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Five Holdovers Attract 'Excellent' OTTAWA
Business at Winnipeg Indoor Units
WINNIPEG Business remained steadj
with the best returns coming from holdovers:
•Rocky." "Slap Shot," "The White
Buffalo," •Annie Hall" and "Islands in the
Stream" .ill "excellent." "Fun With Dick
.ukI J.mc" ended a 13-week run siill above
average.
Capitol Rocky [UA), 14th wk 1 xcellent
Colony The Van lAFD), 2nd wk Good
Centre—The Eagle Has Landed
... . Very Good
(PR' Fair
Slap Shol (Univ), 8th wlc Excellent
Fun With Dick and lane (Astral),
13th wk. Good
Metropolitan—The White Builalo lUA).
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Excellent
Northstar 1 Islands in the Stream (Para).
2nd wk. Excellent
Odeon—The Crater Lake Monster (PR) Poor
Polo Park—Annie Hall (UA), 2nd wk Excellent
'Jabberwocky' 'Excellent'
In Edmonton Opening
EDMONTON—"Jabberwocky," a fresh
new screen look, and "Rocky." the boxoffice
champion of 13 weeks before Edmonton
audiences, each posted "excellent" in a
week thai also saw a quartet of "very good"
results posted on the barometer. Highly
touted "Annie Hall." new on the Capital
Square 3 screen, had one of these "very
good" marks and the others went to "Mr.
Billion." "Airport '77" and "The Eagle Has
Landed."
Capitol Square 2—Rocky (UA), 13th wk Excellent
Capitol Square 3—Annie Hall (UA) Very Good
Capitol Square 4— Mr. Billion (BVFD),
4th wk Very Good
Garnecfu—Jabberwocky (Amb) Excellent
Meadowlark, Plaza 2—Nasty Habits (IFD) Good
Odeon 1—Airport '77 (Univ), 7th wk Very Good
Odeon 2—The Eagle Has Landed (Astral),
5th wk Very Good
Paramount— Black Sunday (Para), 6th wk Good
Plaza 1—The Van (PR) Good
Westmount B—3 Women (BVFD) Poor
'Pom Pom Girls'
Complete
52 Weeks in Calgary
CALGARY—"Pom Pom Girls"
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rounded
a full year at the Marlborough Square 3
and still was grossing at an average rate.
Most of the business in town, however, was
well above-average and the barometer could
boast of seven "excellent" results after all
returns were in. Four of these "excellent"
gross reports came from theatres showing
first-week "The Van," "Nasty Habits," "Annie
Hall" and "Jabberwocky." Holdovers
"Rock\." "Slap Shot" and "Wizards" picked
off the other "excellent" grades.
Calgary Place 1—Mr. Billion (BVFD),
4th wk Very Good
Calgary Place 2—3 Women (BVFD)
Poor
Chinook—Rocky (UA), 13th wk Excellent
Grand 1- Slap Shot (Univ), 7th wk Excellent
Grand 2—Strange Shadows in an Empty Room
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Fair
Mall 3—Jabborwocky (Amb) Excellent
Market Mall 4—Wizards (BVFD), 5th wk. Excellent
Market Mall 5, 6— The White Bufialo
(UA) Very Good
Marlborough Square 3— Pom Pom Girls (PR),
52nd wk. ...Fair
North Hill, Westbrook 1—Nasty Habits
(PR)
Excellent
Odeon 1, Uptown 2—Breaker! Breaker! (Astral) Good
Palliser Square 1 — Annie Hall (UA) . Excellent
Towne Red— Dirty Hands (IFD), 3rd wk Fair
U: . .-.n 1 Airport '77 [Univ), 7th wi ..Good
Westbrook 2— Slumber Party Girls (PR) Poor
Westbrook 3- The Van (PR) excellent
'Annie Hall' Leads Grossing
Returns From Montreal
MONTREAL—City theatres collected
one "excellent" and eight "very good" barometer
ratings as Montreal people turned
out in substantial numbers to view available
products. "Annie Hall," third week at
the Claremont Theatre, had the most enthusiastic
following and was the film winning
the "excellent" recognition.
Atwater—Slap Shot (Univ), 8th wk Very Good
Avenue—Nasty Habits (PR), 4th wk Very Good
Claremont—Annie Hall (UA), 3rd wk. Excellent
Eros—Love Clinic (PR), 3rd wk Good
Loews—Rocky (UA), 16th wk Very Good
Loews—Black Sunday (Para), 7th wk Very Good
Loews—The Late Show (WB), 6th wk Very Good
Palace—Behind the Shutters (PR) Good
Place du Canada—The Car (Univ)
Good-
Place Ville Marie—Islands in the Stream (Para),
3rd wk Very Good
Van Home— Pipe Dreams (Astral) Good
York—Jabberwocky (Amb), 2nd wk Very Good
French Films
Berri—A Plains Gaz (PR), 3rd wk Very Good
Champlain—Touche Pas a Mon Gazon (Col) Fair
Le Dcfuphin— Jonas (Mutuel) Good
Pansien— L'Heritage (DRM), 2nd wk Very Good
Heat, Festival of Spring
Hurt Ottawa Film Grosses
OTTAWA—More hot weather, including
a record high 92, plus the Festival of Spring,
took a severe toll from theatre grosses in
the report period. About the only decent
boxoffice take in town was at the St. Laurent
1, where the third week of "Slap Shot"
rated "excellent."
Capitol Square 1—Nasty Habits (PR), 2nd wk Good
Capitol Square 2—Voyage ol the Damned
(Astral), 2nd wk Fair
Capitol Square 3—The Late Show (WB)
_, 4t.h wk Good
Elgin—Annie Hall (UA), 2nd- wk Good
Elmdale—The Eagle Has Landed (Astral)
6th wk pair
Little Elgin—Rocky (UA), 16th wk. ... Good
Nelson—Young Frankenstein (BVFD), 2nd wk. Good-
Place de Ville 1—Jabberwocky (Amb) Fair
Place de Ville 2—The Little Girl Who Lives
Down the Lane (Astral) Fair
Queensway, Somerset—The Car (Univ) Very Good
St. Laurent 1—Slap Shot (Univ), 3rd wk Excellent
St. Laurent 2— Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral)
'3th wk
Fa. ir
JJrnif Warren of the Elgin spent a week in
Montreal . Canadian-made film,
"The Little Girl Who Lives Down the
Lane," moved out of the Place de Ville
after one week, with United Artists' "The
White Buffalo" taking over the screen.
"Audrey Rose" finally moved into the
Capitol Square May 20, while "Nasty Habits"
took up residence at the Capitol 2,
sending "Voyage of the Damned" on its
way. "The Late Show" was held over in
Capitol 3.
The week-long "Festival of Spring," formerly
called the Tulip Festival, drew fantastic
weather with the result that participants
packed Majo's Hill
Park, overlooking
the Parliament buildings. Among the events
that brought out pleasure-seekers, some of
whom hopefully also attended motion picture
theatres, were rock concerts, arts and
crafts shows and a flotilla barge down the
Rideau. A marathon race was held on a
Sunday, with hundreds of spectators packing
the route to cheer the competitors. The
gala also garnered much publicity via a
rilling by the LIBO. It was decreed that the
word "beer" could not be used in the festival's
Beer Garden. Probably because the
civil servants in Toronto didn't have anything
better to do, they ordered that the
offensive word "beer" be removed from all
advertising, which caused a great many
bleeps on the radio. Needless to say, this
irritated most of the city. Lowell Green,
talk-show host on CFRA Radio, asked his
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listeners what would be an alternative title,
for "beer garden." To the delight of Green,
one woman suggested "Sidney's Forbidden
Garden"—after the man responsible. Minister
Sidney Handleman. In view of this
flap and the recent federal customs ban on
the May issue of Penthouse, it would appear
governmental agencies really don't have
much of importance to do.
Universal's multi-Academy Award winner,
"The Sting," bowed May 27 at the
Odeon Elmdale. Also set to open there was
"The Other Side of Midnight."
Muhammad Ali's bio-pic, "The Greatest,"
moved into the St. Laurent as "Fun
With Dick and Jane" ended a pleasant
three-month-run there . . . "Young Frankenstein"
held for a third week at both the
Nelson and the Britannia Drive-In.
Following "Jabberwocky" at
the Place de
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MP's 'Town' Grosses Big
In Chicago Multiple Bow
CHICAGO—"The Town That Dreaded
Sundown," American International Pictures'
latest release, grossed a pleasing
$243,045 in its first week of a multiple
engagement in this area.
Most of the 34 theatres participating in
the booking held the picture for additional
screen time.
Ville is Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron.' :; -
Some complaints were registered anenl
"Jabberwocky," because the film is billed
as Monty Python's "Jabberwocky"—and
only one member of the group has a starring
role. Monty Python animator Terry Gillian"
directed the
feature.
Extra attractions for dusk-to-dawn show:
at drive-ins for the Victoria Day weekenc
included: "The Raven" and "Clones," botl
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