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Iscar Gives 'Rocky 7
loost in Minneapolis
MINN! \i'i)l is -Oscar gave "Rocky"
boost and the already-sizzling boxoffice
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
eed" sprouted .1 165 in a three-screen
tread. 'The Eagle has Landed" Hew to a
50 at the Academy, "Vanessa" found a
15 at the Skyway I and "Raggedy Ann &
,nd\" cornered the moppet trade with a
00 in a five-house spread.
(Average Is 100)
idemy—The Eagle Has Landed (Col) ...
ookdale. Southtown— Rocky (UA). 7th wk 440
ooper- Black Sunday [Para) 285
loper Camec— The Slipper and the Rose
(Univ), 2nd »'k 120
Jino I- Cousin Cousine (STt). 10th wk 100
II Harlan County. U.S.A. (SR),
2nd wk. ... 110
ive theatres- The Domino Principle (Erab),
2nd wk. ... 60
V« theatres—Raggedy Ann & Andy
(20th-Fox) _ _ ...100
opher. Hopkins I— Airport '77 (Univ), 2nd wk 280
Mown, Southdale— Fun With Dick and Jane
(Col). 8th wk. 110
tyway I—Vanessa (SR) 115
kyway II—Slap Shot (Univ), 2nd wk 210
e theatres—Demon Seed (UA) 165
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
we have dealt with has gone out of their
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