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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 />
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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 />
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After Dark Magazine will present its annual<br />
Ruby Award to Mae West as the star<br />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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Principal<br />
photography has been completed<br />
on United Artists' "Semi-Tough" starring<br />
Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson and<br />
Jill Clayburgh.<br />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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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Louis M. "Deke" Heyward has been pr<<br />
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 />
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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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Laemmle Theatres launched its<br />
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1100 Flower Street, Box 5085, Glendale, Calif. 91201 - (213) 247-6550<br />
Women's Film Series" Sunday (17) at<br />
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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