I I - i 1 . Hollywood JDA LUP1NO and Christopher Lee will honored for outstanding achievement of merit in cinema by the Count Dracula Society at its annual awards dinner to be held at the University Hilton Saturday (30). Bob Cremer, author of "Lugosi: The Man Behind the Cape." also will be among those honored. Presenters will include George Pal. Rav Bradburv and Rouben Mamoulian. + John Daly, chairman of the Hemdalc Film Group arrived from London Wednesday (13) for a week of sales and promotion talks with producers and creative talent on films which Hemdale will either finance or acquire. He also will talk with producer Gerald Green on sales plans for "Tintorera: The Silent Death." • Lucille Ball. Charlton Heston. Burt Lancaster and Gregory Peck have been added to the list of hosts for the American Film Institute open house May 21-22. • Principal photography has been completed on "Semi-Tough," a David Merrick production for United Artists, starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh and Kris Kristofferson. • After Dark Magazine will present its annual Ruby Award to Mae West as the star be Happenings of the year "for her significant and enduring contribution to the world of entertainment." The award will be made at the magazine's annual dinner May 12, to be held for the first time on the West Coast, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. • Roger Lewis has joined Max E. Youngstein Enterprises and will head all production activities of the company, according to Youngstein, who said he will concentrate on his consulting services for independent producers. Lewis has two projects in development at major studios, "The Man Who Could Work Miracles," at Paramount, and "Harvest," at 20th Century-Fox. • Hickmar Productions' "Texas Detour" used 17 stuntmen with Paul Nuckles serving as stunt coordinator. During the production stuntman Bud Davis made a van jump 136 feet through the air over a group of cars—a world record, according to producer-director Hikmet Avedis. He also claimed cyclist Gary Davis beat Evel Knievel's record of jumping over 19 cars by sailing over 21 cars at the Ontario Speedway. • Principal photography has been completed on United Artists' "Semi-Tough" starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson and Jill Clayburgh. * James Brolin, star of Universal's "The Car," will make guest appearances on three TV talk shows by the time the terror-thriller about a mysterious car that attacks people opens nationally May 13. He is scheduled for appearances on "Dinah!", "The Merv Griffin Show" and "The Mike Douglas Show." • Girls Friday of Show Business held their fourth annual "day at the races" Sunday (17) with proceeds of ticket sales going to help provide reconstructive surgery for needy children. The group will hold its monthly dinnermeeting Tuesday (19) at the Smoke Houi in Burbank. * Rosary for the Rev. Monsignor John J Devlin, co-founder of the Legion of De cency and founder of the Motion Picture Television, Radio and Recording Industries annual Communion Breakfast Committee | was recited Monday (II) at 8:30 p.m. al St. Victor's Church, 8634 Holloway Drive West Hollywood. Mass of the resurrection was conducted by His Eminence Timo thy Cardinal Manning Tuesday (12) at 111 a.m. at the church, where Monsignor Dev lin served as pastor from 1929 to 1974 an later was pastor emeritus. Monsignor De\ lin died Wednesday (6). Director + Rouben Mamoulian lectured the North Carolina State University in R; leigh Monday through Thursday (4-7) ;]] part of the Academy of Motion Picture Ar and Sciences' visiting artists program. • I mc nt-la and fit* sfei I and 2 la ski :.;ii m nil ' las the r1 (tail Hi in in Ibep -Jnz cZLECfancz of J^xafie'iif Louis M. "Deke" Heyward has been pr< moted from vice-president and assistant the president of Hanna-Barbera Produ> tions to executive in charge of live-actic production. He will supervise production Hanna-Barbera's theatrical features and 7 movies-of-the-week. I H ha Jim LeRoy, former Western divisii manager and film buyer for American M • ti Cinema, has established a new thea: IS • b io consulting service under which he will of r clients analysis of product marketability al will advise them regarding their buying al booking strategies. He reports that 12 impendent circuits, with a total of more til 1,100 screens, are among his first subset ers. OB J \ Veteran exhibitor and film produ r Robert L. Lippert sr., who died Nov. >• . . . can be within your budget! And the expert craftsmen at the Filbert Company can provide all the services: design, fabric selection, color coordination, stage rigging, and installation personnel. 1976, was honored Friday (15) with a l>s Angeles City Council resolution presend in ceremonies to his son Robert L. Liprrt jr. by Councilwoman Peggy Stevenson. "In J. Corradine, associated with Lippert many years, hosted the affair. * kto foth Laemmle Theatres launched its riL3ERU 1100 Flower Street, Box 5085, Glendale, Calif. 91201 - (213) 247-6550 Women's Film Series" Sunday (17) at Royal Theatre in West Los Angeles wi program consisting of Dyan Cann "Number One" and Lee Grant's Stronger." The series consists of ten iv day programs playing through June 19. W-2 BOXOFFICE :; April 18, 177
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