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MCA Stockholders, Board
Meetings in Windy City
CHICAGO—Lew R. Wasserman, chairman
of the board and chief executive office]
ol MCA. Inc.. announced thai MCA
stockholders, at the recent annual meeting,
elected the following as directors ol the
company for a term expiring al the 1980
annual stockholders' meeting: Mary Gardiner
Jones. Frank Price, Neil Linen and
Charles B. Thornton.
[he) also approved the MCA Employee
Stock Ownership Plan as well as the appointment
of Price Waterhouse & Co. as
independent auditors for the fiscal year
ending Dec. 31, 1977.
Stockholders rejected the two proposals
of three shareholders relating to the limitation
of new stock option plans, and the
elimination of the election of directors b\
classes.
At the hoard of directors meeting held
later, the following were elected officers:
Lew R. Wasserman. chairman of the
hoard and chief executive officer: Sidney
la> Sheinherg, president and chief operating
officer; Bob R. Baker, J. Eugene Brog,
Salvatore T. Chiantia. Albert A. Dorskind,
John W. Findlater. Ralph C. Franklin,
Louis N. Friedland, Joseph Hiatt, John K.
Mailland, Henry H. Martin. Walter J.
Minton, Frank Price. G. Clark Ramsay.
Donald Sipes, Jay S. Stein. Ned Tanen
and Thomas Wertheimer, vice-presidents;
Morris M. Schrier, vice-president and secretary;
George Smith, vice-president and
assistant secretary; Harold M. Haas, treasurer;
Richard E. Baker, controller; Eugene
L. Froelich, assistant treasurer, and Michael
Samuel, assistant controller.
The board appointed Lew R. Wasserman,
Sidney Jay Sheinherg. and Thomas
Wertheimer as the executive committee of
the board. The board also appointed John
E. Drick, Louis B. Lundhorg (chairman)
and Charles B. Thornton to comprise the
audit committee.
A quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents
per share on the MCA, Inc., common shares
outstanding, payable July 8, 1977 to stockholders
of record Friday (17), was declared
by the board.
Forster Now Heads TGS,
Technicolor Subsidiary
HOLLYWOOD— Robert W. Forster has
been named president and chief operating
officer of Technicolor Graphic Services,
wholly, owned subsidiary of Technicolor,
Inc. He will work closely with Richard M.
Blanco, chairman and chief executive
officer of TGS.
Forster most recently was vice-president
of the Cinema Systems division of Technicolor
and previously held various executive
positions with TGS.
TGS provides various sophisticated audio-visual
services for the government sector
and holds contracts for the management of
operations at the EROS Space Center. Sioux
Falls. S.D.; Johnson Space Center, Houston,
Tex., and Kennedy Space Center, Cape
Canaveral. Fla.
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Star Is Born' Is No. 1
In London's West End
London— "A Star Is Born," currently
in its eighth week (first run) in two
West End theatres in London, again
has rocketed to the No. 1 spot among
movies.
top-grossing
The film, a Firs! Artists presentation
for Warner Bros, release, has not been
out of the top three in London's topten
West End charts since its opening
March 24.
The picture is playing at the 890-scat
Warner West End 2, where its cumulative
boxoffice net since opening day is
£108,202, and the 616-seat ABC 1
Shaftesbury Avenue, where its cumulative
boxoffice net is £ 60,622.
5 Students Win Trophies
In Academy Competition
HOLLYWOOD—Five student filmmakers
were honored with trophies and cash
grants for their winning entries in the annual
competition conducted by the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The
awards program was held May 22 in the
Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theatre.
Receiving trophies and $1,000 grants
were:
Dramatic award, Carol L. Dysinger,
School of Film and TV, New York University,
for "Sixteen Down." a 24-minute film
about a young girl becoming 16 years of
age.
Documentary award. Frank H. Binny,
University of Texas, for his "The Last of
the Little Breweries," a 20-minute look at
the experiences of a German brewmaster
who comes to America and starts a brewery
in a Czech and German community in
Texas.
Experimental achievement award, Philip
W. Pura, Boston University, for "TRAN-
SCENdance," a dance film that transcends
itself from simple movement to emotional
experience.
Animation achievement award, Paul
Demyer. California Institute of the Arts at
Valencia, a three-minute film involving a
struggle between the creator and his creative
mind.
A trophy and a $500 grant were won by
Rob Williams, Western States Film Institute/Metropolitan
State College in Denver,
for "Custom Guitar." an 18-minute film
about custom guitar builder Max Krimmel
and the craftsmanship and artistry that go
into his special, handmade instruments.
J. Hunter Todd to Serve
On Cork Festival Jury
NEW YORK—The 22nd annual Cork
International Film Festival in Ireland has
selected J. Hunter Todd, director and
founder of the Festival of the Americas,
to serve on its grand awards jury. The appointment
was announced by Dermont
Breen, director of the Cork International
Film Festival.
'Hollywood High' Booked
Solid for Summer Months
HOLLYWOOD— Jules Gerelick, general
sales manager, Peter Perry Productions, announced
"Hollywood High" dates set for
the entire summer in the following exchange
areas, each using from 25 to 75
prints, for a total of 750 prints:
St. Louis, May 4, 20 prints; Kansas Cit]
May IS, 40 prints; Dcs Moines, May 1
35 prints; Milwaukee, May 11. 15 prints;
Washington. D.C.. May 25, 55 prints; Detroit.
Wednesday (1). 20 prints; San Francisco,
Wednesday (8), 60 prints; Philadel
phia, Wednesday (S). 25 prints; Cincinnati
Wednesday (15), 15 prints; Seattle. W.-dne^
day (29), 20 prints; Chicago, Friday (24)
60 prints; Buffalo. Wednesday (22). 1
prints; Boston, July 6, 75 prints: Salt Laki
City, July 27, 35 prints; Cleveland, Jul;
27, 35 prints; Pittsburgh, August 10, 40
prints; outstate Michigan, July 27,
30 prints;
outstate Wisconsin, July 27, 30 prints; Indianapolis,
August 10. 40 prints; Memphis,
August 24, 35 prints, and Charlotte, August
31. 70 prints.
Minneapolis and St. Louis grosses have
been excellent, according to Gerelick, despite
tornados and storm warnings. Texas,
Florida and Georgia were above average in
January. February and March, despite below-freezing
weather, he said, adding.
"Canada has been super, both in walk-ins
and drive-ins! One drive-in in Edmonton,
in zero weather, playing five successive
weekends February 25 to March 27, grossed
over $27,000. This is as good as anything
played last summer," Gerelick declared.
The general sales manager stated he has
"great hopes" for the new picture "Cycle
Girls," now in post-production. It is slated
to be ready for late summer and early fall
playdates and Gerelick predicted it would
be "sensational in the youth-oriented market."
Robert Evans Among Those
Elected Trustees of AFI
HOLLYWOOD—Producer Robert Evans
was among four new members elected to
the board of trustees of the American Film
Institute.
Others were Richard L. Bloch, chairman
of the board of Filmways, Inc.; Melvin R.
Laird, senior counselor of Reader's Digest
Ass'n. Washington. D. C, and Barry C.
McPherson, partner in the law firm of
Verner, Liipfert. Bernhard & McPherson
in Washington, D. C.
Suzanne James Appointed
Director of Niles Sales
CHICAGO—Suzanne James has assumed
a new responsibility at Fred A. Niles
Communications Centers here. She has been
appointed director of sales operations and is
based at the company's Chicago headquarters.
Ms. James' background includes work as
a writer/ producer of news documentaries
for both NBC and PBS. In 1971 she won
the National
Headliner's Award, the broadcast
equivalent of a Pulitzer Prize.
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