,
on August 16.
Dave Tiller assumed operation of the Skyvue
Drive-In Wednesday (1) in Fort Smith,
Ark.
'Embryo' Named for Award
HOLLYWOOD—"Embryo," science-fact
thriller released by Cine Artists Pictures,
has been nominated for a Golden Scroll
Award by the Academy of Science-Fiction,
Fantasy and Horror Films. Members vote
on the awards in December and presentations
are made in January.
DJM Productions
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broke loose!
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rebel with a cause!
COLOR BY TVC
CONTACT: NU-SOUTH FILMS, LTD.— 11
BOXOFFICE :: September 6. 1976
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The Red Carpet Inn here was the scene of
WRAL-TV"s ninth annual party for
dealers,
advertising agencies and motion picture
distributors. Following the cocktail
hour the guests were shown the entire operation
of the Raleigh. N. C, station on a
massive movie screen. Included also was
the changed format of the new season
shows. WRAL-TV is an affiliate of the ABC
network.
The following guests from Filmrow attended:
Sam Cloninger, Charlie Leonard.
Jack Jordan, Allan Locke, Linda Breyare,
Frank Jones, John R. McClure. Dino Oxendine,
Charlie Hunsuck, Bob Hefner, Steve
Smith, George Royster, Cathy and Melvin
Cooke. Bill Holliday. Tommy Lambert,
Jackie and Bill Simpson. Margie Thomas.
Virginia Porter, Kit Howell. Hugh Sykes.
Jimmie James. Walter Thomas. Ken Laird.
Vernon Steede. Marvin Schubert and Calvin
Todd.
Congratulations to Jerry Theimer, Piedmont
Theatres, on his recent birthday. He
was given an informal office party and blew
out the candles on a huge cake. Many filmites
dropped bv to wish him a happy birthday.
Ken Hall has resigned from International
Amusement Co. His future plans were uncertain
at this writing.
Harry Kerr, Dominant Pictiues. ignored
the hurricane warnings and took off on a
week's vacation at Long Beach, N.C.. with
his
family.
Blllie Stevenson's name inadvertently appeared
in this column as Stevens. From
Benson, Stevenson's circuit is booked by
Clay Jessup of Filmrow Booking.
Screenings the last week in August at
Car-mel screening room. Northwestern
Bank BIdg.. were "The Affair," Variety Pictures;
"Assault on Precinct 13," Charlotte
Booking; and "The Front," Columbia Pictures.
Top grossers of the week included "The
Omen." seventh week; "Gus," second week;
"Mtirder by Death." seventh week; "Swashbuckler,"
first week; and "Timnelvision,"
second week.
'Tornado' Breaks Records
COLUMBUS. GA.— Dimension Pictures'
"The Himian Tornado" grossed a huge figure
the first three days at the Georgia Theatre
here. According to Dimension president
Lawrence H. Woolner, the figure is a new
house record.
BOOKINe SERVICE^
"Theatre Booking & Film Distribution"
221 S. Church St., ChorloHe, N.C.
Fronk Lowry . . . Tommy White
Phone: (704) 377-9341
Sonny Henderson, Moon Glo Drive-In,
Henderson, suffered a slight heart attack
but is recuperating nicely.
New pictures on the marquees: "Shoot,"
Regency and Charlottetown Mall; "Go For
It," Southlark and Charlottetown Mall;
"Jackson County Jail," Tryon Mall and
Village; "Obsession," South Park and Eastland
Mall; "Super Fly," Carolina; "Double
Diana-Mite." Freedom Mall.
Marcie Haire is a new employee at Carmel
Studio following June graduation from
UNC . Stock was on a business trip
to New York City for Car-mel . . . John
R. McClure. Dee Stock was on a business
trip to New York City for Car-mel . . . John
R. McClure. Charlotte Booking, had a private
screening of "Assault on Precinct 13"
at Car-mel before a few selected guests.
Consensus was that it is a potential boxoffice
winner.
A. Foster McKissick and Fred Curdts, executives
of Fairlane and Litchfield Theatres.
Easley, made a swing of their circuit and
then visited Frank Jones, general manager
of their office here, discussing bookings and
proposed theatres still in the blueprint stage.
Larry Phillips,
Charlotte Theatre Supply.
is making the rounds through the eastern
part of the state prior to his trip to the
NATO convention in Anaheim. Calif., in
October.
Russ Henderson, Henderson Industries,
and his wife spent a recent weekend at
Stone Mountain, Ga. . . . U.S. Faddy jr..
Exhibitors Service, returned from the Big
Apple after looking at the final touches of
the answer print for "D.J. (Redneck) Miller"
and he reports that from all indications
they have a great picture. The film is expected
to be released in
early October.
Jerry Theimer and Calvin Todd, Piedmont
Theatres, booked "The Electric Chair"
in seven of their units in Asheville. Fayetteville,
Charleston, S.C; Greenville, S.C;
Spartanburg, S.C; Lynchburg, Va.. and
Roanoke, Va. . . . Barbara McHam. Piedmont
Theatres, and her family spent a week
at Ocean Drive Beach, S.C. Trish Hamill.
formerly of Premier Pictures, filled in for
Barbara.
WOMPI Luncheon Features
Birthday, Door Prizes
C HARLOTIH. N.C— Mrs. Dessic Guyer.
Carolina Booking, coordinated the August
kmcheon meeting of WOMPI at the
YMCA. using a bicentennial theme. Eighteen
members attended.
Virginia Porter, president, won the door
prize,
and Myrtle Parker was winner of the
month's birthday drawing. Karen Petrie. Exhibitor's
Service, was introduced officially
as a new member. Karen is already active in
WOMPI service projects.
Mature Trailers Screened
With G Films Protested
MORROW. GA. — A resident of this
town, Mrs. F. W. Swaney, recently wrote
the editor of the Clayton Neighbor News
to protest the practice of screening trailers
of films of an adult nature with G-rated
motion pictures. She alleged that she had
attended a theatre where such a policy was
in
effect.
Mrs. Swaney's letter stated: "August 12
I took seven children under the age of 12
to see the movie "Godzilla vs. Megalon.'
This film is rated G and all ages are admitted.
"When the previews were shown (at a
Jonesboro theatre). I could hardly believe
that such filth would be allowed on the
screen when children were in the audience
... I complained to the manager and he
said there was nothing he could do about
not showing previews of R-rated pictures
at a children's matinee.
"Who can do something about this? I
don't intend to take my children to this
theatre ever again if the management is not
concerned with what youngsters see."
New House, New Name
Celebrates Birthday
MOBILE, ALA.—Giddens and Rester
Theatres celebrated the fourth anniversary
of the Village III Theatres here in a unique
manner—the circuit opened a new addition
to the complex and renamed it the Village
IV Theatres.
The fourplex has been designed to accommodate
the handicapped patron by providing
ramps and restroom facilities suitable
for wheelchairs. Four years of "something
for everyone" will be continued in film
bookings and the management anticipates
the additional theatre will mean even more
variety in film selection.
Opening attraction for the fourth screen
was "The Dove," starring Joseph Bottoms
as a young man sailing around the world in
a small boat and Deborah Raffin as the
love in his life.
The Giddens and Rester circuit also operates
the Downtown. Roxy. Bel Air Cinema
and Air-Sho theatres in Mobile as well as
units in Pensacola and Meridan.
Wometco Granted Vending
Rights for Disney World
Ml.AMl—Wometco Enterprises annoimced
it has signed a long-term contract granting
the firm vending rights for food and
allied products within the Walt Disney
World vacation resort complex. The contract
becomes effective Oct. 1. 1976.
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MGM Unit Stages Bogus
Burial to Exploit 'Phantom'
ST. AUGUSTINE. FLA.—This oldest
American cities, founded 411 >cars ago. is
not dead by any means and it especially
came alive when Sam Garard, young manager
of the Plaza Twin Theatres, leading
units of Leesburg-based MCM Theatres and
centrally located downtown across from the
old Slave Market on Cathedral Place, staged
a bogus burial in the theatre lobby to mark
the area premiere opening of "Phantom of
the Paradise" with splendid cooperation
from numerous merchants, many Plaza patrons
and other private citizens who were
happy to get into Sam's showmanship act.
Al Brennan, popular disc jockey at Radio
Station WAOC in St. Augustine, volunteered
to stay in a plush and air-conditioned
coffin (just for Al but not for a later accupant)
supplied by a friendly mortician as
long as his bodily functions could remain
under control. "Dirty Al" climbed into the
coffin the day before "Phantom of the
Paradise" opened its run at the Plaza II,
and his temporary tomb was surrounded by
media representatives and curious onlookers.
Cash prizes, theatre tickets and dinners
at Sambo's Restaurant were offered to persons
coming closest to saying how long Al
could stay in the coffin.
A costumed "tiger" from Sambo's came
over to feed breakfast to Al preceding his
entombment. Local merchants sent casket
sprays for the coffin. One florist sent a large
horseshoe spray of dead flowers and two
banners proclaiming "Good Luck Al." A
group of elderly women brought a bedpan
with flowers and a sympathy card. Other
persons phoned in messages of condolence,
and one woman offered to go by a local
cemetery and dig up a date for "Dirty Al,"
even though she quoted, "The grave's a fine
and private place, and none I think do there
embrace."
Manager Garard dressed in a flowing
cape as the evil vampire "Count Inventory."
and was accompanied by assistant manager
"Honchback" Earl Faulkner and a group
of concession employees gowned as witches.
Radio remotes from Al in his sealed cas-
coffin's confinement for a grand total of 1 3
hours, 14 minutes and 50 seconds, shortly
after midnight had settled over St. Augustine.
Larry Cumbaa, a home office official of
MCM Theatres from Leesburg who cooperated
with Sam Garard in the exploitation,
reported that Al Brennan jumped out of the
coffin and made a beeline for a theatre restroom.
The Devon Company rendered production
services to Columbia's "Harrv and
Walter Go to New York."
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JACKSONVILLE
^arilyii Hcrriii, United Artists staffer who
is president of the lATSE front office
workers' union in this city. Local B-67, had
a combined business and social trip to Minneapolis
where she visited friends and attended
a
union gathering.
Clark Film Releasing Co. was minus owners
of the firm as Harry Clark, the head
man. and his wife Esther spent a week in
Hollywood as the guests of Golden Films
on the production sets of "The Amazing
Dobermans" and "Thunder Mountain" . . .
Younger brother Belton Clark rented a Winnebago
home trailer and treated his family
to a week's vacation at Walt Disney World
and other points of interest in the Orlando
area, reported Clark staffer Sharon Markette.
Elvis Presley became Jacksonville's boxoffice
champion in 1956 when he appeared
on stage at the downtown Florida Theatre
and he continues to out-class in boxoffice
appeal all other performers appearing on
the local scene. Dick McMeekin, manager
of the city-owned Veterans' Coliseimi and
the Civic Auditorium, reported that the
Coliseum—which seats 10,000—had the
fastest sellout in its history for a Presley
performance set for a September date. AH
10,000 tickets were sold out in a matter of
1 1 hours, most of them at a price of $12.75.
McMeekin said that Presley ticket scalpers
last year got as high as $150 a seat, but
for his appearance this year the City Council
enacted a special ordinance prohibiting
the sale of any Presley tickets for more than
ten per cent above face value. Prior to the
concert, police reported the arrest of several
scalpers who were evading the special
To Keith Miller, owner of Village Cinema
I and II theatres, late-night movie fans
were indebted for the final midnight screen
showing of the summer when he presented
them with "Tommy" at $2 a seat and with
the sound system turned to its highest pitch.
ket were broadcast at 15-minute intervals
over WAOC and brought a deluge of calls
from skeptical listeners to the radio station.
Al, the iron-bladdered disc jockey, with
No wonder "The Omen" had enjoyed exclusive
run turn-away crowds at ABC Florida
State Theatres' Regency I Theatre for
his voice becoming fainter and fainter each 10 weeks by late August. It's because so
time he called to the outside living world,
exceeded all expectations by enduring the
many people get into the act, as they did
when "Jaws" played there. The latest publicity
pitch on August 21 came from the
Rev. Clyde B. Lipscomb, pastor of the Hendricks
Avenue Baptist Church, in an interview
with religious writer Barbara White of
the Jacksonville Journal. The Reverend Lipscomb
didn't exactly praise "The Omen"
but he surely gave it a good press and whetted
the appetites of the minority of readers
who had not yet seen the film. R. L.
"Bob" Jones, ABC FST city manager, said
Regency I is set for another probable exclusive
in "Marathon Run" for the ten weeks
preceding Christmas. Then it will give way
to the "King Kong" sequel now in the making,
which it will share with one of ABC
FST's new Orange Park twins now under
construction.
It can be said that Jacquelin J. "Jack"
Daniel, new publisher of the Florida Publishing
Co. has set up new guidelines to improve
conditions under which purveyors of
motion picture, radio and TV entertainment
serve the local populace. It could be a moot
question if Jack has bettered the quality
of coverage in the company's two newspaper
dailies—the Florida Times-Union and the
Jacksonville Journal—but he certainly has
improved the frequency of feature articles
through the week by involving more writers
and giving greater attention to entertainment
offerings than the newspapers did under the
former management.
Bernard Levy, with the ABC FST home
office quarters in the Florida Theatre Bldg.
here the past few years, is retiring with his
wife Betty to a new residence at North
Miami Beach. Levy served as vice-president
and chief legal counsel of the division, with
30 years on ABC's legal staff. He moved
from New York City when the division relocated
its offices to this city to work more
closely with Harvey Garland, head of the
ABC theatre division on the national level.
Garland and his wife Elvira, together
with executives and their wives from ABC's
four circuit headquarters, honored the Levys
at a cocktail party and banquet in the River
Club August 18. Levy's office associates in
the ABC FST home office honored him at
a second gathering August 19 in the Preview
Theatre to mark his retirement from
active service wtih ABC.
Larry Cumbaa, general manager of MCM
Theatres in central Florida, reported that
the circuit had a late summer manager's
workshop at Flagler Inn at Gainesville.
Cleanliness prizes were awarded to managers
Bill Dettoog, Priest Theatre, High
Springs, and to Butch Cooper, Lunar Drivein,
Lake City. Currently, Larry said, the
theatre managers are competing for a $100
prize for concession increases per capita.
For the last cozy week of a long, hot summer
when marquee lights have shone their
brightest for vacationing children, family
groups, dating young couples going strong
for the R-rated films, seekers of air conditioning,
crowds, bright lights and the lure
of screen entertainment, plus the compulsive
and steady moviegoers, local exhibitors
were going at their best with such titles as
"Drum," "Gator," "J. D.'s Revenge," "The
Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor
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Frankie Ford (Ken is based in St. Louis), is
that one of the highlights of Frankie's recent
90-day tour of the West Coast was his
performance for the combination birthday
party for Barbra .Streisand and the postproduction
party for her new movie. 'A St.ir
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Muscles Into Movies
TUCSON—Citizens here did a double
take recently when a bronze Adonis named
Arnold Schwarzenegger was in town to promote
"Stay Hungry." The film is his introduction
to the movie acting business but he
has upstaged the stars, Sally Field and Jeff
Bridges, on promotional junkets and is
credited with lifting the picture out of its
original classification (booked into art theatres
with so-so results) and into a successful
first-run
film.
Five times "Mr. Universe," this 28-yearold
Austrian is known simply as "Arnold"
in worldwide health gyms. No longer in
bodybuilding competition, Arnold now intends
to parlay his title of "The World's
Most Beautiful Man" into movie stardom.
"What I am after now." he explains, "is
the kind of success in the movies that I
achieved in the world of bodybuilding. I
want to play parts I can identify with and
enjoy. Actors like Charles Bronson and Burt
Reynolds impress me. They can play tough
parts in film after film without changing
their main character. I would like to do that
myself."
He discounts the possibility of typecasting.
"I have no reason to demonstrate how
many parts I can play. There can be as
much range and depth of human emotion in
one ongoing film personality as in many
I parts. love the outdoors and the masculine
role. It would be silly for me to play a
banker or an accountant just to prove I can
do it." Not that this modern Hercules is
musclebound—he plays the violin in "Stay
Hungry."
Accompanying him to this city was
United Artists publicist William Scholl. One
favorable thing about Arnold's chances for
stardom is that he is well known simply as
Arnold. Schwarzenegger ... on a marquee?
Area's First Combat Zone
Planned by Denver Suburb
DENVER—Federal Heights, a Denver
suburb, has created the metropolitan area's
first zone in which adult films and other
similar entertainment will be allowed to
flourish under the protection of the law.
The area was created by the city
council
in an ordinance passed by the town board.
Allowed in the zone would be X-rated film
theatres, massage parlors, shops selling pornographic
material and places having live
nude entertainment.
However, before the ordinance becomes
law it must be approved by the community
in an election which will be held
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Servinj Gulf States Area Theatres
Gnema Concession & Supply Co.
JOHN BAJON
Extraordinary Equipment Company"
JACKSONVILLE
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Kings," "Silent Movie," "Swashbuckler."
"To the Devil—a Daughter." "The Man
Who Fell to Earth," "The Gumball Rally"
and the most enduring one of all — "The
Omen." Come September, though, movies
will be competing with all the expenses in
connection with school and much fewer opportunities
for students to visit their favorite
theatres.
Mark DuPree, grayhaired and affable
northeast Florida supervisor of ABC Florida
State Theatres for many years who later
finished out his career as a top executive
of ABC's super-tourist complex of entertainment
facilities at Silver Springs, was
honored there at a retirement party attended
by ABC and FST personnel and many
other friends of the entertainment industry.
Anne Dillon, former international WOMPI
president of this city who attended the social
gala at Silver Springs for DuPree, reported
that Mark's friends flocked around
to wish him a happy retirement.
Martha Murphy Scott, WOMPI president,
and her committee chair leaders have
mapped out an extraordinary list of 24 official
WOMPI gatherings scheduled for the
current WOMPI fiscal year from July 1,
1976, through June 1977. The imposing
list includes membership meetings, social
affairs, fund-raising projects, industry and
community service contributions and other
WOMPI plans already put into concrete
form . . . Newest active WOMPI member
is Marsha Schneider of American Multi
Cinema, reported Thelma Claxton. membership
chairwoman.
The local WOMPI contingent to the
group's international convention in San
Pa.'s Slate Belt 'Purged'
By Citizens for Decency
BANGOR. PA.—There are no X-rated
film screenings and no adult bookstores
within the ten communities that make up
this Slate Belt area of eastern Pennsylvania
and the Citizens for Decency aim to keep it
that way.
Concerned that adult bookstores and sex
novelty emporiums are thriving at nearby
Bartonsville. Phillipsburg and Bethlehem,
this civic organization, which started its
"crusade" back in 1973. is calling now for
passage of antismut laws.
With the support of elected officials and
clergy, the group effectively restrained the
Cinema Theatre in Wind Gap from showing
X-rated movies and the area news media
from accepting advertising for such films.
But lack of an enforceable law. said a
spokesman for the self-appointed committee,
has resulted in the unwillingness of law
enforcement agencies to prosecute cases of
obscenity and the group is calling for an
effective state law to control the flow of
materials which they consider "obscene or
pornographic."
Francisco during September 8-12 is looking
forward to seeing Joe Charles, manager of
ABC FST's local San Marco, who will be
there at the same time for a visit with his
sister and other relatives, in addition to
seeing WOMPI friends from Jacksonville.
The Clark Film Releasing Co. invited
exhibition bookers to advance screenings
of "Sweet Talker" and "Soft Shoulders,
Sharp Curves" in the ABC FST Preview
Theatre, reported Vivian Ganas, ABC FST
booker.
Harry Tobias, a great American songwriter
of the 1920s and 1930s and who later
married Sophia Diamond of this city, a
sister of Abe and Frank Diamond, leading
businessmen of Jacksonville, came into town
for a visit with his numerous in-law relatives
and ended up with a long and laudatory
interview from the typewriter of Charles
Brock, entertainment editor of the Florida
Times-Union. Harry was honored last year
on his 80th birthday at the Adat El Sanctuary
in Hollywood by more than 1,500
friends, fellow songwriters and the artists
who have recorded his songs. Among his
creations have been "Lonesome Old Town,"
"Sail Along Silvery Moon," "Sweet and
Lovely," "Down Among the Sheltering
Pines" "Miss You." "That Girl of Mine."
"Young in Heart" and "Love is All."
Surya Ru Kramer could be called a good
product of the space age. This 8-year-old
girl has spent the summer traveling alone in
jet planes from San Francisco (near her
home at Bolinas, Calif.) to Milwaukee for
a visit with friends, to Atlanta for visiting
paternal grandparents and then to Jacksonville
for "a third visit with her maternal
grandfather. Bob Cornwall, your Boxoffice
correspondent, plus side trips to see Busch
Gardens and 17 cousins in Tampa and to
Orlando for a tour of Walt Disney World.
Pennsylvania's Superior Court last December
struck down the statute on obscenity
in the 1973 state criminal code. The court
said the law failed to define obscenity properly
and did not reflect the 1973 U.S. Supreme
Court guidelines.
Last month the state House of Representatives
passed House Bill 353 by 169-23,
which redefines obscenity and its enforcement
under the Pennsylvania Criminal
Codes. The Senate is expected to consider
action on the bill when it reassembles September
20. Rep. Philip S. Ruggiero, who
co-sponsored the bill with Rep. Russell Kowalyshyn,
both Northampton County Democrats,
said since the court struck down the
state's 1973 statute there is no law to prosecute.
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Sex More Violent,
Violence More
Sexual/ Claims SA Movie Critic
SAN ANTONIO—"Sex and violence
planations of screen
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violence. Vietnam, political
have been superstars of cinema. Whether
assassination, citizen concern with
the hero was a cowboy or a cop, an Army crime, have made violence an American
sergeant or a gumshoe, he was hkcly to be preoccupation. Social frustration, born of
found with a weapon in one hand and an anonymity, alienation, unfulfilled expectations
equally explosive woman in the other,"
requires an outlet provided by screen
wrote Glenn Tucker in the Light.
violence.
"But the sex and violence of the past
decade have moved increasingly toward
Violence Avenges Sexual Abuse
each other. The sex has become more violent,
"But the best proof that the new violence
in fact, sex-linked, is its target in a
the violence more sexual.
is,
"They've come to resemble one another
because they've served the same end. In an
number of recent films. The violence repeatedly
has been used by men to avenge the
era of feminism, a medium controlled by sexual abuse of women.
men increasingly has used both sex and "In 'Trackdown.' for example, the brother
violence to reassert masculine power.
dredges a city underworld to destroy the
Bedroom Battlefield
"The sexes have always battled in cinema
seducers of his sister. In 'The Last Hard
Man' the father tracks and kills the convictabductor
of his daughter. In 'Taxi Driver'
the crazed of the prostitute (does anyone remember Tracy and Hepburn?)
client obliterates
but only recently has the bed be-
the men and mode of her prostitution. In
come the battlefield. Feminists like Molly the earlier 'Straw Dogs' and 'Death Wish'
Haskell, author of the excellent 'From Reverence
gentle husbands were driven to violence by
to Rape: The Treatment of Women the outrage suffered by their wives.
the Movies.' point to the '40s as especially "Not only are women the object of sexual
in
stressful, with 3 million women fired after
abuse, they're later the object of violent
World War II, ostensibly to "make homes revenge. The point: Women must be protected.
for heroes" but partly to make jobs for them.
"The social tension was transferred to " 'I'm a women's lib advocate,' says
film only through relationships shaken by
suspicion
'Trackdown' star lim Mitchum. 'But women
don't have the equipment, just ('Gaslight,' 'Notorious') for example,
physically,
or by loving women spurned by their to stand up for themselves. Men have to
men ('Duel').
take the responsibility. What made this
"Physical abuse was rare, and detailed coimtry great was men defending the innocent
depiction of it even rarer. 'A woman might
be thrown on a bed then,' says Dr. Frederic and helpless.'
"Others see such defense as more selfish.
Wertheim, a psychiatrist who has written 'Man's territory is invaded.' says Harriet
extensively on screen violence. 'But they'd Lyons, an arts editor for Ms. Magazine.
cut away shortly. No brutality, no violence.' 'He must avenge. Surely, it would be a
"One of the first brutal assaults in general
backlash against assertive women.'
audience film was that of a mother and "Whether the 'Sonnies' do start vying
daughter in "Two Women,' a 1961 Vittorio
de Sica film which won Sophia Loren an
major works
with the 'Clydes,' the new sex and violence
seem set for a long stay. Sex will remain
Violence remain violent. a sexual expression.
Oscar. In the early such '70s, will
And the two superstars, so snugly
as Sam Peckinpah's 'Straw Dogs,' Stanley
Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' and Dino matched, will continue to look more and
De Laurentiis' 'Death Wish,' included savage
scenes. Even the comedy, 'Blume in Love,'
more like each other. Only Hollywood could
come up with something like that."
with George Segal, stopped chuckling long
enough to let Segal force his pleasure.
"The emergence of what Haskell calls
'buddy-buddy' films, such as 'Deliverance,'
Playdate Drive Winners
Announced at Luncheon
'Fasy Rider,' 'French Connection,' all maledominated,
LA.—At a luncheon at
METAIRIE,
allow men to flex their nuiscles
Brennan's French Restaurant
unfettered
recently
by male power Owen
and male authority
at their most
Brcnnan jr., owner, announced the winning
violent, she says.
tickets of the
"But
Southern Film Playdate Drive.
surely, there are more standard ex-
Winner of the Las Vegas trip for two was
A. J. Hernandez, a booker for Gulf States
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Experience Excellence
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jr. of Royal Theatres. Meridian, Miss.
Attending the luncheon were Earl Perry.
Ogden/ Perry Theatres; George Solomon
isWho.wABim.
and Eddie Richard. Gulf States Theatres:
chicago.il. iofi
Milton Aufdemortc, Gulf States Theatre
(312)427-339
Special Announcement Films
Owners Service and Irene Mexic, Star Advertising.
Co-sponsors of the trips were Jo-
and Dimension Pictures.
Pa. Solons Enact Numerous
Laws Affecting Industry
PITTSBURGH—Members of the Pennsylvania
General Assembly will reconvene
September 20 to consider more than 4000
bills that have been entered.
Several measures already have been
passed, affecting the motion picture and
entertainment industries.
Act 125 (originally SB 159) authorizes a
liquor license for Pittsburgh's Heinz Hall.
HB 353, passed 169-23 by the House, is
now in the hands of the Senate judiciary
committee. It provides for further definition
of the offense of obscenity and provides for
injunctions.
The General Assembly made large appropriations
to the Pennsylvania Public TV
Network Commission. It also amended the
criminal code to make guilty of a summary
offense any person who abandons or knowingly
allows another to abandon an unneutralized
TV picture tube in a public
place.
The legislators voted to let the horse racing
commission refuse admission to and
eject certain individuals from tracks. Boxing
and wrestling are now legal in the Commonwealth
on Sundays under Act 85. Act 113
provides for observance of June 28 each
year as Pennsylvania German Day and Act
173 allows the sale of malt or brewed beverages
in certain stadiums used for athletic
events in
third class coimties.
Chowchilla Cooperation
Promised in UNP Movie
NEWPORT BEACH. CALIF. — When
"Crisis in Chowchilla" is filmed in the small
Madera County town there will be full cooperation
from the community. Richard L.
Bare, United National Pictures, returned
from Chowchilla recently with assurances
from Mayor Jim Dumas and chamber of
commerce president Ned Crouch.
Ed Ray, the school bus driver turned
hero, will be technical adviser on the film
which is to be made as a dramatic documentary
with few embellishments since the
amazing story could hardly be topped if fictionalized.
The screenplay by William Justice
Forbes has been written concurrently
with developments as they break.
The company will donate a percentage
of the profits to the Ed Ray Scholarship
Fund, according to UNP business affairs
director Leon Mirell.
Production, privately financed by an industrial
group here, will start filming in
September.
William T. Orr will be executive
producer and Bare will produce and direct.
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pearl Bailey will visit Houston Wednesday
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(8) to promote her latest book ""Hurry
Up America and Split." She will be seen
as the star of the new film ""Norman ... Is
That You?'" with Redd Foxx.
The final week of the Alley Theatre Film
Festival, in the "Milestones" theme, featured
"Greed," ""Lola Montes." an unedited version
of the dizzy Ophuls movie about the
famous courtesan, and ""Cover Girl." a new
35mm print of the backstage musical. The
midnight show Friday (3) was ""Schlock."
last entry in
the Friday Night Sleaze series.
The Big Bus," a parody of disaster films.
opened a week later than originally scheduled.
It bowed in multiples Friday (3) at
several cinemas . original version of
King Kong" was booked into the Long
Point Cinema with ""Bugs Bunny Superstar."
all for $1 admission.
Futureworld," which was filmed by AIP
at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
here, was on screen at the Deauvillc, Spring
Branch and the Southmore 4.
Current film marquees are showing ""The
Gumball Rally." King Center. McLendon
Triple and Telephone Road. Allen Center.
Park III, Spring Branch and Southmore 4;
Alice in Wonderland," Loews" Town and
Country. Village 3 and Loews" Saks Center
1; and ""Rollerbabies." Art Cinema.
The midnight show at the Southmore 4
was '"Jesus Christ Superstar." at $2 admission.
Among holdovers are ""The Omen" at the
Alabama and Woodlake Cinema 3; ""Midway"
at the Tower; "Obsession" at the Gulfgate.
Meyerland and Northline: ""Silent
Movie" at the Galleria: ""Outlaw Josey
Wales" at the King Center. McLendon
Pasadena. Allen Center. Greenspoint
Triple,
Cinema Park III. Shamrock 6. Spring
Branch and Town & Country 6; ""Return of
a Man Called Horse." Gaylynn Terrace;
"From Noon Till Three." Allen Center.
Gaylynn. Almeda 9 East. Memorial and
Shamrock 6; and "Drum." Loews' Delman
and Loews" Town and Country Village 3.
'Deep' Company Relocating
For Filming of Shipwreck
NEW YORK— Director Peter Yates and
producer Peter Guber. with stars Robert
Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte and
Lou Gossett, have completed preliminary
filming and rehearsals for ""The Deep" on
location at Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
The company planned to regroup later in
Bermuda in and around the wreck of RMS
Rhone, one of the world's most famous
shipwrecks and a mecca for diving enthusiasts.
It closely resembles the wreck described
in Peter Benchley's best seller.
""The Deep," a Peter Guber's production
of a Peter Yates film, will be released by
Columbia Pictures. Benchley and Tracy
Keenan Wynn wrote the screenplay.
BOXOFFICE ;: September 6. 1976
After Two, No Retirement
Yet for Tom W. Bridge
SAN ANTONIO—After 47 years Tom
W. Bridge has returned to the city where
he started his career
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in 1973.
Of course he didn't remain a booker too
long, climbing the ladder at Paramount
from one promotion to the next. Literally
dedicating his life to that company. Bridge
learned every facet of the industry from
shipping to top management. And when
retirement time came, he knew he wasn't
ready for the rocker yet. So Tom went
with American Multi Cinema Theatres on
a three-year contract. At the end of those
three years, and at the wave of a contract,
the retiring theatre man still was not ready.
Thus Bridge is with Santikos Theatres
now, back with John Santikos with whom he
has laughed, argued and enjoyed every
aspect of the film industry. He is now assistant
general manager, supervising all departments
including buying and booking,
still in the running as the "best booker you
have ever had."
Minority Enterprise Firm
Is New MCA Subsidiary
UNIVERSAL CITY—MCA New Ventures,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
MCA Inc., has been licensed by the Small
Business Administration as a minority enterprise
small business investment firm.
Norbert A. Simmons has been named
general manager of the subsidiary, known
as a MESBIC. It is the first entertainment
industry MESBIC to be formed and the
largest of the more than 80 licensed so far
by^he SB A.
New Ventures will operate solely to provide
financing and financial management
assistance to small minority-owned companies
primarily involved or seeking to be
involved in film production.
The new company's offices are located
at 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City.
91618.
On the board of directors of MCA New
Ventures Inc. are MCA officers Lew R.
Wasserman. Sid Sheinberg. Tom Wertheimer.
Elliott Witt, and Simmons.
Simmons formerly was senior partner in
the Louisiana law firm of Simmons &
Aulston. He was educated at Tulane University,
George Washington University. Oxford
University, and the Boston University
School of Law.
""The Ritz" began its premiere engagement
in New York August 12.
Potential Film City
Seen in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO—Tracy Gast wrote in
the San Antonio Express-News that this
city's potential as a filming capital is well
within the realm of possibility.
" 'Imagine driving downtown one afternoon
and spotting John Wayne casually
leaning against the Alamo. That might not
be a far-fetched idea, for San Antonio could
be on its way to stardom." said a casting
director. "Hollywood based film crews are
fighting each other for bids to go on location
in South Texas.'
""Liz Kegley. head of the locally-based
Casting & Production Group, spoke recently
to the Marketing/Finance Council of the
Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.
""Her mission was to tell the San Antonio
business community what economic benefits
the city could receive if it became a major
film location. Addressing a crowd of about
75 people in the Institute of Texas Cultures
Auditorium, Kegley said four OLit of five
film crews come to Texas first when considering
producing a Western.
" 'People like to make movies in Texas
because of the warm hospitality. Nothing
travels faster than word of mouth in the
movie business," she said.
""However, San Antonio does not have
the facilities to accommodate large film
crews. Most of the westerns are made in
Old Tuscon because Texas does not have
an adequate replica of a Western town.
Kegley said this problem could be solved
if there was sufficient financial backing.
Hollywood film techicians have offered to
design a Western set for San Antonio.
""
"You who look at me are conservative.
1 know you don't see much of a business
return in film. But studies have shown that
about 35 per cent of a movie's budget is
spent on location.' Kegley said.
""Kegley has selected casts for such films
as "Hawmps!'. "Bad News Bears.' "Logan's
Run.' "Ode to Billy Joe." "Macintosh & T.J.'
and "Jaws."
"" "I want you as moviegoers to keep that
glamorous aura of Hollywood but as businessmen
you should be aware of the financial
benefits. Talent is dormant here in
Texas without the community behind the
film business,' " Kegley said.
""Following her presentation, a member
of the audience asked Kegley what the possibilities
were of a television series being
filmed in San Antonio.
The Quinn Martin Company fell in love
with San Antonio when they were here on
location. I can guarantee they would come
down here if we could cut the filming costs.'
she said."
Wyandot Pays Scholarship
MARION. OHIO—A scholarship worth
$750 has been awarded by the Wyandot
Popcorn Co. to Cynthia Young. Morral,
Ohio. George K. Brown, company president,
made the announcement.
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DALLAS
To Screen Vintage Films
TIGARD, ORE.—Owners of the Joy
Yommy Smith, AIP salesman, recently movie version of "How to Succeed." He
Theatre here, where old films have been
found among stored-away treasures co-starred with Walter Matthau in "Guide
featured for years, have been so successful
three tear sheets from the amusement pages to a Married Man" and with Robert Morley
with this format that they recently decided
of the Morning News and the now-defunct and John Gielgud in "The Loved One."
to acquire the Aloha Theatre in Beaverton.
Dispatch. The crisp yellowed pages of the His other films include "The Cardinal,"
They bought it in June.
May 3. 1933. issue of the News advertised "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung 'Vou
"The Aloha did not have the reputation
the Majestic Theatre, now closed, as "The in the Closet and Vm Feelin So Sad,"
that the Joy has so we couldn't start out
Only Theatre Showing Big Time Vodvil "Where Were You When the Lights Went
with the kinds of films we show at the
Last time 'Hearts in Dixie," the singing, Out?" and "The Boatniks."
Joy," said David Jones, co-owner with Peter
talking musical drama of the South with
It is nice to know Warner Powers, son Kerr. They opened the Aloha with "Time
200 Negro entertainers on the stage. Tomorrow,
Vaudeville's Newest Sensation!
of Jim Powers of this city is back here, Machine" and "Forbidden Planet" and followed
with 3-D horror movies.
having finished SMU and the University
Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers—on
of Texas Law School. He is associated with "They did well," Jones said. "Then we
screen hear Wm. Boyd talk a speedy story
Coke & Coke law firm. Warner at one time showed 'The Lion in Winter' and it did
of the U.S. Marine Corps with romance
was with ABC Interstate Theatres. He has nothing, although it would have packed
the world over and 'The Leatherneck' with
taken his law exams but has not yet received
his final degree.
thing different at the Aloha, show more ad-
them in at the Joy. We're going to do some-
Alan Hale, Fred Kohler. Diane Ellis. Robert
Armstrong, talking scenes."
venture movies, like Flash Gordon. At the
The Capitol, now closed, read "Starting Residents of the Pilot Home for Girls
Joy we're getting ready to open with 'The
Today 100 Per Cent Talking Picture. Columbia
Pictures presents 'The Donovan Born" with Janet Gaynor Monday (6) as
will see the original version of "A Star is
Adventures of Robin Hood,' a 1938 film.
It was one of the first three-strip technicolor
Affair,' Jack Holt, Dorothy Revicr. William
Collier jr. and Brand New Series of jects. Claudia Patterson will be at the pro-
one of WOMPLs community service pro-
films, and we have a brand new print."
He said that new prints are becoming
Collegians, All Talking, also Oswald the jector and will distribute candy bars during
more available due to the popularity of old
Rabbit in sound, talking screen acts."
reel changes . . . Juanita White, WOMPI
movies across the country.
Other theatres advertising were the Palace,
Melba, Fox, Old Mill, Ritz, Arcadia Brennan and Linda White, will work the
president and two of its members. Bertha
The Joy opened in December 1973 with
the original "Mutiny on the Bounty." Later
and Showhoiise, all of which are closed now Jerry Lewis muscular distrophy telethon
it featured another film rarely seen, the
except the Arcadia. The Melba has been again this year. More are expected to join
1924 silent film "Ben Hur." Occasionally
converted into a 7-plex known as Capri-7. in working the Variety Clubs' CARF.-VAN Jones and Kerr run "mini-series," like several
old Hitchcock films in a row. They
Downtown has only the Capri and Loews' telethon.
Downtown Theatre with three screens now. Birthday greetings to Myrtle Kitts, retired
Fox employee, who will celebrate with the audience. Before each showing
have always stressed owner involvement
The Country Dinner Playhouse will present
Robert Morse in the Woody Allen
another birthday anniversary Friday (10). Jones speaks to the audience about the
Myrtle retired early due to a painful and films, bringing applause with his intelligent
comedy "Play It Again, Sam" opening
crippling case of arthritis, in spite of which and witty discussions.
Tuesday (7). Morse is best known for his
she holds on to her good humor and enjoys "I enjoy it as much as they seem to,"
Tony Award-winning performance as the
visiting with her film industry friends. he said.
rising young executive in the Broadway
musical "How to Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying." This was followed by been working in the booking and buying Film Editor, Dallas Firm
David Singletary and Ken Higgins have
his performance in the musical "Sugar." department of Santikos Theatres for some Do 'One Chance' Promo
Following his success on Broadway, time. Singletary has been appointed film
DALLAS—Veteran feature film editoi
Morse went to Hollywood, starring in the buyer and Higgins is his assistant.
Bob Brady joined with TannebringRose As
sociates here in developing the promotional
campaign for the Pan-American Distributors
theatrical release "One Chance to Win."
Formerly with Warner Bros, in Hollywood,
Brady has edited for major tudios
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Joins Lewis' Telethon 76
NEW YORK—Full-scale musical production
numbers from four popular Broadway
shows have been added to the starstudded
lineup of the Jerry Lewis Labor
Day Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy
Association (MDA). Scheduled to
appear are the casts of "Bubbling Brown
Sugar," "Chicago," "Guys and Dolls" and
"My Fair Lady," who will perform musical
highlights from their current hit shows.
This year's Telethon, the 11th in Lewis'
Labor Day series, is expected to attract a
massive audience. More than 82-million
viewers watched the Labor Day show in
1975 and pledged $18,868,499 to benefit
the health agency's medical services and
research programs. One hundred per cent
of the record-breaking total was collected
plus additional unpledged funds.
The 21 '/2 -hour entertainment spectacular
will be telecast live from the Space Center
at the Hotel Sahara in Las Vegas. Two
hundred television stations have joined the
Lewis "Love Network" to air the broadcast
nonstop from 9 p.m. (EDT). Sunday. September
5, until 6:30 p.m. Labor Day.
New additions to the Telethon '76 talent
include Tony Bennett. Lloyd Bridges. Carol
Burnett, Cathy Carlson. John Cassavetes
and Gena Rowlands, the Coasters. Glenn
Ford, James Franciscus. Bobbie Gentry and
David Hartman.
Also slated to appear with Jerry Lewis
and anchorman Ed McMahon are Joey
Heatherton, Charlton Heston. the Lettermen,
Trini Lopez, Anne Meara, Mary Tyler
Moore, Jan Murray, the New Zoo Revue,
Donny and Marie Osmond, Gregory Peck,
Debbie Reynolds, the Soul Train Dancers,
Tom Sullivan, Sylvers, Tammy Wynette and
Johnny Yune.
These stars join a celebrity roster headed
by Frank Sinatra including such personalities
as Anna Maria Alberghetti, Virginia
Capers, Vikki Carr, Kirk Douglas, Marvin
Hamlisch, Julie Harris. Florence Henderson.
Julius LaRosa, Barbara McNair, Manhattan
Transfer. Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse.
Estelle Parsons, O.C. Smith and Sally
Struthers.
SAN ANTONIO
The Chicano Film Festival opened on August
26 at Oblate College of the Southwest.
The two-day outdoor festival featured
a dozen outstanding films, many being
shown in San Antonio for the first time,
written and produced by Chicano and Chicana
filmmakers. Some of the films were
made available by the filmmakers themselves
as they were not available through
established distribution companies. The festival
was sponsored by Centro Video of
Oblate College and the Mexican-American
Cultural Center. Film features were "Survival"
by Noctezuma Esparza; "La Madre:
A Portrait" by Adan Medrano and Carlos
Amezcua; "Requiem 29," by David Garcia;
"Dia de Plaza," by Severe Perez and Judith
Anne Perez; "Los Vendidos," by Luis Valdez
and Luis Ruiz and "Cristal" by Severo
Perez.
It wa.s Elvis Presley in person on the stage
of the Convention Center Arena before a
capacity audience as well as on the television
screen on KENS- TV when the station
screened "Kid Galahad" during the time
the live performance was going on. The film
started at 8 p.m. . . . Among the films to
be screened at Trinity University's Multipurpose
Room will be "The Birds.' "Psvcho"
and "Frenzy" with tickets 75 cents lot
students and $1 for adults. "The Loneliness
of the Long Distance Runner" will be shown
in the Chapman Graduate Center with admission
$1.50.
Evel Knievel, the king of daredevils, who
has been the subject of a motion picture
and will be seen in a forthcoming film, appeared
at the Ail-American Country Music
Festival September 4 at the Music Capital
Fairgrounds outside Austin over the Labor
Day weekend . With the Wind"
was shown for the last time (before it appeared
on national television) at Mann Theatres
Fox Central Park-3. The film was
shown three times Saturday and Sunday and
once Monday through Friday.
KEXL-FM again sponsored midnight
shows on August 27 and 28 at 12 midnight
at Mann Theatres Fox Central Park-3. All
seats were $1.50 for the showing of "Invasion
of the Blood Farmers."
New titles appearing on local marquees
include "Infra-Man" for a multiple opening;
"Terror from Under the House" at
the Aztec-3 and Capitan Drive-In; "Drum"
at the Aztec-3, UA the Movies-4 and UA
the Cine Cinco; "Tunnelvision" at the Cine
Cinco and Movies-4; "Gone With the Wind"
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Making 'Wizard of Oz Makes Good
finally suggested cheap, garden variety yellow
paint-voila!
"The Munchkins were, of course, played
by midgets. Three hundred and fifty of
Story, Says Columnist Eric Gerber them to be exact. When the 'Wizard' casting
director was charged with rounding up that
HOUSTON—Eric Gerber. appearing in "The actor initially hired for the Tin many, he went to Leo Singer of Singer's
llic HoListon Post, devoted an entire column Woodman was Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett Midgets, a specialty talent agency. He could
to the malting (s) of "Oz.'
from Beverly Hillbillies). Buddy rehearsed provide only 150. A midget monologist. Major
Doyle, told the casting director that he
' 'We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful
Wizard of Oz . but had to drop from the cast after the first could supply all 350, but wouldn't give him
lor 12 weeks and pre-recorded all the songs,
.'
"Did you know that the 1939 fantasy two weeks of shooting. The Tinman makeup,
an aluminum dust over a clown-white Doyle detested.
one if he did business with Singer, whom
classic with Judy Garland was not the first
screen treatment of Frank Baum's 1900 children's
book?
woLind up in an iron lung. Enter Jack Haley broke his contract with Singer. Doyle
base, caused a respiratory problem. He "The casting director had no choice and
"In 1903. a silent one-reel 'Wizard of and a new makeup formula.
coLildn't resist a parting nose snub at his
Oz' was made. And Baum himself formed "The role of the Wizard (and the five competitor Singer. He routed a group of
the Oz Film Company in 1913 which turned other spin-off parts) was offered to W.C. midgets past Singer's apartment building
out three five reel silent efforts with Oz settings,
too. Then in 1925 a full-length silent got it. Wallace Beery tested for the part out his window. He did and saw three bus-
Fields and Ed Wynn before Frank Morgan and sent word upstairs for Singer to look
vjision was mads with one of Dorothy's (which he reportedly wanted very much), loads of midgets 'mooning' him. The incident
became known as 'Major Doyle's Re-
farmhand friends played by none other than but apparently didn't make the grade.
Oliver Hardy, the bulky comedian who was "Gale Sondergaard was tested for the venge.' "
later to team up with Stan Laurel.
Wicked Witch of the West (in a sequined
"Doug McClelland has come up with a gown) before cackling Margaret Hamilton
fascinating little book called 'Down the Yellow
Brick Road: Making "The Wizard of
was signed. (Garland once said that her OKLAHOMA CITY
mother, who had shoved her through show
business, would have been the best choice
puneral services were held hero recently
for the role.)
revelations galore about the legendary film.
lor Eugene Holstein, a brother of Mark
"The Good Witch of the North was originally
going to be MGM starlet Helen Gil-
True, much of the information has appeared
M. Holstein. retired Universal representative.
OLir sincere condolences to Mark and
before, but it's nice to have it grouped
bert. But. says McClelland, she disappeared
between two covers. It makes such great
other family members.
on a spree with Howard Htighes and was
cocktail party material.
suspended by the studio. That's when Billie This was a banner week for exhibitors
"For instance, did you know:
Btirke, Flo Ziegfeld's widow, stepped in. visiting the city to take care of business.
"Many of the principal players were second,
even third, choices for their roles?
"Ray Bolger. the Scarecrow, and Bert Among them were the following: Bill and
Lahr, the Cowardly Lion, were first choices. Helen Crosby, who flew in with a couple
Shirley Temple was first considered for
Dorothy,
"Like
but her studio wotild
'Gone With the Wind.' (which
of yoimg women employees; Gene Banks,
not loan her
out for the part. Even when Garland was
nudged 'Oz' for Best Picture in '39), 'Wizard'
Crystal Theatre and Jewel Drive-In, Okemah:
Woodward Theatres;
the golden-tressed Garland). With
Dorothy was talking about directors when Dennis Collier, Kingfisher; Dick Crumpler,
pig-tails
substituted
she said.
for the flowing
'My people
locks, a problem
come and go so quickly
Checotah; Dan Wolfenbarger, Dumas, Tex.;
became evident. Garland was
around here!'
Andy Anderson. Norman and Ardmore; and
16 and filling
out fast so a special corset was designed "Ogden Nash was
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Crouch. Shattuck and
hired to 'embellish' the
to
Laverne.
flatten her chest (the designer would script. He wrote
later
a four-page precis that
go on to design Joan Crawford's jutting
wasn't used.
After being closed since 1 973 because of
shoulder pads, sort of an anatomical quid "The cyclone that swept across the Kansas
farm was a woman's silk stocking blown atre in McAlester is running again.
a fire, the Oklahoma State Penitentiary The-
pro quo).
by a fan. And the sphere in which Glinda,
the ballcock of a toilet. All kinds of exotic
tion in Mexico City, Acapulco and other
paints and dyes were tried on the Yellow
areas of the country, but they did have a
Urick Road, but none photographed brightl\
enough. Mervyn LeRoy. the producer,
time getting over the "'flu" bug that attacked
them while down there. They report everyone's
fine now.
"WE OFFER YOU
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. McMiirry, formerly
only the finest merchandise the market of the Dumas. Tex., theatres, vacationed in
has to offer."
Cauda.
"your Complete Equipment House"
I he Chieftain Theatre here was closed
down tor operating without a license and
OKLAHOMA THEATRE SUPPLY CO. llic recently opened Vegas Cinema was shuticicd
tor rimning porno films.
628 West Grand Oklohomo City
CINERAMA IS IN
SHOW BUSINESS IN
HAWAII TOO.
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Terry,
Dwight
Watonga
Terry,
Theatres, reports
that he and his family had a fine vaca-
with photos (over 100. many full-page) and
stone. Finally. Victor Fleming. Maybe
the Good Witch, rides was fashioned from
discarded, book
cast, the Temple influence was
had a parade of directors, beginning
potent. Garland
was decked out
with
Everett Norman Taurog.
in a long, curly blonde
Then Richard
Mahaney, Guyman and Perryton,
wig for the first two weeks
Thorpe, George Cukor.
Tex.;
of filming
and Lewis
Don Abernathy. Fairview, Johnny
Mile-
(later
Jones, Alva; Woodie Sylvester, Weatherford;
althoLigh the has shots of
SW-4 BOXOFFICE :: September 6. 1976

—
Harold Hamley Developing
Community Promotion Film
MILWAUKEE- Harold Hatnlev. veteran
showm.in «ho operates an advertising
agency in Oconomowoc,
Wis., is developing
a new kind of film
approach for the pronotion
of communities.
He is assembling
a
brief motion picture
highlighting the outstanding
features of
Portage. Wis.
Titled "Your Com-
, . ,, munity Story." the ac-
,
Harold Hamley
,^,^| fji^^-^g ^^^ j,^^^
completed on the movie. All that
remains is
editing and addition of narration, after
which "Your Community Story" will be
shown at the Portage Theatre for one year.
It will serve as a pilot film which Hamley
Advertising will use to promote other movies
for similar promotions in various Wisconsin
towns.
"This new approach to screen advertising,"
Hamley told Boxoffice, "is being used
in the U.S. and Canada by associate ad
agencies."
The 35mm movie also can be used in
16mm format for showing at civic meetings
or on TV in
addition to the theatre screen.
Keith Vezensky Appointed
To Buena Vista Sales Job
CHICAGO—Keith Vezensky has been
appointed a salesman in Buena Vista's
branch here, Irving H. Ludwig, president
of the Disney distribution subsidiary, announced.
In his new position. Vezensky reports
to Virgil Jones. Buena Vista's Midwestern
co-district manager who also headquarters
here.
Previously, Vezensky was a booker for
Columbia Pictures' Milwaukee area, and
earlier was assistant film buyer and booker,
advertising and publicity representative and
director of group sales.
March Appoints Jay Kohl
Manager in Spirit Lake
WAYNE. NEB.—Jay Kohl, as,sociated
with locally based March Theatres for the
past five years, has been named manager of
the circuit's Royal Theatre and Spirit Drivein
at Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Kohl's appointment was announced by
circuit president Jack P. March.
Detco Executive Fined
MILWAUKEE—Donald E. Thomas. 45,
an officer of Detco. Inc.. which operates the
Parkway Theatre on the city's west side,
was fined $1,500 by U.S. Judge Myron L.
Gordon August 26 for failing to file individual
income tax returns during the period
1970 through 1972, according to a report
in the Milwaukee Journal. The Parkway
Theatre features X-rated motion pictures
exclusively.
First
Is
Commercial Film With Sound
Recalled on 50th Anniversary
MINNEAPOLIS— It
was recalled in a recent
Western Electric release from New
York City that it was 50 years ago, Aug.
6, 1926, when the glitter of Broadway was
intensified by illuminated billboards announcing
the premiere of the world's first
commercial movie with sound. Those lucky
enough to get in paid a record $10 to witness
the passing of one era and the birth
of another. Instead of watching a silent film
accompanied by a lone pianist in the pit,
they saw moving images of the 107-member
New York Philharmonic play and heard the
symphonic sweep of the overture to Wagner's
"Tannhauser."
Later. Elman. Bauer and Zimbalist played
and Martinelli sang in a series of Vitaphonc
shorts. The main feature presented John
Barrymore and Mary Aster in "Don Juan."
with a synchronized musical background.
It was quite an evening!
Sound Began in '24
Hollywood first became attracted to sound
for movies in 1924 when Sam Warner attended
a demonstration of talking pictures in
New York and wired his brother Harry: "Go
to the Western Electric Co. and see what I
consider the greatest thing in the world."
Harry did and Warner Bros, and talkies
were on their way to their 1926 triumph.
According to Western Electric retiree
Hugh Lowe, who worked on the sound
system and now lives in Oceanside, Calif.,
"The problem at that point was not the
synchronization of film and sound. Various
methods had been worked out for that. The
snag was how to amplify the sound in the
theatre. Western Electric's work on the
vacuum tube made it possible."
WE Systems Widespread
WE's vacuum tubes also had made possible
the first transcontinental telephone call
in 1915 and supplied the first public address
service for a presidential inauguration
Harding's in 1921. Within a few years, there
were more than 15,000 installations of WE
sound-reproducing systems in motion picture
houses and WE sound recording set the
standard for the industry through the mid-
1950s.
"What went on in early studios bore no
resemblance to what's done today." Lowe
explained. "To begin with, we recorded on
a wax disc. It was about an inch thick, almost
17 inches in diameter and played for
15 minutes. We could sync the start of the
sound with the start of the film but once
we began a record we had to go all the way
through. Many times, we'd get near the end
and an actor would forget his lines or someone
would drop something with an audible
bang—and we'd have to go back and do
the whole thing over."
The equipment was primitive, too. Frequently,
one of the arc lights would begin to
hum noisily, Lowe remembers, and there
wasn't anything to do but call for a new
disc and ask the director to begin the whole
reel over. And because the cameras were
noisy, the cameraman had to operate his
equipment inside a suffocatingly small boxlike
rig to keep the camera's chatter from
being picked up by the mike.
Lowe recalls that even the simple commodity
of electricity wasn't all that easy to
come by in those days. Recording crews
who went out on location often took turntable
motors with weight-operated drives.
They'd set up a tall, four-legged stand that
had a weight suspended in the middle, crank
up the weight and gravity would supply the
power for rotating the disc.
Busy years followed the 1926 premiere.
Lowe remembers. "Thanks to the vacuum
tube, within a decade we had sound movies
everywhere, the development of the big
radio networks. TV—even color TV—and
stereophonic transmission of a concert by
the Philadelphia Orchestra."
Another Western Electric retiree, Ken
Morgan, of Balboa Island, Calif., helped test
the voices of some of the most famous silent
film stars—Mary Pickford, Leatrice Joy,
Vilma Banky, John Gilbert and Douglas
Fairbanks.
"It's history, of course." Morgan said,
"that many actors had trouble with talkies.
Some he-men types, like John Gilbert, had
high-pitched, reedy voices. Mary Pickford
took elocution lessons for a year. Some
adapted, some didn't."
The sound that Morgan recorded for one
early movie was adjudged the year's best
and. at
the Academy Awards ceremony that
year, he received a Class 1 technical award.
Now, a Class 1 technical award is an Oscar.
Would the Academy make an exchange?
"Well, it would be nice having an Oscar on
my mantel." Morgan said, "btit I don't
imagine they're going to convert my paper
into hardware now."
Western Electric no longer manufactures
and Bell Laboratories no longer designs
movie sound equipment but there were
many people aroimd August 6 of this year
who likely found it difficult to imagine today's
world without the companies' contribution
of sound to movies that began
50 years ago.
Diversified Fare Offered
In Art Gallery Series
LINCOLN—Among recent offerings at
the Sheldon Art Gallery was "Happy Being
Happy." followed by "Inside the World of
Your Dreams." Both movies were presented
free of charge in the gallery's Reality Film
Series.
A recent attraction in the Summer Stars
Series was "Double Indemnity," starring
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and
Edward G. Robinson. This classic was
screening twice on three successive evenings.
BOXOFFICE September 6, 1976 NC-1

MILWAUKEE
1977. Projection equipment will be automated.
Indication is that the additional theatres
will give the management greater flexibility,
making it possible to offer many
Jane Powell, onclimc screen actress, stars in The Mosinee Theatre in Mosinee presented
more film choices. No mention was made
the musical comedy '"Irene." which is "The Sunshine Boys" during August and in
of a similar plan to increase the number of
being presented at the Melody Top Tent its display ad in the local weekly made this
theatres at Southridge Shopping Center
Theatre through Sunday (12). Ticket prices offer: "Get in for $1 with this ad on Simday
where a triplex also now exists.
range from $6 to $4.75.
An advertisement for shoes, which appears
among other display ads on the Jour-
Phyllis Diller, star of screen. TV and Sir Lew Grade of England is on his way
cabaret attractions, is scheduled to open at to becoming the world's biggest movie producer,
according to Noel Anthony writing
nal's theatrical page, is so cleverly conceived
that it appears to be pushing a motion
the Pfister Crown Room. A new item in the
local press reported that during a recent in the Journal Green Sheet. Anthony says
picture rather than footwear. The top line
appearance of the comedienne in Vancouver.
B.C.. Canada, one-third of the audience in the next 15 months for the production
that Grade will be spending $150 million
states: "20th Century Foots present Neil
Fun and Cyd Sueder in 'Silent Movie.'
walked out. Six hundred of the disgruntled of a dozen films. Head of Britain's ATV
A
large shoe is the center ad illustration,
patrons demanded their money back—and network. Sir Lew reports he "gets up at
flanked by such phrases as "creme of the
received it. The complaint was that her jokes 5:30 a.m. in order to spend an hour or
cush sole" and "laced with laughs." At the
were "dirty!"
longer reading books as movie scripts." If
bottom the ad reads: "Now showing at the
he finds a book so interesting he can't put
Bakers near you—daily 14.99."
Dennis Finkler, manager of the West
it down, he quickly decides—without benefit
Towne Cinema in Madison was hospitalized of a committee or others—to make it into Ray Nichols, manager of the Rivoli Theatre
in Cedarburg, located a few miles north
several weeks. He formerly managed a theatre
in our town.
"I raise it on the phone or in meetings. We
a film. He says that money is no problem.
of here, arranged a "back to school" matinee
for the kiddies. He distributed 2,000
just shake hands and go ahead."
Dale Carlson, district manager for the
tickets via stores and businesses throughout
Madison 20th Century Theatres, has been in A third motion picture based on the lite
Cedarburg and Grafton. Each ticket, plus
show business since 1937, when he started of Huey Long, controversial Louisiana political
figure of several decades ago. soon
50 cents, admitted one person. Carl Konrad,
as an usher. Included in the 20th Century
circuit are the Orpheum, Strand and
zone manager for Marcus Theatres,
Stage will be made as the result of a Ptilitzer Prize
Door, all in the downtown area; Cinema
booked the special feature film.
and National Book Award-winning biography
written by a man who grew Lip in Wis-
Kevin O'Neill, manager of the Oriental
Theatre on Atwood Avenue; Hilldale Theatre,
Hilldale
Landmark Theatre, told Boxoffice the Saturday
midnight movies continue to bring
the customers in at that late hour—averaging
better than 200 each show. Michael
dling the production. Two previous films
When the Esquire Theatre was opened
Wasilczuk is Kevin's new part time assistant.
in
based on the life of Huey Long were "All
Madison in 1968, it became the first downtown
cinema to be built in the state's capital
the King's Men." starring Broderick Crawford,
and "A Lion in the Streets," with twice has canceled earlier appearances here,
Screen and stage star Hal Holbrook, who
city in 40 years. This year the former 750-
James Cagney.
hopefully will make it Monday and Tuesday
(20, 21) for his "Mark Twain Tonight"
seat house was twinned in a $100,000 conversion
project and renamed Esquire 1 and
Williams grew up in Hazel Green (in
southwestern Wisconsin), studied at Plattcville
State Teachers College and later earned of his usual one-night stands here, keyboard
show at the Performing Arts Center. Instead
2. Cinema 1 (downstairs) now seats 500.
while the second auditorium, created in the
his master's and doctor's degrees from thj comedian and musician Victor Borge was
former balcony area, accommodates approximately
200 viewers. The lobby has been re-
University of Wisconsin-Madison. He booked for eight performances from Tuesday,
August 24, through Sunday, August
teaches at Louisiana State University while
modeled, a double boxoffice area created
continuing to spend each summer at his 29, at the Performing Arts Center. Ticket
and the theatre areas recarpeted. A new
vacation home at Lake Delton in Wisconsin. prices for the Holbrook show range from
projection booth also has been designed.
Williams said he hopes he will be selected $7.50 to $5.50.
While the remodeling was under way, the
as a technical consultant for the motion picture.
A new movie house opened by Paul
theatre was closed for approximately seven
weeks. George Andrews continues as manager
of the Marcus-owned dualer.
The biography was the result of 1 5 years Rogers in Marshfield a few weeks ago had
of research and writing. "Huey Long" will its grand opening Friday. August 20. Named
The display ad for the Blaine Theatre.
be directed by Ulu Grosbard, while Alvin Rogers Cinema 3. it has 150 seats and is
Boscobcl, in the local weekly newspaper
Sargent will write the screenplay (he also located two blocks away from Rogers' other
contained an announcement from the management
relating to the double
was responsible for "The Sterile Cuckoo" local houses. Cinema 1 and 2. Paul Rogers
and "The Effect of Gamma Rays is on Manin-the-Moon
Marigolds").
Wisconsin.
on the board of directors for NATO of
bill offered.
The message: "Parents—Neither of these
PG pictures are recommended for preteens."
Construction is to begin in October on Temple Theatre in Viroqua has changed
The two films on the program were "Lifeguard"
and "Drivc-In."
three additional movie theatres at the Northridge
Shopping Center—expanding the owner. Our informant says Vance bought
hands, with Keith Vance becoming the new
triplex
there into a sextuple!. As announced from Henry Krueger, who in turn ob-
it
by Salah Hassanein of New York City,
tained it years ago from Harry Melcher of
^ 57 Years! •
Experience Excellence
executive vice-president of United Artists
(Continued on page NC-4)
• Theatres, and by A. Alfred Taubman, board
chairman of Taubman Co., the developers
f»»-MAC^
of Northridge Shopping Center, the new
theatres are to be on the second level of
the Northridge Mall on
RCil
Theatre
S6rvic6
top of the existing
The naTTon's finest for 40 years!
three which were opened several years ago.
RCA Service Company
All theatres will be somewhat similar in size, A Division of RCA
III.
Phone: (3t2) 478-6591
Special Announcement Films
Merchant Ads Color and B&W • averaging
the new auditoriums
Shopping
400 seats
Center;
each.
will be
Big
Hassanein
ready by
Sky
said
early
consin and who continues to spend his summers
here. He is T. Harry Williams, whose
Drive-In on the city's west side, and
Badger Drive-In and the Middlcton 20th book, entitled "Huey Long," is to be prodLiced
by Jerry Bick with Warner Bros,
7620 Gross Point Road, Skokle, 60076
Century Theatre in Middlcton.
han-
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Series in Grand Island
For Gator/ 'Shootisl'
GRAND ISLAND, NEB.— Season tickets
went on sale in early August for the
DES MOINES—Two 1ms tied for first 'Travel and Adventure" series of motion
«? Cenie, places, each registering comfortable 250: pictures sponsored by the Altrusa Club.
"The Shootist," in a fourth time around the While the ducats were offered at a discoimt
range on two screens, and "Gator," on three if purchased before Wednesday (II. they
ap. theatres" marquees for the second week. A now are priced at $9 for individual memberships
and $20 for family memberships.
"Ike Jour. newcomer and a holdover both pulled a
con. solid 140 to tie for second spot: "Eat My Tickets are available at the Overland National
Bank and First National Bank or may
1? a motion Dust!" turning its first corner at Forum I,
k lop and "The Gumball Rally," lapping the third
be purchased from any Altrusa member.
«BI Neil stretch at Valley I. "The Omen" rounded
Included in the upcoming season's bookings
are the motion pictures "New Zealand."
tlone."'A : out the top three scores drawing 1 30 for its
ninth hitch at the Sierra I.
with Sid Dodson, November 7; "Yugoslavia."
'M of
(Average Is 100)
Forum I—Eat My Dust! (New World)
with Frank Klicar, January 9: "Tunnels
140
Alike
Forum III—Futureworld (AIP), 2nd wk 100 to the Sun," William Sylvester, February
River Hills—Swashbuckler (Univ), 4th wk .100
Riviera—Midway (Univ), 10th wk 125 13, and "Mexico," Gene Wiancko. March
Sierra I—The Omen (20th-Fox), 9th wk 130
6.
Valley I—The Gumball Rally (WB), 3rd wk 140
Three theatres—Gator (UA), 2iid wk 250 All films are screened Sundays al the
^ivoliTlie-
Three theatres—Drum (UA) 125
Two theatres—Silent Movie (20th-Fox), 8th wk 90 senior high school auditorium at 3 p.m.
niibiiorili
Two theatres—Murder by Death (Col), 9th wk 110
Ml" imii- Two theatres—The ShooHst (Para), 4th wk 250 Monies collected from the showings are
Two theatres Survivel (Para), 2nd wk 75
Died 3,000
used by the Altrusa Club to sponsor civic
projects in Grand Island.
ikroufhoul
Federal Funds for Film
Mrs. Dorothy Hohnstein of the club, in
Carl Kon-
noting that the kickoff attraction will be
To Promote Windy City
Tkealres,
shown October 24, when the Doug Jones
CHICAGO—The Chicago Convention & film "London" will be screened, reminded
Tourism Bureau has been awarded a $15,-
that approximately 500 "armchair travelers"
Onenlal 000 matching grant by the U.S. Travel Service
for the production of a 16mm pro-
viewed each motion picture last year.
CE Ike Sal-
"People can see things in the films thai
motional film on the Windy City.
they probably wouldn't see unless they visited
a country and stayed in one place for
lour-aver- Frank C. Sain, bureau president, said the
I
», Michael funds will be used for the production of
a long time," Hohnstein said. "The filmmakers
have spent months in each area.
a 1 3 Vi -minute film in English, French,
Spanish, German and Japanese, with a
Therefore, people can take an actual trip to
Siook. wko total budget of $45,000.
a foreign country for two hours without
ancesheie. The bureau has assigned production of
leaving their chairs."
and TuesnTonigi)!"
Productions, Chicago.
Projects which benefit from the Altrusa
the film to Cine-Mark, a division of Krebs
Club-sponsored film series are a Girls State.
Instead
entertainment for the elderly and a vocational
scholarship for a high school student.
John Hammond Makes PA
Boreewas
from Tnei-
MILWAUK.EE—John Hammond, guitarist
and singer who was responsible for the
Angusl
Univ. Plugs 'Car Wash'
original soundtrack of the motion picture
Ticket
fanje from "Little Big Man." was in Milwaukee to present
country blues recently at the Blue LOS ANGELES—A timely promotion tc.
At LA Festival in Black
River Cafe. During July, Hammond had boost "Car Wash," which opened nationally
i bv performed Paul
to overflow crowds on two successive
evenings during Milwaukee's annual recently at the heavily attended Festival in
Friday (3), was carried out by Universal
ago fcad
iNainei Summerfest.
Black at Los Angeles' MacArthur Park.
and is
Fliers for the Art Linson Production and
,jen other
Old Theatres' Furnishings on Display tickets to a special screening were distributed
'aulRoKS
at random to hundreds in the crowd, reported
to be near the 100,000 mark.
CHICAGO—Photographs and furnishings
from many of the city's great movie
NATO of
The giveaway was promoted heavily over
palaces are part of a free exhibit, "Great
the public address system with blurbs .ind
Chicago Theatres," now at the ArchiCenter,
chaDgeii
111 S. Dearborn.
music from the sound track of the forthcoming
album on MCA Records.
The Theatre Historical
.ngthene*
Society, which prepared the ArchiCenter
nee
bougkt
"Car Wash" was produced by Linson
exhibit, recently conducted tours of the remaining
great movie
n mra okand
houses in New
Gary Stromberg, directed by Michael
York.
Melckerof
Schultz. and written by Joel Schumacher.
CINERAMA IS IN
Break for Golden-Agers
SHOW BUSINESS IN
MONTREAL—United Theatres' the Cinema,
situated in Westmount Square, adver-
HAWAII TOO.
When you come to Waikiki,
tised that it would accept "golden age" cards
"^^^'^ '"'^^ *^^ famous
filMSlilIlltl
at matinees only. Mondays through Fridays
[g^i^i;^ Don Ho Show. . . at
(to 6 p.m.), for showings of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's
"That's Entertainment. Part
iM?^ Cinerama's Reef Towers Hotel.
IN WAIKIKI: REEF • TOWERS EDGEWATER • 2," a United Artists release.
w? ii Ike
DES MOINES
^cimy Naber, head hooker for Universal.
returned from the International Alliance
of Theatre and Stage Employees' national
convention in Minneapolis August
16 through August 21. Naber is the representative
for Local F39.
Dorothy Clark, head inspector for Universal,
will return to work this month. She
has been ill with a broken hip since May
31. Welcome back, Dorothy.
Evelyn James, president of Women ol
the Motion Picture Industry here, will attend
the national convention in San Francisco
this week. Accompanying her will be
Florence Bundy from Central States Theatres.
After the convention they will be
joined by Mrs. Bundy's daughter and the
trio will spend a week's vacation in Hawaii.
Explanation of Film Rating
Is Policy of Omaha Critics
OMAHA—The Omaha World-Herald reported
that the Motion Picture Ass'n of
America has asked newspaper critics to explain
the reasons for a movie's rating under
the code.
The Herald said its
policy has always included
a paragraph of explanation on why
a particular film is given a G, PG, R or X
rating. "We consider the explanation important
because readers and moviegoers
often don't agree with the MPAA rating
definitions," the Herald stated. "A bit of
explanation enables readers to decide
whether they might be offended or not."
The MPAA reportedly had commended
Vincent Canby, New York Times critic,
for adopting the practice of explaining a
film's
rating and had sent memorandums to
other papers urging the same practice be
adopted.
Raverma Screenings Free
RAVENNA, NEB.—Free movies are being
shown at 2 p.m. Fridays at the Grand
Theatre for youths under the sponsorship
of the Mid-Nebraska Community Action
Program. Recent screenings include "Mc-
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who retains some interests in the lihii business,
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A "Summer Party for Senior Citizens"
was arranged in the city of Burlington and
included the screening of the classic "Naughty
Marietta." starring Jeanette MacDonald
and Nelson Eddy. Sponsored by the First
National Bank & Trust Co. of Burlington,
the film was unreeled twice. Wednesday.
August 25. and Saturday. August 28. Dale
Kuntz. president of Friends of Old Films
(FOOFS) and a frequent TV guest on Channel
I2's "Dialing for Dollars" show, introduced
the movie with an informative, entertaining
lecture that included film clips of
other MacDonald-Eddy movies. He also is
the collaborating author of a new book
about MacDonald and Eddy. Dessert and
refreshments, plus music played by a live
combo, were other features of the free summer
party.
As part of the 17th annual Old Fashioned
Maxwell Street Day in Whitewater July 30,
the Towne Theatre had its own "Maxwell
Street Special." All seats were 50 cents to
see "Road to Hong Kong." with Bob Hope.
Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. The
screening was continuous from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Three days preceding the debut of the
movie chiller "The Omen" at the Campus
Cinema in Stevens Point. WSPl Radio announced
that a "curse" had been placed on
the station's morning man. Steve Point.
Campus Cinema's manager. Carlo Petrick,
who dreamed up the special promotion in
Steve Point being placed into a straitjacket.
A dazzling show of ESP preceded an 'exorcism'
performed by WSPI's afternoon personality,
Dave Marx." The station gave
away a limited number of passes to the
theatre, plus soundtrack albums provided
by RCA and promotional T-shirts from the
20th-Fox film in an "Omen Kit." According
to Petrick. the promotion helped to "break
a Wednesday night house record with over
450 persons in attendance."
A large display ad announcing a "Treasure
of Matecumbe" sweepstakes appeared
in the Sunday Journal comic section during
August slating that the contest was inspired
by Walt Disney Studio's new adventure
movie. An entry blank, contained in the ad.
is to be filled in and returned with a postmark
no later than Nov. 1. 1976. Grand
is prize a family vacation for three persons
of six days/ five nights to Disney World.
There will be four winning families for the
grand prize and a total of 7.440 other winners.
Drawings will be made December 1.
With its beginnings in the days of World
War I. the industrial film business has grown
to where $123 million is spent annually for
both production and distribution of these
films, according to a story supplied by AP
wire service and which appeared on the
business page of local daily recently. The
a
U.S. government is the biggest spender with
more than $40 million for films made by 45
agencies. The Defense Department and U.S.
Information Service are among the biggest
spenders. The others are oil companies,
pharmaceutical companies, utilities and the
auto manufacturers. Industrial films vary in
length as to the production costs but Francis
Thompson, one of the best known producers
in the field, is quoted as saying
"$300,000 to $350,000 would be a good
budget" for a 27 or 28-minute film. The
Thompson operation produced a 48-minute
bicentennial film for $2 million, paid for by
the federal government and which shows the
history of the past 200 years.
An example of one of the thousands of
of "Star Trek" fame. It cost $350,000 to
produce and the oil company will spend
$400,000 to distribute it. hoping to reach
an audience of 12.000,000 or so by the end
of 1977. (Phillips had no hand in preparing
or editing the film, nor did the company's
executives see it until it was in its completed
form.) It all comes under the heading of
"creating goodwill" for the producer.
As in movies, there are classics in the
industrial film world—such as "Louisiana
Story." It was made in 1948 and is still
popular. It depicts the discovery of oil in a
Louisiana bayou and its affect on a Cajun
family. It has been seen by millions of
persons and cost the Standard Oil Co. of
New Jersey (now Exxon) $250,000 in production
expenses. Some industrials, like
fashion films, have shorter lives—some only
a few months. Producers of industrials who
hope to place their film in movie theatres
as shorts, know that 12 to 15 minutes is
most desirable. In many cases the viewer is
unaware he is getting a commercial before
the feature film he plunked down his admission
price to see.
Morgan Moore of Chicago-based Jack
Wodell Associates was on hand to greet
moviegoers at the invitational showing of
Columbia Pictures' "Obsession" at the Centre
screening room, 212 West Wisconsin
Ave. Starring Cliff Robertson and Genevieve
Bujold, the suspense film previewed
two consecutive evenings, August 19-20.
Rated PG and possessing an outstanding
musical score composed by Bernard Herrmann,
the film moves easily through a series
of chilling and grotesque events to a climax
that is both surprising and pleasing. The film
was set to open at several local houses.
Red Skelton, screen and stage comedian,
was performing before an audience of near
ly 4.000 showgoers at the Wisconsin State
Fair on the same night his old film classic,
"Fuller Brush Man," was being shown as
part of the Gala Film Festival at the Performing
Arts Center. Red has been in town
on numerous occasions but more fondly recalls
his appearances during the late 1930s
at the Riverside Theatre when stage entertainment
was featured regularly along with
movies. He retains a warm spot in his heart
for the large downtown house and told a
newsman here that he would like to purchase
it and "fix it up"—and make his home
in
this city.
While in town to perform at a convention
for life insurance agents a few years ago,
Red took time to visit the Riverside, where
he reminisced about the "good old days in
vaudeville" with then theatre manager Do
films produced each year is "America—It's
rean Sherd. "Why don't you get me back
All the Difference." for which J. C. Penney
for a show at the Riverside," he joshed
At any around town spent $75,000. Not a single word about
her. rate, his fans still
Penney is in it nor even a picture of a
love him and Red's second show of the eve
Penney store or Penney merchandise. The
28-minute film is narrated by Henry Fonda
ning at the fairgrounds drew almost as many
spectators as the first. Fairgoers buy admission
and at the very end there is a simple credit
collaboration with WSPI's program director.
tickets to enter the fairgrounds but still
need to buy another ticket in order to attend
Pat Martin, informed Boxoffice that
line: "Presented as a public service by the
C. Penney Co." Phillips Petroleum has a
"as people came into the theatre, they saw
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A 36th week of "One Flew Over the Cue
system which stars William Shatner
koo's Nest" at the Southtown Cinema 3 in
West Allis was marked by excellent businesi
Cinema I held "Midway'
for an exciting tenth week.
Whitewater Man Salutes
Stars for Charity Work
WHITEWATER, WIS.—Movie actors
and entertainers were among the "outstanding
people who have done some kind of
charily work" in the estimation of a Wisconsin
man who is rewarding them withi
gold belt buckles.
He is Peter Faith, a Whitewater auctioneer,
who manufactured a series of "Official
U.S. Taxpayer" solid gold belt buckles o
which he now holds a copyright. To dat'
Faith has presented the buckles to Ro;
Rogers, Danny Thomas, Ronald Reagan
Johnny Cash and Doc Severinson.
Other recipients have been football's Ban
Starr and baseball's all-limc home run king
Henry Aaron.
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CINCINNATI—"Tunnelvision" grossed
1,000 for its second week at Times Towne
Cinema to lead all first runs for the recording
period. "Silent Movie" posted 975 for
its seventh frame at Carousel 1. "The
Omen," Showcase 4, drew 950 for its
eighth round. Two films pulled 500 each:
"Swashbuckler," at Showcase 5 for its third
stanza, and "The Man Who Fell to Earth,"
opening at Tri-County.
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pjoward Mishkind planned to return to the
University of Cincinnati to complete
his senior year—but not before he and dad
Leonard Mishkind, General Theatres president,
won a few or lost a few in Las Vegas
August 26-29. Howard has been helping out
this summer at the General Theatres office.
Brainard
Place.
Brainard Place opened its doors again,
since no one can open the windows, August
23-24 when, once again, the air-conditioner
failed to function and. once again, film
pressbooks doubled as fans.
Helen Miller, 20th-Fox clerk-typist, returned
to her duties following a restful vacation
. Scott, Universal booking
Bert Topal. United Artists division manager,
recently was in the city.
Gary Burlin, Columbia salesman, attended
the Variety Club golf outing in Cincinnati
August 22.
The Women of Variety Club Tent 6 are
planning a tea for all members and prospective
members, to be held at the Sheraton
Beachwood Motel Sunday, October 24. Mrs.
Al (Jean) Frisch is chairman of the event.
Ann Corio appeared in "Stars and
Stripes" at the Front Row Theatre August
31 through Sunday (5). Ann made a number
of pictures in Hollywood, where she became
known as "Queen of the Quickies" because
of the brief six-day shooting schedule on her
films. Ms. Corio's summation of those
"quickies" was: "They don't want them
good—they want them Tuesday." Nevertheless,
she received $10,000 a week for films,
plus 20 per cent of the profits. Appearing
here with Ann Corio was comedian Josip
Elic. Elic was recognized by filmgoers for
his recent role as Barcini in the Oscar-winning
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
Also appearing with Ms. Corio was Jenni-
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transexual surgery. A major film company
currently is preparing a screenplay of Jennifer's
life story.
Robert Goulet, singer-actor, appeared at
the Front Row Theatre August 24-29. Goulet,
who won a Tony Award as best actor
in a Broadway musical in 1968 for "The
Happy Time" and co-starred in "Camelot
and "Brigadoon," also starred in films.
Goulet now has added movie producing to
his career. He has purchased the Sean
Bourke book "The Springing of George
Blake," which deals with the breakout by
famed super-spy George Blake from an English
prison and his flight to the Soviet Union.
Goulet is producing it as a feature-length
clerk, utilized her recent vacation time to
film.
indulge in house cleaning . Smith,
Universal cashier, plans to loaf at home
In addition to her personal appearance
when she begins her holiday Monday (6)
here for "Pearl Bailey Salutes Goodwill Industries"
benefit Friday (10), the singer is
and Elizabeth Worley, Universal biller-clerk,
left Saturday (4) for a glamorous vacation
contributing a yellow velvet hostess gown
in Toronto, Canada.
she wore in a TV show with Lucille Ball.
It will be modeled at the cocktail hour prior
to the dinner by Mrs. Norman Goldsword.
benefit advisory committee chairman. Lucille
Ball, Phyllis Diller and Carol Lawrence
also have contributed celebrity gowns.
Emlyn Williams, English actor, author
and playwright, will appear at the Play
House in a preseason engagement. Williams
began acting in 1927 and writing plays in
the early '30s but it was his authorship of
the chilling "Night Must Fall" that brought
him an international reputation. Williams
also starred in the play in both New York
and London (Robert Montgomery starred
in the film version). Another well-known
play of his is "The Corn Is Green," in
which he also starred in London. That play
was adapted to the screen. Since 1951 Williams
has interrupted his writing and other
acting (he appears in both plays and films)
to appear on stage alone as Charles Dickens
in a recreation of Dickens' own stage appearances
in readings from his own works.
Williams will appear here at the Play House
in the Dickens performance Tuesday (28)
through October 3.
George Burns and Carol Channing will
be headliners at a Front Row Theatre fundraiser
Sunday (19) for Anthony Garofoli
and Robert E. Sweeny, Democratic nominees
for county commissioners. Ticket prices
arc scaled from $50.
UA Signs Thomas Mihok
For Sales in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA— For the first lime in
three years, a film salesman has been relumed
to the staff at the United Artists
offices here, announced Robert L. Friedman,
division manager. The post went to
I homas Mihok, coming here from Brooklyn,
N.Y. He will work under Harry Brillman,
UA sales manager. Branch manager is
Arthur Slanish.
Rolling Acres 3-Plex
Is Unveiled by GCC
AKRON—General Cinema Corp. opened
its new triplex. Rolling Acres cinemas I-
II-III, Friday evening, August 27, in the
scenic southwest section of Akron in Rolling
Hills Mall. The shopping center has been
in
operation for two years.
Attending the grand opening were Vic
Gattuso, GCC's regional director of operations.
Chestnut Hill; John Kane, regional
film buyer. Livonia, Mich., and Bob Rosen,
film
department.
Jack Metcalf, who formerly helmed Cinema
Richland Mall, Mansfield, Ohio, will
manage the Rolling Acres trio.
The unveiling marked the second GCC
triplex debut this month. The Randall Park
cinemas I-II-III
opened Wednesday, August
Police Stance on Bingo
Not Popular in Dayton
DAYTON, OHIO—Pointing out that
unlicensed
bingo games are not the most serious
crime problem in the city of Dayton
did not earn any kudos for Police Lt. Col.
Tyree Broomfield. He said the police department
would not move against bingo unless
a citizen complains about a specific game.
However, the Dayton Daily News commented:
"This does not mean police ought
to treat bingo the way they treat littering
question is, is a bingo game licensed
by the state a legitimate charity or not?"
Six bingo game license applications in
Dayton were turned down by the state but
the games have not been halted. Under the
new law, unlicensed operators are subject to
a prison term of up to ten years and a fine
of $5,000.
The Dayton Daily News stated editorially:
"The Ohio Legislature obviously did not see
illegal bingo as a minor annoyance. The illegal
bingo operators, siphoning off money
supposedly destined for charity, have flouted
the law long enough."
Motion picture theatre operators are hoping
former bingo enthusiasts will spend some
of their money on moviegoing.
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Kerasotes Opens 3
Cinemas in Indiana
COLUMBUS, IND.— Kerasotes Theatres,
the Springfield, III. -based circuit, has acquired
the ColumbLis Center cinema I and
II
here.
The unit was opened July 23 in a major
suburban Columbus shopping center and
has seating capacities of 460 and 450.
Don Underwood, formerly in distribution
with 20th Century-Fox and Paramount in
Indianapolis, has joined Kerasotes as resident
manager of the twins.
George Kerasotes, president of the circuit,
also announced the 350-seat Cinema I
in Richmond, Ind., has been completed and
has opened. The unit is an addition to the
already-operating Cinema II acquired last
March from Robert Hudson.
The new auditorium in Richmond will be
served by the same spacious lobby of the
former unit and a completely new, automated
projection booth will serve both
cinemas.
Kerasotes now has a total of 148 screens
in a five-state region.
Italian-Americans Demur
Gangster Image in Films
CHERRY HILL, N. J.—Unico National,
a 12,000-member Italian-American service
organization, at their annual convention
here moved to take action against the stereotyping
in movies of Italian-Americans as
gangsters. They are requesting that
the television
networks refrain from telecasting
such films as "The Godfather" and "The
Godfather, Part IL"
"The movie and TV industries are making
money with their stereotyping of Italian-
Americans, and while they are making
money we are suffering the stigma." said
Joseph Coccia, jr., Unico spokesman, adding
that the organization is considering seeking
a court injunction to bar the NBC network
from airing the films. Unico also plans to
"go after" potential sponsors of the shows,
he said, and will seek support from other
Italian-American organizations to block the
telecasting of the "Godfather" movies.
The organization finds particularly objectionable
the statement (unverified) that
NBC, which already has denied Unico's
request that the telecasts be canceled, plans
to include in the showing of the two films
some footage that was not seen in the
movies, using ten hours of TV time for the
films.
Twin Hosts Car Show
CHICAGO—Cinemas 1
and 2 in Oakbrook
once again will be the site for introducing
Chevrolet's 1977 line of automobiles.
Through the efforts of Gary Taft.
manager of the twin, Chevrolet is arranging
to have 800 Chevy managers and salesmen
attend the get-acquainted session at the
theatres and view the new models.
Botdorff Tells
How Ozoners Could
Benefit From Containment Screen
CLEVELAND—The subject of the drivein
containment screen was discussed for the
general public in a recent column by Emerson
Batdorff, Plain Dealer entertainment
editor. His in-depth analysis of the "protective"
equipment follows:
A great many years ago when the only
drive-in in Ohio had just been opened in
what I believe is today an Uncle Bill's parking
lot, a fellow drove up from Akron to
see a movie.
He found none was playing, it being the
middle of the afternoon.
It is true he was drunk at the time but
he is not drunk now—and still there are no
matinees at drive-ins.
New Screen Developed
This situation may eventually improve
because of a new screen. It was not developed
to allow matinees, although it would
permit a show to start as early as 7 p.m. on
a long summer day. It was developed to
prevent the picture on the screen from being
seen by anyone except those who are in
the paid-admission parking area.
The problem is not that drive-in operators
begrudge passersby seeing their movies
free; there is no way the passersby can gel
the sound and without the sound the picture
often makes little sense.
Even with the sound, some of them make
little sense but that is not a problem that
can be cured by technological advances
such as this one, which is called the containment
screen.
Light Is Contained
The containment screen prevents the light
from the projector from being reflected at
random. The idea is to keep from annoying
neighbors and drivers along the road with a
movie that perhaps they don't want to see.
There have been lawsuits by irate neighbors
in some jurisdictions (not here) trying
to force drive-in operators to put up a fence
perhaps 200 feet high to keep nude movies
from the front porches of the neighborhood.
The containment screen would end this
problem but at a price—not as high as the
cost of a 200-foot fence plus a budget for
putting it up again after each big wind but
plenty of money.
Stuart Wintner, owner of National Drivein
Theatres here, has had personal experience
with a sample of the new screen.
"We know it will work," he said. "They
built a 6x1 2-foot proto-type and I saw movies
on it in a hotel banquet room with all
the fluorescent lights on."
When you step to one side of the screen,
you don't see anything on it. just a sort of
gray tone. Head on you see a brilliant pic-
National Drive-In is a stockholder of the
Containment Screen Co., which has been
working with the backing of drive-in theatres
across the nation.
The first full-size screen, 60x120 feet, is
supposed to be in operation this fall at Pacific
Theatres' Los Altos Drive-in in California
so the containment properties can be
witnessed by a convention of drive-in operators.
Wintner was doubtful that the screen
would be up because of lack of money.
"They're $200,000 short of building the
full-size screen," he said.
The prototype costs more than screens
will if the device gets into production. Wintner
said the cost would be about $150,000
compared to $25,000 for the standard drivein
screen, which lets everyone see.
"Does the screen have any other advantages,
apart from keeping the picture from
intruding on the neighbors?"
"No," said Wintner. "That's it."
"You could start earlier and get more
shows in a night.
"You could start earlier but no one would
come. People go to amusements when they
want to and they won't change. People tried
ski slopes in the summer with synthetic
snow and no one went.
"People go to drive-in movies after dark.
You won't change them."
Wintner said a minimal advantage might
be had from the new screen by using it in
multiple drive-in theatres, so people who
paid admission for one theatre couldn't
watch the movie in another.
"But they don't get the sound, so watching
the picture alone isn't satsfying to them."
A story in (a tradepaper) estimated the
devolopment costs of the new screen at
$300,000 and said the cost of the first screen
was $85,000, with a lower price coming if
they are sold in
large numbers.
Wintner explained how the screen works.
It is made of sheets of metal with a lot of
nickel in it—for bright reflection. The sheet
is stamped by a die that forms the metal into
thousands of individual mirrors about the
size of a dime.
Each mirror is formed so as to reflect
only dead ahead. The individual sheets of
mirrors are assembled on structural steel at
the drive-in movie at an angle so it reflects
where you want it.
It's a fine invention but Wintner fears
its that advantages will be overwhelmed
by its price. Besides, you can't get people to
matinees at drive-ins anyhow, except that
fellow from Akron and he's sober now.
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The Broadway hit was produced by Mr.
and Mrs. Lou Scher. Lou was the founder
of the Art Theatre Guild, headquartered
here at the Bexley Theatre . World
Theatre, resplendent with a new front, has
been presenting a series of semi-art films
this summer. The Alan Bates starrer, "King
of Hearts," was a recent offering.
Talk to any local theatre owner and he'll
toll you that "business is great" (with the
usual few exceptions) for the first time m
many years. Even better, business is "booming"
in both hardtop and drive-in situations
strong are: "The Omen," "Murder
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lunch with top deejay Deano Day in a
salt mine operated by International Salt
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Zoning Ordinance Sought American International Pictures' film
To Limit Porno Growth
"At the Earth's Core."
PITTSBURGH—The city council here
may consider an ordinance restricting adult
theatres and bookstores which Mayor A tour of the nation's capital two days
Pete
prior to Wednesday (3), four-theatre opening
Flaherty has asked the city's law department
to draft. Assistant city solicitor Dante
of the comedy about a day in the life ot
a metropolitan car wash included personal
Pellegrini hopes the proposed ruling will go
appearances at the Lincoln, Pike
before the council this month.
Uptown, and Springfield Mall theatres. The
If passed, the ordinance would require
actors remained through the weekend for
that adult theatres not be built within 1,000
press conferences and TV-radio interviews.
feet of each other or of nine other "regulated
"Car Wash," produced by Art Linson and
uses" such as adult book stores, bars and hotels. Existing adult theatres would Gary Stromberg, and directed by Michael
not be affected by the proposal but other
Schultz from Joel Schumacher's screenplay,
theatres could not change policy and begin opened simultaneosuly in Los Angeles at the
booking porno films.
Vogue, Hollywood; the Avco Center Cinema
The mayor consistently has delayed the
1, Westwood. and the Vermont Drivc-
issuance of permits for adult theatres an
In. New York opening is scheduled for
in
attempt to curb pornography imder his administration,
October 15.
although reports indicate he
has come out the loser in crackdowns and
court actions. A city ordinance forbiddin-j
massages by members of the opposite sex is
being tested in court at present. If struck
down, massage parlors then would be included
in the proposed adult zoning ordinance.
Car Wash' Cast Will Blitz
Washington. D.C., for Film
NEW YORK—Five of Universal's "Car
Wash" stars— Franklyn Ajaye, DeWayne
Jessie, Melanie Mayron, Clarence Muse and
Tracy Reed—were set for four days
of promotional activities in Washington.
D.C., on behalf of the Art Linson Production.
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phe sixth annual Film Golf Classic was
held Tuesday, August 24, at the Pleasant
Run Golf Course. The day was beautiful
and the course perfect for the 107 golfers.
The low net winner was Mike Gosset of
Columbia Pictures and Lee Harper, Lexington,
Ky.. was low gross winner. The day
closed with a delicious dinner, after which
Jerry Knight, Columbus, presented trophies
and prizes. Don Womack, Holiday Amusement,
is being congratulated for his hard
work as general chairman for a very successful
event.
Friends of Florence Herrmann, Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer cashier for many years,
send condolences on the recent death of her
husband, who was here for a family wedding.
Mark Seigel has closed the Crossroads
Cinema in Harrison.
Tri-State Theatre Services has added 12
screens to its booking and buying services,
including the new Twin Cinema, Corbin,
Ky., slated to open in October, Ernie Powell
is the owner. Other new accounts are the
Ada Theatre, Ada, owned by Allen Tieche;
Tri State cinemas 4, Newark, owned by
Martin Stone, and the Studio Cinema, Cynthia,
Ky., owned by Jack Richie. In addition,
Tri-State will serve the Preston, South Park
and the Kentucky and Vogue in Louisville
for owner Henry Saag.
'Space' Quiz Promotes Film
BALTIMORE—A catchy radio promotion
supplemented American International
Pictures' campaign for "Futureworld" here.
Listeners were quizzed about space trivia
by radio personalities and winners received
passes to the science-fiction film.

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^^estern Massachusetts openings included
Warners" "The Outlaw Josey Wales"
and Columbia'^ "Harry and Walter Go to
New York." Among the holdovers were
Warners" "St. Ives."" Buena Vista's "Treasure
of Matecumbe"' and "Gus,"" Columbia's
"Murder by Death,"' 20th-Fox"s "Silent
Movie" and "The Omen." Universal's "Midway"
and "Swashbuckler" and Cinema's 5's
"The Man Who Fell to Earth."
In a regional "first," enterprising exhibitor
Harry Schwab ran a "Dusk to Dawn" every
night for a full week, comprised of six
features. "Creature From Black Lake,"
"Godzilla vs. Megalon." "Mysterious Monsters,"
"Beyond the Door." "Don't Open the
Window" and "Don't Look in the Basement."
at his Air-Line Drive-In, Chicopee.
He kept the snack bar open all night
and an innovative advertising approach used
the catch-lines, "Stay All Night—Don't
Worry— We'll Wake You at 6 a.m.!"
Tlie Allen & Cooley Cinemas II in this
'Survive!' Debuts With
Super 350 in the Hub
BOSTON—Big news of the week was the
opening of "Survive!"; pushed by heavy
advertising it was an all downhill race for
the new contender and it finished first with
a super 350 at the Gary. Another opener.
"Stay Hungry." satiated filmgoer's lust for
new prodLict pulling a neat 250 at Pi Alley.
Two pictures tied for third place with 200
apiece: "The Tenant." for its fourth frame
at the Cheri I, and "The Gumball Rally."
completing its second drive at Cinema 57 I.
(Average Is 100)
.llston Cinema II, Goleria—Buffalo Bill and the
Indians, or Silting Bull's Hislory Lesson CJA)
125
Art Cinema I—Brief Encounter (SR) 120
Art Cinema II~The Opening of Misty Beethoven
(SR), 2nd wk 130
Astor—No Way Back (SR) 125
Back Bay Screening Room—Ali—Fear Eats the
Soul (SR) ,120
Beacon Hill—The Omen (20th-Fox), 8th wk 180
Charles Cinema—Solaris (SR), 2nd wk , .150
Charles West—Ode to Billy Joe (WE), 4lh wk 75
Cheri I—The Tenant (Para), )'Mfe > !JD '

Mgrs. Face New Trial
On Obscenity Charges
WASHINGTON—Following a mistrial
that culminated two days of presenting evidence
and two of jury deliberation, Robert
Gage and Saul Heller, the D.C. Playhouse
Theatre's manager and assistant manager,
were boimd over for a new trial in October.
The two men were charged with 142
counts of showing an obscene film, "Behind
the Green Door." Each count represents a
screening of the movie at Gage's theatre
from February 11 to February 21 this year
If convicted, they could receive a maximum
sentence of one year in jail and a $3,000
fine on each count.
In Superior Court here in August, Arthur
Knight, a professor of cinema at the
University of Southern California, defended
the movie as being artistic. He testified that
the University of California Medical School
U.S. attorneys John Harris and Robert
Kendall requested that the jury of four
women and eight men view the 70-minute
film. They were bussed to the D.C. Playhouse
for the screening.
RKO Theatre, White Plains
Slated for Wrecking Crew
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—The new owner
of the 2,700-seat RKO Keith Theatre and
the adjoining store property on Main Street,
plans to demolish the hardtop— in absence
of a lease of the unit—and utilize the entire
site as a parking lot imtil an office or retail
tenant leases it.
Under contract of sale to Joel Halporn of
Halpern Building Corp., Brownville, N.Y.,
the former RKO Theatre is vacant despite
its location in the heart of this city, the
county seat of Westchester County. The
property, on a 53,000 square foot site, has
been owned for many years by an Englis'.i
trust.
the sex club sequence was handled by the
filmmakers with unusual restraint and artistry,
particularly through the camera wprk,
editing, music and performances. Knight Industrialist to Bank Board
formerly was film critic for the Saturday HARTFORD—Marvin Lcwtan. president
Review.
of Lewtan Industries, Hartford-based advertising
Other defense witnesses included Dr.
specialties firm, has been named to
Harvey Resnic and his sex therapist wi^e the newly-formed associate board of directors
Audrey who operate the Human Behavior
Foundation in College Park, Md. Mrs. Res for the Hartford
Bank & Trust Co.
region, Connecticut
nic characterized the film as sensitive and
human. Dr. Michael Ward, psychologist Buddy Joe Hooker has been signed as
from Inglewood, Calif., testified the filni stunt coordinator for "Close Encounters of
has serious scientific value and is used at the Third Kind."
Sam Elliott Is a Hero
On Portland Marquees
PORTLAND— "Lifeguard" may attract
movie fans with its handsome, virile star
and dozens of attractive, buxom women,
but many Portlanders have a special reason
for seeing the film.
"Portland's own Sam Elliott" reads the
marquee at Mann's Hollywood Theatre,
where the film "Lifeguard" is showing. It
is also showing at six Luxury theatres and
at the Canyon Drive-In.
Born and raised in Portland, Elliott left
for Hollywood a few years ago determined
to succeed. After appearing in "Mission
Impossible" and co-starring in a few movies,
he is now bringing in favorable reviews
from critics.
Elliott was active with drama at Tavid
Douglas High School, where he also excelled
as an athlete in track events. He also acted
in college and in productions at the Portland
Civic Theatre, before going to Los
Angeles.
One of his best fans, of course, is his
mother Mrs. Glenn Elliott, who saw the
film recently at the Hollywood. "It was
just like visiting him," she told Hollywood
assistant manager Darel Ford. Did watching
her son play in a film with vivid sex
scenes bother her? "Not at all. The only
time I have been bothered watching him
on the screen was once when he was killed.
That bothered me." Elliott is also a familiar
face to Ford, who has been a friend of the
family for years.
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NEW HAVEN
Industry pioneer Maurice W. Bailey will
be honored at a testimonial dinner September
19. to be held at the Congregation
B'nai Jacob Synagogue on Rimmon Road.
Woodbridge. sponsored by the Jewish Home
for the Aged of New Haven. Reservations
are available by calling Anna Suraci at 787-
The Hoffman Capitol, Milford. had a
"live" show featuring the Warrens in a lecture
on the supernatural, on a Tuesday
night, charging $2. .SO for adults.
The young adult trade, an increasingly important
weekend boxoffice component, is
being pursued by both circuit and independent
cinemas in the area, especially with
a latter-day innovation of Friday and Saturday
night midnight shows. A typical recent
booking was "And Now for Something
Completely Different." with $2 admission,
into the RKO-Stanley Warner Cinemart in
the Hamden Shopping Center.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Qne of the largest pre-opening print media
campaigns in months was accorded
AIP's "At the Earth's Core." which had a
saturation premiere across the territory.
Ad catchlines focused on such wordage as
"Starts At Theatres & Drivc-Ins Throughout
New England! Check Your Local Paper!"
Other openings included Warners' "St. Ives."
HARTFORD
parking, always a problem for urban cinemas,
is being resolved for the RKO-
Stanley Warner, downtown New London
first-run. The theatre is offering free parking
after 6 p.m. and all day Sunday at a
nearby garage and parking lot.
The Es.sex Junction Theatre, Essex, held
20th-Fox"s "Silent Movie" for a recordshattering
third week, advertising pridefully
noting "heavy attendance."
The Cameo, Niantic, in a concerted cam-
57 Years!
Experience- Excellence
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Special Announcement Films
Merchant Ads Color and B&W
paign for more senior citizen daytime trade.
is now charging half-price admission for
Golden Agers Sundays. Mondays and Tuesdays.
Richard J. Wilson, vice-president of SBC
Management Corp.. is not one to come up
with eleventh hour promotion. His independent
circuit was first in northern Connecticut
to herald the oncoming school year.
RHODE ISLAND
Qpenings included Cokmibia's "Obsession"
and UA's "Gator." with the holdover
bloc containing such titles as Paramount's
"Survive!". Buena "Vista's "Gus" and "Treasure
of Matecumbe." 20th-Fox"s "The Omen"
and "Silent Movie." MGM-UA's "That's Entertainment,
Part 2," Universal's "Midway,"
Warner's "Ode to Billy Joe." "The Outlaw
Josey Wales" and "The Gumball Rally."
and Avco Embassy's "The Sailor Who Fell
From Grace With the Sea."
The Ocean State Theatre, Providence
(once known as Loews' State), has designated
the Sunrise Corp. of Providence as its advertising
agency, an on-going campaign encompassing
use of newspaper space and
radio and TV time. A new logo is emphasizing
the words. "Rhode Island's Most
Beautiful Theatre." The 3,200-seat house
was recently refurbished and is providing
free parking, with attendants on duty, at
two nearbv lots.
Tickets Down for Sub-Run
NEW HAVEN—The Sampson & Spodick
York Square Cinema, which normally
plays first-run product, booked a subsequent-run
engagement of UA's "One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and for good
measure charged 99 cents for all seats at
all times, a "first" for the showplace.
Editorial Focuses on Trailers
WILKES-BARRE. PA. — The daily
Times-Leader Evening Record newspaper
here editorially called on theatres not to use
trailers of R or X films as coming attractions
when a G or PG film is being shown.
While not advocating any "official crackdown
on this occasional practice." the newspaper
said that motion picture theatre operators
have an obligation "to avoid offending
the sensibilities of parents who have brought
their children to the movie in good faith."
Ozoner Joins $1 Admit Policy
WEST SPRINGFIELD. MASS.—The
Memorial Drive-In adopted a $1 admission
policy for Mondays and Tuesdays. A similar
charge has been in effect for the same nights
at a number of four-wall cinemas in the
Springfield area for some lime.
MPAA Is Included in RI
Lobby Fund Questioning
PROVIDENCE— Milton Stanzler. representing
the Motion Picture Ass'n of America,
and the MPAA are included in a list
of those failing to file final 1976 lobbyist
financial reports with the state of Rhode
Island.
Compiled by Rhode Island Secretary of
sponsoring lobbyists could be fined at least
$200 and up to $5,000 if convicted of violating
the Rhode Island reporting requirements.
A new law enacted by the 1976 legislative
session will require fewer financial reports
from lobbyists, beginning with the 1977
session. Under the new concept, lobbyists
and the businesses and/or organizations
sponsoring them will have to file financial
reports by the 35th legislative day of annual
sessions, by the 55th day and within
30 days after the legislature adjourns. The
revision, however, does not alter another
section of the law requiring reports or affidavits
from individuals or businesses and/or
groups even if they do not receive or spend
any money for lobbying activity.
The lobbying law applicable to 1976 required
separate reports, listing money spent
or received by lobbyists and the businesses
and/or organizations sponsoring them. The
reports were due by the 20th legislative day.
the 40th legislative day and every 10 legislative
days after that until the legislature adjourned.
The law, additionally, required a
final report within 30 days after the final
adjournment.
'Hawmps!' Has Hefty Run
In Tucson's Plitt Units
TUCSON—In its 8-week run at the Coronado.
"Hawmps!" did a thriving gross, with
an average weekly attendance of 6.769 patrons,
breaking every record at the house,
Plitt Intermountain Theatres manager Don
Travis reported.
The comedy, filmed at Old Tucson by
Mulberry Square Productions, even out
grossed "Benji" in its run at the Buena
Vista 1 & 2.
Travis thanked his Coronado staff for
their efforts by hosting a
party.
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Death." eighth lap at the Odeon, rated "excellent
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Holdovers Solid as 13 First Runs
Two newcomers
shared the top honors getting off to
an "excellent" start: "The Tenant," bowing
in at
Earn Excellent' Rating in Calgary
the Northstar H, and "Survive!", opening
at the Metropolitan.
CALGARY—With only one exception, "p'^^^j" '2^^''^ "^""" °' ° *' ^"^^""^ Capitol— The Omen (BVFD), 8lh wk Very Good
"""Lceiient Colony—From Noon Till Three (UA) Good
and that situation scoring "very good," all Uptown 2—Silent Movie (BVFD), 7ih wic Excellent Downtown-Campus
first run houses reported •'excellent" grosses "^^.h^wk"'^''' '^""''°" Pussycats (PR); Teenage
'"""' '*'''; Jailbait (PR) Average
Excellent
Garrick 1—Shadow oi the Hawk (Astral) Good
this week. Two newcomers entered the field,
Garnck 11—Silent Movie (BVFD), 7fh wk Very Good
ll^^'^^^^^l^ngo Long Tiav^Ung Aii-s.ars s'"""' Grant Park—No Way Out (PR), 2nd wk Average
but it was the solid holdovers a dozen Ot Motor Kings v.. ': .. k Poor Metropolitan—Survive! (Para) Excellent
them—that filled the cinemas. Among the
Northstar 1—The Shootist (Para), 2nd wk Good
Northstar 11—The Tenant (Para) Excellent
Odeon—Murder by Death (Astral), 8th wk Excellent
latter category were: "Logan's Run." lap- Delightful Dozen Score
ping its se'venth time at Calgary Place 1; 'Excellent' in Edmonton
"Midway." rumbling through its eighth date EDMONTON—Almost all situations reon
the Chinook screen; "One Flew Over the ported "excellent" grosses this week with
Cuckoo's Nest." displaying the longest legs only a few registering "poor" to "fair."
with completion of its 25th week at Palliser Among the top money-makers were: "The
Square 1, and "The Pom Pom Girls." rally- Outlaw Josey Wales." in its second run at
ing for its 13th try at Westbrook 2. the Capitol Square 1 and 3; "Gus." pleasing
Brentwood—Hawmpsi (PR) Excellent the younger set at Londonderry A for a
^ftrw\^'.°''!.'~^°^"''.^"""...'.".*.':. Excellent second time; "Murder by Death." spoofing
Calgary Place 2—Gator (UA), 2nd wk Excellent jn "excellent" Style for seventh set at
its
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GmnT^^dtrnVihTkreat Scout and Ccthorse"'' Meadowlark and Rialto 1; "Swashbuckler."
Grl'nT2-^hL^Fo°o'd^1hrGods(AFD);
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hashing for its sccond outing at Odeon 2.
2nd wk Very Good and "Futurcworld." Wrapping up its second
Paramount.
Nor,!, H.H, Uptown by Death As.g^lK
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Palace—The Omen I'V:'!
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Capilano—Super Bug Rides Again (C-P) .Very Good
Palliser Squa;-:
Nest (UA), 2S-: .-. ,; ...Excellent Capitol Square 1, 3—The Outlaw Josey Wales
Palliser Square . The Bad News Bears (Para). (WB) 2nd wk Excellent
wk Excellent 2—Logan's Run I'JA)
18th
Towne Blue—Ode to Billy loe C'.'B),
Capitol Square
7th wk Excellent
7th wk Gameau—One Excellent Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Towne Red—Swashbuckler liJniv), 2nd wk. ..Excellent (jjA), 23rd wk Excellent
Westbrook 2—The Pom Pom Girls (PR), Londonderry A—Gus Excellent
(BV) :::id wk
13th wk Excellent Londonderry B, Strand— Survive! (P^^j) Ixcc-llent
Westbrook (WB), Meadowlark, Rialto 1—Murder by Death (As'yal),
3—The Outlaw Josey Wales
4th wk Excellent 7th wk Excellent
Odeon 1—Mother, lugs & Speed (BVFD),
7th wk. Excellent
-
Five First Runs Score O^eon 2-Swashbuckler l.;^.-), 2nd wk Excellent
.r. 11 .. • rr Paramount—Futureworld ;AFD), 2nd wk Excellent
,
Excellent m Toronto Plaza l—Bruce Lee. Superdragon (IFD) Poor
-T-/-vr.,->xT-T-r-> A It I ( .. 11 .•• u Plaza 2—The Shootist (Para), 2nd wk Fair
TORONTO A handful of excellent Roxy-The Sailor who Fell From Grace With the
scores were returned for this recording week
^'"'
To^ne'or!l?ma— Ode'^o BUiy Joe (WB)
with one new entry in the spotlight. "Drum," 7th wk Excellent
.,
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opened
..., , Westmount A—The Omen (BVFD) 7th Excellent
wk ., ,
the sequel
,
to MandingO. at the Westmounl B—The Bad News Bears (Para),
Imperial Six complex to big crowds. Among
'8th wk Excellent
the other "excellent" first runs were: "Silent
.
Movie," on its seventh leg at the Uptown GumbaU Hit
2; .f"''^'''^' ',
"The Gumball
Excellent in Montreal
Rally," finishing its fourth
frame at the Uptown 3, and "Survive!
MONTREAL—Most boxoffices rang up
"
showing excellent strength for its second
"very good" grosses this week with two
climb a"t the Yonge English and four French titles registering
excellent." "The Gumball Rally" shifted
Eglmton-Thafs Entertainment, Par, 2 (UA),
8th wk Good jnto a second week at the Palace pulling
(Astral)
Fairiawn—Midway (Univ), 9th wk Fair
., ,, ,„ ,
excellent crowds,
. ... ,
while Survivc! made
Eight theatres—Shadow ol the Hawk ...Good ... ..„
3rd Five theatres-Svvashbuckier
Hollywood—Gus (Bv)
(Un.v),
3il wk
wk. ...Fair
..Very Good
[(^ entrance at Parisien 2 with a .standing
=
' Hyland Don Murder by Death (Astral), OVatlOn. JuStlCC 1, '.'. SaUVagC Completed a
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imperiai'^Six— The Outlaw losey Waies (WB)",'
sccond holdover at the Chateau I with
"excellent" results.
^'e ""f Six-Drum (MA ^7v.°wft
Atwater 1-NUdway (Univ) ImpenalSix''-Spe"cTal' Delivery
"-.c^^d wk Good
Imperial S.x-SV. Ives .cod (WB) Atwater 2-Tatang Oil (Umv Fair
Imperial Six-To the Devil-a Daughter ,, :,, Chateau l-Jusl.ce Sauvage (BVFD),
3rd wk 2nd wk Excellent
Park^Stay Hungry (UA) Good Chateau 2-Les 7 Vierges des Mers Chaudes
Plaza Gun Good (PR),2ndwk^ Very 2nd wk Good
Plaza the President's Men (WB), Champlain l-Vol au Dessus D un Nid de Coucou
All
16th ..-- Very Good (UA), 2nd wk Excellen-
Champlain 2-L-Autre Versant de la Monlagne
wk
Threo :l,ea:.„ The Omen (BVFD), 8th wk.
University-Logan's Run (UA), 7th wk Very Good ^ (Umy) Excellent
Eros—Inside Ursula (PR), 3rd wk Good
Dauphin—Guerre et Amour (UA), 2nd wk Fair
Le Carrefour-L' Argent de Poche (UA),
/k.
^^^"TTTiTl/ia Palace-The Gumball Rally (WB),
TnUCDllKlNbm 2nd wk
iPrr ^ Place du Canada-Silent Movie (BVFD).
Excellent
Excellent
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PTlir ATDP ^CRttHJ^V^ti^^^M
7th wk Very Good
TiiPArKu JHl^fc^Vj^^^^^^^B Place VUle Mane-Face to Fa« (Para),
J(ntnM_r
^^K^^^^^H
2nd wk _ Very Good
EVTni ^^^L. JWi^H Parisien 1—Drum (UA), 2nd wk Very Good
CAIKA ^^^B » J^H Parisien 2—Survivel (Para) Excellent
REVENUE
i1 NO EXTRA CDSTJ/jk^^^H Tenant,' Survive!' Open
'Excellent' for Winnipeg
WINN IPECj— Business was down nearly
ten per cent from last week as several holdovers
began to incubate. Onlv "Murder by
Polo Park—Mother, Jugs & Speed (BVFD),
fith wk . Good
"Ha-wk' Soars to "Very Good' Spot
In "Vancouver Area Opening Week
VANCOU'VER — Two holdovers captured
the "excellent" spot locally during the
past week, with "Shadow of the Hawk" registering
a "very good" in its premier frame.
Both Vancouver dailies were still on strike;
however, the industry quickly responded to
the loss of space by placing half-page
spreads in area weekly papers and accelerating
alternate media advertising. There was,
as a consequence, no fall-off in business and
the regional break of the locally lensed
"Hawk" was most satisfactory.
Boy—Silent Movie (BVFD), 6th wk Excellent
Denman Place—The Man Who Fell to Earth (PR),
4th wk Good
Downtown—The Tenant (Para), 4th wk Good
Fine Arts—The Gumball Rally (WB) Good
Lougheed Moll—The Omen (BVFD),
9th wk Very Good
Lougheed MaC-The Bad News Bears (Para),
19th wk - Average
Lougheed Ma. I—Logan's Run (UA),
8th wk. Very Good
Odeon—Murder by Death (Astral),
8th wk. Very Good
Park—Swashbuckler (Univ), 3rd wk Average
Stanley—Midway (Univ), 9th wk Good
Varsity—Face to Face (Para), 3rd wk Excellent
Vogue—Shadow of the Hawk (Astral) Very Good
TORONTO
J^pplicants for regular membership in the
Variety Club of Ontario. Tent 28. include
Peter Bavasi. George Chisholm. Clark
DePrato, Bill Hambly. Henning E. Jacobsen.
Alex T. Manikas. Wilson Markle, Doug
McDonald. Barney B. Murray. Frank Pollard,
Nolan Roberts. Victor Solnicki and
Fred White. Applicants for associate membership
include Bill Costello, Morley Freedman,
Gordon W. Hendery and John A.
Regan.
Bob Hope officially opened the Canadian
National Exhibition August 19.
The Council of Canadian Filmmakers
held a one-day seminar on Pay-TV at the
OISE auditorium here August 19,
A film version of "Trinity," Leon Uris'
novel about Ireland, may possibly be filmed
at the Kleinburg studios here and in Nova
Scotia. A Hollywood producer is seeking
the rights, and told Toronto friends that he
wants to make the film here "because I
liked what I saw on a scouting trip in Canada
and because there are no bombs in
Nova Scotia."
Mike Miller and Monica Riordan won
the "Ode to Billy Joe" song writing contest.
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Columnist Predicts Made-in-Quebec
Pictures Have Had Their 'Heyday
MONTREAL— According to an article
don"t have to be too old a Quebecer to remember
when culottes courtes—shorts
were forbidden on many Quebec streets by
order of the bishop of Sherbrooke. It was
therefore something of a surprise when, a
few years ago, the Quebec film industry
found success by showing girls without
culottes at all."
Chambers continued: "It began with Valerie
riding on the back of a motor bike in a
wet T-shirt. Then came 'Deux Femmes en
Or,' which was the first French-language
film many English-speaking Quebecers ever
had seen. It was a big boxoffice success. It
had the virtues of a really good dirty joke.
It wasn't too blue and it was funny. Also,
you didn't have to understand the language
to appreciate the film.
a year, not all of them commercial, but
enough of them sold to carry the artistic
and intellectual ones along. But the market.
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however uncritical at the beginning, proved
bylincd by Grelta Chambers in the Montreal to be more demanding in the long run.
Gazette, "good times" have ended for Quebec
Quebecers stopped flocking to the "pictures'
films. Recalling just how those "good just because they we made in Quebec.
times" had begun. Chambers related: "You Quebec cinemas were down 1,000,000 ticket
sales in 1975. And there was little business
from abroad. France, Quebec's natural export
market for cultural artifacts, has never
taken to Quebec films.
Movies Lacked Mass Appeal
"Pierre Perreault's beautiful cinema verite,
with its loving views of the St. Lawrence,
is too local for French audiences.
Jean-Pierre Lefebvre's sensitive imagery is
perhaps too intellectual for any mass audiences.
And our 'popular' films have the disadvantage
of language which, if it isn't foreign,
is difficult for the French to understand.
As one Quebec producer put it: 'We
really can't send them over with French
subtitles.'
"Even a film with an international reputation
such as Michel Brault's 'Les Ordres,'
which won a prize at the Cannes Film Festi-
identify with them. Whatever the reason,
Canadian capital is going into English films.
It is following the successes of 'Lies My
Father Told Mc' 'The Apprenticeship of
Duddy Kravitz,' having lost several shirts
on some Quebec buds—or 'turnips' as they
are referred to in French.
"This situation has left Quebec's filmmakers
with a hard choice. They can wait
on a North American market; i.e., make
movies in English. And that is what many
of them are doing or preparing to do. Carle
is making a film titled 'Exit,' not, you will
notice. Sortie." Lord and Jutra are planning
to go English. Denis Heroux has become
professionally bilingual and busy, filming
two productions in England before coming
back to Quebec to do 'Les Plouffe' in
French.
"Inflation has hit the Quebec film industry
particularly hard. To break even, a film
should take in five times its original cost.
Even a smash hit won't attract many more
than 500,000 viewers in Quebec. At $2.50
a head, it could bring in $1.2 million. But
at today's prices, for $240,000 you don't
get 'Gone With the Wind." And it is too
much to hope that every film will be a
runaway success.
"The problem of dumping also is a factor.
The Godfather' can cross the border for a
$90 customs charge and leave with $5 million.
"Canada is one of the few countries in
the world which imposes no restrictions on
foreign films. We have, therefore, become
Hollywood's best and most trusted client.
Why should a theatre owner take a chance
on a Quebec film when he can collect 30
per cent or even 10 per cent of the 'Jaws'
take?
"Film has been steadily overlooked in
Quebec's attempts at cultural protectionism.
It is controlled by the communications ministry—not
cultural affairs—so it is not an
Films Suffer Low Visibility
integral part of the province's new cultural
"Denis Heroux's 'Valerie' and Claude val, didn't make enough money to cover the
thrust. It may be a powerful cultural tool
Fournier's 'Deux Femmes en Or' were, of cost of its Paris distribution. About $40,000
but it also is a tool with which the Americans
make a powerful lot of money ($54.4
course, not the first Quebec films. Quebecers was spent on launching Jean-Claude Lord's
had been making movies, some of them very, 'Bingo' in three Paris cinemas. The combined
runs didn't recoup the investment.
million in 1974). They do not take kindly
very good, for years. But most suffered the
to any talk of being cut off or restricted.
same fate as the majority of National Film "Gilles Carle's "La Tete de Normande
"It appears to be a question, as far as the
Board productions— no one ever saw them. St-Onge,' starring the beautiful Carole
Quebec government is concerned, of which
They were not considered commercial.' Laiire, was shown at Cannes this year during
the festival.
butters more bread, American goodwill or
Heroux and Fournier moved Quebec lilms
Quebec home movies. If you can't beat 'em,
onto the commercial market.
^'Nothing was left to chance. Posters of
join 'em. And that seems to be what Quebec
"There then followed a glorious period Laure were everywhere. She was highly
filmmakers intend to do. During the last
during which filmmakers from other parts sought after and the film well attended. It
year, Americans have invested about $10
of Canada looked with envy on the tools also was bought by several European countries
and may turn out to be a winner. But
million in Canadian films, not only because
available to their francophone counterparts:
production costs tend to be lower here, but
a homogenous society from which to draw
it is an exception and the feature films being
also because it apparently is now possible
authentic themes, ready-made markets and made in Quebec this year can be counted
to find interested and interesting partners
a captive audience, after it had recognized on the fingers of one hand. For the moment,
among local investors.
itself on the screen.
French-Canadian films seem to have run
"So the cameras that concentrated so
their course. Quebec used to produce as
steadfastly on Quebec during the past ten
Audience Recognized Itself
many feature films as all the rest of Canada,
years will have to be directed at a wider
"It was the era that produced 'Moii From 1968 to '76, 48 major French productions
to 46 English were financed by
perspective of image and concept. Quite
Oncle Antoine' and 'Kamouraska,' by
naturally, this is causing a certain amount
Claude Jutra. Gilles Carle had three big the federally sponsored CFDC. Today, the
of bitterness. The growth of Quebecois culture
may be deprived of one of its basic
productions, 'La Vraie Nature de Bernadette,'
'La Mort d'un Bucheron' and 'La five English.
corporation handles one French project to
ingredients in the short term.
Tete de Normande St-Onge.' Jean-Claude
Money Goes to English Films
"In the long run, however, a culture that
Lord launched Bingo,' Denys Arcand made
"Quebec films have perhaps tended to be wants to define itself must make itself understood
outside its own community. Que-
'Rejeanne Padovani' and 'Gina.' And there
too introspective, too self-centered, making
was Michel Brault's gripping 'Les Ordres.'
it difficult for non-French Canadians to bec filmmakers may make a useful contribution
to that understanding, if everyone
just to name a few of the best known.
"Quebec was producing 20 to 40 films
watches the camera angles."
Budge Crawley Salute
OTTAWA — Academy
Award-winning
filmmaker Budge Crawley was saluted August
17 on a half-hour CBC-TV program
via the airing of "A Mountain of a Man,"
producer Garth Price's filmed excerpts from
a recent testimonial dinner held in Crawley's
honor by the Variety Club at the Royal
York Hotel in Toronto. Crawley received
an Oscar for the documentary "The Man
Who Skied Down Everest."
.September 6. 1976

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ST. IVES
PG
Warner Bros. (76505) 94 Minutes Rel. Aug. '76
For the foui'th time this year, Charles Broiison is starring
in an action drama. Unlike the first thi-ee, this Warners
release iises a contemporary atmosphere and
also casts Jacqueline Bisset opposite Bronson, rather":
than Jill Ii-eland, his usual co-star. While Bronson
gives an extremely smooth performance and a large cast
offers excellent support, the results are mixed. The Barry
Beckerman screenplay, based on the novel "The Procane
Chi-onicle," brings in a multitude of characters to confuse
an involved plot. Director J. Lee Thompson manages,
however, to give a fresh look to familiar material and includes
enough deft touches and action scenes to keep
Bronson fans happy. If Bronson is becoming more animated,
then so too is the ever-beautiful Bisset, who is
allowed to smile more than ever before. John Houseman
makes a rather likeable villain and Maximilian Schell
creates a deft interpretation of a psychiatrist. A lot of
people get killed and many turn out to be guilty, for those
who can follow the plot. Lalo Schifrin's score and Lucien
Ballard's Panavision-Technicolor lensing of Los Angeles
locales are top-rate. Ending leaves room for a sequel;
Bronson's emoting would make that wannly received.
Pancho Kohner and Stanley Canter produced.
Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset,
Maximilian Schell, Dana Elcar, Harry Guardino.
Lovers and Other Relatives H ^IZv>^,ViTq
Crystal Pictures 98 Minutes Rel. Aug. '76
1974's "Malizia," an Italian comedy released here by
Paramomit, told of the seduction of a beautiful young
servant by a motherless teenaged boy. The same principals
before and behind the cameras have reteamed to
make another comedy along similar lines. The new effort
is a 1974 import, produced by Silvio Clementelli and directed
by Salvatore Samperi, from a screenplay by Ottavio
Jemma and Allessandro Parenzo. Lam-a Antonelli and
the late Alessandro Momo head the cast as before, with
Lilla Brignone again in support. Here, the ravishing: Ms.
Antonelli is young Momo's sister-in-law, imwittingly
leading him into an affair. There are many funny mo- ^^^
ments, arising out of the subplots as well as the main ;tar I
story, and the players impress with their whimsical ways. =et
The deUcate theme is handled with discretion, there being
no nudity except for an um-elated topless scene at the
beginning. The young Momo, victim of a fatal accident
in real life, impresses as the alternately bored, frustrated
and smitten youth. Antonelli does a fine job with
a difficult part and retains sympathy while being a tease.
Very funny and occasionally slow, the R. M. Einstoff/A. P.
E>esimone presentation will entertain in its intended
market. In Technicolor.
Laura Antonelli, Alessandro Momo, Orazio Orlando, Lilla
Brignone, Tino Carraro, Monica Guerritore.
THE ONLY WAY HOME
PG
Cineworld 85 Minutes BeL Aug. '76
This off-beat film from Washita Ventures is a crime
di-ama which diaws much of its interest from the psychological
hang-ups of the three principal characters.
Beth Brickell (foimer star of TV's "Gentle Ben" series)
portrays a frigid woman in an unhappy marriage, who is
held captive by two men who believe they have accidentally
kiUed her husband during an encounter on a country
road when the couple's car breaks down. Steve Sandor
portrays the man who actually strikes the blow, a man
who carries a seething hostility and quick temper which
is heightened by liis impotency when he tries to rape
Brickell. His companion, played by Bo Hopkins, is a
basically honest and gentle man, but weak in character.
Brickell's guilt hang-ups about sex disappear when she
and Hopkins become lovers during Sandor's absence.
When her husband joins police in a rescue attempt, Brickell's
sense of guilt takes over and she kills Hopkins. All
cast performances are excellent, although hampered
somewhat by G.D. Spradlin's erratic direction and pacing.
Spradlin, who also produced, did manage to capture a
fine brooding atmosphere of suspense, and the boxoffice
outlook seems promising. Jeeds O'Tilbury wrote the
screenplay. Filmed in Eastman Color by CPI.
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United Artists (76117) 116 Minutes ReL Oct. '76
Horror is implied and rarely shown in a lengthy thriller
revolving arovmd an old house that casts a spell over its
summer inhabitants. The title (from Robert Marasco's
novel) has no meaning, except in a poetic sense. Produced
and directed by Dan Ciurtis, who also did the screenplay
with William F. Nolan, the film has many effective
moments and compact performances from an equally
compact cast. While few can accept Oliver Reed and
Karen Black as a typical American married couple, the
bizarre situations will engross audiences. Bette Davis
makes a welcome return iii a too-limited part; the 68-
year-old veteran portrays a woman of 74 who ages quite
rapidly. Eileen Heckart and Bui-gess Meredith appear
only at the beginning and young Lee H. Montgomery
performs energetically as the victim of most death attempts.
Filming was done mostly at the 19th Century
Dunsmuir House in Oakland, a most impressive locale.
The tight quarters are evident in some shots where the
microphone is visible. Dreamy Panavision-color photograpliy
is by Jacques Marquette and Stevan Lamer, while
Robert Cobert did the music. The P.E.A. FUms presentation
can be called a thinking person's cliiller. In regular
situations, the cast should be a major attraction.
diiver Reed, Karen Black, Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith,
Eileen Heckart, Lee Montgomery, Dub Taylor.
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This collection of five Italian light-hearted sex comedies
promises much in the way of erotic encounters but
delivers little more than a few chuckles. Assembled by
different directors and with a wide variation in acting
talents, these skits are not fully-developed stories, each
lasting only about 20 minutes. Comic Marty Feldman,
whose portrayals in "Young Frankenstein" and "Silent
Movie" have made him one of Hollywood's fmmiest new
stars, tries his antics in "The Bodyguard." The results
are enjoyable and definitely in the Feldman style; other
skits, however, were not so lucky in attracting top-name
talent. The Italian humor, relying on slapstick and filled
with references to politics and the chmxh, is not easily
followed by audiences elsewhere. Although several of the
comedies are bawdy in language and plot, nudity is confined
to female frontal views. Male actors are listed in
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well as undressing parts, are not credited. Although playoffs
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THE STORY: "Burnt Offerings" (UA)
Kaven Black persuades husband Oliver Reed to rent an
old mansion for the summer from Eileen Heckart and
her crippled brother Bui-gess Meredith. Reed and Black
move in with son Lee Montgomery, 12, and aunt Bette
Davis. The only provision is that Black prepare meals
for the elderly invalid mother of the owners, she never
being seen. The house casts a spell: Black becomes obsessed
with beautifying the place and Reed, roughhousing
in the pool with Montgomery, nearly drowns him.
Davis suddenly grows very old and dies after Reed sees
an apparition of a ghastly-looking chauffeui' he had encomitered
as a youth at his mother's funeral. Reed attempts
to leave with Montgomery, who also survived a
gas-filled room. When the pool threatens to engulf
Montgomery, Black dives in to save him. Finally agi-eeing
to leave, Black visits the recluse. Reed is homfied to see
that Black has become the woman and leaps to his death;
Montgomery is killed as the house crumbles. Tbe owners
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EXPLOITIPS:
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THE STORY: "Sex With a Smile" (Surrogate Rel.)
Obscene phone calls between a myopic, skinny man and
a voluptuous model form the plot in "Dream Girl." A
rendezvous is arranged, with unexpected results. In "The
Bodyguard," Marty Feldman protects a young client
whose father fears a kidnaping. "When Feldman is knocked
out and placed in a giant concrete body, he escapes
and saves the girl by using his "concretized" arms. "One
for the Money" concerns a housewife who accepts salesman
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who is enamored of a beautiful but rejecting contessa.
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he tries to seduce her, her large dog forces him onto the
ledge. Maccione jumps, falls into a safety net, and escapes
hm-riedly.
EXPLOITIPS:
Play up Marty Feldman's name in "The Bodyguard."
Emphasize that it's light-hearted farce from Italy.
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THE STORY: "St. Ives" (WB)
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Ray St. Ives Bronson) is an easy-going wouldbe
novelist and private investigator, once a crime reporter.
Wealthy John Houseman, a silent fiim fancier, hires him
to act as go-between for the return of valuable ledgers.
Bronson meets Houseman's companion Jacqueline Bisset,
a former special policewoman, and psychiatrist Maximilian
Schell, who prefers not to be involved in any of his
patient's shady dealings. Mui-ders occur- and thi-ee young
punks attempt to rob and kill Bronson in a deserted
building. Detectives Harry Guardino and Harris Yulin
try to pin the killings on Bronson, but their superior,
Dana Elcar, is an old friend and helps the detective. The
ledgers are finally retm'ned, with several pages missing.
Houseman admits that they tell of his crooked schemes
and involves Bronson in a plan to steal the bribe money
involved in an oil transaction. The money is to be passed
on at a drive-in, where Houseman and Bisset take over.
Guardino, Yulin, Schell and Houseman are killed and
Bisset tries to entice Elcar when she's caught.
EXPLOITIPS:
Play up the private eye angle and the Bronson name.
CATCHLINES:
St. Ives Is a Non-Violent Private Investigator, Who
Can Take Care of Himself When the Going Gets Rough
Is Back, as a Pilvate Eye Who Never Misses.
THE STORY: "Lovers and Other Relatives" (Crystal)
Teenaged Alessandio Momo spends the summer at a
villa with parents Tino Carraro and Lilla Brignone. Staying
with them is beautiful Laui'a Antonelli, bride of
Memo's older brother Orazio Orlando. Since Orlando
works in the city, he can only spend weekends with his
wife and Momo is elected to look after her. The youth
and his friends are very conscious of the opposite sex,
but are not above ruining a tryst between a contessa and
her lover. A young Milan girl is interested in Momo,
who becomes increasingly attracted to Antonelli. Seeing
Momo in a di-ess, Carraro doesn't know he's merely standing
in for Antonelli. who wants to shorten it; Carraro believes
his son is homosexual. Guilty over kissing Antonelli,
Momo tries to tell his brother, but Orlando only
miderstands that Momo is infatuated with a married
woman. Hurt by Antonelli, who is just beginning to appreciate
him as a man, Momo disappears. Antonelli finds
him in a bathhouse and they make love. The family toasts
Momo's manhood, unaware of how he attained it.
EXPLOITIPS:
Mentioning the connection between "Malizia" and
"Lovers" should arouse interest. Title can conjm'e up some
relative-slanted promotionals and contests.
CATCHLINES:
The Movie With a Moral: the Family That Plays Together
Has to be Very, Very Careful.
THE STORY:
"The Only Way Home" (Cineworld)
Unemployed Bo Hopkins and ex-convict Steve Sandor,
discovering a mutual dissatisfaction with their lives, set
out together for greener pastures. Vacationing Beth
Brickell and her husband pass through Oklahoma City
and quarrel about her frigidity. On a country road, a tire
blows out and Brickell 's husband goes for help. Hopkins
and Sandor stop and change the tire. Brickell's husband
retm'ns and makes a remark that throws Sandor into a
violent rage. He and Hopkins leave the unconscious man
for dead and take Brickell, as captive, to a deserted farmhouse.
Sandor attempts to rape her but he is impotent.
He wants to kill Brickell but Hopkins insists it's unnecessary.
The latter finally agrees to kill her when Sandor
goes to town for supplies. While he is gone, Brickell is
aroused by Hopkins and they become lovers and alhes
against Sandor. When he retm-ns, Hopkins kills him
during a fight. The following morning the lovers are
awakened by a police stake-out. Both are shocked and
despondent when they see her husband, alive, outside
with police. She shoots Hopkins.
EXPLOITIPS:
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CATCHLINES:
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Next Was Not!
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Duble motor rewind, 500
with powerpgcks. Sell
12) 876-6228.
SALE: Super Simplex projectors, pair
$4,50.00; RCA 1040 soundheads, pair $475.00;
RCA 9030 soundheads, pair $750.00;
Simplex XL soundheads, pair $895.00:
Magnarcs, pair $295.00; single Strong
35/70 lamphouse, $200 00; Ashcraft Corelite
lamps with rectifiers, pair $695.00;
Write: CINEVISION CORPORATION, P O.
457, Box Avondale Estates, Georgia 30002,
16MM SPECIAL: Pair Bell & Howell Arc
Projectors complete with projection head
stand, amplifier, lamp and rectifiers,
fcXPEHIENCED indoor and drive-in i $850 00 CINEVISION, P. O. Box 457, Avondale
Estates, Georgia 30002.
wanted to join a top circuit. Also
oking for assistant managers who desire
advance into management. Top program COLLECTORS: Two 35mm Standard
fringe benefits fully company paid, Simplex projectors with big heads. Dealers
welcome. Commission paid Curry
3vel allowance and above average benning
salary. These are year-round lull Manufacturing, 1425 S Pr»sa S* San
ne positions. Reply in confidence to Antonio, TX 78210.
fice, 3739.
OPERATOR / MANAGER
ork for lall aggressive
EQUIPMENT WANTED
lit m Texa
r new mul iplex in rge city. Call (806)
2-2750.
Lee Artoe, 1243 Bell
WE PAY good money for used equi]
ment. Texas Theatre Supply, 915 I
)r qualified individuals,
dvancement. Recent ex-
Send resume. Boxoffice,
POSITIONS WANTED
PROIECTIONIST
14) 767-5460.
.11 U.S. Phone
THEATRE MANAGER—Fourteen years
perience theatre management field,
in
irrently employed in management posiin
outside of motion picture industry.
isires employment in Los Angeles area.
~ Id Weigand, 318 Cedarville
'ittsburah. 15224.
DISTRICT MANAGER, employed, 25
.•.vailable for interviews
iDxoffice, 3736.
EXPERIENCE COUNTS! Thorough mania
iDucKgruuiid including booking
healre opportunity Southern States
jxoffice, 3742.
POPCORN MACHINES
ALL MAKES OF POPPERS, caramel corn
[uipment, floss machines, sno-ball maines.
Krispy Kom, 120 So, Haleted, Chi-
W. K. GRANT RETURNS! Vista Pops, 2
5 years old, fully rebuilt, new machine
lOiantee, price $1,000,00, or cleaned up
ith kettle guaranteed, price $600.00.
rite: Manley, Inc., P. O. Box 1006,
msas City, Mo. 54141.
Alamo, San Antonio, Texas 78205,
TOP CASH PAID lor soundheads, la
portable projector's. What have you? STAR
CINEMA SUPPLY. 217 West 21st St
New York 10011. Phone (212) 675-3515
NEW OR USED Strong X-16 Xenon lamp,
2500W with power supply; Cinemeccanica
C-40PT amplifier. Call (502) 753-8084 for
COMPLETE EQUIPMENT including 400
seats for new twin indoor. Automated
booth with transport system desired. Give
105, Van Wert, OH 45891,
BUSINESS STIMULATORS
THEATRE GAMES, Bingo, Banko $6,75
weekly. Novelty Games, R.D. 2, Port
srvis, NY 12771
BUILD ATTENDANCE with real Hawaiian
orchids. Few cents each. Write Flowers
of HoTvaii, 670 S, Lafayette Place, Los
Angeles, Calif, 90005,
BINGO CARDS DIE CUT: 1—75, 1500
combination
WANTED: OLD MOVIE MATERIALS. Premium
Products, 339 West 44th St., New
York. NY 10036 (212) 246-4972
THEATRE monthly calendars, weekly
programs, heralds, bumper strips, daily
boxoffice reports, time schedules, passes,
labels, etc. Write for samples, prices.
Dixie Litho, Box 882. Atlanta, Ga. 30301,
BOOKS
THEATRES FOR SALE
WORLDS LARGEST THEATRE broker,
lOE JOSEPH, Box 31406. Dallas 75231.
(214) 363-2724.
OTHER INTEREST. Closed area, nearest
impetition 60 miles. Indoor 442 seats,
ive-m 240 speakers Over 5000 populam.
Real estate included. West Texas.
$50,000.00 with $15,000.00 down, good payout.
Arch Boardman Theatre Real Estate,
1710 Jackson, Dallas, Texas 75201. (214)
747-1385,
the
MOVIE THEATRE (independent). 297
sots, lour evenings per week. Perfect
)r projectionist and family. Write for deified
prospectus and photograph. Owner
DRIVE-IN. 500 CARS. 4 years old. Paved,
excellent condition. Carrollton, Georgia,
25,000 population, 10,000 college students
Priced to sell, (615) 263-5379.
DHIVE-IN. 500 CARS, paved, excellent
condition. Athens. Tennessee, foothills ol
Smokies. 65,000 population county. Priced
to sell. (615) 263-5379.
FOR SALE: Theatre in Indiana shopjoing
rea, large population. 600 seats. Retiring;
need fairly. Sincerely interested: write
.oxoffice, 3732,
DHIVE-IN AND INDOOR, west Texas
7,000 population, $68,000.00 with $10,000-OC
down includes real estate; rentals wil
make your payments for you. Boxoffice
3734.
eatre entirely refurb
iting capacitv,
area of 50,000 i
market area of over 250,000, Building
eludes income property earning $501
monthly. Theatre fully equipped and
staffed. High gross—low overhead. Call
(715) 394-6744 or write Dave Pallas. P. O
Box 349, Superior, Wis, 54880.
HARDTOP NEAR AIHBASE, Texas town
,000 population. Automation and snack
ir, 2 years old. $10,000 with $3,000 down
ler 6:00 p.m. (817) 569-1138.
FILMS FOR SALE
16mm FILMS. Postcard brings bargain
;t Ingo Films, P.O. Box 143, Scrcmton.
3. 18504.
16mm FAMOUS CLASSICS. Illustrated
talog 25c. Manbeck Pictures. 362I-B Wakonda
Drive. Des Moines. Iowa 50321.
ALL TYPES. Exploitation to cartoons.
just If you want 2nd features or a backup
print or a truckload of film cheap,
this is for you. Send $1.00 lor complete
lists press, etc. (no checks). Films. P. O.
Box 80747. Atlanta. Ga. 3034!.
SUMMER CLEABANCE SALE: 16mm
films talkies and silent classics. Film
Classic. 1916 South Vermont Ave., Los
Angeles. Calif. 90007.
'cTon
Onto
FILMS WANTED
CENTRAL FLA.— for sale or lease. Small
AM SALESMAN, booker and distributor.
to Distribute theatres, colleges and high
schools. top Need product. 16mm and
FIRST TIME OFFERED. Small indoor ar
Irive-in, growing Arizona town, Exceptioi
:1 man/wife operation Write: TTieatr-
810 N. Laurel, Phoenix 85007.
MINNESOTA—small town theatre. 320
eats, beautifully decorated, new equipment.
Only theatre in county, 3 bedroom
iving quarters plus rental space. Boxof-
.ce, 3743,
THEATRES WANTED
THE MANUAL OF THEATRE MANAGE- THEATRE CONSTRUCTION
MENT. Twenty-four special chapters. Buying
SCREEN TOWERS INTERNATIONAL: Ten
the Theatre. Building the Theatre. Lights and Displays. Principles of Air Day Screen Installation. (817) 642-3591
Conditioning. Projection and Sound Equipment.
Drawer P. Rogers. Texas 75569.
Building the Drive-ln. Operating the
TWIN YOUR THEATRE or remodel. Spe-
Concession. Buying and Booking. Employee
Relations. Censorship, The Circuit
Executive. Many more. For your copy of
our professional hardcover edition, send
$20 check or money order to Rcrlph J.
Erwin, Publisher, Box 1982, Laredo, Texas
78040.
TO BUY OR LEASE. Dnve-in Iheal
Ohio. Richard Kammski. Rt. 4. Ke
Ohio 43326 (419) 673-0904.
THEATRES FOR LEASE
MOVIE THEATRE
^ear lease. IOOq ar°
loxoffice. 3738.
theatre from your existing theatre. Complete
turnkey job, plans, engineering, construction
and finishing. Call or write Glen
Norman, 94 Panorama Or,, Conroe, Texas
77301. (713) 856-5297. References available.
35mm. Terrific area. John Robinson Films,
148 North Arcadia, Lexington, KY 40503,
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