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ATLANTA
Tool I'oss Associates was hired to publicize
a special campaign for Sir Lew Grade's
"The Eagle Has Landed," a picture made
in England and released by Columbia Pictures.
The ad firm utilized TV. radio and
newspapers. The picture was co-produced
b\ David Niven jr.. and Jack Wiener, who
is remembered here as a field man for
VIGM. The Eagle Has landed" opened
strong in five scattered locations—Arrowhead.
Cobb Cinema. Georgia Twin, Northlake
and Perimeter Mall.
The 4.000-scat Fox Theatre resounded
with music Sunday (31 during a concert
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presentation of "Keyboard Colossus" sponsored
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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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
campus.
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