Liberty 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 NE-2 FOR NDOOR AND DRIVE-INS • SPECIAL PROMOTIONS • TRAILERETTES • NO SMOKING • VANDALISM • DATERS • AND A BIG MONEY MAKER COLOR MERCHANT ADS Filmack (312) 427-3395 1327 S. WABASH AVE. CHICAGO. IL. 60605 «^3 tudioS Boston as a labor relations attorney, holds 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- VB f* JTBSound and llVf I Projection Service Nationwide — on all brands. RCA Service Company, A Division of RCA 43 Edward J Hart Rd . Industrial Park. Jersey City. 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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 f
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