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lirlane - Litchfield Star David McCallum Is Delighted<br />
ill Add 20 Screens<br />
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 />
Je "Final Chapter—Walking Tall." "loves America and its free spirit." The<br />
Island of Dr. Moreau," "Empire of couple has two children—<br />
SHOW BUSINESS IN<br />
Peter. 6, and<br />
**'[ Ants" and "The People That Time For-<br />
HAWAII <strong>TO</strong>O.<br />
Sophie, 2. David's devotion to his family<br />
When you come to Waikiki,<br />
was apparent as he described their recent<br />
Rft<br />
««• imonds reported that a sneak preview of visit to Fort Lauderdale, when thej were bitaBjM don't miss the famous<br />
l£N'"nal Chapter -Walking Tall" was held in able to spend a few days with the star ol hawaii' Show. . at<br />
.<br />
10 Cinerama's Reef Towers Hotel.<br />
»i ucson theatre and the response indicated<br />
|^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 />
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