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SEATTLE
Qur 5,000 attended the Sea-Con '77 science-fiction
convention at the Airport
Hilton Hotel May 27-30. Man) ol the major
film studios cooperated by presenting
posters and film clips ol forthcoming seiners.
A number ol science-fiction artists
also made personal appearance.
Correction: Joe F. Vigil ol Paramount
Pictures advises he has not been made San
I rancisco branch manager; rather, he's Seattle
Portland branch manager working out
of the San Francisco office. Ron 1 itvin is
San I rancisco branch manager. Vigil also
reports he'll be in this territory sometime
this month.
TUCSON
"day-night doubleheader" was held Me-
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morial Day weekend at the New Loft
rheatre featuring "The Man Who Skied
Down Everest" at matinees only May 28
and May 29. with "Rhythm, Blues & Jazz"
screened at night ... A "3-D Festival" with
festival discounts available at the boxoffice
played the Oracle View Oiiiid. opening May
25.
Shorts from Old Tucson: Red Skelton
comes to Old Tucson, tentatively Tuesday
Why can 't he come
to the Controller's
Uncontrolled
Masquerade Ball?
Sunn Classic Pictures branch manager
Rich Richardson returned recently from Los
Vngeles meetings with the news of a "whopping
big season coming!" Among Sunn's
upcoming releases are "The Lincoln Conspiracy"
and "UFO Affair." Three other
pictures are slated for August release and
two more in the fall. Richardson said.
"Sunn's new ideas of promotion and advertising
will make this oui biggest year," he
declared.
The opening-day record for the UA Cinema
150 fell by the wayside when "Star
Wars" bowed there May 25. The picture
continued to achieve unbelievable grosses
right on through the Memorial Day weekend.
Pacific Northwest weather was working
favor of hardtops, with much-needed rain,
in
thunderstorms, cold winds and temperatures
not even reaching the 60-degrec mark.
Kill Slionk. district manager for United
Artists Theatre Circuit units in the Pacific
Northwest, was in San Francisco for company
meetings May 31 through Thursday
(2).'
Screenings at the Jewel Box: "Stunts,"
May 25; "Oh, God." May 26; "Hughes and
Harlow: Angels in Hell," May 26; "One on
One," Wednesday (1); "Tentacles," Wednesday
( I ). and "Citizens Band," Thursday (2)
. . . "Outlaw
Blues" is slated to be unspooled
at the Jewel Box Tuesday (7).
(14). to lens "Shadow Horse," a comedy
western. Lee Rafner is production manager.
Hap Wyman is director . . . Jack Nicholson
is set to star in "The Conjugal Rights of
Henry Moon," a circa 1860 comedy-western
slated for southern Arizona location
filming . scouts were in southern
Arizona for Sylvester Stallone's upcoming
western feature . . . "Speed Trap" completed
its 22-day shooting schedule in the
Phoenix area.
A tie-in between the Miracle Drive-In,
Showcase cinemas 2 and Radio Shack enables
patrons seeing "Citizens Band" at
both theatres to obtain one "bonus dollar"
at either boxoffice, good for $1 off on any
Radio Shack item priced $1 or more. The
offer expires July 3 1
A benefit premiere was hosted May 24
at the El Camino Theatre in Scottsdale by
Friends of Our Little Brothers and Sisters.
Proceeds went to Our Little Brothers and
Sisters, a home in Cuernavaca, Mexico,
sheltering over 1,200 children. "Friends"
was founded by Mrs. Frank Noell jr. to
assist Father Wasson, founder of the home.
A champagne reception preceded the 8 p.m.
event and admission was $12.50 per person.
Robert Shelton, head of Old Tucson, is a
new member of the Arizona Economic
Planning and Development Board, which
advises Gov. Raul H. Castro on stimulation
of the state's economic growth.
'Restricted' to 18-35
BURLINGTON—The Vermont premiere
of "Chatterbox" was booked into the Merrill
Jarvis downtown State with unusual ads
asserting, "Restricted to Those Over 18 and
Under 35—and who dare to be among the
first to witness the most outrageous and
funniest gag ever to speak out from the
screen!"
Monstrous Show Is Billed
For Marriott in Tucson
I UCSON— Billed as The Event ol the
Millenium," the 1977 Science Fiction, Horror
& Fantasy World Exhibition is booked
for the Marriott Hotel June 2-5.
Augmenting the screening of more than
l()() feature films dating from 1919, 100
shorts and cartoons from 1898 fantasies to
computer graphics, many in 35mm, will be
an imposing list of over 50 guest speakers.
These will include Maureen O'Sullivan,
Frank Capra, Jack Haley. Buster Crabbe,
Johnny Weissmuller, John Agar. June Foray.
Jeff Jones, Tex Avery and Lin Carter.
Science fiction guest of honor will be Robert
A. Heinlein; fantasy honor guest is listed
as Ray Harryhausen.
In the huge Marriott exhibition hall, the
original "Frankenstein" working lab, with
over 40 tons of equipment, will be set up
Props and costumes from "Planet of the
Apes," "Wizard of Oz," "Outer Limits,"
"Flash Gordon," "Earthquake" and other
films will be on display, as will be a full
scale, computer-run "Star Trek" Enterprisi
Bridge set.
An art show also will be located in the
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exhibition hall. Costume contests will be
conducted and there are to be 130 dealers')
tables, each tabbed at $65 up through May
15; $75 each since that date. Memberships,
limited, also are being sold. Until May 15
a full membership went for $15. Since then
the price has been $18.50.
Technicolor Names Gaul
Cinema Systems Prexy
HOLLYWOOD—Ray Gaul has beer
named president of the Cinema System*
division of Technicolor. He succeeds Peel:
Prior, who has resigned to pursue othe
interests.
Gaul will be responsible for all of Tech
nicolor's professional film processing oper
ations; namely, the North Hollywood lab
oratory; Magna Crafts, Hollywood; Tech,
nicolor-Radiant Laboratories, New York
Technicolor, Ltd.. London; Technicoloi
SPA, Rome, and New Recordfilm. Milan
Italy.
Columbia Pictures will distribute "Bit
Stick Up at Brinks" in the U.S. and Canad;
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