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p. veil to he a successful venture, the young
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."
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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
.
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-
. . .
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.
THEATRE
DRIVE-IN
SCREENS
'The Quality Toner that never
has had to be replaced."
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GENE TAYLOR
D & D Fabrication
and Erection Co.
Post Off ce Box 3524
Showncc, Kansas 66203
913-631-9695
OXOFFICE April IS. 1977 NC-3