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APRIL 11, 1 977<br />
/he TuZie of one Av&fi&n, HctuAe Shdudtit<br />
OUT OF THE EDI<strong>TO</strong>R'S MAILBAG<br />
<strong>TO</strong> BOXOFFICE:<br />
I have just returned from Kansas City<br />
and want to tell you that I am still vibrating<br />
from Show-A-Rama 20. A great "well done"<br />
should he extended to Messrs. Jack Poessiger.<br />
Kent Dickinson, George Kieffer and<br />
Joel Resnick for co-chairmaning what was<br />
to me a great shot-in-the-arm for exhibition.<br />
Some people think of conventions as "hohum"<br />
but to a great many who attended<br />
Show-A-Rama it was "Showtime U.S.A." all<br />
over again!<br />
These gentlemen deserve all the praise<br />
they can receive, along with Darrell Manes,<br />
Jack Mitchell. Miss Show-A-Rama (Meg<br />
Glidden), the stars who participated and the<br />
speakers at the various seminars, not to<br />
mention the tradespeople who took part,<br />
including the major and independent film<br />
companies.<br />
All of us in the industry, I feel, could do<br />
away with all the suspicion and apparent<br />
adverse circumstances, if only we could<br />
meet regularly in a parasol of something<br />
similar to the aura of Show-A-Rama. Certainly,<br />
there is input produced from "both<br />
sides"<br />
there.<br />
This is a great business. No one in the<br />
great gathering was willing to admit (least of<br />
To BOXOFFICE:<br />
The past few years have presented to<br />
public a<br />
the<br />
deterioration of those principles of<br />
respect Hollywood used to give those individuals<br />
in the motion picture industry who<br />
were regarded as the best of a given year<br />
in categories contributing higher standards<br />
to the entertainment of a majority of people.<br />
The Academy Awards presentations of<br />
this year totally stripped every rag of decency<br />
from these awards and turned this<br />
one night of total joy into a forum for vicious<br />
political attacks through which actors<br />
could attack those with whom they have<br />
disagreed.<br />
Warren Beatty's remarks about Senator<br />
Goldwater and former Governor Reagan<br />
had no more place at the awards than Miss<br />
Hellman's attempt to revive pity for her<br />
past misfortunes. Jane Fonda and Mr. Beatty<br />
are as excusable for political infighting<br />
as a porno propagator at a PTA meeting.<br />
Miss Hellman really shocked me. A woman<br />
with her intellect should have instinctively<br />
avoided her attack on McCarthy's "rusty<br />
ax." Her quarrel with American intellectuals<br />
is over their failure to devote the whole<br />
of their time to criticizing J. Parnell Thomas.<br />
This may be an appropriate matter to<br />
take up in "Scoundrel Time," but not on<br />
the Academy forum before millions of<br />
viewers, and not in such a way as to make<br />
it appear Joe McCarthy was in Hollywood<br />
in 1946. Whatever Mr. McCarthy's sins,<br />
all myself) that he was not the "greatest<br />
showman" on earth. But each one was willing<br />
to share and to say, "I will help in any<br />
way I can."<br />
The product reels were so great and<br />
the advertising from them so effective that<br />
it prompted me to bedeck my theatre, on<br />
one complete wall, with the promos from<br />
the sessions, stating that "these are the<br />
movies to come" and adding that we, as i<br />
a theatre, were proud to show these little<br />
glimpses even though they will be shown<br />
i<br />
in other theatres before us.<br />
I also believe that Boxoffice should reinstate<br />
the colorful column "The Exhibitor<br />
Has His Say" to regain reflections of the<br />
industry from the viewpoint of the small exhibitor.<br />
The Tuesday after Show-A-Rama I walked<br />
into the office of the local newspaper<br />
and said, "Guess who I had dinner with on<br />
Thursday last?" The result was good cover-'<br />
age and a column of ballyhoo for the industry<br />
as a whole. That's show business!<br />
Helena Theatres, Inc.<br />
210 Halteria Drive<br />
Hot Springs, Ark. 71901<br />
DALE F. MC CROSKY JR.<br />
they took place in Washington, D.C., 1950-'<br />
1953.<br />
Hollywood appears to be degenerating<br />
into factions presided over by men with<br />
greying hair trying to look like children<br />
and their product shows it. Every film nominated<br />
this year contained political pew<br />
ranting or overt violence on an unprece<br />
dented scale. Or sales pitches for either o:,<br />
both.<br />
Fred Astaire provided one moment's re<br />
minder of what Hollywood should and cat<br />
do to entertain the public. We live fron<br />
day to day wallowing in the various corrup<br />
tions. Why should the public pay to becorrn<br />
more miserable by the visual pawings o<br />
producers grinding their axes. If Mr. Beatt;<br />
dislikes Goldwater and Reagan, that's hi<br />
private affair, not ours. And if he wants D<br />
tell it publicly, why doesn't he write a bool<br />
for those to whom the hostility has mean<br />
ing.<br />
I can see the degeneration and anticipate*<br />
death rattle of the motion picture industry<br />
unless those responsible stop depressing u;<br />
Entertain us! That's what we pay for. If yo<br />
don't believe it, just ask us sometime.<br />
Seattle,<br />
P.S.<br />
Wash.<br />
JOE A.<br />
ORTEGA<br />
As a National Screen Council merr<br />
ber, I hope you will print my letter as<br />
reminder to the Academy.<br />
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RKO Scores a Success<br />
In Film Distribution<br />
1 OS ANGE1 is A<br />
l<br />
vice-president<br />
of RKO General Pictures, feels the<br />
market for encore classic programing<br />
couldn't<br />
be better!<br />
Since our return to distribution of RKO<br />
Radio Pictures classics in February, we<br />
have received bookings in six weeks that<br />
match what our sub-licensee brought in the<br />
last year in six months! The lack of new<br />
product has enhanced the value of established<br />
pictures from Hollywood's 'Golden Age.'<br />
we've been especially pleased that so main<br />
large circuits and new houses, which never<br />
rc.ilK have done restrospectives before, have<br />
accounted for such a large share of current<br />
bookings. We're currently running RKO<br />
festivals in a General Cinema circuit in the<br />
Midwest, in a Transcontinental circuit in the<br />
Southwest and will be going into a Blumenfeld<br />
theatre in the Bay Area and a Mann<br />
theatre in Los Angeles shortly," Korn disclosed.<br />
In addition to continued bookings in theatres<br />
which have specialized in this product,<br />
RKO will benefit from planned retrospectives<br />
at AFI's J. F. Kennedy Center<br />
Theatre, Washington. D.C., in May and<br />
another at the Los Angeles County Museum<br />
of Art July-September. Korn said that interest<br />
in RKO has been generated by more<br />
than the remake of the studio's 1933 "King<br />
Kong."<br />
"The boxoffice appeal of pictures such<br />
as 'Gunga Din,' 'Hunchback of Notre<br />
Dame.' the Val Lewton thrillers and those<br />
featuring Katharine Hepburn and Astaire-<br />
Rogers has never diminished," Korn noted.<br />
Mike Ridges Is Appointed<br />
Sunn Administrative V-P<br />
LOS ANGELES—Raylan Jensen, executive<br />
vice-president. Sunn Classic Pictures,<br />
announced the appointment of G. M.<br />
"Mike" Ridges as Sunn's administrative<br />
vice-president. Ridges' initial responsibilities<br />
will involve the organization of a new<br />
nontheatrical and TV syndication division<br />
for the company. He will be looking extensively<br />
for feature films to incorporate<br />
along with Sunn's own product in TV packages.<br />
three<br />
Prior to joining Sunn—and for the last<br />
years—Ridges was a member of Universale<br />
New York sales cabinet and executive<br />
in charge of special marketing.<br />
Martin Heller Is Elected<br />
To Mulberry Square Board<br />
DALLAS — Mulberry Square Produc-<br />
announced the election of theatrical<br />
Martin Heller to the board of di-<br />
effective March 21. Heller is a partin<br />
the New York law firm of Regan,<br />
Goldfarb, Heller, Wetzler & Quinn and is<br />
resident in the firm's offices in Beverly<br />
Hills,<br />
Calif.<br />
He has an extensive background in enter-<br />
law, having previously been affiliated<br />
with RKO. MGM and 20th-Fox.<br />
Girdler Weighs Projects Carefully<br />
To Evaluate Appeal to Filmgoers<br />
By<br />
RALPH KAMINSKY<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Youthful<br />
William<br />
Girdler<br />
filmmaker<br />
William Girdler is deep into preproduction<br />
on his next picture,<br />
another terror tale involving<br />
the magical<br />
powers of an Indian<br />
medicine man, and he<br />
is certain that the<br />
subject will draw customers<br />
into theatres.<br />
"Action, adventure,<br />
horror— that's where<br />
the solid market is<br />
and most of the mon-<br />
0>making films are in<br />
this area," Girdler declared, in defining his<br />
approach to moviemaking. "You have to<br />
approach motion pictures as a business<br />
not with the syndrome of the 'typical'<br />
Hollywood producer."<br />
Keep Budgets Low<br />
Analysis, research and marketing studies<br />
should be the first steps. After that, he<br />
advises, "keep your budgets as low as possible<br />
and turn out a quality film."<br />
Girdler's newly formed company, Weist<br />
& Associates, has the new film "Manitou"<br />
budgeted at $3 million and four other projects<br />
in the works in the range of $1.5<br />
million to $2.5 million.<br />
"Only the producer who can make pictures<br />
at a reasonable price can come out<br />
ahead. We don't want to set out to make<br />
an arty film and lose money for our investors,"<br />
he declared. He also is convinced<br />
that it is the independent producers, not<br />
the major studios, who are leading the way<br />
in<br />
making reasonably priced films.<br />
"The independents don't make their pictures<br />
by boardroom decisions. One man or<br />
a small group decide what to do and they<br />
get on with the job," he stated.<br />
Girdler, who says he "grew up in theatres"<br />
in his native Louisville, Ky., feels<br />
certain that "exhibitors are the most important<br />
part in making and selling movies."<br />
He reasons that they are "nearest to the<br />
public" and are the best source of information.<br />
"When you ask 'Why did people come<br />
to see it?', the exhibitor is the one who can<br />
tell<br />
you," he said.<br />
Exhibitor Financing Inevitable<br />
Considering the shortage of product and<br />
the pace at which films are being made by<br />
the majors, Girdler said he is convinced<br />
that exhibitors will have to get into financing<br />
pictures. Exhibitors, he pointed out,<br />
are in the ideal position to evaluate which<br />
producer can offer the safe investment.<br />
"They know whose pictures make money.<br />
And they know who makes a critically acclaimed<br />
picture that loses money."<br />
He said he sees the time coming when<br />
exhibitors will develop their confidence in<br />
moneymaking producers and will invest in<br />
their projects as a regular thing. At present,<br />
he said, he obtains his financing from<br />
friends in the Midwest, "people who know<br />
me." Exhibitors, he added, just as easily<br />
can become friends with producers and invest<br />
with those who have a proven record<br />
as moneymakers.<br />
"We're not out to win an Academy<br />
Award," Girdler said of his plans for his<br />
immediate projects. "Manitou" is based on<br />
a<br />
novel by Graham Masterton dealing with<br />
the supernatural in which an Indian medicine<br />
man returns to life to avenge himself,<br />
pjnishing modern Americans for the crimes<br />
of the early settlers.<br />
Filming is set to begin Monday (18) for<br />
a fall release date. Complex special effects<br />
costing nearly $1,000,000 will be a major<br />
part of the movie in which a modern<br />
Indian medicine man pits his magic against<br />
that of the returned Indian.<br />
Future projects include "Knights of<br />
Glory," a story taking place after King<br />
Arthur's time and developed in the vein of<br />
"The Magnificent Seven"; "Deadly Jungle,"<br />
an animal-terror story; "Last of the White<br />
House," a murder mystery, and "Extra," an<br />
examination of the internal workings of a<br />
huge metropolitan newspaper.<br />
'Youngest Exhibitor Ever'<br />
Girdler lays claim to being just about the<br />
youngest exhibitor ever. He began showing<br />
Hollywood-produced motion pictures on his<br />
35mm projector when he was nine years<br />
old. The son of a well-to-do industrialist in<br />
Louisville, he was able to become acquainted<br />
with exhibitors and film buyers and soon<br />
was screening movies in miniature festivals<br />
for his friends.<br />
He had his own Studio 1 Productions to<br />
produce TV commercials in Louisville, after<br />
a stint in the Air Force where he was a<br />
cameraman and film editor after training in<br />
Hollywood studios. His company made<br />
some 200 commercials, branched out to<br />
make 14 documentaries and then went into<br />
feature films. In 1971 he co-authored and<br />
directed a screenplay, "Asylum of Satan,"<br />
and a year later he made "On the Hook."<br />
He soon formed Mid-America Pictures<br />
and made four features, later moving to<br />
Hollywood where the company produced<br />
three more. Girdler left the firm to make<br />
"Grizzly" and the "Day of the Animals"<br />
for Edward Montoro's Film Ventures International.<br />
Now, with<br />
formation of Weist & Associates<br />
he will function as co-author, director<br />
and producer of "Manitou."<br />
'Bod Squad' Clicks in LV<br />
NEW YORK — Film Ventures' "Bod<br />
Squad," a kung fu action melodrama, reported<br />
an impressive one-week gross at the<br />
Portal Theatre, Las Vegas, it was announced<br />
here.<br />
BOXOFFICE :: April 11. 1977
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Owensby Slates<br />
Martial Arts Films<br />
Earl Owensby, right, head of EO Corp., discusses plans for five feature motion<br />
pictures with Rod Sacharnoski, left, and Ed Parker, martial arts experts. The<br />
productions will be filmed at Shelby, N.C.-based EO Studios.<br />
SHELBY. N.C.—Earl Owensby. head of<br />
EO Corp.. announced that an agreement has<br />
been finalized with Rod Sacharnoski. martial<br />
arts expert, and Ed Parker, security man<br />
for entertainer Elvis Presley, for the production<br />
of five feature motion pictures at<br />
EO Studios. Other negotiations also are being<br />
made between Parker and Owensby to<br />
cast Parker in an upcoming EO production.<br />
The signing of the pact came after Parker<br />
and Sacharnoski toured the EO facilities<br />
here and the two artists expressed satisfaction<br />
with the "family-type" atmosphere of<br />
the studios. Since they already had in mind<br />
exactly what they wanted in their films,<br />
their ideas were handed over to Owensby,<br />
whose staff will create the screenplays. This<br />
is the first time that the two top men in the<br />
martial arts profession will be seen together<br />
in a motion picture.<br />
In TV Productions<br />
Sacharnoski, founder of Juko-Kai International<br />
Federation with approximately<br />
100,000 active members, has been seen in<br />
a variety of commercials as well as on ABC-<br />
TV's "Wide World of Sports," in Madison<br />
Square Gardens and at various other locations<br />
with karate luminaries.<br />
Parker has appeared in several TV productions<br />
and has had roles in the motion<br />
pictures "The Apache," with Robert Fuller.<br />
and "Man From Hong Kong."<br />
Action and adventure are the two key<br />
words Sacharnoski and Parker used to describe<br />
the films to be made.<br />
No Trick Photography<br />
"You won't believe what these guys can<br />
do," Owensby said. "There will be no jumping<br />
over houses or trick photography in<br />
these films. What they demonstrate is actually<br />
unbelievable."<br />
A shooting date for the first of the five<br />
action pictures has not been determined as<br />
yet, but Owensby said it would be "as soon<br />
as possible."<br />
Sacharnoski, who resides in Charleston,<br />
S. C and Parker, who makes his home in<br />
Honolulu and in Pasadena, Calif., are collaborating<br />
on a book concerning juko ryu<br />
ki, completely developed by only a very few<br />
people.<br />
Parker commented, "Most karate pictures<br />
do not have a storyline hut this one will."<br />
Sacharnoski added, "We think that there<br />
has never been a movie made like the one<br />
we are going to make."<br />
Marjorie Slater Is Named<br />
Media Director for GCC<br />
CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. — Marjorie<br />
Slater has been appointed media director of<br />
GCC Theatres, a subsidiary of General Cinema<br />
Corp. of Boston, it was announced by<br />
Melvin R. Wintman, president of GCC Theatres.<br />
General Cinema is the world's largest<br />
theatre circuit, with outlets in 38 states<br />
from coast to coast.<br />
is<br />
In the newly created position, Ms. Slater<br />
responsible for the purchasing and coordinating<br />
of media buying for the entire<br />
GCC circuit, comprising approximately<br />
685 theatres. The appointment is effective<br />
immediately.<br />
She formerly was affiliated for a number<br />
of years with Ingalls Associates of Boston<br />
as media director.<br />
Allied Artists Acquires<br />
'Black and White' Rights<br />
NEW YORK—U.S. and Canadian distribution<br />
rights to "Black and White in<br />
Color," Oscar winner as best foreign language<br />
film, have been acquired by Allied<br />
Artists, it was announced by Emanuel L.<br />
Wolf, AA president and board chairman.<br />
The film was directed on location in the<br />
Ivory Coast by Jean-Jacques Annaud and<br />
was produced by Arthur Cohn, a threetime<br />
Academy Award winner. Jacques Perrin<br />
was the co-producer of the film, which<br />
is being shown in selected engagements.<br />
NA<strong>TO</strong> Wires Protest<br />
To Dept. of Justice<br />
NEW YORK—Marvin Goldman, president<br />
of the National Ass'n of Theatre Owners,<br />
accompanied by vice-president and executive<br />
director Joseph G. Alterman, held<br />
a press conference here Monday (4) to<br />
speak about the Department of Justice's<br />
ruling on splits and to report on the recent<br />
NA<strong>TO</strong> restructuring huddle in Nassau.<br />
On the issue of splitting, Goldman released<br />
the following telegram which had<br />
just been sent to Ass't Attorney General<br />
Donald I. Baker, Antitrust Division, Department<br />
of Justice:<br />
"As you know from the memorandum<br />
dated Feb. 22, 1977, submitted to the antitrust<br />
division by the National Ass'n of Theatre<br />
Owners, motion picture exhibitors<br />
throughout the U.S. strongly disagree with<br />
the position taken toy the Department of<br />
Justice in its Friday (1) press release that<br />
splits violate Section 1 of the Sherman Act.<br />
We believe that the department was correct<br />
in the position it has consistently and repeatedly<br />
maintained for the past 25 years<br />
that splits among exhibitors are lawful<br />
where the affected distributors consent or<br />
acquiesce in the practice. Indeed, as NA<strong>TO</strong><br />
pointed out to the department, at least four<br />
federal courts of appeals have stated that<br />
such splits do not violate the antitrust laws.<br />
"The motion picture exhibition industry<br />
is anxious to have the validity of such splits<br />
determined in the courts so that an adjudication<br />
as to their legality may be made in<br />
the appropriate forum—the federal courts.<br />
Unfortunately, the department's Friday (1)<br />
press release precludes such a judicial adjudication<br />
since it raises the threat of criminal<br />
prosecution which will inevitably have<br />
an in terrorem effect resulting in the cessa-<br />
tion of splits without a court test. Exhibi-i<br />
tors will be unwilling to risk the possibility<br />
of a criminal felony prosecution as the only<br />
way to test splits in court.<br />
"We therefore request the department to<br />
agree that at least its initial action in regard<br />
to splits will be in the form of civil action<br />
solely for injunctive relief, rather than a<br />
criminal prosecution. If the department<br />
agrees that a civil action is the appropriate<br />
vehicle to test this issue we would be prepared<br />
to call the department's attention tc<br />
a situation where exhibitors desire to con-;<br />
tinue splitting in order to initiate a promp<br />
test case and a speedy resolution of the lega<br />
issue whether splits with distributor acquie<br />
scence violate the Sherman Act."<br />
Sensurround 'First' Used<br />
In 'Rollercoaster' Film<br />
UNIVERSAL CITY — Special<br />
Sensui<br />
round musical effects in high, middle, an<br />
low frequency sound ranges for Universal<br />
"Rollercoaster." being directed by Jamc<br />
Goldstone. were recorded recently by an 8i<br />
piece symphony orchestra conducted b<br />
Lalo Schifrin.<br />
"Rollercoaster" is the third picture<br />
be made in Sensurround.<br />
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BURBANK, CALIF.—Three principals<br />
behind the production of "Close Encounter-,<br />
of the lliird Kind." described as "the<br />
most ambitious production in the 52-year<br />
history of Columbia Pictures." will address<br />
the first International UFO Conference in<br />
Acapulco. Mexico, Tuesday afternoon (19).<br />
The week-long conclave opens Sunday (17).<br />
Appearing before the 3,000 delegates,<br />
drawn from every nation, will be Julia<br />
Phillips, producer of "Close Encounters of<br />
the Third Kind"; the film's director-writer<br />
Ste\en Spielberg, and its technical adviser.<br />
Dr. J. Allen Hynek, professor of astronomy<br />
at Northwestern University and founder<br />
and director of the Center for UFO Studies.<br />
Dr. Hynek's address. "Close Encounters<br />
Today," will be followed by a screening of<br />
a featurette based on the making of Columbia's<br />
suspense-mystery drama about UFO<br />
phenomena. After the screening. Ms. Phillips,<br />
who co-produced the Oscar-nominated<br />
"Taxi Driver," and Spielberg, who directed<br />
"Jaws." will discuss their work on "Close<br />
Encounters," which will be Columbia's<br />
Christmas release.<br />
The Mexican government is sponsoring<br />
the Acapulco UFO conference and the governments<br />
of the United States, Grenada,<br />
Indonesia and Brazil also will be represented<br />
among the 30 official<br />
speakers. UFO experts<br />
from many nations are registered for<br />
the event, which is expected to open the<br />
way for international agreements and government<br />
awareness of the UFO problem.<br />
Ron Perkins Is Appointed<br />
Sunn V-P, Eastern Region<br />
l.OS ANGELES—Clair Farley, vicepresident<br />
'operations.<br />
Sunn Classic Pictures,<br />
has announced the appointment of Ron<br />
Perkins as vice-president of Sunn Classic<br />
Pictures, Eastern Region.<br />
Perkins started in<br />
distribution with American<br />
National Enterprises as a theatre representative<br />
with the film "Alaskan Safari"<br />
and in 1969 was promoted to assistant district<br />
manager. In May 1971 he joined Sunn<br />
Classic as Syracuse. N.Y., branch manager.<br />
then was transferred in 1975 to Sunn's Detroit<br />
office as manager.<br />
In his new position, Perkins will be in<br />
charge of the Detroit. Boston and Toronto<br />
branches but will remain based in Detroit<br />
at 23300 Greenfield. Oak Park, Mich.<br />
Jim Slatter has been named to succeed<br />
Perkins as Detroit branch manager.<br />
Crown, Cinepix Finalize<br />
Film Distribution Deal<br />
BEVERLY HILLS—Crown International<br />
Pictures has set a distribution deal with<br />
Cinepix of Montreal, Que., for the French<br />
version of "The Pom Pom Girls" and<br />
"Death Machines." it was announced by<br />
George M. Josephs, Crown general sales<br />
manager.<br />
After eight weeks in Paris at seven theatres.<br />
The Pom Pom Girls" is holding and<br />
looking to a gross of over $1,750,000.<br />
Edward and Mildred Lewis on Tour<br />
Promoting Brothers/ WB Release<br />
By JOHN COCCHI<br />
NEW YORK. — Edward and Mildred<br />
Lewis, a husband-and-wife team ol writers<br />
and producers, are involved with the promotion<br />
of their new film "Brothers," a Warner<br />
Bros, release about racism in prison.<br />
Although based on the Angela Davis-Soledad<br />
brothers affair to some extent and having<br />
a cast headed by Bernie Casey, Vonetta<br />
McGee and Ron O'Neal, the new film is not<br />
another black exploitationer. Rather, it's a<br />
plea for brotherhood and for reform of<br />
prison conditions which still exist.<br />
Long List<br />
of Credits<br />
The Lewises have been prolific both as<br />
individuals and as a team. Edward was a<br />
producer-writer for Kirk Douglas' Bryna<br />
Productions and produced such films as<br />
"Spartacus," "Lonely Are the Brave." "The<br />
List of Adrian Messenger" and "Seven Days<br />
in May." For John Frankenheimer. he produced<br />
"Seconds," "Grand Prix," "The Fixer"<br />
and "The Gypsy Moths," among others.<br />
He was executive producer on "The Blue<br />
Bird" and three American Film Theatre<br />
presentations, "The Iceman Cometh," "Lost<br />
In the Stars" and "Rhinoceros." Mildred<br />
produced the cult classic "Harold and<br />
Maude." Together, the Lewises started out<br />
with an adaptation of Balzac. "The Lovable<br />
Cheat" (1949), and did "Executive Action"<br />
(1973), about President Kennedy's assassination.<br />
Filming of "Brothers" was done mainly<br />
at North Dakota State Penitentiary. Director<br />
Arthur Barron, whose output has included<br />
"Jeremy" and the documentary<br />
"Johnny Cash: The Man. His World. His<br />
Music," and the leading actors worked with<br />
actual prisoners and guards, many of whom<br />
appear in the film. Warden Joseph Havener<br />
is seen as the warden onscreen. Since there<br />
is only one black actually in prison there,<br />
other blacks had to be recruited from Minot<br />
Air Force Base. The white convicts are part<br />
of an acting class and one claims to have<br />
been in an old James Cagney prison picture.<br />
Davis Liked Film<br />
While Lewis stresses that Vonetta Mc-<br />
Gee's college professor-activist character is<br />
not really Angela Davis, he does admit that<br />
her letters to George Jackson in prison were<br />
used for their eloquence. Further, one of<br />
the Lewises' daughters was a student of<br />
Davis at UCLA. Now on the college lecture<br />
circuit, Davis continues to champion the<br />
causes of blacks in prison. She attended a<br />
recent screening of "Brothers" and loved<br />
it. according to Lewis.<br />
The score by Taj Mahal was composed<br />
after the film was completed. While Mahal<br />
never wrote a word or a note of music, he<br />
developed ideas in his head after repeated<br />
viewings and ad-libbed the full score at the<br />
recording session. Lewis states that the<br />
score lor the Warner Bros, album and sheet<br />
music was gotten directly from the sound<br />
track.<br />
The Lewises have so tar touted "Brothers''<br />
in Washington. D. C, Dallas (at its<br />
Film Festival), Michigan State University<br />
in 1 ansing, Detroit, New York and Baltimore,<br />
with Casey also touring many of the<br />
same cities. The film opened at the National<br />
and Fine Arts Theatres in New York on<br />
March 31 and then bowed in Baltimore<br />
on Wednesday (6). Other openings<br />
include Chicago and Los Angeles Wednesday<br />
(20) and Lansing and Detroit, Mich., at<br />
the end of April.<br />
Privately<br />
financed without benefit of distributor.<br />
"Brothers" was instantly picked<br />
up for release by Warner Bros. The Lewises<br />
hope to have a major success with the film<br />
and plan their next project. "The Snipers."<br />
about the Spanish Civil War, to start production<br />
this summer. As for "Brothers."<br />
Lewis wants it judged not as a black exploitation<br />
film but only on its own merits.<br />
Alan Flohr, Jeff Reinus<br />
Join AIP Field Forces<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Preparing to release<br />
nine films, American International Pictures<br />
has added Alan Flohr and Jeff Reinus as<br />
fieldmen to its national publicity-promotion<br />
force.<br />
Flohr, who has been assigned to work<br />
out of the company's Denver exchange,<br />
was director of advertising and publicity<br />
for Wolfberg Theatres seven years. His AIP<br />
assignment includes the Denver. Salt Lake<br />
Omaha 'Des Moines. Minneapolis and<br />
City,<br />
Milwaukee territories. Reinus' AIP territory<br />
will be the Los Angeles. San Francisco and<br />
Seattle exchanges. Prior to his new assignment,<br />
he had been in AIP's Beverly Hills<br />
advertising department; his headquarters<br />
for his new work will continue to be in the<br />
same AIP building.<br />
Other AIP field representatives: Sue Edwards.<br />
Dallas-based, covering the Dallas.<br />
Oklahoma Citv. Memphis and K.uis.is CitJ<br />
exchanges; Dave Tribble. Atlanta-based.<br />
serving Atlanta. Jacksonville. Charlotte.<br />
Washington. DC. and the New Orleans<br />
exchanges: Doug Hugelmaier. based in<br />
Philadelphia, serving that exchange as well<br />
as Buffalo. Boston. Pittsburgh and Cleveland;<br />
Ralph Schiller. Indianapolis-based,<br />
responsible tor Indianapolis. Detroit. Chicago,<br />
Cincinnati and St. Louis.<br />
Being publicized and promoted b\ this<br />
field force, under the direction of Milton<br />
Moritz, senior vice-president in charge ol<br />
advertising, are these AIP features: "The<br />
Island o( Dr. More. in " and "Empire o\ the<br />
Ants." both Cinema 77 Films: "Final Chapter—Walking<br />
Tall." "People That Time<br />
.•i." "Tentacles." "Joy Ride." "Trapped?'<br />
" Hie I ittle Girl Who I ives Down the<br />
Lane" and "Breaker' Breaker!"<br />
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Warner Bros. Reports<br />
Record First Quarter<br />
BURBANK. — Warner Bros. Pictures, a<br />
division of Warner Communications. Inc.,<br />
has re polled 1977 first-quarter domestic<br />
film rentals ol $49,530,000, making it the<br />
biggest first quarter in the history of the<br />
company. Terry Semel. executive vice-president<br />
and general sales manager, in making<br />
the announcement, noted comparison to<br />
the first quarter figure for 1976 of $30,124.-<br />
000. putting the same quarter of '77 at<br />
163 per cent over the previous year.<br />
Heaviest contributions to the overall figure<br />
were made by "The Enforcer." "A Star<br />
Is Born." "It's Alive" and "The Late Show."<br />
I he 1977 first-quarter figure succeeds<br />
the previous record-holding first quarter<br />
th; first of 1974—when "The Exorcist" was<br />
in distribution.<br />
Semel said. "We believe that this is the<br />
all-time highest industry record for a domestic<br />
first quarter (January-February-March)<br />
billing."<br />
Avildsen, Columbia Sign<br />
Multi-Film Agreement<br />
BURBANK—John G. Avildsen, this<br />
year's Academy Award winner for his direction<br />
of "Rocky," has been signed to a<br />
multiple-picture producing-directing arrangement,<br />
calling for a minimum of three<br />
features, it was announced March 30 by<br />
Daniel Melnick, in charge of worldwide<br />
production for Columbia Pictures.<br />
Avildsen's project under the Columbia<br />
Pictures banner will be "Sarah, a Love<br />
Story," according to Melnick.<br />
Marvin Moss, agent, represented Avildsen<br />
in<br />
the negotiations.<br />
Dick Horn to Monarch<br />
As Ass't Sales Chief<br />
NEW YORK—-Monarch Releasing Corp.<br />
president Allan Shackleton has announced<br />
the appointment of Richard A. "Dick" Horn<br />
as the company's new assistant general sales<br />
manager. Among his industry occupations,<br />
Horn spent six years as film buyer for<br />
United Artists Eastern Theatres' various<br />
markets.<br />
At Monarch, Horn is to be responsible<br />
for the sales and promotion of all of its<br />
product in domestic markets, working directly<br />
with subdistributors towards the best<br />
possible distribution of films.<br />
Principal Filming Done<br />
On Aquarius' 'Justice'<br />
LAS VEGAS—Terry Levene of Aquarius<br />
Promotions and Franco LaMarca of Roper<br />
Productions announced the completion of<br />
principal photography of Aquarius' "Brutal<br />
Justice."<br />
Produced by Franco LaMarca, with Levene<br />
as executive producer, "Brutal Justice"<br />
was directed by Simon Nuchtern. A June<br />
release is planned, with initial playdates in<br />
Chicago and Detroit.<br />
AlP's<br />
Myers Receives<br />
Robert Yeager Award<br />
Beverly Hills—Julian Myers, publicist<br />
for American International Piclures,<br />
has been honored with the Robert<br />
Yeager Award, given by the Publicists<br />
Guild of America in recognition<br />
of his "humanitarian efforts toward his<br />
fellow man."<br />
Muhammad Ali presented the award<br />
to Myers on behalf of the PGA at a<br />
luncheon in the Grand Ballroom of the<br />
Bonaventurc Hotel before an assemblage<br />
of 600.<br />
The inscription on the award: "Julian<br />
Myers—a man deeply involved in<br />
the betterment of the human condition;<br />
a good citizen whose life reflects<br />
his devotion to the conscience of his<br />
fellow man."<br />
David Begelman to Head<br />
AFI Fund-Raising Group<br />
HOLLYWOOD—David Begelman, president<br />
of Columbia Pictures, has been named<br />
president of the newly created Second<br />
Decade Council, a national fund-raising<br />
group for the American Film Institute.<br />
The council, formed by the AFI board of<br />
trustees, already includes more than 30<br />
film and TV executives and performers,<br />
plus philanthropists, educators and others<br />
interested in the growth of the AFI. Council<br />
members each contribute at least $1,000<br />
annually to support the AFI.<br />
In addition to Begelman, other Los Angeles<br />
executive committee members of the<br />
council are Richard L. Bloch, M. J. Frankovich,<br />
Deane F. Johnson and David V. Picker.<br />
New York members are Richard Brandt,<br />
David Brown, Mark Goodson and John A.<br />
Schneider. Washington. D.C., representatives<br />
are Marvin Goldman and Harry C.<br />
McPherson.<br />
Start Los Angeles Filming<br />
On Dustin Hoffman Starrer<br />
BURBANK. CALIF. — Location filming<br />
has been started for "Straight Time," a Dustin<br />
Hoffman starrer for First Artists. The<br />
shooting schedule in the Los Angeles area<br />
will continue into early summer.<br />
"Straight Time" is being directed by Ulu<br />
Grosbard, with Stanley Beck and Tim Zinnemann<br />
as producers. Slated to be a Warner<br />
Bros, release, "Straight Time" is based on<br />
Edward Bunker's novel "No Beast So<br />
Fierce" and on Alvin Sargent's screenplay.<br />
It will be a Sweetwall production.<br />
'A Piece of the Action'<br />
New Title for WB Film<br />
BURBANK, CALIF.—Rub out<br />
"Something<br />
Big Is Coming Up" as a forthcoming<br />
Warner Bros.' release title and write in "A<br />
Piece of the Action."<br />
The switch in titles for the Sidney<br />
Poitier-Bill Cosby starrer was announced<br />
by producer Mel Tucker.<br />
Nine Guy-Con Screens<br />
Acquired by C'weallh<br />
KANSAS CITY—Doug J.<br />
Lightner, president<br />
of Commonwealth Theatres, announced<br />
that the company has acquired nine<br />
screens formerly operated by Guy-Con Enterprises.<br />
In the Greater Kansas City area,<br />
the properties include the Trail Ridge 1-2-3<br />
and the Valley View 1-2, both located in<br />
suburban Johnson County. Kas.<br />
The Trail Ridge, with a total seating<br />
capacity of 900, is located at 75th and Nieman<br />
Road in the Trail Ridge Shopping<br />
Center. Dan Woods has been retained as<br />
manager. The Valley View cinemas has two<br />
350-seat auditoriums for a combined capacity<br />
of 700. Robert Hockensmith has<br />
been retained as manager of the twin.<br />
Four additional screens were acquired in<br />
Emporia, Kas., also from Guy-Con. These<br />
properties include the Petite 1-2 and Fox<br />
hardtops and the 50-S Drive-In. Glenn<br />
Boner remains as city manager, headquartering<br />
at the Petite. Other managers retained<br />
by Commonwealth are Lynn Holliman<br />
at the Fox and Bill Ross at the underskyer.<br />
Commonwealth, based in Kansas City,<br />
currently operates over 250 screens throughout<br />
an 1 1 -state area.<br />
WB Names Halperin Chief<br />
Of Int'l Communications<br />
BURBANK—Jonas Halperin has been<br />
named to the newly created post of international<br />
director, communications, for Warner<br />
Bros., it was announced by Sidney<br />
Ganis. Warners' vice-president, worldwide<br />
advertising and publicity.<br />
The appointment of Halperin, who will<br />
make his headquarters in the company's<br />
New York office, "adds enormous power<br />
to Warner Bros.' advertising-publicity<br />
team," Ganis said. "He brings us a combination<br />
of expertise and experience in all<br />
areas of publicity and promotion that will<br />
strengthen immeasurably the total merchandising<br />
drive behind all Warner Bros.'<br />
product."<br />
Halperin, since 1969, has been a vicepresident<br />
of Rogers & Cowan, heading the<br />
Eastern operation of the public relations<br />
company.<br />
'First Love' Completes<br />
Principal Photography<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Principal<br />
photograph}<br />
has been completed on "First Love," i<br />
Paramount Pictures release. Produced b]<br />
Lawrence Turman and David Foster an<<br />
directed by Joan Darling. William Katt;<br />
Susan Dey and Robert Loggia star in th><br />
picture. Jane Stanton Hitchcock and Davii<br />
Freeman wrote the screenplay based on<br />
short story by Harold Brodkey.<br />
"First Love" will be distributed in thj<br />
U.S. and Canada by Paramount Picture<br />
and throughout the rest of the world b<br />
Cinema International Corp.<br />
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BURBANK— Daniel Melnick. in charge<br />
of worldwide production for Columbia Piehires,<br />
announced thai he baa concluded a<br />
multiple-picture agreement with Paul<br />
Schrader, writer ol the screenplay for<br />
"Taxi Driver."<br />
The pact calls tor Schradcr's involvement<br />
in five film projects, beginning with his<br />
original screenplay '"Hard Core." which he<br />
also will direct. John Milius will produce<br />
the film, scheduled to begin production<br />
later this year.<br />
Attenborough Will Direct<br />
'Magic' for Joseph Levine<br />
NEW YORK—Joseph E. Levine announced<br />
that Sir Richard Attenborough will<br />
direct the motion picture version of William<br />
Goldman's best-selling novel "Magic."<br />
Attenborough has just completed editing<br />
"A Bridge Too Far." Levine's mammoth<br />
movie based on the Cornelius Ryan best<br />
seller.<br />
"Magic" will start production October 3<br />
and it will be produced by Joseph E. Levine<br />
and Richard I'. Levine, thus re-uniting the<br />
same team that<br />
made "A Bridge Too Far."<br />
which is scheduled for worldwide release<br />
June 15.<br />
Goldman, winner of this year's Academy<br />
Ward lor his screenplay of "All The President's<br />
men." scripted "Magic." based on<br />
his book.<br />
'Star Is Born' Sets New<br />
Mark at London Cinema<br />
London, I iijJ.uk I— "A Star Is Horn,"<br />
(he ii:n in :i Streisand-Kris Kristofferson<br />
starrer, racked lip B uross of $47,-<br />
116 (U.S.) in its first week in a twotheatre<br />
release in London.<br />
The picture set a new house record<br />
of $29,780 (I'.S.) at the 890-seat Warner<br />
West End 2 and $17,336 (U.S.) at<br />
the 616-seat ABC 1 Theatre in Shaftesbury<br />
Avenue.<br />
The previous record at the Warner<br />
West End 2—$29,219—was set in<br />
1972 by "A Clockwork Orange."<br />
"A Star Is Born" is a First Arlists-<br />
BarwoooVJon Peters production for release<br />
worldwide by Warner Bros.<br />
Variety Int'l Will Handle<br />
'Legend of Frank Woods'<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Newly formed Variety<br />
International Pictures, headed by film sales<br />
veteran Ward Pennington, will handle release<br />
of Deno Paoli's newest motion picture,<br />
"The Legend of Frank Woods," set to<br />
open in 16 locations in Houston, Tex., May<br />
13.<br />
The film stars Troy Donahue, Brad<br />
Stewart and Kitty Vallacher. Paoli's earlier<br />
hit was "Santee," starring Glenn Ford.<br />
Pennington formerly was vice-president<br />
of sales for Atlas Films.<br />
Cinerama 1976 Earnings<br />
Up, Revenues Are Lower<br />
i l is \\c ii i i s ( inerama, Inc . March<br />
31 reported lis consolidated operating results<br />
fot i!i Fiscal yeai ended Jan. l, 1977.<br />
with comparative lignrcs for the prior fiscal<br />
year.<br />
Cinerama's 1976 net earnings amounted<br />
to $561,000, equal to 20 cents per share<br />
(including an extraordinary gain ol $260,000<br />
or nine cents per sharei. compared with a<br />
net loss of S2.990.000 oi SI. 30 per share<br />
for the prior year.<br />
Revenues declined to $56,477,000 in<br />
1975, due primarily to a decrease in film<br />
rentals and theatre revenues. Hotel revenues,<br />
however, continued to increase.<br />
The improvement in the results lor 1976<br />
was derived primarily from substantial increases<br />
in hotel earnings and gains on sales<br />
of theatre properties (which gains equaled<br />
55 cents per share in 1976 vs. six cents per<br />
share for 1975) ami substantially reduced<br />
losses from its film distribution activities.<br />
Location Filming Starts<br />
On WB Xmas Release<br />
BURBANK, CALIF.—Filming started<br />
Monday (4) on "Gauntlet." Warner Bros.'<br />
Christmas release, with Clint Eastwood<br />
starring and directing. Sondra Locke has<br />
the feminine lead in the Malpaso production.<br />
Location filming calls for camera work<br />
both in Arizona and Nevada.<br />
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Dan Meyers Now Head<br />
Of PlanPartners in KC<br />
K VNS AS CITY—Motion picture exhibitors<br />
attending the advertising seminar .it<br />
Sinus -A-Rama 20 in Kansas City lasl month<br />
were nol ass arc of it at the time, but while<br />
thej were listening to marketing consultant<br />
Dan Meyers discuss a study conducted on<br />
UA's "Carrie" campaign, they were witnessing<br />
the emergence of a new concept<br />
in film advertising. According to Meyers,<br />
the plan, which involves analysis of research<br />
findings, will offer a much-needed<br />
third alternative to advertising campaigns<br />
currently designed cither on the East or<br />
West coasts.<br />
CALENDARofEVENTS<br />
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Additional Choice Offered<br />
"We feel our plan will provide an additional<br />
choice, a middle ground if you will,<br />
between the philosophies that exist in New<br />
York and Los Angeles,"<br />
Meyers explained.<br />
Formerly associated with Galvin/Farris/<br />
Ross here, where he specialized in film<br />
marketing and advertising. Meyers now<br />
heads his own agency, PlanPartners Advertising<br />
& Public Relations, Inc. He told<br />
Boxoffice recently that the idea behind his<br />
approach to campaign strategy is based on<br />
an analysis of questions answered by filmgoers,<br />
which next are evaluated by a strategic<br />
planning board. This committee is composed<br />
of creative people from advertising,<br />
psychologists, university cinema professors,<br />
exhibitors and film producers. The group<br />
will seek to isolate a "strategic selling concept"<br />
unique to that particular film. This<br />
is an exclusive technique developed by<br />
PlanPartners. "The findings." Meyers explained,<br />
"then will be used to help develop<br />
new campaigns, as well as overhaul existing<br />
ones that are not successful."<br />
The questionnaire on "Carrie." submitted<br />
to students in a film class at the University<br />
of Kansas. Lawrence, and subsequently discussed<br />
during the S-A-R advertising seminar,<br />
is the prototype for Meyers' study<br />
format. A number of illuminating points<br />
pertinent to campaign planning emerged<br />
from the study. Meyers stated.<br />
Media Effectiveness<br />
Noted<br />
For example, 21 per cent of the respondents<br />
heard about the film through media<br />
advertising, and 27 per cent heard about it<br />
via word-of-mouth. Sixty-five per cent said<br />
they knew something about the film's story<br />
before they saw it. "This certainly would<br />
suggest." Meyers said, "that advertising and<br />
resultant word-of-mouth must have been<br />
contributing factors in encouraging them to<br />
see the film." He also pointed out that<br />
while 29 per cent of the students said they<br />
generally were indifferent to advertising<br />
claims, 36 per cent admitted that advertising,<br />
in part, persuades them to see a film.<br />
Regarding controversial aspects of "Carrie,"<br />
which might tend to dissuade people<br />
from seeing it, 27 per cent considered the<br />
menstruation and matricide scenes controversial,<br />
while 25 per cent thought religion<br />
was depicted as repressive and tormenting.<br />
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'The Last Wave' Rights<br />
NEW YORK Ernsl Goldschmidt, United<br />
Artists vice-president and foreign manager,<br />
has announced the acquisition of Peter<br />
Wen's Australian film "The Last Wave."<br />
stalling Richard Chamberlain, tor distribution<br />
in the following countries: Australia,<br />
New Zealand, the United Kingdom, South<br />
Africa and 1 asl Africa and related territories.<br />
film is being produced by Jim and<br />
Hal McHlrov. who also prodneed Weir's<br />
previous film, "Picnic at Hanging Rock,"<br />
which has grossed more than $5 million and<br />
is the most successful Australian production<br />
of all time.<br />
The picture, which began shooting Febni.iiA<br />
24 on Adelaide and Sydney locations,<br />
represents I'A's first such commitment to<br />
the Australian film industry. The deal was<br />
arranged by co-presenter Derek Power. UA<br />
previously was involved in two pictures<br />
made with Australian backgrounds.<br />
Horror and Sci-Fi Awards<br />
To 'Omen/ 'Futureworld'<br />
HOLLYWOOD — "The Omen," from<br />
20th Century-Fox, has been named the best<br />
horror film of 1976 and "Futureworld,"<br />
from AIP. has won the best science-fiction<br />
film award from the International Society<br />
of Science-Fiction, Horror and Fantasy.<br />
The two pictures were honored at the<br />
annual awards banquet Sunday (10) at the<br />
Los Angeles Marriott Hotel. The organization<br />
also honored the following individuals<br />
for their contributions to the field:<br />
Actress, Bette Davis and Fay Wray; actor.<br />
Vincent Price; supporting actress, Elsa Lanehester;<br />
supporting actor, John Carradine;<br />
director. Alfred Hitchcock; producer. Gene<br />
Roddenberry: writer. Ray Bradbury; music<br />
composer, Miklos Rosza: special visual effects.<br />
Roy Harryhousen; animation, Ralph<br />
Bakshi; sound achievement. Louis and Bebe<br />
Barron; makeup. William Tuttle: stunts.<br />
Yakima Canutte; voices in animation, Mel<br />
Blanc; film criticism, Kevin Thomas;<br />
graphic artist. Jack Kirby. and publisher.<br />
James Warren.<br />
Nunnally Johnson, Famed<br />
Filmmaker, Dead at 79<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Nunnally<br />
Johnson,<br />
producer, director and screenwriter, with<br />
77 films to his credit, died March 25 of<br />
pneumonia at Good Samaritan Hospital.<br />
He was 79.<br />
A native of Georgia. Johnson worked as<br />
a reporter on local newspapers and in the<br />
metropolitan New York area during the<br />
1920s. In the 1930s he began writing short<br />
stories and articles for the Saturday Evening<br />
Post and other prestigious magazines.<br />
He moved to Hollywood in 1932 after meeting<br />
Herman Mankiewicz of Paramount Pictures.<br />
"Bedtime Story," which starred Maurice<br />
Chevalier, was his first credited screenplay.<br />
Johnson later teamed with Darryl F.<br />
Zanuck at 20th Centurv-Fox and also<br />
Fima Noveck Says Skillful Editing<br />
Is Vital for Successful Product<br />
NEW YORK Editing is the last link in<br />
the chain before a film is shown to the<br />
public, stales lima Noveck. who believes<br />
it is one ol the most vital links. A man who<br />
has edited mans foreign features for U.S.<br />
consumption, he has restructured and titled<br />
imports to such a successful degree that<br />
main producers specifically request him to<br />
work on their product, l.ina Wertmuller is<br />
one satisfied customer and currently Noveck<br />
is handling the editing on producer<br />
Raymond R. Homer's "A Long Returning,"<br />
"The Inheritance" and "Shadow of a Killer."<br />
Pacing Is Important<br />
A picture moves or doesn't and that has<br />
nothing to do with its length, says Noveck.<br />
Pacing is most important and can ruin a<br />
potentially good film. Since foreign editors<br />
don't really know the U.S. market that<br />
well, it is up to editors such as Noveck to<br />
cut a film for acceptance here. Although<br />
his work is considered to be both fun and<br />
completely gratifying to him, Noveck takes<br />
each task seriously and talks to the director,<br />
studies the script and looks at outtakes<br />
whenever possible. On "A Long Returning,"<br />
he journeyed to Spain to look at the<br />
original assembly of the film and discovered<br />
how much more he had to work with, instead<br />
of what he was initially given.<br />
New Subtitling<br />
System<br />
"A Long Returning" stars Mark Burns<br />
as a man who puts his fatally ill sweetheart<br />
Lynne Frederick into "deep freeze" until<br />
a cure can be found for her. The futuristic<br />
second half of the fantasy details how she<br />
is unfrozen and deals with her now elderly<br />
worked for United Artists and MGM during<br />
his career.<br />
The pictures on which he worked as a<br />
writer, producer or both included "Grapes<br />
of Wrath." "How to Marry a Millionaire."<br />
"The House of Rothschild," "The Man in the<br />
Gray Flannel Suit," "Three Faces of Eve."<br />
"The Dirty Dozen" and "Tobacco Road."<br />
He leaves his wife Dorris; a son, Scott;<br />
four daughters. Mrs. Gene Fowler jr., Mrs.<br />
Nora Milici, Mrs. Roxanne Lanergan and<br />
Christie Johnson, and three grandchildren.<br />
Levy and Wise to Produce<br />
'French Quarter' for WB<br />
BURBANK. CALIF.—Frank Levy and<br />
Mike Wise have made arrangements with<br />
Warner Bros, for the production of "French<br />
Quarter." a murder suspense story with a<br />
New Orleans background.<br />
The deal was announced by Martin Elf.uul.<br />
vice-president in charge of production<br />
for Warner Bros., who said that Levy and<br />
Wise will produce the film starting near the<br />
end of this year.<br />
The original screenplay for "French<br />
Quarter" is being written by Steve Brown.<br />
lover, Anthony Quinn and Dominique Sanda.<br />
winnei of the best actress award at<br />
Cannes, are starred in "The inheritance,"<br />
foi which Noveck has devised a new svstem<br />
ol subtitling: the titles are placed undei<br />
each character as he or she speaks rather<br />
than across the screen as is customary.<br />
"Shadow ol a Killer," espionage thriller<br />
made in New York and Italy, has Yul<br />
Brynner, Martin Balsam and Barbara Bouchet<br />
in the leads.<br />
Ideally, an editor should be on the set<br />
while a film is being shot. Compared to<br />
the budget on a production, the cost of an<br />
editor is small and Noveck feels more care<br />
should be exercised in this field. A believer<br />
in ballyhoo, Noveck says that one of his<br />
recent projects, "The Last Circus Show,"<br />
a drama with James Whitmore, Cyril Cusack<br />
and the late Lee J. Cobb, can make<br />
a fortune if properly sold. However, he<br />
thinks that distributors lack in courage and<br />
may not take a chance when necessary.<br />
Would Like to Make Film<br />
Another Homer production in the woiks<br />
is "The Pawn," an action drama about the<br />
struggle for power in an independent African<br />
country controlled by Western industrial<br />
interests. On future projects such as<br />
this, Noveck will use cassettes as examples<br />
of his progress to send to producers. Assisted<br />
by a very small staff. Noveck does much<br />
of the work himself. While considering<br />
directing a drudgery, he eventually would<br />
like to make his own film but isn't sure<br />
how he would function under another's<br />
artistic control. He has one script for eventual<br />
filming, a science-fiction tale he wrote<br />
titled "Planet 1445."<br />
Crown's 'Van' Reporting<br />
Lofty Initial Grosses<br />
HOLLYWOOD—The initial<br />
opening engagements<br />
in an eight-theatre orbit in Sioux<br />
Falls, S.D.. of Ciown International's "I he<br />
Van" has produced boxoffice grosses 25<br />
per cent ahead of "The Pom Pom Girls."<br />
according to George M. Josephs, general<br />
sales manager.<br />
"The Pom Pom Girls" opened in the same<br />
theatres at this same time last year and<br />
established record grosses in all situations.<br />
"The Van." a Marimark production, stars<br />
Stuart Getz, Harry Moses, Deborah White<br />
and Marcie Barkin. Marilyn J. Tenser was<br />
executive producer, with music b\ Michael<br />
I hud and Sammj Johns.<br />
Walter McGinn. 38, Dies<br />
HOI IA WOOD—Walter McGinn, who<br />
played a major role in "The Parallax View,"<br />
died March 31 of injuries received in a<br />
traffic accident. The 38-year-old McGinn<br />
was starring in the film version ol Joseph<br />
Wambaugh's "The Choirboys." Photography<br />
on the motion picture, in its fourth day,<br />
was suspended.<br />
BOXOFFICE ::<br />
April<br />
1977
BOXOFFICE<br />
BAROMETER<br />
This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in<br />
the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements are not listed. As new runs<br />
are reported, ratings are added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in<br />
relation to average grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as average,<br />
the figures show the gross ratings above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.)<br />
Airport 77 (Univ) 300 425 300 200<br />
All This and World War II (20th-Fox) 220 50 60 230 25 40<br />
Alpha Beta (Cine-Ill) 100 100 215 30 95 85 104 i<br />
Assault on Precinct 13 (Yablans) 80 140 75 50 135 90<br />
Bodyguard, The (Aquarius) 125 30 60 125<br />
Bound lor Glory (UA) 200 185 250 300 90 225 165 190 60 100 200 150 190 240 225 130 181 i<br />
Brotherhood of Death (Cinema Shares) 150 70 30 135 50<br />
Cassandra Crossing, The (Emb) 250 275 300 50 95 275 190 100 125 225 155 120 210 182<br />
Chatterbox (AIP) 185 225 100 200 150 35<br />
Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon (Group 1) 100 80 50 65 80<br />
Emma Mae (Key) 125 125 325 120 185 176<br />
Enforcer, The (WB) 200 450 625 660 600 440 400 430 800 780 400 600 330 519<br />
Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio,<br />
The (Lima) 240 150 175 65 65 250 180 160<br />
Exit the Dragon, Enter<br />
the Tiger (Dimension) 170 90 190 200 90 700 240<br />
Fellini's Casanova (Univ) 300 400 200 175 185 210 450 260 365 282<br />
Freaky Friday (BV) 280 400 900 480 400 160 200 555 250 320 175 500 165 165 325<br />
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'Black Sunday' Bows<br />
In New York at 530<br />
NEW YORK "Black Sunday" was .1<br />
hot item as its lust round at State I<br />
(540)<br />
and rower Hast (520) earned it an average<br />
of 530 and the top spot. "Nasty Habits,"<br />
No. I last week, was a strong second with<br />
420 earned in its second Cinema II week<br />
Third was "Hot Wises," opening at the<br />
World with 310.<br />
Down two rungs to fourth went "The<br />
late Show," co-starring Lily Tomlin. star<br />
ol a recent one-woman show here, and Art<br />
Carney, a 2S0 lor the eighth Sutton week.<br />
Fifth was "Slap Shot." now solo at the<br />
Beekman, where it earned 220 in the fifth<br />
round, From third to sixth place. "Welcome<br />
to L.A." had a 215 third week at the Baronet.<br />
Showcase winners were "Rocky," "Airport<br />
"77," "Fun With Dick and Jane."<br />
"Black Samurai," "Network" and "Ragged)<br />
Ann & Andy."<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Baronet—Welcome to L. A. (Lion's Gale Films)<br />
3rd wk<br />
Beekman Slap Shot (Univ), 5th wk<br />
Cinema I—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 8th wk<br />
Cinema II—Nasty Habits (Brut Productions),<br />
2nd wk 420<br />
Cinema 3—Providence (Cinema 5), 11th wk 100<br />
Cinerama I— Uncle Tom's Cabin<br />
210<br />
—<br />
(Independent-Int'l) 75<br />
Cinerama II—The Domino Principle (Emb),<br />
2nd wk 75<br />
232 "":.-';[.! II- Mohammad, Messenger ot God<br />
(Irwin Yablans), 4th wk 90<br />
Coronet—Islands in the Stream (Para), 4th wk 105<br />
Eastwo.-Id—Odyssey (ASOM), 2nd wk 200<br />
Fine Arts—Brothers (WB) 100<br />
National—Brothers (WB) 250<br />
Orpheum—The Domino Principle (Emb), 2nd wk. 70<br />
Pans—Cousin Cousine (Libra Films), 37th wk 175<br />
Place—Man on the Root (Cinema 5), 2nd wk 90<br />
Radio City Music Hall—The Littlest Horse Thieves<br />
BV)<br />
Rivoli—Mohammad. Messenger ol God<br />
(Irwin Yablans), 4th wk<br />
155<br />
I58th Street Playhouse—The Wonderful Crook<br />
(New Yorker), 5th wk 120<br />
State !— Blaclc Sunday (Para) 540<br />
State II—Fun With Dick- and Jane (Col), 8th wk. 50<br />
Sutton—The Late Show (WB), 8th wk<br />
34th Street East—The Domino Principle (Emb)<br />
2nd wk<br />
ower East—Black Sunday (Para) .<br />
forld— Hot Wives (Distribpix)<br />
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220<br />
110<br />
140<br />
95<br />
520<br />
310<br />
In Scholastic Magazines<br />
NEW YORK. — An article written on<br />
when "The Deep" was being filmed<br />
appears in three editions of Scholastic Magazines<br />
with a combined circulation of more<br />
than 5.000.000 students in U.S. senior high<br />
schools.<br />
Ma r garet Ronan wrote the article which<br />
appears in Scholastic Search for the Social<br />
Studies. Scholastic Voice and Scholastic<br />
Science World, as well as in the teacher<br />
WCBS-FM 'Black Sunday'<br />
Promotion Aids NY Debut<br />
NEW YORK— Radio station<br />
WCBS-FM<br />
offered "Black Sunday" balloon blimps as<br />
I<br />
tickets of admission to a screening of the<br />
film at Loews' State I March 30. More than<br />
125 announcements for the audience participation<br />
promotion were aired in seven<br />
days, with listeners writing in for the baljloons.<br />
At the screening, a grand prize draw-<br />
ing was held, the winnci getting a trip fol<br />
two to the 1977 Supei Howl, with all expenses<br />
paid by \\ ( IBS,<br />
Paramount Pictures' motion picture division<br />
arranged with W< BS-FM to run the<br />
promotion and special screening to build<br />
interest in the film's New York premiere<br />
engagement, which opened Thursday evening.<br />
March 31. at I news' State I ami lower<br />
last in Manhattan.<br />
UAT Opens New Trio<br />
In Middleion, N.J.<br />
MIDDLEION, N.J.— United Artists<br />
Theatres' latest triplex in this area, the<br />
Middle-town 1-2-3 theatres, has been opened.<br />
Acquired by UA in November as the<br />
Town East and West theatres, the new triplex<br />
now seats approximately 1.500 people;<br />
900 in the large auditorium and 300 in each<br />
of the smaller units.<br />
To establish the triplex, the Town East<br />
unit was split into two smaller auditoriums,<br />
which now adjoin the larger one. Joe<br />
Bruno, manager of the triplex, reports that<br />
the auditoriums are fully automated and<br />
that a new sound system has been installed.<br />
Additionally, a new 20x8-foot circular concession<br />
stand was installed in the redecorated<br />
lobby area.<br />
Assisting Bruno in Middle-town is relief<br />
manager Joseph Cino. The Middle-town<br />
house was originally opened as a single unit<br />
in 1965 by Walter Reade Theatres. It was<br />
converted into a twin approximately six<br />
years ago.<br />
Mark Saunders has been appointed manager<br />
of UA's Palace in Bergenfield. Saunders<br />
joined UA approximately two years<br />
ago and has served as an usher at their<br />
Closter in Closter, as well as a relief manager<br />
in the Bergen and Rockland county<br />
areas. He resides in Closter. Saunders succeeds<br />
Barbara Garbe, who resigned to accept<br />
a post outside the industry. She had<br />
been manager of the Palace for two years.<br />
She joined UA several years ago as a cashier<br />
at Cinema 46 in Totowa and served as<br />
relief manager at the Linwood in Fort Lee.<br />
prior to becoming manager of the Bergenfield<br />
house.<br />
brothers' Hits $39,529<br />
4 Days in 2 NYC Houses<br />
New York— "Brothers," the new Edward<br />
Lewis production for Warner<br />
Bros., scored at the boxoffiee Sunday<br />
(3) at the National Theatre here, bringing<br />
the total for its first four days at<br />
the National and Fine Arts to $39,529,<br />
despite all-dav flooding rains Saturda\<br />
(2).<br />
"Brothers." starring Bernic Casey.<br />
Yonetta McGee and Ron O'Neal, was<br />
produced by Kdward and Mildred<br />
Lewis who also wrote the script.<br />
Arthur Barron directed and Lee Savin<br />
was executive producer.<br />
W. Pa. NA<strong>TO</strong> Focuses<br />
On Obscenity Bills<br />
I'l I I Slit R.GH I he annual general<br />
membership meeting ol NAIO ol Western<br />
Pennsylvania will be held I uesday (26),<br />
Starting with a luncheon at noon and followed<br />
by a business session.<br />
George lice, president, will discuss the<br />
recent national NAIO board ol directors<br />
meeting which he and George Sicrn<br />
attended<br />
in Nassau, lice also will present other subjects<br />
of interest tii the general membership.<br />
Tice told BoXOFFICl that Senate Bill 199,<br />
pending in the state legislature, protects<br />
legitimate businessmen, whether they be<br />
theatre owners, producers or book-sellers,<br />
from undue harassment by overzealous local<br />
authorities in so-called obscenity<br />
charges, litigations, etc. lice said that<br />
NA<strong>TO</strong> of Western Pennsylvania participated<br />
in the drafting ol this bill and supports<br />
it.<br />
In the Senate, there are eight active sponsors<br />
of SB 199, which is scheduled for hearing<br />
Tuesday (12): Louis C Hill. Martin L.<br />
Murray, Edwin G. Holl. R. Budd Dwyer.<br />
John Stauffer. Edward L. Howard, John<br />
James Sweeney and Jeanette F. Reiban.<br />
Both SB 199 and HB 70 would amend<br />
Title 18 (crimes and offenses) of the state's<br />
consolidated statutes, further defining "the<br />
offense of obscenity, redefining obscene"<br />
and further providing for injunctions.<br />
HB 70 has 36 sponsors, again directed<br />
by Rep. Martin P. Muller. Other sponsors<br />
in the House: William F. Renwick. Emil<br />
Mrkonic. Camille George, Bernard J. Dombrowski,<br />
Thomas J. Fee. Russell P. Letterman,<br />
Anthony J. Cimino. Richard A. Mc-<br />
Clatchy jr.. William D. Mackowski. Philip<br />
S. Ruggiero, R. 1. Polite. Joseph P. Kolter.<br />
A. j/beMedio, Ralph D. Pratt. Jack R.<br />
Arthurs, Raphael Musto, Helen D. Gillette.<br />
Robert E. Bellomini. John L. Brunner, Joseph<br />
Ted Doyle, James J. A. Gallaher.<br />
Samuel E. Hayes jr., A. Joseph Vilicenti.<br />
Fred A. Trello. Joseph R. Pitts. Henry J.<br />
Giammareo. Frank J. Zitterman. Frank A.<br />
Salvatore. Joseph R. Zeller. Peter R. \ toon,<br />
C harles I. I ogue, A. C. Foster jr.. John H.<br />
Hamilton jr.. Ronald P. Goebel and D.<br />
Michael Fischer.<br />
Mrs. Helen Phillips Dies<br />
At 81 in New York City<br />
NEW YORK— Mrs Helen K. Phillips,<br />
mother of Gerald F. Phillips, a vice-president<br />
of United Anisis Corp.. died March<br />
2S following a long illness. She was SI.<br />
Mrs. Phillips, whose late husband Louis<br />
was founder ol the law firm of Phillips.<br />
Nizer. Benjamin, (trim and Ballon of New-<br />
York City, had been active in many charitable<br />
and religious causes and was a member<br />
oi the Park Avenue Synagogue and<br />
HIAS. Also surviving is her son Howard<br />
W. Phillips, a member of the law firm<br />
founded bj bis father, and four grandchildren.<br />
BOXOFnCE :: April 11, 1977<br />
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BROADWAY<br />
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, now in the<br />
new Easter show, will have<br />
midst of its<br />
a Pop Arts Festival on a twice-a-year, sevenweek<br />
basis. The opening series, running<br />
from September 15 to November 3, will feature<br />
such stars as Neil Sedaka, the Boston<br />
Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler<br />
and Tony Orlando and Dawn.<br />
Shows will van from one-night stands<br />
to several weeks and will include jazz, pop,<br />
semi-classical concerts, rock, ice shows and<br />
children's programs. Producers are Sid<br />
Berstein.<br />
Bill Fields and the Music Fair.<br />
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art and<br />
The American Cinematheque's "Paris/ New<br />
York" program is now under way, with<br />
screenings at the museum's Junior Auditorium<br />
through May 7. A highlight was the<br />
presentation Tuesday evening (5) of the late<br />
silent "The Shopworn Angel" (1928), directed<br />
by Richard Wallace and starring<br />
Gary Cooper. Nancy Carroll and Paul Lukas.<br />
Although the last two reels were missing<br />
and the sound portions of the film also<br />
were gone, the Paramount release was still<br />
very impressive, especially as accompanied<br />
by Dick Hyman on the Baldwin organ.<br />
Cinematheque head Gene Stavis introduced<br />
the program, which had been created<br />
by the late Henri Langlois, head of the<br />
Cinematheque Francaise. Upcoming are<br />
DeMille's "Saturday Night" (1922) Tuesday<br />
(12), James Cruze's "Mannequin" (1926)<br />
with Warner Baxter, Zasu Pitts and Walter<br />
Pidgeon, Saturday (16), and the French film<br />
"Prix de Beaute" (1930), by G. W. Pabst<br />
and Genina, with America's Louise Brooks,<br />
Saturday (23).<br />
•<br />
The 107th edition of Ringling Bros, and<br />
Barnum & Bailey Circus is now at Madison<br />
Square Garden through June 5. The unquestioned<br />
star of the show is animal trainer<br />
Gunther Gebel-Williams, who has several<br />
spots on the program and major participation<br />
in the processions. Exhibitors could<br />
take a few tips on showmanship from the<br />
latest presentation of "The Greatest Show<br />
on Earth."<br />
•<br />
"The Goodbye Girl," a romantic comedy<br />
written for the screen by Neil Simon, is<br />
filming in<br />
the city for the next month after<br />
six weeks of shooting at MGM Studios in<br />
Culver City. Described as a happy love<br />
story, the Warner Bros, presentation stars<br />
Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason and<br />
introduces nine-year-old Quinn Cummings.<br />
Ray Stark is producing and Herbert Ross<br />
is directing.<br />
The Rastar feature will use such local<br />
sites as Shubert Alley, Showcase Studios.<br />
Open Space Theatre, the Metropole Cafe<br />
and the Roosevelt Island tram, plus various<br />
streets, stores and buildings. Also to be<br />
filmed is the Subaru display at the Auto<br />
Expo at the Coliseum, during the time the<br />
exhibition is open to the public.<br />
•<br />
In town: Sissy Spacek arrived Tuesday<br />
(5) for promotional activities on behalf of<br />
E-2<br />
Robert Altman's "3 Women," the 20th<br />
Century-Fox release in which she stars with<br />
Shelley Duval and Janice Rule. The film<br />
is now at the Coronet.<br />
The Film Society<br />
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of Lincoln Center anil<br />
the Department of Film of the Musuem of<br />
Modern Art is presenting the sixth annual<br />
"New Director/ New Films" series, Wednesday<br />
(13) through Wednesday (27). Representative<br />
works will be screened from such<br />
countries as Hungary, the USSR. Poland/<br />
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Portugal, Great<br />
Britain, France, Canada and West Germany.<br />
The U. S. is represented by two features<br />
and two featurettes.<br />
•<br />
Updating: The Elgin Theatre again has<br />
abandoned its revival policy and is now advertising<br />
itself as an outlet for rock acts.<br />
The Embassy Theatre on 49th Street is<br />
changing its name to the Pussycat Theatre<br />
and will debut Wednesday (13) with Alex<br />
De Renzy's very hard-core feature, "Babyface."<br />
The theatre once was called the<br />
Trans-Lux West and then briefly the Bryan<br />
West.<br />
a<br />
Congratulations to film importer and distributor<br />
Robin von Joachim, who was married<br />
here March 31 to Rachel von Mandovska.<br />
•<br />
"The Beast," Walerian Borowczyk's erotic<br />
fairy tale of beauty and the beast, opens<br />
Wednesday (15) at the RKO Stanley Warner<br />
59th Street East. Sirpa Lane stars as the<br />
beauty portion of the story, a Jason Allen<br />
Films release.<br />
Biiier Winter Didn't<br />
Hurt Some Pa. Airers<br />
WILKES-BARRE, PA. — In spite of<br />
devastating winter weather, energy crunches,<br />
tightened finances and stiff first-run competition<br />
from the indoor movie houses, the<br />
long, hard winter did not seem to hurt the<br />
six drive-ins operating in this northeastern<br />
Pennsylvania area.<br />
Of the six ozoners in the immediate area,<br />
four have been operating on a seven-day-aweek<br />
basis, including the West Side Drivein<br />
at Larksville and the Comerford Drivein<br />
in Dupont, both owned and operated by<br />
Sportservice of Buffalo, N.Y.; the independently<br />
owned Oak Hill Drive-in. Moosic,<br />
and the Garden Drive-in, Hunlock<br />
Creek.<br />
Another airer, the Wilkes-Barre Drivein,<br />
only operated weekends, while the West<br />
Wyoming Drive-In in West Wyoming is<br />
waiting for fairer weather to reopen for the<br />
season. The only underskyer to shutter was<br />
the Sunset Drive-In in Mountaintop.<br />
The Wilkes-Barre Drive-In, which usually<br />
closes for one month when winter is at<br />
its worst, lost two to three months' business<br />
this past season, according to Arthur Scavo,<br />
manager. "When highways are impassable,"<br />
he said, "you can't expect people to fight<br />
their way to a drive-in."<br />
The major problem, Scavo said, apart<br />
from the weather itself, is the matter of<br />
vandalism. "But it's a problem we've learned<br />
to live with," he added. "Financially, it's<br />
too high to overcome. Prosecution is tough,<br />
especially when the damage has been caused<br />
by juveniles."<br />
The only other time of the year when<br />
patronage falls down is in the fall when<br />
football is king, Scavo said, because the<br />
Wilkes-Barre caters to a clientele generally<br />
16 to 25 years of age. This drop usually<br />
lasts from September until Thanksgiving.<br />
At present, Scavo said the ozoner is doing<br />
standard business "but once the weather<br />
gets better, the drive-in again will excel in<br />
the type of movie that has made us the<br />
home of big pictures." Scavo points out that<br />
the Wilkes-Barre Drive-In plays first-run<br />
features during its regular spring and summer<br />
season.<br />
Scavo explained that he feels the demand<br />
for different types of motion pictures may<br />
be influenced by social trends but the outdoor<br />
theatres will continue to have a unique<br />
group of patrons year after year. At the<br />
Wilkes-Barre Drive-in, where there is no<br />
charge for children under 14, rainchecks<br />
and refunds are provided for dissatisfied<br />
customers.<br />
UA's 'Audrey Rose' Bowed<br />
In Greater NY April 6<br />
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Plainview, and Lynbrook, Lynbrook, L.l)<br />
and Cinema 46 1, Totowa, and the Middle<br />
town 1, Middletown, N.J.<br />
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Hopkins and John Beck and introduce]<br />
Susan Swift as Ivy.<br />
Wise directed from a screenplay by Ef<br />
Felitta and Joe Wizan and De Felitta pn<br />
duced the film for release by United Artis<br />
Music is by Michael Small.<br />
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open at the Trans-Lux East and othr<br />
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The world premiere of "Billy Jack Goes<br />
to Washington" has been rescheduled. As<br />
of press time, the date either will be Thursday<br />
(21) or Friday (22). It is uncertain, as<br />
previously planned, whether the premiere<br />
will b; a "Siege in Washington" benefit for<br />
families of seriously wounded hostages.<br />
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has been scored in New York by the National<br />
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T adles of Variety Tent 7 held their annual<br />
Easter party for patients in the Children's<br />
Rehabilitation Center for Children's<br />
Hospital Monday (4). There were cartoons,<br />
live entertainment and the distribution of<br />
candy and novelties by the Easter Bunny.<br />
Mrs. Salvatore Ricupito and Mrs. Thomas<br />
A. Million were chairpersons for the party,<br />
assisted by Miss Isabelle Wozniak of the<br />
center.<br />
"Murder My Sweet" was shown recently<br />
as part of the free detective series offered<br />
through May at Niagara Community College<br />
. . . "Tunnelvision" was shown in<br />
Squire Hall, University of Buffalo . . .<br />
"Berlin: Symphony of a Great City." "Happy<br />
Mother's Day" and "Salesmen" were<br />
shown in Acheson Hall at the University of<br />
Buffalo . Obsession" and "The<br />
Key." Japanese films directed by Kon<br />
Ichikawam. were shown as part of the<br />
Media Study Central Library series March<br />
29. Admission was free.<br />
George Chakiris of "West Side Story"<br />
movie fame, is co-starring with Oscar winner<br />
Kim Hunter in a month's engagement<br />
of "Elizabeth the Queen" at the Studio<br />
Arena Theatre.<br />
As a show of confidence in the downtown<br />
business sector, the Innkeepers' Ass'n of<br />
Western New York contributed $1,000 to<br />
the Friends of the Buffalo Theatre . . .<br />
Producer Ingo Preminger has an option on<br />
"Little America," first novel of Bob Swigart,<br />
who left this city a few years ago for<br />
the West Coast.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Shire of this city had<br />
a special interest in the annual Oscar telecast.<br />
Their daughter-in-law Talia Shire, wife<br />
of their son David, was a nominee for the<br />
Best Actress Award.<br />
Tom Woolery, local division manager for<br />
American Multi Cinema's Como 8 theatres,<br />
had an unusual promotion with WGRO-<br />
FM in conjunction with the Academy<br />
Awards. Patrons were given ballots and<br />
asked to underline their choices. Awards,<br />
based on the number of correct selections,<br />
included a year's free pass for two and<br />
ten, seven, five and three passes for two.<br />
Winners were announced on the radio and<br />
posted at<br />
the theatres.<br />
Doug Smith, Courier-Express critic, described<br />
"Airport '77" as "exceptionally fine<br />
family entertainment. It's the sort of movie<br />
that guardians of the public morality say<br />
they don't make any more." In a separate<br />
column, the paper recommended the movie<br />
for<br />
children.<br />
Producer Robert Evans sandwiched our<br />
town between Toronto and Washington,<br />
D. C, in a promotional visit for his new<br />
film "Black Sunday." Whether he knew it<br />
or not, Evans was the first major film<br />
industry dignitary (excluding studio press<br />
agents) to include this city on an inperson<br />
tour in more than three years. Robert<br />
Plutzik, reporting for the Courier-Express,<br />
called Evans a "compact dynamo in<br />
cool<br />
aviator glasses."<br />
Evans Theatre repertory film art series<br />
should resume in<br />
mid-April. The series was<br />
cut short in early March due to difficulty<br />
in obtaining prints from distributors and<br />
unacceptable programing changes by the<br />
Boston packager of the series.<br />
Openings include "Black Sunday," which<br />
also was sneaked at the Holiday 2; "The<br />
Late Show," at the Holiday and Boulevard<br />
Mall; "The Littlest Horse Thieves" and<br />
"The Many Adventures of Winnie the<br />
Pooh," at the North Park and Como Mall;<br />
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"Raggedy Ann & Andy" at the Boulevard<br />
Mall and Como Mall; "Thieves" at Valu 5<br />
Cinema, and "Demon Seed" at Plaza North<br />
and Como Mall.<br />
Wyler's "Dead End" (1937) and Wellman's<br />
"A Star Is Born" (1937) were shown<br />
as part of the Studio Arena Theatre series<br />
. . . Buffalo Cinema Club showed films by<br />
its members in the Amherst Community<br />
Church.<br />
The men and women of Variety Club<br />
Tent 7 are planning a "Gong Show" fun<br />
night May 13. Applications are being taken<br />
from anyone with talent (the lesser the<br />
better) by Marge Schaefer. Sur Mason and<br />
Phil<br />
Goldstein.<br />
Harry Edelman, owner of Theatre Film<br />
Advertising and well known to exhibitors<br />
here and throughout New York, died of a<br />
heart attack March 21. He is survived by<br />
his wife, a daughter and two sons.<br />
Yasuhiro Yoshimatsu, one of Japan's<br />
foremost young filmmakers, screened and<br />
discussed his latest work, "The Slope in<br />
the Sun," in the Squire Union Conference<br />
Theatre. The director's appearance was in<br />
conjunction with the Japan Film-Video<br />
Series co-sponsored at UB by the Center<br />
for Media Study and the Intensive English-<br />
Language Institute. It was free and open<br />
to the public.<br />
1-290 Drive-In held its grand opening<br />
Friday (1), charging $3 per carload for the<br />
three-day weekend only. There were free<br />
prizes for everyone and a dusk-to-dawn<br />
showing of four features to mark the kick-'<br />
off of the new season.<br />
In a Courier-Express interview, Tony<br />
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Valu 5 Cinema, described movie theatres asl<br />
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and the fact that the metropolitan area has<br />
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N.J.. drive-in for the new season<br />
with "A Star Is Born" plus "Freebic and<br />
the Bean." The family film policy will be<br />
continued . . . Walnut Street Film Center<br />
added a video lounge to its lobby, showing<br />
video art and documentary films on a sixfoot<br />
Advent Video-Beam projector . . .<br />
TLA Cinema launched a Greta Garbo Film<br />
Festival with "Anna Karenina."<br />
A weekly series of children's films, in<br />
addition to the twice-a-week adult film programs,<br />
has been launched at the Memorial<br />
Library in Nazareth. The library will remain<br />
open for an additional hour Saturday<br />
afternoons for the children's films, the<br />
series running to the end of May.<br />
Local filmmakers Bob Mugge and Heidi<br />
Trombert, as the director-producer, are<br />
producing a full-length documentary about<br />
the city's controversial and colorful Mayor<br />
Frank S. Rizzo. Directing the photography<br />
on the 90-minute film is Larry McConkey.<br />
former film editor of WVPI-TV here . . .<br />
"The Gold Rush" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.<br />
Hyde" are the film features for the 13th<br />
annual Festival of the Arts running through<br />
Thursday (14) at Muhlenberg College,<br />
Bethlehem. The festival program includes a<br />
wide variety of art, music, dance, film and<br />
literature<br />
activities.<br />
In town to meet the press for interviews<br />
in behalf of their pictures in advance of<br />
opening dates were George Roy Hill, the<br />
director for "Slap Shot," and Joe Raposo,<br />
who wrote the screen songs for "Raggedy<br />
Ann & Andy" . . . For the 18th consecutive<br />
year. Fidelity Bank in center city is featuring<br />
a pictorial display of movie stars from<br />
Oscar-winning films. The Oscar statuette<br />
also is displayed ... A Robin Miller Film<br />
Festival, with filmmaker Robin Miller delivering<br />
a lecture, was among the highlights<br />
of the Muhlenberg College Panorama of the<br />
Arts in Allentown.<br />
RKO-SW Circuit Shutters<br />
Majestic in Gettysburg<br />
GETTYSBURG. PA. — RKO-Stanley<br />
Warner Theatres has closed its Majestic<br />
here but has given York, Pa., an extra 60<br />
days to arrange to purchase the Strand-<br />
Capitol Theatre.<br />
The local Majestic was closed March 29,<br />
the employees having been given two weeks'<br />
notice prioi to that date oi the theatre's<br />
closing. Bob Rorhbaugh, previouslj manager<br />
ot the circuit's Strand-Capitol in York<br />
until that the. lire was closed, was the final<br />
manager for the circuit al the Gettysburg<br />
Majestic.<br />
The Majestic made its debut Nov. 14,<br />
1925 with B ten-reel screen program and<br />
was, at that time, part of the new Hotel<br />
Gettysburg complex built by Henry M.<br />
Scharf facing Lincoln Square.<br />
For ten years, before the Majestic became<br />
part of the RKO-Stanley Warner circuit,<br />
the house was leased and operated by<br />
the Higgins Amusement Co. of Shamokin.<br />
In York, Mayor John D. Krout told the<br />
York Dispatch that RKO-Stanley Warner<br />
agreed to extend the city's no-cost option<br />
deadline 60 days beyond the original March<br />
31 deadline. The mayor reported that hefound<br />
"overall favorable reaction" in York<br />
to the idea of purchasing the Strand-Capitol<br />
for renovation as a performing arts center.<br />
The city would provide half of the purchase<br />
money, the remainder being raised by a<br />
committee on the arts.<br />
The mayor also told the York Dispatch<br />
that he was looking into the possibility of<br />
other organizations taking over the managerial<br />
duties in the event the city does<br />
purchase the theatre.<br />
Philadelphia Flyers Veto<br />
Video Ads for 'Slap Shot'<br />
PHILADELPHIA—With "Slap Shot"<br />
opening at the Sameric Theatre, it was only<br />
natural that Donald Davidson, advertising<br />
and publicity director for the Sameric Theatres<br />
circuit, would want to buy spot<br />
announcements for the film during the telecasts<br />
of the Philadelphia Flyers ice hockey<br />
team. However, the Flyers have refused to<br />
sell any TV time during their games to<br />
advertise the film. According to Peter<br />
Huver, director of TV sales for the Flyers,<br />
the "no sale" decision had nothing to do<br />
with the content of the Paul Newman film.<br />
"We just could not put a deal together."<br />
Huver said. However, Davidson said the<br />
Flyers made their decision because they<br />
didn't want to be associated with the language<br />
and slapstick violence depicted in<br />
the movie.<br />
"They said because of the TV special<br />
'The Deadliest Season' and because some<br />
players felt offended by the movie, management<br />
decided not to sell the spot,"<br />
Davidson says.<br />
'Demon Seed' Bows in NYC<br />
At Red Carpet Theatres<br />
NEW YORK—MGM's "Demon<br />
Seed."<br />
starring Julie Christie and also starring<br />
Fritz Weaver in a shocking drama of the<br />
future, opened in the New York area Friday<br />
(8) at Red Carpet theatres including<br />
the Criterion. Trans-Lux 85 th Street.<br />
Loews' 83rd Street and Greenwich in Man<br />
hattan.<br />
A Herb Jaffe production. "Demon Seed"<br />
was produced b\ Jaffe from a screenplaj<br />
by Robert Jaffe and Roger O. Hirson based<br />
on the novel bv Dean R. Koontz.<br />
PITTSBURGH<br />
Pill ScOtt| retired him salesman and theatre<br />
manager, recently was hospitalized for<br />
Bob Si ah I in the in-<br />
tests . . .<br />
dustry and a son ol the late John Stahl,<br />
pioneer exhibitor of Homestead, now is re-<br />
. . "Defiance!"<br />
tired Irom private business .<br />
is billed as upcoming at the Art Cinema.<br />
Local dnematographei George Boyle's<br />
short subject about the Variety Club,<br />
"Cruise for Variety," is on view at the<br />
Fiesta and Cinemette Last theatres.<br />
On Pittsburgh marquees: "Rocky," this<br />
veai's Oscar winner as best picture; "Network,"<br />
"The Sentinel," "Skyridcrs." "Demon<br />
Seed," "The Specialist."<br />
At Harrisburg, Sen. Tom Nolan dropped<br />
his bill to place a 6 per cent tax on advertising.<br />
Joining him in the move to kill his<br />
own proposal were 43 other senators, declaring<br />
the proposal unconstitutional and<br />
violating Article III. Section 10, of the<br />
Commonwealth's Constitution.<br />
George Tice, president of NA<strong>TO</strong> of<br />
Western Pennsylvania, started flea markets<br />
in outdoor theatres 15 years ago and recently<br />
reopened this attraction at the Woodland<br />
Drive-In at West Mifflin. This spring and<br />
summer Tice will work with four or more<br />
area drive-in owners in establishing more<br />
Ilea<br />
markets.<br />
Newspaper Contests Hypo<br />
'Airport 77' Playdate<br />
PHILADELPHIA — A number of contests,<br />
in cooperation with local newspapers,<br />
were promoted by Rick Markovitz, area<br />
promotion chief for Universal Pictures, in<br />
advance of the opening of "Airport '77" at<br />
Eric's Mark I Theatre here. In addition.<br />
he gave the campaign a "flying start" by<br />
having Monica Lewis, who appears in the<br />
film, meet the press at a cocktail party<br />
staged aboard the 707 plane displayed on<br />
the grounds of the Franklin Institute of<br />
Science.<br />
The Philadelphia Daily News awarded<br />
20 pairs of tickets for the movie to winners<br />
selected at random in a contest that called<br />
on the entrants to name either the actors<br />
identified with the last line of 15 different<br />
features or name the movie they came from.<br />
The Drummer, weekh newspaper with a<br />
big readership on the college campuses in<br />
the area, built its contest around an expression,<br />
real or imagined, of one's fear of flying.<br />
Two grand prize winners received a<br />
free 12-mile White Water Raft Trip for<br />
two as guests of the Whitewater Challengers<br />
in White Haven. Pa. It tied in with the rati<br />
trip which was a ke> to the movie rescue.<br />
In addition. 25 runners-up each received<br />
two passes to see "Airport '77."<br />
"The Unicom" will be produced as a<br />
joint venture of Curtis Harrington Productions,<br />
the National Film Studios of Ireland<br />
and Chestnut Films of England.<br />
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NORTH JERSEY<br />
Rill Waldron sr., head cashier at the independent<br />
Clairidge Theatre in Monielair.<br />
recently celebrated his 90th birthday.<br />
An active industry veteran of more than 70<br />
years, Waldron has been at the Clairidge<br />
since the late 1950s. At one time, he was<br />
manager of the house for several years<br />
during the early 1940s. During his lengthy<br />
career. Waldron managed numerous theatres<br />
in the Essex County area, including a<br />
period during the 1920s and 1930s, when<br />
he served as city manager in Montclair and<br />
Upper Montclair for the late Jacob Fabian.<br />
"Audrey Rose" opened an exclusive<br />
North Jersey engagement Wednesday (6)<br />
at UA's Cinema 46 in Totowa and UA's<br />
Middletown 1-2-3 theatres in Middletown.<br />
following sneak preview showings at both<br />
locations on previous weekends. Also due<br />
for an exclusive opening is the latest Woody<br />
Allen starrer, "Annie Hall," which will<br />
make its North Jersey debut Wednesday<br />
(20) at UA's Bellevue in Upper Montclair.<br />
At the Bellevue, in its fifth week, was<br />
"Mohammad, Messenger of God."<br />
Holly Gaffney has been named manager<br />
BALTIMORE<br />
Underground filmmaker John Waters of<br />
this city is making his most ambitious<br />
mot'on picture, a 90-minute feature. with a<br />
$50,000 budget. Titled "Desperate Living,"<br />
he plans a Broadway opening for the production.<br />
It has been said that this 30-yearold<br />
independent artist is to our town what<br />
Ingmar Bergman was to Sweden—a local<br />
filmmaker directing a small company of<br />
actors against a background of native landscape.<br />
Like the Swedish director. Waters<br />
grips his viewers in a striking way. His<br />
earliest success, "Pink Flamingos," produced<br />
for $12,500, has grossed well over $1<br />
million. Not much of this money has<br />
landed in Waters' pocket. Last December<br />
New York's Museum of Modern Art screened<br />
"Pink Flamingos" as part of its bicentennial<br />
salute to American humor.<br />
Matinees of "Once Upon a Time" were<br />
. . . "Fun<br />
presented March 27 at the Columbia Cinema,<br />
Harundale Mall, Security Mall, Perring<br />
Plaza and York Road Cinema<br />
With Dick and Jane" was held over for the<br />
sixth week at the Harford Mall Cinema,<br />
of UA's Closter Theatre in Closter, succeeding<br />
Larry Martello, who recently returned<br />
to the Nyack Drive-In as manager<br />
of that location. The new appointment<br />
marks Holly's first venture in the industry.<br />
The daughter of Harry Horn, an industry<br />
veteran and manager of UA's Cinema 304<br />
in New City, N.Y., Holly previously had<br />
been manager of Perkin's Pancake House<br />
in Wappingers Falls. N.Y.<br />
Peter Firmino announced that he will<br />
reopen the Strand in Seaside Park on the<br />
Jersey shore sometime next month. Firmino<br />
took over the 500-seat Strand last year and<br />
ran it from May through September. Operated<br />
for many years as a summer-season<br />
only location by Walter Reade Theatres,<br />
the house had been closed in 1972. For a<br />
while, it was converted into a mini-shopping<br />
mall and subsequently was closed<br />
again. It remained closed until Firmino acquired<br />
the location last year.<br />
"The Domino Principle" was held for a<br />
third week in exclusive North Jersey engagements<br />
at General Cinema's Menlo Park<br />
Cinema in Menlo Park and Totowa Cinema<br />
in Totowa.<br />
Patterson I, Timonium Cinema, Westview<br />
I and Glen Burnie Mall.<br />
Onetime film star Barbara Rush, with<br />
Tom Troupe, is appearing through Saturday<br />
(30) in "Same Time, Next Year" at the<br />
Mechanic Theatre. The play came here<br />
from Chicago, where it had played six<br />
months at the Blackstone.<br />
"Demon Seed," Julie Christie starrer,<br />
opened Friday (I) at Movies I, Timonium<br />
Cinema, Jumpers Cinema, Mini-Flick I and<br />
II and the Town.<br />
A special advance preview of "Brothers"<br />
was held at JF's Hippodrome Theatre Sunday<br />
night, March 27 . . . "Raggedy Ann<br />
& Andy" opened Friday (1) at Cinema<br />
Columbia City, Cinema Harundale, Cinema<br />
Security Square Mall, Cinema Perring<br />
Plaza, Grand and Village.<br />
John Nelson Purchases<br />
New Palace in Netcong<br />
NETCONG, N.J.—John Nelson, part<br />
owner of the K-Mart Cinema in Randolph<br />
Township, has purchased the local New<br />
Palace Theatre from Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel<br />
Gargirello of Wayne and Leo Ricucci of<br />
Roxbury. The ownership change takes effect<br />
May 1 and marks the end of a sixyear<br />
battle between the former owners and<br />
borough officials concerning the showing<br />
of X-rated films as a continual policy at<br />
the New Palace.<br />
Under a deed restriction to be part of the<br />
sale, the new owner, or any future owner,<br />
will be barred from showing X-rated films.<br />
The agreement was part of a court settlement<br />
of the latest suit brought by the<br />
borough against the theatre, in which Netcong<br />
charged that the New Palace owed<br />
the borough $22,000 in unpaid sewage bills.<br />
The settlement calls for the owners to pay<br />
only $8,500 in back bills.<br />
The town's theatre licensing fee, which<br />
had been raised to $1,000 in an attempt<br />
to discourage the showing of X-rated films,<br />
and was subsequently reduced to $500, will<br />
revert next year to its original $25, it was<br />
also agreed.<br />
The New Palace is the only theatre in<br />
Netcong and had been the only house in<br />
all Morris County showing X-rated films<br />
on a continual basis. Gargirello and Ricucci<br />
had taken over the Palace in 1971 and instituted<br />
the X-rated policy shortly thereafter.<br />
The theatre had shown primarily<br />
family-type films prior to 1971.<br />
Charges against Gargirello and Ricucci<br />
by the Morris County prosecutor's office<br />
that the theatre was in violation of the<br />
state's obscenity laws were thrown out in<br />
1973 after the State Supreme Court ruled<br />
the obscenity statute unconstitutional.<br />
Four Arcadia New Jersey<br />
Units Leased by Rita<br />
POINT PLEASANT,<br />
N.J.—Tom Carr,<br />
president of Arcadia Theatres, a Jersey<br />
shore-based circuit, has announced that<br />
Arcadia has leased four of its six shore<br />
locations to the Ritz Corp., which is headquartered<br />
here.<br />
Included in the transaction are the Algonquin<br />
in Manasquan, which is open all<br />
year; the Lavalette in Lavalette, closed since<br />
January, and slated to re-open in May; the<br />
Ritz in Spring Lake, a summer-only operation,<br />
due to reopen in June; and the Colonial<br />
in Seaside Heights, which had been<br />
closed by Walter Reade in 1972 and was<br />
recently<br />
acquired by Arcadia. The Colonial<br />
is presently being renovated and is scheduled<br />
to re-open in May.<br />
Two other Arcadia locations have been<br />
sold to independent interests and, at present, i<br />
atre in Neptune and the Shore Drive-In at<br />
Farmingdale.<br />
These recent actions, in effect, have removed<br />
Arcadia from active operation in the<br />
industry. The Arcadia group was formed<br />
three years ago by Carr and Earle Heckeroth,<br />
when they purchased the Algonquin<br />
from Walter Reade. Within the following<br />
year, they had acquired several other theatre<br />
properties, all in the same area, most of >f<br />
which had previously been part of the Walter<br />
Reade circuit.<br />
Chris Mulkey and Polly King star in<br />
"Tomcats."<br />
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'Faustine' in Washington<br />
BEVERI 1 1111 IS. CALIF. "I 'austinc,"<br />
.1 French feature directed by Nina<br />
Companeez and produced by May Hod. ud.<br />
will be shown al the Outer Circle Theatre<br />
in Washington. D.C., as another in the<br />
scries ol films from Newomen Releasing,<br />
which has headquarters here at 405 North<br />
Camden Dr.<br />
Newomen Releasing, recently formed.<br />
represents a pooling of talents of Joan de<br />
Anda. Caroline Elias, Esta Marshall and<br />
Marcia Silen. professionals in cinema, national<br />
film distribution, public relations.<br />
Magnetics, is flanked h> Charles Thomas, left, and John Thomas at the recent<br />
opening of their Thomas Bros. Film Studio in San Francisco. The facility is the<br />
West Coast showcase for MTM's 16/35mm holoscope sound mixing projection<br />
system, developed by Talian.<br />
OPENING NEW STUDIO—Steve Talian. center, president of Miilti- 1 rack<br />
film publicity, market and film product research.<br />
Newomen Releasing is devoted exclusively<br />
to the distribution of films by and/ or<br />
about women. According to one of its partners,<br />
it was "created in answer to a growing<br />
awareness of the new role of women in bara. Prizes of $300 each are to be offered<br />
modern society and a quickened interest in<br />
for the best orchestral, best chamber music<br />
films which portray the many-faceted nature<br />
of women today."<br />
$100 will be provided by Corwin and the<br />
and best vocal compositions. In addition.<br />
circuit to help defray<br />
In conjunction with the Filmex<br />
performance costs.<br />
guest visit<br />
of French actress Delphine Seyrig. Newomen<br />
Releasing premiered "Jeanne<br />
The music awards will be available beginning<br />
with the 1977-1978 academic year.<br />
Dielman.<br />
23 Quai du Commerce,<br />
Corwin began his support of the arts<br />
1080 Bruxelles."<br />
a film starring Ms. Seyrig, at the<br />
program at UC Santa Barbara in 1975 by<br />
establishing his<br />
Filmex March<br />
annual stage play, screenplay<br />
17 and at the Westland II<br />
sta<br />
in Los Angeles March<br />
and television writing awards, totaling<br />
23.<br />
head<br />
$1,500 annually.<br />
Ms. Seyrig won the 1975 Cannes Festival<br />
award for best actress for her title role in<br />
lefl<br />
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"Aloise." written and directed by Lilian de Jon Lang Is Appointed BV<br />
Kermadec, and nominated by France as its<br />
i>ir.<br />
Special Projects Manager<br />
official entry at the festival that year. Ms.<br />
qr,(<br />
BURBANK.—The appointment of Jon<br />
Seyrig also starred in Resnais' "Last Year<br />
ops<br />
Lang as special projects manager for Buena<br />
in Marienbad" and "Muriel." Losey's "Accident"<br />
and "A Doll's House," Bunuel's<br />
be<br />
Vista. Walt Disney Productions' wholly<br />
owned distribution subsidiary, was announced<br />
»<br />
by Irving H. Ludwig, president.<br />
"The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie,"<br />
3d<br />
*n and "Dear Michael," the latter an Italian<br />
Lang previously has served as manager tion.<br />
comedy by Mario Monicelli which was<br />
sche*<br />
of 16mm rentals for Walt Disney Educational<br />
Media Co. His new responsibilities will<br />
shown March 18 at the Filmex.<br />
ete<br />
include airline sales (16mm and 8mm).<br />
prs' George Ottino Appointed Army-Navy sales, nontheatrical 35mm and<br />
nel<br />
Reel Machine Gen.<br />
marketing for "Fantasia" in its new stereophonic<br />
sound engagements.<br />
Mgr.<br />
SAN DIEGO—Reel Production Machine,<br />
4015 Brant St., has announced the<br />
In the newly created position of special<br />
projects manager, Lang will headquarter in<br />
appointment of George Ottino. whose experience<br />
covers all facets of film produc-<br />
passed."<br />
Buena Vista's home office in Burbank,<br />
Calif.<br />
tion, as general manager.<br />
Lina Wertmuller Filming<br />
Ottino's credits include the Academy<br />
Award winning original film on the hospital Paul Roth at Montana<br />
ship Hope, commercials for local, regional<br />
Convention for NA<strong>TO</strong><br />
and national accounts, as well as instructional<br />
films for the U.S. government (for the<br />
Billings, Mont.—Paul Roth, past<br />
president and chairman of the board.<br />
army, navy, air force and aerospace programs).<br />
Ottino specializes in animation, stop<br />
National Ass'n of Theatre Owners, represented<br />
Marvin Goldman, NA<strong>TO</strong><br />
motion photography and live action and has<br />
president, at the three-day NA<strong>TO</strong> of<br />
a thorough knowledge of optical effects.<br />
Montana convention, which opened competition.<br />
here Monday (4).<br />
Sherrill Corwin and MTC<br />
Roth, at an informal session of the<br />
Add<br />
organization's board of directors<br />
Music to Art Support<br />
Wednesday afternoon (6), discussed<br />
LOS ANGELES—Sherrill C. Corwin<br />
recent National NA<strong>TO</strong> activities affecting<br />
the Montana group and other<br />
and Metropolitan Theatres Corp., of which<br />
he is board chairman, will provide $1,000<br />
regional thcatremen's associations.<br />
annual awards for original music compositions<br />
chosen in annual competition open<br />
Ho»<br />
as Goldman's representative Wednes-<br />
Roth also delivered a formal address<br />
5<br />
to graduate and undergraduate students at<br />
^^jthe day evening.<br />
University of California at Santa Bar-<br />
West Coast IFDA Backing<br />
Kildeen-Sponsored Bills<br />
HOLLYWOOD—"Our organization has<br />
no tolerance for those who produce and/ or<br />
distribute films and magazines showing the<br />
sexual abuse of children." Chris Warfield.<br />
vice-president of West Coast Independent<br />
Film Producers Ass'n. has written to Dennis<br />
Herrick, administrative assistant to Rep.<br />
Dale E. Kildeen (D) of Michigan, to urge<br />
passage "as soon as possible" of two House<br />
of Representatives' measures sponsored by<br />
Kildeen against the production of films involving<br />
the sexual abuse of children. The<br />
bills are HR 39-13 and HR 39-14.<br />
"Since its inception." Warfield added in<br />
his letter to Herrick. "the West Coast Independent<br />
Film Producers Ass'n has fought<br />
for the rights of the individual as guaranteed<br />
in the First Amendment of the Constitu-<br />
We have also fought against censorship<br />
because it presupposes an elite class of human,<br />
more gifted than the rest ol us, who<br />
will tell society what it should see and read.<br />
Sexual abuse of children has no defense<br />
under these two concepts.<br />
"Our organization will help you in .in><br />
way it can to get this needed legislation<br />
On San Francisco Sites<br />
SAN FRANCISCO— Location filming<br />
started here March 2S ^i\ "The End of the<br />
World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full<br />
of Rain." the picture being directed b\<br />
Lina Wertmuller, whose direction of "Seven<br />
Beauties" earned her a nomination for the<br />
best director award in the recent Osca<br />
Earlier filming required camera work in<br />
Rome and in the southern Italian town of<br />
Padua.<br />
"End ol the World" not only is the Italian<br />
director's firsl picture in English hut<br />
also is being filmed from her own screenplay.<br />
Starring Candice Bergen and Gian<br />
carlo GianninJ as a couple trying to keep<br />
their marriage intact, the picture is to be<br />
distributed worldwide b\ Warner Bros<br />
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T EON P.<br />
Hollywood<br />
BLENDER, American International's<br />
executive vice-president in<br />
charge of sales and distribution, and Robert<br />
Steuer, assistant general sales manager, returned<br />
from AIP national sales and promotion<br />
meetings in Tucson, Ariz.<br />
*<br />
Sheldon Mittleman has been promoted<br />
from assistant house counsel to house counsel<br />
for Universal Studios, succeeding Joe<br />
Di Muro, who has reached retirement age.<br />
Di Muro will continue as a consultant.<br />
*<br />
World Wide Film Corp. premiered<br />
"Youthquake!" at the Preston. Aquarius<br />
and Casa Linda theatres in Dallas Friday<br />
(8), preceded by a promotional concert and<br />
picnic Saturday (2).<br />
•<br />
Pinnacle Productions has been formed to<br />
produce feature films and has lined up as<br />
its first project a $3.5 million World War<br />
II epic, "Com-Tac 303." Officers of the<br />
Beverly Hills-based company are Ray<br />
George, chairman of the board; William<br />
Gordon and James Doherty, vice-presidents;<br />
Joseph L. Cranston, vice-president<br />
and secretary-treasurer, and William A.<br />
Trowbridge, president.<br />
•<br />
Producer-director Hikmet Avedis has<br />
changed the title of his feature "The<br />
Young Migrants" to "Texas Detour." The<br />
film stars Patrick Wayne and Cameron<br />
Mitchell.<br />
*<br />
Universal Pictures will take aim at target<br />
audiences for its "Smokey and the Bandit,"<br />
a story about a wild cross-country trucker<br />
chase filmed in Georgia. The film, starring<br />
Burt Reynolds and Sally Field, opens, nationally<br />
in May and June. Advertising is<br />
timed to appear in eight truck, motor and<br />
specialty magazines to coincide with the<br />
debut. Ads will appear in June in Road &<br />
Track, Popular Hot Rodding, Rider, Truckin",<br />
ed in<br />
Trailer Life and Argosy. An ad appear-<br />
March in Street Scene and next month<br />
Happenings<br />
PSA/ Hughes Air West In-Flight<br />
Magazine<br />
will carry an advertisement.<br />
•<br />
MCA's special college scholarship award<br />
for 1977, to benefit employees' children,<br />
has gone to Steven Mittleman, 17, son of<br />
Sheldon Mittleman, associate counsel for<br />
MCA and a vice-president for Universal<br />
Pictures and Universal Television. Steven<br />
will be graduated from Taft High School<br />
in Woodland Hills in June and will attend<br />
UCLA where he plans to study medicine.<br />
•<br />
Director Robert Moore has scheduled<br />
two weeks of rehearsals starting May 2<br />
for Neil Simon's "The Cheap Detective,"<br />
Rastar production for Columbia Pictures<br />
a<br />
starring<br />
Peter Falk.<br />
•<br />
Rastar's "The Goodbye Girl" began a<br />
month-long shooting schedule in New York<br />
Tuesday (5) after completing six weeks of<br />
filming at MGM Studios. The first New<br />
York sequence was a comedy scene with<br />
Marsha Mason and the Subaru display at<br />
the Auto Expo Show. Other locations will<br />
be Shubert Alley, Showcase Studios, Open<br />
Space Theatre, Metropole Cafe and the<br />
Roosevelt Island tram. The Warner Bros,<br />
presentation is from Neil Simon's original<br />
screenplay.<br />
Dracula Society Selects<br />
Annual Award Winners<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Ida<br />
Lupino and Christopher<br />
Lee are cinema winners of the 15th<br />
annual Radcliffe awards presented by the<br />
Count Dracula Society of Los Angeles. Dr.<br />
Donald A. Reed, president of the society,<br />
said that the awards will be presented at a<br />
gala dinner at the University Hilton, University<br />
of Southern California, Saturday<br />
evening (30), with 500 members and friends<br />
expected to attend.<br />
The society, a non-profit association devoted<br />
to the serious study of horror films<br />
and Gothic literature,' also will present<br />
AU<strong>TO</strong>MATION XENON FIL ^^PORT SYl<br />
5 REPA<br />
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awards to Jay Robinson and Grimsley, a<br />
local TV star, for television achievements;<br />
to Bob Cremer, for "Lugosi: the Man Behind<br />
the Cape," Dr. D. P. Varma, for<br />
editing "The Castle of Otranto," and Dr.<br />
Stephen Kaplan, literature. Presenters will<br />
include Ray Bradbury, Rouben Mamoulian,<br />
Gayna Shireen, Forrest Ackerman, Walt<br />
Daugherty, Frank R. Saletri, William Marshall,<br />
George Pal, Rich Correll, Kris Vosburgh<br />
and Edward Ansara.<br />
Variety 25 Holds First<br />
Annual Tennis Tourney<br />
LOS ANGELES—The first<br />
annual Variety<br />
Club of Southern California Tent 25<br />
tennis tournament, held at the Ambassador<br />
Tennis and Health Club was highlighted<br />
by a celebrity match between the Los Angeles<br />
Rams' Bob Klein and John Cappelletti<br />
vs. ABC newsman Jerry Dunphy and critic)<br />
Regis Philbin. Klein and Cappelletti won;<br />
the match 6-2, 6-3. The match was con<br />
trolled by noted umpire Sarg Burns, presi<br />
dent of the Southern California Tennis Um<br />
pires Ass'n.<br />
Other winners were Bob McKay and<br />
Suzanne Sproul in Class A, Tim Mclntyn;<br />
and Alison Winston in Class B and Man<br />
Michaelson and Eileen Cohen in Class C<br />
Announcements of the winners were mad<br />
by Murray Propper, president of the asso<br />
ciation which is dedicated to helping handi<br />
capped and underprivileged children.<br />
The first annual tournament attracte<br />
over 80 players and was followed by<br />
buffet-dinner at the Ambassador Hote<br />
Awards and door prizes were distributed. I<br />
Chairman of the event was David Weij<br />
man, vice-president. Variety Club Tent 21<br />
Members of the Variety Boys Club, undij<br />
the direction of Louis Diaz, served as b&<br />
boys.<br />
New LA Tiffany to Show<br />
'Kiss Me Kate' in 3-D<br />
LOS ANGELES—"Kiss Me Kate," I<br />
1953 MGM musical, will be shown in 1<br />
original 3-D version during a limited ei<br />
gagement here at the new Tiffany Theat:,<br />
Operated by Tom Cooper, the Tiffany is tt<br />
only theatre in the U.S. equipped with le<br />
two-projector system required to show ie<br />
original process 3-D films, according o<br />
United Artists Classics, the company !<br />
leasing "Kiss Me Kate."<br />
The film, based on a Cole Porter hit til<br />
had a long Broadway run, stars Kath'D<br />
Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Boby<br />
Van, Bob Fosse and Carol Haney.<br />
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Everybody." The house, located at 02<br />
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of "your favorite ladies of the peno<br />
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MANILA<br />
P.O.<br />
T^Jtn. Armida Siguion-Reyna of Perafilms<br />
is the 1977 president of the Independent<br />
Motion Picture Importers-Distributors<br />
Ass'n of the Philippines. Remy Monteverde,<br />
Regal Films, is board chairman. Other 1977<br />
officers of the organization include Valerio<br />
Chua, Golden Films, first vice-president:<br />
Raul Bagatsing. Associated Films,<br />
second vice-president; Mariano Laurel. Centennial<br />
Films, secretary; Ng Mcng Tarn.<br />
Gotesco Films, treasurer; Ramon Ong. Oriensia<br />
Films, assistant treasurer; Eduardo dc<br />
Castro, Screen Spectaculars, auditor; Dr.<br />
Alejandro Tin. Movierama International,<br />
public relations officer; Sixto Dy, Orbit<br />
Films, and Eduardo Sazon. Cinefilms,<br />
board members.<br />
Hermenigildo Aragon, Prudential Films,<br />
was the first president when 1MPIDAP was<br />
founded in 1969. Later presidents: Miguel<br />
Mateo. Worldwide Films. 1970; Eduardo<br />
de Castro. Maxim Films. 1971 and 1972;<br />
Remy Monteverde, Regal Films, 1973<br />
through 1976. Mrs. Armida Siguion-Reyna.<br />
the fifth president, is the association's first<br />
woman president.<br />
The Philippines' Manunuri Ng Pelikulang<br />
Pilipino. critics of Philippine movies, have<br />
awarded the first Urian trophy for best<br />
director to Eddie Romero, internationally<br />
known Filipino movie director and director<br />
of several American movies. Romero is the<br />
only Filipino director included in America's<br />
Directors of Class B movies for his direction<br />
of "Paano Kayo Noon, Ganito Kami<br />
Ngayon" ("How Were You Yesterday, We<br />
Are Like This Today"). He also was awarded<br />
the Rajah Soliman trophy as best director<br />
during the Metropolitan Manila Film<br />
Festival last December for "Paano Kayo<br />
Noon." which also won the best picture<br />
award at the same Manila festival.<br />
Incidentally, at the December film festival<br />
here, Vic Salayan was adjudged best<br />
actor, and Nora Aunor. the Philippine's<br />
singing superstar, carried off best actress<br />
honors. Salayan has appeared in several<br />
American movies filmed in the Philippines.<br />
Louis George, president of Arista Film<br />
Sales, was a Manila visitor for three days<br />
recently, jetting in from Los Angeles, Calif.,<br />
and staying at the Intercontinental Hotel.<br />
George sold "The Amazing Dobermans"<br />
and "Scorchy" to local film buyers, then<br />
flew on to Tokyo.<br />
Your Boxoffice correspondent for the<br />
Philippines, Miguel Mateo, met and interviewed<br />
George at the hotel. Film exporters-distributors<br />
or film owners and producers<br />
who are planning to visit Manila on<br />
business—to sell pictures or look for Filipino<br />
partners for co-production ventures<br />
may write to Boxoffice Correspondent.<br />
P.O. Box 3575, Manila, Philippines, lotpossible<br />
assistance. Also buyers of Philippine<br />
(Tagalog) pictures.<br />
"King Kong" broke all first-day boxoffice<br />
records in this city and had overshot<br />
the 4,000,000 peso mark after five weeks<br />
and still was drawing big. The big Paramount<br />
adventure drama is distributed locally<br />
by Movierama International, an independent<br />
distributor.<br />
SAN FRANCISCO<br />
JJerb Caen's San Francisco Chronicle column<br />
for Monday (1) related that Stan<br />
Draper, Theatrical Transit, received an advance<br />
of $100 for delivering prints to the<br />
Hookers' Film Festival, which was held at<br />
El Rey Theatre. "Aren't too many guys<br />
around who can brag they took $100 from<br />
a hooker," Stan boasted to Caen.<br />
Joe Peixoto, who was transferred here<br />
from the Los Angeles branch office, is the<br />
new head booker for United Artists . . .<br />
Vivian Tomargo has left Mann Theatres to<br />
work for Paramount Pictures as contract<br />
clerk . . . Ken Newbert, who had been a<br />
salesman here for Columbia Pictures, has<br />
been promoted to manager of Columbia's<br />
Minneapolis branch. Coming to San Francisco<br />
from the company's Philadelphia exchange<br />
to replace Ken is Jerry Tevrow.<br />
David Van ran his annual Oscar contest<br />
out of his UATC cubbyhole; by early Tuesday<br />
morning, March 29, he had checked all<br />
356 entries and announced that he had 1<br />
winners to split the $356 prize money.<br />
Getting seven out of nine categories correct<br />
were Ray Lockerman, UATC (two entries);<br />
David Baughn. Scope III, Los Angeles;<br />
Mark Borde, Seymour Borde & Associates,<br />
Los Angeles; Larry Gleason, Mann Theatres,<br />
Los Angeles; Martin Swearingen,<br />
UATC operations; Gene Walkingshaw, UA<br />
Corp., Seattle; Tom Muller, Universal Pictures,<br />
San Francisco, and, of course, Wayne<br />
Case of Columbia, who won with three out<br />
of his eight ballots. Wayne, the fan's fan,<br />
is a perennial winner.<br />
InterGalactic Audio-Visual Systems, Inc.,<br />
has announced plans to produce "The Fabulous<br />
Furry Freak Brothers in Gone With<br />
the Weed—An American Classic." The<br />
film, to be based on the creations of local,<br />
internationally famed comic artist Gilbert<br />
Shelton. will be a live action feature to be<br />
shot in the Bay Area this summer. Casting<br />
will include a national Freak Brother lookalike<br />
search. Interested parties may contact<br />
Richard Dupell, InterGalactic Productions.<br />
Box<br />
94101.<br />
1012, San Francisco, Calif.<br />
Jack Scanlan, local Columbia publicist,<br />
held an unusual press conference for Geri<br />
Murphy, Underwater Continuity Supervisor<br />
on "The Deep." Murphy was interviewed<br />
while submerged in 25 feet of water in the<br />
Reef Tank at Marine World! Of course,<br />
submarine sandwiches were served . . .<br />
Frank DcFelitta, author of Audrey Rose,<br />
and Susan Swift, who plays the title character<br />
in UA's film, were here for press<br />
interviews in advance of the film's opening.<br />
French director Rene Allio was feted at a<br />
reception given by the Pacific Film Archive<br />
and University Art Museum, in conjunction<br />
with the French Cultural Service, University<br />
of California's Department of French and<br />
the Society of French Historical Studies.<br />
The party was given Friday (1), preceding<br />
the West Coast premiere of Allio's new<br />
film, "I, Pierre Riviere, Having Cut the<br />
Throats of My Mother, Sister and Brother<br />
. .<br />
." Actress Delphine Seyrig was also in<br />
town for the festivities.<br />
The UC Theatre in Berkeley has just<br />
completed a successful Buster Keaton Festival,<br />
which ran during March. The theatre<br />
is running an extensive Science Fiction Festival<br />
this month and next.<br />
An item that recently appeared in this<br />
column was apparently attacked by gremlins<br />
on the way to the printer, so we will<br />
try again: John Tarantino, formerly a manager<br />
trainee at UATC's Coronet Theatre,<br />
has become the new manager at Plitt's St.<br />
Francis Theatre. The new manager at<br />
Plitt's Northpoint Theatre is Keith Hansen,<br />
who was the Cannery Cinema's manager<br />
for many years.<br />
Matt Collins Gets Role<br />
Of Valentino in 'Lover'<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Matt Collins has been<br />
signed for a role in Gene Wilder's "The<br />
World's Greatest Lover," currently filming<br />
for 20th Century-Fox release on the studio's<br />
Century City lot. Collins, a top male mode<br />
for Wilhelmina in New York, is making hi:<br />
motion picture debut in the featured part o<br />
Valentino.<br />
"The World's Greatest Lover," written<br />
directed by and starring Gene Wilder, alsif<br />
stars Carol Kane and Dom DeLuise. Col<br />
producers are Terence Marsh and Chri<br />
Greenbury.<br />
'Mean Dog Blues' Leading<br />
Role Goes to Gregg Henry<br />
LOS ANGELES—Gregg Henry, wh><br />
starred in "Rich Man, Poor Man, Book II<br />
for ABC-TV, has been pacted to play tr<br />
starring role in Bing Crosby Production<br />
"Mean Dog Blues," according to Charll<br />
A. Pratt, BCP president.<br />
This is BCP's second major feature f'<br />
1978 release, "The Great Santini" havii;<br />
been previously announced. The compai'<br />
recently completed "Final Chapter—Waling<br />
Tall" for June 15 release.<br />
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1. 1977<br />
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DENVER<br />
Jack Felix and Jack Michcletti of J & B<br />
Film Distributors traveled to Los<br />
Angeles to finalize arrangements for distribution<br />
of new releases . . . Richard<br />
Miller, branch manager for Warner Bros..<br />
together with Ted Shugrue, branch manager<br />
for Columbia, joined Clarence Batter<br />
of Batter Booking Service for a jaunt to<br />
Estes Park. The trio visited with Stan Pratt,<br />
who operates the Village Theatre.<br />
Buena Vista district manager Frank Carbone<br />
was in town calling on the accounts<br />
and checking with local branch personnel.<br />
Carbone at one time was branch manager<br />
for Paramount Pictures here.<br />
Visiting the distributors to set dates were<br />
Dick Klein, K Theatres, Longmont; Neal<br />
Lloyd, Westland Theatres, Colorado<br />
Springs, and Bob Heyl. Wyoming Theatre.<br />
SALT LAKE CITY<br />
Pdith Brimi was winner of the Academy<br />
Awards contest conducted as part of<br />
the annual Academy Awards Fun Night,<br />
hosted by Norman Chesler and attended<br />
by 25 Filmrowites. A highlight for the<br />
guests was watching Ed Doty of Mann<br />
Theatres trying to figure out how to get<br />
his hand into the hotdog machine; he tried<br />
every way possible except the right way.<br />
It's ironical that someone who started in<br />
this business in the concessions stand would<br />
have a problem removing a hotdog from<br />
the hotdog machine!<br />
The Ute Drive-in, 70th and State, was<br />
damaged by fire late Thursday night,<br />
March 31. Damages, which were considerable,<br />
still were being assessed at this writing.<br />
Sunn Classic Pictures has been recognized<br />
with an award by the Humane Society<br />
of Utah for exceptional contributions<br />
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Torrington, Wyo. Heyl reports that the new<br />
drive-in which he and Ed Thorne of the<br />
Cinema West Theatre in Wheatland, Wyo.<br />
are constructing in Wheatland is well under<br />
way and should be opened within a few<br />
months.<br />
Dave Hudgens, who represented Warner<br />
Bros, in this area for several years, was<br />
back in town renewing acquaintances.<br />
Hudgens left this city to go into the independent<br />
distribution end on the business in<br />
the Oklahoma City territory . . . Don<br />
Phillips,<br />
who operates theatres in Colby, Kas.,<br />
was in town for talks with Clarence Batter<br />
of Batter Booking Service. Phillips, in addition<br />
to his theatres in Colby, also operated<br />
the drive-in at McCook, Neb., at one time.<br />
He also visited with some of the local<br />
distribution people while he was here.<br />
to consideration shown toward all living<br />
creatures. This award has special significance<br />
because of the difficulties involved in<br />
producing films featuring so many different<br />
kinds of wild animals.<br />
Tom Christie, president of Christie Electric<br />
of Los Angeles, came here on a combination<br />
business and pleasure trip. On the<br />
pleasure side, Tom spent Friday night (1)<br />
skiing at Park City.<br />
At a local high school track, Augie Nardoni,<br />
division manager of Sero Amusement<br />
Co., recently ran 20 miles without<br />
stopping (in exactly three hours, five minutes).<br />
Augie, now 51, has run 1,910 miles<br />
this year and his excellent performance<br />
should be a challenge to some of you young<br />
theatre managers.<br />
Several <strong>TO</strong>I Managerial<br />
Assignments Announced<br />
BOZEMAN, MONT. — Theatre Operators,<br />
Inc., which has circuit headquarters<br />
here, has announced several managerial appointments<br />
and transfers among its Montana,<br />
Utah and Wyoming indoor and outdoor<br />
theatres:<br />
Darrell Gabel, a former <strong>TO</strong>I manager<br />
in Helena, Miles City and Billings, has rejoined<br />
the circuit as manager of the Redwood<br />
Theatre in Logan, Utah. Gabel left<br />
<strong>TO</strong>I in July 1976 to manage an auto accessory<br />
business.<br />
Mack Frost,<br />
formerly of Logan, has been<br />
transferred to Helena to manage the Sky-<br />
High Drive-In under the direction of Fred<br />
Nicholls, <strong>TO</strong>I city manager. Dirk Anderson.<br />
1976 manager of the Sunset Drive-In<br />
at Helena, has been renamed to that post<br />
for the new drive-in season by Nicholls.<br />
In Bozeman, <strong>TO</strong>I city manager Dan<br />
Kinsman announced that Rick Palmer, a<br />
Montana State student, will be house manager<br />
at the Starlight Drive-In for the coming<br />
season. Palmer will be under the direct<br />
supervision of Kelvin Plumb, manager of<br />
<strong>TO</strong>I's Bozeman Cinema Twins.<br />
Eric Westman is the new house manager<br />
of the Diane Drive-In at Lander, Wyo., under<br />
the supervision of <strong>TO</strong>I city manager<br />
Gordon Wilson. Westman, a projectionist,<br />
has been with <strong>TO</strong>I three years.<br />
City manager Bob Johnson at Miles City,<br />
Mont., has appointed Jack Hotaling, who<br />
has been managing the Miles City Park<br />
Theatre, as house manager of the Sunset<br />
Drive-In.<br />
'Rocky' Tops Again As<br />
Newcomers Hit Denver<br />
DENVER—After warmly greeting<br />
seven<br />
new entries last week, moviegoers cooled<br />
only slightly to this week's six newcomers<br />
which were led by "Black Sunday" and<br />
"The Late Show" at 275 each. "Rocky" regained<br />
its champion form to earn a 375 in<br />
its 10th week. Last week's winner. "Slap<br />
Shot," did well at 350. Other premieres<br />
included "Demon Seed" at 200; "Edvard<br />
Munch," 100; "Raggedy Ann & Andy,"<br />
200, and "The Littlest Horse Thieves," 150.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Aladdin—Airport '77 (Univ), 2nd wk 250<br />
Buckingham—Wizards (20th-Fox), 6th wk 125<br />
Century 21—Black Sunday (Para) 275<br />
Cherry Creek—The Late Show (WB) 275<br />
Colorado Four Slap Shot (Univ), 2nd wk 350<br />
Continental The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
(UA), 15th wk 100<br />
Cooper—Demon Seed (UA) 200<br />
Cooper Cameo The Slipper and the Rose<br />
(Univ), 2nd wk 160<br />
11 theatres—Mr. Billion (20th-Fox), 2nd wk 175<br />
Esquire Cousin Cousine (SR), 11th wk 120<br />
Flick One—Edvard Munch (SR) 100<br />
Four theatres—Raggedy Ann & Andy (20th-Fox) 200<br />
Six theatres—The Littlest Horse Thieves (BV) 150<br />
Three theatres—Rocky (UA), 10th wk 375<br />
Two theatres Fun With Dick and Jane (Col),<br />
8th wk ISO<br />
University Hills Islands in the Stream (Pare),<br />
5th wk 120'<br />
Vogue—The Clockmaker (SR), 2nd wk 1C0<br />
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ATCHISON, KAS.—"Employees' Week"<br />
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Boy Scouts in uniform during the engagement<br />
of "Follow Me Boys." Refreshment<br />
center personnel placed 889 kernels ot<br />
popped corn in a glass container. The win-.'<br />
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passes.<br />
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in a new Supermarch, starting<br />
from the University of Arizona. This Supermarch<br />
was organized after the first one<br />
was rained out.<br />
Shorts from Old Tucson: Tucson warbler<br />
Linda Ronstadt is jousting with Susan<br />
Blakely and Siss\ Spacek for the part of<br />
Belle Starr in Cy Enfield's summer startscheduled<br />
"Shooting Starr" . . . Localite<br />
Lillian MacNeill completed a four-week job<br />
in Hollywood as script supervisor for the<br />
new NBC pilot "Michael Stoner. M.D.,"<br />
as it's tentatively titled. Dorian Harewood<br />
stars . . . Jeff Sneller, formerly assistant<br />
director of the Arizona State Motion Picture<br />
Office is now a producer teaming with<br />
Igo Kantor on "Kingdom of the Spiders."<br />
starring William Shatner, formerly with<br />
Star Trek. Cameras rolled in Sedona the<br />
last week in March . . . OT was the location<br />
for the principal photography on an<br />
upcoming commercial for El Paso Products.<br />
A team from Ansel Productions, NYC. did<br />
the reproduction work.<br />
Next PCF Release Booked<br />
For California Multiple<br />
HOLLYWOOD—"Confessions of Linda<br />
Lovelace," the next release of Pacific<br />
Coast Films, will break in a 20-theatre<br />
multiple booking the latter part of this<br />
month, according to Charles Balot, an executive<br />
of the recently organized production<br />
and distribution company.<br />
In January the company released "My<br />
Wife the Hooker"; its next release after<br />
the forthcoming "Confessions" will be "Do<br />
You Wanna Be Loved," starring Rene<br />
Bond, in June. The company also has three<br />
other feature length sex movies in the<br />
works, all three still untitled.<br />
Coordinating art work for the company<br />
are Cheryl Poindexter and Marilyn Frandsen,<br />
who are concentrating on publicity<br />
and art for "Do You Wanna Be Loved."<br />
Pacific Coast Films was formed in November<br />
by Arnold Himelstein, Steven Antoniou<br />
and Balot for the purpose of producing<br />
feature sex films and providing<br />
worldwide distribution for these productions.<br />
'Slap Shot' Scores High<br />
Gross in Canadian Bow<br />
UNIVERSAL CITY—The Paul Newman<br />
starrer, "Slap Shot." George Roy Hill film<br />
for Universal release, has premiered to outstanding<br />
business in six theatres in Canada,<br />
reporting a total six-day gross of $182,238.<br />
The picture has been playing in the Atwatcr<br />
1. Montreal: Hyland I. Toronto;<br />
Grand I. Calgary; Rialto II, Edmonton;<br />
Odeon, Vancouver, and Garrick I, Winni-<br />
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Neil Simon's "The Cheap Detective" is<br />
scheduled to begin production in mid-May<br />
on location in San Francisco.<br />
Tucson, Phoenix Students Are Heard<br />
And Heeded as Film Board Members<br />
TUCSON—Young people, today's major<br />
group of movie ticket buyers, are given an<br />
opportunity to speak out about current<br />
products through "College Boards" sponsored<br />
here and in Phoenix by Plilt Intermountain<br />
Theatres. The boards give the<br />
circuit executives a sounding device to<br />
measure reactions of their young patrons<br />
to new films, which college age students<br />
review after seeing them in Plitt theatres.<br />
Two years ago the first board was organized<br />
by Ernie Hoffman, at that time manager<br />
of Plitt's Cine El Dorado Theatre in<br />
Tucson. Members were recruited from the<br />
University of Arizona. When Hoffman was<br />
promoted to southern Arizona district manager<br />
for Plitt and moved to Phoenix, he<br />
organized a Phoenix College Board comprised<br />
of students from Arizona State University<br />
at nearby Tempe.<br />
J. L. Plitt in Charge<br />
In Tucson the Cine El Dorado is still<br />
involved, but the board there is now under<br />
the direction of J. L. Plitt, son of the circuit's<br />
owner, who succeeded Hoffman when<br />
the latter was transferred to Plitt's Utah<br />
division.<br />
Micheline Keating, Daily Citizen movie<br />
critic and entertainment writer, told about<br />
the board in "Focus" March 31, and in-<br />
comments on no-name<br />
cluded some caustic<br />
critics.<br />
As founded by Hoffman, the local College<br />
Board meets twice monthly on Saturday<br />
mornings at Cine El Dorado for screenings<br />
and critiques.<br />
"We feel it is a worthwhile project," Plitt<br />
told Mrs. Keating. "Sometimes the students<br />
come up with suggestions the studios can<br />
act on. One film editor, who had brought<br />
over an unfinished film, listened to the<br />
students' suggestions, went back to the studio<br />
and made the changes the students<br />
wanted."<br />
Free Coffee, Doughnuts<br />
Attendance on a Saturday morning varies<br />
from 30 to 80 students, with Plitt serving<br />
free coffee and doughnuts to all. A typical<br />
film recently reviewed was "Airport '77."<br />
Board members were asked to fill out questionnaires<br />
and rate the film as excellent,<br />
good, fair or poor. Would they tell others<br />
to see it? How did they like the acting,<br />
direction, story, etc.? Ample space was left<br />
at the bottom of the questionnaire for suggestions.<br />
Keating was intrigued more by the un-<br />
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favorable comments than by the large<br />
amount of "tolerably good" reactions. None<br />
was overly enthused.<br />
"People are tired of this kind of schlock."<br />
stated one student. Others wrote: "King<br />
Kong should have been a scuba driver"<br />
"It should be billed as a Shakespearean<br />
tragic comedy" "The phony effects<br />
were extremely good" . . . "It's really too<br />
ins like this make money because<br />
had 1 1 1<br />
they'll go on making them."<br />
Said Mrs. Keating: "There were also a<br />
fair share ol remarks unprintable in a family<br />
newspaper." She continued: "What interesied<br />
me was that every good report was<br />
signed by the College Board member, but<br />
not one of the smarty repliers had the guts<br />
to sign his comments.<br />
"It's easy to be an anonymous critic. It<br />
also is valueless. A professional critic—<br />
good, bad or indifferent—has to sign his<br />
copy and stand behind his opinions." She<br />
explained that no professional critic expects<br />
everyone to agree with him but he is honest<br />
and ready for any attacks.<br />
She continued: "It seems to me that if<br />
these College Board students wish to be<br />
constructive, as opposed to seeing a free<br />
movie and being treated to free doughnuts<br />
and coffee, they should be willing to sign<br />
their questionnaires, even when they are<br />
smart aleck."<br />
Mrs. Keating conceded that it is customary<br />
for professional firms surveying<br />
working conditions, to seek anonymous answers,<br />
thinking that such reflect more honest<br />
opinions, knowing jobs are not in jeopardy.<br />
"But there is no such jeopardy in students<br />
answering a few general questions<br />
about a movie." declared the critic, who<br />
concluded: "A lot of good can come out of<br />
honest criticism and that is what the movie<br />
studios are looking for."<br />
Problems of Exhibitors<br />
Outlined for Rotarians<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Sherrill C. Corwin.<br />
chairman of the board of Metropolitan Theatres,<br />
provided an overall view of motion<br />
picture theatre operations as a guest speaker<br />
at the Century City Rotary Club luncheon<br />
Wednesday (6) at the Century Plaza Hotel.<br />
Corwin explained the concern expressed<br />
by many exhibitors over the shortage ol<br />
product, especially the reduced flow of films<br />
from major studios, which, he pointed out.<br />
feel the effects of inflation when budgeting<br />
their new pictures.<br />
Corwin reviewed exhibitor contentions<br />
that there is a need for a more continuous<br />
flow of product to the theatres instead ol<br />
the "feast and famine," which now occurs<br />
during peak seasons. He also discussed the<br />
film buying problems faced by exhibitors<br />
and pointed out that man] theatre owners<br />
believe they could not slay in business without<br />
the profits from their snack bars.<br />
COLUMBUS—Several members of the<br />
Ohio House of Representatives have introduced<br />
amendments to Ohio's charity law so<br />
that groups such as art lovers, history buffs,<br />
private park operators, community welfare<br />
agencies and the handicapped would be able<br />
to operate bingo games for profit in Ohio.<br />
BOXOFFICE :: April 11. 1977 VV-7
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SEATTLE<br />
Ralph Osgood, manager of the<br />
Ronton Village<br />
Cinema Twin complex, his wife<br />
Fran and daughter Robin returned from a<br />
week's vacation in the San Diego area.<br />
There they were happy to see Robin's husband<br />
Tim Murray with two firsts at the<br />
Pacific Eight championships. Tim represented<br />
the University of Washington. Robin<br />
works at the Seattle Universal Pictures<br />
exchange.<br />
Sterling Recreation Organization's Puget<br />
Park Swap Mark began its fifth season<br />
March 26, offering people an opportunity<br />
to buy, sell or trade an amazing variety of<br />
items at a convenient location. Hours for<br />
the Swap Market at the drive-in theatre<br />
are from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each weekend<br />
through October, with manager Clark<br />
Thompson taking reservations nightly after<br />
7. Puget Park's seller's price is $3 per stall<br />
on Saturday, $4 per stall Sunday and $6<br />
per stall for an entire weekend. Buyers 12<br />
years of age and over may enjoy the fun<br />
for only 25 cents; children under 12 are<br />
free . . . Rob McQuiston, SRO advertising<br />
director, reported a fabulous gross for the<br />
first week of "Bound for Glory" at the<br />
Uptown Theatre, where the film opened<br />
March 23.<br />
Pete Tolins has opened Tolins Film Service,<br />
Inc.. to handle film distribution at<br />
3214 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, Ore.<br />
97214, where his telephone number is (503)<br />
238-0806. Pete, well-known and respected<br />
in the greater Seattle area, is servicing this<br />
metropolitan region as well as the remainder<br />
of Washington.<br />
Connie Carpou, Avco Embassy branch<br />
manager for this territory, was here March<br />
30, calling on industry clients . . . Also calling<br />
on accounts was Jeff Lee, Columbia<br />
branch manager for Seattle, who has headquarters<br />
in Beverly Hills, Calif. Jeff was<br />
here Friday (1) after attending the opening<br />
of the Columbia Cinema triplex in<br />
Wenatchee the preceding day.<br />
New on Seattle marquees: "Slap Shot,"<br />
Varsity, Kenmore and SeaTac Mall; "The<br />
Littlest Horse Thieves," Bay, Renton Roxy,<br />
FINER PROJECTION -SUPER ECONOMY<br />
Hurley<br />
Bellevue Overlake. Sno-king and Midway<br />
drive-ins; "The Domino Principle," Renton<br />
Village. Seattle Aurora cinemas; "Black<br />
Sunday." Coliseum, Everett Mall Cinema.<br />
Bellevue Crossroads Cinema and SeaTac<br />
Mall Cinema; "Raggedy Ann & Andy,"<br />
& Clark I, Lake City. John Danz,<br />
Lynn 1; "Airport '77" at the 5th Avenue,<br />
Bellevue Crossroads Twin Cinema, SeaTac<br />
Mall Cinema, Valley Drive-in; "The Late<br />
Show," Seven Gables; "It's Raining in Santiago."<br />
Guild 45th; "The Thief of Paris,"<br />
Harvard Exit.<br />
Filmrow screenings: at the Jewel Box<br />
"SuperVan," March 30: "Demon Seed,"<br />
March 31; "The Car," Tuesday (5).<br />
Fun, the area's entertainment weekly, attracted<br />
2,230 entries for its Academy<br />
Awards contest but the best any entrant<br />
could do was to list correctly five winners<br />
of the seven categories. Fun's latest edition<br />
has a "Decoding the Photos" contest in<br />
conjunction with the area showing of "The<br />
Eagle Has Landed," offering 25 pairs of<br />
passes as prizes. Fun's coloring contest for<br />
"The Many Adventures of Winnie the<br />
Pooh" lured entries with 30 pairs of passes<br />
as rewards.<br />
Lou Kahn, Warner Bros, exchange manager,<br />
was interviewed at Fun's tenth anniversary<br />
Academy Awards party by KOMO-<br />
TV, ABC's local affiliated station, Kahn<br />
discussing the importance of "All the President's<br />
Men" doing well in the awards. Many<br />
other Filmrow personalities at the party<br />
were seen on a segment of KOMO-TV's late<br />
news following the Academy Awards telecast<br />
and again on the next day's mid-morning<br />
news. Fun ran a photo of KOMO-TV's<br />
Milt Furness chatting with Kahn, as well as<br />
a photo showing some of the industry<br />
guests at the Fun party.<br />
Driver Crashes Windows<br />
At Seattle Sunn Office<br />
SEATTLE — Sunn Classic Pictures'<br />
branch office here was the scene of an<br />
unusual accident early Saturday morning,<br />
March 26, when a woman driving a Pacer<br />
stepped on the gas, rather than on the<br />
brake, in the exchange's parking lot and<br />
took out two windows, an outside wall and<br />
inside partition before stopping just in front<br />
of branch manager Rich Richardson's desk.<br />
Theresa Lanphere, secretary and first<br />
staffer to reach the scene, summoned Richardson.<br />
They, along with the building own-<br />
Wenatchee Trio Bows<br />
Under Mercy Banner<br />
WENATCHEE, WASH. — Mike and<br />
Kathy Mercy, Fred Mercy jr., and Earl<br />
Barden of Mercy Enterprises and Yakima<br />
Theatres hosted an invitational opening of<br />
their new Columbia Cinema complex here<br />
March 3 I<br />
Among the special guests were city officials<br />
and friends of the owners from the<br />
area film industry, who were treated to<br />
champagne and refreshments. Screenings<br />
were held in each of the three auditoriums.<br />
Cinema I seats 298 patrons and is<br />
equipped with stereo; Cinema II and Cinema<br />
III each seat 167. The booth features<br />
an interlock system.<br />
PORTLAND<br />
J^n invitational screening of "Black Sunday"<br />
was held March 30 at Mann Theatres'<br />
Music Box Theatres, with the wide<br />
range of prizes including a stay at a beach<br />
resort and rides in the Goodyear Blimp,<br />
according to Dewayne Belislye, Music Box<br />
manager. Free ice cream "black sundaes"<br />
were given to everyone attending the invitational<br />
showing: distributed in the drawings,<br />
in addition to a trip to the Inn at Spanish<br />
Head in Lincoln City and four rides on the<br />
Goodyear Blimp, were gift certificates from<br />
Clark Junior (women's clothing stores) and<br />
miniature balloons. Promotional work was<br />
supervised by Mike Neely's Thunder Media,<br />
the company which turned in such an out<br />
standing promotional job here in conjunc<br />
tion with KPAM Radio for "King Kong.'<br />
An advance showing of "Black Sunday'<br />
was held Thursday, March 31 at the Music<br />
Box, followed by the public opening Fridaw<br />
(1).<br />
at<br />
"Black Sunday" also opened Friday (lj<br />
the Bagdad Theatre, where Imogene Folj<br />
wick, manager, reported record grosses for<br />
two other films currently on the complex's)<br />
screens: "Rocky," in a tenth week, and<br />
Star Is Born," 15th week.<br />
Correction: Boxoffice apologies to Ton)<br />
Moyer, Luxury Theatres president, for refer<br />
ring to him in a news item in an earlie<br />
issue as being an assistant film buyer.<br />
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It was business as usual, however, Monday<br />
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Ted Key wrote the screenplay for "The<br />
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Women's Committee. Maureen's election<br />
marks the first time in 28 years that the<br />
region's president has not been a Chicago<br />
resident.<br />
Bev Miller, president of Mercury Film<br />
Co., and his wife Mary-Margaret depart<br />
Sunday (17) for Europe. They are flying<br />
Icelandic direct to Luxembourg, where they<br />
will meet with their friend Mrs. Rosemary<br />
Ginn (formerly of Columbia), this country's<br />
ambassador to the grand duchy. The Millers<br />
will drive south from Luxembourg through<br />
scenic Switzerland and the Brenner Pass<br />
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into Italy before heading for Monte Carlo,<br />
Monaco, to attend the Variety Clubs International<br />
convention. Following the powwow<br />
there. Bev and Mary-Margaret will<br />
head west across France to visit Andorra,<br />
a tiny country nestled high in the Pyrenees<br />
Mountains which separate Spain and France<br />
Anyone who intended to send Bev a<br />
birthday card will have to seek the belated<br />
variety. He celebrated Friday (8).<br />
Other inilnsin id's from Kansas City who<br />
plan to attend the VCI convention in Monte<br />
Carlo include Mr. and Mrs. Richard Orear,<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Doug J. Lightner and Mr. and<br />
Mrs. Glen Dickinson. The Dickinsons reportedly<br />
intend to make a swift trip via the<br />
supersonic Concorde, the bi-national, fastmoving<br />
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in Washington, D.C.<br />
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With 425 in Kaycee<br />
KANSAS CITY—"Airport '77" landed<br />
here with a 425 to lead 1 1 newcomers and<br />
the still-strong "Rocky" which grossed 410<br />
in its tenth round.<br />
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Blue Ridge, Ranchman—The Pink Panlher Strikes<br />
Again (UA), 15th wk 120<br />
Blue Ridge, Ranchman—Rocky (UA), lOlh wk 410<br />
Embassy—Silver Streak (20th-Fox), 14th wk 275<br />
Embassy, Watts Mill—Nasty Habits (SR) 295<br />
Fairyland—Resurrection of Eve (SR) 125<br />
Fine Arts—Cousin Cousine (SR), 10th wk 95<br />
Five theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb) 165<br />
Four theatres—The Cassandra Crossing (Emb),<br />
7th wk<br />
70<br />
Four theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col) 205<br />
Four theatres— Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster<br />
(SR), 2nd wk<br />
75<br />
Glenwood—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ) ...<br />
Highway 40, Trail Ridge—Death Collector (SR) 2S<br />
Metro Plaza, Midland—Emma Mae (SR), 3rd wk. 110<br />
Midland—Mohammad, Messenger of God<br />
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Oak Park, Seville—The Late Show (WB) 260<br />
Plaza—Airport '77 (Univ) 425<br />
Plaza— Islands in the Stream (Para), 4th wk 150<br />
Seven theatres—Mr. Billion (20th-Fox) 100<br />
Six theatres—Freaky Friday (BV), 7th wk 165<br />
Three theatres—Fun With Dick and Jane (Col),<br />
7th wk 245<br />
12 theatres—SuperVan (Empire) 140<br />
"Airport," 'Mohammad,' 'Domino'<br />
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CHICAGO—First-run grosses were bolstered<br />
by three strong openings and by the<br />
championship form of "Rocky" which still<br />
was able to earn a 350 in its 15th week at<br />
the Water Tower. "Airport "77" led the<br />
averages with a 360 as it opened in six<br />
theatres. "Mohammad, Messenger of God"<br />
grossed 300 in its opening week at the Oriental<br />
Theatre in the Loop and "The Domino<br />
Principle" bowed at 255 in five situations.<br />
Carnegie—Pumping Iron (SR), 2nd wk 300<br />
Chicago, Norndge—The Sentinel (Univ), 7th wk 150<br />
Cinema—Cousin Cousine (SR), 22nd wk 175<br />
Five theatres—Fun With Dick and Jane (Col),<br />
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Five theatres— The Domino Principle (Emb) 255<br />
Four theatres—The Town That Dreaded Sundown<br />
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The entire Aveo Embassy staff has been<br />
covering the Midwest in a conceited<br />
sales campaign. Milt Levins, Central division<br />
manager, has been contacting exhibitors<br />
in Cincinnati and surrounding territory:<br />
David Siekich has been traveling the Michigan<br />
territory, and Paul Sil. branch manager,<br />
has been making the rounds in Illinois. The<br />
two films highlighted were "The Domino<br />
Principle" and "Cross of Iron."<br />
Understandably, United Artists people<br />
here are involved in post-Academy Award<br />
activity in behalf of "Network" and<br />
"Rocky." Theatres which have been playing<br />
"Rocky" are noting increased business at<br />
the boxoffice .<br />
. . Peter Cravath. formerly<br />
of the Paramount Pictures staff, has joined<br />
United Artists as a booker.<br />
It was good news to learn that Olive<br />
Podorsky has made good progress following<br />
surgery and she will be back at her post at<br />
Kaplan-Continental Pictures in early April<br />
Kaplan has been readying "Kiss of<br />
the Tarantula" for a first opening in this<br />
area Friday (29).<br />
Bill Hutton has been appointed manager<br />
of the new Plitt<br />
Round Lake Commons theatres.<br />
The two Round Lake properties will be<br />
playing "Airport '77" and "Network" as<br />
starters.<br />
Jesse Chinnick, sales manager for Levitt-<br />
Pickman, advised Sid Kaplan of S-K Films<br />
that test engagements are being set up for<br />
"Sudden Death." Exhibitors who have had<br />
the first "in" on this thriller say it could be<br />
one of the great spring drive-in attractions.<br />
As soon as the full results of the special<br />
openings become available, marketing<br />
strategy for the Midwest will be announced.<br />
Chinnick also announced that the precise<br />
date for return engagements of "The Groove<br />
Tube" will be released shortly. Numerous<br />
exhibitors have indicated they want to rebook<br />
this always popular feature which has<br />
earned a cult status. Some exhibitors say<br />
they have probably rebooked "The Groove<br />
Tube" more often than any other independent<br />
picture released.<br />
Warner Bros.' "Brothers" is set for opening<br />
at the Chicago Theatre in the Loop Friday<br />
(22).<br />
Sixteen theatres and three drive-ins were<br />
first in presenting "All the President's Men"<br />
after the film won four Oscars.<br />
Bobbi (Roberta) Teitei's new book, "Fantasies<br />
Fulfilled," will be published soon.<br />
Her father Chuck Teitel hopes to snag the<br />
movie rights.<br />
In a review in the Daily News, Christine<br />
Nieland said "Mohammad, Messenger of<br />
God" appears to be "intentionally a commercial<br />
for Islam, a vehicle for publicizing<br />
its beliefs to Western audiences . . . This<br />
is<br />
the movie for which the Hanafi Muslims<br />
captured hostages in Washington, D.C., to<br />
demand its withdrawal from movie theatres.<br />
I'm not sure why they objected to it."<br />
Twentieth Century-Fox staffers have<br />
been doing double duty in finalizing plans<br />
for openings of "Mr. Billion," "Young<br />
Frankenstein," "Silver Streak" and "Raggedy<br />
Ann & Andy." "Mr. Billion," starring<br />
Jackie Gleason, Valerie Perrine, Terence<br />
Hill and Chill Wills, is set for a wide multiple<br />
beginning Friday (15). A total of 100<br />
prints of "Young Frankenstein" represent a<br />
saturation return of this film Friday (29).<br />
This repeat engagement will be backed by a<br />
big TV campaign. "Silver Streak," which<br />
has been one of the big moneymakers during<br />
the past weeks, is set for a saturation<br />
sub-break starting in late April.<br />
Exploitation of "Raggedy Ann & Andy"<br />
has been moving along in high gear starting<br />
with contests offering admission tickets as<br />
prizes. An especially effective job of publicity<br />
was instigated by 20th-Fox Midwest<br />
publicist Larry Dieckhaus. A story relating<br />
the history of Raggedy Ann appeared in the<br />
"Tempo" section of the Tribune March 31,<br />
just ahead of the film's opening. The Tribune<br />
item noted that there has been a Raggedy<br />
Ann revival and it is expected the<br />
movie will stimulate further interest. "Wiz-<br />
beliefs. It is rated PG and not recommended<br />
for small children.<br />
According to reports, a fourth unit will<br />
be added to the M&R Norridge 1-2-3.<br />
Buena Vista district manager Virgil Jones<br />
and salesman Keith Vezensky were in Indianapolis<br />
to talk with exhibitors about "The<br />
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," as<br />
well as upcoming BV product. Included are<br />
"The Boatniks," "The Rescuers," a new animated<br />
feature, and "Herbie Goes to Monte<br />
Carlo."<br />
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n most interesting book has just been released.<br />
Entitled "Indianapolis Theatres<br />
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Publications of this city. There were three<br />
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city before actual publication. The book<br />
traces the very beginning of the first theatre<br />
up to the present-day stage and motion pictheatres.<br />
The 170 pages in the book are<br />
filled with little-known facts, along with pictures<br />
and drawings of theatres.<br />
Between the covers of this attractive book<br />
are such subjects as "First Nude Film,"<br />
"First Obscene Film Court Case." "First<br />
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"Sunday Openings" and many more interesting<br />
and almost forgotten subjects. In<br />
reading this book, one point seems to surface.<br />
That is that the problems that beset<br />
the industry in the early days of the motion<br />
picture exhibitors and distributors haven't<br />
changed very much. It seems we are confronted<br />
with basically the same difficulties,<br />
except that today's are perhaps more complex.<br />
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udent independent film competition and<br />
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Mary Jane Coleman of Greenville is<br />
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MILAN, ILL. — Northeast Theatre<br />
Corp.'s Carole Aaron and district manager<br />
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effective promotion for the motion picture<br />
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DENVER—After more than 20 years as<br />
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Brought here from Cincinnati where<br />
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Herman Hallberg, formerly in charge ol<br />
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from the benefit went to the "Save the<br />
Fox" campaign which is spearheaded by<br />
Atlanta Landmarks Inc.<br />
The "Back by Popular Demand" sign was<br />
dusted off by six theatres showing "All the<br />
President's Men" . . . Dizzic Gillespie will<br />
headline an all jazz program June 16 at the<br />
Fox Theatre with all proceeds going to the<br />
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Two employees of the Show Case Cinema,<br />
arrested in mid-March in connection<br />
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Punkin' " will be arraigned May 2. They<br />
were charged with distributing obscene material.<br />
The Advertising Club's 1976 Phoenix<br />
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gold award to Gerald Rafshoon Advertising<br />
for the campaign it prepared in connection<br />
with Jimmy Carter's presidential race. Rafshoon,<br />
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Puppeteers of America will have their<br />
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through May 1 at three downtown locations.<br />
The festival is open to the public . . .<br />
A slide-film presentation of expeditions to<br />
Noah's Ark was presented free at the Sandy<br />
Springs Branch of the Atlanta Public Library<br />
recently.<br />
Merle Oberon and her husband Robert<br />
Wolders participated in a production titled<br />
"A Pet-a-Greed Affair," sponsored by members<br />
of the Women's Auxiliary of the Humane<br />
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and fashion columnist Eugenia Shepard, for<br />
the $80-per-couple black-tie dinner.<br />
Trade/press screenings at Century Cinema<br />
Corp.'s screening room included "Young<br />
Lady Chatterley," distributed by New World<br />
Pictures; "Raggedy Ann & Andy," 20th-<br />
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County officials screened "Sweet Punkin' "<br />
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United Artists' "Audrey Rose." starring<br />
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Mark Biles Reopens<br />
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ATLANTA—Mark Biles, formerly with<br />
Chappell Film Releasing Co., has purchased<br />
the Toco Hill Theatre from the Charlottebased<br />
Eastern Federal Corp.<br />
The shuttered theatre was given a thorough<br />
cleaning and sprucing up before reopening<br />
Friday (1) with "The Sailor Who<br />
Fell From Grace With the Sea." Gary<br />
McKee, WQXI deejay who has become<br />
known as "the Mouth of the South," was<br />
master of ceremonies at the opening.<br />
The Toco Hill was the third EFC theatre<br />
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Ban on X-Rated Films<br />
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BORDEN<strong>TO</strong>WN, N.J.—Despite a recent<br />
sit-in by the young inmates at the<br />
Bordentown Reformatory here, the superintendent<br />
says he will continue his ban on<br />
the showing of X-rated movies at the institution.<br />
Sidney Hicks, who initiated the policy<br />
when he became superintendent severa<br />
months ago, said he was not swayed by i<br />
recent five-hour sit-in involving 200 of th<<br />
institution's 750 inmates.<br />
"I told them it was unfair for them to se.<br />
the movies and then smooch all over thei<br />
women during contact visits and not be abl<br />
to do anything about it," said Hicks.<br />
A former assistant superintendent at th<br />
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said the movies are purchased through th<br />
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profits from the reformatory canteen. H<br />
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Hicks described the sit-in as peacefu<br />
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Indy Exhibitors Book Few<br />
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some 255 persons attended two screenin;<br />
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When the five finalists in the best foreii<br />
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However, "Cousin Cousine" (another of te<br />
finalists) is not entirely unknown in Indiai,<br />
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WOMPI Notes: The annual "Salute to<br />
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held March 16 with about 125 people attending<br />
. . . WOMPI recently came to the<br />
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and instruction sessions have been<br />
held at the homes of Sylvia Todd, service<br />
chairman, and Viola Wister and Virginia<br />
Porter. The club and individual members<br />
have donated the yarn and so far 75 caps<br />
have been completed. The project has beer<br />
so successful that the Social Services Department<br />
has suggested WOMPIs makt<br />
warm footlets for the bedridden patients<br />
Instructors are Lois Huggins, Hazel Millc<br />
and Mildred Warren.<br />
Frank Jones and Allen Locke of Southen<br />
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Shay Allen of Charlotte Booking w;<br />
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and Sara Mclntyre. A light luncheon w.,<br />
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John R. McClure, Charlotte Booking.<br />
and wife Beck) entertained their three<br />
daughters al the Sheraton Hotel in Myrtle<br />
Beach, S. C. over the Easter holidays . . .<br />
Jimmy Murphy, Variety Films, has returned<br />
to his desk after a short siege with<br />
the tin ... Ed McLaughlin, Columbia<br />
branch manager, spent the Easter Holidays<br />
in Jacksonville. Fla., and Palm Beach.<br />
Top grosses of the week were "Airport<br />
77" at the Capri; "Rocky," Eastland Mall;<br />
" The Domino Principle." Eastland and<br />
Charlottetown malls, and "The Late Show,"<br />
Regency.<br />
Beth Caldwell is a newcomer to the business<br />
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j£:52 Miss<br />
[exas pageant. She was signed by Paramount<br />
and while in Hollywood worked as<br />
a correspondent tor some 20 Texas newspapers.<br />
One of the stars she interviewed<br />
was Bing Crosby whom she married Oct.<br />
24. 1957. Her film credits include "The<br />
Guns of Fort Petticoat." "Operation Mad<br />
Ball," "Reprisal." "Anatomy of a Murder,"<br />
"The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad." "Mister<br />
Cory," "Arrowhead." "Unchained" and<br />
"Rear Window."<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Slaughter attended the<br />
Columbus. Ga.. wedding of Martha Jayne<br />
Johnston and Michael Patrick March 26.<br />
Patrick is district manager of Martin Theatres<br />
of Georgia and the son of Mr. and<br />
Mrs. Carl Patrick. Carl Patrick is president<br />
of Fuqua Industries of Atlanta which includes<br />
Martin Theatres of Georgia and<br />
Texas. Slaughter is president of Martin<br />
Theatres of Texas.<br />
WOMPI members who assisted with the<br />
Variety Club Telethon included Lee Tuley,<br />
Tonsi Petton, Carol Wier, Jo Ellen Greenlee,<br />
Doris Lewis, Claudia Patterson, Diane<br />
Borison, Dana Dodson, Cindy Noret, Mary<br />
Crump. Elsie Parrish. Shirley Abramson.<br />
Rosa Browning. Verlin Osborne, Carolyn<br />
Shultz and Mable Guinan.<br />
Jim Crump of Crump Distributors is<br />
handling the Silverstein Films production<br />
. . .<br />
"Valentina" which stars Carrol Baker<br />
Bennie Lynch at Grimes Film Booking has<br />
— two new releases "Blow Dry" starring<br />
Helen Madigan and "College Affair" with<br />
Arthur Franz, Neile Adams and Ann Seymour.<br />
himself. The old theatre will be converted<br />
to three stories with a carpentry shop in the<br />
basement, a control room on the ground<br />
lloor (equipped for film only at first but<br />
later videotape equipment will be installed).<br />
Upstairs the Coliseum's screen will be used<br />
with the middle of the balcony becoming a<br />
screening room flanked by editing rooms.<br />
All the seats have been ripped out of the<br />
ground floor which will be the studio. New<br />
walls will be installed over the Art Decopatterned<br />
wallboard with different colored<br />
sections for different shooting requirements.<br />
Replacing the theatre's sloped floor<br />
took six months.<br />
In spite of the extensive remodeling,<br />
much of the original theatre is being retained<br />
including the glass-front steel cases<br />
that used to hold movie posters and the<br />
blue-green Art Deco ceiling lights. The<br />
outdoor marquee will be kept although it<br />
will be repainted to look like a strip of<br />
35mm film with each square touting a different<br />
activity in the building. The facade<br />
will remain the same including the neon<br />
tower atop the building and the building's<br />
name which is spelled out in neon atop the<br />
marquee. When it is finished the structure<br />
will be called Coliseum Studios.<br />
Youngsters Admitted<br />
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RALEIGH, N.C.—An experiment conducted<br />
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proved that beating the movie ratings is one<br />
game local youngsters have a good chance<br />
Fifteen-year-olds walked into theatres<br />
showing R-rated and even some X-rated<br />
films without questions. And kids as young<br />
12 lied about their age and were admitted<br />
Two 15-year-olds were admitted to<br />
ever)<br />
R-rated and one of two X-rated movies fo<br />
which they requested tickets. Two 12-year<br />
olds were denied admittance at the two X<br />
rated films, but were turned away at onl;<br />
one of the five R-classified movies.<br />
Seven theatres were visited. At least on<br />
of the youngsters was permitted to buy<br />
ticket at all but one—Studio One on Hill;<br />
borough Street.<br />
The youngsters had their parents' permi:<br />
They di<br />
sion to attempt to buy the tickets.<br />
not actually watch any of the films.<br />
The experiment was sparked by a "Ho<br />
line" column item in which a mother con<br />
her 13-year-old son became u<br />
set after he had gone without permissic<br />
to see "The Town That Dreaded Sundown<br />
an R-rated film at the Terrace Theatre.<br />
FREEPORT. TEX.—The Gulf Drive-i<br />
Theatre, formerly known as the Surf Driv<br />
In, has been leased from the J. G. Lo?<br />
Theatres by Gulf Drive-In Theatres. Inc.<br />
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OKLAHOMA CITY<br />
Tames Harnett has sold his Hollis Drive-In<br />
Theatre in Hollis to V'crlin Bell. Raymond<br />
Patton, former long-time owner of<br />
the theatre, will assist Bell in the booking<br />
and busing.<br />
John Wayne is expected to make a court<br />
appearance here Tuesday (12) in a dispute<br />
over the city's plans to put a sewage lagoon<br />
on part of a 46-acre tract the Duke owns<br />
just east of the Cowboy Hall of Fame. The<br />
cits condemned almost six acres of the<br />
property more than a year ago. Wayne's<br />
plans lor the property are said to include<br />
a<br />
hotel.<br />
In town to take care of film chores were<br />
Mike Brewer. Royal Theatre and Brewer's<br />
Drive-In, Pauls Valley; Charles Townsend,<br />
Allred Theatre and Pryor Drive-in. Pryor.<br />
and Charles Smith, buyer for the Grand<br />
Theatre in Canton and the Corral Drivein.<br />
Wvnnewood.<br />
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MILWAUKEE<br />
Barbara Rush, who has been in dozens of<br />
motion pictures and video shows, was<br />
in town at the Pabst Theatre in "Same<br />
Time, Next Year," which played a week in<br />
mid-March. Once married to the late leff<br />
Hunter, film star who was from suburban<br />
Whitelish Bay, Ms. Rush while here visited<br />
with left's mother Mrs. Henry McKinnies.<br />
The only other person in the play's cast<br />
was Tom Troupe, actor who currently is<br />
seen in TV's "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."<br />
Mickey Rooney is coming to this city to<br />
star in "Alimony" (Three Goats and a<br />
Blanket) at the Theatre East. The play is set<br />
for a three-week engagement beginning<br />
Wednesday (13). Ticket prices for the comedy,<br />
which has done very well in Chicago<br />
and Las Vegas, range from $8.95 to $7.95<br />
for evening performances and $6.95 for<br />
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At the invitational preview of Dubinsky's Midlands 4 theatres, Council Bluffs,<br />
Dick Rohm, upper left, manager of the quad, instructs concession workers in the<br />
art of popping com. Upper right, the Midlands 4 boothman points out the doublemirror<br />
system of projection to various premiere guests. Lower left, the VIP audience<br />
gathers around the concession stand. At lower right, Irwin Dubinsky, president<br />
of Dubinsky Bros. Theatres, left, chats with Council Bluffs Mayor Stan Louis.<br />
COUNCIL BLUFFS. IOWA—The Midlands<br />
4 theatres, located in the Midlands<br />
Mall, bowed March 23 as Irwin Dubinsky,<br />
president of Dubinsky Bros. Theatres, and<br />
his family greeted VIPs attending the invitational<br />
grand opening of the quadplex.<br />
Guests celebrated at Club 64 with cocktails<br />
and dinner before a brisk, pleasant drive to<br />
the shopping center, which is situated in<br />
downtown Council Bluffs. The motion picture<br />
offering of the evening was the Oscarwinning<br />
(Best Picture) United Artists release<br />
"Rocky," starring Sylvester Stallone.<br />
Employees of the mall were special guests<br />
at the Midlands 4 Thursday, March 24,<br />
with the official public grand opening celebrated<br />
the following day.<br />
Dick Rohm, manager of the new theatres,<br />
directed his staff's execution of duties in<br />
fine fashion. Guests wandered through the<br />
various auditoriums before the "Rocky"<br />
showing, with the projection booth a favorite<br />
spot for inspection. Boothman Don Kerlin<br />
explained the use of the double mirror<br />
projection system, elaborating at length on<br />
how it could provide a clear, concise picture.<br />
The Midlands 4 theatres are,<br />
for Council<br />
Bluffs, a return to first-run cinematic entertainment.<br />
Sarge Dubinsky, vice-president<br />
of the circuit, explained: "Downtown Omaha<br />
no longer is the main draw it once was<br />
for moviegoers. Now many of the theatres<br />
have gone west—to west Omaha. For Council<br />
Bluffs citizens, that's quite a drive. Now<br />
they have their own alternative."<br />
Premier film attractions for the public<br />
unveiling of the quad were "Rocky," "A<br />
Star Is Born." "The Shaggy D.A." and<br />
"SuperVan." Booked to open on its national<br />
release day was "Black Sunday." And it has<br />
been satisfying to note that, since the debut<br />
of the four-screen situation, patrons have<br />
supplied a vote of confidence and a hearty<br />
welcome to the Midlands 4.<br />
'Edge' Benefit Showing<br />
OMAHA—A screening of "The Edge,"<br />
a film about dangerous and spectacular<br />
sports, was held as a benefit recently at the<br />
Q Cinema 4 Theatre. Sponsored by the<br />
Millard Mrs. Jaycees, the proceeds of the<br />
showing were contributed to the Nebraska<br />
chapter of the National Foundation for<br />
Sudden Infant Death.<br />
Douglas Potash, branch manager here for<br />
United Artists, hosted a special tradeshowing<br />
of "Audrey Rose" at<br />
the Centre screening<br />
room March 23. The preview audience<br />
clearly was favorably impressed. Novelist<br />
Mary Leader of Mequon, whose tale of the<br />
supernatural, "Triad," has been a best seller<br />
(and is still waiting to be screened), declared<br />
"Audrey Rose" to be one of the best<br />
films in years. "It's a loving story with<br />
loving people," another viewer said. The<br />
PG-rated motion picture was slated to open<br />
Friday (8) at the Southtown, Esquire<br />
Northridge, Southridge, 41 Drive-In anc<br />
Starlite<br />
Drive-In.<br />
Paula Jamrock, with Jack Wodell Associ<br />
ates in Chicago, mailed invitations to filn<br />
industryites and the media to see a specia<br />
sneak preview of "The Slipper and th<br />
Rose" at the Capitol Court Theatre Thurs<br />
day, March 24 . . . Gloria Grahame, wh'<br />
starred in such motion pictures as "Th<br />
Greatest Show on Earth" and "Oklahoma!'<br />
is appearing on the stage of Theatre Ea:<br />
in "The Price." She previously had ar<br />
peared in another stage show at the sam<br />
theatre 15 years ago when it was know<br />
as the Fred Miller Playhouse. Howard Du<br />
and Don Porter, two familiar actors froi<br />
films and TV series, are cast in roles th<<br />
have never played before. Harold Gary, wl<br />
a "K><br />
guest-starred with Miss Grahame in<br />
jak" episode during March, directs as w^<br />
as acts in this production, a three-we<<br />
presentation at<br />
the Theatre East.<br />
Christopher Feighan is<br />
the new manag'<br />
of the Lake Geneva Theatre in Lake G-<br />
neva. He succeeds Marvin Otto, who i-<br />
tired this year. A photo of Chris appearl<br />
in the March 10 edition of Regional Ne\,<br />
local weekly newspaper. Born in Clevelai.<br />
Ohio, Chris prepped at school there ai<br />
then came to this city to major in commucations<br />
at Marquette University. Afr<br />
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IN WAIKIKI: REEF • <strong>TO</strong>WERS EDGEWATER • Aitkin has its first underskyer, the newly<br />
Corp.'s accounting department is back o\ an Iowa Youth Art Exhibit. It won a<br />
on the job alter a recent nip to Hawaii. Gold Key from Scholastic Magazine . . .<br />
At Charles City there were sweepstakes for<br />
Dubuque area residents ate all agog with the engagement of "Car Wash" with tie-ins<br />
a major motion picture under way in that with local music stores and a car wash<br />
community. Job Service of Iowa in Dubuque<br />
helping to provide prizes.<br />
advertised for experienced actors and<br />
A surprise award was received by Jim<br />
actresses, stating that it would be accepting<br />
Maus at Show-A-Rama 20 in Kansas City<br />
applications for speaking roles only in the<br />
last month when Sunn Classic Pictures presented<br />
him its 1977 Golden Award for<br />
Huron Productions movie "F.I.S.T.." to be<br />
produced in Dubuque this summer. Only<br />
Showmanship. The honor really caught Jim<br />
those between the ages of 25 to 65 were<br />
by surprise . . . There were "school's out"<br />
solicited for approximately 75 speaking<br />
shows March 24-25 at the Cinema, Iowa<br />
roles, three of which were for women. Job<br />
City.<br />
Service of Iowa started accepting applications<br />
March 17, noting that applications for<br />
extras would be sought at a later date.<br />
Cindy Viers, Boxoffice news representative<br />
MINNEAPOLIS<br />
in this city, although hospitalized for a<br />
week, did not undergo surgery as planned<br />
The Salvation Army will present its prized<br />
because of a viral infection. The "coming Booth Award to Variety of the Northwest<br />
Tent 12 for "50<br />
out" party was rescheduled for Tuesday (5)<br />
years of humanitarian<br />
—and friends extend best wishes to Cindy service," according to Dick Hurley, Salvation<br />
Army public relations director in St.<br />
for a comfortable and speedy recuperation.<br />
Paul. According to Hurley (who also is the<br />
Central States news: Kris Earll of the general manager of Ken Murray Productions),<br />
hardtop booking department entered the<br />
the presentation will take place at a<br />
hospital for examination and treatment, dinner August 25, with other details still<br />
which resulted in his missing a trip to Las in the works. In the 90-year history of the<br />
Vegas . on the job is Cleora Coates Salvation Army, the Booth Award has been<br />
of accounting after some foot surgery . . . given only 23 times. The last time it was<br />
"Once Upon a Time" proved to be a winner awarded in this area was in 1973 when it<br />
at Saturday-Sunday matinees was bestowed upon veteran actor-comic<br />
was quite a bit of weekend excitement at Murray at a starry banquet. Hurley is a<br />
Norfolk when a telephone call was received barker in the local Variety tent.<br />
at the Granada—and later at the Cinema<br />
saying that a bomb had been planted in the Marvin Mann and Jim Payne—owners of<br />
movie houses. Appropriately the Cinema Midwest Entertainment—took over the<br />
film attraction was titled "Never a Dull Yorktown Theatre in suburban Edina Friday<br />
Moment." Apparently the telephone warnings<br />
(1), a house previously operated by<br />
were a prank (of the criminal variety, Jerry Oberuc. Midwest's steadily growing<br />
incidentally).<br />
circuit includes situations in Minnesota and<br />
Scott Thiel, Ames doorman, had one of Wisconsin.<br />
his scratching art prints, more often called<br />
Northwest Cinema Corp. has moved into<br />
the Valley South Building, located on Wayzata<br />
Boulevard (and which is, despite its<br />
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name, west of this city). Already situated<br />
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Mr. and Mrs. Lee Campbell (he's a booker<br />
at the Paramount branch) returned from<br />
Hawaii]<br />
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hotels<br />
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opened Rainbow Drive-ln, owned and operated<br />
by Mark Bellcfeuille.<br />
Forrie Myers, Paramount branch manager,<br />
sneaked "Black Sunday" March 25<br />
at the Cooper Theatre, where it won an<br />
enthusiastic response from the preview aud<br />
ience. The picture opened Friday (1) in<br />
this city and St. Paul and ten outstate situ<br />
ations.<br />
'Slap Shot/ 'Airport'<br />
Hits in Minneapolis<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—"Slap Shot" and "Air<br />
port '77" headed up a list of six newcomers;<br />
with "Slap Shot" grabbing a jolting 330 iij<br />
its bow at the Skyway II Theatre despit<br />
downbeat reviews deploring the picture';<br />
totally gritty dialog. At the same tin*<br />
"Airport '77" took off handsomely with<br />
320 in a dual debut at the Gopher a:<br />
Hopkins I. "The Slipper and the Rose" dil<br />
a fine 170 in its bow at the Cooper Came<br />
but "The Domino Principle," in a fiv<br />
screen spread, could do no better than 10<br />
"Harlan County, U.S.A." at the Edina<br />
was clocking an 80, and "Squirm," in<br />
nine-house saturation, found few takers a<br />
ended up with a feeble 50.<br />
"Rocky" still was swinging haymaki<br />
and came in with 390 at the Brookdale a;<br />
Southtown, topping the overall list.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Brookdale, Southtown—Rocky (UA), 6th wk<br />
Cooper—Network (UA), 15th wk<br />
Cooper Cameo—The Slipper and the Rose<br />
(Univ)<br />
Edina—Cousin Cousine (SR), 9th wk<br />
Edina—Harlan County. U.S.A. (SR)<br />
Five theatres—Cry ior Me, Billy (SR),<br />
2nd wk<br />
Five theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb)<br />
Four theatres—The Town That Dreaded Sundown<br />
(AIP), 3rd wk<br />
Gopher, Hopkins—Airport '77 (Univ)<br />
Nine theatres—Squirm (AIP)<br />
Northtown, Southdale—Fun With Dick and Jane<br />
(Col), 7th wk _ - —.<br />
Park—Voyage ol the Damned (Emb), 6th wk<br />
Skyway—Bound for Glory (UA), 2nd wk -<br />
Skyway—Slap Shot (Univ)<br />
Skyway—Madam Kitty (AIP), 3rd wk _ -<br />
Varsity—Wizards (20th-Fox), 7th wk<br />
World—Silver Streak (20lh-Fox), 14th wk<br />
MILWAUKEE<br />
(Continued from page NC-2)<br />
graduation, he moved to Lake Gen'a<br />
where he and his wife Kathleen now rese.<br />
The Highway 57 Outdoor Theatre in<br />
Grafton, closed for the winter, reopeji<br />
March 25 with a trio of pictures certarl<br />
appeal to teenage moviegoers— "Mass|ie<br />
at Central High," "Trip With the Teaclr"<br />
and "Slumber Party '57."<br />
La Belle Theatre in Oconomowoc hi<br />
tie-in with local merchants from w<br />
coupons were available<br />
mi<br />
permitting the hirer<br />
admittance to the showhouse for $l.f (<br />
film attraction, starting March 16,<br />
"Jaws." The screen fare changed a<br />
Saturday and Sunday matinees, ho<br />
with all seats going at $1.25 for<br />
Bunny Superstar."<br />
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Paramount'* "Black Sundaj" has received<br />
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of the Nelson Stern Agency. John Frankenheimer<br />
stopped in this city on a personal<br />
appearance tour; Loews had two screenings<br />
(one was strictly invitational and the second<br />
u.is a promotional one); Record Theatre<br />
Stores aired spots tied in with the film and<br />
anyone interested could stop in to register at<br />
one of the outlets. A total of 300 pairs of<br />
tickets were sent to winners, giving them<br />
free admission to the screening. The tickets,<br />
incidentally, were in the shape of a miniature<br />
blimp.<br />
Bill Chergi, sales representative for Universal's<br />
Buffalo territory, left to visit accounts<br />
in that area and in Syracuse . . .<br />
WMMS-FM is presenting a show at Cleveland<br />
Public Hall featuring the recording<br />
artists Angel at a special $1.01 price. The<br />
new twist is that the performances will be<br />
filmed and. for this purpose, the audience<br />
is requested to wear all white.<br />
Leonard Mishkind, General Theatres, is<br />
beaming with great pride over the letter<br />
his son Howard received from the University<br />
of Cincinnati's College of Business Administration.<br />
Beta Gamma Sigma. Beta<br />
Gamma Sigma is to colleges of business<br />
what Phi Beta Kappa is to other colleges.<br />
The letter said: "It is indeed a pleasure for<br />
me to inform you of your selection to membership<br />
in Beta Gamma Sigma, the highest<br />
scholastic honorary fraternity for "students<br />
and faculty in the College of Business Administration."<br />
You can be sure that what<br />
happened at the boxoffices took second<br />
place to that news!<br />
Winston Willis,<br />
owner of Scrumpy Dump<br />
. . . Herb<br />
Theatre, just opened a new seafood eatery.<br />
Located next to the theatre, hours of operation<br />
are from 1 1 a.m. to 2 a.m.<br />
Brown, Loews district supervisor in this<br />
territory, trekked to Rochester, N.Y., on<br />
business.<br />
Frank Carroll, Warner Bros, branch manager<br />
here, just transferred to Philadelphia to<br />
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(3) at Randall Park Cinema and Brookgate<br />
Movies.<br />
kathv Pultorak, head cashier at Warner<br />
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in San Diego. She said it was "fantastic"<br />
and added that the vacation was "too short."<br />
"Nightmare" is the film to be shown at<br />
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pilmrow Sluggers" is<br />
the challenging name<br />
for a new softball team formed by<br />
the Girls Friday in the film colony. So far,<br />
the players are just practicing and getting<br />
into shape so that later in the season they<br />
can join other teams in some peppy, fun<br />
games.<br />
Phil Borach, Tri-State Theatre Services'<br />
president, is vacationing in Florida.<br />
John Lundin, United Artists branch manager,<br />
Marvin White and Don Wirtz, Mid<br />
States, and Don Womack, Holiday Amusement<br />
Co., with their wives and Sharon<br />
Braglin, UA staffer, have returned from<br />
an exciting trip to Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.<br />
Miss Braglin visited with friends while the<br />
others went sightseeing in the beautiful city.<br />
The group were the guests of WSAI Radio.<br />
Jeff Ruff, head of C. J. Ruff Film Distribution,<br />
has returned from a week's vacation<br />
in Aruba, island near South America.<br />
Allan Holtge, 20th-Fox booker, and Beverly<br />
Jaehn have announced their engagement.<br />
No wedding date has been set.<br />
Kentucky exhibitors welcomed were<br />
Marshall McHaffie, Beattyville, and Gene<br />
McRoberts. Lexington.<br />
Mid States and Interstate Theatre Services<br />
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Encouraged by the good weather, all<br />
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Newcomers Bolster<br />
Cleveland Grosses<br />
CLEVELAND — Five films opened here<br />
this week led by "Airport '77," which flew<br />
in at 325 and "Slap Shot." which hit a<br />
strong 230. "The Eagle Has Landed" did<br />
well at 180 and "The Domino Principle"<br />
scored 155. "Sister Streetfighter" managed<br />
only an 85. In spite of the strong competition<br />
from newcomers, "Rocky" led the<br />
grosses with a 350 in its fifth week.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Five theatres— Airport '77 (Univ) 325<br />
Five theatres Fun With Dick and Jane (Col),<br />
7th wk 95<br />
Five theatres— Network (MGM/UA), 7th wk 130<br />
Five theatres—Slap Shot (Univ) 230<br />
Five theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col) 180<br />
Five theatres The Domino Principle (Emb) 155<br />
One theatre—Silver Streak (20th-Fox), 14th wk. 110<br />
One theatre The Cassandra Crossing (Emb),<br />
7th wk _ 50<br />
One theatre The Town That Dreaded Sundown<br />
(AIP), 3rd wk - 65<br />
Six theatres—Rocky (UA), 5th wk 350<br />
Three theatres—Freaky Friday (BV), 6th wk 105<br />
Two theatres—Sister Streetfigher (SR) 85<br />
Two theatres—Wizards (20th-Fox), 4th wk 115<br />
'Slap Shot,' 'Airport' Muscle<br />
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CINCINNATI—"Slap Shot" hit this city<br />
with a power play, opening at the Showcase<br />
1 with an 850, followed closely by "Airport<br />
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The former champ "Rocky" showed plenty<br />
of strength with a 750 in its eighth round<br />
while "A Star Is Born" was still shining in<br />
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its 14th stanza with a 550.<br />
Carousel—A Star Is Bom (WB), 14th wk 500:<br />
Four theatres—Airport '77 (Univ) 800:<br />
Kenwood The Slipper and the Rose (Univ) ...<br />
Showcase Slap Shot (Univ)<br />
Showcase The Sentinel (Univ), 7th wk<br />
Showcase—Silver Streak (20th-Fox), 14th wk 35C<br />
Showcase Islands in the Stream (Para),<br />
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Showcase Network (UA), 8th wk 40C<br />
Three theatres—The Town That Dreaded<br />
Sundown (AIP), 4th wk 1<br />
Three theatres—Fun With Dick and Jane (Col),<br />
7th wk 25(<br />
Two theatres—Rocky (UA), 8th wk 751,<br />
Times Towne Cinema Bound for Glory (UA),<br />
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Tri-County The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
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Cleveland. Ohio 44114<br />
Phone: (216) 771-6545<br />
Moore Theatre<br />
Equipmrnt Co<br />
213 Delaware Ave PC Boi 782)<br />
Charleston, West Virginia 25323<br />
Phone: (304) 344-4413<br />
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SDT Circuit Unveils<br />
Maple Theatres Trio<br />
DETROIT—On a site selected five years<br />
ago on the basis of its growth potential<br />
and its strategic location for neighborhood<br />
services, the Maple theatres 1-2-3 bowed<br />
March 23 as the newest addition to Suburban<br />
Detroit Theatres, prominent circuit<br />
of motion picture theatres.<br />
Located adjacent to the Bloomfield Shopping<br />
Plaza, on West Maple Road at its intersection<br />
with Telegraph Road, the Maple<br />
is a trio of intimate auditoriums planned<br />
to accommodate a variety of major firstrun<br />
film attractions as a complete movie<br />
entertainment service for the many residential<br />
communities within a few miles of<br />
the site.<br />
The theatre is described by its builders<br />
as "contemporary," designed to convey a<br />
warm and restful atmosphere for the exhibition<br />
of motion pictures with the latest<br />
sound and projection equipment available.<br />
It incorporates an extensive use of brick<br />
complemented by bright colors which form<br />
the graphic theme of the theatre, each of<br />
the three auditoriums being color-keyed<br />
through graphics and directional lighting.<br />
The seating, spaced at optimum distance<br />
between rows, is by American Seating Co.<br />
of Grand Rapids, Mich.<br />
For patrons' convenience, there are illuminated<br />
parking areas provided on two<br />
sides of the theatre with access from West<br />
Maple Road. The entry to the theatre is<br />
protected from the weather by a covered<br />
walkway which joins the triplex to a branch<br />
office of Michigan National Bank.<br />
The Maple 3 was developed by E. Sloan<br />
Co., with design and interiors by T. Rogvoy<br />
Associates and built by J.S. Vig Construction<br />
Co.<br />
Opening attractions were "The Domino<br />
Principle," starring Gene Hackman, Candice<br />
Bergen, Richard Widmark and Mickey<br />
Rooney, at Maple 1; "Logan's Run," which<br />
features now-famous pin-up girl Farrah<br />
Fawcett-Majors, at Maple 2, and the Academy<br />
Award-nominated film "Cousin Cousine"<br />
at Maple 3.<br />
Eddie Johnsons Retiring<br />
In Port Charlotte, Fla.<br />
BAY CITY, MICH. — E. C. "Eddie"<br />
Johnson and his wife Thelma, recipients of<br />
a "Beloved Citizens Award" from the Bay<br />
City Chamber of Commerce, have bowed<br />
out of show business here to live in Port<br />
Charlotte, Fla. Johnson has owned six Bay<br />
City, three Saginaw and two Flint theatres<br />
since moving here in 1938. Thelma for 30<br />
years has been involved in an amateur dramatic<br />
career (on stage and off stage) with<br />
the Bay City Players.<br />
To mark their departure from the world<br />
of theatre in Bay City, "everyone" honored<br />
the couple at an open house in the Players'<br />
Theatre Saturday night, March 12.<br />
Thelma became a part of live theatre locally<br />
when she started working with the<br />
Bay City Players during World War II.<br />
Since that time, she has been a performer<br />
and a director and has done various types<br />
of off-stage work. Among other posts, she<br />
has served as president of the theatre's<br />
board of directors.<br />
Johnson, according to Times staffer Gay<br />
McGee, "traces his love of the theatre back<br />
to a first ushering job at age 14 ... He<br />
purchased his first theatre when he was just<br />
two years out of high school. Shirley Temple<br />
and Will Rogers were the two principal<br />
stars who 'really drew them in' when he<br />
opened his first boxoffice in New Buffalo,<br />
Mich."<br />
Locally, he has owned (at various times)<br />
the Colonial, the Washington, the City, the<br />
Woodside and the Tivoli theatres. And he<br />
was president of Allied Theatres of Michigan<br />
during the 1950-51 term.<br />
"Movies have come a long way from the<br />
likes of the Will Rogers and Shirley Temple<br />
favorites," Johnson reminisced. "Maybe<br />
too far—but I like to think that we may<br />
have passed on through the shock phase to<br />
another kind of drama."<br />
Johnson has sold his Westown Theatre<br />
and the Court Theatre in Saginaw to his<br />
nephew John, who has been training under<br />
the Bay City theatreman.<br />
What plans have been made for retirement?<br />
They've acquired a house in Florida<br />
(with a canal flowing past on two sides)<br />
and they look forward to gardening and<br />
golf. And, guess what, Thelma already has<br />
made contacts with a little theatre group<br />
in Port Charlotte, so there will still be show<br />
business in<br />
their life!<br />
20th-Fox Considering Ky.<br />
For Location Filming<br />
(Continued from page ME-2)<br />
Kentucky locations for a large percentage<br />
of this film," Clark-Todd disclosed.<br />
Scouting the locations were producer<br />
Harvey Bernhard, director Michael Hodge,<br />
art director Fred Hapman and production<br />
manager Lee Rafner.<br />
Clark-Todd said they looked at several<br />
horse farms, public buildings, businesses<br />
and university buildings in Lexington, manufacturing<br />
plants in Louisville, the Capitol,<br />
the governor's mansion and the Capital<br />
Plaza Tower in Frankfort.<br />
"Bernhard was very pleased with what<br />
they saw in Kentucky and all the members<br />
of the 20th Century-Fox group were very<br />
gratified by the cooperation shown them<br />
by Gov. Carroll and the Kentucky Film<br />
Commission," Clark-Todd commented.<br />
Kentucky Locations<br />
For Pan American 3<br />
LEXING<strong>TO</strong>N, KY. — Editing is nearly<br />
completed on "The Thoroughbreds." a feature-length<br />
motion picture produced by Pan<br />
American Films in the Lexington area in<br />
October and November 1976. Starring Vera<br />
Miles. Stuart Whitman, Sam Groom and<br />
Teddy Wilson, the film was produced by<br />
Mario Crespo. president of Pan American<br />
Films. Crespo tentatively is planning to<br />
premiere the feature in Louisville during the<br />
Kentucky Derby Festival period.<br />
Pan American currently is considering<br />
Kentucky locations for two more pictures,<br />
according to Tom Clark-Todd, director of<br />
Kentucky Film Commission. The com<br />
the<br />
pany, which has offices in Lexington and<br />
Mexico City, has purchased the rights to a<br />
biography of Raphael Trujillo written by<br />
Victor A. Pena Revera.<br />
According to Crespo, "The biography oj<br />
Trujillo, flamboyant president and dictatoi<br />
of the Dominican Republic during the '30s<br />
'40s and '50s, is the first to name names<br />
dates, places and events and document then<br />
with evidence supplied by one who wa<br />
involved. The author of the biography wa<br />
the chief of military intelligence services i<br />
the north region of the Dominican Reput<br />
lie during the Trujillo reign." The biograph;<br />
which currently is available only in a Spar<br />
ish language text, is a best seller throughot<br />
the Spanish-speaking world.<br />
Pan American plans to shoot some<br />
the mountain footage and urban scenes<br />
Kentucky and the remainder of the fi<br />
will be photographed on actual locations<br />
the Dominican Republic. The screenpl;<br />
is now being written and "no definite da)<br />
has been set as to when filming will star)<br />
Crespo said.<br />
Crespo also is involved in preproductii<br />
arrangements for second feature film e<br />
titled "The Long Way Home." He hopes!<br />
make this G-rated film entirely in Ke<br />
tucky, specifically the southeastern porti'i<br />
of the state. "The Long Way Home" s<br />
slated for production sometime after 1:<br />
completion of the Trujillo biography.<br />
In addition to its motion picture entprises,<br />
Pan American Productions, a sisr<br />
company to Pan American Films, receriy<br />
announced the acquisition of a franche<br />
from the Barbizon School of Fashion f<br />
New York and will be opening the Barbisn<br />
School of Louisville soon. The school ill<br />
offer classes in modeling, acting, fasbn<br />
merchandising and interior design<br />
J<br />
should be operational in late April, Cre<br />
stated.<br />
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Sack Theatres Opens<br />
Twin in Brockton<br />
BOS<strong>TO</strong>N—Sack Theatres opened its<br />
new Brockton Cinema 1 .md 2 March 24.<br />
marking the first move into southern Massachusetts<br />
in the film company's aggressive<br />
expansion program throughout New England.<br />
A. Alan Friedherg. president of the<br />
circuit, hosted dignitaries and celebrities in<br />
a real Hollywood-style premiere, the first<br />
ever for<br />
Brockton.<br />
While miniskirted drum majorettes from<br />
Holhrook High went through their performance<br />
in the subarctic temperatures, glamorous<br />
models in evening gowns handed out<br />
roses at the door, and a cross section of<br />
Brockton society gathered inside the lobby<br />
of the new twin for the premiere showings<br />
of "Airport '77" and "Slap Shot."<br />
The list of political figures at the opening<br />
included Mayor David E. Crosby and city<br />
clerk John Lyons, state Sen. Anna P. Buckley,<br />
state representatives Mark E. Lawton<br />
and Paul F. Goulston, city councilors, business<br />
leaders and Sack Theatre staff members.<br />
The night was reminiscent of Hollywood-type<br />
premieres, usually held at Boston<br />
film theatres, complete with limousines<br />
bringing in<br />
the honored guests while searchlights<br />
swept overhead and klieg lights bathed<br />
the new theatres in a brilliant glare of<br />
light.<br />
"I think show business is supposed to be<br />
glamorous." said Friedberg as the glittering<br />
finery of Brockton's socialites swirled<br />
around him in the cinema lobby, where,<br />
surrounded by Sack Theatre officials, he<br />
hosted a champagne reception.<br />
With the largest auditorium in its film<br />
market. Sack's Brockton Cinema 1 and 2.<br />
located adjacent to Cardinal dishing Hospital,<br />
played host to a Boston Filmrow<br />
contingent in addition to the Brockton<br />
VIPs. Down from Boston came representatives<br />
of the major and independent film<br />
distributors and their friends and guests to<br />
see the new theatres go into operation.<br />
"The Brockton complex is eminently well<br />
located to serve a broad section of southeastern<br />
Massachusetts," Friedberg said in<br />
his remarks, "with a market totaling over<br />
350,000 filmgoers.<br />
"Some theatres tend to forget what show<br />
business is all about—it's just not opening<br />
the doors and showing pictures. This year<br />
also promises to be a record one for the<br />
entire film industry.<br />
"Thus far, 1977 is shaping up as the best<br />
year in dollars and in unit admissions since<br />
the advent of TV. I don't know if the industry<br />
will ever come back to what it was<br />
before TV. but it is giving TV more competition.<br />
Films compete with TV's free entertainment<br />
by offering a form of entertainment<br />
free of commercial interruptions, ringing<br />
phones and noisy children.<br />
"It's one of the cheapest forms of entertainment<br />
and one of the best. Films are one<br />
of the highest art forms available to our<br />
civilization."<br />
George R. Papas welcomed Sack Cinemas<br />
to Brockton "because they always have<br />
been trailblazers in film theatres." The time<br />
was, he said, when "the good foreign films<br />
were to be found only in the smaller art<br />
film houses in Boston, but the Sack Cinemas<br />
opened the way for a more widespread<br />
appreciation of these films by showing them<br />
in their own theatres."<br />
Decor of the new theatres is the Sack<br />
motif of white, blue and red: color curtained<br />
walls, individually coordinated to each<br />
auditorium, one furnished with red upholstered<br />
chairs, the other royal blue and<br />
carpeted lobby and aisle areas. Projection<br />
equipment is a Christie Auto-Wind Platter<br />
film transport system. Christie xenon lamphouse<br />
consoles. Super Simplex projection<br />
and sound heads, and a Simplex automation<br />
system. Sound is the Altec-Lansing Voice-ofthe<br />
Theatre system. Safety features are an<br />
automatic cutoff projection system in case<br />
of booth film breakage, including a device<br />
which turns on the house lights in case of a<br />
show interruption.<br />
WORCESTER<br />
The White City Cinema, which recently<br />
shifted from RKO-Stanley Warner to<br />
Redstone management, has blossomed forth<br />
with new print media advertising logo emphasizing<br />
the words, "Acres of Free Parking"<br />
. Redstone Showcase 4 had<br />
teaser advertising ahead of 20th-Fox's<br />
"Wizards" . . . The General Cinema<br />
Corp.'s Worcester Cinemas 3, normally on<br />
a single-feature policy, played two attractions,<br />
"Beyond the Door" and "Night of<br />
Bloody Horror."<br />
P. J. Carroll Dies at 72<br />
HYANNIS, MASS.—Patrick J. Carroll.<br />
72. retired projectionist, died recently in<br />
Cape Cod Hospital. He was a long-time<br />
member of Local 182, Motion Picture<br />
Operators Union, working for many years<br />
in theatres in Massachusetts, including the<br />
Cinerama, earlier known as the RKO-Boston.<br />
Survivors include his wife Margaret,<br />
two sons, a daughter and a sister. Burial<br />
was in Winthrop (Mass.) Cemetery.<br />
Judge Is New Trade Name<br />
NORWALK, CONN. — A new trade<br />
name. Judge Productions, 240 Rowayton<br />
Ave., Rowayton 06853, was filed with the<br />
Norwalk Town Clerk's office by Thomas<br />
A. Judge jr.<br />
Newcomers Bolster<br />
Grosses in Boston<br />
BOS<strong>TO</strong>N—Exhibition is in fine shape<br />
this week with grosses bolstered by the<br />
opening of five new films. "Airport '77"<br />
flew in with a 350 to share the lead with<br />
"Slap Shot." Other strong bows were made<br />
by "The Eagle Has Landed," "The Domino<br />
Principle" and "Wonderful Crook." Holdovers<br />
were led by "Rocky" at 300.<br />
(Average Is ICO)<br />
Beacon Hill, Circle Cinema—Slap Shot (Unv) ...350<br />
Charles—Bound tor Glory (UA), 4th wk. 150<br />
Charles, Circle Cinema—Fun With Dick and<br />
lane (Col), 6th wk. 135<br />
Charles, Savoy—Airport '77 (Univ) .350<br />
Chen, Chestnut Hill—The Eagle Has Landed<br />
(Emb) 190<br />
Ch eri—Wizards (?0th-Fox), 4th wk 150<br />
Cheri—Rocky (UA), 14th wk<br />
Chestnut Hill, Gary—The Domino Principle<br />
(Emb) 200<br />
Cinema 57—The Late Show (WB), 3rd wk. .<br />
Cinema 57—Thieves (Para), 2nd wk ...100<br />
Exeter—Wonderful Crook (SR) 200<br />
Orson Welles—Jonah Who Will Be 25<br />
in the Year 2000 (SR), 9th wk 2C0<br />
Orson Welles—Cousin Cousine (SR), 6ih wk 150<br />
Pi Alley—Network (MGM/UA) 15th wk 150<br />
Savoy—Emma Mae (SR), 2nd wk. 100<br />
'The Domino Principle' Tops<br />
Hartford With 200 Opening<br />
HARTFORD—A four-theatre bow generated<br />
200 for Avco Embassy's "The Domino<br />
Principle" to top the town as far as<br />
opening product is concerned. The firstrun<br />
bloc had only one other new show,<br />
a doublebill of "The Sacred Knives of Vengeance"<br />
and "South Sea Fury" which registered<br />
135.<br />
Art Cinema—Through the Looking Glass (S''J,<br />
Naked Came the Stranger (SR), 3rd wk 140<br />
Atheneum Cinema—Cousin Cousine (SR),<br />
9th wk 30<br />
Cinema, UA East—The Town That Dreaded<br />
Sundown (AIP), 3rd wk 85<br />
Cinema, Westfarms—Fun With Dick and Jane<br />
(Col), 7th wk EO<br />
Cinema City—Wizards U0h-Fox), 2nd wk. 150<br />
Cinema City—Chatterbox (SR), 2nd wk 135<br />
Colonial—South Sea Fury (SR) 135<br />
Four theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb) 200<br />
Showcase—Bound for Glory (UA), 2rd wk 150<br />
Showcase—A Star Is Born (WB), 14th wk 125<br />
Showcase—Network (MGM-UA), 6th wk 155<br />
Showcase Rocky lUA), oth wk 135<br />
Showcase—Freaky Friday (BV), 6th wk 140<br />
Webster—The Love Slaves (SR); Deep Tunnel<br />
(SR), 2nd wk 125,<br />
Westfarms—Bugsy Malone (Para), 2nd wk 90<br />
'Edvard Munch' Paces New Haven<br />
In Benefit Opening, 185 Gross<br />
NEW HAVEN—"Edvard Munch," ir<br />
premiere at the Sampson & Spodick Yori<br />
Square Cinema, paced the town with 185<br />
A benefit showing ($5 for adults, $3 fo<br />
students with ID cards) turned over pro<br />
ceeds to the Art Gallery at Southern Con<br />
necticut State College. Avco Embassy'<br />
"The Domino Principle" registered 17<br />
while "Emma Mae" hit 150.<br />
Cinemart, Milford—Fun With Dick and lane<br />
(Col), 7th wk /;<br />
Milford—The Domino Principle (Emb) 17<br />
Roger Sherman—Emma Mae (SR)<br />
li<br />
Showcase—Bound for Glory (UA), 2nd wk K<br />
Showcase—A Star Is Bora (WB), Nth wk 1<br />
Showcase—Network (MGM-UA), 6th wk. ... 1<br />
Showcase—Voyage of the Damned (Emb).<br />
3rd wk .<br />
Showcase—Rocl-cy (UA), 8th wk l\ .<br />
York Square Cinema—Edvard Munch (SR) 1 1<br />
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Norman Tokar will direct "The Cat Fro<br />
Outer Space" and co-produce with Re<br />
Miller.<br />
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BOS<strong>TO</strong>N<br />
Queers «>f IATSE Local CE-3 were elected<br />
at the annual dinner meeting at<br />
Nick*s. They are Raymond Anderson, president;<br />
Donald Sandler, vice-president; Mary<br />
Donahue, financial secretary; Peter Miglicrini.<br />
secretary-treasurer and Grace Cardy,<br />
trustee.<br />
.<br />
Cathy Alphcn. booker for 20th-Fox, has<br />
returned to the office after a week with the<br />
flu Hunter, star of the 20th-Fox<br />
"Ape" pictures, was in town autographing<br />
The word is out that Joe<br />
her cookbook . . .<br />
Foley and Ralph Farhman jr., salesmen for<br />
20th-Fox. have become "wizards" at getting<br />
playdates in their respective territories.<br />
"A Bridge Too Far" will have its world<br />
premiere June 13 at the Sack Theatres' Music<br />
Hall as a benefit for the "Summerthing."<br />
Mrs. Joseph Levine (Rosalie) was in town<br />
last month to kick off the fund-raising plan<br />
and will be honorary chairperson for the<br />
benefit. Director Richard Attenborough will<br />
attend and it is hoped that Robert Redford<br />
and Ryan O'Neal also will be present.<br />
Tickets for the premiere will be $100 which<br />
will include a late-night celebrity-studded<br />
supper at the Ritz Carlton. A $25 ticket will<br />
get admission to the movie and a champagne<br />
reception prior to the screening and a $10<br />
ticket will bring admission to the pre-film<br />
activities.<br />
RHODE ISLAND<br />
fyjilion Stanzler, lobbyist for the Motion<br />
Picture Ass'n of America (MPAA),<br />
has reported to the secretary of state that<br />
he was given $4,000 for MPAA lobbying in<br />
the current session of the Rhode Island<br />
State Legislature. State law requires financial<br />
reports from lobbyists and the business<br />
or organization sponsoring them by the 35th<br />
legislative business day.<br />
George Favre, editor of the Providence<br />
Journal-Bulletin editorial pages, in a farranging<br />
commentary on violent and poor<br />
quality TV, was reminded that ABC-TV<br />
president Frederick S. Pierce noted few<br />
complaints over portrayals of violence in<br />
the network adaptation of "Roots." The<br />
editor continued: "As well defend pornography<br />
on grounds that the Bible contains incidents<br />
of rape, incest and fornication and<br />
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Local people interested in attending Variety<br />
Clubs International 50th annual convention<br />
at Monte Carlo should make reservations<br />
through Bill Roster at the Statlcr Hotel<br />
headquarters. So far. 24 members of the<br />
local group have signed up.<br />
Suave and debonair Mike Rosenblatt,<br />
publicity man at Tom Coleman's Atlantic<br />
Releasing Co., returned to his office look-<br />
. . .<br />
ing tan and healthy after a relaxing vacation<br />
at St. Martin Island in the Caribbean<br />
Popular Karen Berch. file clerk at Warner<br />
Bros., left that office March 19 with<br />
the best wishes from her fellow employees.<br />
Justin Freed's Park Square theatre offered<br />
a four-week festival of Shakespeare classics<br />
during March while his Kenmore house<br />
scheduled a six-week program of "women's<br />
films" from the top European producers.<br />
The new popcorn machine at Sack Theatres'<br />
newest complex in Brockton has received<br />
enthusiastic comments from the patrons<br />
Members of National Screen's<br />
. . . bowling team, organized by Alice Pais, include<br />
Charlene Parker, Nancy Gorham,<br />
Mary Curtis, Joyce Christos, Speare Christos<br />
and Mary Doherty.<br />
Theatre Managers Corp., western Massachusetts'<br />
largest theatre circuit, has named<br />
Sam Fienstein's Film Booking Service as<br />
booking and buying agent for its 13 theatres.<br />
Harvey Appell and Paul Peterson of NFB<br />
Films are around town humming a tune,<br />
"Smooth Velvet. White Silk," which just<br />
happens to be the name of one of their new<br />
pictures due in May.<br />
gets no complaints from the clergy. Well,<br />
the Bible is not Hustler Magazine and<br />
'Roots' is not 'The Andros Targets' or 'Starsky<br />
and Hutch.' "<br />
Favre said, too: "The 90 million Americans<br />
who sat enthralled through eight evenings<br />
of 'Roots' were indeed exposed to<br />
violence—forcible rape, floggings, hangings,<br />
bodily dismemberment. But ABC had<br />
the restraint to keep these acts either offcamera,<br />
or, where they were portrayed, not<br />
to zero in on them with lingering, explicit<br />
close-ups such as are standard on TV copsand-robbers<br />
shows."<br />
The Rhode Island State Labor Department's<br />
latest<br />
revision of employment figures<br />
for 1976 indicates that although the 1975<br />
recession may have been the most severe<br />
since the Depression years of the 1930s,<br />
Rhode Island's recovery was more rapid<br />
than from any of the four other economic<br />
declines of the post-World War II era.<br />
Regional openings included 20th-Fox's<br />
"Wizards" and Paramount's "Bugsy Malone"<br />
. . . The General Cinema Corp.'s<br />
Warwick Mall Cinema, Warwick, screened<br />
"Tales of the Crypt" as a late show attraction<br />
on a recent Friday and Saturday, charging<br />
$1.50 for all seats . . . The Avon Cinema,<br />
Providence, with double-bill reissue<br />
program comprised of Warners' "The Adventures<br />
of Robin Hood" and "Captain<br />
Blood," both starring the late Errol Flynn<br />
and Olivia de Havilland, advertised: "See<br />
Why They Don't Make Movies Like They<br />
Used To!"<br />
The Ocean State Theatre (formerly known<br />
as Loews State), downtown Providence,<br />
adopted a new price policy of 99 cents<br />
admission for all scats at all times. The ail*<br />
showplacc for first-run MGM product a<br />
generation ago, the State in more recent<br />
years has been operated by a number of<br />
independent exhibitors with program policy<br />
markedly varied.<br />
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[Gi<br />
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1:<br />
Archill<br />
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The General Cinema Corp.'s Warwick<br />
"; ilm<br />
Mall Cinema brought back UA's " Yeii<br />
Submarine" for 1 1 p.m. screenings on<br />
Ihi ire<br />
recent Friday and Saturday, with a $1.5(<br />
admission . . . The Avon Cinema, Provi<br />
lit<br />
dence, brought back Warners' "Dark Vic (t*^ 1<br />
tory" and "Now Voyager" on a double bil "(K0 '<br />
Openings included Avco Embassy'<br />
'The Domino Principle" and Universal<br />
"Airport '77.'<br />
NEW HAVEN<br />
Trouble features, common scheduling i<br />
area adult cinemas, are being expani<br />
ed. The Spodick Bros. College Street Cin><br />
ma, downtown New Haven, ran a recei:<br />
weekend triple-feature show of "Hot Sun<br />
mer in the City," "Cherry Truckers" ar<br />
"Once Over Lightly." Admission was $2<br />
5 p.m., and, for good measure, the Spodic!<br />
offered free parking for one hour at tl<br />
Crown Street Garage. The first-run bli<br />
in this area normally plays single-featu<br />
programs, with sub-runs and smaller tov!<br />
cinemas emphasizing double bills.<br />
a<br />
Knodemd<br />
lee<br />
Pl COM<br />
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MM8,<br />
Muriel Kins;, 76, a fashion designer fi l^<br />
(<br />
both Hollywood and high society for ma<br />
Pre<br />
years, died at Danbury Hospital. She hi<br />
maintained a residence in nearby Beth.<br />
Her designed costumes were worn by sui<br />
"names" as Katharine Hepburn, Ginjr<br />
Rogers, Gail Patrick and Margaret Sullav.i<br />
in the 1930s. Ms. King once remarked, \<br />
good dress should last five years." Th
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"rince Albert, Sask.,<br />
uadplex Premieres<br />
CALGARY—A new lourplex recently<br />
pencil in Prince Allien, S.isk., when the<br />
list unit of Cinema IV began operation. A<br />
oint venture of Famous Players and Strand<br />
Ihcatre, Ltd., the original design layouts<br />
were done In R 1 1 s s Mooat ol Famous Playfcrs.<br />
Architects were Moore & Taylor of<br />
'mice<br />
Alhert.<br />
Ihe outside of the building is white-texured<br />
stucco with a broad, dark, wooden<br />
Yiffcand running the width of the facade. Glass<br />
loors are situated in the center, with two<br />
lisplay<br />
cases on either side.<br />
1 he name—Cinema IV—is on the left<br />
tide of the wooden trim and an attractive<br />
narquee, of red-to-yellow shading, lists the<br />
features currently playing in each auditorial].<br />
Nind<br />
r:r |<br />
Each<br />
The interior makes extensive use of wood,<br />
ile and carpeting to give a very pleasant<br />
modern decor. The boxoffice is located<br />
ust inside the glassed-in vestibule which<br />
•cads to the very latest in snack bars, the<br />
alter glistening with chrome, stainless steel<br />
ind Arborite counter tops. Helping the staff<br />
serve customers more quickly are Kayvay<br />
drink dispensers.<br />
i<br />
Doors into the four cinemas are located<br />
bout half-way down the building, leading<br />
;ff the "crush space" on cither side. Further<br />
toward the rear of the complex are the restrains,<br />
storage areas, stairways and an exit.<br />
theatre has a center bank of seats,<br />
ith<br />
;<br />
additional seating on each side of the<br />
.,. |isles. providing a capacity of 300 in each<br />
inema for a total of 1,200 in the complex.<br />
dl seating was supplied by American,<br />
impson Sears furnished carpets throughout<br />
te<br />
structure.<br />
Projection<br />
booth equipment was supplied<br />
id installed by General Sound under the<br />
'upervision of John Kilcullen. Other sup-<br />
1 u * liers in this area were Cinemeccanica for<br />
M projectors, Christie for the xenon lamps<br />
id platters and Altec for speakers. The<br />
uilding's furnace and air-conditioning were<br />
ipplied by Fedders and a back-up system<br />
1 hot-water perimeter heating has been in-<br />
.illed. Du-AI blocks were used in the con-<br />
of the complex.<br />
Fronting the theatre is a well-kept area<br />
it will become a bright-green lawn in the<br />
iring. Parking space for 120 cars is availjcoaiible,<br />
with 40 plug-ins for patrons.<br />
inittfl<br />
Proud co-owner Jack Mahon reports that<br />
'eryone is well pleased with Cinema IV<br />
id that the quad is a "smooth-running<br />
Deration."<br />
Holdovers Rocky/ 'Wizards Are Top<br />
Grossers Among Montreal First Runs<br />
MONTREAL— In spite of five newcomers,<br />
there were only two grosses in the<br />
"excellent" column earned by holdovers<br />
"Wizards" and "Rocky." However, two of<br />
the new entries. "Hanging in Bangkok" and<br />
"Le Skieur de 1. 'Everest," reached "very<br />
good." The three longest-running films, "A<br />
Star Is Born," "Network" and "The Pink<br />
Panther Strikes Again," in their 1 3th and<br />
14th week here, brought in "very good"<br />
grosses.<br />
Atwater—Wiiards IVD), 2nd wk Excellent<br />
Avenue Bound lor Glory (UA), 3rd wk Very Good<br />
Bern—Un Cadavre au Dessert (Col),<br />
4th wk Very Good<br />
Chevalier—Barocco (IF), 4th wk Fair<br />
Cinema—A Star Is Born (WB),<br />
13th wk Very Good<br />
Claremont—Network iUA/MGM),<br />
14th wk Very Good<br />
Decarie Square—The Slipper and the Rose<br />
(Univ)<br />
...Fair<br />
Eros—Banging in Bangkok (C-P) .. Very Good<br />
Kent—The Amazing Dobermans (BVFD) Good<br />
Le Dauphin— I. A. Martin Photographe (NFB),<br />
6th wk Good<br />
Loew's—Rocky (UA), 8th wk ..Excellent<br />
Loew's—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral),<br />
5th wk Very Good<br />
Loew's—Chatterbox (AFD), 2nd wk. Good<br />
Parisien—Le Skieur de L'Everest<br />
(NR) Very Good<br />
Parisien—La Marge (C-P), 3rd wk. .... ...Good-<br />
Pansien—L'Eau Chaude L'Eau Frette<br />
(Cine Libre), 3rd wk Very Good<br />
Palace—Scorchy (AFD) Good<br />
Place du Canada—Fellini's Casanova (Univ),<br />
6th wk Fair<br />
Place Ville Mane—The Last Tycoon (Para),<br />
5th wk Very Good<br />
St. Denis—On Cominue a L'Appeler Trinita (FF),<br />
3rd wk Good<br />
Van Horn—Freaky Friday (BV), 6th wk Good<br />
York—The Pink Panther Strikes Again (UA),<br />
14th wk Very Good<br />
5 Films Bow But Holdovers<br />
Draw Crowds in Edmonton<br />
EDMON<strong>TO</strong>N—There were five<br />
new entries<br />
on local screens but it was up to six<br />
holdovers to bring in the "excellent" grosses.<br />
The newcomers were led by "Cousin<br />
Cousine" at "good," "Bound for Glory"<br />
and "The Confessional" at "fair" and<br />
"Eliza's Horoscope" and "The Amazing<br />
Dobermans," "poor."<br />
Capilano—The Amazing Dobermans (BV)<br />
Capitol Square—Wizards (BVFD),<br />
2nd wk Excellei<br />
Capitol Square—Rocky (UA), 5th wk Excellent<br />
Capitol Square—Network (UA),<br />
6th wk Very Good<br />
Garneau—A Star Is Born (WB),<br />
12th wk Excelle-t<br />
lasper Blue—The Shaggy D.A. (BV). 2nd wk. Good<br />
Londonderry A—Freaky Friday (BV),<br />
5th wk Very Gso I<br />
Londonderry B—Thieves (Para), 2nd wk Fair<br />
Meadowlark, Rialto—Fun With Dick and Jane<br />
(Astral), 4th wk Excellent<br />
Odeon, Plaza—The Confessional (IFD) ..<br />
tldeon—Cousin Cousine (PR) Good<br />
Paramount—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral).<br />
3rd wk<br />
Excellent<br />
Towne Cinema—The Sentinel (Univ), 5th wk Good<br />
VaTrscona—Eliza's Horoscope (PR) ...<br />
Westmount A—The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
(UA), 13th wk. Excellent<br />
Westmount B—Bound lor Glory (UA)<br />
Coron--' Chatterbox<br />
Coronet—Exit tho Dragon. Entor the Tigor<br />
(PR)<br />
Average<br />
in Place—The Pink Panlhor Striken Again<br />
(UA), 13th wk.<br />
Downtown—The Cassandra Crossing<br />
.... Good<br />
2nd wk.<br />
Tho Story ol Joanna<br />
Good<br />
Lougheed<br />
11th wk<br />
Mall—Network (MGM/UA),<br />
Lougheed Mall—Wizard* (BVFD),<br />
2nd wk. .<br />
Odeon—Fun With Dick and Jano (Astral),<br />
/ Good<br />
4th wk.<br />
Park—Tho SevonPorCent Solution (Univ),<br />
Good<br />
12th wk. ..<br />
Park Royal—lock Petersen (BVFD)<br />
Stanley— A Star Is Bom (WB)<br />
12th wk.<br />
Varsity—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 4th<br />
V. ry Good<br />
'Dick & Jane,' 'Freaky Friday.'<br />
'Rocky' Are Tops in Winnipeg<br />
WINNIPEG—Business<br />
was down slightly<br />
for the second consecutive week as holdovers<br />
continued to slow. "Rocky" and<br />
"Freaky Friday" still were "excellent" although<br />
"Network" slipped in its sixth week.<br />
"Fun With Dick and Jane" advanced to<br />
"excellent" in its fourth week while "The<br />
Pink Panther Strikes Again" and "Silver<br />
Streak," both in their fourth month here,<br />
continued to<br />
attract big houses.<br />
Capitol—Rocky (UA), 5th wk Excellent<br />
Colony—The Last Tycoon (Para), 2nd wk Good<br />
Convention Centre—The Cassandra Crossing<br />
(Astral), 4th wk Very Good<br />
Downtown—Christy; Meet Sweet Myra (PR) Averaqe<br />
Garden City—Thieves (Para) .<br />
Average<br />
Garrick—Voyage ol the Damned (Astral),<br />
3rd wk Good<br />
Garrick—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral).<br />
4th wk Excellent<br />
Grant Park—Immoral Tales (PR) ... Average<br />
Hyland, Kings—The Adventures ol the Wilderness<br />
Family (PR), 3rd wk<br />
...Good<br />
Metropolitan—Freaky Friday (BV),<br />
3rd wk Excellent<br />
Northstar— The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
(UA), 13th wk. ... Very Good<br />
Northstar—Silver Streak (BVFD),<br />
12th wk Very Good<br />
Odeon—The Sentinel (Univ), 5th wk. .. Average<br />
Park—Eliza's Horoscope (PR) -Average<br />
Polo Park— Network (MGM/UA),<br />
6th wk Very Good<br />
Nine Holdovers Dominate<br />
Calgary Theatre Grosses<br />
CALGARY—Nine holdovers emerged<br />
in the "excellent" column this week while<br />
three<br />
"fair"<br />
newcomers managed only "poor" and<br />
ratings.<br />
. ..Poor<br />
.<br />
.<br />
Brentwood, Westbrook—Mysteries of the God;<br />
(PR)<br />
Calgary Place—A Star Is Bom (WB),<br />
12th wk.<br />
Calgary Place—The Pink<br />
Excellent<br />
Panther Strikes Again<br />
(UA), 13th wk. Excellent<br />
Chinook—Rocky (UA), 5th wit Excellent<br />
Grand—Silver Streak (BVFD), 12th wk Excellent<br />
Grand—Voyage ol the Damned (Astral),<br />
4th wk Fair<br />
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CINERAMA IS IN<br />
SHOW BUSINESS IN<br />
HAWAII <strong>TO</strong>O.<br />
When you come to Waikiki,<br />
JlJK/CA<br />
don't m ' ss tne famous<br />
Hawaii Don Ho Show. . . at<br />
H"2l Cinerama's Reef Towers Hotel.<br />
IS HAIKIKI REEF . REEF <strong>TO</strong>WERS EDGEWATER<br />
Blockbusters Finally Falter<br />
In Routine Vancouver Week<br />
VANCOUVER—This was a routine<br />
week at the boxoffice with even the strongest<br />
of the holdovers, "A Star Is Born." "The<br />
Pink Panther Strikes Again" and "Network."<br />
showing signs of faltering. Newcomers<br />
included "Exit the Dragon, Enter<br />
the Tiger." "Chatterbox," "The Story of<br />
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£*haries Chaplin, head of the studios at<br />
Weinberg, claims thai the C\iC refuses<br />
to use these facilities, due to the fact that<br />
they are outside the city and for this reason<br />
the I A I SI" demands extra pay for travel<br />
time. Chaplin also said. "Kleinberg has lost<br />
business because the local technicians are<br />
not up to the standards of Hollywood." The<br />
feature film "Equus" was made here recently<br />
and Chaplin claims that carpentry which<br />
should have been done in two weeks took<br />
4': weeks to complete.<br />
Richard Williams, locally born film animator,<br />
at present is back in his home city<br />
teaching a course in total animation to a<br />
small class at the Ontario College of Art.<br />
Williams created the Pink Panther and his<br />
full-length feature "Raggedy Ann & Andy"<br />
has just gone into general release.<br />
Pare Lorentz, pioneer documentarian,<br />
has been a visitor in this city at the invitation<br />
of Gerald Pratley, director of the Ontario<br />
Film Theatre. Some of his early films<br />
were shown here, introduced by Lorentz<br />
Tent 28 Bike-A-Thon<br />
Plans Are Outlined<br />
<strong>TO</strong>RON<strong>TO</strong>—Nine-year-old Henry An-<br />
was named "1976 Bike-A-Thon Rider<br />
tolio<br />
of the Year" at the annual Wild Irish<br />
Luncheon held by the Variety Club of Ontario<br />
Tent 28 Thursday, March 17, at the<br />
Royal York Hotel here. Henry, who is<br />
handicapped by cerebral palsy, pedaled his<br />
specially made bicycle three miles, using<br />
his hands, to earn $27 for Variety—and he<br />
hopes to do more this year.<br />
"We all must do more this year," said<br />
Bob Lester, chief barker, at the luncheon.<br />
"Our first four Bike-A-Thons raised $680,-<br />
000. This year our target is at least $320,-<br />
000, so that we can chalk up our first<br />
$1,000,000 for all the children's charities<br />
affiliated with the club."<br />
Lester said that, although the vocational<br />
school aspect of Variety Village in Scarborough<br />
was being phased out, the village's<br />
research, development and production cen-<br />
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himself. Among these were "Nuremberg,"<br />
an on-the-spot report of the war crimes<br />
trials held in Germany after World War<br />
II. lorentz produced it while serving as<br />
America's chief of motion pictures, music<br />
and theatre in occupied Germany. Currently,<br />
Lorentz is writing his memoirs, which<br />
he calls a "work autobiography."<br />
Kathleen Stokes, once known as "Canada's<br />
Sweetheart of the Theatre Organ,"<br />
was honored March 22 on the occasion of<br />
her 83rd birthday. The event took place at<br />
this city's wondrous castle-on-the-hill, Casa<br />
Loma, where the massive 1,200-pipe Wurlitzer<br />
organ from the Shea's Hippodrome<br />
(razed several years ago to make room for<br />
the new city hall) has been rebuilt and<br />
restored by the Toronto Theatre Organ<br />
Society. Kay, as Kathleen is generally<br />
known, once played in every major vaudeville<br />
and silent movie house in our town<br />
and the society has elected her to its Organists'<br />
Hall of Fame. She still "practices"<br />
for an hour each day on the theatre organ<br />
installed in her home.<br />
ter for electronic limbs will undergo costly<br />
expansion.<br />
Variety Village also will be expanded<br />
soon, Lester said, to care for children suffering<br />
from brain damage. Included in<br />
plans is a day-care center and parent-relief<br />
program which would enable mothers and<br />
fathers to leave severely disabled children<br />
in<br />
the care of professionals.<br />
"But all these things depend on the success<br />
of our upcoming Bike-A-Thon," Lester<br />
stated. "We urge riders to get their sponsorship<br />
forms earlier this year. We have<br />
printed 1,000.000 of them and they are<br />
available now in schools, theatres, libraries,<br />
police stations, banks, plazas, etc."<br />
There will be seven official Bike-A-Thon<br />
courses stretched out across the metropolitan<br />
Toronto area.<br />
Association Is Formed<br />
By Women Filmmakers<br />
MONTREAL—An association has been<br />
formed here by freelance and independent<br />
filmmakers, it was announced recently. Believed<br />
to be the first organization of its kind<br />
in Canada, the filmmakers' association reportedly<br />
will attempt to represent its founders'<br />
interests in the film industry. Members<br />
especially believe that they will be able to<br />
depend on the group's leaders to "fight for<br />
equal job opportunities for women in the<br />
Canadian film industry and to create more<br />
chances for women to make films on their<br />
own."<br />
Bonnie Klein, 35-year-old freelance filmmaker,<br />
told Canadian Press, "Filmmaking<br />
and trying to stay independent from the<br />
normal resource channels in a city that's not<br />
the center of English film in Canada is a<br />
lonely endeavor. Potentially, our group<br />
could get together and cry on each others'<br />
shoulders but, as it has developed, it has<br />
become a means of sharing ideas, providing<br />
positive reinforcement and a way to find out<br />
about jobs for each other."<br />
Ms. Klein pointed out that independent<br />
and freelance filmmaking can be a costly<br />
and frustrating experience, "since individual<br />
filmmakers must hustle funds for themselves."<br />
Previously, this segment of the filmmaking<br />
community has turned to the National<br />
Film Board or the Canada Council for<br />
funds. However, with recent budget cutbacks,<br />
such filmmakers have been forced<br />
to dip into their own pockets or drop their<br />
projects.<br />
Nine Holdovers Dominate<br />
Calgary Theatre Grosses<br />
(Continued from preceding page)<br />
Marlborough Town Square—The Bad News<br />
Bears (Para) Poor<br />
North Hill—Fun With Dick and lane (Aslrcl),<br />
4th wk Excellent<br />
Odeon 1—Face to Face (Para) -Poor<br />
Palliser Square—Network (UA), 5th wk Excellent<br />
Palliser Square—It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet<br />
(AFD), 2nd wk Excellent!<br />
Towne Red—The Sentinel (Univ),<br />
5th wk Very Good I<br />
Uptown 1—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral),<br />
4th wk Excellent ]<br />
Uptown 2—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral),<br />
4th wk Excellent]<br />
Westbrook— The Booby Hatch (PR) Fair!<br />
"Late<br />
Show' Premiere, "Islands'<br />
Gross 'Excellent' in Toronto<br />
<strong>TO</strong>RON<strong>TO</strong>—Two films made the "ex-j<br />
cellent" column this week— the opening of.<br />
"The Late Show" and "Islands in the;<br />
Stream" which is in its third week. Other<br />
newcomers were "Come Home and Meet<br />
My Wife," which grossed "good" and dis-,<br />
appointing openings of "Raggedy Ann &<br />
Andy" and "Exit the Dragon, Enter th(<br />
Tiger."<br />
Eglinton—Freaky Friday (BV), 5th wk Gooi<br />
Fairlawn— the Slipper and the Rose (Univ),<br />
3rd wk<br />
Goo.<br />
Hollywood North—The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
(UA), 13th wk Very Gooi<br />
Hyland—The Sentinel (Univ), 6th wk Fail<br />
Imperial Six—The Enforcer (WB), 12th wk Gooi<br />
Imperial Six—Corre Home and Meet My Wife<br />
(IFD)<br />
Gooi<br />
Imperial Six—Shadows in an Empty Room<br />
(AFD), 2nd wk Fai<br />
Imperial Six—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral),<br />
5th wk Gocl<br />
Imperial Six—Chatterbox (AFD), 2nd wk Gocl<br />
Plaza—Network (UA), 14th wk Very Goc|<br />
Plaza—Voyage oi the Damned (Astral),<br />
13th wk Goc|<br />
Six theatres—Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger<br />
(PR)<br />
Po<br />
Towne Cinema—Islands in the Stream (Para)<br />
3rd wk Excelle|<br />
12 theatres—Raggedy Ann & Andy<br />
(BVFD) Very Pol<br />
University—A Star Is Bom (WB), 12th wk. Very Gol<br />
Uptown—Rocky (UA), 13th wk Very Gol<br />
Uptown— Silver Streak (BVFD), 13th wk Very Gol<br />
Uptown—Wizards (BVFD), 5th wk Gol<br />
York—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 6th wk F§<br />
RI Bill Would Give<br />
Credit for Insulation<br />
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Rhode Islaj<br />
State Legislature is considering a nevl<br />
proposed measure, Senate Bill 588, whill<br />
would allow a tax credit of five per cttt<br />
a year of the amount spent for either t-<br />
stallation or maintenance of insulation n<br />
commercial and industrial buildings owrd<br />
by a corporation, and providing that «<br />
credit may be in<br />
effect for ten years.<br />
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CALGARY<br />
Qalgan Film Society showed the last<br />
ottering in its Specialists' Scries March<br />
13 in the Bonis Rouhakinc Recital Hall<br />
on the university campus. The feature.<br />
"Zazie dans le Metro." was made in France<br />
in 1960 and was directed by Louis Malic.<br />
The public library in Edmonton scheduled<br />
three film series to start last month<br />
in the Central Library Theatre. Films<br />
booked ranged from Harold Lloyd comedies<br />
to horse operas and on to<br />
features with outstanding<br />
performances by supporting actors.<br />
Starting March 22. the National Film Theatre/Edmonton<br />
and the Edmonton Film<br />
Society combined resources to present the<br />
Lloyd classics Tuesday evenings. Starting<br />
March 18, outstanding performances by<br />
supporting actors began as a Friday night<br />
offering. The community programs section<br />
of the library was sponsoring the western<br />
films, shown free to the public Saturday<br />
and Sunday afternoons beginning March<br />
19. There were admission charges for the<br />
first two series.<br />
The Edmonton Film Society showed<br />
"The Pirate" in its Classic Series March 14.<br />
Screened in the Student Union Building on<br />
the university campus, the feature starred<br />
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.<br />
The Provincial Museum was the site of<br />
a meeting March 15 when the Canadian<br />
Wolf Defenders of Edmonton gathered to<br />
present the film "Death of a Legend." The<br />
screening was open to the public-. In the<br />
Central Library, the National Film Theatre/Edmonton<br />
showed the last in the<br />
"Classic Gangster" features March 11, with<br />
VANCOUVER<br />
J^uthor-director-producer James Clavell<br />
spent a couple of weeks in town visiting<br />
his home in West Vancouver and making<br />
an assortment of TV appearances. He<br />
casually mentioned that he had signed Richard<br />
Attenborough to direct the film version<br />
of his latest best seller, "Shogun." Clavell<br />
himself is negotiating the picture deal and<br />
will appear on the credits as executive producer.<br />
His first novel, "King Rat," which<br />
turned into a big winner, has come to life<br />
again. The German magazine Stern has<br />
acquired the rights to serialize the 12-yearold<br />
book, which is a semi-autobiographical<br />
account of Clavell's wartime prison-camp<br />
experiences.<br />
Also here were Bill<br />
Mason, who got sidetracked<br />
from painting and animating into<br />
wildlife filmmaking; Australian filmmaker<br />
Paul Winker, present for a structuralist/<br />
minimalist cinema presentation, and Canada's<br />
well-known Donald Brittain, whose<br />
"Volcano," an inquiry into the life and<br />
death of Canadian novelist Malcolm Lowry,<br />
was nominated for an Academy Award. For<br />
$10, interested film buffs were able to spend<br />
"The Third Man" concluding the series.<br />
"Otets Soldata" (A Soldier's Father), produced<br />
in the USSR, the last in the Contemporary<br />
Eastern Europe series, was shown by<br />
the same group March 15.<br />
Neighboring Banff played host to Farrah<br />
Fawcett-Majors and her husband Lee Majors<br />
for a few days. Mrs. Majors arrived<br />
in Banff March 10 to join her husband, who<br />
had arrived previously to enjoy a ski holiday.<br />
It is expected that the two stars will<br />
form their own company and, according to<br />
reports, shooting on a made-for-TV movie<br />
starring Lee Majors will begin soon.<br />
Wain Covert, Warner Bros, branch manager,<br />
reports that Blain jr. is just completing<br />
another busy year of hockey. Playing in the<br />
juvenile ranks, Blain jr.'s team—the Canyon<br />
Meadow Cougars—were slated to meet with<br />
Brentwood for the city championship in<br />
their<br />
division.<br />
The faculty of the education department<br />
of educational foundations at the University<br />
of Calgary is presenting a series on<br />
world development as a means of examining<br />
the situation in the Third World and Canada.<br />
Five movies were scheduled to be<br />
shown dealing with Latin America, Asia<br />
and Arica as well as world perspectives. A<br />
different resource person was slated to be<br />
at the screenings to comment on the film<br />
unreeled. Offerings included the 1974 Danish<br />
film "The History Book," "Calcutta"<br />
and "The Long Chain," "A Luta Continua"<br />
and "Tanzania," "The Double Day" and<br />
"Mexico" and "That's the Price" and "The<br />
Other Side."<br />
a day with Brittain at the National Film<br />
Board Theatre, 1185 West Georgia . . .<br />
March 19, Peter Kubelka, co-founder and<br />
director of the Austrian Film Museum, presented<br />
three works, including the 12-minute<br />
"Pause" . . . The Pacific Cinematheque's<br />
"In Person" presentation ended March 23<br />
with American Jon Rubin screening and<br />
talking about his abstract films.<br />
Laera Dalen, producer of the upcoming<br />
"Skip Tracer," writes from Highlight Productions<br />
to inform that the picture is now<br />
fine cut, winding up 94 minutes long. It<br />
has been screened for representatives of<br />
Odeon, Canfilm, Warner Bros, and CBS,<br />
who generally felt the picture has the makings<br />
of a winner when scoring is complete.<br />
Completion date for the feature has been<br />
rescheduled for June 15.<br />
The opening of the Capitol Six and the<br />
Orpheum as a cultural and music center<br />
gave media folks in town an occasion they<br />
couldn't resist. Everyone rushed in to interview<br />
Irvan Ackery, who had been involved<br />
with both houses—the Capitol back in 1921<br />
(as an usher) and the Orpheum for 25 years<br />
(as manager). Some of the recollections<br />
were priceless, such as the time a very<br />
young Susan Hayward was here for an<br />
opening and injured an ankle. For two days<br />
Ivan had to carry her up and down the<br />
stairs for every performance. The best<br />
quote, though, came when he said that when<br />
he started in the business the pictures were<br />
all black and white — "today so many are<br />
in flesh tones."<br />
New Westminster High invested $9,000<br />
in the school's production of "Fiddler on<br />
the Roof." Starring Ross Laidley, the production<br />
had a three-day stand. Columnist<br />
Jack Wasserman remembers when they<br />
mounted a whole week of "Theatre Under<br />
the Stars," all professional and all union,<br />
for that kind of money!<br />
The best story of the week, not relating<br />
to show business, concerned a mining type,<br />
one of the early Variety Club members here<br />
who always signed his letters with the initials<br />
IRC after his name—Independent<br />
Rock Crusher. He had the status-seekers going<br />
nuts trying to figure out who he really<br />
was . . . Getting lovely Linda Sorenson for<br />
Michel Tremblay's "Bonjour la Bonjour,"<br />
which opened at the 200-seat Arts Club, was<br />
no small coup. She came direct from appearing<br />
in two major motion pictures for<br />
20th Century-Fox.<br />
'Anomalies' Print Seized<br />
At Theatre in Winnipeg<br />
WINNIPEG—The Venus Theatre, 801<br />
Sargent Ave., was raided by the police<br />
morality squad March 18 and a print of the;<br />
motion picture "Anomalies" was confiscated.<br />
After officers viewed the film, thea-'<br />
tre manager Joseph Gabrielle was charged<br />
with "exposing an obscene film to the public."<br />
The raid was carried out upon th«<br />
advice of the attorney general's department<br />
police said. A spokesman acknowledge!<br />
that no complaints had been received fron<br />
the public.<br />
After submission to the Manitoba Filn<br />
Classification Board January 24, "Anoma<br />
lies" was labeled "restricted adult," meanin<br />
that no one under the age of 18 could b<br />
admitted to a theatre showing the pictun<br />
The movie has been categorized by its di;<br />
tributors as "a documentary sex educatioi<br />
film<br />
which shows simulated sex and front;<br />
nudity of both sexes."<br />
A theatre spokesman said that some 4<br />
000 to 5,000 patrons viewed "Anomalie:<br />
before the seizure and not one had con<br />
plained to the management. He furth<br />
pointed out that signs were posted at tl<br />
theatre doors warning patrons not to<br />
attei<br />
if they "might be offended."<br />
Gabrielle was scheduled to appear Man<br />
23 in the provincial judges' court in L<br />
Public Safety Building.<br />
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in Casa (Movies at Home), the receny<br />
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Black Emanuelle (901 .... Oct 76<br />
Kurln Scluiberl<br />
The Good Hie Bail and the Loser<br />
(90) Ac-C Nov 76<br />
Winter Kills D. .<br />
Richard Boone, Anthony Perkins<br />
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Sammy Somebody (93)<br />
Siis.ifi sinishefL' ZalmaO Klnp<br />
Conspiracy (87) Ho<br />
Between H»aven and Hell (871 P<br />
Virility (87) C<br />
Tnri Perro. AeimtliM Rein<br />
Mission Stardust (90» SF<br />
Hercules in the Haunted World<br />
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White Fano & the Goldlrjoers Ac<br />
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The Raw Report (70) Sex-C..Apr77<br />
Mlt.h Morrill, holly llemrnlu<br />
Sinners Seven Sex 0.. July 77<br />
II Takes Two to<br />
Tow Sex C i"tv 77<br />
Carnal's Cuties (70) Sex-Ac Sept 77<br />
Muffin Macintosh<br />
Rumps ... Is There One In<br />
Your Past? Sex C. Dec 77<br />
BRENNER<br />
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JOSEPH<br />
Lola Sept 76<br />
ManneQ"in (90) Sex D .Oct 76<br />
Rape Killer Oct 76<br />
The Cheaters Oct 76<br />
Autopsv Nor 76<br />
Cry ol a Prostitute Nov 76<br />
(he Winners<br />
Evil Eyes Sus-O.<br />
It's Not the Size That<br />
Counts Sex C. .<br />
Klkp Summer. Vincent Price<br />
Lady J Ac-Ad<br />
Naked Sacrifire Ad-0<br />
BURBANK INT'L PICTURES<br />
Bottoms Up July 76<br />
Between the Covers Aurj 76<br />
Secrets of Sweet Sixteen Aug 78<br />
Superkniqht Sept 76<br />
Journey into the Beyond Jan 77<br />
The Holes (Les Gaspards) ...Jan 77<br />
14 and Under Feb 77<br />
2069, a Sex Odyssey May 77<br />
CAMBIST FILMS<br />
Swedish Minx C. .June 77<br />
Maria Lynn, Ble Warburg<br />
Girl on Her Knees D..Aun77<br />
Tlirn Chlttpll. .larrniellne Laurent<br />
Easy Come. Easy Go C . Nov 77<br />
Remus PeeK ITeldl Knpplpr<br />
CANNON GROUP<br />
Nauohtv Girls on the Loose Aug 76<br />
The Jaws of Death Ac-Sus Sent 76<br />
Hapnv Houcp vivrs Sept 76<br />
Three Way Love Mar 77<br />
Cherry Hill High Apr 77<br />
CENTRAL PARK FILM<br />
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Christmas Massacre 76<br />
Super Bug. Super Agent<br />
(811 C. Sept 76<br />
Andv Warhol's Young Dracula<br />
fl03)<br />
C-O..Nov76<br />
Surerbun the Wild One ..C Mar 77<br />
CINE ARTISTS PICTURES<br />
To the Dp il ... a Daughter Aug 76<br />
CINEMA 5<br />
America at the Movies (116)<br />
© and b&w Doc Sept 76<br />
Harlan County. USA.<br />
(103) Doc. Jan 77<br />
Doc. Jan 77<br />
Pumping iron (85) . . .<br />
Providenre (104) F.. Jan 77<br />
Dirk Romanic. FXen Burstvn<br />
MISCELLANEOUS<br />
Rel. Date<br />
CONSTELLATION FILMS<br />
Battle Command (100) Jan 77<br />
rTTederiCl Slnfford. Van Johnson<br />
The Booby Hatch (86) Jan 77<br />
Sli.iron .lo\ Sillier, Rudy Itlrcl<br />
The Groove Room (83) Feb 77<br />
Ollle Soltoft. Sue Laintniirst<br />
Feb 77<br />
The Fabulous Farmy (87) . . .<br />
Man Spitz. Diane Siimmei field<br />
Crazy House (89) Mar 77<br />
Prankle llono-d, It.iy Mllland<br />
Lucifer's Women (88) Mar 77<br />
Larry llankin. .lane Brunei-Cohen<br />
Night of the Howling Beast ..Mar 77<br />
Paul Naschy. Bllrla Solar<br />
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Cobra (80)<br />
.lack I'alance<br />
Love Comes Quietly (104)<br />
Rarhara llershey, Ralph Meeker<br />
Poopsie & Co. (96)<br />
Sophia l,oren, Marcello Mastrnlanni<br />
Right to Love (90)<br />
Ilmar Sharif. Florlnda Riilknn<br />
Scream, Evelyn, Scream (90)<br />
Evelyn King. Burl Ward<br />
Unholy Convent (90)<br />
Strzy Kendal], Cafhelne Spaak<br />
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Dirty Pictures/Hassled Hooker<br />
(92/92)<br />
Irene Papas/Martin Ralsam<br />
Sexprcist/3 on a Waterbed<br />
(92/85)<br />
Vincent/<br />
I,e!e.h Heine, Steven<br />
Misty Waters<br />
Encounter With the Unknown/<br />
So Sad About Gloria (90/90)<br />
Butt Serllne/Lnrl Sanders<br />
DOTY-DAY<strong>TO</strong>N<br />
The Great American Indian ..Oct 76<br />
Pony Express Rider W. Nov 76<br />
Pie" art Peterspn. TIenrv Wllcovon<br />
Baker's Hawk (90) . .Ad-D.. Dec 76<br />
Clint Walker, hlane B.iker<br />
Whitewater Sam Feb 77<br />
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Youno Rivals Ad-D. June 77<br />
Stewart Petersen<br />
Escape From Angola . .Ac-Ad. .Apr 77<br />
Stan Brock. Anne Colllntis<br />
Wilderness Lake D<br />
GAMMA III<br />
Birch Interval (105) . May 76<br />
Cat Murkil and the Silks .June 76<br />
Dirty Knight's Work .Ac-C. Aug 76<br />
Part 2. Sounder (98) D . 76<br />
GOLDS<strong>TO</strong>NE FILMS<br />
Secret of Nava|o Cave ..00. Apr 76<br />
Super Seal (86) C.Apr 76<br />
tourney .<br />
(87) Sept 76<br />
Cpnpvie»e Biijnld. John Vernon<br />
Death Collector (90) Ac-D..0ct76<br />
Mastermind<br />
Zero Mostel<br />
Hail to the Chief<br />
House of the Living Dead<br />
Stream Bloody Murder<br />
Curse of the Devil<br />
Pepper's Wacky Taxi<br />
Kitnn Fu Brothers<br />
Jive<br />
Turkey<br />
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What Mioht Have Been 77 JOSEPH GREEN<br />
The Last Wilderness May 77 Hold-Up (901<br />
The Hanpy Hooker Goes<br />
Killer Cop (90)<br />
to Washington June 77<br />
June 76<br />
June 76<br />
Male of the Century C-D June 76<br />
The Clockmaker (105) D July 76<br />
Emilienne and Nicole Aug 76<br />
Two Against the Law Cr-D Aug 76<br />
By the Blood of Others ... Sept 76<br />
fhe Slap (104) D. .Sept 76<br />
My Hus h and. His Mistress and<br />
C-D. Sept 76<br />
Something Creeping In the<br />
Dark (90) Sus. Sept 76<br />
Belmondo Is the Swashbuckler<br />
(100) Hi-C-D Sent 76<br />
The Prophet (90) C-D Oct 76<br />
Ann-Marsret, Vlttorlo QaRRtnan<br />
Sicilian Connection . . .Cr-D .Oct 76<br />
HEMISPHERE PICTURES, INC.<br />
Reflections From a<br />
CINE-III DISTRIBU<strong>TO</strong>RS<br />
The Belstone Fox (87) . D Sept 76<br />
CLAMIL PRODUCTIONS<br />
Magic Legend of the Juggler . Nov 76<br />
Blood Freak (80) Nov 76<br />
Bedroom Magic (90) Noy 76<br />
Europa (80) Jan 77<br />
.357 Magnum Jan 77<br />
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THE S<strong>TO</strong>RY:<br />
"3 Women" (20th-Fox)<br />
Texas woman Sissy Spacek becomes a therapist at<br />
Desert Springs, a California rehabilitation center for the<br />
elderly. Fellow Texan Shelley Duvall, who fancies herself<br />
as a iemme tatale, shows her the routine and takes her<br />
in when roommate Beverly Ross moves out. Spacek's<br />
quiet friendliness contrasts with Duvall's phony consumer-orlented<br />
outlook. He-man Robert Fortier, the<br />
women's landlord, is the husband of mural painter Janice<br />
Rule, an enigmatic type about to give birth. They also<br />
run a broken-down tavern, Dodge City, complete with<br />
target range. When Duvall and Fortier spend the night<br />
together, Spacek is so hurt by her roommate's harsh attitude<br />
that she attempts drowning. During her recovery,<br />
Spacek refuses to acknowledge her elderly parents, Ruth<br />
Nelson and John Cromwell. Duvall cares for Spacek out<br />
of guilt, and becomes repressed after quitting her job.<br />
She finds that Spacek is much more aggressive. Fortier<br />
drunkenly attempts to see both women as Rule is about<br />
to give buth. Duvall helps deliver a dead boy. Later, after<br />
Fortier's "accidental" aeath, Duvall takes on the mother<br />
role for Rule and a now-quiet Spacek.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
The unusual qualities of the film should be stressed.<br />
The Altman name and those of the leads should be good<br />
marquee bait.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
Dreams Can't Hurt You.<br />
THE S<strong>TO</strong>RY: "69 Minutes" (N.B. Releasing)<br />
The film opens with a typical TV billboard ("Tonight<br />
on '69 Minutes' . . ."), followed by introductions of the<br />
co-anchorpersons. Preceaing the show are the usual commercial<br />
messages, which are variations on well-known<br />
products, including "Mi-. Whipper" squeezing "Charming,"<br />
a lovely lady selling the merits of "underwater real estate"<br />
and "a lost tribe of degenerates ruined several decades<br />
ago by the introduction of the credit card system." Airing<br />
the magazine show is CBX, "The Outlaw Network," and<br />
it leans heavily on commercials. There are pitches for<br />
"Best Car Buy for Under $82" and "If It's Not Fresh, I'm<br />
Out of Business." CBX throws in a few good words for its<br />
upcoming shows: "Dungeons of Fun," "Colored Cowboys"<br />
ana "Rolling for Wheelchairs." The magazine show's<br />
backbone is its exposes. They include "Microwave Degeneration,"<br />
"Woodstock IV," "Dr. Klabbitz, Pioneer of Malpractice"<br />
and suburban housewives "Cruising for Jailbait."<br />
Also included is a test of the civil defense warning<br />
system utilizing actual H-bomb footage underscored by<br />
pleasant dance music.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
Have radio disc jockeys invite listeners to call in to<br />
tell what they would like to see really happen in certain<br />
TV commercials.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
Will Never Be Seen on TV . . . Warning: Strong Satire.<br />
If You Can't Take It, Don't Come!<br />
.Nov<br />
. Dec<br />
Apr<br />
THE S<strong>TO</strong>RY: "Audrey Rose" (UA)<br />
In Pennsylvania in 1965, five-year-old Audrey Rose is<br />
burned alive with her mother in an auto crash. In New<br />
York in 1976, happily married Marsha Mason notices<br />
Anthony Hopkins lurking nearby when she takes daughter<br />
Susan Swilt to school. Hopkins, a metallurgist, makes<br />
contact and tells Mason and husband John Beck, partner<br />
in an advertising agency, that he believes Susan to be<br />
the reincarnation of his daughter Audrey Rose. While<br />
Beck considers Hopkins to be insane, the man's sincerity<br />
wins Mason over when he is able to calm Susan during<br />
one of her nightmares. When Hopkins takes Susan to<br />
his apartment. Beck has him arrested. Robert Walden<br />
defends Hopkins with maharishi Aly Wassil's<br />
testimony.<br />
Mason voices her belief in Hopkins. Estranged from his<br />
wife, Beck arranges for doctor Norman Lloyd to hypnotize<br />
Susan and bring out the truth. Susan recalls her<br />
aeath as Audrey Rose and then she dies. Hopkins brings<br />
her ashes to India so that her soul can finally be at rest.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
Tie in with the Warner paperback edition of the novel.<br />
Any articles on reincarnation and hypnosis can be useful<br />
for news items.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
A Haunting Vision of Reincarnation That Will Change<br />
Your Ideas About Life After Death Forever . . . Suppose<br />
a Stranger Told You Your Daughter Was His Daughter<br />
in Another Life? Suppose It Was True?<br />
THE S<strong>TO</strong>RY: "SuperVan" (Empire)<br />
Mark Schneider leaves his<br />
father's service station and<br />
heads out in his van for the annual Van Freakout and<br />
a chance to win $5,000. He rescues Katie Saylor from<br />
attempted rape by a motorcycle gang, but his van is<br />
demolished in the escape. He and Saylor contact his<br />
buddy, Tom Kindle, at Mid-America Motors, owned by<br />
Morgan Woodward, sponsor of the competition and<br />
builder of vans. Kindle has scrapped Woodward's plan<br />
for a new design for a van and has built one of his own<br />
with solar power. Kindle lets Schneider and Saylor drive<br />
the SuperVan in the Freakout, and they win after narrow<br />
escapes from his cycle gang and several exciting carvan<br />
chases. Saylor reveals that she is Woodward's<br />
daughter and that she loves Mark. Woodward and Kindle<br />
are at odds over the change in design of the van to be<br />
mass-produced, but there is an eventual meeting of the<br />
minds for a new line of SuperVans and a happy ending.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
There are multiple opportunities for tie-ins with motor<br />
car dealers and van clubs. A display of a beautiful van<br />
m front of<br />
the theatre is a must.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
See the Country's Top Vans Inside, Out and Round<br />
About! . That Free-Wheelin' Feelin'! . . . Sparkling<br />
New Music With the Hit Song, "Ridin' High" . . . Solar<br />
Power on Wheels to the Rescue!<br />
THE S<strong>TO</strong>RY: "Hollywood High" (Peter Perry)<br />
Teenagers Marcy Albrecht, Sherry Hardin, Rae Sperling<br />
and Susanne delight in cruising along Hollywood<br />
Boulevard in a red roadster, frolicking on the beach with<br />
Fenzy (.Kevin Mead) and other young men, and participating<br />
in love-ins on the sand. Their studies are less<br />
than mediocre while they strive to cope with effeminate<br />
history teacher Hy Camp and female chauvinist French<br />
teacher Kress Hytes. The girls happen to meet silent<br />
star Maria Winters at Mark Lawhead's gasoline service<br />
station. Sperling seduces Lawhead to retrieve car keys<br />
belonging to the seemingly indigent Winters. An appreciative<br />
Winters throws open her Hollywood Hills mansion<br />
for love-ins, participating vigorously herself.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
Available are two trailers, one rated G, the other R; TV<br />
trailers, one 30-second, the other 20-second, plus 60-<br />
second and 30-second radio spots.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
Too Hot for TV—You'll Never See Them on the Late<br />
Show! . . . Meet the Sun-and-Surf Bunnies Who Love<br />
Their Action Hot! . Play in the Sun—But They<br />
Play Around After Dark!<br />
JAMS<br />
THE S<strong>TO</strong>RY: "Aguirre . . ." (New Yorker)<br />
On Christmas Day, 1560, explorer Gonzalez Pizarro<br />
(Alejandro Repulles) splits up his expedition which is<br />
searching for the legendary city of gold, El Dorado, in<br />
Peru. Don Pedro de Ursua (Ruy Guerraj is assigned to<br />
travel down a river when the jungle becomes impenetrable.<br />
Father Carvajal (Del Negro), Don Lope de Aguirre<br />
• Klaus Kinskii and others use rafts for their journey.<br />
Ursua's wife (Helena Rojo) and Aguirre's daughter (Cecilia<br />
Rivera I, aged 15, accompany them. When one raft<br />
is caught in a whirlpool and its passengers are killed by<br />
Indians, Ursua decides to turn back. Aguirre assumes<br />
command and makes fat Guzman (Peter Beiling) the<br />
emperor of El Dorado as they claim the land they see<br />
for Spain. Fever and hunger take their toll while cannibals<br />
lurk nearby. Guzman's gluttony causes his murder,<br />
after which Aguirre has Ursua hanged. Later, during a<br />
raid on an Indian village, Rojo disappears into the jungle.<br />
Finally, only Aguirre survives escape from fever or<br />
a deadly arrow, as his daughter and most of the men lie<br />
dead or sick. Now insane, Aguirre dreams of a new dynasty<br />
for himself, the wrath of God.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
The story and locale should be of interest to historical<br />
societies. Play up the film's presentation at Cannes.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
Se D<br />
The t Legendary El Dorado Lured Them On. The Wrath<br />
of God Sealed Their Fate.<br />
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Niles Int'l to Handle<br />
Product for Theatres<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Nilcs<br />
International.<br />
Hollywood-based production and distribution<br />
firm, has been formed<br />
by Niles Film<br />
Products, for tbc past<br />
13 years a leading distributor<br />
of 16mm and<br />
8mm films in the nontheatrical<br />
market, it<br />
was announced by<br />
William J. Nagy,<br />
president of NFP.<br />
U.S. and Canadian<br />
distribution rights<br />
W.lliam J. Nagy<br />
have jmt ibeen ac .<br />
quired by the parent company and the new<br />
subsidiary for the theatrical and nontheatrical<br />
distribution of "Schizo," newly completed<br />
feature co-starring John Leyton and<br />
Lvnnc Fredrick. "Schizo" is scheduled to<br />
open in selected areas May 6.<br />
Nagy also is heading the production and<br />
acquisition arm of the company.<br />
Robert T. Saxton, 32-year industry veteran<br />
who once held sales posts at Universal<br />
and RKO-Radio, has been named sales<br />
manager of Niles International.<br />
Nagy said producers will be offered<br />
computerized reports "to ensure a fair and<br />
prompt accounting of grosses" and added<br />
that he has put together a national sales<br />
force representing more than 600 years of<br />
experience with major film companies.<br />
Concurrently, Nagy has formed a second<br />
subsidiary. Niles Entertainment, to market<br />
and distribute a new line of Super 8 films.<br />
Robert D. Siedle has been appointed general<br />
manager.<br />
Niles Entertainment's inventory includes<br />
12 Sherlock Holmes features, co-starring<br />
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce; contemporary<br />
pictures toplining such rock stars as<br />
Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane, and a<br />
selection of W. C. Fields, Our Gang, Popeye<br />
and Superman pictures.<br />
N. B. Releasing Offices<br />
Located in Los Angeles<br />
LOS ANGELES—Ian Morrison, president<br />
of N. B. Releasing, announced that the<br />
company is now headquartered at 10460<br />
Santa Monica Blvd., No. 2, Los Angeles,<br />
Calif. 90025. The firm's telephone number<br />
is (213) 474-0560.<br />
Morrison, through N.B. Releasing, currently<br />
is supervising national distribution<br />
of the youth-oriented "69 Minutes."<br />
Dimension Pictures Adds<br />
'Georgia Road' to Slate<br />
LOS ANGELES—Lawrence H. Woolner.<br />
president of Dimension Pictures, announced<br />
the acquisition of "Bad Georgia<br />
Road" for distribution on the 1977-78 releasing<br />
schedule.<br />
The theatrical feature, which stars Gary<br />
Lockwood and Carol Lynley, was produced,<br />
directed and written by John Broderick.<br />
Friedman Appointed Chief<br />
Of Cinema Snares Ad-Pub<br />
NEW YORK— Arnold Friedman has<br />
been appointed director of advertising,<br />
publicity and promotion for Cinema Shares<br />
International, it was announced by David<br />
Blake, president of the theatrical and TV<br />
distribution company. Friedman's duties<br />
will encompass both divisions, as he is to<br />
report to executive vice-president Mel<br />
Maron, for theatrical services, and executive<br />
vice-president Ken Israel, for TV. Additionally,<br />
he will be responsible for corporate<br />
information and report directly to<br />
Blake.<br />
A 20-year industry veteran, Friedman has<br />
had administrative and creative positions<br />
with Columbia Pictures, United Artists,<br />
Avco Embassy, Metromedia Producers<br />
Corp. and ITC Entertainment. He has been<br />
president of his own advertising-public relations<br />
agency, which included many of the<br />
industry's leading companies as clients.<br />
Coming to CSI, Friedman has resigned<br />
as director of advertising and public relations<br />
for American Media.<br />
Cinema Arts to Represent<br />
Mar Vista Productions<br />
STUDIO CITY—Allan F.<br />
Bodoh, president<br />
of Mar Vista Productions, and Norman<br />
Katz, president of Cinema Arts Associated<br />
Corp., jointly announced that CAAC<br />
has been named worldwide sales representative<br />
for all Mar Vista product.<br />
Cinema Arts will be responsible for all<br />
theatrical, nontheatrical and TV films from<br />
Mar Vista with the exception of "Dogs,"<br />
which presently is in release.<br />
Current and forthcoming Mar Vista features<br />
to be handled by Cinema Arts include<br />
the Henry Fonda-Eileen Brennan starrer,<br />
"The Last of the Cowboys"; "Acapulco<br />
Gold," with Marjoe Gortner; "Good Guys<br />
Wear Black," starring Chuck Norris, which<br />
went into release Friday (15), and "When<br />
You Comin' Back, Red Ryder," now in<br />
preparation for a spring start. Cinema Arts<br />
will represent "Dogs" in foreign territories<br />
only.<br />
Before forming Cinema Arts, Katz was<br />
executive vice-president of Warner Bros.<br />
International. Assisting him on the Mar<br />
Vista account will be Cinema Arts executive<br />
vice-president Frederick L. Hyman.<br />
Ali MacGrow Set to Star<br />
In 'Convoy' for EMI, UA<br />
NEW YORK—Ali MacGraw has been<br />
signed by EMI Films and producer Robert<br />
Sherman to star opposite Kris Kristofferson<br />
in EMI Films' "Convoy," to be directed<br />
by Sam Peckinpah.<br />
The motion picture, to be released by<br />
United Artists in the U.S. and Canada,<br />
will be filmed on location in New Mexico<br />
beginning May 2.<br />
Also topcast in "Convoy," written for<br />
the screen by Bill Norton jr., are Ernest<br />
Borgnine and Burt Young, an Oscar nominee<br />
for the Academy Award winning film<br />
"Rocky."<br />
TEA Conclave Slated<br />
May 8-11 in Tucson<br />
NEW YORK—The sixth annual conference<br />
of the Theatre Equipment Ass'n will<br />
be held in Scottsdale, Ariz., May 8-11, it<br />
was announced by Fraser Neal, president.<br />
Tom Christie and Lynn Shubert are cochairmen<br />
of this year's event. More than<br />
250 members of the theatre equipment<br />
community, representing both manufacturers<br />
and dealers, are expected to be in attendance<br />
at the beautiful Mountain Shadows<br />
Resort facility.<br />
Highlighting the four-day meeting will<br />
be the appearance of Marvin Goldman,<br />
president of NA<strong>TO</strong>, and Henry "Hi" Martin,<br />
president of Universal Pictures. Goldman<br />
will address the assemblage Monday,<br />
May 9, with Martin speaking Tuesday,<br />
May 10.<br />
"The appearances of these two recognized<br />
industry leaders marks the first time<br />
that distribution and exhibition will be able<br />
to address the Theatre Equipment Ass'r<br />
jointly," stated Neal. "With the appearance<br />
of Martin, our membership will have a ran<br />
opportunity to talk on a person-to-persor<br />
basis with one of the most distinguishec<br />
gentlemen in the distribution and produc<br />
tion field."<br />
The Teddy Award, voted to the out<br />
standing manufacturer of the year by th<br />
dealer division of the association, will b<br />
presented at the final-evening banquet Ma,<br />
11.<br />
For further information concerning th,<br />
conference, contact the TEA New Yor<br />
headquarters at 246-6460.<br />
TEA Announces Election<br />
Of Eight New Directors<br />
NEW YORK—Fraser Neal, president <<br />
the Theatre Equipment Ass'n, has ai<br />
nounced the election of eight new membe<br />
to the board of directors of TEA.<br />
Elected from its manufacturing divisk<br />
for a two-year term were: Dick Strau;<br />
Bevelite-Adler, Gardena, Calif.; Phil Jud<br />
Cemcorp, Forest Hill, Md.; Glenn Ber<br />
gren, Schneider Corp. of America, Mine<br />
la, N.Y., and Andy Marglin, Kelmar S\<br />
terns, Huntington, N.Y. They succeed r<br />
tiring directors George Bachar, Jack Ba.<br />
Worth Baird and Lynn Shubert.<br />
Elected to the dealer division, also for?<br />
two-year period, were; Jerry Harrah. I-<br />
cific Theatre Equipment, San Francisi;<br />
Jim Barry, Western Theatrical Equipme,<br />
San Francisco; Chuck Lahti, Minneapts<br />
Theatre Supply, Minneapolis, and Di<br />
Moore, Moore Theatre Equipme.,<br />
Charleston, W. Va. They succeed Anrud<br />
Besse, J. Eldon Peek and L. Phil Wicker<br />
ABC Cash Dividend<br />
NEW YORK—The board of directors^<br />
American Broadcasting Cos. Monday (I)<br />
declared a cash dividend of 25 cents -"'<br />
share on ABC common stock, payable J'K<br />
15 to shareholders of record May 13, 197-<br />
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Goldman Unveils Changes in NA<strong>TO</strong>,<br />
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Wonderland."<br />
NITE Unalterably'<br />
Alice in<br />
Opposed to Bidding<br />
Raps Govt<br />
VII AN I \ I i > i"<br />
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Decision on Splitting<br />
> sewn members ot the<br />
Nation.il Independent rheatre Exhibitors<br />
Bj JOHN COCCIII<br />
cate were approved by the executive committee<br />
Goldman will appoint<br />
\sv'n board of advisers met in Chicago<br />
s<br />
ruesda)<br />
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NEW YORK—NA<strong>TO</strong><br />
a committee<br />
president<br />
and adopted .1 resolution overwhelming!)<br />
opposing bidding as<br />
Marvin<br />
to rewrite the bylaws for a continuity "t<br />
Goldman, accompanied by vice-president<br />
an alternative<br />
to sjilnt my. [he on 1> dissenting vote was<br />
service, so lh.il .1 new NA<strong>TO</strong> president will<br />
and executive director Joseph G. Alter man.<br />
not undo the good work done by the previous<br />
administration. Also to he appointed is<br />
held a press<br />
cast hv the operator of 27<br />
conference<br />
screens in the<br />
at the national<br />
headquarters here Monday (4) to speak<br />
Midwest<br />
an oversight committee, which Goldman<br />
The group decided to notify the<br />
about the Department of Justice's<br />
industry,<br />
ruling<br />
will name shortly; with an even number ol<br />
Congress and the Department of Justice that on splits and about the future of the exhibitor<br />
organization. Splitting is a violation<br />
members selected, Goldman will have the<br />
NITE, as a group representing more than<br />
tie-breaking voice but docs not want a group<br />
5,500 theatres, "is unalterably opposed to of the antitrust law and is anticompetitive<br />
merely for the purpose ol rubber-stamping<br />
bidding."<br />
as well as being a criminal offense, says the<br />
all ol his recommendations.<br />
loin Patterson. NITE president, was Justice Department, which also admits that<br />
authorized by the same action to appoint a its ruling is rather inconsistent, since splitting<br />
has been widely practiced in the film<br />
Four-Phase Plan<br />
committee to devise and recommend a viable<br />
alternative to splitting and bidding. On several<br />
occasions, Patterson has made it clear<br />
for restructuring, all of which arc to take<br />
industry for decades.<br />
There are four phases in Goldman's plan<br />
Courts Should Decide<br />
ihat he would not advocate retention of<br />
effect over a four-year period. Phase one<br />
splits if Justice would move against other<br />
ha_s<br />
The Justice Department will not press any been approved: a relocation of national<br />
restraints in the marketplace and he indicated<br />
at the meeting that such assurances out the practice of split weeks. The which will probably take some time to ac-<br />
lawsuits, preferring to let the industry phase<br />
headquarters to Washington, D. C, a move<br />
antitrust<br />
law has never sanctioned splits, except<br />
had been received.<br />
complish. Phase two will be the opening of<br />
In clarifying NITE's position, Patterson with distributor consent. Goldman pointed<br />
additional offices if necessary, with Los<br />
declared. "We are not against bidding in out that now, after 25 years, the department Angeles and New York (replacing the current<br />
headquarters here) as prime locations.<br />
principle. What we are against is bidding has come to the conclusion that this practice<br />
is illegal. He suggested that the courts<br />
that is conducted by parties that we know<br />
Phase three would be the opening of an<br />
all too well. We do not speculate when we should decide if this is really a violation<br />
additional two offices. Phase four involves<br />
sa\ that much of the bidding is rigged. We and he would like a test case to be<br />
the hiring, if it is considered worthwhile,<br />
tried if<br />
know full well of films that are sold on a there could be a guarantee of no sentence.<br />
of a political name for a backup staff.<br />
circuit basis prior to the film being bid and Speaking generally, Goldman stated that<br />
have observed the processes used to cause most members of the film industry are impractical.<br />
Dues Increase Necessary<br />
"It is not written that films must To accomplish these new goals, it the bidding to conform to the pre-arranged<br />
will be<br />
sales.<br />
be made," he stated, "or that they should necessary to increase dues five cents per<br />
"We recall full well the statements of the be made for theatres." There are other outlets<br />
for distributors (TV, cable, etc.) and to $400,000, for the hiring of the additional<br />
theatre seat, thereby doubling the income<br />
Supreme Court regarding the Paramount<br />
case in the 1940s in which they struck down abuses can be rectified without government personnel needed. NA<strong>TO</strong>, Goldman admitted,<br />
does have budget difficulties. He<br />
bidding as a requirement. We recall also the<br />
legislation, he felt. Many smaller exhibitors<br />
statements by the Supreme Court relative to<br />
will be hurt by not having splits. While he would like a man in the field to replace<br />
the proclivity of the guilty parties for engaging<br />
in anticompetitive activity for a<br />
believed that the legislators in the Department<br />
of Justice don't really know the film ed since his retirement. Goldman wants to<br />
George Roscoe. who has not been succeed-<br />
period encompassing decades. To reiterate.<br />
industry, exhibitors created their own problems.<br />
Goldman also felt that NITE presi-<br />
lawyers to represent NA<strong>TO</strong> in state capi-<br />
give members regular reports and to retain<br />
we are not against bidding as a system. We<br />
are opposed to it being implemented and<br />
dent Tom Patterson, while sincere, has been<br />
tals. He favors the formation of a group<br />
controlled by parties who. for decades, have<br />
persuaded to see things the way the Justice to keep track of legislation in Washington<br />
demonstrated a massive disregard for that<br />
Department does.<br />
which<br />
and in every state. Also, he wants consistency<br />
in the consultants to the<br />
is legal and just."<br />
Patterson stated with determination. "We<br />
NA<strong>TO</strong><br />
Backs Ratings Principle<br />
must,<br />
president.<br />
in any way possible, see to it that<br />
bidding by such parties is terminated. We As for the rating system, Goldman said Since he has headed NA<strong>TO</strong>, Goldman<br />
will come that<br />
forth with a workable plan<br />
NA<strong>TO</strong> is completely behind its principles.<br />
that<br />
has done more work for the independent<br />
will restore legality and<br />
Having<br />
fair play to the exhibition<br />
side of our business."<br />
been involved with the ratings exhibitor than he anticipated, he noted.<br />
themselves. Goldman emphasized that he Referring to EXPRODICO. Goldman and<br />
knew of no case in which independent distributors<br />
Alterman spoke of its new prospectus and<br />
were treated any differently than the fact that it will not be able to distribute<br />
'Prince and the Pauper'<br />
majors. While an imperfect system which the films it makes. However, a bank and<br />
U.S. Rights to Orrin<br />
needs change, it is the best we can devise an insurance company vvill guarantee S2 for<br />
NEW YORK — Orrin Pictures has acquired<br />
short of government authority at this time. every dollar raised. NITE will back this<br />
the feature film "Prince and the he said. Obvious faults are equating a child filmmaking plan and Goldman indicated<br />
Pauper." starring Gene Bud. Tom Fleet- of six with an adolescent of 16 in one category<br />
that, while it serves exhibitors' "seltish in-<br />
and providing a "total lack of informaterests."<br />
it also has \ \ <strong>TO</strong>'s approval.<br />
|wood<br />
*' and Kenneth Schaffel, for distribution<br />
in the U.S., it was announced by president tion on what the ratings mean specifically<br />
Joseph Ornstein. Marcel Brookman produced<br />
to a basically uninformed public." The rea-<br />
Blind Bidding legislation<br />
the picture in Ireland. Elliot Geisinger son for a film's rating should be so stated<br />
[directed from a screenplay which he wrote with the rating. Goldman declared.<br />
I ndav 1 1 ). NA<strong>TO</strong> proposed legislation<br />
with Alex Tartaglia and Albert Mozell. Projduction<br />
supervisor was John Quill, with man revealed that 60 members representing of blind bidding. This would insure that a<br />
Regarding NA<strong>TO</strong>'s restructuring, Gold-<br />
in the state of Illinois against the practice<br />
Joseph Bainhorn as associate producer. the board of directors met in Nassau recently<br />
film is to be tradescreened before being<br />
direci<br />
to discuss the motion made in Ana-<br />
ottered tor open bidding.<br />
Two other features on Orrin's current release<br />
schedule are "Treasure Island" and heim. Calif. The formation of a national Win or lose. NA<strong>TO</strong> will initiate similar<br />
organization and the hiring of a paid advo-<br />
legislation in various 1 :i s'.ucs.<br />
BOXOFTICE :: April 18, 1977
1<br />
Martin Names Cabinet<br />
For Rogers Fund Drive<br />
Ark' U.S.<br />
and Canadian<br />
v<br />
\l w VORK—Henry H. "Hi" Martin, Gross Over $23 Million<br />
president of the Will Rogers Memorial<br />
Fund, has announced<br />
Los Angeles — Sunn Classic's "In<br />
Search of<br />
the names<br />
Noah's Ark" has exceeded<br />
of the industry<br />
leaders who $23 nullum in gross receipts from U.S.<br />
and<br />
will comprise<br />
Canadian playdatcs. The picture<br />
the<br />
released slightly<br />
"l cabinet for the 1977-<br />
over a year ago on a<br />
four-wall<br />
CV_^ __ /BJ 78<br />
basis now has<br />
fund-raising<br />
played the<br />
drive.<br />
Al Fitter. United<br />
major markets of both countries.<br />
Artists<br />
senior Sunn vice-president of<br />
Clair Farley,<br />
vice-president<br />
distribution, said the gross<br />
for domestic<br />
of $23 million<br />
sales, has been<br />
came within 1 per cent of the projection<br />
resulting front<br />
£<br />
appointed<br />
Sunn's pretesting<br />
distributor<br />
policy.<br />
»• ..«•>, *« _u chairman.<br />
Henrv "Hi" Martin , .,<br />
c ., ,.<br />
Exhibitor chairmen The company's next production will<br />
are Jerry Forman,<br />
be<br />
vice-president and<br />
"The Lincoln Conspiracy."<br />
general<br />
manager of Pacific Theatres Corp. in<br />
Los Angeles: John H. Rowley, president of<br />
Col. Appoints Mankiewicz<br />
United Artists Theatre Circuit-Rowley<br />
United division, Dallas, and Roy B. White, V-P for Creative Affairs<br />
president of Mid-States Theatres, headquartered<br />
in Cincinnati.<br />
has been appointed vice-president of crea-<br />
NEW YORK—Christopher Mankiewicz<br />
Division chairmen are Bernard Diamond, tive affairs, East Coast, it was announced<br />
covering the Northeastern cities; M. H. Chakeres,<br />
who will supervise the Mideast area; worldwide production for Columbia Pic-<br />
Tuesday (12) by Daniel Melnick, head of<br />
Doug Lightner, who will cover the Central tures. Mankiewicz will concentrate in his<br />
division, and Mort Thalheimer, who will new assignment on the development of literary<br />
and theatrical properties in New York<br />
handle Southern cities. Ted Minsky will<br />
cover the Pacific territory.<br />
and Europe. In addition, he will act as the<br />
Will Rogers executive director Martin H. New York focal point in Columbia's search<br />
Newman met with exhibitors at the recent for distribution acquisitions for domestic<br />
Show-A-Rama 20 convention in Kansas and international markets. He also will act<br />
City and was present at the NA<strong>TO</strong> board as production liaison for picture filming in<br />
of directors meeting in Nassau, the Bahamas,<br />
and the Independent Theatre Owners Mankiewicz most recently was head of<br />
New York and on the East Coast.<br />
Ass'n product seminar in New York to discuss<br />
plans for the Will Rogers Institute. Productions in Rome. During his career,<br />
production for Alberto Grimaldi's PEA<br />
Newman will attend the Southeastern he also has held executive positions with<br />
NA<strong>TO</strong> confab in Atlanta Thursday (21). Palomar, United Artists and Filmways.<br />
NITE Announces Schedule<br />
For West Coast Meetings<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Tom Patterson, president<br />
of the National Independent Theatre<br />
Exhibitors Ass'n (NITE), will head a con-J<br />
tingent of the organization's leaders traveling<br />
from Atlanta to the West Coast for<br />
meetings with filmmakers Sunday (24)<br />
through Tuesday (26). NITE's film finandj<br />
plan will be discussed at the get-together,<br />
Patterson said.<br />
Sunday afternoon (24) will be devoted<br />
to a meeting with the Southern California<br />
Motion Picture Council at NITE's tempo-<br />
:<br />
rary headquarters in the Beverly Wilshire<br />
!<br />
Hotel, while the evening hours 6 to<br />
10 p.m.<br />
will be devoted to private meetings (by appointment),<br />
as will the 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
period Monday (25). A two-hour press conference<br />
will follow, after which NITE representatives<br />
will meet with agents.<br />
A cocktail party for agents, press and I<br />
packagers will begin at 5 p.m., with dinner<br />
with packagers scheduled 7 to 10 p.m. at I<br />
the Beverly Wilshire.<br />
Tuesday morning (26) 8 to 10 a.m. hasl<br />
been reserved for additional private meetings.<br />
The Southern California Independent!<br />
Exhibitors (CITE) will meet 10:30 a.m. tol<br />
1:30 p.m., this huddle to be followed by al<br />
2 to 5 p.m. session with filmmakers in thel<br />
Empire Ballroom of the Sportsman's Lodgel<br />
sponsored by the Southern California Mo-[<br />
tion Picture Council. Tuesday evening (26)1<br />
has been reserved for private meetings.<br />
Wednesday (27). the NITE group<br />
will<br />
travel upstate for a meeting of the Northern!<br />
California Independent Exhibitors at an as-l<br />
yet-undesignated location in the Bay Area!<br />
NITE advises that coordinators Bob Lei<br />
Vine and Paul Aratow of Challenge Prol<br />
ductions may be reached only by calling<br />
274-4446, rather than at 395-0012 as<br />
viously indicated (see Boxoffice, April 4)1<br />
ADVERTISING HUDDLE—Edward Montoro, left, president and chief<br />
executive officer of Film Ventures International, and Ed Cruea, FVI executive vicepresident,<br />
inspect a one-sheet for FVI's upcoming "Day of the Animals" during a<br />
recent exhibitor conference held at the Sheraton on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.<br />
At the conference, Montoro and Cruea outlined the massive promotional and<br />
advertising campaigns scheduled for "Animals," which will open in over 400 situations<br />
in late May.<br />
Stan Waterman Promoting<br />
'Deep' on Lecture Tour<br />
BURBANK — Stan Waterman, undei<br />
water cinematographer and second unit I<br />
rector for "The Deep," is on a nationwi<br />
lecture tour in which he includes a maj<br />
segment on the filming of the Columbi<br />
EMI presentation. Waterman's appearand<br />
are part of his annual speaking engagemen<br />
The sought-after speaker recently appe<br />
ed at the Civic Auditorium in Grand Rapi<br />
Mich.; Michigan State University in E;<br />
Lansing. Mich.; Eastman Kodak Theati<br />
Rochester, N.Y., and Ohio State Universit<br />
Columbus, Ohio.<br />
A significant portion of his film-and-ta<br />
presentation is the footage from the AB<br />
TV "American Sportsman."<br />
'Wolf Woman' Set for Ma<br />
LOS<br />
ANGELES—Post-production<br />
Dimension Pictures' release, "The W<<br />
Woman," started Friday (8), it was<br />
nounced by Lawrence H. Woolner, pr<br />
dent. Slated for national release May<br />
the feature stars Annik Borel and Fi<br />
Stafford.<br />
BOXOFFICE :: April IS. 15
CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIRST KIND<br />
Sighting<br />
CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE SECOND KIND<br />
Evidence<br />
CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND<br />
Contact
watch the skies.<br />
Over fifteen million Americans,<br />
including leaders in science, astronomy,<br />
the space program and government<br />
have officially reported UFO sightings.<br />
Scientists everywhere concede the<br />
overwhelming probability of intelligent<br />
life somewhere else in the universe.<br />
Hundreds of verified sightings<br />
are reported every day from all over<br />
the world by reliable observers - and<br />
have been for the past thirty years.<br />
This Christmas, millions of<br />
people will experience the most<br />
beautiful, frightening and significant<br />
motion picture adventure of all time.<br />
It will start in an Indiana town<br />
and lead to four words which are<br />
becoming more and more apparent<br />
to all of us every day:<br />
we are not alone.
OF TH€ THIRD KIND
A COLUMBIA/EMI Presentation<br />
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND<br />
A PHILLIPS PRODUCTION A STEVEN SPIELBERG FILM<br />
With<br />
Starring<br />
RICHARD DREYFUSS<br />
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT as Lacombe<br />
Music by JOHN WILLIAMS<br />
Director of Photography VILMOS ZSICMOND, A.S.C.<br />
Visual Effects by DOUGLAS TRUMBULL<br />
Written by STEVEN SPIELBERG<br />
Produced by JULIA PHILLIPS and MICHAEL PHILLIPS<br />
Directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG<br />
Columbia<br />
Pictures
Columbia Sales Conclave<br />
Under Way in Florida<br />
BURBANK Ray McCafferty, vicepresidenl<br />
and general sales manager, will<br />
announce "Columbia Pictures' 1977 Sales<br />
Drive Honoring Norman le\s" Monda)<br />
list al the opening °f (ne company's sales<br />
convention in Miami Beach, Fla.<br />
Prizes in excess of $130,000 will be given<br />
to the winners of the drive honoring Nornun<br />
Levy, vice-president of marketing.<br />
I he convention will headquarter at the<br />
Konovei Hotel Monday through Thursday<br />
(1S-2I). Future product to be discussed includes:<br />
The Greatest," starring Muhammad<br />
Ali; "The Deep," starring Robert<br />
Sh.iu. Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte;<br />
March or Die." starring Gene Hackman<br />
and Catherine Deneuve; "Bobby Deerheld,"<br />
starring Al Pacino and Marthe Keller;<br />
"Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger,"<br />
starring Patrick Wayne. Taryn Power and<br />
J.mc Seymour; "Communion," a chilling<br />
suspense film, and "Close Encounters of the<br />
Third Kind," starring Richard Dreyfuss and<br />
Francois Truffaut.<br />
Greg Morrison, vice-president of advertising<br />
and publicity, and William O'Hare,<br />
director of East Coast advertising and publicity,<br />
will represent the advertising and<br />
publicity<br />
departments.<br />
Richard Smith, GCC Head,<br />
Flays Splitting Decision<br />
BOS<strong>TO</strong>N—Richard A. Smith, president<br />
of General Cinema Corp., Monday (4) stated,<br />
"The decision of the Justice Department<br />
to eliminate the practice of splits will be<br />
viewed with considerable regret by virtually<br />
all of the nation's theatre operators.<br />
"We are confident, however, that with<br />
further investigation and information the<br />
Justice Department eventually will recognize<br />
that, in the licensing of film, splitting<br />
is in fact the most equitable method yet<br />
conceived for protecting exhibition, distribution<br />
and the public and that the department<br />
will expend its efforts in policing such<br />
practices, not eliminating them."<br />
Smith concluded by saying, "In the meantime,<br />
considering the quality, type and location<br />
of General Cinema's theatres, we are<br />
confident that they will continue to operate<br />
effectively despite the elimination of splits."<br />
Paramount Appoints Lopez<br />
Field Advertising Mgr.<br />
NEW YORK — Angel Lopez has been<br />
appointed field advertising manager for the<br />
lotion picture division of Paramount Pic-<br />
S Corp., it was announced by Gordon<br />
Veaver, the division's vice-president of<br />
marketing. Effective immediately, the appointment<br />
has Lopez based in New York,<br />
Drting directly to Dick Ingber. director<br />
of field advertising.<br />
Lope/ joined Paramount in December<br />
5 as a member of the field advertising<br />
*ff. For ten years prior, Lopez had been<br />
i the exploitation and New York advertis-<br />
«ig departments oi United Artists.<br />
WX0FT1CE ;: April 18. 1977<br />
Hoyts Center in<br />
Sydney<br />
Sets Attendance Mark<br />
Hollywood — Twentieth Century-<br />
Fox Film Corp.'s international theatres<br />
division recently announced (hat its<br />
new Hoyts Entertainment Centre in<br />
Sydney, Australia, achieved a total attendance<br />
mark of 530,000 in its initial<br />
13 weeks of operation.<br />
Films which have been playing at<br />
the seven-screen complex include "The<br />
Omen," "Silent Movie," "Network,"<br />
''Eliza Eraser" and "The Pink Panther<br />
Strikes Again."<br />
Steve Roberts, president of the international<br />
theatres division, said that the<br />
center is now the No. 1 theatre complex<br />
in Sydney.<br />
Doty-Dayton Productions<br />
Seeks Chapter XI Relief<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Doty-Dayton<br />
Productions<br />
has filed for relief under Chapter XI<br />
of the Federal Bankruptcy Act, listing a<br />
total of $3,541,783 in debts owed to some<br />
650 creditors. The company listed $318,506<br />
as its total assets as of Feb. 28, 1977, excluding<br />
$1,125,962 in film production costs.<br />
Recovery of production expenditures depends<br />
on the successful playoff of the films<br />
involved in those costs, according to the<br />
document filed. Rights to four out of five<br />
of the films reverted to the film packager<br />
who put the production financing together.<br />
Before Doty-Dayton can resume distribution<br />
of the films, it must pay off its debts<br />
and continue its operations.<br />
Deluxe Laboratories is listed as the largest<br />
creditor, with $825,794 owed to it<br />
for film processing and print charges. A<br />
group of 12 theatres to which $792,799 is<br />
owed in advance film rentals is next largest.<br />
Other large creditors include the production<br />
partnership of Lyman D. Dayton and<br />
Dr. George E. Doty, principals in the company.<br />
$275,495; Imperial Thrift & Loan,<br />
$166,444; Film Productions Associates III,<br />
$102,560, and Seven Alone, Ltd., $48,200.<br />
Also owed is $43,357 in back taxes.<br />
2 Sales Representatives<br />
Named by Cinema Radio<br />
NEW YORK—Fred Schwartz, president<br />
of Cinema Radio, has announced the appointments<br />
of Roar Industries and Cine-<br />
Tech Co. as sales representatives for the<br />
Cinema Radio sound system. Roar, headed<br />
by Robert Roth, has been assigned a territory<br />
consisting of southern New Jersey,<br />
eastern Pennsylvania, Washington. D.C..<br />
and all of Maryland. Virginia and Delaware.<br />
John Ling and David 1 und are the principals<br />
in Milwaukee-based Cine-Tech,<br />
which has been assigned all of Wisconsin.<br />
Illinois. Iowa, Indiana and northern Michigan.<br />
Both sales appointments arc effective<br />
immediately.<br />
Howard Whitcomb to ASC<br />
In Managerial Capacity<br />
1 1 RICHARDSON V ASC Technical<br />
Services Corp. has announced the appointment<br />
ol Howard I. Whitcomb as sales<br />
Howard J. Whitcomb<br />
manager for the company's theatrical and<br />
industrial service sales.<br />
Bruce Waddell. president of ASC, said<br />
in making the announcement. "We are extremely<br />
pleased that Whitcomb has joined<br />
ASC to spearhead our national sales effort.<br />
He brings to the company the experience<br />
and management talent necessary to carry<br />
forward our new marketing programs aggressively.<br />
ASC is on the move and, with<br />
the recent introduction of our new "Star<br />
Treatment" program, we are now more than<br />
ever dedicated to providing the very best<br />
in service, while meeting our contractual<br />
commitments to the nation's exhibitors.<br />
Whitcomb shares our management philosophies<br />
and he will approach our customers<br />
and potential customers alike with integrity<br />
and a wealth of service-related experience.<br />
He also will provide a vital communications<br />
link between our customers and our field<br />
operations, thereby insuring the flow of<br />
communications essential to good service<br />
and good customer relations."<br />
Whitcomb joins ASC after 29 years with<br />
the RCA Service Co. where, for the past<br />
nine years, he was manager, entertainment<br />
and industrial service sales.<br />
Whitcomb resides in Cherry Hill. N.J..<br />
where he will maintain an office for ASC.<br />
Zeffirelli to Make First<br />
U.S. Picture for MGM<br />
CULVER CITY—Franco Zeffirelli will<br />
make his first American film under the auspices<br />
of MGM. bringing to the screen a<br />
modernized version of "The Champ." The<br />
original version of this picture, an MGM<br />
release, was filmed in 1931 with King Vidor<br />
directing Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper<br />
in starring roles.<br />
Zeffirelli's<br />
longtime associate Dyson Lovell<br />
will serve as producer of the new version<br />
of 'The Champ."<br />
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Ltsenting the 41 tents affiliated with Variety<br />
It'luhs International are expected to attend<br />
he VCI golden anniversary convention to<br />
be held Monday (25) through Friday (29)<br />
Monte Carlo, Monaco.<br />
rhe conference will locus on ways to<br />
raise funds for handicapped ;md underprivleged<br />
children throughout the world. Business<br />
sessions will he held daily in the Grand<br />
Salon of Loews' Monte Carlo Hotel, convention<br />
headquarters, when each club will<br />
epori on its work during the past 12<br />
months and announce projects for the year<br />
ahead.<br />
Membership Over 10,000<br />
41 affiliated clubs have a combined<br />
membership of over 10.000 and since the<br />
[establishment of Variety in Pittsburgh in<br />
1927 VCI has raised an aggregate total of<br />
pproximately $3,000,000,000 for charity.<br />
Prince Rainier is scheduled to open the<br />
confab Monday morning (25) before the<br />
nitial business session and. following this,<br />
the Monacan government will sponsor a<br />
cocktail reception at the Winter Casino.<br />
Monty Hall, president of VCI, Monday<br />
evening will welcome conventioneers at a<br />
buffet supper at which a 50th anniversary,<br />
heart-shaped cake topped by 50 candles will<br />
he cut.<br />
Tuesday (26) the Duke of Edinburgh.<br />
Prince Rainier and Princess Grace will attend<br />
a banquet highlighted by the presentation<br />
of Heart Awards to the three clubs<br />
judged to have achieved outstanding results<br />
during the past 12 months. Prince Phillip<br />
has been a Variety gold card life member<br />
for 25 years.<br />
Wednesday (27) groups of delegates will<br />
be hosted aboard the British Royal Navy<br />
• cssel HMS Glamorgan and that evening a<br />
party for life patron program members will<br />
he held at the Salle Empire Room, Hotel<br />
de Paris. Guests of honors will be the Earl<br />
of Mountbatten and Prince Ranier and<br />
Princess Grace.<br />
Cary Grant to<br />
Attend<br />
Thursday night (28) international ambassador<br />
George Barrie. Faberge and Brut Productions<br />
will sponsor a party which will<br />
attended by Cary Grant and other show<br />
celebrities.<br />
Final event of the convention will be a<br />
'banquet Friday (29) in the Salle des Etoiles<br />
I Of the Sporting Casino at which VCI will<br />
I present the Humanitarian Award to Henry<br />
Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state.<br />
highlighting the banquet will be the<br />
induction of Prince Charles and Prince<br />
, Rainier as gold card life members of VCI<br />
recognition of their patronage and support<br />
of the movement.<br />
Monty Hall will make his valedictory<br />
speech as president and will introduce his<br />
Successor, who will he elected during the<br />
week.<br />
United Artists<br />
Has Garnered Nine<br />
Best Picture Oscars in 21 Years<br />
M \V YORK<br />
- United Artists Corp.<br />
celebrates not only ten Acadcnn Awards<br />
this year but the third tune during the past<br />
21 years the company has garnered backto-back<br />
Best Picture Academy Awards.<br />
In 1955, "Marty" won the lop honor.<br />
followed in 1956 with "Around ihe World<br />
in 80 Days." In 1960 "The Apartment" was<br />
named Best Picture and in 1961, "West<br />
Side Story" won the award, last sear, "One<br />
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" earned Best<br />
Picture for 1975 and this year the Academy<br />
presented the Oscar to "Rocky."<br />
Silver Anniversary Year<br />
United Artists this year also is celebrating<br />
the silver anniversary of its top management<br />
team, which began in 1951 when<br />
Arthur B. Krim. currently chairman of the<br />
board, and Robert S. Benjamin, chairman<br />
of the finance committee, entered into a<br />
contract with then UA owners Charles<br />
Chaplin and Mary Pickford—and Krim and<br />
Benjamin assumed control of the company.<br />
Eric Pleskow, who has been president and<br />
chief executive officer since 1973, originally<br />
joined UA that same year.<br />
In the past quarter-century, UA has<br />
earned its reputation as a source of quality<br />
Three New AIP Features<br />
Set for Foreign Markets<br />
BEVERLY HILLS—Jules Stein, sicepresident<br />
in charge of international sales and<br />
distribution for American International Pictures,<br />
announced that three new AIP films<br />
have been slated for release in foreign markets.<br />
They are: "The Island of Dr. Moreau,"<br />
"The People That Time Forgot" and<br />
"Empire of the Ants."<br />
In Southeast Asia (except Japan), distribution<br />
will be through Continental Film Distributors.<br />
West Germany will be supplied<br />
through Constantin Film and Swiss distribution<br />
will be by Monopole-Pathe.<br />
"Negotiations are in progress." Stein said,<br />
"that are expected to be concluded for main<br />
other territories at the Cannes Film Festival.<br />
These territories include ihe United<br />
Kingdom, Japan, France. Spain and Italy."<br />
Massive Print Media Buy<br />
Plugs 'Close Encounters'<br />
BLJRBANK — "Close Encounters of the<br />
Third Kind." Columbia's Christmas release,<br />
benefited from excellent marketing showmanship<br />
Sunday (10) with the publication<br />
of an expensive, two-page informational<br />
advertisement in 26 major newspapers<br />
throughout the U.S. and Canada, placed<br />
eight months in advance o\ the film's actual<br />
scheduled opening.<br />
The early initial "leaser" campaign is a<br />
media demonstration by Columbia Pictures<br />
to the moviegoing world about how important<br />
and carefull) handled this film will he<br />
film entertainment, evidenced In the award<br />
Ol more Oscars by the members ol the<br />
Acadcrm ol Motion Picture Arts and Sciences<br />
than have been won during the sameperiod<br />
bj anj other company, boasting an<br />
aggregate total of 93 Oscars. In 1974 the<br />
Academy also honored Arthur Krim with<br />
the Jean llcisholt Humanitarian Award.<br />
'Marty' Tops in '55<br />
A record number ol Best Picture Awards<br />
was bestowed on the nine following films:<br />
"Marty" (1955), "Around the World in<br />
80 Days" (1956), "Ihe Apartment" (1960),<br />
"West Side Story" (196H. "lorn Jones"<br />
(1963). "In the Heal ot the Night" (1967).<br />
"Midnight Cowboy" (1969). "One Flew<br />
Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and<br />
"Rocky" (1976).<br />
14 Slated for Release<br />
Releases planned lor 1977 include,<br />
among others. "Annie Hall." "Another<br />
Man. Another Woman." "Apocalypse<br />
Now," "Audrey Rose." "A Bridge Too<br />
Far," "Coming Home," "Equus." "New<br />
York. New York," "Semi-Tough," "The<br />
Spy Who Loved Me." "Valentino" and,<br />
from MGM. "Demon Seed." "Sweet Revenge"<br />
and "Telefon."<br />
treated throughout Ihe year, since its represents<br />
the most ambitious production in the<br />
company's long history.<br />
The Steven Spielberg film of a Phillips<br />
production, "Close Encounters of the Third<br />
Kind" stars Richard Dreyfuss and Francois<br />
Truffaut in a suspense-mystery drama about<br />
the UFO phenomenon from an earth point<br />
of view.<br />
The ad explained ihe three "encounters"<br />
and further advised readers to "Watch the<br />
Skies."<br />
The copy said: "This Christmas, millions<br />
of people will experience the most beautiful,<br />
frightening and significant motion picture<br />
adventure of all time." The ad's haunting<br />
concluding line was: "We are not alone."<br />
The film is still in various stages of postproduction.<br />
Producers of "Close Encounters<br />
of the Third Kind" are Julia Phillips<br />
and Michael Phillips. Music is by John<br />
Williams and director of photography is<br />
Vilmos Zsigmond.<br />
DISTRIBUTION WANTED<br />
FOR FRESHLY FUNNY FAMILY FILM
':<br />
I<br />
First Erotica Awards<br />
Are Slated by AFAA<br />
HOLLYWOOD—The Adult Film Ass'n<br />
ol America will hold its first annual Erotica<br />
Awards ceremony for "excellence in the<br />
field o\ adult films" Friday, July 15, at the<br />
Beverly Hills Hotel.<br />
Board chairman David F. Friedman said<br />
statuettes will he awarded in 13 categories<br />
for the year's best adult films. In addition<br />
a number of plaques will be presented as<br />
honorary awards.<br />
Friedman said the AFAA, composed of<br />
producers, distributors and exhibitors of<br />
adult films, "felt the time has come to honor<br />
filmmakers in this field."<br />
He pointed out, "Filmmaking techniques<br />
and talents are the same whether for a general<br />
or adult film. The nature of the material<br />
may be different but so are musicals<br />
different from westerns. Entertainment is<br />
the sole goal."<br />
Producers and distributors will be able<br />
to make nominations in categories for best<br />
actor and actress in leading roles, actor and<br />
actress in supporting roles, direction, foreign<br />
film, screenplay, production values,<br />
costumes, original song, musical scoring,<br />
editing and cinematography.<br />
To acknowledge their "significant and<br />
outstanding contributions to the adult film<br />
industry, honorary plaques will be awarded<br />
to four older films," one each from the<br />
periods of 1955-60. 1960-65, 1965-70 and<br />
1 970-75.<br />
Information and nomination forms are<br />
available from the Adult Film Ass'n of<br />
America, 1654 Cordova St., Los Angeles,<br />
Calif. 90007.<br />
Spectrum Films Has Added<br />
Two More Subdistributors<br />
NEW YORK—Spectrum Films' release<br />
of "'American Tickler" has added Seymour<br />
Borde & Associates and Continental Films<br />
to the growing list of subdistributors, it was<br />
announced by Chuck Vincent and Harry<br />
Goodman, Spectrum heads in New York<br />
and Chicago, respectively.<br />
Borde will handle the film on the West<br />
Coast while Continental, headed by Morey<br />
Hamat, will distribute in Canada.<br />
'Deep' Paperback Edition<br />
Is Launched by Bantam<br />
NEW YORK— Bantam Books launched<br />
the paperback edition of "The Deep"<br />
Wednesday (6). with the 1.500,000 copies<br />
sent into distribution along with an array<br />
of special promotion materials, including<br />
an in-store display in the form of a treasure<br />
chest. The front cover of the Peter Benchley<br />
book reads: "Don't miss the major motion<br />
picture from Columbia."<br />
The back cover has color photographs of<br />
Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset. Nick<br />
Nolte, Lou Gossett and Eli Wallach, as<br />
well as three production stills.<br />
The Casablanca Filmworks production of<br />
a Peter Yates film will open in every major<br />
U.S. market June 17 and Columbia and<br />
Bantam have been coordinating their promotion,<br />
publicity and advertising plans<br />
closely.<br />
Produced by Peter Guber, "The Deep"<br />
was directed by Yates from a screenplay by<br />
Benchlcy and Tracy Keenan Wynn.<br />
UA Appoints Goldschmidt<br />
Senior V-P, Foreign Mgr.<br />
NEW YORK — Ernst Goldschmidt has<br />
been named United Artists senior vice-president<br />
and foreign manager, effective immediately,<br />
it was announced by Eric Pleskow,<br />
president and chief executive officer. He<br />
had been serving as vice-president and foreign<br />
manager since November 1976 and for<br />
the previous year had been UA's international<br />
sales manager.<br />
Prior to arriving in New York in 1975<br />
to take over the post of international sales<br />
manager, Goldschmidt had been headquartered<br />
in Paris as general manager of Les Artistes<br />
Associes, United Artists' French subsidiary.<br />
Wayne Duband Appointed<br />
To High CIC-Warner Post<br />
BURBANK—Wayne Duband.<br />
managing<br />
director of Warner Bros., Africa, since 1973,<br />
has been appointed general manager of<br />
Cinema International Corp.-Warner (Pty),<br />
Ltd., as well as of CIC's other operations<br />
in South Africa.<br />
Duband's predecessor in these posts, Tom<br />
Gray, resigned recently.<br />
LETTERS<br />
Another<br />
Viewpoint<br />
To BOXOFFICE:<br />
I would like to comment on what I think<br />
is some very bad advice offered by Don<br />
Carle Gillette in your "Guest Editorial<br />
the March 21 issue.<br />
TV reporting has long been part of the<br />
fare in newspapers as has theatre and entertainment<br />
news. The amount someone advertises<br />
is not what justifies news content<br />
Look, for instance, at the pages and page;<br />
of news on sports which represent no ad<br />
vertising, and the very small amount o<br />
news on department stores, which advertisi<br />
more than all others combined.<br />
The recent move toward entertainment<br />
sections is so designed as to intensify reade<br />
traffic. This works to the definite advantag<br />
of movie theatres. As TV programing ha<br />
declined in quality over the years, placin<br />
movie ads and stories nearby encourage<br />
the reader to<br />
seek better entertainment: th<br />
movies. Evidence of this is the increase i-<br />
movie attendance over the last five years.<br />
To recommend that newspaper adverti.<br />
ing expenditures be diverted to fliers di'<br />
tributed at the theatre, door-to-door and i<br />
supermarkets, is poor thinking. Newspapi<br />
stories are free. The flier has no free storie<br />
It is 100 per cent paid advertising. Tl,<br />
newspaper is bought for its news contentand<br />
the reader thinks highly enough of i'<br />
quality to pay for it. The facts Mr. Gillet<br />
wants to expose can be told in a newspap<br />
ad— that's what advertising is for. Passii;<br />
such a flier out in a theatre lobby does n;<br />
stand a chance of interesting new mov:-<br />
goers.<br />
Most newspapers offer a free guide i<br />
what's playing when at each area thea<br />
every day. Then it highlights—for free<br />
stories about the actors and films. T<br />
reader can check every day what's playiii<br />
hours before he decides to go. Fliers coi'j<br />
irregularly and have no stories. Newspapi<br />
contain news and advertising designed<br />
interest every member of the family. |<br />
the best possible vehicle for movie ads.<br />
Advertising Director<br />
Beacon Journal<br />
Akron, Ohio<br />
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CIVIC HONOR — Hynson<br />
Pressman (l.)< city controller,<br />
presents Baltimore Mayor<br />
William Donald Schaefer's<br />
proclamation making<br />
March 30, 1977, "Raggedy<br />
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Screen Rights to 'Street 8'<br />
Acquired by Katzka. Bick<br />
HOI l.YWOOD—Gabriel Katzka and<br />
errj Bick have acquired film rights to<br />
Street 8," the critically acclaimed Douglas<br />
'airbairn novel published February I by<br />
klacorte Lawrence. Ulu Grosbard will diecl<br />
and negotiations for a screenwriter are<br />
mder way.<br />
Set on Calle Oeho. the main thoroughfare<br />
n Miami's Cuban sector, the "Street 8"<br />
.ton involves a used car salesman who re-<br />
UCtantly becomes caught in a web of vioence<br />
and intrigue.<br />
Kat/ka's Pantheon Productions begins<br />
ilniing in April on United Artists' "Dog<br />
Soldiers.'' starring Nick Nolte and Tuesday<br />
Weld and directed by Karl Reisz. Bick has<br />
woduced "Farewell, My Lovely" and "The<br />
ong Goodbye."<br />
to starting "Street 8," Grosbard<br />
vill direct Dustin Hoffman in "No Beast<br />
So Fierce" for Warner Bros. Most recently<br />
M directed Robert Duvall in "American<br />
Buffalo," now on Broadway at the Ethel<br />
t.irrymore Theatre.<br />
Univ. Sets 'Kramer's War'<br />
As Carl Foreman Project<br />
UNIVERSAL CITY—"Kramer's War."<br />
new novel, has been acquired by Univer-<br />
..il as the first project to be produced by<br />
arl Foreman, under a recently signed<br />
hree-year agreement with the studio, it was<br />
innounced by Ned Tanen, president of<br />
Universal theatrical motion pictures.<br />
"Kramer's War," a Book-of-the-Month<br />
!ub alternate selection, is by Derek Robin-<br />
>n and is based on the Nazi's occupation<br />
of Jersey and other English Channel islands<br />
. in 1940. The book will be published in this<br />
Dountry by Viking and in<br />
•>h<br />
Hamilton.<br />
London by Ham-<br />
Improved 1976 Earnings<br />
Reported by Trans-Lux<br />
NEW YORK—Earnings of 18 cents per<br />
share for 1976. as compared to a 25-cent<br />
OB per share for 1975. were announced<br />
•<br />
Richard Brandt, president of Trans-Lux<br />
orp. The figures<br />
are based on the preliminary<br />
unaudited results of operations for the<br />
ir 1976.<br />
Brandt said that the continued increase<br />
in the number of installations of the Trans-<br />
CrtlOr<br />
Tux Teleprinter device has played a signif-<br />
1<br />
j.J<br />
,icant role in the earnings turnaround.<br />
Burt Young Set to Write<br />
And Star in Film for UA<br />
NEW YORK— Burt Young, who was<br />
nominated for a Best Supporting Actor<br />
Oscar for his performance in the Academy<br />
\ward-winning picture "Rocky," has been<br />
'signed by Chartoff-Winklcr Productions to<br />
write and star in an original screenplay to<br />
be titled "Uncle Joe Shannon."<br />
The pact was announced by Mike Medavoy,<br />
senior vice-president in charge of West<br />
'Coast production for United Artists, which<br />
will release the contemporary drama.<br />
'30XOFTICE :: April 18, 1977<br />
MOTION PICTURES RATED<br />
BY THE CODE & RATING<br />
ADMINISTRATION<br />
I he following feature-length motion pictures<br />
have been reviewed and rated by the<br />
Code and Rating Administration pursuant<br />
to the Motion Picture Code and Rating<br />
Program.<br />
Titla Distributor Rating<br />
Annie Hall (UA)<br />
(iosv of Iron (Emb)<br />
Of Sharks and Men (Film Saturations)<br />
Peach Fuzz (Key Films)<br />
The Spy Who Loved Me (UA)<br />
Submission (Joseph Brenner)<br />
Squirm (*) (AIP)<br />
Wishbone Cutter (Howco Int'l)<br />
(•(Supersedes R rating listed in Bulletin No. 391.<br />
PG<br />
I'd<br />
®<br />
PG<br />
R<br />
PG<br />
PG<br />
Boy Given $2.4 Million<br />
In Suit Against Theatre<br />
MIAMI—Two American Broadcasting<br />
Cos. subsidiaries, ABC Gulf Theatres and<br />
ABC SE Theatres, owners of the Suniland<br />
Twin Theatre, have agreed in an out-ofcourt<br />
settlement to provide a $2.4 million<br />
annuity to an 11-year-old boy who was injured<br />
outside the theatre two years ago.<br />
They also agreed to pay $775,000 to the<br />
boy's father, Freland Barfield, an unemployed<br />
carpenter.<br />
The youngster, Freland Barfield jr., suffered<br />
severe brain damage and multiple<br />
fractures when he was struck by a car while<br />
waiting to be picked up outside the theatre<br />
following the showing of a Walt Disney<br />
film. Attorneys for Barfield said the theatre<br />
owners were negligent because the sidewalk-alley<br />
intersection where the accident<br />
occurred was hazardous with no caution or<br />
warning signs.<br />
As part of the settlement, the American<br />
Broadcasting Cos. and the driver of the car<br />
were dropped as defendants in the case.<br />
Col.'s 'Le Point de Mire'<br />
Is Now Filming in Paris<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Production on "Le<br />
Point de Mire," a screenplay adapted from<br />
the best-selling novel "The Photographer."<br />
by Pierre Boulle, Oscar-winning screenwriter<br />
of "The Bridge on the River Kwai,"<br />
started in Paris March 21. it was announced<br />
by Daniel Melnick. in charge of<br />
worldwide production for Columbia.<br />
Jean-Claude Tramont is directing from a<br />
screenplay which he adapted with Gerard<br />
Brach.<br />
The motion picture will star Annie Girardot,<br />
widely recognized as the leading lady<br />
of the French cinema today. Co-starring arc<br />
Jacques Dutroni who, in a comparatively<br />
short career, has earned a reputation as one<br />
of France's most dynamic male artists, and<br />
Jean-Claude Brialy.<br />
Columbia Pictures has international distribution<br />
rights to "Le Point de Mire." filming<br />
at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on<br />
locations in Belgium and in Paris.<br />
AFI-Supported Pictures<br />
Win Academy Awards<br />
u VSHTNG<strong>TO</strong>N<br />
Two dims which were<br />
in part bj the American Film Institute<br />
received Oscar^ March 2X. marking<br />
the tirst time that A I l-siipportcd motion<br />
pictures have been honored by the Academy<br />
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.<br />
Barbara Kopple, producer-director of<br />
"Harlan County, U.S.A.," won an Oscar for<br />
Best Documentary Feature She received a<br />
$10,000 grant from AFI in 1973 under the<br />
Independent Filmmakers Program. The film<br />
had its local premiere in late March at the<br />
AFI Theatre, then went into commercial<br />
exhibition in this area.<br />
"In the Region of Ice," produced by<br />
Andre Guttfreund and Peter Werner and<br />
directed by Werner, received an Academy<br />
Award for Best Live Action Short Subject.<br />
The film was produced while Guttfreund<br />
and Werner were Fellows at the AFI Center<br />
for Advanced Film Studies in Beverly Hills.<br />
Calif.<br />
Additionally, Lynne Littman, a member<br />
of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women<br />
in 1976, received an Oscar for Best Documentary<br />
Short Subject for her "Number<br />
Our Days." which she produced separately<br />
from her AFI activities.<br />
Bess Myerson New Member<br />
Of WCI Directors Board<br />
NEW YORK—Bess Myerson, commissioner<br />
of consumer affairs for New York<br />
City 1969-1973, has been elected to the<br />
board of directors. Warner Communications,<br />
Inc.<br />
"Her experience in all areas of the marketplace<br />
as a consumer advocate and as an<br />
industry consultant will be of great value<br />
to the company," said Steven J. Ross, WCI<br />
board chairman, in his announcement of<br />
the Myerson election.<br />
Mrs. Myerson is a syndicated columnist<br />
for the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily-<br />
News Syndicate, contributing editor to Redbook<br />
Magazine, consumer consultant to<br />
CitiBank and Bristol-Myers Co., as well as<br />
a host and commentator on network radio<br />
and TV.<br />
Trans-World Gets Pay TV<br />
Rights to Meyer Films<br />
I AS VEGAS—An agreement has been<br />
signed for Trans-World Productions to act<br />
as exclusive distributor in the pay TV<br />
marketplace (hotels and homes) of all Russ<br />
\le\er films, including such titles as "Russ<br />
Meyer's Vixen," "Supenixens." "Cherry.<br />
Harry & Raquel" and "Up!". Meyer's latest<br />
picture, now playing theatres. Announcement<br />
of the pact was made by William J.<br />
Butlers, board chairman of Trans-World.<br />
Meyer commented: "I selected Trans-<br />
World as the exclusive distributor for mj<br />
films because Bill Butters and his organization<br />
are the people who pioneered pay 1 Y<br />
and if anyone knows the business they do."<br />
The facilities of Trans-World. Meyer added,<br />
will "ensure me of the finest-quality<br />
duplications to service the marketplace."<br />
15
23 OUT OF 25 RELEASES RATED<br />
<strong>TO</strong>P HITS' IN WINTER QUARTER<br />
'Star Is Born' Tops at 674;<br />
'King Kong,' 'Enforcer'<br />
Follow With 500-Plus<br />
KANSAS CITY—Nineteen distributors<br />
placed 52 feature films in release during the<br />
winter quarter (December 1976 through<br />
February 1977) and, with another two dozen<br />
coming from independent companies,<br />
exhibition had a total of 76 films available<br />
tor booking in the three-month period.<br />
Only 25 of the total 76 films recorded<br />
the five or more playdates necessary to indicate<br />
potential strength on the Boxoffice<br />
Barometer. Of the 25, 23 scored 150 per<br />
cent or more to rank as possible hits.<br />
Total film output for this same quarter<br />
a year ago—from both majors and independents—was<br />
a much higher 101, with 31<br />
hits out of the 35 qualifying releases. Since<br />
this quarter covers the Christmas-New Year<br />
holiday period, traditionally the best time<br />
of year to release major films, the product<br />
shortage became more evident. None of the<br />
24 foreign-independent releases achieved<br />
the required number of playdates, in sharp<br />
contrast with the eight which did in the<br />
previous season—and four of these went on<br />
to become hits.<br />
Leaders in the winter quarter were: "A<br />
Star Is Born" (WB), a dramatic musical<br />
remake starring Barbra Streisand and Kris<br />
Kristofferson as the star-crossed duo, 674<br />
per cent; "King Kong" (Para), also a remake—<br />
this time, courtesy of producer Dino<br />
De Laurentiis, 598; "The Enforcer" (WB),<br />
not a remake, but a "Dirty Harry" sequel<br />
with Clint Eastwood reprising his laconic<br />
police inspector role, 519; "The Pink Panther<br />
Strikes Again" (UA), another sequel,<br />
with Peter Sellers as the ever-befuddled<br />
Clouseau—also a police inspector, 517; and<br />
"Rocky" (UA), an "original" from Sylvester<br />
Stallone, which went on to garner ten Oscar<br />
nominations and the best picture award, 497.<br />
Five other pictures were in the 300-plus<br />
category for the period: "Silver Streak"<br />
(20th-Fox), 411 per cent; "Network" (UA-<br />
MGM), 408; "Wizards" (20th-Fox), 361;<br />
"Freaky Friday" (BV), 358; and "The Seven-Per-Cent<br />
Solution" (Univ), 320.<br />
In addition to the ten leading grossers,<br />
another ten winter releases scored in the<br />
200-or-better division: "Fellini's Casanova"<br />
(Univ), 282 per cent; "Fun With Dick and<br />
Jane" (Col), 281; "The Last Tycoon" (Para),<br />
280; "The Shaggy D.A." (BV), 248; "Exit<br />
the Dragon, Enter the Tiger" (Dimension),<br />
240; "Nickelodeon" (Col), 223; "Thieves"<br />
(Para), 219; "The Sentinel" (Univ), 205;<br />
"Monkey Hustle" (AIP), 204; and "The<br />
Town That Dreaded Sundown" (AIP), 203.<br />
Three features ranked in the 150-plus class.<br />
For the same quarter in '75-'76. these<br />
were the big ones: "Dog Day Afternoon"<br />
Top Hits for the Winter Quarter<br />
(December 1976 Through February 1977)<br />
Bound lor Glory (UA)<br />
Cassandra Crossing, The (Avco Emb)<br />
Enforcer, The (WB)<br />
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (Dimension)<br />
Fellini's Casanova (Univ)<br />
-Freaky Friday (BV)<br />
Fun With Dick and lane (Col)<br />
King Kong (Para)<br />
Last Tycoon, The (Para)<br />
Monkey Hustle (AIP)<br />
Network (UA-MGM)<br />
Nickelodeon<br />
(Col)<br />
- Pink Panther Strikes Again, The (UA)<br />
-Rocky<br />
(UA)<br />
Sentinel, The (Univ)<br />
Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The (Univ)<br />
Shaggy D.A., The (BV)<br />
Silver Streak (20th-Fox)<br />
Star Is Bom, A (WB)<br />
Thieves (Para)<br />
Town That Dreaded Sundown, The (AIP)<br />
Voyage of the Damned (Avco Emb)<br />
Wizards (20th-Fox)<br />
Blue Ribbon Award Fall release<br />
(WB), 580 per cent; "The Hindenburg"<br />
(Univ), 565; "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's<br />
Nest" (UA), 516; "Taxi Driver" (Col), 512;<br />
and "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes'<br />
Smarter Brother" (20th-Fox), 423.<br />
The box score on winter product is as<br />
follows (beginning with the largest number<br />
of top hits):<br />
Req. No. Top<br />
Company Releases Playdates Hits<br />
United Artists 5 4 4<br />
Paramount 4 3 3<br />
Universal 4 3 3<br />
Avco Embassy 2 2 2<br />
Buena Vista 2 2 2<br />
Columbia 2 2 2<br />
20th Century-Fox 3 3 2<br />
Warner Bros. 3 2 2<br />
American International 4 2 2<br />
Dimension 1 1 1<br />
Allied Artists 1 1<br />
Monarch Rel. Corp. 1<br />
Irwin Yablans Co. 1<br />
Atlas 2<br />
Cinema Shares Int'l 2<br />
Group 1 2<br />
New World 3<br />
Boxoffice International 4<br />
Intercontinental Rel. 6<br />
Independent/Foreign 24<br />
Releases, with the percentages available<br />
for the three-month period (December '76<br />
through February '77), follow by company.<br />
The symbol (*) denotes fall releases which<br />
B 194<br />
182<br />
, 204<br />
,223<br />
,205<br />
,219<br />
,203<br />
,181<br />
,240<br />
,248<br />
,282<br />
,281<br />
,280<br />
,320<br />
,358<br />
,361<br />
,411<br />
,519<br />
,598<br />
,408<br />
,517<br />
,497<br />
,674<br />
did not have a sufficient number of pla<br />
dates reported to qualify for the fall surve<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
ALLIED ARTISTS:<br />
Twilight's Last Gleaming<br />
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL:<br />
Monkey Hustle<br />
Town That Dreaded Sundown, The<br />
AVCO EMBASSY:<br />
Cassandra Crossing, The<br />
Voyage of the Damned<br />
BUENA VISTA:<br />
OFreaky Friday<br />
Shaggy D.A., The<br />
COLUMBIA:<br />
Fun With Dick and Jane<br />
Nickelodeon „<br />
DIMENSION:<br />
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger<br />
MONARCH REL.<br />
CORP.:<br />
'Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth<br />
NEW WORLD:<br />
"Lumiere (French)<br />
PARAMOUNT:<br />
King Kong<br />
Last Tycoon, The<br />
Thieves<br />
20TH CENTURY-FOX:<br />
All This and World War II<br />
Silver Streak<br />
Wizards „ _<br />
UNITED ARTISTS:<br />
Bound for Glory<br />
Network (MGM) -<br />
(£Pink Panther Strikes Again, The<br />
syRocky<br />
_<br />
UNIVERSAL:<br />
Fellini's Casanova<br />
Sentinel, The<br />
Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The<br />
WARNER BROS.:<br />
Enforcer, The<br />
Star Is Born, A<br />
IRWIN YABLANS CO.:<br />
'Assault on Precinct 13<br />
MISCELLANEOUS:<br />
'Alice in Wonderland (General National Enterprises)<br />
_<br />
•Marquise of O, The (New Line/German)<br />
M<br />
.13<br />
.B<br />
j<br />
.87<br />
16<br />
BOXOFFICE :: April 18, r
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DISNEY<br />
. . .Charles<br />
. . Good<br />
—<br />
. .<br />
) freaky Friday' (BV) Is Selected Winner<br />
-r Pf Blue Ribbon A ward for February<br />
fi<br />
— I<br />
(/y\l<br />
By MARY JO GORMAN<br />
PRODUCTIONS' "l-RFAKY FK1DAY," a contcmpoiar\ comcd\<br />
aboul .1 teenage girl whose wish to trade places with her mother comes true (for a<br />
Jf .i\ ). w.is selected Blue Ribbon Award winner for February hy members of the Naonal<br />
Screen Council. The Buena Vista release, rated G by the MPAA and Al hy the<br />
ICO, has amassed 351 per eent of average business in its first-run playdales in major<br />
.meriean cities.<br />
1"<br />
Boxoffice reviewed "Freaky Friday" in<br />
s issue of January 31, stating in part:<br />
1 5:i<br />
Switching places becomes a comic reality<br />
]''<br />
engaging Walt Disney presentation.<br />
ased on the book of the same name by<br />
lary Rodgers (composer Richard's<br />
slighter). With two such accomplished<br />
.tresses as Jodie Foster and Barbara Hars<br />
as the daughter and mother who pos-<br />
:ss each other's bodies for a day, the<br />
Ml lira should have a great appeal to adults<br />
. well as the usual family audiences. In<br />
Japting her work to the screen. Rodgers<br />
:is not overdone the temptation to be<br />
iore than a bit daring and the moral les-<br />
>ns underlying the theme should be clear<br />
1 all ages. Harris is hilarious with her<br />
lildish<br />
ways, while young Foster demonrates<br />
again what a fine actress can do.<br />
haring in the fun are John Astin, Kaye<br />
allard and Ruth Buzzi, with a host of<br />
naracter cameos from such zanies as Fritz<br />
eld. Iris Adrian, Dick Van Patten and<br />
. . . lively music by Johnny<br />
atsy Kelly. Gary Nelson directed and inuded<br />
some rugged stunts in a climactic<br />
— uto chase . . . the Ron Miller production<br />
one of the best of the live-action Disney<br />
Ims to date<br />
l.mdel and funny main titles by John Jenn<br />
and Art Stevens. The theme and cast<br />
umld garner lots of attention."<br />
members jotted the following obrvations<br />
on their ballots:<br />
Best Since "Poppins"<br />
! Easily the best Disney film since "Mary<br />
oppins."—Alvin Easter, Cinema Maga-<br />
. . . Fun<br />
ne, Minneapolis ... A family goody for<br />
• cry d.i\ in the week, including "Freaky<br />
.riday."—N. P. Street. WKSR Radioiles<br />
Free Press, Pulaski, Tenn.<br />
>r everyone! And this film makes you<br />
el good.—Chuck Fisher, independent,<br />
ilinton. Mo. . . . The grass is not always<br />
tier on the other side, as mother and<br />
jughter find out by exchanging roles in<br />
'is pleasant, entertaining— often hilarious<br />
-family movie.— Aileen Kandyba, Legion<br />
f Mary, Kansas City, Kas.<br />
This is Disney at its most imaginative<br />
and its most fun. For once, they have<br />
turned to acting ability rather than relying<br />
on their special effects and their drop-thekids-off-at-the-theatre<br />
reputation. And because<br />
the acting, especially that of Barbara<br />
Harris, is of such high quality, "Freak)<br />
Friday" turns into grand entertainment<br />
for the entire family. Seriously, I laughed<br />
just as hard, if not harder, than any of the<br />
kids. Fact is, I wouldn't have minded seeing<br />
Harris come away with an Academy<br />
Award nomination.—William D. Kerns,<br />
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.<br />
The best Disney in several years!<br />
Philip Wuntch. Dallas Morning News .<br />
Crazy idea, but fun to watch.—Dorothy<br />
R. Shank, WJJL Radio, Niagara Falls,<br />
N.Y. ... A fresh, new comedy from Disney<br />
Studios that resulted in the same big<br />
Disney business—and then some!—Justin<br />
Jacobsmeier, Dubinsky Bros. Theatres.<br />
Sioux City, Iowa . . . Mother and daughter<br />
each think the other has it easy until<br />
by some magic—they trade places. It is<br />
a lot of fun and yet has a double meaning<br />
behind the story. One of Disney's best<br />
films. Go see it! !—Mrs. Martin Naimark,<br />
MP&TVC.<br />
Greater Detroit<br />
"Freaky Friday" is good family entertainment<br />
on any day of the week.—Tom<br />
Hodge, Johnson City (Tenn.) Press-<br />
Chronicle . . . One of the best Disneys in<br />
a long time. Should be great at the boxoffice.—W.<br />
R. Kemp, Commonwealth<br />
Theatres, Grand Island, Neb. . . . Good<br />
for all ages.—Tim Warner, Theatre Operators,<br />
Inc., Bozeman, Mont. . for<br />
Disney—has my vote. "Freaky Friday" is<br />
great entertainment!—W. E. Fletcher,<br />
Fletcher Theatres-KRXA Radio, Seward,<br />
Alaska.<br />
Despite its too cute title, "Freaky Friday"<br />
has an amusing script by Mary Rodgers.—Earl<br />
J. Dias, New Bedford Standard-<br />
Times . . . Good fun in the time-honored<br />
Disney tradition!— Allen M. Widcm, syndicated<br />
columnist, West Hartford.<br />
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Barbara Harris, occupying daughter Jodie Foster 't<br />
body. losos control of a typewriter during a lest.<br />
Meanwhile, Foster (as Harris) is experiencing difficulties<br />
cooking a turkey for 25 last-minute guests.<br />
When things return to normal, Harris and Foster<br />
have a better understanding of the other's problems.<br />
Hen Andrews<br />
Barbara Harris<br />
nnabel Andrews Jodie Foster<br />
ill Andrews John Astin<br />
Irs. Schmauss Patsy Kelly<br />
'arold Jennings Dick Van Patten<br />
The Cast<br />
Virginia Vicki Sciiri 1 k<br />
Mr. Dilk<br />
Sorrell Boom<br />
Mr. Joffert<br />
Alan OPPENHEIMER<br />
Coach Betsy<br />
Kaye Bai lard<br />
Ben Andrews<br />
Sparky Marcus<br />
Production Staff<br />
.<br />
"ced by Ron Miller Director of<br />
'irected by Gary Nelson Photography<br />
F. Wheeler<br />
00k and Screenplay Music by JOHNNY MAND1 I<br />
*> Mary Rodgers Color by Teciink 01 or<br />
This award is Qiveii each month by the National<br />
Screen Council on the basis of outstanding<br />
merit and suitability for family entertainment.<br />
Council membership comprises motion<br />
picture editors, radio and TV film commentators,<br />
representatives of better films councils.<br />
civic, educational and exhibitor organizations<br />
OXOFF1CE :: April IS, 1977<br />
17
BOXOFFICE<br />
BAROMETEI<br />
This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in<br />
the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements are not listed. As new runs<br />
are reported, ratings ore added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in<br />
relation to average grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as average,<br />
the figures show the gross ratings above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.)<br />
if-"
I (New<br />
i 480,<br />
;<br />
BALTIMORE—The<br />
'<br />
-Black<br />
E<br />
Black Sunday 7<br />
Still<br />
rops on NY Screens<br />
NEW YORK -The Easter-Passover<br />
olidays boosted most of the attractions<br />
round town. "Black Sunday" was still No.<br />
, although its 485 average (State l. 4(>o.<br />
nd lower last. 510) was under its opening<br />
mud figure. Again second, and very close<br />
1 1<br />
was "Nasty Habits," third time at<br />
menu "The Eate Show" moved up a<br />
Otch to third place, earning 305 for its<br />
inth week at the Sutton, amazing since it's<br />
heads begun a showcase run. Star Lily<br />
onilin's one-woman show here, "Appearlg<br />
Nightly." has done so well that it's<br />
sen<br />
extended.<br />
"Slap Shot" also went up one place, to<br />
nirth, enjoying a 280 sixth round at the<br />
leekman. Fifth was a newcomer. "Aguir-<br />
.-. The Wrath of God," opening at the<br />
) \\ . Griffith with a 270. Sixth was "Welcome<br />
to L. A." the same as last week, but<br />
ith an improved 240 for its fourth Baronet<br />
ession.<br />
Showcase winners were "Rocky," "Airort<br />
77." "Fun With Dick and Jane," "Netork.<br />
Demon Seed" and "The Late<br />
i how." On mini, "Audrey Rose" shone.<br />
|<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
a.-one'.—Welcome to L. A. (Lion's Gate Films),<br />
(4th wk -<br />
240<br />
feekman—Slap Shot (Univ), 6lh wk<br />
280<br />
nema I—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 9th wk. 120<br />
:nema II—Nasty Habits (Brut Productions),<br />
3rd wk -<br />
..480<br />
-.nema 3— Providence (Cinema 5), 12th wk. .. .145<br />
inerama I—Uncle Tom's Cabin<br />
(Independent-Int'l), 2nd wk -<br />
.. 75<br />
merama II—The Domino Principle (Emb),<br />
3rd wk -<br />
.. 80<br />
W. Griffith—Aguirre. The Wrath of God<br />
(New Yorker) _<br />
.270<br />
asrworld— Odyssey (ASOM), 3rd wk<br />
.195<br />
me Arts—Brothers (WB), 2nd wk<br />
..105<br />
ittle Carnegie—Islands in the Stream (Para)<br />
.. 80<br />
:.—Brothers (WB). 2nd wk.<br />
290<br />
pheum—The Domino Principle (Emb), 3rd wk. .. 40<br />
Cousin Cousine (Libra Films), 38th wk. .200<br />
Man on the Root (Cinema 5), 3rd wk 175<br />
Music Hall—The Littlest Horse Thieves<br />
2nd wk<br />
Mohammad, Messenger Of God<br />
170<br />
(Irwin Yablans), 5th wk 110<br />
th Street Playhouse—The Wonderful Crook<br />
Yorker), 6th wk 130<br />
Sunday (Para), 2nd wk. ..._ 460<br />
The Lore Show (WB), 9th wk 305<br />
eel East—The Domino Principle (Emb),<br />
irk _ _ 85<br />
:<br />
'3s'-Black Sunday (Para), 2nd wk 510<br />
Hocky' Is Reigning Champ<br />
n 10th Baltimore Week<br />
powerful punch of<br />
iRocky" dominated Baltimore screens as<br />
be Academy Award-winner earned a 400<br />
i its tenth week at two theatres. Most of<br />
he other grosses hovered around the aver-<br />
|t mark.<br />
swap & Shop Resumes<br />
REVERE, MASS.—The Revere Drivein<br />
Theatre was the first area underskyer to<br />
eturoe flea market policy March 20. The<br />
Swap & Shop" advertised $7 per carspaee<br />
or seller. S4 per carload for buyers, and 50<br />
.<br />
BROADWAY<br />
PROHIBITING PORNOGRAPHY in<br />
the<br />
Times Square area was the object of<br />
a three-da] rally by a group called SOS<br />
(Stamp Out Smut). Ending Wednesday<br />
(13), the campaign had clergymen and<br />
members of Broadway shows banding together<br />
against X-rated films and sex book<br />
shops. The cast of the musical "Godspell"<br />
asked the audience to join in a march down<br />
Broadway in protest following the matinee<br />
performance. Alfred Drake. Ben Gazzara,<br />
Colleen Dew hurst and Jerry Orbach were<br />
among the personalities speaking out against<br />
pornography during the three days.<br />
Meanwhile, the Embassy on 49th Street<br />
has reopened as a hard-core house. Pussycat<br />
Cinema, with the debut of Alex De<br />
Renzy's "Babyface."<br />
•<br />
Producer Raymond R. Homer gave a<br />
lavish spread for the press Tuesday (12) to<br />
celebrate the filming of his new adventure<br />
drama. "Sharpies." The place was the penthouse<br />
pool atop I Lincoln Plaza, or 20 West<br />
64th St.. where the action to be used under<br />
the credits was shot silent. Star David<br />
Broadnax, who portrays a sort of black<br />
James Bond, was there as were a bevy of<br />
beauties clad in bikinis and later in stylish<br />
Army fatigues.<br />
While the buffet and champagne luncheon<br />
was outstanding, the graciousness of<br />
the cast was also gratifying. Broadnax and<br />
fellow stars Stella Stevens. Sheila Frazier.<br />
Charles McGregor and Lionel Hampton<br />
made themselves available for lengthy interviews<br />
and autograph sessions all afternoon.<br />
Among the lovelies in the cast were Viju<br />
Krem. Nai Bonet, Catherine Reilly. Christina<br />
Ekman and Sally Beck. Publicists Harold<br />
Rand and Chuck Jones and Homer,<br />
who also directed the dtry's takes, saw to it<br />
that everyone was satisfied.<br />
•<br />
Bob Hope is to appear in person at Nassau<br />
Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale,<br />
L.I., for one performance only Friday<br />
evening, May 13, at 8 p.m. The comedian<br />
will be accompanied by Les Brown and His<br />
Band of Renown, Janice Harper and the<br />
New York Police Department Emerald Society<br />
Pipe and Drum Band.<br />
•<br />
"Audrey Rose," a United Artists release<br />
of the Robert Wise production, had a smash<br />
opening day gross Wednesday (6) of $23,-<br />
365 at seven local theatres. The thriller<br />
about reincarnation, based on Frank De Felitta's<br />
best seller, opened at Loews' State 2,<br />
Loews' Cine and the Eastside Cinema in<br />
Manhattan; Plainview. Plainview. and Lynbrook,<br />
Lynbrook, in Long Island, and Cinema<br />
46, Totowa, and the Middletown I<br />
in Middletown, N.J.<br />
Wise directed from De Felitta's screenplay.<br />
Marsha Mason. Anthony Hopkins.<br />
John Beck and Susan Swift (as Ivy) star.<br />
•<br />
"Portrait of Nicholas Ray" was the topic<br />
on CBS-TV's "Camera Three" Sunday<br />
morning (17) at 11 a.m. The famed director,<br />
writer and producer was interviewed<br />
by author-critic Cliff Jahr. Recently turned<br />
actor and teacher, Ray spoke of his friendship<br />
with James Dean during the making<br />
Of "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) and<br />
his current experiences working with young<br />
students at the Lee Strasberg Studios.<br />
•<br />
The Brooklyn Home Reporter and Sunset<br />
News carried an article in its April 1st<br />
edition about the 50-year-old Dyker Theatre.<br />
due to close Tuesday 126). Renovation will<br />
begin next month for a September or October<br />
reopening as a series of one-story<br />
shops. Among the new tenants will be a<br />
Hillman-Kohan Vision Center. Fava Shoes.<br />
Liberty Travel, a discount drug company<br />
and several highfashion clothing stores.<br />
The possibility of erecting a twin movie<br />
house on the second level is being considered.<br />
The new owners. Developers Realtors.<br />
Inc.. of West Hartford, Conn., will<br />
dispose of the furnishings and fixtures of<br />
the Dyker (located on 86th Street near<br />
Fifth Avenue), including the organ which<br />
was located under the stage. Theatre manager<br />
John Concilia and assistant manager<br />
Anthony Schiano hope to move on to other<br />
RKO houses in the borough.<br />
•<br />
"An Unmarried Woman" has begun<br />
principal photography here. Written and<br />
directed by Paul Mazursky, the comedydrama<br />
is being co-produced by Mazursky<br />
and Tony Ray for 20th Century-Fox. Jill<br />
Clayburgh, Michael Murphy, Cliff Gorman<br />
and Kelly Bishop star in the tale of a<br />
woman and her daughter after<br />
the breakup<br />
of the woman's 15-year marriage.<br />
Much of the production will be done<br />
on Manhattan's East Side and in Greenwich<br />
Village (site of Mazursky's recent<br />
"Next Stop, Greenwich Village," also for<br />
Fox). A nine-week shooting schedule is expected<br />
to be completed by June 8.<br />
•<br />
The Thalia Theatre's Midnight Special<br />
Film Program got under way Friday (15)<br />
with two satires released by Troma, Inc..<br />
"The Battle of Love's Return" and "Delora."<br />
Saturday night (16). the filmmakers<br />
were on hand to talk to the audience. Unusually,<br />
both also star in the films they directed:<br />
Lloyd Kaufman, with Lynn Lowry,<br />
in "Battle" and Kenneth Lane, with Chryse<br />
Mail, in "Delora."<br />
•<br />
In the magazine: The Monday (11)<br />
issue of Newsweek Magazine had a cover<br />
story on Oscar-winning "Rocky." The United<br />
Artists hit also was the first film to be<br />
serialized in the New York Post, Monday<br />
through Saturday (4-9). The May edition<br />
of Oui has an interview with Faye Dunaway,<br />
also an Oscar winner (Best Actress,<br />
for UA's "Network").<br />
Films in Review for April features a<br />
career article on its cover girl, silent star<br />
Leatrice Joy, and one on actress Yvonne<br />
De Carlo. There are appreciations of<br />
scripter George Oppenheimer (by Ronald<br />
Bowers) and of the late Quincy Howe,<br />
former president of the National Board of<br />
Review (by ex-FIR editor Henry Har<br />
and also of the late Henri Langlois, fi<br />
archivist and founder of the Cinemalhe<br />
Francaise.<br />
•<br />
Openings: "Not a Pretty Picture," Mar<br />
Coolidge's documentary on rape, Thursi<br />
(14) for two weeks at Jean Renoir Cinen<br />
"Jabberwocky." a Cinema 5 release<br />
some of the Monty Python personnel. Frid<br />
(15) at Cinema I ; "Jacob the Liar," Genii<br />
drama in its Amreican premiere. Sunc'y<br />
(17) at the Plaza. "The Beast." X-rated f\<br />
tasy, began its American premiere FriM<br />
(15) at two houses. 59th Street East <br />
her name, was introduced by Cinematht]<br />
head Gene Stavis and told a few anect<br />
about the film. Her daughter by fa\<br />
John Gilbert, onetime actress Leatrice,<br />
Gilbert, was introduced by Miss Joy<br />
added that the junior Leatrice is wr%,<br />
a biography of her father.<br />
•<br />
Showcases Wednesday (13) offeree t-<br />
tle in the way of new attractions. Pla<br />
"Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger," 'lin<br />
With Dick and Jane," "Islands in be<br />
Stream," "Mr. Billion," "Audrey F<br />
(mini), "Network," "Black Sunday" (rrli)<br />
"Demon Seed," "The Late Show," "Voagi<br />
of the Damned," "Rocky," "King Kng'<br />
and "Airport "77."<br />
Ralph Bakshi Set io Mee<br />
Student Editors in NYC<br />
NEW YORK—Ralph Bakshi, whos<br />
turistic fantasy "Wizards" opens hel at<br />
month's end, will arrive Monday (II<br />
meet high school editors, college elors<br />
and graduate film students. Bakshi hasieen<br />
quite successful with college studentswith<br />
his past films, such as "Fritz the Cat§nd .<br />
"Heavy Traffic," both X-rated. "WizMs,"<br />
his first PG film, is a 20th CenturFox<br />
release.<br />
In New York Bakshi will meet stijbts<br />
from Columbia University Film Sjool. SjooI.<br />
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn College,<br />
of Visual Arts and the New York<br />
Jhool<br />
Uiver-<br />
sity Graduate Film School, in additin to<br />
other college and high school editors.'<br />
Immediately following screening for<br />
each group, Bakshi will hold a seiinar,<br />
discussing films, animation and storyllling.<br />
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Distributor Is Sought for Ballet<br />
Film Narrated by Princess Grace<br />
Bj ioiin COCCH1<br />
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VI I IN MEETS MEDIA—Woody<br />
Allen, left, with Eric Pleskow, president<br />
of United Artists, met with more<br />
[li. ii i 150 members of the nation's print<br />
and TV media Friday (I) through Sunday<br />
(3) on behalf of his new film "Annie<br />
Hall." The writers, editors and critics<br />
represented leading publications<br />
and TV stations in the U.S. and Canada<br />
and were guests at a preview of<br />
the picture Friday evening (I). The<br />
film, which stars Allen, Dianne Keaton<br />
and Tony Roberts, is slated to open in<br />
late April in approximately 25 key<br />
situations around the country.<br />
52,248 Film Budget Set<br />
For Camden County Jail<br />
CAMDEN. N.J.—An allocation of $2,-<br />
75 was approved by the Camden County<br />
Freeholders to rent 40 feature motion<br />
pictures for showing to prisoners in the<br />
ounty jail. Among the films that the inflates<br />
will see are "Start the Revolution<br />
Without Me." "The Black Windmill." "Diamoni.lv''<br />
Boxcar Bertha." "The Take." "Hell<br />
I<br />
p in Harlem." "The Black Bird." "Black<br />
Gunn," "Bite the Bullet." "Deep Thrust,"<br />
Friday Foster." "Willie Dynamite." "Taxi<br />
l)n\er." "Foxy Brown" and "Bucktown<br />
SA."<br />
Sheriff Thomas J. O'Rourke acknowledged<br />
that the titles of some of the selected<br />
Ims had caused him some concern. However,<br />
he said, "that is what they like over<br />
there and we have had good success with<br />
Mgfphowing of films."<br />
IC<br />
ITC Films for Learning<br />
Is Releasing Art Series<br />
NEW YORK— Lord Kenneth Clark's<br />
of Modern Painting." is now bens;<br />
released as a 35mm color and sound<br />
tilmstrip series for the educational and cultural<br />
market by ITC Films for Learning, a<br />
inewly organized division of ITC Entertain-<br />
-jment, it was announced by Abe Mandell,<br />
of ITC Entertainment, an ATV<br />
iCo.<br />
"'Pioneers of Modern Painting' is the<br />
filmstrip series of our newly organized<br />
division. ITC Films for Learning." said<br />
"The series had had an unparal-<br />
Icled record of success, as a series of speon<br />
Public Broadcasting stations<br />
and as<br />
•' Ihnini series, subscribed to b> educational<br />
i Jnd cultural<br />
institutions."<br />
M W YORK- "A very special film" is a<br />
phrase perhaps too often used to describe<br />
something a bit out of the ordinary, but it<br />
does apply to "The Children of Theatre<br />
Street." a really exquisite ballet film. It tells<br />
of the training undergone by young students<br />
at the Kirov Ballet School, also called the<br />
Vaganova Choreographic Institute, in Leningrad.<br />
Princess Grace appears in and narrates<br />
the Mini for producer Earle Mack, a<br />
New York financier and patron of the arts<br />
responsible for the concept.<br />
As yet without a distributor and available<br />
in 16mm, the film will have a special<br />
benefit performance, open to the public, at<br />
City Center here May 9. Proceeds will go<br />
to the School of American Ballet, founded<br />
by George Balanchine, who will be present.<br />
In the early '20s, Balanchine left his native<br />
Russia after having been schooled at the<br />
Kirov institute. Balanchine, who also founded<br />
the School of American Ballet, once was<br />
associated with the Ballet Russe de Monte<br />
Carlo, which links him indirectly with<br />
Princess Grace.<br />
Devoted Ballet Buff<br />
The princess, the former Grace Kelly of<br />
Hollywood, is a devoted ballet buff and<br />
agreed to participate in the venture when<br />
Mack promised to donate part of the film's<br />
proceeds to the Princess Grace School of<br />
Classical Ballet (formerly the Monte Carlo<br />
Ballet School) in Monaco and to other cultural<br />
outlets. This is not her first professional<br />
appearance since her Oscar-winning<br />
days as an actress, because she introduced<br />
the 1966 film "The Poppy Is Also a Flower"<br />
in its TV debut. She will be honorary chairman<br />
of the benefit May 9, although she is<br />
not scheduled to be present.<br />
Amy Phillips, an assistant to producer<br />
Mack, said that the Novosti Press was instrumental<br />
in getting the film (Mack's first)<br />
under way. Mack is credited with being the<br />
sole investor and with obtaining permission<br />
from the Soviet Cultural Ministry to produce<br />
a series of educational dance documentaries<br />
which evolved into "The Children of<br />
Theatre Street."<br />
Dairy m pie Associate Producer<br />
Associate producer is Jean Dalrymple. a<br />
New York producer, publicist and author.<br />
Artistic director and the supervisor of the<br />
film's dance sequences is Oleg Briansky. a<br />
ballet choreographer and teacher in this<br />
country, Director Robert Dornhelm. one of<br />
Austria's leading documentary filmmakers.<br />
is well-known in Europe. The "stars" of the<br />
film were chosen by the principals behind<br />
the scenes and include Angelina Armeiskaya,<br />
11. Alec Timoushin. 12. and graduating<br />
student Lena Voronzova.<br />
Theatre Street is the name of the street<br />
on which the institute is located. The school<br />
teaches subjects which ordinary students<br />
would receive as well as intensive classes in<br />
the school are Rudolf Nureyev, N i<br />
Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov, regarded<br />
as three of the world's greatest<br />
dancers. Reference to them in the film's<br />
narration caused a cooling of relations between<br />
the Soviets and the American crew,<br />
since the three are defectors and their attendance<br />
at the school no longer is acknowledged.<br />
Mack, who runs a construction company<br />
in Secaucus. N.J.. intends to donate the bulk<br />
of any profits on the film to the arts. The<br />
well-known public relations firm. John<br />
Springer Associates. Inc.. is involved in<br />
publicizing the film, further proof of its<br />
power. Talks with agents regarding regular<br />
distribution lor the film have been initiated<br />
and Mack hopes for a theatrical outlet as<br />
early as June.<br />
Universal Will Film 'Wiz'<br />
In NYC Starting Sept. 30<br />
NEW YORK—The theatrical motion<br />
picture version of the Broadway stage hit<br />
"The Wiz" will be filmed entirely on location<br />
in New York City, with production<br />
scheduled to begin September 30. Diana<br />
Ross stars as Dorothy in the musical based<br />
on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which<br />
Sidney Lumet will direct. The film is a<br />
Universal/ Motown production.<br />
The announcement was made at the Astoria<br />
Motion Picture and Television Production<br />
Center at a press conference attended<br />
by New York Mayor Abraham D.<br />
Beame, Queensboro President Donald<br />
Manes. Walter Wood of the Mayor's Office<br />
for Motion Pictures and Television and<br />
Sidney Lumet.<br />
Said Mayor Beame: "We are grateful to<br />
Universal Studios who will be producing<br />
The Wiz' and we also offer our thanks<br />
to Sidney Lumet, New York's own director<br />
who has brought a lot of movie business to<br />
New York City."<br />
The film version of "The Wiz" will have<br />
some members of the original Broadwav<br />
cast in roles they created on stage.<br />
Rob Cohen will produce "The Wiz." and<br />
Ken Harper, who was producer of the stage<br />
version, will be executive producer. Geoffrey<br />
Holder, who directed and designed the<br />
costumes for the Broadway hit. will design<br />
costumes for the film.<br />
"We have received outstanding cooperation<br />
from the movie industry in New York<br />
City and we look forward to the start of<br />
production." said Cohen who produced<br />
"The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars &<br />
Motor Kings" and Universale "High<br />
School." scheduled for release later this<br />
\ear.<br />
Joel Schumacher wrote the screenplay<br />
for "The Wiz" and Tony Walton has been<br />
signed .is production designer.<br />
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BOXOFTICE April 18, 1977<br />
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the K-B Cinema's current attraction. Brut<br />
Productions' "Nasty Habits," which is based<br />
on Muriel Spark's jape entitled "The Abbess<br />
of Crewe," wrote (in part): "What ha<br />
been left (in the movie) is a sort of matel<br />
the nun to the Watergate villain game. I<br />
requires very little effort to figure that Sis<br />
ter Winifred (Sandy Dennis) is John Deai<br />
or that the world-traveling Sister Gertrud<br />
(Melina Mercouri) is Henry Kissinger. Th<br />
hope here is that the grasped identities wi!<br />
leave audiences with a sense of their owi<br />
Watergate prowess. The result is, at bes (<br />
precious; at worst, wordy."<br />
NA<strong>TO</strong> <strong>TO</strong>PPERS HONORED—Marvin Goldman, left, president of the National<br />
Ass'n of Theatre Owners, and Paul Roth, fourth from left, past chairman of<br />
the board and past president of national NA<strong>TO</strong>, were honored at a recent luncheon<br />
held at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. Also shown above are: Wade Pearson,<br />
second from left, president of NA<strong>TO</strong> of District of Columbia; Irwin Cohen,<br />
third from left, president of NA<strong>TO</strong> of Virginia, and Leon Back, right, president,<br />
NA<strong>TO</strong> of Man land. Both Goldman and Roth were presented plaques in appreciation<br />
ni their "fine work on behalf of theatre owners while serving in the top post<br />
of our national organization." The luncheon was sponsored jointly by NA<strong>TO</strong> of<br />
Virginia, NA<strong>TO</strong> of District of Columbia and NA<strong>TO</strong> of Maryland.<br />
WASHING<strong>TO</strong>N<br />
yhe Eederation of Motion Picture Councils,<br />
which was founded by the Motion<br />
Picture Ass'n of America when it<br />
affiliated<br />
film councils throughout the U.S., will hold<br />
its 22nd annual conference at the Holiday<br />
Inn of San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge<br />
Monday (25) through Thursday (28). Hosting<br />
the conference will be the East Bay<br />
Motion Picture and Television Council, assisted<br />
by members of the Northern California<br />
Coordinating Council. Mrs. Joseph<br />
(Marie) Baker of Soquel, Calif., president,<br />
will preside. Baker wrote in the current<br />
issue of FMPC Newsreel: "Many interesting<br />
programs are planned so that each representative<br />
will have a wealth of information<br />
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to take back to her respective council." The<br />
agenda includes the election of officers. This<br />
writer, Virginia R. Collier, as president of<br />
the District of Columbia Motion Picture<br />
and Television Council, is a charter member<br />
of FMPC.<br />
The 26th annual convention of the National<br />
Cable Television Ass'n opened in<br />
Chicago at the Conrad Hilton Hotel Sunday<br />
(17) and will continue through Wednesday<br />
(20). NCTA's theme is "The Choice of<br />
Twelve Million Families." The cable industry's<br />
meeting will feature programs on paycable,<br />
technical developments in satellites<br />
and fiber optics and an overview of federal<br />
regulatory developments. In addition, more<br />
than 100 companies are exhibiting hardware<br />
and software services.<br />
Jack Valenti, president of MPAA, and<br />
Mrs. Valenti hosted an invitational showing<br />
of "Raggedy Ann & Andy" at the AFI<br />
Theatre Saturday afternoon (9). Invitees<br />
were government administrators and congressional<br />
leaders and their children.<br />
Among those in the capacity audience viewing<br />
the 20th Century-Fox animated musical<br />
release, now playing at 12 suburban theatres,<br />
were: Secretary of Health, Education<br />
and Welfare Joseph A. Califano jr. and<br />
Under Secretary of HEW Hale Champion;<br />
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts;<br />
Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia; Sen. John C.<br />
Danforth of Missouri; Sen. John A. Durkin,<br />
New Hampshire; Sen. Gary W. Hart, Colorado;<br />
Sen. Bob Packwood, Oregon, and<br />
AFI director George Stevens jr. . . . The<br />
Post's Judith Martin said of "Raggedy Ann<br />
& Andy": "It fulfills what most adults seem<br />
to expect from entertainment suitable for<br />
a family outing ... It makes sweet statements<br />
in favor of friendship. It is pretty.<br />
It is tuneful."<br />
Star film critic Tom Dowling, reviewing<br />
Amy Carter, America's First Daughter, ;<br />
a Disney fan. According to Harry Howai<br />
Buena Vista branch manager, since Pres<br />
dent Jimmy Carter's administration begai<br />
there has been an increase in White Housi<br />
requests for Walt Disney films . . . Atj<br />
other Disney production for BV releai<br />
started to roll at the Burbank studio Moi<br />
day (11) with twice-Oscared Bette Dav<br />
making her debut for Walt Disney Produ<br />
tions in "Return From Witch Mountain<br />
Ms. Davis recently was honored with tl<br />
AFI Life Achievement Award.<br />
Jerome Sandy, American Internation<br />
Pictures branch chief, upon his return fro|<br />
his company's "super" sales meeting<br />
Tucson, Ariz., reported riding those hors<br />
had made him bow-legged! Sandy, howevt<br />
also had other news to report. Film d<br />
tributors' phased withdrawal from Filmrc r.<br />
for suburban territory again asserted itsd<br />
in AIP's exchange move Saturday<br />
(!,<br />
AIP's new address is: 5400 C Eisenhow'-<br />
Ave., Alexandria, Va. 22304. The new tef<br />
phone number is (703) 370-3400. The ne;<br />
location is appealing to Sandy—it is larg<br />
and with enough space for a shipping rooi.<br />
Murray Baker, former division manag"<br />
for A. Stirling Gold, closed the office he:<br />
and all communications are directed to ti<br />
firm's New York home office, 1350 Aven:<br />
of the Americas . . . Ernest S. Johnstc,<br />
head of his own advertising and publico<br />
agency, and assistant Tom Thor attended!<br />
Mulberry Square Productions sales semirfl<br />
in Dallas, Tex., Thursday and Friday (7,<br />
1<br />
Shep Allen, a showman for almost a ha<br />
century, retired from District Theatres af<br />
20 years as supervisor for the circuit's 7<br />
theatres Friday (1). A native of Chica;',<br />
Allen's initial local employment was |<br />
years ago as manager of the Howard, H<br />
toric black theatre, presenting live ent<br />
tainment. In 1946, when District Theats<br />
acquired the Lichtman circuit, which vJ<br />
operating the Howard, Allen continuedii<br />
his same position as theatre-circuit sup"-<br />
visor. Allen's retirement, at 85. was nod<br />
by a luncheon at the Watergate Terr;e<br />
Restaurant, where his friends and assci«<br />
ates saluted him.<br />
Photo Plugs 'Slap Shot'<br />
PITTSFORD, N.Y.—Frank Lindkap<br />
of Loews Theatres planted a two-colu tl<br />
color photo of Paul Newman and feat"e<br />
story spanning two pages in conjunct n<br />
with the upstate New York premiere >f<br />
Universal's "Slap Shot" at Loews' Pittsf'd<br />
Theatre.<br />
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WASHING<strong>TO</strong>N— Bob Leverone, Aroer-<br />
.m Film Institute regional information ofcer.<br />
aiul Mike Clark, AFI program plan-<br />
Bob Leverone, left, American Film<br />
Institute regional information officer,<br />
and Mike Clark, AFI Theatre program<br />
planner, posed for photographs following<br />
their presentation at a Kennedy<br />
Center forum highlighting AFI's series<br />
of western motion pictures.<br />
r. were the speakers at a symposium held<br />
arch 23 in the Kennedy Center. The free,<br />
symposium is a "National Town<br />
eeting" which is sponsored, financially,<br />
ihe Mobil Oil Co.<br />
I he AFI staffers' presentation was interersed<br />
with film clips from the AFI Thea-<br />
\pril series of 40 western motion pica's<br />
tilled "They Went Thataway."<br />
("Three Bad Men." "Wagonmaster" and<br />
e documentary "Directed by John Ford"<br />
at among those westerns with which<br />
rverone and Clark entertained their nearpacity<br />
audience.<br />
lanager R. Michael Sabal<br />
ack to Binghamton, N.Y.<br />
N.Y.—R. Michael Sa-<br />
I. formerly manager for Sportservice Theses<br />
in Wilkes Barre, Pa., has been apmied<br />
manager of the<br />
J Strand theatres.<br />
Binghamton Riviera<br />
ISabal previously had managed theatres<br />
101 the Comerford. Cinecon and Hallmark<br />
[jjflj rcuits. In Pennsylvania, he has managed<br />
1,0* Scranton, Clarks Summit. Williamsport,<br />
an d •«* •riBviHe. Montoursville and Hazleton. In<br />
'« York, Sabal managed in Owego, Endiit<br />
and here in Binghamton. his present<br />
>< liignmeni j. at the Riviera and Strand mark-<br />
! his second tour of duty in this city.<br />
BUFFALO<br />
FTnder a "Send the Children" headline, the<br />
Courier-Express in its Friday (8) edition<br />
called "The Littles! Horse rhieves,"<br />
filmed in the British Mes. "the Disnej<br />
Studio's best young people's picture in ages."<br />
It was the Easier Week attraction .n the<br />
Como, North Park and Eastern Hills theatres.<br />
Currently at the Holiday Six is Robert<br />
Benton's "The Late Show." which drew this<br />
comment from Buffalo News critic Hal<br />
Crowther: "The extreme excitement over<br />
Benlon's film indicates to me that critics<br />
and audiences of the better sort arc starved<br />
for movies scaled down to human size.<br />
'The<br />
Late Show' is a modest but unique achievement,<br />
crafted wtih loving carelessness."<br />
"Demon Seed," a futuristic fright film,<br />
bowed in Friday (15) at the Seneca Mall.<br />
Como Mall Cinemas and Plaza North Theatre<br />
. . . Beginning Wednesday (13), "The<br />
Town That Dreaded Sundown" became the<br />
attraction at the Kensington and Como<br />
Mall Cinemas. It's the story of a Texas<br />
town stalked by a psychopath in the mid-<br />
19405.<br />
The management of the New Allendale<br />
Theatre celebrated the first anniversary of<br />
its takeover with a free movie Thursday<br />
(7). As the Allendale (minus the "New").<br />
the house showed X-rated films and was<br />
the center of several legal battles over pornography<br />
laws. After its acquisition by<br />
three Allentown residents last year, the theatre<br />
policy was changed to a fare of general<br />
interest films.<br />
Ed Bebko and Alan Erenstoft have become<br />
co-owners of the Downtown Cinema<br />
after buying out the remaining stock of<br />
former partners. They plan to renovate the<br />
theatre and to exploit their attractions. The<br />
first step was inauguration of a weekend<br />
bargain matinee, emphasizing children's<br />
shows, noon until 2 p.m. for $1; followed<br />
by the regular screen program at 2:30 at<br />
regular prices. The initial offering was<br />
"Winterhawk," based on a famous Blackfoot<br />
Indians' legend and starring Michael<br />
Dante. Because of the Easter school holidays,<br />
this booking ran Saturday through<br />
Monday.<br />
Buffalo's I alia Shire rushed off to t he<br />
Philippines after the Academy Awards<br />
. . .<br />
presentation to play a cameo role for her<br />
brother Francis Ford Coppola in his "Apocalypse<br />
Now" The Buffalo Century,<br />
a downtown situation, frequently reverts<br />
from stage shows to Saturday night movies.<br />
The screen fare at the Century Saturday<br />
(2) was "Dr. Strangelove," "Boob Tube."<br />
"Stardust" and "What Do You Say to a<br />
Naked Lady?"<br />
Of Doug Smith's IS Oscar picks, eight<br />
were correct. The biggest embarrasment tot<br />
Smith, editor of Focus, was in the "best<br />
adapted score" category in which he said<br />
entrant had a chance to win except<br />
Bound for Glory," which turned out to be<br />
the real winner. "Bound i"i Glory," which<br />
also won the award foi cinematograph<br />
Smith predicted, most likely will open al<br />
the Colvin Theatre as soon as "Airport '77"<br />
completes its flight there . . . Writing about<br />
"Black Sunday," Smith noted: "A fan<br />
enough thriller but nowhere neat the capabilities<br />
of all concerned. Everything that's<br />
wrong with 'Black Sunday,' which must demand<br />
a certain sympathy lor all its antagonists<br />
to be truly successful, is in evidence<br />
when audiences cheer the death of Miss<br />
Keller<br />
(Marlhel."<br />
Moviegoers Seek Special<br />
Pictures: Robert Evans<br />
BUFFALO— "People don't go to the<br />
movies any more; they go to a movie," said<br />
Robert Evans, Hollywood producer and<br />
former production chief at Paramount Pictures,<br />
who came to town March 15 on an<br />
East Coast swing to promote his new film,<br />
"Black Sunday." It opened Friday (1) at the<br />
Holiday Theatre.<br />
"You cannot just make another picture<br />
and expect people to come and see it,"<br />
Evans continued. "You've got to look for<br />
something special and handle it in a special<br />
way."<br />
"Black Sunday," adapted from the<br />
Thomas Harris novel about a conspiracy<br />
by the Black September political movement<br />
to kill 80.000 Super Bowl fans, is Evans'<br />
idea of a "special movie" that will work<br />
because of "special handling." He expects<br />
to travel worldwide to assure the film of an<br />
audience and has arranged for other promotional<br />
stops by some of the film's stars,<br />
including Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern.<br />
"I don't go for sloppiness." Evans<br />
stressed. "Won't accept it."<br />
Ladies Admitted Free<br />
NEW YORK—Escorted ladies are now<br />
admitted free Sundays at the Cine Lido.<br />
48th Street at Broadway, and at the 1 ido<br />
East, 211 East 59th St.. both on adult film<br />
policy.<br />
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Call Harry Jones<br />
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• Painting o Repairs<br />
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PITTSBURGH<br />
Qhoniiuui Morris M. Finkcl forwarded<br />
guest passes for Bank Cinema I and<br />
Good Friday (8) was<br />
Bank Cinema II . . .<br />
a school holiday and Cinemette houses held<br />
$1 days to 5 p.m.. downtown sites charging<br />
Area theatres have<br />
$1 to 2:30 p.m. . . .<br />
been featuring "Rocky," "3 Fantastic Supermen."<br />
"Super Stooges vs. The Wonder<br />
Women," "Demon Seed," "Premonition."<br />
"The Littlest Horse Thieves," "Winnie the<br />
Pooh." "At the Earth's Core." etc.<br />
John Lange has joined Plitt Theatres as<br />
assistant ad director. John's father Bill formerly<br />
was a Warner Bros, exchange manager<br />
here; in recent years Bill has owned<br />
and operated a large independent film distributing<br />
company working out of Chicago.<br />
John Lange is a Columbia University<br />
graduate.<br />
Deforest Kelley presented a new film,<br />
"Star Trek: Backstage," at the Syria Mosque<br />
Saturday (16) . . . The Liberty showed<br />
"The Millionairess" . . Minnie Hunter<br />
.<br />
Nixon of the old-time Paramount exchange<br />
is the veteran organist and choir director<br />
at the Delmont U. P. Church. She was a<br />
Wilkinsburg High School graduate classmate<br />
of your correspondent in 1922.<br />
Vince Josask, years ago a film salesman<br />
in this area, tells us in a letter from his<br />
Los Angeles residence that he again is in<br />
"good shape" at 74, after being hospitalized<br />
several months for two major operations,<br />
plus treatments. He retired from the industry<br />
some years ago, after a stroke left him<br />
partially paralyzed. He and his wife extend<br />
best wishes to film industry friends. Vince,<br />
whose brother George (also a film salesman<br />
here) died in Pittsburgh several years ago,<br />
informed us of the death of Kitty Brown,<br />
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SI. last fall. Kitty, whose late husband Dick<br />
managed this city's old Duquesne Theatre<br />
when it was owned by United Artists 55<br />
years ago, had been Vince's neighbor in<br />
Los Angeles for years. Dick Brown also<br />
served with the WBT circuit here; then was<br />
an independent exhibitor at five Pittsburgh<br />
locations. Dick's father was the late Harry<br />
Brown, well-known showman who managed<br />
the original Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh<br />
for two decades.<br />
Ernie Sands, formerly a Pittsburgh film<br />
salesman and exchange manager and active<br />
nationally in film distribution, has a son<br />
Jay who now is a Columbia representative<br />
in Boston . Spiegle, former local<br />
film salesman and a veteran in this field at<br />
Cleveland, was ill and absent from the business<br />
last year. Jud claims he is semi-retired<br />
but he's still on the go for Cineplex in<br />
Ohio.<br />
Elizabeth Taylor Appears<br />
On Barbara Walters' Show<br />
NEW YORK—Elizabeth Taylor and her<br />
husband John Warner were two of the<br />
guests on "The Barbara Walters Special,"<br />
telecast on ABC-TV Wednesday evening<br />
(6). The actress discussed the present and<br />
future of her recent marriage, as well as<br />
her second marriage to actor Richard Burton.<br />
Regarding Burton, Ms. Taylor said there<br />
were two weddings because she really<br />
wanted to make the marriage work. She<br />
was philosophical about the two failures<br />
and wished Burton, now rewed, the same<br />
happiness that she has now. Admitting<br />
that she is about to turn 45. the actress<br />
said she had no worries about getting older<br />
because she's lived life to the fullest and<br />
enjoyed it enormously, despite her mistakes.<br />
Also interviewed on the special were the<br />
Shah and Empress of Iran and Congresswoman<br />
Barbara Jordan, the South's only<br />
black congresswoman.<br />
Monroeville Pornographic<br />
Law Copied at Penn Hills<br />
PITTSBURGH—Penn Hills Borough<br />
has adopted a civil pornography ordinance<br />
patterned after Monroeville's, which has<br />
been upheld in lower court. While the new<br />
ordinance permits stopping of shows and<br />
removal of materials the borough council<br />
deems pornographic, the ordinance does not<br />
permit incarceration.<br />
Movies, magazines and other publications,<br />
massage parlors, prostitution and<br />
modeling parlors are covered in the Penn<br />
Hills ordinance. Excluded are "works of<br />
art." Court costs will be the burden of the<br />
merchant. Council members are judges:<br />
they determine what is and what isn't obscene<br />
or lewd.<br />
City officials believe the Penn Hills ordinance<br />
will be amended to include "criminal<br />
aspects" of the local<br />
law.<br />
Civic Group in Syracuse<br />
Hopes to Save Showhouse<br />
SYRACUSE—Syracuse Area Landmarl<br />
Theatre, Inc., has launched a membershi|<br />
drive to save historic Loews' Theatre in tb *<br />
downtown area. It hopes to achieve broad ^<br />
,<br />
based community support tor the possibl<br />
preservation and renovation of the mevi I0 l<br />
house.<br />
"Whenever the prospect of demolition.*! •&*<br />
Loews is discussed, there is an outcry o jiW ('<br />
public opposition." said Mrs. Eleanor \ tK ' B"<br />
Shopiro, SALT president. "However, to sa\ isM' 3<br />
Loews, we must have more than moral su) iliM<br />
port. SALT must have the membershj fifa<br />
backing of all people who want this gM| |jl»<br />
theatre saved."<br />
In addition to its importance as a histoi<br />
landmark and performing arts resourc<br />
Mrs. Shopiro said a preserved Loews al<br />
should be viewed as an integral facet in (<br />
forts to revitalize downtown.<br />
The SALT president added that the lrj<br />
of an auditorium with approximately 3,0*<br />
seating capacity would preclude the<br />
appe;<br />
ance of many of the fine roadshows t:<br />
community enjoyed in the past. The capac<br />
of the year-old Civic Center is about 1,0)<br />
less than Loews.<br />
At one time, Salina Street had numeris<br />
theatres, including the Empire, Strand, Pamount<br />
and Keith's. All of them have gin<br />
way to other uses, except Loews. Built'n<br />
the late '20s, Loews features murals, fr<br />
greed brass lamps, majestic staircases, ri-:<br />
hogany paneling and elaborate plaster fl<br />
tails in a Persian fantasy.<br />
Grants totaling $3,500 were obtai'd<br />
"Cltgh<br />
year from the New York State Cou;il<br />
last<br />
on the Arts and the National Trust for Istoric<br />
Preservation to fund an analysisof<br />
operating costs. A request for $35,00Cin<br />
restoration funds was submitted to the f'w<br />
York State Division for Historic Presea- Iwkore<br />
tion.<br />
The theatre portion of the Loews Builug<br />
is for sale and it is hoped that sufficnt faol»<br />
monies will be raised by May 1, 1977. obtain<br />
a purchase option.<br />
'Slap Shot' Has Special<br />
Appeal for Johnstown<br />
JOHNS<strong>TO</strong>WN, PA.—Universale aul<br />
Newman starrer, "Slap Shot," opened ir<br />
to a less-than-capacity crowd. In fact.the<br />
ile i<br />
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ink'<br />
inio<br />
mil<br />
SiR [{]<br />
700-seat movie house was only half'ull<br />
•3fc;F<br />
because, according to theatre co-owne'Ed<br />
111'!<br />
Troll, "some folks stayed away because iey 'flllloi<br />
thought there would be a crowd."<br />
The feature was of more-than-usua in-<br />
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• the<br />
Oil<br />
Jrest to Johnstown, since "Slap Shot" uses<br />
[e people of the city and many locations<br />
.is a backdrop for a plot about minor-<br />
re<br />
igue hockey.<br />
One patron commented. "1 think a lot of<br />
iple were worried the film would he a<br />
tdown of Johnstown bill it wasn't at all.<br />
ie\ showed the mills but they're part of<br />
.hnstown. 1 thought it was very fair."<br />
This Cambria Counts city is more than<br />
sualh connected with motion pictures,<br />
ice Charles Bronson (whose real name is<br />
harles Buchinsky) dug coal in nearby<br />
hrenfeld. Pa. Additionally, onetime Tarn<br />
film star Johnny Weismuller was born<br />
Windber, Pa., .1 short distance from<br />
hnstown.<br />
alph Bakshi's "Wizards"<br />
lated to Bow April 20<br />
NEW YORK— "Nothing I've ever done<br />
fore will prepare anyone for what I'm atmpting<br />
in my new film." says Ralph Baki<br />
of his current 20th Century-Fox release,<br />
\ i/ards." subtitled "A Tale of Sword and<br />
ttcery in the Year 2.000.000 A.D." which<br />
'ens Wednesday (20) at the Trans-Lux<br />
ist and other theatres. Bakshi catapulted<br />
the forefront of film cartoonists with<br />
s controversial "Fritz, the Cat," "Heavy<br />
raffic"<br />
In<br />
and "Coonskin."<br />
"Wizards," Bakshi has taken an imagiitive<br />
leap into the world 2,000.000 years<br />
:nce—a world pervaded by mysticism and<br />
.igic and peopled by wizards, elves and<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
Tim Brennan is now handling the neighborhood<br />
theatre advertising tor the Daily<br />
News, succeeding veteran salesman Moc<br />
Verbin, who has retired . . . Fred Goldman,<br />
head of the Exceptional Film Society,<br />
repertory subscription series, and head ol<br />
the Middle Atlantic I ilm Board here, has<br />
been selected as regional coordinator by the<br />
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences<br />
to conduct competitions for the fourth<br />
annual Student Film Awards program.<br />
The local premiere of the 278-minute<br />
documentary film. Marcel Ophuls' "The<br />
Memory of Justice," took place Sunday (17)<br />
at the Irvine Auditorium on the University<br />
of Pennyslvania campus. The filmmaker<br />
himself appeared at the opening-evening<br />
showing to discuss the film.<br />
Mel Blanc, the voice for hundreds of<br />
Warner Bros, cartoon characters, told the<br />
story of the cartoon industry to over 1,600<br />
students attending his lecture at Lehigh<br />
University in Allentown.<br />
Temple University's Prof. Marie-Georgette<br />
Steisel is directing a festival of French<br />
films being shown at both the university's<br />
Beury Hall and at the TLA Cinema. Opening<br />
with "Nea." by the director of "Emannuclle,"<br />
all the films are being shown at<br />
both<br />
houses.<br />
United Artists Theatres reopened its<br />
Boulevard Drive-In, Allentown, for the new<br />
season with a triple feature offering "Let's<br />
Do It Again." "Uptown Saturday Night"<br />
and "Lucky Luciano."<br />
Linda Goldenberg, publicity and promotion<br />
director for Budco Theatres, is hosting<br />
a series of tour preview showings ol "Islands<br />
in the Stream" at the Top ol ilu<br />
I<br />
screening room in advance of its local premiere<br />
at the Ritz 111 Iheatre WednesdaV<br />
(27).<br />
The showing of "Memory of Justice" at<br />
Lafayette College, Easton. was followed by<br />
a lecture by filmmaker Marcel Ophuls. who<br />
discussed the format of his documentary<br />
films.<br />
Sylvester Stallone, in a telephone interview<br />
broadcast with Don Cannon from the<br />
West Coast on WFII. Radio here, said that<br />
a sequel to "Rocky" will be filmed in this<br />
city, as was the original film.<br />
An exclusive franchise was given to Tilbury<br />
Cable Co., headed by Edward Gronka.<br />
to provide a cable TV service for Plymouth<br />
Township in suburban Wilkes-Barre.<br />
The company will pay the township 1 per<br />
cent tax on all gross revenues.<br />
Spiro & Associates, local advertising and<br />
public relations agency, has been named to<br />
handle public relations and publicity for<br />
Variety Club Tent 13.<br />
orough Ordinance Blocks<br />
few Adult Theatres<br />
COLLINGSWOOD,<br />
N.J.—Commissions<br />
here have approved an ordinance they<br />
d would block the opening of any new<br />
hilt bookstore or X-rated movie houses<br />
the borough. The measure prohibits the<br />
nation of any such establishment within<br />
'KM) feet of any other such business or<br />
sidentially zoned area.<br />
Although the measure will not affect the<br />
CO adult stores already in the borough.<br />
i\or Brennan said the stringent zoning<br />
ifli quiremenLs eliminate possible new oper-<br />
*. ions. Mayor Brennan said the ordinance<br />
as modeled after the one recently upheld<br />
n.<br />
U.S. Supreme Court.<br />
<strong>TO</strong>O New Product Seminar<br />
It NY Hilton Draws 150<br />
(Continued from page E-l)<br />
;fOA to making the new product seminar<br />
|i annual event; a presentation of a watch<br />
]• the past president of I<strong>TO</strong>A, Ron Lesser;<br />
speech by Martin Newman, the newly<br />
^pointed executive director of Will Rogers<br />
"i exhibitor participation in the Will<br />
ogers collection drive, and the awarding<br />
f door prizes to four lucky winners.<br />
The day concluded with a special screenig<br />
of United Artists' "Audrey Rose." starng<br />
Marsha Mason and Anthony Hopkins<br />
tthe Bombay Cinema.<br />
3XOFTICE ;: April 18. 1977<br />
Philly Mayor Rizzo Backs<br />
Antipornography Measure<br />
PHILADELPHIA—Mayor Frank S.<br />
Rizzo pledged his support for a new antipornography<br />
bill that was introduced by<br />
Councilman Joseph Zazyczny January 27<br />
and for which public hearings were held<br />
March 23. The bill, which is expected to<br />
pass easily, would make it illegal for any<br />
adult bookstore or adult movie house, pool<br />
hall,<br />
arcade or other such establishment to<br />
operate within 500 feet of an area zoned for<br />
residential or within 1.000 feet of another<br />
such<br />
establishment.<br />
For further protection, a companion bill<br />
recommended for passage by the city planning<br />
commission flatly would prohibit such<br />
shops and theatres in all areas of the city<br />
except for parts of center city and West<br />
Philadelphia, already zoned "heavy commercial."<br />
The bill, while not applying to some 80<br />
existing establishments in<br />
the city, effectively<br />
precludes openings at any new locations<br />
in the city, according to the planning commission.<br />
The ordinance is patterned after<br />
the five-year-old Detroit ordinance that was<br />
upheld last summer by the U.S. Supreme<br />
Court in a 5-4 decision.<br />
The only major opposition to the bill<br />
came from the American Civil Liberties<br />
Union (ACLU). Spencer Coxe. head of the<br />
local ACLU, said the government had no<br />
business "regulating zoning on the basis of<br />
what kind of book a business is selling or<br />
what kind of movie it is showing." Coxe<br />
said he had "no problem" with existing city<br />
ordinances which regulate what can be displayed<br />
in the windows and on the marquees<br />
of such establishments.<br />
"Certainly the public has a right to be<br />
protected from pictures that are displayed<br />
in such a way that passersby can't help but<br />
see them," Coxe said. However, he added.<br />
the only reason there are adult bookstores<br />
and X-rated films is that there are people<br />
who want to read or see them. "If people<br />
want it," he said, "they ought to be able to<br />
get<br />
it."<br />
Griffith Subject of Film<br />
MEDFORD, MASS.—"The Great Director:<br />
D.W. Griffith," a documentary on the<br />
first well-known American director, was<br />
shown at the Medford Public Library on a<br />
recent Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Admission<br />
was free and open to the public.<br />
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BALTIMORE<br />
T ct»ii B. Buck, general manager of Rome<br />
Theatres and president of NA<strong>TO</strong> of<br />
Maryland, announced the permanent shuttering<br />
of the Baltimore Broadway Theatre.<br />
which had been in continuous operation<br />
since 1912. The Broadway's official closing<br />
day was Tuesday (5).<br />
Ira Miller, who had been a salesman for<br />
American International Pictures in Washington.<br />
DC, has left that organization to<br />
join the Schwaber circuit (World-Fare) . . .<br />
Mrs. Kathe Norman, the efficient manager<br />
of the Towson Theatre, was looking forward<br />
to good results from booking "The Eagle<br />
Has Landed.'' starring Michael Cainc. "It<br />
looks as though it might be a good action<br />
picture," Mrs. Norman commented before<br />
the film made its Good Friday (S) debut<br />
at the Towson.<br />
Mrs. Leslie Ciniino, secretary of Tent 19,<br />
Variety Club, and daughter of its chief<br />
barker Phil Harris, is busy with the St.<br />
Charles Players, who will give four dinner<br />
shows of "Anything Goes" at St. Charles<br />
Church. Church Lane, Pikesville, May<br />
6. 7. 13 and 14. Mrs. Cimino will appear in<br />
the chorus and is one of the dancers.<br />
Don Walls' Cinema Scene column in the<br />
weekly Star contained these interesting observations<br />
about Olivia de Havilland, one<br />
of the stars of "Airport '77": "Most of her<br />
peers haven't aged as gracefully as she has<br />
and those who have survived senility rarely<br />
get the chance to appear in major films<br />
anymore. Olivia de Havilland is not only a<br />
survivor but she's also as lovely to look at<br />
today as when she was re-acting to . . .<br />
Errol Flynn ... in the early 1940s ... 'I<br />
could work almost regularly in films produced<br />
for TV if I wanted to do it,' Miss de<br />
Havilland said recently during an interview<br />
E-8<br />
with the entertainment columnist who had<br />
journeyed to Hollywood to meet her and<br />
others who are featured in Universal Pictures'<br />
'Airport '77,' currently at theatres in<br />
the Baltimore-Washington area. She quickly<br />
added. 'But I don't want to work on those<br />
hectic schedules that are necessary for TV<br />
films and frankly, my dear, the scripts that<br />
have been submitted to me aren't interesting."<br />
She said she agreed to appear in 'Airport<br />
'77' because she would be working with<br />
some of the finest talent moviedom has<br />
today; and a few of them, like Jimmy Stewart,<br />
'are the best from the great golden yesterdays.'<br />
"<br />
The New Mechanic Theatre has booked<br />
Katharine Hepburn in "A Matter of Gravity"<br />
May 3-15.<br />
WRO Corporate Offices<br />
In NJ Are Up for Sale<br />
ASBURY PARK. N.J. — The Walter<br />
Reade Organization which once operated<br />
a circuit of 80 motion picture houses in<br />
ten states, no longer is involved in New<br />
Jersey except for its corporate headquarters<br />
here. Now, the mansion housing the corporate<br />
offices of the bankrupt theatre<br />
company has been put up for sale.<br />
Edwin Gage, a former WRO executive<br />
and now a local real estate salesman who<br />
purchased the Mayfair House mansion several<br />
years ago and leased it to the Reade<br />
Organization, declined to give an asking<br />
price for the mansion property. Local tax<br />
records show the house is assessed at $115.-<br />
500 and the land for $92,900, bringing the<br />
total assessment up to $208,400.<br />
Declining profits, a shortage of films<br />
which would attract wide audiences, increased<br />
expenses to operate theatres and<br />
the death of Walter Reade all worked<br />
X-Rated Film Library For Sale<br />
On a Territorial or National Basis<br />
Foreign and Video Rights Available<br />
Soft and Hard Versions<br />
Library consists of 28 Color 35mm 60-minute Features and 8 10-minute 35mm<br />
shorts, all with voice-overs.<br />
Films Come with Press Kits and Trailers<br />
All Negatives are in Excellent Condition<br />
Priced to<br />
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against the company in the early '70s, when<br />
WRO started selling some of the theatres<br />
it operated in Monmouth and Ocean counties<br />
in this area. Finally, in January 1977,!<br />
the company filed under Chapter XI of the<br />
Bankruptcy Act for a voluntary reorganization<br />
plan.<br />
Albert Floresheimer, corporate secretary,<br />
said the reorganization plan is still being<br />
drawn and that the corporate headquarter!<br />
is still being manned by a "minimal staff<br />
pending a possible transfer to Reade's sale<br />
offices in New York City above the com<br />
pany's 34th Street Theatre.<br />
When the bankruptcy papers were filed<br />
the company said it "operated" more thai<br />
two-dozen movie theatres but that some o<br />
the houses were leased and some owne<br />
by the Reade Organization. While ther<br />
is no available breakdown as yet of th<br />
company's assets and liabilities, the late;<br />
financial statement showed revenues c<br />
$26.2 million and a profit of only $369,00<br />
for the year ended Dec. 31, 1975. A stab.<br />
ment for 1976 is expected to be filed sonr<br />
time this month.<br />
Until the bankruptcy application is su;<br />
plemented with a creditor payment pla<br />
the current assets and liabilities of the th<br />
atre circuit remain unclear. Records of tl<br />
city treasurer's office in Asbury Park shp<br />
the company owes that city more than $5(<br />
000 in back taxes on four theatres it on<br />
owned in the resort community.<br />
Music Makers Operating<br />
Laurelton Circle Twin<br />
LAUREL<strong>TO</strong>N, N.J.—Music Mak«<br />
Theatres has taken over operation of t;<br />
local<br />
Circle Twin Cinema. An independa<br />
operation, the Circle Twin was original<br />
opened five years ago and had been opated<br />
by Renato Riva for several years.<br />
'<br />
In another action, Music Makers has sd<br />
its interest in the Beach Cinema, Brady<br />
Beach, to an independent operator. Mi'c<br />
Makers had been in charge of the Brady<br />
Beach house for the past two years, lie<br />
Music Makers circuit now operates me<br />
than 20 screens in New Jersey, mostly n<br />
Monmouth and Ocean counties.<br />
The Monmouth Arts Center in Red B«,<br />
formerly Reade's Carlton Theatre, is iw<br />
being booked by Music Makers Theats,<br />
with a regular admission of 99 cents forill<br />
seats. The Center is run by the Monmctb<br />
County Arts Ass'n. The film policy is itmally<br />
subsequent-run.<br />
Jaycees Want Less Violence<br />
TULSA. OKLA.—Directors of the 3V<br />
000-member Jaycees adopted a resoluon<br />
calling for less violence on TV. The natiial<br />
group is proposing that violence in fy<br />
programing be eliminated wherever psible,<br />
that sponsors demand a reductio in<br />
violent content of programs they sposor<br />
and that viewers use discretion in eir<br />
choice of programs to watch.<br />
Columbia's "Le Point de Mire" wi <<br />
filmed at the Boulogne Studios in tfis<br />
and on locations in Belgium and in Pas.<br />
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LOS ANGI I I S "Audrey Rose" opend<br />
to .1 hypnotic 6N0 ;md "Andy Warhol's<br />
lad" bowed at a good 415. Holdovers were<br />
•d by "Black Sunday," 470 in its second<br />
reek at the Chinese and Village. Doing<br />
reat boxoffice on showcase were "Rocky"<br />
1 16 spots; "Airport '77." a smash at seven<br />
beatres; "Slap Shot." on eight screens, and<br />
The 1 ate Show." in its first general release<br />
1 seven situations. Special mention should<br />
to the revival oi MGM's "Kiss Me Kate."<br />
.hieh is dome fine business in its original<br />
D version at the 350-seat Tiffany.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Village— Black Sunday (Para),<br />
2nd wlc .. 470<br />
'inerama Dome— The Slipper and the Rose<br />
(Umv). 3rd wk 220<br />
rest, Hollywood Paramount—Mohammad.<br />
Messenger ol God (Irwin Yablans), 5th wlc 175<br />
ine Ar's— In the Realm of the Senses (SR) 315<br />
ollvwood, Wes'wood—Andy Warhol's Bad<br />
(SR) 415<br />
oily wood Pussycat—Fomtasex (SR), 6th wk 85<br />
lusic HaK—Cousin Cousine (SR), 23rd wk 120<br />
ationa!— Islands in the Stream (Para). 4th wk. 145<br />
oyal—Small Change (SR), 4:h wk 110<br />
hree theatres—Audrey Rose (UA) 680<br />
festland—F lor Fake (SR). 2nd wk 60<br />
Slap Shot,' 'Rocky' Gross<br />
00 to Lead in Denver<br />
DENVER— "Slap Shot" in its third week<br />
nd "Rocky" in its 11th shared top honors<br />
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Hollywood<br />
JDA LUP1NO and Christopher Lee will<br />
honored for outstanding achievement<br />
of merit in cinema by the Count Dracula<br />
Society at its annual awards dinner to be<br />
held at the University Hilton Saturday (30).<br />
Bob Cremer, author of "Lugosi: The Man<br />
Behind the Cape." also will be among those<br />
honored. Presenters will include George<br />
Pal. Rav Bradburv and Rouben Mamoulian.<br />
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John Daly, chairman of the Hemdalc<br />
Film Group arrived from London Wednesday<br />
(13) for a week of sales and promotion<br />
talks with producers and creative talent on<br />
films which Hemdale will either finance or<br />
acquire. He also will talk with producer<br />
Gerald Green on sales plans for "Tintorera:<br />
The Silent Death."<br />
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Lucille Ball. Charlton Heston. Burt Lancaster<br />
and Gregory Peck have been added<br />
to the list of hosts for the American Film<br />
Institute open house May 21-22.<br />
•<br />
Principal photography has been completed<br />
on "Semi-Tough," a David Merrick<br />
production for United Artists, starring<br />
Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh and Kris<br />
Kristofferson.<br />
•<br />
After Dark Magazine will present its annual<br />
Ruby Award to Mae West as the star<br />
be<br />
Happenings<br />
of the year "for her significant and enduring<br />
contribution to the world of entertainment."<br />
The award will be made at the magazine's<br />
annual dinner May 12, to be held<br />
for the first time on the West Coast, at the<br />
Beverly Wilshire Hotel.<br />
•<br />
Roger Lewis has joined Max E. Youngstein<br />
Enterprises and will head all production<br />
activities of the company, according<br />
to Youngstein, who said he will concentrate<br />
on his consulting services for independent<br />
producers. Lewis has two projects<br />
in development at major studios, "The Man<br />
Who Could Work Miracles," at Paramount,<br />
and "Harvest," at 20th Century-Fox.<br />
•<br />
Hickmar Productions' "Texas Detour"<br />
used 17 stuntmen with Paul Nuckles serving<br />
as stunt coordinator. During the production<br />
stuntman Bud Davis made a van jump<br />
136 feet through the air over a group of<br />
cars—a world record, according to producer-director<br />
Hikmet Avedis. He also claimed<br />
cyclist Gary Davis beat Evel Knievel's record<br />
of jumping over 19 cars by sailing over<br />
21 cars at the Ontario Speedway.<br />
•<br />
Principal<br />
photography has been completed<br />
on United Artists' "Semi-Tough" starring<br />
Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson and<br />
Jill Clayburgh.<br />
*<br />
James Brolin, star of Universal's "The<br />
Car," will make guest appearances on three<br />
TV talk shows by the time the terror-thriller<br />
about a mysterious car that attacks people<br />
opens nationally May 13. He is scheduled<br />
for appearances on "Dinah!", "The Merv<br />
Griffin Show" and "The Mike Douglas<br />
Show."<br />
•<br />
Girls Friday of Show Business held their<br />
fourth annual "day at the races" Sunday<br />
(17) with proceeds of ticket sales going to<br />
help provide reconstructive surgery for<br />
needy children.<br />
The group will hold its monthly dinnermeeting<br />
Tuesday (19) at the Smoke Houi<br />
in Burbank.<br />
*<br />
Rosary for the Rev. Monsignor John J<br />
Devlin, co-founder of the Legion of De<br />
cency and founder of the Motion Picture<br />
Television, Radio and Recording Industries<br />
annual Communion Breakfast Committee<br />
|<br />
was recited Monday (II) at 8:30 p.m. al<br />
St. Victor's Church, 8634 Holloway Drive<br />
West Hollywood. Mass of the resurrection<br />
was conducted by His Eminence Timo<br />
thy Cardinal Manning Tuesday (12) at 111<br />
a.m. at the church, where Monsignor Dev<br />
lin served as pastor from 1929 to 1974 an<br />
later was pastor emeritus. Monsignor De\<br />
lin died Wednesday (6).<br />
Director<br />
+<br />
Rouben Mamoulian lectured<br />
the North Carolina State University in R;<br />
leigh Monday through Thursday (4-7) ;]]<br />
part of the Academy of Motion Picture Ar<br />
and Sciences' visiting artists program.<br />
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moted from vice-president and assistant<br />
the president of Hanna-Barbera Produ><br />
tions to executive in charge of live-actic<br />
production. He will supervise production<br />
Hanna-Barbera's theatrical features and 7<br />
movies-of-the-week.<br />
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Jim LeRoy, former Western divisii<br />
manager and film buyer for American M<br />
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consulting service under which he will of r<br />
clients analysis of product marketability al<br />
will advise them regarding their buying al<br />
booking strategies. He reports that 12 impendent<br />
circuits, with a total of more til<br />
1,100 screens, are among his first subset<br />
ers.<br />
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Veteran exhibitor and film produ r<br />
Robert L. Lippert sr., who died Nov. >•<br />
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be within your budget!<br />
And the expert craftsmen at the Filbert Company<br />
can provide all the services: design, fabric selection, color<br />
coordination, stage rigging, and installation personnel.<br />
1976, was honored Friday (15) with a l>s<br />
Angeles City Council resolution presend<br />
in ceremonies to his son Robert L. Liprrt<br />
jr. by Councilwoman Peggy Stevenson. "In<br />
J. Corradine, associated with Lippert<br />
many years, hosted the affair.<br />
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Royal Theatre in West Los Angeles wi<br />
program consisting of Dyan Cann<br />
"Number One" and Lee Grant's<br />
Stronger." The series consists of ten iv<br />
day programs playing through June 19.<br />
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Commonwealth Theatres has made several A full-page advertisement in a Friday<br />
changes in personnel and Ms. Valerie edition of the Post featured quotes from<br />
Dunker has been transferred from Rapid some 63 reviewers on the picture "Black<br />
City, S.D.. to La Junta, wher she will Sunday," which is playing at the Century<br />
supervise the operation of ihe Fox Theatre 21 Theatre.<br />
and the La Junta Drive-In. Roger Sargent, Erratic weather patterns created a dust<br />
who was formerly in l.a Junta, now takes storm with high winds which destroyed the<br />
over as city manager in Cheyenne, where screen tower of the Starlite Drive-In. Rocky<br />
he will be supervising operations in the Ford, and partially destroyed the tower in<br />
Paramount and the Starlite and Motor Vue the LaJunta Drive-In. At the same time.<br />
drive-ins.<br />
all the theatres in Rapid City and Lead,<br />
Brute Young, district manager for Commonwealth<br />
Theatres, has five new manager-<br />
and six-foot snow drifts.<br />
S.D., were forced to close due to a blizzard<br />
trainees starting in the exhibition end of the<br />
business. They are: Scott Hartman. Beverly<br />
Twin Theatre, Casper, Wyo.; Scott Wayne, Gala RMMPA Salute<br />
Mile Hi Drive-In. Casper. Wyo.; Kenneth<br />
Wheeler. Terrace Drive-In. Casper. Wyo.; To 4 Area Retirees<br />
Bobby Sanford. Motor Vue Drive-In. Cheyenne,<br />
Wyo.. and Paul Rodriguez, Sioux<br />
DENVER—Bill Agren. Jack McGee,<br />
Tom Smiley and Larry Starsmore, each recently<br />
retired after a long career in the<br />
Drive-in, Rapid City, S.D.<br />
Warner Bros, held a Saturday morning motion picture industry in this territory,<br />
invitational screening of "Viva Knievel!" will be honored at a gala dinner-dance<br />
at the Cooper Cameo Theatre ... Ed hosted by the Rocky Mountain Motion Picture<br />
Ass'n at Denver's Brown Palace Hotel<br />
Bohn, who operates the drive-in at Center,<br />
has opened a new 140-seat hardtop there Wednesday evening (27).<br />
named the Center Cinema ... Ed Graff, There will be a full evening of entertainment<br />
and prizes, as well as dancing to the<br />
manager of the Hot Springs Theatre. Hot<br />
Springs. S.D.. is a patient in Veterans Hospital<br />
there recovering from a heart prob-<br />
Wayne Case and his 14-piece orchestra.<br />
Glenn Miller style of music provided by<br />
lem . and Jean Spahn of United Cost for the evening is $20. which includes<br />
Enterprises are celebrating the arrival of two complimentary cocktails. Cocktails are<br />
their new grandson. The parents of the baby to be served at 6:30 in the hotel's grand<br />
boy are Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brethour of ballroom, followed by a prime rib dinner at<br />
Dallas and Jerry is a salesman for Columbia 7:45. To get tickets, which are going fast<br />
Pictures.<br />
and will be limited, contact Elaine Horvath,<br />
ticket chairperson, at Western Service &<br />
Supply.<br />
Agren retired from United Artists as a<br />
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PORTLAND—A preview party was hel<br />
Wednesday (6) ahead of the public openin<br />
of Favorite Theatres' new sixplex, the Ros<br />
Moyer Cinemas. Publicity director Rog<<br />
Paulsen said that hundreds of guests atteru<br />
ed the champagne party and were trcatc<br />
to a screening of "Bound for Glory."<br />
Long-stem roses were given to the fir<br />
50 ladies attending the public opening nig<br />
(7) showing. Friday evening (8), the fit<br />
250 patrons were given souvenir guit<br />
picks.<br />
The complex's grand opening was a<br />
nounced in grand style in an advertisemd<br />
covering about three-quarters of a page<br />
the Portland Oregonian. Opening bookin<br />
included "A Star Is Born," "Audrey Ros<<br />
"The Domino Principle," "Rocky'<br />
"Wizards."<br />
PORTLAND<br />
Qharles Funk, general<br />
manager of LuxiA<br />
Theatres, celebrated his 40th birthc<br />
Thursday. March 31, with a catered pa/<br />
at his new home in Vancouver, Wash. Mi':<br />
than 75 guests from his organization d<br />
the local media attended.<br />
Funk said winners of Oscars on<br />
March Academy Awards telecast<br />
are dog<br />
very well at several Luxury units around e<br />
area. This list includes "Rocky" and \<br />
Star Is Born" at the Westgate; "Netwo"<br />
at the Broadway, Jantzen Beach, VilUi,<br />
Valley and Southgate; "All the Presides<br />
Men" at the Jantzen Beach. Village d<br />
Southgate.<br />
Portland's first International Film Festal<br />
was very successful, reports Sonja Johnn.<br />
promotions director for Seven Ga?s<br />
Corp., owner of the Movie House, wire<br />
the festival was held. "There is a real im<br />
audience in Portland," Ms. Johnson sd.<br />
Some of the films that did especially ill<br />
will be shown again at the Movie Housas<br />
regular-run<br />
features.<br />
Robert Altman's new film,<br />
"Three Wtien,"<br />
will open at the Fine Arts after "Vlcome<br />
to L.A." ends its run. The Fine rtl<br />
and Cinema 21 theatres recently were 'itchased<br />
by Seven Gables, based in Seattl<br />
Break for Senior Citizens<br />
BRONX, N.Y.—The Globe Ciniia,<br />
White Plains Road and Pelham Parkty,<br />
has a new policy of $2.50 admission iieffect<br />
for senior citizens.<br />
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k VNSAS CITY -- Despite openings hv<br />
•.lack Sunday," Demon Seed" and "Ragid\<br />
Vnn & Andy." first-run grosses cooled<br />
mewhat and were led bj lasl week's winir.<br />
"Airport '77." which earned a 325.<br />
iaggedy Ann »V Andv" bowed al 220 and<br />
he Late Show" earned 215 in its second<br />
k.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
rwood. Gladstone—Fun With Dick and Jane<br />
Col), 8lh wk 180<br />
til /wood, Oak Park—The Cassandra Crossing<br />
Emb), 8th wk<br />
bassy. Watts Mill—Nasty Habits (SR). 2nd wk. 170<br />
iryland—Resurrection ol Eve (SR), 2nd wk 100<br />
le Arts—Cousin Cousine (SR), 11th wk. ..<br />
lift 'e theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb),<br />
nd wk<br />
i<br />
ur theatres— Black Sunday ;Para)<br />
!^ tir theatres—Demon Seed (UA)<br />
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:kf<br />
120<br />
150<br />
120<br />
ur theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col),<br />
tod wk 145<br />
enwood—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ),<br />
Ind wk 75<br />
^ro Plaza, Midland—Emma Mae (SR), 4th wk. 120<br />
dland—Mohammad, Messenger of God<br />
Irwin Yablans), 2nd wk 70<br />
ik Park, Seville—The Late Show (WB),<br />
!nd wk 215<br />
aa—Airport '77 [Univ), 2nd wk. 325<br />
!M— Islands in the Stream (Para). 5th wk 120<br />
nchmar: 4—The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
:UA). 16th wk 105<br />
.-en 'heatres- Raggedy Ann & Andy<br />
:20th-Fox) ...220<br />
theatres—Freaky Friday (BV), 8th wk 125<br />
lack Sunday' Opens in Chicago<br />
t 300; "Rocky' Leads at 350<br />
CHICAGO—Tribune critic Gene Siskel<br />
Raggedy Ann & Andy" three and<br />
te-half stars and with an abundance of<br />
Kanee publicity it was anticipated that the<br />
•w film would be the strongest opener this<br />
;ar. Although it did very well, 280 in five<br />
tuations. exhibitors had hoped for bigger<br />
sening business. Four newcomers were led<br />
'Black Sunday," which averaged 300 in<br />
\ locations (including one 400 slot). On<br />
!'P<br />
of the averages was "Rocky," which<br />
ossed 350 in its 16th week at the Water<br />
o* er.<br />
—Pumping Iron (SR), 3rd wk 250<br />
hema—Cousin Cousine (SR), 23rd wk 175<br />
heatres—Raggedy Ann & Andy<br />
F ox) 280<br />
ve theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col) 210<br />
3tr-E—Demon Seed (UA) 225<br />
hchael Todd—The Joy of Letting Go (SR),<br />
< .... ..175<br />
Mohammad. Messenger of God<br />
Yablans), 2nd wk<br />
Emma Mae (SR), 5th wk<br />
.200<br />
i theatres—Airport '77 (Univ), 2nd wk 305<br />
x theatres—Black Sunday (Para) 300<br />
»:•• theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb),<br />
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ater Tower—Rocky (UA), 16th wk. ...<br />
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Club lent 8 are gearing up for two major<br />
fund-raising events, a film premiere and a<br />
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to reserved<br />
seat at the track and, if your stars<br />
are right, you may win some bucks to boot.<br />
If you don't win,<br />
The WOMIM Club<br />
you can cat<br />
extends<br />
your heart<br />
an invitation to<br />
out at a restaurant buffet-dinner on the return<br />
trip. The bus will be leaving from<br />
yo to the races Saturday, June 25, in<br />
Omaha. Neb. For a mere $25 per person<br />
Commonwealth's parking lot at 8:15 a.m.<br />
(paid in advance— by June 6), you will be<br />
June 25. For more information on reservations,<br />
call Nadine Evans, 474-6150, or<br />
seated on a chartered bus. plied with free<br />
Ruby Shultz, 474-3050. All proceeds go to<br />
charity.<br />
If you were one of the charitable persons<br />
who invested $1 for a raffle ticket to win<br />
Ringold Cinema<br />
the $50 bill at the WOMPI drawing during<br />
Equipment Inc.<br />
Show-A-Rama and lost, you may take consolation<br />
in the fact that the fund-raiser<br />
netted $358 for the WOMPI Club's philanthropic<br />
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services. In case you missed it,<br />
Virginia Free of National Screen Service<br />
ALL<br />
won the prize money.<br />
Jack Poessiger is discussing film programs<br />
three days each week on the program<br />
MAJOR<br />
LINES OF<br />
"Commonwealth Mini-Marquee," broadcast<br />
at 7:55 a.m. and 5:10 p.m. on KCNW (the<br />
EQUIPMENT<br />
AM all-news station) and KUDL-FM every<br />
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The twominute<br />
show, according to Jack, "deals with<br />
INTERIOR<br />
generalities and specifics." If you don't understand<br />
that succinct analysis, tune in and<br />
DECOR<br />
DRAPES<br />
find out for yourself what takes place on<br />
CARPETING<br />
. . "Mini-Marquee" . Sherry Handzel, 20th-<br />
Fox secretary and part-time snow bunny,<br />
spent the Easter weekend visiting with<br />
CHAIRS<br />
friends in Maryville.<br />
The second annual Filmrow summer<br />
CONTACT<br />
bowling league is now forming. For those<br />
of you who recall the madcap time last<br />
summer, consider joining this summer in<br />
Harry or John<br />
spite of that. For those of you who did not<br />
bowl last summer, there are plenty of openings<br />
still available. League secretary Charles<br />
Phone (314) 352-2020<br />
Jarrett said that the new league would begin<br />
Thursday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at the Heart<br />
Bowl. He said many people have indicated<br />
they would join but time now is short and<br />
he needs to firm up the commitments.<br />
Ideally, the league would be composed of<br />
"oT<br />
40 people, or ten teams with two men and<br />
two women on each time. Persons wishing<br />
irtomano<br />
to join the league may form their own<br />
teams and enter as a group. If you are interested<br />
in bowling away your midsummer<br />
madness, contact Jarrett or Jim Thrasher<br />
Fitmii-i<br />
at the 20th-Fox office.<br />
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—Buster Crabbe, left, renowned Hollywood<br />
actor who was in Kansas City<br />
recently to act as best man at the wedding<br />
of Miss Ruby Anderson and Plan-<br />
Partners president Dan Meyers, pulled<br />
double duty when he agreed to judge<br />
queen candidates for the annual Wentworth<br />
Military Academy ball. Shown<br />
with Crabbe as he studies pictures of<br />
the candidates is Capt. Jeff Latz, Army<br />
Reserve, public information officer at<br />
the academy and director of alumni<br />
relations. After much hair-pulling,<br />
Crabbe chose Miss Paula Glesmann,<br />
Papillion, Neb., as the beauty who will<br />
reign at the gala event Saturday (23)<br />
in Lexington, Mo.<br />
Debbie Richeson began her duties<br />
weeks ago as account representative e|<br />
National Screen Service. She will be r<<br />
sponsible for coordinating special cros'<br />
plug trailer programs across the Midwe'<br />
with distributors and exhibitors. Althoug<br />
Debbie is new to the industry, her motht<br />
Sharon is the booker for Midwest Films an<br />
has been active the last several years wit<br />
various Filmrow organizations and activitie<br />
Two of 20th-Fox's beauties celebrat<<br />
their birthdays within two days of eai<br />
other late last month. Jackie Dixon capp*<br />
her 26th year March 29 and Carol Hobi<br />
hit 29 March 3 1 . The ladies treated ea'<br />
other to their own birthday cakes ... A<br />
parently being the ripe old age of 26 is n<br />
slowing Jackie. She spent the Easter wee<br />
end visiting relatives in Butler.<br />
Valerie Hood, National Screen Servic;<br />
top-notch secretary and part-time soldier f<br />
fortune, spent her Easter weekend bobbi?<br />
atop the bucking white caps of Missouis<br />
turbulent rain-laden rivers. In short, #<br />
went on a float trip in the Bennett Sprits<br />
The monthly meeting of Women of 'iriety<br />
will be held Wednesday (20) at *<br />
home of president Sharon Richeson. 'A<br />
address is 8830 Pflumm Rd., Apt. 25,<br />
Lenexa, Kas. The meeting will begin i'<br />
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basis<br />
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is id<br />
ftnlSc:<br />
ti<br />
|'*K folk),<br />
IbfoM t<br />
area of south central Missouri. Although<br />
I .,,;,,.,<br />
was the first such trip for Valerie and lr<br />
husband, her anticipation seemed to o-<br />
weigh her trepidation. Her main conon<br />
was probably that the Easter bunny wod<br />
be unable to locate her camped out oi3<br />
sandbar.<br />
K ma<br />
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noted<br />
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be<br />
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role<br />
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. . Friday<br />
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.m. Sharon suggests members contact<br />
for directions on reaching her house,<br />
aramouiit booker Tom Oooch returned<br />
work last week for the first time since<br />
Bring a heart attack early in February,<br />
work regimen, however, is on a half-<br />
-onlv basis for the next tew weeks.<br />
Uthough the local film industry is rather<br />
till bv comparison to other industries<br />
| km;.:, insurance and real estate, lot explc—<br />
there seems to be a relatively high<br />
tube i o! husbands and wives involved in<br />
added to the list. Diane Thrasher, wife<br />
fcGOth-Fox booker and crack military hisli.<br />
expert James Thrasher, began new<br />
d ies at the Columbia office. Diane, who<br />
jmcw to the industry, assumes the position<br />
|1<br />
profession. Now, one more couple can<br />
chilling<br />
clerk.<br />
'hen I Enke, who once lived in Kansas<br />
''IHy and worked at the AMC office here,<br />
'<br />
rJirned from Dallas for the Easter weekl:<br />
*!. Cheryl is now the secretary to the<br />
"jdlision operations manager in AMC's Dal-<br />
'4la office.<br />
i- Vnothcr new face has found its way into<br />
s w business. Leona Wilson began her<br />
•<br />
dlies three weeks ago as a ledger clerk at<br />
tl National Screen office. It is her first<br />
_ j«| in the industry.<br />
v<br />
"<br />
the gang at Warner Bros, surprised one<br />
o, its own, secretary Carol Bird, with a<br />
wJding shower the first Friday of this<br />
ninth. Carol is engaged to be married<br />
.<br />
SJurday (23).<br />
jet along, little doggies. Bob Lynn, ass|ant<br />
advertising director for AMC's Midvutern<br />
division, recently visited his mothcl<br />
worm farm in Decatur. 111. "They're<br />
\ v tasty." Bob reports, "but difficult to<br />
- die up."<br />
For some folks, Good Friday was a holies<br />
dV or a short working day. The group at<br />
• tl New World Pictures office opted to<br />
;.:. sind their time on that Friday afternoon<br />
•licking in Loose Park. As a result,<br />
ich manager Carole Alt says: "We have<br />
1<br />
tannest office crew in Kansas City."<br />
also noted that Jan Durwood left<br />
Hrd to say "Hi" to everybody during her<br />
home for Easter from Tulane Uni-<br />
•<br />
rity. Jan will be back working for New<br />
Wld again this summer . . . New World's<br />
st release, "Black Oak Conspiracy," will<br />
. t|-ak in the Kansas City territory May 4.<br />
Deepest sympathy to 20th-Fox booker<br />
i<br />
irles Jarrett, whose mother Mary died<br />
tmday (11) following a stroke. Charles<br />
nurned to his hometown of Carl Junction<br />
the<br />
services.<br />
I lie Guy-Con screening room, located at<br />
ii and Mission Road in the lower level of<br />
SRanchmart South Shopping Center, has<br />
lergone a change of ownership. It now<br />
'1 be known as the Midwest screening<br />
''m and anyone wishing to lease it for<br />
(Continued on next page)<br />
CHICAGO<br />
Mm World Pictures Bel tip openings of<br />
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" at the M&R Oriental<br />
Theatre in the I oop, as well as in<br />
M&R's Ucl-Air and Double drive-ins. New<br />
World also arranged lor the mid-April opening<br />
of "The New Adventures of Snow<br />
White." an X-rated movie . (22).<br />
New World's "Black Oak Conspiracy"<br />
starts a run in local and Milwaukee area<br />
theatres. Downstate theatres open the feature<br />
Friday (29).<br />
Plans already are being launched for the<br />
mid-June openings of "Grand Theft Auto,"<br />
with Ron Howard.<br />
Condolences to Warner Bros, sales manager<br />
Seymour Hite on the death of his<br />
brother Irwin.<br />
Welcome back, Charlie Cooper. He has<br />
taken over the Village Theatre, which had<br />
been leased by the Kohlberg circuit. Opening<br />
film at the Village is "A Star Is Born."<br />
Extensive remodeling work is under way.<br />
Florence Cohen, head booker for Warner<br />
Bros., thus far has booked "It's Alive" into<br />
130 Chicagoland theatres. Opening date is<br />
May 6.<br />
The 400 Theatre on the far north side,<br />
in an area heavily populated with students,<br />
is<br />
scheduling programs which are requested<br />
by members of this group. They indicate a<br />
strong interest in cult-type films and have<br />
put in a word for such movies as "A Brief<br />
Vacation," "A Man and a Woman" and<br />
"Jesus Christ Superstar." Clyde Klepper<br />
and Jim Burrows, owners of the 400, also<br />
plan to schedule weekend shows for children<br />
and special programs for adults at<br />
midnight Fridays and Saturdays.<br />
"Brothel 8" is maintaining a steady gross<br />
pace at Richard Stern's Devon Theatre. At<br />
his Wilmette Theatre, he has booked "Family<br />
Plot" and "Murder on the Orient Express,"<br />
both of which were requested by<br />
patrons.<br />
American International Pictures' "Breaker!<br />
Breaker!" opens in this area Friday (29).<br />
This represents a first showing here of a<br />
film relating to the CB radio craze ... At<br />
a recent AIP meeting in Tucson, Ariz., district<br />
manager Vic Bernstein and salesman<br />
Jell Williams got a look at "Final Chapter<br />
—Walking Tall." Late summer will bring<br />
th : s movie here.<br />
Evelyn Cooper has joined Warner Bros,<br />
as cashier handling Milwaukee accounts.<br />
John Roberts was a popular figure here<br />
when he served as branch manager for<br />
Buena Vista. His friends were sorry to<br />
learn that the Doty-Dayton office in Kansas<br />
City had closed. John was regional manager<br />
there.<br />
Wm. I.ange & Associates arranged for<br />
three openings ot new films: a limited multiple<br />
oi "Nastj Habits" l riday (2'X;<br />
"Hustlei Squad" ami "Death Riders" May<br />
(>, and "Ruin" May 27.<br />
Marry Goodman, head of Apache lilms,<br />
has set a break in this area ol "I he Presi-<br />
. . . While<br />
dent's Women." I his R-ratcd film was directed<br />
by Academy Award winner John<br />
Avildsen. director of "Rocky"<br />
"liners Like Us" will not open until early<br />
summer, there have been a number of<br />
screenings scheduled by Future Features.<br />
Future Features also has held a preview<br />
showing of "Young Waves." set for saturation<br />
bookings starting June 3.<br />
Wedding bells ring for Linea Carlson ol<br />
Laura Stein<br />
Warner Bros. Friday (15) . . .<br />
to be married<br />
of Wm. l.angc & Associates is<br />
July 11.<br />
Lee Davidson, WOMI'I Club president,<br />
and Doris Payne, past president, each<br />
month will set times to visit exhibitors and<br />
distributors to familiarize them with<br />
WOMPI efforts. In the short time the local<br />
WOMPIs have been active, their accomplishments<br />
are so numerous it will take many<br />
months for the Davidson/ Payne team to<br />
tell<br />
all.<br />
Jack Dionne, head of United International<br />
here, said his company reports that principal<br />
photography began Thursday (14) on a<br />
new science-fiction film. The working title<br />
at this point is "Quarantine." It is being<br />
produced by the Studio Film Corp. Bill<br />
Rebane, president of the company, will be<br />
remembered for his successful science-fiction<br />
picture of last season, "The Giant Spidder<br />
Invasion." Filming for the new movie<br />
takes place in Rebane's studio in northern<br />
Wisconsin. June 18 is the target date for<br />
completion and it is probable that the movie<br />
will be available, title and all. by mid-July.<br />
Universal Pictures' new thriller. "The<br />
Car," is set for 12 select theatres starting<br />
May 13. And Universal's all-time grossing<br />
movie, "The Sting." returns for an engagement<br />
in 20 theatres beginning May 27.<br />
At Paramount Pictures, Rick Griffith.<br />
formerly in the company's California offices,<br />
assumes the responsibilities ot branch<br />
salesman here. Tim Mueller takes over the<br />
job of assistant booker, succeeding departi<br />
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(Continued from preceding page)<br />
ing Peter Cruvath. and Angie Rossic became<br />
assistant to local booker Eileen Bursteen.<br />
Larry Dieckhaus, 20th-Fox publicist, returned<br />
from a meeting on the West Coast<br />
where sales and promotion plans were discussed<br />
in connection with "The Other Side<br />
of Midnight" and "Star Wars." Discussion<br />
also centered on "The Wedding." which will<br />
be filmed in the Windy City area. The 20th-<br />
Fox board of directors again will hold a<br />
meeting in this city in July. Princess Grace,<br />
a board member, is due to attend.<br />
Barry Ehrlich resigned his position as<br />
branch salesman for Paramount Pictures.<br />
He plans to live in Israel. Rick Griffith of<br />
Paramount's Los Angeles office comes here<br />
to succeed Ehrlich.<br />
Cathy Malnight of Paramount Pictures<br />
returned from a vacation in Acapulco . . .<br />
Mrs. Adele Wolk will be on the scene full<br />
time following a winter spent in Florida.<br />
Vic Bernstein, American International<br />
Pictures district manager, and salesman<br />
Jeff Williams spent a week in Tucson,<br />
Ariz., attending a sales meeting.<br />
Wally Heim, Midwest supervisor of publicity<br />
and advertising for United Artists,<br />
hosted midnight screenings of "Audrey<br />
Rose." The film, which is based on a bestselling<br />
novel by Frank DeFelitta, stars Marsha<br />
Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck<br />
and introducing Susan Swift as Ivy.<br />
The Variety Club Celebrity Ball held at<br />
the Ritz-Carlton March 25 was a sellout.<br />
Stars who helped highlight the event included<br />
Ken Howard. Hugh O'Brian, Dolores<br />
Gray, Lesley Ann Warren, Barbara<br />
Sharma and Elizabeth Ashley.<br />
A series of new Czechoslovakian films<br />
will be shown at the Facets Multimedia<br />
Film Center. Co-sponsored by the Czech<br />
embassy in this country, the series features<br />
works by directors who remained in their<br />
country after the 1968 political upheaval.<br />
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Included in the presentations are "Seclusion<br />
Near a Forest," entered in last year's Chicago<br />
Film Festival, "An Attempt at Murder,"<br />
directed by Jiri Sequcns (which won<br />
a Gold Medal at the Moscow Film Festival);<br />
Otahar Vavra's "Romance for a<br />
Trumpet," and "The Days of Betrayal."<br />
"An Invitation for Destruction," "War of<br />
the Fools," "The Cavalryman's Match" and<br />
"The Valley for the Bees."<br />
"The Memory of Justice" is premicring<br />
here at the Film Center in the School of the<br />
Art Institute. This new documentary film<br />
directed by Marcel Ophuls runs four hours<br />
and 38 minutes. Ophuls is credited with<br />
directing "The Sorrow and the Pity." "The<br />
Memory of Justice" deals with an investi-<br />
and retribution,<br />
gation of the issues of guilt<br />
focusing on the Nuremberg war crimes<br />
trials, with references to the conflicts in<br />
Vietnam and Algeria.<br />
Aaron Gold of the Tribune's "Tower<br />
Ticker" said about "Slap Shot." a new Universal<br />
film: "Paul Newman's latest film<br />
about a hockey team kept a Chicago preview<br />
audience laughing so hard that many<br />
of them had tears in their eyes. It's almost<br />
as if Allen Flint's Candid Camera had been<br />
following the team, capturing its daily life."<br />
Gold did call the picture a "definitely<br />
adults-only comedy."<br />
While "Mohammad, Messenger of<br />
God"<br />
opened as scheduled March 25, a benefit<br />
for the Black Arts Celebration and the<br />
Chicago Black United Fund reportedly was<br />
canceled because of "pressure and threats."<br />
Brotman & Sherman's Carnegie, Cinema<br />
and Loop theatres had a winning week with<br />
newcomer "Pumping Iron" at the Carnegie;<br />
"Cousin Cousine" in its 21st week at the<br />
Cinema, and Andy Warhol's "Frankenstein"<br />
in a return engagement at the Loop Theatre<br />
in the Loop.<br />
Otis Rawles was appointed manager of<br />
the Brotman & Sherman Hyde Park Theatre.<br />
Mid-America Releasing Co. booker Pam<br />
MacGregor arranged with the 3 Penney<br />
Cinema management for the showing of<br />
"Harlan County. U.S.A." starting Friday<br />
(29). This Cinema 5 film won an Academy<br />
Award as the best documentary. Mid-America<br />
Releasing Co., headed by Rick Rice, is<br />
growing. A branch office has been opened<br />
in Detroit. Bob Rosen, who served with<br />
Paramount Pictures and General Cinema in<br />
Detroit, will manage the new Mid-America<br />
branch.<br />
Avco Embassy here has completed negotiations<br />
for the opening in this area of "Cross<br />
of Iron" May 20. This opening corresponds<br />
with the film's national presentation. It<br />
stars James Coburn, James Mason and Senta<br />
Berger.<br />
The new Northtown cinemas in Rockford's<br />
Colonial Village are now being<br />
booked by Dan Fellman, CinemaNational.<br />
2188 Madison Ave., New York City 10022.<br />
This business formerly was booked by Tri-<br />
City,<br />
Cincinnati.<br />
KANSAS CITY<br />
(Continued from preceding page)<br />
screening purposes should contact Sharoi<br />
Richeson at Midwest Films.<br />
The next monthly meeting of th<br />
WOMPI Club will be Tuesday (26) at th<br />
U-Smile Stadium Inn. 7901 East 40 Hwj'<br />
The board meeting will begin at 5:30 an<br />
dinner— featuring chicken at $5.65 a pel<br />
son—will be served at 6:30 p.m. Membei<br />
are reminded to bring rummage articles t<br />
the meeting for the May 22 Heart Drive-I<br />
Swap and Shop sale. Hostesses for the mei<br />
ing and dinner will be the Commonweali<br />
WOMPIs.<br />
Mercury Film Co.'s Bev Miller and Pa<br />
Rice took a look at the beautiful weath<br />
last week and decided not to let any graj<br />
|sliwf<br />
grow under their feet. They first trekked<br />
Des Moines to spend a couple of days ha<br />
dling with circuit executives there, inclu<br />
ing Central States Theatre Corp., Dubins<br />
Bros. Theatres, Fridley Theatres and Da'<br />
Theatres. Later in the week they left Kz]<br />
sas City for St. Louis for meetings w<br />
Mid-America Theatres and Wehrenbc<br />
Theatres officials. Hot product curren'<br />
being distributed by Mercury incluu<br />
"Tomcats," "Ruby," "The Happy Hoolr<br />
Goes to Washington" and "Schizo."<br />
Jay Wooten, well-known Kansas exh<br />
tor. departed Research Medical Ce:<br />
Monday (11) and now is recuperating at<br />
home of his son Jay Wooten jr. in Hutchson,<br />
Kas. The street address there is :l<br />
Kansas Ave., or friends can say hello<br />
Jay by calling (316) 665-8051.<br />
Screenings at Commonwealth: Thurs.;<br />
(14), "Sudden Death" (Topar) .<br />
. . Scnh'<br />
ings at Guy-Con: Tuesday evening ('.|<br />
"Vortex" (Joseph Green) and "Two Agast<br />
the Law" (Joseph Green), both distribitd<br />
by Midwest Films.<br />
Last week was the first week on the Jb<br />
at Paramount for Sharon Williams. Shan.<br />
a single lass who formerly worked for killed<br />
Artists, is the new St. Louis cashieior<br />
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With Boxoffice Reports on Dogs'<br />
HiASLEY. S.C. Fairlane Litchfield The-<br />
\t h.is announced the June opening of 14<br />
By LOIS BAUMOEL<br />
role on Broadway, co-starring with Tammy<br />
screens throughout the Southeast with<br />
( ii inies. and the actor happily observed that<br />
[additional openings planned for Thanksi'ng.<br />
McCallum, star of films, stage and TV,<br />
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — David<br />
he'd he "|iisi a stone's throw from his<br />
home."<br />
irst to debut on June 17 will be the opened here at Parker<br />
Playhouse March<br />
McCallum said, with a boyish grin, that<br />
'c\e West Cinemas, a triplex located in<br />
he's had too little time for outside activities<br />
I Circle West Shopping Center in Dothan. 28 in Neil Simon's<br />
in recent months. However, he disclosed<br />
One week later, June 24, Cinema West, "California Suit e."<br />
that he now has taken up golf and feels<br />
lther triplex, will open in Gainesville. The 44-year-old Mcthat<br />
"it is a great sport for one on the<br />
, and a quad, the Capitol Cinemas, will Callum (who appears<br />
road."<br />
in I allahassee, Fla.<br />
to he no more than<br />
v fourth auditorium is under eonstrucat<br />
the firm's Carolina Mall in Concord. office that he thor-<br />
"Dogs" and he commented with delight that<br />
27 or 28). told Box-<br />
David starred in Mar Vista Productions'<br />
. This addition is slated for a June 17 oughly enjoys making<br />
films, especially<br />
West Coast grosses being recorded by the<br />
he'd just received word concerning the lofty<br />
ning. Two auditoriums are being added<br />
the Bijou Cinemas, a quad in Green- since that medium<br />
just-released feature film, which was photographed<br />
on location in San Diego, Calif.<br />
David McCallum<br />
S. C with a late June opening makes it possible for<br />
wed.<br />
him to spend considerable time with his In less than a total of four weeks' playing<br />
family.<br />
time, the Mar Vista picture has scored a<br />
The firm has purchased the Cheaha<br />
gross of over $2,182,000 in limited playdates<br />
including Los Angeles, San Diego,<br />
ma in Anniston. Ala., from Tom Colei<br />
and is adding a second auditorium in even when the curtain call is but 30 minutes<br />
This actor is easygoing and relaxed<br />
Albuquerque. San Antonio, Sacramento,<br />
e. Anniston also is the scene of a triplex away. The Glasgow, Scotland-born star also<br />
Fresno, Phoenix and Little Rock, Ark.<br />
lg constructed for a Thanksgiving opensitory<br />
tower, with 50 rooms, to be ready<br />
Africa feature which was two months in<br />
exudes gentleness and his behavior is<br />
Adding to his excitement about the drawing<br />
power of "Dogs" was the fact that Mar<br />
marked by a definite, but indefinable, special<br />
regard for other people, a quality which<br />
airlane/ Litchfield plans a Thanksgiving<br />
Vista had just concluded an arrangement<br />
isn't always projected to the audience in<br />
tut for a triplex in Florence, Ala., bringits<br />
total number of screens to 54.<br />
distribution of the film.<br />
with Cinema Arts Associated for foreign<br />
either stage or film roles. Too, McCallum<br />
is an articulate young man who is neither<br />
he firm also owns the Litchfield Inn at<br />
overpowering nor aloof; he responds quickly<br />
to any and all questions.<br />
"King Solomon's Treasure," a filmcd-in-<br />
McCallum most recently appeared in<br />
i>.<br />
hfield Beach, S.C, where it is adding a<br />
il<br />
ting<br />
summer.<br />
Father Was a Musician<br />
the making. The picture has not yet been<br />
1H1<br />
released.<br />
Wearing the informal attire (denim slacks<br />
flanta AIP Execs Attend<br />
While he likes comedy. David's serious<br />
and sneakers) called for in the first act of<br />
side has inspired him to make a 30-minute<br />
cson Sales Conference "California Suite," McCallum said that his<br />
TV documentary pilot of interviews with<br />
> I LANTA—Glenn Simonds, American father was a musician. As a result, perhaps,<br />
li rnational Pictures branch manager,<br />
David studied at the Royal Academy<br />
"The Man on the Street." which he hopes<br />
of<br />
his<br />
will be successful here. It already is in answer-print<br />
and on cassette. Now it simply<br />
Music, a pursuit which he relinquished in<br />
.nit Jim Dixon and Dave Tribble, the<br />
>any*s Southeastern advertising and<br />
favor of the Royal Academy of Dramatic<br />
is a matter of finding time to interest the<br />
Art,<br />
p. motion director, have returned from a<br />
which he attended from 1949 to 1951.<br />
right party in his most recent project. The<br />
I day sales meeting in Tucson, Ariz.<br />
Following an impressive number of appearances<br />
in films. TV and live theatre in<br />
capable actor hopes the format of the show<br />
'resent at the session were Sam Arkoff.<br />
will provide an alternative to what he feels<br />
A* president and chairman of the board;<br />
the United Kingdom. David came to the<br />
is an excessive preoccupation with copsand-robbers<br />
shows on the small screen in<br />
1 n P. Blender, executive vice-president<br />
U.S. in 1961 to play the role of Judas<br />
'-<br />
Iscariot in George Steven's epic motion picture<br />
ii :harge of sales; Milt Moritz, senior vicep<br />
-adent in charge of advertising; Charles "The Greatest Story Ever Told." The<br />
America.<br />
actor subsequently appeared in many Hollywood<br />
theatrical productions, including "The<br />
Pit. president of Bing Crosby Production<br />
li|. and Jim Whiteside, in charge of<br />
UIM<br />
Great Escape," "Freud," "Billy Budd" and<br />
sales and advertising.<br />
"Mosquito Squadron." On TV he was best<br />
'r.itt and Whiteside arc former Atlanta<br />
known for his performances in the series<br />
rtdents. Whiteside served as branch mantor<br />
Cinerama and Pratt was a vice-<br />
"The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "The<br />
Invisible Man." In 1974 he directed an episode<br />
of the BBC video series "Ten Who<br />
• dent of the Atlanta-based Cox Broad-<br />
:ig Corp. which acquired the motion<br />
Dared."<br />
re production company and such sucs<br />
as "Walking Tall." "Willard" and<br />
Married for a Decade<br />
n."<br />
McCallum. who has been married to<br />
nder discussion at the seminars were American Katherine Carpenter, an interior<br />
::<br />
lales policy for summer releases which designer, for ten years, declares that he<br />
CINERAMA IS IN<br />
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««• imonds reported that a sneak preview of visit to Fort Lauderdale, when thej were bitaBjM don't miss the famous<br />
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|^l(t the BCPI AIP team has another hit.<br />
"California Suite." After the play closes<br />
here Saturday (23), he will resume the same<br />
B (OFFICE :: April 18, 1977 SE-1
ATLANTA<br />
Fxhibitors seem to have a new optimism<br />
after the even distribution of Oscars in<br />
the annual battle of the ballots. Theatres<br />
with this year's winners in the saddle can<br />
look forward to long runs with the product<br />
on hand.<br />
Meanwhile, Hie trade, press screenings at<br />
Century Cinema Corp.. are giving the projection<br />
machinery a real workout. Recent<br />
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Rose." a Universal release screened for an<br />
MCA party of 40 record distributors;<br />
"Audrey Rose," United Artists; "Double<br />
Feature" for the Atlanta Ass'n for International<br />
Education; "Eaten Alive." distributed<br />
by Clark Film Releasing; "Day of the Animals."<br />
Film Ventures International; "Zack,"<br />
distributed by International Picture Show.<br />
and "Between the Lines," distributed by<br />
Midwest Films. A private screening of Disney's<br />
"The Littlest Horse Thieves" was arranged<br />
for Barbara Thomas, Journal amusements<br />
editor, and UA's "Audrey Rose,"<br />
was screened for Jim Whaley, host of<br />
WETV's "Cinema Showcase."<br />
The local chapter of the National Ass'n<br />
for the TV Arts and Sciences' Cinema<br />
Club offered "Audrey Rose" as its April<br />
selection Tuesday (5) . . . The same film<br />
was sneaked March 31 at Georgia Theatre<br />
Co.'s South DeKalb and Cobb Center Theatres.<br />
Greenbriar Branch Library is sponsoring<br />
a film series for children 6 to 12 years old<br />
Thursday afternoons through April 28. Included<br />
will be "The Selfish Giant," "Shopping<br />
Bag Lady," "Anoop and the Elephant"<br />
and "Treasures in the Pyramid."<br />
Carl Watkins, owner of the Fayette Cinema<br />
in Fayetteville, Ga., won the showmanship<br />
contest sponsored by Roger Harve'<br />
and Ralph Billing, producers of "Wings o<br />
an Eagle," distributed by Century Cinem<br />
Corp. The prize was an all-expense-paid tri<br />
to Las Vegas for him and his wife Nancj<br />
"Eagle" began its area run March 4. Joa<br />
Ackerly, Atlanta booker associated with he<br />
father Bill Andrew of Southern Indeper<br />
dent Theatres, reports she is "very proud<br />
of her client Watkins.<br />
Weber Howell, Doty-Dayton Distribi<br />
tion's branch manager, announces that tl<br />
firm has moved to 2536 Stonington Re<br />
Atlanta 30341 or P. O. Box 81151. Phoi<br />
(404) 458-3027.<br />
Randy and Midge Brannon announce tl<br />
birth of a son Joshua David, March 24<br />
Northside Hospital. He is their third chil<br />
His paternal grandmother is Mary Branno<br />
cashier at American International Picture<br />
former owner of the Holly Theatre<br />
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Dahlonega, Ga., and local WOMPI pre:<br />
dent.<br />
E. William Andrew jr., owner-operat<br />
of the Southern Independent Theatres boct<br />
ing agency, has been appointed to the NFl<br />
board of advisors and attended the groU/|<br />
first meeting in Chicago. Juanita Foree 1<br />
Maryville, Tenn., local WOMPI memb,:<br />
also was appointed to the NITE board. St;<br />
.<br />
and Juanita Rosser (familiarly known<br />
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"the two Juanitas") are partners in the<br />
1 akemonl i renn.) Drive-In.<br />
American Internationa] Pictures and<br />
VVPLO Radio sponsored the world premiere<br />
of "'Breaker! Breaker!", starring Chuck<br />
Norris, in four area drive-in theatres. It<br />
netted a tidy sum for local CB Club charities.<br />
MP's director of advertising and promotion.<br />
Dave Tribble. branch manager<br />
Glenn Simonds and his assistant, James<br />
Dixon, organized the premiere carefully by<br />
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assigning CB Clubs to the four locations.<br />
Vil. mi. ins were saddened to learn of the<br />
death of Nunnally Johnson. 79. motion picture<br />
producer and author who began his<br />
writing career as a newspaperman in his<br />
Dative Columbus, Ga. He wrote short stories<br />
for the old Saturday Evening Post and<br />
other magazines then moved to Hollywood<br />
where he wrote and produced many famous<br />
films including "Grapes of Wrath," "Tobacco<br />
Road." "Desert Fox," "Three Faces<br />
of Eve," "The Dirty Dozen" and others.<br />
NITE and SITE notes: NITE membership<br />
continues to grow with 12 affiliate organizations.<br />
Of these 12. four also are affiliated<br />
with NA<strong>TO</strong> and four are regional<br />
NITE units, each made up of several state<br />
units. More than 5,000 theatres, located in<br />
46 states, are represented, a strength sizable<br />
enough to be reckoned with in the industry<br />
. . . The annual SITE convention has been<br />
put back to October 25-26 so as not to conflict<br />
with the tri-state NA<strong>TO</strong> meeting . . .<br />
Several members of the NITE national<br />
board of advisors will go to the West Coast<br />
Tuesday (26) to meet with members of the<br />
filmmaking community for discussions and<br />
suggestions relative to the proposed film<br />
financing program . . . NORITE (Northern<br />
Independent Theatres Exhibitors Ass'n) met<br />
Thursday (7) at the Viking Motor Inn in<br />
Pittsburgh. Ed Jones, president, recently<br />
filed a law suit challenging the disparity in<br />
house allowances in his theatres as compared<br />
to large circuit theatres operating in<br />
the area.<br />
WOMPI notes: The local chapter is handling<br />
registrations for the tri-state Southeastern<br />
NA<strong>TO</strong> convention April 20-22.<br />
Nell Castleberry, industry service chairperson,<br />
is registration coordinator . . . The<br />
April WOMPI meeting was held Thursday<br />
(7). Members ate at Morrison's Cafeteria<br />
and then met in the Community Room in<br />
the First Georgia Bank Building . . . The<br />
club will donate a wheelchair to the Easter<br />
Seal Society with the presentation taking<br />
place during the May meeting. Members<br />
have agreed to make their annual donation<br />
to the American Cancer Society . . .<br />
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WOMPIs gathered at the Hyde Park Nun<br />
ing Home to entertain the patients with<br />
bingo and refreshments. Opal Tate, who is<br />
accredited as a master cake decorator, madt<br />
the Easter goodies . . . Nell Castleberry anc<br />
Linda Norris were the ticket-takers at tht<br />
Cinema Club's showing of "Black Sunday'<br />
at<br />
the Tower Place 6 Theatre.<br />
GTC Plans Moultrie<br />
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ATLANTA—A de luxe<br />
twin cinema wi<br />
be constructed in the Sunset Plaza Cente<br />
in Moultrie, according to a joint announa<br />
ment issued by Hugh Tollison, president c<br />
Southwestern Investment Trust and own<br />
of the shopping center, and John H. Sten<br />
bier, president of the Atlanta-based Georg:<br />
Theatre Co.<br />
The twin will be equipped with aut<<br />
mated xenon-platter-projection and the la<br />
est concession equipment and rocking cha<br />
seating. It will feature a decorative patter<br />
ed carpet and wall drapes, and a conter<br />
porary architectural design with the tv<<br />
auditoriums sharing a common lobby.<br />
Ed Hill, a veteran showman, is in char<br />
of GTC's Moultrie operations which i<br />
elude the Colquitt Theatre and the Suns<br />
Drive-in. An Atlanta official of the circt<br />
said that GTC is proud to have been a pi<br />
of the Moultrie community for more th<br />
40 years and of its past association wt|<br />
Charlie Powell in the operation of t<br />
Moultrie theatres.<br />
Modern Talking Acquires<br />
Short on Air Force<br />
NEW YORK—"I Believe in the St<br />
shine," a new animated short which<br />
plores the various career opportunities<br />
fered by today's Air Force, is available<br />
free-loan to theatres through the theatril<br />
libraries of Modern Talking Picture Servi)<br />
The award-winning Hanna-Barbera Stui<br />
produced the ten-minute color film.<br />
Starting on a positive note, the film o<br />
with country-western singer Roger Mi:<br />
doing the title song. Then the focus is<br />
Fred, a young student who wants to de<br />
what to do after graduation. A friend I<br />
gests that he investigate the opportuni<br />
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available in the Air Force. During his Ijl'<br />
jjj<br />
quiries, Fred discovers the modern methH in<br />
used in helping young people make the BPfjl<br />
decision about a career. 'IP<br />
Presented by the Air Force, "I Belt<br />
in the Sunshine" won a Gold Medal at<br />
International Film & TV Festival of >w<br />
York, a tribute to Hanna-Barbera's brillilt<br />
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Steps," starring Madeleine Carroll and Fbert<br />
Donat. Museum members were admi^d<br />
free of charge to the showing.<br />
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. Bovkin.<br />
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on<br />
. . Only<br />
ene Goodman Honored<br />
t WOMPI Luncheon<br />
NEW ORLEANS—Gene Goodman,<br />
dimanagci<br />
ol United Artists Corp.. uas<br />
norcd .is -'Boss ol the Day" .it WOMPIs<br />
inual Bosses 1 uncheon March 30.<br />
T. ci. Solomon was master ol ceremonies<br />
Billy Brian! ol Southern Film Distributborp.,<br />
gave the<br />
invocation. Guest speak-<br />
Q It was Phil Johnson, news director of<br />
,v \l -TV and Peabody Award winner for<br />
documentary "China '72: A Hole in the<br />
mhoo Curtain.''<br />
the event marked WOMPIs 23rd year of<br />
ice to the industry. Those attending inided:<br />
Hyp Arata. Milton Aufdemorte.<br />
iren Alice. Elizabeth Bacon. Gene Bar-<br />
:te, Marie Berglund, Mr. and Mrs. Asa<br />
lOksh, Joan Bode. Alice Badeaux, Sylvia<br />
augh, Bryan Benoit, Billy Briant. Fred<br />
nkelman. I. una Babin, Glenn Bodin,<br />
ne Brunei. Paul Back, Bonnie Blanke.<br />
Dan Brandon. Yvonne Brock-<br />
M'f. Ruth Cook. Charles Craig, Clayton<br />
fisbergue. Bill Cobb. Flo Cuadrado, Dan<br />
[[<br />
iinich, Clyde Daigle. Catherine D'Alfon-<br />
> Earline Dupuis, Betty De Graushe, Jack<br />
tbbs. Mamie Dureau, Anthony D'Alfon-<br />
- Lou Dwyer, Cheryl Dempsey, Rose Du-<br />
lisson, Shirley Eagan. Delia Favre. Larry<br />
ne. Skip Feintech, Eddie Favre. Herman<br />
mtry. Agnes Garcia. Blanche Gubler. Mil-<br />
Gubler. Imelda Giessinser. Billv Gav.<br />
em<br />
JACKSONVILLE<br />
(Continued from preceding page)<br />
theatres in Orange Park, made the People<br />
Page of the Sunday Times-Union with an<br />
anecdote about Billy, a Baskin grandchild.<br />
As be and grandma were going through<br />
downtown at noon, they heard bells ringing<br />
from one of many churches in the area.<br />
but they couldn't locate the source of the<br />
sounds. Finally, six-year-old Billy said.<br />
"Maybe it's the Avon lady."<br />
Dave Montoro, a new Florida limes-<br />
Union feature writer, gave fine coverage<br />
to the local appearances of Ray Tracey, a<br />
23-year-old Navajo who stars in "Joe<br />
Panther." a feature film about the Seminole<br />
Indians of Florida. Scheduled to play in<br />
KT's Plaza I Theatre, the movie is being<br />
supported by the local PTA and public<br />
school officials, according to Mrs. William<br />
Mathias. president of Duval County PTAs.<br />
and Harley Bellamy, Plaza manager . . .<br />
Gene Hernandez' Arlington Theatre was the<br />
scene of a Monday night performance of<br />
"Los Nuevos Espanoles" (The New Spaniards),<br />
sponsored by the Hispanic League<br />
under the direction of Dr. Adolfo Leon, a<br />
Jacksonville University professor who is a<br />
Cuban exile . . . "Digby—The Biggest Dog<br />
in the World" was sponsored as a $1 kiddie<br />
matinee in EFT's Town & Country Theatre<br />
by the Southside chapter of Women's<br />
American ORT.<br />
"Network" had a profitable surge in attendance<br />
after the annual Academy Award<br />
ceremonies in Hollywood, reported Bob<br />
Jones. ABC FST city manager, regarding<br />
its exclusive local run in the Regency I<br />
Theatre. A similar resurgence came to<br />
"Rocky" at KT's Plaza I and at EFT's<br />
Cedar Hills. The third big winner, "All the<br />
President's Men" was absent from local<br />
screens.<br />
Although the local newspapers arc under<br />
common ownership, no one can say they<br />
display critical collusion insofar as the<br />
views of their movie reviewers are concerned.<br />
Norm Going, lifestyle editor for the<br />
morning Florida Times-Union, found "Airport<br />
'77" to be, "exciting and nail-biting<br />
... as this stunning jet with wall-to-wall<br />
martinis" crashed at Florida's Wakulla<br />
Springs. Mike Clark, movie man at the<br />
Journal, might be termed a "young" curmudgeon<br />
for his views that "Airport '77"<br />
is "like junk food. You know it's not good<br />
but you go ahead and pay for it anyway.<br />
When you're done you have indigestion."<br />
In a spring housecleaning move, a majority<br />
of local theatre owners shucked off<br />
some long runs and many weak runs to<br />
entice better patronage. Among the new<br />
screen attractions were "Black Sunday" at<br />
two ABC FST houses; "Breaker! Breaker!"<br />
split seven ways by EFT, AMC, KT and<br />
Earl and Bobby Turbyfill's Pine Drive-In;<br />
"Demon Seed" at two KT indoorers and<br />
one AMC house in Orange Park; "The<br />
Eagle Has Landed" in three houses, KT's,<br />
GCC's and AMC's; "Joey" at ABC FST,<br />
KT and Marvin Skinner's Lake Forest<br />
Drive-In, and "Johnny Tough" at single<br />
houses of ABC FST, KT and Marvin Skinner.<br />
Carrying out its recurring "youth and<br />
age" program of assistance, WOMPI had<br />
an early April bingo party and refreshments<br />
for a large group at the Florida Christian<br />
Health Center, followed by an arts and<br />
crafts competition and show in the Woodstock<br />
Center for physically and mentally<br />
handicapped teenagers.<br />
edits the Paris Review, along with his wife<br />
a daughter of the late French novelis<br />
Louise de Vilmorin. Clem's uncle Willian<br />
Wood, president of the Philadelphia Mu<br />
scum of Art, and Mrs. Wood arrived froi<br />
Mexico where they were honeymoonin<br />
They were houseguests at the winter aboi<br />
of Baron and Baroness R. M. deSchauensei<br />
The ncwlyweds postponed their summi<br />
honeymoon. They arc both graduate stij<br />
dents—Lisa in the University of Chicag<br />
business school and Clem in Northwester<br />
University Law School.<br />
The recent benefit world premiere<br />
"Black Sunday" attracted only 225 payir<br />
moviegoers for the $100 admission. R<br />
mainder of the 822 firstnighters were gue:<br />
of the management. Proceeds from tl<br />
benefit went to the Marine Conservatii<br />
group . . . Some have predicted that "Bla<br />
Sunday" will become the movie of the ye;<br />
Early reviews have been favorable<br />
Premiere night director John Frankenheit,<br />
er greeted Tom Hartman, a 25-year-c<br />
University of Miami student filmmak'<br />
Hartman's four-minute documentary on t|<br />
making of "Black Sunday" impressed tj<br />
Paramount filmmakers immensely a<br />
eventually won a collegiate Acadet'<br />
Award last winter.<br />
Herald columnist John Huddy asty<br />
Frankenheimer what he really thought ;f<br />
Miami after filming here. Frankenheirrr<br />
In spite of the recent appointment^<br />
Marylee Lander as a full-time county ci<br />
cial for cutting redtape for filmmaker: a<br />
Hi!<br />
ft*<br />
nil<br />
ftei<br />
said the initial red tape was terrible. He Id<br />
Mtfk<br />
praise for a few people in the press—.jfr<br />
Robbie and Phil Hammersmith who serd<br />
kii'iia;<br />
as liaison with the city. Without th4<br />
Hisl<br />
Frankenheimer said, "we would have g|<br />
elsewhere." He added that the local citizis<br />
and film people "were fantastic. Probay<br />
I Into!<br />
the best experience I ever had."<br />
V-i"<br />
foii»<br />
Weekly showings by Vivian Ganas in<br />
the<br />
ABC FST Preview Theatre were Warner<br />
Bros." "Brothers" plus a product reel<br />
and "Loners Like Us" from Chappell of<br />
Atlanta.<br />
An Easter showing of "Way of the Cross"<br />
was presented by the city at the Willow<br />
Branch Public Library, and merchants of<br />
the Normandy Mall encouraged Easter<br />
shoppers by presenting a free film in KT's<br />
Normandv Mall Theatre I.<br />
MIAMI<br />
The recent marriage of Lisa Wolfson,<br />
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard<br />
Wolfson (he is chairman of the executive<br />
committee and executive vice-president and<br />
general counsel of Wometco Enterprises),<br />
to Clement Wood III was an important social<br />
event with a guest list reading like a page<br />
from "Who's Who." Florida Supreme Court<br />
Justice Arthur England officiated. The<br />
groom's father, novelist-screenwriter Clement<br />
Wood jr.. flew in from Paris, where he<br />
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XOFTICE<br />
(ii.kIi.hi crew shooting an Vvon commer-<br />
:! ran into govemmenl interference at<br />
.urn Shores \ illage Manager Earl Anrson<br />
required the com pan) to pa) .1 $50<br />
lay village filming lee, incurring the<br />
ath >'i I'liM Hammersmith whose volun-<br />
1 job is to run interference for film prois.<br />
'Tin Unions." the News quoted llamrlTsniith<br />
as saving. "Jobs are scarce and<br />
s is Miami money. Most of it goes to<br />
:al salaries, these little fiefdoms have got<br />
he aware of the overall economic delopment<br />
of Dade County."<br />
Dade County has 27 municipalities and<br />
the past almost that main tees and perls<br />
were required before filmmakers could<br />
Vain their work. However, with the apintment<br />
of Ms. lander and an adminislive<br />
oider providing a central point for<br />
frmits. the area has received several com-<br />
;>-..<br />
\.<br />
ments. Willa L. Z. Armstrong, vice-presinl<br />
ot the New York-based Planned Com-<br />
1 inication Services which specializes in<br />
[blic service announcements, raved about<br />
cooperation here. Michael Ritchie, dif.tor<br />
of "Semi-Tough," praised Marylee's<br />
torts and star Burt Reynolds said he had<br />
en trying to make a movie here for ten<br />
ars. "Where were you when I made 'The<br />
ngesl<br />
'i aid".'" he asked.<br />
1* •<br />
HARLOTTE<br />
bbby McClure, son of Bob McClure with<br />
Variety Films, is working on Xaviera<br />
bllander's new picture, "The Happy Hooki<br />
Ckvs to Washington." as key grip man.<br />
[ picture stars Joey Heatherton and will<br />
an early summer release, distributed by<br />
fnmie James of Galaxy Pictures in this<br />
a.<br />
Correction: Barbara Simpson, daughter<br />
Bill, is the new secretary at Simpson's<br />
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NEW ORLEANS<br />
QJ.11II' SUites opened .1 I win ( meina in Pascagoula,<br />
Miss. Friday l<br />
(1), he ribbon<br />
cutting ceremonies were performed by the<br />
mayor. Attending were George Solomon.<br />
Iciiv Davis. Irene Mexic. Marvin Bicwlon.<br />
Raj Sturdivant and Ray Milligan of Gulf<br />
States Iheatres; A. 1 . Koval jr., Royal I heatres;<br />
Andy Cuccia, projectionist engineer,<br />
and Charlie Achee and his wife. Opening<br />
features were "Silver Streak" and "Network."<br />
"House by the Lake" opened a multiple<br />
run Friday (I). Publicity was handled by<br />
. . . Irene also had a<br />
Irene Mexic. Gull States, who had a special<br />
radio tie-in. A description of a house on<br />
Lake Ponchartrain was given on the radio<br />
and the first callers with the correct address<br />
were awarded passes. A free lunch also was<br />
given by a local restaurant across the lake<br />
from New Orleans<br />
tie-in with a local ice cream store to feature<br />
"Bionic Monster Sundaes" in conjunction<br />
with the opening of "Godzilla vs. the Bionic<br />
Monster."<br />
. . . Bob<br />
Ann Milligan, manager of the Do Drivein,<br />
is hunting for a live alligator to put on<br />
display in the concession stand<br />
Buras. manager of the Algiers Drive-In,<br />
promoted an Easter special to help the<br />
crippled children.<br />
Starline/New World Pictures has moved<br />
to new quarters at 3100 Ridgelake Drive.<br />
Suite 303, Metairie, La., and will be handling<br />
all its regular product plus New World<br />
Pictures product. Yvette Ogden has taken<br />
the<br />
job of secretary/ booker. They are busy<br />
setting up saturations on "Godzilla vs. the<br />
Bionic Monster." "Crater Lake Monster,"<br />
"The Van," "The Teasers," "Assault on<br />
Paradise." "Black Oak Conspiracy," "Moonshine<br />
County Express" and "Too Hot to<br />
Handle."<br />
Moi Ne Devrail Mourir" and "Nea"; "M01<br />
Pierre Rivere Vyanl Egorge Ma Mere, Mu<br />
Soeui, Mon Frere" and "The Making of<br />
"<br />
Moi Piei re<br />
A press release 1 10111 Wainei Bios, advises<br />
thai Frank I cvs and Mike Wise have made<br />
arrangements with Warner Bros, for the<br />
production of "French Quarter," a minder<br />
suspense story backgrounded in a New Orleans<br />
bordello<br />
The west screen of the Show town Drivein.<br />
Alexandria. La., has been closed indefinitely.<br />
The screen was blown down during<br />
a recent tornado.<br />
Bonnie McMakin has been hired by Gulf<br />
States Theatres as secretary to George Solomon,<br />
succeeding Vicki McWaters, who recently<br />
resigned . . Frank Olah, Skyvue<br />
.<br />
Drive-In, was a participant in the recent<br />
Hungarian Dance Festival held at the High<br />
Regency Hotel and from all reports turned<br />
in an excellent performance.<br />
Janie Wright, manager of the<br />
Park Theatre,<br />
Houma. La., and Priscilla Stanse,<br />
Southland. Houma. La. were visitors at Gulf<br />
States . . . Nona Castron. 18, is the man-<br />
of the Twin Cinema,<br />
ager and projectionist<br />
Pascagoula, Miss. She received her schooling<br />
as operator at the Ritz Theatre in Pascagoula.<br />
Andy Cuiccia, projectionist and service<br />
technician for Gulf States, says she is<br />
very efficient.<br />
Academy Award night drew a lot of interest.<br />
Irene Mexic had her yearly Awards<br />
party. The contest for having the most winners<br />
ended in a three way split—Ann Balancie<br />
and Marvin Brewton, Gulf States<br />
Theatres and Louie Soust, Times-Picayune.<br />
The winner of the contest held by Universal<br />
was Karen Nicoll, United Artists . . . Joe<br />
Mexic. Irene's husband, is back at work<br />
after his recent operation.<br />
Film festivals were scheduled back to<br />
hack this month. "Images of Brazil IV." the<br />
annual Brazilian festival at Loyola University,<br />
will be followed by this city's eighth<br />
annual French festival. A newsletter of the<br />
Film Buffs Institute (Loyola's) advises that<br />
"Semaine Universitaire" will take place<br />
Wednesday (27) through May 1. consisting<br />
of seven films to be shown at the Prvtani.i<br />
Theatre, and a closing-night tribute at<br />
Nunemaker Hall to Louise Malic who is<br />
currently in town filming "Pretty Baby."<br />
I he schedule o\ new films in the French<br />
series are: "I.e Petit Marcel" and "L'Apprenti-Salaud";<br />
Juliette et I. 'Air du Temps"<br />
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MEMPHIS<br />
Tarn Vinson, an enterprising young man<br />
who recently organized Tri-Statc<br />
Booking Service, has undertaken another<br />
business venture in West Memphis, Ark.<br />
His Arts and Crafts Shop was officiallyopened<br />
March 26th.<br />
Alton Sims o( Film Transit and wife<br />
(Catherine, accompanied by Genevieve Lovell<br />
of AIP and husband Harry, attended<br />
the horse races at Hot Springs, Ark., for the<br />
final show March 26th.<br />
Visitors in film exchanges were exhibitor<br />
Gene Boggs and wife Ernestine from Hot<br />
Springs. Jack Braunagel of Hot Springs and<br />
I ouis Haven of Forrest City, Ark.<br />
the<br />
The March WOMPI meeting was held<br />
home of June Moody, whose hospitality<br />
was enjoyed by a group of WOMPI members<br />
and their guests . . . Get well wishes go<br />
to Betty Arendall and Celia Wells who were<br />
recently hospitalized. Both ladies are<br />
WOMPI members.<br />
Clark Shively is opening a new drive-in<br />
at Jackson, Tenn. The theatre name is Jaxon<br />
Movie, South . . . Other theatres reopening<br />
are Osceola Drive-In, Osceola, Ark.,<br />
and the Fort Chaffee Theatre. Fort Chaffee.<br />
Ark.<br />
'Silver Streak 7<br />
Hits<br />
410 in Memphis Surge<br />
in<br />
"Disk Jockey," American International .<br />
Special screenings at the Capri included<br />
"The Car," Universal and "Audrey Rose,'',<br />
United Artists Corp<br />
Ken Rogers, Jaco Films executive, was<br />
in from Atlanta to discuss the early summei<br />
release "Journey Into the Beyond." A prr<br />
vate. invitational screening was held and<br />
response indicated the film had hit poten<br />
tial.<br />
Gene Goodman Honored<br />
At WOMPI Luncheon<br />
(Continued from page SE-5)<br />
son, Don Kay, Dick King, Jerry Kennedy<br />
Mildred Lindsay, Aubrey Lasseigne, Ann<br />
Clair Leggitt, Regina Lambou, Wand<br />
Landry, Georgette Leto, Donna Latiolait<br />
Irene Mexic, Ann Milligan, David Mexk<br />
Joe Moll, Marie Mexic, H. P. Mosley<br />
Florence Mexic, Willie Mexic, Joe Mexic<br />
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MEMPHIS—"Silver Streak," now in its<br />
13th week, surged past more recent arrivals<br />
to gross a 410 and lead the first runs in<br />
this city. Also strong were "Network" at<br />
310, "Fun With Dick and Jane" at 300,<br />
"Rocky" at 285 and "A Star Is Born," still<br />
twinkling in its 13th week at 245.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Malco Quartet, Southbrook—Network (MGM/UA),<br />
6th wk 310<br />
Malco Quartet, Southbrook Silver Streak<br />
(20th-Fox), 13th wk 410<br />
Malco Quartet, Southbrook—Rocky (UA),<br />
7th wk 265<br />
Paramount Fun With Dick and Jane (Col),<br />
4th wk 300<br />
Paramount—A Star Is Born (WB), 13th wk 245<br />
Three theatres—Freaky Friday (BV), 4th wk CJ<br />
Three theatres Thieves (Para), 2nd wk 50<br />
CHARLOTTE<br />
(Continued from preceding page)<br />
Distributing Corp., succeeding Cathy Vanderhorst<br />
who now is<br />
with Tar Heel Films.<br />
Bill Holliday, retiree of Wil-Kin Theatre<br />
Supply, and his wife were in New Orleans<br />
where his son is an oil company geologist,<br />
and then on to San Francisco to visit friends<br />
Jones. Southern Booking & Buying,<br />
was off to Atlanta for the Easter holidays.<br />
His secretary Bonnie Barnette and<br />
friends vacationed at Myrtle Beach.<br />
Harry Wayne, manager of Wil-Kin Theatre<br />
Supply, and his staff had an open house<br />
for some 150 guests in their new quarters.<br />
Door-prize recipients included Frank Jones,<br />
TV set; Frank Matthews. 101 lb. Hershey<br />
bar and Frank Lowry, smoke alarm.<br />
L. C. Montgomery, Margie Marcier, Ca:)j<br />
Mabry, Vickie McWaters, Lee Nickola:<br />
E. J. Nicaud, Yvette Ogden, Helen Pabs.<br />
Bob Parrish, Eunice Peeples, Charles Pabs<br />
Anna Power, Ron Pabst, Earl Perry, Nic,<br />
Robichaux, Roy Roach, Julian Richard<br />
Eddie Richards, Kay Richards, Gerrie Ricl<br />
ards, Frank Rule, Anna Sinopoli, Leor<br />
Schmitt, Doris Stevens, Marie Saucier, Ai<br />
rian Schmitt, Phil Sliman, George Solomo<br />
T. G. Solomon, Agnes Schlinder, Margar<br />
Seghers, Bill Spensley. Bob Taylor, Shirk<br />
Thompson, Gus Trog, Harry Thomas, Joai<br />
Winstell, Don Woods, Linda Walker, Cla,<br />
Woods, Rochelle Whitfield, Charles Va<br />
nado jr. Charles Varnado sr. and Pam Va<br />
nado.<br />
Free Peanuts in<br />
Clinton<br />
CLIN<strong>TO</strong>N, MASS. — The Kaleidosco<br />
Cinema took heed of President Jimmy C<br />
ter's March 16 visit; it distributed free pe<br />
nuts to theatre patrons. On the screen w,<br />
Pacific International's "Across the Gre<br />
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New pictures in town include "Black<br />
Sunday," "Demon Seed." "Mr. Billion,"<br />
"The House by the Lake," "Raggedy Ann<br />
& Andy" and "The Slipper and the Rose"<br />
. . . Top<br />
grosses of the week include "Airport<br />
'77" at the Capri; "Rocky," Charlottetown<br />
Mall; "Network," Park Terrace and<br />
"Black Sunday," Park Terrace and Tryon<br />
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Fox; "Catherine & Co.," Simpson's Distributing<br />
Co.; "Hollywood High," Variety;<br />
"Andy Warhol's Bad," Galaxy; "The Swiss<br />
Conspiracy." Simpson's Distributing and<br />
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1 ises and booth equipment in general.<br />
aded by Turner Honea, an industry veten<br />
and craftsman, the facility will be lol<br />
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irl Murray Elected<br />
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IjlKlAHOMA CITY—The United 11k<br />
I Owners of Oklahoma and the Texas<br />
handle elected officers at .1 recent meet-<br />
hc\ are: Earl Murray. Quail Theatre,<br />
ident; Marjorie Snyder, Family Thes<br />
in Tulsa, Johnny Jones, Alva, and<br />
irles rownsend, Dumas, Tex., vice-presto;<br />
Mill lurk, chairman of the board;<br />
tn MeConnel. MeConnel Amusement<br />
secretary; Bob Powell, treasurer, and<br />
;<br />
n Riee. executive secretary.<br />
oth Equipment Repair<br />
cility Opened by ASC<br />
ICHARDSON, TEX—ASC Technical<br />
vices Corp. has announced the opening<br />
a facility to repair and refurbish sound<br />
ds, projector heads, movements, lamp-<br />
'<br />
ced in Richardson, a suburb of Dallas.<br />
n making the announcement, Bob Gan-<br />
;." Ifi, vice-president of ASC. stated. "We<br />
K<br />
h'e been contemplating this move for<br />
J"<br />
;-rit<br />
ne time. Now that we have found the<br />
man with the experience and expertise<br />
to manage our operation, we're<br />
r ving ahead. Our decision to establish the<br />
ty was based on our belief that there is<br />
a important need in this highly specialized<br />
and that exhibitors would react favorto<br />
ASC's entry into the business. Our<br />
nutation in the industry has been built on<br />
g history of technical competence and<br />
ability. The work that we turn out at this<br />
a facility will reflect the same high stands<br />
and quality workmanship."<br />
Honea, who will supervise the ASC operon,<br />
is a veteran with 31 years in<br />
H.,<br />
the<br />
ntion picture business, starting as a proin<br />
1946. Honea comes to ASC<br />
or eight years with Dallas-based Pinkston<br />
les and Service.<br />
ictoria, Tex., Theatre<br />
istalls Dolby System<br />
VIC<strong>TO</strong>RIA, TEX. — Frels Theatres reitly<br />
installed a $3,500 Dolby optical print<br />
nd s\stem in the 600-seat auditorium of<br />
lyfaousc Cinema. Only one other Texas<br />
•aire, a Dallas first-run house, has the<br />
item.<br />
Rubin Frels, circuit owner, said he plans<br />
install Dolby equipment in two auditories<br />
of his Salem Six complex which will<br />
opening the middle of May.<br />
Installation of the Dolby CP 50 warranta<br />
picture and story in the Victoria Adcate<br />
in which a Dolby technician was iniewed<br />
about the process. Local movie-<br />
•n «ere able to test the new system when<br />
e Dolby-coded "Mr. Billion" opened in<br />
e<br />
Playhouse Cinema.<br />
k Andrew J. Fenady has obtained rights<br />
House for Jonnie O."<br />
OKLAHOMA CITY<br />
gOONERAMA '77 notes: This year's convention<br />
is being hailed as the fastest<br />
and most enjoyable SOONERAMA yet. A<br />
fine lineup of trailers and film clips started<br />
On schedule and held the interest. I he<br />
screening equipment and sound was the best<br />
ever for a convention hall. The food was<br />
good. "Airport 77" was an outstanding<br />
screening treat and people had time to enjoy<br />
themselves. Our thanks to Earl Murray,<br />
manager of the Shepherd Twin Theatre,<br />
who was convention chairman, and to all<br />
his<br />
co-workers.<br />
Jack VVhelihan, J. C. McCrary & Associates<br />
salesman, is recuperating in St. Anthony's<br />
Hospital after a heart attack. We<br />
visited him there and he is in fine spirits.<br />
His only complaint was missing his<br />
regular<br />
turns on the golf course . . . Peggy Dillard,<br />
United Artists head booker, is back at her<br />
desk after suffering from an ear infection.<br />
In to buy and book: Dan Wolfenbarger,<br />
Evelyn Theatre and Prairie Drive-in, Dumas,<br />
Tex.; Dean Wolfenbarger, Waldron<br />
Theatre and Hillcrest Drive-in, Lindsay;<br />
Dick Crumpler, Gentry Theatre and 69<br />
Drive-In, Checotah; Johnny Jones. Rialto<br />
Theatre and Stadium Drive-in. Alva, and<br />
Woodie Sylvester, Vesta Theatre and 40<br />
West Drive-in, Weatherford.<br />
Lola Hall, KWTV, and Cliff Warren,<br />
KTVY-TV, attended a seminar in New<br />
York to screen United Artists' product and<br />
interview stars. "Annie Hall" was included<br />
. . . Olen and Nell Nuckols, Magic Empire<br />
Express who also worked for O.K. Motor<br />
Express, both film carriers, are retiring<br />
from the business. They wish to express<br />
their thanks to customers for their business<br />
and friendship.<br />
Dennis Ward, business agent for IATSE<br />
Local 380, brought us an invitation to the<br />
62nd anniversary celebration Monday (11)<br />
at the Holiday Inn West. Special guest<br />
speaker was Walter F. Diehl, international<br />
president.<br />
Actor Jay Silverheels, who played Tonto<br />
in the "Lone Ranger" TV series and who<br />
also appeared in several movies, has been<br />
named "Outstanding Indian of the Year"<br />
by the American Indian Exposition board.<br />
Silverheels lives in Canoga Park, Calif., and<br />
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John Wayne's scheduled court appearance<br />
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a dispute over part of a 46-acre tract<br />
owned by Wayne and situated across from<br />
the Cowboy Hall of Fame.<br />
Diana Wilson, employee of the Hornheck<br />
Iheatre in Shawnee, received a $50 U.S.<br />
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Cinemas Southwest Buys<br />
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DALLAS — Cinemas Southwest has<br />
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Park and the Aquarius IV complex in Oak<br />
Cliff from Trans-Texas Theatres.<br />
The Fine Arts is one of the oldest remaining<br />
theatres in Dallas. It previously<br />
was owned by the Interstate circuit and<br />
known as the Varsity Theatre. "Our policy<br />
for the Fine Arts is in a state of limbo,"<br />
said Cinemas Southwest film buyer John<br />
I.indley. "For awhile we will have to continue<br />
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house."<br />
A complete $1 policy has been initiated<br />
at the Aquarius.<br />
Ed Cook is principal owner of Cinemas<br />
Southwest, which was organized in 1972<br />
with the opening of a twin theatre in Corpus<br />
Christi. The circuit now operates 28<br />
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prank Meyers and Don Morris opened the<br />
M&M Releasing Co., at 6060 N. Central<br />
Expressway, Suite 210. Monday (4).<br />
Their phone number is<br />
(214) 750-1243. Industry<br />
friends are invited to visit anytime.<br />
Ihe firm represents I.cvitt-Piekman of New<br />
York.<br />
Griffin, sister of Joyce Wilbanks. Pat is a<br />
former film exchange employee and glad<br />
to be back in the industry . . . Walter Armbruster,<br />
retired Universal division manager,<br />
visited<br />
here recently.<br />
Jerry Malonc of Continental Pictures was<br />
Bill Shaw of Buena Vista spent a recent<br />
week's vacation yetting his lawn in shape<br />
while enjoying the sunshine and good weather<br />
.. . The familiar \oiee on the telephone<br />
in Harold Brooks' office belongs to Pat<br />
rushed to St. Paul Hospital recently . . .<br />
the patron to see the exciting progran<br />
Tape recordings of this nature hold the ai<br />
tention even if the caller dialed the wron<br />
number. True showmanship and salesmar<br />
ship. Congratulations Mike!<br />
Tom Hughes, producer of the Dallij<br />
Summer Musicals, has announced that thn<br />
of show business' best-known blondes wi:<br />
be featured this season. They are Gingi<br />
Rogers. Mitzi Gaynor and Shirley Jon*<br />
ill.<br />
Bret Miller of J.C. McCrary & Associates<br />
. . .<br />
is recuperating at home from a serious automobile<br />
accident Virginia Myrick of<br />
AIP is reported improving steadily from<br />
her accident and hopes to be able to return<br />
to work soon.<br />
Funeral services were held here Thursday<br />
(7) for Agnes Backus, widow of the late<br />
film salesman Paul Backus and sister of<br />
Thelma Jo Bailey of Starline Pictures. She<br />
was a long-time employee of Cinema Arts<br />
Theatres and a member of WOMPI of Dallas.<br />
Mike Garcia, manager of the Lakewood<br />
Theatre, has a successful $1 admission<br />
policy, due in part to the extra emphasis<br />
he puts in his theatre's recorded message.<br />
When a potential customer dials 821-5705,<br />
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. . . Lauren Bacall will appear in the Sta<br />
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NORMAN, OKLA.—Two Hollywoi<br />
producers, a director and the president<br />
the Screenwriters Guild will participate<br />
a film conference Saturday (30) and Si<br />
day, May 1, at the University of Oklahorr<br />
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The program is designed for film bus<br />
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along with the premiere showing of a F,-<br />
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The two men have been friends for yiB<br />
and Clark had a small investment in " a-<br />
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paid off handsomely. (The $143,000 im<br />
grossed $35,000,000.) So it was easy or<br />
Clark to say "yes" when Vint, writer, :ar<br />
and co-producer, and Hugh Smith (wa's<br />
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BOXOFFICE :: April 18, »77<br />
testers<br />
St<br />
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Commissioner<br />
. . Richard<br />
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is<br />
a<br />
nti<br />
dgel himself. That was 14 months ago.<br />
ice then, he set up a Hollywood office<br />
d entered the world of movie production<br />
"It's fascinating, a very complex field,"<br />
ark told a local news reporter. "A lot of<br />
ople think flying a jet is complicated,<br />
i that's elementary compared to all the<br />
Dgs that have to come together to make<br />
movie. There are thousands of little deciins,<br />
and in this case it's all a matter oi<br />
Igment rather than hard core facts."<br />
Vint has appeared in such films as<br />
arthquake," "Little Big Man." "China-<br />
»n" and "Silent Running" as well as<br />
(aeon County line" and the pictures it<br />
pi red.<br />
"As an actor, the work process is very<br />
Oradic," he said. "But by being a writer<br />
bout 40 per cent of the screenplay is his)<br />
d producer, you're totally immersed all<br />
e time until the project is finished. "It's<br />
u.iv to be more creative and productive<br />
lile keeping more control over your own<br />
te."<br />
One hint that "Black Oak Conspiracy"<br />
II be a success is the fact it is being disbuted<br />
by New World Pictures, which has<br />
record of selling<br />
films.<br />
Rated Films 'Stepping<br />
tones' to 'Mr. Billion'<br />
SAN AN<strong>TO</strong>NIO—Ken Friedman and<br />
nathan Kaplan, producers of the family<br />
m "Mr. Billion," see a "redeeming social<br />
•hie" in X-rated movies and point to their<br />
»n careers as examples.<br />
In an interview with Ben King jr.. of<br />
s.m Antonio Express, the two New<br />
>rk University graduates explained that<br />
I<br />
movies have a definite redeeming value<br />
young, aspiring producers—they offer a<br />
lance to break into legitimate films.<br />
Kaplan directed such films as "Student<br />
.ichers," "Truck Turner" and "Night Call<br />
iirses," which showed profit and enabled<br />
im to do "White Line Fever." Although<br />
EVas a low budget film. "White Line Fer"<br />
made money capitalizing on the truck-<br />
; .md CB radio craze and finally allowed<br />
|iplan and Friedman to make a complete<br />
parture from their X-rated enterprises<br />
th "Mr. Billion."<br />
rotesters Strike Out,<br />
tad News Bears' Wins<br />
HOUS<strong>TO</strong>N—A group of Little League<br />
sehall fans struck out in their efforts to<br />
It filming of "The Bad News Bears in<br />
e.iking Training" at Bayland Park. Coun-<br />
Bob Eckels led the drive<br />
•tor hearing from his constituents that<br />
e original movie, "The Bad News Bears,"<br />
is "vulgar, if not pornographic." He made<br />
motion to stop the filming of the sequel<br />
it there was no second and the motion<br />
ed.<br />
Paul Goolsby. Little League district adinistrator,<br />
had asked the court to deny<br />
e of the park for filming. County Judge<br />
n Linsay said his three sons and his Suni><br />
School class saw "The Bad News Bears"<br />
id "were wild about it."<br />
HOUS<strong>TO</strong>N<br />
Qlordon Wolfe) an executive ol \BC Circle<br />
Films, was here looking for location<br />
sites for "The Young Prince." Peter<br />
Straus, st. u ol TV's "Rich Man. Pool M in<br />
will star in the movie which is about Foe<br />
Kennedy jr.<br />
Les Blank's "Chulas Fronteras," a documentary<br />
about Tex-Mcx Norteno music,<br />
is one ol several films screened at Rice<br />
Media Center's third annual I EXPO, a<br />
festival of Texas-made films. Also screened<br />
were "Clown White." a look at rodeo<br />
clowns; JIVEASSP," about rock star I .irry<br />
Raspberry and the Highsteppers; an animated<br />
sci-fi fantasy; "Recuerdan el Alamo." an<br />
unlikely recreation of the famous battle;<br />
"Mr. Horse." named as one of the AFI's<br />
12 best films; a portrait of playwrite Preston<br />
Jones; a documentary about the Tyler<br />
rattlesnake festival, and "A Hell of a Note."<br />
a Mary Hartmanized story of two Austin<br />
roofers.<br />
Local actor Jim Siedow, who was in "The<br />
Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Red<br />
Alert." appeared in "The Visit," a play at<br />
"The Sentinel," now<br />
Theatre Suburbia . . .<br />
showing locally, features several people who<br />
were in the sideshow at the Greater Houston<br />
Spring Fair at Delmar Stadium.<br />
Comic George Carlin, who appeared recently<br />
at the Music Theatre, said he will<br />
direct a movie based on artist Gilbert Shelton's<br />
comic strip undergroup crazies "The<br />
Furry Freak Brothers" . . . Sarah Lowery,<br />
"<br />
a newscaster on KPRC-TV, was selected<br />
for the role of a newscaster in Paramount's<br />
"The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training,"<br />
which is being filmed here. The children<br />
actors m the film attend traveling<br />
School three hours a day and film foul<br />
hours, rhe companj is staying at the Holid.o.<br />
Inn Downtown.<br />
In on a promotional visit was actor<br />
Strothei Martin who is appearing in "Slap<br />
Shot." He was a hoiiseguest ol lilmmakeiwriter<br />
J. D. Eeigelson, who has scripted<br />
"Night of the Scarecrow." which will he<br />
made into a film produced by FGH Productions,<br />
a local company.<br />
Big John Hamilton, motion picture actor<br />
and S.m Antonio restaurant owner, was in<br />
town for a social . Boone is serving<br />
as chairman of the Lone Star Historical<br />
Drama Ass'n membership drive . . . John<br />
Huston spent two days at the Cinema Club<br />
at the University of Houston at Clear Lake<br />
City. He met with students and participated<br />
in screenwriting and acting workshops. He<br />
will be seen in MGM's "Winter Kill" in the<br />
roll of Thomas Kegan, one of the world's<br />
richest men.<br />
Motion picture theatres will be part of<br />
a 325,000 square-foot shopping center now<br />
under construction in the Humble area by<br />
Weingarten Realty and Target Department<br />
Stores, a division of the Minneapolisbased<br />
Dayton-Hudson Co. The S7.000.000<br />
project is being developed on a 30-acre site.<br />
. .<br />
Houston actor Robert Foxworth can be<br />
seen in "Airport '77" now at the Tower .<br />
Vocalist Terry Meason is in Los Angeles<br />
for a series of interviews with hopes of a<br />
possible movie career.<br />
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Qantikos Theatres, in conjunction with the<br />
San Antonio light, sponsored a "Ragged)<br />
Ann & Andy" dress-up party with free<br />
showings of the movies at the Northwest<br />
Six and the Century South Six recently.<br />
"Rolling Thunder," a 20th-Fox film<br />
largely shot here, is scheduled to be released<br />
sometime this month. It stars William Devine.<br />
Linda Hayes. Tommy Tec Jones and<br />
James Victor ... A Spanish Easter sunrise<br />
service was held at the Alameda Theatre.<br />
operated hy Maurice Braha . . . Randy<br />
Quiroz, an engineering student at the University<br />
of Texas here, is working as an usher<br />
at the new Woodlawn 1 and II.<br />
The Mann Theatres Fox Central Park<br />
presented three midnight showings of "A<br />
History of the Beatles" with $2.50 admission<br />
recently . . . The<br />
Fredericksburg Road<br />
Drive-In featured a dusk to dawn sex extravaganza<br />
screening seven erotic films for<br />
10 hours, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The lineup<br />
included "The Opening of Misty Beethoven,"<br />
"The Story of Joanna," "Deep Jaws,"<br />
"Love Games," "Vacation in Hot Pants,"<br />
"Diversion" and "All American Girls."<br />
Bob Polunsky of the Light attended a<br />
New York press conference at which the<br />
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The St. Leonard Senior CYO sponsored a<br />
midnight showing of "Audrey Rose" at the<br />
Century South Six.<br />
Santikos Theatres now has three theatres<br />
showing all new, uncut adult films. They<br />
arc the Josephine. Universal City II and<br />
Woodlawn II . . . The Northwest Six and<br />
Century South Six theatres had a drawing<br />
in conjunction with "Airport '77." Winners<br />
at each theatre were given a free one-hour<br />
plane<br />
ride.<br />
Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine attended<br />
the Southwest Craft Center's grand<br />
ball here Saturday (2) to celebrate the opening<br />
of the newly-restored chapel in the former<br />
Ursuline Convent . . . Susan St. James<br />
visited here for two days while promoting<br />
her new Warner Bros, film "Outlaw Blues"<br />
which stars Peter Fonda. The film will be<br />
released here August 1, one month after the<br />
world premiere in Austin, where it was<br />
filmed. This is her first movie since her<br />
five-year stint on TV's "McMillan and<br />
Wife."<br />
The Sisterhood of Temple Beth-El held a<br />
luncheon with Bob Polunsky as guest speaker.<br />
His topic was "Jews in the Movies" . . .<br />
The Unitarian Church is holding its third<br />
annual film festival this month. Cost of the<br />
series is $10.<br />
The recently remodeled and carpeted<br />
Colonies North, a Santikos theatre, has a<br />
new admission policy and is showing family<br />
films. Recent bookings are "Two-Minute<br />
Warning," "Dr. Zhivago," "Hello, Dolly,"<br />
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"Jaws," "On a Clear Day You Can See<br />
Forever," and "Paint Your Wagon."<br />
The Frederiekshurg Road Drive-in in-<br />
. . .<br />
vited patrons to spend the night with Russ<br />
Meyer's girls. Films included "Up!", "Super<br />
Vixens," "Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers"<br />
and "Lorna" The Olmos, a Santikos<br />
theatre, is offering special Friday midnight<br />
showings.<br />
Former Boxoffice correspondent Lew<br />
Bray jr., is in the Veterans Hospital in<br />
Houston 77211 for re-evaluation of a service-connected<br />
disability. Lew hopes to return<br />
to exhibition in Corpus Christi, San<br />
Antonio or the Valley and is looking for<br />
mail.<br />
Santikos Theatres has instituted its Movie<br />
One policy at seven theatres which will<br />
offer recent films at reduced admissions<br />
Don Gottlieb, who is in charge of the proj<br />
ect, said $1 will be charged until 5 p.m. and<br />
$1.50 after 5 p.m. Children's prices will be<br />
$1 at all times. The theatres will be show<br />
ing films two or three months after theii<br />
local premieres. Gottlieb said Santikos ex<br />
pects its profit to come from concessioi<br />
sales. The project was originated by Got!<br />
tlieb in El Paso where there are sever;<br />
Movie One Theatres.<br />
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Post columnist Eric Gerber described th<br />
recent Academy Awards presentation i<br />
"the most unconventional in recent men<br />
ory." His suggestions for improvemen<br />
"One year, just one year, I would like I<br />
see the show run a flat two hours and d<br />
vote itself to two things only—the actuj<br />
presentation of the awards and, more in<br />
portantly, clips from a variety of films. Lo<br />
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MINN! \i'i)l is -Oscar gave "Rocky"<br />
boost and the already-sizzling boxoffice<br />
Uggei soared to a 440 in its seventh week<br />
the Brookdale and Southtown theatres,<br />
t the same time, a quintet of fresh faces<br />
ere led by "Black Sunday" with a 285 in<br />
s initial Might at the Cooper. "Demon<br />
eed" sprouted .1 165 in a three-screen<br />
tread. 'The Eagle has Landed" Hew to a<br />
50 at the Academy, "Vanessa" found a<br />
15 at the Skyway I and "Raggedy Ann &<br />
,nd\" cornered the moppet trade with a<br />
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(Average Is 100)<br />
idemy—The Eagle Has Landed (Col) ...<br />
ookdale. Southtown— Rocky (UA). 7th wk 440<br />
ooper- Black Sunday [Para) 285<br />
loper Camec— The Slipper and the Rose<br />
(Univ), 2nd »'k 120<br />
Jino I- Cousin Cousine (STt). 10th wk 100<br />
II Harlan County. U.S.A. (SR),<br />
2nd wk. ... 110<br />
ive theatres- The Domino Principle (Erab),<br />
2nd wk. ... 60<br />
V« theatres—Raggedy Ann & Andy<br />
(20th-Fox) _ _ ...100<br />
opher. Hopkins I— Airport '77 (Univ), 2nd wk 280<br />
Mown, Southdale— Fun With Dick and Jane<br />
(Col). 8th wk. 110<br />
tyway I—Vanessa (SR) 115<br />
kyway II—Slap Shot (Univ), 2nd wk 210<br />
e theatres—Demon Seed (UA) 165<br />
MILWAUKEE<br />
preparation tor the opening of "Raggedy<br />
Ann & Andy" Friday (8) at several<br />
neatres around town, 20th-Fox arranged<br />
tie-in with the Boston Store that resulted<br />
1 week-long appearances of Raggedy Ann.<br />
he was described in the newspaper display<br />
d as "cute, sassy and eight-feet tall—and<br />
jsl waiting to visit with you. Visit Raggedy<br />
\nn at all six Boston stores. She's giving<br />
lit free tickets to her movie." Ann's peronal<br />
appearances began Saturday (2) at<br />
s'orthridge and were scheduled to end a<br />
>eek later at Southridge.<br />
A IP booker Fay Spano in the branch<br />
iffice here went to Florida "to catch some<br />
tin at Daytona Beach" for a full week startng<br />
Saturday (9) . . . Receptionist<br />
Irene<br />
ionberg in the same office is excited about<br />
he upcoming marriage of her son Robert,<br />
le is marrying a Green Bay girl. Laura<br />
filler, and the date has been set tor June<br />
1. Irene has been with branch manager<br />
l\rt Hcling—and before him Ed Gavin—in<br />
he VIP office for about five years.<br />
Bovoffice sales tell the story—as illus-<br />
| rated by the phenomenal sale of $15 (top<br />
price) tickets for the forthcoming concert<br />
w Elvis Presley here. Less than 24 hours<br />
titer the boxoffice opened at the Arena.<br />
>nly SI 2.50 and $10 tickets were left—and<br />
CT of those. The concert is Wednesday<br />
27). On the other hand, a concert by jazz<br />
rumpeter Dizzy Gillespie scheduled for<br />
ruesday, March 29. at the Milwaukee Perorming<br />
Arts Center was canceled March<br />
W "because of poor ticket sales."<br />
Douglas Potash, branch manager for this<br />
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Residents, Businesses, Government<br />
Of Dubuque Eager to Aid Filmmakers<br />
DUBUQUE. IOWA - I any<br />
DeWaay.<br />
production manager for Union Productions<br />
ol 1 os Angeles, has scheduled local camera<br />
work OH "F.I.S.T." for a May 9 start and<br />
continuing for two months (through July 2).<br />
I he Dubuque shooting is to be followed by<br />
location work in Washington. D.C.. and<br />
Hollywood on the United Artists release<br />
which follows a labor leader's dramatic rise<br />
to power during the 1930s' Great Depression.<br />
I he movie, which will star Sylvester Stallone<br />
(nominated for an Oscar for his work<br />
in "Rocky." the 1976 Academy Awards'<br />
best picture of the year), is to be released<br />
by United Artists, possibly as an Easter<br />
1978 attraction.<br />
Major Production<br />
It's an $8,000,000 project, definitely a<br />
major film production and definitely a generator<br />
of intense excitement among people<br />
of this Iowa city as Huron crews rush to<br />
get 30 movie sets ready for the May 9 filming<br />
start. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald<br />
has been keeping up with all<br />
the varied activity<br />
centered around the preparations; the<br />
following facets were rounded up by eager<br />
Telegraph Herald reporters and recorded<br />
in recent issues of that newspaper:<br />
Since March 17, Job Service of Iowa.<br />
590 Iowa St.. has been accepting applications<br />
for the 75 speaking roles in "F.I.S.T."<br />
Specifically, the roles are open only to experienced<br />
actors and actresses between 25<br />
and 65; applicants must provide a recent<br />
photograph; telephone applications won't<br />
be taken; everyone who applies will be considered<br />
and Job Service won't stop taking<br />
applications without making an announcement<br />
in the Telegraph Herald. Applications<br />
for roles as nonspeaking extras are not to<br />
be accepted for several weeks.<br />
Northwest<br />
Iowa Native<br />
Arranging for 75 local speaking parts in<br />
an $8,000,000 movie is no small chore but<br />
DeWaay is not a small-time operator. A<br />
native of northwest Iowa, a resident of England,<br />
a cutter of red tape and a specialist<br />
in aging Dubuque real estate, DeWaay has<br />
been voted "a genuinely nice guy" by Telegraph<br />
Herald reporters. He arrived in Dubuque<br />
in February and began memorizing<br />
this city's older neighborhoods as he lined<br />
up filming locations for the 20 professional<br />
actors and 80 crew members who followed<br />
him in from Hollywood.<br />
Chosen locations include a cemetery, a<br />
church interior and basement, residential<br />
areas near 15th and Bluff streets and along<br />
Last 22nd Street, a commercial area between<br />
17th and 18th streets on Central and<br />
a former Caradco building at Ninth and<br />
Jackson.<br />
In the process ol making all the arrangements.<br />
DeWaa> probably has learned more<br />
about Dubuque history than most local residents<br />
know; now he's zeroing in on visual<br />
details of the 1930s, so the movie will be<br />
realistic.<br />
DeWaay has advertised fot area residents<br />
to bring clothes from the 1930s to his office<br />
at 1098 Jackson St. foi scrutiny and possible<br />
purchase, il okayed by Union costume<br />
designer Anlhea Sylbert. For the needed<br />
1930s clothing. DeWaay advertised these<br />
prices: men's suitcoats, $5; pant,. $5; shirts.<br />
$2.50; ties. $1.50; women's dresses, $15;<br />
men's or women's hats or shoes. $5.<br />
"We're looking for complete outfits il<br />
possible, and only in adults' clothing." De-<br />
Waay stressed to the Telegraph Herald.<br />
"Whatever we can acquire locally reduces<br />
the need to locate, assemble and ship clothing<br />
from Los Angeles."<br />
If DeWaay is as successful with his clothing<br />
ad as he was with his earlier ad for<br />
1930s cars and trucks, he won't have any<br />
trouble assembling wardrobes for his cast.<br />
After he ran a notice in the Telegraph Herald<br />
saying that he needed to lease 30 old<br />
cars and trucks for the filming, he got offers<br />
of 172 vehicles. The leased cars and trucks<br />
will be supervised by Tony Meyer, a local<br />
resident hired to care for the cars in a rented<br />
warehouse. DeWaay also has hired Dubuquer<br />
Tom Andresen as the film's location<br />
manager and Andresen admits that the<br />
mountain of detail "already is driving him<br />
crazy" but that he's coping.<br />
The other day DeWaay went trooping<br />
around the city with five cohorts—a production<br />
designer, art director, set decorator,<br />
construction manager and transportation<br />
captain—who also must coordinate elements<br />
of the film.<br />
"There's so much involved." De\\ aa><br />
said in an interview. "In the places where<br />
we'll be filming, parking meters and modern<br />
light fixtures will have to be removed: modern<br />
doorways, fences, metal or new brick<br />
exteriors will have to be changed: old-Style<br />
awnings have to be erected; old signs will<br />
replace new ones."<br />
Since the choice of this city was made<br />
primarily on DeWaay's recommendation,<br />
he probably has no one to blame but himself<br />
for all the work, and it seems he<br />
wouldn't have ii any other way. "Everyone<br />
we have dealt with has gone out of their<br />
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Residents, Businesses,<br />
Government<br />
Of Dubuque Eager to Aid Filmmakers<br />
(Continued from preceding page)<br />
\\.i\ tii help us— people in city government,<br />
businesses, everybody," DeWaay told the<br />
Telegraph Herald.<br />
Among the sets the movie crew is working<br />
on from sunup to sunset to complete is one<br />
that promises to have a certain permanence:<br />
a 1930s bar the crew is putting up in the<br />
hospitality room of Pickett's Brewery,<br />
low .is only beer producer. The crew's work<br />
is impressing the company president, Joseph<br />
S. Pickett sr.. a former professional<br />
football player.<br />
"When I thought of Hollywood sets before,"<br />
Pickett said, "I thought of plastic,<br />
glue and tape; but that barroom they are<br />
building is certainly no tinsel affair." He<br />
said one of the brewery's engineers took a<br />
look at the 1930s bar the other day and<br />
reported that it would "last a thousand<br />
years."<br />
The script calls for a pub that union men<br />
use for socializing and for meetings. Pickett<br />
said that when DeWaay and his production<br />
people examined sites suggested by the<br />
brewery executives, no place suggested was<br />
quite what the movie people were searching<br />
for; so DeWaay offered to build the<br />
barroom in the Pickett hospitality room.<br />
"According to the deal," said Pickett,<br />
"we can leave the barroom there or, if we<br />
decide we don't like it, the movie people<br />
said they will tear everything out and restore<br />
the room.<br />
"They are not sparing anything. They are<br />
using 2-by-4s and 4-by-4s in places where<br />
they could get by with a lot less; they are<br />
building lattice work with staples, nails and<br />
glue. It could stand up to almost anything."<br />
Construction includes a 30-foot wooden<br />
bar, booths, tables and chairs, a backroom<br />
and alterations to the walls. What the Huron<br />
people liked about this place is the 18-<br />
foot pressed metal ceiling and the big cupola<br />
at the corner of the building. The old<br />
heating system, with its radiators, fits in,<br />
too. The hospitality room is in a two-story<br />
section of the brewery that was built in<br />
1898. The second floor is used for offices.<br />
The hospitality room featured benches and<br />
tables<br />
made from old wooden beer tanks.<br />
Pickett estimates the construction of the<br />
barroom will cost the movie company between<br />
$10,000 and $15,000 and will greatly<br />
enrich the hospitality room. He believes<br />
that if his brewery keeps the movie set after<br />
filming of the picture that the set will be a<br />
real draw for tourist business.<br />
"People will travel a long way to see a<br />
barroom that was in a real movie set," the<br />
brewery president observed. "A new hospitality<br />
room could be built in other space<br />
—or the movie barroom could be used as<br />
a hospitality room."<br />
And what do those initials in the movie's<br />
title stand for?<br />
According to a United Artists release,<br />
"F.I.S.T." means "Federation of Interstate<br />
Truckers." Then, is the movie the story of<br />
the rise of Jimmie Hoffa and the Teamsters<br />
Union? Who can say? It just might be the<br />
story of any union leader who found in<br />
the depression of the 1930s the social conditions<br />
suited for a consolidation of power.<br />
Whatever the real background for the<br />
"F.I.S.T." action, it's certain that Dubuque<br />
people are going to look upon it<br />
as THEIR<br />
particular motion picture and its boxoffice<br />
take here should be phenomenal.<br />
DES MOINES<br />
flie Variety Club of Iowa Telethon raised<br />
$231,358 for the club's intensive care<br />
nursery at the Raymond Blank Memorial<br />
Hospital for Children in Des Moines. After<br />
19'/2 continuous hours on the air, the telethon<br />
ended at 6 p.m., Sunday, March 27.<br />
Money from this telethon, the third sponsored<br />
for benefit of the hospital by Variety,<br />
will be used to buy equipment for the nursery.<br />
Many celebrities assisted in the telethon,<br />
among them being Marjoe Gortner, who<br />
became famous as a child evangelist in this<br />
area at the age of 4. Prior to appearing on<br />
the telethon, Marjoe visited the Adventureland<br />
Theatre, where he smiled as he read<br />
a yellowing clipping from a 1948 copy of<br />
the Des Moines Register, the clipping telling<br />
about the young evangelist preaching<br />
to more than 1,000 people and shouting to<br />
them: "You can't live for Jesus on Sunday<br />
and like the devil the rest of the week."<br />
Marjoe, now a film actor, laughed, too,<br />
when he recalled the mythology that was<br />
built up around him. Promotion for him as<br />
a young preacher claimed that God called<br />
him to preach at the age of 3, that he was<br />
baptized by Jesus Christ as he played with<br />
a rubber duck in the bathtub. His most vivid<br />
memory is of his mother, with pad and pencil,<br />
telling him what to say and that it was<br />
all show business. He did as he was told as a<br />
child because it was profitable; then at the<br />
age of 14, after he had made a movie, he<br />
walked away from preaching. Since then he<br />
has transferred his charisma to acting in<br />
films and on TV shows. At present he is<br />
under contract to make three films for<br />
American International Pictures and will<br />
appear in "Viva Knievel!" which will open<br />
around the country in June.<br />
Fresh Promotional Ideas<br />
Keyed Tom Wilhite's Rise<br />
KESWICK, IOWA—Seated among the<br />
rich gowns and black tuxedos at the Academy<br />
Awards telecast last month was Tom<br />
Wilhite, a native of this community. It was<br />
less than 20 years ago that his grandmother<br />
cut up two of her husband's shirts to dye<br />
red and black so grandson Tom could wear<br />
them in his magic act, where he began his<br />
career by selling tickets to his basement<br />
theatre and backyard circuses.<br />
He now is 24 and is considered remarkably<br />
young to be handling some of the hottest<br />
properties in show business: Grouchc<br />
Marx, the Oscar-winning movie "Rocky,'<br />
the robot mime team of Shields and Yar-'<br />
nell,<br />
Peter Benchley's new film "The Deep,'<br />
a film to be based on Leon Uris' nove<br />
"Trinity" and "The Children of Sanchez,'<br />
starring Anthony Quinn and Dolores Del<br />
Rio.<br />
Tom arranges special events to publiciz<br />
clients (for the last 2Vi years he has beei<br />
an account executive for Rogers & Cowan<br />
a large Beverly Hills public relations firm'<br />
gets them appearances on talk shows an><br />
designs promotional materials for mas<br />
media and theatre distribution.<br />
Tom's conversion from backyard promo<br />
er to Beverly Hills publicist didn't takl<br />
place overnight, however. Along with h<br />
own small scale productions, he started ac.<br />
ing in grade school plays. Then he learne<br />
to sell the Des Moines Register to peop<br />
of Keswick, following up this experience h<br />
selling them magazines, then cars and tra<<br />
tors (at a Main Street dealership operate<br />
by his<br />
father and grandfather).<br />
At Iowa State University, Ames, To<br />
tried risking other people's money whi<br />
majoring in journalism and speech—co<br />
vincing a residence hall association that<br />
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puiioter arranged .1 series ol screenings<br />
hioring Warner Bros, studios on their 50th<br />
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lis greatest coup came about when he<br />
Bvinced a reluctant Groucho Marx that<br />
h should come out of retirement and leclie<br />
at the Marx brothers film festival held<br />
Ljlowa State University. Groucho said he<br />
aimed I om's taste in films; besides, the<br />
from the Midwest had terribly<br />
»sive stationery. So Groucho finally<br />
ided to make the ISl ' appearance. To<br />
surprise, when he stepped off the plane.<br />
was met by a bold college kid who had<br />
anged the whole project on a shoestring.<br />
m's limousine for the occasion had been<br />
ted from an Ames funeral parlor and<br />
m had booked the famous comedian at<br />
Ames motel where Groucho was greeted<br />
a marquee reading "Welcome Groucho<br />
rx" on one side and "Sunday Buffet<br />
95" on the other.<br />
It was with Groucho's help that Tom<br />
er landed the job as office assistant to<br />
rren Cowan, president of Rogers &<br />
iwan in Beverly Hills. Three months after<br />
>m went to work for the firm, he was<br />
omoted to account executive and given<br />
. own office with a floor-length window<br />
erlooking busy Wilshire Boulevard in the<br />
wntown area.<br />
Impressive as Tom Wilhite's office may<br />
he resides in a modest Santa<br />
onica apartment where, in contrast with<br />
ollywood fashion, he can maintain comrtably<br />
a small-town life style.<br />
lcreased Foul Language<br />
he Blamed on Films, TV<br />
OMAHA—A surge in the use of foul<br />
nguage by young people is due to increas-<br />
I public exposure to "dirty words," in the<br />
tinion of Omaha area school administrars.<br />
In response to a survey by the Worlderald.<br />
Robert Penney, vice-principal of<br />
ion High School, said. "They're so ex-<br />
'sed (to foul language). They're subjected<br />
1 it in the movies and TV. It's accepted<br />
nong their peers and is just carried over,<br />
think it's becoming a way of life."<br />
Marian High School's principal. Sister<br />
MILWAUKEE<br />
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City's I Jilted Aitists Corp. Office, hosted<br />
a tradeshowing ot MOM s "Demon Seed,"<br />
starling Julie Christie and Frit/. Weaver.<br />
ruesday, March 29, at the Centre screening<br />
room. I he R-rated film opened Fridaj (ll<br />
at Cinema I. Movies Northridge. Skyway<br />
Cinema. Spring Mall triplex, Giant 41 Twin<br />
Drive-In and the Park in Waukesha.<br />
Filmmaker Michael Snow, who has received<br />
critical recognition lor his highly<br />
personal films, was in town a few days in<br />
connection with the recent UW-Milwaukee<br />
seminar on films, theatre and video His<br />
"Wavelength" movie won prizes at a number<br />
of film festivals and foundation grants<br />
are being made available to him for his<br />
varied film projects. These grants have made<br />
it possible for him to spend $77,000 for<br />
"La Region Centre" (1970-71) and $47,000<br />
for "Rameau's Nephew." The latter was<br />
completed over a period of three years and,<br />
as described by James Auer in the Journal,<br />
it has "a largely professional cast and crew,<br />
and runs longer than 'Gone With the<br />
Wind.' " This four and a half-hour effort<br />
has the actors speaking "in an invented<br />
language that is intentionally incomprehensible."<br />
Snow finds acceptance to his films is limited<br />
to only special situations. He admits he<br />
is like all artists "who work primarily to<br />
please themselves." His wife Joyce Weiland<br />
also is a filmmaker, having directed the<br />
commercial feature "Far Shore" for the<br />
Canadian Film Development Corp.<br />
Local movie houses that dispensed with<br />
film fare for a single night recently to substitute<br />
stage entertainment included the<br />
Riverside, where a crowd of 1,800 listened<br />
to the first U.S. concert by a West Berlin<br />
avant-garde trio called Tangerine Dream.<br />
While at the Oriental Landmark Theatre it<br />
was Iggy Pop (formerly James Osterberg)<br />
and his band called the Stooges described<br />
by a Journal critic as "forerunners of the<br />
current pack of punk rock bands—heavy<br />
metal, minimal musicianship, nasty, surly<br />
and wild." Crazy Iggy was the star and.<br />
comments Damien Jacques, the rock concert<br />
Friday night ( I ) "was strictly for voyeurs."<br />
about s() miles west ol this city, has been<br />
shuttered several months. However, it was<br />
rented lor a weekend during March foi the<br />
showing ol "The New Chuck CoUon," a<br />
so-called religious film which allegedly describes<br />
what happened to Colson. known to<br />
many as "The White House Hatchet Man'<br />
during the Nixon years.<br />
Western Publishing Co., Racine, has announced<br />
it is considering the establishment<br />
o\ a film preparation center that would<br />
"consolidate film prep work now being<br />
done at lour company plants." The center<br />
will require 50,000 square leet of floor<br />
space and will employ approximately 100.<br />
To herald the ozoncr's opening for the<br />
season, the 99 Outdoor, in a newspaper<br />
display ad shared by the Park Theatre in<br />
the Oconomowoc Enterprise, announced:<br />
"Spring Is Here!"<br />
Grand Island Theatre<br />
Marks Its 50th Year<br />
GRAND ISLAND, NEB.—Dubinsky<br />
Bros.' Capitol Theatre. located at 109 West<br />
Second St. here, marked its 50th year in<br />
show business March 27. The house is managed<br />
by Louella Davis, who said no special<br />
program was planned in honor of the golden<br />
anniversary.<br />
Opened in 1927, the Capitol has had<br />
many owners and operators. The Dubinsky<br />
circuit, which headquarters in Lincoln, has<br />
owned the showhouse since 1972. Mrs.<br />
Davis took over the managerial reins in<br />
July 1976.<br />
A program donated by Helen Connell of<br />
Grand Island was presented to the Stuhr<br />
Museum by Mrs. Davis on the anniversary<br />
occasion. According to the elaborate brochure,<br />
the Capitol showed "God Gave Me<br />
20 Cents" March 27, 1927, as its inaugural<br />
attraction. The then-new entertainment facility<br />
was advertised as "Grand Island's only<br />
fireproof theatre."<br />
Lalo Schifrin will write the score for<br />
"Manitou."<br />
It<br />
Delda Kirkey. said the use of profanity is<br />
1 cultural problem in the country and not<br />
a teenage problem."<br />
Jack Hailstorm, principal at Northwest<br />
|ligh School, regarding classroom use of<br />
Irofanity. said, "When I'm around they<br />
,now better . . that we don't accept that<br />
.<br />
find<br />
of language."<br />
It was generally agreed among adminisators<br />
of other schools that classroom use<br />
profanity is not tolerated and thus is nnommon.<br />
The sampling of local opinion was inpired<br />
b> the remarks of a suburban Chiago<br />
high school teacher who had declared,<br />
of the mouths of children are coming<br />
impressions formerly reserved for factory<br />
porkers, infantrymen and the like."<br />
"Brighty and the Grand Canyon," featuring<br />
Joseph Cotten and Dick Foran. was<br />
the G-rated movie booked lor special mati-<br />
. . .<br />
nees at I 1 local area theatres during a<br />
weekend Mickey Mouse's 50th birthday<br />
party was observed at the Brown Port<br />
I he. itre in Fox Point Saturday and Sunday<br />
(2. 3) with matinees at 1 and 3 p.m.—with<br />
"free gills lor all." Movie fare was Walt<br />
Disney's cartoon classics plus "Hugs Bunny<br />
Superstar."<br />
The Marcus Campus Theatre, Ripon. had<br />
a tie-in with local merchants for an Easter<br />
coloring contest. Hntry blanks were available<br />
at the theatre and also at the Schultz<br />
Family Store, Piggly Wiggly and Super<br />
Valu . lake [heatre in lake Mills.<br />
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MINNEAPOLIS<br />
Ifeniicth Newbert, who has been a salesman<br />
at Columbia's San Francisco exchange,<br />
has been named to the post of Columbia<br />
branch manager in this city. He was<br />
to assume his new office Monday (ID.<br />
Newberl succeeds the late Bill Wood.<br />
FOmrowites were saddened to learn of<br />
the death of veteran exhibitor Mrs. Edna<br />
Polaschek, Star Drive-In, Mahnomen. The<br />
new operator of the Star is Herbert Ahmann.<br />
Tim Richer! has returned to home base<br />
as manager of the Plitt Chateau Theatre,<br />
Rochester, after a three-week stint in<br />
Minot. N.D.. training George Tobin. Tobin<br />
is the new manager at the Plitt Empire Theatre<br />
in Minot. The assignment handed a<br />
thrilled Richer! his first plane trip.<br />
Linda J. Moore has joined the Plitt North<br />
Central Theatres staff here as secretary to<br />
Sam Plitt has been trans-<br />
Lou Calamari . . .<br />
ferred from St. Paul city manager for the<br />
circuit to district manager of the Plitt circuit<br />
in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.<br />
The chorus of "happy birthday" at the<br />
Avco Embassy branch here was for Denise<br />
Wester, secretary to branch manager Jerry<br />
Landesman. Denise is now (do you tell a<br />
lady's age?) 20 . . . Linda M. Garner, manager<br />
of the Plitt Lake Theatre, Fairmont,<br />
announced her engagement to Bruce Ebeling<br />
of Fairmont, with the nuptials set for<br />
Saturday (23).<br />
Old-timers (from the Minnesota Amusement<br />
Co. days) were saddened by the news<br />
that Art Molstad, retired manager dating<br />
back to the pre-MACO era, died recently<br />
in Albert Lea. Molstad was manager of the<br />
present Plitt State Theatre in Eau Claire,<br />
Wis., immediately prior to his retirement<br />
and before that was manager for MACO<br />
theatres on Minnesota's Iron Range.<br />
Filmrow visitors: Mel Edelstein, Hibbing<br />
Drive-In, Hibbing; Ray Vonderhaar, Tentilino<br />
Enterprises, Alexandria, and Ron<br />
Greely, Kim-Hi Drive-In, Kimball.<br />
United Artists Theatre Circuit is planning<br />
another cinema complex in the metropolitan<br />
area. The Movies at Burnsville will debut<br />
August 5, according to present plans.<br />
The number of seats will total 1,304. The<br />
Burnsville installation will be located in a<br />
new shopping center in the Twin Cities<br />
suburb. This will mean that UATC units<br />
will completely ring Minneapolis-St. Paul.<br />
Already in operation are the Movies at<br />
Maplewood (six screens); the Movies at<br />
Cottage Grove (three), and the Movies at<br />
Eden Prairie (five). The Movies at Burnsville<br />
is slated to have four screens, giving<br />
UA a total of 18 screens in the metro area.<br />
The Englcr circuit,<br />
based here, has leased<br />
the Chief 1 and 2 theatres, located in suburban<br />
Columbia Heights, from Jerry Herringcr<br />
Steve Felperin, Columbia branch<br />
. . .<br />
chief, was delighted with the hefty grosses<br />
posted by "A Star Is Born" in the film's<br />
tirst sub-run—at five theatres here and at<br />
one in St. Paul.<br />
Jim Payne of<br />
Midwest Entertainment reports<br />
that "The Van" is "mopping up" in<br />
its initial dates in South Dakota. "We<br />
booked 'The Van' in the Sioux Falls TV<br />
orbit—with the same campaign and the<br />
same theatres as 'The Pom Pom Girls,'<br />
which was a smash. To date,<br />
the grosses are<br />
running 125 per cent over 'The Pom Pom<br />
Girls' and in some cases higher. The grosses<br />
are fantastic. In other words, we're doing<br />
anywhere from 25 to 40 per cent better<br />
than with 'The Pom Pom Girls." " The picture,<br />
R-rated, is a Crown International release.<br />
Cinemaland Operating<br />
Edina's Yorktown Duo<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—Marvin Mann, president<br />
of Cinemaland, announced Friday (1)<br />
that his firm had taken over operation of<br />
the Yorktown I and II theatres in suburban<br />
Edina, Minn. The four-year-old twin is located<br />
in the Yorktown Fashion Mall at 71st<br />
and York Avenue South. Present plans for<br />
the theatre are to operate it as an art and<br />
specialty house with "class" American and<br />
foreign films.<br />
The acquisition of the Yorktown I and<br />
II gives Cinemaland two twin theatres in<br />
Edina, the other being the Edina I and II,<br />
acquired in October 1976 and then closed,<br />
remodeled and reopened Dec. 22, 1976.<br />
Cinemaland also operates theatres in Hibbing,<br />
Stillwater, Columbia Heights (all in<br />
Minnesota) and La Crosse, Wis.<br />
The opening attractions at the Yorktown<br />
I and II were an exclusive second-run of<br />
"Bugsy Malone" and "All the President's<br />
Men."<br />
Buying and booking, advertising and promotion<br />
all are being handled by Jim Payne<br />
of Midwest Entertainment.<br />
'Micronesia' Ends Series<br />
LINCOLN—Chris Borden narrated his<br />
film "Micronesia" at 2, 5:45 and 8:15 p.m.<br />
March 22-23 at the Cooper/ Lincoln Theatre,<br />
54 and O streets. The presentation was<br />
the final offering in the 1976-77 travel and<br />
adventure film series co-sponsored by the<br />
Cooper/ Lincoln and the women's division<br />
of the chamber of commerce. Showings<br />
were open to the public.<br />
EQUINE ELEGANCE — Snitzlefritz,<br />
a pony, was togged out with a<br />
hat and promotional signs on his sides<br />
to ballyhoo the showing of "The Three<br />
Caballeros" at the Plitt Lake Theatre,<br />
Fairmont, Minn. The promotion was<br />
staged by manager Linda Marie Garner.<br />
The pony is shown as he walked<br />
through the streets of Fairmont—and<br />
he later gave rides to eager youngsters.<br />
Five-Cent Admission Fee<br />
Recalled by Milwaukeean<br />
MILWAUKEE — Oldtime moviegoe<br />
were given a chance to reminisce when<br />
J<br />
south side Milwaukeean told of going to tt-<br />
8th Street Theatre where Gilda Gray (fart<br />
ed "shimmy queen" born in Milwauke,<br />
had danced.<br />
When he was a child. James Borzych,,<br />
M<br />
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fire department lieutenant, said that he ai<br />
«jaff<br />
Ins sister paid a nickel each to enter<br />
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movie house after being instructed by the<br />
mother to stay until they had seen ever,<br />
thing "and then come home."<br />
It was very dark inside, Borzych t<br />
called, and he said, "I took my sister do\,<br />
the long incline, feeling my way along,<br />
found a seat for her and sat down besi:<br />
her. All kinds of people kept coming i<br />
and the manager would walk up and doM<br />
the aisles saying: 'Who wants to doul;<br />
up?' He'd give a candy bar to kids w><br />
would sit together so he could get mo<br />
people into the house. I doubled up wi<br />
one kid and my sister another. WhenI<br />
noticed we'd seen the picture on the scn,i<br />
before, I told Grace we'd better go aJ<br />
I felt for her hand. We started making
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Rocky' Records 425<br />
n Cleveland Sixth<br />
CLEVELAND—Bolstered by victors al<br />
|r victory, "Rocky" grossed 425 in its sixth<br />
:ek to lead .ill first runs, "Black Sunday"<br />
tened at 255 while "Demon Seed" spawn<br />
.1 ISO iii us i ii si week, Oilier strong<br />
ildovers were "Airport '77" ,a 285 .md<br />
llap Shot" ,u 240.<br />
29e Is 100)<br />
Ihecrtr.-:. Airport '77 (Univ), 2nd wk 285<br />
a theatres— Black Sunday (Para) 255<br />
s theatres—Demon Seed (MGM/UA) ...<br />
e theatres—Network (MGM/UA), 8th wk. 145<br />
e theatres—Slap Shot (Univ). 2nd wk 240<br />
theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb),<br />
wk 95<br />
heatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col),<br />
145<br />
theatre—Bruka. Queen of Evil: Duel Dragons<br />
SB) 200<br />
e theatre—Freaky Friday (BV), 7th wk 140<br />
• theatre—The Town That Dreaded Sundown<br />
A1P). 4th wk ... 50<br />
theatres—Rocky (UA), 6th wk. .425<br />
o Iheati -Wizards (20th-Fox), 5th wk 85<br />
Hagle Has Landed Drive<br />
o Assist Detroit Zoo<br />
DETROIT—To herald the March 25<br />
emiere of Columbia Pictures' wartime esonage<br />
drama, "The Eagle Has Landed,"<br />
:atres in the Detroit area showing the<br />
m have collected donations from patrons<br />
"adopt" a male eagle at the Detroit Zoo<br />
>r one year.<br />
The Detroit Zoo's male eagle died last<br />
ill and it has petitioned the federal governlent<br />
for another mate for the remaining<br />
male eagle. The zoo is expecting to have<br />
s request fulfilled soon. If the nine Detroit<br />
•ea theatres participating in the promotion<br />
'uild raise $1,000 in donations from movie<br />
'ttrons attending performances of "The<br />
.igle Has Landed." that sum would be<br />
, tough to pay for the care and feeding of<br />
M new eagle for one year.<br />
"The Eagle Has Landed," rated PG. is<br />
ased on a best-selling novel by Jack Higins.<br />
It stars Michael Caine, Donald Sutherind.<br />
Robert Duvall and Jean Marsh and<br />
pened at nine area theatres, including the<br />
lien Park, the Americana, the Gateway.<br />
le Livonia Cinema, the Macomb Cinema,<br />
le Pontiac Cinema, the Quo Vadis. the<br />
omerset Cinema and the Warren Cinema.<br />
The "Adopt An Eagle" promotion will<br />
ontinue throughout the run of the film<br />
ere and all funds collected will be donated<br />
l the zoo.<br />
^id-America Names Rosen<br />
To Helm Detroit Office<br />
DETROIT— Rick Rice, president of<br />
lid-America Releasing, has announced the<br />
poning of a Detroit office and the appointment<br />
of Bob Rosen as branch manager.<br />
Rosen, formerly a buyer for General<br />
inema in Detroit, previously was associjted<br />
with Paramount Pictures' office here.<br />
M'd-America Releasing's office will be<br />
Pealed at 23300 Greenfield. Oak Park.<br />
A Chicago-based film distribution company,<br />
Mid-America Releasing, represents<br />
'".dependent production firms and distributes<br />
their product in Illinois. Wisconsin and<br />
>tichiean.<br />
Marcel Ophuls to Make PA April 24<br />
At Film Festival in<br />
l \ I 111 \s. oiiio The >77<br />
l<br />
Athens International<br />
Film and Video Festival, the<br />
largest of its type in the Mideast, got under<br />
waj Fridaj (15). Featuring presentations at<br />
the \llicna Cinema and at the Ohio University,<br />
Festival '77 continues through Saturday<br />
(30). The 16-day event is scheduled<br />
to be highlighted by film and video screenings,<br />
animation and film workshops, guest<br />
appearances, seminars, premieres and film<br />
and video equipment exhibits.<br />
A major feature of Festival '77 is the premiere<br />
program, which includes such films<br />
as "Idi Amin Dada," a controversial documentary<br />
by Barbet Schroeder; "Kings of<br />
the Road." by Wim Wenders. winner of the<br />
critics' prize at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival;<br />
"The Story of Sin," by Walerian Borowczyk,<br />
and "Edvard Munch," by Peter<br />
Watkins.<br />
'Modern European Directors'<br />
The festival's theme is "Modern European<br />
Directors" and underscoring it is a<br />
major retrospective of European films rarel)<br />
seen in this particular geographical area.<br />
Included are: "Stavisky." by Alain Resnais<br />
(France): "Fox and His Friends," by Rainer<br />
Fassbinder (West Germany): "Lancelot du<br />
Lac," by Robert Bresson (France); "WR-<br />
Mysteries of the Organism," by Dusan<br />
Makavejev (Yugoslavia); "Every Man for<br />
Himself." by Werner Herzog (West Germany),<br />
and "My Friends." by Mario Monicelli<br />
(Italy).<br />
The festival also features film tributes<br />
honoring independent filmmakers. Included<br />
are James Broughton, Robert Breer and<br />
Chick Strand. These filmmakers plan to be<br />
in attendance at the festival.<br />
Marcel Ophuls. internationally acclaimed<br />
documentary filmmaker, is scheduled to<br />
make a personal appearance. His "The<br />
Memory of Justice" (1976) will be screened<br />
Sunday afternoon (24) in the Athena Cinema<br />
and the director will deliver an address,<br />
then discuss the film, his latest, that<br />
evening at 7:30 p.m. in Ohio University's<br />
Baker Center Ballroom.<br />
'Memory' Print<br />
Uncut<br />
"The Memory of Justice" focuses on the<br />
Nuremberg Trials and on events in Algeria<br />
and Vietnam, probing problems of personal<br />
conscience and accountability in wartime.<br />
I he print to be screened at the festival will<br />
be uncut. Ophuls. now 49. currently is<br />
teaching at Princeton.<br />
The festival also will be screening approximately<br />
300 competition entries in the<br />
categories of feature, video, experimental.<br />
animation, narrative. 100-foot film and<br />
documentary. Countries of origin include<br />
Canada. Holland. Poland, England and<br />
Yugoslav i.i<br />
Judges for the festival will include: Lee<br />
G. irmes. distinguished HolKwood cinematographer<br />
who will<br />
chair the features panel;<br />
Athens, Ohio<br />
(Irani Munro. who will represent the National<br />
Film Board ol < anada; Kathy Rose,<br />
winner Ol the 1474 and 1476 animation<br />
awards at the Athens International Film<br />
Festival; Edgar Daniels, film critic for Filmmakers<br />
Newsletter, and Richard Blumcnberg,<br />
from the department of cinema and<br />
photography at Southern Illinois University.<br />
Tickets for the festival are available at all<br />
Ticketron outlets in Ohio, In-depth details<br />
concerning the program may be obtained by<br />
calling (614) 595-6888.<br />
Alger Theatre Is Closed,<br />
Product Shortage Cited<br />
DETROIT—The 900-seat Alger Theatre,<br />
showhouse at East Warren and Outer Drive<br />
owned by Suburban Detroit Theatres, has<br />
shuttered because of a lack of business, according<br />
to a spokesman. Built in 1932, the<br />
Alger was remodeled just six years ago to<br />
compete with modern suburban movie theatres.<br />
The decline of the Alger, according to<br />
one observer, came "more from the shortage<br />
of quality films than from a lack of<br />
patrons."<br />
The Punch and Judy Theatre, on Kercheval<br />
in Grosse Pointe Farms, has been<br />
dark during the winter months. One of the<br />
theatre's owners. Robert Edgar, said there<br />
are "several parties" interested in leasing<br />
and operating the house.<br />
Said Edgar, "Theatre owners have to pay<br />
so much for the first-run films they can't<br />
run them at a profit." He noted, however,<br />
that by presenting less costly second-runs,<br />
enough patrons were not attracted to realize<br />
a profit.<br />
The Vogue, another east-side movie<br />
house at Harper and Cadieux, is reported<br />
to be "struggling along." R&R Theatre Co..<br />
which operates the Esquire Theatre on<br />
East Jefferson in Grosse Pointe Park, said<br />
business is down, even with a $1.25 admission<br />
price.<br />
R&R's Robert Patansu said the Esquire<br />
would continue to operate "but business<br />
is definitely down from a year ago. It's the<br />
product, not the prices, which keep people<br />
away from the movie houses. The product<br />
is terrible right now. The theatre owners<br />
depend entirely on HolKwood. yet we have<br />
no control over what we get."<br />
Patansu stated that only 700 of the 900<br />
seats in the Esquire are filled, usually, even<br />
though the admission charge is less than<br />
half that asked at first-run houses. "We<br />
never close to a sellout." he lamented.<br />
Plitt division manager Jack Cataldo declared.<br />
"We've got a basic product shortage<br />
When the movie product was abundant, we<br />
used to change films twice a week. Now.<br />
between the shortage oi quality films and<br />
what they're producing on TV. the audience<br />
is staying at home."<br />
Plitt Theatres operates the Woods 1 and<br />
2 on Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods.<br />
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. . Receptions<br />
CINCINNATI<br />
f^hiirles Dunn, district manager for Show-<br />
. . . Jack<br />
case cinemas, lias returned from a visit<br />
with relatives is Moberly, Mo.<br />
Haynes, Cincinnati Theatres, made a business<br />
trip to Michigan and northern Ohio.<br />
Debbie Ruff, secretary at C. J. Ruff Film<br />
Distribution, is touring Europe for the next<br />
two weeks.<br />
Rosamond Boardman is a new staff member<br />
at I ri-State Theatre Services.<br />
Rick Couch, formerly with Esquire Cine-<br />
ma. is the new house manager for Showcase<br />
cinemas.<br />
Exhibitors John Hewitt. Bethel, and Doug<br />
Campbell of Danville, Ky., visited the exchanges<br />
here recently.<br />
Mid States Acquires<br />
Three AMC 4-Plexes<br />
CINCINNATI—Roy B. White, president<br />
of Mid States Theatres, locally based circuit,<br />
announced the acquisition of three American<br />
Multi Cinema fourplexes effective<br />
March 23.<br />
Involved in the transactions were the J-<br />
Town 4, Raceland 4 and Westland 4, all<br />
located in the metropolitan Louisville area.<br />
CLEVELAND<br />
Jetting their way to a wonderful week in<br />
Monaco for the April 24-29 Variety<br />
International Convention will be Mr. and<br />
Mrs. Leonard Mishkind, General Theatres;<br />
Blair Mooney, Cooperative Theatres of<br />
Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Wintner, National<br />
Drive-In Theatre Corp.; Ernest<br />
Zwee, chief barker, Tent 6, and Mrs. Zwee;<br />
Mollye Davis, booker, 20th Century-Fox;<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Plants; Mrs. Celia<br />
Rosen, president. Ladies of Variety, Tent<br />
6; Mrs. Mary McGee and Mrs. Patricia<br />
Bashein, members of the Variety auxiliary.<br />
Other films in the university series are "The<br />
Jazz Singer," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's<br />
Nest" and "What's Up, Tiger Lily?"<br />
William R. Lau, Avco Embassy exchange<br />
manager, took time out while out drumming<br />
up business in the territory to issue<br />
invitations to trade friends to his screening<br />
of "Cross of Iron" at Cedar Brainard Thursday<br />
(14).<br />
Cleveland Woman Happily<br />
Remembers 'China Night'<br />
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Plain<br />
Dealer's "From the Readers" column recently<br />
published a letter from Mrs. Bernadette<br />
Ruckgaber. who obviously is a longtime<br />
movie fan. Her comments "to the entertainment<br />
editor" follow:<br />
"Shades of yesteryear. Bank night! Bank<br />
nights are part of my memories of childhood<br />
and I hang onto all of those. Your<br />
(recent) story brought it all back.<br />
"No, I'm not about to tell you that any-:<br />
one, including my family, ever won any-i<br />
thing but milling around with my school<br />
friends in the crowd outside the Lyceum<br />
Theatre was part of my teen years. It was!<br />
your mention of 'china night' (which pre-;<br />
dated bank night) that prompted this letter.'<br />
I couldn't resist telling you that the lastj<br />
set of dishes accumulated in this fashion<br />
finally was unpacked last June from the<br />
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EDGEWATER<br />
Douglas Buckly has moved to Buffalo as<br />
United Artists' salesman-at-large. His desk<br />
at the Cleveland UA exchange now is occupied<br />
by Robert White . were<br />
held for invited guests Wednesday and<br />
Thursday nights preceding the opening of<br />
the first Cleveland International Film Festival<br />
at the Cedar-Lee Theatre.<br />
. .<br />
The Oakwood Twin Theatre at Lorain<br />
has been purchased by Donald Kromer .<br />
Akron's Carousel Quadplex Theatre has<br />
been closed. . . Morie Zryl, very busy but<br />
always cordial, screened Selected Pictures'<br />
"Lovers Like Us," starring Katherine<br />
Deneuve and Yves Montand, at Cedar<br />
Brainard.<br />
Murray Salem, son of Mr. and Mrs. William<br />
Salem, Williamston Avenue, made his<br />
film debut as Simon the Zealot in "Jesus<br />
of Nazareth" shown on NBC-TV. Murray<br />
was graduated from Cleveland's Brooklyn<br />
High School, then studied at Miami University<br />
and abroad.<br />
"Mahler,'' a film by Kenneth Russell,<br />
and "Artur Rubenstein: Love of Life,"<br />
a documentary, are on the Cleveland State<br />
University Film series this spring. Each<br />
night's proceeds for the Rubenstein film<br />
will be given to the Cleveland orchestra.<br />
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DETROIT<br />
Cleveland Woman Happily<br />
Remembers 'China Night'<br />
105<br />
The largest single-day gross for the Main<br />
rheatre in Royal Oak was scored during<br />
the first Saturday of the engagement of<br />
Disney Productions' "Freaky Friday." according<br />
to Bob Anthony, owner of the independent<br />
750-seat house. Also, this theatre<br />
never before had played a picture longer<br />
than five weeks, so a second record was<br />
broken when "Freaky Friday" was held for<br />
a full seven-week engagement. Upon checking<br />
grosses of all nine area theatres exhibiting<br />
the Disney hit. Anthony found the Main<br />
rheatre was the top grosser for the sevenweek<br />
period.<br />
A special preview of "Black Sunday" was<br />
held at the Northland Theatre March 30<br />
prior to the kickoff of the multiple run in<br />
ten suburban theatres.<br />
One of the popular columns in the News<br />
published the following question from a<br />
teenager: "1 paid $3.45 recently to see a<br />
movie. I am 15 years old. If I am considered<br />
an adult, why can't I see adult movies?" If<br />
anyone has any answers to this query, let's<br />
hear them.<br />
A local reader of the News wrote the<br />
"Personal Contact" column recently. A<br />
Mrs. F.K. of this city asked: "Why don't<br />
the movie houses downtown declare a Men's<br />
Day? It's always Ladies' Day there and<br />
women get the discount—but men must pay<br />
full fare. I'm sure that if just one theatre<br />
adopted this idea, its profits would go up.<br />
In case you are wondering, I'm. female."<br />
(Editor's note: Thanks, Mrs. F.K. We needed<br />
that!)<br />
A Free Press editor recently commented:<br />
"The Detroiters who are attempting to recycle<br />
the grand old National Theatre in the<br />
downtown area may well benefit from a<br />
new economic fact of life. Rehabilitating an<br />
. .<br />
old building often is cheaper than starting<br />
from the ground up . The owners of the<br />
Fox Theatre Building on the fringe of<br />
downtown Detroit should be interested in<br />
the story of the Chicago old Century Theatre<br />
in the New Town sector. The Fox Theatre<br />
people are emptying the beautiful old<br />
building on Woodward, with the exception<br />
of the first floor. This theatre was a showplace<br />
of its day!"<br />
The Fine Arts Theatre, a couple of blocks<br />
north of the Fox Theatre, is in complete<br />
disarray. Operating as a grind house (and<br />
various other phases of operation) during<br />
the past declining years, it has started showing<br />
the "old-time" westerns with Gene<br />
Autry. "My Pal Trigger" (with Roy Rogers),<br />
Wild Bill Hickock in "Red Ryder," etc. The<br />
management hopes to stimulate interest in<br />
the old films among members of "the new<br />
generation" and play on the nostalgia of the<br />
"ciders." lime will tell. So far. the manager<br />
has been unavailable for comment.<br />
Memory of Graf Zeppelin<br />
Awakened by 'Hindenburg'<br />
DETROIT—The "Contact 10" column<br />
of the Detroit News recently published a<br />
letter from a Roseville reader who said:<br />
"The movie 'The Hindenburg" brought<br />
back memores for me but my recollection<br />
is a bit fuzzy. I must have been about five<br />
years old when the Graf Zeppelin flew over<br />
Detroit in the early '30s. I'm sure I saw it<br />
twice either on the same day or the day<br />
after. Was I dreaming or what?"<br />
The editor of the column answered: "If<br />
you were about five, it probably was Oct.<br />
16. 1933, a beautiful sunny day when the<br />
Graf Zeppelin came to Detroit unannounced<br />
in the course of a sightseeing trip<br />
over the Midwest. Lunchgoers downtown<br />
stopped in the streets and 'gazed steadily<br />
upward at the imminent risk of their lives<br />
in traffic' as one contemporary account<br />
said. The Graf followed Michigan Avenue<br />
in from Ypsilanti. swung southward at<br />
Dearborn, floated above Greenfield Village<br />
and the Ford plant, then headed eastward<br />
about a half-mile north of the river.<br />
"In 15 minutes the airship was circling<br />
the Penobscot Building. Crossing Woodward,<br />
the Graf went north beyond Grand<br />
Circus Park, swung west again and turned<br />
south to pass directly over the Detroit<br />
News. Then she crossed the river to Windsor<br />
and disappeared in the haze toward<br />
Lake Erie. That's probably the day you<br />
remember but she also visited the city the<br />
night of Aug. 28, 1929.<br />
"She left Chicago at 5:50 p.m. that day<br />
and attracted great attention from the<br />
ground as she passed over Three Rivers,<br />
Sturgis, Coldwater, lonesville, Moscow,<br />
Chelsea and Ann Arbor before arriving<br />
above the downtown area at 9:40 p.m. when<br />
she was illuminated by searchlights atop<br />
the old Union Trust Building.<br />
"Her appearance was such an event that<br />
the Cass Theatre interrupted its show to<br />
permit the audience, actors and chorus girls<br />
to see the 776-foot craft floating serenely<br />
above the city. It's doubtful, though, that<br />
your memory goes back that<br />
far."<br />
Incidentally, for buffs who may wonder<br />
what disaster befell the Graf Zeppelin, none<br />
did. The airship made hundreds of crossings<br />
between South America and Germany<br />
during the 1930s and finally was retired<br />
be f ore the outbreak of World War II in<br />
1939. According to reports, the dirigible<br />
was disassembled so that aeronautical engineers<br />
could inspect its framework for<br />
stress<br />
factors and metal fatigue.<br />
(Continued from page ME-2)<br />
bushel baskets in which they had been<br />
wrapped and stored for at least 45 years.<br />
We couldn't save the yellowed paper. It<br />
just disintegrated.<br />
"I say last because all told we gathered<br />
together about eight sets (different patterns)<br />
and all were services for eight with<br />
many having extra cups and such. It all<br />
started when I was about eight years old.<br />
My mom and dad lived with her mother<br />
and father on Trowbridge Avenue within<br />
easy walking distance of the theatre. Yes,<br />
walking. Everyone did it in those days.<br />
"Anyway, going to the movies was the<br />
ladies' only recreation other than church,<br />
affairs. So when china nights started, it was<br />
an extra bonus. Since I always went along<br />
they simply paid adult fare for me and so<br />
each evening we received three pieces. And<br />
the movies themselves — 'A Star Is Born,<br />
'Imitation of Life'—and the stars— Ginget<br />
Rogers. Ruby Keeler and a frightful image<br />
of my first glimpse of 'Frankenstein.' 1<br />
never did get to see that movie until I grew<br />
up.<br />
"My family looked to the future whet<br />
there would be lots more of the famih<br />
coming along. It was natural to put togethe<br />
as many sets as we could. After all. dishe.<br />
are easily stored. No spoilage—a little ye!<br />
lowing, maybe, but okay for first startin<br />
out a newly married state. So I've alread<br />
used two, my sister and niece one each<br />
"Now two delightful hostesses (newl<<br />
moved to Lakewood within the last tw<br />
years) are both using the last two sets fc I<br />
company entertaining and being very hi<br />
morons and being very proud about the,<br />
origin.<br />
"I doubt that those gimmick nights ev<<br />
will return. Today there is golf, bowlin<br />
tennis and such for women to participa'<br />
in—and the old Lyceum today is strict<br />
adult 'porno.' "<br />
Problems of Exhibitors<br />
Outlined for Rotarians<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Sherrill C. Corwi'<br />
chairman of the board of Metropolitan Tb<br />
atres. provided an overall view of motii<br />
picture theatre operations as a guest speak<br />
at the Century City Rotary Club lunch*;<br />
Wednesday (6) at the Century Plaza Hot.<br />
Corwin explained the concern express!<br />
by many exhibitors over the shortage }<br />
product, especially the reduced flow of fill*<br />
from major studios, which, he pointed o'.<br />
feel the effects of inflation when budgets<br />
their new pictures.<br />
Corwin reviewed exhibitor contents<br />
that there is a need for a more continues<br />
flow of product to the theatres instead<br />
I<br />
the "feast and famine," which now occ s<br />
during peak seasons. He also discussed e<br />
film buying problems faced by exhibits<br />
and pointed out that many theatre owns<br />
believe they could not stay in business w><br />
out the profits from their snack bars.<br />
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[ortheasl Theatres Corpus publicity men,<br />
always promotion-conscious, have done<br />
icir usual good work with "Wizards" in<br />
ieir various theatres. In Worcester. WORC<br />
.alio r.in a "Wizards' Weekend" promo<br />
ir the Showcase Cinemas in which 25<br />
inner s received passes to the movie and<br />
10 "Wizards" posters. Air time was valued<br />
L<br />
$360. In Springfield, WAQY Radio ran<br />
similar promotion in which listeners were<br />
Call in with the correct number of records<br />
ayed during the previous hour or the<br />
mher of times a certain phrase was used<br />
ring the hour. Winners received a " 'Wizds'<br />
Stash." including a T-shirt, poster.<br />
lOVie pass and coupon from a food store<br />
e-in. Air time was valued at $800.<br />
Allied Artists has set May 4 as a saturaon<br />
date for its top release "Twilight's Last<br />
.learning." Sparkling dark-eyed Lynne Nel-<br />
>n, booker, has been on the phone sending<br />
lat wonderful smile over the wire as she<br />
-ks for bookings. Believe it or not. that<br />
nile and voice have resulted in an unutal<br />
number of theatres lining up for the<br />
ireater Boston showing.<br />
Trade press screenings at the Jud Parker<br />
crecning Room included "The Wonderful<br />
rook." which opened at the Exeter Street<br />
heatre, screened by Allied Artists; Paraiiount's<br />
"Islands in the Stream." and Uniersal's<br />
"Airport '77."<br />
Theatres' 25lh anniversary promoions<br />
will continue with the May introduc-<br />
•on of T-shirts imprinted with various<br />
notations from classic films. During May.<br />
n patron who can present 25 Sack Theae<br />
stubs will be entitled to a complimentary<br />
,-shirt.<br />
Richard Myerson and Joseph Margno of<br />
te Sumner Myerson office travel to Boston<br />
verv Thursday night with representatives<br />
ram different companies to visit the city's<br />
nest<br />
restaurants.<br />
Kilmrow was pleased to hear that everniling<br />
Tommy Morton, Warner Bros.<br />
lies manager, is feeling much better after<br />
period of treatment for a serious<br />
jlness. The WB staff is eagerly awaiting<br />
is<br />
return.<br />
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An all-out promotion is planned with<br />
Buffalo Bob Smith coming in to judge a<br />
"Solid Ciold'' talent show, staged by locals<br />
to be telecast from the theatre. Smith says<br />
he's out to make it "the biggest precm here<br />
since 'The Thomas Crown Affair.' " and<br />
it will play day and date in area and perimeter<br />
theatres.<br />
Promotional activity includes jukebox<br />
giveaways, records, tickets and a night on<br />
the town with Buffalo Bob. Seven radio<br />
and TV stations will be pounding away on<br />
a "Solid Gold" theme for the nostalgic<br />
comedy in which discs of the "Fabulous<br />
Fifties" will be played. Smith said. Promotional<br />
tools developed in Boston will be<br />
expanded to other key cities for the film<br />
including appearances of the stars. After the<br />
Boston opening, the film will be booked<br />
around the country.<br />
Justin Freed Takes Over<br />
Coolidge Corner Theatre<br />
BOS<strong>TO</strong>N—The old 1,300-seat Coolidge<br />
Corner film house in Brookline. which had<br />
been running $1 admissions on subruns and<br />
reissues, is being taken over by Justin Freed,<br />
owner of the Park Square and the Kenmore,<br />
and will become a repertory film<br />
theatre.<br />
Under the Freed banner, the former<br />
B&Q house will show top oldies, cult films,<br />
best of more recent films and the double<br />
bills will change triweekly. To hypo young<br />
audiences, weekend midnight screenings<br />
will start with "Woodstock," and moppet<br />
matinees also will be held.<br />
Freed said that while the Coolidge Corner<br />
had managed to hold onto a regular<br />
audience over the years, one of the problems<br />
was the product shortage. "The patrons<br />
would go to see good films like 'The<br />
Seven-Per-Cent Solution.' for example, but<br />
they couldn't attract anyone with all the<br />
junk films around."<br />
Opening bill was "King of Hearts" and<br />
"Bananas" for the eulters and two films<br />
that were shown in the theatre's heyday.<br />
"Rebecca" and "Notorious."<br />
First Draft Finished<br />
On 'Rubyfruit' Script<br />
BOS<strong>TO</strong>N—Academy Award nominee<br />
Arnie Reisman and author Rita Mae Brown<br />
have finished the first draft script for the<br />
screen version of Ms. Brown's best-selling<br />
first novel "Rubyfruit Jungle."<br />
Reisman wrote the screenplay of the<br />
documentary "Hollywood on Trial" which<br />
has been nominated for an Oscar.<br />
William Girdler will province and direct<br />
Manitou."<br />
Three Industry Bills<br />
Facing Action in RI<br />
PROVIDl N<<br />
l rhree proposals which<br />
would affeel the motion picture industry<br />
within this state are being considered by<br />
the legislature:<br />
• House Bill (.240 would prohibit members<br />
of the State Motion Picture Classification<br />
Board from being reappointed. This bill<br />
has been reterred to the judiciary committee<br />
for study.<br />
• Senate Bill 824 would prohibit an employer<br />
from requiring an employee to work<br />
more than 48 hours a week or to take punitive<br />
action against an employee who refuses<br />
to work more than 48 hours, unless<br />
otherwise specified by a bona fide union<br />
contract.<br />
• Senate Bill 417 would prohibit the<br />
showing of X and R-rated films in a building<br />
with two or more theatres without<br />
providing separate entrances and boxoffices.<br />
INCORPORATIONS<br />
— Connecticut —<br />
Aviva Films, Inc., c'o Gregory & Adams,<br />
Old Ridgefield Rd.. Wilton 06897: Stephen<br />
Chodorov. president: Reuben Aaronson.<br />
treasurer; Robert A. Gerlin, secretary.<br />
Comet Amusements, A. Ribeiro. 360<br />
Main St.. Danbury 06810.<br />
Pyramid Productions. Jay H. Tyrell. 331<br />
Sherwood PI., Greenwich 06830.<br />
U.S. Theatre Products Co., division.<br />
D C, P C. D. I.uongo, Whisconier Hill.<br />
Brookfield 06804.<br />
Arkos Productions, Inc.. 4 Pumpkin Hill,<br />
Westport 06880: incorporator, Fred Warshofsky.<br />
Arrowhead Films, P.O. Box 237. 136<br />
Forest St., Stamford 06902: registering<br />
agent. Benjamin Wciner.<br />
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To Continue After 25th Anniversary<br />
BOS<strong>TO</strong>N—A. Alan Friedberg, president<br />
iii Sack rheatres, is putting the "show"<br />
back in showbiz with an array of premieres.<br />
promotions, Hollywood-type openings of<br />
new theatres, gimmicks to hype the boxoffice,<br />
all part of the circuit's 25th anniversary<br />
year.<br />
But when the anniversary celebration is<br />
over, Friedberg said the promotions and<br />
other extras will continue — "because they<br />
work."<br />
"Some theatres tend to forget what show<br />
business is all about. It's not opening the<br />
doors and showing pictures. I think show<br />
business is supposed to be glamorous," he<br />
said.<br />
He's just opened a new twin cinema in<br />
Brockton with the whole bit, klieg lights,<br />
marching bands, drum majorettes. VIPs,<br />
limos. hoopla, and he's got the world<br />
preem of Joseph E. Levine's "A Bridge Too<br />
Far" lined up for the Music Hall in June<br />
and the world premiere of Peter Guber's<br />
"The Deep." He's running TV and radio<br />
NEW HAVEN<br />
The Bowl Drive-in in West Haven opened<br />
for the season with "Carrie" and "The<br />
Mechanic." It is advertising electric in-car<br />
heater service.<br />
The shoreline town of Clinton now has<br />
cable TV service with the Connecticut River<br />
Cable TV Co. Installation charge-percustomer<br />
is $24.95 and monthly service<br />
charge is $8.50. Towns in the franchise area<br />
include Killingworth, Westbrook, Old Saybrook,<br />
Essex, Chester, Deep River, Haddam<br />
and Durham.<br />
Paramount'* "Artists and Models" and<br />
"Hollywood or Bust," Dean Martin-Jerry<br />
Lewis starrers, were screened at the Bernhard<br />
Center, University of Bridgeport, on<br />
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contests, and his most instant success was<br />
making "25" the winning number, age, anniversary,<br />
wedding date, etc., for free admission<br />
to any theatre in the 30-scrcen circuit,<br />
with proper credentials.<br />
For a spy film, in which the lead wore<br />
a trenchcoat, anyone wearing a trenchcoat<br />
was a free shoo-in. Other Friedberg stunts<br />
have included marching a ten-foot King<br />
Kong along Boston streets peering in store<br />
windows, putting models in old-time sandwich<br />
boards advertising his films and hosting<br />
champagne receptions in the lobbies of<br />
his<br />
theatres.<br />
Friedberg says business at Sack theatres<br />
is good, and "this year promises to be a<br />
record one—it's shaping up as the best<br />
year in dollars and in unit admissions since<br />
the advent of TV—and it is giving TV more<br />
competition by offering a form of entertainment<br />
free of commercial interruptions,<br />
ringing<br />
phones and noisy children." To say<br />
nothing of popcorn!<br />
Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, was<br />
shown in the Greenwich Public Library on<br />
a Friday night as a free attraction, open<br />
only to Greenwich residents.<br />
A one-time prominent downstate cinema,<br />
the long-shuttered Palace, South Norwalk.<br />
is assuming new status, with incorporation<br />
of a Palace of the Performing Arts Center,<br />
approved by IRS as a non-profit foundation<br />
and dedicated to teaching/ production of<br />
performing arts (from ethnic comedy to<br />
grand opera). A $350,000 fund-raising drive<br />
is under way. New theatre owner is Russell<br />
Frato. Fifty and 60 years ago, when vaudeville<br />
flourished, the theatre featured such<br />
names as Mae West, Weber & Fields and<br />
Hotidini.<br />
"Pippi Goes on Board" was screened on<br />
a recent Saturday and Sunday at the Hoffman<br />
Capitol. Milford. with a 75-cent admission.<br />
Cartoons supplemented the feature<br />
attraction . . . UA's "A Thousand Clowns,"<br />
which starred Jason Robards, was shown at<br />
the East Haven Public Library with free<br />
. . . The<br />
tickets distributed in advance at the library's<br />
circulation desk<br />
Edmond Town<br />
Hall Theatre, Newtown, screened "Billie"<br />
at a Saturday matinee, the $1 admission<br />
going to the Newtown Stridors Drum Corps<br />
Fund.<br />
Carload: $4 in Canton<br />
CAN<strong>TO</strong>N, MASS.—The Blue Hills<br />
Drive-In went opposition underskyers one<br />
better with a recent weekend show. It<br />
charged $4-per-carload (regardless of number<br />
of passengers) for a double-bill comprised<br />
of Universal's "Car Wash" and "The<br />
Eiger Sanction." Over the same weekend,<br />
area drive-ins were charging $5-per-carload<br />
(also<br />
regardless of number of passengers).<br />
Black Sunday' Huge<br />
400 in Hartford 1st<br />
HARTFORD—Three newcomers injected<br />
new life into the capital city boxoffices<br />
as grosses ran far above average. Paramount's<br />
"Black Sunday" ballooned to a 400<br />
at the Redstone Showcase while "Airport<br />
'77" registered 375 in three situations. "Sex<br />
Wish," grossed 175. The Redstone complex,<br />
which normally runs new product in all<br />
auditoriums, brought back "All the President's<br />
Men."<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Art Cinema Through the Looking Glass (SR);<br />
Naked Came the Stranger (SR), 4th wk<br />
Atheneum Cinema Cousin Cousine (Sft),<br />
10th wk 3''<br />
Cmema City—Wizards (20th-Fox), 3rd wk. . 125<br />
Four theatres The Domino Principle (Emb),<br />
2nd wk 175<br />
Showcase—Black Sunday (Para) 400<br />
Showcase—Rocky (UA), 9th wk 135<br />
Showcase—Network (MGM-UA), 7th wk 150 ,<br />
Showcase—A Star Is Born (WB), 15th wk ... 12";<br />
Three cheatres—Airport '77 (Univ) 375<br />
Webster—Sex Wish (SR) 175<br />
'Airport '77' Opens<br />
At 350 in New Haven<br />
NEW HAVEN—Universal's "Airport!<br />
'77" with 350 and 20th-Fox's "Wizards")<br />
with 200 paced the town. The first-run;<br />
bloc, in the main, contained a sizable roster<br />
of continuing attractions, many well above<br />
the 100 figure. Warners' "All the President's<br />
Men" opened in auditorium four of the;<br />
Redstone Showcase 5, a rare rerun for that<br />
deluxe complex.<br />
Cinemart, Milford Fun With Dick and lane<br />
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Milford—The Domino Principle (Emb), 2nd wk<br />
15(J<br />
Roger Sherman Emma Mae (SR); Blast (SR),<br />
2nd wk 13(I<br />
Showcase Airport '77 (Univ) 35(7<br />
Showcase—A Star Is Born (WB), 15th wk 13(11<br />
Showcase—Network (MGM-UA), 7th wk 14IM<br />
Showcase—Rocky (UA), 9th wk 14''<br />
York Square Cinema—Wizards (20th-Fox) 20' I<br />
Mascolo Out on Appeal<br />
BOS<strong>TO</strong>N—Anthony Mascolo, 54, presi<br />
dent, treasurer and director of Unite-<br />
American Theatre Corp., doing business a<br />
Pussycat Cinema in the Combat Zone, wh<br />
was ordered sent to jail after a Suffol<br />
Superior Court jury convicted him of pot<br />
session of an obscene film, "Anybody Bi<br />
My Husband," is out on appeal.<br />
Fellini Film Shown Free<br />
NEW<strong>TO</strong>N, MASS. — Federico Fellini<br />
"Nights of Cabiria," with English titles, w;<br />
screened as a free attraction at the Nona<br />
turn Branch Library on a recent Mond;<br />
night at 7 p.m. The public was invited.<br />
Triple Dose of Exorcism<br />
MEDFORD, MASS.—The Meadow Gl<br />
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of Exorcism," for a three-feature progra<br />
comprised of "The Devil Within He'<br />
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The sister Circle screen had "All the Predent's<br />
Men" and "Freebie and the Beat<br />
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Jeff Lyons, son ol former New York Post<br />
columnist Leonard Lyons, is new film<br />
critic for WFSB-TV. the Post-Newsweek<br />
CBS Hartford affiliate. He continues to provide<br />
commentary for WPIX-TV and WCBS-<br />
Radio, both in New York.<br />
The University of Connecticut Film Society<br />
sponsored a double bill. "The Ruling<br />
Class" and "The White Sheik," on a recent<br />
Wednesday night in the campus Life Sciences<br />
Building. Admission was $1. Normally,<br />
the society sponsors single-feature programs<br />
. . . Cinestudio, at Hartford's Trinity<br />
College, ran a four-evening engagement of<br />
the French import, "The Tall Blond Man<br />
With One Black Shoe," charging $2 general<br />
admission and $1.50 for students . . . The<br />
classic "Henry V" was shown as a free attraction,<br />
open to the public, in Webster<br />
Hall at West Hartford Public Library on a<br />
Thursday night at 7:30.<br />
VERMONT<br />
photo coverage of film openings is rare in<br />
the Vermont press. The trade was<br />
heartened to see a choice-positioned, fourcolumn<br />
photo of lines waiting to see Universal's<br />
"The Other Side of the Mountain"<br />
at the Merrill Jarvis downtown Flynn Theatre,<br />
Burlington, appearing in the Burlington<br />
Free Press, largest newspaper in the state.<br />
The SBC Management Corp., which has<br />
had considerable success with a- 3-D film<br />
policy at its Cinema City in Hartford, expanded<br />
the plan to the Burlington Plaza 2.<br />
Richard J. Wilson, vice-president, provided<br />
an imaginative pre-opening ad campaign<br />
tied to the new policy in the complex's<br />
auditorium two.<br />
UA's "Rocky" went into a record-shatter-<br />
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vogue in other portions of these New<br />
England states, got into metropolitan<br />
Springfield, with the Memorial Drive-in.<br />
West Springfield, advertising the charge for<br />
a triple Avco Embassy package comprised<br />
of "The Cassandra Crossing." "The Sailor<br />
Who Fell From Grace With the Sea" and<br />
"The Last Grenade."<br />
Flaherty Film Seminar<br />
Set for Aug. 27-Sept. 3<br />
CHESTNUT HILL,<br />
MASS. — The annual<br />
Robert Flaherty Film Seminar will be<br />
held here August 27-September 3 on the<br />
campus of Pine Manor Junior College,<br />
according to an announcement by William<br />
Sloan, president of International Film Seminars,<br />
sponsors of the event.<br />
The seminar, now in its 23rd year, is<br />
named after a pioneer among filmmaker;<br />
who used the camera to reveal the humar<br />
condition. Its purpose is to examine film:<br />
made in the spirit of exploration and it ii<br />
aimed at critics, teachers, librarians ant<br />
other professionals as well as filmmakers. '<br />
Programing will be under the directioi<br />
of Grant Munro, noted film director, pro<br />
ducer and animator with the National Filn<br />
Board of Canada, and Ben Levin, filmmak<br />
er and assistant professor of communica<br />
tions, Temple University.<br />
Filmmakers interested in submitting thei<br />
work for program consideration should ad<br />
dress inquiries to Ben Levin, Department c<br />
Radio, TV & Film, School of Communic;<br />
tions & Theatre, Annenberg Hall, Tempi<br />
University, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122. Phon<br />
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(215) 787-1496. Canadian filmmakei I<br />
should contact Munro at the NFB of Car1 •<br />
ada, PO Box 6100, Station A, Montrea<br />
Quebec H3C 3H5. Phone (514) 333-3252.<br />
Closing date for applications is July 15.<br />
Among those scheduled to participate ai<br />
Marcel Ophuls, who presented "The So<br />
row and the Pity" and "A Sense of Los:<br />
in 1972 and will return with "The Memoi<br />
of Justice"; Barbara Kopple with her hig'<br />
ly-acclaimed documentary "Harlan Count<br />
U.S.A.", and Alain Tanner, noted Swi<br />
filmmaker, who is known in this count<br />
for "Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Ye<br />
2000."<br />
Salem Runs Chaplin Film<br />
SALEM, MASS.—"Easy Street," starri;<br />
Charlie Chaplin, and "Long Pants," wi<br />
Harry Langdon, were screened at the Salei<br />
Old Town Hall on a recent Monday nig<br />
at 7:30 p.m. There was "live" piano accoipaniment.<br />
Admission was free and op,i<br />
to<br />
the public.<br />
'Slap Shot' Is Previewed<br />
LAWRENCE, MASS. — UniversiS<br />
"Slap Shot" was sneak-previewed in autorium<br />
four of the Redstone Showcase*<br />
on a recent Friday night at 7:30, with ie<br />
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Western Massachusetts premieres included<br />
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"The Domino Principle," and Universal's<br />
"Airport '77."<br />
The Air-Line Drive-in, Chicopee, ran a<br />
five-feature show composed of "The Love<br />
Pill," "Little Girl, Big Tease," "The Teacher,"<br />
"Wild Riders" and "Cinda and Conna."<br />
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iloomcrist. Cooper Killed<br />
)n Trans-Canada Highway<br />
struck a double<br />
ou in the motion picture industry in this<br />
Irritor) 1 'uesday, March 22, when Albert<br />
loomcrist and Bert Coopei were killed in<br />
highway traffic accident. Bloomcrist, own-<br />
•-operator ol Consolidated Film Shippers,<br />
u driving a film feature print to Swift<br />
nrrent, accompanied by Cooper. The toiler's<br />
van collided with a semi-trailer truck<br />
proximately 14 miles east of Medicine<br />
at on the Irans-Canada Highway at 3<br />
Bom in Calgary in 1930, Albert Fredrick<br />
Bloomcrist resided here all his life,<br />
lost of his working years had been spent<br />
i the motion picture industry. He was a<br />
DOker for the J. Arthur Rank Organization<br />
ir a number of years and, in 1959, Bloomist<br />
established his own company.<br />
Consolidated Film Shippers specialized<br />
service to the film business, making<br />
ickups, transfers and shipment consolidaons.<br />
For a number of years Bloomcrist was<br />
.live in stock-car racing—and never lost<br />
is love of automobiles. He also was a light<br />
ircraft pilot and maintained a current li-<br />
.nse. He was a member of the Motion<br />
icture Pioneers.<br />
He is survived by his wife Marie; two<br />
aughters. Shelly of Edmonton and Sharon<br />
f Calgary; his mother Mrs. Vera Bloomrist,<br />
Calgary; a sister, Mrs. Harry (Betty)<br />
Fpton, Calgary, and a stepson, Raymond<br />
ling of Castor. Alta. His father Frederick<br />
i. died in 1947.<br />
Born in Blairmore, Alta., in 1914, Beram<br />
"Bert" William Cooper came to Calary<br />
while very young. With his wife<br />
ieanne, who also was employed in the film<br />
usiness and who died in 1970, Cooper<br />
perated a 16mm circuit for a number of<br />
ears. He was employed as a booker with<br />
nited Artists for a considerable time, then<br />
loved to Warner Bros, in the same capacfy.<br />
Although Cooper was in the hotel busies<br />
at the time of his death, he still mainlined<br />
friendships and interests with those<br />
Imployed in motion picture-related trades.<br />
Be was a member of the Motion Picture<br />
ors.<br />
He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Brian (Farley)<br />
potency, and two grandchildren, all<br />
.iry. as well as a brother. Farley.<br />
A joint funeral service was held Monday<br />
lorniny. March 28, in the Little Chapel on<br />
of Cal-<br />
ne Corner (Jacques Funeral Home) in Calary.<br />
Officiating were the Rev. J. Brown<br />
'lilne and the Rev. Robert Shannon. Interlent<br />
was in Queen's Park Cemetery.<br />
Flaherty Award Presented<br />
To NFB Documentary Film<br />
MONTREAL — "Los Canadicnses." a<br />
National Film Board documentary about Ca-<br />
•adians in the Spanish Civil War. has won<br />
he Robert Flaherty Award. The winner was<br />
nnounced in London by the British Acadmy<br />
of Film and Television Arts. This<br />
'restigioiis award honoring the great film<br />
•ioneer is reserved for "documentary films<br />
Lamy Says Regionalization of NFB<br />
Is Receiving Priority Attention<br />
OTTAWA—Regionalization baa become<br />
hiil- ol the top priorities of the National<br />
Film Board, Andre l.ims. Canadian government<br />
film commissioner and chairman<br />
ol the NFB, said here VVcdnesda\ night.<br />
March 30.<br />
In addition to its operations in Montreal.<br />
the NFB now has English production centers<br />
in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver<br />
and French units in Moncton. Toronto<br />
and Winnipeg, Lamy told members<br />
of Parliament invited to a screening of films<br />
produced by the board's Atlantic studio.<br />
Lamy explained that the board's production<br />
activities had been centralized in Montreal<br />
because "the talents and facilities to<br />
do otherwise were not available." However,<br />
the rapid development of communications<br />
in Canada—and the desire to develop regional<br />
responses to Anglophone cultural<br />
needs, as well as the needs of French-Canadians<br />
outside Quebec—had changed the<br />
context in which the NFB functioned.<br />
As the regions began to develop their<br />
own resources, the NFB adapted to these<br />
changes, he said. The regionalization program<br />
began four years ago with the following<br />
objectives:<br />
• To produce and distribute visual materials<br />
which reflect regional perceptions and<br />
foster national<br />
understanding.<br />
• To stimulate regional development of<br />
Canadian film industry resources, both<br />
private and public.<br />
• To provide regional access to the full<br />
of feature length about subjects of social<br />
significance."<br />
The film which brought the award to<br />
Canada this year was directed by Albert<br />
Kish. It was seen on CBC national TV and<br />
drew unanimous praise from Canadian TV<br />
critics.<br />
For director<br />
Albert Kish and "Los Canadicnses."<br />
this was the third major international<br />
win. He won the Silver Hugo at the<br />
Chicago Festival and "best TV film" at<br />
Mannheim last vear.<br />
'Breaker! Breaker!' a Hit<br />
In Toronto Multiple Bow<br />
<strong>TO</strong>RON<strong>TO</strong>— "Breaker! Breaker!" has set<br />
an American International all-time high<br />
record in the first week of a ten-theatre<br />
multiple opening here, reporting $83,380,<br />
despite four days of heavy snow. It is holding<br />
over in all situations.<br />
Chuck Norris. Gordon Murdock and<br />
Terry O'Connor star in this film revealing<br />
the changes taking place as millions of<br />
drivers utilize citizens band communications.<br />
The picture was directed and produced<br />
by Don Huletie. based ^n a screenpla) bj<br />
ferry Chambers and Hulette.<br />
range ol NFB production, distribution<br />
and advisory skills and services.<br />
"A quick glance at our budget will give<br />
you some idea ol the importance we attach<br />
to regional production," the NFB chairman<br />
said. "From $900,000 four years ago, our<br />
regional production budget has increased to<br />
$2,950,000 in the current fiscal year. And<br />
we expect that this figure will grow to $7,-<br />
900,000 by 1981."<br />
The English regional production budget<br />
was just over $2,000,000 this year, about<br />
20 per cent of the total English production<br />
budget. "In not too many years, regional<br />
production will account for almost 50 per<br />
cent of our English production budget,"<br />
I. amy predicted.<br />
The budget for regional French production<br />
this year totaled $900,000, about 15<br />
per cent of the total French production<br />
budget.<br />
The permanent employees in the regional<br />
offices presently are confined to producers<br />
and support staff. Regional producers are<br />
responsible for processing locally generated<br />
ideas and for hiring local freelancers or<br />
contracting films to local companies.<br />
"That we have started to reach our goals<br />
can be seen through the achievements of<br />
our Atlantic production center." Lamy said.<br />
In less than three full years of operation,<br />
the Atlantic unit had completed 18 films<br />
and had 12 more in production, all directed<br />
by residents of the region. Of 1 1 films scheduled<br />
for completion in 1977. five are sponsored<br />
by government departments.<br />
Summer Postal Strike<br />
Hinted by UPW Prexy<br />
THUNDER BAY. ONT. — Joe<br />
Davidson,<br />
president of the 22,000-member Canadian<br />
Union of Postal Workers, who has announced<br />
plans to retire as union prexy in<br />
July, has been visiting locals across Canada<br />
to prepare for negotiations on a new contract.<br />
The current pact expires June 30.<br />
At a media session here. Davidson told<br />
Canadian Press that "the union may go on<br />
strike this summer" and added that "union<br />
members distrust their employer" (the federal<br />
government),<br />
Jean-Jacques Blais. postmaster general,<br />
said he hoped a strike such as the one in<br />
1975 will not occur again. The post office<br />
definitely could "go under if another nation.<br />
il postal strike occurs in the near future."<br />
he stated.<br />
The prolonged 75 strike which closed<br />
Canadian post offices caused inestimable<br />
inconvenience and expense to film distributors<br />
and theatre operators across the<br />
country.<br />
"Manitou" will begin principal photograph)<br />
April 18 on San Francisco locations.<br />
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VANCOUVER — The opening of ihe<br />
Capitol 6 dominated the Granville Mall and<br />
the city boxoffices. The big winner was<br />
"Rocky," the only picture in the city to post<br />
"excellent" figures. The theatre also opened<br />
with "The Last Tycoon," "The Late Show,"<br />
"Voyage of the Damned," "Bound for<br />
Glory" and "Thieves." Other newcomers<br />
included "The Littlest Horse Thieves,"<br />
"The Slipper and the Rose" and "Strange<br />
Shadows in an Empty Room."<br />
Capitol 6—Rocky (Para) Excellent<br />
Capitol 6—The Last Tycoon (Para)<br />
Good<br />
Capitol 6—The Late Show (WB)<br />
Fair<br />
Capitol 6—Voyage oi the Damned<br />
(BVFD) Very Good<br />
Capitol 6—Bound for Glory (UA) Poor<br />
Capitol 6—Thieves (Para) Good<br />
Coronet—Strange Shadows in an Empty Room<br />
(Astral)<br />
Poor<br />
Coronet—Exit the Dragon. Enter the Tiger (PR),<br />
2nd wk<br />
Average<br />
Denman Mall—The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
(UA), 15th wk Very Good<br />
Downtown—The Cassandra Crossing (BVFD),<br />
4th wk Average<br />
Fine Arts—The Story ol Joanne (PR), 2nd wk Fair<br />
Lougheed Mall—Wizards (BVFD),<br />
3rd wk Very Good<br />
Lougheed Mall—Network (UA), 15th wk Good<br />
Odeon—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral),<br />
5th wk Average<br />
Park—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ) Good<br />
Park Royal—The Littlest Horse Thieves<br />
(BV) - Average<br />
Stanley—A Star Is Bom (WB), 14th wk Good<br />
Varsity—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 4th wk Fair<br />
'Dick & Jane,'<br />
'Freaky Friday,'<br />
'Rocky' 'Excellent' in Winnipeg<br />
WINNIPEG—"Fun With Dick and<br />
lane" joined the steady "Rocky" and<br />
"Freaky Friday" in the "excellent" column<br />
this week. "Bound for Glory" opened to<br />
"very good" grosses as did "The Town That<br />
Dreaded Sundown" while "Wizards" bowed<br />
to "average" returns. "Voyage of the<br />
Damned" ended a four-week run on an<br />
"average" note.<br />
Capitol—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent<br />
Colony—Bound ior Glory (UA) Very Good<br />
Convention Centre—The Cassandra Crossing<br />
(Astral), 5th wk Good<br />
Downtown—Erotic Wives (PR), Love Variations<br />
(PR)<br />
.Average<br />
Garden City—Fury of the Dragon (PR) --..Average<br />
Garrick—Voyage of the Damned (BVFD),<br />
4th wk Average<br />
Garrick—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral),<br />
5th wk Excellent<br />
Grant Park—Wizards (BVFD) ..._ Average<br />
Hyland, Kings—The Adventures of the Wilderness<br />
Family (PR), 4th wk Good<br />
Metropolitan—Freaky Friday (BV),<br />
4th wk Excellent<br />
Northstar—The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
(UA), 14th wk Very Good<br />
Northstar—Silver Streak (BVFD),<br />
13th wk Very Good<br />
Odeon—The Town That Dreaded Sundown<br />
(AFD) Very Gooi<br />
Polo Park—Network (MGM/UA), 7th wk. ..Very Good<br />
'Slap Shot,' 'Airport' Open<br />
'Excellent' in Montreal<br />
MONTREAL—The openings of "Slap<br />
Shot" and "Airport 77" shared "excellent"<br />
honors with "Rocky" which is in its ninth<br />
week here. Other new entries were "La<br />
Chien Enrage" and "The Domino Principle,"<br />
both in the "very good" column and<br />
"Assault on Precinct 13," which grossed a<br />
"good."<br />
Atwater—Slap Shot (Univ) Excellent<br />
Avenue— Bound for Glory (UA),<br />
4th wk Very Good<br />
Berri—Un Cudavre au Dessert (Col), 5*h wk Good<br />
K-2<br />
Cinema—A Star Is Born (WB),<br />
14th wk<br />
.Very Good<br />
Claremont—Network (MGM/UA),<br />
15th wk Very Good<br />
Decarie Square—The Slipper and the Rose<br />
(Univ), 2nd wk Good<br />
Eros—Banging in Bangkok (Cinepix),<br />
2nd wk<br />
Very Good<br />
Le Dauphin— J. A. Martin Photographe<br />
(NFB), 9th wk Goo:l<br />
Loew's—Rocky (UA), 9th wk ... Excellent<br />
Loew's—The Cassandra Cro.sing (Astrcl),<br />
6th wk Very Good<br />
Loew's— Chatterbox (AFD), 3rd wk Very Good<br />
Parisien—Le Skieur de L'Everest<br />
(Nouveau Reseau), 2nd wk<br />
Very GooJ-<br />
Parisien—Le Chien Enrage (KAR) Very Good<br />
Palace— Assault on Precinct 13 (Astral) Good<br />
Place Desjardins—Barocco (FF), 5th wk Good<br />
Place du Canada—Airport '77 (Univ) Excellent<br />
Place Ville Mane—The Last Tycoon (Para),<br />
6th wk Very Gocd<br />
Snowdon—The Little Girl Who Lives Down the<br />
Lane (Astral), 4th wk Very Good<br />
St. Denis—On Continue a L'Appeler Trinita (FF),<br />
4th wk Good<br />
York—The Domino Principle (Astral) Very Good<br />
'Slap Shot,' 'Airport' Open<br />
'Excellent' in Toronto<br />
<strong>TO</strong>RON<strong>TO</strong>—Two newcomers and two<br />
holdovers broke into the "excellent" column<br />
this week. "Slap Shot" and "Airport '77"<br />
both bowed at the top along with "Islands<br />
in the Stream" in its fourth week and<br />
"Rocky" in its 14th week. Other new entries<br />
included "The Late Show" and "Breaker!<br />
Breaker!" at "very good" and "Not<br />
Now, Comrade," "poor."<br />
Coronet—Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (PR),<br />
2nd wk Poor<br />
Eglmton—Freaky Friday (BV), 6th wk Good<br />
Fairlawn—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ),<br />
3rd wk Good<br />
Fairlctwn—Fun With Dick and lane (Astral),<br />
6th wk Gooi<br />
Hollywood North—The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
(UA), 14th wk Good<br />
Hollywood South—The Late Show<br />
(WB) Very Good<br />
Hyland—Slap Shot (Univ) Excellent<br />
Hyland— Airport '77 (Univ) Excellent<br />
Imperial Six—The Enforcer (WB), 13th wk Good<br />
Imperial Six—Breaker! Breaker!<br />
(AFD)<br />
Very Good<br />
Imperial Six—Chatterbox (AFD), 3rd wk Good<br />
Imperial Six—Come Home and Meet My Wife<br />
(IFD), 2nd wk Good<br />
Imperial Six—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral),<br />
6th wk<br />
International Cinema—Not Now Comrade<br />
Good<br />
AFD Poor<br />
( )<br />
Plaza—Network (MGM/UA), 15th wk<br />
Plaza—Voyage of the Damned (Astral),<br />
Very Good<br />
14th wk<br />
Good<br />
Towne Cinemd— Islands in the Stream (Para),<br />
4th wk Xxcellent<br />
University—A Star Is Born (WB),<br />
13th wk Very Good<br />
Uptown—Rocky (UA), 14th wk Excellent<br />
Uptown—Silver Streak (BVFD),<br />
14th wk Very Good<br />
Uptown—Wizards (BVFD), 6th wk Good<br />
York—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 7th wk Fair<br />
Six Holdovers 'Excellent'<br />
At Edmonton Boxoffices<br />
EDMON<strong>TO</strong>N—In spite of seven new entries,<br />
the six "excellent" here were recorded<br />
by holdovers. Hitting the top were "Rocky,"<br />
"Network," "A Star Is Born," "Fun With<br />
Dick and Jane," "The Cassandra Crossing"<br />
and "The Pink Panther Strikes Again."<br />
Avenue—Voyage of the Damned (Astral) Poor<br />
Capilano—Never a Dull Moment:<br />
Three Caballeros (BV) .<br />
Poor<br />
Capitol Square—Wizards (BVFD), 3rd wk Good<br />
Capitol Square—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent<br />
Capitol Square—Network (UA), 7th wk Excellent<br />
Capitol Square—The Town That Dreaded<br />
Sundown (AFD) Good<br />
Gameau—A Star Is Bora (WB), 13th wk Excellent<br />
Jasper Blue—The Shaggy D.A. (BV), 3rd wk Fair<br />
Londonderry A—Freaky Friday (BV),<br />
6th wk - Very Good<br />
Londonderry B Thieves (Para), 3rd wk Fair<br />
.<br />
.<br />
Meadowlark, Rialto—Fun With Dick and Jane<br />
(Astral), 5th wk. excellent<br />
Odeon—The Confessional (IFD), 2nd wk. Good<br />
Odeon—Cousin Cousine (PR), 2nd wk Fair<br />
Paramount—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral),<br />
4th wk Excellent<br />
Plaza—Special Delivery (AFD)<br />
Plaza—Blood in the Streets (PR)<br />
Poor<br />
Poor<br />
Rialto— Aces High (Astral) .... Fair<br />
.<br />
Strand—Born for Hell; Hellhouse Girls (AFD) Fair<br />
Westmount A—The Pink Panther Strikes A'; i.i<br />
(UA), 14th wk Excelli<br />
Westmount B—Bound ior Glory (UA), 2rd wk<br />
'The Town That Dreaded Sundown'<br />
Opens 'Excellent' in Calgary<br />
CALGARY—"The Town That<br />
Dreaded<br />
Sundown" opened at the Grand with "excellent"<br />
grosses, an honor shared with six<br />
holdovers. They are "A Star Is Born," "The<br />
Pink Panther Strikes Again," "Rocky," "Silver<br />
Streak," "Fun With Dick and Jane"<br />
and "Network."<br />
Calgary Place—A Star Is Born (WB),<br />
13th wk Excellent:<br />
Calgary Place—The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
1<br />
(UA), 14th wk Excellent<br />
Chinook—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent<br />
Grand— Silver Streak (BVFD), 13th wk. Excellent<br />
Grand—The Town That Dreaded Sundown<br />
(AFD)<br />
Excell<br />
Marlborough Town Square, Westbrook— The<br />
Confessional (IFD)<br />
North Hill, Uptown—Fun With Dick and Jane<br />
1<br />
5th wk excellent<br />
Palace—Never a Dull Moment; Three Caballeros<br />
(BV), 2nd wk Very Goo.<br />
Palliser Square—Network (UA), 6th wk Excelle<br />
Palliser Square— It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet<br />
(AFD), 3rd wk Very Goo<<br />
Towne Red—The Sentinel (Univ), 6th wk. Very Got<br />
Uptown—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral),<br />
5th wk Very<br />
Westbrook—Victory at Entebbe (WB) Fai<br />
Westbrook—Mysteries of the Gods (PR),<br />
2nd wk Fai<br />
Journal, Air Canada Hold<br />
Oscar Contest in Ottawa<br />
OTTAWA—Monday evening, March 28<br />
wasn't just an important night in Holly<br />
wood—a lot of people in this city waitei<br />
breathlessly<br />
were,<br />
too.<br />
to learn who the Oscar winner<br />
Early last month, the Ottawa Journa<br />
in conjunction with Air Canada's 40th ar<br />
niversary, offered a flight for two to Lc<br />
Angeles as first prize in the newspaper<br />
Academy Awards contest. Entrants wei<br />
asked to select winners in each of 13 catij<br />
gories and then mail their contest blanl<br />
festival<br />
ImRON<strong>TO</strong>impruui<br />
din com<br />
|.!b<br />
Holt<br />
If KB<br />
rioCt<br />
to the Journal. One or two tricky categorit<br />
were included, such as best foreign fill<br />
More II<br />
and best adapted screenplay.<br />
Besides the trip via Air Canada to Li<br />
i of tke<br />
Angeles, visits to motion picture studii<br />
ndept<br />
were included as part of the top prize.<br />
Consolation prizes included: Two doub<br />
Will C<br />
passes for the remainder of the year<br />
Famous Players and 20th Century theatr<br />
in Ottawa and one double pass for t'<br />
remainder of the year to Odeon houses<br />
Ottawa; a weekend for two (including a<br />
commodations and one dinner for two)<br />
the Holiday Inn, 100 Kent St.; two priz<br />
of a superb full-color book about the Mc<br />
treal and Innsbruck Olympics in 1976, al<br />
Journal sweatshirts, film books and varic><br />
other prizes to "reward good effort."<br />
A happy feature of the competition v><br />
that any person could enter more than on<br />
making a calculated guess on the outcoi?<br />
of the Academy Awards. Entries were ju
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by<br />
•<br />
>tiations<br />
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976<br />
1<br />
I jstival of Festivals Is<br />
£?t for September 9-18 Big Home Screen TV, Long Playdotes<br />
l|rORON <strong>TO</strong>—This city will host its sec<br />
111 annual film festival September C >-IS.<br />
Among Reasons for Centre Closing<br />
k ording to recently announced plans.<br />
fcncurrently, program director Bill Mar- IORON I \ttei exhibiting 15.000 motion<br />
• "A higher quality IV signal, as<br />
"ii<br />
market here while the festival is in heim, H. D. "Cotton" Griffith and Ralph 2221 YOHCISJ.STI. 604, T0K0H10<br />
ogress.<br />
|<br />
Wiest.<br />
M4S2B4.TR. 4933551 ccsri<br />
$, II and producer Hank Van der kolk dis<br />
pictures to this city 's entertainment seek-<br />
offered by cable.<br />
I'sed that 1 ilida Heath has been appointed ers over a span of 50 years, the Centre I he • "A strained relationship existing between<br />
fciyram manager of the 1977 Festival ol aire at 772 Dundas St., West, was closed<br />
exhibitor and distributor hampers<br />
tivals.<br />
permanently March 27 after its showing of creative development of the repertory cinema.<br />
The festival officials gratefully acknowlf;ed<br />
the continuing enthusiasm and sup-<br />
Aweigh."<br />
• "The high rate of construction of cir-<br />
"Imitation to the Dance" and "Anchors<br />
"The decision to close is not one of economic<br />
cuit-operated, first-run cinemas Multi-cin-<br />
given by Famous Players, especially<br />
t<br />
the combined use of the Toronto Doii<br />
necessity," observed Wayne Fromm, emas constructed during include the<br />
Kiion Cinema and the two Sheraton thees<br />
who has operated the Centre as a repertory Hudson Bay Centre, Finch-Dufferin and<br />
for the event.<br />
theatre the last two years, "for the Centre Jane-Wilson; conversion of the Fairlawn to<br />
still holds her own. It is, however, based on a twin, as well as soon-to-be-completed cinemas<br />
Harbour Square Headquarters<br />
future reality. It seems that the second-run<br />
at the Eaton Centre, Bayview-Shep-<br />
Headquarters will be in the Harbour C.is- cinema, as such, belongs on an endangered pard Plaza and the Yonge-Sheppard Centre.<br />
Hilton Hotel. 1 Harbour Square. The species list. The following is a list of factors<br />
.el's lobby and bar will be decorated for supporting this view:<br />
• "The more stringent requirements for<br />
festival and the officials said they appreted<br />
the generosity of the management in system; i.e.. the MCA Disco-Vision.<br />
Board and enforced by Ontario theatre in-<br />
• "The soon-to-be-marketed video-disc a cinema, as set out by the Ontario Censor<br />
ividing accommodations for guests attendee<br />
film event. Reservations can be ar-<br />
Advent TV screen enlargement system.<br />
After detailing these eight reasons for<br />
• "The introduction of the Electrohome/ spectors."<br />
iged through any Hilton reservation • "Extended playdate of new films: 18 bringing the Centre's long career to an end,<br />
ice or Hilton hotel anywhere in the months expired before 'One Flew Over the Fromm concluded: "It seems apparent that<br />
rid.<br />
Cuckoo's Nest' was first made available to in order to succeed, each cinema must fully<br />
A rundown of festival events includes: a repertory theatre. 'Barry Lyndon' has yet differentiate itself from one another. This is<br />
• "Retrospective of Quebec Films." to be made available.<br />
precisely what I intend to do after I first<br />
•<br />
uposed of 20 features and 20 shorts, "Network competition. The 1976-1977 attain a point of satiety with respect to<br />
isl of them to be shown in this city for TV season has already offered such films as leisure activity. And I would like to thank<br />
! first time. Festival officials are working •2001: A Space Odyssey,' 'Gone With the all of the area's film buffs for their help and<br />
h Robert Daudelin, executive director Wind,' 'Play It Again, Sam,' 'Rollerball,' support these last two years, which have<br />
the Cinematheque Quebecois. and Jean- 'Farewell, My Lovely,' 'The Wind and the been fun, as energy and feeling flowed into<br />
,<br />
:rre Bastien. who will prepare the proaiming<br />
and supervise documentation. In-<br />
Lion' and 'Smile.'<br />
the theatre, bringing its four walls to life."<br />
tmation on this retrospective will be bilinj)al<br />
in the festival program.<br />
Distributor of X-Rated<br />
'Alice' Is Fined $1,000<br />
<strong>TO</strong>RON<strong>TO</strong><br />
• "Children's Cinema" will be a high-<br />
,ht, with a program being worked out by<br />
SUDBURY, ONT.—A film which D. L. n private advance screening of films from<br />
i<br />
ul Turell. president of Janus Films. The Sims, director of the theatre branch of the<br />
the Toronto Super 8 Film Festival was<br />
Ontario Province ministry of<br />
."•gram will include some<br />
consumer and<br />
classic children's<br />
held at the New Yorker here Tuesday afternoon.<br />
March 29. The festival itself was held<br />
ns, early Laurel and Hardy comedies,<br />
commercial relations, said got by the provincial<br />
rly science-fiction, etc.. in eight programs<br />
censor board "by some mistake." at Harbourfront Friday and Saturday (1, 2)<br />
features and shorts which will be shown has brought its Toronto distributor, Victoria<br />
and at the New York Sunday (3). Included<br />
were screenings of "Cathedral," by Dan<br />
turday and Sunday mornings and<br />
Film Services,<br />
afterons<br />
of both weekends.<br />
Algrant of Boston: "Framework." by Ralph<br />
a fine of $1,000 in provincial<br />
court.<br />
The court set the amount of the fine after Schreiber of Buffalo, and entries by Venezuelan<br />
More Women's Films<br />
the company pleaded guilty to a charge of<br />
filmmakers. "The Pillow," by Eric<br />
• "More of the Best" will include a setion<br />
of independent American cinema, Entitled "Alice in Wonderland."<br />
distributing obscene material.<br />
Fitz and Dave Cohen, both 1 3 years old.<br />
also was screened.<br />
the film<br />
esl German films and women's films. was described in theatre ads as "an X-rated. During this interim when there are no<br />
• "Brechtian Cinema Events," a special musical comedy adaptation of Lewis Carroll's<br />
Variety clubrooms, the Toronto Press Club<br />
;nt of the Edinburgh Festival last year,<br />
story." Before the Sudbury morality has graciously made its clubroom facilities<br />
111 be presented by I.inda Myles.<br />
squad could lay hands on it, "Alice" had on Richmond Street West available to barkers.<br />
• played twice at the Empire Theatre. After<br />
"Dino's Peachy Films," ten favorites<br />
the seizure, an edited and censored print of<br />
Dino De Laurentiis. is a retrothe<br />
same film continued on the Empire<br />
ECtive which may include "La Strada,"<br />
screen about a month.<br />
Break for Senior Citizens<br />
its of Cabiria," "The Gold of Naples."<br />
BROOKLYN. N.Y.—The Pennway Cinema,<br />
which has an adult film policy, is now<br />
tnd Peace." "The Bible." "The Great<br />
IT," "Waterloo." "Branded Women."<br />
Gulf Drive-in Leases<br />
admitting senior citizens for $1.99 admission<br />
karabbas" and "The Tempest."<br />
at all times. The theatre charges $2.99 regular<br />
admission.<br />
now are under way with sevjal<br />
Theatre in Freeport<br />
prominent Canadians for a special-pro-<br />
From Southwestern Edition<br />
ini scries, an academic retrospective and FREEPORT. TEX.—The Gulf Drive-in<br />
I<br />
iklet which is being planned. Wayne he. itre. formerly known as the Surf Drivein.<br />
has been leased from the J. G. Long<br />
FRED STIMSOM. PPeS EXTRA<br />
irkson of the Canadian Film Institute<br />
II be<br />
I<br />
preparing a series with the festival. he at res by Gulf Drive-In Theatres. Inc.<br />
REVENUE<br />
Stockholders of Gulf Drive-In Theatres.<br />
I he prospects also are now being exwed<br />
.is to the feasibility of having a world Inc.. are R. E. "Bob" Davis. Alvin Guggen-<br />
>XOFTlCE :: April 18, 1977 K-3
.<br />
Famous' Capitol 6 Is<br />
as an usher in the original Capitol, went to<br />
Victoria, returned to the Strand and then<br />
moved to the Orpheum. were there, along<br />
with many other dignitaries.<br />
Opened in Vancouver<br />
The latest in a long line of distinguished<br />
\ \NCOUVER—When the Capitol Theatre<br />
first opened March 12, 1921, crowds who in eight years with FP has progressed<br />
managers of the Capitol is Brian Rogers,<br />
had to be held hack at the door while from the Stanley to the Lougheed Mall<br />
workmen finished tiling the lobby. This three-plex and now to the new flagship.<br />
time, it was touch-and-go to gel everything Starting with the opening in 1921, house<br />
ship-shape for the invitational screening managers have included: Ralph Ruffner,<br />
March 17. 1977. with the house (six Lloyd Dearth. Jack Muir, Maynard Joyner.<br />
screens) opening for business Friday. March Charlie Doctor, Jack Randall (on a temporary<br />
basis) and Dick Letts, now at the<br />
IS.<br />
The new Capitol 6 is a far cry from the Downtown.<br />
original showhouse which, in its day, cost<br />
Famous Players $50,000 and opened with<br />
much hoopla. Star Wallace Reid leaped<br />
through a paper screen to declare Vancouver's<br />
newest picture palace officially<br />
VANCOUVER<br />
open for business in 1921.<br />
^farner Bros, branch manager Roly Rickard<br />
and family planned tor a "Sun<br />
With the advent of sound in 1930, the<br />
house was renovated and, again in 1965. Fun" holiday away from the Arctic breezes<br />
was closed for a lengthy period for extensive<br />
changes which reduced the seating<br />
which still prevail in British Columbia.<br />
Canfilm Western division manager Barry<br />
from 2,076 to 1.400. Equipment was updated<br />
to accommodate the various novel<br />
Gordon visited the local branch to meet<br />
the staff and, in company with local sales<br />
film types and sizes then making the rounds.<br />
manager Dave Gilfillan, visited<br />
It was<br />
equipment<br />
1974 when the Capitol closed again<br />
and 16mm film accounts . . . Gilfillan also<br />
and about six months later work began to<br />
attended an equipment seminar<br />
transform the showcase<br />
and sales<br />
into a sixple.x. Total<br />
meeting in Seattle . . .<br />
capacity now<br />
Dene Joyal,<br />
is just under 3.000. The<br />
16mm<br />
booker, has returned<br />
Capitol 6 has been<br />
from a<br />
achieved<br />
quick holiday<br />
in three years,<br />
in Hawaii.<br />
in spite of two strikes and many obstacles,<br />
at a cost of approximately $7,000,000.<br />
Passing through this city soon, en route<br />
Overseeing the whole project was Famous'<br />
Western division vice-president, Doug gether, will be "The Six Million Dollar<br />
to Banff where they will make a movie to-<br />
Gow, who started in the business as a doorman<br />
at the Broadway. That theatre was Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett-Majors,<br />
Man" and his wife. The picture, starring<br />
operated by his father, who joined FP and originally was scheduled for Colorado but<br />
later became British Columbia district apparently there's a shortage of snow for<br />
manager.<br />
the proposed ski epic. The project reportly<br />
Since he refers to the multiscreen complex<br />
as "a shopping center for entertainting<br />
credit as executive producer.<br />
is financed by Universal, with Majors getment."<br />
Gow is convinced that it is the<br />
answer<br />
World-famous stunt driver Remy Julienne,<br />
to revitalization of Granville's theatre<br />
row. which who makes the Fiat TV<br />
will be further enhanced<br />
commercials,<br />
is<br />
with the opening<br />
looking around this<br />
of a twin<br />
area<br />
in Birk's Vancouver<br />
Centre. To have<br />
and some<br />
up-country locations for possible sites<br />
approximately 750<br />
for<br />
seats, the duo replaces<br />
the chase scenes in<br />
the old Strand.<br />
the Yves Montand starrer,<br />
"Flashback," an action thriller that is<br />
While picture commitments kept the stars<br />
planned for a June start. One chase involves<br />
of the six inaugural features from attending,<br />
heavy-duty logging trucks. Jack Wasserman<br />
th; opening night was graced with local<br />
would like to see<br />
dignitaries and show<br />
him land one of them on<br />
business veterans, particularly<br />
those associated with the old Capi-<br />
the deck of a cross-gulf—of-Georgia ferry.<br />
tol.<br />
Mrs. Hi Seely, owner-manager of the<br />
Mayor Jack Volrich gave a few words of Yukon White Horse, took advantage of the<br />
welcome and cut the cake. Mrs. Mae Doctor,<br />
widow of Charles Doctor, who man-<br />
daughters to give them a taste of the big-<br />
spring school break to fly here with her two<br />
aged the theatre for many years; Maynard city bright lights while she visited Hosford<br />
Joyner. who went from Orpheum manager Theatres with regard to new equipment and<br />
to Capitol manager to Famous Players district<br />
manager, and Ivan Ackery. who started<br />
summer bookings.<br />
Classic Film Shown Free<br />
CINERAiMAlSIN<br />
PITTSBURGH — "Gentleman's Agreement"<br />
will be screened free of charge Sunday,<br />
May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the lecture hall<br />
SHOW BUSINESS IN<br />
HAWAII <strong>TO</strong>O.<br />
of Carnegie Institute in the regular "History<br />
When you come to Waikiki,<br />
of Film" series. Directed by Elia Kazan,<br />
don't miss the famous<br />
the story concerns a writer, Gregory Peck,<br />
[hawauJ<br />
Don Ho Show. . . at<br />
who uotelsj<br />
masquerades as a Jew to investigate<br />
l Cinerama's Reef Towers Hotel.<br />
IN WAIKIKI: REEF REEF <strong>TO</strong>WERS EDGEWATFR anti-Semitism. This was a 1947 feature<br />
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production running 118 minutes.<br />
K-4<br />
CALGARY<br />
powuc Cinema Blue and Warner Bros,<br />
cohosted<br />
a late-night screening of "Th<<br />
Late Show" March 25 at 11:30 p.m. Invi<br />
tations were sent to numerous guests to set<br />
the regular film program, "Cousin Cou<br />
sine," before the special feature.<br />
All of us who have lost a friend—or tw<<br />
friends— join in sending sincerest condo<br />
lences to the Albert Bloomcrist and Ber<br />
Cooper families.<br />
Ken Mi'Bean of Swift Current, Sask., an<br />
nounced that effective March 18 he was n<br />
longer associated with Swift Current The<br />
atres. The McBeans will stay in Swift Cui<br />
rent until the end of the current school yea<br />
and then move back to our town.<br />
Word has it that one of this city's owi<br />
Gary Gibney, had a part in the United Ar<br />
ists-distributed winner, "Network."<br />
A former Calgarian, well-known in o<br />
industry, Frank Kershaw, was killed in t<br />
superjet plane disaster in the Canary Islan<br />
March 27. Many people in our territo:<br />
will remember Frank as a pioneer in tl<br />
drive-in field in this province in the ea:<br />
1950s. He was associated with building tlj<br />
Chinook Drive-in here and later built fo<br />
other open-air theatres in Edmonton, tl<br />
city and Lethbridge. Following the death<br />
his first wife Aileen several years ag<br />
Frank moved to California and was ilj<br />
volved in avocado farming at the time ,<br />
his death. He was traveling with his w:<br />
Dorothea, whom he had married just o!<br />
week before the fatal crash. The weddi;<br />
took place in Borrego Springs, Calif., tal<br />
the Kershaws were on their honeymoon. /<br />
cording to reports. Mrs. Kershaw survivl<br />
the crash.<br />
NFB Olympic Film Ready<br />
For Global Distribution<br />
MONTREAL—"The Games of the XI<br />
Olympiad," the official film of the 1 £6<br />
Olympics in Montreal, produced by 1ft<br />
National Film Board of Canada, is nff<br />
complete and awaiting worldwide distriition.<br />
The two-hour color documentary was i-<br />
rected by 38-year-old Quebec filmma<br />
Jean-Claude Labrecque, in collaborat<br />
with associate directors Jean Beaudin, M<br />
eel Carriere and Georges Dufaux, vi|<br />
Jacques Bobet as executive producer.<br />
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EExtensive remodeling of a former<br />
Sears, Roebuck store in Kansas City<br />
to convert it into a multi-tenant shopping<br />
center with a four-auditorium theatre as a<br />
major tenant; a quadplex in Wichita. Kas.,<br />
\\ here patron comfort is considered so important<br />
that shock absorbers and spring supports<br />
are installed under air-conditioning<br />
heating and cooling units to prevent any<br />
sound leakage from seeping into the auditoriums;<br />
and a combination airer/twin<br />
hardtop slated to be constructed in Midland,<br />
Tex. These are some of the aspects<br />
of articles featured in this month's issue<br />
of The Modern Theatre, which considers<br />
Multiple-Unit Theatres and Automation.<br />
The lead story beginning on page 4 examines<br />
Seville Square on Kansas City's posh<br />
Country Club Plaza. The former Sears,<br />
Roebuck & Co. building constructed in the<br />
late '40s has been innovatively converted<br />
by Plaza developer J.C. Nichols Co. into<br />
a retail shopping complex featuring boutiques,<br />
restaurants and a four-auditorium<br />
theatre. Operated by Mid-America Cinema<br />
Corp., Seville Cinema Four offers the most<br />
up-to-date theatre equipment in plush, comfortable<br />
surroundings. Seating capacity is<br />
750.<br />
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Then on page 6 there is an account of<br />
American Entertainment's Cinemas West in<br />
Wichita, Kas. This impressively designed,<br />
freestanding quad offers the utmost in patron<br />
comfort. Plotted in a generally triangular<br />
configuration with the auditoriums<br />
fanning out about the combination boxoffice/<br />
concession center, the 1,300-seat<br />
Cinemas West boasts shock absorber and<br />
spring supports under air-conditioning<br />
units. In this way noise from the units.<br />
which were placed above the concessions<br />
area rather than above the auditoriums, is<br />
less likely to leak into the auditoriums and<br />
disturb the audience.<br />
Another striking feature of the design is<br />
the facade, a massive curved front of white<br />
stucco on a cinder block and structural steel<br />
frame. Across the canopy are 1,280 flashing<br />
lights spelling out a 4x48-ft. CINEMAS<br />
WEST.<br />
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An artist's<br />
rendering of the proposed Cinema<br />
Park complex in Midland. Tex., is<br />
found on page 8. The imaginative design<br />
calls for a combination twin hardtop and<br />
drive-in theatre facility on one site. Auditoriums<br />
will seat 350 each and the ozoner<br />
will accommodate 500 cars. Cinema Park<br />
is a joint venture involving Midland Theatres,<br />
Midland, Tex., and Video Independent<br />
Theatres. Oklahoma City.<br />
Seville Square in KC: Major Tenant in Department Store-Turned<br />
Retail Complex Is Mid-America Cinema Quad 4<br />
Stylishly Designed Cinemas West a Boon<br />
To Comfort- Seeking Wichita Moviegoers 6<br />
Walk-In or Drive-In 8<br />
Still No Date Set for Boston Quad 9<br />
Adjustment Procedures for Bauer<br />
U-3, U-4 Similar in Several Areas Wesley Trout 10<br />
Team Concept in<br />
Employee Relations<br />
Vital for Sound Theatre Management Allen M. Widem 20<br />
Alert, Adaptable Person Is Good Manager Stock 23<br />
Eprad Seminar 24<br />
But Were the Good 01' Days That Great? Glenn Berggren 27<br />
NAC Brass to Meet May 22 in Chicago 33<br />
SMPTE Confab Set for Oct. 16-21 33<br />
DEPARTMENTS:<br />
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Projection and Sound 10 New Equipment, Developments 30<br />
Refreshment Service 20 About People and Product 36<br />
ON THE COVER<br />
Seville Square, the former Sears, Roebuck & Co. building on the<br />
Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, built some 30 years ago in the<br />
architectural style of the day, has undergone a stunning interior transformation,<br />
with a couple of exterior surprises as well. Two of the most<br />
dynamic aspects of the renovation by the J. C. Nichols Co., developer<br />
of the Plaza, are the atriums, one of which is seen at the far end of<br />
the building. One of the largest tenants in the new shopping complex<br />
is Mid-America Cinema Corp., which opened a 750-seat multiple-unit<br />
theatre.<br />
GARY D. KABRICK, Managing Editor<br />
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The handsome concession center at<br />
Seville Cinema Four, left, features Star<br />
popcorn popper and flavor dispensers,<br />
Tru-Temp popcorn warmer, Sitco drink<br />
dispensers and Scotsman ice machine.<br />
The decor handled under the supervision<br />
of Mrs. Sylvia Stone, the setup<br />
was manufactured by Index Store Fixture,<br />
Kansas City.<br />
Seville Square in KC<br />
Major Tenant in Department Store-Turned<br />
Retail Complex Is Mid-America Cinema Quad<br />
f\ midst a Spanish setting as colorful and exciting as<br />
the image its name is likely to evoke, Seville Cinema Four in<br />
Seville Square lit up its screens on the famed, fashionably elegant<br />
Country Club Plaza in Kansas City recently. It marks a departure<br />
for Mid-America Cinema Corp. from what up to now had been<br />
deluxe suburban situations on the city's periphery. The locally<br />
headquartered circuit now joins American Multi Cinema, another<br />
home-based exhibitor, and Mann Theatres in operating screens<br />
' now showing \<br />
in what is reputed to be "the world's first shopping center."<br />
The imaginatively designed Seville Square is the result of<br />
bold, innovative approach the J. C. Nichols Co., developer of<br />
Plaza, used to transform the former Sears. Roebuck & Co. s<br />
into an intimate multi-tenant shopping complex. Forty-two n<br />
shops are housed on the lower level and first three floors<br />
the fourth floor being reserved for office tenants.<br />
Access from the street to the four auditoriums, located at<br />
A window at the lobby entrant<br />
next to the large "Now Showing<br />
sign, left, looks into one of thn<br />
projection booths at the quadple.<br />
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Consideration for patron comfort, extending even to<br />
what very likely would be a low priority item with any other<br />
theatre—shock absorber supports for air conditioning units<br />
is clearly a distinguishing factor at American Entertainment's<br />
Cinemas West in Wichita, Kas. The unusually designed quadplex<br />
brings to nine the total number of screens the seven-year-old circuit<br />
now operates in Wichita.<br />
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\long Nichols Road, which tuns east and<br />
west along the south side ol Seville Square.<br />
a promenade atmosphere has been created<br />
by removing the former parking lane,<br />
widening the sidewalk and adding a planting<br />
area containing Bradford pear trees. The existing<br />
canopy was modified and lowered to<br />
harmonize with the promenade effect. Informational<br />
kiosks are at either southern<br />
corner of the building, the one in front of<br />
the Seville Cinema entrance featuring theatre<br />
lights and attraction boards for programs<br />
currently playing.<br />
As impressive as the atrium at the corner<br />
of the building, from both within and without,<br />
is the inner atrium created in the central<br />
portion of the structure by removing<br />
part of the second, third, fourth and roof<br />
levels. Planners stair-stepped the levels west<br />
of the atrium, enabling patrons to feel as<br />
Irwin seating, Econo<br />
though they are a part<br />
Pleat wall covering<br />
and Hurley Super-Glo screens<br />
of the expansive area<br />
without having to walk to the edge of each<br />
level.<br />
mounted on Mulone "Floating Screen"<br />
The atrium area extends 8 feet above<br />
the roof and includes 18 translucent light<br />
Ironies are used in the auditoriums at<br />
panels that provide natural lighting to the<br />
West.<br />
interior.<br />
Spanish Motif<br />
jper-Glo models—two at 1 114x25 ft. and<br />
me each at 14x31 ft. and 15x34 ft. Irwin This atrium, an architectural attempt to<br />
.•ating. placed 40 in. apart, has been used, harmonize Seville Square at the western<br />
maturing Chatham fabric nylon in shades edge of the Plaza with the remainder of<br />
|f red. green, brown and purple.<br />
the shopping area, eases the transition from<br />
projection room is L-shaped and shops opening onto streets to shops in the<br />
Teasures 9.\200-ft. In it, too, are familiar interior of the complex.<br />
ldustry names, including Strong Lume-X On each floor a series of arches serves as<br />
tmphouses, Kollmorgen lenses, Ballantyne a unifying link with the Spanish motif that<br />
IP projector systems and Drive-In Theatre so readily identifies the Country Club Plaza.<br />
P-270<br />
These Spanish arches are used in conjunction<br />
with Tiffany light fixtures and mir-<br />
film platters.<br />
rored panels. Miniature lights suspended in<br />
clear vertical tubes on the face of the mirrors<br />
render an effect reminiscent of the<br />
Seville Square—<br />
Plaza lights during the Christmas season.<br />
Continued from page 5 Objects d'art and artifacts in keeping<br />
with the Spanish motif have been used<br />
uditoriums and a long room serving the<br />
throughout the more than 73,000 square<br />
i*o smaller ones. An interesting feature of<br />
feet<br />
le large booth is the interior design<br />
of retail space as well as the 50,000<br />
hich allows one print to be used for both<br />
square feet of winding pedestrian walkways.<br />
Also used extensively are wall graphics,<br />
uditoriums, thus allowing a 350-seat facilmetal<br />
sculptures, wrought-iron works, ceramic<br />
tile accents and live plantings. Cor-<br />
> for a popular attraction.<br />
! Familiar names in the projection booths<br />
ridors are carpeted in deep red, and contrasting<br />
brick, textured plaster and a variety<br />
iclude Drive-In Theatre Mfg. LP-270<br />
latters, Sankor lenses, Cinemeccanica V-4<br />
rejectors, Osram xenon bulbs and Xetron of additional wall treatments create intimate<br />
division, Carbons, Inc.. lamphouses and<br />
charm and provide each area an individual<br />
identity.<br />
Automation.<br />
Project architect for Seville Square was<br />
Soundfold draperies in bright shades of<br />
umpkin. maroon and<br />
Ralph Myers of Kivett & Myers, Kansas<br />
red—continuing the<br />
'lor scheme used in the<br />
City. Norwood Oliver of Norwood Oliver<br />
lobby—lend eye<br />
ppeal to the auditoriums as well as im- Desgn Associates, New York, was interior<br />
Ortant sound conditioning. Seating is Masby'l<br />
\1S-1 rocker model with long-wearing acquire many of the art objects used in the<br />
designer. Both men traveled to Mexico to<br />
is Ion upholstery on scat, back and armrests. complex.<br />
on c* creens are by Hurley.<br />
One of the unusual aspects of the setup<br />
Parking for theatre patrons, as well as of Seville Square, which is a departure from<br />
eville inee Square shoppers, is easily accessible general shopping center leasing arrangements,<br />
is that the J. C. Nichols Co. design-<br />
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a 500-car outdoor theatre. A joint venture involving Midland Theatres, Midland,<br />
and Video Independent Theatres, Oklahoma City, Okla., Cinema Park will occupy<br />
part of a l2'/2-acre tract where the Fiesta Drive-In now exists. The old<br />
ozoner will be razed. Completion of the complex is expected by year's end. Plans<br />
for Cinema Park, which was designed by Whitaker & Hall architects and engineers,<br />
Lubbock, call for sharing of a common concessions center and platter-equipped<br />
projection booth. The first twin slated for Midland, Cinema Park is thought to be<br />
the first of its kind in West Texas, and possibly the first in the entire state, Paul E.<br />
Cornwell, Video Theatres vice-president in charge of operations, pointed out. The<br />
project has been under consideration for several years, according to Mrs. J.<br />
Howard Hodge, who operated Midland Theatres with her late husband for four<br />
decades. She said the decision to proceed was spurred by the continued growth of<br />
Midland and the location of Midland College and the new Midland Theatre<br />
Centre nearby. Bernard McKenna, general manager of Midland Theatres, will<br />
supervise the construction.<br />
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The ground-breaking date for the $4.5-<br />
illion parking garage theatre complex<br />
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juncil at odds as to who will referee the<br />
itcome. The site has been dormant for a<br />
umber of years, but the heavy crowds of<br />
;destrians the rejuvenated Faneuil Hall<br />
[arketplace has been attracting has made<br />
:veloper interest in the area soar.<br />
The Beal-Sack-Edison proposal, designed<br />
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the only one that focuses on theatre use<br />
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ould increase shopper traffic within the<br />
nerging market centers even more. Inuded<br />
in the semi-circular design of the<br />
.implex is a parcel depot area, which would<br />
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70mm projector, the<br />
U-4 35mm model is<br />
very similar. For example,<br />
Wesley Trout<br />
adjustment<br />
procedures for the<br />
film path, projector head, optical sound<br />
unit and Iamphouse are applicable to both<br />
projectors.<br />
As a functional examination, check the<br />
oil level in the window at the rear of the<br />
projector mechanism. During standstill,<br />
the<br />
oil inspection window must show a filling<br />
of three-fourths. The oil level must never<br />
reach the top edge of the oil level indicator<br />
window. Remember to use only the very<br />
finest projector oil for maximum operation<br />
efficiency and longer wear of moving parts.<br />
Periodically examine all the sprockets<br />
for teeth wear. Worn sprockets not only<br />
can cause picture jump but also can damage<br />
film. Sprockets should be cleaned every<br />
day with a stiff-bristle tooth brush moistened<br />
with a little cleaning solvent.<br />
Check the idle rollers that hold the film<br />
on the takeup and feed sprockets to see that<br />
they run smoothly and are clean. Make sure<br />
all rollers turn freely so that they will not<br />
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the distance between them and the sproclfl<br />
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pieces<br />
of film.<br />
There must be no play in the focusul<br />
mechanism for all three film formats. ApplJ<br />
some lubricant, such as Vaseline, to<br />
shaft of the lens turret.<br />
Be sure to check the drive belt for<br />
proper tension and alignment, also notin<br />
that it is in good condition and operate|<br />
smoothly.<br />
Rotate the sound drum on the opticd<br />
sound unit to make sure it runs smoothll<br />
and does not have any binds. This is eij<br />
tremely important for good sound reprodud<br />
tion. Keep this unit clean and free of an|<br />
dirt or dust.<br />
Another check is the alignment of<br />
rollers in the optical sound system. Makj<br />
sure they run freely.<br />
We recommend that you clean the prd<br />
jection lens and the sound optic every daj<br />
with a small brush, wiping clean with led<br />
tissue. Clean the condenser lens in the led<br />
holder. Remove the solar cell from tlj<br />
optical sound unit and wipe clean once<br />
awhile.<br />
Note: When replacing the solar cell,<br />
push it in firmly to the end stop.<br />
Occasionally check the functioning of tl<br />
braking roller in front of the optical soun<br />
unit. The proper adjustment of the brakir<br />
roller and the guide rollers of the sour<br />
unit is ensured when the compensatir<br />
roller on the sound drum remains more <<br />
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NfS facts of life<br />
The Simplex "Entertainer<br />
other projection syste<br />
( . . . and<br />
at a lower cost to you, too)<br />
HERE'S WHY:<br />
THE SIMPLEX ENTERTAINER VS. Consoles:<br />
USE THIS OR ANY OTHER CHECKLIST<br />
<strong>TO</strong> COMPARE THE SIMPLEX ENTERTAINER<br />
WITH ALL OTHER "COMPLETE" SYSTEMS<br />
Consoles: Difficult to get to each part, since they are<br />
"locked in" to the cabinet.<br />
The Entertainer: Lamphouse and power supply are positioned<br />
so that they are immediately and easily accessible<br />
for repair . . . they<br />
are cooler and more efficient to operate.<br />
Consoles: Difficult or impossible to move into many<br />
booths without dis-assembling.<br />
The Entertainer: Completely pre-wired and factory tested,<br />
but made up of component parts ... allows for easy access<br />
to any normal booth.<br />
THE SIMPLEX ENTERTAINER VS. Foreign-made Systems:<br />
Foreign-made: Require parts and supplies like any other<br />
system, but you may find yourself 3,000 or more miles<br />
removed from a source of supply, and they'll cost more.<br />
The Entertainer: Has the shortest "pipeline" for parts,<br />
supplies, service. They're as close as your nearest NTS<br />
branch.<br />
THE SIMPLEX ENTERTAINER VS. All other Systems:<br />
All other systems: Some boast of having "the only complete<br />
system." (One competitor talks of a "complete package"<br />
but fails to mention that their package is minus automation<br />
and minus sound amplification. How "complete"?)<br />
The Entertainer: We admit that there is no one system that<br />
is totally complete. But The Entertainer is /ncomplete only<br />
in that we offer you your own choice of power supply,<br />
lamphouse and platter.<br />
All Other Systems: Rely on outside service organizations<br />
for supplies, distribution, repair and replacement of parts,<br />
etc.<br />
The Entertainer: Is manufactured and distributed by the<br />
Simplex division of National Theatre Supply, the only<br />
manufacturer-distributor with our own factory -trained personnel;<br />
technicians, engineers and supply sources— all<br />
readily available in strategic locations throughout the U.S.<br />
THE SIMPLEX<br />
ENTERTAINER<br />
Installation:<br />
Pre-wired for all functions, including lamphouse<br />
and power supply<br />
Self-contained<br />
Quick-connect<br />
Internal circuit-breaker box<br />
Lowest possible installation costs<br />
Shortest possible installation time: 2 hrs. maximum<br />
in any normal situation<br />
Maintenance:<br />
Easiest possible maintenance<br />
Once-a-year oil change on projector<br />
Projector:<br />
Simplex has not been matched by anyone for<br />
quality or dependability for over 50 years<br />
Continuous projector operation and therefore<br />
continuous operation of entire system<br />
Shutter:<br />
Adjustable conical shutter, positioned close to<br />
picture aperture, provides extremely high<br />
light efficiency<br />
Runs at a slower speed, with less resultant<br />
wear-and-tear<br />
Feed Sprockets:<br />
Upper and lower sprockets have 24 teeth each,<br />
reducing shaft speeds to prolong operating<br />
life, permitting smooth wrap-around and lessening<br />
danger of splice breakage<br />
Automation:<br />
Simplex offers a lifetime parts guarantee!<br />
Easy to increase capability of automation: easy<br />
add-on, offering as many additional automatic<br />
functions for auditorium as you like<br />
Modular:<br />
A completely modular system, composed of<br />
time-tested, proven components. Can anyone<br />
match our precision built, forever enduring<br />
components?<br />
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M ual:<br />
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'jmplete manual "override" for each function<br />
parately<br />
FiSafe:<br />
^hplete fail-safe device built in, in case of film<br />
reakage<br />
In 'mission:<br />
Prides automatic intermission capability so<br />
.stomers need never be left sitting in the dark if<br />
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Sr -show capability, so you can have an<br />
ssion m the middle of a long picture without<br />
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R, 1 Arms:<br />
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ig reel our platter/platter of your choice<br />
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Reflectors<br />
Projection and Sound—<br />
Continued from page 10<br />
less in its medium position, that is to say,<br />
when it swings out toward either side to the<br />
same degree.<br />
Check the loop former while the film<br />
runs. Holding the small knurled part reduces<br />
the loop; holding the big knurled part enlarges<br />
the loop above the Maltese cross intermittent<br />
sprocket.<br />
In order to exchange the plastic guide<br />
rollers, remove the locking discs from the<br />
shafts and take off the rollers. Clean the<br />
rollers which do not run smoothly and put<br />
lubrication on the roller shafts before<br />
a little<br />
replacing them. Keep the rollers free of dust<br />
and dirt.<br />
Takeup Sprocket<br />
The takeup sprocket is mounted onto the<br />
shaft of the takeup bearing together with<br />
loop former. To remove the takeup sprocket<br />
together with loop former, lift the lay-on<br />
roller, turning the knurled screw of the loop<br />
former until the hexagon socket screw becomes<br />
visible behind a hole in the sprocket.<br />
Then remove the screw entirely and take off<br />
the loop former together with the takeup<br />
sprocket. When replacing these parts, watch<br />
that the driving pin of the loop former engages<br />
with the corresponding bore in the<br />
sprocket.<br />
To remove the intermittent sprocket,<br />
turn the inching wheel until the intermittent<br />
sprocket comes to a standstill and then<br />
loosen the conical screw. Give the inching<br />
wheel another quarter-turn to prevent any<br />
damage to the Maltese cross. This should be<br />
done even after the intermittent sprocket<br />
has come to a standstill. As an additional<br />
precautionary safety move to prevent damage<br />
to the Maltese cross, hold this sprocket<br />
while loosening the screw. When replacing<br />
the intermittent sprocket, watch that the<br />
fixing pin on the intermittent shaft engages<br />
with the groove in the intermittent sprocket.<br />
Then, push the sprocket inward and up to<br />
the stop,<br />
tightening the retaining screw very<br />
carefully and without too much force.<br />
To adjust the upper roller holder on the<br />
projector head, loosen the clamping screw<br />
of the roller shaft to a point where it<br />
cannot be moved any more. Then, turn the<br />
shaft laterally so that the film does not<br />
buckle on either side of the roller holder.<br />
To exchange the plastic or velvet bands<br />
on the aperture holder, first open the film<br />
gate, loosen the socket screw and remove<br />
the aperture holder. Release the tension on<br />
the band by loosening the knurled screw.<br />
Loosen the hexagon socket screw of the<br />
clamping plate at the bottom of the aperture<br />
holder. Then, remove the bottom end of<br />
the bands and then the top ends.<br />
When installing new bands, first fit them<br />
into the top clamping lever. Clamp them<br />
tightly by means of the clamping plate after<br />
applying some pre-tension by hand. After<br />
installing the new bands, make sure that the<br />
respective tensioning springs fit into the<br />
respective grooves in the clamping bolt<br />
Then watch that the clamping bolt is prop<br />
erly seated in the clamping levers.<br />
When the film runs, tighten the bands to<br />
a point where perfect picture steadiness with<br />
a minimum of film running noise is guaran<br />
teed. If, during projection, it should become<br />
obvious that the tensioning bands cannot be<br />
sufficiently tightened, exchange the tensioning<br />
spring in the aperture holder. Excess<br />
tension may damage the perforations oi<br />
1<br />
even cause a film break. On the other hand<br />
insufficient tension will cause unsatisfactory<br />
picture steadiness. It is important, therefore<br />
to make adjustments as instructed. Then<br />
should be just enough tension to hold thi<br />
picture steady on the screen.<br />
Removing the aperture holder is accomp<br />
lished by first removing the film gate an<<br />
then loosening the hexagon socket screv<br />
dler<br />
Continued on page U<br />
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The MODERN THEATRE SECTIC<br />
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: els,<br />
! "To<br />
"<br />
Joe Kelly bought<br />
live BAUERs-and then<br />
[fourteen more.Why?<br />
Mr. Kelly has been in the<br />
equipment business for twenty-five years.<br />
His comments on BAUER:<br />
Joe Kelly<br />
••\A/e bought the first<br />
five<br />
¥ ¥ bauer projectors be-<br />
.use the booth we were equipping<br />
id a low ceiling" says Mr. Kelly.<br />
The bauer U3 accepted 6.500 foot<br />
and it was an inch over five<br />
et high, with vertical reels!'<br />
Surprised<br />
"I'm a bug on image quality —<br />
id when I installed those five<br />
achines, I was surprised and imessed.<br />
Here's what happened:<br />
using the SMPTE target film as a<br />
guide. Standing inches from the<br />
screen that day, I could see a<br />
steady, highly-defined image! No<br />
weaving or breathing!'<br />
Showmanship<br />
"If a show is sequenced properly,<br />
the audience thinks more<br />
highly of that theater. Smooth intermission<br />
and show-start cycles —<br />
slow music fadeouts, the house<br />
lights fully dimmed before the picture<br />
hits the screen!'<br />
Finesse<br />
"That takes finesse" says Mr.<br />
Kelly. "There's no such thing as<br />
complete automation. But with the<br />
bauer, we can streamline all the<br />
repetitive functions — which makes<br />
the theater look good!'<br />
Reliable<br />
"Those five original machines<br />
have been going fourteen hours a<br />
day for a year now — and we've had<br />
no complaints!'<br />
Inches Away<br />
cut the aperture masks<br />
eeisely, I always tape the format<br />
intensions right on the screen,<br />
Uncanny<br />
"The bauer's degree of image<br />
registration and focus stability was<br />
uncanny" says Mr. Kelly. "So we<br />
bought fourteen more of them, for<br />
other installations. High ceilings in<br />
those — so I wasn't buying the projector<br />
for its compactness any more!<br />
Pre-packaged<br />
"The bauer comes pre-packaged<br />
as a unit, which is a big help.<br />
We don't have to do as much surgery!<br />
And I find these machines<br />
easy to adapt to our own automation<br />
systems — which definitely enhances<br />
showmanship.'<br />
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Continued from peine 14<br />
and withdrawing the aperture holder without<br />
twisting or tilting it. To install it, simply<br />
follow the reverse order.<br />
Exchange the film gate by pressing the<br />
latch and lifting it out together with the<br />
pivoting shaft. When replacing it, watch<br />
that the film gate is adjusted in accordance<br />
with the intermittent<br />
sprocket and the aperure<br />
holder. Be sure to insert the pivoting<br />
shaft before installing<br />
the film gate.<br />
Film Ciate Adjustment<br />
The film gate can be adjusted only while<br />
the film runs through the projector. It is<br />
easier to adjust the gate by using a small<br />
mirror to see how the film passes along the<br />
Maltese cross intermittent sprocket. The<br />
outer edges of the sprocket must be clearly<br />
off the outer edges of the perforations. Adjust<br />
the film gate by shifting it on the pivoting<br />
shaft. For this purpose, loosen the socket<br />
screw which retains the film gate on the<br />
pivoting shaft. There is not much play for<br />
adjustment, but little as it is, it nevertheless<br />
will be sufficient for proper adjustment.<br />
After adjusting the gate, be sure to tighten<br />
the hexagon socket screw, otherwise the<br />
film gate may be accidentally shifted laterally<br />
during removal or installation.<br />
When adjusting the guide rollers above<br />
the film gate, the front half of the roller,<br />
which serves as a stop for the film run,<br />
must be adjusted in such a way that the<br />
roller touches the film slightly. For this<br />
purpose, loosen the set screw and shift the<br />
whole shaft together with the roller. The<br />
rear half of the guide roller must press the<br />
film against the front half so that it touches<br />
the shoulder of the front half. If the film<br />
should buckle, reduce the spring pressure<br />
of the leaf spring by means of the nut<br />
there.<br />
To exchange the felt rings in the takeup<br />
bearing, loosen the sockethead screw and<br />
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remove the friction assembly. Undo tl<br />
four screws on the flange of the frictic<br />
wheel and remove the pressure disc. Witl<br />
draw the felt ring from the flange of tl<br />
friction wheel and install a new felt ring<br />
needed. Reassemble in the reverse order.<br />
There are a number of hints one rat<br />
pursue to facilitate the search for the sour<br />
of disturbing running noise in the project<br />
head.<br />
Remove the covers at the rear of t<br />
projector mechanism and the support. Th<br />
remove the V-shaped belt for the takei<br />
friction.<br />
Remove the toothed belt for the sup[<br />
drive and the takeup sprocket and— in:<br />
much as it is built in—take out the toofhl<br />
belt for the drive of the magnetic soul<br />
unit. If the disturbing noise is no lonjr<br />
apparent, the source of the noise trouble,<br />
to be found in the areas just cleared<br />
the event the noise continues after siji<br />
dismantling, the source of the noise trou<br />
is located in the areas of the driving mot<br />
the intermediate bearing, or in the Malt<br />
cross arrangement.<br />
Synchroflex<br />
Belt<br />
With regard to the Synchroflex belt, e<br />
toothed belts must be adjusted with the d<br />
of the intermediate bearing in such man:r<br />
that they run smoothly and silently in c<br />
middle of the Synchroflex wheels. To tijten<br />
the toothed belts, adjust the eccenic<br />
bearings in which the supply and takjp<br />
shafts run. For this purpose, loosen \e<br />
hexagon socket screw for the supply sift<br />
within the projector mechanism. ie<br />
mounting screw for the takeup shaft is<br />
located at the front of the sound optal<br />
unit. There is access from the outside.<br />
The motor's toothed belt alignment atie<br />
idling gear bearing is guaranteed by adjiting<br />
the outer belt and the V-shaped lit.<br />
Adjusting the belt tightness is accomplish<br />
by way of the belt tightening arrangennl<br />
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manufacturer. For such adjusting, i<br />
is necessary to loosen the socket head scre\<br />
and lo adjust the belt tightener until propc<br />
tightness is obtained. The running of th<br />
toothed belt may be slightly impaired b<br />
the belt tightener.<br />
Note: Belt tension must by no means<br />
be tightened to a point where the rubber<br />
bearing of the motor is not shifted<br />
and that the toothed belt does not come<br />
off the synchroflex wheel of the motor.<br />
The tension of the toothed belt for th<br />
magnetic sound unit is also adjusted with<br />
belt tightener. Make sure this belt also is ac<br />
justed to<br />
the proper tension.<br />
V-Belt<br />
Adjustment<br />
The mounted V-belt should have a littl<br />
play. Adjustments have to be made by shif<br />
ing the tapered disc on the idling gear bea<br />
ing. First remove the V-belt and the tapere<br />
disc of the idling gear bearing. If the tei<br />
sion is too low, remove the washers betwee<br />
the two tapered discs so that the V-belt<br />
further tightened. On the other hand, if th<br />
tension is too high, put more washers b<<br />
tween the two tapered discs. Such adjus<br />
ments should always be made at all thn<br />
supporting points of the outer tapered dis<br />
When adjusting the position of the idlir<br />
gear bearing, make sure that the prop<<br />
tension is restored on the toothed belt<br />
Shift the idling gear bearing only in tl<br />
direction of the motor inasmuch as tl<br />
screwing will permit.<br />
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Note: High belt tension of all belts or<br />
any single belt makes the mechanism<br />
run hard. This may cause the centrifugal<br />
switch on the motor to delay for<br />
more than three seconds.<br />
In order to be able to remove the Sy<br />
chroflex wheel on the supply shaft fro<br />
projectors fitted with a magnetic sound un,<br />
remove the three screws and shift the re'<br />
Synchroflex wheel toward the gearing. It I<br />
then possible to reach the slotted-he:<br />
screw with which the big Synchroflex wht<br />
is mounted onto the supply shaft. Nc<br />
loosen the slotted-head screw and remo:<br />
the Synchroflex wheel. The wheel is reistalled<br />
in the reverse order, of course.<br />
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When changing the film format, the:<br />
must not be any play in the focusing ;-<br />
rangement after the lens turret has intichanged<br />
the lenses. To adjust the focus ;-<br />
rangement, loosen the counter set screw I-<br />
low the lens mount. It is possible, then, )<br />
adjust the set screw so that the engagi;<br />
latch catches barely but safely. Then secU<br />
this adjustment with the aid of the oppos;<br />
counter screw. This procedure is the sat:<br />
for all positions of the lens turret.<br />
The lens guide rod and lens guide rail aj<br />
factory-adjusted to be parallel and are p-<br />
fectly aligned to the aperture by way of ts<br />
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Team Concept in Employee Relations<br />
Vital for Sound Theatre Management<br />
By<br />
ALLEN M. WIDEM<br />
Psychology, psychiatry and the<br />
social sciences have pointed to the need for<br />
objectivity in hiring and firing personnel,<br />
and while that may seem light years away<br />
from modern-day cinema management<br />
modus operandi, the alert management<br />
executive aware of the need for a best-footforward<br />
stance at all times will take heed<br />
of such a concept.<br />
Cashier, doorman, usher, refreshment<br />
stand attendant—they all are in the forefront,<br />
in the public's view, so to speak, and<br />
the manner in which they conduct themselves<br />
is a continuing reflection of management's<br />
outlook. An attentive cashier is a<br />
positive influence, certainly, whereas a<br />
bored, gum-chewing slouch is a business<br />
deterrent.<br />
Personnel turnover is as inevitable as a<br />
reflex motion: a woman leaves to have a<br />
baby, someone else returns to college, a<br />
doorman retires. Replacing personnel is not<br />
to be accomplished in a fleeting moment.<br />
A search-and-seek evaluation must be accompanied<br />
by a manager's consideration<br />
for immediate needs, long-range projection<br />
of how important a staff post is and how<br />
important that staff post can prove to be in<br />
providing management-calibre training.<br />
Through the years, many cinema managers<br />
have found that the soundest rationale<br />
to be applied in finding a replacement is<br />
personal recommendation—a retiree knows<br />
of someone who is looking for a job; a<br />
cashier recalls someone working in a similar<br />
capacity in the retail field. The potential<br />
is<br />
endless.<br />
Another avenue used with varying degrees<br />
of effectiveness is the classified advertising<br />
section of the local newspaper.<br />
Ten to 15 words should be more than ample<br />
to alert a classified ad page reader to a<br />
job availability. From that point, it is up<br />
to the manager or alternate to determine if<br />
the applicant is (1) sincere in seeking a<br />
theatre job; (2) a malcontent with a track<br />
record of drifting from one niche to another;<br />
(3) desirous of finding a job to fit the<br />
hours he or she thinks are best in which to<br />
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Job interviews should be conducted,<br />
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well as anybody else!<br />
While a job application should contain<br />
the basics of the individual's lifestyle, conversation<br />
can illuminate doubts—traffic violations?<br />
misdemeanor/ felony charges? alimony<br />
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These are questions to consider. The latter<br />
can be significant, especially for a single<br />
unit or complex situated beyond conventional<br />
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Job interview conversation should touch<br />
on personal likes and dislikes as far as movie<br />
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about motion pictures he or she likes i<<br />
sound, since you are selling a glamorous<br />
product, and if the applicant goes to work<br />
for you, disinterest can ofttimes be reflectec<br />
in dour countenances. Seeking to eliminate<br />
the routine and stress the very excitemen<br />
of cinema operation can go a long way t(<br />
infuse touches of ebullience.<br />
Taking on an individual who has driftec<br />
repeatedly from job to job without any dis'<br />
cernible reason beyond the need to dawdli<br />
through life poses a problem in more way<br />
than one. This is the kind of person whi<br />
can inadvertently instill disappointmen<br />
within other staff members. Ergo, "Wh;<br />
1<br />
should you guys work Saturday night whei<br />
everybody else'll be going out?", "Can'<br />
this crummy place pay more dough thai<br />
we're<br />
getting?"<br />
Job Switching<br />
Personnel recruiting specialists<br />
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jobs may well provide wider experienc<br />
and help limit career stagnation, but a back<br />
ground of job-hopping is not to be note'<br />
casually. The differential involved is whet?<br />
er the person decided to leave a job becaus<br />
of lack of career advancement, or perhap<br />
was too anxious to seek a higher salan<br />
The latter situation does not necessaril<br />
mean inefficiency as much as it reflects<br />
desire to better one's self, and under sue<br />
circumstances, hiring the person and keep<br />
ing in mind that the person wants to bette<br />
himself or herself are well and good pre<br />
vided you have a job a notch or two abov<br />
what the initial assignment calls for.<br />
When it comes to salary, the minimui<br />
federal wage law applies, of course. Beyon<br />
that, however, the bottom line figure i<br />
most assuredly, dependent on backgroum<br />
skills, span and significance of the positio<br />
involved. Young people must be reminde<br />
that nights and weekends are part of a the;<br />
tre's operating hours and X-dollars per hoi<br />
can be paid for a working week. To kee<br />
a promising young person working, manai<br />
ers have found it prudent to fluctuate worl<br />
ing schedules—someone with front-offk<br />
potential should not be made to report evei<br />
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tain a young person's career interest in<br />
ihibition,<br />
is vital, and it ought to become a<br />
.hi with which a manager is familiar.<br />
Once a pei son goes on your payroll, it is<br />
irise business move to chat with that perm<br />
on a regular hasis. How is the job goig?<br />
Can it be improved as far as manage-<br />
,eiit application is concerned? Are there<br />
n good ideas to make the job more prolicide?<br />
What has a patron said lately that<br />
i. ,\ contribute to more business-building<br />
>r the theatre? Making an individual feel<br />
e or she is part of a team can be reflected<br />
i a more spirited and enthusiastic staff OUtiok.<br />
Attentive<br />
Managing<br />
On a busy weekend night, the attentive<br />
leatre manager takes time to get behind<br />
le counter at<br />
the refreshment stand to help<br />
ut at peak customer moments, asking the<br />
ashier .i<br />
if there is enough money—small<br />
ange and bills—with which to handle<br />
jade. This should be done, it ought to be<br />
mphasized, without the attendant having to<br />
..•quest it. The manager also should stroll<br />
(own the aisles, making mental notes of<br />
ow well customers are being treated. In<br />
ssence, he or she should be maintaining a<br />
igh profile, should be making the manaerial<br />
presence known. In so doing, there<br />
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,<br />
Objectivity is the name of the game.<br />
jJever talk down to staffers, regardless of<br />
many pressing problems are at hand.<br />
..isten and observe, responding when somehing<br />
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nandatory for successful and progressive<br />
heatre management.<br />
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Manager Stock<br />
IVlaintain. as defined by the<br />
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teep in existence, preserve, retain, et al,<br />
ind alludes to capability in terms of the<br />
quality of being capable of a quality that<br />
an be developed or used, competent, able.<br />
Nobody becomes an overnight expert in<br />
;mything—despite what has been said,<br />
writen<br />
or demonstrated through recorded time.<br />
Nobody can rightfully claim expertise in<br />
component of a given field, industry,<br />
profession or craft. It follows, certainly.<br />
hat the novice, the aspirant, can be all too<br />
easily overwhelmed by what has to be ab-<br />
'•orbed. what has to be remembered. The<br />
pne-step-at-a-time concept has proved work-<br />
'ble in the past; it can work indeed today!<br />
It goes without saying, moreover, that<br />
;very working cinema manager in the U.S.,<br />
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nis or her niche in some way—as doormen.<br />
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program of theatre equipment training seminars<br />
offered by Eprad, Inc., Toledo. The company's<br />
first program in its current series attracted a capacity<br />
turnout, drawing from as far as Huntsville.<br />
Ala. Shown on "graduation day" with Al<br />
Boudottris, Eprad president, al far right, and<br />
Barry Zadigian, vice-president of marketing,<br />
fourth from right, grouped behind the firm's<br />
Dbl-Mttt Universal film handling device, are<br />
Eprad representatives, dealers and theatre operators.<br />
Manager S/oc/c-l<br />
Continued from page 2<br />
ushers, boxoffice or concession stand aide<br />
They did break in, however, and findin<br />
lhal the industry was much to their likin;<br />
have continued in motion picture managi<br />
ment. On occasion, a projectionist h;<br />
found a manager's job more satisfying, an<br />
a manager has found a projectionist's<br />
1<br />
jc<br />
more rewarding.<br />
How do they develop, and, for that ma<br />
lei, maintain capability, competency? Ho<br />
much dedication, durability is involved?<br />
Alertness, amiability, adaptability—the<br />
are three important guidelines in the studii<br />
view of lifelong theatre management exe<br />
utive Paul Macbeath. His most immedia<br />
past trade link has been as manager of t'<br />
E.M. Loew's Farmington Drive-In, Bristi<br />
Conn.<br />
"Not by standing still and being satisfy<br />
have men and women reached manager<br />
status," he tells The Modern Theatre.<br />
They have to keep learning and they c.<br />
learn something daily—weekly— month<br />
Macbeath observes, by listening to a ci<br />
tomer or a moviegoer. Even a child cj<br />
teach an elder something he or she wl<br />
never forget. Take, for example, a ch I<br />
choking on a piece of candy. Can the m;-<br />
ager handle such a serious situation url<br />
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To Macbeath's view, a modern-day thetre<br />
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Just what is a modern-day theatre man-<br />
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"So, in essence," Macbeath continues,<br />
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n 'opener' and a 'closer' and tries not to<br />
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"If a manager is an employee of a circuit,<br />
he or she makes it a practice, even<br />
[if it is a day-off, to get to significant meetlings,<br />
gatherings, both trade and public, to<br />
[listen, to hear, to absorb. You cannot run<br />
a motion picture theatre today in a vacuum.<br />
;And anybody taking such a stance is soon<br />
;to be in for a rude, awakening shock. Suddenly,<br />
it's 1977, and a lot that's never happened<br />
before is happening now.<br />
"A manager pridefully discusses product<br />
with the public, taking care not to knock<br />
!the opposition, or, for that matter, the<br />
product on his or her own screen. The public<br />
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Manager Stock-J<br />
Continued from page 2.<br />
may exult in scorn and ridicule in a comic'<br />
monolog. but the public is not about t<br />
'go' with a loser, a chronic whining ir<br />
dividual all too quick to single out fault<br />
and failures.<br />
"A manager—and I learned this 50 yeai<br />
ago!—makes a point of listening, constant!<br />
listening. A manager observes other me<br />
chants—and we. after all, are merchani<br />
in that we are selling entertainment of |<br />
singularly unique identity—and how th
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iut Were the Good<br />
)| Days That Great?<br />
By<br />
GLENN BERGGREN<br />
Mintage equipment always has its<br />
fenders, those who fondly recall how<br />
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great the good ol'<br />
days were. But, really,<br />
who is kidding<br />
whom?<br />
193d Pierce-<br />
\rrow automobile I<br />
owned many years<br />
ago was nearly indestructible;<br />
so were<br />
the Brenkert and<br />
Monograph projectors.<br />
The Pierce-Arrow<br />
had two interest-<br />
Glenn Berggren<br />
lg inputs. First, it typified a generous<br />
mount of engineering, par excellence. In<br />
'ther words, it was over designed along<br />
.ith too many features. Second, it embodied<br />
.ire craftsmanship and assembly, which<br />
neans it was put together with great care<br />
nd test run many times. The same can be<br />
aid of the Brenkert and Motiograph proectors.<br />
5<br />
According to the author, this customdesigned<br />
1936 Pierce-Arrow was a<br />
powerfully built. 6.000-lh. engineering<br />
dream, which also had an insatiable<br />
appetite for gasoline.<br />
But today, the Piercc-Arrow is nearly<br />
impossible to service because repair parts<br />
re difficult to obtain, if not impossible.<br />
With today's fuel costs being what they<br />
'are, the cost of operating it would be projhibitive,<br />
since gas mileage was terrible. Fur-<br />
|thermore. when new, the Pierce-Arrow cost<br />
'ten times the price of a deluxe Ford. This,<br />
by the way. just might explain why Ford<br />
is Mill with us and Pierce-Arrow is not.<br />
V-ain, the same can be said of the Brenkert<br />
Motiograph.<br />
iand<br />
True, they don't build them like they<br />
'•nee did; and, it's a good thing, because<br />
couldn't afford them if they did. Imag-<br />
ine a deluxe automobile today that had a<br />
price tag ten times that of a new Ford, the<br />
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New spring-loaded bridge<br />
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out ready for nc\t Splice.<br />
Perfect registration fast. The CIRO<br />
makes its own perforations in the splicing tape,<br />
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Li><br />
the cui film along the<br />
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ills position pins hold the ends in<br />
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A perfect splice. Tape perfs<br />
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In ltfmm, both tape edges are<br />
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No frame loss<br />
If you change the cut, there's<br />
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Instant repairs<br />
Broken sprocket-holes can be<br />
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Repairs: Torn print at left<br />
Broken sprocket holes, right.<br />
Easily through the gate<br />
A cement splice almost doubles<br />
th film's thickness at that point.<br />
CIRO tape nn both sides of the film<br />
increases it from about 72/1000<br />
inch to 75/1000 inch! (Horizontal<br />
editing machines let you use tape<br />
on one side only.) CIRO splices run<br />
through projectors smoothly.<br />
Looks better on screen<br />
Because every CIRO splice is<br />
perfectly registered, the image<br />
doesn't weave as it goes through the<br />
gate. With CIRO tape, the clean,<br />
straight sides of the tape run across<br />
the film — not a torn-off, serrated<br />
section. So dirt doesn't stick.<br />
Tape two-thirds cheaper<br />
Because it's not perforated,<br />
high-quality CIRO tape costs about<br />
a third the price of pre-perforated<br />
tape. Not a big item — but it adds<br />
up. After about thirty rolls, your<br />
tape savings have paid for the<br />
splicer. (CIRO tape, incidentally, is<br />
guaranteed not to telescope.)<br />
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Overall, the CIRO is built to<br />
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If it's a matter of<br />
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Good Or Days?-<br />
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small Thunderbird for '77, for example,<br />
new Pierce-Arrow, if available, would co:<br />
$60,000, minimum. Want one?<br />
It's about the same problem if Moti<<br />
graph or Brenkert were manufactured t<br />
day. Sure, they were built ruggedly, wit<br />
over-sized bearings. How easy a tims<br />
though, do you have getting parts for th<br />
good ol' Motiograph model K.<br />
There is yet another factor in all of th<br />
that most people miss. Older equipmen<br />
billed as "good as new." means that som<<br />
one has reconditioned it so that it is ;<br />
good as when it was new in 1936, or sorr<br />
similar year. This assumes, of course, th;<br />
the restorer did a thorough job, and th<br />
his methods were totally equivalent to tl'<br />
original precision factory equipment ar<br />
methods. This is quite an assumption,<br />
might point out. Now then, once we ha'<br />
thj restored antique, are we to believe th<br />
there have been no new developments sini<br />
1936?<br />
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• High speed ticketing increases customer flow<br />
• Tamper-proof non-resettable counters provide<br />
instant analysis of tickets issued<br />
• Last ticket feature automatically locks before last<br />
few tickets pass through<br />
• Unit can be easily reloaded without<br />
interrupting sales<br />
• Adaptable to your requirements for ticket design<br />
• Full year warranty<br />
Call your dealer or write<br />
Years of Dependable Ticketing<br />
CONSOLIDATED ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING CORP.<br />
1515 MELROSE LANE P.O. BOX 105<br />
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This vintage Powers projector setu\<br />
still is in constant use today in a smal<br />
Kansas town. Next month, we'll featur<br />
the owner's testimonial for its "top.<br />
performance.<br />
Consider the Pierce-Arrow again. Sie,<br />
it had totally automatic starting, a lighin<br />
the trunk and overdrive. Unavailable, tin,<br />
were automatic transmissions, high-ciflpression<br />
engines, production versions of<br />
over-head valve engine designs, elecic<br />
convertible tops. 5,000-mile oil changes, id<br />
so on, and so on. True, the Brenkert id<br />
Motiograph were tough, but, ar:n't tire<br />
advantages with water-cooled gates, cuied<br />
gate shoes, 4-in. diameter lens mounts, irgate<br />
film stabilizers, infra-red heat filrs,<br />
single-lens<br />
concept automatic changers, nd<br />
The MODERN THEATRE SEC13N
. During<br />
!<br />
imnerable other items that have come<br />
tout hi just the past 10 years?<br />
Bver try to buy a rebuilt 20-year-old film<br />
latter, or a used 4,000-watt xenon lampouve<br />
from 1950? How about the proper<br />
jel amis with excellent takeups for 28-in.<br />
•eb? How about anything to prevent film<br />
unage?<br />
Considering film damage alone, tests and<br />
ivestigations seem to indicate that much<br />
I the damage being reported today is a<br />
J.'sult of two instanees—large reels with<br />
idden startups and misaligned film gates.<br />
my most recent trip to California.<br />
tested the studio guides on a new pro-<br />
SCtor, rebuilt for a special purpose, and<br />
i.uind that neither guide even touched the<br />
ilm. When a crooked splice came through.<br />
simply caused a run-off. which in turn<br />
>re up the film. Terrific! Too, I'm sure<br />
reryone has seen the fast starts of the large<br />
eel units, where wornout or poorly design-<br />
(d lower takeups resulted in the film snaping<br />
in the first 15 seconds of the run.<br />
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Inferior<br />
Lenses<br />
The story is the same with lenses, they<br />
Living progressed from the old four-elenent<br />
Petzval lenses of the '30s into the<br />
iiuich-improved six-element lenses by<br />
Jausch & Lomb or Kollmorgen. The sixtlement<br />
lenses are anastigmat and fully<br />
l-olor corrected in addition to being manu-<br />
'actured under exacting controls for other<br />
optical corrections. Today, however, about<br />
SO per cent of all new lenses sold in this<br />
ountry are cheaply designed four-element<br />
enses. We are returning to the '30s, and be<br />
issured. the guy in the front row knows all<br />
ibout<br />
it.<br />
I sold the Pierce-Arrow for $400 in 1952,<br />
nd still wish I had it. It would be worth<br />
ibout SI 0.000 today—not for everyday use,<br />
if course, just as a collector's item. The<br />
Monograph and Brenkert are well made.<br />
lut are collector's items, too.<br />
Are you really going to base a modern<br />
tusiness on equipment designed for an industry<br />
of 25 years ago? Your wife won't let<br />
that happen in the kitchen; are your patrons<br />
.ss important?<br />
A classic<br />
example of equipment upgradng<br />
is at Radio City Music Hall, New York.<br />
In the past three years, projectors were reaced.<br />
carbon arcs changed from hycandescent<br />
to high powered xenon plus a new<br />
lens set for Cinemascope. Now it has the<br />
quality Cinemascope picture (a giant<br />
p6-ft screen) in its history, and probably<br />
the best in the city.<br />
No, they don't build them like they once<br />
and it's a good thing. If they were any<br />
pod, we couldn't afford them, and besides<br />
hey would be 25 years obsolete. If you<br />
! insist, go ahead and use the old equipment<br />
(and tear up the film. Th; film labs will<br />
c you for it.<br />
In the meantime. I rotihl cry about my<br />
Picrce-Arroi-<br />
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Safety, Convenience & Economy<br />
• Maximum Light Output — due to computer designed metal reflector and<br />
horizontally mounted xenon bulbs. Optional dichroic "cold" coating available.<br />
• Specialized Built-in Cooling — for prolonged bulb life.<br />
• Fused Circuitry and Power Supply Interlocks — plus tamperproof cabinet<br />
locks.<br />
• Conveniently Located Controls and Bulb Adjustments<br />
• Automatic Ignition and Remote Terminals — for interface with any automation<br />
system.<br />
• Easy Bulb Replacement and Servicing - special cabinet configurations<br />
designed to bare internal components.<br />
• Ruggedized Heavy-Guage Steel Cabinets — fit most standard projector<br />
bases, xenon conversions are simple.<br />
• Guaranteed One Year<br />
Plus a full selection of in-stock xenon bulbs and<br />
world-famous XeTRON/IREM Power Supplies.<br />
Close to ') :< u and expanding shopping<br />
.f [center developments are in various stages<br />
•'<br />
preparation across the U.S., according<br />
to the International Council of Shopping<br />
Hers.<br />
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Head Freezer<br />
A new twist head freezer capable of<br />
serving two flavors of frozen yogurt or softserve<br />
ice cream, or a combination of both<br />
G<br />
flavors, has been introduced by International<br />
Freezers, a division of International Mobiles<br />
Corp.<br />
Dubbed the Twist Head model IF-820-<br />
21', the machine actually is two soft-serve<br />
units in one, incorporating double compressors<br />
and double beater motors in a<br />
heavy-duty frame. The 2-horsepowcr beater<br />
motors have separate controls for independent<br />
operation. Self-contained Freon 502,<br />
air or water-cooled 2-horsepower semi-hermetic<br />
compressors achieve mix tank cooling<br />
with a glycol system operated by independent<br />
thermostats. The machine measures<br />
56'/2 in. high, 41' 2 in. deep and 30 in.<br />
wide.<br />
Two 10-gallon mix tanks feature a 24-<br />
volt electronic measuring device which an-<br />
tomatically activates a red "fill" light when<br />
they are down to the last inch of mix. Constant<br />
overrun is maintained by a positive<br />
mix feed injection system and is adjustable<br />
from 40 to 80 per cent.<br />
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Mix tank storage temperature is mai<br />
tained below 40° F and the cylinder ter<br />
perature is maintained under 32° F. /<br />
energy saver switch that reduces pow<br />
consumption during slow periods is featun<br />
as standard equipment.<br />
Gold Medal Announce<br />
Smaller Antique Citatio,<br />
The availability of a compact 28x28x7.-<br />
in. Antique Citation popcorn machine hi<br />
been announced by Gold Medal Produi><br />
Co. The Antique Citation model featun<br />
imitation wagon wheels and brass-finishl<br />
push bars.<br />
Other styling points include brass finish.!<br />
aluminum cabinet and 15 traveling tlnpc<br />
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• Handles 16mm, 35mm, or 70mm<br />
reels<br />
• Automatic or manual operation<br />
• Power shutdown at film's end<br />
• Reversible for 16mm on<br />
emulsion-in rewinding<br />
• Variable speed drive with easy<br />
to reach controls<br />
• 5/16" or 1/2" interchangeable<br />
reel shafts<br />
• Make up or break down features<br />
from exchange reels<br />
Accessory outlet plug<br />
drawers<br />
storage<br />
Contact your Theatre Equipment Dealer.<br />
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The MODERN THEATRE SECT>N
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. Hanovia<br />
. . your<br />
. also,<br />
trical lights. Accenting the entire cabinet<br />
a cast filigree for a nostalgic effect.<br />
The 2,400-watt, 1 10-volt unit is capable<br />
t producing 14 quarts of popped corn<br />
verj three minutes I he cabinet, which is<br />
quipped with exclusive twin com fresheninlr.ired<br />
lighting above and strip heatbelow<br />
is capable ol storing more than<br />
'5 ounces of popped popcorn.<br />
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olymer Crowd Guides<br />
Have Forged-Iron<br />
Look<br />
Cham and stanchion crowd control guides<br />
kith the appearance of forged iron at a<br />
[action of the cost are available with Plastibhain'*<br />
from Plastic-Creations Co.<br />
the film. What is more, the Posi I rol<br />
sprocket teeth are machined into a blended<br />
arc that avoids interfering with the fillet<br />
radius in the film perforation corners.<br />
Designed to protect film from damage<br />
caused by tension and misalignment, the<br />
I aVe/./.i sprockets simplifv equipment design,<br />
too, according to H.md. In minimiz<br />
ing dependence on Ranges, shoes, rollers<br />
and other edge guides used to restrict lateral<br />
film movement. In addition, the sprockets.<br />
machined from steel and heat-treated fbl<br />
maximum wear, are manufactured with the<br />
company's exclusive Kadi-Blend process,<br />
which produces a<br />
minimum 16-micro finish<br />
on all surfaces that come in contact with<br />
lilm.<br />
I he sprockets, intended for use in drive<br />
and hold-back applications, can be manufactured<br />
to specification for any film si/e.<br />
ranging from 8mm and Super X through<br />
105mm. A low inertia sprocket is available<br />
for intermittent and similar applications.<br />
the<br />
source<br />
of brilliant performance.<br />
Hanovia projection bulbs,<br />
service and savings<br />
The rugged polymer chain and stanchion<br />
limits, the firm points out, are easy to assemble,<br />
break down and store. The hollow<br />
stanchion bases may be filled with gravel.<br />
vind or concrete for additional stability.<br />
Available in either black or white, the<br />
stanchions measure 40 in. high, 2'/2 in. in<br />
'diameter and have a 14-in. base. Each<br />
Weighs about 2<br />
' 2 pounds. They may be<br />
placed up to 10 feet apart. The chains,<br />
which can be cut with wire cutters and reconnected<br />
with an S-hook or link, come in<br />
a choice of yellow, red, green and blue,<br />
as well as black and white.<br />
New Posi-Trol<br />
Available<br />
TM<br />
Sprockets<br />
From LaVezzi<br />
Development of LaVezzi Machine Works"<br />
Posi-Trol positive control sprockets that<br />
minimize chances of film damage by restricting<br />
side-to-side movement of 35mm<br />
film in a camera or projector has been announced<br />
by Worth Baird, LaVezzi sales<br />
manager.<br />
Compared to standard 35mm sprockets,<br />
with teeth measuring 0.040 in. or 0.055 in.<br />
wide. Posi-Trol sprockets, Baird explained,<br />
have a row of teeth 0.106 in. wide<br />
'hat interface with the 0.110 in. wide film<br />
perforations. This reduces the maximum<br />
lateral slippage to 0.004 in. The second<br />
row of teeth are 0.065 in. wide and compensate<br />
for any variation in the width of<br />
Pioneers of the xenon light source,<br />
Hanovia puts the emphasis on<br />
quality and ushers in a new age in<br />
brilliant film projection.<br />
• Off-the-shelf availability of 19 different<br />
ozone-free quartz compact<br />
arc bulbs . assurance of<br />
immediate delivery.<br />
• Superior design and construction<br />
for standard and specialty applications<br />
. . . quality controlled by<br />
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craftsmen.<br />
• Interchangeable with other<br />
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competitively priced, yet their<br />
efficient use of power means<br />
lower operating costs and longer<br />
bulb life.<br />
• The best warranty available ... up<br />
to 2,000 warranty hours with full<br />
replacement credit in the first half<br />
of warranteed life<br />
• The largest nationwide sales<br />
group in the industry. . as<br />
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lamphouses and spotlights and<br />
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Call him today or write to us directly.<br />
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Animated Message Display<br />
Available<br />
From Carbons<br />
A striking method to increase point-ofpurchase<br />
sales with the impact of light,<br />
color and motion is available with Xetrex<br />
Message Movers from Xetron Products Division,<br />
Carbons, Inc.<br />
Ready to use on counter tops, in windows<br />
or at any high-traffic area where important<br />
announcements need to be effectively presented,<br />
the portable Message Movers come<br />
in two sizes— the 30-in. model 750 and<br />
56-in. model 1500. Up to 120 characters<br />
can be shown on the former; 230, on the<br />
latter.<br />
The continuously repeated messages are<br />
shown in 1 3/8-in. letters perforated on a<br />
vinyl-impregnated tape which moves across<br />
the front of a fluorescent lamp. Capable of<br />
being read as far away as 80 feet, the messages<br />
can be shown in five different colors<br />
simply by changing the lamp or colored<br />
sleeve that fits over the lamp.<br />
Both models feature a deep gray bakedenamel<br />
finish on a metal cabinet and a 9-ft.<br />
grounded electrical cord. They operate from<br />
a standard 110-volt outlet and consume less<br />
electricity than a 100-watt light bulb. Both<br />
have been approved by the Canadian<br />
Standards Ass'n and Underwriters' Laboratories,<br />
according to Phil Rafnson, national<br />
sales manager for Carbons.<br />
Xedek Platter, Makeup<br />
Carbons Line<br />
Table to<br />
With the introduction of the Xedek platter<br />
system and makeup table, Xetron Prod<br />
ucts Division, Carbons, Inc., has completec<br />
its line of film handling devices, whicl<br />
include film towers and the new Loopmatic<br />
According to Phil Rafnson, national sale:<br />
manager for the New Jersey-based firm<br />
customers now are offered complete versa<br />
tility in selecting a Xetron film handling<br />
system to meet their individual require<br />
ments.<br />
Designed for use with any single 35mn<br />
projector, the Xedek is readily and economj<br />
pan<br />
SOUNDFOLD<br />
MIX & MATCH<br />
In our continual search for fresh ideas, we at Soundfold<br />
have uncovered a new way to<br />
display our established<br />
idea. The Soundfold idea of stretched fabric between<br />
brackets at the top and bottom of any wall is well-known.<br />
The new way takes the best features of plush and economy<br />
fabrics and combines them into what we call Mix<br />
and Match. Mix and Match takes plush fabrics mixed with<br />
economy fabric to give a rich wall surface that is 30%<br />
less than an entire theatre in plush fabric. Not only are<br />
the fabrics mixable; so are the brackets. Using a combination<br />
of economy and standard brackets Mix & Match<br />
saves fabric, saves time, and best of all, saves you money.<br />
If you want to know more about mixing our new ideas to<br />
match your budget call us collect. 1-513-228-3773 or 1-<br />
513-293-2671. Or drop the coupon in the mail.<br />
Tell me more about Mix & Match.<br />
Name<br />
Company-<br />
Address—<br />
City .State. Zip.<br />
Soundfold Inc., P.O. Box 2125, Dayton, Ohio 45429.<br />
US Patenl No 3.185.207.<br />
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The MODERN THEATRE SECPN
'<br />
L<br />
*<br />
,ilh adapted to full automation, Rafnson<br />
tinted out. Among the many features ol<br />
g new unit -Hi.' illuminated, non-warping<br />
id non-corrosive 52-in. film decks. Each<br />
|u instant-response payout mechanisms<br />
uli exclusive film guards to prevent double<br />
u r\ i>l film.<br />
Heavy-duty Bodine motors are used to<br />
jve the individual decks, allowing simulneous<br />
makeup and takedown. I lie Xedek<br />
insole also features controls for each deck.<br />
eluding instant-response tension controls.<br />
Bed circuit! - ) and automatic fail-safe shuttwn<br />
I<br />
p to 4': hours of programing can<br />
.-<br />
handled on the console.<br />
Hie Xedek makeup table features seprate<br />
speed controls, illuminated deck conob,<br />
heavy-duty Bodine drive motor and<br />
choice of 5/16-in. or ':-in. reel shafts.<br />
has a 6,000-ft. film capacity.<br />
sJAC Brass to Meet<br />
flay 22 in Chicago<br />
Officers and directors of the National<br />
iss'n of Concessionaires will hold their<br />
lid-year board meeting May 22 at the<br />
loliday Inn Mart Plaza. Chicago, accordlg<br />
to Paul Mezzy, NAC president. The<br />
ate coincides with the National Restaurant<br />
how. slated May 21-25 at McCormick<br />
'lace.<br />
The board's agenda will include industry<br />
ilisiness as well as committee reports. Of<br />
•articular importance will be discussions<br />
overing the 1977 NA<strong>TO</strong>/ NAC/ TEA conention<br />
and tradeshow October 26-28 in<br />
liami. membership expansion and future<br />
ard meeting.<br />
SMPTE Confab<br />
Set for Oct. 16-21<br />
The Society of Motion Picture and Television<br />
Engineers will hold its 119th techni-<br />
:al conference and equipment exhibit<br />
X-tober 16-21 at the Century Plaza Hotel,<br />
.OS Angeles, according to conference viceiresident<br />
Harry Teitelbaum, Hollywood<br />
r ilm Co.<br />
The exhibit, considered to be one of the<br />
• ear's most important shows of professional<br />
ilmmaking and television equipment, begins<br />
October 17 and is expected to offer<br />
JTiorc than 175 booths. An estimated 5.000<br />
Clonals are expected to attend.<br />
Named to conference planning positions<br />
Acre Warren Strang, Hollywood Film Co.,<br />
local arrangements chairman; and Robert<br />
Buckley. Technicolor, Inc.. program chairman,<br />
to be assisted by Charles E. Anderson.<br />
Ampex Corp.. television, and John Lakotas,<br />
Eastman Kodak Co.. film.<br />
William J. Trambukis has been elected<br />
vice-president of Loews Theatres. New<br />
York.<br />
The KNEISLEY Lamphouse to<br />
Remember when Equipping Your Theatre,<br />
—write for tree details—<br />
XENEX<br />
• It's moderately priced, ruggedly constructed<br />
Clean styling. Complete rear instrument panel<br />
Access to interior through full hinged doors<br />
Adjustable nose cone. Heavy duty igniter.<br />
• Horizontal lamp and 14 inch dichroic coated,<br />
glass reflector provide greater light pickup and<br />
excellent screen coverage. Focusing ond beam<br />
controls provided.<br />
• Accommodates 1000 through 4000 watt Xenon<br />
Lamps for indoor and outdoor screens up to<br />
125 feet wide.<br />
• Magnetic arc stabilization properly positions<br />
arc tail flame around anode, increasing lamp<br />
life.<br />
• Blower cooled. Manual ignition and manual<br />
douser are standard. Automatic ignition optional.<br />
THE KNEISLEY ELECTRIC COMPANY, P.O. BOX 4692, <strong>TO</strong>LEDO, OHIO 43620<br />
KNEISLEY<br />
has,<br />
at prices you can afford:<br />
• The "XENEX" LAMPHOUSE. Accommodates 1,000 through 4000<br />
Watt HORIZONTAL Xenon Lamps. Well constructed, heat insulated<br />
housing<br />
Complete rear instrument panel, lamp focusing control<br />
Adjustable nose cone. Interlocked circuit precludes operation<br />
when doors are open. Automatic ignition available. MODERATELY<br />
PRICED!<br />
• NOW AVAILABLE: XENON CONVERSIONS, with magnetic arc<br />
stabilization, for Ashcraft Lamphouses, nine Models of Strong Angular<br />
Trim Lamphouses, Strong 1 K.W., Strong Mogul. Peerless<br />
Magnarc, Brenkert Enarc. All, except Strong 1 K.W., utilize<br />
14" dichroic coated glass reflector. Strong 1 K.W. Conversion has<br />
11-3/8" silvered reflector. Special leads permit bulb rotation increasing<br />
life. Available in 1000 through 4000 watts, depending upon<br />
lamphouse.<br />
• MODERNIZE AND ECONOMIZE! Obtain greater screen illumination<br />
122,600 lumens with a 2000 watt lampi and better screen coverage,<br />
with Xenon, at lower operating costs, Xenon versus carbon<br />
arc. No obligation.<br />
THE KNEISLEY ELECTRIC COMPANY, P.O. BOX 4692, <strong>TO</strong>LEDO, OHIO 43620<br />
It Pays to Read BOXOFFICE Classified<br />
« BOXOFFICE April IS. 1977<br />
33
Reed Speaker<br />
Patented Speaker Shutoff (when returned to post)<br />
Heavier Iront and<br />
available at slight extra cost<br />
Patent No. 3,836,716<br />
Heavier<br />
grill.<br />
back. Unbreakable<br />
hanger. New<br />
method of anchoring<br />
cable—cannot<br />
be pulled out of<br />
case.<br />
THE HUMMER<br />
Reed Speaker Company<br />
7530 W. 16th Ave. Lake wood, Colo. 80215<br />
Telephone (303) 238-6534<br />
Reed Speaker Established 1950<br />
Audio Signal Generator designed for<br />
testing drive-in theatre speakers, "The<br />
Hummer" is equipped with a standard<br />
1<br />
4" plug to be plugged into booth amplifier<br />
in place of usual intermission tape<br />
player.<br />
Operates on 9 V. DC supplied by Dormeyer<br />
Charger shown at left or may be operated by a 9<br />
V. battery. Proper volume at speaker post is a<br />
smooth clean humming signal which should be the<br />
same at all posts. Defective speakers will rattle,<br />
sound distorted or be low in volume. Shorts in field<br />
wiring can be quickly located with "The Hummer."<br />
Constant sound level makes it easier to determine<br />
defects.<br />
Not recommended for sound systems having transistor<br />
output stage.<br />
"The Hummer" saves<br />
time and customers!<br />
30-day free trial<br />
you<br />
Projection and Sound-<br />
(Continued from page IS<br />
adjusting jaws on the lens carrier. The following<br />
hints apply to all three lens holders.<br />
• Adjust the guide jaws in case there ft<br />
too much play or in case the mechanistr<br />
jams.<br />
Note:<br />
Loosen only one of the jaws for<br />
adjusting so that the original position<br />
is not changed. Also remember to<br />
grease the jaws and the guide rails occasionally.<br />
• After dismantling the guide rail ann<br />
lens holding bracket, re-adjust the whol<br />
assembly to the standard 35mm aperture<br />
checking the adjustment with the aid of a i<br />
ing shutter, adjust it so that it cuts off th<br />
light beam while the film is advanced. Fals<br />
adjustment causes travel ghost images. Ac,<br />
justing the rotating shutter is accomplishe,<br />
by loosening the three hexagon screws <<br />
the pressing disc (which retains the shutte<br />
until the shutter can be barely moved. B<br />
turning the inching wheel and simultaneous<br />
ly watching the Maltese cross intermittei;<br />
sprocket, find out the beginning of the ii<br />
termittent movement.<br />
In this position, the dark shutter sectitf<br />
(shutter blade) must cover half of the ape;<br />
ture. As a counter check, turn the inchii<br />
wheel backward. The aperture must 1<br />
closed by three-quarters at the beginning i<br />
_<br />
Produt<br />
IWFFICE EQ<br />
Llidote<br />
Ik lick!<br />
if M<br />
adjusting gauge, obtainable from factory o w<br />
distributor. Never make any adjustment<br />
unless you are sure they are needed. Kee<br />
*M I<br />
lens assembly clean.<br />
To obtain the correct setting of the rota<br />
.dors<br />
rte's<br />
& Co<br />
Con<br />
sr Enlerp<br />
if, Inc.<br />
i Concess<br />
JJSpeiiltir<br />
the intermittent movement. Now tighten tl<br />
three mounting screws of the clamping pla|<br />
very carefully. Shutter timing (setting)<br />
'IS<br />
the shutter can be checked with a test<br />
or title in a picture.<br />
fil<br />
:<br />
ft fleclr,<br />
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Specialists in building, twinning or remodeling theatres!<br />
TWIN YOUR THEATRE or remodel. Specialist in the creation of a twin or multi-theatre from your js<br />
existing theatre. Complete turnkey job, plans, engineering, construction and finishing. Call or write i<br />
Norman and Friddell, 94 Panorama Dr., Conroe, Tex 77301<br />
A/C 713-85B-5297<br />
Next Month: Seating and Floor Coverings<br />
Comments: Use only the lubricant re :<br />
ommended by the manufacturer for smoo.<br />
running of projector mechanism. Instru<br />
tions about where to oil the projector a:<br />
sent with the projector and maintenan;<br />
data.<br />
The sprockets and idle rollers should ':<br />
cleaned every day with a stiff bristle toci<br />
brush. Dirty sprockets will cause troul:<br />
and picture jump.<br />
In order to obtain long service and praccally<br />
trouble-free operation, keep the mecl,-<br />
nism clean and replace any part that shos<br />
too much wear. Instructions are sent wi<br />
every projector on how to replace units al<br />
parts. Due to a limited space in this depament,<br />
we could cover only some of the mi<br />
important replacement methods and adjuments<br />
instructions. The company will e<br />
glad to cooperate and send you any inforntion<br />
you may want.<br />
The Bauer is a very fine projector ad<br />
with proper care it will give years of faiV<br />
ful service and a perfect projected pictur<br />
Lloyd W. Elston, president of Peter Pel,<br />
Inc., the Naugatuck, Conn., candy mah r ,<br />
has been elected to the board of direefs<br />
of Raymond Precision Industries, Inc., Mldletown,<br />
Conn.<br />
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CONDENSED INDEX OF PRODUCTS<br />
ATTRACTION BOARDS, MARQUEES &<br />
LETTERS<br />
Page<br />
Bevelite-Adler 14<br />
Sign<br />
Products (Rapid Change<br />
Letter Co.) 10<br />
BOXOFFICE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES<br />
Consolidated Engineering Mfg. Corp. 28<br />
Ticket Co 10<br />
CARBON ARC LAMPS, CARBONS;<br />
CARBON SAVERS<br />
The Marble Co., Inc 33<br />
Page<br />
REFLEC<strong>TO</strong>RS<br />
JCC, Inc 16<br />
The Marble Co., Inc 33<br />
Strong Electric 14<br />
SEATING<br />
Irwin Seating Co 18<br />
Massey Seating Co 27<br />
SWEEPERS<br />
Gray Enterprises (Hoky) 26<br />
THEATRE, CONCESSION CENTER<br />
DESIGN CONSULTANTS<br />
Page<br />
Forest Bay Construction Corp 9<br />
Norman 8, Friddell 34<br />
THEATRE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES<br />
JCC, Inc 16<br />
Harry Melcher Enterprises 16<br />
WALL COVERING-DECORATIVE &<br />
ACOUSTICAL<br />
Econo Pleat 7<br />
Soundfold, Inc 32<br />
CONCESSION STANDS, EQUIPMENT,<br />
SUPPLIES & CONSULTANTS<br />
Butterful, Inc 20<br />
Castleberry Foods BOXOFFICE 2<br />
Cretors & Co 23<br />
Goetze's Candy Co., Inc 21<br />
Enterprises, Inc 20<br />
Manley, Inc 25<br />
Odell Concession Specialties Co., Inc. 26<br />
PVO International, Inc 22<br />
Supurdisplay/Server Sales, Inc 24<br />
DRIVE-IN THEATRE EQUIPMENT<br />
Projected Sound, Inc 16<br />
Reed Speaker Co 34<br />
Selby Industries, Inc 18<br />
FILM HANDLING SYSTEMS,<br />
REWIND INSPECTION,<br />
REWINDS<br />
AU<strong>TO</strong>MATIC<br />
Christie Electric Corp 3<br />
Drive-In Theatre Mfg. Co 19<br />
Goldberg Brothers 30<br />
FILM SPLICERS<br />
Ciro Equipment Corp 28<br />
PROJEC<strong>TO</strong>R BULBS, XENON LAMPS;<br />
LAMPHOUSES; POWER SUPPLIES;<br />
CONSOLES<br />
Inc 31<br />
JCC, Inc 16<br />
The Kneisley Electric Co 33<br />
Macbeth Sales Corp 11<br />
The Marble Co., Inc 33<br />
Strong Electric 17<br />
Xetron Products Div., Carbons, Inc. 29<br />
PROJEC<strong>TO</strong>R LENSES<br />
JCC, Inc 16<br />
The Marble Co., Inc. (Sankor) 33<br />
Schneider Corp. of America 8<br />
PROJEC<strong>TO</strong>RS, SYSTEMS<br />
Bauer Theatre Projector Systems<br />
(Arriflex Co. of America) 15<br />
National Theatre Supply<br />
(Simplex) 12, 13<br />
RECTIFIERS<br />
JCC, Inc 16<br />
:- 'OXOFFICE :: April 18. 1977<br />
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this issue of The Modern Theatre Section or described in the "New Equipment and Developments" and<br />
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF ADVERTISERS, Issue of April 18, 1977<br />
Page<br />
Bauer Theatre Projector Systems<br />
(Arriflex Co. of America) 15<br />
Bevelite-Adler Mfg. Co 14<br />
Butterful, Inc 20<br />
Canrad-Hanovia, Inc 31<br />
Castleberry Foods BOXOFFICE 2<br />
Christie Electric Corp 3<br />
n Ciro Equipment Corp 28<br />
Consolidated Engineering Mfg. Corp 28<br />
D Cretors & Co 23<br />
Drive-ln Theatre Mfg. Co 19<br />
Econo Pleat ^<br />
Forest Bay Construction Corp 9<br />
D Globe Ticket Co 10<br />
Goetze's Candy Co., Inc 21<br />
Goldberg Brothers 30<br />
G Gray Enterprises (Hoky) 26<br />
] Greer Enterprises, Inc 20<br />
Irwin Seating Co 18<br />
G JCC, Inc 16<br />
Poge<br />
Q The Kneisley Electric Co 33<br />
G Macbeth Sales Corp 11<br />
G Manley, Inc 25<br />
G The Marble Co., Inc 33<br />
G Massey Seating Co 27<br />
G Harry Melcher Enterprises 16<br />
G National Theatre Supply (Simplex) 12, 13<br />
G Norman & Friddell 34<br />
G Odell Concession Specialties Co., Inc 26<br />
G Projected Sound, Inc 16<br />
G PVO International, Inc 22<br />
G Reed Speaker Co 34<br />
G Schneider Corp. of America 8<br />
G Selby Industries, Inc 18<br />
G Sign Products (Rapid Change Letter Co.) .... 10<br />
G Soundfold, Inc 32<br />
G Strong Electric '4, 17<br />
G Supurdisploy Server Sales, Inc 24<br />
NEW EQUIPMENT AND DEVELOPMENTS<br />
Poge<br />
G International Freezers Has<br />
New Twist Head Freezer 30<br />
Gold Medal Has Available<br />
Smaller Antique Citation 30<br />
] Polymer Crowd Guides<br />
Have Forged-Iron Look 31<br />
G Xetron Products Div., Carbons, Inc 29<br />
Poge<br />
G New Posi-Trol Sprockets<br />
Available From LoVezzi 31<br />
Animated Message Display<br />
Available From Carbons 32<br />
Xedek Platter, Makeup<br />
Table to Carbons Line 32
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about PEOPLE / and PRODUCT<br />
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Announce Eprad Acquisition<br />
Of Applications Group,<br />
Inc.<br />
Eprad, Inc.. has acquired Applications<br />
Group. Inc.. Toledo, a pioneer in the development<br />
and manufacture of plasma data<br />
and graphics terminals, Al Boudouris, president<br />
of Eprad, announced.<br />
Comment ing on the acquisition. Boudouris<br />
explained the mutual benefits to be<br />
realized. "Eprad's resources and personnel<br />
will be utilized to enlarge the product lines<br />
and services offered by AOI," he said, "and<br />
AGl's in-depth technology and personnel<br />
BOXOFFICE-MODERN THEATRE<br />
will contribute importantly in the development<br />
of Eprad products and systems for the<br />
theatre industry."<br />
Boudouris noted that the two companies<br />
had worked together closely prior to the<br />
acquisition, with Dr. William Petty. Eprad<br />
vice-president, being an officer of each.<br />
Continental Bondware<br />
Joins Corporate Group<br />
In a move of major corporate realignment.<br />
Continental Bondware became a<br />
member of Continental Group, Inc., formerly<br />
Continental Can Co., Inc.<br />
A division of Continental Diversified In-<br />
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theatre, send us the details—with photos, if possible. Or if you have<br />
any tips on how to handle some phase of theatre operations, concessions<br />
sales, etc.—faster, easier or better-—let other showmen in on them. Send<br />
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MODERN THEATRE<br />
Continental Bondware markets dis-<br />
dustries,<br />
posable cups, plates and food containers<br />
for institutional, fast-food and carry-out<br />
markets. Among the products offered are<br />
popcorn cups, tubs and Con-O-Sport beverage<br />
dispensing system. Also included are the<br />
trademarked lines of Bondware, China-<br />
Therm, Conocup and Heavyware.<br />
The Continental Group consists of Continental<br />
Can Co., Continental Forest Industries<br />
and Continental Diversified Industries.<br />
Len Perre<br />
Manager at<br />
for<br />
Named General<br />
Canrad-Hanovia<br />
en Perre, vice-president of marketim<br />
Canrad-Hanovia, Inc., has been ap<br />
pointed general man<br />
ager of the Newark<br />
based company's lam),<br />
division. He will con<br />
tinue in his executiv'<br />
capacity.<br />
A graduate of th<br />
Newark College o<br />
Engineering with dc<br />
grees in electrical er,<br />
-mm<br />
Len Perre<br />
marketing manager<br />
gineering and manage<br />
ment, Perre joine<br />
Canrad-Hanovia a<br />
Previously he had bee<br />
affiliated with the Agastat division. Ami<br />
race Corp.. Bulova Watch Co. and th<br />
Kearfott division. General Precision, Inc.<br />
Texas Theatre Owner<br />
Praises Osram Bulbs<br />
A theatre supply dealer received a left'<br />
recently from Arlie Crites, owner of tl<br />
Walnut Twin Theatre, Garland, Tex., r<br />
garding his Osram xenon XBO 1600 "<br />
OFR projection lamp. It was not a cor<br />
plaint; more a pat on the back, really, f<br />
the West German bulb manufacturer ai<br />
Macbeth Sales Corp., which markets<br />
The bulb, guaranteed for at least 2,01'<br />
hours, had been burning five<br />
times as Ion<br />
In operation since May, 1972, at t 1<br />
Walnut Twin, the bulb had run up 10,006<br />
hours before it was replaced, Crites sa.<br />
not because it had burned out, but rath,<br />
because it had dimmed slightly, "perha';<br />
some 20 per cent." He explained that t<br />
had been used at 60 amperes without vaancc,<br />
possibly explaining the extended lit.<br />
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in good condition," it will be retained lr<br />
use as a spare.<br />
Crites added that the same model lap<br />
for the second auditorium to date has -<br />
corded 9,636 hours of performance.<br />
BUSINESS REPLY ENVELOPE<br />
First Class Permit No. 874 - Section 34.9 PL&R -<br />
Kansas City, Mo.<br />
BOXOFFICE-MODERN THEATRE<br />
THIS SIDE OUT<br />
825 Van Brunt Blvd.<br />
KANSAS CITY, MO. 64124<br />
SMPTE Catalog Read]<br />
"*::<br />
The 1977 catalog of test materials for e<br />
motion picture and television industriesis<br />
now available from the Society of Motn<br />
Picture and Television Engineers.<br />
Items featured in the free booklet indue<br />
films and slides to check film projector jrformance<br />
and films for verifying mcie<br />
sound reproducing equipment.<br />
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soxorriCE bookincuide<br />
An interpretive analysis of lay and tradopross to views. Running time ie in paronthesea. The plus and<br />
minus signs indicate degree ol merit. Listings cover current reviews regularly. Symbol O do no ton<br />
BOXOFFICE Bluo Ribbon Award; All films aio in color except those indicated by (b&w) for black & white<br />
Motion Picture Ass'n (MPAA) ratings: (Gj — Gonoral Audiences; PG— All agon admitted (parental guidance<br />
suggested); [R]—Restricted, with persons under 17 not admitted unlets accompanied by parent<br />
or adult guardian; X— Persons undor 17 not admitted. National Catholic Office for Motion Picture-.<br />
(NCOMP) ratings; Al— Unobjectionable tor Genoral Patronage; A2— Unobjectionable for Adults or Adolescents}<br />
A3—Unobjectionable lor Adults; A4—Morally Unobjectionable for Adulta, with Reservations<br />
B Objectionable in Part for All; C—Condomnod. Broadcasting and Film Commission. National Council<br />
ol Churches (BFC). For listings by company, see FEATURE CHART.<br />
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My Husband, His Mistress and<br />
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Ann-Mar
PLUS SERVICE<br />
Listed herewith, alphabetically by companies, are all of the feature pictures<br />
reviewed in BOXOFFICE from January 3 through March 28. 1977. This is<br />
designed as a further convenience for Picture Guide users, the page numbers being the key to<br />
reviews kept<br />
therein. Between quarters. Review Digest pages serve as a cumulative P. G. index for feature pictures.<br />
Miscellaneous<br />
P.G. Page or<br />
Rev. Date<br />
Alice in Wonderland<br />
(General Nat'l) Jan 10<br />
American Tickler (Reviewed as<br />
"The Winner of 10<br />
Academy Awards")<br />
(Spectrum) 4925<br />
Autobiography of a Flea, The<br />
(Mitchell Bros.) Jan 31<br />
Baker's Hawk (Doty-Dayton) 4920<br />
Blowdry<br />
(Great Exploitations) Jan 17<br />
Christian the Lion<br />
(Scotia American) 4917<br />
Death Collector<br />
(Goldstone Film) 4919<br />
Devil Inside Her, The<br />
(Leisure Time Booking) Jan 10<br />
Guardian of the Wilderness<br />
(Sunn Classic) 4922<br />
Jail Bait (Camscope) Jon 17<br />
P.G. Page u<br />
Rev. Date<br />
Let My Puppets Come<br />
(ASOM Distributing) Feb 28<br />
Looking Up<br />
(Levitt Pickman) 4932<br />
Madam Kitty<br />
(Trans-American) 4921<br />
My Husband, His Mistress<br />
and I (Joseph Green) 4930<br />
Nasty Habits (Brut) 4933<br />
Odyssey<br />
(ASOM Distributing) Feb 28<br />
Providence (Cinema 5) 4926<br />
Starlets, The<br />
(Stu Segoll) Jan 31<br />
They're Coming to Get You<br />
(Independent-lnt'l) 4936<br />
Through the Looking Glass<br />
(Mature Pictures) Jan 17<br />
Welcome to L.A.<br />
(Lion's Gate) 4925<br />
Documentary, Experimental Films<br />
Beautiful Borders<br />
(Chulas Fronteras)<br />
(Brazos Films) Jan 24<br />
Edge, The<br />
(Mountain States Film) ...4922<br />
Films by Chick Strand<br />
(Chick Strand) Jan 31<br />
Films by Werner Herzog<br />
(New Yorker) Jan 17<br />
Harlan County, U.S.A.<br />
(Cinema 5) Jan 24<br />
Kristina Talking Pictures<br />
(Costelli-Sonnobend) Jan 3<br />
Beautiful<br />
Borders<br />
(Chulas Fronteras)<br />
(Brazos Films) Jan 24<br />
Bim (Dennis Bryant) 4921<br />
Lino Brooke<br />
(Bernhard Sinkel) Jan 3<br />
Love Comes Quietly (Libert) Jan 3<br />
Life and Death of Frida Kahlo,<br />
The (Serious Business) ...Jan 31<br />
Mondo Magic<br />
(Peppercorn-Wormser) ...Jan 24<br />
On the Line<br />
(Distribution Co-op) Feb 28<br />
Pumping Iron (Cinema 5) 4922<br />
Union<br />
Foreign<br />
Maids (New Day<br />
Films Distribution<br />
Co-op) Feb 28<br />
Wings of an Eagle<br />
(Wilderness Rel.) 4924<br />
Metamorphosis<br />
(Ivo Dvorak) Jan 3<br />
Mother Kusters Goes to<br />
Heaven (New Yorker) 4934<br />
Pink Telephone, The<br />
(S.J. Int'l) Jon 24<br />
Wonderful Crook, The<br />
(New Yorker) 4924<br />
QUARTERLY<br />
INDEX<br />
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PICTURE GUIDE<br />
January ,<br />
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Through March **»//<br />
Allied Artists<br />
REVIEWS<br />
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Rev. Date Rev. Date<br />
Twilight's Last Gleaming 4928<br />
American Int'l<br />
Day That Shook the World, Strange Shadows in an Empty<br />
The 4932 Room 4931<br />
Monkey Hustle 4919 Town That Dreaded Sundown,<br />
The 4927<br />
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Boxoiiice Int'l<br />
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Columbia<br />
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Paramount<br />
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Islands in the Stream 4934 Thieves 4928<br />
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20th<br />
Century-Fox<br />
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II 4919 Wizards 4930<br />
Mr. Billion 4931<br />
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Universal<br />
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JOE JOSEPH. Box 31406, Dallas 75231.<br />
(214) 363-2724.<br />
628 SEAT THEATRE. Chicopee, Mass<br />
Populction 71.000. Very reasonable. Don't<br />
miss it. Leo (413) 592-3738.<br />
2.0 CAH DRIVE-IN. 620 seat indoor,<br />
excellent condition, only theatres in county<br />
ol 15,000, Okemah, Okla., population 3.-<br />
000. $80,000, lirm, 1/3 down, balance 6%.<br />
Phone (918) 623-1253 or (918) 623-2260.<br />
SALE. LEASE. TRADE OR MERGE.<br />
'Krim Theatre 2" —2 Theatres in 1 bldq<br />
Can be made into triplex. Porno or conventional<br />
O.K. Krim Enterprises, Suite<br />
124, 16300 West Nine Mile Road. South-<br />
Held, Mich. 48075.<br />
ALBANY-TROY. N.Y. area. Semi-automated<br />
twin in shopping center. 326 seats<br />
each side. 1st year gross—$125,000, second<br />
run. Lease can be assigned to active<br />
corporation or experienced individual<br />
Partnership considered. Boxoliice, 3867.<br />
BY OWNER, DRIVE-IN. 41/j ceres cl<br />
land, all metal screen tower. Open and<br />
making money. $25,000.00. Have other interests.<br />
Box 202, Van Horn, Texas, 79855<br />
call (915) 283-2527.<br />
THEATRES WANTED<br />
PROGRESSIVE THEATRE CO..<br />
wishes to<br />
purchase small Southeastern circuit, five<br />
screens or less, confidentiality assured<br />
No brokers, please. Boxoffice, 3871.<br />
DRIVE-INS, 500 cars and up, must have<br />
draw area over 100,000; also indoor, single<br />
or twins, in shopping centers-suburban<br />
area; indicate if closed or operating, and<br />
condition, in lirst letter. Boxoxlfice, 3370.<br />
THEATRES<br />
FOR LEASE<br />
POPULATION 25.000, 2 years old. ??C<br />
seats, automated. Capital required, $6,<br />
000.00 (806) 293-5420.<br />
DRIVE-IN<br />
THEATRE CONSTRUCTION<br />
SCREEN <strong>TO</strong>WERS INTERNATIONAL: Ten<br />
Day Screen Installation, (817) 642-3591<br />
Drawer P. Rogers, Texas 76569.<br />
SCREEN<br />
PAINTING<br />
SCREENS PAINTED and REPAIRED. Si<br />
cializing in maintenance of theatre screens<br />
and structures. Three drive-in crews available.<br />
We crre also authorized applicator<br />
of OPTIKOTE indoor screen coating. H 6<br />
R Maxfield Co. (419) 589-9711, 2474 Park<br />
Ave. East, Mansfield, Ohio 44903 or (2141<br />
691-3011, Suite 120, 8350 North Central<br />
Expressway, Dallas, Texas 75206.<br />
FILMS FOR SALE<br />
16mm FILMS. Postcard brings bargain<br />
list. Ingo Films. P.O. Box 143. Scranton,<br />
Pa. 18504.<br />
CLASSIC MOVIES for rent, 16mm. 35c<br />
for list. Movietown. 6520 Selma, Hollywood,<br />
Californra 90028.<br />
16mm CLASSICS. Catalog 25c. Manbeck<br />
Pictures, 3621-B Wakonda Drive. Des<br />
Moines, Iowa 50321.<br />
BOOKS<br />
THE MANUAL OF THEATRE MANAGE-<br />
MENT. Prolessional hardcover edition.<br />
Send your $20 check or money order to<br />
Ralpn |. Erwin, Publisher, Box 1982, Laredo,<br />
Texas 78040<br />
POPCORN MACHINES<br />
I<br />
ALL MAKES OF POPPERS. Brand new<br />
14 oz capacity Cabinet Model. $680 00<br />
Krispy Korn. 120 S. Halsted. Chicago<br />
60606.<br />
<strong>TO</strong>PS IN THEATRE SEATING upholstering<br />
anywhere—seat coven made to order<br />
— Finest materials—low prices— w© buy and<br />
sell theatre chairs. Chicago Used Chair<br />
Mart, 1320 S. WabaBh Ave (312) 939-<br />
(518 Chicago, 111. 60605.<br />
UNIVERSAL SEATING 4 CONST. CO.<br />
INC. Reconditioned used chairs. On-locaion<br />
refurbishing. Installation and staggering<br />
Sewn seat covers, all makes We<br />
ouy used seating anywhere Entire<br />
theatre equipment available Call (817)<br />
298-7070 1157 Adams St., Boston, Man<br />
02124.<br />
SPECIALISTS IN THEATBE SEATING.<br />
^Jow and rebuilt theatre chairs for sale<br />
We buy and sell old chairs. Travel from<br />
coast to coast. Seating Corporation of<br />
Now York. 247 Water Street, Brooklyn.<br />
N Y. 11201. Tel. (212) 875-5433 (reverse<br />
charges).<br />
AMERICAN STELLAHS. dark red ($250<br />
used 4 years, new condition. $22 each.<br />
Midwest area, on floor. Boxoffice, 3965.<br />
AMERICAN BODY FORMS ($900)<br />
exce<br />
lent condition, $15 each off floor, ready to<br />
load, Midwest. Boxoffice, 3866<br />
INTERNATIONAL SEATS, dark red ($400'<br />
excellent condition. $12 each olf floor, Midwest.<br />
Boxoffice, 3877.<br />
FOR SALE 150 refurbished theatre<br />
chairs MISSION SEATING CO..<br />
service WE NEED USED CHAIRS. Will<br />
remove & truck, complete chair refurbish<br />
including painting and respacing. Only<br />
top quality upholstery used We work<br />
when theatre is closed, between shows.<br />
Small or large jobs. Free estimates at your<br />
theatre. Samples shown, no obligations<br />
8320 Ward Parkway Plaza. Kansas Ci y,<br />
MO 64114. (816) 523-2904, cc!:<br />
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K-ICE April 18, 1977
A Different Kind of ROCKY<br />
Now in its 2nd year of Friday-Saturday midnight<br />
shows at theWaverly Theatre in New\brk City,<br />
and about to celebrate its first anniversary of<br />
midnight shows in Austin,Texas.<br />
*<br />
Gall your Fox representative for details of how you<br />
can book Friday-Saturday midnight shows and<br />
start planning your own first anniversary<br />
20th Century-Fox Presents A LOU ADLER- MICHAEL WHITE PRODUCTION<br />
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW • Starring TIM CURRY SUSAN SARANDON<br />
•<br />
BARRY BOSTWICK • Qnginal Musical Play, Music and Lyrics by RICHARD O'BRIEN<br />
Screenplay by JIM SHARMAN and RICHARD O'BRIEN • Associate Producer<br />
JOHN GOLDS<strong>TO</strong>NE • Produced by MICHAEL WHITE • Directed by JIM SHARMAN<br />
Executive Producer LOU ADLER • Rated R