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WORKING TOGETHER IN 

20TH ANNIVERSARY of 

Show-A-Rama was not observed 

as such, except to be designated as 

Show-A-Rama 20. It is a significant 

fact, however, that this gathering of 

showmen not only has been an annual 

event for 20 successive years, but that 

it also has grown in stature and importance 

for its contributions to the 

advancement of showmanship with 

each succeeding year. This year it has 

outdone itself twenty-fold with the 

presentations it brought forth from 

outstanding exhibitor showmen and 

from advertising and publicity representatives 

of film distributing companies. 

We, therefore, take this occasion to 

congratulate and commend the men 

under whose leadership, since its inception, 

Show-A-Rama has made such 

a fine and continuing success: Bev 

Miller, W. L. Barritt, Richard Orear, 

Fred Souttar, Paul Ricketts, Jay Wooten, 

Douglas J. Lightner, Glen Dickinson 

jr., Abbott Sher, James E. Cook, 

Dick Conley, Elmer Bills jr., Richard 

M. Durwood, Darrell Manes, Paul Kelly 

and Joel Resnick. The many major 

contributions of the late M. B. Smith 

to the founding and development of 

Show-A-Rama will long be remembered. 

To quote Sherrill C. Corwin, a former 

president of the National Ass'n of 

Theatre Owners, who said, in addressing 

this gathering: "Show-A-Rama, 

more than any other conclave or gettogether 

of theatremen, is a showmanship 

convention designed especially to 

provide exhibitors, distributors and 

producers with opportunities to exchange 

ideas on advertising, publicity 

and exploitation and to introduce new 

thoughts, new ideas, new methods of 

merchandising our wares . 

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Rama is a launching pad for the rocketry 

of enthusiasm that is so necessary 

for boxoffice success." 

Mr. Corwin went on to observe that 

all too often there is "an unfortunate 

lack of communication between those 

who make and distribute the product 

and those who show the films and 

build the grosses at the boxoffice." 

In a subsequent statement, he made 

this further reference: 

UNITY 

"1 humbly ask the skilled and experienced 

men who guide the ad and 

publicity destinies of our suppliers to 

deliver the maximum amount of 'ammunition' 

to the men on the firing 

line. Please let us have MORE advance 

information through the tradepress, 

by both EARLY reviews and advertising. 

"Pique our curiosity, excite our 

imagination, build our enthusiasm by 

telling us about and selling us on the 

great films to come. Do it far enough 

ahead to get the most benefit for all 

of us. These tradepapers are read 

throughout the land by publishers, 

editors, reviewers, columnists, critics 

and writers for every communications 

medium. Get your message across to 

the great body of opinion-influencers, 

as well as your customers, the exhibitors." 

Needless to say, we are in complete 

agreement, but not for what may 

seem to be a selfish reason. After a 

half-century of publishing Boxoffice, 

throughout which time we have demonstrated 

an unstinting effort—dedication, 

if you please—in serving as an 

instrument of communication between 

producer-distributors and exhibitors, 

we know full well the value to both of 

the information that we carry—a7id 

which we seek to expand. 

Whether in text or advertising, it is 

essential to the theatreman's success 

to have ALL the information possible 

on product, what it has to offer that is 

salable and how best to sell it to obtain 

the top boxoffice dollar, in which producer-distributors 

also have a sizable 

stake. 

The showing of product reels at 

Show-A-Rama 20 by both majors and 

independents (20 film companies presented 

clips from upcoming product 

during a four-hour session openingday) 

and the exposition of promotion 

campaigns for individual pictures exemplifies 

the need for expanded communication 

regarding new releases. 

But that's only partially doing the job 

—both from the standpoint of total 

product available and the total of 

operating theatres. 

Publicity and promotion is a job 

which requires week-in and week-out 

attention and an area in which the 

tradepress, whether adjunctive or in 

entirety, can render a service of maximum 

benefit, in keeping with the everconstant 

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Elliot Silverstein, Director of Car/ 

Emphasizes Role of Sound in Film 

B) RALPH KAMINSKY 

HOLLYWOOD—There was a time when 

movie directors, discouraged by the old and 

inadequate ->ound equipment in theatres, 

were "timid about using bold sound effects" 

—but that condition is changing, according 

to Elliot Silverstein, director of Universal's 

"The Car." He is convinced that "we no 

longer make just a motion picture—we 

make sound pictures where the music and 

effects are just as much a part of the story 

as the rest of the film." 

Sound Is Real 'Co-Star' 

Silverstein is predicting that when "The 

Car" opens audiences will recognize that 

the sound of the picture is a real "co-star" 

of the film. "The theatrical experience hits 

two senses, not one. We must please the 

ear as well as the eye. If we don't, we lose 

that theatrical excitement that should be a 

part of every film," he stated. 

In the film, the car is a "living," ominous 

presence, a malevolent "personality" that 

lurks in hiding waiting to attack its next 

human victim. The massive black car is "a 

thinking machine, a killing machine," Silverstein 

said, and sound is the medium 

through which much of its "thinking" is 

expressed. 

By the use of sound, the car will 

express 

its emotions, laughing, revealing its suspicions 

of human behavior and dramatizing 

its anger. At one point, Silverstein said, the 

car actually will "sign" its name through 

the use of sound. "Some of the audience 

will catch its name and it'll be an added 

kick for them," he said. 

Silverstein refuses to reveal what causes 

the car to turn killer and terrorize the inhabitants 

of a small town. 

During his direction of the picture, he 

had to balance two conflicts: man vs. machine 

and man vs. man. "Each has different 

feelings about the other. Two men try to 

stop the machine and, at the same time, 

they are in conflict over how the job can 

be done and the reasons for the car's behavior," 

he explained. 

Barris Designed Car 

James Brolin. Ronny Cox, Kathleen 

Lloyd and John Marley star, along with the 

car, built especially by George Barris, famed 

designer of outlandish and spectacular 

autos for Hollywood. The car was constructed 

on a Lincoln Mark III chassis and 

weighs 1,500 pounds more than the usual 

auto. It took a 12-man team eight weeks to 

build it, installing longer and higher fenders, 

lowering the roof four and a half inches, 

adding deep-recessed wheels and extra wide 

tires, installing double laminated windows 

—smoked on the inside and amber on the 

outside—and adding specialized gears on 

rear wheels for 

stunt use. 

Brolin wins Silverstein's admiration as a 

"hard-working actor. He's quite different 

from what you've seen in other things he 

has done." 

Silverstein said he sought to create "sheer 

entertainment," with special car stunts that 

are unusual. "You won't see us relying on 

the normal car crashes for thrills," he 

added. 

The action takes place in a small town 

in southwest Utah, "where nothing much 

happens. It's a natural place for an evil 

force to emerge." 

The town is located near a small box 

canyon—a feature for which Silverstein 

searched long and hard because the canyon 

becomes one of the main factors in the 

story. The sound created in the canyon, 

because of its sheer walls and tight enclosure, 

will be one of the spectacular features 

of the action, Silverstein believes. "It 

puts the audience in a 'sound envelope,' 

something really special," he added. 

The "mean-looking car" is put through 

its amazing paces under the stunt coordination 

of expert Everett Creach, who also 

served as second unit director. He has been 

stunt coordinator on more than 900 films 

and was second unit director on 33 of 

them. 

Stuntman Falls 

196 Feet 

Among the wonders he performs in "The 

Car" is a stuntman's first-time-ever fall of 

196 feet from a cliff. And, of course, there 

is "The Car's" spectacular barrel-roll over 

two other vehicles. 

Silverstein is convinced the audience will 

find "The Car" is a "head game" of car vs. 

human—with a sure-fire surprise. "There's 

even a hint of who or what the driver of 

the 'murderous' machine is," he disclosed. 

Kostoff in Yoblans Nat'l 

Sales Coordinator Post 

HOLLYWOOD—Peter Kastoff has been 

appointed national sales coordinator for 

"Mohammad, Messenger of God," it was 

announced by Irwin Yablans, distributor of 

the Anthony Quinn starrer. 

Kastoff, formerly a sales executive with 

the Taylor-Laughlin Co., will coordinate all 

sales for the picture with exhibitors 

throughout the country. 

"Mohammad, Messenger of God," produced 

and directed by Moustapha Akkad, 

was the Irwin Yablans Co.'s Easter holiday 

attraction. 

'Demon Seed' Is Nominated 

For Golden Scroll Award 

HOLLYWOOD — Metro - Goldwyn - 

Mayer's "Demon Seed" is the first sciencefiction 

production to be nominated for a 

1977 Golden Scroll Award by the Academy 

of Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror 

Films, according to Dr. Donald A. Reed, 

academy. 

president of the 

June 23 Royal Premiere 

For 'A Bridge Too Far' 

NEW YORK—-The royal premiere of Jo-| 

seph E. Lcvine's "A Bridge Too Far" willi 

be held June 23 at London's Leicester 

Square Theatre before an audience of notables, 

including HRH the Duchess ofl 

Kent and Earl Mountbatten of Burma, iri 

was announced by Ernst Goldschmidt. 

United Artists vice-president and foreign 

manager. 

The event will be a benefit for five British 

charities: The Army Benevolent Fund 

the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, the 

Airborne Forces Security Fund, the Soldiers', 

Sailors' and Airmen's Families Ass'r 

and the British Academy of Film and Tele 

vision Arts. 

Principal guests will include leading sur 

vivors of Operation Market Garden, thi 

film's subject, several of whom served a 

military advisers during location shootin; 

in 

Holland, plus personalities from the filn' 

itself. 

June 24, public performances of "1 

Bridge Too Far" will begin at both the Lei 

cester Square and the Odeon Marble Arc' 

theatres. Simultaneous to the West End ur 

veiling, "A Bridge Too Far" will open i 

many important coastal resorts and holida 

towns, followed in early October by a sec 

ond wave in the remaining key situation 

The film was produced by Joseph I 

Levine and Richard P. Levine and directe 

by Richard Attenborough from Williai 

Goldman's screenplay. "A Bridge Too Fat 

will be released by UA in the U.S., Canad 

the United Kingdom and many other in 

portant overseas territories. 

Univ.'s 'Smokey' to Open , 

Multiple Memorial Day 

NEW YORK—Universal's "Smokey ai 

the Bandit" has been set for more than 6( 

bookings in seven exchange areas beginnii 

Memorial Day weekend, it was announo 

by Henry H. "Hi" Martin, president 

Universal Pictures. 

The action comedy starring Burt Rey 

olds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed and Jacl 

Gleason has been booked in the followi^ 

Universal exchange areas: Atlanta, Chilotte, 

Jacksonville, Dallas, Oklahoma Ci, 

New Orleans and Memphis. 

The film will have its world premii) 

May 26 at the Radio City Music Hall. 

Stan Margulies, Wolper 

Sign 2-Year Contract 

BURBANK—Stan Margulies, who F 

duced the 1 2-hour TV mini-series "Ro 

for Wolper Productions, has signed a n 

two-year contract for both motion picti 

and TV production with the Wolper Org;'- 

ization, a division of Warner Bros., it 

announced by David L. Wolper and Wan 

Bros, president Frank Wells. 

Margulies will work with Wolper on 

sequential material to be developed frn 

the Alex Haley best seller "Roots," as v|l 

as his own film and TV projects exclusivy 

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Record WCI Revenues, 

Earnings for Quarter 

M W YORK - Warner Communicaons, 

Inc., has reported fully diluted earnh;n 

pei share of $1.26, 37 per com higher 

urn the l >2 cents reported 

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in l »7d. Net 

toome ol sis. on. 000 for the quarter end- 

.1 March 31. 1977. was 16 per cent above 

,st year's $15,537,000. Both figures are 

cords for any quarter in WCI's history. 

Revenues of $253,241,000 were substan- 

.ilk above the 1976 revenues of $1SI,- 

75,000. Average fully diluted shares outanding 

during the quarter were 14,436.000 

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17,047,000 last year. The reduction is 

ic result of share purchases by the comm\ 

during 1 1 >76. 

Steven I. Ross. WCI chairman, contenting 

on these results, stated: "'An excelnt 

performance by WCI's major operating 

ins was responsible lor these record 

lirnings . . . Operating income from filmed 

rtertainment rose sharply, aided by nearcord 

levels of theatrical film rentals. Warpr 

Bros." two Christmas releases, 'The Enlircer' 

and 'A Star Is Born,' were both exemely 

successful and were major contrib- 

Nts in the first quarter. A lower level of 

j of theatrical films to TV partially 

fsel these gains." 

March 14, the previously announced re- 

:mption of WCI's remaining outstanding 

3/4 per cent Eurodollar convertible de- 

•ntures was completed. As a result, longrm 

debt was reduced by $8,152,000 and 

>tential future dilution of the common 

ock in the amount of 250.831 shares was 

Emulated. 

few Officers Are Elected 

y Guy-Con Enterprises 

KANSAS CITY — At a board meeting 

Id Tuesday (19) in the office of Guy-Con 

iterprises. Inc., the following officers 

:re elected: Richard G. Conley retired to 

e post of chairman of the board; Harold 

Guyett, formerly vice-president, was 

.ctcd president of Guy-Con, and Dr. 

. P. Williams succeeded Guyett as 

!:e-president. 

Peter V. Ruddick continues as secretary 

|d Barbara J. Amacher was elected treaser 

of the company. 

Guyett pointed out that with the sale of 

. company's Kansas theatre operations to 

City-based Commonwealth Thees, 

Guy-Con will devote full time to its 

n^-booking and management accounts. 

Bse accounts now represent 54 screens 

UX states, with several new accounts rently 

added and others under negotiation. 

'oo Hot' Int'l Rights Go 

o Manson Distributing 

HOLLYWOOD — Manson Distributing 

>rp- has acquired international sales rights 

Don Schanin's and Ralph Dcsiderio's 

Hot to Handle." starring Cheri Caf- 

K>. The film was released in the U. S. by 

JJW World Pictures. 

Col. Signs Robert Klane 

For 'Dark' Joint Venture 

HOI I Robert Klane has been 

signed by Daniel Melnick, in charge of 

worldwide production foi Columbia Pictures, 

to write and direel "Aftei Dark" 

(formerly titled "Disco"), a three-way join! 

venture involving Casablanca Record and 

l-'ilmwoiks. Motown Productions and Columbia 

Pictures. 

Klane. who has previously adapted his 

novels, "Where's Poppa?" and "Fire Sale" 

lor the screen, will make his directorial bow 

on the film musical which will star the industry's 

top recording artists. 

Motown's Rob Cohen will produce "After 

Dark" with Peter Guber and Neil Bogart 

of Casablanca Record and Filmworks as 

executive producers. Tony Masters, production 

designer on Casablanca's production 

of "The Deep," will be the associate producer. 

Shooting is scheduled to begin early 

this summer on Los Angeles locations. 

Roger Lewis Will Produce 

'Man Who Could' for Para. 

HOLLYWOOD—"The Man Who Could 

Work Miracles" will be produced by Paramount 

Pictures and Roger Lewis, it was 

announced by Michael D. Eisner, president 

and chief operating officer of Paramount 

Pictures Corp. 

The comedy-fantasy depicts a man suddenly 

and capriciously given the power to 

do anything in the world he wishes—except 

change the way people feel. 

"The Man Who Could Work Miracles" 

originally was filmed in 1936 by Alexander 

Korda with a screenplay by H. G. Wells, 

with Roland Young as the star. Wells' 

unique genius as a storyteller adds to this 

whimsical tale a penetrating comment upon 

human nature, love and life. A new screenplay 

will be developed as a contemporary 

film utilizing all the technical developments 

that have evolved since the original was 

made. No start date has been set. 

Dimension's 'Ruby' Slated 

For Mutiple Openings 

LOS ANGELES — Dimension 

Pictures' 

"Ruby," starring Piper Laurie and Stuart 

Whitman, will open simultaneously in 64 

theatres Memorial Day in the Chicago area, 

according to president Lawrence Woolner. 

The Steve Krantz production also has 

been set to open in 80 theatres statewide in 

Pennsylvania. 

'Annie Hall' Set for 128 

U.S., Canada Playdates 

NEW YORK.—Woody Allen's 

new comedy, 

"Annie Hall." will have 12S prints in 

work, starting Wednesday (27). across the 

U.S. and Canada. Allen and Diane Keaton 

arc starred in the United Artists release. 

The film, which bowed in New York and 

Los Angeles Wednesday (20) and subsequently 

opened in I iicsvmi Friday (22). will 

have the bulk ol its new openings Wednesday 

(27) and Frida) (2 l >). nationwide. 

Manson Reactivating 

Cinemax Marketing 

NEW YORK Aithui Manson, until recentlj 

vice-president in charge of worldwide 

Arthur Manson Norman Delancy 

advertising and publicity for Warner Bros.. 

has reactivated Cinemax Marketing and 

Distribution Corp. Manson is founder and 

president of Cinemax, a company formed 

to maximize the income potential of films. 

Cinemax is prepared to provide producers 

with in-depth representation in all 

phases of marketing and distribution. It 

also will assist film companies in the execution 

of campaigns on specially selected 

films. During his association with Warners, 

Manson supervised the campaigns which 

contributed substantially to that company's 

emerging as No. 1 in domestic billings for 

'76 and entering '77 with the blockbuster 

films of "A Star Is Born" and "The Enforcer." 

Joining Cinemax as vice-president is 

Norman Delaney, who headed a new and 

expanded trailer program for National 

Screen Service. The trailer program will 

continue to be supervised by Delaney within 

the Cinemax operation. Delaney formerly 

was associated with Manson at Cinerama 

as director of field services, where Manson 

was vice-president in charge of advertising 

and publicity. 

Another major facet of the Cinemax 

operation will be the reintroduction of films 

which failed or never fully realized their 

potential. This phase of Cinemax's operation 

reflects Manson's previous experience 

where, as executive vice-president of sales 

and marketing for 

BCP. he was responsible 

for the now legendary turnaround of "Walking 

Tall." More recently, while with Warner 

Bros., he revised the campaign for the 

shelved Larry Cohen thriller "It's Alive." 

now in current release. "It's Alive" is expected 

to reach over $5,000,000 in domestic 

billings, as compared to its initial SI 00.000 

film rental on the release two years ago. 

As president of Cinemax. Manson, one 

of the first to employ test marketing for 

motion pictures, intends to continue the 

innovative policies responsible for his past 

successes. In this, he hopes to elicit exhibitor 

support already pledged by NATO 

president Marvin Goldman. 

Cinemas has opened offices at 535 Madison 

Ave.. New York, N.Y. 10022 and 

shortlj will announce the Cinemax location 

on the West Coast. 

)XOFTICE :: April 25, 1977

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Production Revamping 

Announced by Melnick 

HOLLYWOOD — Daniel Melnick. in 

charge of worldwide production for Columbia 

Pictures, Tuesday 

Daniel Melnick 

1 19) announced a revamping 

of his executive 

production personnel 

in a move he 

described as "necessitated 

by the momentum 

generated in re- 

weeks." 

cent 

In announcing the 

new structure. Melnick 

stated it was 

prompted by his and 

David Begelman's aim to place Columbia 

Pictures in the best position to initiate motion 

picture projects, rather than reacting 

solely to "over the transom" submissions, 

and most important to provide optimum 

support in an ideal atmosphere in which to 

work for the independent filmmakers with 

whom Columbia has undertaken ventures. 

More to 

Be Announced 

Those independent filmmakers include 

not only Peter Guber, Stanley Jaffe, 

Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips and Ray 

Stark (who has had a multiple-picture deal 

with the studio for 11 years) and others 

with whom Columbia has enjoyed continuing 

relationships, but also such newer and 

important associations as those with Neil 

Simon, Herb Ross, Steven Spielberg, Martin 

Ritt. Paul Schrader, Paddy Chayefsky, 

John Milius, John Avildsen, Jon Peters, 

Paul Newman and George Englund, as well 

as other filmmakers yet to be announced 

who have been attracted to the Columbia 

banner. 

Tennant V-P, 

Production 

In the new restructuring of production 

personnel by Melnick, Bill Tennant is the 

vice-president for production; Ms. Rosilyn 

Heller, vice-president for creative affairs; 

Ms. Maggie Abbott is in charge of special 

projects; Michael Nolin is executive story 

editor, and Christopher Mankiewicz, vicepresident, 

creative affairs, for the East 

Coast. 

Before joining Columbia Pictures two 

years ago as a vice-president, Tennant had 

a background which included independent 

production as a writer-producer, during 

which he made the highly successful "Cleopatra 

Jones," and a partnership in the literary 

agency of Ziegler-Ross-Tennant. 

Ms. Heller joined Columbia in 1971 as 

vice-president of creative affairs. Previously, 

she was associated with ABC Pictures, 

the motion picture production wing of 

American Broadcasting Cos. She began her 

industry career as an editor for New American 

Library, Inc., a New York publishing 

firm. 

Mankiewicz. before recently joining Columbia, 

was production chief in Rome for 

Alberto Grimaldi's PEA Productions. Prior 

to that he was a vice-president of production 

for Filmways and the assistant to production 

head David Picker at United Artists. 

Ms. Abbott had an outstanding career in 

the agency field before joining Melnick's 

independent production company last year 

as vice-president and creative associate. 

Nolin began his career as a reader at 

MGM. then joined Columbia Pictures 

three-and-a-half years ago in that capacity. 

Soon alter, he was appointed executive in 

charge of acquisitions, a position he had 

held until 

his current appointment as executive 

story editor. 

Dunn and Edmund Purdom and pro- 

Boxoffice Int'l Acquires 

Three Additional Films 

LOS ANGELES—Harry Novak, president 

of Boxoffice International, has announced 

acquisition of three additional new 

motion pictures for worldwide release. The 

first feature, starring Victor Buono, Brad 

Harris and Karen Field, is the R-rated 

"Meat Is Meat," produced and written by 

Robert Oliver and Dag Molin. 

The second film is "Frankenstein's Castle 

of Freaks," starring Rossano Brazzi, Michael 

duced by Robert H. Oliver. 

The third title is "Hitchhike to Hell." 

starring Bob Gribben, Mary Ellen Christie 

and Russell Johnson. Produced and directed 

by Irv Berwick, "Hitchhike to Hell" was 

written by John Buckley. 

All the features are set for immediate 

release and all advertising accessories are 

in the final production stages, according 

to George Roth, general sales manager of 

Boxoffice International. The company now 

has eight features on its summer 1977 release 

slate. Novak reportedly is negotiating 

for other film product, which he expects to 

announce shortly. 

Luncheon Will Highlight 

Academy's Celebration 

BEVERLY HILLS — The Academy of 

Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will highlight 

its year-long 50th anniversary celebration 

with a luncheon May 11, it was announced 

by Walter Mirisch, Academy president. 

The event will be held in the Crystal 

Ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, 

which was the site of the Academy's 

original organizational banquet May II, 

1927. 

The Academy's board of governors, film 

industry leaders, civic dignitaries, members 

of the Academy's 50th anniversary committee 

and the press will attend the luncheon, 

one of a number of events commemorating 

the organization's golden anniversary. Highlights 

will include a keynote speech by president 

Mirisch and the showing of a special 

film tracing the history and the growth of 

the Academy. 

The 1927 banquet was attended by 275 

industry leaders. It was at that affair, 

chaired by the late Douglas Fairbanks, that 

the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and 

Sciences came into being. 

Lillian Gish Signed 

For 'A Wedding' Role 

HOLLYWOOD— Lillian Gish, whose 

career in motion pictures encompasses 

more than six decades, will return to the 

screen after an absence of nine years as the 

matriarch of the groom's family in "A 

Wedding." it was announced by Robert 

Altman, director-producer of the film to be 

distributed by 20th Century-Fox. 

Miss Gish last co-starred in the 1968 

Graham Greene film, "The Comedians.' 

Her recent Broadway appearances havi 

been in the musical anthology "A Musica 

Jubilee" and in Mike Nichol's all-star pn 

duction, "Uncle Vanya." For the past eigh 

years, 

the actress has toured throughout thi 

U.S. and Europe in her one-woman show 

"The Art of Film." 

A special Academy Award winner. Mis 

Gish's classic roles include "The Birth of 

Nation." "Intolerance," "Orphans in th 

Storm," "La Boheme" and "The Scarlf 

Letter." 

She joins Carol Burnett, Geraldine Cha[ 

j 

lin, Nina Van Pallandt, Viveca Lindfori 

Dina Merrill, Peggy Ann Garner and Joh, 

Considine in the multi-charactered fill 

about one of the last American rituals, 

Filming begins in mid-June in Lai 

Bluff, III., with Altman directing from h 

and John Considine's original screenpla 

The filmmaker, whose 1969 productic 

"M*A*S*H" went on to become one 

20th Century-Fox's all-time boxoffice hi 1 

recently completed "3 Women" for d; 

tribution by the company. 

James Brolin Will Appear 

On TV Shows to Plug 'Cai 

NEW YORK — James Brolin, star f 

Universal's "The Car," opening nationa/ 

May 13, has been set to guest on three/ 

the country's top TV talk shows this mon'. 

He will appear on "Dinah!", "The Mw 

Griffin Show" and "The Mike Douss 

Show" to promote the terror-thriller abi-t 

a mysterious vehicle that panics a srrll 

southwestern community by killing peofj. 

"The Car" was directed by Elliot Silvstein 

of "Cat Ballou" fame and produd 

by Silverstein and Marvin Birdt, fron a 

screenplay by Dennis Shryack, Miclil 

Butler and Lane Slate. Also starring i 

Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, R. G. A i- 

strong, John Rubinstein and Ronny Cot 

Appeals Board Upholds 

X for '2076 Olympiad' 

NEW YORK — The Code and Ra 

Appeals Board, after a hearing Tuesty 

(19), sustained the X rating given to h. 

film "2076 Olympiad." 

In 

an appeal brought by Aragon Proiiction 

Co., the board heard a statemenfon 

behalf of "2076 Olympiad" from JameR- 

Martin, producer and distributor of he 

film. 

CARA was represented by its cljfl 

man Richard D. Heffner. 

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orp . .1 subsidiai \ of the Acton Corp. 

ere, has signed an agreemenl with Sovexortfilm 

for theatrical ;md nontheatrical disibution 

in Ihe U. S. and English-speaking 

anada for "The Magic Pony." An 80- 

dnute animated film, produced and di- 

•eied In [van Ivanov-Vano, the Soviet 

oion's foremost animator for films, it will 

.• released Thanksgiving Day 1477. 

Samuel J. Phillips, president of Acton 

orp., said that the film is a children's 

orj which is expected to have broad apeal. 

He referred to the Russians as "cori.il. 

friendly and constructive—but tough 

irgaincrs." Estimated production cost for 

similar American-made feature would be 

lore than $4 million. 

of a severe shortage of film and 

\ programing for children. Phillips said 

- company is directing itself towards this 

ge market. A related subsidiary, Acton 

iilms. Inc., is based in New York and has 

infracted to produce six films in this counj 

based on the Grimm brothers tales, 

here also are options on other properties 

>r children's films. The advent of the videos' 

and increased popularity in tape-based 

bme TV programing were cited as making 

a "very attractive growth market." 

/kxny James Bond Toys Set 

'or Christmas Season 77 

YORK — Inspired by the new 

cines Bond film "The Spy Who Loved 

Be," which will have its royal world preliere 

in London July 7, a revival of interest 

merchandising rights for famed Special 

gent 007 is under way. Contracts recently 

ave been signed with major toy and novelmanufacturers. 

By Christmas 1977. more 

lan SI 0.000.000 worth of merchandise 

ill be placed on the market in the U.S. and 

anada alone. 

Fifty-plus product lines already have 

.•en lined up by U.S. merchandising agent 

-vrnard Jacobs and his affiliate. Licensing 

orp. of America, with companies such as 

emco and Vanity Fair. 

Roger Moore once again stars as Ian 

leming's 007. 

(ecord AIP Print Order 

or 6 Summer Releases 

p 

HILLS—American Interna- 

>nul has ordered a record 3.835 prints for 

lix summer releases, according to Leon 

,. Blender, executive vice-president in 

parge of sales ,md distribution. 

Ihe pictures are: H. G. Wells' "The 

land of Dr. Moreau" and Wells' "Empire 

f the Ants." both Cinema 77 Films; BCP 

reductions' "Walking Tall— Final Chap- 

"Tcntaeles"; Edgar Rice Burroughs' 

The People That Time Forgot," producn 

services by Cardinal Productions, and 

loj 

Ride." from Jovride Productions. 

Photo Research Wins 4th 

Technical Academy Award 

BURBANK 

- 

Hie Academy ol Motion 

Picture Arts and Sciences, al its 4 '> t h annual 

Academy Awards presentation, presented 

Film star Kirk Douglas presents 

Academy's citation to James Branch, 

right, president of Photo Research. 

Photo Research a Class III Scientific or 

Technical Award Citation for its Spectra 

TriColor Meter. 

This is the fourth such award Photo Research 

has received for its contributions to 

the film industry in the field of light-measuring 

instruments. The company received 

its first technical Academy Award in 1953 

and the others in 1971 and 1972. 

As presented to James Branch, president 

of Photo Research, by noted film star Kirk 

Douglas, the citation reads, "Be it known 

that the Photo Research division of the 

Kollmorgen Corp. has been judged worthy 

of recognition for a Class III Scientific or 

Technical Award for the engineering and 

manufacture of the Spectra TriColor Meter." 

Since its introduction in early 1976 by 

Photo Research of Burbank, the Spectra 

TriColor Meter has played a major role in 

improving -the quality of color photography 

for both still and motion pictures. 

'Ridin' the Edge' Short 

Popular in All Markets 

NEW YORK—"Ridin - the Edge." Association 

Films' short about a Hollywood 

stunt driver, promises to be one of the company's 

biggest hits, according to Robert 

Finehout, theatrical vice-president. "Following 

a four-week premiere engagement 

at Radio City Music Hall, it has played 

with top-grossing films in every major market 

in the country," he said. 

In its first 700 engagements, "Ridin' the 

Edge" was seen by more than 1,300,000 

persons, according to Finehout. 

"Ridin' the Edge" has been entered in a 

number of film festivals and competitions 

and is meeting with enthusiastic audience 

support, Finehout said, adding that the film 

shows stunt driver Vic Rivers at thrill shows 

and doing stunts for the 20th (entury-Fo\ 

feature "Moving Violation." The climactic 

stuni is an auto ei.ish into a reinforced concrete 

wall at high speed. 

Benji Puppy Contest 

Has 60,000 Entries 

D\i I ihe only Benji puppy eon 

lest held has been WOD by '-sen old Mark 

I 

I ui. no ni Watchung, N.I. Mark won on the 

basis of an original 25-word composition 

expressing a unique sentiment written in an 

attempt to win the puppy l"i his handicapped 

brother. 

Ihe offspring Oi Benji. world-rcnow ned 

canine superstar ol movies and TV, was 

awarded to Mark by trainer Prank Inn and 

Good Housekeeping editor John Mack Carter, 

who sponsored the contest. 

In commenting on the presentation. Inn. 

Benji's trainer said, "Seeing the excitement 

on the boys' faces and Mark's devotion to 

his less fortunate brother was one of the 

most heartwarming experiences of my life. 

It's what Benji is all about, bringing love 

and happiness to children of all ages." 

The response to the contest was "overwhelming," 

according to John Mack Carter. 

"In all my years with Good Housekeeping 

I've never seen anything like this. We expected 

a few thousand entries but literally 

were buried in mail as a result of Benji's 

popularity," he said. 

Benji and Inn have just returned from 

Greece where they have completed filming 

of Joe Camp's latest family film, "For the 

Love of Benji," which will be released nationally 

this summer. 

David Blake to Australia 

And Los Angeles Meetings 

NEW YORK—David Blake, president of 

Cinema Shares International, left for a 

week-long round of business meetings with 

theatrical and TV distribution companies 

in Los Angeles and Australia. 

CSID has distribution rights on 15 features 

that already are in release or are 

available for Australia. Among them are 

"Ali the Fighter," "Godzilla vs. the Bionic 

Monster," "Where the Red Fern Grows," 

"Against a Crooked Sky." "Legend of Boggy 

Creek." "Seven Alone." "Creature From 

Black Lake." "Journey Into Fear." "Christina," 

"The Speed Merchants" and "Bootleggers." 

Many of these pictures have played theatrically 

in the U.S. 

MGM Acguires Film Rights 

To 'Hide in Plain Sight' 

NEW YORK - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

has acquired the motion picture rights to 

"Hide in Plain Sight," which will be brought 

to the screen by the producing team of Roben 

Christianson and Rick Rosenberg, it was 

announced by Richard Shepherd. MGM 

senior vice-president and worldwide head 

oi theatrical production. 

Spencer Eastman has been set to write 

the screenplay based on the book by 1 eslie 

Waller, published recently hv Delacorte 

Press. 

Filming on "Hide in Plain Sight" is expected 

to begin late this year, 

,3XOFFlCE :: April 25, 1977

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Guzman-Shaw Schedules 

Three Features in 77 

HOI I YWOOD—Guzman-Shaw Productions, 

formed h> a merger of Edward Shaw 

Enterprises and Claudio Guzman Productions 

and headquartered al VC1 Studios in 

Eos Angeles, has scheduled a slaie of three 

feature films to be made this year. 

Shaw has resigned as president of Rampart 

Releasing, which has eight films in 

release. Guzman recently produced and directed 

two features, "Heidi" and "Antonio," 

both to be released soon. Guzman will 

continue as executive producer of the daily 

TV series "Villa Alegre," the most widely 

seen Spanish-language program in the U.S. 

Features planned by Guzman-Shaw are 

"Transworld." starring Mickey Rooney and 

set to start filming in June; "Hell Ship 

Cruise," to be lensed on Nairobi locations 

in the summer, and "Get Me a Female 

Taxi." also slated for this summer in Mexico 

City. 

Diana Ross Set for Lead 

Role in 'Wiz' for Univ. 

NEW YORK — Diana Ross has been 

signed to star as Dorothy in the Universal/ 

Motown production of "The Wiz," which 

is set for a September 30 start in New York 

City. Sidney Lumet, who received an Oscar 

nomination for "Network," will direct the 

film. 

Ms. Ross, one of the world's top stage, 

motion picture TV and recording artists, 

who won a Best Actress Academy Award 

nomination for "Lady Sings the Blues," 

most recently appeared in the film "Mahogony." 

The fantasy musical will be filmed entirely 

on the streets of New York City and 

at the famed Astoria Motion Picture and 

Television Production Center located at 35- 

1 I 35th St., Long Island City. 

lollipop' Scores High 

Grosses in 

Texas Date 

Hollywood — Debonair Films of 

Hollywood reports that its 3-D release 

of "The Lollipop Girls in Hard Candy" 

is scoring at hovofficcs across Texas. 

The film, in its first three days in 

Amarillo, grossed $5,920, according to 

Jack Gilbert, Debonair national sales 

manager. 

Other strong openings for "The Lollipop 

Girls in Hard Candy" were recorded 

in Austin, Tex., $8,970, first 

six days; Houston, $12,070, first week, 

and El Paso, Tex., $14,902 in 13 days. 

John Dartigue Appointed 

Ass 't to Sumner at UA 

NEW YORK—John Dartigue has been 

promoted to the position of executive assistant 

to Gabe Sumner, United Artists 

senior vice-president in charge of advertising, 

publicity and promotion. Dartigue, 

who joined UA in 1965, has handled various 

assignments in domestic and foreign 

publicity departments. 

In September 1972, Dartigue became assistant 

publicity director. Since April 1975, 

he had been director of worldwide publicity. 

He holds a bachelor's degree in literature 

from Brandeis University and a master's 

in politics from Columbia University. 

Dimension Has Acquired 

'Cat' for 1978 Release 

LOS ANGELES—Lawrence H. Woolner, 

president of Dimension Pictures, announced 

the acquisition of "The Cat" for 

1978 release. Donald Pleasence and Nancy 

Kwan star in the action-horror film. 

MPAA's Weber Retiring; 

McNamara Is Successor 

NEW YORK—The retirement of Stan-' 

ley R. Weber as treasurer of the Motion 

Picture Ass'n of America and the Motioi 

Picture Export Ass'n of America, effectivi 

Thursday (28), was announced by Jack V& 

lenti, president of MPAA and MPE. 

Thomas J. McNamara, assistant treasure 

of MPAA and MPEAA will succeed Webe 

as of May 2. 

Weber joined the MPAA in July 194 

as a cashier, in 1948 he was elected assisi 

tant treasurer of MPAA and in 1955 wi 

elected treasurer of MPAA and MPEAA 

"Stan Weber leaves with the respect an 

admiration of all of us for his teamwor 

and for his outstanding professionalism i 

serving the association and its members s 

capably for 36 years," said Valenti. 

McNamara joined the association in Fel! 

ruary 1948 as chief accountant. In 19: 

he was elected assistant treasurer of MP 

in 1957 he was elected assistant treasure' 

of MPEAA, in 1961 he was named trea 

urer of the American Motion Picture Q 

(Africa) and in 1974 was appointed trea 

urer of AFRAM Films, Inc. McNamara, 

CPA, graduated from Pace University 

1948. 

Drennen, Matthews Name 

Directors of Rank Film 

LONDON—Frank Poole, managing (j 

rector of Rank Film Distributors, has a< 

publicity. 

Drennen was a director of Rank I 

Distributors until the formation of 

Rank Distributors in November 1972, whj 

he was made a director of that compi 

and became its general manager. With 

reversion of its sales and publicity activit 

to the respective parent companies, he 

turned to Rank Film Distributors. Drenri 

joined RFD as a sales representative in 

Midlands in 1956 and, moving through 

areas of branch management and sales 

entertainment areas. He subsequently 

moved to London as deputy to Chai 

Young, on whose retirement he becal 

publicity and advertising manager of 

company, his duties over the last few yd 

having taken on a more worldwide nati 

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EAGER MOVIEGOERS—New Yorkers wait in long lines to see "Black 

Sunday," the Robert Evans production of a John Fraiikenheimer film released by 

Paramount Pictures. The film grossed $139,072 in its first week at Loews' State I 

on Broadway and the Loews' Tower East on the East Side. 

Weiser's 'Coast to Coast' 

Rights to Tisch, Avnet 

HOLLYWOOD — Steve Tisch, wfi 

first production, "Outlaw Blues," willji 

released this summer by Warner Bros., 

acquired, with Jon Avnet, film rights! 

"Coast to Coast," an original screenplay^ 

Stanley Weiser. 

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! (AMSTERDAM—Robert 

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fATC Vigorously Opposes 

rov't Decision on Splits 

GRI \ I NICK. 

N.Y. I 

he U.S. De 

j-.rlmcni ol Justice Friday (I) publicly an- 

>unccd the position that split agreements 

motion picture exhibitors violate the 

CALENDARofEVENTS 

APRIL 

eral antitrust laws. Justice stated that it 

is informing the motion picture industrj 

its position concerning splits to permit 

j industry "to adjust its long-standing rence 

on split agreements." 

The Justice Department further disclosed 

it the continuance of split arrangements 

II subject participants to government prolUtion 

under the antitrust laws. 

United Artists Theatre Circuit announced 

it is not in accord with this new posi- 

•n taken by the Department of Justice 

th respect to the legality of splits, which 

|ve. for many years, been generally recnized 

as lawful both by the Department 

Justice itself and the courts. However, 

\TC sees no alternative at the present 

K to full compliance with Justice's posin 

until the matter is clarified by the 

urts. 

UATC has requested the right to bid or 

jotiate with distributors for all available 

oduct and does not believe that the prouncement 

by the Department of Justice 

I have a deleterious effect upon the 

ality of the motion pictures exhibited at 

theatres. 

UC-TV's Vice-President 

fobert Lury to Retire 

M. Lury, Cine- 

; International Corp.'s TV vice-president, 

Sis for the Far East and Australia since 

173, will retire Saturday (30). 

Lury, whose headquarters is in Tokyo, 

h; been in films and TV 45 years, the last 

;1 exclusively in television. But prior to 

J 

ling CIC-TV. Lury held sales executive 

t.itions with MGM, Universal Internat 

lal and Select International Films 

t oughout the Far East. 

rraeme Nixon, now CIC's television man- 

"Wr in Australia, will succeed Lury but 

v,l continue to make his headquarters in 

lalney. Hoshikata Mizoguchi, sales manla 

r for Japan, will continue in that position 

l»h offices in Tokyo. 

Ily Tomlin on 'Who's Who' 

Cn CBS Network April 26 

JEW YORK—Lily Tomlin, current dar- 

II: of stage and screen, will be interviewed 

CBS-TV's "Who's Who" 

f 

Tuesday (26) 

Tt 8 to 9 p.m. (EDT). Also to be pro- 

Rd on the program will be First Lady 

Ralynn Carter, who will be interviewed by 

^respondent Dan Rather. 

|,iy Lenz Set for Major 

'(ean Dog Blues' Role 

'lOI.I.YWOOD—Kay Lenz has been set 

fee feminine lead in Bing Crosby Produces' 

"Mean Dog Blues," a contemporary 

P,on farm drama. BCP president Charles 

'Pratt announced.

Jim Reeves Enterprises 

Acquires 'Kimberley Jim' 

NASHVILLE—Jim Reeves Enterprises 

has announced the acquisition of worldwide 

distribution rights to the feature "Kimberley 

Jim." the only film starring the late Jim 

Reeves, whose records still sell in the millions 

in 182 countries. The film was originally 

released here by Embassy in 1965, 

a year after the singer's death. 

Mary Reeves, president of Jim Reeves 

Enterprises of Madison. Tenn. said she was 

gratified to acquire all rights to the film 

finally. It will be made available immediately 

to TV stations and theatres in the U.S. 

and throughout the world. Fans around the 

globe represent a presold audience for the 

film, which depicts events during the South 

African diamond rush. In it, Reeves sings 

over a dozen songs as a happy-go-lucky 

guitar-strumming gambler. 

Since Reeves' untimely death, 25 of his 

record albums have been released by RCA, 

including the latest, "Jim Reeves, a Legendary 

Performer." Reeves was one of the 

first country singing stars to bridge the gap 

successfully between country and pop music. 

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Wright, 

M ^rrolluwoocl f\iepor 

w 

rhirteen features—seven majors and six 

•dependents— went before the cameras in 

larch, as compared with the 12 thai got 

ndei way in February and a year earlier, 

i March '76. 

lOLUMBIA 

l in Photographer (Le Point de 

Iwr). Production began March 21 at the 

oulogne Studios in Paris— and later will 

o on location in Belgium and Paris—on 

The Photographer," based on a screenplay 

dapted from the novel. "Le Point de Mire" 

y Pierre Boulle. Starring is Annie Girardot 

\ a photojournalist who investigates the 

eath of her husband and uncovers evidence 

f his murder and his secret involvement in 

highly organized political conspiracy aimlg 

at the assassination of a world leader, 

'o-starring are Jacques Dutroni and Jeanlaude 

Brialy. Jean-Claude Tramont is dieting 

from the screenplay he adapted with 

ierard 

Brach. 

ARAMOUNT 

I Am Apraid (Io Ho Pauro). Shooting 

egan March 14 in Rome on this screenplay 

\ Nicola Badalucco and Damiano Damiani 

ith Damiani also directing and Luigi De 

Laurentiis as producer. The film stars Gian 

laria Volonte, Erland Josephson, Mario 

dorf and Angelica Ippolito. 

Pretty Baby. French director Louis Malbegan 

directing and producing his first 

merican film March 28 in New Orleans, 

,ith famed cinematographer Sven Nykvist 

ting the photography. The script by 

folly Piatt, from a story by herself and 

lalle, tells the true story of a child raised 

i Storyville, the red-light district of New 

rleans, circa 1917, and her association 

'ith a photographer living there whose porof 

the women in the bordellos would 

ter be hailed as works of art. Ms. Piatt 

so is associate producer. Starring are 

Ice Shields, Keith Carradine and Susan 

• 

hrandon. 

OTH CENTURY-FOX 

Tuf World's Greatest Lover. Gene 

ilder wrote the script and is producing. 

ting and starring in this wacky story 

a Milwaukee baker who turns 1926 

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moms and dads.—John Anthony, W1TI 

TV, Milwaukee ... By far, the best coined; 

in years!—Fred Souttar, independent 

Shawnee Mission, Kas. 

A film like "Fun With Dick and Jane 

should not appear on your list, since it pro 

motes and glorifies crime.— Bert Reisfeld 

Unquestionably, "Freaky Friday" (BV) 

was the big favorite with NSC members 

as they voted it the Blue Ribbon 

Award for February. Honorable mention 

was split between "Bound for Glory" (UA) 

and "Fun With Diek and Jane" (Col). Registering 

enough ballots to rate runnerup 

spot was "Voyage of the Damned" (Avco 

Emb). 

A sampling of members' critiques follows: 

"Freaky Friday" 

"Freaky Friday" has some moments that 

transcend the material, most presented by 

Barbara Harris, who seems to have no limit 

to the type of roles she can make believable.—Carole 

Kass, Richmond Times-Dispatch 

. . . Not the best Disney, but passable 

entertainment.—Larry Thomas, exhibitor, 

Beckley. W. Va. . . . Enjoyable comedy 

about role reversal, with an abundance of 

slapstick.—James K. Loutzenhiser, M.D., 

K..C. Film Critics Circle . . . Our members 

gave this film a mediocre report.— Mrs. 

Fred Hire. Fort Wayne Indorsers of Photoplays. 

"Freaky Friday" is a family frolic! Jodie 

Foster and Barbara Harris are great and, 

while it's a mother-and-daughter treat, your 

whole family will enjoy the happenings of 

this up-to-date family.—Mrs. Joseph House, 

Greater Detroit MP&TVC . . . This Walt 

Disney production is a delightful family 

film.—Mrs. Wayne F. Shaw, USD of 1812, 

Lawrence, Kas. 

"Bound ior Glory" 

A worthy drama that deserves a large 

audience.—David Sterritt, Christian Science 

Monitor, N.Y.C. ... All in all, the 

best movie in a long while.—Lynn Hinds, 

WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh ... I sincerely hope 

our industry finds the production of this 

movie most rewarding and will give us more 

of the sensitive, passionate films to enjoy. 

Dennis Williams, SAG-AFTRA-AGVA, 

Reseda, Calif. . . . Outstanding. My vote 

for best picture award and one that everyone 

should see!—Mrs. Robert A. Hunholz, 

Milwaukee BF&TVC. 

Hal Ashby's direction and David Carradine's 

performance as Woody Guthrie make 

this a milestone.—Andrew Sarris, Village 

Voice, N.Y.C. . . . The Depression has not 

been captured on the screen in such style 

since "The Grapes of Wrath." Marvelous 

filmmaking . . . award-winning work.. 

Rene L. Ash, IATSE. N.Y.C. ... The feeling 

and aura of the Depression are superbly 

captured. David Carradine's performance 

has warmth and humanity—one of the 

year's best acting achievements. Haskell 

Wexler's photography is movie craftsmanship 

of the highest order. It may take time, 

but a film this good will eventually find its 

audience.—Mai Vincent, Norfolk Virginian- 

Pilot. 

"Bound for Glory" has been nominated 

for an Oscar. It probably won't win (the 

competition is too tough), but it deserves to 

be up there. It's one of the best films of the 

year. By the way. don't leave when the 

credits start rolling at the end of the film. 

If you do, you'll miss the best five-minute 

folk-singing concert since the Weavers played 

at Carnegie Hall. In a mini-tribute to 

12 

Freaky Friday," fun . . . "Dick and 

Jane," almost fun . . . "Voyage 

of the Damned," no fun at all—but 

damn good!—Jerry Krupnick, Newark 

Star-Ledger. 

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"Across the Great Divide" is family, 

but second choice was "Fun With 

Dick and Jane" because it is as they 

live today. Everyone wants everything 

—to keep up with the Joneses.—Mrs. 

Henry Augustine, Sheboygan BFC. 

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Call it a tie (between "Freaky Friday" 

and "Fun With Dick and Jane"). 

Loved 'em both for different reasons, 

but the common denominator is that 

they're both fun.—John Cocchi, BOX- 

OFFICE, N.Y.C. 

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For family fare, it is a toss-up between 

"Great Divide" and "Freaky 

Friday."—Yolanda Godfrey, Marin 

MP&TVC, San Rafael. 

"Bound for Glory," "Voyage of the 

Damned" and "Fun With Dick and 

Jane" are by far the best of this group. 

—Ralph Kaminsky, BOXOFFICE, 

Hollywood. 

Guthrie and his music, many of the best 

folk singers around—including the Weavers, 

Odetta and Guthrie's son, Arlo—sing 

snatches of the entire Guthrie output. It's 

moving.—Charles Oestreich, Rock Island 

(111.) Argus. 

A superb, eloquent film with impressive 

performances!—Lois Baumoel, Boxoffice 

correspondent, Palm Beach . . . There must 

be a wealth of production material in the 

field that "Bound for Glory" explored, so 

let's hope for more of the same!—Jack 

Reid, KNCR Radio, Eureka, Calif. . . . 

Wonderful production with a feel for the 

time and great acting by David Carradine. 

—Edward Connor, National Board of Review, 

N.Y.C. ... I liked it for its cinematography 

and its spirit.—Joyce Persico, 

Trenton Times. 

The problem here is "Bound for Glory" 

needs a real hero, not a bum on the beat 

who leaves his family and responsibility at 

every turn. Pictorially, it is impressive. 

But why the budget and creative energies 

to film a mammoth movie about a zero, 

"This Land Is Your Land" withstanding. 

Movies like this do more harm than the 

sex and violence junk. But, because it is so 

well-meaning, it's the best of the bunch. 

Al Shea, Guide Newspapers, New Orleans 

. . . This movie gives new generations a 

look at the Depression.—Marvin A. Brock, 

Texas Tech alumnus, Lubbock. 

. . 

"Fun With Dick and Jane" 

At best, this film is amusing. Jane Fonda, 

so impressive in "Klute" and "They Shoot 

Horses, Don't They?", is more adaptive to 

drama than comedy. And this film's message—that 

is, "Crime pays"— is highly 

questionable for kiddos of impressionable 

age.—William D. Kerns. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 

Not exactly fun for the 

moppets, but 

. 

something to divert young 

England - Switzerland - Austria - German i 

press, Beverly Hills, Calif. . . . One of th 

best comedies of the year, so far. A younj 

desperate couple have to stoop to pett 

thievery to make a living, but the way the 

go about it is really funny.—Mrs. Paul Get 

Cleveland WOMPI. 

"Voyage of the Damned" 

"Voyage of the Damned" is one of th 

hart, 

finest dramas I've seen in a long time. 0:1 

kar Werner leads an excellent cast.—Kill 

Larsen, Billings Gazette ... A magnificen 

painful book comes to life on screen wit 

integrity and tremendous impact.—Nanc 

Nelson, WTCN-TV, Minneapolis . . . G 

gantic entertainment.—Richard Cosby, Ti 

dor Amusement Corp., Indianapolis . . 

This story has a pungent, pathetic grip c 

the emotions of both the victims and all i 

us.—Art Pinansky, teacher, Portland, M 

. . . This is a picture everyone should se 

though obviously it is not the standard 4 

cent movie.—Emery Wister, Chariot 

News. 

A superb story with fine acting, especial 

from Max von Sydow and Oskar Wernt 

Unfortunately, the film is as slow-movii 

as the S.S. St. Louis.—William D. Ker 

. . . Not for the young—too difficult 

understand.—Mel Richardson, KID Rad 

& TV, Idaho Falls, Ida. . . . "Voyage" wj 

on my ten-best list. A film I would recoi 

mend to everyone without reservation 

John Crittenden, Bergen Record. 

"Voyage" has a fine ensemble perfon, 

ance and many poignant moments.— 

ward L. Blank, Pittsburgh Press . . . This 

the way films used to be made, before ps 

pie like Stallone flexed their muscles a] 

showed us the scars, achieved in battle, 

private parts.—Joe A. Ortega, Bank 

Calif., 

Seattle. 

Miscellaneous 

(Listed in order of votes received) 

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Wizards: Ralph Bakshi has turr 

from sex and ethnic concerns to beau: 

Now he is as wonderful as the good wizai 

—Tony Macklin, Dayton Journal Her 

The visual effects of this film were 

. 

strongest points. Extremely creative; W0| 

spending $3 on.—Patricia Baab, teacl 

Wichita, Kas. . . . Ralph Bakshi has 

"Fritz the Cat" far behind. There is alw 

room for a good-vs.-evil story, even thou 

it is oft-told. The fascinating animaf 

techniques are unique enough to capti 

'most any age of moviegoers.—Holly 

Spence, Sunday Journal & Star, Lincoln 

A bit offbeat and a shade overly violul 

but an intriguing film in an almost vhj 

field: adult animation.—Fred W. Wr 

jr., freelance, Redington Beach, Fla. . 

What a phantasmagorical, nifty job of o! 

inal animation.—William D. Kerns. 

Thieves: The author of "A Thous 

Clowns" has written another signifit 

story. "Thieves" has insight and is brillii' 

Irwin Corey deserves a best supporig 

actor Oscar! Grodin, Thomas and errc 

cast—excellent.—Walt Reno, KORK-T\& 

AM, Las Vegas . . . The sleeper of thisist 

is "Thieves" and it has everything—draia, 

comedy and warmth. Mario Thomas at i 

supported by Charles Grodin nd 

her best, 

zany Irwin Corey.—Angelo J. MangiaMa. 

WAGA-TV, Atlanta. 

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Preps 

Raggedy Ann 

With Assiduous 

Bally 

A multi-faceted promotional piece devised 

by Kurt J. Noack, manager of General Cinema 

Corp.'s Cinema I & II in Davenport, 

[owa, and set into motion three and onehalf 

months before the playdate. assured 

him the broadest possible exposure throughout 

the Quad City area for his engagement 

of "Raggedy Ann & Andy." 

He began his priming at the outset with 

trailers, followed several weeks later with 

a standee/doll display set up in the lobby. 

A staff member made the dolls, which created 

considerable interest among patrons. 

Three weeks prior to the opening, he distributed 

promotional pieces from 20th-century 

Fox throughout Davenport. He sent 

posters to toy stores, libraries, book and 

record stores, and churches. He even display 

od them in empty store fronts. 

Personnel at the toy stores used the flyers 

given them as bag stuffers. Book store 

owners displayed Raggedy Ann and Andy 

books. One owner cooperated with a crossplug 

in which he set up a display in the 

theatre lobby. The Music Den record store 

featured the soundtrack album from the 

film in a prominent display. 

A tie-in with WQAD-TV in the form of 

a drawing contest for children netted Noack 

valuable exposure through more than 40 

spots aired not only during the children's 

fringe time, but during prime hours as well. 

Noack estimated the value of this facet 

to be worth over $1,700. More than 1,500 

children submitted drawings of their interpretations 

of the rag dolls inspired by the 

stories of newspaper cartoonist Johnny 

Gruelle. 

Judges selected 50 winners, awarding 

them a Milk and Cookie party following a 

special screening of the film. They also received 

film-themed T-shirts designed by one 

of Noack's ushers. On hand as a special 

attraction were Miss Peggy of WQAD-TV's 

"Romper Room" and a theatre staff member 

dressed as one of the characters. 

Within a week of the opening, Noack sent 

staffers dressed as the rag dolls to members 

of the media as well as to high-traffic areas 

in the city. Two newspapers published promotional 

pictures the two had taken with 

them, and one radio station broadcast a live 

interview with the duo. Finally, two days 

before the big day, the costumed stalk- is 

appeared on WQAD-TV's "Romper Room" 

show. 

Availability of New Product Enthuses 

Publicity-Bent Showcase Managers 

With the arrival of fresh product, tubthumping 

activity around the country once 

again has intensified in an effort to generate 

as much awareness as possible for new 

films. 

At Boston-based Northeast Theatre 

Corp.. for example, publicists in Pittsburgh 

obtained important cooperation from radio 

WKTQ for a Sports Night tie-in touting 

"Slap Shot" and "Black Sunday." Value of 

the promotion, according to Edgar A. Knudson. 

vice-president of advertising and publicity 

for the circuit, amounted to $7,500 in 

air time and $400 in prizes. 

During the three-week promotion. WKTQ 

dee-jays urged listeners to submit postcards 

for a drawing to be held at the Showcase 

cinemas. Prizes were pairs of tickets to 

a Pittsburgh Penguins game, along with two 

autographed hockey sticks, and a Pittsburgh 

Steelers game; dinner for two at the Time 

Out Restaurant and a Honda motorbike. In 

addition. 400 passes to "Slap Shot" or 

"Black Sunday" were sent out to those who 

entered the drawing. 

On the evening of the contest, a station 

Multifarious 

Design 

Primes Slap Shot' 

In a recent issue of On Target, the newsletter 

for managers published by Wometco 

Theatres division of Wometco Enterprises. 

Inc.. circuit publicists refer to "Airport '77" 

and "Slap Shot" as "two big attractions" for 

which they designed attention-getting 

promotions in the greater Miami area. 

For the former, theatre managers were 

advised to set up lobby displays of model 

planes suspended from ceilings, landing 

strips and "Bermuda Triangle" maps. 

In order to garner free radio exposure, 

publicists set up a radio contest in which 

the top prize was a set of free thing lessons. 

There also was a paid-for radio and 

TV campaign scheduled. Additional possible 

exposure was sought through the major 

newspaper there, which had been sent 

background features. 

Special screenings and snc.ik previews of 

"Slap Shot" were scheduled for sportswriters 

and other members of the press. 

Radio WCiMA has participated in a "Slap 

dec-jay was on hand to draw the winning 

entries, much to the delight of the crowd. 

Another radio station tie-in in Pittsburgh, 

this time with 96 KX-FM. created considerable 

excitement and word-of-mouth 

for "Fun With Dick and Jane." according 

to Knudson. Billed as the Great Get Off/ 

Fun With Dick and Jane contest, the attention-getter 

offered a grand prize of a fourday 

weekend to Las Vegas and $100. 

Station dee-jays began priming the contest 

with one-line teasers to alert listeners 

to what they could expect. When the actual 

contest got under way, those listeners who 

were able to call into the station, the number 

of lucky ones averaging about 14 per day, 

received passes to see a screening of the 

George Segal-Jane Fonda starrer. The name 

of one of the 14 then was drawn to become 

eligible for the Las Vegas trip. 

A contest ad placed in the Hartford 

(Conn.) Journal Inquirer pulled in over 200 

entries from people vying for 15 free pairs 

of tickets to a screening of "Freaky Friday." 

The basis of the contest was Disney characters 

readers were asked to identify. 

Shot" Booster Club tie-in. in which 45 

Booster Club members, wearing special eyeglasses-with-noses. 

as were seen in the Universal 

comedy, attended the opening. They 

were to arrive in a bus, again as a tie-in w ith 

an incident in the film. A minimum of 24 

spots per day through the bowing of the film 

helped generate attention for it. 

On their own. David Di lorio and Rand) 

Rosen, assistant managers at the circuit's 

16.Vd St. and Patio theatres, staged a stunt 

requiring a couple of ushers dressed in 

hockey uniforms and roller skates and wearing 

sandwich boards touting the film to sk.uc 

through area shopping centers. The) also 

secured a tie-in with the Polar Palace, obtaining 

hockey uniforms and playing equipment 

for a lobby display at the Patio. 

Big Deal for Small Change' 

A jar full of $26.17 in •Small Change" 

displayed in the concessions center o\ 

AMC's Preston 2 in Dallas as pari of a 

contest tie-in hyped per-head sales. The 

person who came closest to guessing the 

amount won the jar. Runners-up were 

awarded free passes 

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BAROMETER 

This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in 

the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements are not listed. As new runs 

are reported, ratings arc added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in 

relation to average grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as average, 

the figures show the gross ratings above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.)

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leading NY at 680 

MEW YORK—A new adull film at a 

v house look lop honors this week: Alex 

Renzy's "Babyface" scored 680 in its 

ml .il the new Pussycat Cinema, former- 

Be Embassy 49th Street. Second was 

Lbert Allman's critically acclaimed "3 

Vmien," opening at 

the Coronet and earna 

big 530. "Black Sunday." previously 

. I, was third with a 390 average for its 

Ird round at State I (32?) and Tower 

i 1455). 

From second to fourth went "Nasty 

bits," still healthy with a 355 in the 

irth stanza at Cinema II. Featuring some 

the Monty Python madcaps, "Jabbercky" 

stole fifth place with a first-round 

2|) at Cinema I. Sixth was "Odyssey," a 

) at the Eastworld. 

Showcase saw "Rocky," "Network," "Fun 

ih Dick and Jane," "Enter the Dragon, 

it the Tiger," "Airport '77," "The Late 

)w" and "Demon Seed" as top attrac- 

Hi :• 1S. 

(Average Is 100) 

snel—Welcome to L. A. 

.ion's Gate Films), 6th wk „175 

kruan—Slap Shot (Univ), 7th wk. 185 

ma I- Jabberwocky (Cinema 5) 240 

»ma IIh 

-Nasty Habits (Brut Productions), 

wk. . 

355 

ima 3—Providence (Cinema 5), 13th wk 105 

jrama I—The Beast (Jason Allen) 75 

^?rama II—The Domino Principle (Emb), 

wk 

_ .. 50 

^Dnet—3 Women (20lh-Fox) 

.530 

: V Griflith—Aguirre. The Wrath of God 

lew Yorker), 2nd wk 

.140 

59th Stree: 1— The Beast (Jason Allen) .140 

world Odyssey (ASOM), 4th wk 

..190 

Arts—Brothers (WB), 3rd wk 

.. 80 

coal—Brothers (WB), 3rd wk 

.260 

3ousin Cousine (Libra Films), 39th wk. .160 

3—Man on the Root (Cinema 5), 4th wk. . ..140 

ycat Cinema—Babyiace (Jill Ross) 

.680 

10 City Music Hall -The Littlest Horse Thieves 

V), 3rd wk 

130 

U—Mohammad, Messenger oi God 

rwin Yablans), 6th wk 

80 

Street Playhouse—The Wonderful Crook 

lew Yorker), 7th wk 100 

e I—Black Sunday (Para). 3rd wk 325 

er East—Black Sunday (Para), 3rd wk 455 

'l:gle' Premiere, 'Rocky' 

I 

at 300 in Baltimore 

iALTIMORE—"The Eagle Has Landopened 

in four theatres at 300 to share 

honors with the long-running "Rocky," 

nv in its 1 1th week. "Audrey Rose" opene 

at 125. All the other first runs are fairly 

rent arrivals in their second and third 

k. 

ima—Audrey Rose (UA) 125 

>ma, Paramount—Rocky (UA), 11th wk 300 

;—The Eagle Has Landed (Col) 300 

Flick—Demon Seed (UA), 2nd wk. 100 

house—The Cookies ol Pont Aven (SR), 

,i wk 50 

tview—Black Sunday (Para), 2nd wk 160 

tview, Senator— Airport '77 (Univ), 2nd wk 100 

view—The Littlest Horse Thieves (BV), 

wk. 

SO 

J^ Committee Heads Named 

hi Area NATO Meet 

\ VSHINGTON—Wade Pearson, genhairman, 

has announced the commiti 

appointments for the Mid-Atlantic 

>VTO convention to be held at the Home- 

>jid Hot Springs. Va.. July 17-19. 

''mmittee heads include: Robert Stroh, 

Cirlottcsville, Va., distributor liaison; 

Smottr Hoffman, District Theatres and 

fys Wheeler, Wheeler Films, both of 

Washington, D.C., golf; Morion G, Rial 

himer jr.. Neighborhood rheatres, Richmond, 

Va.. tennis; Betty Cohen ot Haitimore, 

and Mable Gordon ol Newport 

News, women's activities. 

Also Thomas Lcnnon, Homestead Theatre 

and president of the Homestead, Hot 

Springs, banquet; Ned Glaser, Roth Theatre 

and Frank Novak, Neighborhood Theatres, 

prizes; Pete Gloriod, American Multi 

Cinema, Norfolk, and Quinton Green, Martin 

Theatres, Newport News, game night 

and special events; Irwin R. Cohen, R/C 

Theatres, Baltimore and Paul Roth. Roth 

Theatres, Silver Spring, business meetings. 

Jerome Gordon is convention coordinator. 

The convention office is at 9817 Jefferson 

Ave., Newport News, Va. 23605, phone 

(804) 595-2207. 

Indictments Dropped 

In Monmouth County 

FREEHOLD, N.J. — Obscenity indictments 

against the Strand Theatre at Keyport, 

N.J., and its operator John Kosmidis, 

Flushing, N.Y., were dismissed by Judge 

Thomas F. Shebell in Monmouth County 

Court here after their attorney argued the 

indictments were legally defective. Judge 

Shebell said the state failed to allege the 

defendants had "guilty knowledge" that the 

offenses—exhibiting, possessing and distributing 

obscene materials—were illegal. 

In a five-page opinion. Judge Sheball 

ruled that no one can be indicted for showing 

obscene movies or selling books and 

magazines unless they know the materials 

are obscene under the law. It is not known 

what effect the ruling will have on any 

other pending obscenity cases, although 

generally opinions by county court judges 

are not binding outside their own county. 

Judge Shebell dismissed the indictments 

"without prejudice," meaning they can be 

brought up again if the county prosecutor 

chooses. In the Strand Theatre case, Monmouth 

County detectives seized two films 

from the theatre July 22, 1976. "Summer 

Sessions" and "Misty," and used them as 

evidence to obtain a two-count indictment 

charging Kosmidis with exhibiting obscene 

motion pictures. 

In a related ruling. Judge Shebell refused 

to suppress a search warrant used to 

obtain the films. Kosmidis' lawyer, Robert 

E. Levy, had argued that an affidavit filed 

by an investigator who viewed the films 

was insufficient to justify a search warrant. 

Triple Dose of Exorcism 

MEDFORD, MASS.—The Meadow Glen 

Twin Drive-in advertised, "A Triple Dose 

of Exorcism," for a three-feature program, 

comprised of "The Devil Within Her," 

"They Came From Within," and "The Night 

Evelyn Came Out of the Grave," on the 

Wellington screen over a recent weekend. 

The sister Circle screen had "All the President's 

Men" and "Freebie and the Bean." 

Admission for either show was $5-per-carload, 

regardless of number of passengers. 

Nominate George Tice 

For New NATO Term 

PI I ISIil KOH Olliecrs and members 

of the hoard of NA'IO of Western Pennsylvania 

will be elected following a 12:30 

luncheon for the general membership I tiesday, 

May 10. Site of ihe luncheon will be 

the lower level Old Allegheny Restaurant 

in the 'Theodore Roosevelt Amis, formerly 

ihe Roosevelt Hotel, Sixth and Penn. 

On the afternoon program will be screenings 

of product reels, as well as reports on 

legislative bills, the most recent national 

NATO board meeting, dues increases, minimum 

wage legislation, school taxes, the 

move of the national NATO office from 

New York to Washington and other pertinent 

topics. 

The nominating committee of NATO of 

Western Pennsylvania has recommended 

the following for office: incumbent George 

Tice for president; Edward C. Jones, vicepresident; 

Frank Lewis, treasurer, and 

George Stern, secretary. Nominated for the 

board of directors (six to be elected for 

four-year terms): Ted Manos, Richard Neff, 

Phil Pennington, Rocky Serrao jr., Helen 

Louise Trautman and Ernie Warren. 

Directors with additional years to serve 

are Michael Cardone, Morris Finkel, Sam 

Fleishman, James Nash, George Pappas 

and Steve Rodnok. 

Members of the organization may exercise 

the privilege of making additional nominations 

from the floor at the election session. 

Morris M. Finkel is chairman of the 

nominating committee. Serving on the committee 

with him are Frank Lewis, George 

Saittis and Ernie Warren. 

NATO of W. Pa. Urging 

Support for Two Bills 

PITTSBURGH — NATO of 

Western 

Pennsylvania is urging support for Pennsylvania 

Senate Bill 199 and House Bill 

749, which would make changes in current 

state laws affecting motion picture exhibition. 

Senate Bill 199, having passed the judiciary 

committee Tuesday (12). is headed 

for a full vote in the upper house at Harrisburg; 

if passed by the Senate, the bill will 

move on to the House of Representatives 

George Tice, NATO of Western Pennsylvania 

president, stresses the importance 

of this measure and that exhibitors should 

support it, stating, "We'll never get a more 

favorable bill." 

Tice also described SB 199 as 

"the porao 

legislation we can live with." The bill's 

provisions apply only to minor patrons of 

theatre; also the bill says there must be 

no public display of objectionable material 

and that, in the event ot violation of provisions 

of the bill, proceedings in a court 

of common pleas must first be instituted 

for the purpose of the court ruling on 

whether or not the exhibitor is in violation 

of the bill. Should the court decide that 

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WOODY ALLEN'S new comedy 

"Annie 

Hall" began a multiple Wednesday (20) 

around town and at outlying theatres. The 

United Artists release is now at the Baronet. 

Little Carnegie and 34th Street East in Manhattan: 

UA Cinema 150 Syosset, Century's 

Five Towns in the 5 Town Shopping Plaza 

in Woodmen (Long Island): UA Bellevue 

in Upper Montclair, N.J., and General Cinema's 

Menlo Park Cinema in Jersey. The 

three New York City houses are Walter 

Reade theatres. 

Diane Keaton has the title role in the 

comedy opposite Woody, who also directed 

and co-wrote the screenplay with Marshall 

Brickman for producer Charles H. Joffe. 

The Jack Rollins-Joffe production co-stars 

Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, 

Shelley Duvall. Janet Margolin. Colleen 

Dewhurst and Christopher Walken. 

• 

"The Sting," Universale moneymaking 

comedy from 1973, begins a return engagement 

at Radio City Music Hall Thursday 

(28). ushering in a series of Universal 

product to include the premieres of "Smokey 

and the Bandit" and "MacArthur." On the 

stage will be a new revue produced by John 

H. Jackson. "Guinness World Records!", 

inspired by the famed Guinness Book of 

World Records. The World Wheelers, the 

world's greatest performers on wheels, will 

play Uni-ball or basketball on unicycles and 

there will be a salute to recordholders in 

sports and in the human achievement category. 

The Rockettes, whom Guinness recognizes 

as the world's longest line of precision 

dancers, of course will get into the act. 

In conjunction with the film, which won 

seven Academy Awards and is No. 5 on 

the list of all-time top boxoffice winners. 

Universal is holding a lookalike contest for 

those resembling stars Paul Newman and 

Robert Redford. Contestants, including 

women, can send their pictures to Sting- 

Ringers Editor, 62 West 45th St., 7th Floor, 

New York City 10036, by midnight Saturday 

(30). Solters & Roskin. the publicity 

firm, is handling the contest. 

• 

Aileen Pringle. a star of the silver screen 

in the silent days, attended the showing of 

her early sound film "Wall Street" (1929) 

at the Metropolitan Museum Tuesday (19), 

work here Monday (25) for four day. 

during the American Cinematheque's current 

"Paris/New York" series. Introduced 

by Gene Stavis, head of the Cinematheque, 

Miss Pringle said she had no recollection of 

ever making the film and therefore was not 

to be held responsible for it. Afterwards, 

the retired actress still could not remember 

doing the picture and had no memory of its 

star, Ralph Ince. 

• 

A new Universal film. "Heroes." starring 

Henry Winkler and Sally Field, begins location 

The Army-Navy recruiting booth in u 

middle of Times Square will be the site ti 

day. with Bellevue Hospital and Centn 

Park as later locations. 

A serio-comic love story which offers TV 

"The Font" in his first starring movi 

"Heroes" is a Turman-Foster productic 

supervised by Universal vice-president Pet 

Saphier. 

Ver-I-Fine Films has booked two Yiddis 

language classics, "The Singing Blacksmith 

starring Moishe Oysher, and "The Gre 

Advisor" into the Strand Theatre in Lak 

wood. N.J. 

• 

"The Goodbye Girl," Warner Bros, fi 

currently shooting here, has added Nic 

Williamson and Barbara Rhoades to its co 

A Rastar feature, produced by Ray Stc 

and directed by Herbert Ross from an ori 

nal screenplay by Neil Simon, it stars Ri 

ard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason and nine-ye 

old Quinn Cummings. Williamson will p 

tray a movie director and Rhoades will 

act a Broadway chorine. The latter goes h 

"The Choirboys" after completing her 

signment in "The Goodbye Girl." 

Midwest Films, "Between the Lines," 

rected by Joan Micklin Silver and produ 

by Ray Silver, opens Wednesday (27) at |e 

Sutton. A comedy about an undergroid 

newspaper in Boston, from the makersif 

"Hester Street." it has a fresh young qi 

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ii ili,- magazines: Seventeen hat chosen 

herwocky" as its "Movie i the Month" 

\fay. Inspired by Lewis Carroll 

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emu 5 rclcu.se was directed by Terry 

iain and stars Michael Palin, both gradates 

ol the Monty Python school of ridicu- 

COmedy. Also reviewed in this issue: 

p Shot." "Welcome to I.. A.." "The 

ino Principle." the Oscar-winning 

Ian County, U.S.A." and "Providence." 

;howcases for Wednesday (20) included 

inie Hall," the Woody Allen film, on 

ni; Ralph Bakshi's animated "Wizards," 

h 20th Century-Fox, and a black ex- 

Mtationer. "Emma Mae," a Jamaa Fanaka 

n. Also playing; "Fun With Dick and 

e," "Demon Seed." "Rocky." "Network." 

rport '77," "Silver Streak" (a return). 

le Late Show," "Audrey Rose" (mini) 

"Black Sunday" (mini). 

It's Alive." Warner Bros.' horror film 

IK','; wch has achieved cult status despite a 

irl." 

ited release in this country, finally will 

n on showcase Wednesday (27) at Flag- 

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theatres. 

panese Family Life Is 

ject of Film Series 

sKW YORK—A 16-film series entitled 

" le Family in Japanese Cinema" will be 

sonted Monday (25) through May 27, 

Vnday and Wednesday evenings and Frid 

afternoons and evenings at Japan 

•Fuse, 333 East 47th St. Three films are 

/*ierican premiere screenings and four are 

E/'t 

Coast premieres. 

The Only Son." directed by Ozu, will 

o':n the series at 8 p.m. Monday (25) fol- 

(Ifed by a champagne reception honoring 

I i critic Yoshio Shirai. 

The series will include American prervres 

of Sotoji Kimura's "Ino and Mori," 

Vujiro Shimazu's "A Brother and His 

'> 

unger Sister" and Kinoshita's "Morning 

i the Ozone Family." Other entries will 

le Ron Ichikawa's "Younger Brother" 

a!l "I Am Two" and Noboru Nakamura's 

"ic Ki River." 

£xcept for the 8 p.m. opening Monday 

i he films will be screened Mondays 

ail Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. and Fridays 

at2 and 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $7.50 

I the opening. $20 for the series, $3 for 

*i?le screenings and $2 for Friday matir)ts. 

IF Finn Buying for Budco 

'HII.ADELPHIA—Budco Quality Thesis, 

locally based circuit with over 50 

seens in eastern Pennsylvania, southern 

fw Jersey. Delaware and Florida, has discjtinued 

its film buying department. In- 

J id, all the film buying for the circuit will 

t handled by the company in New York 

y 

headed by Danny Fellman. Mitchell 

Kidman, who had been the head film 

*/er for the Budco circuit, joined the Fell- 

In company in New York. 

Ronnee Greenberg Joins 

The Ad-Venture Group 

BAl MMORE— Ms. Ronnee Greenberg, 

duel booker for JF Theatres until its inclusion 

in the American Theatre Management 

Corp. circuit, joined the stall ol the 

Ad-Venture Group, effective Monday (IS), 

n was announced by Richard I.. Harrison, 

president of the Baltimore ad agency. 

Ms. Greenberg adds her experience in 

both film exhibition and distribution to an 

organization with specialized skills in entertainment 

advertising. She will be involved 

in all phases of Ad-Venture's services 

to the industry, including advertising, 

promotion and publicity. 

"Ronnec's exceptional understanding of 

the Baltimore film scene, the rapport she 

has established with media, exhibitors and 

distributors in 

her previous position and her 

enthusiastic interest in motion pictures will 

add tremendously to this agency's capabilities 

in a specialized and challenging field," 

said Harrison. "Although the Ad-Venture 

Group has been operating for just over a 

year, the combined direct experience of our 

staff in film-related activity totals more 

than 43 years." 

The Ad-Venture Group is located at 3 

East Hamilton St. in downtown Baltimore. 

Friars' Testimonial 

Fetes Kirk Douglas 

NEW YORK.—The largest turnout of 

"top name" personalities in the history of 

the Friars participated in the "Friars Testimonial 

to Kirk Douglas" at the Americana 

Hotel in New York City Saturday night 

(23), it was announced by David W. Tebet. 

senior vice-president of NBC and executive 

chairman of the event. 

Tebet said there was a complete sell-out 

for the event, which "honored one of the 

most talented performers of our time. Kirk 

Douglas." He also emphasized that "a substantial 

part of the proceeds will help augment 

the Friars Club-Joe E. Lewis Memorial 

Fund and other various charities." 

Gregory Peck was master of ceremonies 

and Jack Valenti, president of the Motion 

Picture Ass'n of America, represented the 

film industry. Among the notables on the 

dais were Sen. Jacob K. Javitz, Burt Lancaster, 

Barbara Walters. George C. Scott. 

Trish Van Devere. George Segal. Robert 

Merrill, Paul Williams and Marvin Hamlisch. 

Also Buddy Howe, William B. Williams. 

Robert T. Howard, Elton Rule, Herbert S. 

Schlosser, Leo Jaffee, Mrs. Albert D. Lasker. 

Howard Cosell and John Chancellor. 

'Slap Shot' Is Previewed 

LAWRENCE. MASS. — Universal 

"Slap Shot" was sneak-previewed in auditorium 

four of the Redstone Showcase 4 

on a recent Friday night at 7:30, with the 

auditorium's current attraction, Warner's 

"A Star Is Born" screened before and after 

the special showing. 

NATO of W. Pa. Urges 

Support for 2 Bills 

(( ontinued from page E- 1 

an exhibitor is in violation, he then will he 

required to cease the violation; if the exhibitor 

refuse8 to do so he will have the 

right to appeal the decision and ask for 

a jury trial. 

House Hill 749, introduced March 28 

with the backing of 45 sponsors, would 

establish a six-year statute of limitations 

from the time the product is lirst sold and 

delivered. It also would eliminate punitive 

damage awards and allow other sources 

of recovery to be admissible in court (in 

other words, allow the jury to know the 

amount of benefits the plaintiff has received 

already). 

House Bill 749 also would: 

Limit attorneys' contingency fees; 

Provide for a "state of the art" defense, 

so a product will be judged by those standards 

generally recognized, prevailing and 

in existence at the time the product was 

manufactured; 

Provide for a "substantial alteration or 

modification" defense, so a manufacturer 

is not held liable if his product is substantially 

changed; 

Base liability only on negligence and/or 

a breach of warranty. 

Admission 99 Cents 

WATERTOWN, CONN.—The 

Country 

Cinema, playing UA's "The Pink Panther 

Strikes Again," advertised 99 cents admission 

for all, Sunday through Thursday; $2, 

adults; 99 cents, children and senior citizens, 

Friday-Saturday. 

Why is Cindy's 

Prince a silly 

millimeter 

better? 

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WASHINGTON 

The world premiere of "Billy 

Jack Goes to 

Washington" at the K-B Cinema Friday 

(22) was a benefit for the victims who 

were seriously wounded during the siege in 

this city last March. The inaugural unspooling 

was preceded by a wine and cheese 

reception and followed by a champagne 

supper at WTTG. Channel 5. Among the 

film personalities in attendance were Tom 

laughlin and Delores Taylor (who filled 

the roles played by James Stewart and Jean 

Arthur in Frank Capra's 1939 "Mr. Smith 

Goes to Washington." on which this picture 

is based), E. G. Marshall, Teresa Laughlin. 

Lucie Arnaz. Pat O'Brien, John Lawlor and 

Kathy Cronkite. The gala attracted members 

from the Congress, Cabinet, diplomatic 

corps, government agencies and persons 

prominent in business and social circles. 

The younger set of officialdom was in- 

. . . 

vited to a showing of the new release Saturday 

morning (23). Hosting this preview 

were Teresa Laughlin, daughter of Tom 

Laughlin and Delores Taylor; Lucie Arnaz, 

daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. 

and Kathy Cronkite, daughter of Walter 

Cronkite Frank Capra jr., producer, 

of course was another "junior" at the affair. 

The Smithsonian Institution, under the 

direction of film critic Joel Siegel, is presenting 

a subscription series on Hollywood's 

1930s filmusicals. Included in the 

programing, scheduled for ten consecutive 

Fridays, are live performances by singer 

Janet Flint and pianist Jim Blake, who will 

pay tribute to period movie music composers 

such as Jerome Kern and Richard Whiting. 

The series got under way Friday (22). 

An editorial in the Star about Paramount's 

"Black Sunday" stated in part: 

"Not in our memory have gunshot wounds 

been so profuse or graphic or brutality so 

choreographed. If this were merely a maladroit 

piece of moviemaking, it could be 

shrugged off. But it is cleverly contrived 

and desensitizing in the extreme. The film 

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The Community in Toms River, v«l 

has been opened and closed on numou 

occasions during the past five yea»'i 

closed once again. A landmark in the Cean 

County area since its opening in the arly 

1940s by Izzy Hershblock. the CommlJity 

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experimenting with a policy of prei 

• lirement 

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other] 

I operated by Music- Makers Theatres 

the time of iis most recent closing. Howicr, 

the theatre had numerous other oper- 

>rs in recent years, including SWK. Thees 

and Coast Theatres. The Community 

is s sbowplace of the Walter Reade cirit 

for many years until that company 

Id the house in 1973. At one time, the 

y council of Toms River had expressed 

interest in operating the Community. 

jwevcr. these plans never came to fruin. 

Numerous policies have been attemptin 

.m effort to prevent permanent clos- 

;. including operation on weekends only 

during summer months only. All ultiitelv 

failed. 

The Brook Theatre in Boundbrook, oputed 

in recent \ears by Gladys Moore- 

It. has been closed indefinitely. The new 

ners have yet to be disclosed and future 

tDLsajinj 

jms for the theatre presently are uncer- 

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-In. The 1,000-seat Brook originally was 

problem 

ened over 50 years ago. 

Mrs. Rigina Engelmann died recentlj at 

. age of SI in Olney, Md. Mrs. Engelmann 

;#,„, us the wife of Samuel Engelmann. who 

i consm 

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Diend ih>(] 

jf,; 

Jd last year and who had operated the 

(stle Theatre in Irvington for many years. 

r. and Mrs. Engelmann had lived in Eliz- 

..th several years before moving to Maryid 

three years ago. following Engelmann's 

from the industry. 

Roland Hassanein of Wayne has acquired 

f Washington Cinema in Washington 

wnship from Spyros Lenas, it was anmnced 

recently. I he 610-seat house, lol 

ed in Bergen County, originally was 

by Lenas in 1966. In addition to 

fned Washington location, Hassanein also 

rates the Cinema 23 in Cedar Grove and 

Verona Theatre in Verona. Lenas presareas 

tc d:ly operates the Willowbrook Cinema, 

I tie cinemas 1 and 2 and Anthony Wayne 

1 is c-In, all located in Wayne, as well as 

t- Fairview Cinema in Fairview "I own- 

'P- 

ITic minimum wage in New Jersey has 

i.-n a total of 75 cents per hour during 

P'-c«t Past f° ur ar| d a half years. This is the 

] 

i ult of both federal as well as state-legisi, 

the last being a state-enacted bill 

ich took effect this past January, raisthe 

minimum from $2.30 per hour to 

50 per hour. In October 1972, the minium 

wage had been set at $1.75 per hour. 

Harold Hechet's Plaza in Paterson has 

:-.." Siting Spanish-language films for the past 

eral weeks. Regular American films 

/e been shown from time to time as well. 

mating with the Spanish films. The last 

atre in this area to feature Spanish films 

'I 

en days a week on a permanent basis 

^ the Majestic in Paterson, which closed 

• nil nine years ago. There is a large Span- 

.| (tt 

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population in the city of Paterson, as 

, ...y\ as nearby Passaic. 

V three-judge panel has reserved decision 

* the city of Newark's appeal of a court 

(Continued on next page) 

BUFFALO 

JSnlmatot^dlrector-prodacer Richard Williams 

says to return the neglected art 

ol animation to its rightful status, the "Din 

ney barrier" has to be broken. Williams, 

44 and a native of Canada, is the potential 

barrier-smasher and heir-apparent to the 

Disney throne. His "Raggedy Ann & Andy" 

opened as an Easter attraction at the Boulevard 

Mall and Como Mall cinemas. 

A British resident who owns the largest 

and most successful animation studio in 

Europe, Williams uses the services of several 

Disney animators, including Art Babbit and 

Grim Natwick, and teams them with his 

youngest, most creative animators in order 

that his fledglings may "catch the honey." 

"What I want," he says, "is the ability—not 

the content, not the style but the ability of 

those 

people." 

"Art Carney makes a perfect gumshoe, 

backed very ably by Lily Tomlin," wrote 

Robert Plutzik, Courier-Express staff reporter 

in reviewing "The Late Show" . . . 

With fair weather coming early this year, 

Sidney J. Cohen opened the Grandview 

Angola Drive-In Friday (15), Customary 

opening date for this theatre, located in a 

resort area, is May 30. 

Maurice Lutwack, attorney and retired 

colonel who is a barker of Variety Tent 7, 

has regained most of the 30 pounds he lost 

after major surgery. The former adjutant 

on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff and 

later military governor of Korea said 

of his 

surgery and recovery: "In some respects, it 

was tougher than the four invasions I was 

in." 

Dr. J. Ronald Green has been appointed 

director, with complete operational, planning 

and development responsibility, of 

Media Study of Buffalo. Media Study is 

designed to support and initiate the making, 

exhibition, study and distribution of 

film, video, photography and related sound 

media. 

Tom Woolery, local division manager for 

American Multi Cinema's Como 8 theatres, 

tied in with WBEN for a giant treasure 

hunt. Coupons were given out at the theatres. 

Grand prize was a seven-day Miami 

vacation for two, plus $400 cash. There 

were hundreds of other prizes including 

five-day vacations at Miami Beach, Fort 

Lauderdale and Fort Myers. Fla. 

Funeral services were held Wednesda} 

(13) for Harry Dowding. 92. dean of the 

stagehands here, who retired ten years ago 

as the oldest working member of IATSE 

Local 10. Dowding came to this city in 1902 

and spent most of his working time during 

the next 65 years backstage at 

such theatres 

as the Center, Hippodrome. Court Street, 

Lyric. Majestic, Star. Lafayette and the 

Garden and Gayety burlesque houses. He 

was stage manager at Shea's Hippodrome 

during vaudeville days and had fond memories 

of such performers as Ray Bolger, 

Bob Hope. I eel Lewis, Bing Crosb) and 

1 ucille Ball. He is survived hy his wife 

Kathryn, a 

daughter and two grandchildren. 

Howard Goldstein ol Schenectady has 

purchased the Turnpike Drive-In in Guilde 

i 

from Hell man Enterprises. One of 

the leading ozoners in the capital district, 

the theatre accommodates X00 cars, features 

a new widescreen and large refreshment 

stand. Goldstein also is associated 

with the operation of theatres in Hudson 

Falls, Lake George and Bennington, Vt. 

His son Jon will assist him in the new operation. 

. . . The 

New film entries were "Chatterbox," 

"Mr. Billion," "Joshua," "The Slipper and 

the Rose" and "Nasty Habits" 

Buffalo Historical Society presented Harold 

Lloyd in "Never Weaken" (1921) and Raymond 

Griffith and Mack Swain in "Hands 

Up" (1926) . Studio Arena Theatre 

presented Wilder's "Double Indemnity" 

(1944) and Stahl's "Imitation of Life" 

(1934). 

Ordinance Restricts Adult 

Stores to Industrial Area 

KEYPORT, N.J.—In a move to restrict 

the influx of X-rated film showings and 

adult bookstores, the Freehold Township 

Committee adopted an ordinance restricting 

such activities to the industrial section 

of town. The ordinance regulates adult motion 

picture theatres, body painting studios, 

topless lounges, modeling studios, adult 

bookstores, tattoo shops and massage parlors. 

It prohibits such establishments from 

operating closer than 3.000 feet to a school, 

hospital, church, library or public building 

within the township's industrial zone. 

It also provides that when any existing 

building is converted to what the ordinance 

describes generally as "adult uses," a complete 

site plan must be submitted and reviewed 

by the township committee. 

NORFOLK, VA.— Milton Kaufman has 

retired as manager of Loews' State after 31 

years in that position. He joined the circuit 

in 1943 and worked in Boston, Pittsburgh 

and St. Louis before finally shifting to this 

Virginia city. 

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PITTSBURGH 

Brlene Wiener, long a booker with Columbia 

Pictures, Associated Theatres and 

Cinemette, again is with Associated . . . 

I he Garden showed "Cry for Cindy" 

We were pleased to receive a letter from 

George Clark (G. B. C. Clark) of Asbury 

Park, N.J.. a veteran in the business, who 

started here a half-century ago as sales and 

service engineer for United Cinema Service, 

New York City, manufacturers of the 

Ciraphoscope 35mm silent portable projector. 

Motion picture engineering has been 

his life's work. 

On the marquees: "House by the Lake," 

"Massacre at Central High," "Mark of the 

Devil I," "New York City Woman," "Student 

Teachers." "Summer School Teachers." 

"A Trip With the Teacher," "The 

Teacher." "Resort Girls," "Psychic Killer," 

"Lifeguard." "Private Duty Nurses," 

"Strange Shadows in 

others. 

an Empty Room" and 

Ellen Ruffing Gloeckner, for upwards of 

a score of years a cashier at the Art Cinema, 

died Wednesday (13) in Allegheny 

General Hospital. 

Bank Cinema staged Friday and Saturday 

midnight showings of "The Rocky 

Horror Picture Show" . being ex- 

. . . 

hibited at Showcase, "Face to Face" is 

now seen at the Forum and Encore 

The Chatham offers the English-language 

version of "Hiroshima. Mon Amour" . . . 

Newspaper charts of starting times at city 

area theatres (not listed as paid advertising) 

discriminate against the adult movie houses, 

not listing them, although they are regular 

advertisers. 

Paramount's "Islands in the Stream" 

opens Friday (29) at the Fiesta . . The 

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Redstone circuit again is reported readying 

two more suburban multitheatre complexes 

for the area, to be similar to its Showcase 

cinemas in Wilkins Township. 

Mary Liptz, new president of Women of 

Variety Tent 1, attending the Variety Clubs 

International convention in Monte Carlo 

(observing the golden anniversary of Variety), 

born in this city, is the sister of 

Harry Kodinsky. VCI vice-president and 

TV chairman for telethons. 

Penn Hills' antipornography ordinance 

No. 1480 passed on unanimous vote. Adult 

movies are banned under the measure. 

NORTH JERSEY 

(Continued from preceding page) 

order last year directing the city to renew 

the license of the Treat Theatre in Newark, 

despite obscenity convictions. Attorneys for 

Newark argued the city has the power to 

deny license renewals when there are previous 

convictions. However, attorneys for 

Hamar Theatre Corp., operators of the 

Treat, termed the city's refusal "a classic 

case of prior restraint" which, they contended, 

clearly is barred under decisions of the 

U.S. Supreme Court. 

Andre de la Varre jr.'s "Grand Tour" 

of Rome, Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land 

was presented for one day only at RKO- 

SWs Union in Union and the RKO-Stanley 

Warner triplex in Paramus. Frederic 

Ballinger served as the in-person guide. 

"Janis," the story of rock singer Janis 

Joplin. was featured at special midnight 

showings on a recent Friday and Saturday 

X- Rated Film Library For Sale 

On a Territorial or National Basis 

Foreign and Video Rights Available 

Soft and Hard Versions 

Library consists of 28 Color 35mm 60-minute Features and 8 10-minute 35mm 

shorts, all with voice-overs. 

Films Come with Press Kits and Trailers 

All Negatives are in Excellent Condition 

Priced to 

Sell. 

Call Mr. Rogers 212-324-3539 

at the Westlield Cinema in Westfield, Cli 

tham in Chatham and Manville in Manvi* 

all 

of which are operated by Andy Sulliv 

. . . Mann's Fox in Union and Fox 1 

Woodbridge presented special midniii 

showings of the X-rated "Femmes de Sadl 

by Alex De Renzy. Special admission vj 

$3 per person. The shows were held oi| 

recent Friday and Saturday. 

Building Swap Offer Mad 

By Reade Organization 

ASBURY PARK., N.J.—The Wait 

Reade Organization, which filed a voljtary 

bankruptcy petition in January, 1 

offered to turn over to the city owners! 

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of its unoccupied five-story Kinmol iSM s ' il 

Building which contains the Savoy Theal 

if the city agrees to cancel the theatre cinf 

bill of $40,000 in back taxes for the buf 

ing property, cancel its long-term lease 

the city-owned Paramount Theatre, 

waive payment of $20,000 overdue in i| 

for the theatre. 

The Paramount Theatre, owned by le 

city and located in the beachfront Con\otion 

Hall, has been operated only during, 

summer months as a movie house by 

Reade Organization. 

Total assessment of the Kinmouth Biding 

is $152,600, which includes $99,400or 

the structure and $53,200 for the li,d. 

Mayor Ray Kramer says he favors the tide 

so that the city can then sell the builiog 

and get it back on the tax rolls. 

Reade also owes 1976 taxes on two o 

city properties—$2,733 for the Ban 

Theatre and $7,368 for the Lyric Theire. 

However, its proposed deal does not inc,dc 

a waiver of taxes on those two theatres 

According to Norman Mesnikoff, ljal 

attorney, the Reade Organization is preared 

to ask the court for permission to teninate 

its $20,000-a-year lease on the A 

mount Theatre providing that the city rn:es 

no claim against the circuit. While the pals an 

ity 

could foreclose on the building propertpee - 

cause of the tax debt, Mesnikoff said ga! 

costs would be less expensive for As'iry -3Qe:phic 

Park to assume ownership rather thaijgo >,ijj 

through 

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Theatre Company Is Find 

$1,000 for 'Journey of O' 

ASBURY PARK, N.J.—Although |n 

Savoy Theatre, which specialized in SI 

ing X-rated films here, has been cJ 

since last December, the Art Theatre G 

which operated the house on lease frontbe 

Walter Reade Organization, was 

$1,000 for exhibiting the movie 

Journey of O." The film had been sad 

April 14, 1976, and it was not untillasl 

month that the Art Theatre Guild pkiec 

guilty in the Monmouth County Cou ~t< 

exhibiting an obscene movie at the S 

Theatre. 

The Monmouth County Court at t 

hold, based on the guilty plea, levied^ 

$1,000 fine against the theatre com* 

Monmouth County Prosecutor Jame; M. 

Coleman jr. had argued that the movi de 

picts almost constant explicit sex. 

BOXOFFICE :: April 25. >r 

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H.S. Grand Jury to Probe 

ihild-Pomography Films 

PHII A Dl I PHI A IS Am. David 

< Marston here said ih.it a federal grand 

taisioii'y w '" ' auncn •"' investigation to deterriheijjne 

whether pornographic films featuring 

cildren are being made in eastern Pennsyltnia. 

It such films are being produced in 

tM A* arca ' 

Marston s.in.1. lie would not prose 

distributors undei obscenit) laws but 

ttlOn \>uld concentrate on parents and filmmak- 

' 

under a century-old slavery law. 

Marston said his action was prompted by 

i.ent revelations about the use of children 

as three to commit sex acts on 

N "-Im. Several such films are for sale in adult 

farecJrj. 

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aftokstores here and elsewhere for up to 

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Marston said he would not "raid stores, 

I rn books or padlock retailers." Instead. 

I said, the law that could be used to prose- 

Jte the cases concerns involuntary servitJe. 

The law was used in the 1 880s to 

(osecutc a case in which Italian children 

•re being brought to the U.S. and forced 

act as street musicians in New York. 

I nder terms of the Civil War-vintage 

•tiite, persons convicted -of willfully or 

owingly holding a child to involuntary 

• 

vitnde can be sentenced to five years in 

'I 

and fined $5,000, Marston said. Statutes 

ting ages of consent for sexual activity 

tike it clear that no preteen voluntarily can 

Ice part in a pornographic film, Marston 

d, To fight the filmmakers under the 

Mcenity laws would create a "tremendous 

osecution problem" in the area of free 

Beech and First Amendment rights, Mar- 

>n said. 

Marston said the limited information he 

I indicates substantial domestic produc- 

•n of the children pornography films, 

ther than overseas production common 

th periodicals and explicit sex films show- 

1 adults. 

hiladelphia Bill Would 

rata Aijestrict Adult Theatres 

IS lift f 

PHILADELPHIA—The City Council 

to prevent new adult bookstores, adult 

. QJQ'.'vie houses, massage parlors and topless 

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rs from opening in the city. The bill 

ikes it illegal for such establishments to 

crate within 500 feet of any area zoned 

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residential and within 1,000 feet of one 

other. It does not apply to existing esilishments. 

The original bill introduced by Council- 

»n Joseph Zazyczny would have imposed 

nilar zoning regulations on pawn shops, 

ol halls and amusement arcades. These 

re dropped from the approved bill. The 

II council is expected to pass the hill 

er this 

month. 

ilm-Video Center Wins 

ânt of $12,000 

''HILADELPHIA—A grant ol $12,000 

a received by the Walnut Street Theatre 

m Video Center in center city from the 

XOFFICE :: April 25, 1977 

PHILADELPHIA 

Red SkiTton is slated foi a conceit appearance 

at the Academj ol Music June 

15. I he concert as a private affaii foi l di- 

scholar P. Adams 

son Electric Co. . 

Siiney presented a lecture supplemented by 

the showing of film clips on the influence 

ol cinema on modern literature at Bucks 

County Community College, Newton. He 

is the editor of Film Culture Magazine anil 

taught courses in film history at Yale University. 

A Jewish Film Festival, starting with th.' 

documentary "The Warsaw Ghetto," is being 

offered Wednesday evenings at the Bustleton 

Avenue branch library in the northeast 

section of the city. 

"Citizen Kane" kicks off the Spring Film 

Series in the Campus Theatre at Albright 

College near Allentown, with selected features 

continuing through May 3, when the 

scries ends with a W.C. Fields Festival. 

Beatrice Straight, who won an Oscar for 

her role in "Network," was in town to tape 

the syndicated Mike Douglas TV show. 

In spite of the three-week-long transit 

strike. Irving Blumberg. promotion director 

for Warner Bros, had no trouble filling the 

400-seat Stage Cinema in center city for a 

9:30 a.m. special preview screening for 

"Viva Knievel!" Saturday morning (16). 

Public Committee for the Humanities in 

Pennsylvania to sponsor the showing of 

two films and public discussions on the 

films. Saturday (23), the Walnut Street 

Theatre showed Marcel Ophul's documentary 

on the Nuremberg trials with the filmmaker 

and writer Susan Sontag discussing 

the issues raised in the film. The film will 

again be shown May'l. with the speakers to 

be announced. 

"The Hospital," written by Paddy Chayefsky 

and starring George C. Scott, will 

be shown May 8 at 4 and 7 p.m., with each 

showing followed by a panel discussion on 

the medical establishment's responsibility to 

the 

individual. 

NJ Township Moves to Ban 

Pornography Completely 

NEWARK. N.J.—In an attempt to zone 

pornography out of existence, the Old 

Bridge Township Council gave preliminary 

approval to an ordinance prohibiting the 

private or semi-private showing of pornographic 

films in any establishment. The proposal 

takes the form of an existing law restricting 

movie theatres to certain districts. 

The ordinance would prohibit the use of 

coin-operated machines or any other devices 

designed for individual showings of 

movies. In effect, it would ban the exhibition 

of motion pictures to audiences of 20 

I 

OI ewer persons. 

An anti-obscenity code is already on the 

books here, adopted in 1973 and banning 

the operation of adult bookstores in the 

low nship. 

All "educational einliarrassiiH-nt" is what 

Mark M. Chamberlain, president ol Glassboro, 

N.I . State ( Ollege called it when the 

student magazine Venue announced it 

would publish a nude frontal photograph 

of Marc Stevens, who starred the X-ratcd 

film "The Devil in Miss Jones." He told 

the student editor to either cut the picture 

at the waist or have his funds cut off. I he 

student editor relented. 

In advance ol its June 17 opening at area 

theatres, Richard T. Markovitz promoted 

a special screening of "Rollcrcoaster" at 

. . . 

the Plaza Theatre in suburban King of 

Prussia The Philadelphia Museum of 

Art screened the regional winners in the 

annual Academy Student Film Awards of 

the Middle Atlantic Film Board. The judging 

and screening was arranged by Frederick 

Goldman, who heads the Exceptional 

Film Society, subscription 

film club here. 

The showing of the Peter Brook "King 

Lear" film was included in the Shakespeare 

symposium conducted at Pennsylvania State 

University at State College. 

Home Box Office's cable TV film service, 

at $8 a month, offering ten current films 

each month plus sports events and special 

shows, arc being offered subscribed of 

Crosswicks CATV for the first time at 

Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. 

Scullville Theatre Opens 

With 'Nickelodeon' Theme 

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—A Keystone 

Cop with a free-wheeling billy, along with 

a bank teller, complete with striped shirt 

and sleeve garters as of old, greeted patrons 

for the opening of the new Harbor Village 

Cinema in suburba^Scullville. The official 

greeters were in keeping with the opening 

film. "Nickelodeon." Accompanying each 

feature will be a se*rial movie, starting with 

Chapter 1 of "Buck Rogers." 

I he new house has a $1.50 admission 

for adults and $1 for children. Kiddies 

matinees also are scheduled for Saturdays 

and Sundays with a special feature, starting 

off with "Billy the Kid." 

Chaplin Film at Library 

CAMBRIDGE. MASS.—A program 

of 

Charlie Chaplin silent film comedies was 

presented in the Central Square Branch 

Library as a free attraction on a recent 

Monday night at 7 p.m. 

CINERAMA IS IN 

SHOW BUSINESS IN 

HAWAII TOO. 

When you come to Waikiki, 

gijg^w don't miss the famous 

ibavmuI Don Ho Show. . . at 

hotels) Cinerama's Reef Towers Hotel. 

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. . Mike 

Ochwaber World-Fare's 5 West Theatre 

closed March 29 Schwabcr 

drive-ins. the Pulaski and Valley, opened 

for the new season this month . 

Davis, manager of Rome's Super 1-70 Drivein. 

and his wife and cight-month-old daughter 

Roseanna, spent four days recently visiting 

in Roanoke. 

LaVerne Williams, secretary to George 

F. Eitel, regional manager of National Theatre 

Supply, spent the Easter holidays in 

Charleston. She's been with NTS eight 

months . and Mrs. Eitel spent a week 

visiting her mother in Albany, Ga. 

NATO of Maryland held a board meeting 

Wednesday (13) during which the result 

of all legislation applicable to the movie 

industry was reviewed. President Leon B. 

Back, general manager of Rome Theatres, 

gave a resume of the national NATO convention 

held in Nassau March 27-31. 

Legislation: HB 1510 would levy a 4 

. . . 

per cent tax on gross receipts received 

from charges imposed for advertising space 

House Bill 335 

or advertising time . . . 

which authorizes county commissioners to 

grant cable TV franchises, has been passed 

House Bill 626, which prohibits the 

retail sale of photographic film that does 

not have processing instructions, has been 

. . . passed HB 257, which deletes the 

surety bond requirement for members of 

the Board of Censors, has been passed. 

The Nelson C. White Co. advertises that 

over 4,000 movie titles in its film 

library, including full-length Disney films, 

which are being promoted for children's 

Sammy Davis jr., will be the 

parties . . . 

opening attraction at Painters Mill Music 

Fair, presenting shows from May 2-8. 

The operator of a cable TV venture in 

Howard County said plant construction will 

begin in about three months and that 

enough cable will be laid by the end of this 

year to allow from 3,000-5,000 homes to 

be hooked up. 

Robert Evans, producer of "Black Sunday," 

was interviewed at a press luncheon 

by Corinne F. Hammett. News American 

film critic. He stated he would not do the 

sequel to "Love Story." "I don't think 1 

could get away with another one now. The 

time then was just right. I don't want to 

." 

. . Evans noted that 

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re-do something 

American films are tops in Italy, France 

and Germany because those countries "are 

making films for deals. They don't give a 

damn about the script. The American film 

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Victoria, Tex., Theatre 

Installs Dolby System 

VICTORIA, TEX. — Frels Theatres 

cently installed a $3,500 Dolby optical pr| 

sound system in the 600-seat auditorium, 

jg 

Playhouse Cinema. Only one other Te:| 

theatre, a Dallas first-run house, has 

system. 

Rubin Frels, circuit owner, said he pi, 

to install Dolby equipment in two audit 

urns of his Salem Six complex which ' 

be opening the middle of May. 

Installation of the Dolby CP 50 warn 

ed a picture and story in the Victoria i 

vocate in which a Dolby technician was 

terviewed about the process. Local mo' 

goers were able to test the new system wlia 

the Dolby-coded "Mr. Billion" opened 

the Playhouse Cinema. 

Alan Livingston to Helm 

Fox Entertainment Group 

HOLLYWOOD—Alan W. LivingAnj 

has been named president, entertainrfntj 

group. 20ih Century-Fox Film CorpM* 

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was announced by Dennis C. Stanfill, ctt-j 

man of the board, president and cjjj;' J 

executive officer. Livingston joined 2h-r 

Fox in August 1976 as vice-president, m- 

tertainment group. :?;" 

His expanded areas of supervision ffl i-iwsi: 

include the operations of: the TV divun 

(programing), film processing subsidises 

(DeLuxe General and Keith Cole Phoigraphy), 

20th Century Records, 20th C:ntury 

Music Corp. and Marineland of lift -wuCt 

Pacific. 

Livingston will continue to report to 

Stanfill. 

Mid-America Names Rosn 

To Helm Detroit Office 

DETROIT—Rick Rice, president of ,. 

--Audrey Ba 

Mid-America Releasing, has ''lV(irQ 

announcec'J8»'l 

opening of a Detroit office and the appw*".w|j()]]g(j I 

ment of Bob Rosen as branch manager Ijj,,.. . 

Rosen, formerly a buyer for Geiral 

Cinema in Detroit, previously was as

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LOS ANGELES Grosses wore down 

;hil> here although "Audrey Rose" al 

and "Black Sunday" at 360 were able 

rise above the situation. On showcase, 

he Van" opened in 40 situations to ex 

lent response. Several other long-running 

mease lilms continued to bring in the 

dienees. lhese were led by "Rocky." still 

amp in its 18th week in IS situations, 

ling high are "The Late Show." "Slap 

Ot," "Airport '77." "A Star Is Born." 

ilver Streak" and "Network." 


n«se, Village- Black Sunday (Para), 3rd wk 360 

erama Dome- The Slipper and the Rose 

Jn 4ih wit -185 

s Arts—In the Realm ot the Senses (SR), 

It. 

lvwood, !ywc- Westwood—Andy Warhol's Bad 

3H). 2nd wit. 265 

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lvwood Pussycat—Fantasex (SR). 7th wk 

lie Hall—Cousin Cousine (SR), 24th wk 95 

ional—Islands in the Stream (Para), 5th wk. 120 

amount— Mohammad. Messenger o! God 

rwin Yablans). 6th wk 120 

al-Small Change (SR). 5th wk. 75 

heatres—Audrey Rose (UA), 2nd wk 45C 

ap Shot' and "Nasty Habits' 

lad Quiet Denver Boxoffices 

— The post-Easter doldrums 

n it tni; local boxoffices. The two new- 

"A Piece of Pleasure" and "Break- 

GrOUt^mers, 

.'.i Breaker!," garnered only average re- 

with most ot the holdovers placing 

. i the same column. "Slap Shot" led at 275 

its fourth week followed by "Nasty Hab- 

...:.*' at 225 in its second week. "Rocky," in 

week and "Black Sunday" in its 

,. ;ptrd tied at 200. 

( 

-Airport '77 (Univ), 4th wk. ..._ 150 

:::irr.—Wiiards (20th-Fox), 8th wk 100 

1— Black Sunday (Para). 3rd wk 200 

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reek— The Late Show (WB). 3rd wk 160 

leTVWotado Four—Slap Shot (Univ), 4th wk 275 

. ;«orado Four—Nasty Habits (SR), 2nd wk 225 

tal—Audrey Rose (UA), 2nd wk 100 

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70 

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Colt Nfrper—Demon Seed (UA), 3rd wk 100 

r 

vu.^PP° Cameo—The Slipper and the Rose 

4rh wk 110 

'.„j r-jiuire—Cousin Cousine (SR), 13th wk 85 

3 

• :; '"'B;r theatres—The Littlest Horse Thieves (BV), 

-d wk. . 

leOtres— Breaker! Breakerl (A1P) 110 

e theatres—Raggedy Ann & Andy (20th-Fox), 

Id wk. . 

eatres—Rocky (UA), 12th wk 

lee theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col), 

100 

200 

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k 150 

University Hills— Islands in the Stream (Para), 

16S tlfc 'h wk 100 

.,„ \iue—A .110 

Piece ol Pleasure (SR) ... 

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lid Edward Bunker Novel 

I 

Optioned for Screen 

BURBANK—"The Animal Factory," 

1 

ond novel of Edward Bunker, ex-convict 

author of the novel "No Beast So 

-..' l:rce," will be published by Viking this 

«jl. First Artists currently is filming "No 

office 

jijj, Oil *ast So Fierce" under the title "Straight 

\\,; l 

ne." with Dustin Hoffman starring in the 

'eetwall production for Warner Bros. 

(An option for the screen rights to "The 

- 

iiimal Factory" already has been taken, 

Inker said, and in the meantime he's 

idway through a third novel. "The Ani- 

Factory" was written behind bars. 

ci'O'M 

Inker was released from Terminal Island 

(s than four months ago after a six-year 

just in time to see "No Beast So 

sree" being readied for filming. Born in 

UOFFICE ;; April 25, 1977 

Mlfffl CLUB 

TENT 32 

CAMILLO HONORED—Al Camillo, left, former chief barker of San Francisco's 

Variety Club Tent 32, holds the plaque presented by chief barker Mike 

Powers to mark the luncheon held in Camillo's honor. He has been golf tournament 

chairman of Tent 32 seven years and will continue in that capacity this year. 

Los Angeles, Bunker has spent much of 

his adult life in prison. 

Directed by Ulu Grosbard and produced 

by Stanley Beck and Tim Zinnemann, 

"Straight Time" is being filmed on Los 

Angeles locations with additional lensing 

planned for San Quentin and Folsom this 

summer. 

Underwater Press Session 

Plugs 'Deep' Paperback 

SAN FRANCISCO — An underwater 

press conference with Geri Murphy, the 

first underwater script supervisor in film 

history, was held at Marine World Tuesday 

(5) to launch the release of the paperback 

edition of "The Deep" by Peter Benchley. 

Bantam Books and Columbia Pictures 

staged the event. 

Ms. Murphy, who kept her continuity 

notes 90 feet deep in the waters off the 

British Virgin Islands. Bermuda and Australia, 

talked with press, radio and TV news 

personnel via a special communications 

system. The media was outside the underwater 

area, while Geri is submerged. 

"Deep" stars Robert Shaw. Jacqueline 

Bisset. Nick Nolte, Lou Gossett and Eli 

Wallach. 

Felton Perry Is Signed 

For Role in 'Mean Dog' 

LOS ANGELES—Felton Perry, who costarred 

in BCP's "Walking Tall." has been 

set by producers Charles A. Pratt and 

George Lefferts for a co-starring role in 

"Mean Dog Blues" for Bing Crosby Productions. 

The contemporary prison drama 

by Lefferts starts filming May 9. 

Previously set for the cast are George 

Kennedy, Kay I.enz. Gregg Henry and 

Scatman Crothers. Mel Stuart directs. 

Scottsdale, Ariz., Debut 

For 'Assault on Paradise' 

HOLLYWOOD—Stuart Whitman, star 

of "Assault on Paradise," and co-stars 

Dcbra Raffin, Jim Mitchum and Paul Koslo 

will head a celebrity delegation to Scottsdale. 

Ariz., for the gala premiere of the 

film Thursday (28). The following day the 

picture will begin its regular run in four 

Phoenix theatres and two drive-ins. 

The premiere promotional campaign in 

newspapers and TV commercials will focus 

on the fact that "Assault on Paradise" was 

made completely in Arizona, with Arizona 

financing, and deals with revelations of 

crime and land scandals currently in the 

news. 

Also participating in the premiere activities 

will be executive producer Patrick 

Ferrell and associate producer Bond Ferrcll. 

The Sunset production is a New World 

Pictures release and is scheduled to play 

162 situations in Texas and Arizona before 

spreading across the nation. 

Harlan Haverback to Head 

Max Youngstein Division 

LOS ANGELES—Harlan Haverback. 

creator of the new entertainment concept 

Disco-Video, has joined Max Youngstein 

Enterprises, and will head the record and 

music publishing division, in line with the 

company's expansion into all entertainment 

areas. 

Prior to his new association. Haverback 

was president o\ HDH Productions, encompassing 

recording artists management 

and film production. In addition to the expansion 

of the Disco-Video market. Haverback 

also will develop new activity in the 

music and recording areas. 

W-l

— 

Hollywood 

JOHN WAYNE, one of the most famous 

students to attend the University of 

Southern California, was honored with the 

Asa V. Call Achievement Award, the highest 

honor bestowed hy the school's General 

Alumni Ass'n. The presentation was made 

Sunday (17) at the association's annual 

awards dinner. Among past recipients are 

Neil A. Armstrong, Herbert G. Klein, Patricia 

Rvan Nixon and Robert E. Wood. 

* 

A panel of four Hollywood directors 

Peter Yates, George Pal, Daniel Petrie and 

Steven Spielberg—discussed films and filmmaking 

Sunday (17) at the USC campus in 

a program sponsored by the honorary cinema 

fraternity. Delta Kappa Alpha. 

• 

Maggie Abbott has been named head of 

special projects for Columbia Pictures by 

worldwide production head Daniel Melnick. 

She joined Melnick last September as a 

Happenings 

vice-president and creative associate of his 

independent unit before he became production 

head. 

* 

Principal photography on Arachnid Productions' 

"Kingdom of the Spiders." a 

Dimension Pictures release, has been completed 

in Arizona. The film is slated for 

national release August 12. Starring are 

William Shatner, Altovise Davis and Woody 

Strode. 

• 

Warner Bros, plans to release "Viva 

Knievel!" June 3 in the Southeast and 

Southwest and throughout the rest of the 

nation in July. 

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can film, starring with Valerie Perrine a 

Jackie Gleason. He plays a young Itali' 

mechanic who inherits a $ l ,000,000,0(1 

fortune but must survive a series of periloj 

escapades before he can collect. 

• 

Robert Altman's "3 Women" will oji 

Friday (29) at the UA Westwood TheaU 

The 20th Century-Fox release stars SiJ 

Spacek, Shelley Duvall and Janice Rule. 

* 

Seven stars of Universale "The Last 

make of Beau Geste" checked into 

studio Wednesday (13) to loop dialog 

the broad comedy spoof of Hollywoc 

three screen versions of P.C. Wren's "Bd 

Geste." Ann-Margret. Michael York, Pfl 

Ustinov, James Earl Jones, Henry Gibs 

Avery Schreiber and Marty Feldman ( 

directed the film) expected to spend 

weeks on Universal's looping stage. ] 

Last Remake of Beau Geste" is schedt 

for a summer release. 

Christine Forsyth has been named dii: 

tor of foreign sales for First Amerin 

Films. She formerly was assistant vice-p'sident 

for foreign sales with Intercontinetol P" 1 

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Releasing Corp. Her first chores will 1 

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volve "Looking Up." "Death Games" id 

"Half a House." 

Mar-Keta Unlimited has been for.medjy 

Margaret Marketa Novak, who annound 

MlotU 

.."Mil" 

Tuesday (12) that the company's first 'ature 

film will be "One Left, Just One a 

drama about a young girl who was the >le 

survivor of her family during the Nazi* 

gime. The film is based on actual exjriences. 

Production is scheduled to begiiinl^ 

the fall. 

More than 500 extras are workinf 

scenes for the Verdon-First Artists condy 

for Warner Bros., "A Piece of the Actii," 

starring Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby, vocation 

shooting with the extras is tang 

place in Westwood, Hollywood, Sierra Mdre 

and downtown Los Angeles. 

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distribution rights to "The Arming 

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Howard Hughes" in all countries exceptbe — 

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territories. The film is a Roger Gimbelw 

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rich and Bob Thomas, "Howard, the Afc 

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lis recent visit to San Francisco, Bill 

»lacy wined and dined at the Hyatt 

lotel on Union Square. -He's shown 

iere relaxing after his hectic personal 

ippearance tour, critics' luncheon and 

adio and TV interviews. Macy curently 

is appearing in the new Robert 

v It 11 ui 11 production for Warner Bros.. 

•The Late Show," in the role of Charlie 

Hatter. The film opened in San 

•rancisco to excellent reviews and outtanding 

business. 

IAN FRANCISCO 

Patterson, president of the National 

Independent Theatre Exhibitors, has 

- jJuled a meeting with local independent 

, m-;^kitremen for 10 a.m., Wednesday (27). 

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with the T&D Junior Enterprises in Sacramento, 

has been appointed vice-president 

m charge of theatre operations tor the 

United Artists Theatre Circuit. Gallagher 

rose from usher to become a manager, district 

manager, and then assistant to the 

general manager of theatre operations for 

UATC. His territory will cover California. 

Arizona. Nevada, Washington, Colorado 

and Idaho 

Other UATC personnel changes: Boh 

Potmesil, former manager of the Hay ward 

Auto Movies, now is managing the Westwood 

Cinema . Rounds is temporary 

manager of the Hayward Auto Movies 

. . . Rick Marrs has left the manager 

trainee position at the UA Cinema in Santa 

Rosa to manage the Redwood Auto Movies. 

Columbia's Ken Newbert was given a 

rousing sendoff to his new post as the company's 

exchange manager in Minneapolis. 

The SF Columbia exchange was filled to 

capacity with well-wishers, who were assisted 

ably in their partying by booker/ bartender 

Mike McCabe. Good luck. Ken! 

Bob Wilkins of KTVU-TV's popular 

"Creature Features," hosted a midnight 

screening of Warner Bros.' latest chiller, 

"It's Alive," at the Alhambra Theatre Tuesday 

(12). The theatre was filled to capacity, 

. . Warner 

as it always is when Wilkins hosts a screening 

for his dedicated audience . 

Bros, screened "Evel Knievel!" Saturday 

morning at the Stonestown Cinema. Guests 

included area exhibitors and children from 

several SF orphanages. 

Local independent booker Michael 

Thomas was featured in a big article, about 

the closing of the Times Theatre, in a 

recent Sunday Chronicle. The Times had 

been a mecca for film fans, thanks to its 

low prices and constantly changing double 

bills. Thomas, whose original bookings led 

the Times to success, was interviewed about 

the possibility of a similar theatre opening 

in the near future. 

UATC's Jack Stevenson is off on a vacation 

guaranteed to make us all a bit jealous: 

he's flying to Miami, where he will go 

aboard ship for a two-week cruise in the 

Caribbean. At the end of the cruise Jack 

will fly to New Orleans before coming 

home. 

Manuel Conde Announces 

Upcoming Productions 

HOLLYWOOD—Manuel S. Conde. 

head of MDM Productions, has lined up 

his 1977 and early 1978 production schedule 

of six features which will follow "The 

Dicktator," which he is promoting on a 

nationwide tour. 

Scheduled for filming are "7 Sins on 6th 

Street." "An Affair in Cannes." which has 

been shooting on location at the Cannes 

Film Festival during the past two years, 

"The Abductor," "A Man of Convictions," 

"Fog" and "Raices," a Spanish-language 

feature. 

HONOLULU 

pour local youths used CB communication 

to keep themselves from being com 

pletely lost in the hills of Honolulu. The 

downtown King's attraction that week, coincidentally, 

was American Internation.il 

Pictures' "Breaker! Breaker!", a CB action 

drama. Karate champ (buck Norris is 

starred . of karate, ten kung 

fu/ karate movies are on local screens 

currently, including new ones in Chinese 

("Magnificent Wanderers"), new releases in 

English ("The Black Street lighter") and reissued 

features ("The Chinese Connection"). 

There's a conspicuous absence of the 

really big products opening this month 

following a glut the first three months of 

this year. Standouts are United Artists' 

"Audrey Rose." Universal's "Airport '77," 

Paramount's "Black Sunday" and Universal's 

"Slap Shot." Henry Paris' "The Opening 

of Misty Beethoven." too, is scoring fat 

notes among the releases in the "adult" 

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Ralph Osgood, manager of the Ronton 

Village cinemas I and II, had actor 

Gary Conway of "The Farmer" under his 

wing from Monday (11) until Wednesday 

evening (13). Ralph made arrangements for 

Conway's appearances on radio and TV 

shows, along with personal meetings with 

reporters from daily and weekly papers. 

"The Farmer" opened Friday (15) at the 

Seattle Aurora, Bellevue Overtake and Renton 

Village cinemas, as well as the Sno- 

K.ing and Duwamish airers. 

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A. B. "Mac" McGlinchey, National 

Screen branch manager, attended the NATO 

of Montana convention in Billings April 4-7 

Lou Kahn. Seattle sales representative 

for Warner Bros., returned Monday (11) 

from a company meeting in Beverly Hills. 

Warner Bros, hosted a tradescreening 

Calif. . . . 

of "Viva Knivel!" Saturday 

morning (16) at Lewis and Clark 2. Families 

of exhibitors also were invited to enjoy the 

screening. 

Marthe Keller, star of "Black Sunday." 

met members of the Seattle media at the 

Washington Plaza Hotel. She arrived with 

her son Alexander, 5. on a personal appearance 

tour arranged by the Dorothy 

Matin Agency. "Black Sunday" currently is 

on screens at four area theatres . . . The 

Dorothy Matin Agency also set up telephone 

interviews for Charles Gary Allison, writer 

and producer of "Fraternity Row." The film 

opened Friday (15) at eight theatres hereabouts. 

A series of screenings for "Islands in the 

Stream," which opens Friday (29), has been 

in progress since Monday (11) for religious 

leaders, womens' groups, broadcast and 

print media, Boy Scout leaders, book dealers 

and educators. The screenings at the 

Jewel Box Preview room are supplemented 

by Bantam Books' promotions at major 

book stores. 

There were 491 entries in the Paul New- 

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man "Slap Shot" contest held in Fun, the 

Entertainment Weekly, of Wednesday (6). 

Top prize for the earliest postmarked allcorrect 

entry with answers to ten contest 

questions was three days and two nights at 

Vancouver's Plaza International Hotel, 

along with two passes to either the Versity 

Theatre or Kenmore Drive-In. Second prize 

was a pair of passes to "Slap Shot," plus 

dinner for two in the Cloud Room of downtown 

Seattle's Camlin Hotel. The 23 other 

winners each received a pair of passes to 

see the film. The contest promotion was 

coordinated with Fun by the Jack Wodell 

Agency. 

Filmrow screenings: "White Buffalo," 

United Artists, Jewel Box; "Guardian of 

the Wilderness," Sunn Classic. Jewel Box. 

While this writer was in Vancouver over 

the Easter weekend, he had an opportunity 

to see the beautiful Centre Cinema complex, 

which was opened to the public the 

evening preceding Good Friday. Edward 

Bielby is the manager; David Crowfoot, 

assistant manager. Cinema I seats 534 patrons 

and Cinema II handles 304 comfortably. 

An escalator whisks customers from 

street level up to the Famous Players' twin 

complex. 

Famous Players had opened a sixplex in 

Vancouver three weeks prior to Easter. In 

this situation, Capitol I of the Capitol 6 

cinemas, is located on the main floor (1,000 

seats); cinemas II and III, 450 seats each, 

are on the second level; cinemas IV, V and 

VI are on the third level (250, 400 and 250 

seats, respectively). B. Brian Rogers manages 

this fascinating complex, where patrons 

may go from level to level either by stairs 

or escalator. 

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marketing for Walt Disney Productions, 

according to Vincent H. Jefferds, vice-president 

of Disney's marketing consumer products 

division. Quirk, a graduate of Fordham, 

also is a major accounts executive with 

Disney's U.S. licensing division in New 

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Crown's 'The Van Sets 

Record in LA Multiple 

Beverly Mill-—Crown Intcrnation 

al's "The Van," playing a Los Angelej 

multiple, in the first five days scored 

a gross of $351,868, setting a company 

record, according to George Josephs 

general sales manager. Starring in the 

film, for which Marilyn J. Tenser wai 

executive producer, are Stuart Getz 

Deborah White, Harry Moses am 

Marcie Barkin. 

Forty area hardtops and drive-in 

contributed to the record boxofficl 

receipts, with the Los Altos Drive-Ir 

heading the list of high grossers. "Th 

Van" also turned in an excellent pei 

formance at the Starlite Drive-In, F 

Monte; Reseda Drive-In, Reseda, an 

the Gage Drive-In, Bell Gardens. 

SALT LAKE CIT 

jgernie Hoffman and Charlie Huggarcof 

Plitt Intermountain Theatres wert 

Dallas Thursday (7)' and Friday (8) fd I 

seminar on Mulberry Square's new 

"For the Love of Benji." The pictur. 

booked to open June 3 in Salt Lake Cy't 

Utah Thjatre, Woodland Drive-In, )A 

Fashion Place, Cottonwood Mall andjhl 

Valley Fair 4 cinemas. Producer Joe C;'i] 

Benji and Benji's trainer Frank Inn V 

come here May 23 to promote the film ith 

a series 

of personal appearances. 

Group Attendance Popultr 

For 'Slipper and Rose' 

HOLLYWOOD—"The Slipper andthe 

Rose" has attracted 133 block sales ding 

its booking at Pacific's Cinerama Dm 

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Among the latest organizations to tmy *'*-• 

blocks of seats through Joan Brenner, pup 

sales coordinator for the theatre, are 3ir 

Scouts of America, Lathrop Interrmiate 

School, Campfire Girls, Southgate Siior 

Citizens Club. Ross Loos Medical G>up. 

Woodland Park B'nai B'rith, the Brouies. 

Pleasure Club Tours, the West Los Ai'eles 

YMCA, Monterey Park Senior Citizen' the 

Occidental Club of Los Angeles, H';hes 

Aircraft and Prudential Insurance Ruction 

Club. 

Student and senior citizen shows, 'hen 

all seats are $1.50, are scheduled rom 

12:30 to 3 p.m.. Monday through FoV 

by the Cinerama Dome management f the 

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Universal feature. The musical stars '.ichard 

Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, A'ft 

Crosbie, Dame Edith Evans, Christ. 

Gable, Michael Hordern, Margaret J 

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KANSAS CITY— Variety Club Tent S 

.ill conducl a telethon on KMBC-TV. 

iiii Replogle, general manager, 

IK KMBC-TV, announces Variety Club 

Tent 8 telethon plans at the elub's 

(13) luncheon-meeting. 

,)gle. the station's general manager, at the 

loathly luncheon-meeting held Wednesuy 

(13). Proceeds from the telethon, tentavelj 

set for March 11-12. 1978. will be 

lared by the Crippled Children's Nursery 

chool and the Ozanam Home for Boys, 

,vo Kansas City area organizations that 

;rve needy youngsters. 

In making the announcement. Replogle 

•nphasized the need for a major effort on 

,ehalf of both Tent 8 and Channel 9 to 

,iake the telethon "not only a success, but 

huge success!" 

Tent 8 chief barker Glen W. Dickinson 

the assemblage that telethon colairmen 

have been selected representing 

iich Kansas City-based theatre circuit and 

xh of the two charities. The co-chairmen 

ill designate 18 committee chairmen to 

bver successful 

completion of every aspect 

the video event. 

Co-chairmen will be Richard Durwood, 

rown Cinema Corp.; Doug Lightner, Comonwealth 

Theatres: George Kieffer. 

imerican Multi Cinema; Norm Nielsen. 

ickinson Theatres; Lu Vaughan, Midmerica 

Cinema Corp.; Edmond Mackey, 

rippled Children's Nursery School, and 

;aul Gemeinhardt, Ozanam Home for 

joys. 

KMBC-TV program director Gene Cless 

ill coordinate Variety's work with Chan- 

19. 

>owntown Chicago Todd Is 

Closed by Plitt Circuit 

! CHICAGO— Plitt Theatres closed the 

odd. one of its five downtown units, Fri- 

(Uy (22) because it was "losing money," 

ding to Harold Klein, executive viceresident. 

For the last five years, the 1.100-seat 

jjodd has been battling such problems as a 

slum. ige ol suitable films, the hesitancj ol 

patrons to seek entertainmenl downtown 

after dark, and high operating costs. 

Still-operated downtown by the Plitt 

Circuit arc the United Artists. Roosevelt. 

State-Lake and Chicago theatres, all of 

which face the same formidable difficulties 

which proved to be more than the Todd 

could handle. However. Klein says that the 

remaining downtown units have been more 

adept ait coping with these current problems 

and that the circuit has no plans to 

close or even curtail operations at any of 

those four theatres. 

The Michael Todd Theatre made its debut 

in 1956, when it was opened as a site 

for showing Michael Todd's "Around the 

World in 80 Days," made for the large 

Todd-AO screen and released by United 

Artists. 

Fort Wayne Complex 

To House Theatres 

FORT WAYNE. IND.—Lakewood 

Development 

Co., a locally owned project, 

plans to build a $100 million commercial 

complex and leisure center, to include film 

theatres and retail stores, restaurants, and 

other recreational facilities. The site will be 

at the southwest edge of Fort Wayne, with 

the initial phase of a hotel and office building 

set for 1979, and completion of the 

total project set for 1985. 

The company has named Bobeck Real 

Estate Co., Fort Wayne, as its agent. Designer 

of the project is Hellmuth. Obata & 

Kaffadaun, St. Louis, architectural design 

firm. The site is at Indiana Road 14 and 

U.S. 24. 

Oscar Winners Headline 

KC's Starlight Season 

KANSAS CITY—Academy Award-winning 

actress Shirley Jones and recent Oscartapped 

lyricist Paul Williams headline a list 

of luminaries who will appear this season 

on the stage at Starlight Theatre in Swope 

Park. Ms. Jones, returning to Starlight for 

her fifth appearance, will portray Maria in 

"The Sound of Music." Williams will be 

making his debut on the giant outdoor stage 

as Og, the mischievous leprechaun in "Finian's 

Rainbow." 

Others signed include opera star Roberta 

Peters, who opens the ten-week season June 

20 in the Franz Lehar operetta "The Merry 

Widow"; TV actor William Conrad, who 

will portray the roguish public poet Hajj 

in "Kismet"; Carol Lawrence in "Sweet 

Charity." and Ed Ames in "Shenandoah." 

Plans are being completed for three undisclosed 

productions, which may include a 

"blockbuster," described by Starlight Theatre 

Ass'n president William Shields, who 

announced the season's schedule at a press 

conference Saturday (16). as "one of the 

most popular Broadway musicals of all 

time." Of particular interest is the fact that 

the lead would be portrayed by the star 

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Exhibitors in Illinois 

Face Several Options 

CHICAGO—Commencing July 1, state 

exhibitors will have the opiums of joining 

NATO of Illinois or the national NATO or 

both, Jack Clark, president of the state organization, 

told industry members in a bulletin 

alter his return home from the late 

March meeting of the national NATO 

board of directors in Nassau. 

Clark explained that this option for Illinois 

theatre operators has come about as 

the result of adoption ol a new membership 

plan at the Nassau conference. At first the 

idea was for all exhibitors to belong to 

national NATO; this plan then was modified 

by the NATO directors to give U.S. 

theatremen the options of belonging to 

national NATO alone, to the state NATO 

alone, or to both national NATO and the 

state NATO. 

After July 1, Illinois exhibitors who wish 

to join national NATO will pay dues of ten 

cents a seat and 15 cents a speaker (for the 

first year). Dues for joining NATO of Illinois 

will be five cents a seat or IVi cents a 

speaker or both. National dues increase to 

15 cents per seat and 20 cents a speaker in 

the second year; then go up to 20 cents per 

seat and 25 cents a speaker in the third 

year. 

These increases in the national dues, 

Clark pointed out. are made necessary by 

the additional staff members the national 

NATO office will be hiring in succeeding 

years. This year the national NATO office 

is to be moved from New York City to 

Washington, D.C. It also will hire a congressional 

liaison man, staff lawyer, trade 

practice consultant and membership director. 

The dues increase in the second year 

will cover expenses of opening two additional 

field offices; the third year increase 

also will finance the opening of two more 

field 

offices. 

NATO of Illinois will meet on a date to 

be announced (in the second week of May) 

to report on the progress of the various 

subjects covered in Clark's bulletin. Meanwhile, 

the NATO of Illinois president is 

requesting that members consider the importance 

of making the suggested changes 

in restructuring national NATO and the 

future of NATO of Illinois. 

Mid-America Names Rosen 

To Helm Detroit Office 

CHICAGO—Mid-America Releasing, a 

film distribution company which represents 

independent production firms in Illinois, 

Wisconsin and Michigan, announced from 

its home office here that Bob Rosen has 

been appointed branch manager in Detroit. 

Rick Rice, president of Mid- America Releasing, 

said that the company had opened 

offices at 23300 Greenfield. Oak Park. 

Mich. 

Rosen, formerly a buyer for General 

Cinema in Detroit, previously was associated 

with Paramount Pictures' Motor City 

office. 

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Variety Club Tent 8's planning lor a telethon, 

as reported last week, will center 

around a battery of co-chairmen, one from 

each theatre circuit represented in the 

metropolitan area; a representative from the 

Crippled Children's Nursery School, and 

another from the Ozanam Home for Boys, 

according to chief barker Glen Dickinson. 

Circuit representatives are: Richard M. Durwood. 

Crown Cinema; Lu Vaughan. Mid- 

America Cinema Corp.; Douglas Lightner. 

Commonwealth Theatres; George Kieffer, 

American Multi Cinema, and Norman Nielsen. 

Dickinson Theatres. 

Many readers very likely noticed in the 

Variety Club meeting story which appeared 

in Boxoffice April IS that the last line of 

the list of co-chairmen was jumbled by the 

typesetters, resulting in an incomprehensible 

version 

of Norman Nielsen's name, the latest 

in a long series of typographical accidents 

which leads staffers to conclude that 

Norm appears to be the victim of a conspiracy. 

While the conspiratorial theory 

seems highly unlikely, it must be conceded 

that the Dickinson Theatres vice-president 

must hold some kind of record in the improperly 

published name department, despite 

extraordinary efforts to prevent this 

very mishap from occurring. At the moment, 

we'd like to improve our "Nielsen 

Rating." 

When some folks find a job they like, 

they tend to stick with it. Such apparently 

is the case with Bill Christian, custodian at 

Mann's Fine Arts Theatre in suburban Kan- 

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sas City. Sunday (17), Christian celebrated 

the anniversary of his 50th year with the 

company. Boxoimce joins with manager 

Larry Bland and the Fine Arts staff in congratulating 

Christian on the attainment of 

this remarkable milestone! 

Rose Cutting, Universal secretary, returned 

from a ten-day vacation in New York 

state. Rose, whose original home was in 

New York, returned there to visit her parents. 

The upcoming summer Filmrow bowling 

league will get under way Thursday, May 

12, at 7 p.m. at the Heart Bowl with an 

initiating bowling party. Anyone who wants 

to join in league play this summer should 

plan to attend this organizational party. 

For more information, contact Charley Jarrett 

or Jim Thrasher at the 20th-Fox office. 

If you think you may have been snubbed 

by New World's Laurie Hansen, fret no 

more. It seems that the problem did not 

rest with the quality of your personality 

or the strength of your mouthwash, but with 

Laurie's malfunctioning eyeballs. The problem 

is now corrected, however, and Laurie, 

with her new glasses, now promises to recognize 

everyone who may cross her path. 

John King, Universal shipper and noted 

bluegill angler, spent his vacation exploring 

various fishing holes throughout Kansas. 

John promised to host a fish fry when he 

returned with his catch but, judging from 

the size of some of his previous catches, it 

might be wise to come to the fry with a fivecourse 

sack lunch. 

Jim Thrasher, 20th-Fox booker, and his 

wife Diane flew to Robertsdale, Ala., to 

attend the funeral of Diane's grandfather 

Hestor Vick. The elder gentleman died 

Saturday (16) at the age of 79. 

The Plaza Theatre, in 

1937, was presenting 

"The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," starring 

Joan Crawford, William Powell and Robert 

Montgomery, according to the "40 Years 

Ago" column in the Kansas City Times 

Monday (4). The Jean Harlow-Robert Taylor 

starrer, "Personal Property," was on the 

Loew's Midland screen, while the Tower 

Theatre was offering "Time Out for Romance," 

with Claire Trevor and Michael 

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The four delightful young ladies whe 

were described as "ever-present ant 

ever-attentive to the needs of the coa 

ventioneers" at Show-A-Rama 20 art 

shown above. They are, left to right 

Ann Paris, granddaughter of Chui 

Barnes, executive secretary of thi 

United Motion Picture Ass'n; Bridg 

ette and Brenda Bills, daughters of ex 

hibitor Elmer Bills, Salisbury, Mo. 

and I'am Smart, daughter of Common 

wealth district manager Danny Smar 

The high point of their four-day toil 

of duty was meeting Robby Benso 

and Clint Eastwood March 17, the las 

day of the convention and tradeshow. 

Carole Alt, New World branch manajr, 

had a gentleman caller in town from 

Francisco last week. It was her father lax 

Smith, who combined a business trip itfa 

an opportunity to visit his daughter. Dung 

his 

stay he was treated to a screening o;an 

upcoming New World release, "M 

shine County Express." 

May 1 will be a momentous occasiorjpr 

New World salesman Dennis Marsh anf 

wife Christy. That is the date the 

couple will take possession of their 

home which, incidentally, is the first 

the two ever have owned. 

Charley Jarrett, 20th-Fox booker, \ 

mother died recently, said that his fd 

would like to thank everyone on Filif 

for the kind words, floral tributes and 

pressions of sympathy in 

their time of] 

Screenings at Commonwealth: Turf 

(19), "Cross of Iron" (Emb); Wedn| 

(20), "Five Angry Women" (Virgo 

distributed by Thomas-Shipp, and "I 

shine County Express" (New World); 

day (21), "Crater Lake Monster" (C 

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Friday (22), "3 Women" (20th-Fox). 

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pping KC Grosses 

\\s \S t'lh lust run grosses dip 

Main this week with "Airport '77" the 

entry to break into the 200 column 

vcomers included "The Marquise ol O' 

Monke) Hustle" ;u 190; "The Lit 

Horse rhieves," 140; "Audrey Rose,' 

. and "Crash!" .it 40. 

age Is 100) 

Ridge, Valley View— Freaky Friday (BV). 

wk 

, Gladstone— Fun With Dick and Jane 

ol). 9th wk 

ussy. Walls Mill- Nasty Habits (SR), 

wk 

Tho Marquise ol O (SRI 

The Domino Principle (Emb), 

Raggedy Ann & Andy (20th-Fox). 

: thea* Black Sunday (Para), 2nd wk. 

thea:.-e:—Demon Seed (UA), 2nd wk 

The Eagle Has Landed (Col), 

wk 

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Monkey Hustle (AIP) 

Lwood— The Slipper and the Rose (Univ). 

wk 

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Midland—Emma Mae (SR), 5th wk. 

pnd—Mohammad, Messenger oi God 

Jwin Yablans), 3rd wk ., 

, Park. Seville—The Late Show (WB). 

wk 

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•-The Littlest Horse Thieves 

theatres—Audrey Rose (UA) 

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lie theatres—Crashl (SR) 

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K 7fckY' Leads in Chicago at 350 

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w^He Littlest Horse Thieves" arrived on the 

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with satisfactory opening grosses, 

;rs for the week were "Airport '77" at 

"Black Sunday" at 270 and "Rocky" 

1*150 in its 17th week at the Water Tower. 

.-The Littlest Horse Thieves (BV) 250 

Pumping Iron (SR). 4th wk 200 

ma—Cousin Cousine (SR), 24th wk _..200 

theatres—Raggedy Ann & Andy (20th-Fox), 

.... Id wk 225 

•heat::.!—Slap Shot (Univ) 205 

•heaths—The Eagle Has Landed (Col), 

: ,d wk. 190 

illdlter. D."4 ihea!: .-Demon Seed (UA), 2nd wk 200 

Z_L^fc«lt—Emma Mae (SR), 6th wk 250 

-Airport '77 (Univ), 3rd wk 275 

Black Sunday (Para), 2nd wk 

—The Domino Principle (Emb), 

270 

235 

rower—Rocky (UA), 17th wk 350 

CHICAGO 

Taurine March, when the city's cenSOI 

board reviewed 44 lilms. three pictures 

were rejected, One Greek, eight Mexican, 

two Spanish, two Chinese, one Japanese 

and one Polish film made up the foreign 

contingent included among the 44 pictures 

screened by the censors. 

Sonic 50 industry people attended a 

gathering in honor of Art Rosenthal, who 

was retiring after many years with United 

Artists as a film booker . . . The Chicago 

Used Chair Mart, headed by Dave Schatz, 

completed chair work at the Admiral Theatre 

Favorable comments have been 

. . . floating about after a screening of Avco 

Embassy's "Cross of Iron." Depicting the 

rigors of World War II, the film directed 

by Sam I'j^kinpah stars James Coburn, 

James Mason and Maximilian Schell. 

Reportedly, the Illinois Film Office is 

responsible for persuading director Brian 

De Palma to film "The Fury" here. Shooting 

is scheduled to start in August. Frank 

Yablans, producer, and writer John Ferris 

are checking locations. 

Roben Kohlberg, Stanford Kohlberg's 

22-year-old daughter, will be exhibiting her 

oils and drawings in her father's theatres. 

Roben handles accounting and boxoffice 

payments for all theatres in the Kohlberg 

circuit . . . Kim Kohlberg transferred from 

the Kohlberg office headquarters to serve 

as assistant manager at the Lawrencewood 

theatre . . John Bishop, general manager 

. 

for the Kohlberg circuit, is hospitalized but 

reported to be doing fine. 

As a first 

move in being appointed representative 

for Mirror Releasing Co. in the 

Chicago and Milwaukee exchanges. Future 

Features is arranging for openings of 

"Abor" (The First Black Super Man). The 

film is described as a modern urban black 

story with science fiction overtones. It is 

rated PG. Future Features is also scheduling 

openings of "The Love Butcher," an R- 

rated movie. This suspense horror film is 

said to be comparable to "Psycho" in story 

content. 

The Near North Cinema, which has played 

"Cousin Cousine" with top grosses for 

the past 24 weeks, will be opening with a 

New Line film, "The Marquise of O" . 

. . 

The Lido in Michigan City, owned by 

Leonard Saszynski, has been closed . . . 

At Bucna Vista, booker Bill Heino was a 

vacationer in Minnesota. Receptionist Donna 

Santoto plans a holiday in Florida starting 

next week. 

The Admiral Theatre, which confines its 

programs to adult type films, rarely has an 

empty seat at any performance. It appears 

the privilege of photographing the ladies 

who make personal stage appearances is 

partially responsible for good attendance. 

For late April and early May. Pat Riccardi. 

owner of the Admiral, has invited Leslee 

Bovee and Sharon Mitchell to appear on the 

theatre's stage. Around the latter part of 

May, Linda Wong and Marlene Willoughby 

will greet audiences from the state in connection 

with the premiere of "Mary, Mary" 

. . . Abbott Theatre Equipment Co. just 

completed the installation of full new booth 

equipment in the Admiral. 

Trio Releasing Co., headed by Bill Link, 

has been setting up further openings of 

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolline Stones" 

in Chicagoland, Minneapolis, Michigan and 

Wisconsin theatres. 

"Fellini's Casanova," with Donald Sutherland 

in the title role, will not open al the 

Carnegie at this time. Instead, this Brotman 

& Sherman theatre will show "The Wonderful 

Crook" . . . The Brotman & Sherman 

Hillside has booked in a new Paramount 

film, "Islands in the Stream," which stars 

George C. Scott. 

Carol Burnett is scheduled to start work 

on "The Wedding." filming for which will 

take eight weeks, beginning in June. Advance 

word says Burnett will be playing the 

mother of the bride in a cast that includes 

Vittorio Gassman, Desi Arnaz jr. and Geraldine 

Chaplin. "The Wedding" is a Robert 

Altman film. 

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Indianapolis Metropolitan Developm 

said there "has been talk that the owi 

may be considering tearing it down." 

He said everybody felt the theatre I 

worth saving but didn't have any ansj 

on how to accomplish it. The ornate M< 

ish-style theatre, which was opened in J 

1927, is one of the two major theatres 

downtown. It has been closed, except 

some municipal events, since last Sept 

her. 

Kennedy said 

the theatre "has been n 

inated for the National Register of His 

Places," which would make it impos 

for the Louisville company owning 

building to get any tax benefit by tea 

down. Observers said the structure w 

it 

be difficult to use for anything but a t 

tre-type 

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CELEBRITY BALL CORONATION—The Variety Club Tent 26 tenth 

annual Celebrity Ball held at Chicago's Ritz-Carlton was an SRO success. The 

coronation of three starlets as queens (a "first") and the King of Hearts highlighted 

the evening. Taking part in the regal ceremony were, left to right, Elizabeth Ashley; 

Bene Stein, president of the Variety Club of Illinois; Lesley Ann Warren; Irv Kupcinet 

(behind Ms. Warren), toastmaster; King of Hearts Jack Sparberg; Barbara 

Sharma, and Robert Dachman, chairman of the ball. The event raised over $20,000 

for Variety's children's charities. 

CHICAGO 


Warner Bros.' reissue combo, "Let's Do 

It Again" and "Uptown Saturday Night," 

got off to an impressive start at the Chicago 

Theatre in the Loop earlier this month, in 

its first three days outgrossing "Black Sunday" 

at the State Lake Theatre (just across 

the street), which itself was enjoying a 

healthy boxoffice. The local engagement of 



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rerelease of the successful films, both starring 

Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby, with 

Harry Belafonte also starred in "Uptown." 

Hanna-Barbera Theme Set 

For Indy '500' Parade 

INDIANAPOLIS — Each year 

the Memorial 

Day 500-mile race at the Indianapolis 

Speedway is surrounded by various festivities 

and the theme of the 21st annual 

"500 Festival Parade" has just been announced 

as "The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera." 

Some 25 floats will be in the 

parade with many of the Hanna-Barbera 

cartoon characters included. Since the parade 

will be shown on TV to more than 

20.000,000 viewers, as well as an expected 

500,000 along the local parade route, this 

is a big boost to Taft Broadcasting, which 

owns Hanna-Barbera and also the King's 

Island theme park outside Cincinnati. 

David L. Palmer, promotion manager for 

King's Island, said, "We're being very careful 

to make sure the festival does not end 

up as one big commercial. The emphasis of 

the parade will be on the H-B characters 

(Scooby-Doo, the Hair-Bear Bunch and 

Hong Kong Phooey, etc.). 

However, Palmer said this year happens 

to be Hanna Barbera's 20th anniversary. 

Palmer will shepherd his stable of cartoon 

characters through more than 70 appearances 

at Indianapolis events during May. 

Oscar Winners Headline 

KC Starlight Season 

(Continued from page C-l) 

who created the role in the original proii 

tion. 

This year's schedule continues last - 

son's successful return to the book mil! 

format. A. G. Ferrara, 

executive vice-p 

dent and general manager of the associ; 

noted that ticket renewals, which bega; 

November without stars or production 

ing announced, "have been more thai 

cellent." 

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Cheryl Hudson Appointe 

Booker by Southern Star 

KANSAS CITY—Cheryl Hudson d 

Harrison, Ark. -based Southern Star B< 

tainment is the new booker for the 1; 

Twin Cinema, Harrison, Ark., andtht 

Table Rock Twin Cinema, Branson, Ni 

She succeeds Lacona Dickey, whewi 

remain as general manager of the cori>r* > 

tion controlling the two theatres. 

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May Try to Save Historic 

Theatre in Indianapolis 

INDIANAPOLIS—Efforts to save the 

Indiana Theatre downtown are being studied 

by government and local community 

leaders. Robert Kennedy, director of the 

C-4 BOXOFFICE :: April V. ' 97 < 

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'Jlocky' Regains Title 

at 470 

. Memphis 

MEMPHIS— "Rocky" grossed 600 at 

the 

I co Quartet and 340 at the Southbrook 

pead the local first runs with an average 

!170 

in its eighth week. Last week's win- 

"Silver Streak." was still strong at 350 

its 14th week and "Network" hit 315 in 

seventh week. Premieres included "The 

>;nino Principle" at S5, "The Eagle Has 

ded." 100 and "Voyage of the Damned," 


oral Cinema- Voyage ol the Damned 

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170 

Quartet. Southbrook—Network (MGM/UA). 

wk 315 

o Quartet. Southbrook—Rocky (UA), 

wk 470 

o Quartet—Silver Streak (20th-Fox), 

i wk 

mount—Fun With Dick and lane (Col), 

350 

j w fc 

215 

lOll Kmounl— A Star Is Bom (WB1, 1 4th wk. 210 

. Scjhbrook—It's Alive (W3), 3rd wk 225 

'ill- Trie theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb) 85 

theatres—The 

otpin 

Eagle Has Landed (Col) 100 

Edeigh Twin Loses 

192 in Robbery 

:;.. l.ALEIGH. N.C.—A lone bandit, bran 

iiing a handgun and paper sack, robbed 

Ah Mm Valley Twin theatres at Crabtree Valley 

prod:. Sapping Center here Tuesday (5) and fled 

mote tr firing a shot at several theatre patrons. 

Ho one was injured. The bullet fell to the 

p;ement outside the theatres and was re- 

0UQJj»tnved by a bystander who turned it over 

" . tcSolice. 

mi, theatre manager Sandy Jordan said he 

H-bleved it was the first boxoffice robbery 

" 

tie. He said he was in his office at the 

lie and did not witness the robbery. 

• tsed on information from several wit- 

:!:. n>r damn head off. 

n 1 She did exactlty as she was told," said 

Man. The cashier placed $292 in the bag, 

he gunman fled, firing a shot in the 

J ction of the theatres when a doorman 

led to pursue. 

^V.metco to Buy Coke Plants 

II AMI—Wometco Enterprises has anal 

that it will purchase two Cocat 

a bottling franchises from individuals in 

^Vskegon and Mount Pleasant, Mich, for 

isclosed amounts. Sales of the two operis 

exceeded $6,000,000 last year. 

iPss Publicity for 'Network' 

VSHVILLE — Bob Sokol. Loews' 

Bscent, planted a half-page break in the 

Nihville 

Tennessean on MGM-UA's "Net- 

* k. the 

' promotion including two threet 

imn color art breaks and a six-column 

I ure 

story. 

,The Surf Man," a screenplay by James 

> e, has been purchased by Diana J. Mari 

who plans to begin production on it 

'his 

summer. 

Charlotte Art Theatre 

Is Destroyed by Fire 

CHARLOTTE, N.C, \n adull theatre 

and a small clothing store in downtown 

Charlotte were gutted I uesday (5) by a twoalarm 

fire that blazed foi hours before liremen 

brought it under control. 

About 20 patrons of the Charlotte Art 

Ineatre were evacuated as the fire began to 

spread. Shoppers and employees ol all the 

nearby stores were told to leave, and the 

approximately 60 firelighters had the fire 

under control about 3:45 p.m. 

MEMPHIS 

Cheryl Hundson of Southern Star Entertainment 

is the new booker for the Mall 

Twin Cinema. Harrison. Ark., and the Table 

Rock Twin Cinema, Branson. Mo. She is 

succeeding Lacona Dickey who will remain 

as general manager of the corporation controlling 

the two theatres. 

Inexpensive Campaign 

Brings Big Results 

MARY ESTHER, FLA.—Tony Bruguiere, 

manager of the Santa Rosa Cinema 

3, does not believe that successful promotion 

has to be the result of a giant campaign. 

A good campaign gets the maximum 

public exposure with the least amount of 

expenditure and one of the cheapest and 

best methods of accomplishing this is to use 

your product to advertise your product. 

When Tony was transferred to the Santa 

Rosa Cinema, he started promoting "A Star 

Is Born," which already was in its third 

week. First he went to the top two music 

stores with posters and arranged for displays 

incorporating the album and posters with a 

credit line indicating that "Star" was playing 

at the Santa Rosa Cinema. Next he went 

to the book store in Santa Rosa Mall and 

arranged a window display incorporating 

posters and the paperback book of "A Star 

Is Born." 

Capitalizing on the popularity of the album, 

Bruguiere then contacted a large discotheque 

and arranged for passes to be given 

away to the first person who could give 

the title of the album cuts as they were being 

played. Passes also were given out during 

impromptu dance contests using the 

music from the "Star" album. 

The next step was to get some free radio 

spots. To keep "A Star Is Born" before the 

public for as long as possible, radio giveaways 

were carefully spaced out. The first 

week of the campaign, WNUE. the top rock 

station, gave away 20 passes. The second 

week WNUE gave out ten posters and ten 

passes and WFTW gave away 20 passes. 

For the third week. WNUE gave away ten 

passes and ten posters and WFTW gave 

away ten passes and five posters. Cinema 

3 received 235 free radio spots. By then, 

virtually everyone in Ft. Walton Beach 

knew that "A Star Is Born" was playing at 

the Santa Rosa Cinema and the feature had 

a ten week run at the theatre. 

Jacksonville Outing 

Draws Large Crowd 

I \( K SON VI I I I - 

Many industryitcs 

turned out in 90-dcgrcc weathci Saturday 

(2) for Softball and a gargantuan least in the 

Julington Creek Counitj (enter. A game 

between the Atlanta and local Filmrow 

teams had been planned but the Atlanta 

team forfeited. However, opposing teams 

representing Jacksonville distribution versus 

exhibition and service companies took the 

lield and alter a long struggle and a ninthinning 

rally the exhibitors came from behind 

to win I 2-9. 

Organizers were Fay Weaver of Paramount, 

representing WOMPI. who also directed 

the serving of more than 100 dinner 

guests, and Nick Lewis of AMC who signed 

up the male members for the teams. Other 

participants included: Harry and Belton 

Clark. Jack Ring from Clark Films; Roger 

and Beck Hill. Ron MacPhee, Dan Hoffman, 

Walter Tillkers and Rexene Grimm, 

Warner Bros.; John Clark. GCC's Expressway 

Mall; Charley Jones, John Miller. 

Tom 

and Allan Devalt and Camille Devalt, 20th- 

Fox; Marsha Howard, Betty and Burt Poston, 

Kitty and Peck Dowell, AMC: Ron 

Hallman, Blevins Popcorn; Stanley Davis. 

WOMPI president Martha Murphy Scott. 

John and Mary Hart. ABC FST: Paul and 

Connie Simmons, Don Evans. Diane Beasley, 

Floyd Theatres; Jim Tharpe. Larry 

Terrell. GCC; Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland 

Kent, Bob Fulford, Bolivar Hyde. Marshall 

and Betty Fling, Kent Theatres. 

Also Debbie Capps. Kevin Rehkopf, 

Buena Vista; Ron Clark. Horizon Films; 

Marsha and Don Weaver, Mark Link, Ed 

Bledso, Gisela and Heinz Tillkers and her 

genuine German sour potato salad. Universal; 

Betty Rook. Paramount; Al Rook, 

independent distributor; retirees Charlie 

and Julia King from A1P and Bob Cornwall 

from ABC FST. now with Boxoffice. 

plus salesman Walter Mock and chief 

cheerleader 

Dorothy Davalt. 

Valerie Theatre Closed 

By MCM for Remodeling 

INVERNESS. FLA.— Bill Cumbaa. president 

of MCM Theatres, a circuit based in 

Leesburg, announced that the local Valerie 

Theatre has been closed temporarily for remodeling 

by Smoak & White, local general 

contractors. 

The Valerie has a 50-year history of 

serving this area of Florida. It is located 

on the Courthouse Square, and its updating 

is in line with the construction of a new 

Citrus County courthouse adjacent to 

MCM's theatre property and the conversion 

Of the old courthouse into a cultural center 

Cumbaa said the new Valerie will feature 

a native rock and cedar-shake front, with 

new lobby, restroom and concession areas, 

as well as new seating, screen and acoustical 

drapes for the auditorium. Automated projection 

techniques are being installed to assure 

moviegoers excellent sound and visibility. 

"'OFFICE :: April 25. 1977 

SE-1

CHARLOTTE 

H Foster McKissick and Fred Curdts, 

executives of Fairlane/ Litchfield Theatres 

in Easley, S.C.. visited their new locations 

which will open in June: Dothan and 

Anniston. Ala.: Gainesville. Ga.. Tallahassee. 

Fla.. Greenville, S.C. and Concord. 

N.C. The firm also is adding a six-story 

tower to their Litchfield Inn in Litchfield. 

S.C. and owns considerable beach property 

here for future development. 

Top grosseis of the week were "Rocky" 

N^sJh 1 

I00KING SERVICE 

"Theorre Booking & Film Distribution" 

230 S. Tryon St., Suite 362, Charlotte, N.C. 

Frank Lowry . . . Tommy White 

Phone: (704) 377-934) 

at the Charlottetown Mall, "Airport 77" 

at the Capri, "The Eagle Has Landed," 

Charlottetown Mall and Eastland Mall and 

"Black Sunday," Tryon Mall. 

Exhibitors visiting Filmrow include Phil 

Nance. Mission Valley Theatres, Raleigh: 

Rudy Howell, Howell Theatres, Smithfield, 

N.C; A. Foster McKissick and Fred 

Curdts. Fairlane/ Litchfield Theatres . . . 

Congratulations to Rudy Howell, on his 

birthday Easter Sunday. 

Lynn Wolverton is here from Atlanta to 

work as assistant director on "Duncan's 

World," a children's picture written and 

produced by Helen Copeland. The picture 

is being directed by John Clayton with Erv 

Melton as production manager. Lynn's 

credits include serving as assistant production 

manager on "False Face," art director 

on "Nature's Way," makeup artist on 

series plus working on some 50 corar 

cials. She also is an actress, stunlwor 

animal handler and hot air balloonist 

Marcey Haire of Car-mel Productions 

been in New York making a TV comr, 

cial but returned to work on "Dune 

World" as key grip. 

Charles Iacona Retires 

From ABC SE Theatres 

ATLANTA — Charles Iacona, assis] 

treasurer of ABC Southeastern Theatres] 

tired March 31 after 50 years in the mc^ 

picture business. 

He began his career as a messenger^ 

in 1927 at the age of 15 with Paramci 

then known as Paramount Lasky Cf 

Alter a few years he was assigned as ai 

in the accounting department of Itj 

mount's Publix Theatres where he ha* 

mained ever since except for variousil 

counting assignments for subsidiaries. 

His first transfer from New York w'| 

Specially Designed for Drive-In Theatres 

HARMLESS • PLEASANT 

1933 during the bankruptcy period of ; 

Paramount subsidiaries. He moved toi 

ton, then to Springfield, Mass.. and 

to New York in 1937. After serving ill 

Navy during World War II, he was assl 

to the Long Island laboratory wher 

worked until it closed. In 1950 he w? 

called by the theatre company to be'tj 

assistant treasurer of ABC Intermou 

Theatres in Salt Lake City. Utah, a pofi 

he held 21 years. While there he alscfl 

involved in the operation of theatr 

ahcC //xiatt it 

EFFECTIVE 

OUTDOORS 

NOW WITH 

BIG NEW 

IMPROVEMENTS 

Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Arizona as 

j 

tant to 

the circuit general manager. H>* 

transferred to Atlanta to assume the ' 

position for the entire Southern Tf 

Division of ABC in 1971. 

On his retirement, Charlie was ho;] 

with a dinner party here, hosted by 

Garland, president of ABC's Theatre 

I 

sion. In attendance were theatre-ope^t 

executives, film bookers, ad men, accjj 

ing department officers and supervise" 

well as retirees from Atlanta and Jacsi 

ville. 

CARACOL MOSQUITO COILS ARE No. 1 

OVER 50 MILLION SOLD YEARLY - WHY? 

1. Lowest cost—Highest profit margin. 

2. Only one with Aluminum Coil Holder. 

3. Only one with separated, individual coils. This means no customer 

breakage. 

4. Small size available at a price so inexpensive that it can be used as 

a give away. 

5. Free Freight on orders over $200. 

WHY LET MOSQUITOES HURT YOUR BUSINESS 

ORDER CARACOL NOW 

MABEN, INC. 

1980 N.W. 139th St., Opa Locka, Fla. 33054 

Phone: (305) G81-2021 

Charlie and his wife Mary will self 

Bloomington, Utah, to be near thein 

dren and grandchildren. His permane 

dress will be available from the ABC 

atre 

accounting office. 

'King Kong' Promotion 

QUEENS, N.Y. — Manager Vi 

Reschmeier, Loews' Bay Terrace, Id 

man in an ape costume greeting ancrnB 

gling with patrons waiting to see '• 

mount's "King Kong." 

ASCTECHNICAL SERVIES 

CORPORATION 

P.O Box 5150 • Richardson, Texas 75080 

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Probe Assistance 

h.- National independent Hieatre l\ 

you advised oi the progress," Patter- 

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age is -.tailed. 

satres 

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w rote in a new slctter. 

lask] 

ors Vss'n, is confident that changes will 

ilils year favoring the independent exor. 

despite the fact that their legislative 

h.- death of Sen. Philip Hart of Mich 

who strongly favored action in the inr\. 

was a blow, since Sen. Ted Kennehis 

successor, has not given a similar 

mitment. 

Ve will press on in this area and will 

best news comes from the knowlthat 

the Department of Justice is going 

steam on our industry. The first step 

ij-ars to be the elimination of splitting. 

obsidian ough some of you are involved in such 

use needed only as long as other rein 

period 

ity. we trust that you will view it as a 

i serving 

1950 he 

any lo 

ere 

Intel 

of 

Ir.io: 

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to 

moved' 

nis cist in the marketplace. 

ndications are that the Justice Departt 

will investigate and deal with all illegal 

-lintv We are encouraged by this. It 

I•ars that when this happens, advances. 

antees and minimum playing time will 

rohibited since 

these obviously are used 

ally to restrict the market. The future 

lidding itself appears questionable due 

he continued practice by distributors 

national circuits of rigging the process. 

t also appears likely that rentals based 

mouse allowances that discriminate will 

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restore your faith in the Departt 

anned. We believe that the next 12 

of Justice 

n pursuing this matter with the Depart 

t of Justice, it will be helpful to know 

playoff pattern in your area, particular- 

. it relates to large circuit exhibitors and 

ir d stributors. For instance, if you have 

ed that the local General Cinema thenearlj 

always gets the Buena Vista 

first run. it would be good informafor 

us to have. Or suppose you've nothai 

ABC theatres seem to always get 

lop Warner Bros, films. Knowing the 

t paitern of distribution in all the major 

ets will be useful in drawing concluon 

a national basis. Please send this 

rmation to NITE headquarters." 

Brtional Bank of Georgia 

tmes Stembler as Head 

ii \\ i \ The National Bank of 

fi rgia has announced that John H. Stem- 

ST., president of the Georgia Theatre 

and a principal stockholder in NBG. will 

a >me bank board chairman. He will suc- 

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JACKSONVILLE 

The urand old man of the local motion 

picture industry is Beville S. Outlaw, 

who at 85 switches about as doorman, floor 

supervisor and relief cashier at ABC Florida 

State Theatres suburban Edgewood Theatre. 

He has given friendly greetings to thousands 

of patrons during his 20-year-theatre career 

which began after he had rounded out two 

other careers—first 

as the owner of a clothing 

store and later as a district supervisor 

of an insurance company. Outlaw says he 

has no desire for retirement and Edgewood 

manager Art Castner has no intention ot 

letting him go. 

Philip Groce, curator of the Children's 

Museum planetarium, has set up an outstanding 

series of science-fiction film classics 

on five Thursday nights. The series, 

which began Thursday (21) and costs $12, 

includes "Forbidden Planet," "The Time 

Machine." "The Day the Earth Stood Still," 

"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and "The 

Andromeda Strain." 

Marsha Weaver, Universal; Diane Beasley. 

Floyd Theatres, and Debbie Capps, 

Buena Vista, all proved themselves good 

players and good sports in an irdjstry slowpitch 

softball game. And they looked better 

than the men in running the bases and 

swinging the bat. 

Robert E. Lee has resigned from his longheld 

assistant's post at the Edgewood to 

enter the insurance sales field . . . Audrey 

Hauge is now Bob Pollard's senior booker 

Keith Miller went 

at Buena Vista . . . 

along with President Carter's attempt to 

apply brakes to inflationary price trends 

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when he scrimped and saved by raising the 

admission at his Village Mall II from 99 

cents to $1 for "Cabaret" performances. 

Bender A. "Dock" Cawfhon, film historian, 

presented a showing of his historical 

newsreels, dating from the .arly 1900s, at 

an invitational program in the ABC FST 

70-seat Preview as a benefit performance 

for the St. Lukes Hospital Restoration society. 

WOMPI notes: Members chalked up a 

big 150 hours of community service during 

March, including 69 hours to the Five Sense 

Store, a childrens' museum project and an 

outreach program of the Smithsonian Insti- 

Lewis. American Multi 

tution . . . Nick 

Cinema and Don Beasley, Floyd Theatres, 

received praise for their support of the recent 

Flimrow get-together which swelled the 

WOMPI treasury . . . Members are soliciting 

gifts to be sold at the WOMPI Flea 

Market May 7 . . . Julie Williams, Universal, 

headed a service group which provided 

information hostesses at the annual 

Arts Festival last weekend at Civic Auditorium 

. . . Special praise went to Joyce 

Malmborg, Kent Theatres, for her direction 

of a bingo party for residents of the Florida 

Christian Home; to Julie Williams, Universal, 

for presenting a dance and crafts 

show benefiting handicapped children at 

Woodstock Park; to Fay Weaver, Paramount, 

for her supervision of the Filmrow 

dinner and to Julie Williams for directing 

volunteer services during WOMPI participation 

in Channel 7's Five Sense Store. 

The local WOMPI group will elect officers 

Tuesday (26) during its meeting at the 

New South Restaurant. The nominating 

committee, Marsha Weaver, Mary Hart and 

Rexene Grimm, submitted a slate headed 

by Martha Murphy Scott, ABC FST, second 

term as president; Fay Weaver, Paramount, 

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secretary and Marsha Weaver, UniversiJ 

treasurer. 

Jacksonville's Filmrow, once cluster 

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around the downtown Florida Thea I 

Building, now is centered mainly in Regi 

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cy Square. Latest to move to new quart 

is Universal which left its long-occupl 

building on East Bay Street and moved* 

One Regency Square, 9570 Regency Squ 

Blvd., Suite 336. Phone (904) 721-1250 

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X-rated films came back to town g ft* 

were well-advertised in the Times-Unii. 

"The Erotic Adventures of Pinocch 

opened at Gene Fernandez's Arling 

Theatre and "Tarz & Jane, Boy & Chee 

was screened at Eastern Federal's Ca 

These showings arrived at the same I 

local state legislators were trying to pi 

new laws preventing the proliferation 

adult theatres in suburban areas. 

Bob Jones, ABC FST city manager, cl 

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tinned giving the works to "Network' 

the 11th week of its exclusive showing 

the Regency and "Rocky" continued :ll 

in its 11th round at Kent's Plaza and k 

Normandy . . . Vivian Ganas had adv£ 

bids sad 

screenings in the ABC FST Preview Tl 

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tre for Paramount's "Islands in the Strea 

and two for Chappell Releasing of Atlaj 

"Ruby" and "Lovers Like Us." . . . 

cause its technical requirements were lifrniQ 

available in the Preview Theater, Uniirsal's 

"Rollercoaste'r" went into a mora sink 

advance screening slot at the General Ge- . 

ma's Expressway Cinema. 

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Ceveral area residents are attending ] a 'sfcSIW 

riety International's week-long corfcn- ';: 

tion in Monte Carlo which is being sld 

through Saturday (30). Among those ; ho 

registered are Mr. and Mrs. Ed Meln.er, 

Mr. and Mrs. Newell Taylor and Mrs. J IHCaooS 

Miller. The travelers are to be entert.'iet 

by Princess Grace and will go on to Loildi i »«e ! 

after the convention. 

John Jones of the Coral Way DrMnl 

goes in for customer relations and ha received 

a number of complimentary Iters !frins lineu| 

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President Carter look-alike Ed Bern ft m 

arrived here Friday (15) to appear in m 

lump Pictures feature film "The Canfai c... 

Triangle." The movie is being shot at S-dio 

B, Video City, and the cast also inclu:sa 

look-alike for Henry Kissinger (Jules leitzer) 

and voice impressionist Dale R"'

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ected by Anderson Humphreys with 

"The Cayman 

tiph Clemcnte co-directing, 

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Winners of the Wometco Project Show 

inship contest for January and February 

Boles. Crossroads Theatre, St. 

tersburg; Randy Tinker, Plaza, Gainesle. 

and Robert Grill, Parkwaj and Plaza, 

n;»v bllywood. All three awards went for pro 

121-1! jMions of "The Shagg) I). A." Managers 

;eiving S 10 each lor submitting campaign 

oks included Mike Malmstrom, Robert 

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ill, Rand) linker, Joe Fccncy. Ken Boles 

:d Hugh Smofsky. 

Free showings of David Lean's "Oliver 

irist" were presented recently at the Main 

M,u\ and the Coconut Grove branch 

Footlighters, the mad-hatters of show 

, will have their annual golf tourney May 

it the Coral Country Club to benefit the 

irietv Childrens Hospital. 

While shooting "Semi-Tough" scenes at 

t: Citizens Federal Savings and Loan 

s'n Burt Revnolds met with youngsters 

>m .... Variety Childrens Hospital who had 

tin invited to watch the filming. A picture 

d Reynolds and some of the children ap- 

ared in one of the local papers, 

Philanthropists 

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bodin, 

Js." 

of Bodin Knitting Mills, recently 

eats urned from California where they were 

leak:, i 

jests of Paramount Pictures president Bob 

I.ins for the Academy \wards presentatn 

and a whirl of private parties afterrds. 

Ted and Evans, who is still affiliated 

.:h Evans-Picone fashions, are longtime 

(lends in the garment business. 

Director John Frankenheimer and his 

ic were honored at the Palm Bay Club 

j. 

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(lowing the $100 film premiere of "Black 

y i nday" which benefited the National 

alition for Marine Conservation. Mrs. 

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(Continued from preceding pagei 

who have been married 22 years, are Martin 

County civic leaders. 

Arnold George Horsey, familiar to most 

of us as Engelberl Humperdinck, has a new 

manager and wants his plans to include a 

movie career. At a press brunch at Sunrise 

Theatre, the articulate singer said he is 

studying film scripts but does not care to 

appear in a musical. "I'd like to do something 

like 'Rocky.' " he said. Engelbert appears 

serious about films. He has been 

asked to sing theme songs for several 

movies but is holding out for a role in a 

strong story. Humperdinck. a permanent 

alien residing in California, appeared at the 

Sunrise Theatre before large throngs of 

eager patrons the week of March 28. 

Veteran actor Victor Buono opened in 

the Kaufman-Hart comedy "The Man Who 

Came to Dinner" at the Country Dinner 

Theatre in St. Petersburg March 22 and will 

play through May 1 with daily performances 

except Mondays. Buono, widely 

known for his motion picture and TV appearances, 

usually portraying a "bad guy," 

rose from relative obscurity to stardom in 

movies while still in his early 20s, and won 

an Oscar nomination for his role in "What 

Ever Happened to Baby Jane?", with Bette 

Davis and Joan Crawford. 

Miami-born Bruce Solomon, who played 

the lusty lawman in the "Mary Hartman. 

Mary Hartman" TV series, again began 

filming with the series Monday (4) in Los 

Angeles. He left the show last year to work 

on different projects including four 90- 

minute TV movies with Art Carney called 

Why can 't he come 

to the Controller's 

Uncontrolled 

Masquerade Ball? 

"Lanigan's Rabbi." The 33-year-old actor 

said he often is mistaken for actor Gene 

Wilder. 

Actress Joan llackett recently appeared 

on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment 

at a news conference in the Sarasota Room 

of Tampa International Airport's Host International 

Hotel. 

Jean Renoir's masterpiece "Grand Illusion" 

(1937) was shown Saturday (9) at the 

Collage Craft Workshop. West Palm Beach. 

"The Coming of Christ, He is Risen," was 

shown Wednesday (13) at the County Library. 

Thursday (14) at FAU, "A Streetcar 

Named Desire" was shown followed by a 

vintage newsreel. 

"A King's Story," a film based on the 

personal story of the Duke and Duchess of 

Windsor, was the final American Forum 

presentation at the Paramount Theatre 

Thursday (14). The film covers the Duke's 

life focusing on the ascension to the throne, 

the abdication crisis and the later life of 

the Duke and Duchess who were frequent 

visitors to Palm Beach. 

Bruce Kraven, 39, will appear in "The 

Gathering," a 1977 TV movie by ABC to 

be viewed in 

December. The film was shot 

in February in Chagrin Falls, Ohio where 

Bruce is a sergeant on the local police force. 

Bruce is the son of Chuck Kraven of North 

Golfview, Lake Worth. 

Entertainer Mel Tillis appeared at the 

Sunrise Musical Theatre recently. Mel records, 

writes, tours, runs a publishing company 

and makes appearances on TV, radio 

and in film. His recordings on the MGM 

labels are among the top ten. He has composed 

over 500 songs. Mel played dual roles 

as himself and as a service station attendant 

in 20th Century-Fox's "W.W. and the Dixie 

Dancekings." 

When Paul Gregory accompanied his 

wife Janet Gaynor on their recent visit 

here 

to display Ms. Gaynor's paintings at the 

Wally Findley Galleries, the producer said, 

"We all need recognition. The next decade 

is the decade of awareness. If we don't concentrate 

on mental development and awareness 

we're not going to exist." Gregory, 

producer of "Don Juan in Hell," "The 

Caine Mutiny Court Martial." "John 

Brown's Body" and other award-winning 

productions, is wearing an additional hat 

these days. He is co-director of Readers 

Center Institute at San Diego College in 

California. How did he get into the project? 

"It came to me at the Royal Academy 

while watching actors and Madame Alicia 

Gauche. She taught that the principle of 

truth is in words. This not only applies to 

actors, but lawyers, doctors and housewives 

as well. It's a form of presentation as you 

become involved in giving your attention 

intentionally to a given something," he 

said. "Our whole idea is presentation. We 

stress the uniqueness of the individual.' 

Ciregory now teaches 17 hours a week and 

his techniques have been adapted by 15C 

campuses throughout the country. 

Burl Reynolds says he's 

proven his versa 

tility in 21 years as an actor but still has ; 

problem. "All I get is scripts in the traditioi 

of James Bond or about a good ol' Southen 

boy," he said. "If I have to play one mor 

redneck, I may commit hari-kari." Reynold 

was in Miami filming "Semi-Tough." 

need to stretch a little bit as an actor," Bui 

said. "But no one wants to offer me an> 

thing but jumping around into a car an 

doing doughnuts around the courthouse, 

he lamented. 

ATLANTA 

(Continued from page SE-3) 

The Easter product was represented he 

by "Audrey Rose," only bona fide ne 

picture to make the local screens. The Co 

stitution and Journal did have a two-pa 

ad of the Columbia/EMI film, "We A 

Not Alone," set for a Christmas relea; 

Holdover signs are getting a workout wi 

such pictures as "Rocky" and "A Star 

Born" while Atlanta moviegoers wait f 1 

the summer product. 

The six-day Big Polka Dot animatl 

workshop on films was held recently I; 

children aged 9 to 15. Led by Lee Sok, 

independent filmmaker in residence for 1; 

South Carolina Arts Commission, it invoed 

working with clay, paper, metal, flowe, 

etc., to set up three-dimensional animai 

scenes using an 8mm movie camera. Ezi 

student learned the techniques needed 3 

create a unique animated film of his own 

A 14-film American Genre Series, class s 

including mysteries, comedies, musicals id 

westerns, is being offered at the Kirkwoi, 

Ida Williams and Highland branch librars. 

Pussycat Circuit to Sue 

Infringers of Trademark 

SAN FRANCISCO — Vincent Mirara, 

president of Pussycat Theatres, will s:k 

damages for unlawful use of the Puss;at 

name and trademark on a national ki 

following his successful suits against a 

Francisco theatre and an Orange Cot 

model studio. 

Miranda, whose circuit operates 45 Pi 

cat theatres in this state, said that "at 

30 entertainment businesses" are unlaw; 

using the Pussycat name and tradem'k. 

Such unauthorized use of a registered nne 

and trademark is classified as unfair cmpetition 

and violators can be held liable or 

damages. Miranda's judgment against he 

San Francisco theatre was for $60,000. 

Miranda said he first will ask unlafu' 

users of the Pussycat name to removeth* 

lettering from their theatre marquees did 

from all forms of advertising. After aeasonable 

period, if they do not comply, g a ' 

action will 

be taken by Miranda's circi- 

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The Bjrne Watts Storey Agency here is 

blowing the horn for the new movie 

"For the Love of Benji" which was filmed 

in Greece and will be released in June. 

Benji. who was tagged "America's most 

huggable hero" after his first film, is a 

floppy-eared canine with an amazing ability 

to show expressions of love, hurt, joy and 

sadness. "For the Love of Benji." like its 

predecessor, was written, produced and 

directed by Joe Camp and the story again 

will be told from Benji's point of view. 

WOMP1 notes: Election of officers was 

Nursing Home recently . . . The 

held Tuesday (19) at the old Spaghetti Factory 

Several members visited the Abbey 

. . . first annual 

seafood buffet will be held May 24 at 

the Falstaff Patio for members and friends 

in the film industry. 

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recuperating al home alter recent surgery 

Mexic, Gulf State Theatres, entered 

her dog Candy in a show at Lake 

Charles, La., recently . . Ladies of Va- 

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riety will meet for lunch Wednesday (27) at 

the Andrew Jackson restaurant. 

"Islands in the Stream" opens Friday 

(29) at the Lakeside Cinema, Oakwood 

Cinema and the Plaza Cinema in Lakeforest. 

The Byrne/Watts/Storey Agency 

has distributed releases on the film which 

reunites George C. Scott with director 

Franklin J. Schaffner, Academy Award 

winners for "Patton." 

Wally Sherwood, writing in the Mississippi 

Press, said that "Network" should 

have won the Best Picture Oscar. "It is 

understandable that 'Network' took all the 

acting awards but one," he wrote. "In fact, 

the Academy simply does not have enough 

Oscars to sufficiently honor such an outstanding 

film." 

Irene Mexie, Gulf States, entertained her 

cousin, Hilary Sattgast and his wife from 

Illinois over the Easter holidays. Hilary is 

a school principal and his wife teaches 

retarded 

children. 

The Twin Cinema, only indoor twin in 

Jackson County, opened in Pascagoula recently. 

Participating in the film-cutting 

ceremonies were Lloyd Royal, partner of 

Leisure Industries — Gulf Internationa 

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Cinema Corp.; Vincent Ros, Pascagoul? 

mayor, and Eddie Khayat, president of th< 

Jackson County Board of Supervisors. 

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tiled in conjunction with the opening o 

"Breaker! Breaker!" at Ihe Do, Algiers ant 

Westgate drive-ins Friday (22). There was 

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contest. CB radios and passes were give:! 

away. 

Teddy Solomon and Harry Thomas, Gul- 

States Theatres, entered the hospital fc 

surgery. 

Matt Collins Gets Role 

Of Valentino in 'Lover' 

HOLLYWOOD—Matt Collins has bei 

signed for a role in Gene Wilder's "Tf 

World's Greatest Lover," currently filmii 

for 20th Century-Fox release on the studic 

Century City lot. Collins, a top male mod 

for Wilhelmina in New York, is making r 

motion picture debut in the featured part 

Valentino. 

"The World's Greatest Lover," writte 

directed by and starring Gene Wilder, al 

stars Carol Kane and Dom DeLuise. C 

producers are Terence Marsh and Ch 

Greenbury. 

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PURANI. OKLA.—Bob Dudley, who 

«ved here from Oregon to manage the 

leo circuit's theatres, will soon he hided 

in !hc Guinness Hook of World 

Lords tor his ability to draw, lire and hit 

1- largel in 1 100 of a second. 

)udle\ has put his special talent to good 

— raising money tor charity. Last year 

raised more than $3,000 for Muscular 

itrophy, Easter Seals and for a children's 

ool. always following the strict safety 

;s of the World Fast Draw Ass'n. 

-lis interest in movies dates back to his 

ns when he distributed handbills in Clin- 

Okla., for a couple of weekly passes, 

(/projectionist's job helped him finish col- 

ancl attcr military service he became a 

lins has fc 

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pkkeeper in the movie industry. During 

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years operating theatres, he has done 

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a picture. Sometimes these costumes 

p maleto 

his fast-draw demonstrations 

attired p 

charities. Dressed as a chicken, he has 

ninded people by drawing, firing and 

h ing a target while blindfolded. 

\n article and two pictures of Dudley 

e featured recently in the Durant Daily 

tocrat. Incidentally, Dudley also can 

e 126 words per minute. 

'alter Armbruster Dies 

(f Heart Attack at 63 

OALLAS — Walter Armbruster, retired 

- Monal sales manager for Universal Pieces, 

died here Tuesday (12) after suffering 

a'leart attack. He was 63. 

He attended Texas Tech and Southern 

Nthodist University and joined Universal 

he in 

1935 as a booker. He became office 

He retired last June. 

\rnihruster was a member of the Dallas 

\|riety Club Tent 19. He is survived by 

daughter, Mrs. Joanne Pokladnick, a sis- 

Mrs. Bertha Fricker and one arand- 

'ollipop Girls . . . Candy' 

':ores Big Across Texas 

IOLLYWOOD — Debonair Films rer 

Is that its 3-D release of "The Lollipop 

Qis in Hard Candy" is scoring big across 

Uas. 

its first three days in Amarillo the film 

d $5,920 according to Jack Gilbert. 

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bonair national sales manager. Other 

openings were recorded in Austin, 

first six days; Houston, $12,070. 

*eek, and El Paso. $14,902 in 13 days. 

ttle Indians' on Screen 

vl \RBI.EHEAD. MASS.—The film ver- 

•I Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indies 

shown at the Warwick Theatre on 

ent Tuesday night under sponsorship 

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'he Marblehead Student Government to 

Jiefit the Andrew Trembles Scholarship 

Ind. 

Famous Fort Worth Palace Light Is 

Resting After Outlasting Theatre 

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Fori Worth Star Telegram recently devoted 

a column to the Palace and its famous 

light bulb. That column is reprinted 

below: 

The world-famous Palace Theatre light 

globe, burning dimly backstage ever since 

its installation Sept. 21, 1908. finally has 

left its birthplace. 

Don't make it an obituary, because the 

spunky little globe can still glow— but as 

far as the downtown Palace is concerned 

now, the tombstone could read Sept. 21. 

1908-March 18, 1977. 

It was on March 18 that George Dato 

It is only coincidental that the celebrated 

Fort Worth globe has moved to Irving. 

Dato is a Fort Worth man, a North Side 

High graduate, who just happened to be 

operating his George Dato and Associates 

firm out of his Irving home. 

"Although I was handling the site sale 

for another man, it was always understood 

that I would get the light globe," Dato said. 

"And I want it to stay in Fort Worth. I've 

already turned down a $4,000 offer for it 

because the buyer was in the East." 

Dato will sell the globe but he wants to 

be sure it will end up in Fort Worth 

perhaps in a museum. 

Joe Guthrie and Gus Hutchison, two 

industrial scientists from Dallas, assisted 

Dato in the ticklish business of removing 

the globe by gradually backing down the 

power on the circuit. 

UTOO PRESIDENT — Earl 

carefully had the bulb unscrewed from the 

backstage rafters and took it to his home 

in Irving. Dato is the real estate broker who 

bought the darkened theatre from ABC 

Interstate. The wrecking ball will swing 

soon and the site probably will be a Classified 

Parking lot. 

Murray, 

right, was elected president of 

the United Theatre Owners of Oklahoma 

and the Texas Panhandle at the 

SOONERAMA '77 convention held 

recently in Oklahoma City. He is 

shown heing congratulated h\ Rill 

Turk, hoard chairman. 

At home. Dato used a simple rheostat 

to hook up the bulb again. It glowed, without 

any Buspenseful effort, And there it 

rests 

today, on Dato's desk. 

"I'm not leasing it burning," he said. 

"I know it still works, so why tempt fate by 

lca\ ing it on?" 

The Palace I healer was called the Byers 

Opera House on that day 70 years ago when 

a young stage electrician named Barry 

Burke screwed in the bulb for the first 

time. As the years went by, and the light's 

fame grew, Burke had the eerie feeling that 

he would die when the light 

died. 

It was unfounded. Burke died in 1964. 

The light 

burns on. 

Dallas Granada Theatre 

Undergoes Remodeling 

DALLAS—The Granada Theatre, one 

of the oldest film houses in the city, is being 

remodeled into a new entertainment 

complex. 

Scheduled to reopen the first week in 

May, the theatre will feature both live entertainment 

and old film classics. 

John Caruth. new owner of the Greenville 

Avenue theatre, is remodeling the auditorium 

to accommodate live talent, extending 

the stage and installing a custombuilt 

sound and light system. 

The Art Deco touches of the 600-seat 

showplace will be preserved, including the 

auditorium's murals and ceiling figures, 

painted by the same artist who decorated 

Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. 

The lobby ceiling is being repainted. 

Dave Coffey will oversee the total operations 

of the Granada. 

Fort Stockton to Get 

New Theatre in May 

FORT STOCKTON. TEXAS — Walter 

Brice has announced plans for a 156-175 

seat theatre in the Apache Center on Monahans 

Highway. The theatre will take the 

name of the center and will be known as 

the Apache Theatre. 

A building in the center has been acquired 

and architectural plans are being awaited. 

Opening date has been targeted for between 

May 15 and June 1. 

Brice. who is manager of the C. G. Morrison 

Stores, will continue his position there 

as well as manage the new theatre. 

Twin Runs Triple-Feature 

MFDFORD. MASS. The Medford 

I win Drive-In recently ran a triple-feature. 

$5 per carload show including "Love and 

Death." "Sleeper" and "Everything You 

Always Wanted to Know About Sex But 

Were Afraid to Ask" on the Wellington 

screen. The Circle screen featured "Private 

Girls." "Hitchhiker" and "Tramp." 

UOFF1CE :: April 25, 1977 

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DALLAS 

\X7e received a Mailgram from Don Gottlieb, 

Movie One Theatres in San Antonio, 

which is intended to clear up any 

contusion regarding the Movie One-Santikox 

joint venture. The following theatres 

will he operated by Movie One Theatres 

of San Antonio: Texas. Woodlawn, Josephine. 

Universal and Colonies North. 

Movie One will be responsible for all bookings, 

biddings, settlements and payments 

with Don Gottlieb, chief operating officer. 

Movie One Theatres of El Paso, the Plaza, 

Capri. State and Lomaland. will continue 

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unchanged with Robert Garner as chief 

operating officer. Booking for all of the 

above theatres will be handled by Vernon 

Watkins in Dallas. 

Mahle Giiinan will be 

few days for 

tests. 

in the hospital a 

OKLAHOMA CITY 

pile annual Variety Club Tent 22 golf 

tournament will be held May 23 at the 

Lincoln Park Golf Course. Kick-off cocktail 

party will be May 22 at the Lincoln 

Plaza Hotel. Frank McCabe, tournament 

chairman, requests that reservations be 

made as soon as possible. 

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Jerry Brewster, UA sales manager, It 

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Newcomers here include "Slap Sit," 

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Tulsa marquee changes are "Manneqn 

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Bob Falling, a partner in the Westvod 

Theatre now under construction in Wjoner, 

started things off right by subscrfng 

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pred Price, stage director for "The Bad 

News Bears in Breaking Training," a 

Paramount film being shot here, has signed 

youngsters Matthew and Jonas Gerber and 

Adam Rosenthal . than $15,000 

worth of prizes were offered to participants 

in crowd scenes being shot at the Astrodome. 

The grand prize was a Ford Luxury 

Pinto Cruiser, given to someone who was 

present for all three days of the shooting 

. . . "The Bad News Bears" was screened 

at the Woodlake Cinema. Advertisement 

contained the following message: "Some of 

the city fathers didn't want the team to 

do its thing in Houston for the 'Bears' training 

film. They said the 'Bears' was too 

rough. Come see if that's so. P.S. to city 

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IN WAIKIKI: REEF . REEF TOWERS • EDGEWATER 

were 

here for the National Jack Benny Memorial 

Classic. Included were Dina Merrill, 

Janet Leigh, Jean Simmons, Edgar Bergen, 

Desi Arnaz jr., George Plimpton, Cliff 

Robertson. Margaux Hemingway. Dinah 

Shore. Mike Connors. Farrah Fawoett-Majors, 

Wayne Rogers, Kay Starr, Dan Rowan, 

Barbara Anderson, Dick Van Patten, Telly 

Savalas and Geoff Edwards. 

Location manager Dar Reid, special effects 

man Bill Abbott and art director Stan 

Jolly are working on a new film, "The 

Swarm," which might be shot in this area. 

Irwin Allen is the producer. Abbott recently 

won an Academy Award for "Logan's 

Run." 

"Network" returned for additional playing 

time at the Clear Lake . . . Agatha 

Christie's "Ten Little Indians" opened at 

the Village . . . "The Pom Pom Girls" 

opened in several indoor and outdoor loca- 

"Slap Shot" opened a four-theatrtions 

. . . 

engagement. 

Chiccmo Art Films Seeks 

Actors for New Movie 

SAN ANTONIO—Actors and actresses 

are being sought for a movie now being 

filmed here. 

Chicano Art Films has just started filming 

"Corazon Chicano." a movie about the 

life of Fred Carrasco who died in a Huntsville 

prison-break attempt in 1974. 

Sabino Garza, who directed "No Me Entierren 

Vivo" and "Amor Chicano Es Para 

Siempre." will direct the new film for Nopal 

Enterprises. 

SAN ANTONIO 

fne first 35 patrons to attend the initi." 

showing of "Voyage of the Damned 

at the Northwest 6 received a free copy (. 

the book, courtesy of Newsland and Alam 

Book Stores. The book stores gave fr* 

tickets to the movie with the purchase i, 

the paperback edition. 

Clifford Land, manager of ABC Inte, 

state's Broadway Theatre, is on the execf 

tive committee of the San Jacinto Assi 

which sponsored the annual Fiesta Sij 

Antonio week Friday (15) through Saturd 

(23). 

The Northwest 6 celebrated its first ani; 

versary Saturday (16) with cake and gif 

A midnight showing of "Silver Streal 

sponsored by KTFM, featured cake at 

giveaways of backpacks, bandanas, booj 

movie passes and record albums. 

. . Hollywc 

Two Diana Ross films, "Lady Sings 

Blues" and "Mahogany," were shown 

cently at the Century South . 

personality Virginia Graham was in to 

Saturday (16) to address a women's lun 

eon during the Lumberman's Ass'n of Te; 

convention and voice her support of 

ERA. She is on a speaking tour of 

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tends best birthday greetings to her husbdija IMS- 

Louis Candy on his 65th birthday Tues''yj»n{ nfci 

(12). He received gifts, a wide selection^ 

cards and, 

of course, cake. 

The first 400 people entering the Mos 

4 at the South Park Mall to see "A Stals 

Born" were given their choice of the pairback 

novel or a 45 record of the Os'TJ 

winning song "Evergreen" . . . The six \aners 

in the Santikos Theatres "Airport ''" 

drawing received a free airplane rideal 

Doerr Aviation Saturday (23). 

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I heme tor the Fiesta River Parade MAntici^ 

day (18) was "Monday Night at nej 

Movies." The various river barge fitits, 

beautifully illuminated and devoted to ac:al 

motion pictures cruised down the San Hr 

tonio River before a crowd of some 125W 

spectators . . . TV crews from Caria, 

France, Brazil and Argentina 

1 

were her to 

film the events. I l. 

Bob Polunsky visited Camp Pendlon 

where he witnessed the filming of a sinftt 

from "MacArthur," He interviewed ro-i, 

ducer Frank McCarthy, actress Marj D>ay 

who plays Mrs. MacArthur, director Jcph 

Sargent, the producing team of Ricard 

Zanuck and David Brown and Grory 

Peck who plays the title role. 

Producer-director Willard Van Dykeiresented 

and discussed his works Mela) 

(18) at the University of Texas capus 

here. He was sponsored by the Divisii oi 

Art and Design. 

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MINNEAPOLIS — Temperatures here 

Inbed to ss degrees, a record high for the 

I Beaches and hack yards quickly tilled 

s gave 

Meanwhile, grosses were headed in a 

'- action opposite that ol the mercur) 

1 Sunday grosses, part of [he key week- 

1 playing time, fell through the floor. 

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Hit. But "Audrey Rose." the only other 

sh arrival, could scare up only a 90. All 

rest were holdovers, most of them trailoff. 

"Rocky," however, was still looking 

I aeting like a champion and rang up a 

at the Brookdale and Southtown. 


jkdale. Southtown—Rocky (UA). 8th wk. ... 

per—Black Sunday (Para), 2nd wk 

per Cameo— The Slipper and the Rose 

fniv), 3rd wk 

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Oth-Fox), 2nd wk. _ 

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theatres—The Littlest Horse Thieves (BV), 

re shc#| d wk 

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rr. Hopkins— Airport '77 (Univ), 3rd- wk 160 

htown. Southdale—Fun with Dick and Jane 

;ol), 9th wk _ 90 

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way I—Vanessa (SR), 2nd wk 65 

MM- way II—Slap Shot (Univ), 3rd wk 160 

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e theatres—Demon Seed (UA), 2nd wk 110 

theatres—Audrey Rose (UA) 

» theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col), 

,d wk 

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Cixed in Des Moines 

DES MOINES—"Nasty Habits," a mopicture 

which has aroused controversy 

various sections of the country, opened 

ently at two Dubinsky circuit houses 

be. Original advertising for the film 

Iwed a nun with a tape recorder dangling 

\ fim her waist (she was lifting her skirt 

>ve both knees). 

arl Hoffman. Dubinsky official, said 

Register and Tribune execus 

suggested the ad illustration be changed 

:r stating they had received objections 

the advertisement. Hoffman comued 

that he readily agreed to have the 

3):ure retouched, lowering the nun's skirt. 

., a, jrloffman, however, said he and two 

Cholic employees previewed the film and 

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V, £|:t Productions comedy "a cute little pic- 

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P ;ived a few telephoned objections after 

t\ first advertisements appeared in the 

sp.tper but there was no organized 

c lpaign against the 

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display ad in this 

"wo nuns contacted by the Des Moines 

rt.spaper said they personally objected to 

I advertisement but hadn't planned any 

a on. Sister Nancy Lassotovitch, president 

Ojthe Sisters Council here, said "the ad 

t ied me off— it was so silly." Sister Janet 

Vhael. director of communications for 

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Des Moines Catholic Diocese, said the 

^ ure and the film title showed sisters "in 

Mally unrealistic light. It pokes fun at a 

gup of women who are trying to do and 

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Filmrow visitors have included Dave Waller. 

Sac City: John Rentflc. Audubon; 

Al Woodraska. Harlan: Bob Clark. Osceola: 

Jim Mertz. Newton and Perry; Carl 

Schwanebeck of Kerr Theatres; Dennis 

Voy, Maquoketa; Dick Kuhl, Greenfield, 

and Mel Lebowitz and Irving Braverman. 

Northwest Cinema. Minneapolis. 

Small-town exhibitors experienced some 

apprehension about the grossing potential 

of Warners' "A Star Is Born." However, 

after the Barbra Streisand-Kris Kristofferson 

starrer opened in a few of the small 

situations, it was reported that the film 

broke records in many cases and is continuing 

to do outstanding business. In an unprecedented 

five-week engagement in Kearney. 

Neb., "A Star Is Born" grossed $20,700 in 

the town of approximately 19.000 population. 

The lucky participants in this year's 

Academy Award pool were Cindy Gray, 

Universal inspector, and Chuck Caligiuri, 

Paramount branch manager. They tied for 

the No. 1 spot and, therefore, split the $37 

pot . and Daryl Davis went to Reno, 

Nev., early this month to take part in a 

bowling tournament. 

Among those industryites from this area 

who attended the opening of Dubinsky 

Bros. Theatres' new quadplex in Council 

Bluffs were Jim Glenn, Tim West and wife 

Bev, Dick Glen and his wife Joan and nearly 

all the branch managers . . . Carl Hoffman 

is back on the job after- two weeks 

in Iowa Methodist Hospital. 

A free weekend at the movies marked the 

season opening of the Plantation and Pioneer 

drive-ins here. Anyone arriving at the 

underskyers got in free of charge if they 

said they were sent by KIOA-KMGK Ra- 

Why are the Step 

Sisters always 

out of step? 

dio. The stations gave a week's free air time 

to promoting the season kickoff of the two 

theatres. The Plantation bowed with "Support 

Your Local Sheriff" and "Mixed Company," 

while the Pioneer featured "They 

Call Me Trinity" and "Trinity Is Still My 

Name." 

Valley III theatres held a special closed 

screening of "Black Sunday" sponsored by 

KIOA-KMGK Radio. The guests were 

those persons who had a "Black Sunday" 

T-shirt, a poster or a blimp in an over-theair 

competition . . . Bruce Anderson, previously 

a deejay for KIOA Radio, has taken 

the position of manager of the Valley III, 

which is located in West Des Moines. 

Universal screened "Rollercoaster" Tuesday 

morning (15) at the Riviera Theatre in 

Academy Award-winning Sensurround 

sound. The feature is slated to open June 

10 at the Riviera here, the Northpark 1 in 

the Quad Cities, the Cinema in Sioux City, 

the Cooper in Lincoln, Neb., and June 17 

at the Admiral Theatre in Omaha, Neb. 

George Segal, Richard Widmark, Henry 

Fonda, Timothy Bottoms and Harry Guardino 

star in the suspense-action drama produced 

by Jennings Lang. Universal representatives 

here said the response was "ferric" 

and they feel they have a winner! 

Drake University's annual Spring Film 

Festival held Monday (11) through Thursday 

(14) has offered a broad menu of "New 

German Cinema." Among the films shown 

were "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum," 

"The Great Ecstasy of the Woodcarver 

Steiner," "A Free Woman," "Every Man 

for Himself and God Against All" (also 

titled "The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser"), 

"Even Dwarfs Started Small," "The American 

Soldier" and "Fox and His Friends" . . . 

Other nontheatrical showings have included 

"Look Homeward Lassie" at the West Des 

Moines Library," Charlie Chan in "Meeting 

at Midnight" at the East Side Branch and 

"The Blue Angel," starring the legendary 

Marlene Dietrich as Lola, West Des Moines 

Library. 

in a coloring contest at Oskaloo| 

for Disney's "Freaky Friday." 

has played two weeks in York A i\ ii* fc 

weeks ago we advised that Ray Truesd< 

formerly at Ames, was in the Veterans Hi 

Mall 

pital. Now we learn that he's well again, 

cently married and living in and worki, 

. . . Arthur Stein left 

out of Sioux City 

spend a couple of days with his son 

Washington, D.C., who is an economist 

the House Ways and Means Committee . 

Ginny Biggs, Central States booker 

drive-ins and Nebraska hardtops, recei] 

won two contests on KIOA-KMGK Rac 

The first competition, about a month a' 

was on KMGK and Ginny named the 1i 

four songs played over the air during 

specific program segment. For this, she w 

$112. More recently, on KIOA's "Hi-Lof 

where listeners guess the amount of mo: 

in the jackpot, she won $269.32. Git 

thinks she will be using the money fo 

trip 

More happenings in the Central Sta' 

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circuit: A local van customizer sponsor 

a contest that offered prizes worth $85 

the Skyvue Drive-in, Waterloo, for "Supt 

Van" . The Cinema, Grinnell, was rent 

Saturday (2) by the local chamber of coi 

merce . . . "Silver Streak" has to be on t 

right track! The picture's in its tenth we 

at Ames, Iowa City and Cedar Falls— 

to California. 

Among those attending the Variety C\!> 

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International convention in Monaco are jii us i 

and Mrs. Stanley Reynolds, Mr. and > siknvi 

Steven Blank, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Epst^lai the gu 

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Olson, Ray Johra directed he 

and Jeanann Dowie. 

hearing 

acceptance here and now is in relise 

throughout the U.S. and overseas . 

premiere of Mark IV's "All the Kij 

Horses" was held at Hoyt Sherman Ai 

torium Friday through Sunday (15-17). ,| 

80-minute film is a true story aboi 

Waterloo couple dealing with marriage 

divorce. 

The local 20th-Fox office was visited 

senior vice-president Robert O. Towns! 

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who authored the best-selling "Up the )r 

ganization." 

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booking department at Central States Theatre 

Corp. 

Other Central States news: Russell Hill, 

former longtime manager at the Ottumwa 

theatres, underwent surgery at the Ottumwa 

Hospital March 23. Last reports said that 

he was doing well . . . The Sun Theatre, 

York, took registrations for the drawing 

for an Easter bunny giveaway. Participants 

had to register on a Jelly Bean Juice carton 

. . . It's prom time and Fred Teller at Hastings, 

Neb., has sent a letter to schools in 

the area offering special discounts for group 

attendance . KRIB gave away albums 

and passes with loads of free plugs for 

the playdate of "A Star Is Born," a promo- 

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tion arranged by Jim Emerson at the Palace, 

Mason City Four local merchants co- 

Fridley's Grand Theatre at Esthecll 

has been twinned. The new auditorium 

175 and was unveiled Thursday (14) H 

"A Star Is Born" onscreen . . Je.ti 

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retary, spent a week at Easter visiting] 

hometown of Kuna, Ida. 

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I'll attractions were "Network." Metro 

dwyn Mayer production released by 

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l-eautil iilh decorated in copper tones and 

hues, the theatres are located in the 

Uland Mall Shopping Center, which 

ned to record-breaking crowds to the 

ghl ol all merchants. 

auditorium of the duo seats 300 

"ls * /ers. One projection booth equipped with 

>mated systems and platters serves both 

booki 

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•ES MOINES—Thursday (14) at ap- 

. ir.vimatel\ S:30 p.m.. S.E. 14th Drive-In 

wier Shelley Ferrari was sitting in the 

V - ic.iffiee reading when she heard a vehicle 

it, up. When she looked out, she saw that 

-; jqi occupants of the car had on ski masks, 

Shelley hit the holdup alarm button 

v';h rings a bell at the concession stand. 

he passenger got out of the vehicle and 

Variel vised to the window of the ticket booth 

.:.;: ir, pointing a gun at Ms. Ferrari, said, 

Ue me the money or I'll shoot you." 

*_L>h handed the gunman all the cash and 

n. when directed her to lie on the floor. 

pon hearing the car depart, Shelley 

Dted out in time to see the thugs pulling 

u onto S.E. 14th Street. About this time, 

) n Lively arrived from the concession 

m I d and called police. 

\li :'ik * he two white males, described as being 

ibertM njheir 20s. escaped with an undetermined 

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uas kept busy preparing for the "sneak 

»>ld preview" of the Tom Laughlin film 

Ily Jack Goes to Washington." an un- 

., E •-•ixted event that took place Sunday (17) 

,.;:::• -»|i searchlights guiding the curious to the 

• vit. Bob Blank, owner of the Admiral, anidnced 

the sneak to the press and cont,: 

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The Riverside Theatre will dispense with 

movies Friday (291 through May 1. 

when it will present, for the first time in 

this city, the musical comedy "Oh! Calcutta!" 

onstage. Seats will range in price 

from $8.50 to $6.50. 

"Islands in the Stream" was previewed by 

the Better Films and TV Council of Milwaukee 

Area when it held its April meeting 

at the Bay Theatre in Whitefish Bay, a suburb 

of this city. An autobiographical story 

of Ernest Hemingway based on his book, 

the film was rated "excellent for adults and 

young people" in a hand vote by the audience 

taken directly afterward. 

The latest evaluation guide for current 

films was distributed to council members 

(and local media and other organizations) 

as follows: Family— "Freaky Friday" and 

"The Slipper and the Rose," very good. 

Adults and Young People— "Airport '77," 

"Bound for Glory" and "Rocky," very 

good; "The Domino Principle" and "The 

Eagle Has Landed," good. Adults and Mature 

Young People— "Shout at the Devil," 

excellent; "A Star Is Born," "Cassandra 

Crossing" and "Network," very good; "Assault 

on Precinct 13," "High Velocity" and 

"Wizards," good; "Godfather Squad" (V), 

"Massacre at Central High" (V-L-N) and 

"Pretty Maids in a Row," fair. The next 

film preview meeting is to be held Monday 

(25) at the Golden Anchor Restaurant. 

Mickey Rooney is in town for three 

weeks appearing on the stage of. the Theatre 

East on Oakland in the comedy "Three 

Goats and a Blanket." At the same time, 

he is being seen here in the new film "The 

Domino Principle." He soon will be seen 

in the Disney musical "Pete's Dragon," with 

Helen Reddy. Rooney has been here before 

and again is making the media rounds for 

interviews. The town likes him but one 

newspaper critic believes his talents are 

wasted in the current production. 

The film "Nasty Habits" has not been 

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shown as yet in this city but Supervisor 

Lawrence W. Timmcrman of the Milwaukee 

County Board believes it probably will, 

in time, be booked lor local viewing. And 

after a debate the supervisors voted 9 to 8 to 

place on file a resolution by Timmerman 

seeking to condemn the movie, a parody of 

Watergate set in a convent. The film has 

brought threats of legal action from the 

National Coalition of American Nuns and 

Timmerman called it "vulgar"' and "an indictment 

of Catholic religious orders." 

However, other supervisors observed that 

while they sympathized with Timmerman's 

views, they did not believe the county board 

should take a stand on it. "Since when has 

the county board become a 

censuring agency?" 

asked James Krivitz, a supervisor. 

Wis. Senate Ponders 

Controls on Airers 

MILWAUKEE— Bill A-76, prohibiting 

the showing of motion pictures containing 

explicit sexual material at outdoor theatres 

where minors might view the film, has been 

passed by the Wisconsin Assembly and is 

now under consideration in the Senate. 

If passed, this new statute would bar 

exhibition of such films at ozoners when it 

is known that the theatre's screen is visible 

outside its confines. If such is found to be 

the case and the airer owner continues to 

screen the prohibited films after written 

notification of possible court action, that 

owner could be subject to a fine of up to 

$1,000. 

The bill specifically is intended to curb 

the showing of film fare "which predominantly 

appeals to the prurient, shameful or 

morbid interest of minors; also that which 

is patently offensive to an average person, 

applying community standards in the adult 

community as a whole, with respect to what 

is suitable material for minors; also, when 

any film, considered as a whole, is deemed 

to lack serious literary, artistic, political or 

scientific value for minors." 

Under the new legislation, explicit material 

prohibited would include acts of 

masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse 

or physical contact with a person's 

unclothed genitals or pubic area. 

MINNEAPOLIS 


er at the Paramount branch here) journeyed 

to South Bend, Ind., over the Easter holidays 

to visit their son there . . . Filmrow 

visitor: Joe Carriere. 75 Hi-Way Theatre, 

Hallock. 

. . . The 

Midcontinent Theatres has taken over the 

Cinema Theatre, East Grand Forks, previously 

operated by Bixby Knight 

Preston Theatre, Preston Lake, S.D., 

closing May 1 after nearly 40 years 

. . . 

operation. The owner-operator is Leona< 

The Time Theatre, Pepin, Wi! 

Svihel . . . 

owned and operated by Wayne Lowewi' 

hagen, has reopend And the Jord; 

Drive-in Theatre. Jordan, has reopened aft 

three years. It's operated by W. Tillmat 

who also runs the Prague Theatre, N< 

Prague. 

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Five local 

actors and one actress are i 

der consideration for roles in the upcomi; 

Norman Jewison production "F.I.S.T 

which will star Sylvester Stallone. L 

April should be contract time for nerve 

actors Al Pallone, John Casano, Jess P 

man, Dick Christy Johnson and Larry 

liams. Competition among the men is 

72 speaking parts. The anxiety must be f 

times greater for actress Melanie Wo 

hoven, with competition vying for oj 

three speaking parts. 

"Silver Streak," 20th Century-Fox relesy 

closed after a very long successful run at

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•s, "Rocky" continued to punch its way 

the top, leading the first runs at 335 in 

seventh week. Strong showings also were 

ptered In "Black Sunday." 240 in its 

iikI week: "Airport 77." 205 in its third 

; "Slap Shot." 195 in its third week. 

d the openings o( "Slasher" at 225 and 

Lagged) Ann & Andy." 170. 


• theatres—Airport '77 (Univ), 3rd wit .205 

• theatres— Black Sunday (Para), 2nd wk 240 

• theatres— Demon Seed (MGM/UA), 

ad wk. 110 

e theatres—Tho Domino Principle (Emb), 

K* wk. 50 

s theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col), 

rd wk. 110 

•e theatres—Raggedy Ann S Andy (20th-Fox) 170 

'• theatres— Slap Shot (Univ), 3rd wk 195 

'or theatres—Network (MGM/UA), 8th wk. ... 

• theatre—Black Alley Cat (SR) 75 

a theatre—Freaky Friday (BV). 8th wk 125 

• theatre—Slasher (SR) 225 

theatres—Audrey Rose (UA) 115 

theatres—Rocky iUA). 7th wk 335 

thecrt Joshua (SR) 100 

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'ith 850 in Cincinnati 

CINCINNATI—"Black Sunday" held at 

in its second week at the Showcase 5 

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lead all first runs. "Rocky" hit 775 in its 

nth round at two theatres while "The 

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tglc Has Landed" opened at 550. "Slap 

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lowcase and "Audrey Rose" bowed in two 

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iwio; illations at 300. 

iliaued irousel—A Star Is Born (WB), 16th wk 250 

nwood—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ), 

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Ird wk .............. 100 

ywalk—Wizards (20th-Fox), 6th wk 150 

owcase—Slap Shot (Univ), 3rd wk. 475 

owcase—Network (UA), 10th wk. ... 175 

maruj owcase—The Eagle Has Landed (Para) .550 

owcase—Black Sunday (Para), 2nd wk 850 

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ree theatres— 

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The Domino Principle (Emb), 

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iveral theatres—Raggedy Ann & Andy 

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Dtrants compete for the President's Award 

.1 Chris Statuette which is an interpretaan 

in bronze of the statue of Christopher 

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olumbus that stands in front of city hall. 

The council and festival is a nonprofit 

oject with volunteer judges and chairmen. 

Films can be entered in the following 

jttegories: Art and culture: business and in- 

, 

atry; education and social studies; health 

id medicine; religion and ethics, and trav- 

Deadline for 16mm films produced in 

h»75, 1976 or 1977 is July 5. 

Entry details are available from Daniel 

[• Prugh. Film Council of Greater Columns. 

280 East Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 

3215. 

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The council was founded in 1950 by Dr. 

Jdgar Dale, professor emeritus of the department 

of curriculum materials and Ohio 

itate University. 

Fine. Sentence Suspended 

For Ohio Theatre Owner 

WELLSVILLE, OHIO lack I alley . St. 

Clairsville, who owns the Liberty Theatre 

here, entered a plea of no contest on 

charges ol letting juveniles see the film 

"Carrie" and has been lined $500 and sentenced 

to si\ months in jail. Wcllsville 

Mayor Wayne Rose, who sentenced I alley, 

then suspended the sentence and fine. 

Ialle\ had been charged with violating 

a city ordinance by letting juveniles, unaccompanied 

bj parents, view the R-ratcd 

film. I he suspension ol sentence was made 

providing a violation ol the ordinance does 

not occur again. The ordinance says "no 

person shall knowingly furnish to a juvenile 

any material that is obscene or harmful." 

The theatre currently showed the PGrated 

"King Kong." 

Galas Mark Premier 

Cleveland Festival 

CLEVELAND—The first annual Cleveland 

International Film Festival was presented 

Wednesday and Thursday (13, 14) 

at Community Circuit Theatres' Cedar-Lee, 

with activities both nights preceded by an 

invitational champagne reception hosted by 

Jonathan Foreman, director, assisted by 

Alan Glazen. Not since the exciting days 

when galas marked the opening night of 

roadshows has a theatre lobby pulsated with 

so much activity and interesting people. 

Among those attending the festival were: 

Peter Bellamy, Cleveland Plain Dealer, critic-at-large; 

Tony Mastrioanni, Cleveland 

Press, entertainment editor; Lee Goldman. 

Case Western Reserve, alumni editor for 

the publications Insight and Reserve; Carmie 

Amata, freelance writer; VIPs and drama 

critics from all area universities, and 

prominent buffs in all the arts, including 

Cornelia Spring, director of NOVA (New 

Organization for the Visual Arts). 

Standing out in the crowd were Sam 

Greenbcrger and Bert and Alice Lefkowich 

of Community Circuit Theatres. 

A total of 675 series tickets were sold for 

the event, along with 404 individual seats 

at 

the boxoffice (for both nights). The series 

consisted of eight tickets (there were eight 

featured films) for $24 and individual seats 

for single performances at $4 each. 

Benefit 'Phantom' Showing 

LORAIN, OHIO - - The Lorain Civic 

Center recently held a "Phantom of the 

Opera" night. Festivities began with a midnight 

showing of the 1925 silent film of 

that title, starring Lon Chancy, at the Palace 

Theatre. Sixth Street and Broadway Avenue, 

downtown. Proceeds will go toward 

restoring the theatre. 

NEW YORK—Escorted ladies are now 

admitted free Sundays at the Cine Lido, 

4Sth Street at Broadway, and at the Lido 

East, 211 East 59th St.. both on adult film 

policy. 

Bob Anthony Honored 

By Motor City MPC 

DETROIT— Robed I Anthony, ownei 

ni the Mam rheatre, Royal Oak. Mich., 

was bonored March 23 by members of the 

Greater Detroit Motion Picture and Television 

< ouncil .it the group's 40th anniversary 

meeting held in the Main Theatre 

Mrs. Joseph L. House, president ol the 

group, which is a charter member of the 

Federation of Motion Picture Councils, said 

that monitoring movies was more difficult 

when the council began 40 years ago. despite 

recent concern about sex and violence 

in the media. 

"It was worse then," declared Mrs. Helen 

Kanagur of Southficld. She cited the "nudies" 

shown at nickelodeons that were easily 

accessible to children. "The youth of today 

can handle nonfamily movies better than 

the youth 40 years ago or their parents today," 

Mrs. Kanagur opined. 

Anthony was honored by the council for 

his efforts to show family films since he 

acquired the theatre in Royal Oak in 1970. 

The council, comprised of 30 organizations 

and 132 individual members, is geared 

to inform parents and the children about 

the content of current motion pictures. One 

member. Mrs. Jerome C. Wayne. Royal 

Oak Motion Picture Advisory Committee, 

has written a weekly movie guide for the 

Royal Oak Daily Tribune for 24 years. 

The council also sponsors a Youth Film 

Forum which reviews features monthly. 

For the 40th anniversary meeting, Anthony 

screened a special 16mm travel short 

and a 35mm animated musical short prior 

to refreshments. Many of the group stayed 

for the regular Wednesday matinee, Walt 

Disney Productions' "Freaky Friday," released 

bv Buena Vista. 

General Cinema Theatres 

Aid Junior Achievement 

CINCINNATI—General Cinema theatres 

in the Greater Cincinnati area, for the 

second year, have sponsored the Junior 

Achievement program in which youngsters 

of grade and high school age learn the 

basics incident to the operation and management 

of a business by selling a product 

and, perhaps, making a profit after expenses. 

This year, the circuit houses sponsored a 

group of 14-18-year-old Junior Achievers in 

Covington. Ky.. whose product was created 

hv recycling discarded Super S movie reels 

into attractive coasters, Their sponsors and 

advisers were Paul Blevens, General Cinema 

advertising manager, and his wife Mary 

Dee. and Tony Merril. Golden Circle Cinema 

manager, and his wife Bonnie. 

In addition. General Cinema houses for 

the fourth year will be hosts for the CharitJ 

Olympic Games for the benefit of Allen 

House, slated for sometime in July. Allen 

House is the home for orphaned and unwanted 

children. 

It is General Cinema's company policy 

that its theatres participate in community 

affairs. 

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Thomas Morris jr., son of Tom Morris, 

United Artists sales, and Elaine Blackman 

are to be married Saturday (30) in 

Columbus. 

Rath) Meyers, Tri-State staffer, and Paul 

Bcrding have announced their engagement. 

The wedding is scheduled for mid-October. 

Jill Scmmingcr, Buena Vista secretary, 

has relumed from a short vacation. 

Interstate Theatre Services is booking and 

buying for St. Albans Theatres, St. Albans, 

W. Va., for owner Oscar Pierce. 

Exhibitors welcomed to town included 

Bob McClain, Mason; Harley Bennett, Chillicothe; 

Dave Joseph, Parkersburg, W. Va., 

and Fred and Marge May, Dry Ridge, Ky. 

Heavy damage was inflicted 

on drive-ins 

in eastern Kentucky and parts of West Virginia 

two weeks ago by extremely heavy 

rains and mud slides. 

Exhibitors in the metropolitan area who 

may be interested in playing golf are invited 

to join other members of the film colony 

at the Glenview Golf Course, Glendale, 

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COLUMBUS—When the Ohio Legislature 

in earlier sessions legalized bingo for 

charitable purposes, hoping to freeze out 

the many professional game operators who 

gave only a tiny fraction of their profits to 

a charitable cause, it did not realize that 

bingo problems would not disappear overnight. 

In fact, the legislature for the third 

time in less than two years again is grappling 

with state regulation of bingo and an 

editorial in the Dayton Daily News recently 

said that with so many problems, the state 

needs two general assemblies—a separate 

legislature to be elected to deal exclusively 

with bingo and another legislature to deal 

exclusively with the rest of the state's problems. 

The legislature opened up the bingo problem 

in 1974 when it agreed to make bingo 

legal for charity only. Subsequent sessions 

considered how to keep hustlers out of the 

bingo parlors and keep the bona fide charities 

in the bingo business. 

A lot of groups want to be allowed to 

sponsor charitable bingo and \\\z legislature 

is considering several proposals. As the law 

now stands, it regulates the bingo halls, 

prizes and length and frequency of bingo 

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community action groups, education 

organizations for the handicapped and 

parks owned by private nonprofit athletic 

organizations. The bill would let the charitable 

groups use some of their profits to 

pay for upkeep on buildings used for bingo. 

Those favoring denying the bingo privileges 

to these new groups say that the cumulative 

effect is to allow organized crime, 

interests a great many more opportunities 

to operate bingo under new guises. 

Meanwhile, courts throughout the state 

are wrestling with litigation connected with, 

bingo. In Whitehall, a suburb of Columbus, 

a city ordinance requiring bingo halls to, 

be owned by charitable organizations has, 

been upheld by the Franklin County Court; 

of Appeals. American Meeting Halls, Inc.,: 

which owns real estate, contended the 

Whitehall bill was unconstitutional but the 

appeals court denied the 

claim. 

In Dayton, four men were indicted on 

charges of operating and advertising an 

illegal bingo game without obtaining a license 

from the state attorney general's 

office. One of those indicted, Samuel Hearn. 

last year had been ordered with his wife 

Emmie Mae by a Montgomery County common 

pleas judge to pay $311,151 to the, 

Drew Health Center. The court ruled Hearnsi 

failed to give the bingo proceeds to the: 

center as they had promised to do 

In Canton, a Stark County grand jury is 

considering action against the Akron-basedi 

Golden Charities Church, which was 

charged with operating a game without a : 

state license. The Rev. Stanridge Murdock. 

pastor of the Golden Charities Church, was 

calling the numbers for more than 400 players 

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than $3,300 in cash along with bingo equip-jS^, 

ment. The Rev. Murdock said the Canton, 

bingo hall was a branch of the church an&H.,. ..,'' 

that the game was for amusement only 

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therefore did not need a license. 

rheatre operators throughout the stateM^, 

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games were restricted by the state law to, 

charity, but so far, they doubt if this has 

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Y*ur Hospitalized Boss 

l l \ ELAND When Mrs. Lorraine 

tvley, wife ol I arry Crowley, Sportser- 

41 Corp., was m Brentwood Hospital some 

:ir ago. she reported reeeivitig the lollowiLlettcr 

addressed to "Dear Boss": 

I'-lopc you're feeling a little better. Wc 

m\ how you worry about your job and 

v© probabK aren't getting much rest in 

tinospital wondering how things are going 

* at the drive-in. We decided to send you 

Jltle rundown on what's been happening 

you're away. 

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he 

Buffalo office has promised us that 

insurance and hospital coverage should 

care of just about everything. 

irace is doing a fine job in the office 

you'll be glad to know that her break- 

1 hasn't affected her work at all. We 

,er medication and the psychiatrist's fee 

n expense form. Actually, our first inion 

that anything was wrong was when 

e stopped complaining about the cigunoke 

in 

the office ottice anda 

started c>moke smokina 

oJuctos. 

'(•id 

\\ ednesday Niggin Raid 

you hear the news about what hapitJ 

to this week's film? (With your great 

of humor, you'll get a charge out of 

If you were listening to a police radio 

Wednesday night, you probably heard 

the raid. Don't get all upset, boss. 

ef: pretty sure that if business improves 

it. we can post bail and spring George 

row morning. 

ur father just about has the projecigured 

out. Last night he came out 

.inly 1,200 extra feet of film, which he 

onto the trailers. 

certainly was a miracle that Ken 

d into the projection booth when he 

.ioodness knows what would have hapif 

your father would have succeeded 

iting his cigar on the carbon arc. 

:orge was so busy trying to swallow 

irtiest frames of the movie so they 

I't be used as evidence that he neglectmake 

one very important point. You 

that lens—the one that makes everyon 

the screen look three times as big 

ihould? Well, George forgot to tell us 

it e should change that lens for the secnd'iovie. 

Fii Standee 12 Feet Tall 

r- "lerybody figured that a 12-foot-tall 

St. Jacques was a pretty ingenious 

pec effect . . . until old Ray stepped 

Fruit of the Looms for the big 

., and) do mean big) love scene. Luckily, 

nl> unor injuries were sustained by the 

"Omi who tried to climb the tower. It 

^J* isgusting to see grown women hurling 

fcrrilves at the screen like that. It's just 

rm[- 8^1 thing that Curlcy had thought to 

., Kkiirace in the safe room at the first 

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Hi had an introductory offer last week 

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^îlliuni Chirk ol Clark Theatre Service, 

Oak Park, informs thai the Kramer 

rheatre reopened Fridaj (22). The new 

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lessee and operator is IUVH Productions. 

Clark Theatre Service will represent B&H 

for licensing and hooking . Clark Theatre 

Service Friday (22) began representing the 

International Cinema. The lessee-operator 

is Amerpol Enterprises Film Corp. 

The Main Theatre, Royal Oak, held daily 

matinees Friday (K) through Sunday (17) 

according to Bob Anthony, owner of the 

independent theatre. The gala Easter show 

was Disney's first-run "The Littlest Horse 

Thieves" plus "The Many Adventures of 

Winnie the Pooh," the same Easter attractions 

featured at the Radio City Music Hall. 

Anthony said the films opened Friday afternoon 

(8) at 3 p.m. and the next day doors 

opened at 11:15 a.m.. with continuous performances. 

All other matinee days, doors 

opened at 12:30 p.m. Regular prices prevailed 

for all performances. 

Paramount held an advance screening for 

area media members and opinion-makers at 

the Point-of-Vue screening room, Southfield, 

Saturday (16), of "Islands in the 

Stream." The picture was described as "a 

movie which says something about love and 

life that may remain in your heart and mind 

long after the evening is over." Rated PG, 

"Islands in the Stream" stars David Hemmings, 

Gilbert Roland and Claire Bloom 

... A couple of churches are negotiating 

for the purchase of the Krim adult theatres 

in Highland Park. If acquired, the houses 

would be turned into places of worship, according 

to reports. 

Cliff Perry, longtime filmite 

who formerly 

was with MGM for many years, is finding 

a new life and happiness in the stock 

market as a representative for First of 

Who is the fairest 

of all? 

Michigan Corp., members ol the New York 

etc. The firm's located at 16000 

West 9 Mile Rd„ Southfield. You may call 

Perry at 559-3400 to wish him well. 

The Palace Theatre, Windsor, managed 

by Howard Levis, lined up "Raggedy Ann 

& Andy," an animated feature which he described 

as "ideal holiday family entertainment," 

as the Easter attraction. Price of admission 

for adults and youths, 15 to 17, until 

6 p.m. was reduced from $3.25 to $2. 

The admission fee children 14 and under 

was pegged at $1.25, the usual price. 

Suburban Detroit Theatres held a little 

luncheon Monday (18) at the Point-of-Vue 

screening room for the purpose of wishing 

Andy Grainger well on his exit to take a 

position with W. S. Butterfield Theatres, a 

company with which he formerly was affiliated. 

Welcomed was Neil Sefferman, from 

Philadelphia, who will take over the post 

as SDT film buyer-booker. 

Mid-American Releasing recently opened 

offices in the International Office Plaza in 

Oak Park. Branch manager is Ric Rice, 

with Bob Rosen as booker-buyer. Now 

Marybelle Brock has joined the office staff. 

Both Bob and Marybelle previously were 

General Cinema Corp. employees. 

Noisey Moviegoers Flayed 

By Columnist Joe Smith 

(Reprinted by permission of the 

Springfield Daily News) 

By JOE SMITH 

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO—"Movie of 

the 

Week" digresses a bit ... to consider a 

problem that affects all moviegoers. This 

column won't rectify the problem. Perhaps 

it won't even contribute substantially to 

rectifying the problem, because no one can 

stop those inconsiderate oafs who revel in 

making noise at the movies. 

It's this unsavory element that's driven 

indoor moviegoers to the drive-ins. Of the 

laughers, screamers, munchers and talkers, 

the latter are the worst. People who talk 

during movies are irritating, inconsiderate 

and, in the final analysis, simply rude. 

It's difficult enough to develop any empathy 

during a film without being distracted 

by nincompoops giving a running commentary. 

Whether it stems from ill-breeding or 

insecurity, it's an epidemic. 

Some say it's because of TV. People have 

become accustomed to talking while watching. 

It happens everywhere— at concerts as 

well as indoor movies, even at screenings 

where the audience is supposedly composed 

of reviewers and exhibitors who should be 

interested in the film and who should know 

better. 

The most unforgiveable offenders are the 

pair who come to a theatre because they 

apparently feel it's the only place they can 

talk. And they do. 

They'd save the cost of admission—and 

save those interested in watching the filj 

much irritation—if they'd just stay home, 

Then there's the klutz who'll give a I 

ning commentary on what's going to happ 

next ('Here's where he gets it"), tries 

warn the hero ("Look out behind you") 

simply gives him advice ("Say your prsi 

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ers"). 

Another irritation, maybe a lesser oi 

is the movie muncher, who takes great 

in hearing the sound of his popcorn re 

berating off the theatre walls. 

Most of these types, regrettably, are adii 

or profess to be. Children at theatres 

another matter. 

You expect kids to make noise, of com 

but when they do it intentionally, to 

consternation of those around them, 

ought to be banned from the theatres 

be denied their ration of Milk Duds 

five 

years. 

I'm attempting to organize a vigil; 

committee to silence those who make n 

at the movies. 

If publicity doesn't work, hand gren; 

will. 

Maybe their own preservation is all 

interests these egocentric dolts. 

With that in mind, at the risk of my 

ing branded a radical, here's a commi 

message to the noisy moviegoers: 

Shut up or we'll get you. Think aboi.il 

Festive Fund-Raiser Held 

For Akron Civic Theatre 

AKRON—To help the Akron U\ 

Theatre raise funds to eliminate its pr:i 

debt, the Akron Business & Professm 

Women's Club sponsored an "Old-Fashin 

Sunday Afternoon" at the downtown heatre 

Sunday (3). The program, which bgan 

at 2 p.m., included a showing of C 

Fields in "Never Give a Sucker an veil 

Break" and the Marx brothers in "Anal 

Crackers." 

As a tie-in with the event, a Marx bth-j 

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WKDD Radio, with judging done c)Bh*>! 

the afternoon program. A singalong IjSwfc: 

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City Council President Ray Rapper.* 

Curt Brown playing the "mighty Wurzer' 

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organ, was part of the program and a a* 

ing for door prizes donated by local'na l&mdcry 1- 

chants also was offered. 

In addition, all tickets to the showMJ : 

worth 50 cents' credit toward a suni'e o 

hamburger at Barnhill's. a nearby it ; H 

place. With tickets for adults at $2 i& % 

cents for senior citizen and ch'ldren 

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12, there was a full house. 

Prior to the screening, Steven Can 

show on WHLO Radio held a wee'r 

trivia contest asking questions about tfl 

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jlinc-wcalher turnout that was the largest 

years. "Rocky" was the big winr, 

turning in a S00 in its 1 6th round at 

Gheri. Winning newcomers were "Nasty 

bits," 225; "Mother ktisters Goes to 

l.-aven," 250; "\iul> Warhol's Bad," 180, 

,d "Memory of Justiee." 200. The Orson 

Wiles is in the midst o! a successful Whowiit 

Film Series in one auditorium. 


iorallj or—Sleeping Dragon (SR) 175 

:k Bay Screening Room I Am a Dancer (SR), 

ad wk 150 

lcon HlU Slap Shot (Univ), 

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arles-Memory ol Justice (SR) 200 

D art. Chestnut—The Eagle Has Landed I Col), 

rd wlc. 140 

Nasty Hahits (SR) 

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(estnut Hill. Gary—The Domino Principle (Emb), 

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dema 57—The Late Show (WB), 5th wk 200 

;>ter—The Wonderful Crook (SR), 3rd 

( >on Welles—Mother Kusters Goes to 

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( ion Welles—Providence (SR), 2nd wk 300 

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Alley-Network (MGM/UA). 17th wk 220 

""'filoy-Emma Mae (SR), 4th wk 105 

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; largest bloes in months, generated sig- 

erHs îcant strength for metropolitan boxof- 

'L-j, tes. Newcomers were led by "The Eagle 

lis Landed" at 225 while the all-around 

inner was "Black Sunday," at 350 in its 

nid week. 

Through the Looking Glass; Naked 

J.'ame the Stranger (SR), 5th wk. . 135 

tn-J4eneum Cinema—Cousin Cousine (SR), 

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jetna City—The Stewardesses (SR) ..... 175 

?*'.: dema City—The Late Show (WB) ......... 190 

(jema City—Wizards (20th-Fox). 4th wk. .125 

;ma City—Fantastic Invasion ol Planet Earth 

180 

Gonial—Duel ol the Dragons; Doll Squad (SR) 135 

Ijir theatres—The Domino Principle (Emb) 

3>wcase— Black Sunday (Para), 

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Sffl^wcase— Network 

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iJJwcase—Rocky (UA), 10th wk 145 

-Thieves (Para) 200 

3>wcase—A Star Is Bora (WB), 16th wk. . .125 

jee theatres—The Eagle Has Landed (Col) . 

M|» ee theatres— Airport '77 

IJ 

(Univ), 2nd wk 275 

IJbjter— Aliairs Janice (SR) 

N 

ack Sunday' Lands With A 

ng at 375 in New Haven 

NEW HAVEN—Paramount^ "Black 

nda\." which bowed at a whopping 375, 

s the biggest news in weeks for first-run 

w Haven. Other strong showings were 

de by "Airport '77," 275 in its second 

ek and "Wizards." 175 in its second 

ek. 

smart, Mllford—Fun With Dick and Jane h (Col), 

T k ,v — 60 

ord—The Domino Principle (Emb). 3rd wk 135 

in The Black Samurai (SR) 135 

wcase— Black Sunday (Para) .. . 

-Network (MGM/UA), 8th wk 140 

wcase—Rocky ( 

UA), 10th wk. It 

•wcase— Airport 77 (Umv), 2nd wk 275 

i»case—A Star Is Bora (WB), 16th wk 

Cinema—Wizards (20th-Fox), 

d wlt 

175 

MASS.—Warners' "Gold 

imOUSfljggers of 1935." directed by Busby Berkshown 

as a free attraction at the 

(To* »wton Free Library and the Newtonville 

&&, Wli. 

New England Exhibitors Quietly Raise 

Admission Prices to Beat Cost Spiral 

Bj ALIEN M. WIDLM 

reduced rates than to a small number at 

higher prices. But 

HAR 

even these circuits 

I LORD Quietly 

recognize 

ipiraling operational costs. Still 

hut firmly New 

England theatres are 

other 

raising the price of 

theatre interests are maintaining 

admission without 

the dollar 

advertised apologies or 

admission 

pointing 

on to inflation and lis 

Mondays and Tuesdays only 

inevitable impacl 

on 

—traditionally slow days. 

exhibition prolil-and-loss statements. 

A large roster of theatres, both circuit 

and independent, 

As 

provide 

a king-time 

reduced pricing 

exhibitor who wants lo 

for 

keep 

two components o| the 

profits ahead 

moviegoing 

ol losses explained: "The 

public—the student bloc 

public does 

(over 

not wish 

age to hear the woes 

12) and 

of 

the senior citizens. 

motion picture theatres. The public has its 

own While some theatres, 

brand of woes. 

because of 

People come 

contractual 

obligations 

to a theatre 

to forget 

or competitiveness, 

their problems. cannot 

offer 

If the admission 

price has 

reduced prices 

increased— 

on a seven-das 

well, so has everything 

basis for certain attractions, 

else." 

other forwardthinking 

exhibitors 

Distinctiveness 

such as 

has been 

Connecticut's 

tied to theatre 

Leonard 

advertising logos in New 

Sampson and Robert Spodick, 

England 

have 

for generations. 

maintained that student prices, 

There is no 

structured 

honky-tonk style. 

well 

Rather 

below the 

what 

going tab, 

has 

are 

emerged 

a key ingredient 

for 

is consistency 

coupled 

audience-building. 

with conservativeness. 

Their Lincoln 

Theatre in New Haven runs festivals the 

Merrill, SBC Management 

year around. Daily advertising emphasizes 

student admissions. 

Among the independents reflecting this 

The rule of thumb still applies: Stay competitive 

but stay in business. Only the local 

credo are the Merrill Theatre Corp., headed 

by Merrill Jarvis and based in Burlington, 

exhibitor or resident manager can say how 

Vt., and the Boston-headquartered SBC much pricing can be realistically raised. 

Management Corp., helmed by Doug Amos. 

Theatre people admit privately that unless 

We cite these two to drive home the independents' 

capability to produce logos con- 

they can boost admission prices and maintain 

that increase, the prospects for profits 

taining the significant information with subdued 

price figures. Again, the main empha- 

will get dimmer and dimmer. 

sis is on the show. 

In the past, amusement page advertising 

in many 

Independent Challenges 

cities carried word of 99-cent and 

$1 admissions. The trend, more and more, is State Film Rental Tax 

towards $1.25, $1.50 and even higher. HARTFORD—An independent Connecticut 

exhibitor has challenged the state 

The drive-in field is something else again. 

While there continue to be scattered pockets tax on film rentals. 

of underskyers still playing marathon shows Samuel R. Hadelman. who operates the 

—nine-hour, five-feature programs—the Cheshire Cinema in Cheshire, has challenged 

the tax in Hartford County Court of 

trend increasingly seems headed for triplefeatures 

at $4 or $5 per carload. 

Common Pleas. He says he paid a $15.19 

rental tax under protest last May and later 

Weekend Star Salutes 

unsuccessfully sought a refund through the 

Variations on the theme are endless. state tax department. 

Harry Schwab at the Air-Line Drive-in in Hadelman has been joined in the suit 

Chicopee, Mass., has been playing multipletitle 

weekend shows as salutes to a Hollytries, 

with both contending that the state 

by the distributor. Columbia Pictures Induswood 

personality. Admission price is noticeably 

missing in all his newspaper ads; picture rentals. 

can tax propery but not the rights to motion 

the focus is on the entertainment. 

In another thrust for audience-building, 

the Redstone Theatres, even on non-holiday Smoking Ban Becomes Law 

weekends, continues to advertise the availability 

of gift certificates to maintain a smoking in a number of public places has 

PROVIDENCE-—A measure prohibiting 

moviegoing concept. 

become law. Banned is smoking in such 

One significant aspect of this trend is the plaees as motion picture theatres, hospitals, 

tendency for big-city theatres to offer reduced 

admissions at matinees, seven d.i\s supermarkets, with the exception of desig- 

religious institutions, museums, schools and 

a week, and at week-day evening performances. 

Hence. $1 admissions can be found 

nated areas. 

in many cities but the price goes up when 

the sun goes down. 

John Daniels, Vaudevillian, Dies 

Redstone Theatres. General Cinema Wl > MOITH. MASS.— John Daniels. 

Corp.. and Merrill I he.ttres Corp.. are but 78, vaudeville performer many years ago, 

three of the major circuits pitching bargain died recently. He performed on the then 

prices for matinees thinking that it is belter 

to play to a good-sized audience al 

Keith Theatres circuit in the New England 

states and across the L'.S. and Canada. 

1XOFFICE :: April 25, 1977 

NE-1

BOSTON 

Warn Gcrinainc, for over 30 years one of 

Boston Filmrow's best known and 

most popular personalities, was in town recently 

visiting old friends and relating tales 

of past years. Harry is president of Interstate 

Films in New Haven, distributors for 

Association Films, producers of free short 

subjects. He mentioned that Radio City 

Music Hall is one of his best customers, 

having had premiere showings of five of his 

firm's shorts this year. Harry also stated 

that many circuit executives and independent 

managers believe that 1977 may see 

the rebirth of short subjects for motion 

picture theatres. 

Genial Rose Gluck, a real favorite at 

E. M. Loew's office, is established in accounting, 

benefiting from her experience 

as manager of the circuit's Capitol Theatre 

in Lynn. Rose is an accomplished musician 

and always ready to start the music rolling 

at birthday parties and other celebrations. 

Easy-going Joe Hockberg of Affiliated 

Theatres Booking Service has announced 

that he has been authorized by Dwight Ciccotelli 

to do the booking and buying for 

his Rochester Drive-in, Rochester, N. H. 

. . . Cates Theatre publicity director Martha 

Pinson set up a press screening at the 

Orson Welles for "I Am A Dancer," starring 

Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, 

followed by the opening at the Back Bay 

Screening Room in an exclusive area run. 

While vacationing in Florida, we dropped 

in at the American Multi Cinema 6 

complex at the Countryside Mall in Clearwater. 

Had a pleasant chat with James 

Hill, district manager for that area. The six 

theatres are in a row, side by side, with the 

concessions stand stretched out in the center 

of the 400-foot long lobby. Hill was enthusiastic 

about the arrangement, saying it 

created an incentive for the patrons to stop 

and look it over and impulsively decide to 

What do Bionic 

Robots do for fun? 

make a purchase. Hill has been with American 

Multi Cinema for the past two years, 

joining the circuit in the management trainee 

department. 

Harvey Appell and Paul Peterson of NFB 

Film Distributors, are high on three new 

releases, "Tomcats." "Ping Pong" and "Eaten 

Alive," with drive-in bookings coming 

in 

fast. 

Redstone Theatres Showcase Cinemas in 

Springfield cooperated with WHYN Radio 

in a "Super Showcase King Kong Party." 

The radio promo listed the eight movies 

playing at the theatres and asked listeners 

to call and identify which film was the 

"mystery movie of the hour." The winner 

received an invitation for two to a Kong 

party. 

Fifty winners and guests attended the 

party which included a smorgasbord, gifts 

of T-shirts and Kong albums from the radio 

station and a Kong grab-bag and Kong cocktails. 

After the party, the winners saw the 

movie of their choice. 

The Orson Welles Cinema is presenting 

its third annual Whodunit Film Festival for 

six weeks ending May 3. Thirty classics of 

mystery and suspense are being shown. 

Jane Badger, Sack Theatres publicist, set 

up press screenings for "Nasty Habits" 

prior to its recent opening here. In addition, 

a strong advertising campaign was put into 

motion for "Welcome to L.A.," including 

radio, TV and newspaper plugs, before its 

Wednesday (13) openings. 

Ellis Gordon and Bob MacPherson of 

Ellis Gordon Films, and Joe and Alan 

Hochberg of Affiliated Theatres Corp., announce 

the merger of the two companies to 

better serve independent theatre owners and 

producers throughout New England. Headquarters 

are at 1330 Boylston Street, Chestnut 

Hill, Mass. 02167. Phone numbers are 

(617) 734-0700 and (617) 731-2770. 

Sam Weinstein of the branch accounting 

home office, was a recent visitor at the 

20th-Fox exchange . . . Linda Carlson, secretary 

to Martin Berman, branch manager 

of 20th-Fox, is an Olivia Newton-John 

look-a-like . . . Two more macrame pot 

hangers are gracing the 20th-Fox exchange 

ceilings thanks to Elaine Urban, booker, 

who will be glad to take orders for her 

handiwork. 

Robert Lucy of Drive-In Concessions was 

elected president of the New England Ass'n 

of Amusement Parks & Beaches at the association's 

51st annual convention. He succeeds 

Myron Klayman of Paragon Park, 

Hull, Mass. 

Cates Theatres' Orson Welles Cinemas 

opened the run of Robert Altman's "Welcome 

to L.A." with a spectacular publicity 

push through TV, radio and newspapers, 

including personal appearances by Keith 

Carradine and Lauren Hutton. The cinema 

also completed the installation of the new 

Dolby stereo sound system at the same 

time. 

Boston's Copley Square 

Will Include Theatres 

BOSTON—Another new hotel 

and the 

tre complex is in the offing. Urban Inve 

ment and Development of Chicago, builcr 

of the Watertower Place there, is coi 

mitted to erect the planned $200,000,0) 

air rights development in Copley Squa 

with a luxury hotel of at least 800 roor 

an office building, a theatre complex, apa 

ments and topflight department stores. 

Preliminary plans for Copley Square I 

for construction of a mammoth platfo 

high in the air to carry a hotel, expect 

to be Western International, and all 

other auxiliary structures in a densely 

< 

signed 12 acre site. L 

The project, with its new hotel rd 

auditorium and theatre facilities, in prcj jite;:. 

mity to the Prudential development, is 

pected to make Boston one of the 

j 

prim| tailoi 

ftjt 

convention cities in the United States, c 

officials 

said. 

Why! Sack Theatre Will Ge , 

a 

'Bridge Too Far' Opening, K km; 

BOSTON—Sack Theatres is getting tt 

world preem of Joseph E. Levine's I m 

sen 

Rat 

on to Br 

is did-* 

KiditaB* 

I 

aec 

v 

jtniaikd. 

mine tie c 

Bridge Too Far," at the Music Hall in 

June 13, because there is no theatre! R j,^ 

Deventer, Holland, where the film was sto.1 

Story is that Levine, former Bostorui 

who was called the "Boston Barnum"iii 

his early days, wanted to hold the w

,i pleted. 

, 

distribution 

1 

! 

. . Massie 

\PRINGFIELD 

i.ile> Boone, Springfield native, now 

buj 

vice-president of domestic marketing 

for 20th-Fox, was the sub- 

,00m of a story in the Springfield newspapers. 

v ic, who attended public schools here 

:vl went on to Brandeis University, often 

\tf 

his dad ako named Ashley— a repostal 

worker. The executive's brother. 

ard, works for Massachusetts Mutual 

Insurance Company. The newspaper 

ijpi 

noted that Boone, at 3S, is the highesting 

black executive in a major Hollyi|, 

i studio. As for his corporate responsi- 

/, he remarked. "The second a movie is 

it becomes my responsibility." 

ilie Harris dedicated the new Amherst 

;ge women's crew boat. The Belle, at 

college boathouse in Hadley. She has 

touring the country in "The Belle of 

^terst," the play based on the life of poet 

i y Dickinson. 

ibi 

iris Reeve, an apprentice at the Wil- 

Iwîtown Summer Theatre in the late 

5, has been signed for the title role in 

. upcoming screen version of "Super- 

•lester Gadzinski, vice-president for 

.'•rn operations. Gull & Western Indusf 

(parent company of Paramount), told 

:innual dinner of the Greater Spring- 

I Chamber of Commerce: "The more 

i:y we make, the more taxes we pay, the 

: investment we can afford, the more 

cle we need on the payroll, and we can 

Id the other good things that are imi 

nt in a company's support of the comity." 

— 

I 

'i 

RHODE ISLAND 

. . . 

Qpentngs included Paramount's "Black 

Sunday." Universal's "Airport 

'77" 

and "The Slipper and the Rose" and Columbia's 

The Eagle Has Landed" 

The General Cinema Corp. Warwick Mall 

Cinema has come up with an innovative 

answer to late-night TV movies—the theatre 

runs what it advertises as "The Great 

Late Show." containing, in the main, distinguished 

vintage product on a double bill, 

with a $1.50 admission. A recent show was 

the Marx brothers' "Coconuts" and "Monkey 

Business." 

. • 

The Campus Cinema, Wakefield, dropped 

its pass list for showings of UA's 

"Rocky" . The Cranston Drive-In triplebilled 

UA's "The Pink Panther Strikes 

Again." "Burnt Offerings" and "Trackdown." 

charging $5-per-carload, regardless 

of number of passengers. 

Libra Films' "Cousin Cousine" went into 

a record-shattering third month at the SBC 

Cinerama 2. Providence . . . Avon Cinema, 

same city, double-billed Columbia reruns. 

"The Last Picture Show" and "The 

King of Marvin Gardens." 

Veteran leading man James Stewart voiced 

lament for the big studio contract player 

era in an interview with the Providence 

Journal-Bulletin. "You know," he said, "in 

the old days when you were working for a 

big studio you were under contract to them 

and that was it. They called them 'factories' 

and they called the boss of the studio 'mogul' 

or something like that. This was all 

nonsense, of course. This was the best way 

to make movies. This was a training ground 

for the craft and nothing like it has taken 

place since." 

Stewart, who was interviewed in conjunction 

with Universal's "Airport '77," continued: 

"You were learning a craft because 

you were working all the time. When you 

were under contract to a studio, you got 

there at 9 a.m. and unless you were dismissed 

early, you left at 5 p.m. Whether it 

was taking exercises or voice lessons or 

anything, you were there. You worked five 

days a week just like anybody else. And I 

think this is. by far, the best way." 

High winds damaged the north screen at 

the Lonsdale Twin Drive-In, Lincoln, with 

. . . 

repairs necessitating a temporary closedown. 

The sister south screen, however, 

continued showings. The Lonsdale and 

Cranston underskyers. incidentally, are 

charging $5.50-a-carload. A similar policy 

in adjacent Massachusetts charges $5 



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Joseph Stanzler opened his Boro Drive-In 

lor the season. Initial program was UA's 

"Carrie" and "Gator." 

Film colony acceptance lor Talia Shire 

in the form of a second Oscar nomination, 

for UA's "Rocky"—has given the sister of 

Francis Ford Coppola the kind of status 

enabling her to 

gain financial backing for a 

small project by lending her name to it. 

"That's what's so beautiful about 

'Rocky,' " she said in an interview with the 

Providence Journal-Bulletin. 

"You've heard the word, unbankable?" 

the story continued. "We were a bunch of 

unbankable people who were making a 

movie called 'Rocky,' but now, I understand. 

I can get a small movie going. I'm 

just bankable enough for a cheapo movie 

now." 

The experience of a Brown University 

junior, film buff Daniel Weissman, in working 

with director Alain Resnais during 

shooting in Europe and the U.S. for Cinema 

5's "Providence," formed the basis of a 

full-page interview/ layout in the Journal- 

Bulletin. Weissman, who is 22, recounted his 

months of work, which developed out of a 

dogged pursuit of Resnais and associates to 

accept a non-professional as part of the 

regular production force. 

MAINE 

. . . 

Premieres included Paramount's "Black 

Sunday" and "Thieves," Universal's 

"Airport '77," Libra Films' "Cousin Cousine" 

(an import slotted into situations normally 

scheduling only domestic product), 

Avco Embassy's "The Cassandra Crossing" 

and Columbia's "The Eagle Has Landed" 

The General Cinema Corp. Maine Mall 

Cinema 3 (metropolitan Portland first-run 

complex) ran "special late" shows at midnight 

(rather unusual for Maine exhibition) 

over a recent Friday and Saturday for 

"Black Sunday." Same plex showed 

"Rocky"' at 11:30 p.m. those evenings . . . 

The Augusta Civic Center sold out tickets 

for the May 24 Elvis Presley concert within 

two hours of boxoffice opening. 

The Saco Cinema, Saco, with reprise of 

Universal's "The Other Side of the Mountain," 

charged $2 for adults, $1 for youngsters 

under age 12 . . Portland lawyer 

. 

Sidney W. Thaxter. 62, brother of actress 

Phyllis Thaxter, died at his Falmouth home 

after 

a long illness. 

Maine tourism, which has significant spinoff 

trade for exhibition, had its best year 

since 1970 during 1976, according to the 

State Development Office. Tourists spent a 

record $379 million—a 17.2 per cent increase 

over the $321 million spent in 1975. 

The 1976 total represented an 85 per cent 

increase from the $205 million in 1970. 

"Closelv Watched Trains," the 1967 

Czech import, was shown free in the 

dent Lounge at Bangor Community Coll(, 

recently ... A 1972 German film, "A F; 

Woman." was shown in the English-Mat' 

matics Building, University of Maine-Ore 

campus, also as a free attraction. 

an unusual mix of both screen and st 

attractions. A town committee headed 

Harris Strong, Herbert Mitchell and oil > 

acquired the cinema from owner Thoi 

Leavitt for $20,000 (it had been built] 

1938). 

, 

Irks 

TORONTO - ^ 

••• 

Cto 

jbout 

"Maine Event," the weekend Henac: F 

(Es 

entertE. 

* 

jiH 

ment/culture supplement appearing in 

from c 

efforts tbe 

Bangor Daily News, gave cover attent 

^ 

jwle send 

and inside pages to the success within 

past two-and-a-half years of converting 

one-time Grand Theatre on Ellswon t 

Main Street to the Hancock County A t 

itorium, programing presently comprised 

Consumer pressure may well 

prove tc 

the best control of pornography, accort 

to a series of articles by Christopher Spi 

in the Bangor Daily News. Richard J 

man, president of the Maine Civil Libei 

Union, is quoted as saying that a pri 

approach to addressing the obscenity p- 

lem "may be the only viable one. Gov 

ment, Maiman continues, just cannot 

islate what it cannot define and the 

nances attempting to regulate sexually 

plicit 

reasons. 

material cannot work for that or o 

The Cinema Center 3, Brewer, pla 

20th-Fox's "Silver Streak," advertised 

Best Entertainment Hit of 1977!" 

Trans-Lux Corp. Leases 

Danbury Twin Cinemas 

DANBURY, CONN.—Buddy 

executive vice-president of Trans 

Corp., has announced that a subsidiary* 

acquired the lease for the Cine I and t 

II theatres here. 

During his announcement, Levy 

that the twin theatres, located at 

Commerce Park, offer seating for 57Cp 

trons each, with free parking directlya 

jacent to the theatres. He stated that 

the intention of the company to offeJ 

people of the Danbury area motion pic 

of good quality and sound entertain 

value. 

Levy said that the acquisition ist 

second theatre opening for the compa 

the eastern Connecticut area. In 

1976, it opened the twin theatres, Ci m 

I and Cinema II, in the Landmark Si 

complex in Stamford. 

The company presently manages 22^ 

toriums in the eastern United States. lj 

Lux Corp. is principally engaged kj 

business of producing and leasing an 

tronic teleprinter and equipment for fh 

play of stock and commodity markets

I 

nager 

! ario 

, 

so 

Withdrawal of German 

iilm Irks Canadians 

liiKDMo - A prize-winning German 

n about Chile entitled "The Country Is 

Aim" (Es Herract Ruhc im Land) is being 

indrawn from distribution in this country 

ough the efforts of the Goethe Institute, 

worldwide semi-official organization. 

gj 

In the past, the German embassy and 

Sulates across Canada actively have 

:ked promotion by the Goethe Institute 

films by "new wave" German film direcs 

such as Wim Wonders, Rainer Fassider 

and Alexander Kruge. The German 

:w wave" was highlighted last fall at 

ronto's international Festival of Festis. 

However, last December German au- 

>rities ordered Goethe Institutes in Ottaand 

Toronto to withdraw the Lillenthal 

n from this year's package offered to 

I'vie clubs and film institutes in Canada, 

(n Ottawa, where the Canadian Film Inuie 

had agreed to screen the Goethe 

titute's package. National Film Theatre 

Frank Taylor managed to get an- 

|;er print from the Goethe Institute in 

York and the film was shown on 

kjcdulc at the National Library Theatre 

mary 27. The director of the Ottawa 

ethe Institute. Gertrude Baer, helped 

/lor secure the print. 

Should Come From 

Top 

'If there's government disapproval of a 

I it ought to come at the start and right 

im the top (from Bonn) and should apply 

lally in all countries," she said. "Of 

rse, I had to yield to political pressure 

: here for eight years and I am leaving 

I've been director of the Goethe Insti- 

diplomatic scene with a not-too-delighttaste 

in my mouth." 

The Country Is Calm" has not been 

Jwn in Toronto as yet. The Ontario Film 

ituie had planned to screen it at the 

Science Centre in February as part 

i series on new German cinema but the 

onto Goethe Institute informed the OFI 

December that the film was being withwn 

from the package. 

M Surprised at Move 

Wc were surprised at the Goethe Instimove." 

said Gerald Pratley, the film 

itute's director, "but we didn't consider 

film's message overwhelmingly impor- 

. There certainly wasn't any outright 

we easily could have obtained an- 

:r print elsewhere. But we decided to 

:pt the Goethe Institute's package as is. 

ir taste in these things usually is impeee." 

inda Beath. who heads New Cinema, a 

ribution company in this city, described 

Goethe Institute's move as "shocking." 

linked the affair to a move against r.;w 

an distributors in Germany, where 

distributing cooperative has been 

ehi by the Der Spiegel publishing em- 

(Continued on pag-.- 

*< OFFICE :: April 25. 1977 

K-4) 

'Excellent' Support for Three New 

Films Cheer Up Ottawa Exhibitors 

OTTAWA—Business all across town, including 

most of the drive-ins, w.is unusually 

si long. Disappointments were Universale 

"The Slipper and the Rose" at the Flmdale 

and the combo of "Godzilla vs. Megalon" 

and "The Great Spider Invasion." the latter 

double bill suffering from cold weather and 

a recent tube airing of the "Godzilla" picture. 

The longest holdovers, "The Pink Panther 

Strikes Again," "A Star Is Born," and 

"Silver Streak," part of the Christmas package, 

and "Fun With Dick and Jane," 

"Rocky" and "Network," maintained 

healthy grosses. These long-running films, 

somewhat rare at this time of year for 

Ottawa, are not getting any complaints 

from local managers. "Airport '77," "Demon 

Seed" and "Black Sunday" enjoyed 

"excellent" openings. 

Auto Sky— Godzilla vs. Megalon; The 

Great Spider Invasion (PR) Poor 

Britannia—The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio 

(PR) 

Good 

Britannia— Trader Hornee: Thar She Blows 

(PR) 

Good 

Capitol Square—Silver Streak (BVFD), 

16th wk. . 

Good 

Capitol Square—Demon Seed (UA) Excellent 

Elgin—Rocky (UA). 10th wk Excellent 

Elmdale—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ), 

3rd wk Fair 

Little Elgin—The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

(UA), 16th wk Very Good 

Nelson—A Star Is Bom (WB), 16th wk Good 

Place de Ville—Black Sunday (Para) Excellent 

Piece de Ville—Network (MGM/UA), 

8th wk Very Good 

Queensway—Breaker! Breaker! (IFD), 

2nd wk. Good 

Rideau—Freaky Friday (BV) Good 

St. Laurent— Fun With Dick and Jcne (As''al), 

7th wk. ... Very Good 

St. Laurent—Wizards (BVFD). 4th wk Good 

Somerset—Airport '77 (Univ) Excellent 

'Slap Shot,' 'Horse Thieves' 

'Airport' Open Big in Calgary 

CALGARY—"Slap Shot," "Airport '77" 

and "The Littlest Horse Thieves" led four 

other newcomers here with "excellent" 

grosses. Five long-running holdovers also 

earned top boxoffice attention. 

Brentwood, Westbrook—The Crater Lake Monster 

(PR) 

Poor 

Calgary Place—A Star Is Born (WB), 

14th wk Excellent 

Calaary Place—The Pink Panther Strike A~~ii 

(UA), 15th wk. Excellent 

Chinook—Rocky (UA), 7th wk Excellent 

Grand—Slap Shot (Univ) Excellent 

Marlborough Square, Westbrook—Raggedy Ann 

& Andy (BVFD) Good 

North Hill, Uptown—Fun With Dick and Jane 

(Astral), 6th wk . Excellent 

Odeon, Uptown—Airport '77 (Univ) Excellent 

Palace— The Littlest Horse Thieves: The 

Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (BV) . Excellent 

Palliser Square—Network (UA), 6th wk Excellent 

Palliser Square—Shoot (AFD) Good 

Towne Red—The Slipper and the Rose (Uni 

'Rocky' Leads Newcomers 

And Holdovers in Toronto 

TORONTO — Although five marquees 

had new offerings, only "Rocky." in its 

15th week at the Uptown, achieved "excellent" 

grosses. Newcomers included "The 

Fagle Has 1 anded" and "The Domino Principle" 

at "very good": "Demon Seed" and 

a double bill of "Slumber Parlv '57" and 

"Blue Summer" and The Suspects," "good." 

Corono' Slumber Party '57: Blue Summer (PR) Good 

Fairlawn—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ), 

6th wk Fair 

Hollywood-The Late Show (WB). 2nd wk. Good 

. 

I 

Hyland- Slap Shot i wk 

lal Six. HI,/.v od The Domino Principle 

(Astral) 

Imperial Six—Tho Cassandra Crossing (Asll 

7th wk. 

Imperial Six—TLc Enforcer (WB). 

l] Six Comj riorro and Meet My Wife 

(IFD), 3rd wk. 

Imperial Six—Brecrkorl Breakerl (AFD). 

Good 

2nd wk. 

rlional Cinema— The Suspects (AFD) 

Plaza—Network (UA), 16th , 

Plaza—Voyage of tho Damned [Astral), 

15th wk 

Poor 

Good 

Seven theatres—Fun With Dick and Jano 'A 

7th wk Goo 

Six theatres— Airport '77. (Univ), 2nd wk 

Towne Cinema— Islands in the Stream (Para). 

5th wk Very Good 

University A Star Is Born (WB), 14th wk Good 

Uptown—Rocky (UA). 15th wk. Excellent 

Uptown—Demon Seed (UA) Good 

Uptown— Silver Streak (BVFD), ISth wk Good 

York—The Eagle Has Landed (Astral) Very Good 

Six Holdovers, Three Newcomers 

Reach 'Excellent' in Edmonton 

EDMONTON— Nine films reached the 

"excellent" column this week, including six 

holdovers and three newcomers— "The Littlest 

Horse Thieves," "Slap Shot" and "Airport 

"77." Five other movies, "The Slipper 

and the Rose." "The Crater Lake Monster," 

"Taxi Driver," "The Domino Principle" 

and "Victory at Entebbe" bowed to various 

responses. 

Capitol Square—Wizards (BVFD), 4th wk. Excellent 

Capitol Square—Rocky (UA), 7th wk .....Excellent 

Capitol Square—Network (UA), 8th wk. ....Excellent 

Capitol Square— The Town That Dreaded 

Sundown (AFD), 2nd wk Fair 

Gameau—A Star Is Born (WB), 14th wk. Excellent 

Jasper Blue—The Shaggy D.A. (BV), 4th wk Good 

Jasper Red—Victory at Entebbe (WB) ...Good- 

Londonderry A—The Littlest Horse Thieves; 

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 

(BV) 

Excellent 

Londonderry B—Thieves (Para), 4th wk Fair 

Meadowlark. Rialto—Fun With Dick and Jane 

(Astral), 6th wk Excellent 

Odeon—Airport '77 (Univ) Excellent 

Odeon—The Domino Principle (Astral) Very Good 

Paramount—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 

5th wk _ Good 

Plaza, Roxy— Taxi Driver (Astral) ... Good 

Plaza—Thj Crater Lake Monster (PR) Poor 

Rialto—Slap Shot (Univ) _.. .Excellent 

Varscona—The Slipper and the Rose 

(Univ) Very Good 

Westmount A— The Pink Panther Strikes Again 

(UA), 15th wk. Excellent 

Westmount B—Bound for Glory (UA), 3rd wk. Good 

'Black Sunday' Leads Seven 

Newcomers in Montreal 

MONTREAL—Seven new entries bowed 

here to generally healthy grosses, led by 

"Black Sunday" in the "excellent" column. 

Other "excellent" ratings were earned by 

"Slap Shot" and "Airport '77" in their second 

week and "Rocky" in its tenth week. 

Slap Shot (Univ). 2nd wk Excellent 

Avenue Bound for Glory (UA), 5th wk -..Good 

Berri—Un Cadavre au Dessert (Col), 6th wk. Fair 

Chateau— Rescape du Futur [Emb] Very Good 

Cinema—A Star Is Born (WB), 15th wk Very Good 

Claremont—Network (MGM/UA), 

16th wk. ... Very Good 

Eros—Banging in Bangkok (Cinepix), 3rd wk. Good 

Loews—Rocky ( UA) 10th wk Excellent 

Loews—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 

7th wk . Good 

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"Raggedy 

fl regular news column for this area will 

be appearing onee again. Your correspondent 

is Steve O'Brien, who will be reporting 

local industry news as it becomes 

available, hopefully on a weekly basis. Former 

representative William Gladish. who 

retired approximately three years ago. is 

now 90 years of age—and remains a regular 

reader of Boxoffice. Along with other 

industryites. we thank him for a job well 

done and send best wishes for much happiness 

and good health in the years ahead. 

Much has been happening in this city 

since the Christmas season 1976 and. for 

the most part, theatres are enjoying aboveaverage 

patronage on an ongoing basis. 

Three holiday releases continue on local 

screens, as well as three other strong pictures 

which now are well into their second 

month. 

To acquaint the rest 

of the country with 

the film scene in the capital city: At the 

Odeon Somerset. "Taxi Driver," on the 

strength of its Oscar nominations, played 

three weeks to very good business before 

being replaced by a one-week run of 

"Breaker! Breaker!" In conjunction with 

its opening of "Airport '77," the third in 

this series from Universal, the Somerset ran 

a promotion with CFGO Radio in which 

lucky callers were invited to a special 

screening Saturday (2). Reaction was excellent 

and approximately 600 persons were 

winners of passes. There were more lucky 

winners who received a one-hour flight for 

three over the city . . . Dave Smith, assistant 

manager, expects the engagement of "Airport 

'77" to continue for quite a few weeks, 

if the first stanza was any indication of the 

film's "legs" (or wings). 

Odeon Elmdale presented the family film 

"The Adventures of the Wilderness Family" 

to excellent patronage for seven weeks, according 

to John Moore there. Tt would have 

run longer. Moore said, but they had to 

make way for "The Slipper and the Rose." 

The Elmdale did as much as could be expected 

to promote the new musical. With 

assistance from CFGO, callers who turned 

in a pair of shoes—or slippers—were given 

invitations to a special screening which attracted 

some 300 viewers. The staff members 

were dressed in period costumes. Incidentally, 

the footwear was donated to the 

Salvation Army. There also was a painting 

contest for children under 12, with the winner 

receiving a special dinner at Caesar's 

Palace. Unfortunately, this hypo drew poor 

response . (8) Columbia's pick-up 



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of the Sir Lew Grade picture, "The Eagle 

Has Landed." made its debut, bowing the 

same day at the Auto Sky Drive-in. 

Christmas business was slow at the Odeon 

St. Laurent, which was playing Univcrsal's 

"The Seven-Per-Ccnt Solution" against such 

heavy competition as "The Pink Panther 

Strikes Again." "A Star Is Born" and "King 

Kong." With the opening of Canadian Ted 

Kotcheff's "Fun With Dick and Jane," 

grosses skyrocketed. Patronage continued 

excellent for two months. "Fellini's Casanova" 

played four weeks to fair-to-good 

crowds and Ralph Bakshi's animated "Wizards" 

also has drawn very good response 

Loblaw's coupons, entitling moviegoers 

to a $1 discount on certain films, have 

been flooding the Odeon St. Laurent during 

the run of "Fun With Dick and Jane." Business 

is so good that the rerelease of "The 

Sting" may have to be placed in another 

Odeon theatre next month. "Slap Shot" also 

is expected to bow here but the date is uncertain. 

With the local interest in hockey, 

the Paul Newman starrer almost is guaranteed 

excellent turnouts . and 

Sunday children's matinees have ended for 

the season. Business was only fair. 

the 

The Main Elgin management tells 

us that 

business for "Rocky," the sleeper of th.2 

year, has been excellent since the film 

opened. However, winning the Best Picture 

Oscar hasn't hurt the Sylvester Stallone starrer 

one bit, according to assistant Garfield 

"Willie" Wilson. The playdate should continue 

until summer. 

At the Little Elgin, Blake Edwards' latest 

Pink Panther romp has been strong since 

it opened a week before Christmas—but it 

now is beginning to show signs of old age. 

The picture likely will be gone by month's 

end, with "Audrey Rose" stepping in 

the screen. 

to fill 

"Cousin Cousine" enjoyed a very good 

six weeks at the Capitol Square and "Silver 

Streak" has been going strong since Christmas. 

Both "Streak" and Disney's "Freaky 

Friday," which since has moved to the Rideau, 

played to packed houses during midwinter 

school break a few weeks ago. "All 

the President's Men" began an encore run 

in the smallest of the three auditoriums 

after Oscar week . set to open 

in the future at this location are "Bound 

for Glory," "Voyage of the Damned," "Mr. 

Billion" and "The Late Show." 

Barbra Streisand's remake of "A Star Is 

Born," which has played here at the Nelson 

since Christmas, is beginning to taper 

off at the boxoffice. The film originally 

opened with a Dolby print but, when it started 

to wear out (after about three months), an 

optical print was substituted . . . The Nelson 

February 10 marked its 30th anniversary 

and it also has undergone a small-scale remodeling, 

with repairs to the roof, renovation 

of the seats, new paint job and planned 

replacement of projection equipment and 

Ann & And) 

front doors . 

20th-Fox release, and "Star Wars' 

as upcoming features. 

are 

Place de Ville hosted the much bal 

booed remake of "King Kong," which bow 

Christmas in both cinemas and played 

eight-week engagement. In fact, promoti 

of "King Kong," a Dino De Laurentiis p 

duction, earned manager Doug Pinder th 

prize in a contest. Pinder donned a gor 

costume and made an unannounced appeancc 

on CJOH-TV's "Nightline" show wl 

Peter Emmerson was giving the weather 

port, providing quite a shock for the vie 

personality. The ape also showed up oi 

news report with Les Lye and his mo 

reviews. Bill Luxton acted as "trainer." 1 

next day on CJOH's "Morning Show," L 

ton switched with Lye as he interviewed 

gorilla and Lye played the role of trairi 

The stunt, needless to say, provided ex* 

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lent promotion for the film . . . 

sandra Crossing" played four weeks to g 

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erally good business. 

The downtown Rideau recently has 

dergone a major remodeling, with a 

pinball arcade featured. More details on 

project in a future report . . . The 

situal 

plays double bills, usually with secondfilms. 

The Auto-Sky Drive-In, closed during 

winter, opened Friday (1) with "God; 

vs. Megalon" and "The Great Spider It 

sion" attracting a poor turnout. The i 

weather, of course, was not a plus fac 

Other programs have included "The E, 

Has Landed," "The Lords of Flatbush 

a dusk-to-dawn show offering "Fran! 

stein vs. Dracula," "Brotherhood of San' 

and "Horror of the Blood Monster" (a |r^ 

for insomniacs?) . . . Juvenile 

vandalsjaj 

fire to the secondary ticket booth recefl 

but no other damage was reported. 

The Queensway Drive-In remained t| 

weekends only during the winter. The 

er recently went to full-time operation 

"Breaker! Breaker!" and "Murph the Sfl 

a double bill which played two week 

was estimated that one out of three 

each night of the two-week run belojj 

to a CB'er. Special drawings of the 

numbers resulted in almost 300 "Brei'l 

Breaker!" mugs being handed out to 1: 

patrons. 

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The Britannia 2, a dual drive-in,j 

mained open during the winter on ai fcatety 

day-through-Sunday basis. Films player 

eluded "The Town That Dreaded Sundcl 

"Shoot," "Alice in Wonderland," 

Core Blues," "Gumbally Rally," "Mat 

and the Senator" and "Head Mistresstll 

Britannia 1, the combo of "The Gi| 

Tube" and the "The Boob Tube" or. 

Friday (8), while the Britannia 2, plj ^to Mi 

day-and-date with the Rideau, is offj 

"Winnie the Pooh" and "The Littlest 

Thieves." 

Doug Pinder, Place de Ville marg 

and his wife Edna recently celebrated heir 

21st wedding anniversary. Many happ r< 

turns! Pinder. already a member of Faiftu 

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letime in June at either the Outaouis or 

Jar Hill golf clubs Ernie Warren, 

magci of the Elgin, had a one-week holi- 

. ' ' n Montreal 2 manager 

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wrs 25 Year Club, w.is inducted into 

Canadian Motion Pictures Pioneer Club 

vith a little urging from Capitol Square 

nagcr Burt Brown—at the Park Plaza 

tel in [oronto Monday (18). This was 

recognition of 25 years' service to the 

usiry. 

i" hi- annual golf tournament of the Ottarheatre 

Managers Ass'n will be held 

huh; ik Marion and his wife celebrated their 

-' 

h wedding anniversary Tuesday (19). 

V "captioning contest" which was a profan 

for Columbia's "Fun With Dick and 

c." as a tie-in with the Odeon St. Laurent 

local newspaper, the Penny Press, 

ted to stimulate much interest. The fea- 

so far has shown that iti 

doesn't really 

n-d this type ballyhoo, as word-of-mouth 

fulling in the crowds. 

L „ 

Tie Towne Cinema, local repertory 

ise, is still thriving nicely with such pic- 

's as "Silent Movie." "Women in Love." 

sus Christ Superstar" and two area cult 

is. "Harold and Maude" and 20th-Fox's 

ie Rocky Horror Picture Show." both 

) which are regulars. The theatre's film 

fcicy is: Mondays. Great Britain; Tuesf!s, 

France and Quebec; Wednesdays. 

»y: Thursdays. "Great Directors"; Fri- 

5, "Great Stars"; Saturdays, regular subs. 

and Sundays, family-oriented sub-runs, 

house also has midnight showings both 

Jay and Saturday and Sunday (10) it unied 

a 90-minute collection of Norman 

:tii F-VlLaren shorts in cooperation with Colum- 

as.: 

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Pictures and the National Film Board. 

Towne Cinema also is opening a 

across the street which will sell posters, 

dtracks, film books, etc. Its material 

be bilingual, so college students and 

buffs should have a field day there. 

,incere apologies if some names or other 

nerials are jumbled but after five hours 

„ 'sthc phone to "catch up" it is not unf 

kable that some facts might have been 

.... nolaced. Of course, anything erroneous 

r , i,,|| be corrected promptly. At any rate. 

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thought Iho everything happened in Calassured 

that quite a bit happens 

nd this correspondent will be telling 

I all about it. 

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ditor's 

note: We welcome Steve O'Brien. 

• 'se name will be added to the masthead 

ri 

. However, for the moment, contact him 

riting to 1110 Shillington. Ottawa. Ont. 

7Z2. or phone (613) 728-0313. 

vong 'Breaker!' Grosses 

T* i Toronto Multiple Run 

first two weeks of the 

it of American International's "Breaker 

1 

iker!" in eight hardtops and two drive 

in Toronto have resulted in a powerful 

gj gross of $130,588 

•ith the engagement continuing in sevtheatres, 

approximately $200,000 is exled 

from this multiple booking. 

CALGARY 

J-Ja\iuu movie star I an. ill I awcctt-Majors 

as a close ncighhoi has given an added 

impetus to the current hair styles in both 

tins citj and Edmonton, much to the dismay 

of some hairdressers and stylists. After 

all. who really can expect to look like an 

imitation'.' Mrs. Majors currently is in Banff 

with husband Lee. who is learning to ski well 

enough to take part in an upcoming movie 

that is to be lensed in that area. Majors 

was in this city recently to take part in the 

Easter Seal campaign kickoff. 

Easter Sunday (10) a special event took 

place at the University of Alberta in Edmonton 

when two out-of-the-ordinary films 

were screened. The feature was entitled 

"The Battle of Chile" (or "The Stuggle of a 

People Without Arms"), written and directed 

by Patricio Gazman; also included 

was "The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie" 

and "Coup D'Etat." The program was in 

Spanish with English subtitles. During the 

intermission, authentic Chilean folk entertainment 

was presented by the Chilean 

community of Edmonton. Tickets for the 

event were sold at the door. 

Mrs. Blain Covert was called to Toronto 

recently when her father George Tassie 

died following a heart attack. Tassie was a 

businessman and had enjoyed good health 

until his death. Friends and acquaintances in 

the industry send condolences to the Covert 

family. 

Edmonton's Central Library showed a 

variety of films, including excerpts from 

two Harold Lloyd comedies, sponsored by 

the National Film Theatre/ Edmonton and 

the Edmonton Film Society. These attractions 

were "Sailor-Made Man" (1921) and 

"Grandma's Boy" (1922). screened Tuesday 

(5). Another series Friday (1) offered 

"All the King's Men" (1949), starring Mercedes 

McCambridge. The community programs 

section offered another in the western 

series, presenting "The Plainsman" 

(1937). starring Gary Cooper. Saturday and 

Sunday (2. 3). The Provincial Museum also 

provided film fare for Edmontonians. imspooling 

Japanese films "The Peach Boy" 

and "Tora-San Loves an Artist" Wednesday 

(6). 

Mrs. Marie Blooinerist is taking over the 

business of Consolidated Film Shippers and 

is assuming an active role in the operation 

of the company. Marie will be remembered 

by industry veterans from her days with 

MGM and 20th Century-Fox. as well as 

her behind-the-scenes activities with Consolidated. 

She will be driving some of the 

vehicles and handling office matters as well. 

Boh Hope, ^w^ of the world's greatest 

entertainers, came to Edmonton to present 

an evening's entertainment Sunday (24). 

CJCA Radio sponsored the program. 

I he Calgary Film Society presented two 

programs, with the final film in the Classic 

Film Series being shown Monday i4). The 

picture was "UmbcrtO D," directed by Vittorio 

de Sica and made in Italy in 1952, 

and the screening was held in the ( HQR 

Centre. The international Film Series featured 

"Kes" Ihuisday (7) in the Jubilee 

Auditorium. Admission to both programs 

was by membership only, 

The first week ol the month might have 

been labeled "Holdup Week" in Edmonton. 

Two theatres were hit by robbers along with 

other establishments. The first to be victimized 

was the Westmount 1 win. I 14th 

Avenue and Groat Road. March 30. At 

approximately 9:30 p.m., three men entered 

the dualer with faces partially covered and 

armed with a shotgun. They took an undetermined 

amount of money, escaping in a 

red Toyota. All three men were believed to 

be in their 20s. A description was given to 

Edmonton city police, who were called to 

the scene. No arrests were reported. 

Sunday (3), two men held up the Golden 

West Drive-In at approximately 8:20 p.m. 

The holdup men drove up to the boxoffice 

in 

a brown Pinto and the passenger stepped 

out armed with a sawed-off shotgun. After 

threatening the cashier and obtaining some 

money, the robbers sped away in a northerly 

direction. No arrests have been made in 

this case, either. 

A special Chinese feature was shown Sunday 

(3) in the Chinese National League 

Auditorium. Starring well-known Chinese 

stars, the new Hong Kong-made color film 

was titled "The Autumn Long Song." The 

picture had a 

Mandarin soundtrack but carried 

English subtitles. 

It 

was announced by Prairie Allied Booking 

Ass'n that, effective immediately, Sid 

Sniderman of that company will be handling 

the buying and booking chores for the 

theatre in Swift Current. Sask. 

Proud father Blain Covert, branch manager 

for Warner Bros., happily inform Boxoffice 

that Blain jr.'s hockey team, the 

Canyon Meadows Cougars, just won the 

city championship in the juvenile ranks. 

Congratulations to Blain jr. and his team! 

Although we have had only minimal information, 

it is definite that there are two 

new twin theatres in our territory— in Yellowknife. 

N.W.T.. and in Lloydminster. 

Sask. In both cases, the twin resulted from 

remodeling of the existing cinema. 

Some of the film offerings this month at 

Cinematheque 16 have been "The Bride o\ 

Frankenstein," "In a Lonelj Place." "Cul 

de Sac," "Chile: The Promised Land" (La 

Tierra Prometida). "Siddhartha." "Westhound" 

and two screenings of "Les Ordres." 

Allbright Is Re-Elected 

PRI\c I 

\1 BERT, SASK—The Prince 

Albert Exhibition Ass'n has re-elected Marshall 

Allbright as president, with Tom Carlei 

and Dale McCoshen as \ ice-piesidents. 

V" 1 

•«OITICE ;: April 25. 1977 

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TORONTO 

Qanada is scheduled to be represented by 

two official entries, both from Quebec. 

in this year's main Cannes Film Festival 

category. From seven feature candidates, 

festival officials have chosen "Le Vienx 

l'a\s ()u Rimbeaud est Mort." directed by 

Jean-Pierre Lefebvre. and "J. A. Martin 

Photographer," directed for the National 

Film Board by Jean Beaudin. For the Directors' 

Fortnight category, festival officials 

selected "Why Shoot the Teacher?", directed 

by Silvio Narizzano. and the National 

Film Board's "One Man." directed 

by Robin Spry. 

Barker Robert R. Hall of this city, legal 

counsel for Variety Clubs International, 

introduced his brother Monty Hall at the 

massive celebrity dinner Wednesday evening 

(6) jointly sponsored by metropolitan 

Toronto and Variety Club Tent 28 to 

welcome the Blue Jays major league baseball 

team to the city. Monty Hall, best 

known, perhaps, for his "Let's Make a 

Deal" TV show, let it be known that henceforth 

he will be devoting much of his time 

to charity work. 

At the dinner. Tent 28 presented veteran 

sportsman Conn Smythe with a check for 

$210,000 to assist his latest charity project, 

the Ontario Community Centre for the 

Deaf. Incidentally, the Blue Jays won their 

Yonge in Toronto Returns 

To Films. Live Act Flops 

TORONTO—The seven-week stage run 

of Reveen the Impossibilist at the Yonge 

Theatre here proved to be a financial disaster 

and likely will discourage further 

efforts to upgrade the entertainment outlets 

in the downtown area—at least for the time 

being. The show closed Sunday (3) with a 

reported loss of $100,000. 

"I'm disappointed in the apathy and hypocrisy 

of Torontonians who've expressed 

concern about 'cleaning up the porn skin 

flicks' in this downtown core area of our 

community," Kim Kelly, one of the partners 

in Seven Stage Productions, told Frank 

Rasky of the Star. "We did our best to 

offer them an alternative—a top-quality, 

family-style show from Las Vegas. It drew 

great reviews but not the apathetic citizens 

who've been complaining in the press about 

'smut on the Strip.' " 

Kelly and his partners had hoped to rejuvenate 

live theatre in the area. The Reveen 

show, charging admission of $5.50 to 

$7.20, was the first live-act presentation at 

this location in 47 years. 

"Now I understand it's going back to its 

policy of showing soft-porn . . . (such as) 

was playing there before we imported Reveen," 

Kelly said. He attached no blame 

either to Reveen or Famous Players executives. 

He emphasized, "They were most cooperative 

showmen and they lost money in 

the overall investment, too." 

Leslie Mitchell, vice-president of Famous 

opening home game 

White Sox 9 to 5! 

igainst the Chicago 

Producer-director Norman Jewison is 

the 

first to use an apprenticeship scheme to 

help develop talent for the Canadian motion 

picture industry. He is hiring two local 

filmmakers. Pen Densham and Peter Rowc, 

as apprentices on his next film "F.I.S.T." 

The motion picture, to be lensed near Dubuque, 

Iowa, in the U.S., is an $8,000,000 

project starring Sylvester Stallone, originator 

and star of the Oscar-winning 

"Rocky." 

The apprenticeship plan is being cosponsored 

by the Canada Council and the 

Ontario Arts Council and is being coordinated 

by the National Film Board's Ontario 

production offices in consultation with the 

Canadian Film Development Corp. and the 

Council of Canadian Filmmakers. The final 

decision was made by Jewison from a list 

of candidates submitted by the participating 

agencies and organizations. Densham is coowner 

of Insight Productions of this city, 

whose short "Life Times Nine" won an 

Academy Award nomination. Writer-director 

Rowe won the "Most Promising Newcomer" 

prize at the 1970 Canadian Film 

Awards for his feature film "The Neon 

Palace." 

Players, said that the Yonge would reopen 

Wednesday (6) as a movie house exhibiting 

what he termed "young action movies, some 

of them, like our Swedish films, admittedly 

a bit risque." 

Mitchell said he had not abandoned "the 

hope, or maybe we ought to call it the 

dream," that the Yonge Theatre as well as 

its long-empty Winter Gardens vaudeville 

theatre upstairs might yet be rejuvenated 

for live entertainment. He thought that perhaps 

Reveen's name was too unknown. 

"A Lily Tomlin or Bobby Vinton show 

might be a more valid substitute for producers 

interested in attracting a different sort of 

crowd to the Strip," Mitchell said. 

FP's Capitol 6 Announces 

Features in a Unique Way 

VANCOUVER—The futuristic marquee 

of the Capitol 6 on Granville Street has 

been the subject of much humor in local 

newspapers. The structure in front of the 

sixplex, which somewhat resembles a distorted 

replica of the monolith in the hit 

film "2001: A Space Odyssey," was described 

by one media wag as 

looking "a bit 

like the crooked finger of fate stuck in the 

middle of the Granville Street concrete." 

The architects could supply no technical 

label for "the thing" and it is a well-known 

fact that it took city hall 18 months to give 

final approval for its installation (in the 

middle of the street). 

Heinz Prosch, art director for Neon 

Products, said. "It's quite unique, a first 

for the city of Vancouver. There really isn 

a name for it." 

"It" is, to put it simplistically, a sign wil 

a 30-degree slant, arching over a portic 

of the street to a kiosk which everyor 

agrees isn't really a kiosk. The purpose i 

the slanted sign is to announce Capitol 6. 

Architect Daryl Jorgcnson of Dirasse 

James & Jorgenson disclosed that six coif 

TV monitors in the kiosk that isn't a kioi 

carry action clips of what is showing in tl 

Capitol's six auditoriums. 

To gain city approval of the whatev« 

it-is, Famous Players had to comply wi 

a 

rather strange ordinance. A structure, a 

cording to city bylaws, can't be connect 

from the sidewalk to the building; thet, 

fore, there has to be a break somewhe 

along the way in the material. Prosch sa 

there really is a hairline joint but adds, "I 

invisible. But it's there and it complies w: 

the 

technicality." 

'Black Sunday' Is Leader 

Of Newcomers in Montrec 

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Loews Black Sunday (Para) Ex 

Palace—Mr. Billion (BVFD) 

Parisien L'Aipagueur (FRM) 

Parisien Le Chien Enrage (Kar), 

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2nd wk _ -Very 

Place Desjardins Rose et Frederic (Prima) I) 

Place du Canada—Airport '77 (Univ), 

2nd wk Excel! 

Place Ville Marie Voyage oi the Damned 

(Astral) Very Gl 

St. Denis—Godzilla 1980 (FF) - ~....GI 

York—The Domino Principle (Asiral), 2nd wk. Gl 

Winnipeg Grosses Move Up 

With 3 'Excellent' Openings 

WINNIPEG—With the aid 

of the Acemy 

Awards, mid-term school break ;1 

several attractive new films, grosses moJ 

up sharply at least 15 per cent over the t> 

vious week. 

Capitol—Rocky (UA), 7th wk Excetjj 

Colony—Bound for Glory (UA), 2nd wk. Very Gd 

Convention Centre—The Slipper and the Rose 

< 

(Univ) - 

Downtown Campus Swingers: Steno Pool 

(PR) — G 

Garden City—Raggedy Ann & Andy 

(BVFD) 

Excel 

Garrick—Slap Shot (Univ) Excel 

Garrick—Fun With Dick & Jane (Astral), 

6th wk Excy* 

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Kings—The Adventures of the Wilderness Familj 

(PR), 5th wk ~—CI 

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Odeon— Airport '77 (Univ) Exc 55 

Polo Park—Network (MGM/UA), 8th wk. Very CX 

'The Country Is Calm' Is 

Withdrawn From Canadc 

pire. 

(Continued from page K-l) 

Some of the directors apparently be 

resigned for political reasons and 1 

Beath said she had heard that LillentH's 

film was involved in the dispute—but he 

didn't say how. 

The Festival of Festivals held here 

year paid tribute to the biggest renaiss; 

in German cinema since the days of 1 

Lang and Joseph von Sternberg. Ger 

films are not to be featured as promincl 

at this year's festival but Bill Marshall: 

pressed a certain interest in having '!> 

Country Is Calm" included. 

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FOREIGN FILM REVIEW 

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Pascal Thomas, a Gallic directorial talent already 

providing substance in cinematic concentration on 

the human frailties, is concerned this time around 

with the plight of two teen-aged French lads (Frederic 

Duru and Edmond Raillard) in on-going confrontation 

with life, especially in dalliance with 

young women. It is a gentle comedy, and should 

garner no small measure of critical commendation, 

especially in larger, more cosmopolitan centers. 

Thomas developed the shooting script with Roland 

Duval, with Albina du Boisrouvray as producer 

and Colin Mourner as director of photography. The 

boys' eagerness to please and willingness to expand 

their sights may be likened to characters in an 

ABC "Happy Days" segment, but Thomas delves 

deeper than a home-screen, 23-minute vignette; he 

searches for comprehension and manages to convey 

that atmosphere of search in comedic vein. 

Frederic Duru, Edmond Raillard, Jean-Marc 

Chollet, Jean-Claude Antezack, Daniel Ceccaldi. 

PLAY-ON-FILM REVIEW 

Dr a 

Uncle Vanya 

Arthur Cantor Prods. 120 Minutes Rel. Apr. '77 

Just now coming into stateside release, this 1963 

filmed recording of a Chichester (England) Festival 

production of the Chekhov play should prove 

engrossing for the legitimate theatre buffs in major 

metropolitan municipalities. Constance Garnett 

translated the Chekhov story and Lord Laurence 

Olivier directed the theatre production. Quality 

cast talent includes Olivier as Astrov, Sybil Thorndike 

as the nurse, Michael Redgrave as Vanya, Joan 

Plowright as Sonya, Rosemary Harris as Hyena and 

Max Adrian as the professor. Stuart Burge directed 

for the screen, obviously mindful of cinematographic 

climate as opposed to conventional theatre 

thrust. The British Home Entertainment production 

makes excellent theatre fare. 

Sybil Thorndike, Laurence Olivier, Lewis Casson, 

Michael Redgrave, Joan Plowright. 

EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE REVIEW 

Study of a 

Off the Wall 

Drifter © 

Oz Releasing 83 Minutes Rel. April '77 

This Oz Associates production, sometimes reflecting 

the Stephen Leacock premise of the man mounting 

his horse and riding off in all directions, deserves 

commendation for innovativeness. The story-withina-story, 

written and directed by Rick King, focuses 

on a young man, played by Harvey Waldman, who 

calls himself "the last of the hippies" and searches 

for his identity. He holds up a bank for $5,000 and 

then steals the equipment of the television crew 

that has been following his aimless trekking. James 

Gregory served as producer and editor. Chris 

Beaver, John Else and Judy Irving functioned as 

directors of photography. 

Harvey Waldman, Gary Schnell, John French, Katy 

Roberts, Judy Fell, Pat Crowley. 

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE REVIEW 

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A City at Chandigarh ?n " p in« 

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New Yorker Films 54 Minutes Rel. Mar. '77 

Alan Tanner, the Swiss film director, and John 

Berger, the British novelist and critic (the latter 

also functions here as narrator I not unknown 

to the American film audience. They have teamed 

on such memorable efforts as "La Salamandre," 

"The Middle of the World" and "Jonah Who Will 

Be 25 in the Year 2000." They have evolved a 

distinctive style, evident in this study of development 

of the capital city in the Punjab—an assignment 

entrusted over 25 years ago to the late Le 

Corbusier, the Swiss-born French architect. Ernest 

Artaria was responsible for the photography. The 

interlocking ties of tradition, timelessness and 

man's own temperament are conveyed compellingly. 

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Symbol Q denotes color; -ci CinomaScope; (g) Panavution; ® Technirama; iS) othor anamorphic pioeeaBo:i. For story ynopsiH on each picture, see rererse side. 

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Romantic Comedy 

United Artists (77057) 94 Minutes Rel. April '77 

Can Woody Allen do wrong? There doesn't seem to be 

any question that his latest, long untitled and now called ne 

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simply "Annie Hall," will join the list of other successes, ng ) 

The new film, which Allen directed himself and which 

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he and Marshall Brickman wrote, is more subdued and 

revealing than anything he has attempted to date. The 

episodic tale is fragmented into various scenes of past 

and present, some being very funny and others—while 

not especially hilarious—emerging as satirical and potent 

comments on relationships in today's society. The Charles 

H. Joffe production is also a love poem to Woody's favorite 

co-star and former leading lady in real life, Diane 

Keaton. The script allows her to be endearing, irritating, 

awkward, sophisticated, charming, funny, beautiful, etc. 

at any given time and she handles two old favorites 

"It Had To Be You" and particularly "Seems Like Old 

Times"— well. Use of the latter as theme song and the 

bittersweet ending make this the most sentimental of 

Allen's films. "Hall" should please those who are not 

Allen enthusiasts, in addition to his fans, because of its 

romantic theme. A number of major names have cameos, 

including composer-singer Paul Simon and Colleen Dewhurst. 

In Panavision and DeLuxe Color. 

Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, 

Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Janet Margolin. 

DEATH GAME 

Levitt- Pickman 

[HI Suspense Drama 

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89 Minutes Rel. April '77 

Man-hating lesbians invade the household and threaten 

the sanity of a well-to-do San Franciscan in this tight 

thriller from First American Films. Star Sondra Locke 

changes her image here as the leader of the duo, given 

to amorality. obscenities and a slovenly attitude. She and 

pretty Colleen Camp, one of the girls from "Smile," have 

an artistically-shot love scene in a large bathtub, done in 

loving close-up. Male lead Seymour Cassel is more inhibited 

and restrained as the object of their love-hate 

and is constantly being subdued by the two. Screenplay 

by Anthony Overman and Michael Ronald Ross is said 

to be based on a true incident ; true or not, the story has a 

fascinating quality. Nothing on screen is so outrageous 

as to be unspeakable, yet those with a taste for the bizarre 

won't be offended. Peter S. Traynor, formerly an 

action film producer, makes a fine debut here as director. 

Jimmie Haskell's score and songs, "We're Home" and "My 

Good Old Dad," are impressive. David Worth was editor 

and photographer of the MetroColor-Panavlsion feature, 

produced by Larry Spiegel and Traynor and presented 

by Spiegel and Mel Bergman. Best sold as an offbeat 

item. 

Sondra Locke, Colleen Camp, Seymour Cassel, Beth 

Brickell. Michael Kalmansohn, Ruth Warshawsky. 

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German Drama: 

English tttl* 

New Yorker Films 96 Minutes Bel. April '77 

The games that people play form the main action in 

an offbeat and entertaining German import from the 

fertile mind of director-author Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 

Until a very ambiguous climax, the new film is 

fascinating in its story content and production, whether 

or not the happenings make much sense. A top cast was 

assembled to handle the eight major roles. French actress 

Anna Karina has the role as mistress and registers strongly 

with her dark beauty and proven ability. Two of Fassbinder's 

graduates from "Mother Kusters Goes to 

Heaven," Margit Carstensen and Brigitte Mira. also have 

good marquee names. The latter, as a hardened housekeeper, 

deliberately over-groomed, has some good comic 

moments. Story depends largely on surprise and has a 

delightful encounter between a man, his mistress, his 

wife and her lover. The symbolism and the constant 

surprises sometimes prove distracting and the character 

of crippled young Andrea Schober is rather unrealistic, 

yet Fassbinderphiles should relish "Roulette." The Films 

Du Losange-Albatross Produktion-Multicine production 

has English titles to translate the clever German dialog. 

Music by Peer Raben, dazzling photography by Michael 

Ballhaus. 

Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Ulli Lommel, Brigitte 

Mira, Alexander Allerson, Andrea Schober. 

THE WILD DUCK 

German Drama; 

English Titles Q 

New Yorker Films 100 Minutes Rel. April '77 

Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen's play "The Wild 

Duck" has been adapted into a German drama which 

strives to be more than a filmed stage piece. Director 

and scenarist Harms W. Geissendorfer and a competent 

cast have taken care to preserve the period and the 

themes of family life, hero-worship and tragedy, yet the 

film is too uneventful for more than specialized audiences. 

The leading character, played by Peter Kern, is 

too self-centered and lazy for acceptance as a worthwhile 

individual, yet the story revolves around him. Kern, however, 

is good as the dreamer, as Is Bruno Ganz as his wellto-do 

friend. Ganz co-starred in Eric Rohmer's "The 

Marquise of O ." 

. . and the new film is somewhat similar 

to one of Rohmer's "Moral Tales." International actress 

Jean Seberg Is warm in the secondary role of dedicated 

wife and mother, and isn't handicapped by the 

dubbing. The daughter is interpreted by Anne Bennent 

as a young girl about to turn 12. Although she tends 

to be a bit unemotional, the young performer is extremely 

capable and should be heard from In years to come. 

Bernd Eichinger produced for Solaris Film Productions 

in cooperation with Sascha-Film/Wien and the West 

German Broadcasting Co. 

Jean Seberg, Peter Kern, Bruno Ganz. Anne Bennent, 

Martin Florchinger. Heinz Bennent. Heinz Moog. 

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THE STORY: "Chinese Roulette" (New Yorker) 

Businessman Alexander Allerson bids wife Margit Carstensen 

and crippled young daughter Andrea Schober 

goodbye for a weekend of business. His business consists 

of a rendezvous with hairdresser Anna Karma, his mistress, 

at his country estate. Housekeeper Brigitte Mira 

and son Volker Spengler, a handyman given to philosophical 

writing, greet them. The lovers are surprised to 

find that his wife and business associate Ulli Lommel 

are lovers, also staying at the estate. Allerson treats it as 

a joke, insisting they proceed with their original plans; 

Carstensen, saying she likes Karina, becomes overly 

affectionate towards her. Then Schober and mute nurse 

Macha Meril arrive. 

When their daughter became paralyzed 

and all hope for a cure was abandoned, both parent. 

s turned to lovers. Carstensen hates Schober, whom 

Mira regards as a monster. Climaxing the weekend. 

Schober arranges two groups to play Chinese Roulette, a 

truth game in which one side asks questions about the 

chosen "victim," distorted clues being given. Revealed 

as the one in question, Carstensen tries to shoot Schober 

but wounds Meril instead. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Mention the film's debut at the first American Fassbinder 

retrospective in New York. Tiein with game stores. 

CATCHLINES: 

Truth Takes Many Forms ... A Master Filmmaker 

Dissects the Truth Game. 

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THE STORY: "Annie Hall" (UA) 

Woody Allen, a New York comic, tells of his long love 

affair with Diane Keaton, a Wisconsin girl he met at a 

tennis doubles match with actor-friend Tony Roberts. 

Allen encourages the awkward Keaton to become a polished 

singer and to obtain a better education as they 

have an affair. Woody describes his childhood life at 

Coney Island, his psychiatric sessions, his two failed marriages—to 

campaign worker Carol Kane and author Janet 

Margolin—and his problems with sex, particularly regarding 

Keaton. Despite a genuine love, he and Keaton 

are unable to maintain a satisfactory relationship. Her 

relatives, including mother Colleen Dewhurst and brother 

Christopher Walken, are either bigoted or strange. After 

a breakup, Keaton asks for another chance as Allen 

leaves bedmate Shelley Duvall, a Rolling Stone reporter. 

Record promoter Paul Simon offers Keaton an opportunity 

for stardom in Los Angeles, a place Allen detests. 

Roberts sells out—in Allen's eyes—by becoming a big 

TV star. Keaton takes up with Simon and Allen fails 

at a reconciliation. Later, the two ex-lovers meet in New 

York and part friends. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Label this a romantic comedy in the modern vein. Play 

up the autobiographical aspects. 

CATCHLINES: 

A Romantic Comedy About a Contemporary Urban 

Neurotic . . . For Lovers and Other Funny People. 

THE STORY: 

"The Wild Duck" (New Yorker) 

In the 1880s, Peter Kern runs a small photography 

business in his living room. While he devotes time to 

thinking about an imaginary invention, wife Jean Seberg 

sees to the business and daughter Anne Bennent, about 

w> be 12, works on retouching photos, despite failing eyesight. 

Wealthy Bruno Ganz, who considers Kern his only 

friend, breaks with father Heinz Moog, a consul, and 

comes to live with Kern and family. In the attic is a 

menagerie where Kern's elderly father Martin Florchinger 

"hunts" and kills rabbits. There also is Anne's beloved 

wild duck, given to her by Moog. With Kern's best interests 

at heart, Ganz reveals that Seberg had once been 

involved with Moog while working as a maid. Kern realizes 

that Anne must be Moog's child when Sonja Sutter, 

the consul's fiancee, brings a birthday gift of a regular 

income for Anne upon Florchinger's death. After she is 

denounced by Kern, Anne listens to Ganz explain that 

the only way to win back Kern's love is to kill the one 

she loves most, the wild duck. With Florchinger's gun, 

Anne kills herself instead. 

EXPLOITD7S: 

Promote this as a faithful adaptation of Ibsen's classic 

work. While Seberg is a good name, don't overlook young 

Anne Bennent as the daughter. 

CATCHLINES: 

The Tragedy of a Family, From the Henrik Ibsen 

Classic. 

P (80 

(74) 

THE STORY: 

"Death Game" (Levitt-Pickman) 

Wealthy San Francisco businessman Seymour Cassel 

is happily wed to Beth Brickell, who visits her mother in 

San Diego. That night, Sondra Locke and Colleen Camp 

come in out of the rain to say they're lost. While drying 

out, they share the huge bathtub and entice Cassel to 

make it a threesome. Their self-indulgent attitudes next 

morning force Cassel to drive them to the bus station. 

Back home, Cassel is overpowered by the two after they 

have sneaked back. He is tied up, threatened, slapped 

and made love to by Camp. The invaders dress outrageously 

and make love to each other. Cassel didn't call 

ihe police originally because Locke told him they were 

both underage and would charge him with rape. His endeavor 

to phone the police now fails, as do his escape 

attempts. Delivery boy Michael Kalmansohn is drowned 

in a huge fish tank as he is attacked by the demented 

females. At dawn, Locke is about to kill Cassel after his 

mock trial but insists they were only fooling. The two 

leave and are killed by a speeding ASPCA truck. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Play up the true aspect of the story and the three star 

names; Cassel is best known for his work with John 

Cassavetes. 

CATCHLINES: 

Death Game—It Really Happened . . . Donna and 

Jackson Love to Live—Love to Play—Their Way. 

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SALE 

PHILLIPS arc lamp carbon savers. Ask 

your theatre supply dealer. 

CENTUHY CG. WC. Dag model, rocking 

chairs. (704) 847-4455. 

EPRAD equipment and everything else 

you need for your theatre from the 

world's finest manufacturers at pleasing 

prices comes from Cinequip Company, 

6311 Southwood Avenue. St. Louis, Missouri 

63105. (314) 863-5009 

TYPE SO-1500 Strong Rectifier, 4-Westinghouse 

SAX2500 Xenon Bulbs (never 

used). 20-3000' Reels; Strong Peerless 

Magnarc Lamphouses; Strong Red Arrow 

Rectifiers, 230 Volt (single phase); XL 

Exciter Lamp Supplies; XL Amplifiers. 

Will consider reasonable offer—individual 

pieces or lot. Contact L. Miszcak, (800) 

521-7403, 2843 East Grand Blvd., Detroit, 

Michigan 48211. 

LAST SET—Strong X-16 Xenon lamphouses, 

Silicon power supplies, four Osram 

1600 watt bulbs all brand new in 

original factory cases. All for only 

$3995.00. Star Cinema Supply, 217 West 

21st Street, New York 10011. 

ATTENTION COLLECTORS. Simplex. 

Powers both front and rear shutters, 3, 5 

point pedestals. Powers bases, 16" magazines. 

Low Intensity lamps, rectifiers, rheostats, 

Syncrofilm, Weber, U.A.R. RCA 

soundheads, Brenkert vertical spolliqhts 

Thousands Powers parts. Richard, (301) 

384-8309. 

CENTURY 

- SIMPLEX - RCA - Complete 

booths. Prices start at $4995.00. Export inquiries 

invited. Free listings. ICE CO, 

13843 NW 19th Ave., Miami. Fla. 33054. 

(305) 681-3733. 

16MM SPECIALS—Hortson Professional 

Xenon rebuilt $3895.00. EIKI Xenon Professional 

5000 Ft. Capacity, $2995.00. Pair 

B&H JANS-changeovers & more, $1195.00 

rebuilt. Much more. Write for catalog. 

ICE CO, 13843 NW 19th Ave., Miami, Fla. 

30354. (305) 681-3733. 

FULLY RECONDITIONED Projectors, 

soundheads, lamphouses, rectifiers, etc. 

Complete 35mm ECONOMY BOOTHS—Enquire 

Mid-Canada Theatre Equipment 

Group, 1115 Grosvenor Ave., Saskatoon, 

Sask. S7H 4G2, Canada. (306) 373-7878. 

FOR SALE: 3 each, 13' by 26' movie 

screen with uni-strut frames, in excellent 

condition. Will accept best offer. M. F. T. 

Leasing Co., 135 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 

Utah 84111. (801) 521-6543, W. E. Gibson. 

WALTERS, OKLAHOMA. Drive-in auction. 

Tower almost new, May 4. 

TWO COMPLETE Simplex 35s with 1600 

xenon lamper and rectifiers, Simplex 

559. 

double channel amplifier, Altec sptaker.all 

*A5 PAID for one-sheets, pressbooks, 

stills, trade magazines, glass 

Merlslides, trailers, etc. Older the bet- 

• LJez. 7057 Lexington Ave., Los AngefCkl. 

90038 (213) 462-5790. 

lenses including anamorpjhics, plus many 

other components. Used only 200 hours 

2 35/70 Norelco projectors, soundheads 

less lamps, amplifiers, speaktrs. Peerless 

Magnarc lamps. Also all sizes and makes 

o! lenses. Call HARRY MELCHER ENTER- 

PRISES (414) 442-5020. 

18 SINGLE SETS, to include XL Projector 

mechanism; upper and lower magazines; 

abuser; pedestal; Simplex/RCA soundhead; 

Peerless lamphouse; and Ballantyne 

solid state power supply. Two sets 

in excellent condition; completely rejuvenated 

to include painting. Other sets all 

in operational condition. ALSO, single unit 

items such as XL mechanisms; Simplex/ 

RCA soundheads; amplifiers; preamplifiers, 

rectifiers; speakers (high and low); baffle; 

speaker consoles; etc. Sale to be on 

a competitive sealed bid basis. To obtain 

complete listing of sale items and Solicitation/Proposal/Acceptance 

forms, write 

AAFES Motion Picture Engineering Depot, 

4100 Goodfellow Blvd.. St. Louis, MO 

63120. or phone (314) 263-3451. Bid opening 

is June 10. 1977. 

3 - 35/75MM CENTURY projectors complete 

with bases, magnetic sound, 6 channel 

amplifier, rewind table, reel cabinets. 

Boxoflice, 3883. 

CRETORS POPCORN MACHINE. 5 years 

old, floor model, excellent, $500 00 Boxoffice, 

3885. 

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Acting 6017 Sunset Blvd , Hollywood, 

Calif. 90028. (213) 467-7765. 

EQUIPMENT WANTED 

LET US BID on your surplus equipment 

Lee Artoe, 1243 Belmont, Chicago 60657 

WE PAY good money for used equipment. 

Texas Theatre Supply, 915 S. Alamo, 

San An'onio, Texas 78205. 

WANT SIMPLEX booth or bases, 

heads, amplifier. Will dismantle and haul 

DC or vicinity. (301) 384-8309. 

WANTED: 35mm 3.000 reels. Cast or 

plate. Mag-Na-Craft, 2361 North 56 Street, 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (414) 871-1790. 

DE VRY 35MM PROJECTORS any condition, 

also projectors, soundheads, si 

ternational Cinema, 13843 NW 19th Avenue, 

Miami, Fla. 33054. (305) 681-3733. 

ARC RECTIFIERS— Pair 65/80 AMPERE, 

clean condition. (212) 354-0429 mornings 

or Boxoflice, 3881. 

THEATRES FOR SALE 

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JOE JOSEPH, Box 31406, Dallas 75231. 

(214) 363-2724 

220 CAR DRIVE-IN, 620 seat indoor, 

excellent condition, only theatres in county 

of 15,000, Okemah, Okla., population 3,- 

000. $80,000, firm, 1/3 down, balance 6%. 

Phone (918) 623-1253 or (918) 623-2260. 

SALE. LEASE. TRADE OR MERGE. 

"Krim Theatre 2" —2 Theatres in 1 bldg. 

Can be made into triplex. Porno or conventional 

O.K. rCrim Enterprises, Suite 

124, 16300 West Nine Mile Road, Southfield, 

Mich. 48075. 

ALBANY-TROY, N.Y. area. Semi-automated 

twin in shopping center. 326 seats 

each side. 1st year gross—$125,000, second 

run. Lease can be assigned to active 

corporation or experienced individual 

Partnership considered. Boxoffice, 3867. 

BY OWNEB. DRIVE-IN. 4>/ 2 acres ol 

land, all metal screen tower. Open and 

making money. $25,000 00. Have other interests. 

Box 202, Van Horn, Texas, 79855. 

call (915) 283-2527. 

TWIN THEATRES. Rochester, New York, 

m a shopping center. Favorable lease, 

automated booth. Ralph R. Borchard, Inc., 

(716) 232-3846. 

HOPE. HELENA AND WEST MEMPHIS. 

ARKANSAS: Drive-ins and theatres, very 

profitable operation. Can be bought as 

group or separately. George Hagy, Reader 

Realty, 1535 Central, Hot Springs, Ark. 

71901. (501) 623-2587. 

THEATRES WANTED 

PROGRESSIVE THEATRE CO.. 

wishes to 

purchase small Southeastern circuit, five 

screens or less, confidentiality assured. 

No brokers, please. Boxoffice, 3871. 

THEATRES WANTED tor buying, booking 

or management services. If you are having 

problems getting product at a reasonable 

time at a reasonable price, conact Guy- 

Con Enterprises, Inc., Midwest's largest 

buying-booking, management and consulting 

service company, serving Kansas, 

Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, S. Dakota and 

Texas. Phone (913) 381-8228. P.O. Box 

6346, Shawnee Mission, KS 66206. 

THEATRES FOR LEASE 

ST. PETERSBURG. FLA., 770 seat theatre 

in shopping center. Write G. Edelman, 

Box 012440, Miami. Fla. 

DRIVE-IN 

THEATRE CONSTRUCTION 

SCREEN TOWERS INTERNATIONAL: Ten 

Day Screen Installation, (817) 642-3591. 

Drawer P. Rogers, Texas 76569. 

POPCORN MACHINES 

ALL MAKES OF POPPERS. Brand new 

14 oz. capacity Cabinet Model, $680 00 

Knspy Korn. 120 S. Halsted, Chicago 

60606 

THEATRE SEATING 

TOPS IN THEATRE SEATING upholstering 

anywhere—seat covers made to order 

—finest materials—low prices— we buy and 

sell theatre chairs. Chicago Used Chair 

Mart, 1320 S. Wabash Ave (312) 939- 

4518. Chicago, III. 60605. 

UNIVERSAL SEATING i. CONST. CO. 

INC. Reconditioned used chairs. On-locatlon 

refurbishing. Installation and staggering. 

Sewn seat covers, all makes We 

buy used seating anywhere. Entire 

theatre equipment available. Call (617) 

298-7070 1157 Adams St, Boston, Mass. 

02124. 

SPECIALISTS IN THEATRE SEATING. 

Now and rebuilt theatre chairs lor sale. 

We buy and sell old chairs. Travel from 

coast to coast. Seating Corporation of 

New York, 247 Water Street. Brooklyn. 

N. Y. 11201 Tel. (212) 875-5433 (reverse 

charges). 

AMERICAN BODY FORMS (900) excellent 

condition, $15 each off lloor, re I 

.oad. Midwest. Boxoffice, 3866. 

INTERNATIONAL SEATS, dark red (400) 

excellent condition. $12 each off Hot 

west. Boxoffice, 3877. 

FOR SALE 150 refurbished 

chairs MISSION SEATING CO.. 

service WE NEED USED CHAIRS. 

remove & truck, complete chair refurbish 

including painting and respacing. Only 

top quality upholstery used. We work 

when theatre is closed, between shows. 

Small or large jobs. Free estimates at your 

theatre. Samples shown, no oblic: 

8320 Ward Parkway Plaza, Kansa 

MO 64114. (816) 523-2904. collect. 

581 - 468 AMERICAN Sttllars. fibe 

backs. 113 Kroehler seats, dark red. excellent 

condition. Shopping center theatre. 

$20.00 each, Kansas City. Boxoffice, 3884. 

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Twentieth Century-Fox 

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