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OUT OF THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG 

TO BOXOFFICE: 

I have just returned from Kansas City 

and want to tell you that I am still vibrating 

from Show-A-Rama 20. A great "well done" 

should he extended to Messrs. Jack Poessiger. 

Kent Dickinson, George Kieffer and 

Joel Resnick for co-chairmaning what was 

to me a great shot-in-the-arm for exhibition. 

Some people think of conventions as "hohum" 

but to a great many who attended 

Show-A-Rama it was "Showtime U.S.A." all 

over again! 

These gentlemen deserve all the praise 

they can receive, along with Darrell Manes, 

Jack Mitchell. Miss Show-A-Rama (Meg 

Glidden), the stars who participated and the 

speakers at the various seminars, not to 

mention the tradespeople who took part, 

including the major and independent film 

companies. 

All of us in the industry, I feel, could do 

away with all the suspicion and apparent 

adverse circumstances, if only we could 

meet regularly in a parasol of something 

similar to the aura of Show-A-Rama. Certainly, 

there is input produced from "both 

sides" 

there. 

This is a great business. No one in the 

great gathering was willing to admit (least of 

To BOXOFFICE: 

The past few years have presented to 

public a 

the 

deterioration of those principles of 

respect Hollywood used to give those individuals 

in the motion picture industry who 

were regarded as the best of a given year 

in categories contributing higher standards 

to the entertainment of a majority of people. 

The Academy Awards presentations of 

this year totally stripped every rag of decency 

from these awards and turned this 

one night of total joy into a forum for vicious 

political attacks through which actors 

could attack those with whom they have 

disagreed. 

Warren Beatty's remarks about Senator 

Goldwater and former Governor Reagan 

had no more place at the awards than Miss 

Hellman's attempt to revive pity for her 

past misfortunes. Jane Fonda and Mr. Beatty 

are as excusable for political infighting 

as a porno propagator at a PTA meeting. 

Miss Hellman really shocked me. A woman 

with her intellect should have instinctively 

avoided her attack on McCarthy's "rusty 

ax." Her quarrel with American intellectuals 

is over their failure to devote the whole 

of their time to criticizing J. Parnell Thomas. 

This may be an appropriate matter to 

take up in "Scoundrel Time," but not on 

the Academy forum before millions of 

viewers, and not in such a way as to make 

it appear Joe McCarthy was in Hollywood 

in 1946. Whatever Mr. McCarthy's sins, 

all myself) that he was not the "greatest 

showman" on earth. But each one was willing 

to share and to say, "I will help in any 

way I can." 

The product reels were so great and 

the advertising from them so effective that 

it prompted me to bedeck my theatre, on 

one complete wall, with the promos from 

the sessions, stating that "these are the 

movies to come" and adding that we, as i 

a theatre, were proud to show these little 

glimpses even though they will be shown 

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in other theatres before us. 

I also believe that Boxoffice should reinstate 

the colorful column "The Exhibitor 

Has His Say" to regain reflections of the 

industry from the viewpoint of the small exhibitor. 

The Tuesday after Show-A-Rama I walked 

into the office of the local newspaper 

and said, "Guess who I had dinner with on 

Thursday last?" The result was good cover-' 

age and a column of ballyhoo for the industry 

as a whole. That's show business! 

Helena Theatres, Inc. 

210 Halteria Drive 

Hot Springs, Ark. 71901 

DALE F. MC CROSKY JR. 

they took place in Washington, D.C., 1950-' 

1953. 

Hollywood appears to be degenerating 

into factions presided over by men with 

greying hair trying to look like children 

and their product shows it. Every film nominated 

this year contained political pew 

ranting or overt violence on an unprece 

dented scale. Or sales pitches for either o:, 

both. 

Fred Astaire provided one moment's re 

minder of what Hollywood should and cat 

do to entertain the public. We live fron 

day to day wallowing in the various corrup 

tions. Why should the public pay to becorrn 

more miserable by the visual pawings o 

producers grinding their axes. If Mr. Beatt; 

dislikes Goldwater and Reagan, that's hi 

private affair, not ours. And if he wants D 

tell it publicly, why doesn't he write a bool 

for those to whom the hostility has mean 

ing. 

I can see the degeneration and anticipate* 

death rattle of the motion picture industry 

unless those responsible stop depressing u; 

Entertain us! That's what we pay for. If yo 

don't believe it, just ask us sometime. 

Seattle, 

P.S. 

Wash. 

JOE A. 

ORTEGA 

As a National Screen Council merr 

ber, I hope you will print my letter as 

reminder to the Academy. 

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RKO Scores a Success 

In Film Distribution 

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vice-president 

of RKO General Pictures, feels the 

market for encore classic programing 

couldn't 

be better! 

Since our return to distribution of RKO 

Radio Pictures classics in February, we 

have received bookings in six weeks that 

match what our sub-licensee brought in the 

last year in six months! The lack of new 

product has enhanced the value of established 

pictures from Hollywood's 'Golden Age.' 

we've been especially pleased that so main 

large circuits and new houses, which never 

rc.ilK have done restrospectives before, have 

accounted for such a large share of current 

bookings. We're currently running RKO 

festivals in a General Cinema circuit in the 

Midwest, in a Transcontinental circuit in the 

Southwest and will be going into a Blumenfeld 

theatre in the Bay Area and a Mann 

theatre in Los Angeles shortly," Korn disclosed. 

In addition to continued bookings in theatres 

which have specialized in this product, 

RKO will benefit from planned retrospectives 

at AFI's J. F. Kennedy Center 

Theatre, Washington. D.C., in May and 

another at the Los Angeles County Museum 

of Art July-September. Korn said that interest 

in RKO has been generated by more 

than the remake of the studio's 1933 "King 

Kong." 

"The boxoffice appeal of pictures such 

as 'Gunga Din,' 'Hunchback of Notre 

Dame.' the Val Lewton thrillers and those 

featuring Katharine Hepburn and Astaire- 

Rogers has never diminished," Korn noted. 

Mike Ridges Is Appointed 

Sunn Administrative V-P 

LOS ANGELES—Raylan Jensen, executive 

vice-president. Sunn Classic Pictures, 

announced the appointment of G. M. 

"Mike" Ridges as Sunn's administrative 

vice-president. Ridges' initial responsibilities 

will involve the organization of a new 

nontheatrical and TV syndication division 

for the company. He will be looking extensively 

for feature films to incorporate 

along with Sunn's own product in TV packages. 

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Prior to joining Sunn—and for the last 

years—Ridges was a member of Universale 

New York sales cabinet and executive 

in charge of special marketing. 

Martin Heller Is Elected 

To Mulberry Square Board 

DALLAS — Mulberry Square Produc- 

announced the election of theatrical 

Martin Heller to the board of di- 

effective March 21. Heller is a partin 

the New York law firm of Regan, 

Goldfarb, Heller, Wetzler & Quinn and is 

resident in the firm's offices in Beverly 

Hills, 

Calif. 

He has an extensive background in enter- 

law, having previously been affiliated 

with RKO. MGM and 20th-Fox. 

Girdler Weighs Projects Carefully 

To Evaluate Appeal to Filmgoers 

By 

RALPH KAMINSKY 

HOLLYWOOD — Youthful 

William 

Girdler 

filmmaker 

William Girdler is deep into preproduction 

on his next picture, 

another terror tale involving 

the magical 

powers of an Indian 

medicine man, and he 

is certain that the 

subject will draw customers 

into theatres. 

"Action, adventure, 

horror— that's where 

the solid market is 

and most of the mon- 

0>making films are in 

this area," Girdler declared, in defining his 

approach to moviemaking. "You have to 

approach motion pictures as a business 

not with the syndrome of the 'typical' 

Hollywood producer." 

Keep Budgets Low 

Analysis, research and marketing studies 

should be the first steps. After that, he 

advises, "keep your budgets as low as possible 

and turn out a quality film." 

Girdler's newly formed company, Weist 

& Associates, has the new film "Manitou" 

budgeted at $3 million and four other projects 

in the works in the range of $1.5 

million to $2.5 million. 

"Only the producer who can make pictures 

at a reasonable price can come out 

ahead. We don't want to set out to make 

an arty film and lose money for our investors," 

he declared. He also is convinced 

that it is the independent producers, not 

the major studios, who are leading the way 

in 

making reasonably priced films. 

"The independents don't make their pictures 

by boardroom decisions. One man or 

a small group decide what to do and they 

get on with the job," he stated. 

Girdler, who says he "grew up in theatres" 

in his native Louisville, Ky., feels 

certain that "exhibitors are the most important 

part in making and selling movies." 

He reasons that they are "nearest to the 

public" and are the best source of information. 

"When you ask 'Why did people come 

to see it?', the exhibitor is the one who can 

tell 

you," he said. 

Exhibitor Financing Inevitable 

Considering the shortage of product and 

the pace at which films are being made by 

the majors, Girdler said he is convinced 

that exhibitors will have to get into financing 

pictures. Exhibitors, he pointed out, 

are in the ideal position to evaluate which 

producer can offer the safe investment. 

"They know whose pictures make money. 

And they know who makes a critically acclaimed 

picture that loses money." 

He said he sees the time coming when 

exhibitors will develop their confidence in 

moneymaking producers and will invest in 

their projects as a regular thing. At present, 

he said, he obtains his financing from 

friends in the Midwest, "people who know 

me." Exhibitors, he added, just as easily 

can become friends with producers and invest 

with those who have a proven record 

as moneymakers. 

"We're not out to win an Academy 

Award," Girdler said of his plans for his 

immediate projects. "Manitou" is based on 

a 

novel by Graham Masterton dealing with 

the supernatural in which an Indian medicine 

man returns to life to avenge himself, 

pjnishing modern Americans for the crimes 

of the early settlers. 

Filming is set to begin Monday (18) for 

a fall release date. Complex special effects 

costing nearly $1,000,000 will be a major 

part of the movie in which a modern 

Indian medicine man pits his magic against 

that of the returned Indian. 

Future projects include "Knights of 

Glory," a story taking place after King 

Arthur's time and developed in the vein of 

"The Magnificent Seven"; "Deadly Jungle," 

an animal-terror story; "Last of the White 

House," a murder mystery, and "Extra," an 

examination of the internal workings of a 

huge metropolitan newspaper. 

'Youngest Exhibitor Ever' 

Girdler lays claim to being just about the 

youngest exhibitor ever. He began showing 

Hollywood-produced motion pictures on his 

35mm projector when he was nine years 

old. The son of a well-to-do industrialist in 

Louisville, he was able to become acquainted 

with exhibitors and film buyers and soon 

was screening movies in miniature festivals 

for his friends. 

He had his own Studio 1 Productions to 

produce TV commercials in Louisville, after 

a stint in the Air Force where he was a 

cameraman and film editor after training in 

Hollywood studios. His company made 

some 200 commercials, branched out to 

make 14 documentaries and then went into 

feature films. In 1971 he co-authored and 

directed a screenplay, "Asylum of Satan," 

and a year later he made "On the Hook." 

He soon formed Mid-America Pictures 

and made four features, later moving to 

Hollywood where the company produced 

three more. Girdler left the firm to make 

"Grizzly" and the "Day of the Animals" 

for Edward Montoro's Film Ventures International. 

Now, with 

formation of Weist & Associates 

he will function as co-author, director 

and producer of "Manitou." 

'Bod Squad' Clicks in LV 

NEW YORK — Film Ventures' "Bod 

Squad," a kung fu action melodrama, reported 

an impressive one-week gross at the 

Portal Theatre, Las Vegas, it was announced 

here. 

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Martial Arts Films 

Earl Owensby, right, head of EO Corp., discusses plans for five feature motion 

pictures with Rod Sacharnoski, left, and Ed Parker, martial arts experts. The 

productions will be filmed at Shelby, N.C.-based EO Studios. 

SHELBY. N.C.—Earl Owensby. head of 

EO Corp.. announced that an agreement has 

been finalized with Rod Sacharnoski. martial 

arts expert, and Ed Parker, security man 

for entertainer Elvis Presley, for the production 

of five feature motion pictures at 

EO Studios. Other negotiations also are being 

made between Parker and Owensby to 

cast Parker in an upcoming EO production. 

The signing of the pact came after Parker 

and Sacharnoski toured the EO facilities 

here and the two artists expressed satisfaction 

with the "family-type" atmosphere of 

the studios. Since they already had in mind 

exactly what they wanted in their films, 

their ideas were handed over to Owensby, 

whose staff will create the screenplays. This 

is the first time that the two top men in the 

martial arts profession will be seen together 

in a motion picture. 

In TV Productions 

Sacharnoski, founder of Juko-Kai International 

Federation with approximately 

100,000 active members, has been seen in 

a variety of commercials as well as on ABC- 

TV's "Wide World of Sports," in Madison 

Square Gardens and at various other locations 

with karate luminaries. 

Parker has appeared in several TV productions 

and has had roles in the motion 

pictures "The Apache," with Robert Fuller. 

and "Man From Hong Kong." 

Action and adventure are the two key 

words Sacharnoski and Parker used to describe 

the films to be made. 

No Trick Photography 

"You won't believe what these guys can 

do," Owensby said. "There will be no jumping 

over houses or trick photography in 

these films. What they demonstrate is actually 

unbelievable." 

A shooting date for the first of the five 

action pictures has not been determined as 

yet, but Owensby said it would be "as soon 

as possible." 

Sacharnoski, who resides in Charleston, 

S. C and Parker, who makes his home in 

Honolulu and in Pasadena, Calif., are collaborating 

on a book concerning juko ryu 

ki, completely developed by only a very few 

people. 

Parker commented, "Most karate pictures 

do not have a storyline hut this one will." 

Sacharnoski added, "We think that there 

has never been a movie made like the one 

we are going to make." 

Marjorie Slater Is Named 

Media Director for GCC 

CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. — Marjorie 

Slater has been appointed media director of 

GCC Theatres, a subsidiary of General Cinema 

Corp. of Boston, it was announced by 

Melvin R. Wintman, president of GCC Theatres. 

General Cinema is the world's largest 

theatre circuit, with outlets in 38 states 

from coast to coast. 

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In the newly created position, Ms. Slater 

responsible for the purchasing and coordinating 

of media buying for the entire 

GCC circuit, comprising approximately 

685 theatres. The appointment is effective 

immediately. 

She formerly was affiliated for a number 

of years with Ingalls Associates of Boston 

as media director. 

Allied Artists Acquires 

'Black and White' Rights 

NEW YORK—U.S. and Canadian distribution 

rights to "Black and White in 

Color," Oscar winner as best foreign language 

film, have been acquired by Allied 

Artists, it was announced by Emanuel L. 

Wolf, AA president and board chairman. 

The film was directed on location in the 

Ivory Coast by Jean-Jacques Annaud and 

was produced by Arthur Cohn, a threetime 

Academy Award winner. Jacques Perrin 

was the co-producer of the film, which 

is being shown in selected engagements. 

NATO Wires Protest 

To Dept. of Justice 

NEW YORK—Marvin Goldman, president 

of the National Ass'n of Theatre Owners, 

accompanied by vice-president and executive 

director Joseph G. Alterman, held 

a press conference here Monday (4) to 

speak about the Department of Justice's 

ruling on splits and to report on the recent 

NATO restructuring huddle in Nassau. 

On the issue of splitting, Goldman released 

the following telegram which had 

just been sent to Ass't Attorney General 

Donald I. Baker, Antitrust Division, Department 

of Justice: 

"As you know from the memorandum 

dated Feb. 22, 1977, submitted to the antitrust 

division by the National Ass'n of Theatre 

Owners, motion picture exhibitors 

throughout the U.S. strongly disagree with 

the position taken toy the Department of 

Justice in its Friday (1) press release that 

splits violate Section 1 of the Sherman Act. 

We believe that the department was correct 

in the position it has consistently and repeatedly 

maintained for the past 25 years 

that splits among exhibitors are lawful 

where the affected distributors consent or 

acquiesce in the practice. Indeed, as NATO 

pointed out to the department, at least four 

federal courts of appeals have stated that 

such splits do not violate the antitrust laws. 

"The motion picture exhibition industry 

is anxious to have the validity of such splits 

determined in the courts so that an adjudication 

as to their legality may be made in 

the appropriate forum—the federal courts. 

Unfortunately, the department's Friday (1) 

press release precludes such a judicial adjudication 

since it raises the threat of criminal 

prosecution which will inevitably have 

an in terrorem effect resulting in the cessa- 

tion of splits without a court test. Exhibi-i 

tors will be unwilling to risk the possibility 

of a criminal felony prosecution as the only 

way to test splits in court. 

"We therefore request the department to 

agree that at least its initial action in regard 

to splits will be in the form of civil action 

solely for injunctive relief, rather than a 

criminal prosecution. If the department 

agrees that a civil action is the appropriate 

vehicle to test this issue we would be prepared 

to call the department's attention tc 

a situation where exhibitors desire to con-; 

tinue splitting in order to initiate a promp 

test case and a speedy resolution of the lega 

issue whether splits with distributor acquie 

scence violate the Sherman Act." 

Sensurround 'First' Used 

In 'Rollercoaster' Film 

UNIVERSAL CITY — Special 

Sensui 

round musical effects in high, middle, an 

low frequency sound ranges for Universal 

"Rollercoaster." being directed by Jamc 

Goldstone. were recorded recently by an 8i 

piece symphony orchestra conducted b 

Lalo Schifrin. 

"Rollercoaster" is the third picture 

be made in Sensurround. 

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To UFO Conference 

BURBANK, CALIF.—Three principals 

behind the production of "Close Encounter-, 

of the lliird Kind." described as "the 

most ambitious production in the 52-year 

history of Columbia Pictures." will address 

the first International UFO Conference in 

Acapulco. Mexico, Tuesday afternoon (19). 

The week-long conclave opens Sunday (17). 

Appearing before the 3,000 delegates, 

drawn from every nation, will be Julia 

Phillips, producer of "Close Encounters of 

the Third Kind"; the film's director-writer 

Ste\en Spielberg, and its technical adviser. 

Dr. J. Allen Hynek, professor of astronomy 

at Northwestern University and founder 

and director of the Center for UFO Studies. 

Dr. Hynek's address. "Close Encounters 

Today," will be followed by a screening of 

a featurette based on the making of Columbia's 

suspense-mystery drama about UFO 

phenomena. After the screening. Ms. Phillips, 

who co-produced the Oscar-nominated 

"Taxi Driver," and Spielberg, who directed 

"Jaws." will discuss their work on "Close 

Encounters," which will be Columbia's 

Christmas release. 

The Mexican government is sponsoring 

the Acapulco UFO conference and the governments 

of the United States, Grenada, 

Indonesia and Brazil also will be represented 

among the 30 official 

speakers. UFO experts 

from many nations are registered for 

the event, which is expected to open the 

way for international agreements and government 

awareness of the UFO problem. 

Ron Perkins Is Appointed 

Sunn V-P, Eastern Region 

l.OS ANGELES—Clair Farley, vicepresident 

'operations. 

Sunn Classic Pictures, 

has announced the appointment of Ron 

Perkins as vice-president of Sunn Classic 

Pictures, Eastern Region. 

Perkins started in 

distribution with American 

National Enterprises as a theatre representative 

with the film "Alaskan Safari" 

and in 1969 was promoted to assistant district 

manager. In May 1971 he joined Sunn 

Classic as Syracuse. N.Y., branch manager. 

then was transferred in 1975 to Sunn's Detroit 

office as manager. 

In his new position, Perkins will be in 

charge of the Detroit. Boston and Toronto 

branches but will remain based in Detroit 

at 23300 Greenfield. Oak Park, Mich. 

Jim Slatter has been named to succeed 

Perkins as Detroit branch manager. 

Crown, Cinepix Finalize 

Film Distribution Deal 

BEVERLY HILLS—Crown International 

Pictures has set a distribution deal with 

Cinepix of Montreal, Que., for the French 

version of "The Pom Pom Girls" and 

"Death Machines." it was announced by 

George M. Josephs, Crown general sales 

manager. 

After eight weeks in Paris at seven theatres. 

The Pom Pom Girls" is holding and 

looking to a gross of over $1,750,000. 

Edward and Mildred Lewis on Tour 

Promoting Brothers/ WB Release 

By JOHN COCCHI 

NEW YORK. — Edward and Mildred 

Lewis, a husband-and-wife team ol writers 

and producers, are involved with the promotion 

of their new film "Brothers," a Warner 

Bros, release about racism in prison. 

Although based on the Angela Davis-Soledad 

brothers affair to some extent and having 

a cast headed by Bernie Casey, Vonetta 

McGee and Ron O'Neal, the new film is not 

another black exploitationer. Rather, it's a 

plea for brotherhood and for reform of 

prison conditions which still exist. 

Long List 

of Credits 

The Lewises have been prolific both as 

individuals and as a team. Edward was a 

producer-writer for Kirk Douglas' Bryna 

Productions and produced such films as 

"Spartacus," "Lonely Are the Brave." "The 

List of Adrian Messenger" and "Seven Days 

in May." For John Frankenheimer. he produced 

"Seconds," "Grand Prix," "The Fixer" 

and "The Gypsy Moths," among others. 

He was executive producer on "The Blue 

Bird" and three American Film Theatre 

presentations, "The Iceman Cometh," "Lost 

In the Stars" and "Rhinoceros." Mildred 

produced the cult classic "Harold and 

Maude." Together, the Lewises started out 

with an adaptation of Balzac. "The Lovable 

Cheat" (1949), and did "Executive Action" 

(1973), about President Kennedy's assassination. 

Filming of "Brothers" was done mainly 

at North Dakota State Penitentiary. Director 

Arthur Barron, whose output has included 

"Jeremy" and the documentary 

"Johnny Cash: The Man. His World. His 

Music," and the leading actors worked with 

actual prisoners and guards, many of whom 

appear in the film. Warden Joseph Havener 

is seen as the warden onscreen. Since there 

is only one black actually in prison there, 

other blacks had to be recruited from Minot 

Air Force Base. The white convicts are part 

of an acting class and one claims to have 

been in an old James Cagney prison picture. 

Davis Liked Film 

While Lewis stresses that Vonetta Mc- 

Gee's college professor-activist character is 

not really Angela Davis, he does admit that 

her letters to George Jackson in prison were 

used for their eloquence. Further, one of 

the Lewises' daughters was a student of 

Davis at UCLA. Now on the college lecture 

circuit, Davis continues to champion the 

causes of blacks in prison. She attended a 

recent screening of "Brothers" and loved 

it. according to Lewis. 

The score by Taj Mahal was composed 

after the film was completed. While Mahal 

never wrote a word or a note of music, he 

developed ideas in his head after repeated 

viewings and ad-libbed the full score at the 

recording session. Lewis states that the 

score lor the Warner Bros, album and sheet 

music was gotten directly from the sound 

track. 

The Lewises have so tar touted "Brothers'' 

in Washington. D. C, Dallas (at its 

Film Festival), Michigan State University 

in 1 ansing, Detroit, New York and Baltimore, 

with Casey also touring many of the 

same cities. The film opened at the National 

and Fine Arts Theatres in New York on 

March 31 and then bowed in Baltimore 

on Wednesday (6). Other openings 

include Chicago and Los Angeles Wednesday 

(20) and Lansing and Detroit, Mich., at 

the end of April. 

Privately 

financed without benefit of distributor. 

"Brothers" was instantly picked 

up for release by Warner Bros. The Lewises 

hope to have a major success with the film 

and plan their next project. "The Snipers." 

about the Spanish Civil War, to start production 

this summer. As for "Brothers." 

Lewis wants it judged not as a black exploitation 

film but only on its own merits. 

Alan Flohr, Jeff Reinus 

Join AIP Field Forces 

HOLLYWOOD—Preparing to release 

nine films, American International Pictures 

has added Alan Flohr and Jeff Reinus as 

fieldmen to its national publicity-promotion 

force. 

Flohr, who has been assigned to work 

out of the company's Denver exchange, 

was director of advertising and publicity 

for Wolfberg Theatres seven years. His AIP 

assignment includes the Denver. Salt Lake 

Omaha 'Des Moines. Minneapolis and 

City, 

Milwaukee territories. Reinus' AIP territory 

will be the Los Angeles. San Francisco and 

Seattle exchanges. Prior to his new assignment, 

he had been in AIP's Beverly Hills 

advertising department; his headquarters 

for his new work will continue to be in the 

same AIP building. 

Other AIP field representatives: Sue Edwards. 

Dallas-based, covering the Dallas. 

Oklahoma Citv. Memphis and K.uis.is CitJ 

exchanges; Dave Tribble. Atlanta-based. 

serving Atlanta. Jacksonville. Charlotte. 

Washington. DC. and the New Orleans 

exchanges: Doug Hugelmaier. based in 

Philadelphia, serving that exchange as well 

as Buffalo. Boston. Pittsburgh and Cleveland; 

Ralph Schiller. Indianapolis-based, 

responsible tor Indianapolis. Detroit. Chicago, 

Cincinnati and St. Louis. 

Being publicized and promoted b\ this 

field force, under the direction of Milton 

Moritz, senior vice-president in charge ol 

advertising, are these AIP features: "The 

Island o( Dr. More. in " and "Empire o\ the 

Ants." both Cinema 77 Films: "Final Chapter—Walking 

Tall." "People That Time 

.•i." "Tentacles." "Joy Ride." "Trapped?' 

" Hie I ittle Girl Who I ives Down the 

Lane" and "Breaker' Breaker!" 

BOXOFTICE :; April 11, 1977

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Warner Bros. Reports 

Record First Quarter 

BURBANK. — Warner Bros. Pictures, a 

division of Warner Communications. Inc., 

has re polled 1977 first-quarter domestic 

film rentals ol $49,530,000, making it the 

biggest first quarter in the history of the 

company. Terry Semel. executive vice-president 

and general sales manager, in making 

the announcement, noted comparison to 

the first quarter figure for 1976 of $30,124.- 

000. putting the same quarter of '77 at 

163 per cent over the previous year. 

Heaviest contributions to the overall figure 

were made by "The Enforcer." "A Star 

Is Born." "It's Alive" and "The Late Show." 

I he 1977 first-quarter figure succeeds 

the previous record-holding first quarter 

th; first of 1974—when "The Exorcist" was 

in distribution. 

Semel said. "We believe that this is the 

all-time highest industry record for a domestic 

first quarter (January-February-March) 

billing." 

Avildsen, Columbia Sign 

Multi-Film Agreement 

BURBANK—John G. Avildsen, this 

year's Academy Award winner for his direction 

of "Rocky," has been signed to a 

multiple-picture producing-directing arrangement, 

calling for a minimum of three 

features, it was announced March 30 by 

Daniel Melnick, in charge of worldwide 

production for Columbia Pictures. 

Avildsen's project under the Columbia 

Pictures banner will be "Sarah, a Love 

Story," according to Melnick. 

Marvin Moss, agent, represented Avildsen 

in 

the negotiations. 

Dick Horn to Monarch 

As Ass't Sales Chief 

NEW YORK—-Monarch Releasing Corp. 

president Allan Shackleton has announced 

the appointment of Richard A. "Dick" Horn 

as the company's new assistant general sales 

manager. Among his industry occupations, 

Horn spent six years as film buyer for 

United Artists Eastern Theatres' various 

markets. 

At Monarch, Horn is to be responsible 

for the sales and promotion of all of its 

product in domestic markets, working directly 

with subdistributors towards the best 

possible distribution of films. 

Principal Filming Done 

On Aquarius' 'Justice' 

LAS VEGAS—Terry Levene of Aquarius 

Promotions and Franco LaMarca of Roper 

Productions announced the completion of 

principal photography of Aquarius' "Brutal 

Justice." 

Produced by Franco LaMarca, with Levene 

as executive producer, "Brutal Justice" 

was directed by Simon Nuchtern. A June 

release is planned, with initial playdates in 

Chicago and Detroit. 

AlP's 

Myers Receives 

Robert Yeager Award 

Beverly Hills—Julian Myers, publicist 

for American International Piclures, 

has been honored with the Robert 

Yeager Award, given by the Publicists 

Guild of America in recognition 

of his "humanitarian efforts toward his 

fellow man." 

Muhammad Ali presented the award 

to Myers on behalf of the PGA at a 

luncheon in the Grand Ballroom of the 

Bonaventurc Hotel before an assemblage 

of 600. 

The inscription on the award: "Julian 

Myers—a man deeply involved in 

the betterment of the human condition; 

a good citizen whose life reflects 

his devotion to the conscience of his 

fellow man." 

David Begelman to Head 

AFI Fund-Raising Group 

HOLLYWOOD—David Begelman, president 

of Columbia Pictures, has been named 

president of the newly created Second 

Decade Council, a national fund-raising 

group for the American Film Institute. 

The council, formed by the AFI board of 

trustees, already includes more than 30 

film and TV executives and performers, 

plus philanthropists, educators and others 

interested in the growth of the AFI. Council 

members each contribute at least $1,000 

annually to support the AFI. 

In addition to Begelman, other Los Angeles 

executive committee members of the 

council are Richard L. Bloch, M. J. Frankovich, 

Deane F. Johnson and David V. Picker. 

New York members are Richard Brandt, 

David Brown, Mark Goodson and John A. 

Schneider. Washington. D.C., representatives 

are Marvin Goldman and Harry C. 

McPherson. 

Start Los Angeles Filming 

On Dustin Hoffman Starrer 

BURBANK. CALIF. — Location filming 

has been started for "Straight Time," a Dustin 

Hoffman starrer for First Artists. The 

shooting schedule in the Los Angeles area 

will continue into early summer. 

"Straight Time" is being directed by Ulu 

Grosbard, with Stanley Beck and Tim Zinnemann 

as producers. Slated to be a Warner 

Bros, release, "Straight Time" is based on 

Edward Bunker's novel "No Beast So 

Fierce" and on Alvin Sargent's screenplay. 

It will be a Sweetwall production. 

'A Piece of the Action' 

New Title for WB Film 

BURBANK, CALIF.—Rub out 

"Something 

Big Is Coming Up" as a forthcoming 

Warner Bros.' release title and write in "A 

Piece of the Action." 

The switch in titles for the Sidney 

Poitier-Bill Cosby starrer was announced 

by producer Mel Tucker. 

Nine Guy-Con Screens 

Acquired by C'weallh 

KANSAS CITY—Doug J. 

Lightner, president 

of Commonwealth Theatres, announced 

that the company has acquired nine 

screens formerly operated by Guy-Con Enterprises. 

In the Greater Kansas City area, 

the properties include the Trail Ridge 1-2-3 

and the Valley View 1-2, both located in 

suburban Johnson County. Kas. 

The Trail Ridge, with a total seating 

capacity of 900, is located at 75th and Nieman 

Road in the Trail Ridge Shopping 

Center. Dan Woods has been retained as 

manager. The Valley View cinemas has two 

350-seat auditoriums for a combined capacity 

of 700. Robert Hockensmith has 

been retained as manager of the twin. 

Four additional screens were acquired in 

Emporia, Kas., also from Guy-Con. These 

properties include the Petite 1-2 and Fox 

hardtops and the 50-S Drive-In. Glenn 

Boner remains as city manager, headquartering 

at the Petite. Other managers retained 

by Commonwealth are Lynn Holliman 

at the Fox and Bill Ross at the underskyer. 

Commonwealth, based in Kansas City, 

currently operates over 250 screens throughout 

an 1 1 -state area. 

WB Names Halperin Chief 

Of Int'l Communications 

BURBANK—Jonas Halperin has been 

named to the newly created post of international 

director, communications, for Warner 

Bros., it was announced by Sidney 

Ganis. Warners' vice-president, worldwide 

advertising and publicity. 

The appointment of Halperin, who will 

make his headquarters in the company's 

New York office, "adds enormous power 

to Warner Bros.' advertising-publicity 

team," Ganis said. "He brings us a combination 

of expertise and experience in all 

areas of publicity and promotion that will 

strengthen immeasurably the total merchandising 

drive behind all Warner Bros.' 

product." 

Halperin, since 1969, has been a vicepresident 

of Rogers & Cowan, heading the 

Eastern operation of the public relations 

company. 

'First Love' Completes 

Principal Photography 

HOLLYWOOD—Principal 

photograph} 

has been completed on "First Love," i 

Paramount Pictures release. Produced b] 

Lawrence Turman and David Foster an< 

directed by Joan Darling. William Katt; 

Susan Dey and Robert Loggia star in th> 

picture. Jane Stanton Hitchcock and Davii 

Freeman wrote the screenplay based on 

short story by Harold Brodkey. 

"First Love" will be distributed in thj 

U.S. and Canada by Paramount Picture 

and throughout the rest of the world b 

Cinema International Corp. 

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For Five Film Projects 

BURBANK— Daniel Melnick. in charge 

of worldwide production for Columbia Piehires, 

announced thai he baa concluded a 

multiple-picture agreement with Paul 

Schrader, writer ol the screenplay for 

"Taxi Driver." 

The pact calls tor Schradcr's involvement 

in five film projects, beginning with his 

original screenplay '"Hard Core." which he 

also will direct. John Milius will produce 

the film, scheduled to begin production 

later this year. 

Attenborough Will Direct 

'Magic' for Joseph Levine 

NEW YORK—Joseph E. Levine announced 

that Sir Richard Attenborough will 

direct the motion picture version of William 

Goldman's best-selling novel "Magic." 

Attenborough has just completed editing 

"A Bridge Too Far." Levine's mammoth 

movie based on the Cornelius Ryan best 

seller. 

"Magic" will start production October 3 

and it will be produced by Joseph E. Levine 

and Richard I'. Levine, thus re-uniting the 

same team that 

made "A Bridge Too Far." 

which is scheduled for worldwide release 

June 15. 

Goldman, winner of this year's Academy 

Ward lor his screenplay of "All The President's 

men." scripted "Magic." based on 

his book. 

'Star Is Born' Sets New 

Mark at London Cinema 

London, I iijJ.uk I— "A Star Is Horn," 

(he ii:n in :i Streisand-Kris Kristofferson 

starrer, racked lip B uross of $47,- 

116 (U.S.) in its first week in a twotheatre 

release in London. 

The picture set a new house record 

of $29,780 (I'.S.) at the 890-seat Warner 

West End 2 and $17,336 (U.S.) at 

the 616-seat ABC 1 Theatre in Shaftesbury 

Avenue. 

The previous record at the Warner 

West End 2—$29,219—was set in 

1972 by "A Clockwork Orange." 

"A Star Is Born" is a First Arlists- 

BarwoooVJon Peters production for release 

worldwide by Warner Bros. 

Variety Int'l Will Handle 

'Legend of Frank Woods' 

HOLLYWOOD—Newly formed Variety 

International Pictures, headed by film sales 

veteran Ward Pennington, will handle release 

of Deno Paoli's newest motion picture, 

"The Legend of Frank Woods," set to 

open in 16 locations in Houston, Tex., May 

13. 

The film stars Troy Donahue, Brad 

Stewart and Kitty Vallacher. Paoli's earlier 

hit was "Santee," starring Glenn Ford. 

Pennington formerly was vice-president 

of sales for Atlas Films. 

Cinerama 1976 Earnings 

Up, Revenues Are Lower 

i l is \\c ii i i s ( inerama, Inc . March 

31 reported lis consolidated operating results 

fot i!i Fiscal yeai ended Jan. l, 1977. 

with comparative lignrcs for the prior fiscal 

year. 

Cinerama's 1976 net earnings amounted 

to $561,000, equal to 20 cents per share 

(including an extraordinary gain ol $260,000 

or nine cents per sharei. compared with a 

net loss of S2.990.000 oi SI. 30 per share 

for the prior year. 

Revenues declined to $56,477,000 in 

1975, due primarily to a decrease in film 

rentals and theatre revenues. Hotel revenues, 

however, continued to increase. 

The improvement in the results lor 1976 

was derived primarily from substantial increases 

in hotel earnings and gains on sales 

of theatre properties (which gains equaled 

55 cents per share in 1976 vs. six cents per 

share for 1975) ami substantially reduced 

losses from its film distribution activities. 

Location Filming Starts 

On WB Xmas Release 

BURBANK, CALIF.—Filming started 

Monday (4) on "Gauntlet." Warner Bros.' 

Christmas release, with Clint Eastwood 

starring and directing. Sondra Locke has 

the feminine lead in the Malpaso production. 

Location filming calls for camera work 

both in Arizona and Nevada. 

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Of PlanPartners in KC 

K VNS AS CITY—Motion picture exhibitors 

attending the advertising seminar .it 

Sinus -A-Rama 20 in Kansas City lasl month 

were nol ass arc of it at the time, but while 

thej were listening to marketing consultant 

Dan Meyers discuss a study conducted on 

UA's "Carrie" campaign, they were witnessing 

the emergence of a new concept 

in film advertising. According to Meyers, 

the plan, which involves analysis of research 

findings, will offer a much-needed 

third alternative to advertising campaigns 

currently designed cither on the East or 

West coasts. 

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"We feel our plan will provide an additional 

choice, a middle ground if you will, 

between the philosophies that exist in New 

York and Los Angeles," 

Meyers explained. 

Formerly associated with Galvin/Farris/ 

Ross here, where he specialized in film 

marketing and advertising. Meyers now 

heads his own agency, PlanPartners Advertising 

& Public Relations, Inc. He told 

Boxoffice recently that the idea behind his 

approach to campaign strategy is based on 

an analysis of questions answered by filmgoers, 

which next are evaluated by a strategic 

planning board. This committee is composed 

of creative people from advertising, 

psychologists, university cinema professors, 

exhibitors and film producers. The group 

will seek to isolate a "strategic selling concept" 

unique to that particular film. This 

is an exclusive technique developed by 

PlanPartners. "The findings." Meyers explained, 

"then will be used to help develop 

new campaigns, as well as overhaul existing 

ones that are not successful." 

The questionnaire on "Carrie." submitted 

to students in a film class at the University 

of Kansas. Lawrence, and subsequently discussed 

during the S-A-R advertising seminar, 

is the prototype for Meyers' study 

format. A number of illuminating points 

pertinent to campaign planning emerged 

from the study. Meyers stated. 

Media Effectiveness 

Noted 

For example, 21 per cent of the respondents 

heard about the film through media 

advertising, and 27 per cent heard about it 

via word-of-mouth. Sixty-five per cent said 

they knew something about the film's story 

before they saw it. "This certainly would 

suggest." Meyers said, "that advertising and 

resultant word-of-mouth must have been 

contributing factors in encouraging them to 

see the film." He also pointed out that 

while 29 per cent of the students said they 

generally were indifferent to advertising 

claims, 36 per cent admitted that advertising, 

in part, persuades them to see a film. 

Regarding controversial aspects of "Carrie," 

which might tend to dissuade people 

from seeing it, 27 per cent considered the 

menstruation and matricide scenes controversial, 

while 25 per cent thought religion 

was depicted as repressive and tormenting. 

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'The Last Wave' Rights 

NEW YORK Ernsl Goldschmidt, United 

Artists vice-president and foreign manager, 

has announced the acquisition of Peter 

Wen's Australian film "The Last Wave." 

stalling Richard Chamberlain, tor distribution 

in the following countries: Australia, 

New Zealand, the United Kingdom, South 

Africa and 1 asl Africa and related territories. 

film is being produced by Jim and 

Hal McHlrov. who also prodneed Weir's 

previous film, "Picnic at Hanging Rock," 

which has grossed more than $5 million and 

is the most successful Australian production 

of all time. 

The picture, which began shooting Febni.iiA 

24 on Adelaide and Sydney locations, 

represents I'A's first such commitment to 

the Australian film industry. The deal was 

arranged by co-presenter Derek Power. UA 

previously was involved in two pictures 

made with Australian backgrounds. 

Horror and Sci-Fi Awards 

To 'Omen/ 'Futureworld' 

HOLLYWOOD — "The Omen," from 

20th Century-Fox, has been named the best 

horror film of 1976 and "Futureworld," 

from AIP. has won the best science-fiction 

film award from the International Society 

of Science-Fiction, Horror and Fantasy. 

The two pictures were honored at the 

annual awards banquet Sunday (10) at the 

Los Angeles Marriott Hotel. The organization 

also honored the following individuals 

for their contributions to the field: 

Actress, Bette Davis and Fay Wray; actor. 

Vincent Price; supporting actress, Elsa Lanehester; 

supporting actor, John Carradine; 

director. Alfred Hitchcock; producer. Gene 

Roddenberry: writer. Ray Bradbury; music 

composer, Miklos Rosza: special visual effects. 

Roy Harryhousen; animation, Ralph 

Bakshi; sound achievement. Louis and Bebe 

Barron; makeup. William Tuttle: stunts. 

Yakima Canutte; voices in animation, Mel 

Blanc; film criticism, Kevin Thomas; 

graphic artist. Jack Kirby. and publisher. 

James Warren. 

Nunnally Johnson, Famed 

Filmmaker, Dead at 79 

HOLLYWOOD — Nunnally 

Johnson, 

producer, director and screenwriter, with 

77 films to his credit, died March 25 of 

pneumonia at Good Samaritan Hospital. 

He was 79. 

A native of Georgia. Johnson worked as 

a reporter on local newspapers and in the 

metropolitan New York area during the 

1920s. In the 1930s he began writing short 

stories and articles for the Saturday Evening 

Post and other prestigious magazines. 

He moved to Hollywood in 1932 after meeting 

Herman Mankiewicz of Paramount Pictures. 

"Bedtime Story," which starred Maurice 

Chevalier, was his first credited screenplay. 

Johnson later teamed with Darryl F. 

Zanuck at 20th Centurv-Fox and also 

Fima Noveck Says Skillful Editing 

Is Vital for Successful Product 

NEW YORK Editing is the last link in 

the chain before a film is shown to the 

public, stales lima Noveck. who believes 

it is one ol the most vital links. A man who 

has edited mans foreign features for U.S. 

consumption, he has restructured and titled 

imports to such a successful degree that 

main producers specifically request him to 

work on their product, l.ina Wertmuller is 

one satisfied customer and currently Noveck 

is handling the editing on producer 

Raymond R. Homer's "A Long Returning," 

"The Inheritance" and "Shadow of a Killer." 

Pacing Is Important 

A picture moves or doesn't and that has 

nothing to do with its length, says Noveck. 

Pacing is most important and can ruin a 

potentially good film. Since foreign editors 

don't really know the U.S. market that 

well, it is up to editors such as Noveck to 

cut a film for acceptance here. Although 

his work is considered to be both fun and 

completely gratifying to him, Noveck takes 

each task seriously and talks to the director, 

studies the script and looks at outtakes 

whenever possible. On "A Long Returning," 

he journeyed to Spain to look at the 

original assembly of the film and discovered 

how much more he had to work with, instead 

of what he was initially given. 

New Subtitling 

System 

"A Long Returning" stars Mark Burns 

as a man who puts his fatally ill sweetheart 

Lynne Frederick into "deep freeze" until 

a cure can be found for her. The futuristic 

second half of the fantasy details how she 

is unfrozen and deals with her now elderly 

worked for United Artists and MGM during 

his career. 

The pictures on which he worked as a 

writer, producer or both included "Grapes 

of Wrath." "How to Marry a Millionaire." 

"The House of Rothschild," "The Man in the 

Gray Flannel Suit," "Three Faces of Eve." 

"The Dirty Dozen" and "Tobacco Road." 

He leaves his wife Dorris; a son, Scott; 

four daughters. Mrs. Gene Fowler jr., Mrs. 

Nora Milici, Mrs. Roxanne Lanergan and 

Christie Johnson, and three grandchildren. 

Levy and Wise to Produce 

'French Quarter' for WB 

BURBANK. CALIF.—Frank Levy and 

Mike Wise have made arrangements with 

Warner Bros, for the production of "French 

Quarter." a murder suspense story with a 

New Orleans background. 

The deal was announced by Martin Elf.uul. 

vice-president in charge of production 

for Warner Bros., who said that Levy and 

Wise will produce the film starting near the 

end of this year. 

The original screenplay for "French 

Quarter" is being written by Steve Brown. 

lover, Anthony Quinn and Dominique Sanda. 

winnei of the best actress award at 

Cannes, are starred in "The inheritance," 

foi which Noveck has devised a new svstem 

ol subtitling: the titles are placed undei 

each character as he or she speaks rather 

than across the screen as is customary. 

"Shadow ol a Killer," espionage thriller 

made in New York and Italy, has Yul 

Brynner, Martin Balsam and Barbara Bouchet 

in the leads. 

Ideally, an editor should be on the set 

while a film is being shot. Compared to 

the budget on a production, the cost of an 

editor is small and Noveck feels more care 

should be exercised in this field. A believer 

in ballyhoo, Noveck says that one of his 

recent projects, "The Last Circus Show," 

a drama with James Whitmore, Cyril Cusack 

and the late Lee J. Cobb, can make 

a fortune if properly sold. However, he 

thinks that distributors lack in courage and 

may not take a chance when necessary. 

Would Like to Make Film 

Another Homer production in the woiks 

is "The Pawn," an action drama about the 

struggle for power in an independent African 

country controlled by Western industrial 

interests. On future projects such as 

this, Noveck will use cassettes as examples 

of his progress to send to producers. Assisted 

by a very small staff. Noveck does much 

of the work himself. While considering 

directing a drudgery, he eventually would 

like to make his own film but isn't sure 

how he would function under another's 

artistic control. He has one script for eventual 

filming, a science-fiction tale he wrote 

titled "Planet 1445." 

Crown's 'Van' Reporting 

Lofty Initial Grosses 

HOLLYWOOD—The initial 

opening engagements 

in an eight-theatre orbit in Sioux 

Falls, S.D.. of Ciown International's "I he 

Van" has produced boxoffice grosses 25 

per cent ahead of "The Pom Pom Girls." 

according to George M. Josephs, general 

sales manager. 

"The Pom Pom Girls" opened in the same 

theatres at this same time last year and 

established record grosses in all situations. 

"The Van." a Marimark production, stars 

Stuart Getz, Harry Moses, Deborah White 

and Marcie Barkin. Marilyn J. Tenser was 

executive producer, with music b\ Michael 

I hud and Sammj Johns. 

Walter McGinn. 38, Dies 

HOI IA WOOD—Walter McGinn, who 

played a major role in "The Parallax View," 

died March 31 of injuries received in a 

traffic accident. The 38-year-old McGinn 

was starring in the film version ol Joseph 

Wambaugh's "The Choirboys." Photography 

on the motion picture, in its fourth day, 

was suspended. 

BOXOFFICE :: 

April 

1977

BOXOFFICE 

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This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in 

the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements are not listed. As new runs 

are reported, ratings are added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in 

relation to average grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as average, 

the figures show the gross ratings above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.) 

Airport 77 (Univ) 300 425 300 200 

All This and World War II (20th-Fox) 220 50 60 230 25 40 

Alpha Beta (Cine-Ill) 100 100 215 30 95 85 104 i 

Assault on Precinct 13 (Yablans) 80 140 75 50 135 90 

Bodyguard, The (Aquarius) 125 30 60 125 

Bound lor Glory (UA) 200 185 250 300 90 225 165 190 60 100 200 150 190 240 225 130 181 i 

Brotherhood of Death (Cinema Shares) 150 70 30 135 50 

Cassandra Crossing, The (Emb) 250 275 300 50 95 275 190 100 125 225 155 120 210 182 

Chatterbox (AIP) 185 225 100 200 150 35 

Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon (Group 1) 100 80 50 65 80 

Emma Mae (Key) 125 125 325 120 185 176 

Enforcer, The (WB) 200 450 625 660 600 440 400 430 800 780 400 600 330 519 

Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio, 

The (Lima) 240 150 175 65 65 250 180 160 

Exit the Dragon, Enter 

the Tiger (Dimension) 170 90 190 200 90 700 240 

Fellini's Casanova (Univ) 300 400 200 175 185 210 450 260 365 282 

Freaky Friday (BV) 280 400 900 480 400 160 200 555 250 320 175 500 165 165 325 

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'Black Sunday' Bows 

In New York at 530 

NEW YORK "Black Sunday" was .1 

hot item as its lust round at State I 

(540) 

and rower Hast (520) earned it an average 

of 530 and the top spot. "Nasty Habits," 

No. I last week, was a strong second with 

420 earned in its second Cinema II week 

Third was "Hot Wises," opening at the 

World with 310. 

Down two rungs to fourth went "The 

late Show," co-starring Lily Tomlin. star 

ol a recent one-woman show here, and Art 

Carney, a 2S0 lor the eighth Sutton week. 

Fifth was "Slap Shot." now solo at the 

Beekman, where it earned 220 in the fifth 

round, From third to sixth place. "Welcome 

to L.A." had a 215 third week at the Baronet. 

Showcase winners were "Rocky," "Airport 

"77," "Fun With Dick and Jane." 

"Black Samurai," "Network" and "Ragged) 

Ann & Andy." 

(Average Is 100) 

Baronet—Welcome to L. A. (Lion's Gale Films) 

3rd wk 

Beekman Slap Shot (Univ), 5th wk 

Cinema I—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 8th wk 

Cinema II—Nasty Habits (Brut Productions), 

2nd wk 420 

Cinema 3—Providence (Cinema 5), 11th wk 100 

Cinerama I— Uncle Tom's Cabin 

210 

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(Independent-Int'l) 75 

Cinerama II—The Domino Principle (Emb), 

2nd wk 75 

232 "":.-';[.! II- Mohammad, Messenger ot God 

(Irwin Yablans), 4th wk 90 

Coronet—Islands in the Stream (Para), 4th wk 105 

Eastwo.-Id—Odyssey (ASOM), 2nd wk 200 

Fine Arts—Brothers (WB) 100 

National—Brothers (WB) 250 

Orpheum—The Domino Principle (Emb), 2nd wk. 70 

Pans—Cousin Cousine (Libra Films), 37th wk 175 

Place—Man on the Root (Cinema 5), 2nd wk 90 

Radio City Music Hall—The Littlest Horse Thieves 

BV) 

Rivoli—Mohammad. Messenger ol God 

(Irwin Yablans), 4th wk 

155 

I58th Street Playhouse—The Wonderful Crook 

(New Yorker), 5th wk 120 

State !— Blaclc Sunday (Para) 540 

State II—Fun With Dick- and Jane (Col), 8th wk. 50 

Sutton—The Late Show (WB), 8th wk 

34th Street East—The Domino Principle (Emb) 

2nd wk 

ower East—Black Sunday (Para) . 

forld— Hot Wives (Distribpix) 

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110 

140 

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NEW YORK. — An article written on 

when "The Deep" was being filmed 

appears in three editions of Scholastic Magazines 

with a combined circulation of more 

than 5.000.000 students in U.S. senior high 

schools. 

Ma r garet Ronan wrote the article which 

appears in Scholastic Search for the Social 

Studies. Scholastic Voice and Scholastic 

Science World, as well as in the teacher 

WCBS-FM 'Black Sunday' 

Promotion Aids NY Debut 

NEW YORK— Radio station 

WCBS-FM 

offered "Black Sunday" balloon blimps as 

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tickets of admission to a screening of the 

film at Loews' State I March 30. More than 

125 announcements for the audience participation 

promotion were aired in seven 

days, with listeners writing in for the baljloons. 

At the screening, a grand prize draw- 

ing was held, the winnci getting a trip fol 

two to the 1977 Supei Howl, with all expenses 

paid by \\ ( IBS, 

Paramount Pictures' motion picture division 

arranged with W< BS-FM to run the 

promotion and special screening to build 

interest in the film's New York premiere 

engagement, which opened Thursday evening. 

March 31. at I news' State I ami lower 

last in Manhattan. 

UAT Opens New Trio 

In Middleion, N.J. 

MIDDLEION, N.J.— United Artists 

Theatres' latest triplex in this area, the 

Middle-town 1-2-3 theatres, has been opened. 

Acquired by UA in November as the 

Town East and West theatres, the new triplex 

now seats approximately 1.500 people; 

900 in the large auditorium and 300 in each 

of the smaller units. 

To establish the triplex, the Town East 

unit was split into two smaller auditoriums, 

which now adjoin the larger one. Joe 

Bruno, manager of the triplex, reports that 

the auditoriums are fully automated and 

that a new sound system has been installed. 

Additionally, a new 20x8-foot circular concession 

stand was installed in the redecorated 

lobby area. 

Assisting Bruno in Middle-town is relief 

manager Joseph Cino. The Middle-town 

house was originally opened as a single unit 

in 1965 by Walter Reade Theatres. It was 

converted into a twin approximately six 

years ago. 

Mark Saunders has been appointed manager 

of UA's Palace in Bergenfield. Saunders 

joined UA approximately two years 

ago and has served as an usher at their 

Closter in Closter, as well as a relief manager 

in the Bergen and Rockland county 

areas. He resides in Closter. Saunders succeeds 

Barbara Garbe, who resigned to accept 

a post outside the industry. She had 

been manager of the Palace for two years. 

She joined UA several years ago as a cashier 

at Cinema 46 in Totowa and served as 

relief manager at the Linwood in Fort Lee. 

prior to becoming manager of the Bergenfield 

house. 

brothers' Hits $39,529 

4 Days in 2 NYC Houses 

New York— "Brothers," the new Edward 

Lewis production for Warner 

Bros., scored at the boxoffiee Sunday 

(3) at the National Theatre here, bringing 

the total for its first four days at 

the National and Fine Arts to $39,529, 

despite all-dav flooding rains Saturda\ 

(2). 

"Brothers." starring Bernic Casey. 

Yonetta McGee and Ron O'Neal, was 

produced by Kdward and Mildred 

Lewis who also wrote the script. 

Arthur Barron directed and Lee Savin 

was executive producer. 

W. Pa. NATO Focuses 

On Obscenity Bills 

I'l I I Slit R.GH I he annual general 

membership meeting ol NAIO ol Western 

Pennsylvania will be held I uesday (26), 

Starting with a luncheon at noon and followed 

by a business session. 

George lice, president, will discuss the 

recent national NAIO board ol directors 

meeting which he and George Sicrn 

attended 

in Nassau, lice also will present other subjects 

of interest tii the general membership. 

Tice told BoXOFFICl that Senate Bill 199, 

pending in the state legislature, protects 

legitimate businessmen, whether they be 

theatre owners, producers or book-sellers, 

from undue harassment by overzealous local 

authorities in so-called obscenity 

charges, litigations, etc. lice said that 

NATO of Western Pennsylvania participated 

in the drafting ol this bill and supports 

it. 

In the Senate, there are eight active sponsors 

of SB 199, which is scheduled for hearing 

Tuesday (12): Louis C Hill. Martin L. 

Murray, Edwin G. Holl. R. Budd Dwyer. 

John Stauffer. Edward L. Howard, John 

James Sweeney and Jeanette F. Reiban. 

Both SB 199 and HB 70 would amend 

Title 18 (crimes and offenses) of the state's 

consolidated statutes, further defining "the 

offense of obscenity, redefining obscene" 

and further providing for injunctions. 

HB 70 has 36 sponsors, again directed 

by Rep. Martin P. Muller. Other sponsors 

in the House: William F. Renwick. Emil 

Mrkonic. Camille George, Bernard J. Dombrowski, 

Thomas J. Fee. Russell P. Letterman, 

Anthony J. Cimino. Richard A. Mc- 

Clatchy jr.. William D. Mackowski. Philip 

S. Ruggiero, R. 1. Polite. Joseph P. Kolter. 

A. j/beMedio, Ralph D. Pratt. Jack R. 

Arthurs, Raphael Musto, Helen D. Gillette. 

Robert E. Bellomini. John L. Brunner, Joseph 

Ted Doyle, James J. A. Gallaher. 

Samuel E. Hayes jr., A. Joseph Vilicenti. 

Fred A. Trello. Joseph R. Pitts. Henry J. 

Giammareo. Frank J. Zitterman. Frank A. 

Salvatore. Joseph R. Zeller. Peter R. \ toon, 

C harles I. I ogue, A. C. Foster jr.. John H. 

Hamilton jr.. Ronald P. Goebel and D. 

Michael Fischer. 

Mrs. Helen Phillips Dies 

At 81 in New York City 

NEW YORK— Mrs Helen K. Phillips, 

mother of Gerald F. Phillips, a vice-president 

of United Anisis Corp.. died March 

2S following a long illness. She was SI. 

Mrs. Phillips, whose late husband Louis 

was founder ol the law firm of Phillips. 

Nizer. Benjamin, (trim and Ballon of New- 

York City, had been active in many charitable 

and religious causes and was a member 

oi the Park Avenue Synagogue and 

HIAS. Also surviving is her son Howard 

W. Phillips, a member of the law firm 

founded bj bis father, and four grandchildren. 

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RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, now in the 

new Easter show, will have 

midst of its 

a Pop Arts Festival on a twice-a-year, sevenweek 

basis. The opening series, running 

from September 15 to November 3, will feature 

such stars as Neil Sedaka, the Boston 

Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler 

and Tony Orlando and Dawn. 

Shows will van from one-night stands 

to several weeks and will include jazz, pop, 

semi-classical concerts, rock, ice shows and 

children's programs. Producers are Sid 

Berstein. 

Bill Fields and the Music Fair. 

• 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and 

The American Cinematheque's "Paris/ New 

York" program is now under way, with 

screenings at the museum's Junior Auditorium 

through May 7. A highlight was the 

presentation Tuesday evening (5) of the late 

silent "The Shopworn Angel" (1928), directed 

by Richard Wallace and starring 

Gary Cooper. Nancy Carroll and Paul Lukas. 

Although the last two reels were missing 

and the sound portions of the film also 

were gone, the Paramount release was still 

very impressive, especially as accompanied 

by Dick Hyman on the Baldwin organ. 

Cinematheque head Gene Stavis introduced 

the program, which had been created 

by the late Henri Langlois, head of the 

Cinematheque Francaise. Upcoming are 

DeMille's "Saturday Night" (1922) Tuesday 

(12), James Cruze's "Mannequin" (1926) 

with Warner Baxter, Zasu Pitts and Walter 

Pidgeon, Saturday (16), and the French film 

"Prix de Beaute" (1930), by G. W. Pabst 

and Genina, with America's Louise Brooks, 

Saturday (23). 

• 

The 107th edition of Ringling Bros, and 

Barnum & Bailey Circus is now at Madison 

Square Garden through June 5. The unquestioned 

star of the show is animal trainer 

Gunther Gebel-Williams, who has several 

spots on the program and major participation 

in the processions. Exhibitors could 

take a few tips on showmanship from the 

latest presentation of "The Greatest Show 

on Earth." 

• 

"The Goodbye Girl," a romantic comedy 

written for the screen by Neil Simon, is 

filming in 

the city for the next month after 

six weeks of shooting at MGM Studios in 

Culver City. Described as a happy love 

story, the Warner Bros, presentation stars 

Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason and 

introduces nine-year-old Quinn Cummings. 

Ray Stark is producing and Herbert Ross 

is directing. 

The Rastar feature will use such local 

sites as Shubert Alley, Showcase Studios. 

Open Space Theatre, the Metropole Cafe 

and the Roosevelt Island tram, plus various 

streets, stores and buildings. Also to be 

filmed is the Subaru display at the Auto 

Expo at the Coliseum, during the time the 

exhibition is open to the public. 

• 

In town: Sissy Spacek arrived Tuesday 

(5) for promotional activities on behalf of 

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Robert Altman's "3 Women," the 20th 

Century-Fox release in which she stars with 

Shelley Duval and Janice Rule. The film 

is now at the Coronet. 

The Film Society 

• 

of Lincoln Center anil 

the Department of Film of the Musuem of 

Modern Art is presenting the sixth annual 

"New Director/ New Films" series, Wednesday 

(13) through Wednesday (27). Representative 

works will be screened from such 

countries as Hungary, the USSR. Poland/ 

Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Portugal, Great 

Britain, France, Canada and West Germany. 

The U. S. is represented by two features 

and two featurettes. 

• 

Updating: The Elgin Theatre again has 

abandoned its revival policy and is now advertising 

itself as an outlet for rock acts. 

The Embassy Theatre on 49th Street is 

changing its name to the Pussycat Theatre 

and will debut Wednesday (13) with Alex 

De Renzy's very hard-core feature, "Babyface." 

The theatre once was called the 

Trans-Lux West and then briefly the Bryan 

West. 

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Congratulations to film importer and distributor 

Robin von Joachim, who was married 

here March 31 to Rachel von Mandovska. 

• 

"The Beast," Walerian Borowczyk's erotic 

fairy tale of beauty and the beast, opens 

Wednesday (15) at the RKO Stanley Warner 

59th Street East. Sirpa Lane stars as the 

beauty portion of the story, a Jason Allen 

Films release. 

Biiier Winter Didn't 

Hurt Some Pa. Airers 

WILKES-BARRE, PA. — In spite of 

devastating winter weather, energy crunches, 

tightened finances and stiff first-run competition 

from the indoor movie houses, the 

long, hard winter did not seem to hurt the 

six drive-ins operating in this northeastern 

Pennsylvania area. 

Of the six ozoners in the immediate area, 

four have been operating on a seven-day-aweek 

basis, including the West Side Drivein 

at Larksville and the Comerford Drivein 

in Dupont, both owned and operated by 

Sportservice of Buffalo, N.Y.; the independently 

owned Oak Hill Drive-in. Moosic, 

and the Garden Drive-in, Hunlock 

Creek. 

Another airer, the Wilkes-Barre Drivein, 

only operated weekends, while the West 

Wyoming Drive-In in West Wyoming is 

waiting for fairer weather to reopen for the 

season. The only underskyer to shutter was 

the Sunset Drive-In in Mountaintop. 

The Wilkes-Barre Drive-In, which usually 

closes for one month when winter is at 

its worst, lost two to three months' business 

this past season, according to Arthur Scavo, 

manager. "When highways are impassable," 

he said, "you can't expect people to fight 

their way to a drive-in." 

The major problem, Scavo said, apart 

from the weather itself, is the matter of 

vandalism. "But it's a problem we've learned 

to live with," he added. "Financially, it's 

too high to overcome. Prosecution is tough, 

especially when the damage has been caused 

by juveniles." 

The only other time of the year when 

patronage falls down is in the fall when 

football is king, Scavo said, because the 

Wilkes-Barre caters to a clientele generally 

16 to 25 years of age. This drop usually 

lasts from September until Thanksgiving. 

At present, Scavo said the ozoner is doing 

standard business "but once the weather 

gets better, the drive-in again will excel in 

the type of movie that has made us the 

home of big pictures." Scavo points out that 

the Wilkes-Barre Drive-In plays first-run 

features during its regular spring and summer 

season. 

Scavo explained that he feels the demand 

for different types of motion pictures may 

be influenced by social trends but the outdoor 

theatres will continue to have a unique 

group of patrons year after year. At the 

Wilkes-Barre Drive-in, where there is no 

charge for children under 14, rainchecks 

and refunds are provided for dissatisfied 

customers. 

UA's 'Audrey Rose' Bowed 

In Greater NY April 6 

NEW YORK—"Audrey Rose," a Rober 

Wise production based on the Frank D< 

Fellitta best seller about reincarnation, open 

ed at seven first-run theatres in the Nev| 

York area Wednesday (6) as an Easter holi 

day attraction from United Artists. They ar< 

the Loews' State 2, Loews' Cine and thj 

Eastside Cinema, Manhattan; Plainviewl 

Plainview, and Lynbrook, Lynbrook, L.l) 

and Cinema 46 1, Totowa, and the Middle 

town 1, Middletown, N.J. 

The film stars Marsha Mason, Anthon 

Hopkins and John Beck and introduce] 

Susan Swift as Ivy. 

Wise directed from a screenplay by Ef 

Felitta and Joe Wizan and De Felitta pn 

duced the film for release by United Artis 

Music is by Michael Small. 

Ralph Bakshi Will Visit 

NYC to Plug 'Wizards' 

NEW YORK—Ralph Bakshi, whose aimated 

science-fiction film "Wizards" wl 

open at the Trans-Lux East and othr 

metropolitan area theatres in late April, wl 

arrive in New York Monday (18) fori 

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American Fflra Institute will premiere "Be- 

Iween the lines." Filmmaker Joan 

Micklin Silver and her producer husband 

will introduce the picture's first local screening 

in the AFI Theatre Friday evening (15). 

A press showing of "Between the Lines" 

will be held in AFI's screening room Friday 

morning (15). Following the unspooling, 

members of the media have been invited to 

meet the film's director and producer. 

The Star, 

under the caption "Two (Films) 

for the Winners' Circle: A Field Day for 

Anarchy," published the following: "Hitting 

town on a single day—Friday (1) 

were two movies you're sure to be hearing a 

lot about. Both, in part, deal with athletic 

events, both use sports as the canvas for 

larger portraits. But there the similarity 

ends. Paramount's 'Black Sunday' (at several 

area theatres) is a tense drama of political 

warfare. Universal's 'Slap Shot' (at 

the K-B Fine Arts) is a comedy about an 

aging coach and his hockey team. Despite 

a major reservation concerning the latter 

entry. Star film critic Tom Dowling liked 

them both" ... In an editorial, the Star 

stated in part: "Knock It Off, Cher. A 

someone called 'Cher' has been gently admonished 

by James Earl Carter for aspers'ons 

about his new hometown. It appears 

that the 'Cher' recently referred on TV to 

Washington as the 'crime capital' of the 

nation. The President went straightaway to 

the telephone and called the 'Cher' and suggested 

that one-liners for TV should be fed 

on different fodder." 

The world premiere of "Billy Jack Goes 

to Washington" has been rescheduled. As 

of press time, the date either will be Thursday 

(21) or Friday (22). It is uncertain, as 

previously planned, whether the premiere 

will b; a "Siege in Washington" benefit for 

families of seriously wounded hostages. 

Brut Productions' "Nasty Habits" had a 

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at the K-B Cinema. The film, a George 

Barrie-Robert Enders production, parodies 

Watergate in a convent setting. The picture 

has been scored in New York by the National 

Coalition of American Nuns. Local 

distributor Herbert Schwartz of h/i/s Pictures, 

insists the feature is a tongue-in- 

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T adles of Variety Tent 7 held their annual 

Easter party for patients in the Children's 

Rehabilitation Center for Children's 

Hospital Monday (4). There were cartoons, 

live entertainment and the distribution of 

candy and novelties by the Easter Bunny. 

Mrs. Salvatore Ricupito and Mrs. Thomas 

A. Million were chairpersons for the party, 

assisted by Miss Isabelle Wozniak of the 

center. 

"Murder My Sweet" was shown recently 

as part of the free detective series offered 

through May at Niagara Community College 

. . . "Tunnelvision" was shown in 

Squire Hall, University of Buffalo . . . 

"Berlin: Symphony of a Great City." "Happy 

Mother's Day" and "Salesmen" were 

shown in Acheson Hall at the University of 

Buffalo . Obsession" and "The 

Key." Japanese films directed by Kon 

Ichikawam. were shown as part of the 

Media Study Central Library series March 

29. Admission was free. 

George Chakiris of "West Side Story" 

movie fame, is co-starring with Oscar winner 

Kim Hunter in a month's engagement 

of "Elizabeth the Queen" at the Studio 

Arena Theatre. 

As a show of confidence in the downtown 

business sector, the Innkeepers' Ass'n of 

Western New York contributed $1,000 to 

the Friends of the Buffalo Theatre . . . 

Producer Ingo Preminger has an option on 

"Little America," first novel of Bob Swigart, 

who left this city a few years ago for 

the West Coast. 

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Shire of this city had 

a special interest in the annual Oscar telecast. 

Their daughter-in-law Talia Shire, wife 

of their son David, was a nominee for the 

Best Actress Award. 

Tom Woolery, local division manager for 

American Multi Cinema's Como 8 theatres, 

had an unusual promotion with WGRO- 

FM in conjunction with the Academy 

Awards. Patrons were given ballots and 

asked to underline their choices. Awards, 

based on the number of correct selections, 

included a year's free pass for two and 

ten, seven, five and three passes for two. 

Winners were announced on the radio and 

posted at 

the theatres. 

Doug Smith, Courier-Express critic, described 

"Airport '77" as "exceptionally fine 

family entertainment. It's the sort of movie 

that guardians of the public morality say 

they don't make any more." In a separate 

column, the paper recommended the movie 

for 

children. 

Producer Robert Evans sandwiched our 

town between Toronto and Washington, 

D. C, in a promotional visit for his new 

film "Black Sunday." Whether he knew it 

or not, Evans was the first major film 

industry dignitary (excluding studio press 

agents) to include this city on an inperson 

tour in more than three years. Robert 

Plutzik, reporting for the Courier-Express, 

called Evans a "compact dynamo in 

cool 

aviator glasses." 

Evans Theatre repertory film art series 

should resume in 

mid-April. The series was 

cut short in early March due to difficulty 

in obtaining prints from distributors and 

unacceptable programing changes by the 

Boston packager of the series. 

Openings include "Black Sunday," which 

also was sneaked at the Holiday 2; "The 

Late Show," at the Holiday and Boulevard 

Mall; "The Littlest Horse Thieves" and 

"The Many Adventures of Winnie the 

Pooh," at the North Park and Como Mall; 

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"Raggedy Ann & Andy" at the Boulevard 

Mall and Como Mall; "Thieves" at Valu 5 

Cinema, and "Demon Seed" at Plaza North 

and Como Mall. 

Wyler's "Dead End" (1937) and Wellman's 

"A Star Is Born" (1937) were shown 

as part of the Studio Arena Theatre series 

. . . Buffalo Cinema Club showed films by 

its members in the Amherst Community 

Church. 

The men and women of Variety Club 

Tent 7 are planning a "Gong Show" fun 

night May 13. Applications are being taken 

from anyone with talent (the lesser the 

better) by Marge Schaefer. Sur Mason and 

Phil 

Goldstein. 

Harry Edelman, owner of Theatre Film 

Advertising and well known to exhibitors 

here and throughout New York, died of a 

heart attack March 21. He is survived by 

his wife, a daughter and two sons. 

Yasuhiro Yoshimatsu, one of Japan's 

foremost young filmmakers, screened and 

discussed his latest work, "The Slope in 

the Sun," in the Squire Union Conference 

Theatre. The director's appearance was in 

conjunction with the Japan Film-Video 

Series co-sponsored at UB by the Center 

for Media Study and the Intensive English- 

Language Institute. It was free and open 

to the public. 

1-290 Drive-In held its grand opening 

Friday (1), charging $3 per carload for the 

three-day weekend only. There were free 

prizes for everyone and a dusk-to-dawn 

showing of four features to mark the kick-' 

off of the new season. 

In a Courier-Express interview, Tony 

Ragusa jr., manager and part-owner of the 

Valu 5 Cinema, described movie theatres asl 

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"the most expensive candy stores in thei 

world . . Right now Buffalo is in the 

midst of an outrageous bidding war that's 

going to help no one in the end." Lack of 

product, soaring prices for release rights 

and the fact that the metropolitan area has 

more screens than is good for it have caus 

ed Ragusa to all but drop out of this large 

stakes poker game, leaving such heavies ai 

the Holiday and the Como theatres to battl< 

over first runs, the article said. 

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Philly Officials Using 

'Rocky' to 'Sell City' 

PHILADELPHIA—City officials ar 

hoping that "Rocky" can do for Philadel 

phia what it has done for Sylvester Stallon 

on the screen. The city launched "The Sell 

ing of Philadelphia" advertising campaigr 

designed to increase business and tourisrr 

with a full-page ad in the New York Time 

March 30, with a theme based on the Acac 

emy Award-winning movie which is aboi 

a Philadelphia fighter. Most of it was filrr 

ed in this city. 

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designed by a police graphic artist and 

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Temple I'niti-rsit) ('iiioiiiatlieqiic in center 

city scheduled a series o! "Czech 

Renaissance" films, the most comprehensive 

program of its type ever shown here, including 

pictures not seen in almost ten 

vears. The series opened with "Sweet I ighl 

in a Dark Room" and ends May 19 with 

"Closely 

Watched Trains." 

Lam Ferrari, popular local TV organist, 

performed on the great theatre organ in 

the suburban l.ansdowne Theatre at a Sunda\ 

afternoon concert. 

Music Makers Theatre reopened its Eatontown, 

N.J.. drive-in for the new season 

with "A Star Is Born" plus "Freebic and 

the Bean." The family film policy will be 

continued . . . Walnut Street Film Center 

added a video lounge to its lobby, showing 

video art and documentary films on a sixfoot 

Advent Video-Beam projector . . . 

TLA Cinema launched a Greta Garbo Film 

Festival with "Anna Karenina." 

A weekly series of children's films, in 

addition to the twice-a-week adult film programs, 

has been launched at the Memorial 

Library in Nazareth. The library will remain 

open for an additional hour Saturday 

afternoons for the children's films, the 

series running to the end of May. 

Local filmmakers Bob Mugge and Heidi 

Trombert, as the director-producer, are 

producing a full-length documentary about 

the city's controversial and colorful Mayor 

Frank S. Rizzo. Directing the photography 

on the 90-minute film is Larry McConkey. 

former film editor of WVPI-TV here . . . 

"The Gold Rush" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. 

Hyde" are the film features for the 13th 

annual Festival of the Arts running through 

Thursday (14) at Muhlenberg College, 

Bethlehem. The festival program includes a 

wide variety of art, music, dance, film and 

literature 

activities. 

In town to meet the press for interviews 

in behalf of their pictures in advance of 

opening dates were George Roy Hill, the 

director for "Slap Shot," and Joe Raposo, 

who wrote the screen songs for "Raggedy 

Ann & Andy" . . . For the 18th consecutive 

year. Fidelity Bank in center city is featuring 

a pictorial display of movie stars from 

Oscar-winning films. The Oscar statuette 

also is displayed ... A Robin Miller Film 

Festival, with filmmaker Robin Miller delivering 

a lecture, was among the highlights 

of the Muhlenberg College Panorama of the 

Arts in Allentown. 

RKO-SW Circuit Shutters 

Majestic in Gettysburg 

GETTYSBURG. PA. — RKO-Stanley 

Warner Theatres has closed its Majestic 

here but has given York, Pa., an extra 60 

days to arrange to purchase the Strand- 

Capitol Theatre. 

The local Majestic was closed March 29, 

the employees having been given two weeks' 

notice prioi to that date oi the theatre's 

closing. Bob Rorhbaugh, previouslj manager 

ot the circuit's Strand-Capitol in York 

until that the. lire was closed, was the final 

manager for the circuit al the Gettysburg 

Majestic. 

The Majestic made its debut Nov. 14, 

1925 with B ten-reel screen program and 

was, at that time, part of the new Hotel 

Gettysburg complex built by Henry M. 

Scharf facing Lincoln Square. 

For ten years, before the Majestic became 

part of the RKO-Stanley Warner circuit, 

the house was leased and operated by 

the Higgins Amusement Co. of Shamokin. 

In York, Mayor John D. Krout told the 

York Dispatch that RKO-Stanley Warner 

agreed to extend the city's no-cost option 

deadline 60 days beyond the original March 

31 deadline. The mayor reported that hefound 

"overall favorable reaction" in York 

to the idea of purchasing the Strand-Capitol 

for renovation as a performing arts center. 

The city would provide half of the purchase 

money, the remainder being raised by a 

committee on the arts. 

The mayor also told the York Dispatch 

that he was looking into the possibility of 

other organizations taking over the managerial 

duties in the event the city does 

purchase the theatre. 

Philadelphia Flyers Veto 

Video Ads for 'Slap Shot' 

PHILADELPHIA—With "Slap Shot" 

opening at the Sameric Theatre, it was only 

natural that Donald Davidson, advertising 

and publicity director for the Sameric Theatres 

circuit, would want to buy spot 

announcements for the film during the telecasts 

of the Philadelphia Flyers ice hockey 

team. However, the Flyers have refused to 

sell any TV time during their games to 

advertise the film. According to Peter 

Huver, director of TV sales for the Flyers, 

the "no sale" decision had nothing to do 

with the content of the Paul Newman film. 

"We just could not put a deal together." 

Huver said. However, Davidson said the 

Flyers made their decision because they 

didn't want to be associated with the language 

and slapstick violence depicted in 

the movie. 

"They said because of the TV special 

'The Deadliest Season' and because some 

players felt offended by the movie, management 

decided not to sell the spot," 

Davidson says. 

'Demon Seed' Bows in NYC 

At Red Carpet Theatres 

NEW YORK—MGM's "Demon 

Seed." 

starring Julie Christie and also starring 

Fritz Weaver in a shocking drama of the 

future, opened in the New York area Friday 

(8) at Red Carpet theatres including 

the Criterion. Trans-Lux 85 th Street. 

Loews' 83rd Street and Greenwich in Man 

hattan. 

A Herb Jaffe production. "Demon Seed" 

was produced b\ Jaffe from a screenplaj 

by Robert Jaffe and Roger O. Hirson based 

on the novel bv Dean R. Koontz. 

PITTSBURGH 

Pill ScOtt| retired him salesman and theatre 

manager, recently was hospitalized for 

Bob Si ah I in the in- 

tests . . . 

dustry and a son ol the late John Stahl, 

pioneer exhibitor of Homestead, now is re- 

. . "Defiance!" 

tired Irom private business . 

is billed as upcoming at the Art Cinema. 

Local dnematographei George Boyle's 

short subject about the Variety Club, 

"Cruise for Variety," is on view at the 

Fiesta and Cinemette Last theatres. 

On Pittsburgh marquees: "Rocky," this 

veai's Oscar winner as best picture; "Network," 

"The Sentinel," "Skyridcrs." "Demon 

Seed," "The Specialist." 

At Harrisburg, Sen. Tom Nolan dropped 

his bill to place a 6 per cent tax on advertising. 

Joining him in the move to kill his 

own proposal were 43 other senators, declaring 

the proposal unconstitutional and 

violating Article III. Section 10, of the 

Commonwealth's Constitution. 

George Tice, president of NATO of 

Western Pennsylvania, started flea markets 

in outdoor theatres 15 years ago and recently 

reopened this attraction at the Woodland 

Drive-In at West Mifflin. This spring and 

summer Tice will work with four or more 

area drive-in owners in establishing more 

Ilea 

markets. 

Newspaper Contests Hypo 

'Airport 77' Playdate 

PHILADELPHIA — A number of contests, 

in cooperation with local newspapers, 

were promoted by Rick Markovitz, area 

promotion chief for Universal Pictures, in 

advance of the opening of "Airport '77" at 

Eric's Mark I Theatre here. In addition. 

he gave the campaign a "flying start" by 

having Monica Lewis, who appears in the 

film, meet the press at a cocktail party 

staged aboard the 707 plane displayed on 

the grounds of the Franklin Institute of 

Science. 

The Philadelphia Daily News awarded 

20 pairs of tickets for the movie to winners 

selected at random in a contest that called 

on the entrants to name either the actors 

identified with the last line of 15 different 

features or name the movie they came from. 

The Drummer, weekh newspaper with a 

big readership on the college campuses in 

the area, built its contest around an expression, 

real or imagined, of one's fear of flying. 

Two grand prize winners received a 

free 12-mile White Water Raft Trip for 

two as guests of the Whitewater Challengers 

in White Haven. Pa. It tied in with the rati 

trip which was a ke> to the movie rescue. 

In addition. 25 runners-up each received 

two passes to see "Airport '77." 

"The Unicom" will be produced as a 

joint venture of Curtis Harrington Productions, 

the National Film Studios of Ireland 

and Chestnut Films of England. 

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Rill Waldron sr., head cashier at the independent 

Clairidge Theatre in Monielair. 

recently celebrated his 90th birthday. 

An active industry veteran of more than 70 

years, Waldron has been at the Clairidge 

since the late 1950s. At one time, he was 

manager of the house for several years 

during the early 1940s. During his lengthy 

career. Waldron managed numerous theatres 

in the Essex County area, including a 

period during the 1920s and 1930s, when 

he served as city manager in Montclair and 

Upper Montclair for the late Jacob Fabian. 

"Audrey Rose" opened an exclusive 

North Jersey engagement Wednesday (6) 

at UA's Cinema 46 in Totowa and UA's 

Middletown 1-2-3 theatres in Middletown. 

following sneak preview showings at both 

locations on previous weekends. Also due 

for an exclusive opening is the latest Woody 

Allen starrer, "Annie Hall," which will 

make its North Jersey debut Wednesday 

(20) at UA's Bellevue in Upper Montclair. 

At the Bellevue, in its fifth week, was 

"Mohammad, Messenger of God." 

Holly Gaffney has been named manager 

BALTIMORE 

Underground filmmaker John Waters of 

this city is making his most ambitious 

mot'on picture, a 90-minute feature. with a 

$50,000 budget. Titled "Desperate Living," 

he plans a Broadway opening for the production. 

It has been said that this 30-yearold 

independent artist is to our town what 

Ingmar Bergman was to Sweden—a local 

filmmaker directing a small company of 

actors against a background of native landscape. 

Like the Swedish director. Waters 

grips his viewers in a striking way. His 

earliest success, "Pink Flamingos," produced 

for $12,500, has grossed well over $1 

million. Not much of this money has 

landed in Waters' pocket. Last December 

New York's Museum of Modern Art screened 

"Pink Flamingos" as part of its bicentennial 

salute to American humor. 

Matinees of "Once Upon a Time" were 

. . . "Fun 

presented March 27 at the Columbia Cinema, 

Harundale Mall, Security Mall, Perring 

Plaza and York Road Cinema 

With Dick and Jane" was held over for the 

sixth week at the Harford Mall Cinema, 

of UA's Closter Theatre in Closter, succeeding 

Larry Martello, who recently returned 

to the Nyack Drive-In as manager 

of that location. The new appointment 

marks Holly's first venture in the industry. 

The daughter of Harry Horn, an industry 

veteran and manager of UA's Cinema 304 

in New City, N.Y., Holly previously had 

been manager of Perkin's Pancake House 

in Wappingers Falls. N.Y. 

Peter Firmino announced that he will 

reopen the Strand in Seaside Park on the 

Jersey shore sometime next month. Firmino 

took over the 500-seat Strand last year and 

ran it from May through September. Operated 

for many years as a summer-season 

only location by Walter Reade Theatres, 

the house had been closed in 1972. For a 

while, it was converted into a mini-shopping 

mall and subsequently was closed 

again. It remained closed until Firmino acquired 

the location last year. 

"The Domino Principle" was held for a 

third week in exclusive North Jersey engagements 

at General Cinema's Menlo Park 

Cinema in Menlo Park and Totowa Cinema 

in Totowa. 

Patterson I, Timonium Cinema, Westview 

I and Glen Burnie Mall. 

Onetime film star Barbara Rush, with 

Tom Troupe, is appearing through Saturday 

(30) in "Same Time, Next Year" at the 

Mechanic Theatre. The play came here 

from Chicago, where it had played six 

months at the Blackstone. 

"Demon Seed," Julie Christie starrer, 

opened Friday (I) at Movies I, Timonium 

Cinema, Jumpers Cinema, Mini-Flick I and 

II and the Town. 

A special advance preview of "Brothers" 

was held at JF's Hippodrome Theatre Sunday 

night, March 27 . . . "Raggedy Ann 

& Andy" opened Friday (1) at Cinema 

Columbia City, Cinema Harundale, Cinema 

Security Square Mall, Cinema Perring 

Plaza, Grand and Village. 

John Nelson Purchases 

New Palace in Netcong 

NETCONG, N.J.—John Nelson, part 

owner of the K-Mart Cinema in Randolph 

Township, has purchased the local New 

Palace Theatre from Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel 

Gargirello of Wayne and Leo Ricucci of 

Roxbury. The ownership change takes effect 

May 1 and marks the end of a sixyear 

battle between the former owners and 

borough officials concerning the showing 

of X-rated films as a continual policy at 

the New Palace. 

Under a deed restriction to be part of the 

sale, the new owner, or any future owner, 

will be barred from showing X-rated films. 

The agreement was part of a court settlement 

of the latest suit brought by the 

borough against the theatre, in which Netcong 

charged that the New Palace owed 

the borough $22,000 in unpaid sewage bills. 

The settlement calls for the owners to pay 

only $8,500 in back bills. 

The town's theatre licensing fee, which 

had been raised to $1,000 in an attempt 

to discourage the showing of X-rated films, 

and was subsequently reduced to $500, will 

revert next year to its original $25, it was 

also agreed. 

The New Palace is the only theatre in 

Netcong and had been the only house in 

all Morris County showing X-rated films 

on a continual basis. Gargirello and Ricucci 

had taken over the Palace in 1971 and instituted 

the X-rated policy shortly thereafter. 

The theatre had shown primarily 

family-type films prior to 1971. 

Charges against Gargirello and Ricucci 

by the Morris County prosecutor's office 

that the theatre was in violation of the 

state's obscenity laws were thrown out in 

1973 after the State Supreme Court ruled 

the obscenity statute unconstitutional. 

Four Arcadia New Jersey 

Units Leased by Rita 

POINT PLEASANT, 

N.J.—Tom Carr, 

president of Arcadia Theatres, a Jersey 

shore-based circuit, has announced that 

Arcadia has leased four of its six shore 

locations to the Ritz Corp., which is headquartered 

here. 

Included in the transaction are the Algonquin 

in Manasquan, which is open all 

year; the Lavalette in Lavalette, closed since 

January, and slated to re-open in May; the 

Ritz in Spring Lake, a summer-only operation, 

due to reopen in June; and the Colonial 

in Seaside Heights, which had been 

closed by Walter Reade in 1972 and was 

recently 

acquired by Arcadia. The Colonial 

is presently being renovated and is scheduled 

to re-open in May. 

Two other Arcadia locations have been 

sold to independent interests and, at present, i 

atre in Neptune and the Shore Drive-In at 

Farmingdale. 

These recent actions, in effect, have removed 

Arcadia from active operation in the 

industry. The Arcadia group was formed 

three years ago by Carr and Earle Heckeroth, 

when they purchased the Algonquin 

from Walter Reade. Within the following 

year, they had acquired several other theatre 

properties, all in the same area, most of >f 

which had previously been part of the Walter 

Reade circuit. 

Chris Mulkey and Polly King star in 

"Tomcats." 

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BEVERI 1 1111 IS. CALIF. "I 'austinc," 

.1 French feature directed by Nina 

Companeez and produced by May Hod. ud. 

will be shown al the Outer Circle Theatre 

in Washington. D.C., as another in the 

scries ol films from Newomen Releasing, 

which has headquarters here at 405 North 

Camden Dr. 

Newomen Releasing, recently formed. 

represents a pooling of talents of Joan de 

Anda. Caroline Elias, Esta Marshall and 

Marcia Silen. professionals in cinema, national 

film distribution, public relations. 

Magnetics, is flanked h> Charles Thomas, left, and John Thomas at the recent 

opening of their Thomas Bros. Film Studio in San Francisco. The facility is the 

West Coast showcase for MTM's 16/35mm holoscope sound mixing projection 

system, developed by Talian. 

OPENING NEW STUDIO—Steve Talian. center, president of Miilti- 1 rack 

film publicity, market and film product research. 

Newomen Releasing is devoted exclusively 

to the distribution of films by and/ or 

about women. According to one of its partners, 

it was "created in answer to a growing 

awareness of the new role of women in bara. Prizes of $300 each are to be offered 

modern society and a quickened interest in 

for the best orchestral, best chamber music 

films which portray the many-faceted nature 

of women today." 

$100 will be provided by Corwin and the 

and best vocal compositions. In addition. 

circuit to help defray 

In conjunction with the Filmex 

performance costs. 

guest visit 

of French actress Delphine Seyrig. Newomen 

Releasing premiered "Jeanne 

The music awards will be available beginning 

with the 1977-1978 academic year. 

Dielman. 

23 Quai du Commerce, 

Corwin began his support of the arts 

1080 Bruxelles." 

a film starring Ms. Seyrig, at the 

program at UC Santa Barbara in 1975 by 

establishing his 

Filmex March 

annual stage play, screenplay 

17 and at the Westland II 

sta 

in Los Angeles March 

and television writing awards, totaling 

23. 

head 

$1,500 annually. 

Ms. Seyrig won the 1975 Cannes Festival 

award for best actress for her title role in 

lefl 

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"Aloise." written and directed by Lilian de Jon Lang Is Appointed BV 

Kermadec, and nominated by France as its 

i>ir. 

Special Projects Manager 

official entry at the festival that year. Ms. 

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BURBANK.—The appointment of Jon 

Seyrig also starred in Resnais' "Last Year 

ops 

Lang as special projects manager for Buena 

in Marienbad" and "Muriel." Losey's "Accident" 

and "A Doll's House," Bunuel's 

be 

Vista. Walt Disney Productions' wholly 

owned distribution subsidiary, was announced 

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by Irving H. Ludwig, president. 

"The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie," 

3d 

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Lang previously has served as manager tion. 

comedy by Mario Monicelli which was 

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of 16mm rentals for Walt Disney Educational 

Media Co. His new responsibilities will 

shown March 18 at the Filmex. 

ete 

include airline sales (16mm and 8mm). 

prs' George Ottino Appointed Army-Navy sales, nontheatrical 35mm and 

nel 

Reel Machine Gen. 

marketing for "Fantasia" in its new stereophonic 

sound engagements. 

Mgr. 

SAN DIEGO—Reel Production Machine, 

4015 Brant St., has announced the 

In the newly created position of special 

projects manager, Lang will headquarter in 

appointment of George Ottino. whose experience 

covers all facets of film produc- 

passed." 

Buena Vista's home office in Burbank, 

Calif. 

tion, as general manager. 

Lina Wertmuller Filming 

Ottino's credits include the Academy 

Award winning original film on the hospital Paul Roth at Montana 

ship Hope, commercials for local, regional 

Convention for NATO 

and national accounts, as well as instructional 

films for the U.S. government (for the 

Billings, Mont.—Paul Roth, past 

president and chairman of the board. 

army, navy, air force and aerospace programs). 

Ottino specializes in animation, stop 

National Ass'n of Theatre Owners, represented 

Marvin Goldman, NATO 

motion photography and live action and has 

president, at the three-day NATO of 

a thorough knowledge of optical effects. 

Montana convention, which opened competition. 

here Monday (4). 

Sherrill Corwin and MTC 

Roth, at an informal session of the 

Add 

organization's board of directors 

Music to Art Support 

Wednesday afternoon (6), discussed 

LOS ANGELES—Sherrill C. Corwin 

recent National NATO activities affecting 

the Montana group and other 

and Metropolitan Theatres Corp., of which 

he is board chairman, will provide $1,000 

regional thcatremen's associations. 

annual awards for original music compositions 

chosen in annual competition open 

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as Goldman's representative Wednes- 

Roth also delivered a formal address 

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to graduate and undergraduate students at 

^^jthe day evening. 

University of California at Santa Bar- 

West Coast IFDA Backing 

Kildeen-Sponsored Bills 

HOLLYWOOD—"Our organization has 

no tolerance for those who produce and/ or 

distribute films and magazines showing the 

sexual abuse of children." Chris Warfield. 

vice-president of West Coast Independent 

Film Producers Ass'n. has written to Dennis 

Herrick, administrative assistant to Rep. 

Dale E. Kildeen (D) of Michigan, to urge 

passage "as soon as possible" of two House 

of Representatives' measures sponsored by 

Kildeen against the production of films involving 

the sexual abuse of children. The 

bills are HR 39-13 and HR 39-14. 

"Since its inception." Warfield added in 

his letter to Herrick. "the West Coast Independent 

Film Producers Ass'n has fought 

for the rights of the individual as guaranteed 

in the First Amendment of the Constitu- 

We have also fought against censorship 

because it presupposes an elite class of human, 

more gifted than the rest ol us, who 

will tell society what it should see and read. 

Sexual abuse of children has no defense 

under these two concepts. 

"Our organization will help you in .in> 

way it can to get this needed legislation 

On San Francisco Sites 

SAN FRANCISCO— Location filming 

started here March 2S î\ "The End of the 

World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full 

of Rain." the picture being directed b\ 

Lina Wertmuller, whose direction of "Seven 

Beauties" earned her a nomination for the 

best director award in the recent Osca 

Earlier filming required camera work in 

Rome and in the southern Italian town of 

Padua. 

"End ol the World" not only is the Italian 

director's firsl picture in English hut 

also is being filmed from her own screenplay. 

Starring Candice Bergen and Gian 

carlo GianninJ as a couple trying to keep 

their marriage intact, the picture is to be 

distributed worldwide b\ Warner Bros 

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Hollywood 

BLENDER, American International's 

executive vice-president in 

charge of sales and distribution, and Robert 

Steuer, assistant general sales manager, returned 

from AIP national sales and promotion 

meetings in Tucson, Ariz. 

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Sheldon Mittleman has been promoted 

from assistant house counsel to house counsel 

for Universal Studios, succeeding Joe 

Di Muro, who has reached retirement age. 

Di Muro will continue as a consultant. 

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World Wide Film Corp. premiered 

"Youthquake!" at the Preston. Aquarius 

and Casa Linda theatres in Dallas Friday 

(8), preceded by a promotional concert and 

picnic Saturday (2). 

• 

Pinnacle Productions has been formed to 

produce feature films and has lined up as 

its first project a $3.5 million World War 

II epic, "Com-Tac 303." Officers of the 

Beverly Hills-based company are Ray 

George, chairman of the board; William 

Gordon and James Doherty, vice-presidents; 

Joseph L. Cranston, vice-president 

and secretary-treasurer, and William A. 

Trowbridge, president. 

• 

Producer-director Hikmet Avedis has 

changed the title of his feature "The 

Young Migrants" to "Texas Detour." The 

film stars Patrick Wayne and Cameron 

Mitchell. 

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Universal Pictures will take aim at target 

audiences for its "Smokey and the Bandit," 

a story about a wild cross-country trucker 

chase filmed in Georgia. The film, starring 

Burt Reynolds and Sally Field, opens, nationally 

in May and June. Advertising is 

timed to appear in eight truck, motor and 

specialty magazines to coincide with the 

debut. Ads will appear in June in Road & 

Track, Popular Hot Rodding, Rider, Truckin", 

ed in 

Trailer Life and Argosy. An ad appear- 

March in Street Scene and next month 

Happenings 

PSA/ Hughes Air West In-Flight 

Magazine 

will carry an advertisement. 

• 

MCA's special college scholarship award 

for 1977, to benefit employees' children, 

has gone to Steven Mittleman, 17, son of 

Sheldon Mittleman, associate counsel for 

MCA and a vice-president for Universal 

Pictures and Universal Television. Steven 

will be graduated from Taft High School 

in Woodland Hills in June and will attend 

UCLA where he plans to study medicine. 

• 

Director Robert Moore has scheduled 

two weeks of rehearsals starting May 2 

for Neil Simon's "The Cheap Detective," 

Rastar production for Columbia Pictures 

a 

starring 

Peter Falk. 

• 

Rastar's "The Goodbye Girl" began a 

month-long shooting schedule in New York 

Tuesday (5) after completing six weeks of 

filming at MGM Studios. The first New 

York sequence was a comedy scene with 

Marsha Mason and the Subaru display at 

the Auto Expo Show. Other locations will 

be Shubert Alley, Showcase Studios, Open 

Space Theatre, Metropole Cafe and the 

Roosevelt Island tram. The Warner Bros, 

presentation is from Neil Simon's original 

screenplay. 

Dracula Society Selects 

Annual Award Winners 

HOLLYWOOD—Ida 

Lupino and Christopher 

Lee are cinema winners of the 15th 

annual Radcliffe awards presented by the 

Count Dracula Society of Los Angeles. Dr. 

Donald A. Reed, president of the society, 

said that the awards will be presented at a 

gala dinner at the University Hilton, University 

of Southern California, Saturday 

evening (30), with 500 members and friends 

expected to attend. 

The society, a non-profit association devoted 

to the serious study of horror films 

and Gothic literature,' also will present 

AUTOMATION XENON FIL ^^PORT SYl 

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awards to Jay Robinson and Grimsley, a 

local TV star, for television achievements; 

to Bob Cremer, for "Lugosi: the Man Behind 

the Cape," Dr. D. P. Varma, for 

editing "The Castle of Otranto," and Dr. 

Stephen Kaplan, literature. Presenters will 

include Ray Bradbury, Rouben Mamoulian, 

Gayna Shireen, Forrest Ackerman, Walt 

Daugherty, Frank R. Saletri, William Marshall, 

George Pal, Rich Correll, Kris Vosburgh 

and Edward Ansara. 

Variety 25 Holds First 

Annual Tennis Tourney 

LOS ANGELES—The first 

annual Variety 

Club of Southern California Tent 25 

tennis tournament, held at the Ambassador 

Tennis and Health Club was highlighted 

by a celebrity match between the Los Angeles 

Rams' Bob Klein and John Cappelletti 

vs. ABC newsman Jerry Dunphy and critic) 

Regis Philbin. Klein and Cappelletti won; 

the match 6-2, 6-3. The match was con 

trolled by noted umpire Sarg Burns, presi 

dent of the Southern California Tennis Um 

pires Ass'n. 

Other winners were Bob McKay and 

Suzanne Sproul in Class A, Tim Mclntyn; 

and Alison Winston in Class B and Man 

Michaelson and Eileen Cohen in Class C 

Announcements of the winners were mad 

by Murray Propper, president of the asso 

ciation which is dedicated to helping handi 

capped and underprivileged children. 

The first annual tournament attracte 

over 80 players and was followed by 

buffet-dinner at the Ambassador Hote 

Awards and door prizes were distributed. I 

Chairman of the event was David Weij 

man, vice-president. Variety Club Tent 21 

Members of the Variety Boys Club, undij 

the direction of Louis Diaz, served as b& 

boys. 

New LA Tiffany to Show 

'Kiss Me Kate' in 3-D 

LOS ANGELES—"Kiss Me Kate," I 

1953 MGM musical, will be shown in 1 

original 3-D version during a limited ei 

gagement here at the new Tiffany Theat:, 

Operated by Tom Cooper, the Tiffany is tt 

only theatre in the U.S. equipped with le 

two-projector system required to show ie 

original process 3-D films, according o 

United Artists Classics, the company ! 

leasing "Kiss Me Kate." 

The film, based on a Cole Porter hit til 

had a long Broadway run, stars Kath'D 

Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Boby 

Van, Bob Fosse and Carol Haney. 

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with a new policy of "Something or 

Everybody." The house, located at 02 

Court St., has 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. screenigs 

of "your favorite ladies of the peno 

screen," with 6 p.m. to midnight showlgs 

of "big hits featuring incredible dudes fkni 

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T^Jtn. Armida Siguion-Reyna of Perafilms 

is the 1977 president of the Independent 

Motion Picture Importers-Distributors 

Ass'n of the Philippines. Remy Monteverde, 

Regal Films, is board chairman. Other 1977 

officers of the organization include Valerio 

Chua, Golden Films, first vice-president: 

Raul Bagatsing. Associated Films, 

second vice-president; Mariano Laurel. Centennial 

Films, secretary; Ng Mcng Tarn. 

Gotesco Films, treasurer; Ramon Ong. Oriensia 

Films, assistant treasurer; Eduardo dc 

Castro, Screen Spectaculars, auditor; Dr. 

Alejandro Tin. Movierama International, 

public relations officer; Sixto Dy, Orbit 

Films, and Eduardo Sazon. Cinefilms, 

board members. 

Hermenigildo Aragon, Prudential Films, 

was the first president when 1MPIDAP was 

founded in 1969. Later presidents: Miguel 

Mateo. Worldwide Films. 1970; Eduardo 

de Castro. Maxim Films. 1971 and 1972; 

Remy Monteverde, Regal Films, 1973 

through 1976. Mrs. Armida Siguion-Reyna. 

the fifth president, is the association's first 

woman president. 

The Philippines' Manunuri Ng Pelikulang 

Pilipino. critics of Philippine movies, have 

awarded the first Urian trophy for best 

director to Eddie Romero, internationally 

known Filipino movie director and director 

of several American movies. Romero is the 

only Filipino director included in America's 

Directors of Class B movies for his direction 

of "Paano Kayo Noon, Ganito Kami 

Ngayon" ("How Were You Yesterday, We 

Are Like This Today"). He also was awarded 

the Rajah Soliman trophy as best director 

during the Metropolitan Manila Film 

Festival last December for "Paano Kayo 

Noon." which also won the best picture 

award at the same Manila festival. 

Incidentally, at the December film festival 

here, Vic Salayan was adjudged best 

actor, and Nora Aunor. the Philippine's 

singing superstar, carried off best actress 

honors. Salayan has appeared in several 

American movies filmed in the Philippines. 

Louis George, president of Arista Film 

Sales, was a Manila visitor for three days 

recently, jetting in from Los Angeles, Calif., 

and staying at the Intercontinental Hotel. 

George sold "The Amazing Dobermans" 

and "Scorchy" to local film buyers, then 

flew on to Tokyo. 

Your Boxoffice correspondent for the 

Philippines, Miguel Mateo, met and interviewed 

George at the hotel. Film exporters-distributors 

or film owners and producers 

who are planning to visit Manila on 

business—to sell pictures or look for Filipino 

partners for co-production ventures 

may write to Boxoffice Correspondent. 

P.O. Box 3575, Manila, Philippines, lotpossible 

assistance. Also buyers of Philippine 

(Tagalog) pictures. 

"King Kong" broke all first-day boxoffice 

records in this city and had overshot 

the 4,000,000 peso mark after five weeks 

and still was drawing big. The big Paramount 

adventure drama is distributed locally 

by Movierama International, an independent 

distributor. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

JJerb Caen's San Francisco Chronicle column 

for Monday (1) related that Stan 

Draper, Theatrical Transit, received an advance 

of $100 for delivering prints to the 

Hookers' Film Festival, which was held at 

El Rey Theatre. "Aren't too many guys 

around who can brag they took $100 from 

a hooker," Stan boasted to Caen. 

Joe Peixoto, who was transferred here 

from the Los Angeles branch office, is the 

new head booker for United Artists . . . 

Vivian Tomargo has left Mann Theatres to 

work for Paramount Pictures as contract 

clerk . . . Ken Newbert, who had been a 

salesman here for Columbia Pictures, has 

been promoted to manager of Columbia's 

Minneapolis branch. Coming to San Francisco 

from the company's Philadelphia exchange 

to replace Ken is Jerry Tevrow. 

David Van ran his annual Oscar contest 

out of his UATC cubbyhole; by early Tuesday 

morning, March 29, he had checked all 

356 entries and announced that he had 1 

winners to split the $356 prize money. 

Getting seven out of nine categories correct 

were Ray Lockerman, UATC (two entries); 

David Baughn. Scope III, Los Angeles; 

Mark Borde, Seymour Borde & Associates, 

Los Angeles; Larry Gleason, Mann Theatres, 

Los Angeles; Martin Swearingen, 

UATC operations; Gene Walkingshaw, UA 

Corp., Seattle; Tom Muller, Universal Pictures, 

San Francisco, and, of course, Wayne 

Case of Columbia, who won with three out 

of his eight ballots. Wayne, the fan's fan, 

is a perennial winner. 

InterGalactic Audio-Visual Systems, Inc., 

has announced plans to produce "The Fabulous 

Furry Freak Brothers in Gone With 

the Weed—An American Classic." The 

film, to be based on the creations of local, 

internationally famed comic artist Gilbert 

Shelton. will be a live action feature to be 

shot in the Bay Area this summer. Casting 

will include a national Freak Brother lookalike 

search. Interested parties may contact 

Richard Dupell, InterGalactic Productions. 

Box 

94101. 

1012, San Francisco, Calif. 

Jack Scanlan, local Columbia publicist, 

held an unusual press conference for Geri 

Murphy, Underwater Continuity Supervisor 

on "The Deep." Murphy was interviewed 

while submerged in 25 feet of water in the 

Reef Tank at Marine World! Of course, 

submarine sandwiches were served . . . 

Frank DcFelitta, author of Audrey Rose, 

and Susan Swift, who plays the title character 

in UA's film, were here for press 

interviews in advance of the film's opening. 

French director Rene Allio was feted at a 

reception given by the Pacific Film Archive 

and University Art Museum, in conjunction 

with the French Cultural Service, University 

of California's Department of French and 

the Society of French Historical Studies. 

The party was given Friday (1), preceding 

the West Coast premiere of Allio's new 

film, "I, Pierre Riviere, Having Cut the 

Throats of My Mother, Sister and Brother 

. . 

." Actress Delphine Seyrig was also in 

town for the festivities. 

The UC Theatre in Berkeley has just 

completed a successful Buster Keaton Festival, 

which ran during March. The theatre 

is running an extensive Science Fiction Festival 

this month and next. 

An item that recently appeared in this 

column was apparently attacked by gremlins 

on the way to the printer, so we will 

try again: John Tarantino, formerly a manager 

trainee at UATC's Coronet Theatre, 

has become the new manager at Plitt's St. 

Francis Theatre. The new manager at 

Plitt's Northpoint Theatre is Keith Hansen, 

who was the Cannery Cinema's manager 

for many years. 

Matt Collins Gets Role 

Of Valentino in 'Lover' 

HOLLYWOOD—Matt Collins has been 

signed for a role in Gene Wilder's "The 

World's Greatest Lover," currently filming 

for 20th Century-Fox release on the studio's 

Century City lot. Collins, a top male mode 

for Wilhelmina in New York, is making hi: 

motion picture debut in the featured part o 

Valentino. 

"The World's Greatest Lover," written 

directed by and starring Gene Wilder, alsif 

stars Carol Kane and Dom DeLuise. Col 

producers are Terence Marsh and Chri 

Greenbury. 

'Mean Dog Blues' Leading 

Role Goes to Gregg Henry 

LOS ANGELES—Gregg Henry, wh> 

starred in "Rich Man, Poor Man, Book II 

for ABC-TV, has been pacted to play tr 

starring role in Bing Crosby Production 

"Mean Dog Blues," according to Charll 

A. Pratt, BCP president. 

This is BCP's second major feature f' 

1978 release, "The Great Santini" havii; 

been previously announced. The compai' 

recently completed "Final Chapter—Waling 

Tall" for June 15 release. 

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Jack Felix and Jack Michcletti of J & B 

Film Distributors traveled to Los 

Angeles to finalize arrangements for distribution 

of new releases . . . Richard 

Miller, branch manager for Warner Bros.. 

together with Ted Shugrue, branch manager 

for Columbia, joined Clarence Batter 

of Batter Booking Service for a jaunt to 

Estes Park. The trio visited with Stan Pratt, 

who operates the Village Theatre. 

Buena Vista district manager Frank Carbone 

was in town calling on the accounts 

and checking with local branch personnel. 

Carbone at one time was branch manager 

for Paramount Pictures here. 

Visiting the distributors to set dates were 

Dick Klein, K Theatres, Longmont; Neal 

Lloyd, Westland Theatres, Colorado 

Springs, and Bob Heyl. Wyoming Theatre. 

SALT LAKE CITY 

Pdith Brimi was winner of the Academy 

Awards contest conducted as part of 

the annual Academy Awards Fun Night, 

hosted by Norman Chesler and attended 

by 25 Filmrowites. A highlight for the 

guests was watching Ed Doty of Mann 

Theatres trying to figure out how to get 

his hand into the hotdog machine; he tried 

every way possible except the right way. 

It's ironical that someone who started in 

this business in the concessions stand would 

have a problem removing a hotdog from 

the hotdog machine! 

The Ute Drive-in, 70th and State, was 

damaged by fire late Thursday night, 

March 31. Damages, which were considerable, 

still were being assessed at this writing. 

Sunn Classic Pictures has been recognized 

with an award by the Humane Society 

of Utah for exceptional contributions 

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Torrington, Wyo. Heyl reports that the new 

drive-in which he and Ed Thorne of the 

Cinema West Theatre in Wheatland, Wyo. 

are constructing in Wheatland is well under 

way and should be opened within a few 

months. 

Dave Hudgens, who represented Warner 

Bros, in this area for several years, was 

back in town renewing acquaintances. 

Hudgens left this city to go into the independent 

distribution end on the business in 

the Oklahoma City territory . . . Don 

Phillips, 

who operates theatres in Colby, Kas., 

was in town for talks with Clarence Batter 

of Batter Booking Service. Phillips, in addition 

to his theatres in Colby, also operated 

the drive-in at McCook, Neb., at one time. 

He also visited with some of the local 

distribution people while he was here. 

to consideration shown toward all living 

creatures. This award has special significance 

because of the difficulties involved in 

producing films featuring so many different 

kinds of wild animals. 

Tom Christie, president of Christie Electric 

of Los Angeles, came here on a combination 

business and pleasure trip. On the 

pleasure side, Tom spent Friday night (1) 

skiing at Park City. 

At a local high school track, Augie Nardoni, 

division manager of Sero Amusement 

Co., recently ran 20 miles without 

stopping (in exactly three hours, five minutes). 

Augie, now 51, has run 1,910 miles 

this year and his excellent performance 

should be a challenge to some of you young 

theatre managers. 

Several TOI Managerial 

Assignments Announced 

BOZEMAN, MONT. — Theatre Operators, 

Inc., which has circuit headquarters 

here, has announced several managerial appointments 

and transfers among its Montana, 

Utah and Wyoming indoor and outdoor 

theatres: 

Darrell Gabel, a former TOI manager 

in Helena, Miles City and Billings, has rejoined 

the circuit as manager of the Redwood 

Theatre in Logan, Utah. Gabel left 

TOI in July 1976 to manage an auto accessory 

business. 

Mack Frost, 

formerly of Logan, has been 

transferred to Helena to manage the Sky- 

High Drive-In under the direction of Fred 

Nicholls, TOI city manager. Dirk Anderson. 

1976 manager of the Sunset Drive-In 

at Helena, has been renamed to that post 

for the new drive-in season by Nicholls. 

In Bozeman, TOI city manager Dan 

Kinsman announced that Rick Palmer, a 

Montana State student, will be house manager 

at the Starlight Drive-In for the coming 

season. Palmer will be under the direct 

supervision of Kelvin Plumb, manager of 

TOI's Bozeman Cinema Twins. 

Eric Westman is the new house manager 

of the Diane Drive-In at Lander, Wyo., under 

the supervision of TOI city manager 

Gordon Wilson. Westman, a projectionist, 

has been with TOI three years. 

City manager Bob Johnson at Miles City, 

Mont., has appointed Jack Hotaling, who 

has been managing the Miles City Park 

Theatre, as house manager of the Sunset 

Drive-In. 

'Rocky' Tops Again As 

Newcomers Hit Denver 

DENVER—After warmly greeting 

seven 

new entries last week, moviegoers cooled 

only slightly to this week's six newcomers 

which were led by "Black Sunday" and 

"The Late Show" at 275 each. "Rocky" regained 

its champion form to earn a 375 in 

its 10th week. Last week's winner. "Slap 

Shot," did well at 350. Other premieres 

included "Demon Seed" at 200; "Edvard 

Munch," 100; "Raggedy Ann & Andy," 

200, and "The Littlest Horse Thieves," 150. 


Aladdin—Airport '77 (Univ), 2nd wk 250 

Buckingham—Wizards (20th-Fox), 6th wk 125 

Century 21—Black Sunday (Para) 275 

Cherry Creek—The Late Show (WB) 275 

Colorado Four Slap Shot (Univ), 2nd wk 350 

Continental The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

(UA), 15th wk 100 

Cooper—Demon Seed (UA) 200 

Cooper Cameo The Slipper and the Rose 

(Univ), 2nd wk 160 

11 theatres—Mr. Billion (20th-Fox), 2nd wk 175 

Esquire Cousin Cousine (SR), 11th wk 120 

Flick One—Edvard Munch (SR) 100 

Four theatres—Raggedy Ann & Andy (20th-Fox) 200 

Six theatres—The Littlest Horse Thieves (BV) 150 

Three theatres—Rocky (UA), 10th wk 375 

Two theatres Fun With Dick and Jane (Col), 

8th wk ISO 

University Hills Islands in the Stream (Pare), 

5th wk 120' 

Vogue—The Clockmaker (SR), 2nd wk 1C0 

Popcorn Contest at Fox 

ATCHISON, KAS.—"Employees' Week" 

activities at Commonwealth's Fox Theatre 

here included free admission to the first 25 

Boy Scouts in uniform during the engagement 

of "Follow Me Boys." Refreshment 

center personnel placed 889 kernels ot 

popped corn in a glass container. The win-.' 

ner, whose guess was 790, won four trif, 

passes. 

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ducing "The Park" for Warner Bros. 

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prcc movie tickets arc among prizes offered 

in a new Supermarch, starting 

from the University of Arizona. This Supermarch 

was organized after the first one 

was rained out. 

Shorts from Old Tucson: Tucson warbler 

Linda Ronstadt is jousting with Susan 

Blakely and Siss\ Spacek for the part of 

Belle Starr in Cy Enfield's summer startscheduled 

"Shooting Starr" . . . Localite 

Lillian MacNeill completed a four-week job 

in Hollywood as script supervisor for the 

new NBC pilot "Michael Stoner. M.D.," 

as it's tentatively titled. Dorian Harewood 

stars . . . Jeff Sneller, formerly assistant 

director of the Arizona State Motion Picture 

Office is now a producer teaming with 

Igo Kantor on "Kingdom of the Spiders." 

starring William Shatner, formerly with 

Star Trek. Cameras rolled in Sedona the 

last week in March . . . OT was the location 

for the principal photography on an 

upcoming commercial for El Paso Products. 

A team from Ansel Productions, NYC. did 

the reproduction work. 

Next PCF Release Booked 

For California Multiple 

HOLLYWOOD—"Confessions of Linda 

Lovelace," the next release of Pacific 

Coast Films, will break in a 20-theatre 

multiple booking the latter part of this 

month, according to Charles Balot, an executive 

of the recently organized production 

and distribution company. 

In January the company released "My 

Wife the Hooker"; its next release after 

the forthcoming "Confessions" will be "Do 

You Wanna Be Loved," starring Rene 

Bond, in June. The company also has three 

other feature length sex movies in the 

works, all three still untitled. 

Coordinating art work for the company 

are Cheryl Poindexter and Marilyn Frandsen, 

who are concentrating on publicity 

and art for "Do You Wanna Be Loved." 

Pacific Coast Films was formed in November 

by Arnold Himelstein, Steven Antoniou 

and Balot for the purpose of producing 

feature sex films and providing 

worldwide distribution for these productions. 

'Slap Shot' Scores High 

Gross in Canadian Bow 

UNIVERSAL CITY—The Paul Newman 

starrer, "Slap Shot." George Roy Hill film 

for Universal release, has premiered to outstanding 

business in six theatres in Canada, 

reporting a total six-day gross of $182,238. 

The picture has been playing in the Atwatcr 

1. Montreal: Hyland I. Toronto; 

Grand I. Calgary; Rialto II, Edmonton; 

Odeon, Vancouver, and Garrick I, Winni- 

peg- 

Neil Simon's "The Cheap Detective" is 

scheduled to begin production in mid-May 

on location in San Francisco. 

Tucson, Phoenix Students Are Heard 

And Heeded as Film Board Members 

TUCSON—Young people, today's major 

group of movie ticket buyers, are given an 

opportunity to speak out about current 

products through "College Boards" sponsored 

here and in Phoenix by Plilt Intermountain 

Theatres. The boards give the 

circuit executives a sounding device to 

measure reactions of their young patrons 

to new films, which college age students 

review after seeing them in Plitt theatres. 

Two years ago the first board was organized 

by Ernie Hoffman, at that time manager 

of Plitt's Cine El Dorado Theatre in 

Tucson. Members were recruited from the 

University of Arizona. When Hoffman was 

promoted to southern Arizona district manager 

for Plitt and moved to Phoenix, he 

organized a Phoenix College Board comprised 

of students from Arizona State University 

at nearby Tempe. 

J. L. Plitt in Charge 

In Tucson the Cine El Dorado is still 

involved, but the board there is now under 

the direction of J. L. Plitt, son of the circuit's 

owner, who succeeded Hoffman when 

the latter was transferred to Plitt's Utah 

division. 

Micheline Keating, Daily Citizen movie 

critic and entertainment writer, told about 

the board in "Focus" March 31, and in- 

comments on no-name 

cluded some caustic 

critics. 

As founded by Hoffman, the local College 

Board meets twice monthly on Saturday 

mornings at Cine El Dorado for screenings 

and critiques. 

"We feel it is a worthwhile project," Plitt 

told Mrs. Keating. "Sometimes the students 

come up with suggestions the studios can 

act on. One film editor, who had brought 

over an unfinished film, listened to the 

students' suggestions, went back to the studio 

and made the changes the students 

wanted." 

Free Coffee, Doughnuts 

Attendance on a Saturday morning varies 

from 30 to 80 students, with Plitt serving 

free coffee and doughnuts to all. A typical 

film recently reviewed was "Airport '77." 

Board members were asked to fill out questionnaires 

and rate the film as excellent, 

good, fair or poor. Would they tell others 

to see it? How did they like the acting, 

direction, story, etc.? Ample space was left 

at the bottom of the questionnaire for suggestions. 

Keating was intrigued more by the un- 

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favorable comments than by the large 

amount of "tolerably good" reactions. None 

was overly enthused. 

"People are tired of this kind of schlock." 

stated one student. Others wrote: "King 

Kong should have been a scuba driver" 

"It should be billed as a Shakespearean 

tragic comedy" "The phony effects 

were extremely good" . . . "It's really too 

ins like this make money because 

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they'll go on making them." 

Said Mrs. Keating: "There were also a 

fair share ol remarks unprintable in a family 

newspaper." She continued: "What interesied 

me was that every good report was 

signed by the College Board member, but 

not one of the smarty repliers had the guts 

to sign his comments. 

"It's easy to be an anonymous critic. It 

also is valueless. A professional critic— 

good, bad or indifferent—has to sign his 

copy and stand behind his opinions." She 

explained that no professional critic expects 

everyone to agree with him but he is honest 

and ready for any attacks. 

She continued: "It seems to me that if 

these College Board students wish to be 

constructive, as opposed to seeing a free 

movie and being treated to free doughnuts 

and coffee, they should be willing to sign 

their questionnaires, even when they are 

smart aleck." 

Mrs. Keating conceded that it is customary 

for professional firms surveying 

working conditions, to seek anonymous answers, 

thinking that such reflect more honest 

opinions, knowing jobs are not in jeopardy. 

"But there is no such jeopardy in students 

answering a few general questions 

about a movie." declared the critic, who 

concluded: "A lot of good can come out of 

honest criticism and that is what the movie 

studios are looking for." 

Problems of Exhibitors 

Outlined for Rotarians 

HOLLYWOOD — Sherrill C. Corwin. 

chairman of the board of Metropolitan Theatres, 

provided an overall view of motion 

picture theatre operations as a guest speaker 

at the Century City Rotary Club luncheon 

Wednesday (6) at the Century Plaza Hotel. 

Corwin explained the concern expressed 

by many exhibitors over the shortage ol 

product, especially the reduced flow of films 

from major studios, which, he pointed out. 

feel the effects of inflation when budgeting 

their new pictures. 

Corwin reviewed exhibitor contentions 

that there is a need for a more continuous 

flow of product to the theatres instead ol 

the "feast and famine," which now occurs 

during peak seasons. He also discussed the 

film buying problems faced by exhibitors 

and pointed out that man] theatre owners 

believe they could not slay in business without 

the profits from their snack bars. 

COLUMBUS—Several members of the 

Ohio House of Representatives have introduced 

amendments to Ohio's charity law so 

that groups such as art lovers, history buffs, 

private park operators, community welfare 

agencies and the handicapped would be able 

to operate bingo games for profit in Ohio. 

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Ralph Osgood, manager of the 

Ronton Village 

Cinema Twin complex, his wife 

Fran and daughter Robin returned from a 

week's vacation in the San Diego area. 

There they were happy to see Robin's husband 

Tim Murray with two firsts at the 

Pacific Eight championships. Tim represented 

the University of Washington. Robin 

works at the Seattle Universal Pictures 

exchange. 

Sterling Recreation Organization's Puget 

Park Swap Mark began its fifth season 

March 26, offering people an opportunity 

to buy, sell or trade an amazing variety of 

items at a convenient location. Hours for 

the Swap Market at the drive-in theatre 

are from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each weekend 

through October, with manager Clark 

Thompson taking reservations nightly after 

7. Puget Park's seller's price is $3 per stall 

on Saturday, $4 per stall Sunday and $6 

per stall for an entire weekend. Buyers 12 

years of age and over may enjoy the fun 

for only 25 cents; children under 12 are 

free . . . Rob McQuiston, SRO advertising 

director, reported a fabulous gross for the 

first week of "Bound for Glory" at the 

Uptown Theatre, where the film opened 

March 23. 

Pete Tolins has opened Tolins Film Service, 

Inc.. to handle film distribution at 

3214 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, Ore. 

97214, where his telephone number is (503) 

238-0806. Pete, well-known and respected 

in the greater Seattle area, is servicing this 

metropolitan region as well as the remainder 

of Washington. 

Connie Carpou, Avco Embassy branch 

manager for this territory, was here March 

30, calling on industry clients . . . Also calling 

on accounts was Jeff Lee, Columbia 

branch manager for Seattle, who has headquarters 

in Beverly Hills, Calif. Jeff was 

here Friday (1) after attending the opening 

of the Columbia Cinema triplex in 

Wenatchee the preceding day. 

New on Seattle marquees: "Slap Shot," 

Varsity, Kenmore and SeaTac Mall; "The 

Littlest Horse Thieves," Bay, Renton Roxy, 

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Bellevue Overlake. Sno-king and Midway 

drive-ins; "The Domino Principle," Renton 

Village. Seattle Aurora cinemas; "Black 

Sunday." Coliseum, Everett Mall Cinema. 

Bellevue Crossroads Cinema and SeaTac 

Mall Cinema; "Raggedy Ann & Andy," 

& Clark I, Lake City. John Danz, 

Lynn 1; "Airport '77" at the 5th Avenue, 

Bellevue Crossroads Twin Cinema, SeaTac 

Mall Cinema, Valley Drive-in; "The Late 

Show," Seven Gables; "It's Raining in Santiago." 

Guild 45th; "The Thief of Paris," 

Harvard Exit. 

Filmrow screenings: at the Jewel Box 

"SuperVan," March 30: "Demon Seed," 

March 31; "The Car," Tuesday (5). 

Fun, the area's entertainment weekly, attracted 

2,230 entries for its Academy 

Awards contest but the best any entrant 

could do was to list correctly five winners 

of the seven categories. Fun's latest edition 

has a "Decoding the Photos" contest in 

conjunction with the area showing of "The 

Eagle Has Landed," offering 25 pairs of 

passes as prizes. Fun's coloring contest for 

"The Many Adventures of Winnie the 

Pooh" lured entries with 30 pairs of passes 

as rewards. 

Lou Kahn, Warner Bros, exchange manager, 

was interviewed at Fun's tenth anniversary 

Academy Awards party by KOMO- 

TV, ABC's local affiliated station, Kahn 

discussing the importance of "All the President's 

Men" doing well in the awards. Many 

other Filmrow personalities at the party 

were seen on a segment of KOMO-TV's late 

news following the Academy Awards telecast 

and again on the next day's mid-morning 

news. Fun ran a photo of KOMO-TV's 

Milt Furness chatting with Kahn, as well as 

a photo showing some of the industry 

guests at the Fun party. 

Driver Crashes Windows 

At Seattle Sunn Office 

SEATTLE — Sunn Classic Pictures' 

branch office here was the scene of an 

unusual accident early Saturday morning, 

March 26, when a woman driving a Pacer 

stepped on the gas, rather than on the 

brake, in the exchange's parking lot and 

took out two windows, an outside wall and 

inside partition before stopping just in front 

of branch manager Rich Richardson's desk. 

Theresa Lanphere, secretary and first 

staffer to reach the scene, summoned Richardson. 

They, along with the building own- 

Wenatchee Trio Bows 

Under Mercy Banner 

WENATCHEE, WASH. — Mike and 

Kathy Mercy, Fred Mercy jr., and Earl 

Barden of Mercy Enterprises and Yakima 

Theatres hosted an invitational opening of 

their new Columbia Cinema complex here 

March 3 I 

Among the special guests were city officials 

and friends of the owners from the 

area film industry, who were treated to 

champagne and refreshments. Screenings 

were held in each of the three auditoriums. 

Cinema I seats 298 patrons and is 

equipped with stereo; Cinema II and Cinema 

III each seat 167. The booth features 

an interlock system. 

PORTLAND 

J^n invitational screening of "Black Sunday" 

was held March 30 at Mann Theatres' 

Music Box Theatres, with the wide 

range of prizes including a stay at a beach 

resort and rides in the Goodyear Blimp, 

according to Dewayne Belislye, Music Box 

manager. Free ice cream "black sundaes" 

were given to everyone attending the invitational 

showing: distributed in the drawings, 

in addition to a trip to the Inn at Spanish 

Head in Lincoln City and four rides on the 

Goodyear Blimp, were gift certificates from 

Clark Junior (women's clothing stores) and 

miniature balloons. Promotional work was 

supervised by Mike Neely's Thunder Media, 

the company which turned in such an out 

standing promotional job here in conjunc 

tion with KPAM Radio for "King Kong.' 

An advance showing of "Black Sunday' 

was held Thursday, March 31 at the Music 

Box, followed by the public opening Fridaw 

(1). 

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"Black Sunday" also opened Friday (lj 

the Bagdad Theatre, where Imogene Folj 

wick, manager, reported record grosses for 

two other films currently on the complex's) 

screens: "Rocky," in a tenth week, and 

Star Is Born," 15th week. 

Correction: Boxoffice apologies to Ton) 

Moyer, Luxury Theatres president, for refer 

ring to him in a news item in an earlie 

issue as being an assistant film buyer. 

Schaefli Helms Ozoner 

SEDALIA, MO.—Gary Schaefli has bee 

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morning, with only interruptions from 

bidding contractors, adjusters and curious 

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is the newlj elected Midwest regional president 

of the Brandeis University National 

Women's Committee. Maureen's election 

marks the first time in 28 years that the 

region's president has not been a Chicago 

resident. 

Bev Miller, president of Mercury Film 

Co., and his wife Mary-Margaret depart 

Sunday (17) for Europe. They are flying 

Icelandic direct to Luxembourg, where they 

will meet with their friend Mrs. Rosemary 

Ginn (formerly of Columbia), this country's 

ambassador to the grand duchy. The Millers 

will drive south from Luxembourg through 

scenic Switzerland and the Brenner Pass 

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into Italy before heading for Monte Carlo, 

Monaco, to attend the Variety Clubs International 

convention. Following the powwow 

there. Bev and Mary-Margaret will 

head west across France to visit Andorra, 

a tiny country nestled high in the Pyrenees 

Mountains which separate Spain and France 

Anyone who intended to send Bev a 

birthday card will have to seek the belated 

variety. He celebrated Friday (8). 

Other inilnsin id's from Kansas City who 

plan to attend the VCI convention in Monte 

Carlo include Mr. and Mrs. Richard Orear, 

Mr. and Mrs. Doug J. Lightner and Mr. and 

Mrs. Glen Dickinson. The Dickinsons reportedly 

intend to make a swift trip via the 

supersonic Concorde, the bi-national, fastmoving 

bird with the droopy beak which 

recently was barred from landing at JFK 

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With 425 in Kaycee 

KANSAS CITY—"Airport '77" landed 

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the still-strong "Rocky" which grossed 410 

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Blue Ridge, Ranchman—The Pink Panlher Strikes 

Again (UA), 15th wk 120 

Blue Ridge, Ranchman—Rocky (UA), lOlh wk 410 

Embassy—Silver Streak (20th-Fox), 14th wk 275 

Embassy, Watts Mill—Nasty Habits (SR) 295 

Fairyland—Resurrection of Eve (SR) 125 

Fine Arts—Cousin Cousine (SR), 10th wk 95 

Five theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb) 165 

Four theatres—The Cassandra Crossing (Emb), 

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Four theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col) 205 

Four theatres— Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster 

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Glenwood—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ) ... 

Highway 40, Trail Ridge—Death Collector (SR) 2S 

Metro Plaza, Midland—Emma Mae (SR), 3rd wk. 110 

Midland—Mohammad, Messenger of God 

(Irwin Yablans) 150 

Oak Park, Seville—The Late Show (WB) 260 

Plaza—Airport '77 (Univ) 425 

Plaza— Islands in the Stream (Para), 4th wk 150 

Seven theatres—Mr. Billion (20th-Fox) 100 

Six theatres—Freaky Friday (BV), 7th wk 165 

Three theatres—Fun With Dick and Jane (Col), 

7th wk 245 

12 theatres—SuperVan (Empire) 140 

"Airport," 'Mohammad,' 'Domino' 

Have Big Openings in Chicago 

CHICAGO—First-run grosses were bolstered 

by three strong openings and by the 

championship form of "Rocky" which still 

was able to earn a 350 in its 15th week at 

the Water Tower. "Airport "77" led the 

averages with a 360 as it opened in six 

theatres. "Mohammad, Messenger of God" 

grossed 300 in its opening week at the Oriental 

Theatre in the Loop and "The Domino 

Principle" bowed at 255 in five situations. 

Carnegie—Pumping Iron (SR), 2nd wk 300 

Chicago, Norndge—The Sentinel (Univ), 7th wk 150 

Cinema—Cousin Cousine (SR), 22nd wk 175 

Five theatres—Fun With Dick and Jane (Col), 

7th wk 150 

Five theatres— The Domino Principle (Emb) 255 

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The entire Aveo Embassy staff has been 

covering the Midwest in a conceited 

sales campaign. Milt Levins, Central division 

manager, has been contacting exhibitors 

in Cincinnati and surrounding territory: 

David Siekich has been traveling the Michigan 

territory, and Paul Sil. branch manager, 

has been making the rounds in Illinois. The 

two films highlighted were "The Domino 

Principle" and "Cross of Iron." 

Understandably, United Artists people 

here are involved in post-Academy Award 

activity in behalf of "Network" and 

"Rocky." Theatres which have been playing 

"Rocky" are noting increased business at 

the boxoffice . 

. . Peter Cravath. formerly 

of the Paramount Pictures staff, has joined 

United Artists as a booker. 

It was good news to learn that Olive 

Podorsky has made good progress following 

surgery and she will be back at her post at 

Kaplan-Continental Pictures in early April 

Kaplan has been readying "Kiss of 

the Tarantula" for a first opening in this 

area Friday (29). 

Bill Hutton has been appointed manager 

of the new Plitt 

Round Lake Commons theatres. 

The two Round Lake properties will be 

playing "Airport '77" and "Network" as 

starters. 

Jesse Chinnick, sales manager for Levitt- 

Pickman, advised Sid Kaplan of S-K Films 

that test engagements are being set up for 

"Sudden Death." Exhibitors who have had 

the first "in" on this thriller say it could be 

one of the great spring drive-in attractions. 

As soon as the full results of the special 

openings become available, marketing 

strategy for the Midwest will be announced. 

Chinnick also announced that the precise 

date for return engagements of "The Groove 

Tube" will be released shortly. Numerous 

exhibitors have indicated they want to rebook 

this always popular feature which has 

earned a cult status. Some exhibitors say 

they have probably rebooked "The Groove 

Tube" more often than any other independent 

picture released. 

Warner Bros.' "Brothers" is set for opening 

at the Chicago Theatre in the Loop Friday 

(22). 

Sixteen theatres and three drive-ins were 

first in presenting "All the President's Men" 

after the film won four Oscars. 

Bobbi (Roberta) Teitei's new book, "Fantasies 

Fulfilled," will be published soon. 

Her father Chuck Teitel hopes to snag the 

movie rights. 

In a review in the Daily News, Christine 

Nieland said "Mohammad, Messenger of 

God" appears to be "intentionally a commercial 

for Islam, a vehicle for publicizing 

its beliefs to Western audiences . . . This 

is 

the movie for which the Hanafi Muslims 

captured hostages in Washington, D.C., to 

demand its withdrawal from movie theatres. 

I'm not sure why they objected to it." 

Twentieth Century-Fox staffers have 

been doing double duty in finalizing plans 

for openings of "Mr. Billion," "Young 

Frankenstein," "Silver Streak" and "Raggedy 

Ann & Andy." "Mr. Billion," starring 

Jackie Gleason, Valerie Perrine, Terence 

Hill and Chill Wills, is set for a wide multiple 

beginning Friday (15). A total of 100 

prints of "Young Frankenstein" represent a 

saturation return of this film Friday (29). 

This repeat engagement will be backed by a 

big TV campaign. "Silver Streak," which 

has been one of the big moneymakers during 

the past weeks, is set for a saturation 

sub-break starting in late April. 

Exploitation of "Raggedy Ann & Andy" 

has been moving along in high gear starting 

with contests offering admission tickets as 

prizes. An especially effective job of publicity 

was instigated by 20th-Fox Midwest 

publicist Larry Dieckhaus. A story relating 

the history of Raggedy Ann appeared in the 

"Tempo" section of the Tribune March 31, 

just ahead of the film's opening. The Tribune 

item noted that there has been a Raggedy 

Ann revival and it is expected the 

movie will stimulate further interest. "Wiz- 

beliefs. It is rated PG and not recommended 

for small children. 

According to reports, a fourth unit will 

be added to the M&R Norridge 1-2-3. 

Buena Vista district manager Virgil Jones 

and salesman Keith Vezensky were in Indianapolis 

to talk with exhibitors about "The 

Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," as 

well as upcoming BV product. Included are 

"The Boatniks," "The Rescuers," a new animated 

feature, and "Herbie Goes to Monte 

Carlo." 

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n most interesting book has just been released. 

Entitled "Indianapolis Theatres 

from A to Z," it was published by Gladson 

Publications of this city. There were three 

years of research by Gene Gladson of this 

city before actual publication. The book 

traces the very beginning of the first theatre 

up to the present-day stage and motion pictheatres. 

The 170 pages in the book are 

filled with little-known facts, along with pictures 

and drawings of theatres. 

Between the covers of this attractive book 

are such subjects as "First Nude Film," 

"First Obscene Film Court Case." "First 

Sound-Sex Film," "First Wide Screen," 

"Sunday Openings" and many more interesting 

and almost forgotten subjects. In 

reading this book, one point seems to surface. 

That is that the problems that beset 

the industry in the early days of the motion 

picture exhibitors and distributors haven't 

changed very much. It seems we are confronted 

with basically the same difficulties, 

except that today's are perhaps more complex. 

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MEMPHIS—"Rocky" maintained its 

rallop here by grossing a still-strong 495 

/hile "Silver Streak" hung in there with a 

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aramounl—Fun With Dick and Jane (Col), 

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aramount—A Star Is Born (WB), 12th wk 270 

juthbrook— It's Alive IWB) 350 

iree theatres— Freaky Friday (BV), 3rd wk 110 

iree theatres—Thieves (Para) „ 50 

fanderbilt Film Festival 

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NASHVILLE. TENN.—The eighth annual 

Sinking Creek Film Celebration, a 

udent independent film competition and 

.inference, will be held here at Vanderbilt 

Diversity's Sarratt Student Center Cinema 

heatre. June 8-12. 

Mary Jane Coleman of Greenville is 

under and director of the five-day festival. 

er advisors include Peter Bradley, New 

ork State Council on the Arts; Karen 

ooper, director of the New York City 

Im Forum; George Griffin, assistant di- 

:ctor of the event; Anthony Hodgkinson, 

lairman of the film department of Atlan- 

's Clark University; Nell Isaacs, Unirsity 

of Michigan; Stanfish Lowder, Uni- 

:rsity of California, San Diego; Eliot 

oyes jr.. New York; Bill Oxley, KCET. 

los Angeles; Jack Schrader, East Tennessee 

niversity: Cecile Starr, New York teach- 

/author; Ron Sutton, American Unirrsity; 

Willard Van Dayke, and Claudia 

eill, filmmaker. 

Judges in the competition will be Esme 

ick, former director of the American Film 

'li :stival. and Amos Vogel, director of the 

i nnenberg Cinematique, University of 

innsylvania and founder of Cinema 16. 

third judge will be named later. 

The festival is funded by the National 

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of State Art Agencies, the Tennessee 

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It offers a showcase for new, creive 

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MILAN, ILL. — Northeast Theatre 

Corp.'s Carole Aaron and district manager 

Donn Iogha devised and put into action an 

effective promotion for the motion picture 

"Wizards" prior to its opening at Showcase 

cinemas here. 

Utilizing top FM rock station WHBF- 

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Since WHBF-FM is 

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"Wizards" during the day. The third, fourth 

or fifth caller on the "hot line" at a specified 

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poster or a pair of passes to see the motion 

picture at Showcase cinemas in Milan. 

Maximum effectiveness was obtained 

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greater-than-usual local interest 

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the film's engagement. 

Hallberg Succeeds Smiley 

As President of Wolfberg 

DENVER—After more than 20 years as 

president and general manager of Wolfberg 

Theatres here, Tom Smiley has retired. 

Brought here from Cincinnati where 

he was with MGM, by Morris Wolfberg, 

Smiley handled a film sales company. Following 

Wolfberg's death, he became head! 

of the theatre circuit. Smiley also is a di-j 

rector of Central Bank & Trust, Denver. 

Herman Hallberg, formerly in charge ol 

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by the local chapter of the American 

Theatre Organ Society and the Department 

of Music at Georgia Stale University. Proceeds 

from the benefit went to the "Save the 

Fox" campaign which is spearheaded by 

Atlanta Landmarks Inc. 

The "Back by Popular Demand" sign was 

dusted off by six theatres showing "All the 

President's Men" . . . Dizzic Gillespie will 

headline an all jazz program June 16 at the 

Fox Theatre with all proceeds going to the 

"Save the Fox" fund. 

Two employees of the Show Case Cinema, 

arrested in mid-March in connection 

with the showing of the movie "Sweet 

Punkin' " will be arraigned May 2. They 

were charged with distributing obscene material. 

The Advertising Club's 1976 Phoenix 

Awards competition presented a special 

gold award to Gerald Rafshoon Advertising 

for the campaign it prepared in connection 

with Jimmy Carter's presidential race. Rafshoon, 

president of the company, resigned 

from 20th-Fox as southern division advertising 

and promotion director to found the 

firm. Carter was one of his first clients. 

Puppeteers of America will have their 

Southeast regional festival here Friday (29) 

through May 1 at three downtown locations. 

The festival is open to the public . . . 

A slide-film presentation of expeditions to 

Noah's Ark was presented free at the Sandy 

Springs Branch of the Atlanta Public Library 

recently. 

Merle Oberon and her husband Robert 

Wolders participated in a production titled 

"A Pet-a-Greed Affair," sponsored by members 

of the Women's Auxiliary of the Humane 

Society. The actress and her husband 

were accompanied here by Earl Blackwell 

and fashion columnist Eugenia Shepard, for 

the $80-per-couple black-tie dinner. 

Trade/press screenings at Century Cinema 

Corp.'s screening room included "Young 

Lady Chatterley," distributed by New World 

Pictures; "Raggedy Ann & Andy," 20th- 

Fox, and "Airport '77," Universal. DeKalb 

County officials screened "Sweet Punkin' " 

for authorities from the state court solicitor's 

office. 

United Artists' "Audrey Rose." starring 

Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins and John 

Beck, was sneaked March 24 at the Georgia 

Theatre Co.'s Lenox Square and Greenbriar 

theatres. 

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800 Lambert Drive N.E. 

800 S. Graham St. 

'Everything for your theatre— except film' 

Atlanta, Ga. 30324 

Chorlotte, N.C. 28202 

(404) 876-0347 

(704) 334-3616 

Mark Biles Reopens 

Toco Hill Theatre 

ATLANTA—Mark Biles, formerly with 

Chappell Film Releasing Co., has purchased 

the Toco Hill Theatre from the Charlottebased 

Eastern Federal Corp. 

The shuttered theatre was given a thorough 

cleaning and sprucing up before reopening 

Friday (1) with "The Sailor Who 

Fell From Grace With the Sea." Gary 

McKee, WQXI deejay who has become 

known as "the Mouth of the South," was 

master of ceremonies at the opening. 

The Toco Hill was the third EFC theatre 

to be closed. The others were the Cherokee 

and the North Springs. 

Ban on X-Rated Films 

Causes Prison Sit-In 

BORDENTOWN, N.J.—Despite a recent 

sit-in by the young inmates at the 

Bordentown Reformatory here, the superintendent 

says he will continue his ban on 

the showing of X-rated movies at the institution. 

Sidney Hicks, who initiated the policy 

when he became superintendent severa 

months ago, said he was not swayed by i 

recent five-hour sit-in involving 200 of th< 

institution's 750 inmates. 

"I told them it was unfair for them to se. 

the movies and then smooch all over thei 

women during contact visits and not be abl 

to do anything about it," said Hicks. 

A former assistant superintendent at th 

Rahway State Prison in New Jersey, Hick 

said the movies are purchased through th 

Inmate Welfare Fund, which consists c 

profits from the reformatory canteen. H 

said the inmates, all male offenders age 

19 to 30, help select the movies and th; 

many of them had been X-rated pictures. 

Hicks described the sit-in as peacefu 

Only three inmates face disciplinary actio 

for "getting out of hand." 

Indy Exhibitors Book Few 

Foreign-Language Films 

INDIANAPOLIS—Only one of the \ 

foreign films eligible for the best foreig 

language Academy Award has been shov 

in Indianapolis. This was Lina Wertmullei 

"Seven Beauties." which played a one-d; 

engagement July 31, 1976, at which tin: 

some 255 persons attended two screenin; 

of the film at the Indianapolis Museum l 

art. 

However. "Seven Beauties" played a i- 

turn one-day engagement at the Indianapos 

Museum March 6, 1977, at the same tit: 

the film currently was being offered at t; 

Woodland Theatre. 

When the five finalists in the best foreii 

film category were made known in Febiary, 

"Seven Beauties" was among the • 

However, "Cousin Cousine" (another of te 

finalists) is not entirely unknown in Indiai, 

having played the Vonlee Theatre in BIooington, 

home of the Indiana Universy 

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al the Nature Museum and Freedom Park 

area. Clayton was here last year and directed 

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His latest picture will be produced 

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Bill Simpson of Simpson's Distributing 

Corp., will distribute "The Swiss Conspiracy" 

in this area . Carty, sales executive 

for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, visited Filmrow 

here to set up saturations on a summer 

release. 

WOMPI Notes: The annual "Salute to 

the Men of the Industry" luncheon was 

held March 16 with about 125 people attending 

. . . WOMPI recently came to the 

assistance of a family with nine children 

that had been suffering financial and medical 

problems. The women collected food 

and enough money to pay back utility bills 

and arranged for the use of a hospital bed 

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and other medical equipment . . . The 

group is in full swing on "Operation Santa 

Claus '77," knitting and crocheting all types, 

sizes and colors of warm caps for the patients 

at Brotighton Hospital for the Mentally 

Handicapped at Morganton. Workshops 

and instruction sessions have been 

held at the homes of Sylvia Todd, service 

chairman, and Viola Wister and Virginia 

Porter. The club and individual members 

have donated the yarn and so far 75 caps 

have been completed. The project has beer 

so successful that the Social Services Department 

has suggested WOMPIs makt 

warm footlets for the bedridden patients 

Instructors are Lois Huggins, Hazel Millc 

and Mildred Warren. 

Frank Jones and Allen Locke of Southen 

Booking and Buying, will hold a two-da 

confab with A. Foster McKissick and Fre< 

Curdts, Fairlane/Litchfield Theatres; Ph 

Nance, Mission Valley Theatres in Raleigl 

and Buz Loyd and Tommy Bradford, Cap 

Fear Theatres, Fayetteville. They will tak 

in several screenings and discuss futui 

products and bookings. 

Shay Allen of Charlotte Booking w; 

honored with a farewell wedding shower c 

hostesses Janet McElveen, Auvalene Mag< 

and Sara Mclntyre. A light luncheon w., 

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married in Rock Hills, S. C. Saturday (S 

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John R. McClure, Charlotte Booking. 

and wife Beck) entertained their three 

daughters al the Sheraton Hotel in Myrtle 

Beach, S. C. over the Easter holidays . . . 

Jimmy Murphy, Variety Films, has returned 

to his desk after a short siege with 

the tin ... Ed McLaughlin, Columbia 

branch manager, spent the Easter Holidays 

in Jacksonville. Fla., and Palm Beach. 

Top grosses of the week were "Airport 

77" at the Capri; "Rocky," Eastland Mall; 

" The Domino Principle." Eastland and 

Charlottetown malls, and "The Late Show," 

Regency. 

Beth Caldwell is a newcomer to the business 

and will be employed by Tar Heel 

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[exas pageant. She was signed by Paramount 

and while in Hollywood worked as 

a correspondent tor some 20 Texas newspapers. 

One of the stars she interviewed 

was Bing Crosby whom she married Oct. 

24. 1957. Her film credits include "The 

Guns of Fort Petticoat." "Operation Mad 

Ball," "Reprisal." "Anatomy of a Murder," 

"The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad." "Mister 

Cory," "Arrowhead." "Unchained" and 

"Rear Window." 

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Slaughter attended the 

Columbus. Ga.. wedding of Martha Jayne 

Johnston and Michael Patrick March 26. 

Patrick is district manager of Martin Theatres 

of Georgia and the son of Mr. and 

Mrs. Carl Patrick. Carl Patrick is president 

of Fuqua Industries of Atlanta which includes 

Martin Theatres of Georgia and 

Texas. Slaughter is president of Martin 

Theatres of Texas. 

WOMPI members who assisted with the 

Variety Club Telethon included Lee Tuley, 

Tonsi Petton, Carol Wier, Jo Ellen Greenlee, 

Doris Lewis, Claudia Patterson, Diane 

Borison, Dana Dodson, Cindy Noret, Mary 

Crump. Elsie Parrish. Shirley Abramson. 

Rosa Browning. Verlin Osborne, Carolyn 

Shultz and Mable Guinan. 

Jim Crump of Crump Distributors is 

handling the Silverstein Films production 

. . . 

"Valentina" which stars Carrol Baker 

Bennie Lynch at Grimes Film Booking has 

— two new releases "Blow Dry" starring 

Helen Madigan and "College Affair" with 

Arthur Franz, Neile Adams and Ann Seymour. 

himself. The old theatre will be converted 

to three stories with a carpentry shop in the 

basement, a control room on the ground 

lloor (equipped for film only at first but 

later videotape equipment will be installed). 

Upstairs the Coliseum's screen will be used 

with the middle of the balcony becoming a 

screening room flanked by editing rooms. 

All the seats have been ripped out of the 

ground floor which will be the studio. New 

walls will be installed over the Art Decopatterned 

wallboard with different colored 

sections for different shooting requirements. 

Replacing the theatre's sloped floor 

took six months. 

In spite of the extensive remodeling, 

much of the original theatre is being retained 

including the glass-front steel cases 

that used to hold movie posters and the 

blue-green Art Deco ceiling lights. The 

outdoor marquee will be kept although it 

will be repainted to look like a strip of 

35mm film with each square touting a different 

activity in the building. The facade 

will remain the same including the neon 

tower atop the building and the building's 

name which is spelled out in neon atop the 

marquee. When it is finished the structure 

will be called Coliseum Studios. 

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last year for $36,000. are converting the 

of winning. 

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building where commercials and movies 


can be shot, processed and screened. 


Yacich and Prechtel are partners in Teletechniques, 

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proved that beating the movie ratings is one 

game local youngsters have a good chance 

Fifteen-year-olds walked into theatres 

showing R-rated and even some X-rated 

films without questions. And kids as young 

12 lied about their age and were admitted 

Two 15-year-olds were admitted to 

ever) 

R-rated and one of two X-rated movies fo 

which they requested tickets. Two 12-year 

olds were denied admittance at the two X 

rated films, but were turned away at onl; 

one of the five R-classified movies. 

Seven theatres were visited. At least on 

of the youngsters was permitted to buy 

ticket at all but one—Studio One on Hill; 

borough Street. 

The youngsters had their parents' permi: 

They di 

sion to attempt to buy the tickets. 

not actually watch any of the films. 

The experiment was sparked by a "Ho 

line" column item in which a mother con 

her 13-year-old son became u 

set after he had gone without permissic 

to see "The Town That Dreaded Sundown 

an R-rated film at the Terrace Theatre. 

FREEPORT. TEX.—The Gulf Drive-i 

Theatre, formerly known as the Surf Driv 

In, has been leased from the J. G. Lo? 

Theatres by Gulf Drive-In Theatres. Inc. 

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Oklahoma Theatre Supply Co. 

628 West Sheridan Ave. 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 

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2200 Young Street 

Dallas, Texas 75201 

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Houston, Texas 77108 

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Tames Harnett has sold his Hollis Drive-In 

Theatre in Hollis to V'crlin Bell. Raymond 

Patton, former long-time owner of 

the theatre, will assist Bell in the booking 

and busing. 

John Wayne is expected to make a court 

appearance here Tuesday (12) in a dispute 

over the city's plans to put a sewage lagoon 

on part of a 46-acre tract the Duke owns 

just east of the Cowboy Hall of Fame. The 

cits condemned almost six acres of the 

property more than a year ago. Wayne's 

plans lor the property are said to include 

a 

hotel. 

In town to take care of film chores were 

Mike Brewer. Royal Theatre and Brewer's 

Drive-In, Pauls Valley; Charles Townsend, 

Allred Theatre and Pryor Drive-in. Pryor. 

and Charles Smith, buyer for the Grand 

Theatre in Canton and the Corral Drivein. 

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Barbara Rush, who has been in dozens of 

motion pictures and video shows, was 

in town at the Pabst Theatre in "Same 

Time, Next Year," which played a week in 

mid-March. Once married to the late leff 

Hunter, film star who was from suburban 

Whitelish Bay, Ms. Rush while here visited 

with left's mother Mrs. Henry McKinnies. 

The only other person in the play's cast 

was Tom Troupe, actor who currently is 

seen in TV's "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." 

Mickey Rooney is coming to this city to 

star in "Alimony" (Three Goats and a 

Blanket) at the Theatre East. The play is set 

for a three-week engagement beginning 

Wednesday (13). Ticket prices for the comedy, 

which has done very well in Chicago 

and Las Vegas, range from $8.95 to $7.95 

for evening performances and $6.95 for 

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At the invitational preview of Dubinsky's Midlands 4 theatres, Council Bluffs, 

Dick Rohm, upper left, manager of the quad, instructs concession workers in the 

art of popping com. Upper right, the Midlands 4 boothman points out the doublemirror 

system of projection to various premiere guests. Lower left, the VIP audience 

gathers around the concession stand. At lower right, Irwin Dubinsky, president 

of Dubinsky Bros. Theatres, left, chats with Council Bluffs Mayor Stan Louis. 

COUNCIL BLUFFS. IOWA—The Midlands 

4 theatres, located in the Midlands 

Mall, bowed March 23 as Irwin Dubinsky, 

president of Dubinsky Bros. Theatres, and 

his family greeted VIPs attending the invitational 

grand opening of the quadplex. 

Guests celebrated at Club 64 with cocktails 

and dinner before a brisk, pleasant drive to 

the shopping center, which is situated in 

downtown Council Bluffs. The motion picture 

offering of the evening was the Oscarwinning 

(Best Picture) United Artists release 

"Rocky," starring Sylvester Stallone. 

Employees of the mall were special guests 

at the Midlands 4 Thursday, March 24, 

with the official public grand opening celebrated 

the following day. 

Dick Rohm, manager of the new theatres, 

directed his staff's execution of duties in 

fine fashion. Guests wandered through the 

various auditoriums before the "Rocky" 

showing, with the projection booth a favorite 

spot for inspection. Boothman Don Kerlin 

explained the use of the double mirror 

projection system, elaborating at length on 

how it could provide a clear, concise picture. 

The Midlands 4 theatres are, 

for Council 

Bluffs, a return to first-run cinematic entertainment. 

Sarge Dubinsky, vice-president 

of the circuit, explained: "Downtown Omaha 

no longer is the main draw it once was 

for moviegoers. Now many of the theatres 

have gone west—to west Omaha. For Council 

Bluffs citizens, that's quite a drive. Now 

they have their own alternative." 

Premier film attractions for the public 

unveiling of the quad were "Rocky," "A 

Star Is Born." "The Shaggy D.A." and 

"SuperVan." Booked to open on its national 

release day was "Black Sunday." And it has 

been satisfying to note that, since the debut 

of the four-screen situation, patrons have 

supplied a vote of confidence and a hearty 

welcome to the Midlands 4. 

'Edge' Benefit Showing 

OMAHA—A screening of "The Edge," 

a film about dangerous and spectacular 

sports, was held as a benefit recently at the 

Q Cinema 4 Theatre. Sponsored by the 

Millard Mrs. Jaycees, the proceeds of the 

showing were contributed to the Nebraska 

chapter of the National Foundation for 

Sudden Infant Death. 

Douglas Potash, branch manager here for 

United Artists, hosted a special tradeshowing 

of "Audrey Rose" at 

the Centre screening 

room March 23. The preview audience 

clearly was favorably impressed. Novelist 

Mary Leader of Mequon, whose tale of the 

supernatural, "Triad," has been a best seller 

(and is still waiting to be screened), declared 

"Audrey Rose" to be one of the best 

films in years. "It's a loving story with 

loving people," another viewer said. The 

PG-rated motion picture was slated to open 

Friday (8) at the Southtown, Esquire 

Northridge, Southridge, 41 Drive-In anc 

Starlite 

Drive-In. 

Paula Jamrock, with Jack Wodell Associ 

ates in Chicago, mailed invitations to filn 

industryites and the media to see a specia 

sneak preview of "The Slipper and th 

Rose" at the Capitol Court Theatre Thurs 

day, March 24 . . . Gloria Grahame, wh' 

starred in such motion pictures as "Th 

Greatest Show on Earth" and "Oklahoma!' 

is appearing on the stage of Theatre Ea: 

in "The Price." She previously had ar 

peared in another stage show at the sam 

theatre 15 years ago when it was know 

as the Fred Miller Playhouse. Howard Du 

and Don Porter, two familiar actors froi 

films and TV series, are cast in roles th< 

have never played before. Harold Gary, wl 

a "K> 

guest-starred with Miss Grahame in 

jak" episode during March, directs as w^ 

as acts in this production, a three-we< 

presentation at 

the Theatre East. 

Christopher Feighan is 

the new manag' 

of the Lake Geneva Theatre in Lake G- 

neva. He succeeds Marvin Otto, who i- 

tired this year. A photo of Chris appearl 

in the March 10 edition of Regional Ne\, 

local weekly newspaper. Born in Clevelai. 

Ohio, Chris prepped at school there ai 

then came to this city to major in commucations 

at Marquette University. Afr 

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32-02 QUEENS BOULEVARD, LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 11101 

Des Moines Theatre Supply Co. 

1100 High St 

Des Moines, lowo 50309 

Phone: (515) 243 6520 

Minneapolis Theatre Supply Co. 

51 Glenwood Ave. 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 

Phone: (612) 335 1166 

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Harry Melcher Enterprises 

3607 15 West Fond Du Loc Ave 

P.O. Box 16528 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53216 

Phone: (414) 422 5020 

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1502 Davenport Street 

Omaha, Nebraska 68102 

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IN WAIKIKI: REEF • TOWERS EDGEWATER • Aitkin has its first underskyer, the newly 

Corp.'s accounting department is back o\ an Iowa Youth Art Exhibit. It won a 

on the job alter a recent nip to Hawaii. Gold Key from Scholastic Magazine . . . 

At Charles City there were sweepstakes for 

Dubuque area residents ate all agog with the engagement of "Car Wash" with tie-ins 

a major motion picture under way in that with local music stores and a car wash 

community. Job Service of Iowa in Dubuque 

helping to provide prizes. 

advertised for experienced actors and 

A surprise award was received by Jim 

actresses, stating that it would be accepting 

Maus at Show-A-Rama 20 in Kansas City 

applications for speaking roles only in the 

last month when Sunn Classic Pictures presented 

him its 1977 Golden Award for 

Huron Productions movie "F.I.S.T.." to be 

produced in Dubuque this summer. Only 

Showmanship. The honor really caught Jim 

those between the ages of 25 to 65 were 

by surprise . . . There were "school's out" 

solicited for approximately 75 speaking 

shows March 24-25 at the Cinema, Iowa 

roles, three of which were for women. Job 

City. 

Service of Iowa started accepting applications 

March 17, noting that applications for 

extras would be sought at a later date. 

Cindy Viers, Boxoffice news representative 

MINNEAPOLIS 

in this city, although hospitalized for a 

week, did not undergo surgery as planned 

The Salvation Army will present its prized 

because of a viral infection. The "coming Booth Award to Variety of the Northwest 

Tent 12 for "50 

out" party was rescheduled for Tuesday (5) 

years of humanitarian 

—and friends extend best wishes to Cindy service," according to Dick Hurley, Salvation 

Army public relations director in St. 

for a comfortable and speedy recuperation. 

Paul. According to Hurley (who also is the 

Central States news: Kris Earll of the general manager of Ken Murray Productions), 

hardtop booking department entered the 

the presentation will take place at a 

hospital for examination and treatment, dinner August 25, with other details still 

which resulted in his missing a trip to Las in the works. In the 90-year history of the 

Vegas . on the job is Cleora Coates Salvation Army, the Booth Award has been 

of accounting after some foot surgery . . . given only 23 times. The last time it was 

"Once Upon a Time" proved to be a winner awarded in this area was in 1973 when it 

at Saturday-Sunday matinees was bestowed upon veteran actor-comic 

was quite a bit of weekend excitement at Murray at a starry banquet. Hurley is a 

Norfolk when a telephone call was received barker in the local Variety tent. 

at the Granada—and later at the Cinema 

saying that a bomb had been planted in the Marvin Mann and Jim Payne—owners of 

movie houses. Appropriately the Cinema Midwest Entertainment—took over the 

film attraction was titled "Never a Dull Yorktown Theatre in suburban Edina Friday 

Moment." Apparently the telephone warnings 

(1), a house previously operated by 

were a prank (of the criminal variety, Jerry Oberuc. Midwest's steadily growing 

incidentally). 

circuit includes situations in Minnesota and 

Scott Thiel, Ames doorman, had one of Wisconsin. 

his scratching art prints, more often called 

Northwest Cinema Corp. has moved into 

the Valley South Building, located on Wayzata 

Boulevard (and which is, despite its 


name, west of this city). Already situated 


in that structure are Paramount's and Buena 


Vista's branch offices. 


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at the Paramount branch) returned from 

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P.O. Box 16036 

Minneapolis, Minn. 55416 

(612) 339-4055 

opened Rainbow Drive-ln, owned and operated 

by Mark Bellcfeuille. 

Forrie Myers, Paramount branch manager, 

sneaked "Black Sunday" March 25 

at the Cooper Theatre, where it won an 

enthusiastic response from the preview aud 

ience. The picture opened Friday (1) in 

this city and St. Paul and ten outstate situ 

ations. 

'Slap Shot/ 'Airport' 

Hits in Minneapolis 

MINNEAPOLIS—"Slap Shot" and "Air 

port '77" headed up a list of six newcomers; 

with "Slap Shot" grabbing a jolting 330 iij 

its bow at the Skyway II Theatre despit 

downbeat reviews deploring the picture'; 

totally gritty dialog. At the same tin* 

"Airport '77" took off handsomely with 

320 in a dual debut at the Gopher a: 

Hopkins I. "The Slipper and the Rose" dil 

a fine 170 in its bow at the Cooper Came 

but "The Domino Principle," in a fiv 

screen spread, could do no better than 10 

"Harlan County, U.S.A." at the Edina 

was clocking an 80, and "Squirm," in 

nine-house saturation, found few takers a 

ended up with a feeble 50. 

"Rocky" still was swinging haymaki 

and came in with 390 at the Brookdale a; 

Southtown, topping the overall list. 


Brookdale, Southtown—Rocky (UA), 6th wk 

Cooper—Network (UA), 15th wk 

Cooper Cameo—The Slipper and the Rose 

(Univ) 

Edina—Cousin Cousine (SR), 9th wk 

Edina—Harlan County. U.S.A. (SR) 

Five theatres—Cry ior Me, Billy (SR), 

2nd wk 

Five theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb) 

Four theatres—The Town That Dreaded Sundown 

(AIP), 3rd wk 

Gopher, Hopkins—Airport '77 (Univ) 

Nine theatres—Squirm (AIP) 

Northtown, Southdale—Fun With Dick and Jane 

(Col), 7th wk _ - —. 

Park—Voyage ol the Damned (Emb), 6th wk 

Skyway—Bound for Glory (UA), 2nd wk - 

Skyway—Slap Shot (Univ) 

Skyway—Madam Kitty (AIP), 3rd wk _ - 

Varsity—Wizards (20th-Fox), 7th wk 

World—Silver Streak (20lh-Fox), 14th wk 

MILWAUKEE 

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graduation, he moved to Lake Gen'a 

where he and his wife Kathleen now rese. 

The Highway 57 Outdoor Theatre in 

Grafton, closed for the winter, reopeji 

March 25 with a trio of pictures certarl 

appeal to teenage moviegoers— "Mass|ie 

at Central High," "Trip With the Teaclr" 

and "Slumber Party '57." 

La Belle Theatre in Oconomowoc hi 

tie-in with local merchants from w 

coupons were available 

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permitting the hirer 

admittance to the showhouse for $l.f ( 

film attraction, starting March 16, 

"Jaws." The screen fare changed a 

Saturday and Sunday matinees, ho 

with all seats going at $1.25 for 

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Paramount'* "Black Sundaj" has received 

lots of promotion here via Bruce Stern 

of the Nelson Stern Agency. John Frankenheimer 

stopped in this city on a personal 

appearance tour; Loews had two screenings 

(one was strictly invitational and the second 

u.is a promotional one); Record Theatre 

Stores aired spots tied in with the film and 

anyone interested could stop in to register at 

one of the outlets. A total of 300 pairs of 

tickets were sent to winners, giving them 

free admission to the screening. The tickets, 

incidentally, were in the shape of a miniature 

blimp. 

Bill Chergi, sales representative for Universal's 

Buffalo territory, left to visit accounts 

in that area and in Syracuse . . . 

WMMS-FM is presenting a show at Cleveland 

Public Hall featuring the recording 

artists Angel at a special $1.01 price. The 

new twist is that the performances will be 

filmed and. for this purpose, the audience 

is requested to wear all white. 

Leonard Mishkind, General Theatres, is 

beaming with great pride over the letter 

his son Howard received from the University 

of Cincinnati's College of Business Administration. 

Beta Gamma Sigma. Beta 

Gamma Sigma is to colleges of business 

what Phi Beta Kappa is to other colleges. 

The letter said: "It is indeed a pleasure for 

me to inform you of your selection to membership 

in Beta Gamma Sigma, the highest 

scholastic honorary fraternity for "students 

and faculty in the College of Business Administration." 

You can be sure that what 

happened at the boxoffices took second 

place to that news! 

Winston Willis, 

owner of Scrumpy Dump 

. . . Herb 

Theatre, just opened a new seafood eatery. 

Located next to the theatre, hours of operation 

are from 1 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. 

Brown, Loews district supervisor in this 

territory, trekked to Rochester, N.Y., on 

business. 

Frank Carroll, Warner Bros, branch manager 

here, just transferred to Philadelphia to 

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engagement. The film was sneaked Sunday 

(3) at Randall Park Cinema and Brookgate 

Movies. 

kathv Pultorak, head cashier at Warner 

Bros., returned from a one-week vacation 

in San Diego. She said it was "fantastic" 

and added that the vacation was "too short." 

"Nightmare" is the film to be shown at 

the annual Warsaw Ghetto Commemoration 

Sunday (17) at Fairmount Temple. The 

Cleveland Heights High School Choir will 

join in the commemorative program, which 

is open to the public. 

CINCINNATI 

pilmrow Sluggers" is 

the challenging name 

for a new softball team formed by 

the Girls Friday in the film colony. So far, 

the players are just practicing and getting 

into shape so that later in the season they 

can join other teams in some peppy, fun 

games. 

Phil Borach, Tri-State Theatre Services' 

president, is vacationing in Florida. 

John Lundin, United Artists branch manager, 

Marvin White and Don Wirtz, Mid 

States, and Don Womack, Holiday Amusement 

Co., with their wives and Sharon 

Braglin, UA staffer, have returned from 

an exciting trip to Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. 

Miss Braglin visited with friends while the 

others went sightseeing in the beautiful city. 

The group were the guests of WSAI Radio. 

Jeff Ruff, head of C. J. Ruff Film Distribution, 

has returned from a week's vacation 

in Aruba, island near South America. 

Allan Holtge, 20th-Fox booker, and Beverly 

Jaehn have announced their engagement. 

No wedding date has been set. 

Kentucky exhibitors welcomed were 

Marshall McHaffie, Beattyville, and Gene 

McRoberts. Lexington. 

Mid States and Interstate Theatre Services 

moved into their new quarters Monday 

(4) in Suite 750, Formica Bldg., 120- 

East Fourth St., two blocks south of their 

former offices in the Times Building. The 

phone number is 579-3500. 

Encouraged by the good weather, all 

drive-ins are now open and exhibitors hope 

the new season will bring good boxoffice 

grosses. 

Women Admitted Free 

QUEENS, N.Y.—Women are now admitted 

free when escorted by a male at the 

Austin Cinema. The policy is applicable for 

all 

performances. 

Newcomers Bolster 

Cleveland Grosses 

CLEVELAND — Five films opened here 

this week led by "Airport '77," which flew 

in at 325 and "Slap Shot." which hit a 

strong 230. "The Eagle Has Landed" did 

well at 180 and "The Domino Principle" 

scored 155. "Sister Streetfighter" managed 

only an 85. In spite of the strong competition 

from newcomers, "Rocky" led the 

grosses with a 350 in its fifth week. 


Five theatres— Airport '77 (Univ) 325 

Five theatres Fun With Dick and Jane (Col), 

7th wk 95 

Five theatres— Network (MGM/UA), 7th wk 130 

Five theatres—Slap Shot (Univ) 230 

Five theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col) 180 

Five theatres The Domino Principle (Emb) 155 

One theatre—Silver Streak (20th-Fox), 14th wk. 110 

One theatre The Cassandra Crossing (Emb), 

7th wk _ 50 

One theatre The Town That Dreaded Sundown 

(AIP), 3rd wk - 65 

Six theatres—Rocky (UA), 5th wk 350 

Three theatres—Freaky Friday (BV), 6th wk 105 

Two theatres—Sister Streetfigher (SR) 85 

Two theatres—Wizards (20th-Fox), 4th wk 115 

'Slap Shot,' 'Airport' Muscle 

In on 'Rocky' in Cincinnati 

CINCINNATI—"Slap Shot" hit this city 

with a power play, opening at the Showcase 

1 with an 850, followed closely by "Airport 

'77" which averaged 800 at four theatres, j 

The former champ "Rocky" showed plenty 

of strength with a 750 in its eighth round 

while "A Star Is Born" was still shining in 

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its 14th stanza with a 550. 

Carousel—A Star Is Bom (WB), 14th wk 500: 

Four theatres—Airport '77 (Univ) 800: 

Kenwood The Slipper and the Rose (Univ) ... 

Showcase Slap Shot (Univ) 

Showcase The Sentinel (Univ), 7th wk 

Showcase—Silver Streak (20th-Fox), 14th wk 35C 

Showcase Islands in the Stream (Para), 

3rd wk 40C 

Showcase Network (UA), 8th wk 40C 

Three theatres—The Town That Dreaded 

Sundown (AIP), 4th wk 1 

Three theatres—Fun With Dick and Jane (Col), 

7th wk 25( 

Two theatres—Rocky (UA), 8th wk 751, 

Times Towne Cinema Bound for Glory (UA), 

5th wk 

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Tri-County The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

(UA), 15th wk 27: 

20th-Fox Considering Ky. 

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this state. Tom Clark-Todd, Kentucky Filr 

Commission executive director, announcec 

A four-member production team froi 

20th-Fox recently looked at Kentucky loc; 

tion sites in preparation for the filming c, 

"The Omen, Part II." he told the press. 

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Maple Theatres Trio 

DETROIT—On a site selected five years 

ago on the basis of its growth potential 

and its strategic location for neighborhood 

services, the Maple theatres 1-2-3 bowed 

March 23 as the newest addition to Suburban 

Detroit Theatres, prominent circuit 

of motion picture theatres. 

Located adjacent to the Bloomfield Shopping 

Plaza, on West Maple Road at its intersection 

with Telegraph Road, the Maple 

is a trio of intimate auditoriums planned 

to accommodate a variety of major firstrun 

film attractions as a complete movie 

entertainment service for the many residential 

communities within a few miles of 

the site. 

The theatre is described by its builders 

as "contemporary," designed to convey a 

warm and restful atmosphere for the exhibition 

of motion pictures with the latest 

sound and projection equipment available. 

It incorporates an extensive use of brick 

complemented by bright colors which form 

the graphic theme of the theatre, each of 

the three auditoriums being color-keyed 

through graphics and directional lighting. 

The seating, spaced at optimum distance 

between rows, is by American Seating Co. 

of Grand Rapids, Mich. 

For patrons' convenience, there are illuminated 

parking areas provided on two 

sides of the theatre with access from West 

Maple Road. The entry to the theatre is 

protected from the weather by a covered 

walkway which joins the triplex to a branch 

office of Michigan National Bank. 

The Maple 3 was developed by E. Sloan 

Co., with design and interiors by T. Rogvoy 

Associates and built by J.S. Vig Construction 

Co. 

Opening attractions were "The Domino 

Principle," starring Gene Hackman, Candice 

Bergen, Richard Widmark and Mickey 

Rooney, at Maple 1; "Logan's Run," which 

features now-famous pin-up girl Farrah 

Fawcett-Majors, at Maple 2, and the Academy 

Award-nominated film "Cousin Cousine" 

at Maple 3. 

Eddie Johnsons Retiring 

In Port Charlotte, Fla. 

BAY CITY, MICH. — E. C. "Eddie" 

Johnson and his wife Thelma, recipients of 

a "Beloved Citizens Award" from the Bay 

City Chamber of Commerce, have bowed 

out of show business here to live in Port 

Charlotte, Fla. Johnson has owned six Bay 

City, three Saginaw and two Flint theatres 

since moving here in 1938. Thelma for 30 

years has been involved in an amateur dramatic 

career (on stage and off stage) with 

the Bay City Players. 

To mark their departure from the world 

of theatre in Bay City, "everyone" honored 

the couple at an open house in the Players' 

Theatre Saturday night, March 12. 

Thelma became a part of live theatre locally 

when she started working with the 

Bay City Players during World War II. 

Since that time, she has been a performer 

and a director and has done various types 

of off-stage work. Among other posts, she 

has served as president of the theatre's 

board of directors. 

Johnson, according to Times staffer Gay 

McGee, "traces his love of the theatre back 

to a first ushering job at age 14 ... He 

purchased his first theatre when he was just 

two years out of high school. Shirley Temple 

and Will Rogers were the two principal 

stars who 'really drew them in' when he 

opened his first boxoffice in New Buffalo, 

Mich." 

Locally, he has owned (at various times) 

the Colonial, the Washington, the City, the 

Woodside and the Tivoli theatres. And he 

was president of Allied Theatres of Michigan 

during the 1950-51 term. 

"Movies have come a long way from the 

likes of the Will Rogers and Shirley Temple 

favorites," Johnson reminisced. "Maybe 

too far—but I like to think that we may 

have passed on through the shock phase to 

another kind of drama." 

Johnson has sold his Westown Theatre 

and the Court Theatre in Saginaw to his 

nephew John, who has been training under 

the Bay City theatreman. 

What plans have been made for retirement? 

They've acquired a house in Florida 

(with a canal flowing past on two sides) 

and they look forward to gardening and 

golf. And, guess what, Thelma already has 

made contacts with a little theatre group 

in Port Charlotte, so there will still be show 

business in 

their life! 

20th-Fox Considering Ky. 

For Location Filming 

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Kentucky locations for a large percentage 

of this film," Clark-Todd disclosed. 

Scouting the locations were producer 

Harvey Bernhard, director Michael Hodge, 

art director Fred Hapman and production 

manager Lee Rafner. 

Clark-Todd said they looked at several 

horse farms, public buildings, businesses 

and university buildings in Lexington, manufacturing 

plants in Louisville, the Capitol, 

the governor's mansion and the Capital 

Plaza Tower in Frankfort. 

"Bernhard was very pleased with what 

they saw in Kentucky and all the members 

of the 20th Century-Fox group were very 

gratified by the cooperation shown them 

by Gov. Carroll and the Kentucky Film 

Commission," Clark-Todd commented. 

Kentucky Locations 

For Pan American 3 

LEXINGTON, KY. — Editing is nearly 

completed on "The Thoroughbreds." a feature-length 

motion picture produced by Pan 

American Films in the Lexington area in 

October and November 1976. Starring Vera 

Miles. Stuart Whitman, Sam Groom and 

Teddy Wilson, the film was produced by 

Mario Crespo. president of Pan American 

Films. Crespo tentatively is planning to 

premiere the feature in Louisville during the 

Kentucky Derby Festival period. 

Pan American currently is considering 

Kentucky locations for two more pictures, 

according to Tom Clark-Todd, director of 

Kentucky Film Commission. The com 

the 

pany, which has offices in Lexington and 

Mexico City, has purchased the rights to a 

biography of Raphael Trujillo written by 

Victor A. Pena Revera. 

According to Crespo, "The biography oj 

Trujillo, flamboyant president and dictatoi 

of the Dominican Republic during the '30s 

'40s and '50s, is the first to name names 

dates, places and events and document then 

with evidence supplied by one who wa 

involved. The author of the biography wa 

the chief of military intelligence services i 

the north region of the Dominican Reput 

lie during the Trujillo reign." The biograph; 

which currently is available only in a Spar 

ish language text, is a best seller throughot 

the Spanish-speaking world. 

Pan American plans to shoot some 

the mountain footage and urban scenes 

Kentucky and the remainder of the fi 

will be photographed on actual locations 

the Dominican Republic. The screenpl; 

is now being written and "no definite da) 

has been set as to when filming will star) 

Crespo said. 

Crespo also is involved in preproductii 

arrangements for second feature film e 

titled "The Long Way Home." He hopes! 

make this G-rated film entirely in Ke 

tucky, specifically the southeastern porti'i 

of the state. "The Long Way Home" s 

slated for production sometime after 1: 

completion of the Trujillo biography. 

In addition to its motion picture entprises, 

Pan American Productions, a sisr 

company to Pan American Films, receriy 

announced the acquisition of a franche 

from the Barbizon School of Fashion f 

New York and will be opening the Barbisn 

School of Louisville soon. The school ill 

offer classes in modeling, acting, fasbn 

merchandising and interior design 

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BOSTON—Sack Theatres opened its 

new Brockton Cinema 1 .md 2 March 24. 

marking the first move into southern Massachusetts 

in the film company's aggressive 

expansion program throughout New England. 

A. Alan Friedherg. president of the 

circuit, hosted dignitaries and celebrities in 

a real Hollywood-style premiere, the first 

ever for 

Brockton. 

While miniskirted drum majorettes from 

Holhrook High went through their performance 

in the subarctic temperatures, glamorous 

models in evening gowns handed out 

roses at the door, and a cross section of 

Brockton society gathered inside the lobby 

of the new twin for the premiere showings 

of "Airport '77" and "Slap Shot." 

The list of political figures at the opening 

included Mayor David E. Crosby and city 

clerk John Lyons, state Sen. Anna P. Buckley, 

state representatives Mark E. Lawton 

and Paul F. Goulston, city councilors, business 

leaders and Sack Theatre staff members. 

The night was reminiscent of Hollywood-type 

premieres, usually held at Boston 

film theatres, complete with limousines 

bringing in 

the honored guests while searchlights 

swept overhead and klieg lights bathed 

the new theatres in a brilliant glare of 

light. 

"I think show business is supposed to be 

glamorous." said Friedberg as the glittering 

finery of Brockton's socialites swirled 

around him in the cinema lobby, where, 

surrounded by Sack Theatre officials, he 

hosted a champagne reception. 

With the largest auditorium in its film 

market. Sack's Brockton Cinema 1 and 2. 

located adjacent to Cardinal dishing Hospital, 

played host to a Boston Filmrow 

contingent in addition to the Brockton 

VIPs. Down from Boston came representatives 

of the major and independent film 

distributors and their friends and guests to 

see the new theatres go into operation. 

"The Brockton complex is eminently well 

located to serve a broad section of southeastern 

Massachusetts," Friedberg said in 

his remarks, "with a market totaling over 

350,000 filmgoers. 

"Some theatres tend to forget what show 

business is all about—it's just not opening 

the doors and showing pictures. This year 

also promises to be a record one for the 

entire film industry. 

"Thus far, 1977 is shaping up as the best 

year in dollars and in unit admissions since 

the advent of TV. I don't know if the industry 

will ever come back to what it was 

before TV. but it is giving TV more competition. 

Films compete with TV's free entertainment 

by offering a form of entertainment 

free of commercial interruptions, ringing 

phones and noisy children. 

"It's one of the cheapest forms of entertainment 

and one of the best. Films are one 

of the highest art forms available to our 

civilization." 

George R. Papas welcomed Sack Cinemas 

to Brockton "because they always have 

been trailblazers in film theatres." The time 

was, he said, when "the good foreign films 

were to be found only in the smaller art 

film houses in Boston, but the Sack Cinemas 

opened the way for a more widespread 

appreciation of these films by showing them 

in their own theatres." 

Decor of the new theatres is the Sack 

motif of white, blue and red: color curtained 

walls, individually coordinated to each 

auditorium, one furnished with red upholstered 

chairs, the other royal blue and 

carpeted lobby and aisle areas. Projection 

equipment is a Christie Auto-Wind Platter 

film transport system. Christie xenon lamphouse 

consoles. Super Simplex projection 

and sound heads, and a Simplex automation 

system. Sound is the Altec-Lansing Voice-ofthe 

Theatre system. Safety features are an 

automatic cutoff projection system in case 

of booth film breakage, including a device 

which turns on the house lights in case of a 

show interruption. 

WORCESTER 

The White City Cinema, which recently 

shifted from RKO-Stanley Warner to 

Redstone management, has blossomed forth 

with new print media advertising logo emphasizing 

the words, "Acres of Free Parking" 

. Redstone Showcase 4 had 

teaser advertising ahead of 20th-Fox's 

"Wizards" . . . The General Cinema 

Corp.'s Worcester Cinemas 3, normally on 

a single-feature policy, played two attractions, 

"Beyond the Door" and "Night of 

Bloody Horror." 

P. J. Carroll Dies at 72 

HYANNIS, MASS.—Patrick J. Carroll. 

72. retired projectionist, died recently in 

Cape Cod Hospital. He was a long-time 

member of Local 182, Motion Picture 

Operators Union, working for many years 

in theatres in Massachusetts, including the 

Cinerama, earlier known as the RKO-Boston. 

Survivors include his wife Margaret, 

two sons, a daughter and a sister. Burial 

was in Winthrop (Mass.) Cemetery. 

Judge Is New Trade Name 

NORWALK, CONN. — A new trade 

name. Judge Productions, 240 Rowayton 

Ave., Rowayton 06853, was filed with the 

Norwalk Town Clerk's office by Thomas 

A. Judge jr. 

Newcomers Bolster 

Grosses in Boston 

BOSTON—Exhibition is in fine shape 

this week with grosses bolstered by the 

opening of five new films. "Airport '77" 

flew in with a 350 to share the lead with 

"Slap Shot." Other strong bows were made 

by "The Eagle Has Landed," "The Domino 

Principle" and "Wonderful Crook." Holdovers 

were led by "Rocky" at 300. 

(Average Is ICO) 

Beacon Hill, Circle Cinema—Slap Shot (Unv) ...350 

Charles—Bound tor Glory (UA), 4th wk. 150 

Charles, Circle Cinema—Fun With Dick and 

lane (Col), 6th wk. 135 

Charles, Savoy—Airport '77 (Univ) .350 

Chen, Chestnut Hill—The Eagle Has Landed 

(Emb) 190 

Ch eri—Wizards (?0th-Fox), 4th wk 150 

Cheri—Rocky (UA), 14th wk 

Chestnut Hill, Gary—The Domino Principle 

(Emb) 200 

Cinema 57—The Late Show (WB), 3rd wk. . 

Cinema 57—Thieves (Para), 2nd wk ...100 

Exeter—Wonderful Crook (SR) 200 

Orson Welles—Jonah Who Will Be 25 

in the Year 2000 (SR), 9th wk 2C0 

Orson Welles—Cousin Cousine (SR), 6ih wk 150 

Pi Alley—Network (MGM/UA) 15th wk 150 

Savoy—Emma Mae (SR), 2nd wk. 100 

'The Domino Principle' Tops 

Hartford With 200 Opening 

HARTFORD—A four-theatre bow generated 

200 for Avco Embassy's "The Domino 

Principle" to top the town as far as 

opening product is concerned. The firstrun 

bloc had only one other new show, 

a doublebill of "The Sacred Knives of Vengeance" 

and "South Sea Fury" which registered 

135. 

Art Cinema—Through the Looking Glass (S''J, 

Naked Came the Stranger (SR), 3rd wk 140 

Atheneum Cinema—Cousin Cousine (SR), 

9th wk 30 

Cinema, UA East—The Town That Dreaded 

Sundown (AIP), 3rd wk 85 

Cinema, Westfarms—Fun With Dick and Jane 

(Col), 7th wk EO 

Cinema City—Wizards U0h-Fox), 2nd wk. 150 

Cinema City—Chatterbox (SR), 2nd wk 135 

Colonial—South Sea Fury (SR) 135 

Four theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb) 200 

Showcase—Bound for Glory (UA), 2rd wk 150 

Showcase—A Star Is Born (WB), 14th wk 125 

Showcase—Network (MGM-UA), 6th wk 155 

Showcase Rocky lUA), oth wk 135 

Showcase—Freaky Friday (BV), 6th wk 140 

Webster—The Love Slaves (SR); Deep Tunnel 

(SR), 2nd wk 125, 

Westfarms—Bugsy Malone (Para), 2nd wk 90 

'Edvard Munch' Paces New Haven 

In Benefit Opening, 185 Gross 

NEW HAVEN—"Edvard Munch," ir 

premiere at the Sampson & Spodick Yori 

Square Cinema, paced the town with 185 

A benefit showing ($5 for adults, $3 fo 

students with ID cards) turned over pro 

ceeds to the Art Gallery at Southern Con 

necticut State College. Avco Embassy' 

"The Domino Principle" registered 17 

while "Emma Mae" hit 150. 

Cinemart, Milford—Fun With Dick and lane 

(Col), 7th wk /; 

Milford—The Domino Principle (Emb) 17 

Roger Sherman—Emma Mae (SR) 

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Showcase—Bound for Glory (UA), 2nd wk K 

Showcase—A Star Is Bora (WB), Nth wk 1 

Showcase—Network (MGM-UA), 6th wk. ... 1 

Showcase—Voyage of the Damned (Emb). 

3rd wk . 

Showcase—Rocl-cy (UA), 8th wk l\ . 

York Square Cinema—Edvard Munch (SR) 1 1 

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Outer Space" and co-produce with Re 

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BOSTON 

Queers «>f IATSE Local CE-3 were elected 

at the annual dinner meeting at 

Nick*s. They are Raymond Anderson, president; 

Donald Sandler, vice-president; Mary 

Donahue, financial secretary; Peter Miglicrini. 

secretary-treasurer and Grace Cardy, 

trustee. 

. 

Cathy Alphcn. booker for 20th-Fox, has 

returned to the office after a week with the 

flu Hunter, star of the 20th-Fox 

"Ape" pictures, was in town autographing 

The word is out that Joe 

her cookbook . . . 

Foley and Ralph Farhman jr., salesmen for 

20th-Fox. have become "wizards" at getting 

playdates in their respective territories. 

"A Bridge Too Far" will have its world 

premiere June 13 at the Sack Theatres' Music 

Hall as a benefit for the "Summerthing." 

Mrs. Joseph Levine (Rosalie) was in town 

last month to kick off the fund-raising plan 

and will be honorary chairperson for the 

benefit. Director Richard Attenborough will 

attend and it is hoped that Robert Redford 

and Ryan O'Neal also will be present. 

Tickets for the premiere will be $100 which 

will include a late-night celebrity-studded 

supper at the Ritz Carlton. A $25 ticket will 

get admission to the movie and a champagne 

reception prior to the screening and a $10 

ticket will bring admission to the pre-film 

activities. 

RHODE ISLAND 

fyjilion Stanzler, lobbyist for the Motion 

Picture Ass'n of America (MPAA), 

has reported to the secretary of state that 

he was given $4,000 for MPAA lobbying in 

the current session of the Rhode Island 

State Legislature. State law requires financial 

reports from lobbyists and the business 

or organization sponsoring them by the 35th 

legislative business day. 

George Favre, editor of the Providence 

Journal-Bulletin editorial pages, in a farranging 

commentary on violent and poor 

quality TV, was reminded that ABC-TV 

president Frederick S. Pierce noted few 

complaints over portrayals of violence in 

the network adaptation of "Roots." The 

editor continued: "As well defend pornography 

on grounds that the Bible contains incidents 

of rape, incest and fornication and 





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Local people interested in attending Variety 

Clubs International 50th annual convention 

at Monte Carlo should make reservations 

through Bill Roster at the Statlcr Hotel 

headquarters. So far. 24 members of the 

local group have signed up. 

Suave and debonair Mike Rosenblatt, 

publicity man at Tom Coleman's Atlantic 

Releasing Co., returned to his office look- 

. . . 

ing tan and healthy after a relaxing vacation 

at St. Martin Island in the Caribbean 

Popular Karen Berch. file clerk at Warner 

Bros., left that office March 19 with 

the best wishes from her fellow employees. 

Justin Freed's Park Square theatre offered 

a four-week festival of Shakespeare classics 

during March while his Kenmore house 

scheduled a six-week program of "women's 

films" from the top European producers. 

The new popcorn machine at Sack Theatres' 

newest complex in Brockton has received 

enthusiastic comments from the patrons 

Members of National Screen's 

. . . bowling team, organized by Alice Pais, include 

Charlene Parker, Nancy Gorham, 

Mary Curtis, Joyce Christos, Speare Christos 

and Mary Doherty. 

Theatre Managers Corp., western Massachusetts' 

largest theatre circuit, has named 

Sam Fienstein's Film Booking Service as 

booking and buying agent for its 13 theatres. 

Harvey Appell and Paul Peterson of NFB 

Films are around town humming a tune, 

"Smooth Velvet. White Silk," which just 

happens to be the name of one of their new 

pictures due in May. 

gets no complaints from the clergy. Well, 

the Bible is not Hustler Magazine and 

'Roots' is not 'The Andros Targets' or 'Starsky 

and Hutch.' " 

Favre said, too: "The 90 million Americans 

who sat enthralled through eight evenings 

of 'Roots' were indeed exposed to 

violence—forcible rape, floggings, hangings, 

bodily dismemberment. But ABC had 

the restraint to keep these acts either offcamera, 

or, where they were portrayed, not 

to zero in on them with lingering, explicit 

close-ups such as are standard on TV copsand-robbers 

shows." 

The Rhode Island State Labor Department's 

latest 

revision of employment figures 

for 1976 indicates that although the 1975 

recession may have been the most severe 

since the Depression years of the 1930s, 

Rhode Island's recovery was more rapid 

than from any of the four other economic 

declines of the post-World War II era. 

Regional openings included 20th-Fox's 

"Wizards" and Paramount's "Bugsy Malone" 

. . . The General Cinema Corp.'s 

Warwick Mall Cinema, Warwick, screened 

"Tales of the Crypt" as a late show attraction 

on a recent Friday and Saturday, charging 

$1.50 for all seats . . . The Avon Cinema, 

Providence, with double-bill reissue 

program comprised of Warners' "The Adventures 

of Robin Hood" and "Captain 

Blood," both starring the late Errol Flynn 

and Olivia de Havilland, advertised: "See 

Why They Don't Make Movies Like They 

Used To!" 

The Ocean State Theatre (formerly known 

as Loews State), downtown Providence, 

adopted a new price policy of 99 cents 

admission for all scats at all times. The ail* 

showplacc for first-run MGM product a 

generation ago, the State in more recent 

years has been operated by a number of 

independent exhibitors with program policy 

markedly varied. 

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Mall Cinema brought back UA's " Yeii 

Submarine" for 1 1 p.m. screenings on 

Ihi ire 

recent Friday and Saturday, with a $1.5( 

admission . . . The Avon Cinema, Provi 

lit 

dence, brought back Warners' "Dark Vic (t*^ 1 

tory" and "Now Voyager" on a double bil "(K0 ' 

Openings included Avco Embassy' 

'The Domino Principle" and Universal 

"Airport '77.' 

NEW HAVEN 

Trouble features, common scheduling i 

area adult cinemas, are being expani 

ed. The Spodick Bros. College Street Cin> 

ma, downtown New Haven, ran a recei: 

weekend triple-feature show of "Hot Sun 

mer in the City," "Cherry Truckers" ar 

"Once Over Lightly." Admission was $2 

5 p.m., and, for good measure, the Spodic! 

offered free parking for one hour at tl 

Crown Street Garage. The first-run bli 

in this area normally plays single-featu 

programs, with sub-runs and smaller tov! 

cinemas emphasizing double bills. 

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both Hollywood and high society for ma 

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years, died at Danbury Hospital. She hi 

maintained a residence in nearby Beth. 

Her designed costumes were worn by sui 

"names" as Katharine Hepburn, Ginjr 

Rogers, Gail Patrick and Margaret Sullav.i 

in the 1930s. Ms. King once remarked, \ 

good dress should last five years." Th

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uadplex Premieres 

CALGARY—A new lourplex recently 

pencil in Prince Allien, S.isk., when the 

list unit of Cinema IV began operation. A 

oint venture of Famous Players and Strand 

Ihcatre, Ltd., the original design layouts 

were done In R 1 1 s s Mooat ol Famous Playfcrs. 

Architects were Moore & Taylor of 

'mice 

Alhert. 

Ihe outside of the building is white-texured 

stucco with a broad, dark, wooden 

Yiffcand running the width of the facade. Glass 

loors are situated in the center, with two 

lisplay 

cases on either side. 

1 he name—Cinema IV—is on the left 

tide of the wooden trim and an attractive 

narquee, of red-to-yellow shading, lists the 

features currently playing in each auditorial]. 

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Each 

The interior makes extensive use of wood, 

ile and carpeting to give a very pleasant 

modern decor. The boxoffice is located 

ust inside the glassed-in vestibule which 

•cads to the very latest in snack bars, the 

alter glistening with chrome, stainless steel 

ind Arborite counter tops. Helping the staff 

serve customers more quickly are Kayvay 

drink dispensers. 

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Doors into the four cinemas are located 

bout half-way down the building, leading 

;ff the "crush space" on cither side. Further 

toward the rear of the complex are the restrains, 

storage areas, stairways and an exit. 

theatre has a center bank of seats, 

ith 

; 

additional seating on each side of the 

.,. |isles. providing a capacity of 300 in each 

inema for a total of 1,200 in the complex. 

dl seating was supplied by American, 

impson Sears furnished carpets throughout 

te 

structure. 

Projection 

booth equipment was supplied 

id installed by General Sound under the 

'upervision of John Kilcullen. Other sup- 

1 u * liers in this area were Cinemeccanica for 

M projectors, Christie for the xenon lamps 

id platters and Altec for speakers. The 

uilding's furnace and air-conditioning were 

ipplied by Fedders and a back-up system 

1 hot-water perimeter heating has been in- 

.illed. Du-AI blocks were used in the con- 

of the complex. 

Fronting the theatre is a well-kept area 

it will become a bright-green lawn in the 

iring. Parking space for 120 cars is availjcoaiible, 

with 40 plug-ins for patrons. 

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Proud co-owner Jack Mahon reports that 

'eryone is well pleased with Cinema IV 

id that the quad is a "smooth-running 

Deration." 

Holdovers Rocky/ 'Wizards Are Top 

Grossers Among Montreal First Runs 

MONTREAL— In spite of five newcomers, 

there were only two grosses in the 

"excellent" column earned by holdovers 

"Wizards" and "Rocky." However, two of 

the new entries. "Hanging in Bangkok" and 

"Le Skieur de 1. 'Everest," reached "very 

good." The three longest-running films, "A 

Star Is Born," "Network" and "The Pink 

Panther Strikes Again," in their 1 3th and 

14th week here, brought in "very good" 

grosses. 

Atwater—Wiiards IVD), 2nd wk Excellent 

Avenue Bound lor Glory (UA), 3rd wk Very Good 

Bern—Un Cadavre au Dessert (Col), 

4th wk Very Good 

Chevalier—Barocco (IF), 4th wk Fair 

Cinema—A Star Is Born (WB), 


Claremont—Network iUA/MGM), 


Decarie Square—The Slipper and the Rose 

(Univ) 

...Fair 

Eros—Banging in Bangkok (C-P) .. Very Good 

Kent—The Amazing Dobermans (BVFD) Good 

Le Dauphin— I. A. Martin Photographe (NFB), 

6th wk Good 

Loew's—Rocky (UA), 8th wk ..Excellent 

Loew's—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 


Loew's—Chatterbox (AFD), 2nd wk. Good 

Parisien—Le Skieur de L'Everest 

(NR) Very Good 

Parisien—La Marge (C-P), 3rd wk. .... ...Good- 

Pansien—L'Eau Chaude L'Eau Frette 

(Cine Libre), 3rd wk Very Good 

Palace—Scorchy (AFD) Good 

Place du Canada—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 

6th wk Fair 

Place Ville Mane—The Last Tycoon (Para), 


St. Denis—On Cominue a L'Appeler Trinita (FF), 

3rd wk Good 

Van Horn—Freaky Friday (BV), 6th wk Good 

York—The Pink Panther Strikes Again (UA), 


5 Films Bow But Holdovers 

Draw Crowds in Edmonton 

EDMONTON—There were five 

new entries 

on local screens but it was up to six 

holdovers to bring in the "excellent" grosses. 

The newcomers were led by "Cousin 

Cousine" at "good," "Bound for Glory" 

and "The Confessional" at "fair" and 

"Eliza's Horoscope" and "The Amazing 

Dobermans," "poor." 

Capilano—The Amazing Dobermans (BV) 

Capitol Square—Wizards (BVFD), 

2nd wk Excellei 

Capitol Square—Rocky (UA), 5th wk Excellent 

Capitol Square—Network (UA), 


Garneau—A Star Is Born (WB), 

12th wk Excelle-t 

lasper Blue—The Shaggy D.A. (BV). 2nd wk. Good 

Londonderry A—Freaky Friday (BV), 

5th wk Very Gso I 

Londonderry B—Thieves (Para), 2nd wk Fair 

Meadowlark, Rialto—Fun With Dick and Jane 

(Astral), 4th wk Excellent 

Odeon, Plaza—The Confessional (IFD) .. 

tldeon—Cousin Cousine (PR) Good 

Paramount—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral). 

3rd wk 

Excellent 

Towne Cinema—The Sentinel (Univ), 5th wk Good 

VaTrscona—Eliza's Horoscope (PR) ... 

Westmount A—The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

(UA), 13th wk. Excellent 

Westmount B—Bound lor Glory (UA) 

Coron--' Chatterbox 

Coronet—Exit tho Dragon. Entor the Tigor 

(PR) 

Average 

in Place—The Pink Panlhor Striken Again 

(UA), 13th wk. 

Downtown—The Cassandra Crossing 

.... Good 

2nd wk. 

Tho Story ol Joanna 

Good 

Lougheed 

11th wk 

Mall—Network (MGM/UA), 

Lougheed Mall—Wizard* (BVFD), 

2nd wk. . 

Odeon—Fun With Dick and Jano (Astral), 

/ Good 

4th wk. 

Park—Tho SevonPorCent Solution (Univ), 

Good 

12th wk. .. 

Park Royal—lock Petersen (BVFD) 

Stanley— A Star Is Bom (WB) 

12th wk. 

Varsity—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 4th 

V. ry Good 

'Dick & Jane,' 'Freaky Friday.' 

'Rocky' Are Tops in Winnipeg 

WINNIPEG—Business 

was down slightly 

for the second consecutive week as holdovers 

continued to slow. "Rocky" and 

"Freaky Friday" still were "excellent" although 

"Network" slipped in its sixth week. 

"Fun With Dick and Jane" advanced to 

"excellent" in its fourth week while "The 

Pink Panther Strikes Again" and "Silver 

Streak," both in their fourth month here, 

continued to 

attract big houses. 

Capitol—Rocky (UA), 5th wk Excellent 

Colony—The Last Tycoon (Para), 2nd wk Good 

Convention Centre—The Cassandra Crossing 

(Astral), 4th wk Very Good 

Downtown—Christy; Meet Sweet Myra (PR) Averaqe 

Garden City—Thieves (Para) . 

Average 

Garrick—Voyage ol the Damned (Astral), 

3rd wk Good 

Garrick—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral). 

4th wk Excellent 

Grant Park—Immoral Tales (PR) ... Average 

Hyland, Kings—The Adventures ol the Wilderness 

Family (PR), 3rd wk 

...Good 

Metropolitan—Freaky Friday (BV), 

3rd wk Excellent 

Northstar— The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

(UA), 13th wk. ... Very Good 

Northstar—Silver Streak (BVFD), 


Odeon—The Sentinel (Univ), 5th wk. .. Average 

Park—Eliza's Horoscope (PR) -Average 

Polo Park— Network (MGM/UA), 


Nine Holdovers Dominate 

Calgary Theatre Grosses 

CALGARY—Nine holdovers emerged 

in the "excellent" column this week while 

three 

"fair" 

newcomers managed only "poor" and 

ratings. 

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Brentwood, Westbrook—Mysteries of the God; 

(PR) 

Calgary Place—A Star Is Bom (WB), 

12th wk. 

Calgary Place—The Pink 

Excellent 

Panther Strikes Again 

(UA), 13th wk. Excellent 

Chinook—Rocky (UA), 5th wit Excellent 

Grand—Silver Streak (BVFD), 12th wk Excellent 

Grand—Voyage ol the Damned (Astral), 

4th wk Fair 

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VANCOUVER—This was a routine 

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of the holdovers, "A Star Is Born." "The 

Pink Panther Strikes Again" and "Network." 

showing signs of faltering. Newcomers 

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£*haries Chaplin, head of the studios at 

Weinberg, claims thai the C\iC refuses 

to use these facilities, due to the fact that 

they are outside the city and for this reason 

the I A I SI" demands extra pay for travel 

time. Chaplin also said. "Kleinberg has lost 

business because the local technicians are 

not up to the standards of Hollywood." The 

feature film "Equus" was made here recently 

and Chaplin claims that carpentry which 

should have been done in two weeks took 

4': weeks to complete. 

Richard Williams, locally born film animator, 

at present is back in his home city 

teaching a course in total animation to a 

small class at the Ontario College of Art. 

Williams created the Pink Panther and his 

full-length feature "Raggedy Ann & Andy" 

has just gone into general release. 

Pare Lorentz, pioneer documentarian, 

has been a visitor in this city at the invitation 

of Gerald Pratley, director of the Ontario 

Film Theatre. Some of his early films 

were shown here, introduced by Lorentz 

Tent 28 Bike-A-Thon 

Plans Are Outlined 

TORONTO—Nine-year-old Henry An- 

was named "1976 Bike-A-Thon Rider 

tolio 

of the Year" at the annual Wild Irish 

Luncheon held by the Variety Club of Ontario 

Tent 28 Thursday, March 17, at the 

Royal York Hotel here. Henry, who is 

handicapped by cerebral palsy, pedaled his 

specially made bicycle three miles, using 

his hands, to earn $27 for Variety—and he 

hopes to do more this year. 

"We all must do more this year," said 

Bob Lester, chief barker, at the luncheon. 

"Our first four Bike-A-Thons raised $680,- 

000. This year our target is at least $320,- 

000, so that we can chalk up our first 

$1,000,000 for all the children's charities 

affiliated with the club." 

Lester said that, although the vocational 

school aspect of Variety Village in Scarborough 

was being phased out, the village's 

research, development and production cen- 

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himself. Among these were "Nuremberg," 

an on-the-spot report of the war crimes 

trials held in Germany after World War 

II. lorentz produced it while serving as 

America's chief of motion pictures, music 

and theatre in occupied Germany. Currently, 

Lorentz is writing his memoirs, which 

he calls a "work autobiography." 

Kathleen Stokes, once known as "Canada's 

Sweetheart of the Theatre Organ," 

was honored March 22 on the occasion of 

her 83rd birthday. The event took place at 

this city's wondrous castle-on-the-hill, Casa 

Loma, where the massive 1,200-pipe Wurlitzer 

organ from the Shea's Hippodrome 

(razed several years ago to make room for 

the new city hall) has been rebuilt and 

restored by the Toronto Theatre Organ 

Society. Kay, as Kathleen is generally 

known, once played in every major vaudeville 

and silent movie house in our town 

and the society has elected her to its Organists' 

Hall of Fame. She still "practices" 

for an hour each day on the theatre organ 

installed in her home. 

ter for electronic limbs will undergo costly 

expansion. 

Variety Village also will be expanded 

soon, Lester said, to care for children suffering 

from brain damage. Included in 

plans is a day-care center and parent-relief 

program which would enable mothers and 

fathers to leave severely disabled children 

in 

the care of professionals. 

"But all these things depend on the success 

of our upcoming Bike-A-Thon," Lester 

stated. "We urge riders to get their sponsorship 

forms earlier this year. We have 

printed 1,000.000 of them and they are 

available now in schools, theatres, libraries, 

police stations, banks, plazas, etc." 

There will be seven official Bike-A-Thon 

courses stretched out across the metropolitan 

Toronto area. 

Association Is Formed 

By Women Filmmakers 

MONTREAL—An association has been 

formed here by freelance and independent 

filmmakers, it was announced recently. Believed 

to be the first organization of its kind 

in Canada, the filmmakers' association reportedly 

will attempt to represent its founders' 

interests in the film industry. Members 

especially believe that they will be able to 

depend on the group's leaders to "fight for 

equal job opportunities for women in the 

Canadian film industry and to create more 

chances for women to make films on their 

own." 

Bonnie Klein, 35-year-old freelance filmmaker, 

told Canadian Press, "Filmmaking 

and trying to stay independent from the 

normal resource channels in a city that's not 

the center of English film in Canada is a 

lonely endeavor. Potentially, our group 

could get together and cry on each others' 

shoulders but, as it has developed, it has 

become a means of sharing ideas, providing 

positive reinforcement and a way to find out 

about jobs for each other." 

Ms. Klein pointed out that independent 

and freelance filmmaking can be a costly 

and frustrating experience, "since individual 

filmmakers must hustle funds for themselves." 

Previously, this segment of the filmmaking 

community has turned to the National 

Film Board or the Canada Council for 

funds. However, with recent budget cutbacks, 

such filmmakers have been forced 

to dip into their own pockets or drop their 

projects. 

Nine Holdovers Dominate 

Calgary Theatre Grosses 


Marlborough Town Square—The Bad News 

Bears (Para) Poor 

North Hill—Fun With Dick and lane (Aslrcl), 


Odeon 1—Face to Face (Para) -Poor 

Palliser Square—Network (UA), 5th wk Excellent 

Palliser Square—It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet 

(AFD), 2nd wk Excellent! 

Towne Red—The Sentinel (Univ), 

5th wk Very Good I 

Uptown 1—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 

4th wk Excellent ] 

Uptown 2—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral), 

4th wk Excellent] 

Westbrook— The Booby Hatch (PR) Fair! 

"Late 

Show' Premiere, "Islands' 

Gross 'Excellent' in Toronto 

TORONTO—Two films made the "ex-j 

cellent" column this week— the opening of. 

"The Late Show" and "Islands in the; 

Stream" which is in its third week. Other 

newcomers were "Come Home and Meet 

My Wife," which grossed "good" and dis-, 

appointing openings of "Raggedy Ann & 

Andy" and "Exit the Dragon, Enter th( 

Tiger." 

Eglinton—Freaky Friday (BV), 5th wk Gooi 

Fairlawn— the Slipper and the Rose (Univ), 

3rd wk 

Goo. 

Hollywood North—The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

(UA), 13th wk Very Gooi 

Hyland—The Sentinel (Univ), 6th wk Fail 

Imperial Six—The Enforcer (WB), 12th wk Gooi 

Imperial Six—Corre Home and Meet My Wife 

(IFD) 

Gooi 

Imperial Six—Shadows in an Empty Room 

(AFD), 2nd wk Fai 

Imperial Six—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 

5th wk Gocl 

Imperial Six—Chatterbox (AFD), 2nd wk Gocl 

Plaza—Network (UA), 14th wk Very Goc| 

Plaza—Voyage oi the Damned (Astral), 

13th wk Goc| 

Six theatres—Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger 

(PR) 

Po 

Towne Cinema—Islands in the Stream (Para) 

3rd wk Excelle| 

12 theatres—Raggedy Ann & Andy 

(BVFD) Very Pol 

University—A Star Is Bom (WB), 12th wk. Very Gol 

Uptown—Rocky (UA), 13th wk Very Gol 

Uptown— Silver Streak (BVFD), 13th wk Very Gol 

Uptown—Wizards (BVFD), 5th wk Gol 

York—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 6th wk F§ 

RI Bill Would Give 

Credit for Insulation 

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Rhode Islaj 

State Legislature is considering a nevl 

proposed measure, Senate Bill 588, whill 

would allow a tax credit of five per cttt 

a year of the amount spent for either t- 

stallation or maintenance of insulation n 

commercial and industrial buildings owrd 

by a corporation, and providing that « 

credit may be in 

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Qalgan Film Society showed the last 

ottering in its Specialists' Scries March 

13 in the Bonis Rouhakinc Recital Hall 

on the university campus. The feature. 

"Zazie dans le Metro." was made in France 

in 1960 and was directed by Louis Malic. 

The public library in Edmonton scheduled 

three film series to start last month 

in the Central Library Theatre. Films 

booked ranged from Harold Lloyd comedies 

to horse operas and on to 

features with outstanding 

performances by supporting actors. 

Starting March 22. the National Film Theatre/Edmonton 

and the Edmonton Film 

Society combined resources to present the 

Lloyd classics Tuesday evenings. Starting 

March 18, outstanding performances by 

supporting actors began as a Friday night 

offering. The community programs section 

of the library was sponsoring the western 

films, shown free to the public Saturday 

and Sunday afternoons beginning March 

19. There were admission charges for the 

first two series. 

The Edmonton Film Society showed 

"The Pirate" in its Classic Series March 14. 

Screened in the Student Union Building on 

the university campus, the feature starred 

Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. 

The Provincial Museum was the site of 

a meeting March 15 when the Canadian 

Wolf Defenders of Edmonton gathered to 

present the film "Death of a Legend." The 

screening was open to the public-. In the 

Central Library, the National Film Theatre/Edmonton 

showed the last in the 

"Classic Gangster" features March 11, with 

VANCOUVER 

Jûthor-director-producer James Clavell 

spent a couple of weeks in town visiting 

his home in West Vancouver and making 

an assortment of TV appearances. He 

casually mentioned that he had signed Richard 

Attenborough to direct the film version 

of his latest best seller, "Shogun." Clavell 

himself is negotiating the picture deal and 

will appear on the credits as executive producer. 

His first novel, "King Rat," which 

turned into a big winner, has come to life 

again. The German magazine Stern has 

acquired the rights to serialize the 12-yearold 

book, which is a semi-autobiographical 

account of Clavell's wartime prison-camp 

experiences. 

Also here were Bill 

Mason, who got sidetracked 

from painting and animating into 

wildlife filmmaking; Australian filmmaker 

Paul Winker, present for a structuralist/ 

minimalist cinema presentation, and Canada's 

well-known Donald Brittain, whose 

"Volcano," an inquiry into the life and 

death of Canadian novelist Malcolm Lowry, 

was nominated for an Academy Award. For 

$10, interested film buffs were able to spend 

"The Third Man" concluding the series. 

"Otets Soldata" (A Soldier's Father), produced 

in the USSR, the last in the Contemporary 

Eastern Europe series, was shown by 

the same group March 15. 

Neighboring Banff played host to Farrah 

Fawcett-Majors and her husband Lee Majors 

for a few days. Mrs. Majors arrived 

in Banff March 10 to join her husband, who 

had arrived previously to enjoy a ski holiday. 

It is expected that the two stars will 

form their own company and, according to 

reports, shooting on a made-for-TV movie 

starring Lee Majors will begin soon. 

Wain Covert, Warner Bros, branch manager, 

reports that Blain jr. is just completing 

another busy year of hockey. Playing in the 

juvenile ranks, Blain jr.'s team—the Canyon 

Meadow Cougars—were slated to meet with 

Brentwood for the city championship in 

their 

division. 

The faculty of the education department 

of educational foundations at the University 

of Calgary is presenting a series on 

world development as a means of examining 

the situation in the Third World and Canada. 

Five movies were scheduled to be 

shown dealing with Latin America, Asia 

and Arica as well as world perspectives. A 

different resource person was slated to be 

at the screenings to comment on the film 

unreeled. Offerings included the 1974 Danish 

film "The History Book," "Calcutta" 

and "The Long Chain," "A Luta Continua" 

and "Tanzania," "The Double Day" and 

"Mexico" and "That's the Price" and "The 

Other Side." 

a day with Brittain at the National Film 

Board Theatre, 1185 West Georgia . . . 

March 19, Peter Kubelka, co-founder and 

director of the Austrian Film Museum, presented 

three works, including the 12-minute 

"Pause" . . . The Pacific Cinematheque's 

"In Person" presentation ended March 23 

with American Jon Rubin screening and 

talking about his abstract films. 

Laera Dalen, producer of the upcoming 

"Skip Tracer," writes from Highlight Productions 

to inform that the picture is now 

fine cut, winding up 94 minutes long. It 

has been screened for representatives of 

Odeon, Canfilm, Warner Bros, and CBS, 

who generally felt the picture has the makings 

of a winner when scoring is complete. 

Completion date for the feature has been 

rescheduled for June 15. 

The opening of the Capitol Six and the 

Orpheum as a cultural and music center 

gave media folks in town an occasion they 

couldn't resist. Everyone rushed in to interview 

Irvan Ackery, who had been involved 

with both houses—the Capitol back in 1921 

(as an usher) and the Orpheum for 25 years 

(as manager). Some of the recollections 

were priceless, such as the time a very 

young Susan Hayward was here for an 

opening and injured an ankle. For two days 

Ivan had to carry her up and down the 

stairs for every performance. The best 

quote, though, came when he said that when 

he started in the business the pictures were 

all black and white — "today so many are 

in flesh tones." 

New Westminster High invested $9,000 

in the school's production of "Fiddler on 

the Roof." Starring Ross Laidley, the production 

had a three-day stand. Columnist 

Jack Wasserman remembers when they 

mounted a whole week of "Theatre Under 

the Stars," all professional and all union, 

for that kind of money! 

The best story of the week, not relating 

to show business, concerned a mining type, 

one of the early Variety Club members here 

who always signed his letters with the initials 

IRC after his name—Independent 

Rock Crusher. He had the status-seekers going 

nuts trying to figure out who he really 

was . . . Getting lovely Linda Sorenson for 

Michel Tremblay's "Bonjour la Bonjour," 

which opened at the 200-seat Arts Club, was 

no small coup. She came direct from appearing 

in two major motion pictures for 

20th Century-Fox. 

'Anomalies' Print Seized 

At Theatre in Winnipeg 

WINNIPEG—The Venus Theatre, 801 

Sargent Ave., was raided by the police 

morality squad March 18 and a print of the; 

motion picture "Anomalies" was confiscated. 

After officers viewed the film, thea-' 

tre manager Joseph Gabrielle was charged 

with "exposing an obscene film to the public." 

The raid was carried out upon th« 

advice of the attorney general's department 

police said. A spokesman acknowledge! 

that no complaints had been received fron 

the public. 

After submission to the Manitoba Filn 

Classification Board January 24, "Anoma 

lies" was labeled "restricted adult," meanin 

that no one under the age of 18 could b 

admitted to a theatre showing the pictun 

The movie has been categorized by its di; 

tributors as "a documentary sex educatioi 

film 

which shows simulated sex and front; 

nudity of both sexes." 

A theatre spokesman said that some 4 

000 to 5,000 patrons viewed "Anomalie: 

before the seizure and not one had con 

plained to the management. He furth 

pointed out that signs were posted at tl 

theatre doors warning patrons not to 

attei 

if they "might be offended." 

Gabrielle was scheduled to appear Man 

23 in the provincial judges' court in L 

Public Safety Building. 

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Lost. Lost. Lost 

(176) Doc Jonas Mckas 11-15-76 

Love Comes Quietly 

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Black Emanuelle (901 .... Oct 76 

Kurln Scluiberl 

The Good Hie Bail and the Loser 

(90) Ac-C Nov 76 

Winter Kills D. . 

Richard Boone, Anthony Perkins 

ATHENA FILMS, LTD. 

Sammy Somebody (93) 

Siis.ifi sinishefL' ZalmaO Klnp 

Conspiracy (87) Ho 

Between H»aven and Hell (871 P 

Virility (87) C 

Tnri Perro. AeimtliM Rein 

Mission Stardust (90» SF 

Hercules in the Haunted World 

rnrbtnnhtr Lee. lies Park 

White Fano & the Goldlrjoers Ac 

Impossible Lo e (90) D 

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BEEHIVE 

The Raw Report (70) Sex-C..Apr77 

Mlt.h Morrill, holly llemrnlu 

Sinners Seven Sex 0.. July 77 

II Takes Two to 

Tow Sex C i"tv 77 

Carnal's Cuties (70) Sex-Ac Sept 77 

Muffin Macintosh 

Rumps ... Is There One In 

Your Past? Sex C. Dec 77 

BRENNER 

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Lola Sept 76 

ManneQ"in (90) Sex D .Oct 76 

Rape Killer Oct 76 

The Cheaters Oct 76 

Autopsv Nor 76 

Cry ol a Prostitute Nov 76 

(he Winners 

Evil Eyes Sus-O. 

It's Not the Size That 

Counts Sex C. . 

Klkp Summer. Vincent Price 

Lady J Ac-Ad 

Naked Sacrifire Ad-0 

BURBANK INT'L PICTURES 

Bottoms Up July 76 

Between the Covers Aurj 76 

Secrets of Sweet Sixteen Aug 78 

Superkniqht Sept 76 

Journey into the Beyond Jan 77 

The Holes (Les Gaspards) ...Jan 77 

14 and Under Feb 77 

2069, a Sex Odyssey May 77 

CAMBIST FILMS 

Swedish Minx C. .June 77 

Maria Lynn, Ble Warburg 

Girl on Her Knees D..Aun77 

Tlirn Chlttpll. .larrniellne Laurent 

Easy Come. Easy Go C . Nov 77 

Remus PeeK ITeldl Knpplpr 

CANNON GROUP 

Nauohtv Girls on the Loose Aug 76 

The Jaws of Death Ac-Sus Sent 76 

Hapnv Houcp vivrs Sept 76 

Three Way Love Mar 77 

Cherry Hill High Apr 77 

CENTRAL PARK FILM 

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Christmas Massacre 76 

Super Bug. Super Agent 

(811 C. Sept 76 

Andv Warhol's Young Dracula 

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C-O..Nov76 

Surerbun the Wild One ..C Mar 77 

CINE ARTISTS PICTURES 

To the Dp il ... a Daughter Aug 76 

CINEMA 5 

America at the Movies (116) 

© and b&w Doc Sept 76 

Harlan County. USA. 

(103) Doc. Jan 77 

Doc. Jan 77 

Pumping iron (85) . . . 

Providenre (104) F.. Jan 77 

Dirk Romanic. FXen Burstvn 

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Rel. Date 

CONSTELLATION FILMS 

Battle Command (100) Jan 77 

rTTederiCl Slnfford. Van Johnson 

The Booby Hatch (86) Jan 77 

Sli.iron .lo\ Sillier, Rudy Itlrcl 

The Groove Room (83) Feb 77 

Ollle Soltoft. Sue Laintniirst 

Feb 77 

The Fabulous Farmy (87) . . . 

Man Spitz. Diane Siimmei field 

Crazy House (89) Mar 77 

Prankle llono-d, It.iy Mllland 

Lucifer's Women (88) Mar 77 

Larry llankin. .lane Brunei-Cohen 

Night of the Howling Beast ..Mar 77 

Paul Naschy. Bllrla Solar 

COUGAR PRODUCTIONS 

Cobra (80) 

.lack I'alance 

Love Comes Quietly (104) 

Rarhara llershey, Ralph Meeker 

Poopsie & Co. (96) 

Sophia l,oren, Marcello Mastrnlanni 

Right to Love (90) 

Ilmar Sharif. Florlnda Riilknn 

Scream, Evelyn, Scream (90) 

Evelyn King. Burl Ward 

Unholy Convent (90) 

Strzy Kendal], Cafhelne Spaak 

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Dirty Pictures/Hassled Hooker 

(92/92) 

Irene Papas/Martin Ralsam 

Sexprcist/3 on a Waterbed 

(92/85) 

Vincent/ 

I,e!e.h Heine, Steven 

Misty Waters 

Encounter With the Unknown/ 

So Sad About Gloria (90/90) 

Butt Serllne/Lnrl Sanders 

DOTY-DAYTON 

The Great American Indian ..Oct 76 

Pony Express Rider W. Nov 76 

Pie" art Peterspn. TIenrv Wllcovon 

Baker's Hawk (90) . .Ad-D.. Dec 76 

Clint Walker, hlane B.iker 

Whitewater Sam Feb 77 

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Youno Rivals Ad-D. June 77 

Stewart Petersen 

Escape From Angola . .Ac-Ad. .Apr 77 

Stan Brock. Anne Colllntis 

Wilderness Lake D 

GAMMA III 

Birch Interval (105) . May 76 

Cat Murkil and the Silks .June 76 

Dirty Knight's Work .Ac-C. Aug 76 

Part 2. Sounder (98) D . 76 

GOLDSTONE FILMS 

Secret of Nava|o Cave ..00. Apr 76 

Super Seal (86) C.Apr 76 

tourney . 

(87) Sept 76 

Cpnpvie»e Biijnld. John Vernon 

Death Collector (90) Ac-D..0ct76 

Mastermind 

Zero Mostel 

Hail to the Chief 

House of the Living Dead 

Stream Bloody Murder 

Curse of the Devil 

Pepper's Wacky Taxi 

Kitnn Fu Brothers 

Jive 

Turkey 

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The Last Wilderness May 77 Hold-Up (901 

The Hanpy Hooker Goes 

Killer Cop (90) 

to Washington June 77 

June 76 

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Male of the Century C-D June 76 

The Clockmaker (105) D July 76 

Emilienne and Nicole Aug 76 

Two Against the Law Cr-D Aug 76 

By the Blood of Others ... Sept 76 

fhe Slap (104) D. .Sept 76 

My Hus h and. His Mistress and 

C-D. Sept 76 

Something Creeping In the 

Dark (90) Sus. Sept 76 

Belmondo Is the Swashbuckler 

(100) Hi-C-D Sent 76 

The Prophet (90) C-D Oct 76 

Ann-Marsret, Vlttorlo QaRRtnan 

Sicilian Connection . . .Cr-D .Oct 76 

HEMISPHERE PICTURES, INC. 

Reflections From a 

CINE-III DISTRIBUTORS 

The Belstone Fox (87) . D Sept 76 

CLAMIL PRODUCTIONS 

Magic Legend of the Juggler . Nov 76 

Blood Freak (80) Nov 76 

Bedroom Magic (90) Noy 76 

Europa (80) Jan 77 

.357 Magnum Jan 77 

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THE STORY: 

"3 Women" (20th-Fox) 

Texas woman Sissy Spacek becomes a therapist at 

Desert Springs, a California rehabilitation center for the 

elderly. Fellow Texan Shelley Duvall, who fancies herself 

as a iemme tatale, shows her the routine and takes her 

in when roommate Beverly Ross moves out. Spacek's 

quiet friendliness contrasts with Duvall's phony consumer-orlented 

outlook. He-man Robert Fortier, the 

women's landlord, is the husband of mural painter Janice 

Rule, an enigmatic type about to give birth. They also 

run a broken-down tavern, Dodge City, complete with 

target range. When Duvall and Fortier spend the night 

together, Spacek is so hurt by her roommate's harsh attitude 

that she attempts drowning. During her recovery, 

Spacek refuses to acknowledge her elderly parents, Ruth 

Nelson and John Cromwell. Duvall cares for Spacek out 

of guilt, and becomes repressed after quitting her job. 

She finds that Spacek is much more aggressive. Fortier 

drunkenly attempts to see both women as Rule is about 

to give buth. Duvall helps deliver a dead boy. Later, after 

Fortier's "accidental" aeath, Duvall takes on the mother 

role for Rule and a now-quiet Spacek. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

The unusual qualities of the film should be stressed. 

The Altman name and those of the leads should be good 

marquee bait. 

CATCHLINES: 

Dreams Can't Hurt You. 

THE STORY: "69 Minutes" (N.B. Releasing) 

The film opens with a typical TV billboard ("Tonight 

on '69 Minutes' . . ."), followed by introductions of the 

co-anchorpersons. Preceaing the show are the usual commercial 

messages, which are variations on well-known 

products, including "Mi-. Whipper" squeezing "Charming," 

a lovely lady selling the merits of "underwater real estate" 

and "a lost tribe of degenerates ruined several decades 

ago by the introduction of the credit card system." Airing 

the magazine show is CBX, "The Outlaw Network," and 

it leans heavily on commercials. There are pitches for 

"Best Car Buy for Under $82" and "If It's Not Fresh, I'm 

Out of Business." CBX throws in a few good words for its 

upcoming shows: "Dungeons of Fun," "Colored Cowboys" 

ana "Rolling for Wheelchairs." The magazine show's 

backbone is its exposes. They include "Microwave Degeneration," 

"Woodstock IV," "Dr. Klabbitz, Pioneer of Malpractice" 

and suburban housewives "Cruising for Jailbait." 

Also included is a test of the civil defense warning 

system utilizing actual H-bomb footage underscored by 

pleasant dance music. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Have radio disc jockeys invite listeners to call in to 

tell what they would like to see really happen in certain 

TV commercials. 

CATCHLINES: 

Will Never Be Seen on TV . . . Warning: Strong Satire. 

If You Can't Take It, Don't Come! 

.Nov 

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Apr 

THE STORY: "Audrey Rose" (UA) 

In Pennsylvania in 1965, five-year-old Audrey Rose is 

burned alive with her mother in an auto crash. In New 

York in 1976, happily married Marsha Mason notices 

Anthony Hopkins lurking nearby when she takes daughter 

Susan Swilt to school. Hopkins, a metallurgist, makes 

contact and tells Mason and husband John Beck, partner 

in an advertising agency, that he believes Susan to be 

the reincarnation of his daughter Audrey Rose. While 

Beck considers Hopkins to be insane, the man's sincerity 

wins Mason over when he is able to calm Susan during 

one of her nightmares. When Hopkins takes Susan to 

his apartment. Beck has him arrested. Robert Walden 

defends Hopkins with maharishi Aly Wassil's 

testimony. 

Mason voices her belief in Hopkins. Estranged from his 

wife, Beck arranges for doctor Norman Lloyd to hypnotize 

Susan and bring out the truth. Susan recalls her 

aeath as Audrey Rose and then she dies. Hopkins brings 

her ashes to India so that her soul can finally be at rest. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Tie in with the Warner paperback edition of the novel. 

Any articles on reincarnation and hypnosis can be useful 

for news items. 

CATCHLINES: 

A Haunting Vision of Reincarnation That Will Change 

Your Ideas About Life After Death Forever . . . Suppose 

a Stranger Told You Your Daughter Was His Daughter 

in Another Life? Suppose It Was True? 

THE STORY: "SuperVan" (Empire) 

Mark Schneider leaves his 

father's service station and 

heads out in his van for the annual Van Freakout and 

a chance to win $5,000. He rescues Katie Saylor from 

attempted rape by a motorcycle gang, but his van is 

demolished in the escape. He and Saylor contact his 

buddy, Tom Kindle, at Mid-America Motors, owned by 

Morgan Woodward, sponsor of the competition and 

builder of vans. Kindle has scrapped Woodward's plan 

for a new design for a van and has built one of his own 

with solar power. Kindle lets Schneider and Saylor drive 

the SuperVan in the Freakout, and they win after narrow 

escapes from his cycle gang and several exciting carvan 

chases. Saylor reveals that she is Woodward's 

daughter and that she loves Mark. Woodward and Kindle 

are at odds over the change in design of the van to be 

mass-produced, but there is an eventual meeting of the 

minds for a new line of SuperVans and a happy ending. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

There are multiple opportunities for tie-ins with motor 

car dealers and van clubs. A display of a beautiful van 

m front of 

the theatre is a must. 

CATCHLINES: 

See the Country's Top Vans Inside, Out and Round 

About! . That Free-Wheelin' Feelin'! . . . Sparkling 

New Music With the Hit Song, "Ridin' High" . . . Solar 

Power on Wheels to the Rescue! 

THE STORY: "Hollywood High" (Peter Perry) 

Teenagers Marcy Albrecht, Sherry Hardin, Rae Sperling 

and Susanne delight in cruising along Hollywood 

Boulevard in a red roadster, frolicking on the beach with 

Fenzy (.Kevin Mead) and other young men, and participating 

in love-ins on the sand. Their studies are less 

than mediocre while they strive to cope with effeminate 

history teacher Hy Camp and female chauvinist French 

teacher Kress Hytes. The girls happen to meet silent 

star Maria Winters at Mark Lawhead's gasoline service 

station. Sperling seduces Lawhead to retrieve car keys 

belonging to the seemingly indigent Winters. An appreciative 

Winters throws open her Hollywood Hills mansion 

for love-ins, participating vigorously herself. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Available are two trailers, one rated G, the other R; TV 

trailers, one 30-second, the other 20-second, plus 60- 

second and 30-second radio spots. 

CATCHLINES: 

Too Hot for TV—You'll Never See Them on the Late 

Show! . . . Meet the Sun-and-Surf Bunnies Who Love 

Their Action Hot! . Play in the Sun—But They 

Play Around After Dark! 

JAMS 

THE STORY: "Aguirre . . ." (New Yorker) 

On Christmas Day, 1560, explorer Gonzalez Pizarro 

(Alejandro Repulles) splits up his expedition which is 

searching for the legendary city of gold, El Dorado, in 

Peru. Don Pedro de Ursua (Ruy Guerraj is assigned to 

travel down a river when the jungle becomes impenetrable. 

Father Carvajal (Del Negro), Don Lope de Aguirre 

• Klaus Kinskii and others use rafts for their journey. 

Ursua's wife (Helena Rojo) and Aguirre's daughter (Cecilia 

Rivera I, aged 15, accompany them. When one raft 

is caught in a whirlpool and its passengers are killed by 

Indians, Ursua decides to turn back. Aguirre assumes 

command and makes fat Guzman (Peter Beiling) the 

emperor of El Dorado as they claim the land they see 

for Spain. Fever and hunger take their toll while cannibals 

lurk nearby. Guzman's gluttony causes his murder, 

after which Aguirre has Ursua hanged. Later, during a 

raid on an Indian village, Rojo disappears into the jungle. 

Finally, only Aguirre survives escape from fever or 

a deadly arrow, as his daughter and most of the men lie 

dead or sick. Now insane, Aguirre dreams of a new dynasty 

for himself, the wrath of God. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

The story and locale should be of interest to historical 

societies. Play up the film's presentation at Cannes. 

CATCHLINES: 

Se D 

The t Legendary El Dorado Lured Them On. The Wrath 

of God Sealed Their Fate. 

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intnloolo: flladys Candy, 519 Cln- 

Niles Int'l to Handle 

Product for Theatres 

HOLLYWOOD — Nilcs 

International. 

Hollywood-based production and distribution 

firm, has been formed 

by Niles Film 

Products, for tbc past 

13 years a leading distributor 

of 16mm and 

8mm films in the nontheatrical 

market, it 

was announced by 

William J. Nagy, 

president of NFP. 

U.S. and Canadian 

distribution rights 

W.lliam J. Nagy 

have jmt ibeen ac . 

quired by the parent company and the new 

subsidiary for the theatrical and nontheatrical 

distribution of "Schizo," newly completed 

feature co-starring John Leyton and 

Lvnnc Fredrick. "Schizo" is scheduled to 

open in selected areas May 6. 

Nagy also is heading the production and 

acquisition arm of the company. 

Robert T. Saxton, 32-year industry veteran 

who once held sales posts at Universal 

and RKO-Radio, has been named sales 

manager of Niles International. 

Nagy said producers will be offered 

computerized reports "to ensure a fair and 

prompt accounting of grosses" and added 

that he has put together a national sales 

force representing more than 600 years of 

experience with major film companies. 

Concurrently, Nagy has formed a second 

subsidiary. Niles Entertainment, to market 

and distribute a new line of Super 8 films. 

Robert D. Siedle has been appointed general 

manager. 

Niles Entertainment's inventory includes 

12 Sherlock Holmes features, co-starring 

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce; contemporary 

pictures toplining such rock stars as 

Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane, and a 

selection of W. C. Fields, Our Gang, Popeye 

and Superman pictures. 

N. B. Releasing Offices 

Located in Los Angeles 

LOS ANGELES—Ian Morrison, president 

of N. B. Releasing, announced that the 

company is now headquartered at 10460 

Santa Monica Blvd., No. 2, Los Angeles, 

Calif. 90025. The firm's telephone number 

is (213) 474-0560. 

Morrison, through N.B. Releasing, currently 

is supervising national distribution 

of the youth-oriented "69 Minutes." 

Dimension Pictures Adds 

'Georgia Road' to Slate 

LOS ANGELES—Lawrence H. Woolner. 

president of Dimension Pictures, announced 

the acquisition of "Bad Georgia 

Road" for distribution on the 1977-78 releasing 

schedule. 

The theatrical feature, which stars Gary 

Lockwood and Carol Lynley, was produced, 

directed and written by John Broderick. 

Friedman Appointed Chief 

Of Cinema Snares Ad-Pub 

NEW YORK— Arnold Friedman has 

been appointed director of advertising, 

publicity and promotion for Cinema Shares 

International, it was announced by David 

Blake, president of the theatrical and TV 

distribution company. Friedman's duties 

will encompass both divisions, as he is to 

report to executive vice-president Mel 

Maron, for theatrical services, and executive 

vice-president Ken Israel, for TV. Additionally, 

he will be responsible for corporate 

information and report directly to 

Blake. 

A 20-year industry veteran, Friedman has 

had administrative and creative positions 

with Columbia Pictures, United Artists, 

Avco Embassy, Metromedia Producers 

Corp. and ITC Entertainment. He has been 

president of his own advertising-public relations 

agency, which included many of the 

industry's leading companies as clients. 

Coming to CSI, Friedman has resigned 

as director of advertising and public relations 

for American Media. 

Cinema Arts to Represent 

Mar Vista Productions 

STUDIO CITY—Allan F. 

Bodoh, president 

of Mar Vista Productions, and Norman 

Katz, president of Cinema Arts Associated 

Corp., jointly announced that CAAC 

has been named worldwide sales representative 

for all Mar Vista product. 

Cinema Arts will be responsible for all 

theatrical, nontheatrical and TV films from 

Mar Vista with the exception of "Dogs," 

which presently is in release. 

Current and forthcoming Mar Vista features 

to be handled by Cinema Arts include 

the Henry Fonda-Eileen Brennan starrer, 

"The Last of the Cowboys"; "Acapulco 

Gold," with Marjoe Gortner; "Good Guys 

Wear Black," starring Chuck Norris, which 

went into release Friday (15), and "When 

You Comin' Back, Red Ryder," now in 

preparation for a spring start. Cinema Arts 

will represent "Dogs" in foreign territories 

only. 

Before forming Cinema Arts, Katz was 

executive vice-president of Warner Bros. 

International. Assisting him on the Mar 

Vista account will be Cinema Arts executive 

vice-president Frederick L. Hyman. 

Ali MacGrow Set to Star 

In 'Convoy' for EMI, UA 

NEW YORK—Ali MacGraw has been 

signed by EMI Films and producer Robert 

Sherman to star opposite Kris Kristofferson 

in EMI Films' "Convoy," to be directed 

by Sam Peckinpah. 

The motion picture, to be released by 

United Artists in the U.S. and Canada, 

will be filmed on location in New Mexico 

beginning May 2. 

Also topcast in "Convoy," written for 

the screen by Bill Norton jr., are Ernest 

Borgnine and Burt Young, an Oscar nominee 

for the Academy Award winning film 

"Rocky." 

TEA Conclave Slated 

May 8-11 in Tucson 

NEW YORK—The sixth annual conference 

of the Theatre Equipment Ass'n will 

be held in Scottsdale, Ariz., May 8-11, it 

was announced by Fraser Neal, president. 

Tom Christie and Lynn Shubert are cochairmen 

of this year's event. More than 

250 members of the theatre equipment 

community, representing both manufacturers 

and dealers, are expected to be in attendance 

at the beautiful Mountain Shadows 

Resort facility. 

Highlighting the four-day meeting will 

be the appearance of Marvin Goldman, 

president of NATO, and Henry "Hi" Martin, 

president of Universal Pictures. Goldman 

will address the assemblage Monday, 

May 9, with Martin speaking Tuesday, 

May 10. 

"The appearances of these two recognized 

industry leaders marks the first time 

that distribution and exhibition will be able 

to address the Theatre Equipment Ass'r 

jointly," stated Neal. "With the appearance 

of Martin, our membership will have a ran 

opportunity to talk on a person-to-persor 

basis with one of the most distinguishec 

gentlemen in the distribution and produc 

tion field." 

The Teddy Award, voted to the out 

standing manufacturer of the year by th 

dealer division of the association, will b 

presented at the final-evening banquet Ma, 

11. 

For further information concerning th, 

conference, contact the TEA New Yor 

headquarters at 246-6460. 

TEA Announces Election 

Of Eight New Directors 

NEW YORK—Fraser Neal, president < 

the Theatre Equipment Ass'n, has ai 

nounced the election of eight new membe 

to the board of directors of TEA. 

Elected from its manufacturing divisk 

for a two-year term were: Dick Strau; 

Bevelite-Adler, Gardena, Calif.; Phil Jud 

Cemcorp, Forest Hill, Md.; Glenn Ber 

gren, Schneider Corp. of America, Mine 

la, N.Y., and Andy Marglin, Kelmar S\ 

terns, Huntington, N.Y. They succeed r 

tiring directors George Bachar, Jack Ba. 

Worth Baird and Lynn Shubert. 

Elected to the dealer division, also for? 

two-year period, were; Jerry Harrah. I- 

cific Theatre Equipment, San Francisi; 

Jim Barry, Western Theatrical Equipme, 

San Francisco; Chuck Lahti, Minneapts 

Theatre Supply, Minneapolis, and Di 

Moore, Moore Theatre Equipme., 

Charleston, W. Va. They succeed Anrud 

Besse, J. Eldon Peek and L. Phil Wicker 

ABC Cash Dividend 

NEW YORK—The board of directors^ 

American Broadcasting Cos. Monday (I) 

declared a cash dividend of 25 cents -"' 

share on ABC common stock, payable J'K 

15 to shareholders of record May 13, 197- 

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BOXOFFICE :: April 18, 1 ?7

I 

Goldman Unveils Changes in NATO, 

! 

Wonderland." 

NITE Unalterably' 

Alice in 

Opposed to Bidding 

Raps Govt 

VII AN I \ I i > i" 

I 

Decision on Splitting 

> sewn members ot the 

Nation.il Independent rheatre Exhibitors 

Bj JOHN COCCIII 

cate were approved by the executive committee 

Goldman will appoint 

\sv'n board of advisers met in Chicago 

s 

ruesda) 

i > 

NEW YORK—NATO 

a committee 

president 

and adopted .1 resolution overwhelming!) 

opposing bidding as 

Marvin 

to rewrite the bylaws for a continuity "t 

Goldman, accompanied by vice-president 

an alternative 

to sjilnt my. [he on 1> dissenting vote was 

service, so lh.il .1 new NATO president will 

and executive director Joseph G. Alter man. 

not undo the good work done by the previous 

administration. Also to he appointed is 

held a press 

cast hv the operator of 27 

conference 

screens in the 

at the national 

headquarters here Monday (4) to speak 

Midwest 

an oversight committee, which Goldman 

The group decided to notify the 

about the Department of Justice's 

industry, 

ruling 

will name shortly; with an even number ol 

Congress and the Department of Justice that on splits and about the future of the exhibitor 

organization. Splitting is a violation 

members selected, Goldman will have the 

NITE, as a group representing more than 

tie-breaking voice but docs not want a group 

5,500 theatres, "is unalterably opposed to of the antitrust law and is anticompetitive 

merely for the purpose ol rubber-stamping 

bidding." 

as well as being a criminal offense, says the 

all ol his recommendations. 

loin Patterson. NITE president, was Justice Department, which also admits that 

authorized by the same action to appoint a its ruling is rather inconsistent, since splitting 

has been widely practiced in the film 

Four-Phase Plan 

committee to devise and recommend a viable 

alternative to splitting and bidding. On several 

occasions, Patterson has made it clear 

for restructuring, all of which arc to take 

industry for decades. 

There are four phases in Goldman's plan 

Courts Should Decide 

ihat he would not advocate retention of 

effect over a four-year period. Phase one 

splits if Justice would move against other 

ha_s 

The Justice Department will not press any been approved: a relocation of national 

restraints in the marketplace and he indicated 

at the meeting that such assurances out the practice of split weeks. The which will probably take some time to ac- 

lawsuits, preferring to let the industry phase 

headquarters to Washington, D. C, a move 

antitrust 

law has never sanctioned splits, except 

had been received. 

complish. Phase two will be the opening of 

In clarifying NITE's position, Patterson with distributor consent. Goldman pointed 

additional offices if necessary, with Los 

declared. "We are not against bidding in out that now, after 25 years, the department Angeles and New York (replacing the current 

headquarters here) as prime locations. 

principle. What we are against is bidding has come to the conclusion that this practice 

is illegal. He suggested that the courts 

that is conducted by parties that we know 

Phase three would be the opening of an 

all too well. We do not speculate when we should decide if this is really a violation 

additional two offices. Phase four involves 

sa\ that much of the bidding is rigged. We and he would like a test case to be 

the hiring, if it is considered worthwhile, 

tried if 

know full well of films that are sold on a there could be a guarantee of no sentence. 

of a political name for a backup staff. 

circuit basis prior to the film being bid and Speaking generally, Goldman stated that 

have observed the processes used to cause most members of the film industry are impractical. 

Dues Increase Necessary 

"It is not written that films must To accomplish these new goals, it the bidding to conform to the pre-arranged 

will be 

sales. 

be made," he stated, "or that they should necessary to increase dues five cents per 

"We recall full well the statements of the be made for theatres." There are other outlets 

for distributors (TV, cable, etc.) and to $400,000, for the hiring of the additional 

theatre seat, thereby doubling the income 

Supreme Court regarding the Paramount 

case in the 1940s in which they struck down abuses can be rectified without government personnel needed. NATO, Goldman admitted, 

does have budget difficulties. He 

bidding as a requirement. We recall also the 

legislation, he felt. Many smaller exhibitors 

statements by the Supreme Court relative to 

will be hurt by not having splits. While he would like a man in the field to replace 

the proclivity of the guilty parties for engaging 

in anticompetitive activity for a 

believed that the legislators in the Department 

of Justice don't really know the film ed since his retirement. Goldman wants to 

George Roscoe. who has not been succeed- 

period encompassing decades. To reiterate. 

industry, exhibitors created their own problems. 

Goldman also felt that NITE presi- 

lawyers to represent NATO in state capi- 

give members regular reports and to retain 

we are not against bidding as a system. We 

are opposed to it being implemented and 

dent Tom Patterson, while sincere, has been 

tals. He favors the formation of a group 

controlled by parties who. for decades, have 

persuaded to see things the way the Justice to keep track of legislation in Washington 

demonstrated a massive disregard for that 

Department does. 

which 

and in every state. Also, he wants consistency 

in the consultants to the 

is legal and just." 

Patterson stated with determination. "We 

NATO 

Backs Ratings Principle 

must, 

president. 

in any way possible, see to it that 

bidding by such parties is terminated. We As for the rating system, Goldman said Since he has headed NATO, Goldman 

will come that 

forth with a workable plan 

NATO is completely behind its principles. 

that 

has done more work for the independent 

will restore legality and 

Having 

fair play to the exhibition 

side of our business." 

been involved with the ratings exhibitor than he anticipated, he noted. 

themselves. Goldman emphasized that he Referring to EXPRODICO. Goldman and 

knew of no case in which independent distributors 

Alterman spoke of its new prospectus and 

were treated any differently than the fact that it will not be able to distribute 

'Prince and the Pauper' 

majors. While an imperfect system which the films it makes. However, a bank and 

U.S. Rights to Orrin 

needs change, it is the best we can devise an insurance company vvill guarantee S2 for 

NEW YORK — Orrin Pictures has acquired 

short of government authority at this time. every dollar raised. NITE will back this 

the feature film "Prince and the he said. Obvious faults are equating a child filmmaking plan and Goldman indicated 

Pauper." starring Gene Bud. Tom Fleet- of six with an adolescent of 16 in one category 

that, while it serves exhibitors' "seltish in- 

and providing a "total lack of informaterests." 

it also has \ \ TO's approval. 

|wood 

*' and Kenneth Schaffel, for distribution 

in the U.S., it was announced by president tion on what the ratings mean specifically 

Joseph Ornstein. Marcel Brookman produced 

to a basically uninformed public." The rea- 

Blind Bidding legislation 

the picture in Ireland. Elliot Geisinger son for a film's rating should be so stated 

[directed from a screenplay which he wrote with the rating. Goldman declared. 

I ndav 1 1 ). NATO proposed legislation 

with Alex Tartaglia and Albert Mozell. Projduction 

supervisor was John Quill, with man revealed that 60 members representing of blind bidding. This would insure that a 

Regarding NATO's restructuring, Gold- 

in the state of Illinois against the practice 

Joseph Bainhorn as associate producer. the board of directors met in Nassau recently 

film is to be tradescreened before being 

direci 

to discuss the motion made in Ana- 

ottered tor open bidding. 

Two other features on Orrin's current release 

schedule are "Treasure Island" and heim. Calif. The formation of a national Win or lose. NATO will initiate similar 

organization and the hiring of a paid advo- 

legislation in various 1 :i s'.ucs. 

BOXOFTICE :: April 18, 1977

1 

Martin Names Cabinet 

For Rogers Fund Drive 

Ark' U.S. 

and Canadian 

v 

\l w VORK—Henry H. "Hi" Martin, Gross Over $23 Million 

president of the Will Rogers Memorial 

Fund, has announced 

Los Angeles — Sunn Classic's "In 

Search of 

the names 

Noah's Ark" has exceeded 

of the industry 

leaders who $23 nullum in gross receipts from U.S. 

and 

will comprise 

Canadian playdatcs. The picture 

the 

released slightly 

"l cabinet for the 1977- 

over a year ago on a 

four-wall 

CV_^ __ /BJ 78 

basis now has 

fund-raising 

played the 

drive. 

Al Fitter. United 

major markets of both countries. 

Artists 

senior Sunn vice-president of 

Clair Farley, 

vice-president 

distribution, said the gross 

for domestic 

of $23 million 

sales, has been 

came within 1 per cent of the projection 

resulting front 

£ 

appointed 

Sunn's pretesting 

distributor 

policy. 

»• ..«•>, *« _u chairman. 

Henrv "Hi" Martin , ., 

c ., ,. 

Exhibitor chairmen The company's next production will 

are Jerry Forman, 

be 

vice-president and 

"The Lincoln Conspiracy." 

general 

manager of Pacific Theatres Corp. in 

Los Angeles: John H. Rowley, president of 

Col. Appoints Mankiewicz 

United Artists Theatre Circuit-Rowley 

United division, Dallas, and Roy B. White, V-P for Creative Affairs 

president of Mid-States Theatres, headquartered 

in Cincinnati. 

has been appointed vice-president of crea- 

NEW YORK—Christopher Mankiewicz 

Division chairmen are Bernard Diamond, tive affairs, East Coast, it was announced 

covering the Northeastern cities; M. H. Chakeres, 

who will supervise the Mideast area; worldwide production for Columbia Pic- 

Tuesday (12) by Daniel Melnick, head of 

Doug Lightner, who will cover the Central tures. Mankiewicz will concentrate in his 

division, and Mort Thalheimer, who will new assignment on the development of literary 

and theatrical properties in New York 

handle Southern cities. Ted Minsky will 

cover the Pacific territory. 

and Europe. In addition, he will act as the 

Will Rogers executive director Martin H. New York focal point in Columbia's search 

Newman met with exhibitors at the recent for distribution acquisitions for domestic 

Show-A-Rama 20 convention in Kansas and international markets. He also will act 

City and was present at the NATO board as production liaison for picture filming in 

of directors meeting in Nassau, the Bahamas, 

and the Independent Theatre Owners Mankiewicz most recently was head of 

New York and on the East Coast. 

Ass'n product seminar in New York to discuss 

plans for the Will Rogers Institute. Productions in Rome. During his career, 

production for Alberto Grimaldi's PEA 

Newman will attend the Southeastern he also has held executive positions with 

NATO confab in Atlanta Thursday (21). Palomar, United Artists and Filmways. 

NITE Announces Schedule 

For West Coast Meetings 

HOLLYWOOD—Tom Patterson, president 

of the National Independent Theatre 

Exhibitors Ass'n (NITE), will head a con-J 

tingent of the organization's leaders traveling 

from Atlanta to the West Coast for 

meetings with filmmakers Sunday (24) 

through Tuesday (26). NITE's film finandj 

plan will be discussed at the get-together, 

Patterson said. 

Sunday afternoon (24) will be devoted 

to a meeting with the Southern California 

Motion Picture Council at NITE's tempo- 

: 

rary headquarters in the Beverly Wilshire 

! 

Hotel, while the evening hours 6 to 

10 p.m. 

will be devoted to private meetings (by appointment), 

as will the 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

period Monday (25). A two-hour press conference 

will follow, after which NITE representatives 

will meet with agents. 

A cocktail party for agents, press and I 

packagers will begin at 5 p.m., with dinner 

with packagers scheduled 7 to 10 p.m. at I 

the Beverly Wilshire. 

Tuesday morning (26) 8 to 10 a.m. hasl 

been reserved for additional private meetings. 

The Southern California Independent! 

Exhibitors (CITE) will meet 10:30 a.m. tol 

1:30 p.m., this huddle to be followed by al 

2 to 5 p.m. session with filmmakers in thel 

Empire Ballroom of the Sportsman's Lodgel 

sponsored by the Southern California Mo-[ 

tion Picture Council. Tuesday evening (26)1 

has been reserved for private meetings. 

Wednesday (27). the NITE group 

will 

travel upstate for a meeting of the Northern! 

California Independent Exhibitors at an as-l 

yet-undesignated location in the Bay Area! 

NITE advises that coordinators Bob Lei 

Vine and Paul Aratow of Challenge Prol 

ductions may be reached only by calling 

274-4446, rather than at 395-0012 as 

viously indicated (see Boxoffice, April 4)1 

ADVERTISING HUDDLE—Edward Montoro, left, president and chief 

executive officer of Film Ventures International, and Ed Cruea, FVI executive vicepresident, 

inspect a one-sheet for FVI's upcoming "Day of the Animals" during a 

recent exhibitor conference held at the Sheraton on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. 

At the conference, Montoro and Cruea outlined the massive promotional and 

advertising campaigns scheduled for "Animals," which will open in over 400 situations 

in late May. 

Stan Waterman Promoting 

'Deep' on Lecture Tour 

BURBANK — Stan Waterman, undei 

water cinematographer and second unit I 

rector for "The Deep," is on a nationwi 

lecture tour in which he includes a maj 

segment on the filming of the Columbi 

EMI presentation. Waterman's appearand 

are part of his annual speaking engagemen 

The sought-after speaker recently appe 

ed at the Civic Auditorium in Grand Rapi 

Mich.; Michigan State University in E; 

Lansing. Mich.; Eastman Kodak Theati 

Rochester, N.Y., and Ohio State Universit 

Columbus, Ohio. 

A significant portion of his film-and-ta 

presentation is the footage from the AB 

TV "American Sportsman." 

'Wolf Woman' Set for Ma 

LOS 

ANGELES—Post-production 

Dimension Pictures' release, "The W< 

Woman," started Friday (8), it was 

nounced by Lawrence H. Woolner, pr 

dent. Slated for national release May 

the feature stars Annik Borel and Fi 

Stafford. 

BOXOFFICE :: April IS. 15

CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIRST KIND 

Sighting 

CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE SECOND KIND 

Evidence 

CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND 

Contact

watch the skies. 

Over fifteen million Americans, 

including leaders in science, astronomy, 

the space program and government 

have officially reported UFO sightings. 

Scientists everywhere concede the 

overwhelming probability of intelligent 

life somewhere else in the universe. 

Hundreds of verified sightings 

are reported every day from all over 

the world by reliable observers - and 

have been for the past thirty years. 

This Christmas, millions of 

people will experience the most 

beautiful, frightening and significant 

motion picture adventure of all time. 

It will start in an Indiana town 

and lead to four words which are 

becoming more and more apparent 

to all of us every day: 

we are not alone.

OF TH€ THIRD KIND

A COLUMBIA/EMI Presentation 

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 

A PHILLIPS PRODUCTION A STEVEN SPIELBERG FILM 

With 

Starring 

RICHARD DREYFUSS 

FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT as Lacombe 

Music by JOHN WILLIAMS 

Director of Photography VILMOS ZSICMOND, A.S.C. 

Visual Effects by DOUGLAS TRUMBULL 

Written by STEVEN SPIELBERG 

Produced by JULIA PHILLIPS and MICHAEL PHILLIPS 

Directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG 

Columbia 

Pictures

Columbia Sales Conclave 

Under Way in Florida 

BURBANK Ray McCafferty, vicepresidenl 

and general sales manager, will 

announce "Columbia Pictures' 1977 Sales 

Drive Honoring Norman le\s" Monda) 

list al the opening °f (ne company's sales 

convention in Miami Beach, Fla. 

Prizes in excess of $130,000 will be given 

to the winners of the drive honoring Nornun 

Levy, vice-president of marketing. 

I he convention will headquarter at the 

Konovei Hotel Monday through Thursday 

(1S-2I). Future product to be discussed includes: 

The Greatest," starring Muhammad 

Ali; "The Deep," starring Robert 

Sh.iu. Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte; 

March or Die." starring Gene Hackman 

and Catherine Deneuve; "Bobby Deerheld," 

starring Al Pacino and Marthe Keller; 

"Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger," 

starring Patrick Wayne. Taryn Power and 

J.mc Seymour; "Communion," a chilling 

suspense film, and "Close Encounters of the 

Third Kind," starring Richard Dreyfuss and 

Francois Truffaut. 

Greg Morrison, vice-president of advertising 

and publicity, and William O'Hare, 

director of East Coast advertising and publicity, 

will represent the advertising and 

publicity 

departments. 

Richard Smith, GCC Head, 

Flays Splitting Decision 

BOSTON—Richard A. Smith, president 

of General Cinema Corp., Monday (4) stated, 

"The decision of the Justice Department 

to eliminate the practice of splits will be 

viewed with considerable regret by virtually 

all of the nation's theatre operators. 

"We are confident, however, that with 

further investigation and information the 

Justice Department eventually will recognize 

that, in the licensing of film, splitting 

is in fact the most equitable method yet 

conceived for protecting exhibition, distribution 

and the public and that the department 

will expend its efforts in policing such 

practices, not eliminating them." 

Smith concluded by saying, "In the meantime, 

considering the quality, type and location 

of General Cinema's theatres, we are 

confident that they will continue to operate 

effectively despite the elimination of splits." 

Paramount Appoints Lopez 

Field Advertising Mgr. 

NEW YORK — Angel Lopez has been 

appointed field advertising manager for the 

lotion picture division of Paramount Pic- 

S Corp., it was announced by Gordon 

Veaver, the division's vice-president of 

marketing. Effective immediately, the appointment 

has Lopez based in New York, 

Drting directly to Dick Ingber. director 

of field advertising. 

Lope/ joined Paramount in December 

5 as a member of the field advertising 

*ff. For ten years prior, Lopez had been 

i the exploitation and New York advertis- 

«ig departments oi United Artists. 

WX0FT1CE ;: April 18. 1977 

Hoyts Center in 

Sydney 

Sets Attendance Mark 

Hollywood — Twentieth Century- 

Fox Film Corp.'s international theatres 

division recently announced (hat its 

new Hoyts Entertainment Centre in 

Sydney, Australia, achieved a total attendance 

mark of 530,000 in its initial 

13 weeks of operation. 

Films which have been playing at 

the seven-screen complex include "The 

Omen," "Silent Movie," "Network," 

''Eliza Eraser" and "The Pink Panther 

Strikes Again." 

Steve Roberts, president of the international 

theatres division, said that the 

center is now the No. 1 theatre complex 

in Sydney. 

Doty-Dayton Productions 

Seeks Chapter XI Relief 

HOLLYWOOD — Doty-Dayton 

Productions 

has filed for relief under Chapter XI 

of the Federal Bankruptcy Act, listing a 

total of $3,541,783 in debts owed to some 

650 creditors. The company listed $318,506 

as its total assets as of Feb. 28, 1977, excluding 

$1,125,962 in film production costs. 

Recovery of production expenditures depends 

on the successful playoff of the films 

involved in those costs, according to the 

document filed. Rights to four out of five 

of the films reverted to the film packager 

who put the production financing together. 

Before Doty-Dayton can resume distribution 

of the films, it must pay off its debts 

and continue its operations. 

Deluxe Laboratories is listed as the largest 

creditor, with $825,794 owed to it 

for film processing and print charges. A 

group of 12 theatres to which $792,799 is 

owed in advance film rentals is next largest. 

Other large creditors include the production 

partnership of Lyman D. Dayton and 

Dr. George E. Doty, principals in the company. 

$275,495; Imperial Thrift & Loan, 

$166,444; Film Productions Associates III, 

$102,560, and Seven Alone, Ltd., $48,200. 

Also owed is $43,357 in back taxes. 

2 Sales Representatives 

Named by Cinema Radio 

NEW YORK—Fred Schwartz, president 

of Cinema Radio, has announced the appointments 

of Roar Industries and Cine- 

Tech Co. as sales representatives for the 

Cinema Radio sound system. Roar, headed 

by Robert Roth, has been assigned a territory 

consisting of southern New Jersey, 

eastern Pennsylvania, Washington. D.C.. 

and all of Maryland. Virginia and Delaware. 

John Ling and David 1 und are the principals 

in Milwaukee-based Cine-Tech, 

which has been assigned all of Wisconsin. 

Illinois. Iowa, Indiana and northern Michigan. 

Both sales appointments arc effective 

immediately. 

Howard Whitcomb to ASC 

In Managerial Capacity 

1 1 RICHARDSON V ASC Technical 

Services Corp. has announced the appointment 

ol Howard I. Whitcomb as sales 

Howard J. Whitcomb 

manager for the company's theatrical and 

industrial service sales. 

Bruce Waddell. president of ASC, said 

in making the announcement. "We are extremely 

pleased that Whitcomb has joined 

ASC to spearhead our national sales effort. 

He brings to the company the experience 

and management talent necessary to carry 

forward our new marketing programs aggressively. 

ASC is on the move and, with 

the recent introduction of our new "Star 

Treatment" program, we are now more than 

ever dedicated to providing the very best 

in service, while meeting our contractual 

commitments to the nation's exhibitors. 

Whitcomb shares our management philosophies 

and he will approach our customers 

and potential customers alike with integrity 

and a wealth of service-related experience. 

He also will provide a vital communications 

link between our customers and our field 

operations, thereby insuring the flow of 

communications essential to good service 

and good customer relations." 

Whitcomb joins ASC after 29 years with 

the RCA Service Co. where, for the past 

nine years, he was manager, entertainment 

and industrial service sales. 

Whitcomb resides in Cherry Hill. N.J.. 

where he will maintain an office for ASC. 

Zeffirelli to Make First 

U.S. Picture for MGM 

CULVER CITY—Franco Zeffirelli will 

make his first American film under the auspices 

of MGM. bringing to the screen a 

modernized version of "The Champ." The 

original version of this picture, an MGM 

release, was filmed in 1931 with King Vidor 

directing Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper 

in starring roles. 

Zeffirelli's 

longtime associate Dyson Lovell 

will serve as producer of the new version 

of 'The Champ." 

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To Have Royal Guests 

\l w YORK- Over 1,000 delegates rep- 

Ltsenting the 41 tents affiliated with Variety 

It'luhs International are expected to attend 

he VCI golden anniversary convention to 

be held Monday (25) through Friday (29) 

Monte Carlo, Monaco. 

rhe conference will locus on ways to 

raise funds for handicapped ;md underprivleged 

children throughout the world. Business 

sessions will he held daily in the Grand 

Salon of Loews' Monte Carlo Hotel, convention 

headquarters, when each club will 

epori on its work during the past 12 

months and announce projects for the year 

ahead. 

Membership Over 10,000 

41 affiliated clubs have a combined 

membership of over 10.000 and since the 

[establishment of Variety in Pittsburgh in 

1927 VCI has raised an aggregate total of 

pproximately $3,000,000,000 for charity. 

Prince Rainier is scheduled to open the 

confab Monday morning (25) before the 

nitial business session and. following this, 

the Monacan government will sponsor a 

cocktail reception at the Winter Casino. 

Monty Hall, president of VCI, Monday 

evening will welcome conventioneers at a 

buffet supper at which a 50th anniversary, 

heart-shaped cake topped by 50 candles will 

he cut. 

Tuesday (26) the Duke of Edinburgh. 

Prince Rainier and Princess Grace will attend 

a banquet highlighted by the presentation 

of Heart Awards to the three clubs 

judged to have achieved outstanding results 

during the past 12 months. Prince Phillip 

has been a Variety gold card life member 

for 25 years. 

Wednesday (27) groups of delegates will 

be hosted aboard the British Royal Navy 

• cssel HMS Glamorgan and that evening a 

party for life patron program members will 

he held at the Salle Empire Room, Hotel 

de Paris. Guests of honors will be the Earl 

of Mountbatten and Prince Ranier and 

Princess Grace. 

Cary Grant to 

Attend 

Thursday night (28) international ambassador 

George Barrie. Faberge and Brut Productions 

will sponsor a party which will 

attended by Cary Grant and other show 

celebrities. 

Final event of the convention will be a 

'banquet Friday (29) in the Salle des Etoiles 

I Of the Sporting Casino at which VCI will 

I present the Humanitarian Award to Henry 

Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state. 

highlighting the banquet will be the 

induction of Prince Charles and Prince 

, Rainier as gold card life members of VCI 

recognition of their patronage and support 

of the movement. 

Monty Hall will make his valedictory 

speech as president and will introduce his 

Successor, who will he elected during the 

week. 

United Artists 

Has Garnered Nine 

Best Picture Oscars in 21 Years 

M \V YORK 

- United Artists Corp. 

celebrates not only ten Acadcnn Awards 

this year but the third tune during the past 

21 years the company has garnered backto-back 

Best Picture Academy Awards. 

In 1955, "Marty" won the lop honor. 

followed in 1956 with "Around ihe World 

in 80 Days." In 1960 "The Apartment" was 

named Best Picture and in 1961, "West 

Side Story" won the award, last sear, "One 

Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" earned Best 

Picture for 1975 and this year the Academy 

presented the Oscar to "Rocky." 

Silver Anniversary Year 

United Artists this year also is celebrating 

the silver anniversary of its top management 

team, which began in 1951 when 

Arthur B. Krim. currently chairman of the 

board, and Robert S. Benjamin, chairman 

of the finance committee, entered into a 

contract with then UA owners Charles 

Chaplin and Mary Pickford—and Krim and 

Benjamin assumed control of the company. 

Eric Pleskow, who has been president and 

chief executive officer since 1973, originally 

joined UA that same year. 

In the past quarter-century, UA has 

earned its reputation as a source of quality 

Three New AIP Features 

Set for Foreign Markets 

BEVERLY HILLS—Jules Stein, sicepresident 

in charge of international sales and 

distribution for American International Pictures, 

announced that three new AIP films 

have been slated for release in foreign markets. 

They are: "The Island of Dr. Moreau," 

"The People That Time Forgot" and 

"Empire of the Ants." 

In Southeast Asia (except Japan), distribution 

will be through Continental Film Distributors. 

West Germany will be supplied 

through Constantin Film and Swiss distribution 

will be by Monopole-Pathe. 

"Negotiations are in progress." Stein said, 

"that are expected to be concluded for main 

other territories at the Cannes Film Festival. 

These territories include ihe United 

Kingdom, Japan, France. Spain and Italy." 

Massive Print Media Buy 

Plugs 'Close Encounters' 

BLJRBANK — "Close Encounters of the 

Third Kind." Columbia's Christmas release, 

benefited from excellent marketing showmanship 

Sunday (10) with the publication 

of an expensive, two-page informational 

advertisement in 26 major newspapers 

throughout the U.S. and Canada, placed 

eight months in advance o\ the film's actual 

scheduled opening. 

The early initial "leaser" campaign is a 

media demonstration by Columbia Pictures 

to the moviegoing world about how important 

and carefull) handled this film will he 

film entertainment, evidenced In the award 

Ol more Oscars by the members ol the 

Acadcrm ol Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 

than have been won during the sameperiod 

bj anj other company, boasting an 

aggregate total of 93 Oscars. In 1974 the 

Academy also honored Arthur Krim with 

the Jean llcisholt Humanitarian Award. 

'Marty' Tops in '55 

A record number ol Best Picture Awards 

was bestowed on the nine following films: 

"Marty" (1955), "Around the World in 

80 Days" (1956), "Ihe Apartment" (1960), 

"West Side Story" (196H. "lorn Jones" 

(1963). "In the Heal ot the Night" (1967). 

"Midnight Cowboy" (1969). "One Flew 

Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and 

"Rocky" (1976). 

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Releases planned lor 1977 include, 

among others. "Annie Hall." "Another 

Man. Another Woman." "Apocalypse 

Now," "Audrey Rose." "A Bridge Too 

Far," "Coming Home," "Equus." "New 

York. New York," "Semi-Tough," "The 

Spy Who Loved Me." "Valentino" and, 

from MGM. "Demon Seed." "Sweet Revenge" 

and "Telefon." 

treated throughout Ihe year, since its represents 

the most ambitious production in the 

company's long history. 

The Steven Spielberg film of a Phillips 

production, "Close Encounters of the Third 

Kind" stars Richard Dreyfuss and Francois 

Truffaut in a suspense-mystery drama about 

the UFO phenomenon from an earth point 

of view. 

The ad explained ihe three "encounters" 

and further advised readers to "Watch the 

Skies." 

The copy said: "This Christmas, millions 

of people will experience the most beautiful, 

frightening and significant motion picture 

adventure of all time." The ad's haunting 

concluding line was: "We are not alone." 

The film is still in various stages of postproduction. 

Producers of "Close Encounters 

of the Third Kind" are Julia Phillips 

and Michael Phillips. Music is by John 

Williams and director of photography is 

Vilmos Zsigmond. 

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FOR FRESHLY FUNNY FAMILY FILM

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First Erotica Awards 

Are Slated by AFAA 

HOLLYWOOD—The Adult Film Ass'n 

ol America will hold its first annual Erotica 

Awards ceremony for "excellence in the 

field o\ adult films" Friday, July 15, at the 

Beverly Hills Hotel. 

Board chairman David F. Friedman said 

statuettes will he awarded in 13 categories 

for the year's best adult films. In addition 

a number of plaques will be presented as 

honorary awards. 

Friedman said the AFAA, composed of 

producers, distributors and exhibitors of 

adult films, "felt the time has come to honor 

filmmakers in this field." 

He pointed out, "Filmmaking techniques 

and talents are the same whether for a general 

or adult film. The nature of the material 

may be different but so are musicals 

different from westerns. Entertainment is 

the sole goal." 

Producers and distributors will be able 

to make nominations in categories for best 

actor and actress in leading roles, actor and 

actress in supporting roles, direction, foreign 

film, screenplay, production values, 

costumes, original song, musical scoring, 

editing and cinematography. 

To acknowledge their "significant and 

outstanding contributions to the adult film 

industry, honorary plaques will be awarded 

to four older films," one each from the 

periods of 1955-60. 1960-65, 1965-70 and 

1 970-75. 

Information and nomination forms are 

available from the Adult Film Ass'n of 

America, 1654 Cordova St., Los Angeles, 

Calif. 90007. 

Spectrum Films Has Added 

Two More Subdistributors 

NEW YORK—Spectrum Films' release 

of "'American Tickler" has added Seymour 

Borde & Associates and Continental Films 

to the growing list of subdistributors, it was 

announced by Chuck Vincent and Harry 

Goodman, Spectrum heads in New York 

and Chicago, respectively. 

Borde will handle the film on the West 

Coast while Continental, headed by Morey 

Hamat, will distribute in Canada. 

'Deep' Paperback Edition 

Is Launched by Bantam 

NEW YORK— Bantam Books launched 

the paperback edition of "The Deep" 

Wednesday (6). with the 1.500,000 copies 

sent into distribution along with an array 

of special promotion materials, including 

an in-store display in the form of a treasure 

chest. The front cover of the Peter Benchley 

book reads: "Don't miss the major motion 

picture from Columbia." 

The back cover has color photographs of 

Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset. Nick 

Nolte, Lou Gossett and Eli Wallach, as 

well as three production stills. 

The Casablanca Filmworks production of 

a Peter Yates film will open in every major 

U.S. market June 17 and Columbia and 

Bantam have been coordinating their promotion, 

publicity and advertising plans 

closely. 

Produced by Peter Guber, "The Deep" 

was directed by Yates from a screenplay by 

Benchlcy and Tracy Keenan Wynn. 

UA Appoints Goldschmidt 

Senior V-P, Foreign Mgr. 

NEW YORK — Ernst Goldschmidt has 

been named United Artists senior vice-president 

and foreign manager, effective immediately, 

it was announced by Eric Pleskow, 

president and chief executive officer. He 

had been serving as vice-president and foreign 

manager since November 1976 and for 

the previous year had been UA's international 

sales manager. 

Prior to arriving in New York in 1975 

to take over the post of international sales 

manager, Goldschmidt had been headquartered 

in Paris as general manager of Les Artistes 

Associes, United Artists' French subsidiary. 

Wayne Duband Appointed 

To High CIC-Warner Post 

BURBANK—Wayne Duband. 

managing 

director of Warner Bros., Africa, since 1973, 

has been appointed general manager of 

Cinema International Corp.-Warner (Pty), 

Ltd., as well as of CIC's other operations 

in South Africa. 

Duband's predecessor in these posts, Tom 

Gray, resigned recently. 

LETTERS 

Another 

Viewpoint 

To BOXOFFICE: 

I would like to comment on what I think 

is some very bad advice offered by Don 

Carle Gillette in your "Guest Editorial 

the March 21 issue. 

TV reporting has long been part of the 

fare in newspapers as has theatre and entertainment 

news. The amount someone advertises 

is not what justifies news content 

Look, for instance, at the pages and page; 

of news on sports which represent no ad 

vertising, and the very small amount o 

news on department stores, which advertisi 

more than all others combined. 

The recent move toward entertainment 

sections is so designed as to intensify reade 

traffic. This works to the definite advantag 

of movie theatres. As TV programing ha 

declined in quality over the years, placin 

movie ads and stories nearby encourage 

the reader to 

seek better entertainment: th 

movies. Evidence of this is the increase i- 

movie attendance over the last five years. 

To recommend that newspaper adverti. 

ing expenditures be diverted to fliers di' 

tributed at the theatre, door-to-door and i 

supermarkets, is poor thinking. Newspapi 

stories are free. The flier has no free storie 

It is 100 per cent paid advertising. Tl, 

newspaper is bought for its news contentand 

the reader thinks highly enough of i' 

quality to pay for it. The facts Mr. Gillet 

wants to expose can be told in a newspap 

ad— that's what advertising is for. Passii; 

such a flier out in a theatre lobby does n; 

stand a chance of interesting new mov:- 

goers. 

Most newspapers offer a free guide i 

what's playing when at each area thea 

every day. Then it highlights—for free 

stories about the actors and films. T 

reader can check every day what's playiii 

hours before he decides to go. Fliers coi'j 

irregularly and have no stories. Newspapi 

contain news and advertising designed 

interest every member of the family. | 

the best possible vehicle for movie ads. 

Advertising Director 

Beacon Journal 

Akron, Ohio 

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Pressman (l.)< city controller, 

presents Baltimore Mayor 

William Donald Schaefer's 

proclamation making 

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Screen Rights to 'Street 8' 

Acquired by Katzka. Bick 

HOI l.YWOOD—Gabriel Katzka and 

errj Bick have acquired film rights to 

Street 8," the critically acclaimed Douglas 

'airbairn novel published February I by 

klacorte Lawrence. Ulu Grosbard will diecl 

and negotiations for a screenwriter are 

mder way. 

Set on Calle Oeho. the main thoroughfare 

n Miami's Cuban sector, the "Street 8" 

.ton involves a used car salesman who re- 

UCtantly becomes caught in a web of vioence 

and intrigue. 

Kat/ka's Pantheon Productions begins 

ilniing in April on United Artists' "Dog 

Soldiers.'' starring Nick Nolte and Tuesday 

Weld and directed by Karl Reisz. Bick has 

woduced "Farewell, My Lovely" and "The 

ong Goodbye." 

to starting "Street 8," Grosbard 

vill direct Dustin Hoffman in "No Beast 

So Fierce" for Warner Bros. Most recently 

M directed Robert Duvall in "American 

Buffalo," now on Broadway at the Ethel 

t.irrymore Theatre. 

Univ. Sets 'Kramer's War' 

As Carl Foreman Project 

UNIVERSAL CITY—"Kramer's War." 

new novel, has been acquired by Univer- 

..il as the first project to be produced by 

arl Foreman, under a recently signed 

hree-year agreement with the studio, it was 

innounced by Ned Tanen, president of 

Universal theatrical motion pictures. 

"Kramer's War," a Book-of-the-Month 

!ub alternate selection, is by Derek Robin- 

>n and is based on the Nazi's occupation 

of Jersey and other English Channel islands 

. in 1940. The book will be published in this 

Dountry by Viking and in 

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Hamilton. 

London by Ham- 

Improved 1976 Earnings 

Reported by Trans-Lux 

NEW YORK—Earnings of 18 cents per 

share for 1976. as compared to a 25-cent 

OB per share for 1975. were announced 

• 

Richard Brandt, president of Trans-Lux 

orp. The figures 

are based on the preliminary 

unaudited results of operations for the 

ir 1976. 

Brandt said that the continued increase 

in the number of installations of the Trans- 

CrtlOr 

Tux Teleprinter device has played a signif- 

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,icant role in the earnings turnaround. 

Burt Young Set to Write 

And Star in Film for UA 

NEW YORK— Burt Young, who was 

nominated for a Best Supporting Actor 

Oscar for his performance in the Academy 

\ward-winning picture "Rocky," has been 

'signed by Chartoff-Winklcr Productions to 

write and star in an original screenplay to 

be titled "Uncle Joe Shannon." 

The pact was announced by Mike Medavoy, 

senior vice-president in charge of West 

'Coast production for United Artists, which 

will release the contemporary drama. 

'30XOFTICE :: April 18, 1977 

MOTION PICTURES RATED 

BY THE CODE & RATING 

ADMINISTRATION 

I he following feature-length motion pictures 

have been reviewed and rated by the 

Code and Rating Administration pursuant 

to the Motion Picture Code and Rating 

Program. 

Titla Distributor Rating 

Annie Hall (UA) 

(iosv of Iron (Emb) 

Of Sharks and Men (Film Saturations) 

Peach Fuzz (Key Films) 

The Spy Who Loved Me (UA) 

Submission (Joseph Brenner) 

Squirm (*) (AIP) 

Wishbone Cutter (Howco Int'l) 

(•(Supersedes R rating listed in Bulletin No. 391. 

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PG 

R 

PG 

PG 

Boy Given $2.4 Million 

In Suit Against Theatre 

MIAMI—Two American Broadcasting 

Cos. subsidiaries, ABC Gulf Theatres and 

ABC SE Theatres, owners of the Suniland 

Twin Theatre, have agreed in an out-ofcourt 

settlement to provide a $2.4 million 

annuity to an 11-year-old boy who was injured 

outside the theatre two years ago. 

They also agreed to pay $775,000 to the 

boy's father, Freland Barfield, an unemployed 

carpenter. 

The youngster, Freland Barfield jr., suffered 

severe brain damage and multiple 

fractures when he was struck by a car while 

waiting to be picked up outside the theatre 

following the showing of a Walt Disney 

film. Attorneys for Barfield said the theatre 

owners were negligent because the sidewalk-alley 

intersection where the accident 

occurred was hazardous with no caution or 

warning signs. 

As part of the settlement, the American 

Broadcasting Cos. and the driver of the car 

were dropped as defendants in the case. 

Col.'s 'Le Point de Mire' 

Is Now Filming in Paris 

HOLLYWOOD — Production on "Le 

Point de Mire," a screenplay adapted from 

the best-selling novel "The Photographer." 

by Pierre Boulle, Oscar-winning screenwriter 

of "The Bridge on the River Kwai," 

started in Paris March 21. it was announced 

by Daniel Melnick. in charge of 

worldwide production for Columbia. 

Jean-Claude Tramont is directing from a 

screenplay which he adapted with Gerard 

Brach. 

The motion picture will star Annie Girardot, 

widely recognized as the leading lady 

of the French cinema today. Co-starring arc 

Jacques Dutroni who, in a comparatively 

short career, has earned a reputation as one 

of France's most dynamic male artists, and 

Jean-Claude Brialy. 

Columbia Pictures has international distribution 

rights to "Le Point de Mire." filming 

at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on 

locations in Belgium and in Paris. 

AFI-Supported Pictures 

Win Academy Awards 

u VSHTNGTON 

Two dims which were 

in part bj the American Film Institute 

received Oscar^ March 2X. marking 

the tirst time that A I l-siipportcd motion 

pictures have been honored by the Academy 

of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 

Barbara Kopple, producer-director of 

"Harlan County, U.S.A.," won an Oscar for 

Best Documentary Feature She received a 

$10,000 grant from AFI in 1973 under the 

Independent Filmmakers Program. The film 

had its local premiere in late March at the 

AFI Theatre, then went into commercial 

exhibition in this area. 

"In the Region of Ice," produced by 

Andre Guttfreund and Peter Werner and 

directed by Werner, received an Academy 

Award for Best Live Action Short Subject. 

The film was produced while Guttfreund 

and Werner were Fellows at the AFI Center 

for Advanced Film Studies in Beverly Hills. 

Calif. 

Additionally, Lynne Littman, a member 

of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women 

in 1976, received an Oscar for Best Documentary 

Short Subject for her "Number 

Our Days." which she produced separately 

from her AFI activities. 

Bess Myerson New Member 

Of WCI Directors Board 

NEW YORK—Bess Myerson, commissioner 

of consumer affairs for New York 

City 1969-1973, has been elected to the 

board of directors. Warner Communications, 

Inc. 

"Her experience in all areas of the marketplace 

as a consumer advocate and as an 

industry consultant will be of great value 

to the company," said Steven J. Ross, WCI 

board chairman, in his announcement of 

the Myerson election. 

Mrs. Myerson is a syndicated columnist 

for the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily- 

News Syndicate, contributing editor to Redbook 

Magazine, consumer consultant to 

CitiBank and Bristol-Myers Co., as well as 

a host and commentator on network radio 

and TV. 

Trans-World Gets Pay TV 

Rights to Meyer Films 

I AS VEGAS—An agreement has been 

signed for Trans-World Productions to act 

as exclusive distributor in the pay TV 

marketplace (hotels and homes) of all Russ 

\le\er films, including such titles as "Russ 

Meyer's Vixen," "Supenixens." "Cherry. 

Harry & Raquel" and "Up!". Meyer's latest 

picture, now playing theatres. Announcement 

of the pact was made by William J. 

Butlers, board chairman of Trans-World. 

Meyer commented: "I selected Trans- 

World as the exclusive distributor for mj 

films because Bill Butters and his organization 

are the people who pioneered pay 1 Y 

and if anyone knows the business they do." 

The facilities of Trans-World. Meyer added, 

will "ensure me of the finest-quality 

duplications to service the marketplace." 

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23 OUT OF 25 RELEASES RATED 

TOP HITS' IN WINTER QUARTER 

'Star Is Born' Tops at 674; 

'King Kong,' 'Enforcer' 

Follow With 500-Plus 

KANSAS CITY—Nineteen distributors 

placed 52 feature films in release during the 

winter quarter (December 1976 through 

February 1977) and, with another two dozen 

coming from independent companies, 

exhibition had a total of 76 films available 

tor booking in the three-month period. 

Only 25 of the total 76 films recorded 

the five or more playdates necessary to indicate 

potential strength on the Boxoffice 

Barometer. Of the 25, 23 scored 150 per 

cent or more to rank as possible hits. 

Total film output for this same quarter 

a year ago—from both majors and independents—was 

a much higher 101, with 31 

hits out of the 35 qualifying releases. Since 

this quarter covers the Christmas-New Year 

holiday period, traditionally the best time 

of year to release major films, the product 

shortage became more evident. None of the 

24 foreign-independent releases achieved 

the required number of playdates, in sharp 

contrast with the eight which did in the 

previous season—and four of these went on 

to become hits. 

Leaders in the winter quarter were: "A 

Star Is Born" (WB), a dramatic musical 

remake starring Barbra Streisand and Kris 

Kristofferson as the star-crossed duo, 674 

per cent; "King Kong" (Para), also a remake— 

this time, courtesy of producer Dino 

De Laurentiis, 598; "The Enforcer" (WB), 

not a remake, but a "Dirty Harry" sequel 

with Clint Eastwood reprising his laconic 

police inspector role, 519; "The Pink Panther 

Strikes Again" (UA), another sequel, 

with Peter Sellers as the ever-befuddled 

Clouseau—also a police inspector, 517; and 

"Rocky" (UA), an "original" from Sylvester 

Stallone, which went on to garner ten Oscar 

nominations and the best picture award, 497. 

Five other pictures were in the 300-plus 

category for the period: "Silver Streak" 

(20th-Fox), 411 per cent; "Network" (UA- 

MGM), 408; "Wizards" (20th-Fox), 361; 

"Freaky Friday" (BV), 358; and "The Seven-Per-Cent 

Solution" (Univ), 320. 

In addition to the ten leading grossers, 

another ten winter releases scored in the 

200-or-better division: "Fellini's Casanova" 

(Univ), 282 per cent; "Fun With Dick and 

Jane" (Col), 281; "The Last Tycoon" (Para), 

280; "The Shaggy D.A." (BV), 248; "Exit 

the Dragon, Enter the Tiger" (Dimension), 

240; "Nickelodeon" (Col), 223; "Thieves" 

(Para), 219; "The Sentinel" (Univ), 205; 

"Monkey Hustle" (AIP), 204; and "The 

Town That Dreaded Sundown" (AIP), 203. 

Three features ranked in the 150-plus class. 

For the same quarter in '75-'76. these 

were the big ones: "Dog Day Afternoon" 

Top Hits for the Winter Quarter 

(December 1976 Through February 1977) 

Bound lor Glory (UA) 

Cassandra Crossing, The (Avco Emb) 

Enforcer, The (WB) 

Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (Dimension) 

Fellini's Casanova (Univ) 

-Freaky Friday (BV) 

Fun With Dick and lane (Col) 

King Kong (Para) 

Last Tycoon, The (Para) 

Monkey Hustle (AIP) 

Network (UA-MGM) 

Nickelodeon 

(Col) 

- Pink Panther Strikes Again, The (UA) 

-Rocky 

(UA) 

Sentinel, The (Univ) 

Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The (Univ) 

Shaggy D.A., The (BV) 

Silver Streak (20th-Fox) 

Star Is Bom, A (WB) 

Thieves (Para) 

Town That Dreaded Sundown, The (AIP) 

Voyage of the Damned (Avco Emb) 

Wizards (20th-Fox) 

Blue Ribbon Award Fall release 

(WB), 580 per cent; "The Hindenburg" 

(Univ), 565; "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's 

Nest" (UA), 516; "Taxi Driver" (Col), 512; 

and "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' 

Smarter Brother" (20th-Fox), 423. 

The box score on winter product is as 

follows (beginning with the largest number 

of top hits): 

Req. No. Top 

Company Releases Playdates Hits 

United Artists 5 4 4 

Paramount 4 3 3 

Universal 4 3 3 

Avco Embassy 2 2 2 

Buena Vista 2 2 2 

Columbia 2 2 2 

20th Century-Fox 3 3 2 

Warner Bros. 3 2 2 

American International 4 2 2 

Dimension 1 1 1 

Allied Artists 1 1 

Monarch Rel. Corp. 1 

Irwin Yablans Co. 1 

Atlas 2 

Cinema Shares Int'l 2 

Group 1 2 

New World 3 

Boxoffice International 4 

Intercontinental Rel. 6 

Independent/Foreign 24 

Releases, with the percentages available 

for the three-month period (December '76 

through February '77), follow by company. 

The symbol (*) denotes fall releases which 

B 194 

182 

, 204 

,223 

,205 

,219 

,203 

,181 

,240 

,248 

,282 

,281 

,280 

,320 

,358 

,361 

,411 

,519 

,598 

,408 

,517 

,497 

,674 

did not have a sufficient number of pla 

dates reported to qualify for the fall surve 


ALLIED ARTISTS: 

Twilight's Last Gleaming 

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL: 

Monkey Hustle 

Town That Dreaded Sundown, The 

AVCO EMBASSY: 

Cassandra Crossing, The 

Voyage of the Damned 

BUENA VISTA: 

OFreaky Friday 

Shaggy D.A., The 

COLUMBIA: 

Fun With Dick and Jane 

Nickelodeon „ 

DIMENSION: 

Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger 

MONARCH REL. 

CORP.: 

'Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth 

NEW WORLD: 

"Lumiere (French) 

PARAMOUNT: 

King Kong 

Last Tycoon, The 

Thieves 

20TH CENTURY-FOX: 

All This and World War II 

Silver Streak 

Wizards „ _ 

UNITED ARTISTS: 

Bound for Glory 

Network (MGM) - 

(£Pink Panther Strikes Again, The 

syRocky 

_ 

UNIVERSAL: 

Fellini's Casanova 

Sentinel, The 

Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The 

WARNER BROS.: 

Enforcer, The 

Star Is Born, A 

IRWIN YABLANS CO.: 

'Assault on Precinct 13 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

'Alice in Wonderland (General National Enterprises) 

_ 

•Marquise of O, The (New Line/German) 

M 

.13 

.B 

j 

.87 

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BOXOFFICE :: April 18, r

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DISNEY 

. . .Charles 

. . Good 

— 

. . 

) freaky Friday' (BV) Is Selected Winner 

-r Pf Blue Ribbon A ward for February 

fi 

— I 

(/y\l 

By MARY JO GORMAN 

PRODUCTIONS' "l-RFAKY FK1DAY," a contcmpoiar\ comcd\ 

aboul .1 teenage girl whose wish to trade places with her mother comes true (for a 

Jf .i\ ). w.is selected Blue Ribbon Award winner for February hy members of the Naonal 

Screen Council. The Buena Vista release, rated G by the MPAA and Al hy the 

ICO, has amassed 351 per eent of average business in its first-run playdales in major 

.meriean cities. 

1" 

Boxoffice reviewed "Freaky Friday" in 

s issue of January 31, stating in part: 

1 5:i 

Switching places becomes a comic reality 

]'' 

engaging Walt Disney presentation. 

ased on the book of the same name by 

lary Rodgers (composer Richard's 

slighter). With two such accomplished 

.tresses as Jodie Foster and Barbara Hars 

as the daughter and mother who pos- 

:ss each other's bodies for a day, the 

Ml lira should have a great appeal to adults 

. well as the usual family audiences. In 

Japting her work to the screen. Rodgers 

:is not overdone the temptation to be 

iore than a bit daring and the moral les- 

>ns underlying the theme should be clear 

1 all ages. Harris is hilarious with her 

lildish 

ways, while young Foster demonrates 

again what a fine actress can do. 

haring in the fun are John Astin, Kaye 

allard and Ruth Buzzi, with a host of 

naracter cameos from such zanies as Fritz 

eld. Iris Adrian, Dick Van Patten and 

. . . lively music by Johnny 

atsy Kelly. Gary Nelson directed and inuded 

some rugged stunts in a climactic 

— uto chase . . . the Ron Miller production 

one of the best of the live-action Disney 

Ims to date 

l.mdel and funny main titles by John Jenn 

and Art Stevens. The theme and cast 

umld garner lots of attention." 

members jotted the following obrvations 

on their ballots: 

Best Since "Poppins" 

! Easily the best Disney film since "Mary 

oppins."—Alvin Easter, Cinema Maga- 

. . . Fun 

ne, Minneapolis ... A family goody for 

• cry d.i\ in the week, including "Freaky 

.riday."—N. P. Street. WKSR Radioiles 

Free Press, Pulaski, Tenn. 

>r everyone! And this film makes you 

el good.—Chuck Fisher, independent, 

ilinton. Mo. . . . The grass is not always 

tier on the other side, as mother and 

jughter find out by exchanging roles in 

'is pleasant, entertaining— often hilarious 

-family movie.— Aileen Kandyba, Legion 

f Mary, Kansas City, Kas. 

This is Disney at its most imaginative 

and its most fun. For once, they have 

turned to acting ability rather than relying 

on their special effects and their drop-thekids-off-at-the-theatre 

reputation. And because 

the acting, especially that of Barbara 

Harris, is of such high quality, "Freak) 

Friday" turns into grand entertainment 

for the entire family. Seriously, I laughed 

just as hard, if not harder, than any of the 

kids. Fact is, I wouldn't have minded seeing 

Harris come away with an Academy 

Award nomination.—William D. Kerns, 

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 

The best Disney in several years! 

Philip Wuntch. Dallas Morning News . 

Crazy idea, but fun to watch.—Dorothy 

R. Shank, WJJL Radio, Niagara Falls, 

N.Y. ... A fresh, new comedy from Disney 

Studios that resulted in the same big 

Disney business—and then some!—Justin 

Jacobsmeier, Dubinsky Bros. Theatres. 

Sioux City, Iowa . . . Mother and daughter 

each think the other has it easy until 

by some magic—they trade places. It is 

a lot of fun and yet has a double meaning 

behind the story. One of Disney's best 

films. Go see it! !—Mrs. Martin Naimark, 

MP&TVC. 

Greater Detroit 

"Freaky Friday" is good family entertainment 

on any day of the week.—Tom 

Hodge, Johnson City (Tenn.) Press- 

Chronicle . . . One of the best Disneys in 

a long time. Should be great at the boxoffice.—W. 

R. Kemp, Commonwealth 

Theatres, Grand Island, Neb. . . . Good 

for all ages.—Tim Warner, Theatre Operators, 

Inc., Bozeman, Mont. . for 

Disney—has my vote. "Freaky Friday" is 

great entertainment!—W. E. Fletcher, 

Fletcher Theatres-KRXA Radio, Seward, 

Alaska. 

Despite its too cute title, "Freaky Friday" 

has an amusing script by Mary Rodgers.—Earl 

J. Dias, New Bedford Standard- 

Times . . . Good fun in the time-honored 

Disney tradition!— Allen M. Widcm, syndicated 

columnist, West Hartford. 

iiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiii 

Barbara Harris, occupying daughter Jodie Foster 't 

body. losos control of a typewriter during a lest. 

Meanwhile, Foster (as Harris) is experiencing difficulties 

cooking a turkey for 25 last-minute guests. 

When things return to normal, Harris and Foster 

have a better understanding of the other's problems. 

Hen Andrews 

Barbara Harris 

nnabel Andrews Jodie Foster 

ill Andrews John Astin 

Irs. Schmauss Patsy Kelly 

'arold Jennings Dick Van Patten 

The Cast 

Virginia Vicki Sciiri 1 k 

Mr. Dilk 

Sorrell Boom 

Mr. Joffert 

Alan OPPENHEIMER 

Coach Betsy 

Kaye Bai lard 

Ben Andrews 

Sparky Marcus 

Production Staff 

. 

"ced by Ron Miller Director of 

'irected by Gary Nelson Photography 

F. Wheeler 

00k and Screenplay Music by JOHNNY MAND1 I 

*> Mary Rodgers Color by Teciink 01 or 

This award is Qiveii each month by the National 

Screen Council on the basis of outstanding 

merit and suitability for family entertainment. 

Council membership comprises motion 

picture editors, radio and TV film commentators, 

representatives of better films councils. 

civic, educational and exhibitor organizations 

OXOFF1CE :: April IS, 1977 

17

BOXOFFICE 

BAROMETEI 

This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in 

the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements are not listed. As new runs 

are reported, ratings ore added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in 

relation to average grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as average, 

the figures show the gross ratings above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.) 

if-"

I (New 

i 480, 

; 

BALTIMORE—The 

' 

-Black 

E 

Black Sunday 7 

Still 

rops on NY Screens 

NEW YORK -The Easter-Passover 

olidays boosted most of the attractions 

round town. "Black Sunday" was still No. 

, although its 485 average (State l. 4(>o. 

nd lower last. 510) was under its opening 

mud figure. Again second, and very close 

1 1 

was "Nasty Habits," third time at 

menu "The Eate Show" moved up a 

Otch to third place, earning 305 for its 

inth week at the Sutton, amazing since it's 

heads begun a showcase run. Star Lily 

onilin's one-woman show here, "Appearlg 

Nightly." has done so well that it's 

sen 

extended. 

"Slap Shot" also went up one place, to 

nirth, enjoying a 280 sixth round at the 

leekman. Fifth was a newcomer. "Aguir- 

.-. The Wrath of God," opening at the 

) \\ . Griffith with a 270. Sixth was "Welcome 

to L. A." the same as last week, but 

ith an improved 240 for its fourth Baronet 

ession. 

Showcase winners were "Rocky," "Airort 

77." "Fun With Dick and Jane," "Netork. 

Demon Seed" and "The Late 

i how." On mini, "Audrey Rose" shone. 

| 


a.-one'.—Welcome to L. A. (Lion's Gate Films), 

(4th wk - 

240 

feekman—Slap Shot (Univ), 6lh wk 

280 

nema I—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 9th wk. 120 

:nema II—Nasty Habits (Brut Productions), 

3rd wk - 

..480 

-.nema 3— Providence (Cinema 5), 12th wk. .. .145 

inerama I—Uncle Tom's Cabin 

(Independent-Int'l), 2nd wk - 

.. 75 

merama II—The Domino Principle (Emb), 

3rd wk - 

.. 80 

W. Griffith—Aguirre. The Wrath of God 

(New Yorker) _ 

.270 

asrworld— Odyssey (ASOM), 3rd wk 

.195 

me Arts—Brothers (WB), 2nd wk 

..105 

ittle Carnegie—Islands in the Stream (Para) 

.. 80 

:.—Brothers (WB). 2nd wk. 

290 

pheum—The Domino Principle (Emb), 3rd wk. .. 40 

Cousin Cousine (Libra Films), 38th wk. .200 

Man on the Root (Cinema 5), 3rd wk 175 

Music Hall—The Littlest Horse Thieves 

2nd wk 

Mohammad, Messenger Of God 

170 

(Irwin Yablans), 5th wk 110 

th Street Playhouse—The Wonderful Crook 

Yorker), 6th wk 130 

Sunday (Para), 2nd wk. ..._ 460 

The Lore Show (WB), 9th wk 305 

eel East—The Domino Principle (Emb), 

irk _ _ 85 

: 

'3s'-Black Sunday (Para), 2nd wk 510 

Hocky' Is Reigning Champ 

n 10th Baltimore Week 

powerful punch of 

iRocky" dominated Baltimore screens as 

be Academy Award-winner earned a 400 

i its tenth week at two theatres. Most of 

he other grosses hovered around the aver- 

|t mark. 

swap & Shop Resumes 

REVERE, MASS.—The Revere Drivein 

Theatre was the first area underskyer to 

eturoe flea market policy March 20. The 

Swap & Shop" advertised $7 per carspaee 

or seller. S4 per carload for buyers, and 50 

. 

BROADWAY 

PROHIBITING PORNOGRAPHY in 

the 

Times Square area was the object of 

a three-da] rally by a group called SOS 

(Stamp Out Smut). Ending Wednesday 

(13), the campaign had clergymen and 

members of Broadway shows banding together 

against X-rated films and sex book 

shops. The cast of the musical "Godspell" 

asked the audience to join in a march down 

Broadway in protest following the matinee 

performance. Alfred Drake. Ben Gazzara, 

Colleen Dew hurst and Jerry Orbach were 

among the personalities speaking out against 

pornography during the three days. 

Meanwhile, the Embassy on 49th Street 

has reopened as a hard-core house. Pussycat 

Cinema, with the debut of Alex De 

Renzy's "Babyface." 

• 

Producer Raymond R. Homer gave a 

lavish spread for the press Tuesday (12) to 

celebrate the filming of his new adventure 

drama. "Sharpies." The place was the penthouse 

pool atop I Lincoln Plaza, or 20 West 

64th St.. where the action to be used under 

the credits was shot silent. Star David 

Broadnax, who portrays a sort of black 

James Bond, was there as were a bevy of 

beauties clad in bikinis and later in stylish 

Army fatigues. 

While the buffet and champagne luncheon 

was outstanding, the graciousness of 

the cast was also gratifying. Broadnax and 

fellow stars Stella Stevens. Sheila Frazier. 

Charles McGregor and Lionel Hampton 

made themselves available for lengthy interviews 

and autograph sessions all afternoon. 

Among the lovelies in the cast were Viju 

Krem. Nai Bonet, Catherine Reilly. Christina 

Ekman and Sally Beck. Publicists Harold 

Rand and Chuck Jones and Homer, 

who also directed the dtry's takes, saw to it 

that everyone was satisfied. 

• 

Bob Hope is to appear in person at Nassau 

Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, 

L.I., for one performance only Friday 

evening, May 13, at 8 p.m. The comedian 

will be accompanied by Les Brown and His 

Band of Renown, Janice Harper and the 

New York Police Department Emerald Society 

Pipe and Drum Band. 

• 

"Audrey Rose," a United Artists release 

of the Robert Wise production, had a smash 

opening day gross Wednesday (6) of $23,- 

365 at seven local theatres. The thriller 

about reincarnation, based on Frank De Felitta's 

best seller, opened at Loews' State 2, 

Loews' Cine and the Eastside Cinema in 

Manhattan; Plainview. Plainview. and Lynbrook, 

Lynbrook, in Long Island, and Cinema 

46, Totowa, and the Middletown I 

in Middletown, N.J. 

Wise directed from De Felitta's screenplay. 

Marsha Mason. Anthony Hopkins. 

John Beck and Susan Swift (as Ivy) star. 

• 

"Portrait of Nicholas Ray" was the topic 

on CBS-TV's "Camera Three" Sunday 

morning (17) at 11 a.m. The famed director, 

writer and producer was interviewed 

by author-critic Cliff Jahr. Recently turned 

actor and teacher, Ray spoke of his friendship 

with James Dean during the making 

Of "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) and 

his current experiences working with young 

students at the Lee Strasberg Studios. 

• 

The Brooklyn Home Reporter and Sunset 

News carried an article in its April 1st 

edition about the 50-year-old Dyker Theatre. 

due to close Tuesday 126). Renovation will 

begin next month for a September or October 

reopening as a series of one-story 

shops. Among the new tenants will be a 

Hillman-Kohan Vision Center. Fava Shoes. 

Liberty Travel, a discount drug company 

and several highfashion clothing stores. 

The possibility of erecting a twin movie 

house on the second level is being considered. 

The new owners. Developers Realtors. 

Inc.. of West Hartford, Conn., will 

dispose of the furnishings and fixtures of 

the Dyker (located on 86th Street near 

Fifth Avenue), including the organ which 

was located under the stage. Theatre manager 

John Concilia and assistant manager 

Anthony Schiano hope to move on to other 

RKO houses in the borough. 

• 

"An Unmarried Woman" has begun 

principal photography here. Written and 

directed by Paul Mazursky, the comedydrama 

is being co-produced by Mazursky 

and Tony Ray for 20th Century-Fox. Jill 

Clayburgh, Michael Murphy, Cliff Gorman 

and Kelly Bishop star in the tale of a 

woman and her daughter after 

the breakup 

of the woman's 15-year marriage. 

Much of the production will be done 

on Manhattan's East Side and in Greenwich 

Village (site of Mazursky's recent 

"Next Stop, Greenwich Village," also for 

Fox). A nine-week shooting schedule is expected 

to be completed by June 8. 

• 

The Thalia Theatre's Midnight Special 

Film Program got under way Friday (15) 

with two satires released by Troma, Inc.. 

"The Battle of Love's Return" and "Delora." 

Saturday night (16). the filmmakers 

were on hand to talk to the audience. Unusually, 

both also star in the films they directed: 

Lloyd Kaufman, with Lynn Lowry, 

in "Battle" and Kenneth Lane, with Chryse 

Mail, in "Delora." 

• 

In the magazine: The Monday (11) 

issue of Newsweek Magazine had a cover 

story on Oscar-winning "Rocky." The United 

Artists hit also was the first film to be 

serialized in the New York Post, Monday 

through Saturday (4-9). The May edition 

of Oui has an interview with Faye Dunaway, 

also an Oscar winner (Best Actress, 

for UA's "Network"). 

Films in Review for April features a 

career article on its cover girl, silent star 

Leatrice Joy, and one on actress Yvonne 

De Carlo. There are appreciations of 

scripter George Oppenheimer (by Ronald 

Bowers) and of the late Quincy Howe, 

former president of the National Board of 

Review (by ex-FIR editor Henry Har 

and also of the late Henri Langlois, fi 

archivist and founder of the Cinemalhe 

Francaise. 

• 

Openings: "Not a Pretty Picture," Mar 

Coolidge's documentary on rape, Thursi 

(14) for two weeks at Jean Renoir Cinen 

"Jabberwocky." a Cinema 5 release 

some of the Monty Python personnel. Frid 

(15) at Cinema I ; "Jacob the Liar," Genii 

drama in its Amreican premiere. Sunc'y 

(17) at the Plaza. "The Beast." X-rated f\ 

tasy, began its American premiere FriM 

(15) at two houses. 59th Street East 

her name, was introduced by Cinematht] 

head Gene Stavis and told a few anect 

about the film. Her daughter by fa\ 

John Gilbert, onetime actress Leatrice, 

Gilbert, was introduced by Miss Joy 

added that the junior Leatrice is wr%, 

a biography of her father. 

• 

Showcases Wednesday (13) offeree t- 

tle in the way of new attractions. Pla 

"Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger," 'lin 

With Dick and Jane," "Islands in be 

Stream," "Mr. Billion," "Audrey F 

(mini), "Network," "Black Sunday" (rrli) 

"Demon Seed," "The Late Show," "Voagi 

of the Damned," "Rocky," "King Kng' 

and "Airport "77." 

Ralph Bakshi Set io Mee 

Student Editors in NYC 

NEW YORK—Ralph Bakshi, whos 

turistic fantasy "Wizards" opens hel at 

month's end, will arrive Monday (II 

meet high school editors, college elors 

and graduate film students. Bakshi hasieen 

quite successful with college studentswith 

his past films, such as "Fritz the Cat§nd . 

"Heavy Traffic," both X-rated. "WizMs," 

his first PG film, is a 20th CenturFox 

release. 

In New York Bakshi will meet stijbts 

from Columbia University Film Sjool. SjooI. 

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn College, 

of Visual Arts and the New York 

Jhool 

Uiver- 

sity Graduate Film School, in additin to 

other college and high school editors.' 

Immediately following screening for 

each group, Bakshi will hold a seiinar, 

discussing films, animation and storyllling. 

!i]jfljj« 

E-2 BOXOFFICE April 18.1977

: 

Mandell. 

; 

! 

president 

> Pioneers 

1 

I 

Distributor Is Sought for Ballet 

Film Narrated by Princess Grace 

Bj ioiin COCCH1 

thi dance Among the lamed graduates "I 

VI I IN MEETS MEDIA—Woody 

Allen, left, with Eric Pleskow, president 

of United Artists, met with more 

[li. ii i 150 members of the nation's print 

and TV media Friday (I) through Sunday 

(3) on behalf of his new film "Annie 

Hall." The writers, editors and critics 

represented leading publications 

and TV stations in the U.S. and Canada 

and were guests at a preview of 

the picture Friday evening (I). The 

film, which stars Allen, Dianne Keaton 

and Tony Roberts, is slated to open in 

late April in approximately 25 key 

situations around the country. 

52,248 Film Budget Set 

For Camden County Jail 

CAMDEN. N.J.—An allocation of $2,- 

75 was approved by the Camden County 

Freeholders to rent 40 feature motion 

pictures for showing to prisoners in the 

ounty jail. Among the films that the inflates 

will see are "Start the Revolution 

Without Me." "The Black Windmill." "Diamoni.lv'' 

Boxcar Bertha." "The Take." "Hell 

I 

p in Harlem." "The Black Bird." "Black 

Gunn," "Bite the Bullet." "Deep Thrust," 

Friday Foster." "Willie Dynamite." "Taxi 

l)n\er." "Foxy Brown" and "Bucktown 

SA." 

Sheriff Thomas J. O'Rourke acknowledged 

that the titles of some of the selected 

Ims had caused him some concern. However, 

he said, "that is what they like over 

there and we have had good success with 

Mgfphowing of films." 

IC 

ITC Films for Learning 

Is Releasing Art Series 

NEW YORK— Lord Kenneth Clark's 

of Modern Painting." is now bens; 

released as a 35mm color and sound 

tilmstrip series for the educational and cultural 

market by ITC Films for Learning, a 

inewly organized division of ITC Entertain- 

-jment, it was announced by Abe Mandell, 

of ITC Entertainment, an ATV 

iCo. 

"'Pioneers of Modern Painting' is the 

filmstrip series of our newly organized 

division. ITC Films for Learning." said 

"The series had had an unparal- 

Icled record of success, as a series of speon 

Public Broadcasting stations 

and as 

•' Ihnini series, subscribed to b> educational 

i Jnd cultural 

institutions." 

M W YORK- "A very special film" is a 

phrase perhaps too often used to describe 

something a bit out of the ordinary, but it 

does apply to "The Children of Theatre 

Street." a really exquisite ballet film. It tells 

of the training undergone by young students 

at the Kirov Ballet School, also called the 

Vaganova Choreographic Institute, in Leningrad. 

Princess Grace appears in and narrates 

the Mini for producer Earle Mack, a 

New York financier and patron of the arts 

responsible for the concept. 

As yet without a distributor and available 

in 16mm, the film will have a special 

benefit performance, open to the public, at 

City Center here May 9. Proceeds will go 

to the School of American Ballet, founded 

by George Balanchine, who will be present. 

In the early '20s, Balanchine left his native 

Russia after having been schooled at the 

Kirov institute. Balanchine, who also founded 

the School of American Ballet, once was 

associated with the Ballet Russe de Monte 

Carlo, which links him indirectly with 

Princess Grace. 

Devoted Ballet Buff 

The princess, the former Grace Kelly of 

Hollywood, is a devoted ballet buff and 

agreed to participate in the venture when 

Mack promised to donate part of the film's 

proceeds to the Princess Grace School of 

Classical Ballet (formerly the Monte Carlo 

Ballet School) in Monaco and to other cultural 

outlets. This is not her first professional 

appearance since her Oscar-winning 

days as an actress, because she introduced 

the 1966 film "The Poppy Is Also a Flower" 

in its TV debut. She will be honorary chairman 

of the benefit May 9, although she is 

not scheduled to be present. 

Amy Phillips, an assistant to producer 

Mack, said that the Novosti Press was instrumental 

in getting the film (Mack's first) 

under way. Mack is credited with being the 

sole investor and with obtaining permission 

from the Soviet Cultural Ministry to produce 

a series of educational dance documentaries 

which evolved into "The Children of 

Theatre Street." 

Dairy m pie Associate Producer 

Associate producer is Jean Dalrymple. a 

New York producer, publicist and author. 

Artistic director and the supervisor of the 

film's dance sequences is Oleg Briansky. a 

ballet choreographer and teacher in this 

country, Director Robert Dornhelm. one of 

Austria's leading documentary filmmakers. 

is well-known in Europe. The "stars" of the 

film were chosen by the principals behind 

the scenes and include Angelina Armeiskaya, 

11. Alec Timoushin. 12. and graduating 

student Lena Voronzova. 

Theatre Street is the name of the street 

on which the institute is located. The school 

teaches subjects which ordinary students 

would receive as well as intensive classes in 

the school are Rudolf Nureyev, N i 

Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov, regarded 

as three of the world's greatest 

dancers. Reference to them in the film's 

narration caused a cooling of relations between 

the Soviets and the American crew, 

since the three are defectors and their attendance 

at the school no longer is acknowledged. 

Mack, who runs a construction company 

in Secaucus. N.J.. intends to donate the bulk 

of any profits on the film to the arts. The 

well-known public relations firm. John 

Springer Associates. Inc.. is involved in 

publicizing the film, further proof of its 

power. Talks with agents regarding regular 

distribution lor the film have been initiated 

and Mack hopes for a theatrical outlet as 

early as June. 

Universal Will Film 'Wiz' 

In NYC Starting Sept. 30 

NEW YORK—The theatrical motion 

picture version of the Broadway stage hit 

"The Wiz" will be filmed entirely on location 

in New York City, with production 

scheduled to begin September 30. Diana 

Ross stars as Dorothy in the musical based 

on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which 

Sidney Lumet will direct. The film is a 

Universal/ Motown production. 

The announcement was made at the Astoria 

Motion Picture and Television Production 

Center at a press conference attended 

by New York Mayor Abraham D. 

Beame, Queensboro President Donald 

Manes. Walter Wood of the Mayor's Office 

for Motion Pictures and Television and 

Sidney Lumet. 

Said Mayor Beame: "We are grateful to 

Universal Studios who will be producing 

The Wiz' and we also offer our thanks 

to Sidney Lumet, New York's own director 

who has brought a lot of movie business to 

New York City." 

The film version of "The Wiz" will have 

some members of the original Broadwav 

cast in roles they created on stage. 

Rob Cohen will produce "The Wiz." and 

Ken Harper, who was producer of the stage 

version, will be executive producer. Geoffrey 

Holder, who directed and designed the 

costumes for the Broadway hit. will design 

costumes for the film. 

"We have received outstanding cooperation 

from the movie industry in New York 

City and we look forward to the start of 

production." said Cohen who produced 

"The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & 

Motor Kings" and Universale "High 

School." scheduled for release later this 

\ear. 

Joel Schumacher wrote the screenplay 

for "The Wiz" and Tony Walton has been 

signed .is production designer. 

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the K-B Cinema's current attraction. Brut 

Productions' "Nasty Habits," which is based 

on Muriel Spark's jape entitled "The Abbess 

of Crewe," wrote (in part): "What ha 

been left (in the movie) is a sort of matel 

the nun to the Watergate villain game. I 

requires very little effort to figure that Sis 

ter Winifred (Sandy Dennis) is John Deai 

or that the world-traveling Sister Gertrud 

(Melina Mercouri) is Henry Kissinger. Th 

hope here is that the grasped identities wi! 

leave audiences with a sense of their owi 

Watergate prowess. The result is, at bes ( 

precious; at worst, wordy." 

NATO TOPPERS HONORED—Marvin Goldman, left, president of the National 

Ass'n of Theatre Owners, and Paul Roth, fourth from left, past chairman of 

the board and past president of national NATO, were honored at a recent luncheon 

held at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. Also shown above are: Wade Pearson, 

second from left, president of NATO of District of Columbia; Irwin Cohen, 

third from left, president of NATO of Virginia, and Leon Back, right, president, 

NATO of Man land. Both Goldman and Roth were presented plaques in appreciation 

ni their "fine work on behalf of theatre owners while serving in the top post 

of our national organization." The luncheon was sponsored jointly by NATO of 

Virginia, NATO of District of Columbia and NATO of Maryland. 

WASHINGTON 

yhe Eederation of Motion Picture Councils, 

which was founded by the Motion 

Picture Ass'n of America when it 

affiliated 

film councils throughout the U.S., will hold 

its 22nd annual conference at the Holiday 

Inn of San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge 

Monday (25) through Thursday (28). Hosting 

the conference will be the East Bay 

Motion Picture and Television Council, assisted 

by members of the Northern California 

Coordinating Council. Mrs. Joseph 

(Marie) Baker of Soquel, Calif., president, 

will preside. Baker wrote in the current 

issue of FMPC Newsreel: "Many interesting 

programs are planned so that each representative 

will have a wealth of information 

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to take back to her respective council." The 

agenda includes the election of officers. This 

writer, Virginia R. Collier, as president of 

the District of Columbia Motion Picture 

and Television Council, is a charter member 

of FMPC. 

The 26th annual convention of the National 

Cable Television Ass'n opened in 

Chicago at the Conrad Hilton Hotel Sunday 

(17) and will continue through Wednesday 

(20). NCTA's theme is "The Choice of 

Twelve Million Families." The cable industry's 

meeting will feature programs on paycable, 

technical developments in satellites 

and fiber optics and an overview of federal 

regulatory developments. In addition, more 

than 100 companies are exhibiting hardware 

and software services. 

Jack Valenti, president of MPAA, and 

Mrs. Valenti hosted an invitational showing 

of "Raggedy Ann & Andy" at the AFI 

Theatre Saturday afternoon (9). Invitees 

were government administrators and congressional 

leaders and their children. 

Among those in the capacity audience viewing 

the 20th Century-Fox animated musical 

release, now playing at 12 suburban theatres, 

were: Secretary of Health, Education 

and Welfare Joseph A. Califano jr. and 

Under Secretary of HEW Hale Champion; 

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts; 

Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia; Sen. John C. 

Danforth of Missouri; Sen. John A. Durkin, 

New Hampshire; Sen. Gary W. Hart, Colorado; 

Sen. Bob Packwood, Oregon, and 

AFI director George Stevens jr. . . . The 

Post's Judith Martin said of "Raggedy Ann 

& Andy": "It fulfills what most adults seem 

to expect from entertainment suitable for 

a family outing ... It makes sweet statements 

in favor of friendship. It is pretty. 

It is tuneful." 

Star film critic Tom Dowling, reviewing 

Amy Carter, America's First Daughter, ; 

a Disney fan. According to Harry Howai 

Buena Vista branch manager, since Pres 

dent Jimmy Carter's administration begai 

there has been an increase in White Housi 

requests for Walt Disney films . . . Atj 

other Disney production for BV releai 

started to roll at the Burbank studio Moi 

day (11) with twice-Oscared Bette Dav 

making her debut for Walt Disney Produ 

tions in "Return From Witch Mountain 

Ms. Davis recently was honored with tl 

AFI Life Achievement Award. 

Jerome Sandy, American Internation 

Pictures branch chief, upon his return fro| 

his company's "super" sales meeting 

Tucson, Ariz., reported riding those hors 

had made him bow-legged! Sandy, howevt 

also had other news to report. Film d 

tributors' phased withdrawal from Filmrc r. 

for suburban territory again asserted itsd 

in AIP's exchange move Saturday 

(!, 

AIP's new address is: 5400 C Eisenhow'- 

Ave., Alexandria, Va. 22304. The new tef 

phone number is (703) 370-3400. The ne; 

location is appealing to Sandy—it is larg 

and with enough space for a shipping rooi. 

Murray Baker, former division manag" 

for A. Stirling Gold, closed the office he: 

and all communications are directed to ti 

firm's New York home office, 1350 Aven: 

of the Americas . . . Ernest S. Johnstc, 

head of his own advertising and publico 

agency, and assistant Tom Thor attended! 

Mulberry Square Productions sales semirfl 

in Dallas, Tex., Thursday and Friday (7, 

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Shep Allen, a showman for almost a ha 

century, retired from District Theatres af 

20 years as supervisor for the circuit's 7 

theatres Friday (1). A native of Chica;', 

Allen's initial local employment was | 

years ago as manager of the Howard, H 

toric black theatre, presenting live ent 

tainment. In 1946, when District Theats 

acquired the Lichtman circuit, which vJ 

operating the Howard, Allen continuedii 

his same position as theatre-circuit sup"- 

visor. Allen's retirement, at 85. was nod 

by a luncheon at the Watergate Terr;e 

Restaurant, where his friends and assci« 

ates saluted him. 

Photo Plugs 'Slap Shot' 

PITTSFORD, N.Y.—Frank Lindkap 

of Loews Theatres planted a two-colu tl 

color photo of Paul Newman and feat"e 

story spanning two pages in conjunct n 

with the upstate New York premiere >f 

Universal's "Slap Shot" at Loews' Pittsf'd 

Theatre. 

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WASHINGTON— Bob Leverone, Aroer- 

.m Film Institute regional information ofcer. 

aiul Mike Clark, AFI program plan- 

Bob Leverone, left, American Film 

Institute regional information officer, 

and Mike Clark, AFI Theatre program 

planner, posed for photographs following 

their presentation at a Kennedy 

Center forum highlighting AFI's series 

of western motion pictures. 

r. were the speakers at a symposium held 

arch 23 in the Kennedy Center. The free, 

symposium is a "National Town 

eeting" which is sponsored, financially, 

ihe Mobil Oil Co. 

I he AFI staffers' presentation was interersed 

with film clips from the AFI Thea- 

\pril series of 40 western motion pica's 

tilled "They Went Thataway." 

("Three Bad Men." "Wagonmaster" and 

e documentary "Directed by John Ford" 

at among those westerns with which 

rverone and Clark entertained their nearpacity 

audience. 

lanager R. Michael Sabal 

ack to Binghamton, N.Y. 

N.Y.—R. Michael Sa- 

I. formerly manager for Sportservice Theses 

in Wilkes Barre, Pa., has been apmied 

manager of the 

J Strand theatres. 

Binghamton Riviera 

ISabal previously had managed theatres 

101 the Comerford. Cinecon and Hallmark 

[jjflj rcuits. In Pennsylvania, he has managed 

1,0* Scranton, Clarks Summit. Williamsport, 

an d •«* •riBviHe. Montoursville and Hazleton. In 

'« York, Sabal managed in Owego, Endiit 

and here in Binghamton. his present 

>< liignmeni j. at the Riviera and Strand mark- 

! his second tour of duty in this city. 

BUFFALO 

FTnder a "Send the Children" headline, the 

Courier-Express in its Friday (8) edition 

called "The Littles! Horse rhieves," 

filmed in the British Mes. "the Disnej 

Studio's best young people's picture in ages." 

It was the Easier Week attraction .n the 

Como, North Park and Eastern Hills theatres. 

Currently at the Holiday Six is Robert 

Benton's "The Late Show." which drew this 

comment from Buffalo News critic Hal 

Crowther: "The extreme excitement over 

Benlon's film indicates to me that critics 

and audiences of the better sort arc starved 

for movies scaled down to human size. 

'The 

Late Show' is a modest but unique achievement, 

crafted wtih loving carelessness." 

"Demon Seed," a futuristic fright film, 

bowed in Friday (15) at the Seneca Mall. 

Como Mall Cinemas and Plaza North Theatre 

. . . Beginning Wednesday (13), "The 

Town That Dreaded Sundown" became the 

attraction at the Kensington and Como 

Mall Cinemas. It's the story of a Texas 

town stalked by a psychopath in the mid- 

19405. 

The management of the New Allendale 

Theatre celebrated the first anniversary of 

its takeover with a free movie Thursday 

(7). As the Allendale (minus the "New"). 

the house showed X-rated films and was 

the center of several legal battles over pornography 

laws. After its acquisition by 

three Allentown residents last year, the theatre 

policy was changed to a fare of general 

interest films. 

Ed Bebko and Alan Erenstoft have become 

co-owners of the Downtown Cinema 

after buying out the remaining stock of 

former partners. They plan to renovate the 

theatre and to exploit their attractions. The 

first step was inauguration of a weekend 

bargain matinee, emphasizing children's 

shows, noon until 2 p.m. for $1; followed 

by the regular screen program at 2:30 at 

regular prices. The initial offering was 

"Winterhawk," based on a famous Blackfoot 

Indians' legend and starring Michael 

Dante. Because of the Easter school holidays, 

this booking ran Saturday through 

Monday. 

Buffalo's I alia Shire rushed off to t he 

Philippines after the Academy Awards 

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presentation to play a cameo role for her 

brother Francis Ford Coppola in his "Apocalypse 

Now" The Buffalo Century, 

a downtown situation, frequently reverts 

from stage shows to Saturday night movies. 

The screen fare at the Century Saturday 

(2) was "Dr. Strangelove," "Boob Tube." 

"Stardust" and "What Do You Say to a 

Naked Lady?" 

Of Doug Smith's IS Oscar picks, eight 

were correct. The biggest embarrasment tot 

Smith, editor of Focus, was in the "best 

adapted score" category in which he said 

entrant had a chance to win except 

Bound for Glory," which turned out to be 

the real winner. "Bound i"i Glory," which 

also won the award foi cinematograph 

Smith predicted, most likely will open al 

the Colvin Theatre as soon as "Airport '77" 

completes its flight there . . . Writing about 

"Black Sunday," Smith noted: "A fan 

enough thriller but nowhere neat the capabilities 

of all concerned. Everything that's 

wrong with 'Black Sunday,' which must demand 

a certain sympathy lor all its antagonists 

to be truly successful, is in evidence 

when audiences cheer the death of Miss 

Keller 

(Marlhel." 

Moviegoers Seek Special 

Pictures: Robert Evans 

BUFFALO— "People don't go to the 

movies any more; they go to a movie," said 

Robert Evans, Hollywood producer and 

former production chief at Paramount Pictures, 

who came to town March 15 on an 

East Coast swing to promote his new film, 

"Black Sunday." It opened Friday (1) at the 

Holiday Theatre. 

"You cannot just make another picture 

and expect people to come and see it," 

Evans continued. "You've got to look for 

something special and handle it in a special 

way." 

"Black Sunday," adapted from the 

Thomas Harris novel about a conspiracy 

by the Black September political movement 

to kill 80.000 Super Bowl fans, is Evans' 

idea of a "special movie" that will work 

because of "special handling." He expects 

to travel worldwide to assure the film of an 

audience and has arranged for other promotional 

stops by some of the film's stars, 

including Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern. 

"I don't go for sloppiness." Evans 

stressed. "Won't accept it." 

Ladies Admitted Free 

NEW YORK—Escorted ladies are now 

admitted free Sundays at the Cine Lido. 

48th Street at Broadway, and at the 1 ido 

East, 211 East 59th St.. both on adult film 

policy. 

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Qhoniiuui Morris M. Finkcl forwarded 

guest passes for Bank Cinema I and 

Good Friday (8) was 

Bank Cinema II . . . 

a school holiday and Cinemette houses held 

$1 days to 5 p.m.. downtown sites charging 

Area theatres have 

$1 to 2:30 p.m. . . . 

been featuring "Rocky," "3 Fantastic Supermen." 

"Super Stooges vs. The Wonder 

Women," "Demon Seed," "Premonition." 

"The Littlest Horse Thieves," "Winnie the 

Pooh." "At the Earth's Core." etc. 

John Lange has joined Plitt Theatres as 

assistant ad director. John's father Bill formerly 

was a Warner Bros, exchange manager 

here; in recent years Bill has owned 

and operated a large independent film distributing 

company working out of Chicago. 

John Lange is a Columbia University 

graduate. 

Deforest Kelley presented a new film, 

"Star Trek: Backstage," at the Syria Mosque 

Saturday (16) . . . The Liberty showed 

"The Millionairess" . . Minnie Hunter 

. 

Nixon of the old-time Paramount exchange 

is the veteran organist and choir director 

at the Delmont U. P. Church. She was a 

Wilkinsburg High School graduate classmate 

of your correspondent in 1922. 

Vince Josask, years ago a film salesman 

in this area, tells us in a letter from his 

Los Angeles residence that he again is in 

"good shape" at 74, after being hospitalized 

several months for two major operations, 

plus treatments. He retired from the industry 

some years ago, after a stroke left him 

partially paralyzed. He and his wife extend 

best wishes to film industry friends. Vince, 

whose brother George (also a film salesman 

here) died in Pittsburgh several years ago, 

informed us of the death of Kitty Brown, 

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SI. last fall. Kitty, whose late husband Dick 

managed this city's old Duquesne Theatre 

when it was owned by United Artists 55 

years ago, had been Vince's neighbor in 

Los Angeles for years. Dick Brown also 

served with the WBT circuit here; then was 

an independent exhibitor at five Pittsburgh 

locations. Dick's father was the late Harry 

Brown, well-known showman who managed 

the original Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh 

for two decades. 

Ernie Sands, formerly a Pittsburgh film 

salesman and exchange manager and active 

nationally in film distribution, has a son 

Jay who now is a Columbia representative 

in Boston . Spiegle, former local 

film salesman and a veteran in this field at 

Cleveland, was ill and absent from the business 

last year. Jud claims he is semi-retired 

but he's still on the go for Cineplex in 

Ohio. 

Elizabeth Taylor Appears 

On Barbara Walters' Show 

NEW YORK—Elizabeth Taylor and her 

husband John Warner were two of the 

guests on "The Barbara Walters Special," 

telecast on ABC-TV Wednesday evening 

(6). The actress discussed the present and 

future of her recent marriage, as well as 

her second marriage to actor Richard Burton. 

Regarding Burton, Ms. Taylor said there 

were two weddings because she really 

wanted to make the marriage work. She 

was philosophical about the two failures 

and wished Burton, now rewed, the same 

happiness that she has now. Admitting 

that she is about to turn 45. the actress 

said she had no worries about getting older 

because she's lived life to the fullest and 

enjoyed it enormously, despite her mistakes. 

Also interviewed on the special were the 

Shah and Empress of Iran and Congresswoman 

Barbara Jordan, the South's only 

black congresswoman. 

Monroeville Pornographic 

Law Copied at Penn Hills 

PITTSBURGH—Penn Hills Borough 

has adopted a civil pornography ordinance 

patterned after Monroeville's, which has 

been upheld in lower court. While the new 

ordinance permits stopping of shows and 

removal of materials the borough council 

deems pornographic, the ordinance does not 

permit incarceration. 

Movies, magazines and other publications, 

massage parlors, prostitution and 

modeling parlors are covered in the Penn 

Hills ordinance. Excluded are "works of 

art." Court costs will be the burden of the 

merchant. Council members are judges: 

they determine what is and what isn't obscene 

or lewd. 

City officials believe the Penn Hills ordinance 

will be amended to include "criminal 

aspects" of the local 

law. 

Civic Group in Syracuse 

Hopes to Save Showhouse 

SYRACUSE—Syracuse Area Landmarl 

Theatre, Inc., has launched a membershi| 

drive to save historic Loews' Theatre in tb * 

downtown area. It hopes to achieve broad ^ 

, 

based community support tor the possibl 

preservation and renovation of the mevi I0 l 

house. 

"Whenever the prospect of demolition.*! •&* 

Loews is discussed, there is an outcry o jiW (' 

public opposition." said Mrs. Eleanor \ tK ' B" 

Shopiro, SALT president. "However, to sa\ isM' 3 

Loews, we must have more than moral su) iliM 

port. SALT must have the membershj fifa 

backing of all people who want this gM| |jl» 

theatre saved." 

In addition to its importance as a histoi 

landmark and performing arts resourc 

Mrs. Shopiro said a preserved Loews al 

should be viewed as an integral facet in ( 

forts to revitalize downtown. 

The SALT president added that the lrj 

of an auditorium with approximately 3,0* 

seating capacity would preclude the 

appe; 

ance of many of the fine roadshows t: 

community enjoyed in the past. The capac 

of the year-old Civic Center is about 1,0) 

less than Loews. 

At one time, Salina Street had numeris 

theatres, including the Empire, Strand, Pamount 

and Keith's. All of them have gin 

way to other uses, except Loews. Built'n 

the late '20s, Loews features murals, fr 

greed brass lamps, majestic staircases, ri-: 

hogany paneling and elaborate plaster fl 

tails in a Persian fantasy. 

Grants totaling $3,500 were obtai'd 

"Cltgh 

year from the New York State Cou;il 

last 

on the Arts and the National Trust for Istoric 

Preservation to fund an analysisof 

operating costs. A request for $35,00Cin 

restoration funds was submitted to the f'w 

York State Division for Historic Presea- Iwkore 

tion. 

The theatre portion of the Loews Builug 

is for sale and it is hoped that sufficnt faol» 

monies will be raised by May 1, 1977. obtain 

a purchase option. 

'Slap Shot' Has Special 

Appeal for Johnstown 

JOHNSTOWN, PA.—Universale aul 

Newman starrer, "Slap Shot," opened ir 

to a less-than-capacity crowd. In fact.the 

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because, according to theatre co-owne'Ed 

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thought there would be a crowd." 

The feature was of more-than-usua in- 

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Jrest to Johnstown, since "Slap Shot" uses 

[e people of the city and many locations 

.is a backdrop for a plot about minor- 

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igue hockey. 

One patron commented. "1 think a lot of 

iple were worried the film would he a 

tdown of Johnstown bill it wasn't at all. 

ie\ showed the mills but they're part of 

.hnstown. 1 thought it was very fair." 

This Cambria Counts city is more than 

sualh connected with motion pictures, 

ice Charles Bronson (whose real name is 

harles Buchinsky) dug coal in nearby 

hrenfeld. Pa. Additionally, onetime Tarn 

film star Johnny Weismuller was born 

Windber, Pa., .1 short distance from 

hnstown. 

alph Bakshi's "Wizards" 

lated to Bow April 20 

NEW YORK— "Nothing I've ever done 

fore will prepare anyone for what I'm atmpting 

in my new film." says Ralph Baki 

of his current 20th Century-Fox release, 

\ i/ards." subtitled "A Tale of Sword and 

ttcery in the Year 2.000.000 A.D." which 

'ens Wednesday (20) at the Trans-Lux 

ist and other theatres. Bakshi catapulted 

the forefront of film cartoonists with 

s controversial "Fritz, the Cat," "Heavy 

raffic" 

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and "Coonskin." 

"Wizards," Bakshi has taken an imagiitive 

leap into the world 2,000.000 years 

:nce—a world pervaded by mysticism and 

.igic and peopled by wizards, elves and 

PHILADELPHIA 

Tim Brennan is now handling the neighborhood 

theatre advertising tor the Daily 

News, succeeding veteran salesman Moc 

Verbin, who has retired . . . Fred Goldman, 

head of the Exceptional Film Society, 

repertory subscription series, and head ol 

the Middle Atlantic I ilm Board here, has 

been selected as regional coordinator by the 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 

to conduct competitions for the fourth 

annual Student Film Awards program. 

The local premiere of the 278-minute 

documentary film. Marcel Ophuls' "The 

Memory of Justice," took place Sunday (17) 

at the Irvine Auditorium on the University 

of Pennyslvania campus. The filmmaker 

himself appeared at the opening-evening 

showing to discuss the film. 

Mel Blanc, the voice for hundreds of 

Warner Bros, cartoon characters, told the 

story of the cartoon industry to over 1,600 

students attending his lecture at Lehigh 

University in Allentown. 

Temple University's Prof. Marie-Georgette 

Steisel is directing a festival of French 

films being shown at both the university's 

Beury Hall and at the TLA Cinema. Opening 

with "Nea." by the director of "Emannuclle," 

all the films are being shown at 

both 

houses. 

United Artists Theatres reopened its 

Boulevard Drive-In, Allentown, for the new 

season with a triple feature offering "Let's 

Do It Again." "Uptown Saturday Night" 

and "Lucky Luciano." 

Linda Goldenberg, publicity and promotion 

director for Budco Theatres, is hosting 

a series of tour preview showings ol "Islands 

in the Stream" at the Top ol ilu 

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screening room in advance of its local premiere 

at the Ritz 111 Iheatre WednesdaV 

(27). 

The showing of "Memory of Justice" at 

Lafayette College, Easton. was followed by 

a lecture by filmmaker Marcel Ophuls. who 

discussed the format of his documentary 

films. 

Sylvester Stallone, in a telephone interview 

broadcast with Don Cannon from the 

West Coast on WFII. Radio here, said that 

a sequel to "Rocky" will be filmed in this 

city, as was the original film. 

An exclusive franchise was given to Tilbury 

Cable Co., headed by Edward Gronka. 

to provide a cable TV service for Plymouth 

Township in suburban Wilkes-Barre. 

The company will pay the township 1 per 

cent tax on all gross revenues. 

Spiro & Associates, local advertising and 

public relations agency, has been named to 

handle public relations and publicity for 

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orough Ordinance Blocks 

few Adult Theatres 

COLLINGSWOOD, 

N.J.—Commissions 

here have approved an ordinance they 

d would block the opening of any new 

hilt bookstore or X-rated movie houses 

the borough. The measure prohibits the 

nation of any such establishment within 

'KM) feet of any other such business or 

sidentially zoned area. 

Although the measure will not affect the 

CO adult stores already in the borough. 

i\or Brennan said the stringent zoning 

ifli quiremenLs eliminate possible new oper- 

*. ions. Mayor Brennan said the ordinance 

as modeled after the one recently upheld 

n. 

U.S. Supreme Court. 

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It NY Hilton Draws 150 

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;fOA to making the new product seminar 

|i annual event; a presentation of a watch 

]• the past president of ITOA, Ron Lesser; 

speech by Martin Newman, the newly 

^pointed executive director of Will Rogers 

"i exhibitor participation in the Will 

ogers collection drive, and the awarding 

f door prizes to four lucky winners. 

The day concluded with a special screenig 

of United Artists' "Audrey Rose." starng 

Marsha Mason and Anthony Hopkins 

tthe Bombay Cinema. 

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Philly Mayor Rizzo Backs 

Antipornography Measure 

PHILADELPHIA—Mayor Frank S. 

Rizzo pledged his support for a new antipornography 

bill that was introduced by 

Councilman Joseph Zazyczny January 27 

and for which public hearings were held 

March 23. The bill, which is expected to 

pass easily, would make it illegal for any 

adult bookstore or adult movie house, pool 

hall, 

arcade or other such establishment to 

operate within 500 feet of an area zoned for 

residential or within 1.000 feet of another 

such 

establishment. 

For further protection, a companion bill 

recommended for passage by the city planning 

commission flatly would prohibit such 

shops and theatres in all areas of the city 

except for parts of center city and West 

Philadelphia, already zoned "heavy commercial." 

The bill, while not applying to some 80 

existing establishments in 

the city, effectively 

precludes openings at any new locations 

in the city, according to the planning commission. 

The ordinance is patterned after 

the five-year-old Detroit ordinance that was 

upheld last summer by the U.S. Supreme 

Court in a 5-4 decision. 

The only major opposition to the bill 

came from the American Civil Liberties 

Union (ACLU). Spencer Coxe. head of the 

local ACLU, said the government had no 

business "regulating zoning on the basis of 

what kind of book a business is selling or 

what kind of movie it is showing." Coxe 

said he had "no problem" with existing city 

ordinances which regulate what can be displayed 

in the windows and on the marquees 

of such establishments. 

"Certainly the public has a right to be 

protected from pictures that are displayed 

in such a way that passersby can't help but 

see them," Coxe said. However, he added. 

the only reason there are adult bookstores 

and X-rated films is that there are people 

who want to read or see them. "If people 

want it," he said, "they ought to be able to 

get 

it." 

Griffith Subject of Film 

MEDFORD, MASS.—"The Great Director: 

D.W. Griffith," a documentary on the 

first well-known American director, was 

shown at the Medford Public Library on a 

recent Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Admission 

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T ct»ii B. Buck, general manager of Rome 

Theatres and president of NATO of 

Maryland, announced the permanent shuttering 

of the Baltimore Broadway Theatre. 

which had been in continuous operation 

since 1912. The Broadway's official closing 

day was Tuesday (5). 

Ira Miller, who had been a salesman for 

American International Pictures in Washington. 

DC, has left that organization to 

join the Schwaber circuit (World-Fare) . . . 

Mrs. Kathe Norman, the efficient manager 

of the Towson Theatre, was looking forward 

to good results from booking "The Eagle 

Has Landed.'' starring Michael Cainc. "It 

looks as though it might be a good action 

picture," Mrs. Norman commented before 

the film made its Good Friday (S) debut 

at the Towson. 

Mrs. Leslie Ciniino, secretary of Tent 19, 

Variety Club, and daughter of its chief 

barker Phil Harris, is busy with the St. 

Charles Players, who will give four dinner 

shows of "Anything Goes" at St. Charles 

Church. Church Lane, Pikesville, May 

6. 7. 13 and 14. Mrs. Cimino will appear in 

the chorus and is one of the dancers. 

Don Walls' Cinema Scene column in the 

weekly Star contained these interesting observations 

about Olivia de Havilland, one 

of the stars of "Airport '77": "Most of her 

peers haven't aged as gracefully as she has 

and those who have survived senility rarely 

get the chance to appear in major films 

anymore. Olivia de Havilland is not only a 

survivor but she's also as lovely to look at 

today as when she was re-acting to . . . 

Errol Flynn ... in the early 1940s ... 'I 

could work almost regularly in films produced 

for TV if I wanted to do it,' Miss de 

Havilland said recently during an interview 

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with the entertainment columnist who had 

journeyed to Hollywood to meet her and 

others who are featured in Universal Pictures' 

'Airport '77,' currently at theatres in 

the Baltimore-Washington area. She quickly 

added. 'But I don't want to work on those 

hectic schedules that are necessary for TV 

films and frankly, my dear, the scripts that 

have been submitted to me aren't interesting." 

She said she agreed to appear in 'Airport 

'77' because she would be working with 

some of the finest talent moviedom has 

today; and a few of them, like Jimmy Stewart, 

'are the best from the great golden yesterdays.' 

" 

The New Mechanic Theatre has booked 

Katharine Hepburn in "A Matter of Gravity" 

May 3-15. 

WRO Corporate Offices 

In NJ Are Up for Sale 

ASBURY PARK. N.J. — The Walter 

Reade Organization which once operated 

a circuit of 80 motion picture houses in 

ten states, no longer is involved in New 

Jersey except for its corporate headquarters 

here. Now, the mansion housing the corporate 

offices of the bankrupt theatre 

company has been put up for sale. 

Edwin Gage, a former WRO executive 

and now a local real estate salesman who 

purchased the Mayfair House mansion several 

years ago and leased it to the Reade 

Organization, declined to give an asking 

price for the mansion property. Local tax 

records show the house is assessed at $115.- 

500 and the land for $92,900, bringing the 

total assessment up to $208,400. 

Declining profits, a shortage of films 

which would attract wide audiences, increased 

expenses to operate theatres and 

the death of Walter Reade all worked 

X-Rated Film Library For Sale 

On a Territorial or National Basis 

Foreign and Video Rights Available 

Soft and Hard Versions 

Library consists of 28 Color 35mm 60-minute Features and 8 10-minute 35mm 

shorts, all with voice-overs. 

Films Come with Press Kits and Trailers 

All Negatives are in Excellent Condition 

Priced to 

Sell. 

Call Mr. Rogers 212-324-3539 

against the company in the early '70s, when 

WRO started selling some of the theatres 

it operated in Monmouth and Ocean counties 

in this area. Finally, in January 1977,! 

the company filed under Chapter XI of the 

Bankruptcy Act for a voluntary reorganization 

plan. 

Albert Floresheimer, corporate secretary, 

said the reorganization plan is still being 

drawn and that the corporate headquarter! 

is still being manned by a "minimal staff 

pending a possible transfer to Reade's sale 

offices in New York City above the com 

pany's 34th Street Theatre. 

When the bankruptcy papers were filed 

the company said it "operated" more thai 

two-dozen movie theatres but that some o 

the houses were leased and some owne 

by the Reade Organization. While ther 

is no available breakdown as yet of th 

company's assets and liabilities, the late; 

financial statement showed revenues c 

$26.2 million and a profit of only $369,00 

for the year ended Dec. 31, 1975. A stab. 

ment for 1976 is expected to be filed sonr 

time this month. 

Until the bankruptcy application is su; 

plemented with a creditor payment pla 

the current assets and liabilities of the th 

atre circuit remain unclear. Records of tl 

city treasurer's office in Asbury Park shp 

the company owes that city more than $5( 

000 in back taxes on four theatres it on 

owned in the resort community. 

Music Makers Operating 

Laurelton Circle Twin 

LAURELTON, N.J.—Music Mak« 

Theatres has taken over operation of t; 

local 

Circle Twin Cinema. An independa 

operation, the Circle Twin was original 

opened five years ago and had been opated 

by Renato Riva for several years. 

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its interest in the Beach Cinema, Brady 

Beach, to an independent operator. Mi'c 

Makers had been in charge of the Brady 

Beach house for the past two years, lie 

Music Makers circuit now operates me 

than 20 screens in New Jersey, mostly n 

Monmouth and Ocean counties. 

The Monmouth Arts Center in Red B«, 

formerly Reade's Carlton Theatre, is iw 

being booked by Music Makers Theats, 

with a regular admission of 99 cents forill 

seats. The Center is run by the Monmctb 

County Arts Ass'n. The film policy is itmally 

subsequent-run. 

Jaycees Want Less Violence 

TULSA. OKLA.—Directors of the 3V 

000-member Jaycees adopted a resoluon 

calling for less violence on TV. The natiial 

group is proposing that violence in fy 

programing be eliminated wherever psible, 

that sponsors demand a reductio in 

violent content of programs they sposor 

and that viewers use discretion in eir 

choice of programs to watch. 

Columbia's "Le Point de Mire" wi < 

filmed at the Boulogne Studios in tfis 

and on locations in Belgium and in Pas. 

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LOS ANGI I I S "Audrey Rose" opend 

to .1 hypnotic 6N0 ;md "Andy Warhol's 

lad" bowed at a good 415. Holdovers were 

•d by "Black Sunday," 470 in its second 

reek at the Chinese and Village. Doing 

reat boxoffice on showcase were "Rocky" 

1 16 spots; "Airport '77." a smash at seven 

beatres; "Slap Shot." on eight screens, and 

The 1 ate Show." in its first general release 

1 seven situations. Special mention should 

to the revival oi MGM's "Kiss Me Kate." 

.hieh is dome fine business in its original 

D version at the 350-seat Tiffany. 


Village— Black Sunday (Para), 

2nd wlc .. 470 

'inerama Dome— The Slipper and the Rose 

(Umv). 3rd wk 220 

rest, Hollywood Paramount—Mohammad. 

Messenger ol God (Irwin Yablans), 5th wlc 175 

ine Ar's— In the Realm of the Senses (SR) 315 

ollvwood, Wes'wood—Andy Warhol's Bad 

(SR) 415 

oily wood Pussycat—Fomtasex (SR), 6th wk 85 

lusic HaK—Cousin Cousine (SR), 23rd wk 120 

ationa!— Islands in the Stream (Para). 4th wk. 145 

oyal—Small Change (SR), 4:h wk 110 

hree theatres—Audrey Rose (UA) 680 

festland—F lor Fake (SR). 2nd wk 60 

Slap Shot,' 'Rocky' Gross 

00 to Lead in Denver 

DENVER— "Slap Shot" in its third week 

nd "Rocky" in its 11th shared top honors 

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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. 

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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." 

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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 

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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. 

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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 

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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 

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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. 

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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. 

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manager and film buyer for American M 

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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 

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Robert L. Lippert sr., who died Nov. >• 

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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. 

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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. 

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Commonwealth Theatres has made several A full-page advertisement in a Friday 

changes in personnel and Ms. Valerie edition of the Post featured quotes from 

Dunker has been transferred from Rapid some 63 reviewers on the picture "Black 

City, S.D.. to La Junta, wher she will Sunday," which is playing at the Century 

supervise the operation of ihe Fox Theatre 21 Theatre. 

and the La Junta Drive-In. Roger Sargent, Erratic weather patterns created a dust 

who was formerly in l.a Junta, now takes storm with high winds which destroyed the 

over as city manager in Cheyenne, where screen tower of the Starlite Drive-In. Rocky 

he will be supervising operations in the Ford, and partially destroyed the tower in 

Paramount and the Starlite and Motor Vue the LaJunta Drive-In. At the same time. 

drive-ins. 

all the theatres in Rapid City and Lead, 

Brute Young, district manager for Commonwealth 

Theatres, has five new manager- 

and six-foot snow drifts. 

S.D., were forced to close due to a blizzard 

trainees starting in the exhibition end of the 

business. They are: Scott Hartman. Beverly 

Twin Theatre, Casper, Wyo.; Scott Wayne, Gala RMMPA Salute 

Mile Hi Drive-In. Casper. Wyo.; Kenneth 

Wheeler. Terrace Drive-In. Casper. Wyo.; To 4 Area Retirees 

Bobby Sanford. Motor Vue Drive-In. Cheyenne, 

Wyo.. and Paul Rodriguez, Sioux 

DENVER—Bill Agren. Jack McGee, 

Tom Smiley and Larry Starsmore, each recently 

retired after a long career in the 

Drive-in, Rapid City, S.D. 

Warner Bros, held a Saturday morning motion picture industry in this territory, 

invitational screening of "Viva Knievel!" will be honored at a gala dinner-dance 

at the Cooper Cameo Theatre ... Ed hosted by the Rocky Mountain Motion Picture 

Ass'n at Denver's Brown Palace Hotel 

Bohn, who operates the drive-in at Center, 

has opened a new 140-seat hardtop there Wednesday evening (27). 

named the Center Cinema ... Ed Graff, There will be a full evening of entertainment 

and prizes, as well as dancing to the 

manager of the Hot Springs Theatre. Hot 

Springs. S.D.. is a patient in Veterans Hospital 

there recovering from a heart prob- 

Wayne Case and his 14-piece orchestra. 

Glenn Miller style of music provided by 

lem . and Jean Spahn of United Cost for the evening is $20. which includes 

Enterprises are celebrating the arrival of two complimentary cocktails. Cocktails are 

their new grandson. The parents of the baby to be served at 6:30 in the hotel's grand 

boy are Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brethour of ballroom, followed by a prime rib dinner at 

Dallas and Jerry is a salesman for Columbia 7:45. To get tickets, which are going fast 

Pictures. 

and will be limited, contact Elaine Horvath, 

ticket chairperson, at Western Service & 

Supply. 

Agren retired from United Artists as a 

PETERSON 

booker, following service as buyer and 

booker for Fox Inter-Mountain Theatres 

and National General Theatres. McGee's 

THEATRE 

retirement followed a tour of duty as division 

manager for Mann Theatres. NGT 

SUPPLY successor in many areas of the Rocky Mountains. 

Before Tom Smiley retired, he long 

455 Bearcat Drive 

had served as president and general manager 

for Wolfberg Theatres. Starsmore's re- 

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801-466-7642 

as president of Westland Theatres, Colorado 

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Debut in Portland 

PORTLAND—A preview party was hel 

Wednesday (6) ahead of the public openin 

of Favorite Theatres' new sixplex, the Ros 

Moyer Cinemas. Publicity director Rog< 

Paulsen said that hundreds of guests atteru 

ed the champagne party and were trcatc 

to a screening of "Bound for Glory." 

Long-stem roses were given to the fir 

50 ladies attending the public opening nig 

(7) showing. Friday evening (8), the fit 

250 patrons were given souvenir guit 

picks. 

The complex's grand opening was a 

nounced in grand style in an advertisemd 

covering about three-quarters of a page 

the Portland Oregonian. Opening bookin 

included "A Star Is Born," "Audrey Ros< 

"The Domino Principle," "Rocky' 

"Wizards." 

PORTLAND 

Qharles Funk, general 

manager of LuxiA 

Theatres, celebrated his 40th birthc 

Thursday. March 31, with a catered pa/ 

at his new home in Vancouver, Wash. Mi': 

than 75 guests from his organization d 

the local media attended. 

Funk said winners of Oscars on 

March Academy Awards telecast 

are dog 

very well at several Luxury units around e 

area. This list includes "Rocky" and \ 

Star Is Born" at the Westgate; "Netwo" 

at the Broadway, Jantzen Beach, VilUi, 

Valley and Southgate; "All the Presides 

Men" at the Jantzen Beach. Village d 

Southgate. 

Portland's first International Film Festal 

was very successful, reports Sonja Johnn. 

promotions director for Seven Ga?s 

Corp., owner of the Movie House, wire 

the festival was held. "There is a real im 

audience in Portland," Ms. Johnson sd. 

Some of the films that did especially ill 

will be shown again at the Movie Housas 

regular-run 

features. 

Robert Altman's new film, 

"Three Wtien," 

will open at the Fine Arts after "Vlcome 

to L.A." ends its run. The Fine rtl 

and Cinema 21 theatres recently were 'itchased 

by Seven Gables, based in Seattl 

Break for Senior Citizens 

BRONX, N.Y.—The Globe Ciniia, 

White Plains Road and Pelham Parkty, 

has a new policy of $2.50 admission iieffect 

for senior citizens. 

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k VNSAS CITY -- Despite openings hv 

•.lack Sunday," Demon Seed" and "Ragid\ 

Vnn & Andy." first-run grosses cooled 

mewhat and were led bj lasl week's winir. 

"Airport '77." which earned a 325. 

iaggedy Ann »V Andv" bowed al 220 and 

he Late Show" earned 215 in its second 

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rwood. Gladstone—Fun With Dick and Jane 

Col), 8lh wk 180 

til /wood, Oak Park—The Cassandra Crossing 

Emb), 8th wk 

bassy. Watts Mill—Nasty Habits (SR). 2nd wk. 170 

iryland—Resurrection ol Eve (SR), 2nd wk 100 

le Arts—Cousin Cousine (SR), 11th wk. .. 

lift 'e theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb), 

nd wk 

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!^ tir theatres—Demon Seed (UA) 

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ur theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col), 

tod wk 145 

enwood—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ), 

Ind wk 75 

^ro Plaza, Midland—Emma Mae (SR), 4th wk. 120 

dland—Mohammad, Messenger of God 

Irwin Yablans), 2nd wk 70 

ik Park, Seville—The Late Show (WB), 

!nd wk 215 

aa—Airport '77 [Univ), 2nd wk. 325 

!M— Islands in the Stream (Para). 5th wk 120 

nchmar: 4—The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

:UA). 16th wk 105 

.-en 'heatres- Raggedy Ann & Andy 

:20th-Fox) ...220 

theatres—Freaky Friday (BV), 8th wk 125 

lack Sunday' Opens in Chicago 

t 300; "Rocky' Leads at 350 

CHICAGO—Tribune critic Gene Siskel 

Raggedy Ann & Andy" three and 

te-half stars and with an abundance of 

Kanee publicity it was anticipated that the 

•w film would be the strongest opener this 

;ar. Although it did very well, 280 in five 

tuations. exhibitors had hoped for bigger 

sening business. Four newcomers were led 

'Black Sunday," which averaged 300 in 

\ locations (including one 400 slot). On 

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of the averages was "Rocky," which 

ossed 350 in its 16th week at the Water 

o* er. 

—Pumping Iron (SR), 3rd wk 250 

hema—Cousin Cousine (SR), 23rd wk 175 

heatres—Raggedy Ann & Andy 

F ox) 280 

ve theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col) 210 

3tr-E—Demon Seed (UA) 225 

hchael Todd—The Joy of Letting Go (SR), 

< .... ..175 

Mohammad. Messenger of God 

Yablans), 2nd wk 

Emma Mae (SR), 5th wk 

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x theatres—Black Sunday (Para) 300 

»:•• theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb), 

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K VNSAS CITY - Members ol Variety 

Club lent 8 are gearing up for two major 

fund-raising events, a film premiere and a 

full-scale telethon. Preliminary plans i

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to reserved 

seat at the track and, if your stars 

are right, you may win some bucks to boot. 

If you don't win, 

The WOMIM Club 

you can cat 

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your heart 

an invitation to 

out at a restaurant buffet-dinner on the return 

trip. The bus will be leaving from 

yo to the races Saturday, June 25, in 

Omaha. Neb. For a mere $25 per person 

Commonwealth's parking lot at 8:15 a.m. 

(paid in advance— by June 6), you will be 

June 25. For more information on reservations, 

call Nadine Evans, 474-6150, or 

seated on a chartered bus. plied with free 

Ruby Shultz, 474-3050. All proceeds go to 

charity. 

If you were one of the charitable persons 

who invested $1 for a raffle ticket to win 

Ringold Cinema 

the $50 bill at the WOMPI drawing during 

Equipment Inc. 

Show-A-Rama and lost, you may take consolation 

in the fact that the fund-raiser 

netted $358 for the WOMPI Club's philanthropic 

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services. In case you missed it, 

Virginia Free of National Screen Service 

ALL 

won the prize money. 

Jack Poessiger is discussing film programs 

three days each week on the program 

MAJOR 

LINES OF 

"Commonwealth Mini-Marquee," broadcast 

at 7:55 a.m. and 5:10 p.m. on KCNW (the 

EQUIPMENT 

AM all-news station) and KUDL-FM every 

Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The twominute 

show, according to Jack, "deals with 

INTERIOR 

generalities and specifics." If you don't understand 

that succinct analysis, tune in and 

DECOR 

DRAPES 

find out for yourself what takes place on 

CARPETING 

. . "Mini-Marquee" . Sherry Handzel, 20th- 

Fox secretary and part-time snow bunny, 

spent the Easter weekend visiting with 

CHAIRS 

friends in Maryville. 

The second annual Filmrow summer 

CONTACT 

bowling league is now forming. For those 

of you who recall the madcap time last 

summer, consider joining this summer in 

Harry or John 

spite of that. For those of you who did not 

bowl last summer, there are plenty of openings 

still available. League secretary Charles 

Phone (314) 352-2020 

Jarrett said that the new league would begin 

Thursday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at the Heart 

Bowl. He said many people have indicated 

they would join but time now is short and 

he needs to firm up the commitments. 

Ideally, the league would be composed of 

"oT 

40 people, or ten teams with two men and 

two women on each time. Persons wishing 

irtomano 

to join the league may form their own 

teams and enter as a group. If you are interested 

in bowling away your midsummer 

madness, contact Jarrett or Jim Thrasher 

Fitmii-i 

at the 20th-Fox office. 

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BEST MAN PICKS BEST WOMAN 

—Buster Crabbe, left, renowned Hollywood 

actor who was in Kansas City 

recently to act as best man at the wedding 

of Miss Ruby Anderson and Plan- 

Partners president Dan Meyers, pulled 

double duty when he agreed to judge 

queen candidates for the annual Wentworth 

Military Academy ball. Shown 

with Crabbe as he studies pictures of 

the candidates is Capt. Jeff Latz, Army 

Reserve, public information officer at 

the academy and director of alumni 

relations. After much hair-pulling, 

Crabbe chose Miss Paula Glesmann, 

Papillion, Neb., as the beauty who will 

reign at the gala event Saturday (23) 

in Lexington, Mo. 

Debbie Richeson began her duties 

weeks ago as account representative e| 

National Screen Service. She will be r< 

sponsible for coordinating special cros' 

plug trailer programs across the Midwe' 

with distributors and exhibitors. Althoug 

Debbie is new to the industry, her motht 

Sharon is the booker for Midwest Films an 

has been active the last several years wit 

various Filmrow organizations and activitie 

Two of 20th-Fox's beauties celebrat< 

their birthdays within two days of eai 

other late last month. Jackie Dixon capp* 

her 26th year March 29 and Carol Hobi 

hit 29 March 3 1 . The ladies treated ea' 

other to their own birthday cakes ... A 

parently being the ripe old age of 26 is n 

slowing Jackie. She spent the Easter wee 

end visiting relatives in Butler. 

Valerie Hood, National Screen Servic; 

top-notch secretary and part-time soldier f 

fortune, spent her Easter weekend bobbi? 

atop the bucking white caps of Missouis 

turbulent rain-laden rivers. In short, # 

went on a float trip in the Bennett Sprits 

The monthly meeting of Women of 'iriety 

will be held Wednesday (20) at * 

home of president Sharon Richeson. 'A 

address is 8830 Pflumm Rd., Apt. 25, 

Lenexa, Kas. The meeting will begin i' 

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husband, her anticipation seemed to o- 

weigh her trepidation. Her main conon 

was probably that the Easter bunny wod 

be unable to locate her camped out oi3 

sandbar. 

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.m. Sharon suggests members contact 

for directions on reaching her house, 

aramouiit booker Tom Oooch returned 

work last week for the first time since 

Bring a heart attack early in February, 

work regimen, however, is on a half- 

-onlv basis for the next tew weeks. 

Uthough the local film industry is rather 

till bv comparison to other industries 

| km;.:, insurance and real estate, lot explc— 

there seems to be a relatively high 

tube i o! husbands and wives involved in 

added to the list. Diane Thrasher, wife 

fcGOth-Fox booker and crack military hisli. 

expert James Thrasher, began new 

d ies at the Columbia office. Diane, who 

jmcw to the industry, assumes the position 

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profession. Now, one more couple can 

chilling 

clerk. 

'hen I Enke, who once lived in Kansas 

''IHy and worked at the AMC office here, 

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rJirned from Dallas for the Easter weekl: 

*!. Cheryl is now the secretary to the 

"jdlision operations manager in AMC's Dal- 

'4la office. 

i- Vnothcr new face has found its way into 

s w business. Leona Wilson began her 

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dlies three weeks ago as a ledger clerk at 

tl National Screen office. It is her first 

_ j«| in the industry. 

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the gang at Warner Bros, surprised one 

o, its own, secretary Carol Bird, with a 

wJding shower the first Friday of this 

ninth. Carol is engaged to be married 

. 

SJurday (23). 

jet along, little doggies. Bob Lynn, ass|ant 

advertising director for AMC's Midvutern 

division, recently visited his mothcl 

worm farm in Decatur. 111. "They're 

\ v tasty." Bob reports, "but difficult to 

- die up." 

For some folks, Good Friday was a holies 

dV or a short working day. The group at 

• tl New World Pictures office opted to 

;.:. sind their time on that Friday afternoon 

•licking in Loose Park. As a result, 

ich manager Carole Alt says: "We have 

1 

tannest office crew in Kansas City." 

also noted that Jan Durwood left 

Hrd to say "Hi" to everybody during her 

home for Easter from Tulane Uni- 

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rity. Jan will be back working for New 

Wld again this summer . . . New World's 

st release, "Black Oak Conspiracy," will 

. t|-ak in the Kansas City territory May 4. 

Deepest sympathy to 20th-Fox booker 

i 

irles Jarrett, whose mother Mary died 

tmday (11) following a stroke. Charles 

nurned to his hometown of Carl Junction 

the 

services. 

I lie Guy-Con screening room, located at 

ii and Mission Road in the lower level of 

SRanchmart South Shopping Center, has 

lergone a change of ownership. It now 

'1 be known as the Midwest screening 

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Mm World Pictures Bel tip openings of 

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" at the M&R Oriental 

Theatre in the I oop, as well as in 

M&R's Ucl-Air and Double drive-ins. New 

World also arranged lor the mid-April opening 

of "The New Adventures of Snow 

White." an X-rated movie . (22). 

New World's "Black Oak Conspiracy" 

starts a run in local and Milwaukee area 

theatres. Downstate theatres open the feature 

Friday (29). 

Plans already are being launched for the 

mid-June openings of "Grand Theft Auto," 

with Ron Howard. 

Condolences to Warner Bros, sales manager 

Seymour Hite on the death of his 

brother Irwin. 

Welcome back, Charlie Cooper. He has 

taken over the Village Theatre, which had 

been leased by the Kohlberg circuit. Opening 

film at the Village is "A Star Is Born." 

Extensive remodeling work is under way. 

Florence Cohen, head booker for Warner 

Bros., thus far has booked "It's Alive" into 

130 Chicagoland theatres. Opening date is 

May 6. 

The 400 Theatre on the far north side, 

in an area heavily populated with students, 

is 

scheduling programs which are requested 

by members of this group. They indicate a 

strong interest in cult-type films and have 

put in a word for such movies as "A Brief 

Vacation," "A Man and a Woman" and 

"Jesus Christ Superstar." Clyde Klepper 

and Jim Burrows, owners of the 400, also 

plan to schedule weekend shows for children 

and special programs for adults at 

midnight Fridays and Saturdays. 

"Brothel 8" is maintaining a steady gross 

pace at Richard Stern's Devon Theatre. At 

his Wilmette Theatre, he has booked "Family 

Plot" and "Murder on the Orient Express," 

both of which were requested by 

patrons. 

American International Pictures' "Breaker! 

Breaker!" opens in this area Friday (29). 

This represents a first showing here of a 

film relating to the CB radio craze ... At 

a recent AIP meeting in Tucson, Ariz., district 

manager Vic Bernstein and salesman 

Jell Williams got a look at "Final Chapter 

—Walking Tall." Late summer will bring 

th : s movie here. 

Evelyn Cooper has joined Warner Bros, 

as cashier handling Milwaukee accounts. 

John Roberts was a popular figure here 

when he served as branch manager for 

Buena Vista. His friends were sorry to 

learn that the Doty-Dayton office in Kansas 

City had closed. John was regional manager 

there. 

Wm. I.ange & Associates arranged for 

three openings ot new films: a limited multiple 

oi "Nastj Habits" l riday (2'X; 

"Hustlei Squad" ami "Death Riders" May 

(>, and "Ruin" May 27. 

Marry Goodman, head of Apache lilms, 

has set a break in this area ol "I he Presi- 

. . . While 

dent's Women." I his R-ratcd film was directed 

by Academy Award winner John 

Avildsen. director of "Rocky" 

"liners Like Us" will not open until early 

summer, there have been a number of 

screenings scheduled by Future Features. 

Future Features also has held a preview 

showing of "Young Waves." set for saturation 

bookings starting June 3. 

Wedding bells ring for Linea Carlson ol 

Laura Stein 

Warner Bros. Friday (15) . . . 

to be married 

of Wm. l.angc & Associates is 

July 11. 

Lee Davidson, WOMI'I Club president, 

and Doris Payne, past president, each 

month will set times to visit exhibitors and 

distributors to familiarize them with 

WOMPI efforts. In the short time the local 

WOMPIs have been active, their accomplishments 

are so numerous it will take many 

months for the Davidson/ Payne team to 

tell 

all. 

Jack Dionne, head of United International 

here, said his company reports that principal 

photography began Thursday (14) on a 

new science-fiction film. The working title 

at this point is "Quarantine." It is being 

produced by the Studio Film Corp. Bill 

Rebane, president of the company, will be 

remembered for his successful science-fiction 

picture of last season, "The Giant Spidder 

Invasion." Filming for the new movie 

takes place in Rebane's studio in northern 

Wisconsin. June 18 is the target date for 

completion and it is probable that the movie 

will be available, title and all. by mid-July. 

Universal Pictures' new thriller. "The 

Car," is set for 12 select theatres starting 

May 13. And Universal's all-time grossing 

movie, "The Sting." returns for an engagement 

in 20 theatres beginning May 27. 

At Paramount Pictures, Rick Griffith. 

formerly in the company's California offices, 

assumes the responsibilities ot branch 

salesman here. Tim Mueller takes over the 

job of assistant booker, succeeding departi 

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ing Peter Cruvath. and Angie Rossic became 

assistant to local booker Eileen Bursteen. 

Larry Dieckhaus, 20th-Fox publicist, returned 

from a meeting on the West Coast 

where sales and promotion plans were discussed 

in connection with "The Other Side 

of Midnight" and "Star Wars." Discussion 

also centered on "The Wedding." which will 

be filmed in the Windy City area. The 20th- 

Fox board of directors again will hold a 

meeting in this city in July. Princess Grace, 

a board member, is due to attend. 

Barry Ehrlich resigned his position as 

branch salesman for Paramount Pictures. 

He plans to live in Israel. Rick Griffith of 

Paramount's Los Angeles office comes here 

to succeed Ehrlich. 

Cathy Malnight of Paramount Pictures 

returned from a vacation in Acapulco . . . 

Mrs. Adele Wolk will be on the scene full 

time following a winter spent in Florida. 

Vic Bernstein, American International 

Pictures district manager, and salesman 

Jeff Williams spent a week in Tucson, 

Ariz., attending a sales meeting. 

Wally Heim, Midwest supervisor of publicity 

and advertising for United Artists, 

hosted midnight screenings of "Audrey 

Rose." The film, which is based on a bestselling 

novel by Frank DeFelitta, stars Marsha 

Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck 

and introducing Susan Swift as Ivy. 

The Variety Club Celebrity Ball held at 

the Ritz-Carlton March 25 was a sellout. 

Stars who helped highlight the event included 

Ken Howard. Hugh O'Brian, Dolores 

Gray, Lesley Ann Warren, Barbara 

Sharma and Elizabeth Ashley. 

A series of new Czechoslovakian films 

will be shown at the Facets Multimedia 

Film Center. Co-sponsored by the Czech 

embassy in this country, the series features 

works by directors who remained in their 

country after the 1968 political upheaval. 






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Included in the presentations are "Seclusion 

Near a Forest," entered in last year's Chicago 

Film Festival, "An Attempt at Murder," 

directed by Jiri Sequcns (which won 

a Gold Medal at the Moscow Film Festival); 

Otahar Vavra's "Romance for a 

Trumpet," and "The Days of Betrayal." 

"An Invitation for Destruction," "War of 

the Fools," "The Cavalryman's Match" and 

"The Valley for the Bees." 

"The Memory of Justice" is premicring 

here at the Film Center in the School of the 

Art Institute. This new documentary film 

directed by Marcel Ophuls runs four hours 

and 38 minutes. Ophuls is credited with 

directing "The Sorrow and the Pity." "The 

Memory of Justice" deals with an investi- 

and retribution, 

gation of the issues of guilt 

focusing on the Nuremberg war crimes 

trials, with references to the conflicts in 

Vietnam and Algeria. 

Aaron Gold of the Tribune's "Tower 

Ticker" said about "Slap Shot." a new Universal 

film: "Paul Newman's latest film 

about a hockey team kept a Chicago preview 

audience laughing so hard that many 

of them had tears in their eyes. It's almost 

as if Allen Flint's Candid Camera had been 

following the team, capturing its daily life." 

Gold did call the picture a "definitely 

adults-only comedy." 

While "Mohammad, Messenger of 

God" 

opened as scheduled March 25, a benefit 

for the Black Arts Celebration and the 

Chicago Black United Fund reportedly was 

canceled because of "pressure and threats." 

Brotman & Sherman's Carnegie, Cinema 

and Loop theatres had a winning week with 

newcomer "Pumping Iron" at the Carnegie; 

"Cousin Cousine" in its 21st week at the 

Cinema, and Andy Warhol's "Frankenstein" 

in a return engagement at the Loop Theatre 

in the Loop. 

Otis Rawles was appointed manager of 

the Brotman & Sherman Hyde Park Theatre. 

Mid-America Releasing Co. booker Pam 

MacGregor arranged with the 3 Penney 

Cinema management for the showing of 

"Harlan County. U.S.A." starting Friday 

(29). This Cinema 5 film won an Academy 

Award as the best documentary. Mid-America 

Releasing Co., headed by Rick Rice, is 

growing. A branch office has been opened 

in Detroit. Bob Rosen, who served with 

Paramount Pictures and General Cinema in 

Detroit, will manage the new Mid-America 

branch. 

Avco Embassy here has completed negotiations 

for the opening in this area of "Cross 

of Iron" May 20. This opening corresponds 

with the film's national presentation. It 

stars James Coburn, James Mason and Senta 

Berger. 

The new Northtown cinemas in Rockford's 

Colonial Village are now being 

booked by Dan Fellman, CinemaNational. 

2188 Madison Ave., New York City 10022. 

This business formerly was booked by Tri- 

City, 

Cincinnati. 

KANSAS CITY 


screening purposes should contact Sharoi 

Richeson at Midwest Films. 

The next monthly meeting of th 

WOMPI Club will be Tuesday (26) at th 

U-Smile Stadium Inn. 7901 East 40 Hwj' 

The board meeting will begin at 5:30 an 

dinner— featuring chicken at $5.65 a pel 

son—will be served at 6:30 p.m. Membei 

are reminded to bring rummage articles t 

the meeting for the May 22 Heart Drive-I 

Swap and Shop sale. Hostesses for the mei 

ing and dinner will be the Commonweali 

WOMPIs. 

Mercury Film Co.'s Bev Miller and Pa 

Rice took a look at the beautiful weath 

last week and decided not to let any graj 

|sliwf 

grow under their feet. They first trekked 

Des Moines to spend a couple of days ha 

dling with circuit executives there, inclu 

ing Central States Theatre Corp., Dubins 

Bros. Theatres, Fridley Theatres and Da' 

Theatres. Later in the week they left Kz] 

sas City for St. Louis for meetings w 

Mid-America Theatres and Wehrenbc 

Theatres officials. Hot product curren' 

being distributed by Mercury incluu 

"Tomcats," "Ruby," "The Happy Hoolr 

Goes to Washington" and "Schizo." 

Jay Wooten, well-known Kansas exh 

tor. departed Research Medical Ce: 

Monday (11) and now is recuperating at 

home of his son Jay Wooten jr. in Hutchson, 

Kas. The street address there is :l 

Kansas Ave., or friends can say hello 

Jay by calling (316) 665-8051. 

Screenings at Commonwealth: Thurs.; 

(14), "Sudden Death" (Topar) . 

. . Scnh' 

ings at Guy-Con: Tuesday evening ('.| 

"Vortex" (Joseph Green) and "Two Agast 

the Law" (Joseph Green), both distribitd 

by Midwest Films. 

Last week was the first week on the Jb 

at Paramount for Sharon Williams. Shan. 

a single lass who formerly worked for killed 

Artists, is the new St. Louis cashieior 

the Paramount exchange. 

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area. Dean Branson, flew his own plan to 

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Kansas City last week for a short vis at; 

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the home otf.ee. 

American Multi Cinema secretary Stfl 'Cjtnuj 

Smead reports that things are going bter 

now for her eight-year-old son Bradley, 'ho 

was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospitafor 

treatment of an asthma condition. Br; lev 

was released from the hospital last sek 

and is now recuperating at home. 

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lirlane - Litchfield Star David McCallum Is Delighted 

ill Add 20 Screens 

With Boxoffice Reports on Dogs' 

HiASLEY. S.C. Fairlane Litchfield The- 

\t h.is announced the June opening of 14 

By LOIS BAUMOEL 

role on Broadway, co-starring with Tammy 

screens throughout the Southeast with 

( ii inies. and the actor happily observed that 

[additional openings planned for Thanksi'ng. 

McCallum, star of films, stage and TV, 

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — David 

he'd he "|iisi a stone's throw from his 

home." 

irst to debut on June 17 will be the opened here at Parker 

Playhouse March 

McCallum said, with a boyish grin, that 

'c\e West Cinemas, a triplex located in 

he's had too little time for outside activities 

I Circle West Shopping Center in Dothan. 28 in Neil Simon's 

in recent months. However, he disclosed 

One week later, June 24, Cinema West, "California Suit e." 

that he now has taken up golf and feels 

lther triplex, will open in Gainesville. The 44-year-old Mcthat 

"it is a great sport for one on the 

, and a quad, the Capitol Cinemas, will Callum (who appears 

road." 

in I allahassee, Fla. 

to he no more than 

v fourth auditorium is under eonstrucat 

the firm's Carolina Mall in Concord. office that he thor- 

"Dogs" and he commented with delight that 

27 or 28). told Box- 

David starred in Mar Vista Productions' 

. This addition is slated for a June 17 oughly enjoys making 

films, especially 

West Coast grosses being recorded by the 

he'd just received word concerning the lofty 

ning. Two auditoriums are being added 

the Bijou Cinemas, a quad in Green- since that medium 

just-released feature film, which was photographed 

on location in San Diego, Calif. 

David McCallum 

S. C with a late June opening makes it possible for 

wed. 

him to spend considerable time with his In less than a total of four weeks' playing 

family. 

time, the Mar Vista picture has scored a 

The firm has purchased the Cheaha 

gross of over $2,182,000 in limited playdates 

including Los Angeles, San Diego, 

ma in Anniston. Ala., from Tom Colei 

and is adding a second auditorium in even when the curtain call is but 30 minutes 

This actor is easygoing and relaxed 

Albuquerque. San Antonio, Sacramento, 

e. Anniston also is the scene of a triplex away. The Glasgow, Scotland-born star also 

Fresno, Phoenix and Little Rock, Ark. 

lg constructed for a Thanksgiving opensitory 

tower, with 50 rooms, to be ready 

Africa feature which was two months in 

exudes gentleness and his behavior is 

Adding to his excitement about the drawing 

power of "Dogs" was the fact that Mar 

marked by a definite, but indefinable, special 

regard for other people, a quality which 

airlane/ Litchfield plans a Thanksgiving 

Vista had just concluded an arrangement 

isn't always projected to the audience in 

tut for a triplex in Florence, Ala., bringits 

total number of screens to 54. 

distribution of the film. 

with Cinema Arts Associated for foreign 

either stage or film roles. Too, McCallum 

is an articulate young man who is neither 

he firm also owns the Litchfield Inn at 

overpowering nor aloof; he responds quickly 

to any and all questions. 

"King Solomon's Treasure," a filmcd-in- 

McCallum most recently appeared in 

i>. 

hfield Beach, S.C, where it is adding a 

il 

ting 

summer. 

Father Was a Musician 

the making. The picture has not yet been 

1H1 

released. 

Wearing the informal attire (denim slacks 

flanta AIP Execs Attend 

While he likes comedy. David's serious 

and sneakers) called for in the first act of 

side has inspired him to make a 30-minute 

cson Sales Conference "California Suite," McCallum said that his 

TV documentary pilot of interviews with 

> I LANTA—Glenn Simonds, American father was a musician. As a result, perhaps, 

li rnational Pictures branch manager, 

David studied at the Royal Academy 

"The Man on the Street." which he hopes 

of 

his 

will be successful here. It already is in answer-print 

and on cassette. Now it simply 

Music, a pursuit which he relinquished in 

.nit Jim Dixon and Dave Tribble, the 

>any*s Southeastern advertising and 

favor of the Royal Academy of Dramatic 

is a matter of finding time to interest the 

Art, 

p. motion director, have returned from a 

which he attended from 1949 to 1951. 

right party in his most recent project. The 

I day sales meeting in Tucson, Ariz. 

Following an impressive number of appearances 

in films. TV and live theatre in 

capable actor hopes the format of the show 

'resent at the session were Sam Arkoff. 

will provide an alternative to what he feels 

A* president and chairman of the board; 

the United Kingdom. David came to the 

is an excessive preoccupation with copsand-robbers 

shows on the small screen in 

1 n P. Blender, executive vice-president 

U.S. in 1961 to play the role of Judas 

'- 

Iscariot in George Steven's epic motion picture 

ii :harge of sales; Milt Moritz, senior vicep 

-adent in charge of advertising; Charles "The Greatest Story Ever Told." The 

America. 

actor subsequently appeared in many Hollywood 

theatrical productions, including "The 

Pit. president of Bing Crosby Production 

li|. and Jim Whiteside, in charge of 

UIM 

Great Escape," "Freud," "Billy Budd" and 

sales and advertising. 

"Mosquito Squadron." On TV he was best 

'r.itt and Whiteside arc former Atlanta 

known for his performances in the series 

rtdents. Whiteside served as branch mantor 

Cinerama and Pratt was a vice- 

"The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "The 

Invisible Man." In 1974 he directed an episode 

of the BBC video series "Ten Who 

• dent of the Atlanta-based Cox Broad- 

:ig Corp. which acquired the motion 

Dared." 

re production company and such sucs 

as "Walking Tall." "Willard" and 

Married for a Decade 

n." 

McCallum. who has been married to 

nder discussion at the seminars were American Katherine Carpenter, an interior 

:: 

lales policy for summer releases which designer, for ten years, declares that he 


Je "Final Chapter—Walking Tall." "loves America and its free spirit." The 

Island of Dr. Moreau," "Empire of couple has two children— 


Peter. 6, and 

**'[ Ants" and "The People That Time For- 


Sophie, 2. David's devotion to his family 


was apparent as he described their recent 

Rft 

««• imonds reported that a sneak preview of visit to Fort Lauderdale, when thej were bitaBjM don't miss the famous 

l£N'"nal Chapter -Walking Tall" was held in able to spend a few days with the star ol hawaii' Show. . at 

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10 Cinerama's Reef Towers Hotel. 

»i ucson theatre and the response indicated 

|^l(t the BCPI AIP team has another hit. 

"California Suite." After the play closes 

here Saturday (23), he will resume the same 

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ATLANTA 

Fxhibitors seem to have a new optimism 

after the even distribution of Oscars in 

the annual battle of the ballots. Theatres 

with this year's winners in the saddle can 

look forward to long runs with the product 

on hand. 

Meanwhile, Hie trade, press screenings at 

Century Cinema Corp.. are giving the projection 

machinery a real workout. Recent 

showings have included Alex Joseph and 

His Wives'' and "Dirty Duck," New World 

Pictures of Atlanta; "The Slipper and the 

Capitol City Supply 

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Rose." a Universal release screened for an 

MCA party of 40 record distributors; 

"Audrey Rose," United Artists; "Double 

Feature" for the Atlanta Ass'n for International 

Education; "Eaten Alive." distributed 

by Clark Film Releasing; "Day of the Animals." 

Film Ventures International; "Zack," 

distributed by International Picture Show. 

and "Between the Lines," distributed by 

Midwest Films. A private screening of Disney's 

"The Littlest Horse Thieves" was arranged 

for Barbara Thomas, Journal amusements 

editor, and UA's "Audrey Rose," 

was screened for Jim Whaley, host of 

WETV's "Cinema Showcase." 

The local chapter of the National Ass'n 

for the TV Arts and Sciences' Cinema 

Club offered "Audrey Rose" as its April 

selection Tuesday (5) . . . The same film 

was sneaked March 31 at Georgia Theatre 

Co.'s South DeKalb and Cobb Center Theatres. 

Greenbriar Branch Library is sponsoring 

a film series for children 6 to 12 years old 

Thursday afternoons through April 28. Included 

will be "The Selfish Giant," "Shopping 

Bag Lady," "Anoop and the Elephant" 

and "Treasures in the Pyramid." 

Carl Watkins, owner of the Fayette Cinema 

in Fayetteville, Ga., won the showmanship 

contest sponsored by Roger Harve' 

and Ralph Billing, producers of "Wings o 

an Eagle," distributed by Century Cinem 

Corp. The prize was an all-expense-paid tri 

to Las Vegas for him and his wife Nancj 

"Eagle" began its area run March 4. Joa 

Ackerly, Atlanta booker associated with he 

father Bill Andrew of Southern Indeper 

dent Theatres, reports she is "very proud 

of her client Watkins. 

Weber Howell, Doty-Dayton Distribi 

tion's branch manager, announces that tl 

firm has moved to 2536 Stonington Re 

Atlanta 30341 or P. O. Box 81151. Phoi 

(404) 458-3027. 

Randy and Midge Brannon announce tl 

birth of a son Joshua David, March 24 

Northside Hospital. He is their third chil 

His paternal grandmother is Mary Branno 

cashier at American International Picture 

former owner of the Holly Theatre 

• 

Dahlonega, Ga., and local WOMPI pre: 

dent. 

E. William Andrew jr., owner-operat 

of the Southern Independent Theatres boct 

ing agency, has been appointed to the NFl 

board of advisors and attended the groU/| 

first meeting in Chicago. Juanita Foree 1 

Maryville, Tenn., local WOMPI memb,: 

also was appointed to the NITE board. St; 

. 

and Juanita Rosser (familiarly known 

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"the two Juanitas") are partners in the 

1 akemonl i renn.) Drive-In. 

American Internationa] Pictures and 

VVPLO Radio sponsored the world premiere 

of "'Breaker! Breaker!", starring Chuck 

Norris, in four area drive-in theatres. It 

netted a tidy sum for local CB Club charities. 

MP's director of advertising and promotion. 

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assigning CB Clubs to the four locations. 

Vil. mi. ins were saddened to learn of the 

death of Nunnally Johnson. 79. motion picture 

producer and author who began his 

writing career as a newspaperman in his 

Dative Columbus, Ga. He wrote short stories 

for the old Saturday Evening Post and 

other magazines then moved to Hollywood 

where he wrote and produced many famous 

films including "Grapes of Wrath," "Tobacco 

Road." "Desert Fox," "Three Faces 

of Eve," "The Dirty Dozen" and others. 

NITE and SITE notes: NITE membership 

continues to grow with 12 affiliate organizations. 

Of these 12. four also are affiliated 

with NATO and four are regional 

NITE units, each made up of several state 

units. More than 5,000 theatres, located in 

46 states, are represented, a strength sizable 

enough to be reckoned with in the industry 

. . . The annual SITE convention has been 

put back to October 25-26 so as not to conflict 

with the tri-state NATO meeting . . . 

Several members of the NITE national 

board of advisors will go to the West Coast 

Tuesday (26) to meet with members of the 

filmmaking community for discussions and 

suggestions relative to the proposed film 

financing program . . . NORITE (Northern 

Independent Theatres Exhibitors Ass'n) met 

Thursday (7) at the Viking Motor Inn in 

Pittsburgh. Ed Jones, president, recently 

filed a law suit challenging the disparity in 

house allowances in his theatres as compared 

to large circuit theatres operating in 

the area. 

WOMPI notes: The local chapter is handling 

registrations for the tri-state Southeastern 

NATO convention April 20-22. 

Nell Castleberry, industry service chairperson, 

is registration coordinator . . . The 

April WOMPI meeting was held Thursday 

(7). Members ate at Morrison's Cafeteria 

and then met in the Community Room in 

the First Georgia Bank Building . . . The 

club will donate a wheelchair to the Easter 

Seal Society with the presentation taking 

place during the May meeting. Members 

have agreed to make their annual donation 

to the American Cancer Society . . . 

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WOMPIs gathered at the Hyde Park Nun 

ing Home to entertain the patients with 

bingo and refreshments. Opal Tate, who is 

accredited as a master cake decorator, madt 

the Easter goodies . . . Nell Castleberry anc 

Linda Norris were the ticket-takers at tht 

Cinema Club's showing of "Black Sunday' 

at 

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GTC Plans Moultrie 

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in Moultrie, according to a joint announa 

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Southwestern Investment Trust and own 

of the shopping center, and John H. Sten 

bier, president of the Atlanta-based Georg: 

Theatre Co. 

The twin will be equipped with aut< 

mated xenon-platter-projection and the la 

est concession equipment and rocking cha 

seating. It will feature a decorative patter 

ed carpet and wall drapes, and a conter 

porary architectural design with the tv< 

auditoriums sharing a common lobby. 

Ed Hill, a veteran showman, is in char 

of GTC's Moultrie operations which i 

elude the Colquitt Theatre and the Suns 

Drive-in. An Atlanta official of the circt 

said that GTC is proud to have been a pi 

of the Moultrie community for more th 

40 years and of its past association wt| 

Charlie Powell in the operation of t 

Moultrie theatres. 

Modern Talking Acquires 

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shine," a new animated short which 

plores the various career opportunities 

fered by today's Air Force, is available 

free-loan to theatres through the theatril 

libraries of Modern Talking Picture Servi) 

The award-winning Hanna-Barbera Stui 

produced the ten-minute color film. 

Starting on a positive note, the film o 

with country-western singer Roger Mi: 

doing the title song. Then the focus is 

Fred, a young student who wants to de 

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used in helping young people make the BPfjl 

decision about a career. 'IP 

Presented by the Air Force, "I Belt 

in the Sunshine" won a Gold Medal at 

International Film & TV Festival of >w 

York, a tribute to Hanna-Barbera's brillilt 

animation. 

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on a recent Sunday afternoon, serened 

the Alfred Hitchcock film "The 19 

Steps," starring Madeleine Carroll and Fbert 

Donat. Museum members were admi^d 

free of charge to the showing. 

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ene Goodman Honored 

t WOMPI Luncheon 

NEW ORLEANS—Gene Goodman, 

dimanagci 

ol United Artists Corp.. uas 

norcd .is -'Boss ol the Day" .it WOMPIs 

inual Bosses 1 uncheon March 30. 

T. ci. Solomon was master ol ceremonies 

Billy Brian! ol Southern Film Distributborp., 

gave the 

invocation. Guest speak- 

Q It was Phil Johnson, news director of 

,v \l -TV and Peabody Award winner for 

documentary "China '72: A Hole in the 

mhoo Curtain.'' 

the event marked WOMPIs 23rd year of 

ice to the industry. Those attending inided: 

Hyp Arata. Milton Aufdemorte. 

iren Alice. Elizabeth Bacon. Gene Bar- 

:te, Marie Berglund, Mr. and Mrs. Asa 

lOksh, Joan Bode. Alice Badeaux, Sylvia 

augh, Bryan Benoit, Billy Briant. Fred 

nkelman. I. una Babin, Glenn Bodin, 

ne Brunei. Paul Back, Bonnie Blanke. 

Dan Brandon. Yvonne Brock- 

M'f. Ruth Cook. Charles Craig, Clayton 

fisbergue. Bill Cobb. Flo Cuadrado, Dan 

[[ 

iinich, Clyde Daigle. Catherine D'Alfon- 

> Earline Dupuis, Betty De Graushe, Jack 

tbbs. Mamie Dureau, Anthony D'Alfon- 

- Lou Dwyer, Cheryl Dempsey, Rose Du- 

lisson, Shirley Eagan. Delia Favre. Larry 

ne. Skip Feintech, Eddie Favre. Herman 

mtry. Agnes Garcia. Blanche Gubler. Mil- 

Gubler. Imelda Giessinser. Billv Gav. 

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JACKSONVILLE 


theatres in Orange Park, made the People 

Page of the Sunday Times-Union with an 

anecdote about Billy, a Baskin grandchild. 

As be and grandma were going through 

downtown at noon, they heard bells ringing 

from one of many churches in the area. 

but they couldn't locate the source of the 

sounds. Finally, six-year-old Billy said. 

"Maybe it's the Avon lady." 

Dave Montoro, a new Florida limes- 

Union feature writer, gave fine coverage 

to the local appearances of Ray Tracey, a 

23-year-old Navajo who stars in "Joe 

Panther." a feature film about the Seminole 

Indians of Florida. Scheduled to play in 

KT's Plaza I Theatre, the movie is being 

supported by the local PTA and public 

school officials, according to Mrs. William 

Mathias. president of Duval County PTAs. 

and Harley Bellamy, Plaza manager . . . 

Gene Hernandez' Arlington Theatre was the 

scene of a Monday night performance of 

"Los Nuevos Espanoles" (The New Spaniards), 

sponsored by the Hispanic League 

under the direction of Dr. Adolfo Leon, a 

Jacksonville University professor who is a 

Cuban exile . . . "Digby—The Biggest Dog 

in the World" was sponsored as a $1 kiddie 

matinee in EFT's Town & Country Theatre 

by the Southside chapter of Women's 

American ORT. 

"Network" had a profitable surge in attendance 

after the annual Academy Award 

ceremonies in Hollywood, reported Bob 

Jones. ABC FST city manager, regarding 

its exclusive local run in the Regency I 

Theatre. A similar resurgence came to 

"Rocky" at KT's Plaza I and at EFT's 

Cedar Hills. The third big winner, "All the 

President's Men" was absent from local 

screens. 

Although the local newspapers arc under 

common ownership, no one can say they 

display critical collusion insofar as the 

views of their movie reviewers are concerned. 

Norm Going, lifestyle editor for the 

morning Florida Times-Union, found "Airport 

'77" to be, "exciting and nail-biting 

... as this stunning jet with wall-to-wall 

martinis" crashed at Florida's Wakulla 

Springs. Mike Clark, movie man at the 

Journal, might be termed a "young" curmudgeon 

for his views that "Airport '77" 

is "like junk food. You know it's not good 

but you go ahead and pay for it anyway. 

When you're done you have indigestion." 

In a spring housecleaning move, a majority 

of local theatre owners shucked off 

some long runs and many weak runs to 

entice better patronage. Among the new 

screen attractions were "Black Sunday" at 

two ABC FST houses; "Breaker! Breaker!" 

split seven ways by EFT, AMC, KT and 

Earl and Bobby Turbyfill's Pine Drive-In; 

"Demon Seed" at two KT indoorers and 

one AMC house in Orange Park; "The 

Eagle Has Landed" in three houses, KT's, 

GCC's and AMC's; "Joey" at ABC FST, 

KT and Marvin Skinner's Lake Forest 

Drive-In, and "Johnny Tough" at single 

houses of ABC FST, KT and Marvin Skinner. 

Carrying out its recurring "youth and 

age" program of assistance, WOMPI had 

an early April bingo party and refreshments 

for a large group at the Florida Christian 

Health Center, followed by an arts and 

crafts competition and show in the Woodstock 

Center for physically and mentally 

handicapped teenagers. 

edits the Paris Review, along with his wife 

a daughter of the late French novelis 

Louise de Vilmorin. Clem's uncle Willian 

Wood, president of the Philadelphia Mu 

scum of Art, and Mrs. Wood arrived froi 

Mexico where they were honeymoonin 

They were houseguests at the winter aboi 

of Baron and Baroness R. M. deSchauensei 

The ncwlyweds postponed their summi 

honeymoon. They arc both graduate stij 

dents—Lisa in the University of Chicag 

business school and Clem in Northwester 

University Law School. 

The recent benefit world premiere 

"Black Sunday" attracted only 225 payir 

moviegoers for the $100 admission. R 

mainder of the 822 firstnighters were gue: 

of the management. Proceeds from tl 

benefit went to the Marine Conservatii 

group . . . Some have predicted that "Bla 

Sunday" will become the movie of the ye; 

Early reviews have been favorable 

Premiere night director John Frankenheit, 

er greeted Tom Hartman, a 25-year-c 

University of Miami student filmmak' 

Hartman's four-minute documentary on t| 

making of "Black Sunday" impressed tj 

Paramount filmmakers immensely a 

eventually won a collegiate Acadet' 

Award last winter. 

Herald columnist John Huddy asty 

Frankenheimer what he really thought ;f 

Miami after filming here. Frankenheirrr 

In spite of the recent appointment^ 

Marylee Lander as a full-time county ci 

cial for cutting redtape for filmmaker: a 

Hi! 

ft* 

nil 

ftei 

said the initial red tape was terrible. He Id 

Mtfk 

praise for a few people in the press—.jfr 

Robbie and Phil Hammersmith who serd 

kii'iia; 

as liaison with the city. Without th4 

Hisl 

Frankenheimer said, "we would have g| 

elsewhere." He added that the local citizis 

and film people "were fantastic. Probay 

I Into! 

the best experience I ever had." 

V-i" 

foii» 

Weekly showings by Vivian Ganas in 

the 

ABC FST Preview Theatre were Warner 

Bros." "Brothers" plus a product reel 

and "Loners Like Us" from Chappell of 

Atlanta. 

An Easter showing of "Way of the Cross" 

was presented by the city at the Willow 

Branch Public Library, and merchants of 

the Normandy Mall encouraged Easter 

shoppers by presenting a free film in KT's 

Normandv Mall Theatre I. 

MIAMI 

The recent marriage of Lisa Wolfson, 

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard 

Wolfson (he is chairman of the executive 

committee and executive vice-president and 

general counsel of Wometco Enterprises), 

to Clement Wood III was an important social 

event with a guest list reading like a page 

from "Who's Who." Florida Supreme Court 

Justice Arthur England officiated. The 

groom's father, novelist-screenwriter Clement 

Wood jr.. flew in from Paris, where he 

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XOFTICE 

(ii.kIi.hi crew shooting an Vvon commer- 

:! ran into govemmenl interference at 

.urn Shores \ illage Manager Earl Anrson 

required the com pan) to pa) .1 $50 

lay village filming lee, incurring the 

ath >'i I'liM Hammersmith whose volun- 

1 job is to run interference for film prois. 

'Tin Unions." the News quoted llamrlTsniith 

as saving. "Jobs are scarce and 

s is Miami money. Most of it goes to 

:al salaries, these little fiefdoms have got 

he aware of the overall economic delopment 

of Dade County." 

Dade County has 27 municipalities and 

the past almost that main tees and perls 

were required before filmmakers could 

Vain their work. However, with the apintment 

of Ms. lander and an adminislive 

oider providing a central point for 

frmits. the area has received several com- 

;>-.. 

\. 

ments. Willa L. Z. Armstrong, vice-presinl 

ot the New York-based Planned Com- 

1 inication Services which specializes in 

[blic service announcements, raved about 

cooperation here. Michael Ritchie, dif.tor 

of "Semi-Tough," praised Marylee's 

torts and star Burt Reynolds said he had 

en trying to make a movie here for ten 

ars. "Where were you when I made 'The 

ngesl 

'i aid".'" he asked. 

1* • 

HARLOTTE 

bbby McClure, son of Bob McClure with 

Variety Films, is working on Xaviera 

bllander's new picture, "The Happy Hooki 

Ckvs to Washington." as key grip man. 

[ picture stars Joey Heatherton and will 

an early summer release, distributed by 

fnmie James of Galaxy Pictures in this 

a. 

Correction: Barbara Simpson, daughter 

Bill, is the new secretary at Simpson's 


NEW ORLEANS 

QJ.11II' SUites opened .1 I win ( meina in Pascagoula, 

Miss. Friday l 

(1), he ribbon 

cutting ceremonies were performed by the 

mayor. Attending were George Solomon. 

Iciiv Davis. Irene Mexic. Marvin Bicwlon. 

Raj Sturdivant and Ray Milligan of Gulf 

States Iheatres; A. 1 . Koval jr., Royal I heatres; 

Andy Cuccia, projectionist engineer, 

and Charlie Achee and his wife. Opening 

features were "Silver Streak" and "Network." 

"House by the Lake" opened a multiple 

run Friday (I). Publicity was handled by 

. . . Irene also had a 

Irene Mexic. Gull States, who had a special 

radio tie-in. A description of a house on 

Lake Ponchartrain was given on the radio 

and the first callers with the correct address 

were awarded passes. A free lunch also was 

given by a local restaurant across the lake 

from New Orleans 

tie-in with a local ice cream store to feature 

"Bionic Monster Sundaes" in conjunction 

with the opening of "Godzilla vs. the Bionic 

Monster." 

. . . Bob 

Ann Milligan, manager of the Do Drivein, 

is hunting for a live alligator to put on 

display in the concession stand 

Buras. manager of the Algiers Drive-In, 

promoted an Easter special to help the 

crippled children. 

Starline/New World Pictures has moved 

to new quarters at 3100 Ridgelake Drive. 

Suite 303, Metairie, La., and will be handling 

all its regular product plus New World 

Pictures product. Yvette Ogden has taken 

the 

job of secretary/ booker. They are busy 

setting up saturations on "Godzilla vs. the 

Bionic Monster." "Crater Lake Monster," 

"The Van," "The Teasers," "Assault on 

Paradise." "Black Oak Conspiracy," "Moonshine 

County Express" and "Too Hot to 

Handle." 

Moi Ne Devrail Mourir" and "Nea"; "M01 

Pierre Rivere Vyanl Egorge Ma Mere, Mu 

Soeui, Mon Frere" and "The Making of 

" 

Moi Piei re 

A press release 1 10111 Wainei Bios, advises 

thai Frank I cvs and Mike Wise have made 

arrangements with Warner Bros, for the 

production of "French Quarter," a minder 

suspense story backgrounded in a New Orleans 

bordello 

The west screen of the Show town Drivein. 

Alexandria. La., has been closed indefinitely. 

The screen was blown down during 

a recent tornado. 

Bonnie McMakin has been hired by Gulf 

States Theatres as secretary to George Solomon, 

succeeding Vicki McWaters, who recently 

resigned . . Frank Olah, Skyvue 

. 

Drive-In, was a participant in the recent 

Hungarian Dance Festival held at the High 

Regency Hotel and from all reports turned 

in an excellent performance. 

Janie Wright, manager of the 

Park Theatre, 

Houma. La., and Priscilla Stanse, 

Southland. Houma. La. were visitors at Gulf 

States . . . Nona Castron. 18, is the man- 

of the Twin Cinema, 

ager and projectionist 

Pascagoula, Miss. She received her schooling 

as operator at the Ritz Theatre in Pascagoula. 

Andy Cuiccia, projectionist and service 

technician for Gulf States, says she is 

very efficient. 

Academy Award night drew a lot of interest. 

Irene Mexic had her yearly Awards 

party. The contest for having the most winners 

ended in a three way split—Ann Balancie 

and Marvin Brewton, Gulf States 

Theatres and Louie Soust, Times-Picayune. 

The winner of the contest held by Universal 

was Karen Nicoll, United Artists . . . Joe 

Mexic. Irene's husband, is back at work 

after his recent operation. 

Film festivals were scheduled back to 

hack this month. "Images of Brazil IV." the 

annual Brazilian festival at Loyola University, 

will be followed by this city's eighth 

annual French festival. A newsletter of the 

Film Buffs Institute (Loyola's) advises that 

"Semaine Universitaire" will take place 

Wednesday (27) through May 1. consisting 

of seven films to be shown at the Prvtani.i 

Theatre, and a closing-night tribute at 

Nunemaker Hall to Louise Malic who is 

currently in town filming "Pretty Baby." 

I he schedule o\ new films in the French 

series are: "I.e Petit Marcel" and "L'Apprenti-Salaud"; 

Juliette et I. 'Air du Temps" 

and "L'Affiche Rouge": "L'n Type Comme 

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MEMPHIS 

Tarn Vinson, an enterprising young man 

who recently organized Tri-Statc 

Booking Service, has undertaken another 

business venture in West Memphis, Ark. 

His Arts and Crafts Shop was officiallyopened 

March 26th. 

Alton Sims o( Film Transit and wife 

(Catherine, accompanied by Genevieve Lovell 

of AIP and husband Harry, attended 

the horse races at Hot Springs, Ark., for the 

final show March 26th. 

Visitors in film exchanges were exhibitor 

Gene Boggs and wife Ernestine from Hot 

Springs. Jack Braunagel of Hot Springs and 

I ouis Haven of Forrest City, Ark. 

the 

The March WOMPI meeting was held 

home of June Moody, whose hospitality 

was enjoyed by a group of WOMPI members 

and their guests . . . Get well wishes go 

to Betty Arendall and Celia Wells who were 

recently hospitalized. Both ladies are 

WOMPI members. 

Clark Shively is opening a new drive-in 

at Jackson, Tenn. The theatre name is Jaxon 

Movie, South . . . Other theatres reopening 

are Osceola Drive-In, Osceola, Ark., 

and the Fort Chaffee Theatre. Fort Chaffee. 

Ark. 

'Silver Streak 7 

Hits 

410 in Memphis Surge 

in 

"Disk Jockey," American International . 

Special screenings at the Capri included 

"The Car," Universal and "Audrey Rose,'', 

United Artists Corp 

Ken Rogers, Jaco Films executive, was 

in from Atlanta to discuss the early summei 

release "Journey Into the Beyond." A prr 

vate. invitational screening was held and 

response indicated the film had hit poten 

tial. 

Gene Goodman Honored 

At WOMPI Luncheon 

(Continued from page SE-5) 

son, Don Kay, Dick King, Jerry Kennedy 

Mildred Lindsay, Aubrey Lasseigne, Ann 

Clair Leggitt, Regina Lambou, Wand 

Landry, Georgette Leto, Donna Latiolait 

Irene Mexic, Ann Milligan, David Mexk 

Joe Moll, Marie Mexic, H. P. Mosley 

Florence Mexic, Willie Mexic, Joe Mexic 

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Estimates 

MEMPHIS—"Silver Streak," now in its 

13th week, surged past more recent arrivals 

to gross a 410 and lead the first runs in 

this city. Also strong were "Network" at 

310, "Fun With Dick and Jane" at 300, 

"Rocky" at 285 and "A Star Is Born," still 

twinkling in its 13th week at 245. 


Malco Quartet, Southbrook—Network (MGM/UA), 

6th wk 310 

Malco Quartet, Southbrook Silver Streak 

(20th-Fox), 13th wk 410 

Malco Quartet, Southbrook—Rocky (UA), 

7th wk 265 

Paramount Fun With Dick and Jane (Col), 

4th wk 300 

Paramount—A Star Is Born (WB), 13th wk 245 

Three theatres—Freaky Friday (BV), 4th wk CJ 

Three theatres Thieves (Para), 2nd wk 50 

CHARLOTTE 


Distributing Corp., succeeding Cathy Vanderhorst 

who now is 

with Tar Heel Films. 

Bill Holliday, retiree of Wil-Kin Theatre 

Supply, and his wife were in New Orleans 

where his son is an oil company geologist, 

and then on to San Francisco to visit friends 

Jones. Southern Booking & Buying, 

was off to Atlanta for the Easter holidays. 

His secretary Bonnie Barnette and 

friends vacationed at Myrtle Beach. 

Harry Wayne, manager of Wil-Kin Theatre 

Supply, and his staff had an open house 

for some 150 guests in their new quarters. 

Door-prize recipients included Frank Jones, 

TV set; Frank Matthews. 101 lb. Hershey 

bar and Frank Lowry, smoke alarm. 

L. C. Montgomery, Margie Marcier, Ca:)j 

Mabry, Vickie McWaters, Lee Nickola: 

E. J. Nicaud, Yvette Ogden, Helen Pabs. 

Bob Parrish, Eunice Peeples, Charles Pabs 

Anna Power, Ron Pabst, Earl Perry, Nic, 

Robichaux, Roy Roach, Julian Richard 

Eddie Richards, Kay Richards, Gerrie Ricl 

ards, Frank Rule, Anna Sinopoli, Leor 

Schmitt, Doris Stevens, Marie Saucier, Ai 

rian Schmitt, Phil Sliman, George Solomo 

T. G. Solomon, Agnes Schlinder, Margar 

Seghers, Bill Spensley. Bob Taylor, Shirk 

Thompson, Gus Trog, Harry Thomas, Joai 

Winstell, Don Woods, Linda Walker, Cla, 

Woods, Rochelle Whitfield, Charles Va 

nado jr. Charles Varnado sr. and Pam Va 

nado. 

Free Peanuts in 

Clinton 

CLINTON, MASS. — The Kaleidosco 

Cinema took heed of President Jimmy C 

ter's March 16 visit; it distributed free pe 

nuts to theatre patrons. On the screen w, 

Pacific International's "Across the Gre 

Divide." 

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ARTOE REFLECTORS 

New pictures in town include "Black 

Sunday," "Demon Seed." "Mr. Billion," 

"The House by the Lake," "Raggedy Ann 

& Andy" and "The Slipper and the Rose" 

. . . Top 

grosses of the week include "Airport 

'77" at the Capri; "Rocky," Charlottetown 

Mall; "Network," Park Terrace and 

"Black Sunday," Park Terrace and Tryon 

Mall. 

t1'/."-13 , /1 "-14" OIAMmR $45.50 

16" - I6''j" DIAMITIR C7A n c 

AMERICAN MADE*/'»-*J 

/j lee ARTOE )3Belmort. Omago 'hi 

Car-mel screenings: "Mr. Billion," 20th- 

Fox; "Catherine & Co.," Simpson's Distributing 

Co.; "Hollywood High," Variety; 

"Andy Warhol's Bad," Galaxy; "The Swiss 

Conspiracy." Simpson's Distributing and 

SE-8 BOXOFFICE :: April 18, 1 77

1 ises and booth equipment in general. 

aded by Turner Honea, an industry veten 

and craftsman, the facility will be lol 

" 

irressary 

1 

"A 

1 

tionist 

I" 

A 

irl Murray Elected 

Resident of UTOO 

IjlKlAHOMA CITY—The United 11k 

I Owners of Oklahoma and the Texas 

handle elected officers at .1 recent meet- 

hc\ are: Earl Murray. Quail Theatre, 

ident; Marjorie Snyder, Family Thes 

in Tulsa, Johnny Jones, Alva, and 

irles rownsend, Dumas, Tex., vice-presto; 

Mill lurk, chairman of the board; 

tn MeConnel. MeConnel Amusement 

secretary; Bob Powell, treasurer, and 

; 

n Riee. executive secretary. 

oth Equipment Repair 

cility Opened by ASC 

ICHARDSON, TEX—ASC Technical 

vices Corp. has announced the opening 

a facility to repair and refurbish sound 

ds, projector heads, movements, lamp- 

' 

ced in Richardson, a suburb of Dallas. 

n making the announcement, Bob Gan- 

;." Ifi, vice-president of ASC. stated. "We 

K 

h'e been contemplating this move for 

J" 

;-rit 

ne time. Now that we have found the 

man with the experience and expertise 

to manage our operation, we're 

r ving ahead. Our decision to establish the 

ty was based on our belief that there is 

a important need in this highly specialized 

and that exhibitors would react favorto 

ASC's entry into the business. Our 

nutation in the industry has been built on 

g history of technical competence and 

ability. The work that we turn out at this 

a facility will reflect the same high stands 

and quality workmanship." 

Honea, who will supervise the ASC operon, 

is a veteran with 31 years in 

H., 

the 

ntion picture business, starting as a proin 

1946. Honea comes to ASC 

or eight years with Dallas-based Pinkston 

les and Service. 

ictoria, Tex., Theatre 

istalls Dolby System 

VICTORIA, TEX. — Frels Theatres reitly 

installed a $3,500 Dolby optical print 

nd s\stem in the 600-seat auditorium of 

lyfaousc Cinema. Only one other Texas 

•aire, a Dallas first-run house, has the 

item. 

Rubin Frels, circuit owner, said he plans 

install Dolby equipment in two auditories 

of his Salem Six complex which will 

opening the middle of May. 

Installation of the Dolby CP 50 warranta 

picture and story in the Victoria Adcate 

in which a Dolby technician was iniewed 

about the process. Local movie- 

•n «ere able to test the new system when 

e Dolby-coded "Mr. Billion" opened in 

e 

Playhouse Cinema. 

k Andrew J. Fenady has obtained rights 

House for Jonnie O." 

OKLAHOMA CITY 

gOONERAMA '77 notes: This year's convention 

is being hailed as the fastest 

and most enjoyable SOONERAMA yet. A 

fine lineup of trailers and film clips started 

On schedule and held the interest. I he 

screening equipment and sound was the best 

ever for a convention hall. The food was 

good. "Airport 77" was an outstanding 

screening treat and people had time to enjoy 

themselves. Our thanks to Earl Murray, 

manager of the Shepherd Twin Theatre, 

who was convention chairman, and to all 

his 

co-workers. 

Jack VVhelihan, J. C. McCrary & Associates 

salesman, is recuperating in St. Anthony's 

Hospital after a heart attack. We 

visited him there and he is in fine spirits. 

His only complaint was missing his 

regular 

turns on the golf course . . . Peggy Dillard, 

United Artists head booker, is back at her 

desk after suffering from an ear infection. 

In to buy and book: Dan Wolfenbarger, 

Evelyn Theatre and Prairie Drive-in, Dumas, 

Tex.; Dean Wolfenbarger, Waldron 

Theatre and Hillcrest Drive-in, Lindsay; 

Dick Crumpler, Gentry Theatre and 69 

Drive-In, Checotah; Johnny Jones. Rialto 

Theatre and Stadium Drive-in. Alva, and 

Woodie Sylvester, Vesta Theatre and 40 

West Drive-in, Weatherford. 

Lola Hall, KWTV, and Cliff Warren, 

KTVY-TV, attended a seminar in New 

York to screen United Artists' product and 

interview stars. "Annie Hall" was included 

. . . Olen and Nell Nuckols, Magic Empire 

Express who also worked for O.K. Motor 

Express, both film carriers, are retiring 

from the business. They wish to express 

their thanks to customers for their business 

and friendship. 

Dennis Ward, business agent for IATSE 

Local 380, brought us an invitation to the 

62nd anniversary celebration Monday (11) 

at the Holiday Inn West. Special guest 

speaker was Walter F. Diehl, international 

president. 

Actor Jay Silverheels, who played Tonto 

in the "Lone Ranger" TV series and who 

also appeared in several movies, has been 

named "Outstanding Indian of the Year" 

by the American Indian Exposition board. 

Silverheels lives in Canoga Park, Calif., and 

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John Wayne's scheduled court appearance 

here Tuesday (12) did not materialize 

when a tentative out-of-court settlement was 

leached with city officials. The case involved 

a dispute over part of a 46-acre tract 

owned by Wayne and situated across from 

the Cowboy Hall of Fame. 

Diana Wilson, employee of the Hornheck 

Iheatre in Shawnee, received a $50 U.S. 

Savings Bond after being named "the friendliest 

employee of the month." 

Cinemas Southwest Buys 

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bought the Fine Arts Theatre in University 

Park and the Aquarius IV complex in Oak 

Cliff from Trans-Texas Theatres. 

The Fine Arts is one of the oldest remaining 

theatres in Dallas. It previously 

was owned by the Interstate circuit and 

known as the Varsity Theatre. "Our policy 

for the Fine Arts is in a state of limbo," 

said Cinemas Southwest film buyer John 

I.indley. "For awhile we will have to continue 

with the X-rated policy or as an art 

house." 

A complete $1 policy has been initiated 

at the Aquarius. 

Ed Cook is principal owner of Cinemas 

Southwest, which was organized in 1972 

with the opening of a twin theatre in Corpus 

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prank Meyers and Don Morris opened the 

M&M Releasing Co., at 6060 N. Central 

Expressway, Suite 210. Monday (4). 

Their phone number is 

(214) 750-1243. Industry 

friends are invited to visit anytime. 

Ihe firm represents I.cvitt-Piekman of New 

York. 

Griffin, sister of Joyce Wilbanks. Pat is a 

former film exchange employee and glad 

to be back in the industry . . . Walter Armbruster, 

retired Universal division manager, 

visited 

here recently. 

Jerry Malonc of Continental Pictures was 

Bill Shaw of Buena Vista spent a recent 

week's vacation yetting his lawn in shape 

while enjoying the sunshine and good weather 

.. . The familiar \oiee on the telephone 

in Harold Brooks' office belongs to Pat 

rushed to St. Paul Hospital recently . . . 

the patron to see the exciting progran 

Tape recordings of this nature hold the ai 

tention even if the caller dialed the wron 

number. True showmanship and salesmar 

ship. Congratulations Mike! 

Tom Hughes, producer of the Dallij 

Summer Musicals, has announced that thn 

of show business' best-known blondes wi: 

be featured this season. They are Gingi 

Rogers. Mitzi Gaynor and Shirley Jon* 

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Bret Miller of J.C. McCrary & Associates 

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is recuperating at home from a serious automobile 

accident Virginia Myrick of 

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her accident and hopes to be able to return 

to work soon. 

Funeral services were held here Thursday 

(7) for Agnes Backus, widow of the late 

film salesman Paul Backus and sister of 

Thelma Jo Bailey of Starline Pictures. She 

was a long-time employee of Cinema Arts 

Theatres and a member of WOMPI of Dallas. 

Mike Garcia, manager of the Lakewood 

Theatre, has a successful $1 admission 

policy, due in part to the extra emphasis 

he puts in his theatre's recorded message. 

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"It's fascinating, a very complex field," 

ark told a local news reporter. "A lot of 

ople think flying a jet is complicated, 

i that's elementary compared to all the 

Dgs that have to come together to make 

movie. There are thousands of little deciins, 

and in this case it's all a matter oi 

Igment rather than hard core facts." 

Vint has appeared in such films as 

arthquake," "Little Big Man." "China- 

»n" and "Silent Running" as well as 

(aeon County line" and the pictures it 

pi red. 

"As an actor, the work process is very 

Oradic," he said. "But by being a writer 

bout 40 per cent of the screenplay is his) 

d producer, you're totally immersed all 

e time until the project is finished. "It's 

u.iv to be more creative and productive 

lile keeping more control over your own 

te." 

One hint that "Black Oak Conspiracy" 

II be a success is the fact it is being disbuted 

by New World Pictures, which has 

record of selling 

films. 

Rated Films 'Stepping 

tones' to 'Mr. Billion' 

SAN ANTONIO—Ken Friedman and 

nathan Kaplan, producers of the family 

m "Mr. Billion," see a "redeeming social 

•hie" in X-rated movies and point to their 

»n careers as examples. 

In an interview with Ben King jr.. of 

s.m Antonio Express, the two New 

>rk University graduates explained that 

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movies have a definite redeeming value 

young, aspiring producers—they offer a 

lance to break into legitimate films. 

Kaplan directed such films as "Student 

.ichers," "Truck Turner" and "Night Call 

iirses," which showed profit and enabled 

im to do "White Line Fever." Although 

EVas a low budget film. "White Line Fer" 

made money capitalizing on the truck- 

; .md CB radio craze and finally allowed 

|iplan and Friedman to make a complete 

parture from their X-rated enterprises 

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rotesters Strike Out, 

tad News Bears' Wins 

HOUSTON—A group of Little League 

sehall fans struck out in their efforts to 

It filming of "The Bad News Bears in 

e.iking Training" at Bayland Park. Coun- 

Bob Eckels led the drive 

•tor hearing from his constituents that 

e original movie, "The Bad News Bears," 

is "vulgar, if not pornographic." He made 

motion to stop the filming of the sequel 

it there was no second and the motion 

ed. 

Paul Goolsby. Little League district adinistrator, 

had asked the court to deny 

e of the park for filming. County Judge 

n Linsay said his three sons and his Suni> 

School class saw "The Bad News Bears" 

id "were wild about it." 

HOUSTON 

Qlordon Wolfe) an executive ol \BC Circle 

Films, was here looking for location 

sites for "The Young Prince." Peter 

Straus, st. u ol TV's "Rich Man. Pool M in 

will star in the movie which is about Foe 

Kennedy jr. 

Les Blank's "Chulas Fronteras," a documentary 

about Tex-Mcx Norteno music, 

is one ol several films screened at Rice 

Media Center's third annual I EXPO, a 

festival of Texas-made films. Also screened 

were "Clown White." a look at rodeo 

clowns; JIVEASSP," about rock star I .irry 

Raspberry and the Highsteppers; an animated 

sci-fi fantasy; "Recuerdan el Alamo." an 

unlikely recreation of the famous battle; 

"Mr. Horse." named as one of the AFI's 

12 best films; a portrait of playwrite Preston 

Jones; a documentary about the Tyler 

rattlesnake festival, and "A Hell of a Note." 

a Mary Hartmanized story of two Austin 

roofers. 

Local actor Jim Siedow, who was in "The 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Red 

Alert." appeared in "The Visit," a play at 

"The Sentinel," now 

Theatre Suburbia . . . 

showing locally, features several people who 

were in the sideshow at the Greater Houston 

Spring Fair at Delmar Stadium. 

Comic George Carlin, who appeared recently 

at the Music Theatre, said he will 

direct a movie based on artist Gilbert Shelton's 

comic strip undergroup crazies "The 

Furry Freak Brothers" . . . Sarah Lowery, 

" 

a newscaster on KPRC-TV, was selected 

for the role of a newscaster in Paramount's 

"The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training," 

which is being filmed here. The children 

actors m the film attend traveling 

School three hours a day and film foul 

hours, rhe companj is staying at the Holid.o. 

Inn Downtown. 

In on a promotional visit was actor 

Strothei Martin who is appearing in "Slap 

Shot." He was a hoiiseguest ol lilmmakeiwriter 

J. D. Eeigelson, who has scripted 

"Night of the Scarecrow." which will he 

made into a film produced by FGH Productions, 

a local company. 

Big John Hamilton, motion picture actor 

and S.m Antonio restaurant owner, was in 

town for a social . Boone is serving 

as chairman of the Lone Star Historical 

Drama Ass'n membership drive . . . John 

Huston spent two days at the Cinema Club 

at the University of Houston at Clear Lake 

City. He met with students and participated 

in screenwriting and acting workshops. He 

will be seen in MGM's "Winter Kill" in the 

roll of Thomas Kegan, one of the world's 

richest men. 

Motion picture theatres will be part of 

a 325,000 square-foot shopping center now 

under construction in the Humble area by 

Weingarten Realty and Target Department 

Stores, a division of the Minneapolisbased 

Dayton-Hudson Co. The S7.000.000 

project is being developed on a 30-acre site. 

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Houston actor Robert Foxworth can be 

seen in "Airport '77" now at the Tower . 

Vocalist Terry Meason is in Los Angeles 

for a series of interviews with hopes of a 

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Qantikos Theatres, in conjunction with the 

San Antonio light, sponsored a "Ragged) 

Ann & Andy" dress-up party with free 

showings of the movies at the Northwest 

Six and the Century South Six recently. 

"Rolling Thunder," a 20th-Fox film 

largely shot here, is scheduled to be released 

sometime this month. It stars William Devine. 

Linda Hayes. Tommy Tec Jones and 

James Victor ... A Spanish Easter sunrise 

service was held at the Alameda Theatre. 

operated hy Maurice Braha . . . Randy 

Quiroz, an engineering student at the University 

of Texas here, is working as an usher 

at the new Woodlawn 1 and II. 

The Mann Theatres Fox Central Park 

presented three midnight showings of "A 

History of the Beatles" with $2.50 admission 

recently . . . The 

Fredericksburg Road 

Drive-In featured a dusk to dawn sex extravaganza 

screening seven erotic films for 

10 hours, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The lineup 

included "The Opening of Misty Beethoven," 

"The Story of Joanna," "Deep Jaws," 

"Love Games," "Vacation in Hot Pants," 

"Diversion" and "All American Girls." 

Bob Polunsky of the Light attended a 

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The St. Leonard Senior CYO sponsored a 

midnight showing of "Audrey Rose" at the 

Century South Six. 

Santikos Theatres now has three theatres 

showing all new, uncut adult films. They 

arc the Josephine. Universal City II and 

Woodlawn II . . . The Northwest Six and 

Century South Six theatres had a drawing 

in conjunction with "Airport '77." Winners 

at each theatre were given a free one-hour 

plane 

ride. 

Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine attended 

the Southwest Craft Center's grand 

ball here Saturday (2) to celebrate the opening 

of the newly-restored chapel in the former 

Ursuline Convent . . . Susan St. James 

visited here for two days while promoting 

her new Warner Bros, film "Outlaw Blues" 

which stars Peter Fonda. The film will be 

released here August 1, one month after the 

world premiere in Austin, where it was 

filmed. This is her first movie since her 

five-year stint on TV's "McMillan and 

Wife." 

The Sisterhood of Temple Beth-El held a 

luncheon with Bob Polunsky as guest speaker. 

His topic was "Jews in the Movies" . . . 

The Unitarian Church is holding its third 

annual film festival this month. Cost of the 

series is $10. 

The recently remodeled and carpeted 

Colonies North, a Santikos theatre, has a 

new admission policy and is showing family 

films. Recent bookings are "Two-Minute 

Warning," "Dr. Zhivago," "Hello, Dolly," 

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"Jaws," "On a Clear Day You Can See 

Forever," and "Paint Your Wagon." 

The Frederiekshurg Road Drive-in in- 

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vited patrons to spend the night with Russ 

Meyer's girls. Films included "Up!", "Super 

Vixens," "Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers" 

and "Lorna" The Olmos, a Santikos 

theatre, is offering special Friday midnight 

showings. 

Former Boxoffice correspondent Lew 

Bray jr., is in the Veterans Hospital in 

Houston 77211 for re-evaluation of a service-connected 

disability. Lew hopes to return 

to exhibition in Corpus Christi, San 

Antonio or the Valley and is looking for 

mail. 

Santikos Theatres has instituted its Movie 

One policy at seven theatres which will 

offer recent films at reduced admissions 

Don Gottlieb, who is in charge of the proj 

ect, said $1 will be charged until 5 p.m. and 

$1.50 after 5 p.m. Children's prices will be 

$1 at all times. The theatres will be show 

ing films two or three months after theii 

local premieres. Gottlieb said Santikos ex 

pects its profit to come from concessioi 

sales. The project was originated by Got! 

tlieb in El Paso where there are sever; 

Movie One Theatres. 

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ory." His suggestions for improvemen 

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vote itself to two things only—the actuj 

presentation of the awards and, more in 

portantly, clips from a variety of films. Lo 

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MINN! \i'i)l is -Oscar gave "Rocky" 

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Uggei soared to a 440 in its seventh week 

the Brookdale and Southtown theatres, 

t the same time, a quintet of fresh faces 

ere led by "Black Sunday" with a 285 in 

s initial Might at the Cooper. "Demon 

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opher. Hopkins I— Airport '77 (Univ), 2nd wk 280 

Mown, Southdale— Fun With Dick and Jane 

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tyway I—Vanessa (SR) 115 

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MILWAUKEE 

preparation tor the opening of "Raggedy 

Ann & Andy" Friday (8) at several 

neatres around town, 20th-Fox arranged 

tie-in with the Boston Store that resulted 

1 week-long appearances of Raggedy Ann. 

he was described in the newspaper display 

d as "cute, sassy and eight-feet tall—and 

jsl waiting to visit with you. Visit Raggedy 

\nn at all six Boston stores. She's giving 

lit free tickets to her movie." Ann's peronal 

appearances began Saturday (2) at 

s'orthridge and were scheduled to end a 

>eek later at Southridge. 

A IP booker Fay Spano in the branch 

iffice here went to Florida "to catch some 

tin at Daytona Beach" for a full week startng 

Saturday (9) . . . Receptionist 

Irene 

ionberg in the same office is excited about 

he upcoming marriage of her son Robert, 

le is marrying a Green Bay girl. Laura 

filler, and the date has been set tor June 

1. Irene has been with branch manager 

l\rt Hcling—and before him Ed Gavin—in 

he VIP office for about five years. 

Bovoffice sales tell the story—as illus- 

| rated by the phenomenal sale of $15 (top 

price) tickets for the forthcoming concert 

w Elvis Presley here. Less than 24 hours 

titer the boxoffice opened at the Arena. 

>nly SI 2.50 and $10 tickets were left—and 

CT of those. The concert is Wednesday 

27). On the other hand, a concert by jazz 

rumpeter Dizzy Gillespie scheduled for 

ruesday, March 29. at the Milwaukee Perorming 

Arts Center was canceled March 

W "because of poor ticket sales." 

Douglas Potash, branch manager for this 

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Residents, Businesses, Government 

Of Dubuque Eager to Aid Filmmakers 

DUBUQUE. IOWA - I any 

DeWaay. 

production manager for Union Productions 

ol 1 os Angeles, has scheduled local camera 

work OH "F.I.S.T." for a May 9 start and 

continuing for two months (through July 2). 

I he Dubuque shooting is to be followed by 

location work in Washington. D.C.. and 

Hollywood on the United Artists release 

which follows a labor leader's dramatic rise 

to power during the 1930s' Great Depression. 

I he movie, which will star Sylvester Stallone 

(nominated for an Oscar for his work 

in "Rocky." the 1976 Academy Awards' 

best picture of the year), is to be released 

by United Artists, possibly as an Easter 

1978 attraction. 

Major Production 

It's an $8,000,000 project, definitely a 

major film production and definitely a generator 

of intense excitement among people 

of this Iowa city as Huron crews rush to 

get 30 movie sets ready for the May 9 filming 

start. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald 

has been keeping up with all 

the varied activity 

centered around the preparations; the 

following facets were rounded up by eager 

Telegraph Herald reporters and recorded 

in recent issues of that newspaper: 

Since March 17, Job Service of Iowa. 

590 Iowa St.. has been accepting applications 

for the 75 speaking roles in "F.I.S.T." 

Specifically, the roles are open only to experienced 

actors and actresses between 25 

and 65; applicants must provide a recent 

photograph; telephone applications won't 

be taken; everyone who applies will be considered 

and Job Service won't stop taking 

applications without making an announcement 

in the Telegraph Herald. Applications 

for roles as nonspeaking extras are not to 

be accepted for several weeks. 

Northwest 

Iowa Native 

Arranging for 75 local speaking parts in 

an $8,000,000 movie is no small chore but 

DeWaay is not a small-time operator. A 

native of northwest Iowa, a resident of England, 

a cutter of red tape and a specialist 

in aging Dubuque real estate, DeWaay has 

been voted "a genuinely nice guy" by Telegraph 

Herald reporters. He arrived in Dubuque 

in February and began memorizing 

this city's older neighborhoods as he lined 

up filming locations for the 20 professional 

actors and 80 crew members who followed 

him in from Hollywood. 

Chosen locations include a cemetery, a 

church interior and basement, residential 

areas near 15th and Bluff streets and along 

Last 22nd Street, a commercial area between 

17th and 18th streets on Central and 

a former Caradco building at Ninth and 

Jackson. 

In the process ol making all the arrangements. 

DeWaa> probably has learned more 

about Dubuque history than most local residents 

know; now he's zeroing in on visual 

details of the 1930s, so the movie will be 

realistic. 

DeWaay has advertised fot area residents 

to bring clothes from the 1930s to his office 

at 1098 Jackson St. foi scrutiny and possible 

purchase, il okayed by Union costume 

designer Anlhea Sylbert. For the needed 

1930s clothing. DeWaay advertised these 

prices: men's suitcoats, $5; pant,. $5; shirts. 

$2.50; ties. $1.50; women's dresses, $15; 

men's or women's hats or shoes. $5. 

"We're looking for complete outfits il 

possible, and only in adults' clothing." De- 

Waay stressed to the Telegraph Herald. 

"Whatever we can acquire locally reduces 

the need to locate, assemble and ship clothing 

from Los Angeles." 

If DeWaay is as successful with his clothing 

ad as he was with his earlier ad for 

1930s cars and trucks, he won't have any 

trouble assembling wardrobes for his cast. 

After he ran a notice in the Telegraph Herald 

saying that he needed to lease 30 old 

cars and trucks for the filming, he got offers 

of 172 vehicles. The leased cars and trucks 

will be supervised by Tony Meyer, a local 

resident hired to care for the cars in a rented 

warehouse. DeWaay also has hired Dubuquer 

Tom Andresen as the film's location 

manager and Andresen admits that the 

mountain of detail "already is driving him 

crazy" but that he's coping. 

The other day DeWaay went trooping 

around the city with five cohorts—a production 

designer, art director, set decorator, 

construction manager and transportation 

captain—who also must coordinate elements 

of the film. 

"There's so much involved." De\\ aa> 

said in an interview. "In the places where 

we'll be filming, parking meters and modern 

light fixtures will have to be removed: modern 

doorways, fences, metal or new brick 

exteriors will have to be changed: old-Style 

awnings have to be erected; old signs will 

replace new ones." 

Since the choice of this city was made 

primarily on DeWaay's recommendation, 

he probably has no one to blame but himself 

for all the work, and it seems he 

wouldn't have ii any other way. "Everyone 

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\\.i\ tii help us— people in city government, 

businesses, everybody," DeWaay told the 

Telegraph Herald. 

Among the sets the movie crew is working 

on from sunup to sunset to complete is one 

that promises to have a certain permanence: 

a 1930s bar the crew is putting up in the 

hospitality room of Pickett's Brewery, 

low .is only beer producer. The crew's work 

is impressing the company president, Joseph 

S. Pickett sr.. a former professional 

football player. 

"When I thought of Hollywood sets before," 

Pickett said, "I thought of plastic, 

glue and tape; but that barroom they are 

building is certainly no tinsel affair." He 

said one of the brewery's engineers took a 

look at the 1930s bar the other day and 

reported that it would "last a thousand 

years." 

The script calls for a pub that union men 

use for socializing and for meetings. Pickett 

said that when DeWaay and his production 

people examined sites suggested by the 

brewery executives, no place suggested was 

quite what the movie people were searching 

for; so DeWaay offered to build the 

barroom in the Pickett hospitality room. 

"According to the deal," said Pickett, 

"we can leave the barroom there or, if we 

decide we don't like it, the movie people 

said they will tear everything out and restore 

the room. 

"They are not sparing anything. They are 

using 2-by-4s and 4-by-4s in places where 

they could get by with a lot less; they are 

building lattice work with staples, nails and 

glue. It could stand up to almost anything." 

Construction includes a 30-foot wooden 

bar, booths, tables and chairs, a backroom 

and alterations to the walls. What the Huron 

people liked about this place is the 18- 

foot pressed metal ceiling and the big cupola 

at the corner of the building. The old 

heating system, with its radiators, fits in, 

too. The hospitality room is in a two-story 

section of the brewery that was built in 

1898. The second floor is used for offices. 

The hospitality room featured benches and 

tables 

made from old wooden beer tanks. 

Pickett estimates the construction of the 

barroom will cost the movie company between 

$10,000 and $15,000 and will greatly 

enrich the hospitality room. He believes 

that if his brewery keeps the movie set after 

filming of the picture that the set will be a 

real draw for tourist business. 

"People will travel a long way to see a 

barroom that was in a real movie set," the 

brewery president observed. "A new hospitality 

room could be built in other space 

—or the movie barroom could be used as 

a hospitality room." 

And what do those initials in the movie's 

title stand for? 

According to a United Artists release, 

"F.I.S.T." means "Federation of Interstate 

Truckers." Then, is the movie the story of 

the rise of Jimmie Hoffa and the Teamsters 

Union? Who can say? It just might be the 

story of any union leader who found in 

the depression of the 1930s the social conditions 

suited for a consolidation of power. 

Whatever the real background for the 

"F.I.S.T." action, it's certain that Dubuque 

people are going to look upon it 

as THEIR 

particular motion picture and its boxoffice 

take here should be phenomenal. 

DES MOINES 

flie Variety Club of Iowa Telethon raised 

$231,358 for the club's intensive care 

nursery at the Raymond Blank Memorial 

Hospital for Children in Des Moines. After 

19'/2 continuous hours on the air, the telethon 

ended at 6 p.m., Sunday, March 27. 

Money from this telethon, the third sponsored 

for benefit of the hospital by Variety, 

will be used to buy equipment for the nursery. 

Many celebrities assisted in the telethon, 

among them being Marjoe Gortner, who 

became famous as a child evangelist in this 

area at the age of 4. Prior to appearing on 

the telethon, Marjoe visited the Adventureland 

Theatre, where he smiled as he read 

a yellowing clipping from a 1948 copy of 

the Des Moines Register, the clipping telling 

about the young evangelist preaching 

to more than 1,000 people and shouting to 

them: "You can't live for Jesus on Sunday 

and like the devil the rest of the week." 

Marjoe, now a film actor, laughed, too, 

when he recalled the mythology that was 

built up around him. Promotion for him as 

a young preacher claimed that God called 

him to preach at the age of 3, that he was 

baptized by Jesus Christ as he played with 

a rubber duck in the bathtub. His most vivid 

memory is of his mother, with pad and pencil, 

telling him what to say and that it was 

all show business. He did as he was told as a 

child because it was profitable; then at the 

age of 14, after he had made a movie, he 

walked away from preaching. Since then he 

has transferred his charisma to acting in 

films and on TV shows. At present he is 

under contract to make three films for 

American International Pictures and will 

appear in "Viva Knievel!" which will open 

around the country in June. 

Fresh Promotional Ideas 

Keyed Tom Wilhite's Rise 

KESWICK, IOWA—Seated among the 

rich gowns and black tuxedos at the Academy 

Awards telecast last month was Tom 

Wilhite, a native of this community. It was 

less than 20 years ago that his grandmother 

cut up two of her husband's shirts to dye 

red and black so grandson Tom could wear 

them in his magic act, where he began his 

career by selling tickets to his basement 

theatre and backyard circuses. 

He now is 24 and is considered remarkably 

young to be handling some of the hottest 

properties in show business: Grouchc 

Marx, the Oscar-winning movie "Rocky,' 

the robot mime team of Shields and Yar-' 

nell, 

Peter Benchley's new film "The Deep,' 

a film to be based on Leon Uris' nove 

"Trinity" and "The Children of Sanchez,' 

starring Anthony Quinn and Dolores Del 

Rio. 

Tom arranges special events to publiciz 

clients (for the last 2Vi years he has beei 

an account executive for Rogers & Cowan 

a large Beverly Hills public relations firm' 

gets them appearances on talk shows an> 

designs promotional materials for mas 

media and theatre distribution. 

Tom's conversion from backyard promo 

er to Beverly Hills publicist didn't takl 

place overnight, however. Along with h 

own small scale productions, he started ac. 

ing in grade school plays. Then he learne 

to sell the Des Moines Register to peop 

of Keswick, following up this experience h 

selling them magazines, then cars and tra< 

tors (at a Main Street dealership operate 

by his 

father and grandfather). 

At Iowa State University, Ames, To 

tried risking other people's money whi 

majoring in journalism and speech—co 

vincing a residence hall association that 

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puiioter arranged .1 series ol screenings 

hioring Warner Bros, studios on their 50th 

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lis greatest coup came about when he 

Bvinced a reluctant Groucho Marx that 

h should come out of retirement and leclie 

at the Marx brothers film festival held 

Ljlowa State University. Groucho said he 

aimed I om's taste in films; besides, the 

from the Midwest had terribly 

»sive stationery. So Groucho finally 

ided to make the ISl ' appearance. To 

surprise, when he stepped off the plane. 

was met by a bold college kid who had 

anged the whole project on a shoestring. 

m's limousine for the occasion had been 

ted from an Ames funeral parlor and 

m had booked the famous comedian at 

Ames motel where Groucho was greeted 

a marquee reading "Welcome Groucho 

rx" on one side and "Sunday Buffet 

95" on the other. 

It was with Groucho's help that Tom 

er landed the job as office assistant to 

rren Cowan, president of Rogers & 

iwan in Beverly Hills. Three months after 

>m went to work for the firm, he was 

omoted to account executive and given 

. own office with a floor-length window 

erlooking busy Wilshire Boulevard in the 

wntown area. 

Impressive as Tom Wilhite's office may 

he resides in a modest Santa 

onica apartment where, in contrast with 

ollywood fashion, he can maintain comrtably 

a small-town life style. 

lcreased Foul Language 

he Blamed on Films, TV 

OMAHA—A surge in the use of foul 

nguage by young people is due to increas- 

I public exposure to "dirty words," in the 

tinion of Omaha area school administrars. 

In response to a survey by the Worlderald. 

Robert Penney, vice-principal of 

ion High School, said. "They're so ex- 

'sed (to foul language). They're subjected 

1 it in the movies and TV. It's accepted 

nong their peers and is just carried over, 

think it's becoming a way of life." 

Marian High School's principal. Sister 

MILWAUKEE 

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City's I Jilted Aitists Corp. Office, hosted 

a tradeshowing ot MOM s "Demon Seed," 

starling Julie Christie and Frit/. Weaver. 

ruesday, March 29, at the Centre screening 

room. I he R-rated film opened Fridaj (ll 

at Cinema I. Movies Northridge. Skyway 

Cinema. Spring Mall triplex, Giant 41 Twin 

Drive-In and the Park in Waukesha. 

Filmmaker Michael Snow, who has received 

critical recognition lor his highly 

personal films, was in town a few days in 

connection with the recent UW-Milwaukee 

seminar on films, theatre and video His 

"Wavelength" movie won prizes at a number 

of film festivals and foundation grants 

are being made available to him for his 

varied film projects. These grants have made 

it possible for him to spend $77,000 for 

"La Region Centre" (1970-71) and $47,000 

for "Rameau's Nephew." The latter was 

completed over a period of three years and, 

as described by James Auer in the Journal, 

it has "a largely professional cast and crew, 

and runs longer than 'Gone With the 

Wind.' " This four and a half-hour effort 

has the actors speaking "in an invented 

language that is intentionally incomprehensible." 

Snow finds acceptance to his films is limited 

to only special situations. He admits he 

is like all artists "who work primarily to 

please themselves." His wife Joyce Weiland 

also is a filmmaker, having directed the 

commercial feature "Far Shore" for the 

Canadian Film Development Corp. 

Local movie houses that dispensed with 

film fare for a single night recently to substitute 

stage entertainment included the 

Riverside, where a crowd of 1,800 listened 

to the first U.S. concert by a West Berlin 

avant-garde trio called Tangerine Dream. 

While at the Oriental Landmark Theatre it 

was Iggy Pop (formerly James Osterberg) 

and his band called the Stooges described 

by a Journal critic as "forerunners of the 

current pack of punk rock bands—heavy 

metal, minimal musicianship, nasty, surly 

and wild." Crazy Iggy was the star and. 

comments Damien Jacques, the rock concert 

Friday night ( I ) "was strictly for voyeurs." 

about s() miles west ol this city, has been 

shuttered several months. However, it was 

rented lor a weekend during March foi the 

showing ol "The New Chuck CoUon," a 

so-called religious film which allegedly describes 

what happened to Colson. known to 

many as "The White House Hatchet Man' 

during the Nixon years. 

Western Publishing Co., Racine, has announced 

it is considering the establishment 

o\ a film preparation center that would 

"consolidate film prep work now being 

done at lour company plants." The center 

will require 50,000 square leet of floor 

space and will employ approximately 100. 

To herald the ozoncr's opening for the 

season, the 99 Outdoor, in a newspaper 

display ad shared by the Park Theatre in 

the Oconomowoc Enterprise, announced: 

"Spring Is Here!" 

Grand Island Theatre 

Marks Its 50th Year 

GRAND ISLAND, NEB.—Dubinsky 

Bros.' Capitol Theatre. located at 109 West 

Second St. here, marked its 50th year in 

show business March 27. The house is managed 

by Louella Davis, who said no special 

program was planned in honor of the golden 

anniversary. 

Opened in 1927, the Capitol has had 

many owners and operators. The Dubinsky 

circuit, which headquarters in Lincoln, has 

owned the showhouse since 1972. Mrs. 

Davis took over the managerial reins in 

July 1976. 

A program donated by Helen Connell of 

Grand Island was presented to the Stuhr 

Museum by Mrs. Davis on the anniversary 

occasion. According to the elaborate brochure, 

the Capitol showed "God Gave Me 

20 Cents" March 27, 1927, as its inaugural 

attraction. The then-new entertainment facility 

was advertised as "Grand Island's only 

fireproof theatre." 

Lalo Schifrin will write the score for 

"Manitou." 

It 

Delda Kirkey. said the use of profanity is 

1 cultural problem in the country and not 

a teenage problem." 

Jack Hailstorm, principal at Northwest 

|ligh School, regarding classroom use of 

Irofanity. said, "When I'm around they 

,now better . . that we don't accept that 

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find 

of language." 

It was generally agreed among adminisators 

of other schools that classroom use 

profanity is not tolerated and thus is nnommon. 

The sampling of local opinion was inpired 

b> the remarks of a suburban Chiago 

high school teacher who had declared, 

of the mouths of children are coming 

impressions formerly reserved for factory 

porkers, infantrymen and the like." 

"Brighty and the Grand Canyon," featuring 

Joseph Cotten and Dick Foran. was 

the G-rated movie booked lor special mati- 

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nees at I 1 local area theatres during a 

weekend Mickey Mouse's 50th birthday 

party was observed at the Brown Port 

I he. itre in Fox Point Saturday and Sunday 

(2. 3) with matinees at 1 and 3 p.m.—with 

"free gills lor all." Movie fare was Walt 

Disney's cartoon classics plus "Hugs Bunny 

Superstar." 

The Marcus Campus Theatre, Ripon. had 

a tie-in with local merchants for an Easter 

coloring contest. Hntry blanks were available 

at the theatre and also at the Schultz 

Family Store, Piggly Wiggly and Super 

Valu . lake [heatre in lake Mills. 

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Ifeniicth Newbert, who has been a salesman 

at Columbia's San Francisco exchange, 

has been named to the post of Columbia 

branch manager in this city. He was 

to assume his new office Monday (ID. 

Newberl succeeds the late Bill Wood. 

FOmrowites were saddened to learn of 

the death of veteran exhibitor Mrs. Edna 

Polaschek, Star Drive-In, Mahnomen. The 

new operator of the Star is Herbert Ahmann. 

Tim Richer! has returned to home base 

as manager of the Plitt Chateau Theatre, 

Rochester, after a three-week stint in 

Minot. N.D.. training George Tobin. Tobin 

is the new manager at the Plitt Empire Theatre 

in Minot. The assignment handed a 

thrilled Richer! his first plane trip. 

Linda J. Moore has joined the Plitt North 

Central Theatres staff here as secretary to 

Sam Plitt has been trans- 

Lou Calamari . . . 

ferred from St. Paul city manager for the 

circuit to district manager of the Plitt circuit 

in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz. 

The chorus of "happy birthday" at the 

Avco Embassy branch here was for Denise 

Wester, secretary to branch manager Jerry 

Landesman. Denise is now (do you tell a 

lady's age?) 20 . . . Linda M. Garner, manager 

of the Plitt Lake Theatre, Fairmont, 

announced her engagement to Bruce Ebeling 

of Fairmont, with the nuptials set for 

Saturday (23). 

Old-timers (from the Minnesota Amusement 

Co. days) were saddened by the news 

that Art Molstad, retired manager dating 

back to the pre-MACO era, died recently 

in Albert Lea. Molstad was manager of the 

present Plitt State Theatre in Eau Claire, 

Wis., immediately prior to his retirement 

and before that was manager for MACO 

theatres on Minnesota's Iron Range. 

Filmrow visitors: Mel Edelstein, Hibbing 

Drive-In, Hibbing; Ray Vonderhaar, Tentilino 

Enterprises, Alexandria, and Ron 

Greely, Kim-Hi Drive-In, Kimball. 

United Artists Theatre Circuit is planning 

another cinema complex in the metropolitan 

area. The Movies at Burnsville will debut 

August 5, according to present plans. 

The number of seats will total 1,304. The 

Burnsville installation will be located in a 

new shopping center in the Twin Cities 

suburb. This will mean that UATC units 

will completely ring Minneapolis-St. Paul. 

Already in operation are the Movies at 

Maplewood (six screens); the Movies at 

Cottage Grove (three), and the Movies at 

Eden Prairie (five). The Movies at Burnsville 

is slated to have four screens, giving 

UA a total of 18 screens in the metro area. 

The Englcr circuit, 

based here, has leased 

the Chief 1 and 2 theatres, located in suburban 

Columbia Heights, from Jerry Herringcr 

Steve Felperin, Columbia branch 

. . . 

chief, was delighted with the hefty grosses 

posted by "A Star Is Born" in the film's 

tirst sub-run—at five theatres here and at 

one in St. Paul. 

Jim Payne of 

Midwest Entertainment reports 

that "The Van" is "mopping up" in 

its initial dates in South Dakota. "We 

booked 'The Van' in the Sioux Falls TV 

orbit—with the same campaign and the 

same theatres as 'The Pom Pom Girls,' 

which was a smash. To date, 

the grosses are 

running 125 per cent over 'The Pom Pom 

Girls' and in some cases higher. The grosses 

are fantastic. In other words, we're doing 

anywhere from 25 to 40 per cent better 

than with 'The Pom Pom Girls." " The picture, 

R-rated, is a Crown International release. 

Cinemaland Operating 

Edina's Yorktown Duo 

MINNEAPOLIS—Marvin Mann, president 

of Cinemaland, announced Friday (1) 

that his firm had taken over operation of 

the Yorktown I and II theatres in suburban 

Edina, Minn. The four-year-old twin is located 

in the Yorktown Fashion Mall at 71st 

and York Avenue South. Present plans for 

the theatre are to operate it as an art and 

specialty house with "class" American and 

foreign films. 

The acquisition of the Yorktown I and 

II gives Cinemaland two twin theatres in 

Edina, the other being the Edina I and II, 

acquired in October 1976 and then closed, 

remodeled and reopened Dec. 22, 1976. 

Cinemaland also operates theatres in Hibbing, 

Stillwater, Columbia Heights (all in 

Minnesota) and La Crosse, Wis. 

The opening attractions at the Yorktown 

I and II were an exclusive second-run of 

"Bugsy Malone" and "All the President's 

Men." 

Buying and booking, advertising and promotion 

all are being handled by Jim Payne 

of Midwest Entertainment. 

'Micronesia' Ends Series 

LINCOLN—Chris Borden narrated his 

film "Micronesia" at 2, 5:45 and 8:15 p.m. 

March 22-23 at the Cooper/ Lincoln Theatre, 

54 and O streets. The presentation was 

the final offering in the 1976-77 travel and 

adventure film series co-sponsored by the 

Cooper/ Lincoln and the women's division 

of the chamber of commerce. Showings 

were open to the public. 

EQUINE ELEGANCE — Snitzlefritz, 

a pony, was togged out with a 

hat and promotional signs on his sides 

to ballyhoo the showing of "The Three 

Caballeros" at the Plitt Lake Theatre, 

Fairmont, Minn. The promotion was 

staged by manager Linda Marie Garner. 

The pony is shown as he walked 

through the streets of Fairmont—and 

he later gave rides to eager youngsters. 

Five-Cent Admission Fee 

Recalled by Milwaukeean 

MILWAUKEE — Oldtime moviegoe 

were given a chance to reminisce when 

J 

south side Milwaukeean told of going to tt- 

8th Street Theatre where Gilda Gray (fart 

ed "shimmy queen" born in Milwauke, 

had danced. 

When he was a child. James Borzych,, 

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fire department lieutenant, said that he ai 

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Ins sister paid a nickel each to enter 

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movie house after being instructed by the 

mother to stay until they had seen ever, 

thing "and then come home." 

It was very dark inside, Borzych t 

called, and he said, "I took my sister do\, 

the long incline, feeling my way along, 

found a seat for her and sat down besi: 

her. All kinds of people kept coming i 

and the manager would walk up and doM 

the aisles saying: 'Who wants to doul; 

up?' He'd give a candy bar to kids w> 

would sit together so he could get mo 

people into the house. I doubled up wi 

one kid and my sister another. WhenI 

noticed we'd seen the picture on the scn,i 

before, I told Grace we'd better go aJ 

I felt for her hand. We started making

I wk 

Rocky' Records 425 

n Cleveland Sixth 

CLEVELAND—Bolstered by victors al 

|r victory, "Rocky" grossed 425 in its sixth 

:ek to lead .ill first runs, "Black Sunday" 

tened at 255 while "Demon Seed" spawn 

.1 ISO iii us i ii si week, Oilier strong 

ildovers were "Airport '77" ,a 285 .md 

llap Shot" ,u 240. 

29e Is 100) 

Ihecrtr.-:. Airport '77 (Univ), 2nd wk 285 

a theatres— Black Sunday (Para) 255 

s theatres—Demon Seed (MGM/UA) ... 

e theatres—Network (MGM/UA), 8th wk. 145 

e theatres—Slap Shot (Univ). 2nd wk 240 

theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb), 

wk 95 

heatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col), 

145 

theatre—Bruka. Queen of Evil: Duel Dragons 

SB) 200 

e theatre—Freaky Friday (BV), 7th wk 140 

• theatre—The Town That Dreaded Sundown 

A1P). 4th wk ... 50 

theatres—Rocky (UA), 6th wk. .425 

o Iheati -Wizards (20th-Fox), 5th wk 85 

Hagle Has Landed Drive 

o Assist Detroit Zoo 

DETROIT—To herald the March 25 

emiere of Columbia Pictures' wartime esonage 

drama, "The Eagle Has Landed," 

:atres in the Detroit area showing the 

m have collected donations from patrons 

"adopt" a male eagle at the Detroit Zoo 

>r one year. 

The Detroit Zoo's male eagle died last 

ill and it has petitioned the federal governlent 

for another mate for the remaining 

male eagle. The zoo is expecting to have 

s request fulfilled soon. If the nine Detroit 

•ea theatres participating in the promotion 

'uild raise $1,000 in donations from movie 

'ttrons attending performances of "The 

.igle Has Landed." that sum would be 

, tough to pay for the care and feeding of 

M new eagle for one year. 

"The Eagle Has Landed," rated PG. is 

ased on a best-selling novel by Jack Higins. 

It stars Michael Caine, Donald Sutherind. 

Robert Duvall and Jean Marsh and 

pened at nine area theatres, including the 

lien Park, the Americana, the Gateway. 

le Livonia Cinema, the Macomb Cinema, 

le Pontiac Cinema, the Quo Vadis. the 

omerset Cinema and the Warren Cinema. 

The "Adopt An Eagle" promotion will 

ontinue throughout the run of the film 

ere and all funds collected will be donated 

l the zoo. 

îd-America Names Rosen 

To Helm Detroit Office 

DETROIT— Rick Rice, president of 

lid-America Releasing, has announced the 

poning of a Detroit office and the appointment 

of Bob Rosen as branch manager. 

Rosen, formerly a buyer for General 

inema in Detroit, previously was associjted 

with Paramount Pictures' office here. 

M'd-America Releasing's office will be 

Pealed at 23300 Greenfield. Oak Park. 

A Chicago-based film distribution company, 

Mid-America Releasing, represents 

'".dependent production firms and distributes 

their product in Illinois. Wisconsin and 

>tichiean. 

Marcel Ophuls to Make PA April 24 

At Film Festival in 

l \ I 111 \s. oiiio The >77 

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Athens International 

Film and Video Festival, the 

largest of its type in the Mideast, got under 

waj Fridaj (15). Featuring presentations at 

the \llicna Cinema and at the Ohio University, 

Festival '77 continues through Saturday 

(30). The 16-day event is scheduled 

to be highlighted by film and video screenings, 

animation and film workshops, guest 

appearances, seminars, premieres and film 

and video equipment exhibits. 

A major feature of Festival '77 is the premiere 

program, which includes such films 

as "Idi Amin Dada," a controversial documentary 

by Barbet Schroeder; "Kings of 

the Road." by Wim Wenders. winner of the 

critics' prize at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival; 

"The Story of Sin," by Walerian Borowczyk, 

and "Edvard Munch," by Peter 

Watkins. 

'Modern European Directors' 

The festival's theme is "Modern European 

Directors" and underscoring it is a 

major retrospective of European films rarel) 

seen in this particular geographical area. 

Included are: "Stavisky." by Alain Resnais 

(France): "Fox and His Friends," by Rainer 

Fassbinder (West Germany): "Lancelot du 

Lac," by Robert Bresson (France); "WR- 

Mysteries of the Organism," by Dusan 

Makavejev (Yugoslavia); "Every Man for 

Himself." by Werner Herzog (West Germany), 

and "My Friends." by Mario Monicelli 

(Italy). 

The festival also features film tributes 

honoring independent filmmakers. Included 

are James Broughton, Robert Breer and 

Chick Strand. These filmmakers plan to be 

in attendance at the festival. 

Marcel Ophuls. internationally acclaimed 

documentary filmmaker, is scheduled to 

make a personal appearance. His "The 

Memory of Justice" (1976) will be screened 

Sunday afternoon (24) in the Athena Cinema 

and the director will deliver an address, 

then discuss the film, his latest, that 

evening at 7:30 p.m. in Ohio University's 

Baker Center Ballroom. 

'Memory' Print 

Uncut 

"The Memory of Justice" focuses on the 

Nuremberg Trials and on events in Algeria 

and Vietnam, probing problems of personal 

conscience and accountability in wartime. 

I he print to be screened at the festival will 

be uncut. Ophuls. now 49. currently is 

teaching at Princeton. 

The festival also will be screening approximately 

300 competition entries in the 

categories of feature, video, experimental. 

animation, narrative. 100-foot film and 

documentary. Countries of origin include 

Canada. Holland. Poland, England and 

Yugoslav i.i 

Judges for the festival will include: Lee 

G. irmes. distinguished HolKwood cinematographer 

who will 

chair the features panel; 

Athens, Ohio 

(Irani Munro. who will represent the National 

Film Board ol < anada; Kathy Rose, 

winner Ol the 1474 and 1476 animation 

awards at the Athens International Film 

Festival; Edgar Daniels, film critic for Filmmakers 

Newsletter, and Richard Blumcnberg, 

from the department of cinema and 

photography at Southern Illinois University. 

Tickets for the festival are available at all 

Ticketron outlets in Ohio, In-depth details 

concerning the program may be obtained by 

calling (614) 595-6888. 

Alger Theatre Is Closed, 

Product Shortage Cited 

DETROIT—The 900-seat Alger Theatre, 

showhouse at East Warren and Outer Drive 

owned by Suburban Detroit Theatres, has 

shuttered because of a lack of business, according 

to a spokesman. Built in 1932, the 

Alger was remodeled just six years ago to 

compete with modern suburban movie theatres. 

The decline of the Alger, according to 

one observer, came "more from the shortage 

of quality films than from a lack of 

patrons." 

The Punch and Judy Theatre, on Kercheval 

in Grosse Pointe Farms, has been 

dark during the winter months. One of the 

theatre's owners. Robert Edgar, said there 

are "several parties" interested in leasing 

and operating the house. 

Said Edgar, "Theatre owners have to pay 

so much for the first-run films they can't 

run them at a profit." He noted, however, 

that by presenting less costly second-runs, 

enough patrons were not attracted to realize 

a profit. 

The Vogue, another east-side movie 

house at Harper and Cadieux, is reported 

to be "struggling along." R&R Theatre Co.. 

which operates the Esquire Theatre on 

East Jefferson in Grosse Pointe Park, said 

business is down, even with a $1.25 admission 

price. 

R&R's Robert Patansu said the Esquire 

would continue to operate "but business 

is definitely down from a year ago. It's the 

product, not the prices, which keep people 

away from the movie houses. The product 

is terrible right now. The theatre owners 

depend entirely on HolKwood. yet we have 

no control over what we get." 

Patansu stated that only 700 of the 900 

seats in the Esquire are filled, usually, even 

though the admission charge is less than 

half that asked at first-run houses. "We 

never close to a sellout." he lamented. 

Plitt division manager Jack Cataldo declared. 

"We've got a basic product shortage 

When the movie product was abundant, we 

used to change films twice a week. Now. 

between the shortage oi quality films and 

what they're producing on TV. the audience 

is staying at home." 

Plitt Theatres operates the Woods 1 and 

2 on Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods. 

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f^hiirles Dunn, district manager for Show- 

. . . Jack 

case cinemas, lias returned from a visit 

with relatives is Moberly, Mo. 

Haynes, Cincinnati Theatres, made a business 

trip to Michigan and northern Ohio. 

Debbie Ruff, secretary at C. J. Ruff Film 

Distribution, is touring Europe for the next 

two weeks. 

Rosamond Boardman is a new staff member 

at I ri-State Theatre Services. 

Rick Couch, formerly with Esquire Cine- 

ma. is the new house manager for Showcase 

cinemas. 

Exhibitors John Hewitt. Bethel, and Doug 

Campbell of Danville, Ky., visited the exchanges 

here recently. 

Mid States Acquires 

Three AMC 4-Plexes 

CINCINNATI—Roy B. White, president 

of Mid States Theatres, locally based circuit, 

announced the acquisition of three American 

Multi Cinema fourplexes effective 

March 23. 

Involved in the transactions were the J- 

Town 4, Raceland 4 and Westland 4, all 

located in the metropolitan Louisville area. 

CLEVELAND 

Jetting their way to a wonderful week in 

Monaco for the April 24-29 Variety 

International Convention will be Mr. and 

Mrs. Leonard Mishkind, General Theatres; 

Blair Mooney, Cooperative Theatres of 

Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Wintner, National 

Drive-In Theatre Corp.; Ernest 

Zwee, chief barker, Tent 6, and Mrs. Zwee; 

Mollye Davis, booker, 20th Century-Fox; 

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Plants; Mrs. Celia 

Rosen, president. Ladies of Variety, Tent 

6; Mrs. Mary McGee and Mrs. Patricia 

Bashein, members of the Variety auxiliary. 

Other films in the university series are "The 

Jazz Singer," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's 

Nest" and "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" 

William R. Lau, Avco Embassy exchange 

manager, took time out while out drumming 

up business in the territory to issue 

invitations to trade friends to his screening 

of "Cross of Iron" at Cedar Brainard Thursday 

(14). 

Cleveland Woman Happily 

Remembers 'China Night' 

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Plain 

Dealer's "From the Readers" column recently 

published a letter from Mrs. Bernadette 

Ruckgaber. who obviously is a longtime 

movie fan. Her comments "to the entertainment 

editor" follow: 

"Shades of yesteryear. Bank night! Bank 

nights are part of my memories of childhood 

and I hang onto all of those. Your 

(recent) story brought it all back. 

"No, I'm not about to tell you that any-: 

one, including my family, ever won any-i 

thing but milling around with my school 

friends in the crowd outside the Lyceum 

Theatre was part of my teen years. It was! 

your mention of 'china night' (which pre-; 

dated bank night) that prompted this letter.' 

I couldn't resist telling you that the lastj 

set of dishes accumulated in this fashion 

finally was unpacked last June from the 

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The Oakwood Twin Theatre at Lorain 

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Akron's Carousel Quadplex Theatre has 

been closed. . . Morie Zryl, very busy but 

always cordial, screened Selected Pictures' 

"Lovers Like Us," starring Katherine 

Deneuve and Yves Montand, at Cedar 

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Murray Salem, son of Mr. and Mrs. William 

Salem, Williamston Avenue, made his 

film debut as Simon the Zealot in "Jesus 

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was graduated from Cleveland's Brooklyn 

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"Mahler,'' a film by Kenneth Russell, 

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Remembers 'China Night' 

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The largest single-day gross for the Main 

rheatre in Royal Oak was scored during 

the first Saturday of the engagement of 

Disney Productions' "Freaky Friday." according 

to Bob Anthony, owner of the independent 

750-seat house. Also, this theatre 

never before had played a picture longer 

than five weeks, so a second record was 

broken when "Freaky Friday" was held for 

a full seven-week engagement. Upon checking 

grosses of all nine area theatres exhibiting 

the Disney hit. Anthony found the Main 

rheatre was the top grosser for the sevenweek 

period. 

A special preview of "Black Sunday" was 

held at the Northland Theatre March 30 

prior to the kickoff of the multiple run in 

ten suburban theatres. 

One of the popular columns in the News 

published the following question from a 

teenager: "1 paid $3.45 recently to see a 

movie. I am 15 years old. If I am considered 

an adult, why can't I see adult movies?" If 

anyone has any answers to this query, let's 

hear them. 

A local reader of the News wrote the 

"Personal Contact" column recently. A 

Mrs. F.K. of this city asked: "Why don't 

the movie houses downtown declare a Men's 

Day? It's always Ladies' Day there and 

women get the discount—but men must pay 

full fare. I'm sure that if just one theatre 

adopted this idea, its profits would go up. 

In case you are wondering, I'm. female." 

(Editor's note: Thanks, Mrs. F.K. We needed 

that!) 

A Free Press editor recently commented: 

"The Detroiters who are attempting to recycle 

the grand old National Theatre in the 

downtown area may well benefit from a 

new economic fact of life. Rehabilitating an 

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old building often is cheaper than starting 

from the ground up . The owners of the 

Fox Theatre Building on the fringe of 

downtown Detroit should be interested in 

the story of the Chicago old Century Theatre 

in the New Town sector. The Fox Theatre 

people are emptying the beautiful old 

building on Woodward, with the exception 

of the first floor. This theatre was a showplace 

of its day!" 

The Fine Arts Theatre, a couple of blocks 

north of the Fox Theatre, is in complete 

disarray. Operating as a grind house (and 

various other phases of operation) during 

the past declining years, it has started showing 

the "old-time" westerns with Gene 

Autry. "My Pal Trigger" (with Roy Rogers), 

Wild Bill Hickock in "Red Ryder," etc. The 

management hopes to stimulate interest in 

the old films among members of "the new 

generation" and play on the nostalgia of the 

"ciders." lime will tell. So far. the manager 

has been unavailable for comment. 

Memory of Graf Zeppelin 

Awakened by 'Hindenburg' 

DETROIT—The "Contact 10" column 

of the Detroit News recently published a 

letter from a Roseville reader who said: 

"The movie 'The Hindenburg" brought 

back memores for me but my recollection 

is a bit fuzzy. I must have been about five 

years old when the Graf Zeppelin flew over 

Detroit in the early '30s. I'm sure I saw it 

twice either on the same day or the day 

after. Was I dreaming or what?" 

The editor of the column answered: "If 

you were about five, it probably was Oct. 

16. 1933, a beautiful sunny day when the 

Graf Zeppelin came to Detroit unannounced 

in the course of a sightseeing trip 

over the Midwest. Lunchgoers downtown 

stopped in the streets and 'gazed steadily 

upward at the imminent risk of their lives 

in traffic' as one contemporary account 

said. The Graf followed Michigan Avenue 

in from Ypsilanti. swung southward at 

Dearborn, floated above Greenfield Village 

and the Ford plant, then headed eastward 

about a half-mile north of the river. 

"In 15 minutes the airship was circling 

the Penobscot Building. Crossing Woodward, 

the Graf went north beyond Grand 

Circus Park, swung west again and turned 

south to pass directly over the Detroit 

News. Then she crossed the river to Windsor 

and disappeared in the haze toward 

Lake Erie. That's probably the day you 

remember but she also visited the city the 

night of Aug. 28, 1929. 

"She left Chicago at 5:50 p.m. that day 

and attracted great attention from the 

ground as she passed over Three Rivers, 

Sturgis, Coldwater, lonesville, Moscow, 

Chelsea and Ann Arbor before arriving 

above the downtown area at 9:40 p.m. when 

she was illuminated by searchlights atop 

the old Union Trust Building. 

"Her appearance was such an event that 

the Cass Theatre interrupted its show to 

permit the audience, actors and chorus girls 

to see the 776-foot craft floating serenely 

above the city. It's doubtful, though, that 

your memory goes back that 

far." 

Incidentally, for buffs who may wonder 

what disaster befell the Graf Zeppelin, none 

did. The airship made hundreds of crossings 

between South America and Germany 

during the 1930s and finally was retired 

be f ore the outbreak of World War II in 

1939. According to reports, the dirigible 

was disassembled so that aeronautical engineers 

could inspect its framework for 

stress 

factors and metal fatigue. 

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bushel baskets in which they had been 

wrapped and stored for at least 45 years. 

We couldn't save the yellowed paper. It 

just disintegrated. 

"I say last because all told we gathered 

together about eight sets (different patterns) 

and all were services for eight with 

many having extra cups and such. It all 

started when I was about eight years old. 

My mom and dad lived with her mother 

and father on Trowbridge Avenue within 

easy walking distance of the theatre. Yes, 

walking. Everyone did it in those days. 

"Anyway, going to the movies was the 

ladies' only recreation other than church, 

affairs. So when china nights started, it was 

an extra bonus. Since I always went along 

they simply paid adult fare for me and so 

each evening we received three pieces. And 

the movies themselves — 'A Star Is Born, 

'Imitation of Life'—and the stars— Ginget 

Rogers. Ruby Keeler and a frightful image 

of my first glimpse of 'Frankenstein.' 1 

never did get to see that movie until I grew 

up. 

"My family looked to the future whet 

there would be lots more of the famih 

coming along. It was natural to put togethe 

as many sets as we could. After all. dishe. 

are easily stored. No spoilage—a little ye! 

lowing, maybe, but okay for first startin 

out a newly married state. So I've alread 

used two, my sister and niece one each 

"Now two delightful hostesses (newl< 

moved to Lakewood within the last tw 

years) are both using the last two sets fc I 

company entertaining and being very hi 

morons and being very proud about the, 

origin. 

"I doubt that those gimmick nights ev< 

will return. Today there is golf, bowlin 

tennis and such for women to participa' 

in—and the old Lyceum today is strict 

adult 'porno.' " 

Problems of Exhibitors 

Outlined for Rotarians 

HOLLYWOOD — Sherrill C. Corwi' 

chairman of the board of Metropolitan Tb 

atres. provided an overall view of motii 

picture theatre operations as a guest speak 

at the Century City Rotary Club lunch*; 

Wednesday (6) at the Century Plaza Hot. 

Corwin explained the concern express! 

by many exhibitors over the shortage } 

product, especially the reduced flow of fill* 

from major studios, which, he pointed o'. 

feel the effects of inflation when budgets 

their new pictures. 

Corwin reviewed exhibitor contents 

that there is a need for a more continues 

flow of product to the theatres instead 

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during peak seasons. He also discussed e 

film buying problems faced by exhibits 

and pointed out that many theatre owns 

believe they could not stay in business w> 

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always promotion-conscious, have done 

icir usual good work with "Wizards" in 

ieir various theatres. In Worcester. WORC 

.alio r.in a "Wizards' Weekend" promo 

ir the Showcase Cinemas in which 25 

inner s received passes to the movie and 

10 "Wizards" posters. Air time was valued 

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$360. In Springfield, WAQY Radio ran 

similar promotion in which listeners were 

Call in with the correct number of records 

ayed during the previous hour or the 

mher of times a certain phrase was used 

ring the hour. Winners received a " 'Wizds' 

Stash." including a T-shirt, poster. 

lOVie pass and coupon from a food store 

e-in. Air time was valued at $800. 

Allied Artists has set May 4 as a saturaon 

date for its top release "Twilight's Last 

.learning." Sparkling dark-eyed Lynne Nel- 

>n, booker, has been on the phone sending 

lat wonderful smile over the wire as she 

-ks for bookings. Believe it or not. that 

nile and voice have resulted in an unutal 

number of theatres lining up for the 

ireater Boston showing. 

Trade press screenings at the Jud Parker 

crecning Room included "The Wonderful 

rook." which opened at the Exeter Street 

heatre, screened by Allied Artists; Paraiiount's 

"Islands in the Stream." and Uniersal's 

"Airport '77." 

Theatres' 25lh anniversary promoions 

will continue with the May introduc- 

•on of T-shirts imprinted with various 

notations from classic films. During May. 

n patron who can present 25 Sack Theae 

stubs will be entitled to a complimentary 

,-shirt. 

Richard Myerson and Joseph Margno of 

te Sumner Myerson office travel to Boston 

verv Thursday night with representatives 

ram different companies to visit the city's 

nest 

restaurants. 

Kilmrow was pleased to hear that everniling 

Tommy Morton, Warner Bros. 

lies manager, is feeling much better after 

period of treatment for a serious 

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Buffalo Bob Smith coming in to judge a 

"Solid Ciold'' talent show, staged by locals 

to be telecast from the theatre. Smith says 

he's out to make it "the biggest precm here 

since 'The Thomas Crown Affair.' " and 

it will play day and date in area and perimeter 

theatres. 

Promotional activity includes jukebox 

giveaways, records, tickets and a night on 

the town with Buffalo Bob. Seven radio 

and TV stations will be pounding away on 

a "Solid Gold" theme for the nostalgic 

comedy in which discs of the "Fabulous 

Fifties" will be played. Smith said. Promotional 

tools developed in Boston will be 

expanded to other key cities for the film 

including appearances of the stars. After the 

Boston opening, the film will be booked 

around the country. 

Justin Freed Takes Over 

Coolidge Corner Theatre 

BOSTON—The old 1,300-seat Coolidge 

Corner film house in Brookline. which had 

been running $1 admissions on subruns and 

reissues, is being taken over by Justin Freed, 

owner of the Park Square and the Kenmore, 

and will become a repertory film 

theatre. 

Under the Freed banner, the former 

B&Q house will show top oldies, cult films, 

best of more recent films and the double 

bills will change triweekly. To hypo young 

audiences, weekend midnight screenings 

will start with "Woodstock," and moppet 

matinees also will be held. 

Freed said that while the Coolidge Corner 

had managed to hold onto a regular 

audience over the years, one of the problems 

was the product shortage. "The patrons 

would go to see good films like 'The 

Seven-Per-Cent Solution.' for example, but 

they couldn't attract anyone with all the 

junk films around." 

Opening bill was "King of Hearts" and 

"Bananas" for the eulters and two films 

that were shown in the theatre's heyday. 

"Rebecca" and "Notorious." 

First Draft Finished 

On 'Rubyfruit' Script 

BOSTON—Academy Award nominee 

Arnie Reisman and author Rita Mae Brown 

have finished the first draft script for the 

screen version of Ms. Brown's best-selling 

first novel "Rubyfruit Jungle." 

Reisman wrote the screenplay of the 

documentary "Hollywood on Trial" which 

has been nominated for an Oscar. 

William Girdler will province and direct 

Manitou." 

Three Industry Bills 

Facing Action in RI 

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l rhree proposals which 

would affeel the motion picture industry 

within this state are being considered by 

the legislature: 

• House Bill (.240 would prohibit members 

of the State Motion Picture Classification 

Board from being reappointed. This bill 

has been reterred to the judiciary committee 

for study. 

• Senate Bill 824 would prohibit an employer 

from requiring an employee to work 

more than 48 hours a week or to take punitive 

action against an employee who refuses 

to work more than 48 hours, unless 

otherwise specified by a bona fide union 

contract. 

• Senate Bill 417 would prohibit the 

showing of X and R-rated films in a building 

with two or more theatres without 

providing separate entrances and boxoffices. 

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Aviva Films, Inc., c'o Gregory & Adams, 

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Chodorov. president: Reuben Aaronson. 

treasurer; Robert A. Gerlin, secretary. 

Comet Amusements, A. Ribeiro. 360 

Main St.. Danbury 06810. 

Pyramid Productions. Jay H. Tyrell. 331 

Sherwood PI., Greenwich 06830. 

U.S. Theatre Products Co., division. 

D C, P C. D. I.uongo, Whisconier Hill. 

Brookfield 06804. 

Arkos Productions, Inc.. 4 Pumpkin Hill, 

Westport 06880: incorporator, Fred Warshofsky. 

Arrowhead Films, P.O. Box 237. 136 

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BOSTON—A. Alan Friedberg, president 

iii Sack rheatres, is putting the "show" 

back in showbiz with an array of premieres. 

promotions, Hollywood-type openings of 

new theatres, gimmicks to hype the boxoffice, 

all part of the circuit's 25th anniversary 

year. 

But when the anniversary celebration is 

over, Friedberg said the promotions and 

other extras will continue — "because they 

work." 

"Some theatres tend to forget what show 

business is all about. It's not opening the 

doors and showing pictures. I think show 

business is supposed to be glamorous," he 

said. 

He's just opened a new twin cinema in 

Brockton with the whole bit, klieg lights, 

marching bands, drum majorettes. VIPs, 

limos. hoopla, and he's got the world 

preem of Joseph E. Levine's "A Bridge Too 

Far" lined up for the Music Hall in June 

and the world premiere of Peter Guber's 

"The Deep." He's running TV and radio 

NEW HAVEN 

The Bowl Drive-in in West Haven opened 

for the season with "Carrie" and "The 

Mechanic." It is advertising electric in-car 

heater service. 

The shoreline town of Clinton now has 

cable TV service with the Connecticut River 

Cable TV Co. Installation charge-percustomer 

is $24.95 and monthly service 

charge is $8.50. Towns in the franchise area 

include Killingworth, Westbrook, Old Saybrook, 

Essex, Chester, Deep River, Haddam 

and Durham. 

Paramount'* "Artists and Models" and 

"Hollywood or Bust," Dean Martin-Jerry 

Lewis starrers, were screened at the Bernhard 

Center, University of Bridgeport, on 

a recent Thursday night. Admission was 75 

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making "25" the winning number, age, anniversary, 

wedding date, etc., for free admission 

to any theatre in the 30-scrcen circuit, 

with proper credentials. 

For a spy film, in which the lead wore 

a trenchcoat, anyone wearing a trenchcoat 

was a free shoo-in. Other Friedberg stunts 

have included marching a ten-foot King 

Kong along Boston streets peering in store 

windows, putting models in old-time sandwich 

boards advertising his films and hosting 

champagne receptions in the lobbies of 

his 

theatres. 

Friedberg says business at Sack theatres 

is good, and "this year promises to be a 

record one—it's shaping up as the best 

year in dollars and in unit admissions since 

the advent of TV—and it is giving TV more 

competition by offering a form of entertainment 

free of commercial interruptions, 

ringing 

phones and noisy children." To say 

nothing of popcorn! 

Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, was 

shown in the Greenwich Public Library on 

a Friday night as a free attraction, open 

only to Greenwich residents. 

A one-time prominent downstate cinema, 

the long-shuttered Palace, South Norwalk. 

is assuming new status, with incorporation 

of a Palace of the Performing Arts Center, 

approved by IRS as a non-profit foundation 

and dedicated to teaching/ production of 

performing arts (from ethnic comedy to 

grand opera). A $350,000 fund-raising drive 

is under way. New theatre owner is Russell 

Frato. Fifty and 60 years ago, when vaudeville 

flourished, the theatre featured such 

names as Mae West, Weber & Fields and 

Hotidini. 

"Pippi Goes on Board" was screened on 

a recent Saturday and Sunday at the Hoffman 

Capitol. Milford. with a 75-cent admission. 

Cartoons supplemented the feature 

attraction . . . UA's "A Thousand Clowns," 

which starred Jason Robards, was shown at 

the East Haven Public Library with free 

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tickets distributed in advance at the library's 

circulation desk 

Edmond Town 

Hall Theatre, Newtown, screened "Billie" 

at a Saturday matinee, the $1 admission 

going to the Newtown Stridors Drum Corps 

Fund. 

Carload: $4 in Canton 

CANTON, MASS.—The Blue Hills 

Drive-In went opposition underskyers one 

better with a recent weekend show. It 

charged $4-per-carload (regardless of number 

of passengers) for a double-bill comprised 

of Universal's "Car Wash" and "The 

Eiger Sanction." Over the same weekend, 

area drive-ins were charging $5-per-carload 

(also 

regardless of number of passengers). 

Black Sunday' Huge 

400 in Hartford 1st 

HARTFORD—Three newcomers injected 

new life into the capital city boxoffices 

as grosses ran far above average. Paramount's 

"Black Sunday" ballooned to a 400 

at the Redstone Showcase while "Airport 

'77" registered 375 in three situations. "Sex 

Wish," grossed 175. The Redstone complex, 

which normally runs new product in all 

auditoriums, brought back "All the President's 

Men." 


Art Cinema Through the Looking Glass (SR); 

Naked Came the Stranger (SR), 4th wk 

Atheneum Cinema Cousin Cousine (Sft), 

10th wk 3'' 

Cmema City—Wizards (20th-Fox), 3rd wk. . 125 

Four theatres The Domino Principle (Emb), 

2nd wk 175 

Showcase—Black Sunday (Para) 400 

Showcase—Rocky (UA), 9th wk 135 

Showcase—Network (MGM-UA), 7th wk 150 , 

Showcase—A Star Is Born (WB), 15th wk ... 12"; 

Three cheatres—Airport '77 (Univ) 375 

Webster—Sex Wish (SR) 175 

'Airport '77' Opens 

At 350 in New Haven 

NEW HAVEN—Universal's "Airport! 

'77" with 350 and 20th-Fox's "Wizards") 

with 200 paced the town. The first-run; 

bloc, in the main, contained a sizable roster 

of continuing attractions, many well above 

the 100 figure. Warners' "All the President's 

Men" opened in auditorium four of the; 

Redstone Showcase 5, a rare rerun for that 

deluxe complex. 

Cinemart, Milford Fun With Dick and lane 

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Milford—The Domino Principle (Emb), 2nd wk 

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Roger Sherman Emma Mae (SR); Blast (SR), 

2nd wk 13(I 

Showcase Airport '77 (Univ) 35(7 

Showcase—A Star Is Born (WB), 15th wk 13(11 

Showcase—Network (MGM-UA), 7th wk 14IM 

Showcase—Rocky (UA), 9th wk 14'' 

York Square Cinema—Wizards (20th-Fox) 20' I 

Mascolo Out on Appeal 

BOSTON—Anthony Mascolo, 54, presi 

dent, treasurer and director of Unite- 

American Theatre Corp., doing business a 

Pussycat Cinema in the Combat Zone, wh 

was ordered sent to jail after a Suffol 

Superior Court jury convicted him of pot 

session of an obscene film, "Anybody Bi 

My Husband," is out on appeal. 

Fellini Film Shown Free 

NEWTON, MASS. — Federico Fellini 

"Nights of Cabiria," with English titles, w; 

screened as a free attraction at the Nona 

turn Branch Library on a recent Mond; 

night at 7 p.m. The public was invited. 

Triple Dose of Exorcism 

MEDFORD, MASS.—The Meadow Gl 

Twin Drive-In advertised, "A Triple Dc 

of Exorcism," for a three-feature progra 

comprised of "The Devil Within He' 

"They Came From Within," and "The Nig| 

Evelyn Came Out of the Grave," on t: 

Wellington screen over a recent weeket- 

The sister Circle screen had "All the Predent's 

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critic for WFSB-TV. the Post-Newsweek 

CBS Hartford affiliate. He continues to provide 

commentary for WPIX-TV and WCBS- 

Radio, both in New York. 

The University of Connecticut Film Society 

sponsored a double bill. "The Ruling 

Class" and "The White Sheik," on a recent 

Wednesday night in the campus Life Sciences 

Building. Admission was $1. Normally, 

the society sponsors single-feature programs 

. . . Cinestudio, at Hartford's Trinity 

College, ran a four-evening engagement of 

the French import, "The Tall Blond Man 

With One Black Shoe," charging $2 general 

admission and $1.50 for students . . . The 

classic "Henry V" was shown as a free attraction, 

open to the public, in Webster 

Hall at West Hartford Public Library on a 

Thursday night at 7:30. 

VERMONT 

photo coverage of film openings is rare in 

the Vermont press. The trade was 

heartened to see a choice-positioned, fourcolumn 

photo of lines waiting to see Universal's 

"The Other Side of the Mountain" 

at the Merrill Jarvis downtown Flynn Theatre, 

Burlington, appearing in the Burlington 

Free Press, largest newspaper in the state. 

The SBC Management Corp., which has 

had considerable success with a- 3-D film 

policy at its Cinema City in Hartford, expanded 

the plan to the Burlington Plaza 2. 

Richard J. Wilson, vice-president, provided 

an imaginative pre-opening ad campaign 

tied to the new policy in the complex's 

auditorium two. 

UA's "Rocky" went into a record-shatter- 

J^K Theatre Equipment Supply Dealer 

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I TECHNIKOTE CORP. 63 Seobrirtg St.. B-ltyn 31,3N. Y.I 

J*he $5-per-carload plans, increasingly in 

vogue in other portions of these New 

England states, got into metropolitan 

Springfield, with the Memorial Drive-in. 

West Springfield, advertising the charge for 

a triple Avco Embassy package comprised 

of "The Cassandra Crossing." "The Sailor 

Who Fell From Grace With the Sea" and 

"The Last Grenade." 

Flaherty Film Seminar 

Set for Aug. 27-Sept. 3 

CHESTNUT HILL, 

MASS. — The annual 

Robert Flaherty Film Seminar will be 

held here August 27-September 3 on the 

campus of Pine Manor Junior College, 

according to an announcement by William 

Sloan, president of International Film Seminars, 

sponsors of the event. 

The seminar, now in its 23rd year, is 

named after a pioneer among filmmaker; 

who used the camera to reveal the humar 

condition. Its purpose is to examine film: 

made in the spirit of exploration and it ii 

aimed at critics, teachers, librarians ant 

other professionals as well as filmmakers. ' 

Programing will be under the directioi 

of Grant Munro, noted film director, pro 

ducer and animator with the National Filn 

Board of Canada, and Ben Levin, filmmak 

er and assistant professor of communica 

tions, Temple University. 

Filmmakers interested in submitting thei 

work for program consideration should ad 

dress inquiries to Ben Levin, Department c 

Radio, TV & Film, School of Communic; 

tions & Theatre, Annenberg Hall, Tempi 

University, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122. Phon 

1 

(215) 787-1496. Canadian filmmakei I 

should contact Munro at the NFB of Car1 • 

ada, PO Box 6100, Station A, Montrea 

Quebec H3C 3H5. Phone (514) 333-3252. 

Closing date for applications is July 15. 

Among those scheduled to participate ai 

Marcel Ophuls, who presented "The So 

row and the Pity" and "A Sense of Los: 

in 1972 and will return with "The Memoi 

of Justice"; Barbara Kopple with her hig' 

ly-acclaimed documentary "Harlan Count 

U.S.A.", and Alain Tanner, noted Swi 

filmmaker, who is known in this count 

for "Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Ye 

2000." 

Salem Runs Chaplin Film 

SALEM, MASS.—"Easy Street," starri; 

Charlie Chaplin, and "Long Pants," wi 

Harry Langdon, were screened at the Salei 

Old Town Hall on a recent Monday nig 

at 7:30 p.m. There was "live" piano accoipaniment. 

Admission was free and op,i 

to 

the public. 

'Slap Shot' Is Previewed 

LAWRENCE, MASS. — UniversiS 

"Slap Shot" was sneak-previewed in autorium 

four of the Redstone Showcase* 

on a recent Friday night at 7:30, with ie 

auditorium's current attraction, Warnts 

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Western Massachusetts premieres included 

20th-Fox's "Wizards," Avco Embassy's 

"The Domino Principle," and Universal's 

"Airport '77." 

The Air-Line Drive-in, Chicopee, ran a 

five-feature show composed of "The Love 

Pill," "Little Girl, Big Tease," "The Teacher," 

"Wild Riders" and "Cinda and Conna." 

NE-4

In; 

I CALGARY—Tragedy 

mil 

II 

iloomcrist. Cooper Killed 

)n Trans-Canada Highway 

struck a double 

ou in the motion picture industry in this 

Irritor) 1 'uesday, March 22, when Albert 

loomcrist and Bert Coopei were killed in 

highway traffic accident. Bloomcrist, own- 

•-operator ol Consolidated Film Shippers, 

u driving a film feature print to Swift 

nrrent, accompanied by Cooper. The toiler's 

van collided with a semi-trailer truck 

proximately 14 miles east of Medicine 

at on the Irans-Canada Highway at 3 

Bom in Calgary in 1930, Albert Fredrick 

Bloomcrist resided here all his life, 

lost of his working years had been spent 

i the motion picture industry. He was a 

DOker for the J. Arthur Rank Organization 

ir a number of years and, in 1959, Bloomist 

established his own company. 

Consolidated Film Shippers specialized 

service to the film business, making 

ickups, transfers and shipment consolidaons. 

For a number of years Bloomcrist was 

.live in stock-car racing—and never lost 

is love of automobiles. He also was a light 

ircraft pilot and maintained a current li- 

.nse. He was a member of the Motion 

icture Pioneers. 

He is survived by his wife Marie; two 

aughters. Shelly of Edmonton and Sharon 

f Calgary; his mother Mrs. Vera Bloomrist, 

Calgary; a sister, Mrs. Harry (Betty) 

Fpton, Calgary, and a stepson, Raymond 

ling of Castor. Alta. His father Frederick 

i. died in 1947. 

Born in Blairmore, Alta., in 1914, Beram 

"Bert" William Cooper came to Calary 

while very young. With his wife 

ieanne, who also was employed in the film 

usiness and who died in 1970, Cooper 

perated a 16mm circuit for a number of 

ears. He was employed as a booker with 

nited Artists for a considerable time, then 

loved to Warner Bros, in the same capacfy. 

Although Cooper was in the hotel busies 

at the time of his death, he still mainlined 

friendships and interests with those 

Imployed in motion picture-related trades. 

Be was a member of the Motion Picture 

ors. 

He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Brian (Farley) 

potency, and two grandchildren, all 

.iry. as well as a brother. Farley. 

A joint funeral service was held Monday 

lorniny. March 28, in the Little Chapel on 

of Cal- 

ne Corner (Jacques Funeral Home) in Calary. 

Officiating were the Rev. J. Brown 

'lilne and the Rev. Robert Shannon. Interlent 

was in Queen's Park Cemetery. 

Flaherty Award Presented 

To NFB Documentary Film 

MONTREAL — "Los Canadicnses." a 

National Film Board documentary about Ca- 

•adians in the Spanish Civil War. has won 

he Robert Flaherty Award. The winner was 

nnounced in London by the British Acadmy 

of Film and Television Arts. This 

'restigioiis award honoring the great film 

•ioneer is reserved for "documentary films 

Lamy Says Regionalization of NFB 

Is Receiving Priority Attention 

OTTAWA—Regionalization baa become 

hiil- ol the top priorities of the National 

Film Board, Andre l.ims. Canadian government 

film commissioner and chairman 

ol the NFB, said here VVcdnesda\ night. 

March 30. 

In addition to its operations in Montreal. 

the NFB now has English production centers 

in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver 

and French units in Moncton. Toronto 

and Winnipeg, Lamy told members 

of Parliament invited to a screening of films 

produced by the board's Atlantic studio. 

Lamy explained that the board's production 

activities had been centralized in Montreal 

because "the talents and facilities to 

do otherwise were not available." However, 

the rapid development of communications 

in Canada—and the desire to develop regional 

responses to Anglophone cultural 

needs, as well as the needs of French-Canadians 

outside Quebec—had changed the 

context in which the NFB functioned. 

As the regions began to develop their 

own resources, the NFB adapted to these 

changes, he said. The regionalization program 

began four years ago with the following 

objectives: 

• To produce and distribute visual materials 

which reflect regional perceptions and 

foster national 

understanding. 

• To stimulate regional development of 

Canadian film industry resources, both 

private and public. 

• To provide regional access to the full 

of feature length about subjects of social 

significance." 

The film which brought the award to 

Canada this year was directed by Albert 

Kish. It was seen on CBC national TV and 

drew unanimous praise from Canadian TV 

critics. 

For director 

Albert Kish and "Los Canadicnses." 

this was the third major international 

win. He won the Silver Hugo at the 

Chicago Festival and "best TV film" at 

Mannheim last vear. 

'Breaker! Breaker!' a Hit 

In Toronto Multiple Bow 

TORONTO— "Breaker! Breaker!" has set 

an American International all-time high 

record in the first week of a ten-theatre 

multiple opening here, reporting $83,380, 

despite four days of heavy snow. It is holding 

over in all situations. 

Chuck Norris. Gordon Murdock and 

Terry O'Connor star in this film revealing 

the changes taking place as millions of 

drivers utilize citizens band communications. 

The picture was directed and produced 

by Don Huletie. based ^n a screenpla) bj 

ferry Chambers and Hulette. 

range ol NFB production, distribution 

and advisory skills and services. 

"A quick glance at our budget will give 

you some idea ol the importance we attach 

to regional production," the NFB chairman 

said. "From $900,000 four years ago, our 

regional production budget has increased to 

$2,950,000 in the current fiscal year. And 

we expect that this figure will grow to $7,- 

900,000 by 1981." 

The English regional production budget 

was just over $2,000,000 this year, about 

20 per cent of the total English production 

budget. "In not too many years, regional 

production will account for almost 50 per 

cent of our English production budget," 

I. amy predicted. 

The budget for regional French production 

this year totaled $900,000, about 15 

per cent of the total French production 

budget. 

The permanent employees in the regional 

offices presently are confined to producers 

and support staff. Regional producers are 

responsible for processing locally generated 

ideas and for hiring local freelancers or 

contracting films to local companies. 

"That we have started to reach our goals 

can be seen through the achievements of 

our Atlantic production center." Lamy said. 

In less than three full years of operation, 

the Atlantic unit had completed 18 films 

and had 12 more in production, all directed 

by residents of the region. Of 1 1 films scheduled 

for completion in 1977. five are sponsored 

by government departments. 

Summer Postal Strike 

Hinted by UPW Prexy 

THUNDER BAY. ONT. — Joe 

Davidson, 

president of the 22,000-member Canadian 

Union of Postal Workers, who has announced 

plans to retire as union prexy in 

July, has been visiting locals across Canada 

to prepare for negotiations on a new contract. 

The current pact expires June 30. 

At a media session here. Davidson told 

Canadian Press that "the union may go on 

strike this summer" and added that "union 

members distrust their employer" (the federal 

government), 

Jean-Jacques Blais. postmaster general, 

said he hoped a strike such as the one in 

1975 will not occur again. The post office 

definitely could "go under if another nation. 

il postal strike occurs in the near future." 

he stated. 

The prolonged 75 strike which closed 

Canadian post offices caused inestimable 

inconvenience and expense to film distributors 

and theatre operators across the 

country. 

"Manitou" will begin principal photograph) 

April 18 on San Francisco locations. 

iOXOFFICE :: April 18. 1977 K-l

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'Rocky' Rings Up Excellent' First 

Week at New Vancouver Multiplex 

VANCOUVER — The opening of ihe 

Capitol 6 dominated the Granville Mall and 

the city boxoffices. The big winner was 

"Rocky," the only picture in the city to post 

"excellent" figures. The theatre also opened 

with "The Last Tycoon," "The Late Show," 

"Voyage of the Damned," "Bound for 

Glory" and "Thieves." Other newcomers 

included "The Littlest Horse Thieves," 

"The Slipper and the Rose" and "Strange 

Shadows in an Empty Room." 

Capitol 6—Rocky (Para) Excellent 

Capitol 6—The Last Tycoon (Para) 

Good 

Capitol 6—The Late Show (WB) 

Fair 

Capitol 6—Voyage oi the Damned 

(BVFD) Very Good 

Capitol 6—Bound for Glory (UA) Poor 

Capitol 6—Thieves (Para) Good 

Coronet—Strange Shadows in an Empty Room 

(Astral) 

Poor 

Coronet—Exit the Dragon. Enter the Tiger (PR), 

2nd wk 

Average 

Denman Mall—The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

(UA), 15th wk Very Good 

Downtown—The Cassandra Crossing (BVFD), 

4th wk Average 

Fine Arts—The Story ol Joanne (PR), 2nd wk Fair 

Lougheed Mall—Wizards (BVFD), 

3rd wk Very Good 

Lougheed Mall—Network (UA), 15th wk Good 

Odeon—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral), 


Park—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ) Good 

Park Royal—The Littlest Horse Thieves 

(BV) - Average 

Stanley—A Star Is Bom (WB), 14th wk Good 

Varsity—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 4th wk Fair 

'Dick & Jane,' 

'Freaky Friday,' 

'Rocky' 'Excellent' in Winnipeg 

WINNIPEG—"Fun With Dick and 

lane" joined the steady "Rocky" and 

"Freaky Friday" in the "excellent" column 

this week. "Bound for Glory" opened to 

"very good" grosses as did "The Town That 

Dreaded Sundown" while "Wizards" bowed 

to "average" returns. "Voyage of the 

Damned" ended a four-week run on an 

"average" note. 

Capitol—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent 

Colony—Bound ior Glory (UA) Very Good 

Convention Centre—The Cassandra Crossing 

(Astral), 5th wk Good 

Downtown—Erotic Wives (PR), Love Variations 

(PR) 

.Average 

Garden City—Fury of the Dragon (PR) --..Average 

Garrick—Voyage of the Damned (BVFD), 


Garrick—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral), 


Grant Park—Wizards (BVFD) ..._ Average 

Hyland, Kings—The Adventures of the Wilderness 

Family (PR), 4th wk Good 

Metropolitan—Freaky Friday (BV), 


Northstar—The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

(UA), 14th wk Very Good 

Northstar—Silver Streak (BVFD), 


Odeon—The Town That Dreaded Sundown 

(AFD) Very Gooi 

Polo Park—Network (MGM/UA), 7th wk. ..Very Good 

'Slap Shot,' 'Airport' Open 

'Excellent' in Montreal 

MONTREAL—The openings of "Slap 

Shot" and "Airport 77" shared "excellent" 

honors with "Rocky" which is in its ninth 

week here. Other new entries were "La 

Chien Enrage" and "The Domino Principle," 

both in the "very good" column and 

"Assault on Precinct 13," which grossed a 

"good." 

Atwater—Slap Shot (Univ) Excellent 

Avenue— Bound for Glory (UA), 


Berri—Un Cudavre au Dessert (Col), 5*h wk Good 

K-2 

Cinema—A Star Is Born (WB), 

14th wk 

.Very Good 

Claremont—Network (MGM/UA), 


Decarie Square—The Slipper and the Rose 

(Univ), 2nd wk Good 

Eros—Banging in Bangkok (Cinepix), 

2nd wk 

Very Good 

Le Dauphin— J. A. Martin Photographe 

(NFB), 9th wk Goo:l 

Loew's—Rocky (UA), 9th wk ... Excellent 

Loew's—The Cassandra Cro.sing (Astrcl), 


Loew's— Chatterbox (AFD), 3rd wk Very Good 

Parisien—Le Skieur de L'Everest 

(Nouveau Reseau), 2nd wk 

Very GooJ- 

Parisien—Le Chien Enrage (KAR) Very Good 

Palace— Assault on Precinct 13 (Astral) Good 

Place Desjardins—Barocco (FF), 5th wk Good 

Place du Canada—Airport '77 (Univ) Excellent 

Place Ville Mane—The Last Tycoon (Para), 

6th wk Very Gocd 

Snowdon—The Little Girl Who Lives Down the 

Lane (Astral), 4th wk Very Good 

St. Denis—On Continue a L'Appeler Trinita (FF), 

4th wk Good 

York—The Domino Principle (Astral) Very Good 

'Slap Shot,' 'Airport' Open 

'Excellent' in Toronto 

TORONTO—Two newcomers and two 

holdovers broke into the "excellent" column 

this week. "Slap Shot" and "Airport '77" 

both bowed at the top along with "Islands 

in the Stream" in its fourth week and 

"Rocky" in its 14th week. Other new entries 

included "The Late Show" and "Breaker! 

Breaker!" at "very good" and "Not 

Now, Comrade," "poor." 

Coronet—Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (PR), 

2nd wk Poor 

Eglmton—Freaky Friday (BV), 6th wk Good 

Fairlawn—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ), 

3rd wk Good 

Fairlctwn—Fun With Dick and lane (Astral), 

6th wk Gooi 

Hollywood North—The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

(UA), 14th wk Good 

Hollywood South—The Late Show 

(WB) Very Good 

Hyland—Slap Shot (Univ) Excellent 

Hyland— Airport '77 (Univ) Excellent 

Imperial Six—The Enforcer (WB), 13th wk Good 

Imperial Six—Breaker! Breaker! 

(AFD) 

Very Good 

Imperial Six—Chatterbox (AFD), 3rd wk Good 

Imperial Six—Come Home and Meet My Wife 

(IFD), 2nd wk Good 

Imperial Six—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 

6th wk 

International Cinema—Not Now Comrade 

Good 

AFD Poor 

( ) 

Plaza—Network (MGM/UA), 15th wk 

Plaza—Voyage of the Damned (Astral), 

Very Good 

14th wk 

Good 

Towne Cinemd— Islands in the Stream (Para), 

4th wk Xxcellent 

University—A Star Is Born (WB), 


Uptown—Rocky (UA), 14th wk Excellent 

Uptown—Silver Streak (BVFD), 


Uptown—Wizards (BVFD), 6th wk Good 

York—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 7th wk Fair 

Six Holdovers 'Excellent' 

At Edmonton Boxoffices 

EDMONTON—In spite of seven new entries, 

the six "excellent" here were recorded 

by holdovers. Hitting the top were "Rocky," 

"Network," "A Star Is Born," "Fun With 

Dick and Jane," "The Cassandra Crossing" 

and "The Pink Panther Strikes Again." 

Avenue—Voyage of the Damned (Astral) Poor 

Capilano—Never a Dull Moment: 

Three Caballeros (BV) . 

Poor 

Capitol Square—Wizards (BVFD), 3rd wk Good 

Capitol Square—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent 

Capitol Square—Network (UA), 7th wk Excellent 

Capitol Square—The Town That Dreaded 

Sundown (AFD) Good 

Gameau—A Star Is Bora (WB), 13th wk Excellent 

Jasper Blue—The Shaggy D.A. (BV), 3rd wk Fair 

Londonderry A—Freaky Friday (BV), 

6th wk - Very Good 

Londonderry B Thieves (Para), 3rd wk Fair 

. 

. 

Meadowlark, Rialto—Fun With Dick and Jane 

(Astral), 5th wk. excellent 

Odeon—The Confessional (IFD), 2nd wk. Good 

Odeon—Cousin Cousine (PR), 2nd wk Fair 

Paramount—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 


Plaza—Special Delivery (AFD) 

Plaza—Blood in the Streets (PR) 

Poor 

Poor 

Rialto— Aces High (Astral) .... Fair 

. 

Strand—Born for Hell; Hellhouse Girls (AFD) Fair 

Westmount A—The Pink Panther Strikes A'; i.i 

(UA), 14th wk Excelli 

Westmount B—Bound ior Glory (UA), 2rd wk 

'The Town That Dreaded Sundown' 

Opens 'Excellent' in Calgary 

CALGARY—"The Town That 

Dreaded 

Sundown" opened at the Grand with "excellent" 

grosses, an honor shared with six 

holdovers. They are "A Star Is Born," "The 

Pink Panther Strikes Again," "Rocky," "Silver 

Streak," "Fun With Dick and Jane" 

and "Network." 

Calgary Place—A Star Is Born (WB), 

13th wk Excellent: 

Calgary Place—The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

1 

(UA), 14th wk Excellent 

Chinook—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent 

Grand— Silver Streak (BVFD), 13th wk. Excellent 

Grand—The Town That Dreaded Sundown 

(AFD) 

Excell 

Marlborough Town Square, Westbrook— The 

Confessional (IFD) 

North Hill, Uptown—Fun With Dick and Jane 

1 

5th wk excellent 

Palace—Never a Dull Moment; Three Caballeros 

(BV), 2nd wk Very Goo. 

Palliser Square—Network (UA), 6th wk Excelle 

Palliser Square— It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet 

(AFD), 3rd wk Very Goo< 

Towne Red—The Sentinel (Univ), 6th wk. Very Got 

Uptown—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 

5th wk Very 

Westbrook—Victory at Entebbe (WB) Fai 

Westbrook—Mysteries of the Gods (PR), 

2nd wk Fai 

Journal, Air Canada Hold 

Oscar Contest in Ottawa 

OTTAWA—Monday evening, March 28 

wasn't just an important night in Holly 

wood—a lot of people in this city waitei 

breathlessly 

were, 

too. 

to learn who the Oscar winner 

Early last month, the Ottawa Journa 

in conjunction with Air Canada's 40th ar 

niversary, offered a flight for two to Lc 

Angeles as first prize in the newspaper 

Academy Awards contest. Entrants wei 

asked to select winners in each of 13 catij 

gories and then mail their contest blanl 

festival 

ImRONTOimpruui 

din com 

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Holt 

If KB 

rioCt 

to the Journal. One or two tricky categorit 

were included, such as best foreign fill 

More II 

and best adapted screenplay. 

Besides the trip via Air Canada to Li 

i of tke 

Angeles, visits to motion picture studii 

ndept 

were included as part of the top prize. 

Consolation prizes included: Two doub 

Will C 

passes for the remainder of the year 

Famous Players and 20th Century theatr 

in Ottawa and one double pass for t' 

remainder of the year to Odeon houses 

Ottawa; a weekend for two (including a 

commodations and one dinner for two) 

the Holiday Inn, 100 Kent St.; two priz 

of a superb full-color book about the Mc 

treal and Innsbruck Olympics in 1976, al 

Journal sweatshirts, film books and varic> 

other prizes to "reward good effort." 

A happy feature of the competition v> 

that any person could enter more than on 

making a calculated guess on the outcoi? 

of the Academy Awards. Entries were ju

i 

by 

• 

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976 

1 

I jstival of Festivals Is 

£?t for September 9-18 Big Home Screen TV, Long Playdotes 

l|rORON TO—This city will host its sec 

111 annual film festival September C >-IS. 

Among Reasons for Centre Closing 

k ording to recently announced plans. 

fcncurrently, program director Bill Mar- IORON I \ttei exhibiting 15.000 motion 

• "A higher quality IV signal, as 

"ii 

market here while the festival is in heim, H. D. "Cotton" Griffith and Ralph 2221 YOHCISJ.STI. 604, T0K0H10 

ogress. 

| 

Wiest. 

M4S2B4.TR. 4933551 ccsri 

$, II and producer Hank Van der kolk dis 

pictures to this city 's entertainment seek- 

offered by cable. 

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 

fciyram manager of the 1977 Festival ol aire at 772 Dundas St., West, was closed 

exhibitor and distributor hampers 

tivals. 

permanently March 27 after its showing of creative development of the repertory cinema. 

The festival officials gratefully acknowlf;ed 

the continuing enthusiasm and sup- 

Aweigh." 

• "The high rate of construction of cir- 

"Imitation to the Dance" and "Anchors 

"The decision to close is not one of economic 

cuit-operated, first-run cinemas Multi-cin- 

given by Famous Players, especially 

t 

the combined use of the Toronto Doii 

necessity," observed Wayne Fromm, emas constructed during include the 

Kiion Cinema and the two Sheraton thees 

who has operated the Centre as a repertory Hudson Bay Centre, Finch-Dufferin and 

for the event. 

theatre the last two years, "for the Centre Jane-Wilson; conversion of the Fairlawn to 

still holds her own. It is, however, based on a twin, as well as soon-to-be-completed cinemas 

Harbour Square Headquarters 

future reality. It seems that the second-run 

at the Eaton Centre, Bayview-Shep- 

Headquarters will be in the Harbour C.is- cinema, as such, belongs on an endangered pard Plaza and the Yonge-Sheppard Centre. 

Hilton Hotel. 1 Harbour Square. The species list. The following is a list of factors 

.el's lobby and bar will be decorated for supporting this view: 

• "The more stringent requirements for 

festival and the officials said they appreted 

the generosity of the management in system; i.e.. the MCA Disco-Vision. 

Board and enforced by Ontario theatre in- 

• "The soon-to-be-marketed video-disc a cinema, as set out by the Ontario Censor 

ividing accommodations for guests attendee 

film event. Reservations can be ar- 

Advent TV screen enlargement system. 

After detailing these eight reasons for 

• "The introduction of the Electrohome/ spectors." 

iged through any Hilton reservation • "Extended playdate of new films: 18 bringing the Centre's long career to an end, 

ice or Hilton hotel anywhere in the months expired before 'One Flew Over the Fromm concluded: "It seems apparent that 

rid. 

Cuckoo's Nest' was first made available to in order to succeed, each cinema must fully 

A rundown of festival events includes: a repertory theatre. 'Barry Lyndon' has yet differentiate itself from one another. This is 

• "Retrospective of Quebec Films." to be made available. 

precisely what I intend to do after I first 

• 

uposed of 20 features and 20 shorts, "Network competition. The 1976-1977 attain a point of satiety with respect to 

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 

! first time. Festival officials are working •2001: A Space Odyssey,' 'Gone With the all of the area's film buffs for their help and 

h Robert Daudelin, executive director Wind,' 'Play It Again, Sam,' 'Rollerball,' support these last two years, which have 

the Cinematheque Quebecois. and Jean- 'Farewell, My Lovely,' 'The Wind and the been fun, as energy and feeling flowed into 

, 

:rre Bastien. who will prepare the proaiming 

and supervise documentation. In- 

Lion' and 'Smile.' 

the theatre, bringing its four walls to life." 

tmation on this retrospective will be bilinj)al 

in the festival program. 

Distributor of X-Rated 

'Alice' Is Fined $1,000 

TORONTO 

• "Children's Cinema" will be a high- 

,ht, with a program being worked out by 

SUDBURY, ONT.—A film which D. L. n private advance screening of films from 

i 

ul Turell. president of Janus Films. The Sims, director of the theatre branch of the 

the Toronto Super 8 Film Festival was 

Ontario Province ministry of 

."•gram will include some 

consumer and 

classic children's 

held at the New Yorker here Tuesday afternoon. 

March 29. The festival itself was held 

ns, early Laurel and Hardy comedies, 

commercial relations, said got by the provincial 

rly science-fiction, etc.. in eight programs 

censor board "by some mistake." at Harbourfront Friday and Saturday (1, 2) 

features and shorts which will be shown has brought its Toronto distributor, Victoria 

and at the New York Sunday (3). Included 

were screenings of "Cathedral," by Dan 

turday and Sunday mornings and 

Film Services, 

afterons 

of both weekends. 

Algrant of Boston: "Framework." by Ralph 

a fine of $1,000 in provincial 

court. 

The court set the amount of the fine after Schreiber of Buffalo, and entries by Venezuelan 

More Women's Films 

the company pleaded guilty to a charge of 

filmmakers. "The Pillow," by Eric 

• "More of the Best" will include a setion 

of independent American cinema, Entitled "Alice in Wonderland." 

distributing obscene material. 

Fitz and Dave Cohen, both 1 3 years old. 

also was screened. 

the film 

esl German films and women's films. was described in theatre ads as "an X-rated. During this interim when there are no 

• "Brechtian Cinema Events," a special musical comedy adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 

Variety clubrooms, the Toronto Press Club 

;nt of the Edinburgh Festival last year, 

story." Before the Sudbury morality has graciously made its clubroom facilities 

111 be presented by I.inda Myles. 

squad could lay hands on it, "Alice" had on Richmond Street West available to barkers. 

• played twice at the Empire Theatre. After 

"Dino's Peachy Films," ten favorites 

the seizure, an edited and censored print of 

Dino De Laurentiis. is a retrothe 

same film continued on the Empire 

ECtive which may include "La Strada," 

screen about a month. 

Break for Senior Citizens 

its of Cabiria," "The Gold of Naples." 

BROOKLYN. N.Y.—The Pennway Cinema, 

which has an adult film policy, is now 

tnd Peace." "The Bible." "The Great 

IT," "Waterloo." "Branded Women." 

Gulf Drive-in Leases 

admitting senior citizens for $1.99 admission 

karabbas" and "The Tempest." 

at all times. The theatre charges $2.99 regular 

admission. 

now are under way with sevjal 

Theatre in Freeport 

prominent Canadians for a special-pro- 

From Southwestern Edition 

ini scries, an academic retrospective and FREEPORT. TEX.—The Gulf Drive-in 

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iklet which is being planned. Wayne he. itre. formerly known as the Surf Drivein. 

has been leased from the J. G. Long 

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preparing a series with the festival. he at res by Gulf Drive-In Theatres. Inc. 

REVENUE 

Stockholders of Gulf Drive-In Theatres. 

I he prospects also are now being exwed 

.is to the feasibility of having a world Inc.. are R. E. "Bob" Davis. Alvin Guggen- 

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Famous' Capitol 6 Is 

as an usher in the original Capitol, went to 

Victoria, returned to the Strand and then 

moved to the Orpheum. were there, along 

with many other dignitaries. 

Opened in Vancouver 

The latest in a long line of distinguished 

\ \NCOUVER—When the Capitol Theatre 

first opened March 12, 1921, crowds who in eight years with FP has progressed 

managers of the Capitol is Brian Rogers, 

had to be held hack at the door while from the Stanley to the Lougheed Mall 

workmen finished tiling the lobby. This three-plex and now to the new flagship. 

time, it was touch-and-go to gel everything Starting with the opening in 1921, house 

ship-shape for the invitational screening managers have included: Ralph Ruffner, 

March 17. 1977. with the house (six Lloyd Dearth. Jack Muir, Maynard Joyner. 

screens) opening for business Friday. March Charlie Doctor, Jack Randall (on a temporary 

basis) and Dick Letts, now at the 

IS. 

The new Capitol 6 is a far cry from the Downtown. 

original showhouse which, in its day, cost 

Famous Players $50,000 and opened with 

much hoopla. Star Wallace Reid leaped 

through a paper screen to declare Vancouver's 

newest picture palace officially 

VANCOUVER 

open for business in 1921. 

^farner Bros, branch manager Roly Rickard 

and family planned tor a "Sun 

With the advent of sound in 1930, the 

house was renovated and, again in 1965. Fun" holiday away from the Arctic breezes 

was closed for a lengthy period for extensive 

changes which reduced the seating 

which still prevail in British Columbia. 

Canfilm Western division manager Barry 

from 2,076 to 1.400. Equipment was updated 

to accommodate the various novel 

Gordon visited the local branch to meet 

the staff and, in company with local sales 

film types and sizes then making the rounds. 

manager Dave Gilfillan, visited 

It was 

equipment 

1974 when the Capitol closed again 

and 16mm film accounts . . . Gilfillan also 

and about six months later work began to 

attended an equipment seminar 

transform the showcase 

and sales 

into a sixple.x. Total 

meeting in Seattle . . . 

capacity now 

Dene Joyal, 

is just under 3.000. The 

16mm 

booker, has returned 

Capitol 6 has been 

from a 

achieved 

quick holiday 

in three years, 

in Hawaii. 

in spite of two strikes and many obstacles, 

at a cost of approximately $7,000,000. 

Passing through this city soon, en route 

Overseeing the whole project was Famous' 

Western division vice-president, Doug gether, will be "The Six Million Dollar 

to Banff where they will make a movie to- 

Gow, who started in the business as a doorman 

at the Broadway. That theatre was Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett-Majors, 

Man" and his wife. The picture, starring 

operated by his father, who joined FP and originally was scheduled for Colorado but 

later became British Columbia district apparently there's a shortage of snow for 

manager. 

the proposed ski epic. The project reportly 

Since he refers to the multiscreen complex 

as "a shopping center for entertainting 

credit as executive producer. 

is financed by Universal, with Majors getment." 

Gow is convinced that it is the 

answer 

World-famous stunt driver Remy Julienne, 

to revitalization of Granville's theatre 

row. which who makes the Fiat TV 

will be further enhanced 

commercials, 

is 

with the opening 

looking around this 

of a twin 

area 

in Birk's Vancouver 

Centre. To have 

and some 

up-country locations for possible sites 

approximately 750 

for 

seats, the duo replaces 

the chase scenes in 

the old Strand. 

the Yves Montand starrer, 

"Flashback," an action thriller that is 

While picture commitments kept the stars 

planned for a June start. One chase involves 

of the six inaugural features from attending, 

heavy-duty logging trucks. Jack Wasserman 

th; opening night was graced with local 

would like to see 

dignitaries and show 

him land one of them on 

business veterans, particularly 

those associated with the old Capi- 

the deck of a cross-gulf—of-Georgia ferry. 

tol. 

Mrs. Hi Seely, owner-manager of the 

Mayor Jack Volrich gave a few words of Yukon White Horse, took advantage of the 

welcome and cut the cake. Mrs. Mae Doctor, 

widow of Charles Doctor, who man- 

daughters to give them a taste of the big- 

spring school break to fly here with her two 

aged the theatre for many years; Maynard city bright lights while she visited Hosford 

Joyner. who went from Orpheum manager Theatres with regard to new equipment and 

to Capitol manager to Famous Players district 

manager, and Ivan Ackery. who started 

summer bookings. 

Classic Film Shown Free 

CINERAiMAlSIN 

PITTSBURGH — "Gentleman's Agreement" 

will be screened free of charge Sunday, 

May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the lecture hall 



of Carnegie Institute in the regular "History 


of Film" series. Directed by Elia Kazan, 


the story concerns a writer, Gregory Peck, 

[hawauJ 


who uotelsj 

masquerades as a Jew to investigate 

l Cinerama's Reef Towers Hotel. 

IN WAIKIKI: REEF REEF TOWERS EDGEWATFR anti-Semitism. This was a 1947 feature 

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production running 118 minutes. 

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powuc Cinema Blue and Warner Bros, 

cohosted 

a late-night screening of "Th< 

Late Show" March 25 at 11:30 p.m. Invi 

tations were sent to numerous guests to set 

the regular film program, "Cousin Cou 

sine," before the special feature. 

All of us who have lost a friend—or tw< 

friends— join in sending sincerest condo 

lences to the Albert Bloomcrist and Ber 

Cooper families. 

Ken Mi'Bean of Swift Current, Sask., an 

nounced that effective March 18 he was n 

longer associated with Swift Current The 

atres. The McBeans will stay in Swift Cui 

rent until the end of the current school yea 

and then move back to our town. 

Word has it that one of this city's owi 

Gary Gibney, had a part in the United Ar 

ists-distributed winner, "Network." 

A former Calgarian, well-known in o 

industry, Frank Kershaw, was killed in t 

superjet plane disaster in the Canary Islan 

March 27. Many people in our territo: 

will remember Frank as a pioneer in tl 

drive-in field in this province in the ea: 

1950s. He was associated with building tlj 

Chinook Drive-in here and later built fo 

other open-air theatres in Edmonton, tl 

city and Lethbridge. Following the death 

his first wife Aileen several years ag 

Frank moved to California and was ilj 

volved in avocado farming at the time , 

his death. He was traveling with his w: 

Dorothea, whom he had married just o! 

week before the fatal crash. The weddi; 

took place in Borrego Springs, Calif., tal 

the Kershaws were on their honeymoon. / 

cording to reports. Mrs. Kershaw survivl 

the crash. 

NFB Olympic Film Ready 

For Global Distribution 

MONTREAL—"The Games of the XI 

Olympiad," the official film of the 1 £6 

Olympics in Montreal, produced by 1ft 

National Film Board of Canada, is nff 

complete and awaiting worldwide distriition. 

The two-hour color documentary was i- 

rected by 38-year-old Quebec filmma 

Jean-Claude Labrecque, in collaborat 

with associate directors Jean Beaudin, M 

eel Carriere and Georges Dufaux, vi| 

Jacques Bobet as executive producer. 

The filmmaking approach was "cin

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Square. The former Sears. Roebuck building has been transformed 

into a dynamic shopman complex also featuring restaurants ami boutiques. 

Mid-America Cinema Corp. has expanded into Kansas City's fashionable 

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EExtensive remodeling of a former 

Sears, Roebuck store in Kansas City 

to convert it into a multi-tenant shopping 

center with a four-auditorium theatre as a 

major tenant; a quadplex in Wichita. Kas., 

\\ here patron comfort is considered so important 

that shock absorbers and spring supports 

are installed under air-conditioning 

heating and cooling units to prevent any 

sound leakage from seeping into the auditoriums; 

and a combination airer/twin 

hardtop slated to be constructed in Midland, 

Tex. These are some of the aspects 

of articles featured in this month's issue 

of The Modern Theatre, which considers 

Multiple-Unit Theatres and Automation. 

The lead story beginning on page 4 examines 

Seville Square on Kansas City's posh 

Country Club Plaza. The former Sears, 

Roebuck & Co. building constructed in the 

late '40s has been innovatively converted 

by Plaza developer J.C. Nichols Co. into 

a retail shopping complex featuring boutiques, 

restaurants and a four-auditorium 

theatre. Operated by Mid-America Cinema 

Corp., Seville Cinema Four offers the most 

up-to-date theatre equipment in plush, comfortable 

surroundings. Seating capacity is 

750. 

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Then on page 6 there is an account of 

American Entertainment's Cinemas West in 

Wichita, Kas. This impressively designed, 

freestanding quad offers the utmost in patron 

comfort. Plotted in a generally triangular 

configuration with the auditoriums 

fanning out about the combination boxoffice/ 

concession center, the 1,300-seat 

Cinemas West boasts shock absorber and 

spring supports under air-conditioning 

units. In this way noise from the units. 

which were placed above the concessions 

area rather than above the auditoriums, is 

less likely to leak into the auditoriums and 

disturb the audience. 

Another striking feature of the design is 

the facade, a massive curved front of white 

stucco on a cinder block and structural steel 

frame. Across the canopy are 1,280 flashing 

lights spelling out a 4x48-ft. CINEMAS 

WEST. 

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rendering of the proposed Cinema 

Park complex in Midland. Tex., is 

found on page 8. The imaginative design 

calls for a combination twin hardtop and 

drive-in theatre facility on one site. Auditoriums 

will seat 350 each and the ozoner 

will accommodate 500 cars. Cinema Park 

is a joint venture involving Midland Theatres, 

Midland, Tex., and Video Independent 

Theatres. Oklahoma City. 

Seville Square in KC: Major Tenant in Department Store-Turned 

Retail Complex Is Mid-America Cinema Quad 4 

Stylishly Designed Cinemas West a Boon 

To Comfort- Seeking Wichita Moviegoers 6 

Walk-In or Drive-In 8 

Still No Date Set for Boston Quad 9 

Adjustment Procedures for Bauer 

U-3, U-4 Similar in Several Areas Wesley Trout 10 

Team Concept in 

Employee Relations 

Vital for Sound Theatre Management Allen M. Widem 20 

Alert, Adaptable Person Is Good Manager Stock 23 

Eprad Seminar 24 

But Were the Good 01' Days That Great? Glenn Berggren 27 

NAC Brass to Meet May 22 in Chicago 33 

SMPTE Confab Set for Oct. 16-21 33 

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Projection and Sound 10 New Equipment, Developments 30 

Refreshment Service 20 About People and Product 36 

ON THE COVER 

Seville Square, the former Sears, Roebuck & Co. building on the 

Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, built some 30 years ago in the 

architectural style of the day, has undergone a stunning interior transformation, 

with a couple of exterior surprises as well. Two of the most 

dynamic aspects of the renovation by the J. C. Nichols Co., developer 

of the Plaza, are the atriums, one of which is seen at the far end of 

the building. One of the largest tenants in the new shopping complex 

is Mid-America Cinema Corp., which opened a 750-seat multiple-unit 

theatre. 

GARY D. KABRICK, Managing Editor 

The MODERN THEATRE is a bound-in section published each month in BOXOFFICE. 

Editorial or general business correspondence should be addressed to Associated Publications 

Inc , 825 Van Brunt Blvd. Kansas City, Mo. 64124. Wesley Trout, Technical Editor;! 

Eastern Representative: James Young, 1270 Sixth Ave., Rockefeller Center, New York,! 

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The handsome concession center at 

Seville Cinema Four, left, features Star 

popcorn popper and flavor dispensers, 

Tru-Temp popcorn warmer, Sitco drink 

dispensers and Scotsman ice machine. 

The decor handled under the supervision 

of Mrs. Sylvia Stone, the setup 

was manufactured by Index Store Fixture, 

Kansas City. 

Seville Square in KC 

Major Tenant in Department Store-Turned 

Retail Complex Is Mid-America Cinema Quad 

f\ midst a Spanish setting as colorful and exciting as 

the image its name is likely to evoke, Seville Cinema Four in 

Seville Square lit up its screens on the famed, fashionably elegant 

Country Club Plaza in Kansas City recently. It marks a departure 

for Mid-America Cinema Corp. from what up to now had been 

deluxe suburban situations on the city's periphery. The locally 

headquartered circuit now joins American Multi Cinema, another 

home-based exhibitor, and Mann Theatres in operating screens 

' now showing \ 

in what is reputed to be "the world's first shopping center." 

The imaginatively designed Seville Square is the result of 

bold, innovative approach the J. C. Nichols Co., developer of 

Plaza, used to transform the former Sears. Roebuck & Co. s 

into an intimate multi-tenant shopping complex. Forty-two n 

shops are housed on the lower level and first three floors 

the fourth floor being reserved for office tenants. 

Access from the street to the four auditoriums, located at 

A window at the lobby entrant 

next to the large "Now Showing 

sign, left, looks into one of thn 

projection booths at the quadple. 

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Consideration for patron comfort, extending even to 

what very likely would be a low priority item with any other 

theatre—shock absorber supports for air conditioning units 

is clearly a distinguishing factor at American Entertainment's 

Cinemas West in Wichita, Kas. The unusually designed quadplex 

brings to nine the total number of screens the seven-year-old circuit 

now operates in Wichita. 

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an impressive local point al night. 

\long Nichols Road, which tuns east and 

west along the south side ol Seville Square. 

a promenade atmosphere has been created 

by removing the former parking lane, 

widening the sidewalk and adding a planting 

area containing Bradford pear trees. The existing 

canopy was modified and lowered to 

harmonize with the promenade effect. Informational 

kiosks are at either southern 

corner of the building, the one in front of 

the Seville Cinema entrance featuring theatre 

lights and attraction boards for programs 

currently playing. 

As impressive as the atrium at the corner 

of the building, from both within and without, 

is the inner atrium created in the central 

portion of the structure by removing 

part of the second, third, fourth and roof 

levels. Planners stair-stepped the levels west 

of the atrium, enabling patrons to feel as 

Irwin seating, Econo 

though they are a part 

Pleat wall covering 

and Hurley Super-Glo screens 

of the expansive area 

without having to walk to the edge of each 

level. 

mounted on Mulone "Floating Screen" 

The atrium area extends 8 feet above 

the roof and includes 18 translucent light 

Ironies are used in the auditoriums at 

panels that provide natural lighting to the 

West. 

interior. 

Spanish Motif 

jper-Glo models—two at 1 114x25 ft. and 

me each at 14x31 ft. and 15x34 ft. Irwin This atrium, an architectural attempt to 

.•ating. placed 40 in. apart, has been used, harmonize Seville Square at the western 

maturing Chatham fabric nylon in shades edge of the Plaza with the remainder of 

|f red. green, brown and purple. 

the shopping area, eases the transition from 

projection room is L-shaped and shops opening onto streets to shops in the 

Teasures 9.\200-ft. In it, too, are familiar interior of the complex. 

ldustry names, including Strong Lume-X On each floor a series of arches serves as 

tmphouses, Kollmorgen lenses, Ballantyne a unifying link with the Spanish motif that 

IP projector systems and Drive-In Theatre so readily identifies the Country Club Plaza. 

P-270 

These Spanish arches are used in conjunction 

with Tiffany light fixtures and mir- 

film platters. 

rored panels. Miniature lights suspended in 

clear vertical tubes on the face of the mirrors 

render an effect reminiscent of the 

Seville Square— 

Plaza lights during the Christmas season. 

Continued from page 5 Objects d'art and artifacts in keeping 

with the Spanish motif have been used 

uditoriums and a long room serving the 

throughout the more than 73,000 square 

i*o smaller ones. An interesting feature of 

feet 

le large booth is the interior design 

of retail space as well as the 50,000 

hich allows one print to be used for both 

square feet of winding pedestrian walkways. 

Also used extensively are wall graphics, 

uditoriums, thus allowing a 350-seat facilmetal 

sculptures, wrought-iron works, ceramic 

tile accents and live plantings. Cor- 

> for a popular attraction. 

! Familiar names in the projection booths 

ridors are carpeted in deep red, and contrasting 

brick, textured plaster and a variety 

iclude Drive-In Theatre Mfg. LP-270 

latters, Sankor lenses, Cinemeccanica V-4 

rejectors, Osram xenon bulbs and Xetron of additional wall treatments create intimate 

division, Carbons, Inc.. lamphouses and 

charm and provide each area an individual 

identity. 

Automation. 

Project architect for Seville Square was 

Soundfold draperies in bright shades of 

umpkin. maroon and 

Ralph Myers of Kivett & Myers, Kansas 

red—continuing the 

'lor scheme used in the 

City. Norwood Oliver of Norwood Oliver 

lobby—lend eye 

ppeal to the auditoriums as well as im- Desgn Associates, New York, was interior 

Ortant sound conditioning. Seating is Masby'l 

\1S-1 rocker model with long-wearing acquire many of the art objects used in the 

designer. Both men traveled to Mexico to 

is Ion upholstery on scat, back and armrests. complex. 

on c* creens are by Hurley. 

One of the unusual aspects of the setup 

Parking for theatre patrons, as well as of Seville Square, which is a departure from 

eville inee Square shoppers, is easily accessible general shopping center leasing arrangements, 

is that the J. C. Nichols Co. design- 

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climate-controlled skywalk 

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28-car, tree parking garage. 

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cvts of the distinctive building now hous- 

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atrium at the southeast corner. Exij 

'tiding street level to rooftop, the atrium 

the complex. If a tenant asked to design 

his own storefront, the Nichols company 

required design approval from the project 

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Cinema Park, a unique theatre complex featuring twin 350-seat auditoriums and 

a 500-car outdoor theatre. A joint venture involving Midland Theatres, Midland, 

and Video Independent Theatres, Oklahoma City, Okla., Cinema Park will occupy 

part of a l2'/2-acre tract where the Fiesta Drive-In now exists. The old 

ozoner will be razed. Completion of the complex is expected by year's end. Plans 

for Cinema Park, which was designed by Whitaker & Hall architects and engineers, 

Lubbock, call for sharing of a common concessions center and platter-equipped 

projection booth. The first twin slated for Midland, Cinema Park is thought to be 

the first of its kind in West Texas, and possibly the first in the entire state, Paul E. 

Cornwell, Video Theatres vice-president in charge of operations, pointed out. The 

project has been under consideration for several years, according to Mrs. J. 

Howard Hodge, who operated Midland Theatres with her late husband for four 

decades. She said the decision to proceed was spurred by the continued growth of 

Midland and the location of Midland College and the new Midland Theatre 

Centre nearby. Bernard McKenna, general manager of Midland Theatres, will 

supervise the construction. 

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The ground-breaking date for the $4.5- 

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Boston, and Edison Parking Co.. 

ewark, for the Faneuil Hall-Dock Square 

arkets area of Boston remains in ques- 

.-in, the result of the site generating so 

uch interest that it has become a political 

iotball. 

At least seven other "teams" are particiiting 

in the game, with the Boston Re- 

•velopment Authority, mayor and city 

juncil at odds as to who will referee the 

itcome. The site has been dormant for a 

umber of years, but the heavy crowds of 

;destrians the rejuvenated Faneuil Hall 

[arketplace has been attracting has made 

:veloper interest in the area soar. 

The Beal-Sack-Edison proposal, designed 

y Charles Hilgenhurst Associates, Boston, 

the only one that focuses on theatre use 

i a major way, something planners believe 

ould increase shopper traffic within the 

nerging market centers even more. Inuded 

in the semi-circular design of the 

.implex is a parcel depot area, which would 

lable anyone coming out of the garage to 

rive up and pick up packages purchased 

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WESLEY TROUT 

e want to thank George H. Corbert, 

product manager of Arriflex Co. of 

America, Woodside, 

N.Y., for supplying 

us data pertinent to 

the company's Bauer 

theatre projector systems. 

While the particular 

data covered 

the Bauer U-3 35/ 

70mm projector, the 

U-4 35mm model is 

very similar. For example, 

Wesley Trout 

adjustment 

procedures for the 

film path, projector head, optical sound 

unit and Iamphouse are applicable to both 

projectors. 

As a functional examination, check the 

oil level in the window at the rear of the 

projector mechanism. During standstill, 

the 

oil inspection window must show a filling 

of three-fourths. The oil level must never 

reach the top edge of the oil level indicator 

window. Remember to use only the very 

finest projector oil for maximum operation 

efficiency and longer wear of moving parts. 

Periodically examine all the sprockets 

for teeth wear. Worn sprockets not only 

can cause picture jump but also can damage 

film. Sprockets should be cleaned every 

day with a stiff-bristle tooth brush moistened 

with a little cleaning solvent. 

Check the idle rollers that hold the film 

on the takeup and feed sprockets to see that 

they run smoothly and are clean. Make sure 

all rollers turn freely so that they will not 

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develop flat spots. Adjust the rollers so tbl 

the distance between them and the sproclfl 

face is equivalent to the thickness of t| 

pieces 

of film. 

There must be no play in the focusul 

mechanism for all three film formats. ApplJ 

some lubricant, such as Vaseline, to 

shaft of the lens turret. 

Be sure to check the drive belt for 

proper tension and alignment, also notin 

that it is in good condition and operate| 

smoothly. 

Rotate the sound drum on the opticd 

sound unit to make sure it runs smoothll 

and does not have any binds. This is eij 

tremely important for good sound reprodud 

tion. Keep this unit clean and free of an| 

dirt or dust. 

Another check is the alignment of 

rollers in the optical sound system. Makj 

sure they run freely. 

We recommend that you clean the prd 

jection lens and the sound optic every daj 

with a small brush, wiping clean with led 

tissue. Clean the condenser lens in the led 

holder. Remove the solar cell from tlj 

optical sound unit and wipe clean once 

awhile. 

Note: When replacing the solar cell, 

push it in firmly to the end stop. 

Occasionally check the functioning of tl 

braking roller in front of the optical soun 

unit. The proper adjustment of the brakir 

roller and the guide rollers of the sour 

unit is ensured when the compensatir 

roller on the sound drum remains more < 

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NfS facts of life 

The Simplex "Entertainer 

other projection syste 

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at a lower cost to you, too) 

HERE'S WHY: 

THE SIMPLEX ENTERTAINER VS. Consoles: 

USE THIS OR ANY OTHER CHECKLIST 

TO COMPARE THE SIMPLEX ENTERTAINER 

WITH ALL OTHER "COMPLETE" SYSTEMS 

Consoles: Difficult to get to each part, since they are 

"locked in" to the cabinet. 

The Entertainer: Lamphouse and power supply are positioned 

so that they are immediately and easily accessible 

for repair . . . they 

are cooler and more efficient to operate. 

Consoles: Difficult or impossible to move into many 

booths without dis-assembling. 

The Entertainer: Completely pre-wired and factory tested, 

but made up of component parts ... allows for easy access 

to any normal booth. 

THE SIMPLEX ENTERTAINER VS. Foreign-made Systems: 

Foreign-made: Require parts and supplies like any other 

system, but you may find yourself 3,000 or more miles 

removed from a source of supply, and they'll cost more. 

The Entertainer: Has the shortest "pipeline" for parts, 

supplies, service. They're as close as your nearest NTS 

branch. 

THE SIMPLEX ENTERTAINER VS. All other Systems: 

All other systems: Some boast of having "the only complete 

system." (One competitor talks of a "complete package" 

but fails to mention that their package is minus automation 

and minus sound amplification. How "complete"?) 

The Entertainer: We admit that there is no one system that 

is totally complete. But The Entertainer is /ncomplete only 

in that we offer you your own choice of power supply, 

lamphouse and platter. 

All Other Systems: Rely on outside service organizations 

for supplies, distribution, repair and replacement of parts, 

etc. 

The Entertainer: Is manufactured and distributed by the 

Simplex division of National Theatre Supply, the only 

manufacturer-distributor with our own factory -trained personnel; 

technicians, engineers and supply sources— all 

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Installation: 

Pre-wired for all functions, including lamphouse 

and power supply 

Self-contained 

Quick-connect 

Internal circuit-breaker box 

Lowest possible installation costs 

Shortest possible installation time: 2 hrs. maximum 

in any normal situation 

Maintenance: 

Easiest possible maintenance 

Once-a-year oil change on projector 

Projector: 

Simplex has not been matched by anyone for 

quality or dependability for over 50 years 

Continuous projector operation and therefore 

continuous operation of entire system 

Shutter: 

Adjustable conical shutter, positioned close to 

picture aperture, provides extremely high 

light efficiency 

Runs at a slower speed, with less resultant 

wear-and-tear 

Feed Sprockets: 

Upper and lower sprockets have 24 teeth each, 

reducing shaft speeds to prolong operating 

life, permitting smooth wrap-around and lessening 

danger of splice breakage 

Automation: 

Simplex offers a lifetime parts guarantee! 

Easy to increase capability of automation: easy 

add-on, offering as many additional automatic 

functions for auditorium as you like 

Modular: 

A completely modular system, composed of 

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In 'mission: 

Prides automatic intermission capability so 

.stomers need never be left sitting in the dark if 

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Sr -show capability, so you can have an 

ssion m the middle of a long picture without 

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Projection and Sound— 

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less in its medium position, that is to say, 

when it swings out toward either side to the 

same degree. 

Check the loop former while the film 

runs. Holding the small knurled part reduces 

the loop; holding the big knurled part enlarges 

the loop above the Maltese cross intermittent 

sprocket. 

In order to exchange the plastic guide 

rollers, remove the locking discs from the 

shafts and take off the rollers. Clean the 

rollers which do not run smoothly and put 

lubrication on the roller shafts before 

a little 

replacing them. Keep the rollers free of dust 

and dirt. 

Takeup Sprocket 

The takeup sprocket is mounted onto the 

shaft of the takeup bearing together with 

loop former. To remove the takeup sprocket 

together with loop former, lift the lay-on 

roller, turning the knurled screw of the loop 

former until the hexagon socket screw becomes 

visible behind a hole in the sprocket. 

Then remove the screw entirely and take off 

the loop former together with the takeup 

sprocket. When replacing these parts, watch 

that the driving pin of the loop former engages 

with the corresponding bore in the 

sprocket. 

To remove the intermittent sprocket, 

turn the inching wheel until the intermittent 

sprocket comes to a standstill and then 

loosen the conical screw. Give the inching 

wheel another quarter-turn to prevent any 

damage to the Maltese cross. This should be 

done even after the intermittent sprocket 

has come to a standstill. As an additional 

precautionary safety move to prevent damage 

to the Maltese cross, hold this sprocket 

while loosening the screw. When replacing 

the intermittent sprocket, watch that the 

fixing pin on the intermittent shaft engages 

with the groove in the intermittent sprocket. 

Then, push the sprocket inward and up to 

the stop, 

tightening the retaining screw very 

carefully and without too much force. 

To adjust the upper roller holder on the 

projector head, loosen the clamping screw 

of the roller shaft to a point where it 

cannot be moved any more. Then, turn the 

shaft laterally so that the film does not 

buckle on either side of the roller holder. 

To exchange the plastic or velvet bands 

on the aperture holder, first open the film 

gate, loosen the socket screw and remove 

the aperture holder. Release the tension on 

the band by loosening the knurled screw. 

Loosen the hexagon socket screw of the 

clamping plate at the bottom of the aperture 

holder. Then, remove the bottom end of 

the bands and then the top ends. 

When installing new bands, first fit them 

into the top clamping lever. Clamp them 

tightly by means of the clamping plate after 

applying some pre-tension by hand. After 

installing the new bands, make sure that the 

respective tensioning springs fit into the 

respective grooves in the clamping bolt 

Then watch that the clamping bolt is prop 

erly seated in the clamping levers. 

When the film runs, tighten the bands to 

a point where perfect picture steadiness with 

a minimum of film running noise is guaran 

teed. If, during projection, it should become 

obvious that the tensioning bands cannot be 

sufficiently tightened, exchange the tensioning 

spring in the aperture holder. Excess 

tension may damage the perforations oi 

1 

even cause a film break. On the other hand 

insufficient tension will cause unsatisfactory 

picture steadiness. It is important, therefore 

to make adjustments as instructed. Then 

should be just enough tension to hold thi 

picture steady on the screen. 

Removing the aperture holder is accomp 

lished by first removing the film gate an< 

then loosening the hexagon socket screv 

dler 

Continued on page U 

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Joe Kelly bought 

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[fourteen more.Why? 

Mr. Kelly has been in the 

equipment business for twenty-five years. 

His comments on BAUER: 

Joe Kelly 

••\A/e bought the first 

five 

¥ ¥ bauer projectors be- 

.use the booth we were equipping 

id a low ceiling" says Mr. Kelly. 

The bauer U3 accepted 6.500 foot 

and it was an inch over five 

et high, with vertical reels!' 

Surprised 

"I'm a bug on image quality — 

id when I installed those five 

achines, I was surprised and imessed. 

Here's what happened: 

using the SMPTE target film as a 

guide. Standing inches from the 

screen that day, I could see a 

steady, highly-defined image! No 

weaving or breathing!' 

Showmanship 

"If a show is sequenced properly, 

the audience thinks more 

highly of that theater. Smooth intermission 

and show-start cycles — 

slow music fadeouts, the house 

lights fully dimmed before the picture 

hits the screen!' 

Finesse 

"That takes finesse" says Mr. 

Kelly. "There's no such thing as 

complete automation. But with the 

bauer, we can streamline all the 

repetitive functions — which makes 

the theater look good!' 

Reliable 

"Those five original machines 

have been going fourteen hours a 

day for a year now — and we've had 

no complaints!' 

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cut the aperture masks 

eeisely, I always tape the format 

intensions right on the screen, 

Uncanny 

"The bauer's degree of image 

registration and focus stability was 

uncanny" says Mr. Kelly. "So we 

bought fourteen more of them, for 

other installations. High ceilings in 

those — so I wasn't buying the projector 

for its compactness any more! 

Pre-packaged 

"The bauer comes pre-packaged 

as a unit, which is a big help. 

We don't have to do as much surgery! 

And I find these machines 

easy to adapt to our own automation 

systems — which definitely enhances 

showmanship.' 

Mr. Kelly is with United Artists 

Theaters in Great Neck. New York. 

The phone number: (212) R95-710Q. 

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Continued from peine 14 

and withdrawing the aperture holder without 

twisting or tilting it. To install it, simply 

follow the reverse order. 

Exchange the film gate by pressing the 

latch and lifting it out together with the 

pivoting shaft. When replacing it, watch 

that the film gate is adjusted in accordance 

with the intermittent 

sprocket and the aperure 

holder. Be sure to insert the pivoting 

shaft before installing 

the film gate. 

Film Ciate Adjustment 

The film gate can be adjusted only while 

the film runs through the projector. It is 

easier to adjust the gate by using a small 

mirror to see how the film passes along the 

Maltese cross intermittent sprocket. The 

outer edges of the sprocket must be clearly 

off the outer edges of the perforations. Adjust 

the film gate by shifting it on the pivoting 

shaft. For this purpose, loosen the socket 

screw which retains the film gate on the 

pivoting shaft. There is not much play for 

adjustment, but little as it is, it nevertheless 

will be sufficient for proper adjustment. 

After adjusting the gate, be sure to tighten 

the hexagon socket screw, otherwise the 

film gate may be accidentally shifted laterally 

during removal or installation. 

When adjusting the guide rollers above 

the film gate, the front half of the roller, 

which serves as a stop for the film run, 

must be adjusted in such a way that the 

roller touches the film slightly. For this 

purpose, loosen the set screw and shift the 

whole shaft together with the roller. The 

rear half of the guide roller must press the 

film against the front half so that it touches 

the shoulder of the front half. If the film 

should buckle, reduce the spring pressure 

of the leaf spring by means of the nut 

there. 

To exchange the felt rings in the takeup 

bearing, loosen the sockethead screw and 

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remove the friction assembly. Undo tl 

four screws on the flange of the frictic 

wheel and remove the pressure disc. Witl 

draw the felt ring from the flange of tl 

friction wheel and install a new felt ring 

needed. Reassemble in the reverse order. 

There are a number of hints one rat 

pursue to facilitate the search for the sour 

of disturbing running noise in the project 

head. 

Remove the covers at the rear of t 

projector mechanism and the support. Th 

remove the V-shaped belt for the takei 

friction. 

Remove the toothed belt for the sup[ 

drive and the takeup sprocket and— in: 

much as it is built in—take out the toofhl 

belt for the drive of the magnetic soul 

unit. If the disturbing noise is no lonjr 

apparent, the source of the noise trouble, 

to be found in the areas just cleared 

the event the noise continues after siji 

dismantling, the source of the noise trou 

is located in the areas of the driving mot 

the intermediate bearing, or in the Malt 

cross arrangement. 

Synchroflex 

Belt 

With regard to the Synchroflex belt, e 

toothed belts must be adjusted with the d 

of the intermediate bearing in such man:r 

that they run smoothly and silently in c 

middle of the Synchroflex wheels. To tijten 

the toothed belts, adjust the eccenic 

bearings in which the supply and takjp 

shafts run. For this purpose, loosen \e 

hexagon socket screw for the supply sift 

within the projector mechanism. ie 

mounting screw for the takeup shaft is 

located at the front of the sound optal 

unit. There is access from the outside. 

The motor's toothed belt alignment atie 

idling gear bearing is guaranteed by adjiting 

the outer belt and the V-shaped lit. 

Adjusting the belt tightness is accomplish 

by way of the belt tightening arrangennl 

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manufacturer. For such adjusting, i 

is necessary to loosen the socket head scre\ 

and lo adjust the belt tightener until propc 

tightness is obtained. The running of th 

toothed belt may be slightly impaired b 

the belt tightener. 

Note: Belt tension must by no means 

be tightened to a point where the rubber 

bearing of the motor is not shifted 

and that the toothed belt does not come 

off the synchroflex wheel of the motor. 

The tension of the toothed belt for th 

magnetic sound unit is also adjusted with 

belt tightener. Make sure this belt also is ac 

justed to 

the proper tension. 

V-Belt 

Adjustment 

The mounted V-belt should have a littl 

play. Adjustments have to be made by shif 

ing the tapered disc on the idling gear bea 

ing. First remove the V-belt and the tapere 

disc of the idling gear bearing. If the tei 

sion is too low, remove the washers betwee 

the two tapered discs so that the V-belt 

further tightened. On the other hand, if th 

tension is too high, put more washers b< 

tween the two tapered discs. Such adjus 

ments should always be made at all thn 

supporting points of the outer tapered dis 

When adjusting the position of the idlir 

gear bearing, make sure that the prop< 

tension is restored on the toothed belt 

Shift the idling gear bearing only in tl 

direction of the motor inasmuch as tl 

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Note: High belt tension of all belts or 

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switch on the motor to delay for 

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In order to be able to remove the Sy 

chroflex wheel on the supply shaft fro 

projectors fitted with a magnetic sound un, 

remove the three screws and shift the re' 

Synchroflex wheel toward the gearing. It I 

then possible to reach the slotted-he: 

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When changing the film format, the: 

must not be any play in the focusing ;- 

rangement after the lens turret has intichanged 

the lenses. To adjust the focus ;- 

rangement, loosen the counter set screw I- 

low the lens mount. It is possible, then, ) 

adjust the set screw so that the engagi; 

latch catches barely but safely. Then secU 

this adjustment with the aid of the oppos; 

counter screw. This procedure is the sat: 

for all positions of the lens turret. 

The lens guide rod and lens guide rail aj 

factory-adjusted to be parallel and are p- 

fectly aligned to the aperture by way of ts 

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Team Concept in Employee Relations 

Vital for Sound Theatre Management 

By 

ALLEN M. WIDEM 

Psychology, psychiatry and the 

social sciences have pointed to the need for 

objectivity in hiring and firing personnel, 

and while that may seem light years away 

from modern-day cinema management 

modus operandi, the alert management 

executive aware of the need for a best-footforward 

stance at all times will take heed 

of such a concept. 

Cashier, doorman, usher, refreshment 

stand attendant—they all are in the forefront, 

in the public's view, so to speak, and 

the manner in which they conduct themselves 

is a continuing reflection of management's 

outlook. An attentive cashier is a 

positive influence, certainly, whereas a 

bored, gum-chewing slouch is a business 

deterrent. 

Personnel turnover is as inevitable as a 

reflex motion: a woman leaves to have a 

baby, someone else returns to college, a 

doorman retires. Replacing personnel is not 

to be accomplished in a fleeting moment. 

A search-and-seek evaluation must be accompanied 

by a manager's consideration 

for immediate needs, long-range projection 

of how important a staff post is and how 

important that staff post can prove to be in 

providing management-calibre training. 

Through the years, many cinema managers 

have found that the soundest rationale 

to be applied in finding a replacement is 

personal recommendation—a retiree knows 

of someone who is looking for a job; a 

cashier recalls someone working in a similar 

capacity in the retail field. The potential 

is 

endless. 

Another avenue used with varying degrees 

of effectiveness is the classified advertising 

section of the local newspaper. 

Ten to 15 words should be more than ample 

to alert a classified ad page reader to a 

job availability. From that point, it is up 

to the manager or alternate to determine if 

the applicant is (1) sincere in seeking a 

theatre job; (2) a malcontent with a track 

record of drifting from one niche to another; 

(3) desirous of finding a job to fit the 

hours he or she thinks are best in which to 

work, and, resultantly, informing the interviewer 

that he or she can be available for 

just so much time in the course of a working 

week. 

Job interviews should be conducted, 

most emphatically, in the privacy of a manager's 

office. A minimal 15 to 20 minutes 

should be designated—even for a lowerechelon 

job that doesn't call for immense 

intellect. Making an individual feel important 

can be later reflected in an obvious 

willingness to do just a little more than is 

expected or requested during a working 

week. 

Care should be exercised to inform the 

applicant that motion picture exhibition 

demands night-and-weekend schedules. 

ones that are flexible, certainly, but mandatory—and 

this applies to the manager as 

well as anybody else! 

While a job application should contain 

the basics of the individual's lifestyle, conversation 

can illuminate doubts—traffic violations? 

misdemeanor/ felony charges? alimony 

overdue? and anything else that will 


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career in exhibition? Has anybody else in 

the immediate family ever worked in a local 

or out-of-town theatre? What is the educational 

status of the applicant? Are there (in 

instance of high school, for example) schedules 

to preclude matinee work? Does the 

applicant drive or have access to a car? 

These are questions to consider. The latter 

can be significant, especially for a single 

unit or complex situated beyond conventional 

public transportation lines. 

Job interview conversation should touch 

on personal likes and dislikes as far as movie 

taste is concerned. Getting someone to talk 

about motion pictures he or she likes i< 

sound, since you are selling a glamorous 

product, and if the applicant goes to work 

for you, disinterest can ofttimes be reflectec 

in dour countenances. Seeking to eliminate 

the routine and stress the very excitemen 

of cinema operation can go a long way t( 

infuse touches of ebullience. 

Taking on an individual who has driftec 

repeatedly from job to job without any dis' 

cernible reason beyond the need to dawdli 

through life poses a problem in more way 

than one. This is the kind of person whi 

can inadvertently instill disappointmen 

within other staff members. Ergo, "Wh; 

1 

should you guys work Saturday night whei 

everybody else'll be going out?", "Can' 

this crummy place pay more dough thai 

we're 

getting?" 

Job Switching 

Personnel recruiting specialists 

across th| 

U.S. point up time and again that switchin 

jobs may well provide wider experienc 

and help limit career stagnation, but a back 

ground of job-hopping is not to be note' 

casually. The differential involved is whet? 

er the person decided to leave a job becaus 

of lack of career advancement, or perhap 

was too anxious to seek a higher salan 

The latter situation does not necessaril 

mean inefficiency as much as it reflects 

desire to better one's self, and under sue 

circumstances, hiring the person and keep 

ing in mind that the person wants to bette 

himself or herself are well and good pre 

vided you have a job a notch or two abov 

what the initial assignment calls for. 

When it comes to salary, the minimui 

federal wage law applies, of course. Beyon 

that, however, the bottom line figure i 

most assuredly, dependent on backgroum 

skills, span and significance of the positio 

involved. Young people must be reminde 

that nights and weekends are part of a the; 

tre's operating hours and X-dollars per hoi 

can be paid for a working week. To kee 

a promising young person working, manai 

ers have found it prudent to fluctuate worl 

ing schedules—someone with front-offk 

potential should not be made to report evei 

weekend just because a certain job must t 

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indled. Flexibility, il a manager wishes to 

tain a young person's career interest in 

ihibition, 

is vital, and it ought to become a 

.hi with which a manager is familiar. 

Once a pei son goes on your payroll, it is 

irise business move to chat with that perm 

on a regular hasis. How is the job goig? 

Can it be improved as far as manage- 

,eiit application is concerned? Are there 

n good ideas to make the job more prolicide? 

What has a patron said lately that 

i. ,\ contribute to more business-building 

>r the theatre? Making an individual feel 

e or she is part of a team can be reflected 

i a more spirited and enthusiastic staff OUtiok. 

Attentive 

Managing 

On a busy weekend night, the attentive 

leatre manager takes time to get behind 

le counter at 

the refreshment stand to help 

ut at peak customer moments, asking the 

ashier .i 

if there is enough money—small 

ange and bills—with which to handle 

jade. This should be done, it ought to be 

mphasized, without the attendant having to 

..•quest it. The manager also should stroll 

(own the aisles, making mental notes of 

ow well customers are being treated. In 

ssence, he or she should be maintaining a 

igh profile, should be making the manaerial 

presence known. In so doing, there 

/ill 

be created a much appreciated image of 

jteam" effort. 

, 

Objectivity is the name of the game. 

jJever talk down to staffers, regardless of 

many pressing problems are at hand. 

..isten and observe, responding when somehing 

is out of line. Treating your employees 

s a team is not a sometimes thing— it is 

nandatory for successful and progressive 

heatre management. 

Alert, 

Person Is 

Adaptable 

Good 

Manager Stock 

IVlaintain. as defined by the 

American College Dictionary," means to 

teep in existence, preserve, retain, et al, 

ind alludes to capability in terms of the 

quality of being capable of a quality that 

an be developed or used, competent, able. 

Nobody becomes an overnight expert in 

;mything—despite what has been said, 

writen 

or demonstrated through recorded time. 

Nobody can rightfully claim expertise in 

component of a given field, industry, 

profession or craft. It follows, certainly. 

hat the novice, the aspirant, can be all too 

easily overwhelmed by what has to be ab- 

'•orbed. what has to be remembered. The 

pne-step-at-a-time concept has proved work- 

'ble in the past; it can work indeed today! 

It goes without saying, moreover, that 

;very working cinema manager in the U.S., 

Canada and elsewhere had to break into 

nis or her niche in some way—as doormen. 

Con l in ued on /»«,?

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Seminar 

Frigid temperatures that gripped Ohio in January 

and the accompanying severe gas cutbacks 

to the state's industrial plants apparently had no 

chilling effect whatsoever on the continuing 

program of theatre equipment training seminars 

offered by Eprad, Inc., Toledo. The company's 

first program in its current series attracted a capacity 

turnout, drawing from as far as Huntsville. 

Ala. Shown on "graduation day" with Al 

Boudottris, Eprad president, al far right, and 

Barry Zadigian, vice-president of marketing, 

fourth from right, grouped behind the firm's 

Dbl-Mttt Universal film handling device, are 

Eprad representatives, dealers and theatre operators. 

Manager S/oc/c-l 


ushers, boxoffice or concession stand aide 

They did break in, however, and findin 

lhal the industry was much to their likin; 

have continued in motion picture managi 

ment. On occasion, a projectionist h; 

found a manager's job more satisfying, an 

a manager has found a projectionist's 

1 

jc 

more rewarding. 

How do they develop, and, for that ma 

lei, maintain capability, competency? Ho 

much dedication, durability is involved? 

Alertness, amiability, adaptability—the 

are three important guidelines in the studii 

view of lifelong theatre management exe 

utive Paul Macbeath. His most immedia 

past trade link has been as manager of t' 

E.M. Loew's Farmington Drive-In, Bristi 

Conn. 

"Not by standing still and being satisfy 

have men and women reached manager 

status," he tells The Modern Theatre. 

They have to keep learning and they c. 

learn something daily—weekly— month 

Macbeath observes, by listening to a ci 

tomer or a moviegoer. Even a child cj 

teach an elder something he or she wl 

never forget. Take, for example, a ch I 

choking on a piece of candy. Can the m;- 

ager handle such a serious situation url 

help arrives? This is no time to play gan^ 

—you have to know what has to be do 

, 

and immediately. 

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must 

use--, "must nol only know his vocation, 

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cit>. town and state fire laws and 

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leatre or drive-in so that he will be able 

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nployees from getting into trouble In 

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Stay 

Cool 

To Macbeath's view, a modern-day thetre 

manager must make a constant practice 

his cool. A manager, by defini- 

'on, is the true diplomat, greetcr, comprom- 

,er (when it is found prudent and pointedly 

olite to compromise) and negotiator (when 

is found necessary to negotiate). 

Just what is a modern-day theatre man- 

He's the guy who takes the gripes, 

s well as the praise—which, sorry to say, 

. not given as often as it should be when 

le manager achieves, attains, accomplishes 

>r when the manager completes an outt.md 

ng or at least out-of-the-ordinary 

.tunt' tie-up, a promotion that has resulted 

1 a healthy boxoffice response. 

"So, in essence," Macbeath continues, 

management is what we can call a coninuing 

evolution each day. in which one is 

n 'opener' and a 'closer' and tries not to 

.>>.• himself in a welter of paper work and 

dministrative 

addenda." 

Read Avidly 

The top-paying, prestigious positions will 

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iractice of reading everything applicable to 

he industry. "How else is one, hundreds of 

niles from an exchange center, to know 

vhat's been going on without reading Box- 

)ffice each week, cover to cover?", Macbeth 

asks. "How else is one to start to comirehend 

picture-releasing patterns, storyline 

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Boxoffice BookinGuide' week after week? 

[ 

f a congressman can wade through 

he speeches of his peer group in the 'Congressional 

Record' regularly, a motion pic- 

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to wade through the news, notes and 

quotes of happenings many miles distant 

rom his cinema. In so doing, he or she 

earns what the next fellow or girl is doing 

jibout pressing problems in the motion piclure 

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"If a manager is an employee of a circuit, 

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gatherings, both trade and public, to 

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may exult in scorn and ridicule in a comic' 

monolog. but the public is not about t 

'go' with a loser, a chronic whining ir 

dividual all too quick to single out fault 

and failures. 

"A manager—and I learned this 50 yeai 

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iut Were the Good 

)| Days That Great? 

By 

GLENN BERGGREN 

Mintage equipment always has its 

fenders, those who fondly recall how 

jj 1^^^^^^^^^^ 

great the good ol' 

days were. But, really, 

who is kidding 

whom? 

193d Pierce- 

\rrow automobile I 

owned many years 

ago was nearly indestructible; 

so were 

the Brenkert and 

Monograph projectors. 

The Pierce-Arrow 

had two interest- 

Glenn Berggren 

lg inputs. First, it typified a generous 

mount of engineering, par excellence. In 

'ther words, it was over designed along 

.ith too many features. Second, it embodied 

.ire craftsmanship and assembly, which 

neans it was put together with great care 

nd test run many times. The same can be 

aid of the Brenkert and Motiograph proectors. 

5 

According to the author, this customdesigned 

1936 Pierce-Arrow was a 

powerfully built. 6.000-lh. engineering 

dream, which also had an insatiable 

appetite for gasoline. 

But today, the Piercc-Arrow is nearly 

impossible to service because repair parts 

re difficult to obtain, if not impossible. 

With today's fuel costs being what they 

'are, the cost of operating it would be projhibitive, 

since gas mileage was terrible. Fur- 

|thermore. when new, the Pierce-Arrow cost 

'ten times the price of a deluxe Ford. This, 

by the way. just might explain why Ford 

is Mill with us and Pierce-Arrow is not. 

V-ain, the same can be said of the Brenkert 

Motiograph. 

iand 

True, they don't build them like they 

'•nee did; and, it's a good thing, because 

couldn't afford them if they did. Imag- 

ine a deluxe automobile today that had a 

price tag ten times that of a new Ford, the 


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small Thunderbird for '77, for example, 

new Pierce-Arrow, if available, would co: 

$60,000, minimum. Want one? 

It's about the same problem if Moti< 

graph or Brenkert were manufactured t 

day. Sure, they were built ruggedly, wit 

over-sized bearings. How easy a tims 

though, do you have getting parts for th 

good ol' Motiograph model K. 

There is yet another factor in all of th 

that most people miss. Older equipmen 

billed as "good as new." means that som< 

one has reconditioned it so that it is ; 

good as when it was new in 1936, or sorr 

similar year. This assumes, of course, th; 

the restorer did a thorough job, and th 

his methods were totally equivalent to tl' 

original precision factory equipment ar 

methods. This is quite an assumption, 

might point out. Now then, once we ha' 

thj restored antique, are we to believe th 

there have been no new developments sini 

1936? 

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Consider the Pierce-Arrow again. Sie, 

it had totally automatic starting, a lighin 

the trunk and overdrive. Unavailable, tin, 

were automatic transmissions, high-ciflpression 

engines, production versions of 

over-head valve engine designs, elecic 

convertible tops. 5,000-mile oil changes, id 

so on, and so on. True, the Brenkert id 

Motiograph were tough, but, ar:n't tire 

advantages with water-cooled gates, cuied 

gate shoes, 4-in. diameter lens mounts, irgate 

film stabilizers, infra-red heat filrs, 

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imnerable other items that have come 

tout hi just the past 10 years? 

Bver try to buy a rebuilt 20-year-old film 

latter, or a used 4,000-watt xenon lampouve 

from 1950? How about the proper 

jel amis with excellent takeups for 28-in. 

•eb? How about anything to prevent film 

unage? 

Considering film damage alone, tests and 

ivestigations seem to indicate that much 

I the damage being reported today is a 

J.'sult of two instanees—large reels with 

idden startups and misaligned film gates. 

my most recent trip to California. 

tested the studio guides on a new pro- 

SCtor, rebuilt for a special purpose, and 

i.uind that neither guide even touched the 

ilm. When a crooked splice came through. 

simply caused a run-off. which in turn 

>re up the film. Terrific! Too, I'm sure 

reryone has seen the fast starts of the large 

eel units, where wornout or poorly design- 

(d lower takeups resulted in the film snaping 

in the first 15 seconds of the run. 

I 

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Inferior 

Lenses 

The story is the same with lenses, they 

Living progressed from the old four-elenent 

Petzval lenses of the '30s into the 

iiuich-improved six-element lenses by 

Jausch & Lomb or Kollmorgen. The sixtlement 

lenses are anastigmat and fully 

l-olor corrected in addition to being manu- 

'actured under exacting controls for other 

optical corrections. Today, however, about 

SO per cent of all new lenses sold in this 

ountry are cheaply designed four-element 

enses. We are returning to the '30s, and be 

issured. the guy in the front row knows all 

ibout 

it. 

I sold the Pierce-Arrow for $400 in 1952, 

nd still wish I had it. It would be worth 

ibout SI 0.000 today—not for everyday use, 

if course, just as a collector's item. The 

Monograph and Brenkert are well made. 

lut are collector's items, too. 

Are you really going to base a modern 

tusiness on equipment designed for an industry 

of 25 years ago? Your wife won't let 

that happen in the kitchen; are your patrons 

.ss important? 

A classic 

example of equipment upgradng 

is at Radio City Music Hall, New York. 

In the past three years, projectors were reaced. 

carbon arcs changed from hycandescent 

to high powered xenon plus a new 

lens set for Cinemascope. Now it has the 

quality Cinemascope picture (a giant 

p6-ft screen) in its history, and probably 

the best in the city. 

No, they don't build them like they once 

and it's a good thing. If they were any 

pod, we couldn't afford them, and besides 

hey would be 25 years obsolete. If you 

! insist, go ahead and use the old equipment 

(and tear up the film. Th; film labs will 

c you for it. 

In the meantime. I rotihl cry about my 

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International Freezers Has 

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Head Freezer 

A new twist head freezer capable of 

serving two flavors of frozen yogurt or softserve 

ice cream, or a combination of both 

G 

flavors, has been introduced by International 

Freezers, a division of International Mobiles 

Corp. 

Dubbed the Twist Head model IF-820- 

21', the machine actually is two soft-serve 

units in one, incorporating double compressors 

and double beater motors in a 

heavy-duty frame. The 2-horsepowcr beater 

motors have separate controls for independent 

operation. Self-contained Freon 502, 

air or water-cooled 2-horsepower semi-hermetic 

compressors achieve mix tank cooling 

with a glycol system operated by independent 

thermostats. The machine measures 

56'/2 in. high, 41' 2 in. deep and 30 in. 

wide. 

Two 10-gallon mix tanks feature a 24- 

volt electronic measuring device which an- 

tomatically activates a red "fill" light when 

they are down to the last inch of mix. Constant 

overrun is maintained by a positive 

mix feed injection system and is adjustable 

from 40 to 80 per cent. 

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Mix tank storage temperature is mai 

tained below 40° F and the cylinder ter 

perature is maintained under 32° F. / 

energy saver switch that reduces pow 

consumption during slow periods is featun 

as standard equipment. 

Gold Medal Announce 

Smaller Antique Citatio, 

The availability of a compact 28x28x7.- 

in. Antique Citation popcorn machine hi 

been announced by Gold Medal Produi> 

Co. The Antique Citation model featun 

imitation wagon wheels and brass-finishl 

push bars. 

Other styling points include brass finish.! 

aluminum cabinet and 15 traveling tlnpc 

la bases 

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labe or 

with si 

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• Handles 16mm, 35mm, or 70mm 

reels 

• Automatic or manual operation 

• Power shutdown at film's end 

• Reversible for 16mm on 

emulsion-in rewinding 

• Variable speed drive with easy 

to reach controls 

• 5/16" or 1/2" interchangeable 

reel shafts 

• Make up or break down features 

from exchange reels 

Accessory outlet plug 

drawers 

storage 

Contact your Theatre Equipment Dealer. 

manufactured by 

GOLDBERG BROTHERS 

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The MODERN THEATRE SECT>N

. 

. Hanovia 

. . your 

. also, 

trical lights. Accenting the entire cabinet 

a cast filigree for a nostalgic effect. 

The 2,400-watt, 1 10-volt unit is capable 

t producing 14 quarts of popped corn 

verj three minutes I he cabinet, which is 

quipped with exclusive twin com fresheninlr.ired 

lighting above and strip heatbelow 

is capable ol storing more than 

'5 ounces of popped popcorn. 

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olymer Crowd Guides 

Have Forged-Iron 

Look 

Cham and stanchion crowd control guides 

kith the appearance of forged iron at a 

[action of the cost are available with Plastibhain'* 

from Plastic-Creations Co. 

the film. What is more, the Posi I rol 

sprocket teeth are machined into a blended 

arc that avoids interfering with the fillet 

radius in the film perforation corners. 

Designed to protect film from damage 

caused by tension and misalignment, the 

I aVe/./.i sprockets simplifv equipment design, 

too, according to H.md. In minimiz 

ing dependence on Ranges, shoes, rollers 

and other edge guides used to restrict lateral 

film movement. In addition, the sprockets. 

machined from steel and heat-treated fbl 

maximum wear, are manufactured with the 

company's exclusive Kadi-Blend process, 

which produces a 

minimum 16-micro finish 

on all surfaces that come in contact with 

lilm. 

I he sprockets, intended for use in drive 

and hold-back applications, can be manufactured 

to specification for any film si/e. 

ranging from 8mm and Super X through 

105mm. A low inertia sprocket is available 

for intermittent and similar applications. 

the 

source 

of brilliant performance. 

Hanovia projection bulbs, 

service and savings 

The rugged polymer chain and stanchion 

limits, the firm points out, are easy to assemble, 

break down and store. The hollow 

stanchion bases may be filled with gravel. 

vind or concrete for additional stability. 

Available in either black or white, the 

stanchions measure 40 in. high, 2'/2 in. in 

'diameter and have a 14-in. base. Each 

Weighs about 2 

' 2 pounds. They may be 

placed up to 10 feet apart. The chains, 

which can be cut with wire cutters and reconnected 

with an S-hook or link, come in 

a choice of yellow, red, green and blue, 

as well as black and white. 

New Posi-Trol 

Available 

TM 

Sprockets 

From LaVezzi 

Development of LaVezzi Machine Works" 

Posi-Trol positive control sprockets that 

minimize chances of film damage by restricting 

side-to-side movement of 35mm 

film in a camera or projector has been announced 

by Worth Baird, LaVezzi sales 

manager. 

Compared to standard 35mm sprockets, 

with teeth measuring 0.040 in. or 0.055 in. 

wide. Posi-Trol sprockets, Baird explained, 

have a row of teeth 0.106 in. wide 

'hat interface with the 0.110 in. wide film 

perforations. This reduces the maximum 

lateral slippage to 0.004 in. The second 

row of teeth are 0.065 in. wide and compensate 

for any variation in the width of 

Pioneers of the xenon light source, 

Hanovia puts the emphasis on 

quality and ushers in a new age in 

brilliant film projection. 

• Off-the-shelf availability of 19 different 

ozone-free quartz compact 

arc bulbs . assurance of 

immediate delivery. 

• Superior design and construction 

for standard and specialty applications 

. . . quality controlled by 

the most experienced American 

craftsmen. 

• Interchangeable with other 

brands . bulbs are 

competitively priced, yet their 

efficient use of power means 

lower operating costs and longer 

bulb life. 

• The best warranty available ... up 

to 2,000 warranty hours with full 

replacement credit in the first half 

of warranteed life 

• The largest nationwide sales 

group in the industry. . as 

your source of Strong Electric 

lamphouses and spotlights and 

Ballantyne projectors, your regional 

Hanovia representative is 

ready to supply all the technical 

assistance, booth equipment and 

services you require 

Call him today or write to us directly. 

We can save you time and money. 

your best lighting source 

I 

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10° Chestnut Street 

flHIIUVIn Newark. N J 07105 

I CANRAD-HANOVIA. INC 

iBOXOFFICE :: April 18, 1977 31

Animated Message Display 

Available 

From Carbons 

A striking method to increase point-ofpurchase 

sales with the impact of light, 

color and motion is available with Xetrex 

Message Movers from Xetron Products Division, 

Carbons, Inc. 

Ready to use on counter tops, in windows 

or at any high-traffic area where important 

announcements need to be effectively presented, 

the portable Message Movers come 

in two sizes— the 30-in. model 750 and 

56-in. model 1500. Up to 120 characters 

can be shown on the former; 230, on the 

latter. 

The continuously repeated messages are 

shown in 1 3/8-in. letters perforated on a 

vinyl-impregnated tape which moves across 

the front of a fluorescent lamp. Capable of 

being read as far away as 80 feet, the messages 

can be shown in five different colors 

simply by changing the lamp or colored 

sleeve that fits over the lamp. 

Both models feature a deep gray bakedenamel 

finish on a metal cabinet and a 9-ft. 

grounded electrical cord. They operate from 

a standard 110-volt outlet and consume less 

electricity than a 100-watt light bulb. Both 

have been approved by the Canadian 

Standards Ass'n and Underwriters' Laboratories, 

according to Phil Rafnson, national 

sales manager for Carbons. 

Xedek Platter, Makeup 

Carbons Line 

Table to 

With the introduction of the Xedek platter 

system and makeup table, Xetron Prod 

ucts Division, Carbons, Inc., has completec 

its line of film handling devices, whicl 

include film towers and the new Loopmatic 

According to Phil Rafnson, national sale: 

manager for the New Jersey-based firm 

customers now are offered complete versa 

tility in selecting a Xetron film handling 

system to meet their individual require 

ments. 

Designed for use with any single 35mn 

projector, the Xedek is readily and economj 

pan 

SOUNDFOLD 

MIX & MATCH 

In our continual search for fresh ideas, we at Soundfold 

have uncovered a new way to 

display our established 

idea. The Soundfold idea of stretched fabric between 

brackets at the top and bottom of any wall is well-known. 

The new way takes the best features of plush and economy 

fabrics and combines them into what we call Mix 

and Match. Mix and Match takes plush fabrics mixed with 

economy fabric to give a rich wall surface that is 30% 

less than an entire theatre in plush fabric. Not only are 

the fabrics mixable; so are the brackets. Using a combination 

of economy and standard brackets Mix & Match 

saves fabric, saves time, and best of all, saves you money. 

If you want to know more about mixing our new ideas to 

match your budget call us collect. 1-513-228-3773 or 1- 

513-293-2671. Or drop the coupon in the mail. 

Tell me more about Mix & Match. 

Name 

Company- 

Address— 

City .State. Zip. 

Soundfold Inc., P.O. Box 2125, Dayton, Ohio 45429. 

US Patenl No 3.185.207. 

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The MODERN THEATRE SECPN

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,ilh adapted to full automation, Rafnson 

tinted out. Among the many features ol 

g new unit -Hi.' illuminated, non-warping 

id non-corrosive 52-in. film decks. Each 

|u instant-response payout mechanisms 

uli exclusive film guards to prevent double 

u r\ i>l film. 

Heavy-duty Bodine motors are used to 

jve the individual decks, allowing simulneous 

makeup and takedown. I lie Xedek 

insole also features controls for each deck. 

eluding instant-response tension controls. 

Bed circuit! - ) and automatic fail-safe shuttwn 

I 

p to 4': hours of programing can 

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handled on the console. 

Hie Xedek makeup table features seprate 

speed controls, illuminated deck conob, 

heavy-duty Bodine drive motor and 

choice of 5/16-in. or ':-in. reel shafts. 

has a 6,000-ft. film capacity. 

sJAC Brass to Meet 

flay 22 in Chicago 

Officers and directors of the National 

iss'n of Concessionaires will hold their 

lid-year board meeting May 22 at the 

loliday Inn Mart Plaza. Chicago, accordlg 

to Paul Mezzy, NAC president. The 

ate coincides with the National Restaurant 

how. slated May 21-25 at McCormick 

'lace. 

The board's agenda will include industry 

ilisiness as well as committee reports. Of 

•articular importance will be discussions 

overing the 1977 NATO/ NAC/ TEA conention 

and tradeshow October 26-28 in 

liami. membership expansion and future 

ard meeting. 

SMPTE Confab 

Set for Oct. 16-21 

The Society of Motion Picture and Television 

Engineers will hold its 119th techni- 

:al conference and equipment exhibit 

X-tober 16-21 at the Century Plaza Hotel, 

.OS Angeles, according to conference viceiresident 

Harry Teitelbaum, Hollywood 

r ilm Co. 

The exhibit, considered to be one of the 

• ear's most important shows of professional 

ilmmaking and television equipment, begins 

October 17 and is expected to offer 

JTiorc than 175 booths. An estimated 5.000 

Clonals are expected to attend. 

Named to conference planning positions 

Acre Warren Strang, Hollywood Film Co., 

local arrangements chairman; and Robert 

Buckley. Technicolor, Inc.. program chairman, 

to be assisted by Charles E. Anderson. 

Ampex Corp.. television, and John Lakotas, 

Eastman Kodak Co.. film. 

William J. Trambukis has been elected 

vice-president of Loews Theatres. New 

York. 

The KNEISLEY Lamphouse to 

Remember when Equipping Your Theatre, 

—write for tree details— 

XENEX 

• It's moderately priced, ruggedly constructed 

Clean styling. Complete rear instrument panel 

Access to interior through full hinged doors 

Adjustable nose cone. Heavy duty igniter. 

• Horizontal lamp and 14 inch dichroic coated, 

glass reflector provide greater light pickup and 

excellent screen coverage. Focusing ond beam 

controls provided. 

• Accommodates 1000 through 4000 watt Xenon 

Lamps for indoor and outdoor screens up to 

125 feet wide. 

• Magnetic arc stabilization properly positions 

arc tail flame around anode, increasing lamp 

life. 

• Blower cooled. Manual ignition and manual 

douser are standard. Automatic ignition optional. 

THE KNEISLEY ELECTRIC COMPANY, P.O. BOX 4692, TOLEDO, OHIO 43620 

KNEISLEY 

has, 

at prices you can afford: 

• The "XENEX" LAMPHOUSE. Accommodates 1,000 through 4000 

Watt HORIZONTAL Xenon Lamps. Well constructed, heat insulated 

housing 

Complete rear instrument panel, lamp focusing control 

Adjustable nose cone. Interlocked circuit precludes operation 

when doors are open. Automatic ignition available. MODERATELY 

PRICED! 

• NOW AVAILABLE: XENON CONVERSIONS, with magnetic arc 

stabilization, for Ashcraft Lamphouses, nine Models of Strong Angular 

Trim Lamphouses, Strong 1 K.W., Strong Mogul. Peerless 

Magnarc, Brenkert Enarc. All, except Strong 1 K.W., utilize 

14" dichroic coated glass reflector. Strong 1 K.W. Conversion has 

11-3/8" silvered reflector. Special leads permit bulb rotation increasing 

life. Available in 1000 through 4000 watts, depending upon 

lamphouse. 

• MODERNIZE AND ECONOMIZE! Obtain greater screen illumination 

122,600 lumens with a 2000 watt lampi and better screen coverage, 

with Xenon, at lower operating costs, Xenon versus carbon 

arc. No obligation. 

THE KNEISLEY ELECTRIC COMPANY, P.O. BOX 4692, TOLEDO, OHIO 43620 

It Pays to Read BOXOFFICE Classified 

« BOXOFFICE April IS. 1977 

33

Reed Speaker 

Patented Speaker Shutoff (when returned to post) 

Heavier Iront and 

available at slight extra cost 

Patent No. 3,836,716 

Heavier 

grill. 

back. Unbreakable 

hanger. New 

method of anchoring 

cable—cannot 

be pulled out of 

case. 

THE HUMMER 

Reed Speaker Company 

7530 W. 16th Ave. Lake wood, Colo. 80215 

Telephone (303) 238-6534 

Reed Speaker Established 1950 

Audio Signal Generator designed for 

testing drive-in theatre speakers, "The 

Hummer" is equipped with a standard 

1 

4" plug to be plugged into booth amplifier 

in place of usual intermission tape 

player. 

Operates on 9 V. DC supplied by Dormeyer 

Charger shown at left or may be operated by a 9 

V. battery. Proper volume at speaker post is a 

smooth clean humming signal which should be the 

same at all posts. Defective speakers will rattle, 

sound distorted or be low in volume. Shorts in field 

wiring can be quickly located with "The Hummer." 

Constant sound level makes it easier to determine 

defects. 

Not recommended for sound systems having transistor 

output stage. 

"The Hummer" saves 

time and customers! 

30-day free trial 

you 

Projection and Sound- 

(Continued from page IS 

adjusting jaws on the lens carrier. The following 

hints apply to all three lens holders. 

• Adjust the guide jaws in case there ft 

too much play or in case the mechanistr 

jams. 

Note: 

Loosen only one of the jaws for 

adjusting so that the original position 

is not changed. Also remember to 

grease the jaws and the guide rails occasionally. 

• After dismantling the guide rail ann 

lens holding bracket, re-adjust the whol 

assembly to the standard 35mm aperture 

checking the adjustment with the aid of a i 

ing shutter, adjust it so that it cuts off th 

light beam while the film is advanced. Fals 

adjustment causes travel ghost images. Ac, 

justing the rotating shutter is accomplishe, 

by loosening the three hexagon screws < 

the pressing disc (which retains the shutte 

until the shutter can be barely moved. B 

turning the inching wheel and simultaneous 

ly watching the Maltese cross intermittei; 

sprocket, find out the beginning of the ii 

termittent movement. 

In this position, the dark shutter sectitf 

(shutter blade) must cover half of the ape; 

ture. As a counter check, turn the inchii 

wheel backward. The aperture must 1 

closed by three-quarters at the beginning i 

_ 

Produt 

IWFFICE EQ 

Llidote 

Ik lick! 

if M 

adjusting gauge, obtainable from factory o w 

distributor. Never make any adjustment 

unless you are sure they are needed. Kee 

*M I 

lens assembly clean. 

To obtain the correct setting of the rota 

.dors 

rte's 

& Co 

Con 

sr Enlerp 

if, Inc. 

i Concess 

JJSpeiiltir 

the intermittent movement. Now tighten tl 

three mounting screws of the clamping pla| 

very carefully. Shutter timing (setting) 

'IS 

the shutter can be checked with a test 

or title in a picture. 

fil 

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Specialists in building, twinning or remodeling theatres! 

TWIN YOUR THEATRE or remodel. Specialist in the creation of a twin or multi-theatre from your js 

existing theatre. Complete turnkey job, plans, engineering, construction and finishing. Call or write i 

Norman and Friddell, 94 Panorama Dr., Conroe, Tex 77301 

A/C 713-85B-5297 

Next Month: Seating and Floor Coverings 

Comments: Use only the lubricant re : 

ommended by the manufacturer for smoo. 

running of projector mechanism. Instru 

tions about where to oil the projector a: 

sent with the projector and maintenan; 

data. 

The sprockets and idle rollers should ': 

cleaned every day with a stiff bristle toci 

brush. Dirty sprockets will cause troul: 

and picture jump. 

In order to obtain long service and praccally 

trouble-free operation, keep the mecl,- 

nism clean and replace any part that shos 

too much wear. Instructions are sent wi 

every projector on how to replace units al 

parts. Due to a limited space in this depament, 

we could cover only some of the mi 

important replacement methods and adjuments 

instructions. The company will e 

glad to cooperate and send you any inforntion 

you may want. 

The Bauer is a very fine projector ad 

with proper care it will give years of faiV 

ful service and a perfect projected pictur 

Lloyd W. Elston, president of Peter Pel, 

Inc., the Naugatuck, Conn., candy mah r , 

has been elected to the board of direefs 

of Raymond Precision Industries, Inc., Mldletown, 

Conn. 

The MODERN THEATRE SECTI 

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CONDENSED INDEX OF PRODUCTS 

ATTRACTION BOARDS, MARQUEES & 

LETTERS 

Page 

Bevelite-Adler 14 

Sign 

Products (Rapid Change 

Letter Co.) 10 

BOXOFFICE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES 

Consolidated Engineering Mfg. Corp. 28 

Ticket Co 10 

CARBON ARC LAMPS, CARBONS; 

CARBON SAVERS 

The Marble Co., Inc 33 

Page 

REFLECTORS 

JCC, Inc 16 


Strong Electric 14 

SEATING 

Irwin Seating Co 18 

Massey Seating Co 27 

SWEEPERS 

Gray Enterprises (Hoky) 26 

THEATRE, CONCESSION CENTER 

DESIGN CONSULTANTS 

Page 

Forest Bay Construction Corp 9 

Norman 8, Friddell 34 

THEATRE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES 

JCC, Inc 16 

Harry Melcher Enterprises 16 

WALL COVERING-DECORATIVE & 

ACOUSTICAL 

Econo Pleat 7 

Soundfold, Inc 32 

CONCESSION STANDS, EQUIPMENT, 

SUPPLIES & CONSULTANTS 

Butterful, Inc 20 

Castleberry Foods BOXOFFICE 2 

Cretors & Co 23 

Goetze's Candy Co., Inc 21 

Enterprises, Inc 20 

Manley, Inc 25 

Odell Concession Specialties Co., Inc. 26 

PVO International, Inc 22 

Supurdisplay/Server Sales, Inc 24 

DRIVE-IN THEATRE EQUIPMENT 

Projected Sound, Inc 16 

Reed Speaker Co 34 

Selby Industries, Inc 18 

FILM HANDLING SYSTEMS, 

REWIND INSPECTION, 

REWINDS 

AUTOMATIC 

Christie Electric Corp 3 

Drive-In Theatre Mfg. Co 19 

Goldberg Brothers 30 

FILM SPLICERS 

Ciro Equipment Corp 28 

PROJECTOR BULBS, XENON LAMPS; 

LAMPHOUSES; POWER SUPPLIES; 

CONSOLES 

Inc 31 

JCC, Inc 16 

The Kneisley Electric Co 33 

Macbeth Sales Corp 11 


Strong Electric 17 

Xetron Products Div., Carbons, Inc. 29 

PROJECTOR LENSES 

JCC, Inc 16 

The Marble Co., Inc. (Sankor) 33 

Schneider Corp. of America 8 

PROJECTORS, SYSTEMS 

Bauer Theatre Projector Systems 

(Arriflex Co. of America) 15 

National Theatre Supply 

(Simplex) 12, 13 

RECTIFIERS 

JCC, Inc 16 

:- 'OXOFFICE :: April 18. 1977 

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this issue of The Modern Theatre Section or described in the "New Equipment and Developments" and 

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ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF ADVERTISERS, Issue of April 18, 1977 

Page 

Bauer Theatre Projector Systems 

(Arriflex Co. of America) 15 

Bevelite-Adler Mfg. Co 14 

Butterful, Inc 20 

Canrad-Hanovia, Inc 31 

Castleberry Foods BOXOFFICE 2 

Christie Electric Corp 3 

n Ciro Equipment Corp 28 

Consolidated Engineering Mfg. Corp 28 

D Cretors & Co 23 

Drive-ln Theatre Mfg. Co 19 

Econo Pleat ^ 

Forest Bay Construction Corp 9 

D Globe Ticket Co 10 

Goetze's Candy Co., Inc 21 

Goldberg Brothers 30 

G Gray Enterprises (Hoky) 26 

] Greer Enterprises, Inc 20 

Irwin Seating Co 18 

G JCC, Inc 16 

Poge 

Q The Kneisley Electric Co 33 

G Macbeth Sales Corp 11 

G Manley, Inc 25 

G The Marble Co., Inc 33 

G Massey Seating Co 27 

G Harry Melcher Enterprises 16 

G National Theatre Supply (Simplex) 12, 13 

G Norman & Friddell 34 

G Odell Concession Specialties Co., Inc 26 

G Projected Sound, Inc 16 

G PVO International, Inc 22 

G Reed Speaker Co 34 

G Schneider Corp. of America 8 

G Selby Industries, Inc 18 

G Sign Products (Rapid Change Letter Co.) .... 10 

G Soundfold, Inc 32 

G Strong Electric '4, 17 

G Supurdisploy Server Sales, Inc 24 

NEW EQUIPMENT AND DEVELOPMENTS 

Poge 

G International Freezers Has 

New Twist Head Freezer 30 

Gold Medal Has Available 

Smaller Antique Citation 30 

] Polymer Crowd Guides 

Have Forged-Iron Look 31 

G Xetron Products Div., Carbons, Inc 29 

Poge 

G New Posi-Trol Sprockets 

Available From LoVezzi 31 

Animated Message Display 

Available From Carbons 32 

Xedek Platter, Makeup 

Table to Carbons Line 32

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Announce Eprad Acquisition 

Of Applications Group, 

Inc. 

Eprad, Inc.. has acquired Applications 

Group. Inc.. Toledo, a pioneer in the development 

and manufacture of plasma data 

and graphics terminals, Al Boudouris, president 

of Eprad, announced. 

Comment ing on the acquisition. Boudouris 

explained the mutual benefits to be 

realized. "Eprad's resources and personnel 

will be utilized to enlarge the product lines 

and services offered by AOI," he said, "and 

AGl's in-depth technology and personnel 

BOXOFFICE-MODERN THEATRE 

will contribute importantly in the development 

of Eprad products and systems for the 

theatre industry." 

Boudouris noted that the two companies 

had worked together closely prior to the 

acquisition, with Dr. William Petty. Eprad 

vice-president, being an officer of each. 

Continental Bondware 

Joins Corporate Group 

In a move of major corporate realignment. 

Continental Bondware became a 

member of Continental Group, Inc., formerly 

Continental Can Co., Inc. 

A division of Continental Diversified In- 

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SEND US NEWS ABOUT YOUR THEATRE, YOUR IDEAS 

We'd like to know about them and so would your fellow exhibitors. 

If you've installed new equipment or made other improvements in your 

theatre, send us the details—with photos, if possible. Or if you have 

any tips on how to handle some phase of theatre operations, concessions 

sales, etc.—faster, easier or better-—let other showmen in on them. Send 

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MODERN THEATRE 

Continental Bondware markets dis- 

dustries, 

posable cups, plates and food containers 

for institutional, fast-food and carry-out 

markets. Among the products offered are 

popcorn cups, tubs and Con-O-Sport beverage 

dispensing system. Also included are the 

trademarked lines of Bondware, China- 

Therm, Conocup and Heavyware. 

The Continental Group consists of Continental 

Can Co., Continental Forest Industries 

and Continental Diversified Industries. 

Len Perre 

Manager at 

for 

Named General 

Canrad-Hanovia 

en Perre, vice-president of marketim 

Canrad-Hanovia, Inc., has been ap 

pointed general man 

ager of the Newark 

based company's lam), 

division. He will con 

tinue in his executiv' 

capacity. 

A graduate of th 

Newark College o 

Engineering with dc 

grees in electrical er, 

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Len Perre 

marketing manager 

gineering and manage 

ment, Perre joine 

Canrad-Hanovia a 

Previously he had bee 

affiliated with the Agastat division. Ami 

race Corp.. Bulova Watch Co. and th 

Kearfott division. General Precision, Inc. 

Texas Theatre Owner 

Praises Osram Bulbs 

A theatre supply dealer received a left' 

recently from Arlie Crites, owner of tl 

Walnut Twin Theatre, Garland, Tex., r 

garding his Osram xenon XBO 1600 " 

OFR projection lamp. It was not a cor 

plaint; more a pat on the back, really, f 

the West German bulb manufacturer ai 

Macbeth Sales Corp., which markets 

The bulb, guaranteed for at least 2,01' 

hours, had been burning five 

times as Ion 

In operation since May, 1972, at t 1 

Walnut Twin, the bulb had run up 10,006 

hours before it was replaced, Crites sa. 

not because it had burned out, but rath, 

because it had dimmed slightly, "perha'; 

some 20 per cent." He explained that t 

had been used at 60 amperes without vaancc, 

possibly explaining the extended lit. 

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use as a spare. 

Crites added that the same model lap 

for the second auditorium to date has - 

corded 9,636 hours of performance. 

BUSINESS REPLY ENVELOPE 

First Class Permit No. 874 - Section 34.9 PL&R - 

Kansas City, Mo. 

BOXOFFICE-MODERN THEATRE 

THIS SIDE OUT 

825 Van Brunt Blvd. 

KANSAS CITY, MO. 64124 

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The 1977 catalog of test materials for e 

motion picture and television industriesis 

now available from the Society of Motn 

Picture and Television Engineers. 

Items featured in the free booklet indue 

films and slides to check film projector jrformance 

and films for verifying mcie 

sound reproducing equipment. 

The MODERN THEATRE SECT) I III

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An interpretive analysis of lay and tradopross to views. Running time ie in paronthesea. The plus and 

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/aEVIEW DIGEST 

AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX 

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Rel. Date 

Rel. Date 

A. STIRLING GOLD 

CONSTELLATION FILMS 

Black Emanuelle (90) Oct 76 Battle Command (100) Jan 77 

Karln Schubert 

Frederick Biafford. Van Johnson 

The Good the Bad and the Loser The Booby Hatch (86) Jan 77 

(90) Ac-C Nov 76 Sharon Joj Miller, Itudy Itlccl 

Winter Kills D.. The Groove Room (83) Feb 77 

Richard Boone. Anthony Perkins o 1 it- Suit tut . Lnnihnrst 

ATHENA FILMS, LTD. 

Sammv Somebody (93) D. 

Susan Strasherg. Zalnian King 

Conspiracy (87) Ho. 

Between Heaven and Hell (87) D 

Virility (87) C. 

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Turl Ferro. Agostlna Itelll 

Mission Stardust (90) SF 

Hercules in the Haunted World 

Christ ophei I 

lira Pari 

White Fano 4 the Goldlgners ..Ac. 

Impossible Love (90) D. 

. 

. 

Richard Matthews 

Death Is Not the End (96) 

Flesh of the Orchard (91) 

BEEHIVE PRODUCTIONS 

Charlotte Ilampling 

The Raw Report (70) Sex-C..Apr77 Sea Wolf (90) 

Mltcll .Morrill. Holly Hemonln 

Chuck Connors 

Sinners Seven Sex D. July 77 White Fang to the Rescue (85) 

It Takes Two to 

frank Nero 

To* ... Sex C 1'ilv 77 

Carnal's Cuties (70) Sex. Ac Sept 77 

Muffin Marlntosh 

Rumps ... Is There One In 

Your Past? Sex C. . Dec 77 

BRENNER 

JOSEPH 

Lola Sept 76 

Mannequin (90) Sex D. Oct 76 

Rape Killer Oct 76 

The Cheaters Oct 76 

Autopsy Nov 76 

Cry of a Prostitute Nov 76 

(he Winners D. 

Evil Eyes Sus-D.' 

It's Not the Sire That 

Counts Sex C 

Elke Rammer. Vincent Price 

Lady J Ac-Ad. . 

Naked Sacrifice Ad-D . . 

BURBANK INT'L 

PICTURES 

Bottoms Up July 76 

Between the Covers Aug 76 

Secrets of Sweet Sixteen Auo 76 

Superknight Sept 76 

Journey into the Beyond Jan 77 

The Holes (Les Gaspards) ...Jan 77 

14 and Under Feb 77 

2069. a Sex Odyssey May 77 

CAMBIST FILMS 

Swedish Minx C. .June 77 

Maria I,vnn, Rio Warburg 

Girl on Her Knees D.. Auo 77 

Chris fhlttell, Jacqueline Laurent 

Easy Come. Easy Go ...C. Nov 77 

Remus PeeK Heidi Kappler 

CANNON GROUP 

Naughty Girls on the Loose Aug 76 

The Jaws of Death . .Ac-Sus Sent 76 

Happy Housewives Sept 76 

Three Way Love Mar 77 

Cherry 

What 

Hill 

Might 

High 

Have Been 

Apr 77 

...May 77 

The Last Wilderness 

The Haopy Hooker Goes 

May 77 

to Washington June 77 

CENTRAL PARK FILM 

Ho-Sus ..Aug 76 

Christmas Massacre . 

Super Bug. Super Agent 

. (81) C. Sept 76 

Andy Warhol's Young Dracula 

(103) C-D Nov 76 

Superbug. the Wild One ..C. Mar 77 

CINEMA 3 

America at the Movies (116) 

© "id b&w Doc Sept 76 

Harlan County, U S.A. 

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(103) 

Pumping 

Doc ..Jan 77 

Doc. .Jan 77 

Iron (85) . . 

Providence (104) F . . Jan 77 

Dirk Bntrarde. Ellen Burstyn 

Magic Legend of the Juggler . . Nov 76 

Blood Freak (80) Nov 76 

Bedroom Magic (90) Nov 76 

Eurgpa (80) Jan 77 

357 Magnum Jan 77 

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The Fabulous Fanny (87) ...Feb 77 

Alan Sultz. Diane Rummer field 

Crazy House (89) Mar 77 

Pi ankle llnuenl. Hay Mllland 

Lucifer's Women (88) Mar 77 

Larry llnnkln. June lirunel-Cnhen 

Nioht of the Howling Beast . Mar 77 

Paul Nasehy. SIMa Snlar 

COUGAR PRODUCTIONS 

Africa Express (91) 

Jack l'al.inee, I'tsula Andress 

Beyond Belief (73) 

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Blood Waters of Dr. Z/Fear Maker 

(100/84) 

Marshal] Gra\er/Kathv Jurado 

Gone With the West/Girl With 

100 Notches (90/92) 

.lames raan/Brett Halsey 

Young Widow Brown/Devil Has 

7 Faces (80/92) 

Claudia Jennings/Carroll Baker. 

Stephen Boyd 

DOTY-DAYTON 

rhe Great American Indian . 

Oct 7fi 

Pony Express Rider 

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W. . Nov 76 

Stewart Petersen. Henry Wltcnxon 

Baker's Hawk (90) .Dec 76 

Clint Walker. Plane Raker 

Whitewater Sam Feb 77 

Escape From Angola .Apr 77 

Stan Rioek. Anne Colllngs 

Young Rivals Ad-D. June 77 

Stewart Petersen 

Wilderness Lake D . 

GAMMA III 

Cat Murkil and the Silks ...June 76 

Dirty Knight's Work .Ac-C. Aug 76 

Part 2. Sounder (98) D . 76 

GOLDSTONE FILMS 

lourney (87) D . 

Gpnp\|eve Rnjnld. John Vernon 

Death Collector (90) Ac-D..0ct76 

Mastermind 

Zero Mnstel 

Hail to the Chief 

House of the Living Dead 

Scream Bloody Murder 

Curse of the Devil 

Pepper's Wacky Taxi 

Kung Fu Brothers 

Jive Turkey 

. Sent 76 

JOSEPH GREEN 

Hold-Up (90) Ac-D..June76 

Killer Cop (90) Ac-D..June76 

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.C-D. 76 

Male of the Century . 

The Clockmaker (105) . D.. July 76 

Emilienne and Nicole Aug 76 

Two Against the Law 76 

By the Blood of Others Sept 76 

The Slap (104) D. Sept 76 

My Husband, His Mistress and 

I (95) C-D.. Sept 76 

Something Creeping In the 

Dark (90) Sus Sept 76 

Belmondo Is the Swashbuckler 

(100) Hi-C-D. Sept 76 

The Prophet (90) C-D. Oct 76 

Ann-Mar

PLUS SERVICE 

Listed herewith, alphabetically by companies, are all of the feature pictures 

reviewed in BOXOFFICE from January 3 through March 28. 1977. This is 

designed as a further convenience for Picture Guide users, the page numbers being the key to 

reviews kept 

therein. Between quarters. Review Digest pages serve as a cumulative P. G. index for feature pictures. 

Miscellaneous 

P.G. Page or 

Rev. Date 

Alice in Wonderland 

(General Nat'l) Jan 10 

American Tickler (Reviewed as 

"The Winner of 10 

Academy Awards") 

(Spectrum) 4925 

Autobiography of a Flea, The 

(Mitchell Bros.) Jan 31 

Baker's Hawk (Doty-Dayton) 4920 

Blowdry 

(Great Exploitations) Jan 17 

Christian the Lion 

(Scotia American) 4917 

Death Collector 

(Goldstone Film) 4919 

Devil Inside Her, The 

(Leisure Time Booking) Jan 10 

Guardian of the Wilderness 

(Sunn Classic) 4922 

Jail Bait (Camscope) Jon 17 

P.G. Page u 

Rev. Date 

Let My Puppets Come 

(ASOM Distributing) Feb 28 

Looking Up 

(Levitt Pickman) 4932 

Madam Kitty 

(Trans-American) 4921 

My Husband, His Mistress 

and I (Joseph Green) 4930 

Nasty Habits (Brut) 4933 

Odyssey 

(ASOM Distributing) Feb 28 

Providence (Cinema 5) 4926 

Starlets, The 

(Stu Segoll) Jan 31 

They're Coming to Get You 

(Independent-lnt'l) 4936 

Through the Looking Glass 

(Mature Pictures) Jan 17 

Welcome to L.A. 

(Lion's Gate) 4925 

Documentary, Experimental Films 

Beautiful Borders 

(Chulas Fronteras) 

(Brazos Films) Jan 24 

Edge, The 

(Mountain States Film) ...4922 

Films by Chick Strand 

(Chick Strand) Jan 31 

Films by Werner Herzog 

(New Yorker) Jan 17 

Harlan County, U.S.A. 

(Cinema 5) Jan 24 

Kristina Talking Pictures 

(Costelli-Sonnobend) Jan 3 

Beautiful 

Borders 

(Chulas Fronteras) 

(Brazos Films) Jan 24 

Bim (Dennis Bryant) 4921 

Lino Brooke 

(Bernhard Sinkel) Jan 3 

Love Comes Quietly (Libert) Jan 3 

Life and Death of Frida Kahlo, 

The (Serious Business) ...Jan 31 

Mondo Magic 

(Peppercorn-Wormser) ...Jan 24 

On the Line 

(Distribution Co-op) Feb 28 

Pumping Iron (Cinema 5) 4922 

Union 

Foreign 

Maids (New Day 

Films Distribution 

Co-op) Feb 28 

Wings of an Eagle 

(Wilderness Rel.) 4924 

Metamorphosis 

(Ivo Dvorak) Jan 3 

Mother Kusters Goes to 

Heaven (New Yorker) 4934 

Pink Telephone, The 

(S.J. Int'l) Jon 24 

Wonderful Crook, The 

(New Yorker) 4924 

QUARTERLY 

INDEX 

TO 

PICTURE GUIDE 

January , 

q „„ 

Through March **»// 

Allied Artists 

REVIEWS 

First 

Quarter 

P.G. Page or PG. Page or 

Rev. Date Rev. Date 

Twilight's Last Gleaming 4928 

American Int'l 

Day That Shook the World, Strange Shadows in an Empty 

The 4932 Room 4931 

Monkey Hustle 4919 Town That Dreaded Sundown, 

The 4927 

Avco Embassy 

Cassandra Crossing, The 4923 Domino Principle, The 4935 

Boxoiiice Int'l 

Child, The 4920 

Buena Vista 

Freaky Friday 4923 Littlest Horse Thieves, 

The 4933 

Shaggy DA., The 4917 

Columbia 

Eagle Has Landed, The 4936 Fun With Dick ond Jone .4930 

Farmer, The 4931 Nickelodeon 4927 

Paramount 

Fraternity Row 4935 Mikey and Nicky 4918 

Islands in the Stream 4934 Thieves 4928 

King Kong 4918 

20th 

Century-Fox 

All This and World War Raggedy Ann & Andy 4934 

II 4919 Wizards 4930 

Mr. Billion 4931 

United Artists 

Pink Panther Strikes Again, 

The 4917 

Universal 

Fellini's Casanova 4929 Sentinel, The 4929 

Slap Shot 4932 

Warner Bros. 

Brothers 4936 Late Show, The 4926 

Enforcer, The 4918 Star Is Born, A 4920

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K-ICE April 18, 1977

A Different Kind of ROCKY 

Now in its 2nd year of Friday-Saturday midnight 

shows at theWaverly Theatre in New\brk City, 

and about to celebrate its first anniversary of 

midnight shows in Austin,Texas. 

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Gall your Fox representative for details of how you 

can book Friday-Saturday midnight shows and 

start planning your own first anniversary 

20th Century-Fox Presents A LOU ADLER- MICHAEL WHITE PRODUCTION 

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW • Starring TIM CURRY SUSAN SARANDON 

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BARRY BOSTWICK • Qnginal Musical Play, Music and Lyrics by RICHARD O'BRIEN 

Screenplay by JIM SHARMAN and RICHARD O'BRIEN • Associate Producer 

JOHN GOLDSTONE • Produced by MICHAEL WHITE • Directed by JIM SHARMAN 

Executive Producer LOU ADLER • Rated R

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