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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
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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
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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) .
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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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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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