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Martin Names Cabinet
For Rogers Fund Drive
Ark' U.S.
and Canadian
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\l w VORK—Henry H. "Hi" Martin, Gross Over $23 Million
president of the Will Rogers Memorial
Fund, has announced
Los Angeles — Sunn Classic's "In
Search of
the names
Noah's Ark" has exceeded
of the industry
leaders who $23 nullum in gross receipts from U.S.
and
will comprise
Canadian playdatcs. The picture
the
released slightly
"l cabinet for the 1977-
over a year ago on a
four-wall
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basis now has
fund-raising
played the
drive.
Al Fitter. United
major markets of both countries.
Artists
senior Sunn vice-president of
Clair Farley,
vice-president
distribution, said the gross
for domestic
of $23 million
sales, has been
came within 1 per cent of the projection
resulting front
£
appointed
Sunn's pretesting
distributor
policy.
»• ..«•>, *« _u chairman.
Henrv "Hi" Martin , .,
c ., ,.
Exhibitor chairmen The company's next production will
are Jerry Forman,
be
vice-president and
"The Lincoln Conspiracy."
general
manager of Pacific Theatres Corp. in
Los Angeles: John H. Rowley, president of
Col. Appoints Mankiewicz
United Artists Theatre Circuit-Rowley
United division, Dallas, and Roy B. White, V-P for Creative Affairs
president of Mid-States Theatres, headquartered
in Cincinnati.
has been appointed vice-president of crea-
NEW YORK—Christopher Mankiewicz
Division chairmen are Bernard Diamond, tive affairs, East Coast, it was announced
covering the Northeastern cities; M. H. Chakeres,
who will supervise the Mideast area; worldwide production for Columbia Pic-
Tuesday (12) by Daniel Melnick, head of
Doug Lightner, who will cover the Central tures. Mankiewicz will concentrate in his
division, and Mort Thalheimer, who will new assignment on the development of literary
and theatrical properties in New York
handle Southern cities. Ted Minsky will
cover the Pacific territory.
and Europe. In addition, he will act as the
Will Rogers executive director Martin H. New York focal point in Columbia's search
Newman met with exhibitors at the recent for distribution acquisitions for domestic
Show-A-Rama 20 convention in Kansas and international markets. He also will act
City and was present at the NATO board as production liaison for picture filming in
of directors meeting in Nassau, the Bahamas,
and the Independent Theatre Owners Mankiewicz most recently was head of
New York and on the East Coast.
Ass'n product seminar in New York to discuss
plans for the Will Rogers Institute. Productions in Rome. During his career,
production for Alberto Grimaldi's PEA
Newman will attend the Southeastern he also has held executive positions with
NATO confab in Atlanta Thursday (21). Palomar, United Artists and Filmways.
NITE Announces Schedule
For West Coast Meetings
HOLLYWOOD—Tom Patterson, president
of the National Independent Theatre
Exhibitors Ass'n (NITE), will head a con-J
tingent of the organization's leaders traveling
from Atlanta to the West Coast for
meetings with filmmakers Sunday (24)
through Tuesday (26). NITE's film finandj
plan will be discussed at the get-together,
Patterson said.
Sunday afternoon (24) will be devoted
to a meeting with the Southern California
Motion Picture Council at NITE's tempo-
:
rary headquarters in the Beverly Wilshire
!
Hotel, while the evening hours 6 to
10 p.m.
will be devoted to private meetings (by appointment),
as will the 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
period Monday (25). A two-hour press conference
will follow, after which NITE representatives
will meet with agents.
A cocktail party for agents, press and I
packagers will begin at 5 p.m., with dinner
with packagers scheduled 7 to 10 p.m. at I
the Beverly Wilshire.
Tuesday morning (26) 8 to 10 a.m. hasl
been reserved for additional private meetings.
The Southern California Independent!
Exhibitors (CITE) will meet 10:30 a.m. tol
1:30 p.m., this huddle to be followed by al
2 to 5 p.m. session with filmmakers in thel
Empire Ballroom of the Sportsman's Lodgel
sponsored by the Southern California Mo-[
tion Picture Council. Tuesday evening (26)1
has been reserved for private meetings.
Wednesday (27). the NITE group
will
travel upstate for a meeting of the Northern!
California Independent Exhibitors at an as-l
yet-undesignated location in the Bay Area!
NITE advises that coordinators Bob Lei
Vine and Paul Aratow of Challenge Prol
ductions may be reached only by calling
274-4446, rather than at 395-0012 as
viously indicated (see Boxoffice, April 4)1
ADVERTISING HUDDLE—Edward Montoro, left, president and chief
executive officer of Film Ventures International, and Ed Cruea, FVI executive vicepresident,
inspect a one-sheet for FVI's upcoming "Day of the Animals" during a
recent exhibitor conference held at the Sheraton on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.
At the conference, Montoro and Cruea outlined the massive promotional and
advertising campaigns scheduled for "Animals," which will open in over 400 situations
in late May.
Stan Waterman Promoting
'Deep' on Lecture Tour
BURBANK — Stan Waterman, undei
water cinematographer and second unit I
rector for "The Deep," is on a nationwi
lecture tour in which he includes a maj
segment on the filming of the Columbi
EMI presentation. Waterman's appearand
are part of his annual speaking engagemen
The sought-after speaker recently appe
ed at the Civic Auditorium in Grand Rapi
Mich.; Michigan State University in E;
Lansing. Mich.; Eastman Kodak Theati
Rochester, N.Y., and Ohio State Universit
Columbus, Ohio.
A significant portion of his film-and-ta
presentation is the footage from the AB
TV "American Sportsman."
'Wolf Woman' Set for Ma
LOS
ANGELES—Post-production
Dimension Pictures' release, "The W<
Woman," started Friday (8), it was
nounced by Lawrence H. Woolner, pr
dent. Slated for national release May
the feature stars Annik Borel and Fi
Stafford.
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