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BOSTON
Coimui 11. Faucheri owner ol the Wesl
Newton rriplex Cinema in Newton, a
i suburb, h.is purchased the King
ma in downtown Manchester, N.H..
and renamed ii ["he Movies. The theatre is
being redecorated and remodeled, with an
emphasis on updating the lobby and concessions
section. When The Movies reopens
early [his month, it will he the only theatre
operating in Manchester.
Burbura Spillane. office secretary at Cinema
Film Buying & Hooking, declared alter
her first week on the job that she thoroughly
enjoyed the office routine. Prior to joining
CFB, Barbara lived in London tor a year
aftei serving as a waiti ess at Filene's Restaurant.
Chestnut Hill. We might add that
Barbara is single and a gorgeous blonde.
The appointment of Phillip G. Boyle as
director of labor relations has been announced
bj Melvin R. Wintman, president
oi GCC theatres, a subsidiary of General
Cinema Corp. Boyle, who joins General
Cinema after employment by the City of
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a bacheloi Oi arts degree from Yale University
and a J. D. from the Suffolk Law
School. A member ol the slate and federal
bars, Boyle will have his headquarters at
the circuit's home office in Chestnut Hill
and will report directly to Howard W.
Spiess. \ ice-president for operations.
Universale Boston exchange people have
been extending congratulations to Mrs. Eun-
Sook Lee and her husband Kyu-Wang Lee,
parents of a handsome baby boy. Mrs. Lee,
called "Sookie" by her co-workers, already
is back to work and reports herself to be
healthy and happy. The new son, named
Robert Run-Sang Lee, already is up to 10
pounds after starting a month ago at 6
pounds 7 ounces. Sookie's husband is on the
staff at Harvard College, a research fellow
in the chemistry department.
Harry Germaine, Associated Films Distributors
at New Haven, reports a heavy
demand for his film shorts and noted that
the Cinemart at Hamden, Conn., had booked
his release. "Ridin' the Edge," to show
with "The Greatest," opening on national
release. The Stratford Cinema in Stratford,
Conn., is showing one of Harry's best
shorts, "The Greatest Show on Earth,"
ahead of Woody Allen's "Annie Hall."
Clara Botto, Universal contract girl, took
advantage of the long Memorial Day weekend
to fly to Fort Lauderdale. Fla., with
several friends.
Smiling and personable Janet Cuddy, who
has been with the Columbia exchange for
three years, is the daughter and grand-
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daughter of well-known Filmrow figures.
Her lather is Jack Cuddy of Film Transportation.
Her grandfather, Bill Cuddy,
was booker and office manager at Pathe exchange
at 39 Church Street, the first movie
exchange to locate in what is now Filmrow.
Bill knew practically every theatre man in
New England and, with your correspondent,
Ernie Warren, was a prime mover in many
of the social
activities.
SPRINGFIELD
John 1). Morrison, manager-partner. Pleasant
St. Theatre, Northampton, phasedout
his popular "silents" programs for the
summer months, planning to resume the
schedule in September. The concluding
show featured Chaplin's "The Immigrant.
He has instituted a dollar-night policy for
Tuesdays (excepting "special events"), with
ads asserting, "How Can You Resist?"
Prom season prompted Harry Schwab.
Air-Line Drive-In, Chicopee. to link up with
WHYN-Radio on promotion for United
Artists' "Carrie," part of a Dusk-to-Dawn
show (other titles: "The School That
Couldn't Scream," "Night of Bloody Horror,"
"Drum" and "Women and Bloody
Terror"). Nine winners, selected in a Saturday
drawing at the theatre, got money for
a pair of prom tickets and loan of a tuxedo
(Yale-Genton Clothes). Other prizes for the
nine: Corsage and boutonniere (courtesy of
the Wilbraham Flower Shop) and, to top it
all off, a chauffeured limousine, courtesy of
Springfield's Cunningham Livery Service.
Schwab's ad catch-line read: "You'll Never
Forget Carrie's Prom—Nor Do We Want
You to Forget Your Prom!"
VERMONT
International filmmaker Marcel Ophuls, on
a visit to the University of Vermont,
Burlington campus, lamented that all too
few Americans will be seeing his latest release,
"The Memory of Justice," because of
its length (four-and-a-half hours). The documentary,
he said, is not the usual kind of
attraction expected to line up people in the
street; this film's length further discourages
exhibitors by limiting the number of showings—and,
hence, the income— per day.
Merrill Jarvis, who heads Merrill Theatre
Corp.. said that he had been trying—unsuccessfully,
to date—to get a print of "The
Memory of Justice" from the distributor,
Paramount, learning that there have been
only two prints on the East Coast. The
Burlington Free Press, largest newspaper in 1
Vermont, quoted Paramount vice-president
Gordon Weaver as saying, "Anybody who
would like to rent the film can come to I
Paramount and rent it." Weaver was further
quoted as saying that chances of Paramount
gaining a return on its $500,000 investment
in the Ophuls attraction were "practically
nil."
BOXOFFICE :: June 6, 1977
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