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JDA LUP1NO and Christopher Lee will
honored for outstanding achievement
of merit in cinema by the Count Dracula
Society at its annual awards dinner to be
held at the University Hilton Saturday (30).
Bob Cremer, author of "Lugosi: The Man
Behind the Cape." also will be among those
honored. Presenters will include George
Pal. Rav Bradburv and Rouben Mamoulian.
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John Daly, chairman of the Hemdalc
Film Group arrived from London Wednesday
(13) for a week of sales and promotion
talks with producers and creative talent on
films which Hemdale will either finance or
acquire. He also will talk with producer
Gerald Green on sales plans for "Tintorera:
The Silent Death."
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Lucille Ball. Charlton Heston. Burt Lancaster
and Gregory Peck have been added
to the list of hosts for the American Film
Institute open house May 21-22.
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Principal photography has been completed
on "Semi-Tough," a David Merrick
production for United Artists, starring
Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh and Kris
Kristofferson.
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After Dark Magazine will present its annual
Ruby Award to Mae West as the star
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of the year "for her significant and enduring
contribution to the world of entertainment."
The award will be made at the magazine's
annual dinner May 12, to be held
for the first time on the West Coast, at the
Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
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Roger Lewis has joined Max E. Youngstein
Enterprises and will head all production
activities of the company, according
to Youngstein, who said he will concentrate
on his consulting services for independent
producers. Lewis has two projects
in development at major studios, "The Man
Who Could Work Miracles," at Paramount,
and "Harvest," at 20th Century-Fox.
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Hickmar Productions' "Texas Detour"
used 17 stuntmen with Paul Nuckles serving
as stunt coordinator. During the production
stuntman Bud Davis made a van jump
136 feet through the air over a group of
cars—a world record, according to producer-director
Hikmet Avedis. He also claimed
cyclist Gary Davis beat Evel Knievel's record
of jumping over 19 cars by sailing over
21 cars at the Ontario Speedway.
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Principal
photography has been completed
on United Artists' "Semi-Tough" starring
Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson and
Jill Clayburgh.
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James Brolin, star of Universal's "The
Car," will make guest appearances on three
TV talk shows by the time the terror-thriller
about a mysterious car that attacks people
opens nationally May 13. He is scheduled
for appearances on "Dinah!", "The Merv
Griffin Show" and "The Mike Douglas
Show."
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Girls Friday of Show Business held their
fourth annual "day at the races" Sunday
(17) with proceeds of ticket sales going to
help provide reconstructive surgery for
needy children.
The group will hold its monthly dinnermeeting
Tuesday (19) at the Smoke Houi
in Burbank.
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Rosary for the Rev. Monsignor John J
Devlin, co-founder of the Legion of De
cency and founder of the Motion Picture
Television, Radio and Recording Industries
annual Communion Breakfast Committee
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was recited Monday (II) at 8:30 p.m. al
St. Victor's Church, 8634 Holloway Drive
West Hollywood. Mass of the resurrection
was conducted by His Eminence Timo
thy Cardinal Manning Tuesday (12) at 111
a.m. at the church, where Monsignor Dev
lin served as pastor from 1929 to 1974 an
later was pastor emeritus. Monsignor De\
lin died Wednesday (6).
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Rouben Mamoulian lectured
the North Carolina State University in R;
leigh Monday through Thursday (4-7) ;]]
part of the Academy of Motion Picture Ar
and Sciences' visiting artists program.
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Louis M. "Deke" Heyward has been pr<
moted from vice-president and assistant
the president of Hanna-Barbera Produ>
tions to executive in charge of live-actic
production. He will supervise production
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movies-of-the-week.
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Jim LeRoy, former Western divisii
manager and film buyer for American M
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consulting service under which he will of r
clients analysis of product marketability al
will advise them regarding their buying al
booking strategies. He reports that 12 impendent
circuits, with a total of more til
1,100 screens, are among his first subset
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Veteran exhibitor and film produ r
Robert L. Lippert sr., who died Nov. >•
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1976, was honored Friday (15) with a l>s
Angeles City Council resolution presend
in ceremonies to his son Robert L. Liprrt
jr. by Councilwoman Peggy Stevenson. "In
J. Corradine, associated with Lippert
many years, hosted the affair.
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Laemmle Theatres launched its
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Women's Film Series" Sunday (17) at
Royal Theatre in West Los Angeles wi
program consisting of Dyan Cann
"Number One" and Lee Grant's
Stronger." The series consists of ten iv
day programs playing through June 19.
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