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j£:52 Miss
[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.
Youngsters Admitted
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NEW ORLEANS—Paul J. Yacich and
John Herbert Prechtel, two local TV veterans
who bought the old Coliseum Theatre
last year for $36,000. are converting the
of winning.
72-year-old structure into a multipurpose
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building where commercials and movies
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can be shot, processed and screened.
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Yacich and Prechtel are partners in Teletechniques,
a three-year-old firm that has
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been operating out of a too-small building
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To R and X-Rated Films
RALEIGH, N.C.—An experiment conducted
last week by the Raleigh Times,
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.
Stockholders of Gulf Drive-In Theatr-
are R. E. "Bob" Davis, Alvin Gugg