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The Greatest" hardl) laid a glove on
Rocky" .in the two attractions squared
insl each other on several Twin
creens. The most unusual booking
situation came at the Har-Mar Theatre in
St. Paul, a twin-screen house. It played both
movies, with "Rocky" in its 14th week still
outgrossing "The Greatest" in its debut
stanza.
The St. Paul Dispatch review of "The
Greatest" got right into the Muhammad Ali
habit of spouting rhymes. It opened with:
"Oh boy, gee whiz, golly gee: here's a movie
about Muhammad Ali; though it doesn't
reallj live up to its name; it'll please a lot
ol fans just the same." The review coneluded
with: "Though 'The Greatest' is
punch) and socky, if it's all the same to you,
we'll stick with 'Rocky.' "
("hot I.eVoir, United Artists branch manager,
opened " The White Buffalo" May 27
at three drive-ins in this city and three St.
Paul ozoners. plus several hardtop dates.
Also set is "A Bridge Too Far." bowing dayand-date
Wednesday (15) at the Cooper
Why is Irma
just a little bit
better?
Theatre here and at the Movies at Maplewood
in St. Paul. And UA's "New York,
New York" arrives day-and-datc at the Skyway
here and at the Har-Mar in St. Paul.
Steve Johnston, Sunn Classic Pictures
branch chief, returned from a far northern
Minnesota fishing trip—and said, "They
really were biting!" Johnston was angling
on Rainy Lake, close to the Minnesota-
Canada border. In the same party were Jim
Armstrong, branch chief for Sunn Classic
in Kansas City, and John Hinks, Sunn Classic
regional vice-president. Johnston already
is alerting the local screen scene to Sunn
Classic's "The Lincoln Conspiracy," drama
about the assassination of President Abraham
Lincoln, to be sold as "the motion
picture that rewrites history." It will be an
October release.
Steve Felperin, Warner Bros, branch
head, held a breakfast screening May 26
of "Oh, God" at the Plitt Skyway screening
room. The film, starring George Burns
and John Denver and directed by Carl
Reiner, opens October 7 in
the Twin Cities.
Forrie Myers, Paramount branch manager,
went fishing May 21-22 at South Turtle
Lake at Battle Lake and reports: "Very
good results" . . . The Glenwood Theatre,
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Glenwood, previously owned and operated
by Steven R. Nestor, has been taken over
by Merlin Adolphson. The house is booked
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by the Raudenbush Buying & Booking Service.
Filmrow visitors: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Schaffer, Audio Theatre, Cando. N.D., and
Scott Hiller, Marshall Theatre, Marshall
. . . Daryl Zimmerman, Roxy Theatre, Beulah,
N.D., reports that recent rains have
helped crack a lengthy dry spell in that
area, enhancing the long-range economic
outlook in that farming region.
Larry Bigelow, American International
Pictures branch chief, set "Tentacles" for
a Friday (24) bow with 75 tirritory-wide
openings . . . The Skyway News, local free
shopping-type publication, hosted a luncheon
May 19 at the Foochu Cafe in suburban
St. Louis Park which was attended by
some 40 members of the local film-business
scene, most of them advertisers.
"Young Frankenstein," the 20th Century-
Fox reissue, clicked all across the territory
—and Don Palmquist, 20th-Fox branch
office manager, reports 29 holdovers for
the comedy's third week . Rapids
Theatre in suburban Coon Rapids, long
shuttered, reopened May 27. Buying and
booking will be done by Northwest Cinema.
Steve Jackson, city manager for Twir
Cities area United Artists Theatres house;
and manager of the Movies at Maplewooc
in suburban St. Paul, was among thost
attending a UA Theatres seminar in Chi
cago. Also at the three-day meeting wen;
Ken Nitsche, manager of the Movies a
Cottage Grove, and Sue Troyer, manage
of the Movies at Eden Prairie, both in thi
Twin Cities area, and Bob Olson, manager
operator of the Movies at Miller Hill it
Duluth.
Frank Zanotti, Universal branch man
ager, reports that the opening date fo
"Rollercoaster" was advanced to Frida
(10). It was to play at the Hopkins Theatr
here and at the White Bear Lake Cinema i
White Bear Lake, St. Paul suburb.
Stan McCulloch, who heads the buying
booking service that bears his name, wa
one of those lured to neighboring Wisconsi
for the fishing opener there. He and h
dog, as he put it, tried their luck at Balsai
Lake—and he (McCulloch) reported "real!
good luck" . . . Morrie Buell of Roy Smith
Associated Film Distributors set 50 pla;
dates for "Massacre at Central High."
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