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Iscar Gives 'Rocky 7<br />
loost in Minneapolis<br />
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 />
00 in a five-house spread.<br />
(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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BOXOFFICE :: April 18. 1977 NC-1